In the spring and February of the eighth year of Chiwu (245), Prime Minister Lu Xun died, and the princelings suffered another heavy blow.

【Lu Xun's Death】

At that time, the representative figure who supported the crown prince and the foreign ministers was Lu Xun. In the first month of the seventh year of Chiwu (244), Sun Quan appointed Lu Xun as prime minister after the death of his predecessor Gu Yong, and still stayed in Wuchang.

However, Sun Quan did not want Lu Xun to return to Jianye to decentralize power, so Lu Xun stayed in Wuchang, and Sun Quan was still in charge of the court alone, and Lu Xun had the position of prime minister, but because he was outside the court, there was not much room to play.

In the battle of the second palace, Lu Xun was a very key role, although he expressed neutrality earlier, he did not hesitate to stand on Sun He's side after Sun Ba threatened Sun He.

At that time, Quan Cong's sons Quan Ji and Yang Zhu helped King Sun Ba of Lu, and Lu Xun sent letters to Quan Cong and Yang Zhu's brother Yang Mu, persuading Yang Mu and Yang Zhu to live separately and set up another door, and persuade Quan Cong to kill his relatives in righteousness.

At the beginning of the establishment of the two palaces, most of the officials inside and outside the court sent their children to serve Sun He or Sun Ba, and Quan Cong informed Lu Xun that Lu Xun believed that these children should be promoted by virtue of their talents, and should not invite profit for glory privately. He believes that they should stand on a neutral stand, and these children who support the forces of the two palaces will definitely form their own factions, which is the most taboo thing for the ancients.

At that time, Quan Congzi Quan sent to support Sun Ba, and Lu Xun wrote to Quan Cong and said: "You don't follow the example of Jin Ilpan (Jin Ilpan killed his son to avoid the family's misfortune), and sheltering your son Ah Ji will eventually bring disaster to your family." Quan Cong not only did not accept Lu Xun's persuasion, but instead formed a grudge with Lu Xun.

After the discussion of the unstable reign of the crown prince and grandson, Lu Xun Shangshu stated: "The crown prince is the orthodox heir to the throne, and his status should be as stable as a rock, and the king of Lu is a vassal and should be different from the prince in terms of honor, favor, reward and status, so that they can get their own place and the upper and lower levels can be at peace." For the minister, bow to His Majesty and shed his blood, and state his opinion. ”

He wrote many times, and asked to go to the capital, wanting to explain the distinction between the concubines and the concubines with Sun Quan in person, so as to correct the gains and losses. Sun Quan did not listen to his advice, and Lu Xun's nephews Gu Tan, Gu Cheng, and Yao Xin were innocently exiled because they were attached to the crown prince. The crown prince, Fu Wucan, was convicted of many book correspondence with Lu Xun and was imprisoned to death. Sun Quan sent envoys from the palace to rebuke Lu Xun many times, and Lu Xun finally died of grief and hatred. After Lu Xun's death, Bu Hu, who supported King Sun Ba of Lu, served as the new prime minister, and Zhuge Ke served as a general to continue to garrison Wuchang, but Sun Quan divided Wuchang into two parts, and Lu Dai, a supporter of Sun Ba, served as the general to supervise the right part.

Lu Xun's death is another key blow to the princelings after the death of Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang's death marks the reversal of the balance of power in the palace, then Lu Xun's death means a further change in the forces outside the palace, fortunately, it didn't take long for the vulture to die, after the death of the vulture, Sun Quan did not set up another prime minister in the short term, in April of the twelfth year of Chiwu (249), Sun Quan let the hussar general Zhu Yi concurrently serve as the prime minister, which is a good news for Sun He.

[Sun He was deposed]

In terms of foreign ministers' power, Sun He, as the crown prince, is older, so he has a natural advantage over Sun Ba, and Sun Deng also supported Sun He to replace the crown prince before his death, and Sun He became the prince and easily inherited Sun Deng's original power. But even so, it can't stand Sun Ba's repeated frames, Sun Quan suppressed again and again, because Sun Quan obviously favored Sun Ba, so many ministers turned to Sun Ba, and Sun He's advantages were constantly weakened. After the death of Mrs. Wang and Lu Xun, Sun He's general trend has gone, and his position as the crown prince is shaky, and he can't be guaranteed. In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Chiwu (250), Sun Quan finally decided to imprison Sun He and abolish his position as crown prince.

