In the history known to Lu Bu, Sun Quan's succession process was not smooth sailing.

Because there is little precedent to follow.

There is a similar example.

In the second year of Xingping (194), Yizhou Mu Liu Yan died, and a group of Liu Yan's subordinates recommended Liu Zhang as Yizhou Mu to the imperial court ruled by Li Dao and Guo Yan, which was reluctantly approved. As a result, Liu Zhang became the first hereditary local warlord in the late Han Dynasty. After that, until Sun Ce's death (i.e., 194-200), there was no second case. The powerful princes in the world, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, as well as Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, etc., are all dead, and none of them can pass on the throne to their sons; And Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Gongsun Du, etc., are still alive and well, and there is no problem of succession.

A large part of the reason why Liu Zhang was able to inherit Yizhou Mu was because Liu Zhang was a member of the royal family, which met the special case that the two Han Dynasty had always upheld that the royal family could inherit his father's business. Obviously, the Sun family does not fit this special case.

Therefore, after Sun Ce's death, the succession of Sun Quan has neither legal support nor precedent to follow. Theoretically, as long as the imperial court controlled by Cao Cao appoints another Huiji Taishou, there will be nothing to do with the Sun family.

What's more, what Sun Ce nominally owns, Sun Quan can't inherit. The only thing Sun Quan can inherit is the sense of identity of the subordinate generals with the Sun family, that is, the connections.

This is the main meaning of Sun Ce's passing on to Sun Quan.

Sun Ce is naturally unwilling to give up the foundation laid down by nine deaths and his life to others, so it is reasonable not to pass on his connections to his younger son and younger brother, but to his older and more politically minded eldest brother Sun Quan.

When Sun Cetuo was lonely, the actual situation in Jiangdong was that between the Sun family and the generals, there was an embarrassing situation of the monarch and the ministers; The relationship between Huiji County and other counties was theoretically level, so Sun Ce had to rely on Zhang Zhao and other old ministers to assist Sun Quan wholeheartedly. At the same time, he left a political testament that "it's really not good, it's okay to return to the west", after all, Sun Ce can't predict how the situation will develop in the future.

At that time, Jiangdong's territory included most of the plains of Huiji County, Wu County, Danyang County, Yuzhang County, Lujiang County and Luling County, and the remote mountainous areas had not been effectively controlled. Most of the scholars living in exile in Jiangnan had the idea of taking refuge temporarily, and they could go north at any time, and they had no feelings for the Sun family, nor were they so convinced. However, Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and others believed that although Sun Quan was young, he was very domineering and could build a great cause with him, so they did their best to serve Sun Quan.

As a result, Sun Ce's brother-in-law Zhou Yu led the army back from Baqiu to mourn, and then stayed in Wu County as the central protector, presiding over military and political affairs with Zhang Zhao.

Zhou Yu specially brought the troops back, ostensibly to run for the funeral, but in fact to stand up for Sun Quan to prevent rebellion or other accidents.

But even so, the situation in Jiangdong is still internal and external.

Internal worries are naturally the shaking of people's hearts.

When Cao Cao heard the news of Sun Ce's death, he said to Zhang Hong, the imperial historian: He planned to take advantage of the great mourning of Eastern Wu and the shaking of people's hearts to attack Jiangdong on a large scale.

Of course, it is possible that Cao Cao deliberately scared Zhang Hong to achieve the best effect of intimidation + appeasement of Sun Quan.

Because Zhang Hong is an old minister in Jiangdong.

Subsequently, Cao Cao, in the name of the imperial court, appointed Sun Quan as the general of the captive and the chief of the council. At the same time, the above table recommended Zhang Hong as the eastern governor of Huiji County to do Sun Quan's work, in order to make Sun Quan return to the imperial court.

Zhang Hong's contribution to the Sun family is no less than that of Zhang Zhao. Before Sun Ce started, Zhang Hong formulated a grand strategy for him to "devote himself to Danyang - collect Wu County, Huiji's soldiers - seize Jingzhou and Yangzhou - become the cause of the king", this strategy made the little overlord scratch his ears and cheeks with excitement, and Sun Ce's later rise basically followed this route. In the third year of Jian'an (198), Sun Ce sent Zhang Hong to the imperial court to pay tribute, but Cao Cao stayed in the court and served as a servant of the imperial history.

Zhang Hong's return to Jiangdong this time can be regarded as a return with honor and return to his old master.

As soon as he arrived in Wu County, Zhang Hong wrote a propaganda article, praising Sun Jian, Sun Ce's father and son, and solemnly pointing out that Sun Jian had the honor of defeating Dong Zhuo and supporting the Han family; Sun Ce also pacified Jiangdong and established a great cause, and both father and son should be greatly commended and a grand commemorative ceremony should be held, so that justice can be shown to officials at all levels and the broad masses of the people. After this article was written, it was submitted to Sun Quan, who read it with tears in his eyes and couldn't cry.

