Chapter 41 Chapter Forty

Sun Xiu, courtesy name Zilie, was the sixth son of Sun Quan, Emperor Wu.In the second year of Taiyuan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty (252 A.D.), Sun Quan named him King of Kuaiji.After Sun Quan's death, Sun Xiu's younger brother Sun Liang came to the throne, and Tai Fu Zhuge Ke assisted him.Zhuge Ke worried that the kings of the Sun family would pose a threat to the central government if they divided up the important military areas along the Yangtze River, so they moved the kings to other places. Sun Xiu also moved from the fief Hulin (now Ma'anshan, Anhui) to Danyang County (now Anhui Xuancheng area).

After Sun Liang was deposed, Sun Lin decided to welcome Sun Xiu as emperor.Sun Lin first ordered Zongzheng Sun Kai and Zhongshu Lang Dong Chao to go to Kuaiji County to welcome Sun Xiu.Sun Xiu invited the two of them in, and after Kai and Chao came in, they kowtowed to the ground and said: "General Sun Lin ordered us to welcome you back to the capital to be your successor. Please hurry up and set off. "What?" Sun Xiu didn't believe it.The two of them repeated Sun Lin Yingli's original intention, but Sun Xiu was still skeptical and thought to himself: This matter is no small matter, if not done it will lose his head.Let's wait and see.So even though Kai and Chao repeatedly urged them to leave, Sun Xiu still left them for a day and two nights before reluctantly leaving.

Along the way, Sun Xiu was always worried, starting and stopping, delaying time, and sending another person to check and confirm.Kai and Chao were so anxious that their hearts were on fire, and they wished they could fly to the capital right away.When he was near Qu'a (now Danyang, Jiangsu Province), the person who inquired about the news reported that it was true, and said: "It is not too late, otherwise changes will happen. Now the world is looking forward to it. Please hurry up." Sun Xiu then quickened his pace. , Starry night rushed to the capital.When the team came to Yongchang Pavilion, they saw banners and banners waving here.It turned out that Sun Lin had sent his younger brother Sun En, the general of Wuwei, to act as prime minister on his behalf, and led all the civil and military officials and the emperor's guard of honor to welcome Sun Xiu here.En and others ordered people to build the palace quickly. When it was not completed, the military tent in the army was temporarily used as the palace.At this time, Sun Xiu and others had arrived, and Xiu first ordered Sun Kai to report.After that, Xiu entered the side hall in a chariot, and the officials worshiped again and asked Sun Xiu to ascend to the throne.Sun Xiu gave way again and again.Then sit down in the East Wing.Hu Cao Shangshu hurriedly stepped forward, loudly praised the support of all officials, and presented the seal of the emperor's jade seal on behalf of Prime Minister Sun En, and Sun Xiu humbly and repeatedly, finally, Sun Xiu said: "Since all the officials support me How dare I disobey everyone's request." He took the talisman and boarded the imperial seat.Immediately, all the officials in the hall shouted long live three times.

The next day, Sun Xiu took the imperial chariot on the road. There were guards of honor in front of the road, accompanied by hundreds of officials in the back, and escorted by soldiers. Sergeant Yu waited for a long time. Sun Xiu was able to become the emperor, all thanks to Sun Lin.Of course, Sun Xiu had to express his appreciation and gratitude for this. Not long after he took the throne, he issued an edict to make the general Sun Lin the prime minister, Jingzhou Mu, Sun En, Sun Ju, and other five people were conferred the titles of generals, royal officials, etc. He held an important position and was named a marquis. All the generals and officials who participated in welcoming and accompanying Sun Xiu as the emperor at Yongchang Pavilion were also promoted to a higher level.

Sun Lin's family, 5 people are lords, Dian is in charge of the forbidden soldiers, and the power is in the hands of others. Since the founding of Wu, there has never been such a thing.All the members of the Sun family are so powerful that they can do whatever they want.As a monarch, Sun Xiugui has little power in his hands. Sun Xiu obeys and handles everything Sun Lin and the others state. In January, Sun Xiu issued an edict and said: "The general is loyal and loyal, and he first built a great plan to stabilize the country. He has made outstanding contributions and should be commended. At present, the general is in charge of all military affairs at home and abroad. There are many things and he is exhausted. Now give his younger brother General Wei, the censor Sun En took the rank of servant, and made him and the general take care of everything, in order to show that the court respects the meritorious officials and shares their hard work."

