Sun Quan was definitely one of the masters of the time in the early and middle years of his reign, but in the later part of his reign, it can be said that he was in a state of faint moves, and he had begun to enter the ranks of faint kings, and before Sun Quan's death, he chose the wrong candidates for the queen, the crown prince and the auxiliary ministers.

【Young Prince】

In the thirteenth year of Chiwu (250), the crown prince Sun He was deposed, so Sun Quan made Sun Liang the crown prince, and Quan Shang's daughter was the crown princess. Sun Liang is Sun Quan's youngest son, who was only eight years old at the time, and Sun Quan established Sun Liang in history and was also related to the eldest princess Sun Luban, when she married the daughter of her husband's nephew Quan Shang to Sun Liang as his wife.

In order to avoid a large-scale purge after the dispute between the two palaces, Sun Quan abolished the crown prince Sun He and Sun Ba, but he did not choose the fifth Sun Fen or the sixth Sun Xiu, but chose Sun Liang, who was the youngest at the time, and did not stand up for the long and the young, which can be said to be an obvious mistake. You must know that Sun Wu's situation at that time was not good at all, and Sun Quan was abolishing Sun He, and many people, including Prime Minister Zhu Ju, advised him, which caused another big shock, which can be said to be internal instability. Externally, Wen Qin's attempt to surrender on the eastern front was discovered, but Wang Chang in the north of Jingzhou was really attacked, and the Wu army was also seriously frustrated on the front line, and the outside was also uneasy.

And Sun Quan himself is not young, and his health is obviously dying, and it is quite irresponsible for him to push his young son, who is not yet ten years old, to come to power in this situation.

Not to mention the rest, the tragedy of Cao Wei is just around the corner, the coup d'état in Gaopingling took place in the twelfth year of Chiwu (249) the year before, and it is impossible for Sun Quan not to know the result of Cao Fang's succession to the throne of Cao Wei, and the internal and external environment when Cao Fang came to power was not comparable to Sun Quan at that time.

You must know that when Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, Cao Rui had already killed Kirbineng and Gongsun Yuan, and survived Zhuge Liang. And it's not that Cao Rui doesn't want to have an eldest son, but he himself died early, his own sons are gone, and there are only two adopted sons who are almost young, so it can be said that Cao Rui has nothing to do.

But what about Sun Quan? At that time, Dongwu was worried about internal and external troubles, not to mention, although Sun Quan's youngest son Sun Liang was young, Sun Fen and Sun Xiu were mostly old, as the fifth son, Sun Xiu was already sixteen years old at the time, and his age was twice that of Sun Liang, not to mention the fourth son Sun Fen.

I don't know where Sun Quan's self-confidence comes from, he was seventeen or eight years old when he inherited his brother Sun Ce's great cause, did he really think that a child less than ten years old could stabilize Sun Wu's grim situation at that time!

【First Queen】

In history, Sun Quan had six main women in addition to his wife Xie, namely Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Bu, two Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Yuan and Mrs. Pan.

Mrs. Xu was the adoptive mother of the former prince Sun Deng, who was deposed because of jealousy, and Sun Quan favored Mrs. Bu at that time, but Mrs. Bu had no children and only two daughters (Sun Luban and Sun Luyu). Sun Quan wanted to take Mrs. Bu as the queen, but the ministers recommended Mrs. Xu, and the result was that Sun Wu had no queen for many years. Mrs. Xu eventually passed away due to illness as well.

Sun Quan has two Wang Lady, the first Wang Lady is the mother of the third Sun Sun He, and the second Wang Lady is the biological mother of the fifth Sun Sun Xiu, after Sun He became the prince, his mother was more precious than the son, but later was framed by Sun Luban in the second palace dispute, and died of depression. After Sun He became the crown prince, Mrs. Wang drove many concubines out of the palace, Sun Xiu's mother was among them, and when Sun Xiu succeeded to the throne, his mother had already died.

