During the Three Kingdoms period, the relationship between the monarchs and the subjects of the Shu Han regime was a confused account from beginning to end. From Liu Beisan Gu Maolu inviting Zhuge Liang out to her in the cabinet, from Zhuge Liang's reign in charge of Shu Han to Liu Chan's abolition of the position of chancellor and his repeated denial of the establishment of a temple for him, one thing after another is full of contradictions, making people confused and confused. Many people say that Zhuge Liang is just a copy of Cao Cao in Shu Han, and Liu Chan also holds a grudge against Zhuge Liang. However, if you look at Liu Chan's way of employing people, it seems that this is not the case.
First of all, Liu Chan seems to be very understanding and supportive of Zhuge Liang's dictatorship. It can even be said that Liu Chan was a partner of Zhuge Liang's dictatorship. After Liu Bei's death, the situation in Shu Han was complicated and strange, and whether the Jingzhou clique could survive the struggle of the Yizhou nobles was a major matter related to the survival of the regime. At this time, Liu Chan vigorously supported Zhuge Liang and attacked another chancellor, Li Yan, which not only ensured the survival of the Jingzhou clique, but also ensured the stability of Shu Han. During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, there was a political vacuum in the Shu Han Dynasty, but Liu Chan never thought of cutting off Zhuge Liang's back road, causing him to be in a dilemma. Later, although Zhuge Liang had monopoly power, he was always loyal to Liu Chan, which showed that Liu Chan's original choice was not wrong.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan held a solemn funeral for Zhuge Liang. This period of power transfer is very sensitive, and many "changing heavens" events in history have occurred at this time. At that time, the chancellor Li Mi seemed to want to pat Liu Chan on the ass and said bad things about Zhuge Liang, but Liu Chan was furious and ordered someone to beat Li Mi to death. In his lifetime, Liu Chan was gentle and introverted, very lenient to people, and in his lifetime he pardoned the world as many as 12 times, and only two ministers were killed, and one of them was this Li Mi who said bad things about Zhuge Liang.
As for the personnel arrangements left by Zhuge Liang before his death, Liu Chan also did all of them. When Zhuge Liang died, he recommended Jiang Huan and Fei Yi to take charge of military and political power in turn. Liu Chan followed Zhuge Liang's instructions very well, really reused the two, and had never heard of any unpleasantness that had happened between the monarchs and courtiers. It can be seen from this that Liu Chan has respect for Zhuge Liang's arrangement, and there should be no resentment between the monarchs and courtiers.
In addition to entrusting Zhuge Liang's recommenders with heavy responsibilities, Liu Chan also had the same respect for those zhuge liang trusted. Zhuge Liang once highlighted Dong Yun in the "Table of Teachers", saying that he was "good and honest, and his ambitions were loyal and pure". However, this person had repeatedly confronted Liu Chan, interfered in the establishment of the imperial concubine, and once spoke ill of the eunuch Huang Hao. If Liu Chan is really dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang, this Dong Yun should definitely be the first victim, and if he is not assigned, he will also be dismissed. However, Liu Chan not only did not punish Dong Yun, but instead entrusted him with a heavy responsibility and put him in charge of the forbidden army. There is another person who cannot be left unnoticed, that is, Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei was Zhuge Liang's beloved general, and he had never been far away from the Northern Expedition. After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan still gave Jiang Wei military power and constantly approved his Northern Expedition. This can also prove from one side that Liu Chan did not have any dissatisfaction with Zhuge Liang.
On the issue of treating Zhuge Liang's descendants, it is not obvious that Liu Chan has any suspicion of Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan was made a knight at a young age and became Liu Chan's horse, which shows Liu Chan's attention and trust in the Zhuge family. Later, Zhuge Zhan was even more successful, and he always achieved Shang Shutai and succeeded his father to grasp the power of internal affairs. When Deng Ai led his troops into Shu Han, Liu Chan asked Zhuge Zhan to lead all the soldiers and horses that could be gathered to guard Mianzhu. At this time, it is no exaggeration to say that Liu Chan is trusted by the whole country. Although the war was lost in the end, it was a question of Zhuge Zhan's personal talent and the national strength of the Shu Han Dynasty, and it could not be said that there was a problem with the relationship between the monarch and the subject.
On the other hand, the three reasons why people say that Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang have a bad relationship are actually because of helplessness. First of all, Zhuge Liang's dictatorship, this is indeed the case. However, judging from the weak national strength and complex internal affairs of the Shu Han Dynasty, if Zhuge Liang did not have an iron fist and did not have much power to monopolize, the country would not be able to last at all, let alone challenge the powerful State of Wei; the second point was to remove the post of Chancellor, which did not explain any problem, after Zhuge Liang's death, there was no one in the Shu Han court who could meet the requirements of the Chancellor in terms of prestige and talent, and finding a person who was not worthy of the position might be a greater problem. At this time, the abolition of the post of chancellor was in line with the national conditions of the Shu and Han Dynasties; the third point was that Liu Chan did not build a temple for Zhuge Liang, which can only be said to have wronged Liu Chan. In terms of ancient Confucian etiquette, the temple must be a prince, and Zhuge Liang was only a marquis when he died, which is indeed not in line with the identity of the temple. Disagreeing with the establishment of a temple for Zhuge Liang, in fact, it should be said that Liu Chan made a decision to leave a good reputation for Zhuge Liang, not because of hatred.
In the author's foolish opinion, Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang have achieved the ultimate of ancient monarchs, that is, mutual trust and pushing their hearts. Throughout history, very few people have been able to do this. Zhuge Liang said that Liu Chan was "gifted and benevolent, corporal charity", which is not wrong.