In 220, Cao Pi, Cao Cao's son and successor, seized the throne and proclaimed himself to be the Emperor of China, ending and succeeding the nominal rule of the Han dynasty. Allied with Liu Bei and employing the combined strategies of Zhou Yu and Huang Gai, they defeated Cao Cao decisively at the Battle of Red Cliffs. Eventually, Sun Quan decided to oppose Cao Cao in the middle Yangtze with his superior riverine forces. One, led by Zhang Zhao, urged surrender whilst the other, led by Zhou Yu and Lu Su, opposed capitulation.
Two distinct factions emerged at his court on how to handle the situation. In winter of that year, the northern warlord Cao Cao led an army of approximately 220,000 to conquer the south to complete the reunification of China.
In early 207, his forces finally won complete victory over Huang Zu, a military leader under Liu Biao, who dominated the middle Yangtze. Thus throughout the 200s, Sun Quan, under the tutelage of his able advisers, continued to build up his strength along the Yangtze River. His administration proved to be relatively stable in those early years as Sun Jian and Sun Ce's most senior officers, such as Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Cheng Pu supported the succession. When Sun Ce was assassinated by the retainers of Xu Gong in 200, the 18-year-old Sun Quan inherited the lands southeast of the Yangtze River from his brother. After Sun Jian's death in the early 190s, he and his family lived at various cities on the lower Yangtze River, until Sun Ce carved out a warlord regime in the Jiangdong region, based on his own followers and a number of local clan allegiances. Sun Quan was born while his father Sun Jian served as the adjutant of Xiapi County. He is sometimes portrayed as neutral considering he adopt a flexible foreign policy between his two rivals with the goal of pursuing the greatest interests for the country. Unlike his rivals Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Sun Quan was much younger than them and governed his state mostly separate of politics and ideology.
He declared formal independence and ruled from 222 to 229 as the King of Wu and from 229 to 252 as the Emperor of Wu. He inherited control of the warlord regime established by his elder brother, Sun Ce, in 200. info)) (182 – 21 May 252), courtesy name Zhongmou, formally known as Emperor Da of Wu (literally "Great Emperor of Wu"), was the founder of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.When Han was prominent, Gongsun was just a military commander in middle of nowhere, and when Gongsun became prominent, Han was long dead.Sun Quan (pronunciation (help So the marriage between the Gongsun family and the Han family is impossible.
Gongsun Zan 'became' the Inspector of You Province in 193 after he murdered the previous Inspector, whereas Han Fu died in 192. Their family probably produced some head of commandery, their prominence were likely local and limited. The Gongsun family is a mere prominent family of the northern commandery. Since Imperial Counsellor was merged with Excellency of Works, the secondary post of the Censor Office became the de facto chief of the Censor's Office, making Han Fu one of the most powerful person in the empire prior to Lingdi's death as he became essentially akin to our Attorney General, leading federal prosecutors. Now Han Fu held the post of Palace Assistant Imperial Clerk, secondary to Imperial Counsellor who heads the Censor's Office. I imagined Han Lian is someone related to Han Fu.