In the history of Sun and Wu, Jiangdong has a lot of families, among which the Lu family is the most prominent, at that time the Lu family successively had Lu Xun, Lu Kai and Lu Kang, these three have two official prime ministers, one is the big Sima, in addition to the royal Sun family, even the Gu family and the whole family who are also in Wu County can not be compared with the Lu family.

[Lu Ji who died young]

Lu Ji, the word Gongji, the son of Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang in the late Han Dynasty.

When Lu Ji was six years old, he went to Jiujiang with his father Lu Kang to meet Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu took out oranges to entertain, and Lu Ji hid two oranges in his arms. Before leaving, the oranges rolled to the ground, and Yuan Shu sneered: "Lu Lang came to my house as a guest, do you still have to hide the master's oranges when you leave?" Lu Ji replied: "My mother likes to eat oranges, and I want to take them back to my mother to taste." Yuan Shu was very surprised to see that he knew how to be filial to his mother at a young age.

After Sun Ce occupied Jiangdong, in Wu County, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Qin Song, as guests, discussed together about the current Taiping of the four seas, and the need to use force to pacify all places. Confucius said: 'Those who are far away do not obey, and as long as they concentrate on correcting their virtues, they themselves will come and surrender.' 'The people who are discussing today do not seek to acquire moral skills, but only advocate martial arts, and although I am young and ignorant, I am not at ease. Hearing the young Lu Ji's answer, Zhang Zhao and the others were very surprised at him.

In the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Sun Ce was assassinated, Sun Quan inherited the cause, and Lu made achievements to play Cao Peng, focusing on the right truth. Later, he was transferred to Yulin Taishou, and he was added to the general, and let him command 2,000 soldiers. However, Lu Ji has a foot disease, and he has a deep education, and it is not his ambition to be an official. In the army, he did not abandon his works, and once wrote "Hun Tian Tu", annotated "I Ching", and wrote "Taixuan Jing Annotation".

In history, Pang Tong also admired it, and once commented: Lu Zi can be said to be a horse with the power of ease, and Gu Zi can be said to be a cow that can carry weight and go far.

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Lu Ji died at the age of thirty-two. Lu Ji left behind two boys and a daughter, both of whom returned to their hometown when they were only a few years old, and his nephew Lu Mao took them into his home to raise them, and they did not separate until they grew up.

【Gentleman Lu Mao】

Lu Mao, Zizhang, Lu Xun's younger brother. Lu Mao loved to learn when she was young and kept her feelings. Chen Rong, a native of Chen Guo, Pu Yangyi of Chen Liu, Jiang Su of Peijun, and Yuan Di of Guangling, etc., are all people who are born poor and have great ambitions. So much so that Xu Yuan, a native of the same county, moved to Huiji, did not know Lu Mao, and left a suicide note before his death, entrusting his young children to him, he built a tomb for Xu Yuan, and adopted and educated Xu Yuan's son. Lu Mao's uncle Lu Ji died very early, leaving behind two boys and a girl, and Lu Mao took them into his home to raise. The state and county recruited and recommended him, but he did not go to work.

At that time, Shang Shu Jiyan was very keen on praising and criticizing characters, and when selecting officials of the three offices, he was quite fond of publicizing the unseemly mistakes of others to show that he was strict in condemnation. Lu Mao wrote a letter to advise him, but he couldn't do what Lu Mao said, and finally suffered defeat.

In the first year of Jiahe (232), the imperial court bus recruited Lu Mao and appointed him as the speaker and Cao Shangshu. Sun Quan hated Gongsun Yuan's cunning and repeated deception, and planned to go to the conquest in person, but Lu Mao wrote twice to persuade him, and Sun Quan listened. In the second year of Chiwu (239), Lu Mao died.

[Zuo Prime Minister Lu Kai]

Compared with Lu Xun and Lu Kang, Lu Kai's popularity in later generations was relatively low, but during the Sun Hao period, he and Lu Kang were the mainstays of Wu at that time.

Lu Kai, the word respects the wind, he is the son of Prime Minister Lu Xun. In the early years of Huangwu (222), Lu Kai served as the magistrate of Yongxing and Zhuji counties, and had political achievements in this position, and was awarded the rank of captain of Jianwu to lead the army. Although he commanded the army, he never left the book, especially the "Taixuan Sutra", commenting on the meaning of the book, and using yarrow divination to see the fulfillment. Later, Lu Kai served as the Taishou of Dan'er, conquered Zhu Ya, beheaded the thief Kou Yougong, and was promoted to the captain of Jianwu.

