Speaking of Lu Su, compared with most readers and friends, his impression of him is only to persuade Sun Quan to ally with Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao, and repeatedly went to the door to beg for Jingzhou and was deceived by Zhuge Liang's various prevarications, feeling that Lu Su did not have much talent, and could only be regarded as an "old good man" in Eastern Wu. However, such a thick elder was often compared by Sun Quan to Deng Yu, the head of the founding fathers of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even reached the level of making other ministers of culture and military affairs feel uneasy. Lu Su He De He Neng, not only can be praised by Sun Quan as "Heaven gives me qing", but also designated by Zhou Yu as his successor, "Lu Su Zhi is slightly full of responsibility, begging for Yu", even after his death, Zhuge Liang also mourned for him, can Lu Su's talent really be comparable to Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang and others?
1. The chaotic world is clear, and the emperor is persuaded to enter the throne
In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs had monopoly power and wanton expropriation, and the rich were powerful landlords who made a lot of money in the country, and the bitter ones were the people of Li who wanted to leave their hometowns. Lu Su was born in a family of scholars, the family wealth is very large, in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it can be said that he was born with a golden spoon, but he did not have the "look" that a celebrity should have, Lu Su had a bold personality, liked to read, was good at riding and shooting, and personally summoned the young people in the township to train soldiers and learn martial arts. At a time when the landlords and powerful people took the opportunity to bully the people and wantonly annex land, Lu Su did the opposite, he did not manage family affairs, gave a lot of money, sold his own land to help the poor, and made friends with sages, so he was deeply admired by the townspeople, and it can be said that it is a clear stream in the chaotic world.
At that time, Zhou Yu and Lu Su were both within Yuan Shu's sphere of influence, and Zhou Yu saw that Yuan Shu was not the lord who could achieve great things, "so he asked for the head of the nest and wanted to fake Tu Donggui", Yuan Shu agreed, and Zhou Yu also got acquainted with Lu Su. Zhou Yu heard of Lu Su's benevolent name, brought hundreds of people to visit, asked him to fund some grain, Lu Su did not hesitate to point to the two large circular granaries where the grain was stored at home, and gave one of them directly to Zhou Yu, "Yu Yi knows qi qiye." Thus the blind date is knotted, and the distinction between overseas Chinese and Za is determined." Later, Zhou Yu was impressed by Sun Ce's charm and recommended Lu Su to Sun Ce, who appreciated Lu Su very much, but soon Sun Ce was stabbed to death, and it was Zhou Yu who persuaded Lu Su to stay and assist Sun Quan, and also said: "In today's world, not only the king chooses the subject, but also the subject chooses the king", "The current master is pro-sage and noble, Naqi records different things, and I have heard the secret theory of the ancestors, and those who carry the Liu clan will be happy in the southeast, push the situation, when its history is counted, the final emperor is formed", Lu Su finally agreed.
Peking Opera "Borrowing the East Wind", Chen Shaoyun as Lu Su
But Sun Quan still wanted to examine Lu Su, after a banquet, Sun Quan secretly left Lu Su, and when he pushed the cup to change the cup, Sun Quan asked Lu Su about the strategy for building a meritorious career. Originally, Sun Quan wanted to ask Lu Su how to assist him in building a hegemonic business like the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke Wen of Jin, but Lu Su said that Sun Quan could not become the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Jin Wen, but instead advised him to "eliminate Huang Zu, enter Liu Biao, and go to the extreme of the Yangtze River, according to which, and then build an emperor to seek the world, and this high emperor's business is also." Emperor? Even Sun Quan was stunned, and could only modestly say: "Ji yi to supplement Han Er, this is beyond his reach", but it is clear that Sun Quan listened to this, and Lu Su entered the core area of the Eastern Wu regime.
