Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang Liu Bei married Sun Shangxiang, how did Dongwu compete for interests?
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Those who are familiar with Peking Opera know that there is a classic "Ganlu Temple" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is about the marriage of Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang. In the story of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", who proposed Sun Shangxiang's marriage to Liu Bei?What's the game behind it?
Sun and Liu married. 
Regarding the marriage contract between Sun Shangxiang and Liu Bei, there are generally only two versions, one is Sun Quan's version and the other is Zhou Yu's version. What is the difference between these two perspectives?
If it was Sun Quan's idea, then Sun Quan's position at that time was that Zhou Yu failed to attack Jingzhou. Zhou Yu was like a bamboo, like the sun in the sky, but he returned defeated and fell into the clouds. This was a good thing for Sun Quan, because Zhou Yu had the advantage at the beginning and even put Sun Quan in crisis, but Zhou Yu's defeat made Sun Quan change from passive to active, from defensive to offensive. Now Sun Quan wants to make peace with Liu Bei, why should he make peace with Liu Bei?
Because Sun Quan needed Liu Bei's strength - if Liu Bei formed an alliance with him, it would force Zhou Yu to give up the military power that should have belonged to him. With military power, Sun Quan will become the real master of Jiangdong. However, the cunning Zhou Yu also clearly saw Sun Quan's intentions, so he took the opportunity of Liu Bei's visit to Eastern Wu and his relatives to kill Liu Bei, so that Zhou Yu could retain the power of Jiangdong.
But what if Zhou Yu proposes to make peace?If so, what is the logic behind it?From the annihilation of Cao's million-strong army in the Battle of Chibi to the fiasco in Jingzhou, Zhou Yu experienced the biggest ups and downs in his life. Zhou Yu was also immersed in the shadow of a fiasco, not only did he not take Jingzhou as he wished, but let Jingzhou be taken away by his greatest enemy, Liu Bei. Zhou Yu felt that he had suffered a big loss and needed a chance to turn over.
Looking at Liu Bei, whose wife had just died, Zhou Yu thought of Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang, and hoped that Sun Quan would marry his sister to Liu Bei and take the opportunity to get rid of Liu Bei. If the plan succeeds, Zhou Yu will not only be able to repair his reputation in Jiangdong, but also get rid of an enemy.
However, Sun Quan also clearly saw Zhou Yu's murderous intentions. Sun Quan believed that as long as Liu Bei could save Sun Shangxiang's life, even if the marriage was successful, the Sun-Liu alliance would succeed again. As long as the Sun-Liu alliance succeeds, Zhou Yu's position cannot be changed, and Sun Quan's position can be further consolidated. Zhou Yu's aim was to kill Liu Bei, seize power, and get rid of his main enemy.
Zhou Yu's threat.
Regardless of whether Sun Shangxiang's idea of marrying Liu Bei came from Sun Quan or Zhou Yu, the rupture between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu was irreversible. Both sides know each other's thoughts and want to take this opportunity to crush the other and consolidate their own power. If Zhou Yu kills Liu Bei, he can rule Jiangdong through the trenches of the Yangtze River, fundamentally divide Jiangdong, and crown the king as emperor, and at that time, Zhou Yu will surpass Sun Quan and become the real master of Jiangdong. If Liu Bei left Jiangdong with Sun Shangxiang and returned to Jingzhou, Sun Quan and Liu Bei would be related, and Zhou Yu would never have a chance to reconquer Jiangdong.
Therefore, Zhou Yu and Sun Quan had different purposes, but they both wanted Sun Shangxiang to marry Liu Bei. However, didn't Liu Bei know that if he agreed to this family business, this trip to Jiangdong would be very dangerous?Of course, Liu Bei knew, and even if he didn't, his chief strategic adviser, Zhuge Liang, would see Sun Quan and Zhou Yu's thoughts and warn Liu Bei.
So, why did Liu Bei go to the meeting and agree to this marriage?It turned out that Liu Bei had his own wishes, and what he wanted most was the most important step in Zhuge Liang's grand strategy, that is, Sichuan.
Liu Bei's team, if they want to achieve a career, pacify Sichuan, and use Jingzhou as a base for further development, it is the first step to have a stable environment in Jingzhou, so this time Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei reminisced about the old days, decided to arrange a marriage, and rebuilt the old friendship with Sun Quan.
Zhuge Liang supported Liu Bei to go to Jiangdong the most and agreed to this family affair, because when Zhuge Liang first met Sun Quan, he clearly saw the struggle between Sun Quan and Liu Bei for the first time in Eastern Wu. At that time, Zhuge Liang understood that the struggle between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu was a struggle of life and death.
Zhuge Liang's calculations.
Zhuge Liang decided to promote the Sun-Liu alliance. Forming the Sun-Liu Alliance, Liu Bei's team can have a smooth ride and no worries about not being able to defeat Sichuan. The first point of forming the Sun-Liu alliance was to pave the way for Liu Bei's team to gain Sichuan. The second point is that if the Sun-Liu alliance is formed, the contradiction between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu will intensify, and then Sun Quan's advantage over Zhou Yu will be incomparable, and Sun Quan will increase the speed of suppressing Zhou Yu, so that even if Dongwu wants to stab Liu Bei's team in the back when attacking Sichuan, it will be poor in donkey skills, and there is no internal consensus.
Zhuge Liang also thought of Cao Cao's position. At present, Cao Cao was defeated, his vitality was greatly damaged, and Cao Cao's most trusted person, Cao Ren, lost Jingzhou again, causing Cao Cao to lose Jingzhou. The successive blows made Cao Cao slightly depressed, and he was out of breath for a while. In fact, what Cao Cao couldn't accept was not the defeat of the Battle of Chibi. In fact, Cao Cao had been mentally prepared for defeat before going into battle, but the loss of Jingzhou did affect Cao Cao's vitality, as he fell into the hands of Liu Bei, whom Cao Cao regarded as a great danger. This situation made Cao Cao feel that Liu Bei's rise was unstoppable, which made Cao Cao very headache, but he was helpless.
In general, Sun Liu's second alliance under the pretext of Sun Shangxiang's marriage to Liu Bei this time was actually the first alliance between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, not the alliance between Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang like last time, but the purpose of the two alliances was the same, both were to crusade against Zhou Yu.