After Sun Quan's death, in the second year of Wufeng (255), Lu Kai crusaded against the bandit Chen Yu in Lingling, killed Chen Yu and won the victory, and was appointed as the governor of Baqiu, the partial general, the marquis of the capital, and transferred to the right governor of Wuchang. He went to Shouchun to fight with the generals, and after returning to the division, he was promoted to the general of Dangwei and Suiyuan. Sun Xiu ascended the throne, and Lu Kai was appointed as the general of Zhengbei, the festival and the pastor of Yuzhou. After Sun Hao ascended the throne, Lu Kai was promoted to the general of Zhenxi, the governor of Baqiu, and the pastor of Jingzhou, and the marquis of Jiaxing.

In the second year of Ganlu (266), Sun Hao made peace with the Jin State, and the envoy Ding Zhong returned to Eastern Wu from the north to persuade Sun Hao to attack Yiyang, but Lu Kai persuaded Sun Hao. In the same year, Lu Kai moved to the position of Prime Minister Zuo.

Sun Hao didn't like others to look at him, and when the courtiers came to him, no one dared to raise his head. Lu Kai advised: "There is no reason why monarchs and ministers do not know each other, if something happens, everyone will not know how to find you." So Sun Hao allowed Lu Kai to look up at himself. When Sun Hao moved the capital to Wuchang, the people in Yangzhou were deeply distressed by the countercurrent supply to Wuchang, and there were many mistakes in political affairs at that time, and the people were poor and scarce. Lu Kai then asked Sun Hao not to move the capital, but also to be a virtuous monarch who was sympathetic to the lives of the common people, believing that this would not only improve the people's lives, but also enhance the national strength. In the end, Sun Hao returned to Jianye.

At that time, He Ding, the general of the palace, was a minister, but he was deeply favored by Sun Hao, but Lu Kai reprimanded him in person. He Ding hated Lu Kai because of this and wanted to slander him. But Lu Kai didn't care, he worked hard, and he didn't embellish the instructions from above, showing his loyalty and sincerity from his heart.

In the first year of Jianheng (269), Lu Kai was seriously ill, and Sun Hao sent a letter to Dong Chao to ask Lu Kai if he had any last words to confess, and Lu Kai said: "He must not be reused, he should be allowed to serve in positions outside the capital, and he should not be entrusted with the affairs of the imperial court." Xi Xi is a petty official, but he has built his own farm in Puli, and he can't be trusted if he wants to restore the old scale of strictness. Yao Xin, Lou Xuan, He Shao, Zhang Yi, Guo Kui, Xue Ying, Teng Xiu, and the minister's brothers Lu Xi and Lu Kang, they are either innocent, loyal and diligent, or they are rich in qualifications and talents, and they are all pillars of the country, virtuous and virtuous auxiliary ministers of the imperial court, and I hope that Your Majesty will pay attention to and consider them, ask them about current affairs, make them loyal, and make up for some of Your Majesty's mistakes. Soon after, Lu Kai died of illness at the age of 72.

Some people say that in December of the first year of Baoding (266), Lu Kai, the great Sima Ding Feng, and the imperial historian Ding Gu planned to abolish Sun Hao and replace Sun Xiu's son when Sun Hao visited the ancestral temple. At that time, General Zuo Liuping led his troops as the vanguard. Therefore, Liuping was quietly informed of this plan, and Liuping refused to allow the implementation of this plan, but swore that he would never leak secrets, so their plan did not come to fruition.

According to the record of "Wu Lu": the old worship temple, the general was selected to lead 3,000 soldiers as the guard, Kai wanted to use this soldier to try it, so he ordered Cao Bai to use Ding Feng. Hao didn't want it, and said: "Choose more." "Kai Ling, although he has a good hand, he should get his people. Hao said: "Use Liuping." Kai ordered his son Yi to speak flatly. There is a gap between Pingsu and Ding Feng, and before Yi has time to announce the Kai will, Pingyu Yi said: "I heard that the wild boar entered the Ding Feng camp, and this murderous sign is also." "There is joy. Yi Nai didn't dare to speak, and also, because of Qi Kai, he dropped out.

