Chapter 057: Adou who can't be helped
After Liu Bei obtained Yizhou, Sun Quan demanded that Liu Bei return Jingzhou, while Liu Bei wanted to return Liangzhou after taking it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Sun Quan sent Lü Meng to attack Changsha and other three counties, Liu Bei also led the army east to support Guan Yu, and the two sides confronted each other on the Xiangjiang River.
After Lu Su's death, Lü Meng succeeded him, and he believed that Liu Bei should no longer be relied on to defend against Cao Cao, and he plotted with Sun Quan, Lu Xun, and others to seize Jingzhou. Liu Bei occupied Hanzhong and proclaimed himself queen of Hanzhong, but because of Lü Meng's paralyzing tactics, Guan Yu, the defender of Jingzhou, ignored the Jiangdong defenders and led the main army north to attack Cao Cao.
Guan Yu besieged Cao Ren in Fancheng in the Battle of Fancheng, captured Yu Ban, and beheaded Pang De, so that Cao Cao intended to move away from Xudu, and then Cao Cao followed Sima Yi's advice to win over Sun Quan to deal with Guan Yu. After the Cao-Sun Alliance, Lü Meng attacked Jiangling and other places, surrendered Wuling, Gong'an and Lingling and other areas, and finally captured Guan Yu in Maicheng, and the Sun-Liu Alliance officially broke down. After Guan Yu was defeated, Liu Bei's Shangyong defender Meng Da surrendered to Cao Wei, and Liu Bei's forces completely withdrew from Jingzhou.
Cao Cao died, and his heir Cao Pi succeeded to the throne of Wei, and in the same year forced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to give him the throne, the country name Wei, moved the capital to Luoyang, known as Cao Wei in history, so that the Eastern Han Dynasty officially perished, entering the Three Kingdoms period. In the following year, Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor in Chengdu, and continued to use the national name Han as a clan member of the Han family, known as Shu Han in history, and then went east to conquer Sun Quan on the grounds of revenge for Guan Yu. And Sun Quan was therefore a vassal to Cao Wei, and Cao Pi named Sun Quan the king of Wu and added nine tins.
Sun Quan sent Lu Xun, who succeeded Lü Meng, to meet the Shu army led by Liu Bei, and the Shu army was defeated in Yiling and Yaoting, known as the Battle of Yiling, and soon Liu Bei died of illness in the White Emperor City. Sun Quan announced that he would establish his own era name and no longer respect Cao Wei's era name. Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, and the military and political power was held by Zhuge Liang.
Cao Pi turned against Sun Quan, and the troops went south in three ways, but Sun Quan was blocked and retreated. After Zhuge Liang contacted Sun Quan in the same year, the two sides formed an alliance again, and the situation between the three kingdoms became an alliance between Wu and Shu against Cao Wei again, and there was no further change. Sun Quan was officially called the emperor, the country name was Wu, and the history was called Sun Wu or Eastern Wu.
When it comes to the characters in the Three Kingdoms, everyone says Cao Cao, Sima Yi, Wei Yan, and Lu Su the most, but there is a Liu Chan who is described as Adou, who is portrayed as a fat and stupid mentally handicapped image, and his famous words and nouns are Adou who can't be helped, and he can't think about it, all of which portray Liu Chan as a cowardly and ignorant character.
People say that the tiger father has no dog son, Liu Chan, as the son of Liu Bei, a generation of heroes, is it really that bad? Liu Chan is really wronged, is Liu Chan really stupid or fake stupid, and how did Adou and Le Bu Shu, who can't help him, come from?
Adou, who can't be helped, is saying that Adou is not enterprising, and will only have fun all day long, even if there is a famous minister like Zhuge Liang to assist and teach, it will not help, and eventually lead to the country falling into the hands of others, so the Shu Han River and the mountains fall into the hands of others, can the responsibility be put on Adou Liu Chan? The demise of Shu is the general trend, and in the entire Three Kingdoms period, the national strength of Shu is the weakest, even if Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are not dead, it is impossible to change this outcome, so it is a bit unjust to blame Adou.
Although Liu Chan is not as good as Liu Bei's heroic name, but he is not a completely cowardly and incompetent person, Liu Chan said that the emperor reigned for forty-one years, and was the longest reigning one of all the monarchs in the Three Kingdoms period.
Not only that, on the issue of the Northern Expedition, Liu Chan's mind is also very clear, when Zhuge Liang was anxious for the Northern Expedition, he persuaded: "Xiangfu went south, traveled far and difficult, just returned to the capital, sat down before the table, and now he is anxious to go north, I am afraid that he will work hard." ”
After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan immediately stopped wasting national strength. In order to prevent the power of the ministers from being too heavy, Liu Chan took Fei Yi as the general of Shangshu Ling and the general, in charge of government affairs, and Jiang Wan was in charge of the military.
As for the joy of not thinking about Shu is that after Liu Chan surrendered, Sima Zhao, the general of Wei State, set up a banquet to entertain Liu Chan, and the music and songs and dances in Shu during the banquet made the old ministers of Shu Han remember the pain of losing the country, and they all hid their faces and shed tears.
