Zhu Ju, courtesy name Zifan, was a Chinese military general and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
23 Facts About Zhu Ju
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Zhu Ju was from Wu County, Wu Commandery, which is in present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu.
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Zhu Ju was described as good-looking, physically strong, and adept in debating.
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However, Zhu Ju disagreed with Ji Yan because he was worried that the abrupt dismissal of so many officials would lead to instability in the Wu government.
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Zhu Ju urged Ji Yan to not penalise those officials for their transgressions, and instead allow them to remain in office to make amends for their mistakes.
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Zhu Ju suggested that Ji Yan praise the honest and hardworking officials and give encouragement to the underperforming ones.
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Ji Yan refused to listen to Zhu Ju and met his downfall later.
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Later, he felt that Zhu Ju was proficient in handling both civil and military affairs, and had the potential to inherit the legacies of Lu Meng and Zhang Wen.
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In 229, after Sun Quan declared himself emperor and established the state of Eastern Wu with its capital in Jianye, he arranged for Zhu Ju to marry his daughter Sun Luyu.
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Zhu Ju was promoted to General of the Left and enfeoffed as the Marquis of Yunyang.
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Zhu Ju's army was to receive a salary of 30,000 strings of coins, but the coppersmith Wang Sui secretly took some of the coins for himself.
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Lu Yi, the supervisor of the audit bureau, suspected Zhu Ju of embezzling military funds, so he had the finance officer in Zhu's army arrested and interrogated.
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Zhu Ju felt that the officer died a wrongful death so he had the officer properly buried.
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Lu Yi wrote to Sun Quan and claimed that Zhu Ju conspired with the finance officer to embezzle military funds and the fact that Zhu had the officer properly buried served as evidence of the conspiracy.
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When Zhu Ju was repeatedly summoned to meet Sun Quan for questioning, he was unable to explain himself so he laid down on a straw mat to await his fate.
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In 246, Zhu Ju was promoted to General of Agile Cavalry.
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Zhu Ju was very open and vocal in pledging his support to Sun He, whom he deemed the legitimate heir apparent.
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Qu Huang was later removed from office and sent back to his hometown, while Zhu Ju was demoted to the position of an assistant official in Xindu Commandery.
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At the time, as Sun Quan was sick, Sun Hong took advantage of the situation to forge an imperial decree in Sun Quan's name ordering Zhu Ju to commit suicide.
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Zhu Ju thought that the decree was genuine so he killed himself as ordered.
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Zhu Ju had two sons, Zhu Xiong and Zhu Sun, who were commissioned as military officers during the reign of Sun Liang.
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Zhu Ju was appointed as General of Agile Cavalry during the reign of Sun Hao.
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Zhu Ju was very generous with his wealth and used it to help the needy, to the point where he was often short of money even though he received a high salary.