祝良 / Zhu Liang (late Han)

Overview

祝良 / Zhu Liang is a late-Han official in Hanji 819 whose appointment turns 李固’s southern-frontier strategy into action. The episode presents him as a former Bingzhou inspector from Changsha who becomes Jiuzhen administrator and personally induces mass surrender.

Current Profile

Hanji 819 introduces Zhu Liang when Li Gu argues against sending 40,000 troops toward Jiaozhi. Li Gu names Zhu Liang as a trustworthy official whose courage, judgment, and humane authority fit the crisis better than a distant large expedition.

After 汉顺帝 accepts Li Gu’s plan, Zhu Liang is appointed administrator of Jiuzhen. The source’s defining scene has him drive into the rebel camp with a single carriage, where his strategy and credibility induce tens of thousands to surrender.

Key Characteristics

• Li Gu-recommended official selected for frontier pacification capacity.
• Former inspector associated with prior administrative and military trust.
• Jiuzhen administrator appointed as part of a two-person solution with 张乔.
• High-credibility pacifier whose single-carriage entry replaces escalation with surrender.

Evidence

• Recommendation: Hanji 819 says Li Gu names Zhu Liang as a former Bingzhou inspector and worthy appointee.
• Appointment: Hanji 819 says Shun appoints Zhu Liang as Jiuzhen administrator.
• Mass surrender: Hanji 819 says Zhu Liang enters the rebel camp alone in a carriage and recruits or wins over tens of thousands.

Qualifications

This page is bounded to Hanji 819. The transcript renders some offices and place names unevenly, so Zhu Liang’s earlier inspector role is normalized cautiously and his wider biography remains outside this page.

What Changed

• Created Zhu Liang as the Jiuzhen administrator whose conduct validates Li Gu’s two-person alternative to the 40,000-soldier expedition.

Relationships

• 李固 - recommender whose crisis diagnosis identifies Zhu Liang as the right official.
• 张乔 - paired Jiaozhi inspector in the same southern-frontier solution.
• 汉顺帝 - ruler who accepts the recommendation and appoints Zhu Liang.
• 交趾郡 - broader southern-frontier theater around Jiuzhen and Rinan.
• 任官适任性国家能力 - Zhu Liang is a compact case of individual fit replacing costly mass mobilization.
• 赏募动员式平乱 - adjacent strategy because his appointment belongs to Li Gu’s reward-backed pacification plan.