Chapter 45 (forty-five) love the sky hate the sea

In 200 A.D., history pushed an 18-year-old young man to the cusp of vying for the throne. He took over the foundation created by his father and brother and carried it forward. This person was Sun Quan.Since taking over Jiangdong Foundation, Sun Quan's personal qualities and political strategies have made other warlords dare not act rashly.Mr. Yi Zhongtian believes that one of Sun Quan's success factors is that he has great ambitions, does not show his edge, and can judge the situation at critical moments and be able to bend and stretch.But only these can not allow Sun Quan to occupy Jiangdong alone and form a three-legged confrontation.Mr. Yi Zhongtian believes that Sun Quan has other charms different from Cao Cao and Liu Bei. This is his employment, so how does Sun Quan employ people?How is his employment different from Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang?Professor Yi Zhongtian of Xiamen University was a guest at the forum of hundreds of schools, and gave you a wonderful taste of "Love, Heaven and Hate the Sea" of the Three Kingdoms.

As you all know, the Three Kingdoms was an era of meeting of the winds and clouds and the emergence of talents in large numbers. The main leaders of the Three Kingdoms also employ people, and Sun Quan is no exception. In my opinion, Sun Quan's ability to employ people may be second only to Cao Cao.So how can Sun Quan employ people?He even knows the talents of other countries like the back of his hand, and even wants to use the talents of other countries for himself.For example, we once told everyone that Sun Quan predicted that after Zhuge Liang's death, Yang Yi and Wei Yan would fight, so who did Sun Quan say this to?To Fei Yi.We know that after Zhuge Liang came to power, the alliance between Wu and Shu was restored, and the two sides also sent envoys to each other.Then when Fei Yi went to Wu for the first time, there was a very interesting incident.At that time, Sun Quan held a large banquet as usual, entertaining envoys, and welcoming them. This is also the habit of the Chinese people.After the banquet was set up, Sun Quan told everyone that when Fei Yi came in later, ignore him and eat your food. Everyone agreed, then after Fei Yi came in, everyone was eating and no one would give him food. He said hello, only Sun Quan stood up and greeted Fei Yi, "Thank you for your hard work, sir." Fei Yi saw it and immediately wrote a poem, "The phoenix comes and flies, the unicorn spits and feeds, the donkey and mule are ignorant, and the food remains the same. That is to say, when the phoenix came, the unicorn stopped eating immediately and came out to meet the donkeys, horses, and mules. They were ignorant, so they grazed as usual. This made Sun Quan lose face, right?At this time, Zhuge Ke stood up and wrote a poem, which probably means that we planted a sycamore tree to welcome the phoenix, and a sparrow flew from nowhere. One shot from a slingshot, shoot it away, it's even.This was also a common occurrence in the diplomatic history of the Wu and Shu countries at that time. After the Wu and Shu countries restored their alliance, they would often send envoys to each other. I did it.For example, one time, an envoy from the State of Shu came to the State of Wu, and his attitude was very different. What is it? There was a man named Xue Zong in the State of Wu, and he went to toast. How do you say the word "Shu"?Let me tell you, if there is a dog, it means "du", adding an anti-dog next to it means "du" in traditional Chinese; if there is no dog, it means "Shu", and if there is no dog, it is called Shu; if you have a dog with your body crossed, the "eye" of your eyes will come across. Underneath is the body of a dog; if a worm enters it, it means that the worm has entered it, and this is your Shu.They often want to make such small tidbits, which can only be heard as anecdotes, not the official content of the negotiations.I believe that during the negotiations between the two parties, there were still many wonderful conversations, so Sun Quan admired Fei Yi very much. When Fei Yi left, Sun Quan told him that Mr. Wang was a rare talent with high morals and both ability and integrity, and he would definitely be able to share Shu Dynasty, you will definitely be able to become the pillar of the Shu Kingdom. This time when you go back, sir, it may be difficult to see you again.Because he knew that Fei Yi was a very important person, so he reluctantly took out a treasured sword he was wearing and gave it to Fei Yi. A lot of affection.We sometimes watch a war. The two armies fought very bravely. The result was a tie. It was time for an armistice and peace talks. The generals of both sides were probably covered in dust, smoke, blood, and even Scar, go up and say to the opponent's general, brother, you are a man, and then untie the sword and knife, and see you next time we are on the battlefield. It is a very important kind of affection.There is an old saying in China that a precious sword is given to a martyr, and the goods are sold to know the family, not to mention the head of state of a country, giving it to foreign envoys, let alone the precious sword that he wears with him, which contains respect, appreciation, and trust. A lot of information, from here we can also see one thing, what can we see, the characteristics of Sun Quan's employment, or what are the characteristics of Sun Quan's employment?Take emotional people.

