Chapter 40 Chapter 39 Kuaiji Wang Sunliang

Sun Liang is the youngest son of Sun Quan and the second emperor of Soochow.Sun Liang's ability to become the crown prince and later inherit the throne was beyond his wildest dreams. It turned out that Sun Quan, the great emperor of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, had seven sons, and he had already selected his third son, Sunhe, as the prince.Sun He, courtesy name Zixiao, was smart and wise since he was a child, and he was quite loved by Sun Quan.Sun He's mother, Mrs. Wang, was also very favored by Sun Quan, so people said that Sun He's mother and son would be rich in the future.After Sun He grew up, he loved literature, was good at riding and shooting, respected corporals, and could distinguish right from wrong. He was an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. When he was 14 years old, Sun Quan assigned Sun He palace guards, and ordered Zhongshu and Kan Ze to teach him.When Sun He was 19 years old, Sun Quan officially made him the crown prince, and personally selected ministers to accompany and teach him.

But Sun Quan's eldest daughter, Princess Quan, was usually at odds with Sun He's mother and son. She was afraid that Sun He's becoming emperor would be bad for her, so she used every opportunity to provoke Sun Quan.Once Sun Quan fell ill, the crown prince Sunhe went to the ancestral temple to pray for his father.Zhang Xiu, the uncle of Sun He's concubine Zhang, lived near the ancestral temple. It happened that he met Sun He at the door that day and said to him, "Why don't you come and sit here? Take a rest, and we can serve tea." "Sun Heben was a little hesitant, but he couldn't help Zhang Xiu's repeated invitations, the kindness was hard to turn down, and he was afraid that if he didn't enter Zhang's house, Zhang Concubine would be displeased, so he followed Zhang Xiu into Zhang's house.Unexpectedly, Princess Quan often sent people to monitor her grandson, mother and son.This time when Sun He left the palace, Princess Quan had already sent someone to follow her.Seeing Sun He entered Zhang Xiu's house, the stalker immediately went back and reported to Princess Quan.When Princess Quan heard the news, she was overjoyed and went to see Sun Quan immediately.

Princess Quan entered the inner palace and saw Sun Quan lying on the sickbed. She pretended to be very hesitant and said to Sun Quan: "Father, my son heard something. I don't know if I should tell you?" The beloved daughter was beside her, and she said, "Tell me what's going on, I'm afraid my father's days in this world are numbered." Princess Quan said: "I heard that the prince claimed to go to the ancestral temple to pray for the emperor, but he was not in the temple. Middle. Some people saw him going to the Crown Princess’s house, as if he was planning a secret affair. The father, the dragon, was in poor health, and the Crown Prince did not come to serve him, but conspired with his father-in-law. I was worried that they would do something extraordinary. I also heard that the Crown Prince’s mother, Mrs. Wang Seeing that your father is seriously ill, not only does he not feel sad, but his face is filled with joy. These are not the attitudes that a subject should adopt. Please pay more attention to your father." Hearing these things, he was furious and wanted to punish Sun and his mother and son immediately.When Mrs. Wang heard that Sun Quan was furious, she was afraid that she and her son would be harmed. She was so worried that she couldn't afford it anymore.Sun He was also afraid that he would be deposed or even killed, so he was restless all day long, unwilling to eat.

After a few days, Sun Quan's condition improved and he became a director again. Remembering Princess Quan's words, he was very angry at the prince's unfilial piety, so he wanted to replace the prince.Princess Quan saw that this was an opportunity to speak up, so she repeatedly praised her husband's nephew Quanshang's daughter for her beauty and virtuousness in front of Sun Quan, and persuaded Sun Quan to take Sun Liang, the youngest son, as his wife, which moved Sun Quan for a while.Soon, Sun Quan formally proposed to depose Sun He and make Sun Liang the crown prince.Ministers Chen Zheng, Chen Xiang, Zhu Ju, Qu Huang and others resolutely opposed it. They also quoted scriptures and said that if the crown prince was changed, it would cause chaos in the country's government, which meant that Sun Quan was compared to a historically stupid king.Sun Quan was so angry that he had Chen Zheng and Chen Xiang exterminated, and ordered Ju and Huang to be dragged into the palace to beat 100 boards each.After all these twists and turns, the matter of Sun Quan's changing to the crown prince was settled.

