Sun Quan was born in a small bureaucratic family in Jiangdong, relying on the inheritance established by his father Sun Jian and his younger brother Sun Ce in his early years. At the age of 20, Sun Quan was in charge of the land of six counties in Jiangdong. Sun Quan had the conditions to read and write since he was a child, and he was in contact with all kinds of bureaucrats. It took Sun Quan 28 years to take over Jiangdong in 200 AD and establish the Wu Dong regime in 228 AD.
Judging from their starting point in life, it is obvious that Sun Quan's starting point is many times higher than Liu Bei's. When Liu Bei came out of the mountain, there was nothing but a red heart. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can only struggle in society on their own. As soon as Sun Quan made a move, he commanded six counties in Jiangdong, and all the soldiers were ready. Sun Quan only needs to stabilize the internal affairs and develop again, and Liu Bei is the one who lost at the starting line.
As far as their final achievements are concerned, Liu Bei established the Shu-Han regime and became emperor, while Sun Quan established the Soochow regime and became emperor. The only difference is that Sun Quan established political power later than Liu Bei, with a larger territory, more population and troops, and stronger strength than Liu Bei.
But Liu Bei's low starting point means that success is more difficult, and the difficulty of success means that Liu Bei's ability is stronger. In fact, Liu Bei is the only one among the three major regimes in the Three Kingdoms who started his own business successfully. At the same time, the Han Shu regime is a story of a group of people at the bottom of society who established political power through constant struggle and war.
The hierarchy of feudal society was quite strict and the stratum was fixed. If you are a farmer, you will be a farmer all your life. If you are an aristocrat, you will be an aristocrat all your life. Unless social unrest leads to the overthrow of all classes, the classes are fixed. Therefore, there were large families in the Han Dynasty that existed for hundreds of years, all after the heroes who followed Liu Bei to conquer the world in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, or after the royal family. As farmers at the bottom of society, they have been farmers for hundreds of years, and even farmers may not be able to become refugees.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, local politics was still decided by aristocratic strongmen, and it is very difficult to start a business from scratch today. What's more, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was born in a declining royal family and was basically regarded as the bottom of society. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu also come from the bottom of society. Their success is only a specific event in a specific historical period, which is accidental and inevitable.
To start a business, Liu Bei needs one step at a time, constantly groping in the society, constantly failing, and constantly making a comeback. Without foot soldiers, he needs to recruit in person. Without funds, he needs to find businessmen to personally sponsor him. Without cities, he needs to attack one by one. Without talents, he needs to look around for Zhuge Liang, who is 20 years younger than him. It's hard to imagine Liu Bei, 47.
After Sun Ce's death, Sun Quan directly became the leader of Jiangdong Group. He didn't rely on personal ability, but blood relationship. Just because he is Sun Ce's younger brother, that's all. What Sun Quan needs to do most after becoming a leader is to stabilize internally, combat rebellion and expand externally. Sun Quan has ready-made troops, generals, territory, population and resources. He doesn't need to fight for these things. He just needs to appease the people, unite internal affairs and ensure political stability.
After all, Liu Bei was surrounded by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu, Sun Gan, Jian Yong and others. At that time, people in the upper class would never take refuge in Liu Bei because of their different identities. You can find that those who take refuge in Liu Bei are people from the bottom of society. Maybe you want to say that Miju is not rich?
What you need to understand is that businessmen are only rich people, and their social status is very low, even lower than that of farmers, scholars, farmers and industry and commerce. Businessmen rank last because of their low status. If businessmen want to change their status, they have to use money to make connections and climb the upper level. Even if they climb up, they will not be respected by people from the gentry class.
But Sun Quan is different. Sun Quan was the military government that seized six counties in Jiangdong by force. Under the appeasement of Sun Quan, four families from six counties in Jiangdong joined the Soochow regime in succession and became the backbone of the Soochow regime. So Sun Quan doesn't have to worry about no one to rely on. The only way to be an official is to rely on Sun Quan, so Sun Quan is much easier than Liu Bei in the process of starting a business.
The leader of a political power has many abilities, such as military ability, political ability, commander-in-chief ability and candidate selection ability.
1. Military capability: Liu Beiqiang is superior to Sun Quan. After 37 years' battle, Liu Bei survived in the troubled times at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, just like an immortal Xiao Qiang. People who were better than Liu Beiqiang died, such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and Liu Zhang. But Liu Bei was alive, not only alive, but also created political power. If it weren't for Liu Bei's unique military talent, would he still be alive to make contributions?
Sun Quan's military ability is very average. The most typical example is the battle of Hefei, where 100,000 troops were beaten out of the water by Sun Quan's 800 men. Sun Quan personally took the lead all his life and basically did not win the battle. Battle of Red Cliffs was fought by Zhou Yu, the battle of Yiling was fought by Lu Xun, and the battle of Shi Ting was commanded by Lu Xun. Sun Quan basically didn't take part in the battle, and as long as he did, he rarely won. Therefore, Sun Quan's military ability is inferior to Liu Bei's.
2. Political ability: Sun Quan is stronger than Liu Bei. The fundamental reason why Sun Quan's political ability is stronger than Liu Bei's is that Sun Quan is a natural expert in politics. For example, in the battle of Guan Yu and Xiangfan, Sun Quan colluded with Cao Cao privately, betrayed his allies to attack Jingzhou, and then surrendered to Cao Cao to ensure that Wu Dong would not fight on two fronts. After eliminating the threat of Shu Han, he fooled Cao Pi. This political maturity is not comparable to Liu Bei's.
Look at Liu Bei's political ability. When Liu Bei commanded Xuzhou in his early years, Lu Bu soon won Xuzhou. This is not a military issue, but a political issue, which shows that Liu Bei did not get the support of Xuzhou strongmen and lacked the necessary political ability. If Zhuge Liang didn't help Liu Bei in his later period, I'm afraid the Shu-Han regime could not be established. Liu Bei's attack on Wu was obviously impetuous, and he did not find a suitable soldier, nor did he politically disintegrate his collusion with Cao Wei. So Liu Bei's political ability is not as good as Sun Quan's.
3. Commander's ability: Liu Beiqiang is better than Sun Quan. When Liu Bei was alive, all major battles were commanded by Liu Bei himself. For example, in the Battle of Wang Bo, Liu Bei used a trick to lure the enemy to defeat Xia Houdun. For example, in the Battle of Sichuan, Liu Bei completely relied on his personal command ability and the plans of Pang Tong and Fazheng to seize Yizhou. For example, in the battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei directly led the only battle to defeat Cao Cao in the frontal battlefield. This is Liu Bei's command ability.
But Sun Quan is far from it. It is because of Sun Quan's poor command ability that Zhang Liao led 800 people off guard. If you think about it, you will understand how100000 people were attacked by 800 people. If Sun Quan's command is strong, even if he is frightened by Zhang Liao for a while, Zhang Liao and others will never rush out of the camp as long as they launch a normal attack. This is Sun Quan's command. Basically, Sun Quan rarely personally leads the army to victory.
4. Employability: Liu Bei and Sun Quan are equally divided. Liu Bei has a unique vision in employing people, such as promoting Wei Yan and Huang Zhong, and telling Zhuge Liang that Ma can't be a big man and is very accurate. So is Sun Quan. For example, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Monroe and Lu Xun were all promoted by Sun Quan, and they were all competent for their jobs and put the right people in the right position. Sun Quan and Liu Bei are equally divided. Therefore, on the whole, Liu Bei's ability is stronger than Sun Qiang's, not only from a low starting point, but also from a really strong ability.