Chapter 053: Zhuge Liang's Political Ability
In Jingzhou and Yizhou, Zhuge Liang often dealt with this aspect of matters when he was under Liu Bei, not to mention that after Liu Bei's death, almost all the power of Shu Han fell into the hands of Zhuge Liang, and he also dealt with it many times. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
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During the period of Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang first served as a military commander and a general, and was the governor of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha counties, responsible for collecting taxes, replenishing grain and grass and other military supplies, that is, after Liu Bei initially pacified Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang began to help him deal with some government affairs.
After Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, he first took Zhuge Liang as the general of the military division and acted as the authority of the Zuo General's Mansion, and later Zhuge Liang also formulated the "Shu Branch" with the Yangwu General Fa Zheng, the Zhaowen General Yi, the Zuo General Xi Cao Peng Liu Ba, and the Xingye General Li Yan. During Liu Bei's period when he led the troops out, Zhuge Liang was often left in Chengdu to be responsible for the logistics of the army.
There is no specific record of Zhuge Liang's reward after Liu Bei became king, but Liu Bei called the emperor and took him as the prime minister, recorded the book, and faked the festival. Before Liu Bei died, he entrusted Liu Chan to Zhuge Liang, just like Sun Cetuo Gu gave Zhang Zhao a direct expression: "If the heir can be supplemented, it will be supplemented; If you are not talented, you can take it yourself." And Liu Chan also trusted Zhuge Liang very much, handed over all the power to Zhuge Liang, and said to him: "The government is governed by the Ge family, and the sacrifice is widowed." ”
Therefore, after Liu Bei's death, Shu Han actually entered the Zhuge Liang era, and Zhuge Liang himself grabbed military and political power. In Zhuge Liang's political performance as prime minister, I personally think that Chen Shou's summary is very good.
Chen Shou commented on this: "Zhuge Liang is the prime minister, appeasing the people, showing the legal norms, limiting the authority of officials, abiding by the laws and regulations, being open and honest, and being frank and selfless." He who is faithful and useful to the country will be rewarded even if he is an enemy, and he who is transgressive and neglectful will be punished, even if he is close to him. Those who sincerely confess their sins and repent will be released even if their crimes are more serious, and those who cover up revolutionary rhetoric will be killed even if their crimes are less. Even the smallest good deeds are praised, and the smallest evil deeds are degraded. Proficient in all kinds of things, able to govern fundamentally, requiring the name to be consistent with reality, and disgusting hypocrisy. In the end, it was the whole Shu Kingdom that had a love for him, and although the punishment was harsh, there was no resentment, because he was just and exhorted. It can be said that he is an outstanding talent who knows how to govern the country, alongside Guan Zhong and Xiao He. ”
After Zhuge Liang took power, he never failed to carry out amnesty, someone asked him about this, Zhuge Liang replied: "The governance of the country depends on the great virtue of the government, not on the small favor, so the Han Dynasty's virtuous ministers Kuang Heng and Wu Han were unwilling to implement the amnesty." The first emperor also said: 'When I was with Chen Yuanfang and Zheng Kangcheng, I often heard them tell me about the way to govern the country, but I never talked about the pardon policy. Like Liu Biao and Liu Cong's father and son, what is the benefit of implementing amnesty every year for governing the country? ’”
It can be said that there are two main characteristics of Zhuge Liang in power, one is the strict punishment of the law, the other is fairness and justice, the strict punishment of the law is good to say, as long as the country has a strong ability to control, it can generally be done, but there are relatively few people who can do it fairly and justly, this thing is not to say that you can do it if you want to, after Zhuge Liang took power, he personally took the lead in basically doing this, and after the defeat of the army, he degraded himself by three levels, and punished his cronies Ma Tan and Liao Li without mercy, which is rare. Even if Liu Yan and Wei Yan had a conflict back then, although Zhuge Liang blamed Liu Yan and transferred him back to Chengdu, there was no fine or demotion, and it was basically within the range of people's bearing.
Compared with the relaxed policy, everyone's sense of severe punishment may not be too good, but whether it is lenient or strict, it has its own advantages, and it is not good or bad, after all, relaxation is for everyone, which also means that the cost of crime is smaller, and their own interests are more likely to be violated.
However, Zhuge Liang's implementation of strict punishment and strict laws, and the basic maintenance of fairness and justice in the country is not unrelated to the background of the times at that time, in the final analysis, it is still the word efficiency, Zhuge Liang can maintain Shu Han to have a high efficiency against Cao Wei, the price is that he has to work more and has no time to enjoy happiness.
【Economic Measures】
After Zhuge Liang took power in Shu Han, he actively developed Shu brocade, which was also a major specialty of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, Zhuge Liang set up a "brocade official" to manage the brocade industry, so that Shu brocade has a great development, and he proposed "the capital of the enemy to defeat the enemy, only to raise the brocade ear". At that time, Shu brocade was not only a commodity for foreign trade, but also a source of military spending. Zhuge Liang taught the Shu brocade weaving skills to the people everywhere during the southern expedition, which made the brocade weaving technology in the southwest minority areas have been greatly developed.
Zhuge Liang stayed in Hanzhong for a long time because of many northern expeditions, he repaired mountains and rivers in the local area, actively tuntian, and made great contributions to the development of Hanzhong.
【Personality Charisma】
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang's personality charm was still very high, after Liu Bei's death, Liao Li was directly exiled by Zhuge Liang because he insulted the ancestor Liu Bei in private, and Li Yan can be said to be one of Zhuge Liang's opponents, but after Zhuge Liang's death, Liao Li was in pain for Zhuge Liang, and Li Yan also went with him.
Xi Chisel has commented on this: In the past, Guan Zhong seized more than 300 of Bo's mining estates in Ludi, and Bo had no complaints for the rest of his life! It is difficult for the saints to take it. Zhuge Liang's death made Liao Li cry and cry, and Li Ping fell ill and died, but there was no complaint! The water is the flatest, and the inclined object will take the prevail; The mirror is the brightest, and the ugly person will forget to be angry. The reason why Pingshui and Spiegel are able to bring all things into their original form without incurring resentment is because they are selfless. Water and mirrors are selfless, and they can also be protected from slander because of this, not to mention the love of compassion and forgiveness in the hearts of adults and gentlemen, and the Dharma is used only when it is necessary, and the punishment is imposed on the crimes committed by the criminals themselves, and they are not killed out of anger, will there be disobedient people in the world?
【Negative Introduction】
In military affairs, Zhuge Liang made a mistake in appointing newcomer Ma Yan, and in politics, the deaths of Liu Feng, Peng Yi and Huang Yuan are also inseparable from Zhuge Liang.
Liu Feng, as Liu Bei's adopted son, was not guilty of death after the defeat of the mean, but Zhuge Liang was worried that Liu Feng's brave martial arts would threaten Liu Chan, so he persuaded Liu Bei to put him to death.
Peng Yi had a good relationship with Pang Tong and Fa Zheng in history, but Zhuge Liang always looked down on him, and later because he was transferred, Peng Yi died and Ma Chao said some rebellious words, was directly reported, and then went to prison, after he was imprisoned, he wrote to Zhuge Liang to intercede, but Zhuge Liang did not wait to see him, and Peng Yi was finally killed.
The relationship between Huang Yuan and Zhuge Liang was also not good, after Liu Bei fell seriously ill, Huang Yuan was worried that Zhuge Liang would take power, so he raised troops to rebel and was suppressed by Yang Hong.