Madame Yuan is the daughter of Yuan Shu, and after the death of Madame Bu, she is Sun Quan's favorite concubine, and her status in the palace is essentially the same as that of the queen. Sun Quan originally wanted to make Mrs. Yuan the queen, but Mrs. Yuan resolutely refused to accept it on the grounds that she had no children. Later, Mrs. Yuan's niece was married to Sun Fen, the king of Qi, as the princess.

Later, Sun Liang was the crown prince, and Sun Liang's mother, Mrs. Pan, became the queen a year later in the first year of Taiyuan (251), and Sun Quan also granted amnesty for this and changed the year, so Mrs. Pan was actually the first queen of Sun Wu. In history, Empress Pan was gentle and kind on the surface, but she was actually very jealous, and repeatedly slandered Mrs. Yuan and other concubines. When Sun Quan was seriously ill, he even asked Sun Hong for advice on the means of weighing the system in the Lin Dynasty of Empress Lu.

In the first year of the kamikaze (252), Empress Pan was weak and sick because of the fatigue of taking care of Sun Quan, and the palace maids strangled her to death after she fell asleep, under the pretext that she died of a violent illness. Later, the matter was revealed, and six or seven people were executed.

It can be seen that in the later period of Sun Quan's reign, not only were there frequent struggles in the outer palace, but there were also beacons everywhere in the palace, and everyone's ambitions were unlimitedly magnified, and Empress Pan, as the mother of a country, also wanted to become the next Empress Lu after Sun Quan's death, which is not a good sign.

【Candidates for Auxiliary Politics】

After Sun Quan became seriously ill, the prince was young, so he recruited Zhuge Ke to serve as the crown prince and the prince as a general, and ordered Sun Hong to serve as the prince and the young master of the prince. When Sun Quan was critically ill, he summoned Zhuge Ke, Sun Hong, Taichang Teng Yin, General Lu Ju, and Sun Jun in the service to entrust them with the future.

According to the "Book of Wu", Sun Quan was sick in bed, discussing the ministers who could be entrusted, and the ministers were all interested in Zhuge Ke, Sun Quan disliked Zhuge Ke's self-righteous character, and Sun Jun thought that today's courtiers were no match for Zhuge Ke, and insisted on guaranteeing him, so he enlisted Zhuge Ke to build a business. Later, Zhuge Ke was introduced into the bedroom, Zhuge Ke was edicted under the bed, and Sun Quan issued an edict: "I am seriously ill, I am afraid there is no chance to see you again, and everything is entrusted to you." Zhuge Ke wept sadly: "We are all deeply favored by the emperor, and we will obey the edict to the death, and I hope Your Majesty will not worry about the outside world." Sun Quan issued an edict to Yousi, entrusting Zhuge Ke with everything except the power to kill. Sun Quan also determined the homestead and guards, and formulated the etiquette for him to meet the officials and various departments, each with different specifications. There are inappropriate things in the decree, Zhuge Ke listed them to inform Sun Quan, and Sun Quan read them. There was peace and harmony both inside and outside the country, and the ministers and the people rejoiced.

Among the five people who assisted the government, Zhuge Ke later was stubborn and self-serving, insisting on the Northern Expedition, which led to a great defeat at the front and was killed by Sun Jun's coup; Sun Hong himself is a villain, he has killed Zhang Xiu and Zhu Ju earlier, and after Sun Quan's death, he tried to kill Zhuge Ke and was killed; Sun Jun took power after killing Zhuge Ke, but his own ability was poor, and state affairs were also a mess, and he soon died of illness, and entrusted the major affairs to his cousin Sun Qi before his death, and Sun Xiu was removed from the clan after killing Sun Qi; Teng Yin is one of Sun Quan's sons-in-law, and Zhuge Ke is still in-law, Teng Yin's reputation and ability in history are still good, and later fought against Sun Qi with Lu Ju, but failed and was exterminated; Lü Ju is the second son of Lü Fan, and his ability is not bad, but later because he disliked the dictatorship of Sun Jun, Sun Qi and others, he tried to overthrow Sun Qi, and committed suicide in defeat, and was razed by the three clans, and Sun Xiu was rehabilitated after taking power.

Therefore, Sun Quan's selection of auxiliary ministers is ultimately a tragedy.