In this year, Sun Quan officially deposed the crown prince Sun He, but Sun Quan was also disgusted with Sun Ba's continuous framing of his brother, and Sun Ba was finally held accountable and killed, and his henchmen who had participated in the murder of the prince were all sent, Wu An, and Sun Qi. In November, he officially appointed his youngest son Sun Liang as the crown prince.

Sun Quan's abolition of the crown prince Sun He was opposed by many ministers, including Zhu Ju, a hussar general who was also the prime minister, Shang Shufu Qu Huang, Zhang Chun, the commander of Fuyi, Chen Zheng, the governor of Wuyi, and Chen Xiang, the governor of the five battalions.

Zhu Ju and Shang Shu led the ministers and generals to smear their heads with mud, tied themselves up, and went outside the palace to intercede for Sun He, Sun Quan was very disgusted and reprimanded them for having nothing to do. Later, Zhu Ju and others went up to admonish, Sun Quan was furious after seeing it, Zhu Ju and Qu Huang were dragged into the palace and beaten with a hundred rods. Zhu Ju was directly demoted from prime minister to Xindu Juncheng, and later Zhongshu ordered Sun Hong to see Sun Quan seriously ill in bed, so he wrote an edict to give Zhu Ju death. Qu Huang was reprimanded to the fields, and died of grief the following year.

According to Yin Jitong's words, it is disputed: "The ministers heard the origin of the prince's country, elegance, benevolence and filial piety, and the world returned to the heart. The former Jin Dynasty dedicated Li Ji and Shen Sheng did not exist, and the Han Wu Xinjiang was filled with the prince and died unjustly. The ministers were afraid that the prince could not bear his worries, and although he set up the palace of the son, there was nothing to do. ”

At that time, many officials were convicted of admonishment, and the history records that "there are more than ten people who sit on the group to admonish and release". Chen Zheng, the governor of Wuyi, and Chen Xiang, the governor of the five battalions, also cited the historical facts that Jin Xiangong killed Shen Sheng and established Xi Qi, which led to the chaos of the Jin Kingdom, and were killed by the whole family, and Zhang Chun, the auxiliary commander under the command of the former prince, was also executed. ‘

[Regret is too late]

Sun Quan regretted the dispute between the two palaces the most in his later years, and later considered recalling Sun He when he was seriously ill, but he was stopped by Princess Sun Luban and others. In the first month of the second year of Taiyuan (252), Sun Quan named Sun He as the king of Nanyang and sent him to live in Changsha.

After Lu Xun's death in history, Sun Quan was still angry, and when Lu Xun's second son Lu Kang buried his father in Suzhou, and thanked him, Sun Quan took out Yang Zhu's 20 charges against Lu Xun and verified it with Lu Kang. Lu Kang replied one by one and defended his father. Sun Quan listened to Lu Kang's words and gradually eliminated his anger towards Lu Xun.

In the first year of Taiyuan (251), Lu Kang was still cured, and when he was about to leave, Sun Quan said to him: "I used to listen to slander, violated the right path, and failed your father. The materials I have questioned before and after, put them out in a fire, and don't let people see them again. "Say goodbye to it.

In history, the dispute between the two palaces from the fifth year of Chiwu (242) to the thirteenth year of Chiwu (250), the time span was as long as eight years, which seriously consumed the national strength of Eastern Wu, and the national strength of Wu was greatly weakened, and the internal contradictions of the Sun family also intensified.

Later, Wang Chang of Wei also took the opportunity to attack Wu in three ways, and returned with a great victory, Sun Liang was too young to really control the government after Sun Quan's death, which led to the rise of powerful ministers within Wu, and he was finally abolished, and the dispute between the two palaces was also the precedent of the Sun royal family's infighting, and there was no family affection within the Sun family after that, only power.