Sun Quan (182 65438+February 2 2, 252-May 22, 252 2 1), born in Fuchun, Wu Jun (now Fuyang, Zhejiang), was the founder of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms period. Sun Quan's father, Sun Jian, and his younger brother, Sun Ce, laid the foundation of Jiangdong in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. 19 years old, after his brother Sun Ce was assassinated, Sun Quan took power and became a vassal. In 208, Sun Quan and Liu Bei joined forces in Chibi, defeated Cao Cao's army and established the Sun-Liu Alliance. In 2 19, Sun Quan sent Monroe to attack Liu Bei's Jingzhou successfully, which greatly increased the territory of Wu. In 222, he claimed to be the King of Wu and established the State of Wu; Proclaimed himself emperor in 229. He was the ruler who ruled for the longest time in the Three Kingdoms period. After the sun rose, agricultural officials were set up, land was reclaimed, mountains and mountains were settled, and counties were set up, which promoted the economic development of Jiangnan. On this basis, he sent people to sea many times. In 230, Wei Wen was sent to Yizhou. In his later years, "too many taboos lead to killing", and he was capricious on the issue of heirs, which led to party struggles under the group. He died in 252, at the age of 7 1. The temple was named Mao, the great emperor posthumous title.

Sun Quan's father Sun Jian died in A.D. 192; Brother Sun Ce, who fought for eight years, laid a solid foundation for Sun Quan before his death in 200 AD.

Sun Ce made great efforts to lay the foundation of Jiangdong, which was a great contribution to bamboo slips. But his greatest contribution is to choose a suitable successor behind him. Any historian agrees with this statement with both hands. Before Sun Ce died, everyone thought that Sun Ce would choose Sun Bin, the "brother with strategy", but Sun Ce chose Sun Quan. It is recorded in the Record of the Three Kingdoms in Sun Bin that one day in 200 AD, Sun Ce went out alone and met a guest of Xu Gong, a former magistrate of Wu County, who was injured in the face and seriously injured.

Sun Ce invited Zhang Zhao and others to the couch and said, "The chaos in China, the strength of the three rivers, the strength of the three rivers, is enough to see success or failure. The public is very kind to my brother. " Then he called Sun Quan, took off his seal and put it on Sun Quan. He said to Sun Quan: "People who use Jiangdong will make a decisive decision between the two fronts and compete with the world. Qing is not as good as me; I am not as good as Qing. "

It is said that Sun Ce entrusted Sun Quan to Zhang Zhao before he died, and said something similar to what Liu Bei Yong' an later entrusted to orphans: "If Zhong doesn't give it, you can take it yourself." It means that if my brother Sun Quan can help, you can help him well. If this boy really doesn't live up to expectations and can't help, you, Lao Zhang Can, will take his place.

Sun Ce said this much earlier than Liu Bei said this (AD 223). In order to highlight Zhuge Liang's greatness, later generations did not mention or mention Sun Ce's words, and raised Liu Bei's words infinitely.

The meaning of "you can keep it for yourself" in the fifth episode of this book has been discussed in detail in the content of Liu Bei's Yong 'an orphan. The real meaning of "you can have it for yourself" is "it's up to you", and it doesn't mean that Zhang Zhao "takes the place" in a helpless situation, which is the ancient theory of "discretionary guardianship".

Judging from what Sun Ce said to Zhang Zhao and Sun Quan before his death, Sun Ce's judgment on the situation is accurate and his thinking on the way out of Sun Wu Group is clear.

In 200 AD, there was a big scuffle in the north of China (that is, "China" as Sun Ce said), and it is not known who won or lost. Sun Wu Group is powerless and there is no need to intervene in the melee in the north. The best strategy is to sit in the southeast, wait and see, recognize the situation and wait for an opportunity to attack.

On this premise, the future political and military task of Sun Wu Group is to keep the newly occupied Jiangdong area first, and then decide its own direction according to the development of the situation. Sun Ce defines himself as a person who is more enterprising than success. Then, Sun Ce's successor should be a conformist, followed by an enterprising person.

This man is Sun Quan, not Sun Bin, who is "fierce and has a brother to lead the way".

If Sun Jian is an authentic professional soldier who only knows how to fight for the imperial court, then Sun Ce has grown into an authentic local warlord, always at arm's length with the imperial court, or close to it.

When Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, he was only 19 years old (born in 182, one year younger than Ge Liang), and he always adhered to the established policy of "sitting in the southeast and watching success or failure" until he was 27 years old, that is, in 208 AD.

In this year, Cao Cao unified the northern part of China, expelled the northern minority Wu Huan, abolished the three officials, became prime minister, sorted out the internal affairs of the central government, and led at least 200,000 troops to conquer Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Liu Cong, Liu Biao's successor, surrendered without a fight, and Liu Bei lost all the way from Fancheng to the south. Not only was he unprepared, but he didn't even have the strength to escape.

At this time, Sun Quan can neither sit in the unstable southeast nor watch the success or failure leisurely. Cao Cao will go down the river and divide his troops into the southeast. Sun Quan either resists or surrenders. Sun Quan, 27, faces the future of Sun Jiahe Sun Group.

A great war, a great war in history-Battle of Red Cliffs, with a ferocious face, is waiting for Sun Quan.