The era of the Three Kingdoms was really a meeting of winds and clouds, and talents came forth in large numbers. Sun Quan’s empathy and Cao Cao’s promotion of talents both have the taste of seeking talents. Therefore, in a sense, the Three Kingdoms era is also an era of talent competition. The war between Shu and Wu was also a battle for talent.Looking at the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, which one is disrespectful to corporals and recruits talents, but the Eight Immortals cross the sea and show their abilities. Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Zhuge Liang treat talents very differently, so how do they employ people? Woolen cloth?

As I said just now, the Three Kingdoms is an era in which talents are born in large numbers, and the main leaders of the Three Kingdoms are also good at employing people. The main leaders I mentioned are four, Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang.Why count Zhuge Liang?Because although Zhuge Liang was not the monarch, he was actually the core of leadership in the later period of the Shu Han regime.Then, if we compare the employment of these four people, what are the characteristics?I have a 12-word summary, act with wisdom, power with emotion, prepare with righteousness, and shine with the law, that is, Cao Cao employs people mainly by wisdom, Sun Quan employs people by emotion, Liu Bei relies on loyalty, and Zhuge Liang employs people by the rule of law.The characteristic of Zhuge Liang is to rule the country according to the law, that is, if we want to make a ranking list, the rule of law Zhuge Liang is the first. According to historical records, in Zhuge Liang's era, in his government, officials were not allowed to be raped.What does that mean?That is, there are no corrupt officials in the government, everyone works very hard, and everyone forgets about their work. Why?Just because Zhuge Liang governed Shu according to the law, and he was open, just, and fair. In this sense, Zhuge Liang's government is the most like a government.In comparison, the governments of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan were not very government-like in their early days. In such a process, they were the shogunate in the early stage and turned into the imperial court in the later stage.As for the Shogun Shogunate, in terms of the legal system, it is impossible to be as perfect and complete as the later regular government. It has the characteristics of early entrepreneurship, coupled with their personal characteristics, so my opinion is Cao Cao’s General The shogunate is a bit like a salon. Cao uses wisdom. Cao Cao employs people by wisdom. He is also surrounded by some very smart people. There are so many smart people in Cao Cao's place. Everyone gathers together, sits and talks, and talks about the world. Land, like a salon.Liu Bei talks about loyalty, he eats with the same utensils, sleeps with the same bed, and he talks about the loyalty of buddies, so Liu Bei's shogunate is a bit like a gang, like a gang in the rivers and lakes, and I think it's a bit like the gang of beggars.So what does Sun Quan's shogunate look like?Like a family, look at Sun Quan’s shogunate, Zhang Zhao---uncle, Zhongfu, and when Sun Ce, Zhang Zhao was Zhongfu.What about Zhou Yu?Zhou Yu is like an elder brother, like an elder brother. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are the same age, one month younger than Sun Ce, and grew up with Sun Ce. People in Beijing say that they are young, and after taking over, Sun Quan's mother, Mrs. Wu, made a special confession Brother Sun Quan regards Zhou Yu as his elder brother.Then Zhou Yu and Lu Su are brothers again, and Lu Su and Lu Meng are also brothers. Lu Su and Lu Meng worshiped their mothers, and those who worship each other's mothers are brothers, and Lu Su came to Sun Quan. When he was in the local area, after going to Sun Quan’s shogunate, Sun Quan sent clothes, quilts, mosquito nets, and household supplies to Lu Su’s mother, just like a nephew to his aunt. They are brothers, Lu Su and Zhou Yu are brothers, Zhou Yu and Sun Quan are brothers, what is this?band of brothers.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan employ people differently. Mr. Yi Zhongtian believes that among the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan is second only to Cao Cao in employing people, so he can gather talents. Even when Zhuge Liang talked about why he didn’t turn against Soochow, the reason One of them is that the talents around Sun Quan are full of talents, and they are of one heart and one mind.Not only that, Sun Quan's talents are endless, such as military generals, after Zhou Yu there is Lu Su, after Lu Su there is Lu Meng, after Lu Meng there is Lu Xun, and their abilities are comparable.So why can Soochow Group have such cohesion?How could Sun Quan know how to employ people?

