In the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were faint monarchs, tyrants, and of course Ming lords, the founders of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were not ordinary people in history, and Sun Ce, Cao Rui, Liu Yu and Sun Xiu were also considered to be Ming masters for a while during their reigns.

【Ming Master Ranking】

No.7 Emperor Wu Jing Sun Xiu

Sun Xiu is the third king of Sun Wu after Sun Quan and Sun Liang, although he has not reigned for a long time, but he has played an important role in setting things right, among the three emperors after Sun Quan, Sun Liang has been puppeted, Sun Hao is completely a tyrant, only Sun Xiu's performance is still said in the past.

When Sun Xiu had just succeeded to the throne, Sun Wu was controlled by the powerful minister Sun Qi, Sun Xiu endured the humiliation, and finally removed Sun Qi with the help of Zhang Bu and others, and restored the honor of Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin and others. However, in the later period of Sun Xiu's reign, he also trusted Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing too much, which led to the two of them tilting towards the government and the opposition, and in his later years, Sun Wu was turbulent both inside and outside.

No.6 Sima Liu Yu

Liu Yu's political ability was one of the best in the entire late Han Dynasty, when he first served as the pastor of Youzhou, there was the threat of nomads such as Wuheng outside, the rebellion of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, and the suppression of Gongsun Zan and others by force could not be quelled. However, after Liu Yu arrived, the foreign tribes surrendered, and Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun fled directly to Guanwai.

At that time, Youzhou was not prosperous because it was located in the border area and was often threatened by foreigners, and the people were quite difficult, but after Liu Yu came to power, he opened the market in Shanggu to trade with foreigners and also mined the salt and iron ore of Yuyang to obtain income, which made Youzhou rich, and even millions of people in the south were exiled to Youzhou, so it was no problem to say that Liu Yu was a Ming lord at that time.

But Liu Yu himself was too naïve and benevolent, and when he was crusading against the rebellious Gongsun Zhan, Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Chan with a small number of troops because he was too benevolent in charge of the army, and he was defeated and died.

No.5 Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming

Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming has begun to deteriorate when he succeeded to the throne, Sun Quan in the south turned to attack, Zhuge Liang in Shu also took the opportunity to go north after quelling the rebellion, and Gongsun Yuan, who was ambitious in Liaodong, also replaced his uncle Gongsun Gong, and Kirby Neng in Xianbei in the north was also close to unifying Xianbei, and the threat to Cao Wei was greatly strengthened.

After Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, he let the three auxiliary ministers Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and Sima Yi garrison one side to defend the frontier, after a long period of solid defense, Cao Wei dragged Zhuge Liang to death, assassinated Kirbineng, eliminated Gongsun Yuan, repelled Sun Quan, and ensured the security and stability of his own territory, but unfortunately Cao Rui had begun to indulge himself in the later period, and was interfered with by Liu Fang and others when determining the candidate for auxiliary minister, and finally made a wrong judgment to let Cao Shuang and Sima Yi assist the government together, It laid a hidden danger for Cao Wei to be replaced by Sima Jin in the future.

It can be said that Cao Rui was smart for a lifetime, but in the end he buried Cao Wei at a critical juncture.

No.4 Changsha Huan Wang Sun Ce

On the basis of his father Sun Jian's stay, Sun Ce went south to Jiangdong with the help of Yuan Shu's power, divided one side, and established the Jiangdong Sun Group, which was important at that time, and was one of the founders of Sun Wu in the future.

Sun Ce had already gone out of the mountain to serve Yuan Shu before he had already negotiated with Zhang Hong on the "Jiangdu Pair" and determined his future development goals, he followed this plan, defeated Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan, swept away Yan Baihu, Zou He, Qian Tong, Wang Sheng, Xu Gong, Chen Yu and others who were not obedient to him in Wu County, and captured Wang Lang, who was captured by Huiji, Yuan Shu said that the emperor broke with him and seized Danyang, tricked Liu Xun to capture Lujiang, and coerced Yuzhang to force Huaxin to surrender, thus completing the unification of Jiangdong.

