At the beginning of Zhuge Liang's rise to power, he not only faced the situation of lack of helpers, but also faced many troubles inside and outside Shu Han. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Faced with this situation, Zhuge Liang repaired politics internally, and even Sun resisted Cao externally, and went south to quell the rebellion.

【Take control】

After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang became the de facto ruler of Shu Han. He not only received the benefits of the state pastor, but also relied on Zhuge Liang for all major and minor affairs in political affairs, and Zhuge Liang decided.

According to the record of "Wei Luo", the initial preparation took Zhuge Liang as the prince and the prince, and Zen Li, with Liang as the prime minister, entrusted with everything, and said that Liang said: "The government is governed by Ge's family, and the sacrifice is widowed." Liang also took Zen as not idle in politics, so he was always inside and outside.

【Cao Wei's persuasion】

After Liu Bei's death, in the fourth year of the early Huang dynasty (223), Cao Wei thought that Shu Han was no longer empty, so Emperor Wen Cao Pi sent Huya general Xian Yufu to Shu Han to persuade him to surrender, and at the same time, Cao Wei's ministers also wrote letters to Zhuge Liang to persuade him to surrender.

According to the record of "Zhuge Liang Collection", in the same year, Situ ~ Hua Xin, Sikong Wang Lang, Shangshu Ling Chen Qun, Taishi Ling Xu Zhi and the servant Zhuge Zhang respectively sent a letter to Shu Xiang Zhuge Liang, telling him about the Mandate of Heaven and personnel, hoping that Shu Han could call the whole country a vassal, but in vain.

Zhuge Liang did not reply to the book, but wrote a serious discussion: "Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu in the past, did not treat the people with benevolence, even if he was powerful and had the power of the emperor, he was finally ruined and became a resentment through the ages. Now that Wei does not learn the lesson of Xiang Yu's demise, but pursues to follow suit, even if Cao Cao is fortunate enough not to die, his descendants will inevitably perish. Those who wrote books to persuade me to surrender, they acted when they were old but obeyed the will of the thief, just like Chen Chong and Sun Zhu praised Wang Mang for usurping the Han Dynasty, currying favor with the thief, but they were still persecuted to death by the thief! When Emperor Guangwu started his business, he led a few thousand people to defeat the enemy army of 400,000 in one fell swoop on the outskirts of Kunyang. It shows that the righteous way is used to defeat the evil spirits, and the victory or defeat is not in the number of people. Cao Cao was treacherous, gathered 100,000 people to fight the first emperor, in a vain attempt to save Zhang He in Yangping, but only ended up fleeing in embarrassment, not only humiliated the elite division, but also lost Hanzhong, at this time he knew that the country could not be stolen casually, and before he returned home from the army, he had contracted the disease and died. Cao Pi was arrogant and lascivious, and usurped the throne. Even if a few of you are as capable of sophistry as Zhang Yi and Su Qin, and you talk wildly and endlessly, it is impossible to slander Yao and Shun, and you are just wasting pen and ink in vain! A decent gentleman would never do that. "Military Commandment" said: "If 10,000 soldiers, with the determination to die, then the world can be invincible" Emperor Xuanyuan led tens of thousands of soldiers, and he could defeat four emperors and pacify the world. What's more, we have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, who are doing the right thing for heaven and crusading against the guilty, so who can match us! ”

[Internal and external measures]

After Liu Bei's death, the situation faced by Shu Han was very difficult, most of the core figures had passed away, and Cao Wei even directly bullied Shu Han and asked Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang to surrender. The national strength of Shu Han has been greatly damaged after the Battle of Xiangfan, the Change of the Three Counties and the Battle of Yiling, the three counties such as Nanjun were seized by Jiangdong, Shangyong and other places were occupied by Cao Wei, and the relationship with Sun Quan and Cao Pi was not good, and the rebellion in the south still had the shadow of his ally Sun Quan.

