When Sun Ce died, the regime in Jiangdong was in jeopardy, and Sun Ce was young, but his sudden death was not the right time. Jiangdong has begun to take shape, and it is difficult to maintain its strength. What's more, Sun Ce's early success in building Jiangdong depended on a set of highly effective military policies. And Sun Ce's death greatly weakened the deterrent. At this time, Sun Ce had to consider the future strategy, and this step can only be to consider his younger brother Sun Quan.
Just like Liu Bei's death, Shu Han faced the situation of weak ministers and strong ministers. In diplomacy, Shu Han was isolated because of the Yiling War. In terms of power, Shu Han leans to one side and lacks the necessary development resources. It is the weakest of the three countries, but Liu Bei is lucky to have Zhuge Liang, so Liu Bei can safely leave the country to Zhuge Liang.
In fact, Sun Ce had prepared several times before his death, and did not trust to hand over Jiangdong to Sun Quan. Just like Liu Bei, Sun Ce also gave clear instructions to Zhang Zhaoyou, an important official in Jiangdong. "Zhong Mou not tube, you get it yourself. I can't recover, and I have nothing to worry about when I slowly return to the West. " This also means that if Sun Quan fails, Wang Can will personally take charge of Jiangdong. There is an alternative to this, that is, if Zhang can't grasp the situation, then he can choose to return to the west. But there are different opinions about Sun Ce's return to the west in history. In my opinion, the way to go back to the West may be to keep the bamboo slips burning, that is, when they are unable to support, they just need to leave them alive, just in case.
Therefore, the overall arrangement of Sun Ce is very cautious and pessimistic, and it has never meant to expand its territory. I just hope I can hold on, if not, I will retreat and give up my lens.
However, there are still great risks in establishing Sun Quan in Sun Ce. First of all, Sun Ce's old men came from the legacy of his father Sun Jian and the troops provided by Yuan Shu. People like Zhou Yu are also friends of Sun Ce himself. However, these people are not deeply connected with Sun Quan. In addition, Sun Quan did not establish an inch of merit in the process of laying down Jiangdong, and he lacked appeal to the army. And more importantly, the relationship between Sun Quan and the vassals is unclear. Jiangdong has no clear identity at this time, but is a warlord. However, Sun Quan is only an official satrap, and many of his subordinates are higher than Sun Quan, which further weakens Sun Quan's appeal.
And the problem left by Sun Ce is too big. I'm afraid Zhou Yu is the only one who can really be trusted. Before Sun Ce marched into Jiangdong, he had a conversation with Zhang Hong, hoping that Zhang Hong would come out to help him. At this time, the prototype of Jiangdong's political power has been established, but the starting point is different from what everyone thinks. That is, Zhang Hong believes that to establish political power, we must use the slogan of restoring the Han Dynasty, that is, learn from Cao Cao and return the country to the Han Dynasty after success. If it weren't for this purpose, Zhang Hong wouldn't easily agree to help Kawa.
But in order to win Jiangdong quickly, Sun Ce took extreme measures. Jiangdong, far away from the Central Plains, was a pure land during the separatist regime of the Three Kingdoms warlords. However, Sun Ce's sudden attack caught Jiangdong off guard, and Sun Ce's invasion disrupted the pattern of local gentry. In order to quickly establish prestige, Sun Ce adopted bloody rule.
One of the most representative is Lu Kang, who is a good official. At that time, Yuan Shu ordered Sun Ce to attack Lu Kang. For the sake of power, Sun Ce spared no expense to persecute Lu, which almost led to Lu's murder. (This is also the source of Sun Quan's doubts during Lu Xun's period. In addition, Sun Ce has done a lot to set an example for him because of his prestige. Gao Dai was a celebrity in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Sun Ce originally invited Gao Dai to work for him. However, due to the lack of confidence in his bones, Sun Ce listened to rumors and killed Gao Qiu. The History of the Three Kingdoms says that Gao Dai is "eclectic, light on wealth and heavy on righteousness." ; And Gao Dai's influence in the cremation was so great that when Gao Dai died, most of the cremation scoffed at Sun Ce, and they really hated it.
This also tells the reason why Sun Ce chose Sun Quan. First, Sun Ce was assassinated at the age of 26. Although Sun Ce has a son, he is young. On the other hand, although Sun Quan also belongs to the young master, he is eighteen after all. If Sun Ce helps his son to be superior, the consequences will naturally be used by other warlords. Regardless of external threats, even local forces will not easily miss this opportunity.
Sun Ce once said a very classic sentence, that is, "Take the crowd of Jiangdong, decide between Chen and Chen, and compete with the world, so you are not as good as me;" I don't know about you. "Sun Ce didn't admit Sun Quan at this point. Sun Quan's strength in protecting Jiangdong should not be underestimated.
So what did Sun Quan do after he succeeded to the throne? The reality is that before Sun Quan got out of the shadow of Sun Ce's death, he began a constant rebellion. For example, "Li Shu was used as the satrap of Lujiang at the beginning of the strategy. After the defeat, Li Shu refused to take over and Donazi rebelled. " ; This is Li Shu's rebellion in Lujiang, and then "the right to help the violent fear can't keep Jiangdong. Because Dongye exercised his right, he sent someone to call Cao Gong. " ; That is, the Luling rebellion, there are not a few such cases.
However, Sun Quan can be a little more generous. In terms of kindness, Sun Quan regards Zhang Zhao and others as teachers and Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and other military commanders as generals. In addition, during this period, celebrities such as Zhu Gejin and Lu Su were employed by Sun Quan. Therefore, Sun Quan was once praised, such as "Sun Quan's Great Career, Excellent Works of Literature and Art". When you meet your relatives, you will keep it a secret and pay homage to the captain. " ; However, Sun Quan is not blindly kind, and he will also crack down on people he really can't master. Shen of Wujun was a literary figure, but he was also good at martial arts, but because he was never used by Sun Quan, Sun Quan was killed without saying anything.
Therefore, Sun Ce was considerate before he died, and provided several alternatives, not just giving Jiangdong to Sun Quan, so that he would have no worries. Fortunately, Sun Quan's strength in this respect did not live up to Sun Ce's expectations, leading to three points in the world.