Liu Bei became an orphan at a very young age, and his family was also very poor, and "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the Ancestors" said that he "worked with his mother to weave mats".

Cao Cao, one of the Big Three, was born in a prominent family of eunuchs, and Sun Quan was born in a local wealthy family and inherited the business of his father and brother. Compared with them, Liu Bei's foundation is much weaker.

In the fifth year of Han Xiping, when Liu Bei was fifteen years old, his mother asked him to go on a study tour and worship Lu Zhi, a Confucian master at that time. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the Ancestors" said that Liu Bei "is not very happy to read, likes dogs and horses, music, and beautiful clothes", which shows that he is a problem student who is unwilling to study hard.

For Liu Bei, the biggest gain of this study tour should be to get acquainted with his classmate Gongsun Zhan, "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" contains "Zhan Shen and the first master are friends." Zan is old, and the first lord is a brother", which had a significant impact on Liu Bei's future start.

After returning from the study tour, Liu Bei began to make friends with heroes and accumulate people. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei should have attached themselves to Liu Bei at this time. There is a suspicion here, the so-called befriending heroes is a very expensive behavior, and Liu Bei is so poor that even the cost of the study tour is sponsored by his uncle, where did he get so much money?

At this time, the sudden appearance of the two Zhongshan merchants is even more subtle, "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the Ancestors" said, "Zhongshan merchants Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang and others have accumulated thousands of gold, selling horses around Zhuo County, seeing the difference, but more and more money." The reason for the first lord is to use the disciples. "These two people are big horse dealers, and they are not related to Liu Bei, but because they have never seen such a weird-looking person, they provide sponsorship, and this business is too loss-making.

If it is said that it is to ensure the safety of the trade routes, then wouldn't it be more reasonable to find bodyguards and find the government? Why should we sponsor Liu Bei, who is poor and white? If we understand this money as protection money, it is much more reasonable. If so, then Liu Bei's behavior at that time is worth studying.

Liu Bei officially entered the official career in the seventh year of Han Guanghe, after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, the imperial court saw that the Yellow Turban was powerful, so it recruited volunteers from various states and counties to jointly crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. Liu Bei was twenty-two years old at the time, and was awarded the title of Lieutenant of Anxi County for his meritorious service in the coordinated crusade against the Yellow Turban Army. The plot of the angry whipping and supervising the post in the romance happened at this time, but the protagonist was not Zhang Fei, but Liu Bei. "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" contains: "The superintendent went to the county on official business, and the first lord begged for advice, but he did not pass, and went straight to the superintendent post, with two hundred rods, and untied the shackles around his neck, and abandoned the official to die." "What happened at that time is not known now. Judging from this material alone, just because the boss refused to see him, he broke into the door, regarded the boss's life as a mustard, beat him with 200 boards, and then lost his official position and ran away. In the romance, he carried this black pot on Zhang Fei, which was really wronged.

After that, Liu Bei served as a county governor in Xiami County, and was made a magistrate from Gaotang County to Gaotang County. Of course, he was unwilling to be one of these grassroots cadres, so he defected to his classmate and friend Gongsun Zhan.

Liu Bei's first turning point in life appeared in the first year of Emperor Xingping of the Han Dynasty, that is, in 194 AD, Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian asked Tian Kai for help, and Liu Bei also went to Xuzhou together. "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" recorded: "The first lord of the time had more than 1,000 soldiers and Youzhou Karasuma miscellaneous horses, and there were thousands of hungry people. When he arrived, he took Danyang soldiers to benefit the first lord with four thousand soldiers, and the first lord went to return to Qian. The ancestor of Humility is the history of Yuzhou Thorn, Tun Xiaopei. From this paragraph, it seems that Liu Bei has no more than 1,000 soldiers under Gongsun Zhan, and the official is no more than a county, so it seems that he has not been reused. Tao Qian gave soldiers and officials, how could Liu Bei stand this temptation, and his friendship with Gongsun Zhan had to be ignored, and he quickly broke off relations with Tian Kai and switched to Tao Qian.

