In the battle of Guandu, Sun Ce prepared to secretly attack Xudu in the north, and held this treasure card of Emperor Han Xian in his own hands. It's a pity that Sun Ce was ambushed when he was out hunting, and an arrow hit him in the cheek. These people who attacked Sun Ce were followers of Xu Gong, the satrap of Wu Jun, and they did it in revenge, because Sun Ce killed Xu Gong when pacifying Wu Jun. Sun Ce knew that he would not live long and had to die. At that time, he called Sun Quan and said, "You can ask Zhang Zhao if your internal affairs are undecided, and you can ask Zhou Yu if your diplomacy is undecided."

It seems that both Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu are trusted ministers in Sun Ce, but in fact this sentence is in the romance, not recorded in the official history. In the Three Kingdoms, Sun Ce's trusteeship at that time was very similar to Liu Bei's trusteeship of Zhuge Liang, which roughly meant that if Sun Quan was difficult to be a great post, Zhang replaced him. It can be said that Zhang Zhao not only won the trust of Sun Ce, but also was endowed with great power. Speaking of which, of course we don't understand. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are brothers-in-law, and they have known each other since childhood. What's more, Zhou Yu's ability is not better than Zhang Qiang's, at least there is no gap between two people. So in this case, why did Sun Ce only entrust an orphan to Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu?

Sun Ce did this because he knew that Sun Quan was still young, the internal regime in Jiangdong was extremely complicated, and the interests of the gentry had not been clarified. In this case, Sun Ce could suppress this group of senior officials with his own identity and prestige, but Sun Quan did not have any military achievements, nor did he open up territory for Wu Dong. What can he do to restrain it? Because of this, Sun Ce must choose one of these ministers to help his younger brother take power, and this person is Zhang Zhao who has been loyal to himself.

In fact, Zhang Zhao completed Sun Quan's entrustment with practical actions. At the time of Sun Ce's great funeral, he announced his death, showed respect to Sun Quan, and at the same time calmed the people, let heroes from all walks of life find their proper position, and even supported Sun Quan with practical actions. He personally helped Sun Quan get on the horse and marched out to subdue everyone. Ministers saw that Zhang Zhao had surrendered to Sun Quan. Do you have any reason not to surrender? In this way, the transfer of power between Sun Ce and Sun Quan was successfully completed under the facilitation of Zhang Zhao.

The reason why Zhou Yu is not mentioned is precisely because Zhou Yu has a close relationship with Sun Ce. If Zhou Yu, who is in a high position at this time, becomes a trustworthy official again, on the one hand, the ministers at that time may not be willing to see the Zhou family grow bigger; On the other hand, Zhou Yu later led troops to attend the funeral and bowed down before Sun Quan to show his position, which further consolidated Sun Quan's power. What's more, Sun Quan gave Zhou Yu more power and status at this time, which can further extend the incense between Sun Jia and Zhou Jia, and both families are happy.

The author thinks that Sun Ce had such an arrangement before his death, which not only allowed Sun Quan to take power in his own hands smoothly, but also prevented disputes and chaos within Jiangdong. I have to say that Sun Ce really played a good chess game.