Chapter 018: Sun Ce's Death (Part II)
In history, Sun Ce was assassinated and died, and a generation of heroes died early, so he was regretted by many people, but in fact, he was reminded of this aspect earlier, and Sun Ce himself knew it, but the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult, and the tragedy finally happened.
Before Sun Ce died, he did not choose Sun Yi, the third brother recommended by Zhang Zhao and others, as his heir, but let Sun Quan, who failed in Xuzhou, inherit his great cause in Jiangdong, and then entrust Sun Quan to Zhang Zhao, Sun Ce regretfully passed away.
[Repeating the mistakes of the past]
In history, Sun Ce's Sun Jian died when he went south to crusade against Liu Biao, and unlike the record in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Sun Jian did not die because Liu Biao captured the jade seal and secretly attacked him, but took the initiative to attack and surrounded Liu Biao's base camp Xiangyang, and was shot by Huang Zujun rashly and carelessly in the case of gaining the upper hand.
As Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce can be said to be carved out of the same mold as Sun Jian, when Sun Ce crusaded against Danyang, he personally went to the front line of the battle and moved forward bravely. I hope that you will cherish the talents bestowed upon you by God, conform to the wishes of the world, and do not let the whole country worry about your safety. ”
And Sun Ce often rode out on safaris, which was not without anyone to persuade him, at that time, the Huiji Gong Cao Yufu said to Sun Ce: "You gathered a rabble, led the scattered people, and finally made them do their best for you, even Han Gaozu can't compare to you." As for the ease of leaving the house, traveling in micro-clothes, and the guards are not enough to come to the martial law door, the officers and soldiers are usually worried about this matter. If the monarch is not dignified, he will not be able to show his majesty, so he said that the dragon formed the appearance of a fish, and was caught by a fisherman called Yu He, and the white snake went out to swim arbitrarily and was killed by Liu Bang, I hope you will pay a little attention. ”
Sun Ce said: "You are right, but thinking about things occasionally, sitting idly is very unquiet, and it hinders you from coming up with new plans, so you have to travel." ”
But how to say it, although Sun Ce himself knows, but human nature is difficult to change, just like a driver who is drunk driving, he knows that he can't drink and finally drinks, Sun Ce also knows to pay attention to his own safety, to hunt less, and finally went out to hunt, and when he played, he couldn't control it, and left his guards away, and finally gave the assassin a chance to take advantage of.
Therefore, it is not without reason that Guo Jia thinks that Sun Ce is not a big threat.
【Orphanage】
After Sun Ce's assassination, he knew that his fate was not long in coming, so he began to prepare for what happened after his death. At that time, Sun Ce's children were still very young, and the great cause of Jiangdong was also just starting, and only an adult leader could control it, so Sun Ce could only choose an heir from his two older brothers.
Sun Ce's second brother is Sun Quan, and the third brother is Sun Yi. may be because Sun Quan led the army to defeat Chen Deng last time, so many important ministers did not recognize Sun Quan very much, among them, led by Zhang Zhao, they hoped that Sun Ce would hand over the military power to Sun Yi, who was similar to Sun Ce, but unexpectedly Sun Ce finally chose to let his second brother Sun Quan inherit his position.
After that, Sun Ce invited Zhang Zhao and others to come over and said to them: "The Central Plains is in turmoil, with our soldiers of Wu and Yue, the danger of Sanjiang is enough to watch the success or failure of its tiger fight." You have to help my brother! He also beckoned Sun Quan, handed him the seal, and said to him: "Lead the Jiangdong soldiers, between the two battles, and fight the world rampantly, you are not as good as me; But I am not as good as you. Sun Ce died at the age of twenty-six.
According to the "Wu Calendar", Sun Ce entrusted Sun Quan to Zhang Zhao at that time, and even instructed Zhang Zhao to say: "If Sun Quan is not competent, please take his place." If you are unable to take on the heavy responsibility of defeating the enemy and defending Koto no matter what, you can slow down and return to your hometown westward, without worrying about it. ”
【Sun Quan and Sun Ce】
Sun Quan is Sun Ce's second brother, the word Zhongmou, after Sun Quan's debut, Sun Ce has always taken good care of him.
According to the record of "Jiangbiao Biography", Sun Quan was born with fine eyes, a big mouth, a strange appearance, different from ordinary people, and was considered by his father to be a nobleman. After Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce developed in Jiangdong, and Sun Quan followed him. He has a cheerful personality, is decisive, advocates chivalry, likes to store customers, and is as famous as his father and brother. Sun Quan often participated in the discussion of schemes, and Sun Ce was particularly surprised, and even thought that he was inferior to him. Whenever he invited guests, Sun Ce often looked back at Sun Quan and said, "These people will be your subordinates in the future." ”
When Sun Ce pacified the Jiangdong counties, Sun Quan was fifteen years old at the time, and Sun Ce valued him and appointed him as the magistrate of Yangxian County. Sun Quan was once inspected by the county as filial piety, recommended by the state as Maocai, and acted as the lieutenant of Fengyi.
At that time, the Han court considered that Sun Ce was far away in Jiangdong and could still pay tribute as a courtier, so it sent an envoy Liu Wan to give him a knighthood and official uniform. Liu Wan said to people: "I think that although the brothers of the Sun family are all talented and well-versed in affairs, they are all rich and noble, and their lives are not eternal. ”
In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), Sun Quan followed Sun Ce to conquer Liu Xun, the Taishou of Lujiang. After Liu Xun was defeated and fled, he marched to Shaxian to defeat Huang Zu. At that time, Sun Ce once divided his troops and asked Sun Quan to crusade against Guangling County in Xuzhou, but he was defeated by Chen Deng, the Taishou of Guangling at that time, under the superior forces.
It can be said that Sun Ce has always been very optimistic about his second brother Sun Quan, and has always supported him a lot. In comparison, there is no information to show how much Sun Ce supports his third brother Sun Yi, although Sun Yi has a fierce and decisive personality, similar to Sun Ce, but only Wu County Taishou Zhu Zhi recommended him as filial piety, Zhang Zhao and other ministers wanted Sun Ce to hand over the military power to Sun Yi, but Sun Ce refused.
As for Sun Quan, Sun Ce not only let him serve as a prefect when he was only fifteen years old, but also directly let him lead the army to fight, giving him the opportunity to increase his military exploits.
Because Sun Ce was more optimistic about his second brother Sun Quan from the beginning, despite Sun Quan's disgrace in Kuangqi City, Sun Ce still did not change his ways, handed over his military power to Sun Quan, and left Sun Quan his own minister Zhang Zhao.
Although Sun Quan was not recognized by everyone at that time, later generations have proved that Sun Ce's original choice was completely correct, so the overlord, go all the way.