In the thirteenth year of Chiwu in the Eastern Wu Dynasty (250 A.D.), Sun Quan officially deposed Sun He, made Sun Liang the crown prince, and made the daughter of the whole family the crown princess.In this way, Sun Liang became the prince and ascended the position of crown prince.This year, Sun Liang happened to be 10 years old. Sun Quan died in the summer of April, the first year of Shenfeng in the Eastern Wu Dynasty (252 A.D.).Zhongshu ordered Sun Hong and Zhuge Ke to be co-administered by the will, but Sun Hongsu disagreed with Ke, worried that he would be ruled by Ke in the future, so he wanted to block the news of Sun Quan's death, keep the funeral secret, and then forged an edict to get rid of Zhuge Ke .Sun Jun, the servant, discovered the plot and informed Zhuge Ke.Therefore, Ke made a plan to kill Sun Hong.One day, Zhuge Ke invited Sun Hong into his house to discuss matters. Sun Hong didn't know what to do, and went without any precautions.While discussing in the seat, Zhuge Ke suddenly changed his color and asked Sun Hong, "Why didn't you announce the news of His Majesty's death? What's your intention?" Hacked.

Zhuge Ke immediately announced the news of Sun Quan's death, and assisted the prince Sun Liang to succeed to the throne, changed his Yuan to Jianxing, and amnesty the world. When Sun Liang came to the throne, he was only an eleven or twelve-year-old child, and the power was in the hands of Taifu Zhuge Ke.Zhuge Ke was the son of Zhuge Jin, a famous minister of Eastern Wu, and the nephew of Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu.Ke is very talented, but Lu Xun thinks that he insults the venerable, despises the humble, and lacks the foundation of virtue.His uncle Zhuge Liang thought that Ke's temperament was empty and sparse, not refined enough.His father, Jin, also thinks that Ke is not the head of the family, and often feels sad about it.Now, Zhuge Ke is now the chief assistant, and he desperately wants to build up his achievements in order to improve his prestige, so he does a lot of favors.He abolished the school officials in charge of corrections, pardoned fugitive criminals, exempted customs duties, and paid attention to everything to give people favors.Therefore, the hearts of the people were very happy. Whenever Zhuge Ke went in and out, the people stopped and looked up, vying to see his appearance.

Seeing that the people were attached to him, Zhuge Ke wanted to establish his military prestige, so he sent troops to attack Cao Wei.Soochow soldiers were delighted with a small victory, and Zhuge Ke was complacent and wanted to attack Wei on a large scale.However, all the ministers thought that it would be difficult to win for a while because the heir of the Eastern Wu Dynasty was newly established and it was inconvenient to raise troops.However, Ke was self-willed and refused public advice. More than 200,000 soldiers from the prefectures and counties were sent to attack Wei forcibly, which caused commotion among the people.Zhuge Ke began to lose popular support.

Zhuge Ke led a large army to besiege Xincheng (now Fang County, Hubei), and the Wei soldiers in the city defended desperately. The two sides held each other for more than a month, but the city was not conquered.It coincided with the epidemic, Wu Jun died of illness and more than half of the disabled, but Ke talked and laughed freely.Later, Cao Wei sent troops to rescue, and Ke was forced to withdraw his troops.This expedition was laborious and ineffective, and the losses were serious, which led to public resentment.After Ke returned to the palace, not only did he not review his own mistakes, but instead blamed all the officials, he also replaced all the important positions and guard soldiers with his own confidantes, so the government and the public were disappointed, and the public resentment became heavier.

Sun Jun, general of Wuwei, was also one of the Ministers Gu Ming who received the imperial edict, but Zhuge Ke always despised him and often insulted him.Sun Jun held a grudge, and seeing that Ke was already hated by the government and the public at this time, he took the opportunity to frame Zhuge Ke in front of Sun Liang for wanting to launch a rebellion.It happened that Sun Liang was also dissatisfied with Zhuge Ke. Seeing that Sun Jun said that Ke was plotting to make trouble, he believed it to be true, and the two conspired to kill Zhuge Ke. One day in October of the second year of Jianxing in Eastern Wu (AD 253), Sun Liang and Sun Jun made arrangements and invited Zhuge Ke to a banquet the next day.Ke enters the palace, holds the sword and enters the hall. After meeting Sun Liang, he sits down immediately.After a while, the palace people put out the wine and dishes, and Ke was worried that it was poisonous, so he hesitated and refused to drink it.Sun Jun was very cunning, knowing what Ke was thinking, he said with a smile: "Teacher's illness is not cured, so it's inconvenient to drink alcohol. If you bring medicinal wine for normal drinking, please drink it as you like." .

