The viceroy was one of the ancient military commanders in China, which flourished in the Three Kingdoms, then developed into a local military commander and later became a central military commander. In the early years of the Republic of China, there were also governors in all provinces, who were also in charge of civil affairs.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, a large number of commanders appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, some were partial generals, some were marshals or commanders of a military region. The former is called the governor under the account or the governor of the department, the latter is called the governor of the festival, and the latter has the greatest influence. Our envoy originated from the imperial history of the Han Dynasty, whose duty was to supervise the counties to suppress "thieves". For example, when the Eastern Han Dynasty was in Shun Di, soldiers from Cheng Fengyi and Xu Erzhou suppressed "thieves" in Jiujiang. Later, the army was supervised by a corps commander, which further increased the factor of military commanders. After Dong Zhuo's rebellion at the end of Han Dynasty, counties and counties fought for independence in succession. In order to win them over, the court had the title of general and governor of several states or a certain state.
In the second year of Di Xian Jian 'an (197), Yuan Shao was a general, giving command of bows, arrows, knots and cymbals, and was also the governor of Hebei, Qingdao, Youbian and Uighur, which was first seen in history books. At about the same time, Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, took Cheng Yu as the corps commander, led the satrap of Yin Ji and took charge of Yanzhou affairs. This kind of commander-in-chief becomes the military and political chief who rules the place.
The most famous viceroy in the Three Kingdoms period can be said to be Zhou Yu.
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Zhou Yu (175-2 10) was born in Shu County, Lujiang (now Shu County, Hefei City, Anhui Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a famous soldier, the son of Zhou Yi, grandfather and uncle, served as the viceroy in the autumn and Battle of Red Cliffs.
Strong physique, graceful appearance, elegant temperament, Jiangdong has the saying that "Zhou Lang's accent is wrong". Zhou Yu made few friends with Sun Ce, and when he was 2 1 year old, he followed Sun Ce to the battlefield to pacify Jiangdong. Sun Ce was assassinated, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, and Zhou Yu sent troops to attend the funeral. Zhang Zhao, Han garrison and Chang Shi were in charge of all affairs. In the 13th year of Jian 'an (208), Zhou Yu led an army to unite with Liu Bei and Battle of Red Cliffs defeated Cao Jun, which laid the foundation of "three points of the world". In the 14th year of Jian 'an (209), he worshipped the general and led the Southern County prefect. In the fifteenth year of Jian 'an (2 10), he died in Baqiu at the age of 36.
In the official history, Zhou Yu is a "real genius". Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu as "the capital of Wang Zuo", and Fan Chengda praised Zhou Yu as "the hero of the world and the beautiful husband of Jiang Zuo". In Song Huizong, he was honored as Pinglubo, ranking one of the sixty-four generals in Tang Wu Temple and one of the seventy-two generals in Wu Song Temple.
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