Once, Sun Lin offered cattle and wine to Sun Xiu, but he didn't know whether Sun Xiu was dissatisfied with Sun Lin's monopoly or had other ideas, so he refused to accept it. Sun Lin had no choice but to order someone to bring the cattle and wine to Zhang Zuo cloth house.Seeing that Sun Lin was unhappy, Zhang Bu hurriedly ordered people to quickly prepare wine and food, and the two began to drink together in the living room. After a few rounds of drinking, Sun Lin's ears were full of wine, and her conversation gradually became unrestrained.He complained to Zhang Bu and said: "When Sun Liang was deposed, many people advised me to establish myself as the emperor, but I thought that your majesty is wise, so I welcomed him as the emperor. If it is not me, how can your majesty be the emperor? But today I offer gifts. , Your Majesty refused to accept it. Doesn’t this mean that I am regarded as a mortal? This tone is really hard to swallow! If I have a chance in the future, I will definitely change to become a new monarch.” Zhang Bu was shocked when he heard it, but he did not express it on the surface. With a show of expression, he echoed a few words casually, and seeing that Sun Lin was drunk, he ordered someone to send him back.Seeing Sun Lin and the others walking away, Zhang Bu rushed into the palace and reported Sun Lin's intentions to Sun Xiu. When Sun Xiu heard this, he was also terrified, but after thinking about it, he wept again. Emperor Jing and Sun Xiu had no choice but to say to Zhang Bu "Sun Lin's power is overwhelming. I've been uneasy for a long time. Now he's showing his displeasure. He really deserves to die! But now I have no power and no one. General Zhang, what do you think should be done?" Zhang Bu replied. Said: "Your Majesty's words are very true. In my humble opinion, in order to avoid provoking Sun Lin's early rebellion, it is better to continue to reward him and make him unprepared. Your Majesty should also make some preparations." Sun Xiu nodded and said: " General Zhang’s opinion is not bad. Please pay more attention to General Zhang in the future and make some preparations for me.” Zhang Bu agreed.

Therefore, Sun Xiu continued to appoint Sun Lin as usual, and continued to reward him.At this time, someone reported on Sun Lin, saying that he was dissatisfied, insulted the emperor, and wanted to plot rebellion.In order to further paralyze Sun Lin, Sun Xiu ordered Yousi to send the informer to Sun Lin. Sun Lin killed the informer, but she was panicked, fearing that someone in the court would oppose him again, and even more worried that Sun Xiu would listen to others. United courtiers to rectify themselves.Therefore, Sun Lin asked to be stationed in Wuchang (now Wuhan City), Sun Xiu agreed, and ordered Yousi to allow Sun Lin to take away all the elite soldiers under his command, and allow his army officers and soldiers to do what they needed, weapons Weapons, equipment, food and grass, etc., can be loaded at will without restriction.As a result, all members of Sun Lin's army were busy packing and moving supplies. The entire barracks was piled up with equipment, food and grass, like a warehouse.Sun Lin also asked to bring two clerks to assist in the management of military and political affairs, and Sun Xiu issued an imperial edict to grant a special license and to meet all other requirements of Sun Lin. Therefore, Sun Lin and the others were overjoyed, thinking that Sun Xiu still trusted them, So he drank and had fun all day carefree, waiting for the auspicious day to set off.At this time, General Wei Miao came to see Sun Xiu and said: "Sun Lin holds a heavy army and lives outside. Sooner or later, there will be changes." Shi Shuo entered the palace again and reported to Sun Xiu that Sun Lin and the others were reorganizing their weapons and gathering troops, and the signs of rebellion were very obvious.