In fact, Sun Quan and his officials are as close as brothers and as close as flesh and blood. Is there any evidence?Yes, three proofs.First, Zhou Yu.We know that the commander-in-chief of the Battle of Chibi was Zhou Yu, who defeated Cao Cao. After Cao Cao returned, he found that Zhou Yu was a rare talent, so he thought about poaching Zhou Yu for his own use.Then it is time to send a lobbyist, who will be sent?Jiang Gan.What time is it?The fourteenth year of Jian'an was the year after the Battle of Chibi.At this time, Jiang Gan arrived at Zhouying, so Jiang Gan couldn't have stolen books. He didn't go there until after the Battle of Chibi.So why did Cao Cao choose Jiang Gan?Because Jiang Gan is from Jiujiang County, Zhou Yu is from Lujiang County, and both Lujiang and Jiujiang belong to Yangzhou, not our current Yangzhou City in Jiangsu Province, but the concept of Greater Yangzhou.So Jiang Gan and Zhou Yu are considered fellows. When the fellows saw the fellows, they both had tears in their eyes. In addition, Jiang Gan, first of all, is a handsome guy, who is very beautiful. Zhou Yu is also a handsome guy.Second, Jiang Gan is very eloquent, and his eloquence is not hindered. He is alone in the Jianghuai area. In that place, no one can talk about him. He is equivalent to our famous talker on CCTV.Jiang Gan was sent, and when Jiang Gan arrived at Zhou Yu's place, Zhou Yu stood at the gate of the camp and laughed loudly, "Oh, brother Ziyi, who came from afar, I'm afraid he was a lobbyist for Cao Mengde, and he was exposed when he met.Jiang Gan was taken aback, this, this, brother Gongjin, what are you talking about, isn’t this just a fellow villager visiting the fellow villager, why are you trying to lie to me?Zhou Yu said he was a lobbyist, well, let him hang out for three days.Zhou Yu said that I am busy with business, so you stay here for three days. Three days later, Zhou Yu came back to see Jiang Gan, opened the gates of the camp, opened the warehouse, reviewed the troops, and held a banquet. Then he said this to Jiang Gan In other words, Zhou Yu said that a man is the most proud and happy thing in this world, what is it?How good is it to meet a good monarch?Zhou Yu said, "Externally entrust the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, internally bond the kindness of flesh and blood, obey words and deeds, and share misfortune and fortune."He said that if a man finds such a monarch, he looks like a monarch and minister on the outside, but in fact he is a brother, a flesh and blood, let me tell you, even if you are Su Qin, Zhang Yi, and Li Shiqi come back to life, come to be a lobbyist , I, Zhou Yu, would touch his back and push him back.Jiang Gan was very savvy, Jiang Gan didn't say anything, just smiled, "Drink, drink." After drinking, he went back and reported to Cao Cao that this person is not good, this is an example.

The second is Zhou Tai.Zhou Tai was one of the Huaisi generals we mentioned last time, but Zhou Tai came from a poor family and had a relatively low status. In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan appointed Zhou Tai as the frontline commander of Ruxukou, or It is the commander of the garrison, who sits in Ruxukou, and makes Zhu Ran and Xu Sheng his deputy.Zhu Ran and Xu Sheng were not convinced, and Sun Quan also knew that they would not be convinced, so Sun Quan went to Ruxukou in person in the name of inspection, and then held a big banquet to entertain his generals.Sun Quan got up by himself, picked up the wine bottles, poured wine one by one, and poured wine to Zhou Tai. Sun Quan said, General Zhou, please take off your clothes.Zhou Tai didn't know what was going on, so he took off his clothes as ordered, but everyone was dumbfounded, because Zhou Tai's body was covered with scars and his body was completely shattered.Sun Quan said, General Zhou, what is the matter with this scar?Zhou Tai said that it was the last general who was injured in some battle.Oh, and what about this scar?This is the last general who was wounded in some battle.What about this piece?This is another battle of the last general.And this one, this is another battle of the last general.The scars left by each battle, how many scars there are, how many battles have been participated in.At this time, Sun Quan was crying. He took Zhou Tai's arm, and said in Zhou Tai's words, Youping, Youping, you risked your life for an orphaned brother. How could I, Sun Quan, not wait for Qing? Kindness of flesh and blood.How can I not regard you as my blood brother?How could I not entrust you with troops, horses and supplies?Don't feel ashamed of yourself just because you are from a poor family, and tell you that I share the honor and disgrace with you, and share weal and woe with you. I, Sun Quan, are your big backer.Everyone is moved, everyone is convinced, this is the second example.

