Chapter 053: The counterattack of the local forces in Jiangdong

The local forces in Jiangdong are much stronger than the local forces in Yizhou in history, and there are a lot of talents, among which Lu Xun is the key representative, after Sun Quan became emperor, the local forces in Jiangdong have successfully controlled Sun Wu's military and political top official positions, and completed the overtaking of the Huaisi group.

Although there were some twists and turns in the process, there were also blows in the Jiyan case, and there was even the chaos of the Lu Yi matter, but the preliminary results were still relatively sweet for the local forces in Jiangdong in the end.

【Yan Case】

Ji Yan, the word Zixiu, a native of Wu County. Ji Yan was recommended by Zhang Wen to choose Cao Lang, Shangshu. He has an upright and upright personality, and hopes to reform the Lang Bureau, impeach a number of bureaucrats, and re-elect the Third Bureau, because his approach is a little too radical, so Lu Xun, Lu Mao, Zhu Ju and others have admonished him before the Ji Yan incident, but Ji Yan did not listen.

In history, Ji Yan has impeached many people, among which Sun Shao, the prime minister at that time, is the most famous, Sun Shao as the first prime minister of Sun Wu, the influence is very low, and there are not many records, at that time, Zhang Wen was impeached, not only Ji Yan alone, but also Zhang Wen and his deputy Xu Biao, Sun Shao was once forced to resign, but was retained by Sun Quan.

In the end, because of the accumulation of resentment, Ji Yan was framed as a special private love and hate, and did not act according to justice, and was forced to commit suicide by Sun Quan together with his assistant Xu Biao, and then Zhang Wen was also implicated, and was returned to his hometown by Sun Quan under the premise of having a great merit of reuniting Shu Han.

The time of the Jiyan case occurred was the third year of Huangwu (224), at this time, although Sun Quan had not yet claimed the emperor, but the state of Wu had been initially established, and Lu Xun, a native of Jiangdong, also proved himself after the battle of Yiling, becoming an auxiliary general, leading Jingzhou Mu, and was the first person to be the general of Sun Wu, surpassing his predecessors Zhou Yu, Lü Meng and others of the Huaisi group.

At that time, although Sun Shao of the Huaisi Group was the prime minister of Sun Wu, this person did not have enough prestige, and he did not have enough strength, and he was in a high position, and was regarded as a target by the Jiangdong Group without exception, but unfortunately although the Huaisi Group declined at that time, the camel that died of illness was bigger than the horse, and the Jiangdong local group failed to succeed at one time.

Huang Wu four years (225), a year after the Yan case, Prime Minister Sun Shao died of illness, around the new prime minister, Huaisi Group and Jiangdong local forces carried out another confrontation, after Sun Shao died of illness, the Huaisi Group at that time immediately recommended the old minister Zhang Zhao as the new prime minister, but Zhang Zhao's prestige was too high, and his personality was not very good, Sun Quan was unwilling to let him serve as prime minister, so he promoted Gu Yong, one of the four major families in Jiangdong, Gu Yong of the Gu family, as prime minister, so Sun Wu Wenwu and Jiangdong local forces in both sides have gained an advantage, Completed the counterattack on the Huaisi Group.

【Lu Yi Case】

If the Ji Yan case is a seizure of power by Sun Wu's local forces against the Huaisi clique, then the Lü Yi case is a counterattack by the Huaisi clique against the local forces in Jiangdong.

Lu Yi, his hometown is unknown, and it is more likely that he is a foreigner, because Lu Fan, Lu Dai, and Lu Meng in Sun Wu are basically outsiders. He was once used by Sun Quan as a confidant, serving as a school clerk in the middle school, supervising the clerical affairs of the central and local states and counties, and his position was low and powerful.

Because of his danger, he framed others many times, including Prime Minister Gu Yong and General Zuo Zhu Ju, both of whom are representatives of the four major families in Jiangdong.