That night, Sun Xiu sent someone to secretly summon Zhang Bu into the palace.Sun Xiu said: "Sun Lin is going to do something wrong, what do you think should be done?" Zhang Bu said: "General Zuo Ding Feng is not very literate and can't read and write, but his strategy is too ordinary. He came to plan together." Sun Xiu immediately sent someone to secretly summon Ding Feng into the palace. When Sun Xiu saw Ding Feng come in, before he could sit down, he couldn't wait to say: "Sun Lin is in charge of the state affairs and has such power as a mountain. Now I want to Conspiracy, I want to kill him together with Zhu Qing, where do you think the plan comes from?" Ding Feng said: "Sun Lin has many brothers, a prosperous party, and most of them hold military power. If he is suddenly dismissed, I am afraid that people's hearts will not be unified. , His Majesty will be in great trouble. Right now, the day of the La Sacrifice is approaching, according to my opinion, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity of the gathering on La Ri, and use the soldiers around His Majesty to capture and kill him." Sun Xiu said happily: "The old general really deserves his reputation , Sure enough, there is a clever plan, so follow the general's plan."

On December 7th, the first year of Yong'an in the Eastern Wu Dynasty (258 A.D.), rumors arose in Jianye City. People said that there would be an accident on the day of the La Hui the next day. After Sun Lin heard about it, she was very unhappy. Strong winds, flying sand and rocks, the sky was dark and the sky was dark, Sun Lin became more and more panicked. The next day was the day of the La Ceremony. According to the usual practice, a banquet would be held in the palace.Sun Lin felt ominous, so she said she was ill and would not go to the banquet.Sun Xiu then sent envoys to invite more than 10 people successively.Sun Lin had no choice but to enter the palace, and everyone tried to dissuade her. Sun Lin said: "Your Majesty has ordered me to attend the banquet many times, and I cannot refuse. In order to prevent any changes, you can gather troops and horses in advance, and set fire to the mansion after seeing me enter the palace." , I can take the opportunity to return quickly." After finishing speaking, he entered the palace.

Sun Lin entered the hall and inspected the surroundings. Seeing that Sun Xiu was sitting upright with a peaceful expression, only Zhang Bu, Ding Feng and others were accompanying him, and they were also smiling. He has a stern expression, holding a weapon in his hand, as if he is facing a big enemy.Seeing such a situation, Sun Lin felt relieved and regretted that she shouldn't have entered the palace, let alone go to the banquet alone without a guard.Now that he is alone and unarmed, isn't it moths flying into the flames, bringing their own destruction?Sun Lin was thinking wildly, when she suddenly heard Sun Xiu say: "Prime Minister, please sit down!" Lin responded indiscriminately, looking for a seat to sit down, how could she be in the mood to drink?Sun Lin only looked in the direction of the Sun Mansion. Just as she picked up the wine glass, she saw a puff of smoke rising from the sky above the Sun Mansion. Sun Lin jumped up as if she had seen the signal, and said in her mouth: "Your Majesty! There is a fire, let Rong Chen go back quickly, go back and visit!" Sun Xiu said: "There are many generals outside, nothing will happen, so why bother the prime minister?" Lin said: "No! I have to go back and have a look." Then, he To leave the table and go out the door.At this time, Ding Feng and Zhang Bu came up to stop Sun Lin, and at the same time ordered the left and right guards to act quickly with their eyes.As soon as all the warriors saw the order, they immediately surrounded Sun Lin, grabbed Sun Lin, and tied him up tightly.Knowing that the situation was over, Sun Lin just wanted to survive, so she kowtowed like pounding garlic. While kowtowing, she repeatedly asked Sun Xiu, "I am willing to be exiled to Jiaozhou (today's Guangzhou area)." According to him, why don't you exile them to Jiaozhou?" Sun Lin said again: "I am willing to be a palace slave." Sun Xiu said again: "Why don't you demote Yin and Ju to be palace slaves, but kill them instead? You can't forgive them." You!" After saying that, he ordered the warriors to kill Sun Lin in the palace. When Sun Lin died, she was 28 years old.

