I. Why didn't Liu Bei become the King of Hanzhong?
In the Battle of Dingjun Mountain, as Huang Zhong cut off Xiahou Yuan's head with a knife, Liu Bei was also promoted from a general of the left to the king of Hanzhong. Because Xiahou Yuan's death meant that Hanzhong changed hands. Liu Bei was very proud of this and said: Even if Cao Cao personally came, it was a free tour, and Hanzhong was surnamed Liu from then on.
Therefore, when Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong, he made Huang Zhong a rear general. Of course, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he is one of the Five Tiger Generals. Guan Yu was quite unhappy about Liu Bei's reward. My cousin HanShou Ting Marquis, why is he at the same level as an old pawn?
Guan Yu was stupid here, and he didn't want to think about what Huang Zhong's slashing Xiahou Yuan meant to Liu Bei? Not only did he have more territory in Hanzhong, but also because Liu Bei became the "King of Hanzhong".
It should be known that Yizhou is Liu Bei's basic disk, and Hanzhong is only the gateway to Yizhou, so why doesn't he do "King of Yizhou" or "King of Chengdu", preferring to take the King of Hanzhong?
Pushing forward to the period of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, wasn't Liu Bang the "King of Hanzhong"? Therefore, Liu Bei did not care whether Emperor Xian of Han and Cao Cao agreed or disagreed, and he grabbed the "King of Hanzhong" and proclaimed himself, which seemed to have great significance.
First: Shu Han positioning. So-called, although Emperor Xian of Han became Cao Cao's rubber stamp, Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, is still there. It was from here that Liu Bang swept the world, so he had to see the situation clearly and not follow Cao Cao's path to the black. In fact, it is to hedge against the legitimacy of Cao Cao's "holding the heavenly son to order the princes" and position the Shu Han!
That's why Cao Cao was so unhappy. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after receiving Liu Bei's self-proclaimed title of King of Hanzhong, Cao Cao immediately went mad, scolding Liu Bei for being a child who weaved a peddler's mat, and had to raise soldiers and horses again to fight with Liu Bei. Sima Yi hurriedly ran out to stop it: just send one person to persuade Sun Shiwan, ally with him, let him attack Jingzhou, and then we would attack Xichuan.
This triggered Zhuge Jin's marriage proposal in Jingzhou, and guan Yu scolded that "the tiger girl can marry a dog", and then Zhuge Liang shook the fan and said that these tricks of Cao Cao and Sun Quan were calculated: "But the mission is to send the officials and Yunchang, so that the first soldiers will take Fancheng, so that the enemy army will be frightened and naturally disintegrated." (From Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
Second: layout in advance. It was only a matter of time before Cao Wei replaced the Han Chamber. Everyone can see this, so Liu Bei's grasp of the "King of Hanzhong" is equivalent to declaring in advance that "the Great Han will not die", which is equivalent to a far-reaching layout. Sure enough, after Cao Pi usurped Han, when Liu Bei was promoted from king of Hanzhong to emperor, Zhuge Liang and others repeatedly emphasized Liu Bang in their performances. In this way, Liu Bei comfortably became emperor.
Third: adjustment and distribution of interests. What official positions enjoy what treatment. When Liu Bei was a general of the left, he was a miscellaneous general of Qing Yishui. For example, Guan Yu is the general of Lang Kou, why? General Zuo has no rights and qualifications. Becoming the King of Hanzhong means that he can establish his own set of teams.
For example, Cao Cao, after becoming the king of Wei, was divided into subordinate officials of the Wei dynasty and subordinate officials of the imperial court. For this reason, Xiahou Huan was still very unhappy, saying: Why should I be an official of the Han Dynasty? I will become a subordinate official of the King of Wei. Cao Cao hurriedly comforted: We are brothers, my old Cao means to directly lead you? Still like me, all mixed within the Han Dynasty system, let's be at the same level.
The same was true of Liu Bei, guan Yu flickered, and the general became a former general who was one of the nine secretaries. Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong, also at the level of Jiuqing. Xu Jing was nominally more cattle and became a Taifu! Naturally, the treatment should also go up. Just like we work in the unit, salary increase or promotion, has always been the source of work motivation, is a truth.
Therefore, it is said that Guan Yu's denial of Huang Zhong is completely a blind eye. He didn't understand how crucial Huang Zhong was to Liu Bei, and even if he could get the former general, he had to thank Huang Zhong for his sword at Dingjun Mountain.