Earlier, Lu Yi had a disciple who violated the law and was killed by Jian'an Taishou Zheng Guan, Lu Yi was very resentful, so he slandered Zheng Zhou, Sun Quan immediately imprisoned Zheng Guan, and then because of Pan Jun and Chen Biao's words, Zheng Zhou was released. Lu Yi also falsely accused Jiangxia Taishou Diao Jia of "slandering", Sun Quan investigated with hundreds of officials, and all the officials did not dare to disobey Lu Yi, and they all agreed. Only Shi Yi said that he had not heard of it. In the end, because of Yi's insistence, Diao Jiafang was able to do nothing.

Lu Yi framed Prime Minister Gu Yong, and Xie Yi, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, went to ask Lu for news, but Lu Yi was not optimistic. But Xie Wei cleverly said that as long as Gu Yong was dismissed, Pan Jun would take over as prime minister. Lu Yi was afraid of Pan Jun, so he had to let Gu Yong go. Lü Yi also framed Sun Quan's concubine Zhu Ju, accusing Zhu Ju, who was the general of Zuo, of embezzling military salaries, torturing the officers who managed the finances of the shogunate, and beating the official to death. Zhu took pity on him and died in prison and buried the official. was identified by Lu Yi as evidence of weakness. Zhu had no choice but to self-imprison and wait for Sun Quan's review. Later, Sun Quan found out that Zhu Ju was innocent, so he said: "Even Zhu Ju will be falsely accused, let alone ordinary officials and ordinary people?" In anger, Lu Yi was put to death.

It can be seen that in the later period of Sun Quan, the local forces in Jiangdong have begun to grow, so Sun Quan can't stand it anymore, at this time, he wants Lu Yi to serve as the schoolmaster of the Chinese calligraphy, and Lu Yi is more hostile to everyone in Jiangdong, so he mainly aimed at the Jiangdong family during his tenure, but he was too unscrupulous in the later period, which caused many people to be disgusted, including not only Lu Xun, the local representative of Jiangdong, but also Bu Qi of the Huaisi Group, Pan Jun of Jingzhou regarded Lu Yi as an enemy, and even the crown prince Sun Deng couldn't look at it.

So in the end, Sun Quan pushed Lu Yi out and killed him as an explanation to the hundred officials.

The Lü Yi case occurred after the fifth year of Jiahe (236), when Lü Yi framed Gu Yong and Zhu Ju, and the ministers could no longer bear it, and then Lü Yi gave up framing Gu Yong, and the matter of Zhu Ju was proved to be a false accusation by Liu Zhu, a military official, and Lü Yi was finally executed.

During this period, everyone in Jiangdong had been in control of Sun Wu for a long time, and Sun Quan was also a little dizzy in his later years, making a lot of mistakes, and appointing villains, and more importantly, his views on the local forces in Jiangdong were likely to change at this time.

At the beginning of Sun Quan's reign, Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu of the Huaisi Group all had a pivotal position in Jiangdong, and Sun Quan had to accept the assistance of these people, so although Sun Quan suppressed Ji Yan and Zhang Wen, who directly impeached Prime Minister Sun Shao, he still vigorously promoted Lu Xun and Gu Yong of Jiangdong's local forces, and used local forces to restrict the Huaisi Group. to ensure that their high status is not threatened.

However, after so many years, the Huaisi Group is like a root without water, and the threat to Sun Quan has gradually weakened, but the local forces in Jiangdong have developed rapidly, although the Sun family is a native of Wu County in history, but the local forces in Jiangdong were not very welcome to the Sun family, although there is a factor of Sun Ce serving under Yuan Shu, but Sun Ce killed a lot of people in order to solve this problem, which Sun Quan also knows, so he is not very at ease with these big families in Jiangdong, For the Sun family, it is best for the Huaisi group to maintain a balance between the local forces in Jiangdong, so it will happen later that Sun Quan ignored Lu Yi and framed Prime Minister Gu Yong and General Zuo Zhu Ju.