【Liangmu Lu Yin】

Lu Yin, the word Jingzong, the younger brother of Lu Kai. The first imperial historian, Shangshu selected Cao Lang, and the crown prince Sun He heard his reputation and received him with special courtesy. coincided with Quan Ji, Yang Zhu and other Ah Feng attached themselves to Sun Ba, the king of Lu, and fought with Sun He's court, secretly slandering each other and resenting each other, Lu Yin was arrested and imprisoned for this crime, and was tortured, but he never changed his words. Later, Lu Yin was appointed as the governor of the Hengyang Overseer.

In the 11th year of Chiwu (248), the ethnic minorities of Jiaozhi County and Jiuzhen County rebelled and captured the city, and the Jiaozhou area was in turmoil. The imperial court appointed Lu Yin as the commander of Jiaozhou and Annan. Lu Yin marched to the southern border, told the local people with a letter of kindness, and vigorously implemented the policy of recruiting An, and more than 3,000 henchmen such as Huang Wu, the leader of the Gaoliang thief, surrendered. Lu Yin led the army south, and then declared his sincerity and gave money. So more than 100 thieves, more than 50,000 people, and people who disobeyed the discipline in the mountains and remote areas all kowtowed, so the Jiaozhou area was peaceful and peaceful. The imperial court awarded Lu Yin the title of General Annan on the spot. Lu Yin then sent troops to recruit the thieves in Jianling County, Cangwu County, defeated them, and sent more than 8,000 troops before and after the imperial court to supplement Lu Yin's military needs.

In the first year of Yong'an (258), Lu Yin was recalled to the court to serve as the governor of Xiling, and was the Marquis of Tingdu, and then transferred to Zuo Hulin. After Lu Yin's death, his son Lu Shi inherited the title of Marquis of Duting and was appointed as the governor of Chaisang and the general of Yangwu.

【The ups and downs of the Lu family】

In the history of Sun Wu, the Lu family is definitely a famous family. The history of the Lu family began with Lu Xun, in the battle of Xiangfan, Lu Xun's status jumped three times, and he became one of the main commanders of the Wu army in one fell swoop.

In the first year of Huanglong (229), after Sun Quan became emperor, he specially set up the official position of general for Lu Xun to show that Lu Xun's status was still above the three dukes, and let Lu Xun stay in Wuchang and assist the crown prince Sun Deng to help Sun Quan manage half of the country. In the seventh year of Chiwu (244), Lu Xun was worshiped as the prime minister, the pastor of Jingzhou, and the protector of the right capital, which can be said to be a very popular minister.

Although the local forces in Jiangdong led by the Lu family were later suppressed by Sun Quan, the Lu family still had talents from generation to generation, in the Sun Hao period, Lu Kai first served as the prime minister of Zuo, and Lu Kang later served as the great Sima, there are almost no other families in the Wu State that can be compared, and even the brutal Sun Hao is also afraid of the Lu family.

According to the record of "The Tenth Discipline of the New Language of the World", Sun Hao once asked Lu Kai: "How many people in your clan serve in the court?" Lu Kai replied: "Two prime ministers, five marquis, and more than ten generals." Sun Hao said: "What a prosperity! Lu Kai said: "The monarch is virtuous and his subordinates are loyal, which is a symbol of the prosperity of the country; Parents are loving and children are filial, which is a symbol of family prosperity. Now that the government affairs are wasted, the people are poor, and the ministers are afraid that the country will perish, they dare to say anything about prosperity! ”

In history, Sun Hao was actually very dissatisfied with Lu Kai's many outspoken admonitions and even disobedience to his will, and He Ding's many malicious slanders, he was even more resentful of him. But Lu Kai has always been an important minister, and it is difficult to punish him with the law, and his brother Lu Kang was also a general at that time, so he can only tolerate it.

In the third year of the Phoenix (274), Lu Kang died. Sun Hao began to suppress the Lu family, first he divided Lu Qianglai's direct troops into five, and let Lu Kang's five older sons lead them separately. And later, he liquidated Lu Kai, who had already passed away, and moved his family to Jian'an.

Overall, the Lu family was quite prosperous in the Sun Quan period and Sun Hao period, and it was relatively low-key in the Sun Liang and Sun Xiu periods, with two ups and downs in history, Lu Xun was also Sun Quan, and Sun Quan was defeated, after Lu Xun's death, the Lu family was lonely for a period of time, and it was not until Sun Hao succeeded to the throne that it began to flourish again, and after Lu Kang's death, Sun Hao suppressed the Lu family, and the Lu family was silent again, and the Lu family of Wu County had a very great influence in the founding and end stages of Sun Wu.

The Lu family can be said to be the first family in the history of Sun Wu.