After killing Sun Lin, Sun Xiu ordered his envoys to take Sun Lin's head and go to Sun Lin's army to tell the crowd: "Sun Lin is dead, and there are people who conspired with Sun Lin, regardless of the seriousness of the crime or the position of the official, all Pardon!" Sun Lin's party members saw that Sun Lin was dead, knew that the situation had changed, and heard that they could be pardoned, so they put down their weapons one after another, shouting: "Long live Your Majesty!" and knelt down on the ground.For a time, five or six thousand people surrendered.Sun Lin's younger brother, Sun En, and the rest of the clan saw that everyone was not attached to him, and knew that the situation was over, so they all scattered and ran for their lives.Sun Xiu ordered all the people to recover and kill them.Then Sun Xiu ordered people to kill the three clans of Sun Lin. He also opened the coffin of Sun Jun, the brother of Sun Lin's clan, took back the official seal granted before, chopped up his coffin, and buried it in the ground. After Sun Xiu killed Sun Lin, he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds. He moved Ding Feng to be a general, added left and right guards, and entered Zhang Bu as a military governor.The Zhang brothers became more and more powerful, Zhang Bu was also very favored and trusted, so he relied on his favor and did many illegal things secretly. Although Sun Xiu was young, he loved poetry, books, rites and music, and attached great importance to cultural education. Not long after he came to the throne, he issued an edict ordering to follow the ancient rules, establish a doctor of the Five Classics, and select diligent and good scholars from the children of civil servants and generals to train them.Sun Xiu himself also loved ancient classics, and he kept reading all year round. He once made a great wish to read all the words of ancient schools of thought. Sun Xiu believed in some divination and witchcraft.Once, when Sun Xiu fell ill, he ordered a wizard to see him.Sun Xiu wanted to try the wizard's magic, so he ordered someone to kill a goose and bury it in the back garden of the palace. A small house was built on it, and beds, benches and other things were placed in the house, and some clothes used by the women were placed. Put shoes and socks on it, and then order the wizard to look at it.First send a message to the wizard: "If you can tell the image of the ghost woman in the tomb, you will be rewarded on the spot, and let him see the emperor's doctor." A word.Sun Xiu asked people to ask, maybe the wizard had already bought the palace man and learned the inside story, and he only heard him say: "To be honest, I really didn't see a ghost, I only saw a white goose standing on the tomb. Immediately report it, because I suspect that ghosts and gods deliberately changed into this appearance, and I will report when it reveals its true form, but from morning to night, the white goose has not changed, I don't know why, so I dare not report the truth." Sun Xiu heard it, and said repeatedly: "Gao Ming! Gao Ming! Please come in and see me, master." The wizard was called in, looked at it randomly, and made up a few words casually. The wizard, the wizard is overjoyed. When Sun Xiu came to the throne, Soochow's national strength had begun to decline.Within the ruling class, the struggle for power and profit among various power groups has become increasingly fierce, which has greatly weakened the power of centralization.After Sun Xiu ascended the throne, the state of Wei continued to invade the border. Lu Xing and others in Jiaozhi County (now northern Vietnam) also rebelled, and there were pirates harassing the coast.Sun Xiu wanted to implement favorable policies, emphasize agriculture and mulberry, rectify the administration of officials, and strengthen the national strength. His original intention was good. , with too little power, the entire regime was increasingly corrupt and ineffective. Sun Xiu is rich in knowledge and vision, and can often say things that others cannot.At the beginning of his accession to the throne, someone asked the imperial court to erect a monument for Zhuge Ke, the late Yuan Fu, in recognition of his meritorious deeds.Sun Xiu said: "Zhuge Ke was self-willed and did not listen to the opinions of the people. He went out in midsummer, and his soldiers were injured. He had no merits of size and could not be called capable. Hands cannot be called wisdom. Why do we need to erect a monument?" Everyone admired his extraordinary insight. In July of the seventh year of Yong'an in the Eastern Wu Dynasty (264 A.D.), Sun Xiu suddenly became seriously ill. Although his mind was clear, he could not speak.The people on the left and right panicked, and hurriedly placed Xiu in the inner palace, while looking for medical treatment and medicine, while arranging funeral arrangements.Knowing that his death was approaching, Xiu wrote an imperial edict ordering Prime Minister Pu Yangxing to enter the palace.When Puyang Xing arrived, Hugh ordered the prince to come out to see him.Xiu held Puyang Xing's arm, pointed at the prince, with tears in his eyes, and entrusted the prince to Pu Yangxing.Pu Yangxing and the prince wept bitterly and worshiped under the imperial bed.After a while, Sun Xiu closed his eyes and passed away. Sun Xiu reigned for 7 years and was only 30 years old when he died.After his death, his posthumous title was "Emperor Jing".