The next is the so-called "let Xuzhou", "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the Ancestors" recorded that "humble and sick, said don't drive the elk Zhu said: "If you are not Liu Bei, you can't settle this state." "Humility died, Zhu led the people of Zhou to welcome the Lord...... The first lord then led Xuzhou. If Tao Qian really wanted to let Xuzhou give Xuzhou, why did he wait until after his death? And the relationship between Mi Zhu and Liu Bei can be said to be very close, not to mention his sister, he also lost tens of thousands of family fortunes. Even in Liu Bei's most difficult period, Mi Zhu was always by his side. "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Xu Elk, Sun Jianyi, and Qin's Biography" recorded: "Zhu is graceful and elegant, and Gan Xi is not the director." It is to treat it as a courtesy, and it has not tasted domination. However, the reward is incomparable. Liu Bei's treatment of Mi Zhu also fully illustrates this point. Therefore, Liu Bei led the matter of Xuzhou Mu, Mi Zhu, Chen Deng and others may play a much greater role in it than Tao Qian himself. The so-called "let Xuzhou" can be said to be Liu Bei's masterpiece of winning people's hearts and minds, and it is a major political victory. In the romance, in order to create a positive image of Liu Bei, Liu Bei deliberately made Liu Bei repeatedly shirk Tao Qian, who wanted to let go of Xuzhou, as if he had no ambition at all, but it seemed a little hypocritical.

After being captured by Lu Bu Xuzhou, Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao and used Cao Cao's troops to destroy Lu Bu. On the issue of treating Lu Bu, Liu Bei's wife fell into the hands of Lu Bu for the second time, and Lu Bu did not harm him, and Liu Bei asked for Lu Bu's life with a word.

Cao Cao can be said to be courteous to Liu Bei, "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" recorded: "The first master of the table is General Zuo, the heavier the courtesy, the same public opinion when he goes out, and the same table when he sits." However, Liu Bei just didn't like Cao Cao, and after taking the opportunity to run away, he killed Cao Cao's Xuzhou assassin Shi Che Zhou and occupied Xuzhou. After being defeated by Cao Cao, Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao's opponent Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao, Liu Bei defected to Liu Biao again. Calculated carefully, Liu Bei ran around in the first half of his life, and it can be said that he is not inferior to Lu Bu.

Then there was when Cao Cao went south to conquer Jingzhou, Liu Bei fled in panic. But it brought more than 100,000 Jingzhou people. "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the Ancestors" records that "compared to Dangyang, there are more than 100,000 people, thousands of taels of baggage, and more than 10 miles a day", which cannot but be said to be Liu Bei's political propaganda work, but the final result is that these more than 100,000 people became cannon fodder, and Liu Bei and others took advantage of the chaos to run away safely.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" records that "the first lord abandoned his wife and rode away with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and dozens of others, and Cao Gong won the weight of his people." Liu Bei has always advertised himself as "people-oriented", but at this time, he abandoned more than 100,000 people, where is his benevolent heart?

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei occupied the four counties of Jingzhou, and borrowed the land of Nanjun from Sun Quan, and finally had a place to settle down. However, the borrowed things always have to be repaid, but Liu Bei didn't want to pay them back, and even did not hesitate to meet the Eastern Wu soldiers.

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" recorded: "Sun Quan has obtained Yizhou with the ancestor of the ancestors, so that the envoy wants to get Jingzhou." First of all: Liangzhou must be obtained, and Jingzhou should be reconciled. Quan was angry and sent Lü Meng to attack and seize the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang. The first lord led 50,000 troops to the public security and ordered Guan Yu to enter Yiyang. ”

If it weren't for Cao Cao's attack on Hanzhong, the Sun-Liu Alliance would probably not have been able to keep it a long time ago. At this point, it can be seen that Liu Bei's creditworthiness is also very problematic. As for Liu Bei's methods of seizing Yizhou, it seems a little despicable.

Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to resist Cao Cao, and treated Liu Bei well, "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" recorded Liu Zhang: "The law is sending 4,000 people to welcome the first master, and bribing hundreds of millions of dollars before and after...... Zhang Zeng was the first to lead the army, attacked Zhang Lu, and ordered the Baishui Army. There were more than 30,000 people in the army, and the goods were very rich. ”

And Liu Bei had bad intentions, how could he really help Liu Zhang resist the enemy, "The first lord went north to Jiameng, and he didn't immediately ask for Lu, and he was kind to collect the hearts of the people." "I didn't do anything, just spent Liu Zhang's money arbitrarily to buy people's hearts, and used the excuse of returning to the army to rescue Eastern Wu," he begged for thousands of soldiers and treasures from Zhang, and wanted to go east. Zhang Dan allowed 4,000 soldiers, and the rest were given half. "It's just insatiable, bullying Liu Zhang's honest people.

In the end, the conspiracy was revealed, and he took advantage of the news to behead Liu Zhang's general Yang Huai. Liu Zhang was in Liu Bei's calculations and was finally forced to surrender.

Liu Bei occupied the land of Jingyi and Yizhou, defeated Cao Cao in Hanzhong, captured Hanzhong, and finally had one of the three parts of the world. He felt that his territory and identity were not equal, Cao Cao was called the King of Wei, and he was only a Yizhou pastor, so he simply set up himself as the king of Hanzhong.

What's even more intriguing is that after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei immediately became the emperor, and the "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" recorded that "it may be rumored that the Han Emperor was killed, and the first lord was sent a mourning uniform, and he was posthumously called the filial piety emperor." "The murder of the Han Emperor is just a rumor, and Liu Bei can't wait to send a funeral memorial for the Han Emperor, and his heart to be the emperor may have already existed.

After Liu Bei became emperor, he led a large army to attack Wu to avenge the destruction of Jingzhou in the previous Guan Yu. Most of the elite of Shu Han was lost. Liu Bei also died of illness in the White Emperor City soon after, at the age of sixty-three.

Chen Shou commented on Liu Bei: "The ancestor of Hongyi is generous, knows people and treats people, covers the style of ancestors, and is a hero's weapon." And its whole country is lonely in Zhuge Liang, and the heart is indifferent, the sincerity of the monarch and the minister, and the prosperity of ancient and modern times. The power of the machine is strategic, and Wei Wu is not arrested, but it is based on Ji Yu and narrow. It is said that Liu Bei knows the corporal and is generous, which can be clearly proved from Liu Bei's promotion of Wei Yan as the governor of Hanzhong, as well as the handling of Huang Quan's surrender to Wei and the talent of watching horses. However, Liu Bei's talent is not as good as Cao Cao's, so the territory is also small. This should be a fair evaluation.

Finally, I want to mention that we are not writing about Liu Bei here to expose Liu Bei's shortcomings and say how bad he is. is returning the true face of Liu Bei's generation of heroes. Like Liu Bei in Romance, he cries at every turn, he is simply a weak angry bag, and it is impossible for such a person to become a big thing. And Liu Bei in history will not cry, he is really "happy and angry", a hooligan, similar to the ancestor Liu Bang.

Besides, is it true that the so-called manly man must have a clear conscience and be upright and upright all his life? There may be such people, but such a person will never be able to achieve great things, and I will ask which one of the three kingdoms has become a hero of great things and can have a clear conscience! A true man should be like Liu Bei, who is not a gentleman and is not a husband who is not poisonous, and as long as he makes up his mind to do it, he will never be soft-hearted or regretful, let alone give up halfway. Those who become great things, do not care about the process, only pay attention to the results, in order to achieve the goal, no matter what the price is paid at any cost!