Sun Ce unfortunately died young, only twenty-six years old when he died, he was assassinated by the assassins when he went north to crusade against Cao Cao, before his death he did not listen to the advice of Zhang Zhao and others, but wisely determined Sun Quan as his successor, and entrusted the great cause of the Sun family to his second brother.

No.3 Zhaolie Emperor Liu Bei

Liu Bei's life was quite bumpy, he successively took refuge in Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao and many other princes, and moved to Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou. From north to south, from east to west, Liu Bei basically turned, he was the boss, and he was once pulled off the horse by others, he won battles, repelled Cao Cao head-on, but more often than not, he was abused, but Liu Bei never gave up, he did not hesitate to look at the thatched house, and finally invited Zhuge Liang, got the Longzhong countermeasures of the three-point world, and finally established Shu Han.

Liu Bei's life is very legendary, as a monarch, he treats his courtiers and people enough to be benevolent and righteous, able to let others live and die together, in order to follow Liu Bei, Guan Yu refused Cao Cao's wooing, Zhuge Liang ignored Zhang Zhao's goodwill, and even the people of Jingzhou followed Liu Bei hard to the south without complaint.

Of course, Liu Bei is not without shortcomings, on the contrary, he is not very outstanding in military, strategy, politics and diplomacy, but Liu Bei has a unique personality charm, which is very rare in the entire Chinese history.

No.2 Emperor Sun Quan of Wu Taizu

Sun Quan's faintness in his later years could not hide the brilliance he had bloomed in his earlier years. When Sun Quan first came to power, he was unstable internally, and there were Cao Cao, Liu Biao and other great princes outside, and Sun Quan was less than twenty years old, but a few years later Sun Quan stabilized the interior and began to invade Jingzhou, eventually killing Huang Zu and avenging his father Sun Jian.

Sun Quan's pace of crusade against Jingzhou in history was finally slow to Cao Cao, Cao Cao pacified the four northern states at the same time, while Sun Quan was blocked outside Jiangxia, the direct result was that Cao Cao captured Jingzhou before Sun Quan, almost pushed Jiangdong into the abyss of destruction, but in this desperate situation Sun Quan did not give up, he reused Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Liu Bei, and finally defeated the invading Cao army in Chibi, captured Jiangling, and reversed the situation. After that, Sun Quan further seized Jiaozhou, and played Liu Bei and Cao Pi in the palm of his hand through diplomatic means, and safely took Jingzhou, easily crowned the king, and avoided the situation of being attacked from both sides.

Sun Quan further expanded Sun Wu's territory on the basis of Sun Ce, expanding from Yangzhou to Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Jiaozhou, and united Shu Han against Cao Wei, forming a three-point world, Liu Bei can be said to have lost to Sun Quan in the diplomatic and military duel, so Sun Quan is ranked before Liu Bei here.

No.1 Emperor Cao Cao of Wei

Cao Cao is the actual founder of the Wei State in history, he through years of struggle, he has occupied the Central Plains led by Yan, Henan, and Xu Sanzhou, and defeated the Yuan family, seized the four northern states, and the western expedition to pacify the rebellion of Han Sui and Ma Chao, and sent Xiahou Yuan to occupy Liangzhou and Guanzhong, Cao Cao occupied the original Eastern Han Youzhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Sili, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou and other Kyushu in the later period, plus the north of Yangzhou and Jingzhou, was the strongest and largest prince of the power and territory at that time, and the undoubted overlord of the north, Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the south could only rely on alliance to confront Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao did some things in history is a little out of line, but this does not deny Cao Cao's wisdom, in the military, politics, strategy and literary aspects, Cao Cao was able to occupy a place at that time, as a monarch, Cao Wei is also a very good leader, he is eclectic to reduce talents, promote relatives, under his command at that time is full of talents, civil and military talents are endless. It's a pity that Cao Cao didn't take the opportunity several times and failed to complete the great cause of dominating the world at a great opportunity.

With Cao Cao's performance and influence, he is the first person in the Three Kingdoms.