Why is Sun Quan, who is famous for a lifetime, incompetent in his later years?

Sun Quan is undoubtedly a British lord, with thousands of miles of land, and has been established for decades. However, in his later years, he made frequent tricks in the law, killing and migrating talented people, and regretting it too late.

Sun Quan was among the leaders of the Three Kingdoms at the age of seventy-one. Compared with Cao Cao and Liu Bei, he is the one who has lived the longest. But when he was thinking about the future, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Huang Gai, Zhang Zhao and others he could entrust had passed away before him, which was the distress of the old emperor.

He is not like Liu Bei, he has Zhuge Liang doing his best for Shu Han, and he is not like Cao Cao, Cao Pi is already full-fledged, and he is assisted by Sima Yi. After Sun Quan died and abolished the crown prince, only Prince Liang was left to take over, but he was only nine years old, so he had to entrust the country's major affairs to Zhuge Ke, who he didn't want to entrust too much.

Zhuge Ke is the son of Zhuge Jin and the nephew of Zhuge Liang. Lu Xun, the governor of Wu State, once criticized him for being domineering in front of Zhuge Ke, and no one was in his eyes. As the master, Sun Quan is impossible not to know, but in his later years, people are easy to listen to and believe, Sun Quan was surrounded by cronies, and used this stubborn Zhuge Ke under their slander and bewitchment.

As a result, as soon as he took his breath, the state of Wu began to turmoil.

From this, we can see that Sun Quan was wise in his early years and confused in his later years. The reason why he performed wisely in his early years cannot but be attributed to the help of Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong in internal affairs. Without Zhou Yu and Lu Su, there would have been no Chibi Battle in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, and I am afraid that at that time, Eastern Wu would have been completely in the hands of Cao Cao.

Sun Quan is the worst monarch in the Three Kingdoms, there is no one, but he has the best luck. So he lived for many years.

This guy is nepotistic and jealous. Whoever has merit will be killed, Zhou Yu died violently soon after breaking Cao's army, Lu Meng broke Guan Yu and died violently, and Lu Xun was so frightened that he immediately retreated to the second line after breaking Liu Bei.

He personally commanded the battle of Hefei, which was completely disorganized and out of ground. An army of 100,000 fought against Zhang Liao and 7,000, and those who were killed threw away their armor and ran away.

This kind of record, looking at the three countries, no one is unsurpassed!

The best leaders are capable of taking charge! The second best is capable, no matter what, the third best is incapable, no matter what, the worst is Sun Quan, who is incapable, but fortunately, he is happy and makes a fool of himself everywhere!!

Jiangdong's second youngest Sun Zhongmou, the army of 100,000 people will be headed!

1, Sun Quan forced the metropolitan governor Lu Xun to death, Lu Xun's talent is beyond doubt, but unfortunately Sun Quan hesitated on the issue of choosing an heir, and Lu Xun caught up with this troubled water, what is surprising is that he actually took out Lu Xun directly, and the pillars of the country died.

2. Improper employment.

Sun Quan also lacked proper employment in terms of personnel, and he arranged for Zhuge Ke, who was able to be mediocre, to assist the government, and the reason why the Wu State was destroyed, Sun Quan also contributed.

3. Sun Quan, who was proclaimed emperor, became more and more arrogant and arbitrary, and the punishment was cruel, and the people often rebelled.

The reason why Sun Quan became mediocre in the later period.

1. The reason for the system.

Sun Quan reigned for decades, and the things he did in the first few years were quite wise, but in ordinary life, in addition to cumbersome political affairs, he was eating, drinking, and having fun, and wanted to keep a clear head at all times, which was really difficult, just like Qin Shi Huang, Tang Taizong, Qianlong and others.

2. The laws of nature.

Sun Quan was a long-lived old man in that era, Liu Bei and Cao Cao only lived to be more than sixty years old, and Sun Quan lived to be 71 years old, people are confused when they are old, Sun Quan did some incomprehensible things in his later years, which is directly related to his age, the physiological and psychological functions of the human body are seriously degraded, and the later Sun Quan's 100,000 army was actually disabled by Zhang Liao's 800 people, which is also somewhat interesting.

Sun Quan, the emperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, was indeed a little mediocre in his later years. For example, in terms of employing people, he let Zhuge Ke, who was mediocre, assist the government, and buried the later turmoil; In terms of doing things, he lacked clarity on the issue of heirs, and forced Lu Xun, the pillar of the country, to death, and so on. The reason for this situation is that it is related to the laws of nature and the feudal system.

In the later period, he was the biggest critic of forcing Lu Xun to death and Yinhei to be abolished (abolishing the prince and killing King Lu), thinking that he was old and became mediocre, is this true? It's not that simple! When Sun Quan was 18 years old, Sun Ce took over his father's and brother's inheritance, and his military achievements were not as good as other brothers, why did Sun Ce choose Sun Quan with a unique vision.

Sun Quan's story

One possibility is that the laws of nature. When a person reaches a certain age, his physical and psychological functions will deteriorate, and the higher the age, the more serious the degeneration. It is very common for modern people to live to the age of 60 or 70 and still have healthy limbs and clear minds.

But in ancient times, people who lived to be sixty or seventy years old were considered to be long-lived. Cao Cao was sixty-six years old, and Liu Bei was sixty-three years old.

Zhuge Liang was only fifty-four years old, and only Sun Quan lived to be seventy-one years old. At that time, it should be normal to live to this age, the mind is a little inflexible, and things are a little upside down. In his later years, Sun Deng, the capital of Sun Quan, who had been established according to the Confucian primogeniture system, died.

This has led to a huge political crisis.

Sun He and Sun Ba, who used to treat each other equally, suddenly one became the crown prince and the other became the king of Chu. This makes a lot of unexpected things happen. As representatives of the local scholars of Eastern Wu, Lu Xun and others naturally demanded that the treatment of the two terms be separated according to the Confucian etiquette system.

However, what Sun Quan is most opposed to at the moment is.

You have made irresponsible remarks about my family affairs. Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, in order to stabilize his power, Sun Quan in his later years actually sent from other places to fight the local faction. Because the biggest backer of the out-of-town faction is himself, all of them will be relatively more loyal.

Some people say that the reason why Sun Quan became like this in his twilight years also has a lot to do with his long-term position. This is indeed a common problem for emperors in their later years, such as Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, but this is not the root cause. In my opinion, the most important reason for Sun Quan's temperament in his later years was that he did not find the most suitable heir, or that his heir, Sun Deng, died prematurely.

Sun Deng is Sun Quan's eldest son. This person is very knowledgeable, and he inherited the excellent genes of Sun Quan's early years. Unfortunately, Sun Deng died prematurely.

Nine years after Sun Deng's death, Sun Quan deposed the second crown prince, Sun He, and killed the fourth son, Sun Ba, and finally made the seventh son, Sun Liang, the crown prince. At first glance, Sun Quan's target was his two sons, but in fact he was targeting the various scholars of Eastern Wu.

From prosperity to decline or from decline to prosperity is generally a natural law, because people are old and not energetic enough to do great things, and it is also an inevitable law that people cannot keep up with the development of the times when they are old, and their ideas begin to be limited. Sun Quan is not the only one, no need to be surprised.