And Guan Yu didn't want to think about it, when he was promoted, there were more critical and important figures who had not been sealed, why didn't people say anything? This man was Zhuge Liang.
Second, why didn't Liu Bei seal Zhuge Liang?
Understanding why Liu Bei had to become the "King of Hanzhong" and why he did not give Zhuge Liang a promotion is actually very easy to understand. In summary, there are three reasons.
One: the bun has a filling that is not on the pleats.
When Liu Bei made Guan Yu a former general, he also granted Guan Yu the power of "false festivals", which was equivalent to "representing the emperor in person". This is a privilege. Except for Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong did not. Therefore, although the four generals were equal, Guan Yu was above the others.
This was also the case with Zhuge Liang, who previously held the official position of "military division", but his position was "to handle the affairs of the left general's office". The so-called "governor of the government, the general record of military affairs also." It is equivalent to saying that Zhuge Liang is equivalent to the deputy of the left general Liu Bei, which is real power, who dares to disobey?
After Ma Chao surrendered, Guan Yu was not convinced, and wanted to compete with Ma Chao, why did he not write to Zhuge Liang? Status and real power are there! Guan Yu wrote a letter directly to Liu Bei, one was to cross the level, and the other was that there was no room for maneuver.
After Liu Bei won Xichuan, Fa Zheng vigorously retaliated, why did so many people look for Zhuge Liang to complain, instead of looking for Liu Bei? It makes sense to write a letter to Zhuge Liang with Guan Yu.
After Liu Bei was promoted to the queen of Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang's position was adjusted accordingly to "The Affairs of sima fu". Still Liu Bei's deputy! That is, Zhuge Liang's benchmark is Liu Bei, or Zhuge Liang is changing with Liu Bei's position, and the only constant is his position as second in command.
The second is to balance the needs of the inside and the outside.
Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong and divided the subordinates on a large scale, which was actually an adjustment and distribution of interests, the most important of which was to be able to balance it.
In order to balance Guan Yu, Liu Bei gave the "false festival", which is the dry goods, otherwise it would be persuaded by Fei Shi's empty mouth and white teeth, how could it be! What if Guan Yu is still making trouble? It is estimated that Liu Bei should have lifted out Zhuge Liang to suppress Guan Yu!
Because of Zhuge Liang, Mi Zhu, and Zhao Yun, these three Liu Bei did not have a reward. Looking at these three people, they can all be called Liu Bei's closest people. Zhuge Liang we do not say much, Mi Zhu was Liu Bei's most miserable time, with all the family assets to join, but also gave his sister to Liu Bei as a wife, is this the majority shareholder of Shu Han? Zhao Yun, a savior of Changshanpo, had the great merit of "recreating Shu Han".
Therefore, Zhuge Liang's not being publicly rewarded is equivalent to playing a role in weighing the scales. You say that you have made a big contribution, is there Zhuge Liang? You say that you are incomparably loyal, is there Zhao Yun loyal? You said that you had helped Liu Bei with your life, did you have Mi Zhu to give you the power? None of these three people said a word, and the others had something to say.
When the boss, which is a must-have wrist, distributes benefits, it is often the most dangerous. At this moment, there must be a weigher. Otherwise, it will backfire - it will be compared with each other internally, smoke miasma, mutual disobedience, mutual stepping, and eventually become an internal friction.
Third: serve the ultimate goal.
Everyone in the world can see that Cao Wei will replace the Han Room, and Liu Bei will take the king of Hanzhong himself, which is to make arrangements for himself as the emperor in advance, and naturally his rewards and non-rewards must also serve this goal. Zhuge Liang's official position did not move, but his real power grew violently, which was a great deal of learning.
Because the real power of Mi Zhu and Zhao Yun has not changed. why? A year later, Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor! Zhuge Liang deservedly became the prime minister!
That is, when Liu Bei was the king of Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang was already nailed down in the future when he was a chancellor. Mi Zhu ate and drank well, Zhao Yun was very sorry, at that time, there were too many famous generals in Shu Han, and the benefits were the most difficult to distribute, so he promoted Wei Yan to guard Hanzhong, which was also an airborne landing.
Zhuge Liang is the most special! Therefore, when Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong, why didn't he seal Zhuge Liang? A year later, I learned that Liu Bei played a "three birds with one stone" and was too shrewd. By not sealing Zhuge Liang, zhuge liang's real power was strengthened, and the internal balance was balanced, and preparations were made for the future title of emperor.