Zhuge Jin is Zhuge Liang's eldest brother, 7 years older than Zhuge Liang. Around 200 AD, the 26-year-old Zhuge Jin had become the long history of Sun Quan, and at this time his brothers Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Ge were still living in seclusion in Longzhong.
Why Zhuge Jin wanted to defect to Jiangdong, the history books do not explain, but the original reason is probably to make a living.
Zhuge Jin did not have the lofty ambitions of Zhuge Liang, and his ability was far inferior to Zhuge Liang's, but he was able to fight horses in Eastern Wu all his life, and finally became a great general, almost an extremely popular subject.
However, Zhuge Jin, a great general, is obviously unqualified, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a "general who often loses" and does not live up to his name.
But the strange thing is that no matter how the wind and clouds change, no matter how badly the battle is fought, Zhuge Jin can always win Sun Quan's trust. In Zhuge Jin's body, what kind of magic does it have?
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In 200 AD, Sun Ce died and Sun Quan succeeded to the throne. Zhuge Jin, who was looking for a job in Jiangdong, was recommended by Sun Quan's brother-in-law and became the long history of Sun Quan's subordinates.
The long history is equivalent to today's secretary general and office director, which is a very test of a person's organizational and coordination ability, and Zhuge Jin's ability to do a good job in office shows that he is better at governing the country.
However, fate seemed to have made a big joke with Zhuge Jin. A few years later, Sun Quan promoted him to Sima Zhong, and Zhuge Jin began to enter the military circles to assist Sun Quan in military affairs.
From then on, Zhuge Jin began his glorious military career, and in 229 AD, he was promoted to the rank of general, second only to Lu Xun in the Eastern Wu army.
So, what about such an important military cattle man? We can use such an idiom to describe it – it is unbearable.
Zhuge Jin began to personally unify the soldiers and horses and act alone, starting from the Battle of Xiangfan in 219 AD.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that in 219 AD, Zhuge Jin "went from guan yu to fengyi chenghou". After Lü Meng's death, he succeeded Lü Meng as the Taishou of Nan Commandery as the General of Suinan.
Zhuge Jin participated in the operation of sneaking into Jingzhou, but as we all know, the protagonist of this battle is Lü Meng, and Zhuge Jin should be cooperating with the fight, so it does not reflect the real level.
Three years later, in 222 AD, Cao Wei sent three large armies to besiege Nan Commandery (南郡), where Zhu Ran was stationed. Cao Wei sent Cao Zhen, Zhang Guo, Xu Huang and other famous generals this time, while Sun Quan asked Zhuge Jin, who was then the general of zuo, to lead Pan Zhang and Yang Cang to the rescue.
At this time, the plague was raging in Nan County, Zhu Ran only had more than 5,000 people to resist the enemy, the situation was very critical, and Zhuge Jin showed the embarrassment of "slow sex, pushing reason, letting go of planning, and no response to the art of ambush".
That is to say, in the face of difficulties, Zhuge Jin grinded and groaned, but the whole day plan could not come up with a strategy to retreat from the enemy.
Fortunately, Pan Zhang judged the situation and made a decision at the moment, leading his troops to destroy the pontoon bridge of the Wei army, forcing the enemy to retreat, and saving Zhu Ran.
In 226 AD, Cao Pi died and Cao Rui succeeded to the throne. Sun Quan took the opportunity to launch an attack on Cao Wei and sent Zhuge Jin and Zhang Ba to attack Xiangyang. Cao Rui sent Sima Yi to meet the battle. Sima Yi also had few opportunities to be alone before, but the expert shot, and sure enough, he defeated Sun Quan, then defeated Zhuge Jin, and finally beheaded Zhang Ba, severely injuring Wu Jun.
In 234, Eastern Wu made a comeback and attacked Wei in three ways: Sun Quan attacked Hefei, Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin attacked Xiangyang, and Sun Shao attacked Guangling.