2. Form an alliance to fight the main battle and take over the military and government
After Gan Ning surrendered to Sun Quan, Sun Quan took the opportunity to seize Jiangxia and prepare to capture Jingzhou, which also attracted the attention of Cao Cao and his southern expedition army. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), just as Cao Cao was recruiting troops, Liu Biao, the lord of Jingzhou, died of illness, which suddenly made the situation tense, and Lu Su suggested that Sun Quan send himself to Jingzhou to mourn Liu Biao's sons, and said that he could make an alliance with Liu Bei, and Sun Quan promised Lu Su to go to Jingzhou to see the situation. Just as Lu Su was rushing to Jingzhou day and night, Liu Biao's son Liu Chun had already sacrificed Jingzhou to surrender Cao, while Liu Bei could not gain a foothold in Jingzhou and had to retreat south to cross the river. Liu Chun was cowardly and incompetent, and Liu Bei had the posture of a tyrant, so Lu Su immediately set out to find Liu Bei and discuss an alliance with him, Liu Bei was moved by him and decided to resist Cao, at this time Zhuge Liang was already in Liu Bei's army, Lu Su was friendly with Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin, so the two formed a friendship, and Zhuge Liang also made great efforts to persuade Sun Quan to form an alliance later. The Jiangdong clan all thought that Cao Cao was menacing and occupied the great righteousness, and could only surrender, but Lu Su did not say a word, but privately persuaded Sun Quan, I Lu Su can surrender Cao, the outside civil and military officials can surrender Cao, but you Sun Quan can't, "General YingCao, want to return to peace? "It is better to send troops to help them, and send them to the general's house; otherwise, it will be in danger." In order to strengthen Sun Quan's confidence, Lu Su also advised Sun Quan to recall Zhou Yu in Poyang, and under Zhou Yu's analysis, Sun Quan drew his sword and cut off a corner of the table to show his determination.
After the great victory in the Battle of Chibi, just when Sun Quan was overjoyed and thought that he could take Jingzhou, his ally Liu Bei repented, saying that he had no territory and wanted to "borrow" Jingzhou first, and Sun Quan knew that Liu Bei must have borrowed it or not, and did not want to agree. Lu Su advised Sun Quan to borrow what is the harm, let Liu Bei bear the firepower at the door of the house, but also sit and watch the two tigers fight, is not beautiful, Sun Quan thought the same thing, agreed, Cao Cao was shocked when he heard it, "Cao Gongwenquan prepared the land industry, Fang wrote a book, and wrote on the ground." However, not long after, Zhou Yu was critically ill and recommended Lu Su to replace himself, "Lu Su is loyal and loyal, and he can replace Yu." Man will die, and his words will be good, or may be harvested, and yu will die immortally. Lu Su began to take over the military and political affairs of Jiangdong, prestige and righteousness, and became popular with the public, and Jiangdong soon stabilized.
3. Circumvent Jingzhou and maintain the alliance
Later, Liu Bei entered Xichuan, ordered Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou, let Sun Quanqi not fight, and scolded Liu Bei: "The cunning is dare to blackmail!" At this time, Lu Su and Guan Yu were in charge of the neighboring borders, and the territory was intertwined, and there were many frictions, but Lu Su always put the overall situation first and always appeased the two sides with a friendly posture. However, after Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, Sun Quan was impatient and wanted to take jingzhou, so he sent Lü Meng to march, changsha and Guiyang counties wangfeng returned, Liu Bei also hurried back to sit in town, and Lu Su also led 10,000 people to confront Guan Yu. "Su invited Yu to meet, each stationed in a hundred steps, but please general single knife club", single knife meeting, Lu Su argued on the basis of reason, but the two sides were deadlocked, when the sword was raging, Cao Cao took the opportunity to attack Hanzhong, directly approaching Chengdu, Liu Bei feared that Yizhou would be lost, so he and Sun Quan repaired the alliance, and the two sides took Xiangshui as the boundary and divided Jingzhou equally. During Lu Su's reign, he repeatedly advocated Sun Liu's alliance against Cao, and was adopted by Sun Quan, who was able to maintain the alliance and jointly resist Cao, and Lu Su's contribution was indispensable.
Lu Su can be compared with Zhuge Liang in the overall situation, in the talks with Sun Quan, Lu Su clearly made it clear that Sun Quan is not to be the overlord of Qi Huan and Jin Wengong, there is not much difference between "Zun Wang Zhiyi" and Cao Cao's "holding the Son of Heaven to order the princes", he advised Sun Quan to be an emperor like Han Gaozu, and also put forward a theory similar to Zhuge Liang's "three divisions of the world", except that "Liu" in it refers to Liu Biao. After Liu Biao's death, Lu Su directly sought out Liu Bei and maintained sun and Liu alliances all his life, it can be said that without Lu Su, Sun Quan and Liu Bei are likely to be broken by Cao Cao one by one, and there will not be so many things behind.