The third example, Zhuge Jin.During the Battle of Yiling, someone sued Zhuge Jin because Zhuge Jin was Zhuge Liang's elder brother, so someone said that this Zhuge Jin knew foreign countries and had contacts with Zhuge Liang.This rumor was so loud that Lu Xun, the commander-in-chief at the front line, couldn't sit still. Lu Xun wrote to Sun Quan, saying, "My lord, you must come out and clarify this matter. I believe in Zhuge Jin, but this argument After too many, this is a problem.Sun Quan wrote a letter to Lu Xun, saying don't worry, Ziyu and I (Zhuge Jin) are like flesh and blood, and I have been with Ziyu for many years. I fully understand this person. Righteousness does not speak, it is not a moral thing, he will not say or do it.Let me tell you, when Mr. Kong Ming was on a mission to the country of Wu, Gu wanted to poach Mr. Kong Ming here (again, he was a digger), so he went to tell Ziyu that it was only natural for a younger brother to follow his elder brother. In Jiangdong, my younger brother should also come to Jiangdong. As long as Mr. Kong Ming is willing, I will write a letter to Liu Xuande to explain.What do you say about Ziyu, Ziyu said, my younger brother has already followed Liu Xuande, that will not change, just like I, Zhuge Jin, will not go to Liu Xuande, look, he is such a person, you can rest assured Yes, so Sun Quan is an emotional person.Of course, I don't rule out the fact that Sun Quan is acting as a show. For example, he and Zhou Tai are just a performance. It can be said that this is for everyone to see, but it doesn't rule out that he has real content in it. He is acting out his true emotions as a political means, which should be said to be very clever.In fact, there are many people who were moved by Sun Quan's true feelings and came to join Sun Quan. For example, Pan Jun. Pan Jun was originally Liu Bei's subordinate, but he didn't seem to be highly valued by Liu Bei. Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou together.Then after Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, all the officials of Liu Bei in Jingzhou surrendered to Sun Quan, but Pan Jun did not surrender. Pan Jun said that I was sick, so he did not go to see Sun Quan and lay down at home. After Sun Quan heard the report, he said, Pan Jun is sick, so let's get a hospital bed.So they sent someone to carry a bed to Pan Jun's house, invited Mr. Pan to bed, and carried it to Sun Quan.Pan Jun still didn't see Pan Jun. He buried his head on the bed and began to cry. The tears were streaming down his face and he couldn't stop it. At this time, Sun Quan walked up to him and talked to him softly, telling him why he should surrender. Reason, Sun Quan said, Pan Jun cried, Sun Quan said someone, bring a towel, and wipe General Pan's tears. Now, Pan Jun couldn't take it anymore, got out of bed, worshiped Sun Quan, and surrendered Sun Quan.Therefore, Sun Quan's employing people are indeed people based on emotion, but we have to make it clear to everyone that this is the early and early stage of Sun Quan.