After several rounds of drinking, Sun Liang was too young to drink, and secondly, he had something on his mind, so he got up first and entered the inner palace.Seeing that Sun Liang had gone, Sun Jun pretended to go out for convenience, took off his long clothes in the toilet, and re-entered the hall in short clothes.Ke looked up and saw Sun Jun coming with a murderous look on his face wearing a short coat and a sharp sword. Ke was shocked and hurried to draw the sword in his waist.It was too late to say it, but it was too soon, the sword hadn't been drawn yet, but Sun Jun hurried forward and chopped Ke to the ground with one sword.The guard Zhang Yue was by his side. Seeing that the situation was critical, he hastily drew out his sword and cut at Sun Jun, wounding Sun Jun's left hand.Sun Jun endured the pain and cut off Zhang Yue's right arm.At this time, all the warriors rushed to the hall together, and Sun Jun said to stop him: "The one who was taken by the imperial edict is Zhuge Ke alone. He is dead now. Put away your swords quickly." The warriors obeyed the order and put away Zhuge Ke's body dragged out.Afterwards, Sun Jun exterminated Ke's three clans.

After Zhuge Ke was killed, the ministers of the state of Wu joined forces and elected Sun Jun as Taiwei, and Sun Jun took the government affairs into his own hands. Sun Jun had no prestige, and lived a promiscuous life. He raped the court ladies at will in the palace, and even had an affair with the whole princess.Sun Jun was proud and self-confident, with a sinister heart, abused the criminal law, and killed Zhongliang without authorization, so the court complained a lot.Seeing that everyone was full of resentment, Jun wanted to use the conquest of Cao Wei to divert everyone's attention and improve his reputation.In the autumn of the first year of Taiping in the Eastern Wu Dynasty (256 A.D.), Sun Jun led his troops to attack Wei. In September Ding Hai, Sun Jun died of illness in the army.Before he died, Sun Jun ordered his younger brother Sun Lin to send troops to kill Teng Yin and others who opposed him, so that his forces could completely control the government. In the summer and April of the second year of Taiping in the Eastern Wu Dynasty (257 A.D.), Sun Liang came to the main hall, amnesty the world, and was promoted to be in charge.Sun Liang is only in his teens, but he is extremely smart.Once, Sun Liang sent an eunuch with a silver gaiwan to the warehouse to fetch cane sugar from Jiaozhou (now Guangzhou).The eunuch had always had a grudge against the small official in charge of the warehouse, so he secretly put a few grains of mouse droppings in the cane sugar, and when he came back, he falsely accused the small official of being careless in his duties and polluting the tribute.Sun Liang ordered the servants to be called here, and they brought the utensils for storing sucrose.Sun Liang inspected it first, and then asked the little official: "Since the sugar storage container has a cover, it should be covered normally. This should not have happened. Is this eunuch taking the opportunity to frame you because of his grudge against you?" The official kowtowed and replied: "Your Majesty is wise! This eunuch once asked me for a summer mat for the palace. I dare not give it to him because there are fixed numbers of things for the palace. He will bear a grudge." Sun Liangliang nodded and said, "It must be That's what happened." The eunuch was called again, but the eunuch refused to admit it.The waiter Diao Xuan and others said: "The eunuch and the petty officials are inconsistent. Should they be sent to the Secretary for torture?" It was still very dry in the middle, so Sun Liang laughed and said to Diao Xuan and the others: "This sucrose is wet. If the rat feces were in the sugar first, it must be soaked inside and out. But now it is wet outside and dry inside. This eunuch must have put it in temporarily." .” After questioning the eunuch again, he pleaded guilty.People around saw that Sun Liang was so smart, and they were all surprised. Sun Liang's brother Sun Ba, king of Lu, died early, and his son Sun Ji served in the inner palace.Once, Sun Ji committed the crime of stealing a royal horse, and a secretary put him in prison and asked Sun Liang for instructions on how to deal with it.Sun Liang asked Diao Xuan, the waiter, "What crime should be punished for stealing a royal horse?" Xuan replied, "According to the law, he should be executed, but King Lu died early. I hope His Majesty can forgive him once." Sun Liang said seriously: "The law is Everyone in the world abides by it. How can he break the law just because he is my nephew? We should consider how to keep him alive, and should not persuade me to bend the law for personal gain." Diao Xuan said: "The king has a pardon. According to the past practice, the scope of amnesty can be large or small, or the whole world can be amnesty, or a thousand miles or 500 miles can be amnesty alone, depending on the monarch's choice." Sun Liang was overjoyed and said: "This is how people who seek solutions should