As soon as this article came out, Sun Quan instantly occupied the high ground of public opinion, and there were no internal worries.

The biggest obstacle to Sun Quan's succession to the throne is naturally "the solidity of no monarch and minister"! Zhang Hong trumpeted the exploits of Sun Quan's father Sun Jian and eldest brother Sun Ce, legally, morally, and ethically, so that the officials and people of Jiangdong recognized the dominance of the Sun family, Sun Jian was so brave and loyal to the monarch and patriotic, Sun Ce was also so heroic and loyal to the monarch and patriotic, of course Sun Quan was not bad, and he was qualified to be the lord of Jiangdong!

For Sun Quan, this article is better than an army of 100,000.

Let's talk about external troubles.

The external threat is that the counties do not accept it.

For Sun Quan's rise to power, there are those who support it, and naturally there will be those who oppose it. The first to oppose Sun Quan was Sun Quan's cousin, Sun Fu, the Taishou of Luling.

Sun Fu felt that Sun Quan could not keep Jiangdong, so he secretly sent a letter to Cao Cao, asking Cao Cao to lead his army south. As a result, the courier brother who delivered the letter thought that Xuchang was too far away, or that Sun Fu did not give enough errand fees, so he directly sent the letter to Sun Quan, who could give more money.

is also running errands and delivering letters, and gets a reward of 1,000 yuan after traveling more than 2,000 miles from Yuzhang to Xuchang; and between running 500 miles from Yuzhang to Wu County to get 10,000 rewards, normal errand boys know how to choose.

After Sun Quan received the letter, he struck out and executed all Sun Fu's cronies, and all those subordinates who did not participate were transferred and dispersed, and Sun Fu himself was also taken back to prison.

In addition to Sun Fu, other people who are not satisfied are Li Shu, the Taishou of Lujiang County.

After Sun Ce's death, Li Shu began to contain other people who rebelled against Sun Quan, making his intention to become self-reliant.

There are a total of six counties in Jiangdong, and there are two of them, one of them is still a cousin, not counting those wait-and-see people at both ends of the first rat, it can be seen that there are many people in Jiangdong who are not satisfied with Sun Quan, and the situation faced by Sun Quan is quite grim.

After Sun Quan settled Sun Fu, he immediately wrote to Cao Cao and said: "Yan Xiang, the assassin of Yangzhou that you appointed before, was killed by Li Shu, the Taishou of Lujiang. Li Shu's daring to kill court officials should be killed as soon as possible. I plan to send troops to recruit him for the imperial court, and Li Shu will definitely ask the imperial court for help at that time. I ask you to warn the officials in charge of specific affairs not to be fooled by Li Shu's rhetoric, and not to rescue Li Shu. ”

Subsequently, Sun Quan marched into Anhui County and besieged Li Shu. Li Shu asked Cao Cao for help, but Cao Cao was busy with the battle of Guandu and had no intention or ability to pay attention.

Sun Quan then captured Anhui County, indulged the soldiers to slaughter the city, cut off Li Shu's head for public display, and moved more than 30,000 of Li Shu's troops to his control area.

Two rebellions were quickly put down, which fully demonstrated Sun Quan's decisiveness. In particular, the slaughter of Anhui County was a warning to other would-be rebels.

Eighteen-year-old Sun Quan, with his ruthless heart and decisive means, quickly stabilized the situation.

The most amazing thing is that when Sun Quan was attacking Li Shu, Cao Cao was holding Yuan Shao in Guandu, and it was impossible to rescue Li Shu. But Sun Quan still explained his actions to Cao Cao. The first move was to show Cao Cao his determination to control the six counties of Jiangdong; the second is to show respect for the imperial court; Tell Cao Cao, I have greeted you in the attack on Lujiang, and if you win Yuan Shao at that time, it will all be based on the north and the Central Plains, don't blame me for this matter.

Judging from this matter, the eighteen-year-old Sun Quan is thoughtful and far-sighted, and is indeed a perfect politician.

After all, how can a person who can stand in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty for more than 50 years be a general?

After all, this is a 100,000 emperor who can make Zhuge Liang say "can't be done, only helped".

However, just simulating the "life of a Lujiang official", Lu Bu smelled an excellent opportunity from it.

An excellent opportunity to plot Koto!

As for whether this opportunity will work, just simulate the "life of the Lujiang officials" again.

By the way, go in and find Li Shu to take revenge!!

Lu Bu has never been a person who holds grudges.

Generally, if there is a vengeance, he will take revenge on the spot.

When the light screen flickered, the seven "simulated other people's scenes" were constantly alternating.

Lu Bu poked his finger at "The Life of a Little Servant in Lujiang".

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