No one, no soldiers, insufficient national strength, internal chaos, and lack of allies, this is the situation that Zhuge Liang faced when he came to power.

In the face of Cao Wei's oppression, Zhuge Liang could only refute it with righteousness, but fortunately, the Wei Emperor Cao Pi at that time was bent on cleaning up Sun Quan, and there was no further action for Shu Han, giving Zhuge Liang time to buffer. This is completely different from the record in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there is no matter of the Five Route Army attacking Shu in the official history, Cao Pi and Sun Quan have fallen out at that time, Sun Quan cannot have served Cao Pi, and Meng Shu is not the mastermind of the rebellion in Nanzhong, Yonghong is. Luo Guanzhong later wrote that Zhuge Liang scolded Wang Lang to death, and it should also be related to Wang Lang and others to persuade him to surrender at this time, and there is not much contact between Wang Lang and Zhuge Liang in the official history.

For the importance of his ally Sun Quan, after many things, Zhuge Liang has a deeper understanding, he knows very well that Jingzhou is not going to come back, but to deal with Cao Wei, Sun Quan is indispensable, so Zhuge Liang's attitude towards Sun Quan is very low, and he is also very sincere, and Sun Quan is not stupid, and the two sides are mutually beneficial.

In the face of the rebellion in the south, Zhuge Liang did not respond immediately, first of all, after a series of blows to Shu Han, the national strength was greatly damaged, and Liu Bei had just died, there were many things, Zhuge Liang could not concentrate and concentrate on quelling the rebellion; secondly, Shu Han fought continuously at that time, and the troops were greatly damaged, so it was not suitable to fight again; Again, there is the shadow of Sun Quan behind Yonghong and others in the south, so Zhuge Liang must first deal with Dongwu and cut off Yonghong's possible foreign aid; Nanzhong rebelled as a whole, and the matter was very big, and Shu Han couldn't afford to lose, so Zhuge Liang had to wait first, and then start after he grasped it.

After two years of recuperation, the supply of grain and grass in Shu Han has been sufficient, Sun Quan has also been dealt with, Zhuge Liang decisively sent troops, and the first battle was successful, quelling the rebellion in the four counties of Nanzhong.

Historically, the four counties of Nanzhong have always been a weak area controlled by the Shu Han group, when Liu Bei entered Yizhou in the early days, he did not send troops to the four counties of Nanzhong, and this area only expressed his submission to Liu Bei on the surface in the early days, so Shu Han's control over here has not been solid, and there are many ethnic minorities in this area, and the advantage of the Han nationality is not large, so it is easy to have turmoil ~ chaos.

After Zhuge Liang initially quelled the rebellion, there were still many rebellions in the Nanzhong area, and in the end Shu Han had to leave Ma Zhong, Zhang Wei and others to quell the rebellion. Historically, YN County has been established in the Han Dynasty, and after Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, YN County was further established, and later YN was gradually established as a province.

After Zhuge Liang pacified Nanzhong, he saw that the local ethnic minorities were fierce, so he used them as the basis to establish the Wudang Flying Army. In order to avoid the restoration of peace, those fierce soldiers fell into unemployment, so he integrated them and implemented a favorable policy of killing two birds with one stone, that is, to recruit ethnic minority fighters to join the Shu government army, and the problem of funding was solved by the local local heroes.

The Wudang Flying Army was the main force in the history of the Yi and Han tribes. They are all dressed in iron armor, can cross mountains and mountains, are good at using bows and crossbows and poisoned arrows, especially good at defensive combat, in the later Zhuge Liang Northern Expedition has a very good performance, Shu later appointed the strict management of the army Wei general, Wang Ping as the first commander of the legion.

In this regard, Zhuge Liang had largely restored the peace of Shu Han within two or three years of Liu Bei's death, and had re-established an alliance with Sun Quan, after which Zhuge Liang temporarily hibernated in the south, gathering strength and waiting for the time to come.