be." So he first lawfully Sun Ji was convicted, and then Sun Liang issued an edict to pardon all criminals in the inner palace, so that Sun Ji survived. Sun Lin monopolized power and acted arbitrarily, and Sun Liang was very dissatisfied.Sun Liang once went to Zhongshu Province to check the past official documents, and there were often Sun Lin's instructions on them. Sun Liang said to the left and right: "The late emperor had special rules for the handling of many things. Now that the general Sun Lin is asking about things, how can I just ask me to sign and agree? Is it over?" Afterwards, Sun Liang often inquired about the matters Sun Lin handled. Sun Liang wants to seize power from Sun Lin, but he has no helpers.Most of the ministers in the court are Sun Lin's cronies, and it is difficult to establish their own party support, so they have no choice but to support the people of the Queen's family as wings.Quan Shang, the father of Queen Quan's family, was originally in a humble position, so Sun Liang appointed him as the captain of the city gate, and he was named Dutinghou.Later, he replaced Teng Yin as Taichang and General Wei, and was granted the title of Marquis of Yongping to record his affairs.In addition, Sun Liang made 5 members of the whole clan as marquises, all of whom were in charge of soldiers and horses.Since the founding of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, the relatives of the foreign relatives have been favored and favored, and no one can compare them. Unexpectedly, although the whole clan has been promoted to the prime minister, they are all nobles, but they are all incompetent people, and there is not a single person who can strive for success.Soon after Sun Liang came to power, General Zhuge Dan of Cao Wei rebelled against Wei and surrendered to Wu.Soochow sent 30,000 troops to respond, and Cao Wei also sent a large army to fight.Later, Cao's army increased to more than 200,000, and several famous generals of the Eastern Wu were killed.Sun Liang also wanted to cultivate an army that could be loyal to himself and command as he wished, so he selected 3,000 youths aged 15 to 18 from the children of soldiers and generals, and selected brave and powerful children of generals as generals to train in the palace garden day and night. Practicing martial arts, Sun Liang said: "I want to grow together with the army I built." Sun Lin was very scared when she saw that Sun Liang didn't trust her and wanted to take charge of the army herself. One night in September in the third year of Taiping (AD 258) in Soochow, the autumn wind was bleak and the weather was gloomy.Sun Liang was restless in the palace.It turned out that he had secretly sent people to summon his father-in-law Taichang Quanshang, his sister Quan Princess and the general Liu Cheng into the palace to discuss the matter of killing Sun Lin.The messengers had been dispatched for a long time, but they still did not enter the palace. Sun Liang couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and Quan Shang, Princess Quan, Liu Cheng and others filed in.The stone in Sun Liang's heart fell to the ground, he quickly greeted them to sit down, and ordered people to strictly guard the palace gate.Sun Liang didn't wait for everyone to sit still, he stood up and said bitterly: "Sun Lin has no eyes on the king, and she can do whatever she wants, which is intolerable. Besides, if I don't kill him, he will kill me. I want to kill him immediately, what do you think?" "Princess Quan and Liu Cheng couldn't help looking at Quan Shang.Quan Shang was cowardly and dull, with neither strategy nor great ambition. When things happened suddenly, it was difficult to make a decision. After pondering for a while, he said slowly: "Sun Lin has no obvious fault, and she holds great power in the court. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of her for a while. Besides, His brothers are all in command of soldiers and horses, if things fail, we will all be killed." After all, Princess Quan is a female generation, although she is a bit scheming in slandering and framing, she can't make a decision when it comes to major events. Then he agreed: "I think it's better to observe for a while." Liu Cheng was originally a martial artist, although he was a little eager to try, seeing the two flinch, he also bowed his head and remained silent.Seeing the three of them like this, Sun Liang was very annoyed, and shouted: "The matter has been up to now, and you are still hesitating. Go, go! Wait a while, you can't do what you want to do!" After finishing speaking, he ignored everyone, turned and entered inner palace. After a few more days, Sun Liang was still resentful, thinking all day about how to get rid of Sun Lin.And because Queen Quan's family is the daughter of cousin Sun Lin, she was afraid that the matter would be leaked, so she wanted to do it as soon as possible.In the middle of the night of Wuwu in September, Sun Liang sent someone to secretly call Quanji, the son of Quanshang and his wife-in-law Huangmen Shilang, into the palace to conspire.Sun