As a result, Sun Quan and Sun Shao broke the war and returned home in advance. When Zhuge Jin learned of this, he was flustered and wrote a letter to Lu Xun to discuss the plan. And Lu Xun showed the demeanor of a general, he was calm and self-assured, using tactics to confuse the enemy, and finally led the troops to retreat, and the Wei army did not even dare to pursue.
In April 241, Eastern Wu again attacked Cao Wei, and Zhuge Jin, who was already a general, led an army to attack Zhongzhong, but withdrew in June. For the specific process, the historical data is not recorded, which shows that it is also fruitless. In the same year, Zhuge Jin died at the age of 68.
As a major general, Zhuge Jin did not have outstanding achievements in his life, and his performance was often disappointing. Not only did he not participate in such key battles as the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Yiling, and the Battle of Shiting, but he never undertook the task of attacking strong points alone, but only acted together with famous generals such as Lu Xun and Lü Meng.
This shows that Sun Quan is fully aware of this elder brother's military ability. However, why was Zhuge Jin able to mix in the Eastern Wu army for decades, and finally be promoted to a high position second only to Lu Xun?
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1. Sun Quan's trust
Sun Quan was very respectful and appreciative of Zhuge Jin, because of the harmonious personal relationship between the two people, and also gave birth to an idiom called "life and death is not easy".
When Zhuge Jin was in Nan County, someone once framed him for collaborating with the enemy and preparing to flee to the Shu kingdom. Sun Quan defended him, saying:
"Orphan and Ziyu (Zhuge Jin) have an oath that it is not easy to live and die, Ziyu does not live up to loneliness, and Yu Lonely does not live up to Ziyu." (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
So, in addition to being loyal, what kind of shining points does Zhuge Jin have that can make Sun Quan value it so much?
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms quotes the Book of Wu as saying: "Although Jin Cai was slightly inferior to his brother, his virtue was especially pure. ”
Although Zhuge Jin was not as good as his brother Zhuge Liang, he was known for his virtue and integrity, and he was a pure and upright gentleman. It can be seen that his excellent character and excellent government affairs ability at the beginning were enough to make Sun Quan shine.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms also says that Zhuge Jin "was a man with a good look and a thoughtful attitude, and obeyed his honor and elegance at the time." The right is also important, and the major matters are consulted."
Zhuge Jin is generous and elegant, and never bothers with people. This is vividly reflected in the story of "Zhuge Ziyu's Donkey".
Zhuge Jin grew a big long face, Sun Quan and the courtiers used a donkey to make fun of him, Zhuge Jin faced humiliation calmly and did not mind, but his son Zhuge Ke had to show a "little cleverness" to resolve the embarrassment for his father. In fact, Zhuge Ke's kind of siege relief is particularly redundant.
2. The need to rule
These advantages can make Sun Quan trust Zhuge Jin, but this is not a sufficient reason to reuse him.
The fundamental reason why Sun Quan was able to abandon a famous general of Eastern Wu and promote Zhuge Jin, who had poor professional ability, was out of the need to consolidate his rule.
In Eastern Wu, from the two generations of Sun Jian and Sun Ce, there has been no shortage of famous marshals and famous generals. However, Sun Jian and Sun Ce were strong against tens of thousands of people and heroic, but Sun Quan was much worse.
The reason why Sun Quan is jokingly called "Sun Shiwan" by many netizens is because he often leads a large army to smash the field, but the result often ends in failure.
Although Sun Quan also defeated Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Cao Pi, this was due to his good knowledge and bold decentralization, especially the super on-the-spot command ability of Zhou Yu, Lü Meng, Lu Xun and other commanders. Eastern Wu's military victories often had little to do with Sun Quan's own military prowess.
This situation will eventually lead to such a consequence, that is, the military power is sidelined, and the military generals are difficult to control.
For the purpose of imperial generals and centralized power, Sun Quan must use literati to command military generals, and achieve the purpose of consolidating his own rule by suppressing military force with literature.
Therefore, although from a single point of view, Zhuge Jin's troops were inefficient and incompetent, on the whole, it was only in this way that the Eastern Wu regime was stable.
Therefore, as long as Zhuge Jin's virtue is good, he is loyal to Sun Quan, and his ability is not so important.