After Liu Bei seized Yizhou, he successively listened to the advice of Zhao Yun, Liu Ba and others to stabilize the situation, and later asked Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Yi Yuan, Liu Ba, Li Yan and other five people to formulate the "Shu Branch".

The Shu family was also the law of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period.

[Zhao Yun, Liu Ba admonished]

After Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, some people advocated that the houses in Chengdu and the mulberry fields outside the city should be given to the generals. Zhao Yun retorted: "Huo Quzhi once said that the Huns have not been destroyed, and there is no use for doing anything, and now there is only one **** like the Huns, so it is not yet time to settle down, and then let everyone return to their hometown to cultivate the fields, which is the best decision." The people of Yizhou, who have just suffered the scourge of war, should now return their land and real estate to the people, let them live and work in peace and contentment, and then let them serve in the military and pay household taxes, so that they can also win the hearts and minds of the people of Yizhou. Liu Beidang even adopted Zhao Yun's suggestion.

According to the "Biography of the Lingling Ancestors", when Liu Bei and Liu Zhang went to war, they had an agreement with the soldiers: "If the big thing can be done, you can take the things in Liu Zhang's mansion, and I will not interfere." When Chengdu was captured, the soldiers all threw down their weapons and went to the treasury to get treasures, resulting in a shortage of military resources, and Liu Bei was very worried. Liu Ba suggested to Liu Bei: "This matter can be easily solved, just cast copper plates worth 100 coins to pass, unify prices, and implement a public sale system." Liu Bei followed Liu Ba's advice, and sure enough, within a few months, the treasury was replenished.

【Shu Family】

After Liu Bei entered Shu, he ordered the Yangwu general Fa Zheng to formulate the "Shu Branch" together with the military division general Zhuge Liang, the Zhaowen general Yizhi, the left general Xi Cao Peng Liu Ba, and the Xingye general Li Yan, so as to change the situation that the law and discipline in Yizhou under Liu Zhang's rule were lax, the morality and politics were not raised, and the punishment was not suppressed.

According to Guo Chong's "Five Things of Tiao Liang", Zhuge Liang's criminal law was severe at that time, harsh on the people, and no matter the gentleman and villain, he was resentful, so Fa Zheng persuaded: "At the beginning, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, entered the Guanzhong, and the people of the Qin State were grateful to Dade, but now you are using the power of the country to dominate a state, and you have just conquered Yizhou, but you have not appeased the people; Moreover, in the righteousness of the host and the guest, Guanzhong had just surrendered, and it should have been slow to relax the law and discipline and recuperate, in order to establish the prestige of the people against the Shu Han regime. ”

Zhuge Liang replied: "You only know one but you don't know the other. The Qin regime had no way to implement harsh governance, and once the Pifu uprising, the Qin regime collapsed, and Gaozu adapted to the situation in the world, so he was able to stabilize the regime. Liu Zhang is mediocre, there have been several generations since Liu Yan, politics and law are lax, civil officials flatter each other, morality and politics are not prosperous, and the prestige of the law is not there. The people in Shu are authoritarian and domineering, and they have lost the way of kings and ministers; The monarch honored his subordinates in a high position, transgressed the law, and it was difficult to return, which was actually born from this. Now I establish the majesty of the law, and when the law is enforced, I will be grateful, and I will rule over the people with a title, and I will know glory when my title increases; Honor and grace are applied together, and there is a degree of advance and retreat from the top and bottom. This is the key to governing the country, which is why it is important. ”

Guo Chong is a native of the Western Jin Dynasty and is still a fan of Zhuge Liang, so his record of Zhuge Liang has more or less some personal factors in it, and it cannot be taken all, which is similar to the relationship between Fu Xuan and Guo Jia, but it is not completely without reference.

Before Liu Bei entered Shu, Yizhou was managed by Liu Yan and Liu Zhang's father and son, Liu Yan himself was not small, and his control over Yizhou was relatively comprehensive, but Liu Yan was old after all, so he actually did not control Yizhou for a few years, and when Liu Bei entered Shu, Liu Yan's mark in Yizhou was already very light.

After Liu Yan's death, Liu Zhang ascended to the throne, and the reason why Liu Zhang was able to be pushed to this position is because he is weak, relatively weak, and easy to control, and in fact it is true, Liu Zhang's control of Yizhou is very general, and his prestige among his subordinates is insufficient, although Liu Zhang has managed Yizhou for 20 years, Liu Zhang's majesty has not been left in Yizhou.

Not to mention the three important ministers left by Liu Yan to Liu Zhang, Zhao Wei was killed in the rebellion, Pang Xi attempted to rebel, and Zhang Lu seized Hanzhong, what was the reason why Zhang Song persuaded Liu Zhang to welcome Liu Bei? "The generals Pang Xi and Li Yi in Jinzhou are all arrogant and arrogant, and they want to have external intentions", and who are Pang Xi and Li Yi, Pang Xi has a history of wanting to rebel, and Li Yi was Zhao Wei's subordinate back then, and once followed his rebellion, and then after Zhao Wei's defeat, he killed Zhao Yun in Jiangzhou and surrendered to Liu Zhang.

After more than ten years, Liu Zhang's control over them was still limited, and they were not allowed to receive substantial punishment, or even due control, we can imagine how limited Liu Zhang's control over Yizhou was at that time.

Coupled with the contradiction between the Dongzhou Group and the local group in Yizhou, it can be said that those wealthy families in Yizhou have not listened to orders for a long time, otherwise Liu Bei would not be so easy to kill Liu Zhang.

In this case, it is conceivable how much effect the implementation of a loose policy in Yizhou can actually have, so Zhuge Liang implemented strict punishment in Yizhou, even if he complained, he did not listen to the opinions of Fazheng, which is the same as Liu Yan's action against the local heroes immediately after controlling the overall situation in Yizhou.

The difference is that Liu Yan also needed to guard against the influence of the imperial court at that time, before Zhang Lu did not control Hanzhong, Liu Yan also had to carefully hide his intentions, and Liu Bei seized Yizhou by force, so he didn't need to be too polite with the Yizhou clan from the beginning, and now that the sky in Yizhou has changed, you still want to play according to the loose rules of Liu Zhang's era, how is it possible.

The formulation of "Shu Branch" has positive significance. When Liu Zhang governed Shu, the scholars took advantage of their wealth and bullied the small people, so that the people in Shu thought of chaos, and there were eight out of ten households. In order to completely reverse this chaotic situation, Zhuge Liang strictly implemented the strategy of 'first managing the strong, then managing the weak'. In order to enforce the rule of law, Li Qiang restricts and cracks down on the bureaucrats and powerful who are 'dictatorial and self-indulgent', while Li Qiang is to strive to support the peasants and develop production.

Zhuge Liang's philosophy of the rule of law mainly came from the pre-Qin Legalists Shang Ying and Han Fei, and the neo-Confucian Dong Zhongshu of the former Han Dynasty. It advocates that governing the country is the simultaneous use of law and courtesy, and the parallel use of authority and morality, emphasizing "precepts and laws" and "persuading the good to overthrow the evil", that is, taking the law as the body and emphasizing the principle of fairness and objectivity; Take morality as the use, and focus on education-oriented. With the law of Shang Ying, but not superstitious authoritarianism, take its reasoning, combined with Confucian education, and combine the practice of law with education. In order to exhort and instruct the officials and soldiers of the Shu State, the eight affairs, seven precepts, six fears, five fears and other executive rules were formulated to clearly order the code of conduct that can be known and done. After such a "rule of law reform" movement, the work efficiency of the Shu Han regime was significantly improved, and the rule of officials gradually became clearer.