Liang said: "Now Sun Lin has the power to do whatever she wants. I once ordered him to lead the army to save the siege, but he refused to obey. He even dared to kill heroes without telling me in advance. He built a mansion in the south of the bridge to live in. , living in seclusion, not coming to court. Such reckless behavior is tolerable, which is unbearable? Now I plan this way: I will order your father to be the commander of the Chinese army, and let him secretly gather troops. The tiger guards on the left and right and the three armies protecting the palace surrounded Sun Lin's mansion. I will issue an edict ordering the disbandment of all the troops led by Sun Lin and others. In this way, as long as Sun Lin's military power is lifted, great things will happen. You hurry up and prepare , but it must be kept secret. Tell your father about my edict, but don’t let your mother know about it. Because it is difficult for a woman to make a big deal, and she is Sun Lin’s cousin, if the secret is leaked, it is no small matter!" Quan Ji agreed, and he returned to the government under the imperial edict and told his father Quan Shang.Although Quan Shang hesitated, seeing that the edict had been issued, he had to accept it.But after all, he is an incompetent person. He was frightened and frightened to undertake such a major event. He hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't make up his mind. He had to call his wife again and discuss with her: "Your Majesty ordered me to lead the army to participate in the killing of your cousin Sun Lin, you see What should I do?" Mrs. Shang's wife, Mrs. Sun, is cunning and treacherous. When she heard this, she was startled, but her face remained calm. In order to keep her calm, she said: "It is such a big matter, we need to be cautious. Besides, it's late at night, why not dawn I will ask His Majesty later." Quan Shang actually obeyed, and did not move for a while.The Sun family then sent their confidantes to notify Sun Lin immediately. The emissary stumbled and ran into the Sun Mansion, only to see the Sun Mansion was brightly lit, and bursts of silk and bamboo string music and soft singing could be heard from the inner room.Go in and see, Sun Lin is drunk and hazy, holding a wine glass in her right hand and a beautiful woman in her left. While drinking, she watches the singing and dancing of the singing girls in front of the hall.The envoy breathed out and said: "The matter is urgent! The emperor wants to murder the general with Quanshang, Princess Quan and others! Please prepare quickly, the general." When Sun Lin heard this, her drunkenness disappeared.He threw away the wine glass, pushed the beauty away, and hurriedly gathered everyone to plan a counterattack.Sun Lin sent people to surround the palace overnight, and personally led troops to seal off the whole house and arrest Quan Shang.He also ordered his younger brother Sun En to kill Liu Cheng, and all the other armies under his command were on standby in case of emergency. Sun Liang waited for Quan Ji's report in the palace, waiting left and right for Quan Ji to fail, Sun Liang was so anxious that he couldn't sit still, and stayed up all night.After dawn, it was discovered that Sun Lin's soldiers had surrounded the palace.Sun Liang was furious, held his gun and bow, put on his horse, and rushed out of the palace desperately.He yelled: "I am the emperor's legitimate son. I have been on the throne for five years. Who would dare not obey me!" The servants, near ministers and Liang's wet nurse all rushed forward, grabbed the horse and hand, and stopped Sun Liang at any rate. live.Sun Liang couldn't get what he wanted, and he hated it in his heart.Within two days, if they didn't eat or drink, or stamped their feet and scolded, or sighed for a long time, all the people around them were heartbroken.Liang called Queen Quan's family again, and scolded sharply: "It's your father who is stupid and stupid, and ruined my big business!" Then he sent someone to summon Quan Ji.Quan Ji said: "Although my father obeyed the imperial edict, he acted carelessly and ruined your majesty's important affairs. What face do I have to see you again!" Sun Lin extinguished the incident, abolished the title of Emperor Sun Liang, and demoted him to be King of Kuaiji.Welcome Sun Xiu, brother of Sun Liang, as the new king.Sun Dan was also ordered to send Sun Liang to Kuaiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) as the king of Kuaiji. In the autumn of the third year of Yong'an in the Eastern Wu Dynasty (260 A.D.), rumors spread in Kuaiji County that Sun Liang was about to become the emperor again.And Sun Liang's palace staff also reported that Sun Liang sent the wizard to the temple to pray, and uttered obscenities.At this time, Sun Lin was dead, and yousi reported to the new emperor Sun Xiu, who deposed Sun Liang as a marquis and sent him to the country.On the way, Sun Liang committed suicide.Some people said that Sun Xiu sent someone to poison Liang to death with poisoned wine.When Liang died, he was only 19 years old.