Mr. Yi Zhongtian said just now that Sun Quan showed his enthusiasm and sincerity in employing people, and gathered every talent. It can be said that Sun Quan is eclectic and only promotes talent. He even does not look at some people from humble backgrounds Regardless of family background, regardless of status, he has enough energy to use it, each doing his best.But it is a pity that these advantages of Sun Quan are all manifested in his early and early years. Sun Quan in his later years is different. So what kind of person is Sun Quan in his later years? In Sun Quan's later years, let alone his fellow ministers, he no longer has any kindness of flesh and blood, even his own flesh and blood, has no emotion at all.Let's take a look at some of Sun Quan's sons. Sun Quan had seven sons in total. The first son was named Sun Deng. He was Sun Quan's first prince. He died at the age of thirty-three. The crown prince is very unpleasant, and there is no time to talk about him now.The second son, Sun Li, also passed away when he was twenty years old, so this is considered a good death.The third son is called Sun He, and the fourth son is called Sun Ba. Sun He is Sun Quan's second prince. After Sun Deng passed away, didn't the second son, Sun Li, also pass away? Then the third son, Sun He, came to be the crown prince. Prince, after this Sun He became the prince, he had trouble with the fourth son, Sun Ba.why?Because Sun Quan likes Sun He, he also likes Sun Ba, he canonized Sun He as prince, and at the same time canonized Sun Ba as king of Lu, and there was no difference in etiquette and treatment between the two, and now there was a quarrel, and the result of the quarrel It was Sun He who was deposed, and Sun Ba who was killed and granted death.Why do you want to abolish Sun He?The reason is very simple, I am still here, you can't make trouble.Why did you want to kill Sun Ba?The reason is also very simple, if I don’t give it to you, you can’t grab it.The fifth son was named Sun Fen, and Sun Fen was also killed later, but not by Sun Quan, but by his nephew Sun Hao, which will be discussed later.Then the sixth son is called Sun Xiu, and the seventh son is called Sun Liang. Sun Liang is the third prince after Sun He and the second emperor after Sun Quan. He was abolished when he was young, by the powerful officials below, and after he was abolished, he was killed by his elder brother, the sixth grandson Xiu.Because Sun Xiu became the emperor after him, and became the third emperor, then the previous emperor had to be killed. Sun Xiu was not bad, and Sun Xiu also died of his own death.But after Sun Xiu died, his queen and his two sons were killed by Sun Hao again. Who is Sun Hao?Sun Hao is the son of that Sun He.I guess everyone has been confused by now, so I summed up these four sentences: father kills son, brother kills younger brother, nephew kills uncle, and clan kills the royal family.Anyway, everyone remembers one thing, the one surnamed Sun kills the one surnamed Sun, and their own family members kill each other.Is this called the kindness of flesh and blood?This is called fratricide, this is family.

What about the imperial court?If the family is fratricide, the imperial court is ruled by secret agents.In his later years, Sun Quan set up an official called the school official. This school official has many names. What does he do?It is to spy on what the subjects have done, what they have said, who is in contact with whom, and then report to Sun Quan. To put it bluntly, they are spies.This spy was very arrogant, and Sun Quan listened to them again, distrusting his civil and military ministers, and even tried to force confessions.For example, the most rampant among the school officials was Lv Yi. This Lv Yi told Sun Quan that there was a man named Diao Jia who slandered the imperial court. Sun Quan immediately believed it, arrested him, locked him in, and tortured him Then I have to ask these people who have contacts with this Diao Jia, have you all heard him slander the court?All the people were afraid of this spy, and said that he had heard it, that he was indeed slandering the imperial court, and checked them one by one, and finally found out that it was Yi. "Yes", the "Yi" of etiquette, I found it was Yi, and it was Yi who said I didn't hear it. Sun Quan said how could it be possible? All the people who interacted with him heard that he slandered the court. Why didn't you hear it? !Ask again, ask again, is Yi said that I still haven't heard, ask again, ask again, I still haven't heard.At the end of the press, Shi Yi said: Oh, the knife is already on my neck, why should I protect that person, make fun of my own head, if I didn’t hear it, I didn’t hear it, let’s be honest!Only then did I know it was an unjust case.If it wasn't for Yi to stand up, wouldn't there be an unjust case?

In fact, Sun Quan was called nervous, suspicious, and moody in his later years, so Mr. Yan Leng's "Three Kingdoms History" essay asked whether Sun Quan had Alzheimer's disease. Of course, Mr. Yan's remark was a joke.That's why Chen Shou said that Sun Quan is a man of Goujian's wonder. This is a pun. It means that when he started his business in the early stage, he endured humiliation. People who kill heroes and doubt themselves are the same as Gou Jian.Moreover, Chen Shou also had such an evaluation of Sun Quan: "Sex is too jealous, the result is killing, and it is the end of his life, which makes him very happy."What's the meaning?That is, Sun Quan was originally a very suspicious person, a person who dared to kill people, and he became more serious in his later years. The more suspicious he became in his later years, some people would ask why he was so affectionate, so emotional. How about this in old age?It's not surprising, if you are passionate, you will be suspicious. If you say that a person who is passionate, he is more suspicious. He always doubts whether the person he loves will betray him, so love is often at the same time hate the sea, so Sun Quan It is normal for Sun Quan to change, although it has become very severe, and it is precisely because of this change in Sun Quan's later years that he snubbed Zhang Zhao and forced Lu Xun to death, so what happened to snubbing Zhang Zhao and forcing Lu Xun to death?Please see the next episode ---- "Cold and Warm Life".