Liu Chan replied: "There is joy here, and I can't miss it." ”
When his old minister heard this, he took the opportunity to say to him: "Your Majesty, if Sima Zhao asks the same thing again next time, you say very seriously, the grave of the ancestors is far away in Shu, and I don't miss it for a day, so that Sima Zhao can let His Majesty return to Shu." ”
After Liu Chan heard this, he kept it in mind, and when he was half drunk, Sima Zhao asked the same question again, Liu Chan hurriedly taught him what Xuan Zheng had taught him, and Sima Zhao listened to it and said, "Hey, how does this look like Xuan Zheng said?"
Liu Chan was amazed and said, "How do you know?"
Sima Zhao and the ministers laughed, Sima Zhao saw that Liu Chan was so honest and loyal, and never doubted him again, and Liu Chan and his family ministers also died in Luoyang peacefully.
He must watch the mood of the people he makes fun of, know their identities, and see the timing, and then, like a wild eagle watching every bird in front of him, he does not relax at every opportunity, which is a work as difficult as the art of a wise man.
Liu Chan has experienced countless disasters since he was a child, and the experience of being a scholar and a righteous son for others has also made Liu Chan learn to observe words and emotions and forbearance, he knows that he can do something if he does something.
Liu Chan is such a smart person, he will be silent this realm to the extreme, but also made him finally avoid the scourge of killing, some people say that the joy of thinking can be said to show Liu Chan is the smartest place, pretending to be stupid just to save the life of the clan and himself, so Liu Chan is not really stupid but fake stupid, but he was born at the wrong time.
Zhuge Liang praised Liu Chan to Shooting Jun, and Shooting Jun told Liu Bei about it. Liu Bei was very happy when he heard Zhuge Liang say that his son was smart, and said reassuring in his edict: "Even Zhuge Liang said that my son is smart, what else is there to worry about?"
Liu Bei can establish himself in troubled times, relying on knowing people, Zhuge Liang is a person who dares to admonish, so Liu Chan is not a mediocre person in the eyes of the ordinary people, let alone a dou who can't be supported, these may be a kind of careless smear by later generations of literati under the misdirection of the ruler.
Sima Yi was dissatisfied with Cao Shuang, so he designed to kill him, and as Cao Shuang's hardcore Wei general Xiahou Ba was afraid of being settled, so he absconded into Shu, at this time Liu Chan personally went out to greet him, because Xiahou Ba's father Xiahou Yuan was killed by the veteran Huang Zhong, Liu Chan said to Xiahou Ba in order to stabilize the heart of this general: "Your father's murder was not done by my ancestors. ”
It can be seen that Liu Chan is a clear-minded, knowing people and making good use of people, he inherited his father, the ability to win over talents with affection, during Zhuge Liang's regency, he was very clear about his identity, Zhuge Liang has a great influence in Shu, if there is a conflict with Zhuge Liang, it is his own Jiangshan Sheji who suffers.
So when Zhuge Liang was alive, he chose to be in the same boat with Zhuge Liang, and later Zhuge Liang died, he immediately abolished the prime minister system, divided powers and checks and balances, and collected the big and small things of Shu in his own hands, and was able to complete the control of the regime so decisively.
Liu Chan, nicknamed Adou, was the eldest son of Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei died of illness, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, known as Liu Houzhu in history, and led the Shu Kingdom for forty-one years. In Liu Chan's long political career, the nobles continued, first there was Zhuge Liang, who did his best, and then Jiang Wan, Fei Yuan, Jiang Wei and others assisted, from Luo Guanzhong to the streets of the market, Liu Chan's image has always been a mediocre master who does nothing, and even more called the faint king of the country, the mediocre man of the lost country.
Before his death, Liu Bei instructed Liu Chan: "You work with the prime minister, and he is his father." "When Zhuge Liang was alive, Liu Chan was like a father, entrusted everything, did not interfere, basically did what the prime minister said, even if he had prejudices against Zhuge Liang's blind Northern Expedition, he also held it in his heart, fully understood and strictly implemented Liu Bei's teachings and respect for the elders, and more importantly, united the internal leadership team, did not cause infighting, maintained the stability of the leading group, and finally benefited the common people.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan immediately abolished the prime minister system, ordered Jiang Wan to be in charge of administration, and ordered Fei Yuan to be in charge of the military, dividing the power that was originally centralized in Zhuge Liang into two, so that the two could check and balance each other. After Jiang Wan's death, Liu Chan simply became the regent.
When Liu Chan's life was corrupted, the scholar Zhou Chen and the old minister Dong Yun wrote to persuade Cambodia, and Liu Chan was helpless at most, rather than killing in anger. The queen Liu Chan may be the one who used the least knife on the minister among the emperors of China, which is very rare. There is also a eunuch Huang Hao, in comparison, there is no big movement. After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan was still able to continue to lead the Shu Kingdom for 29 years, recuperate and recuperate, and rule by doing nothing. Judging from the fact that he can maintain the imperial power for such a long time without any major chaos, Liu Chan is not as mediocre as the historical commentary.