As Liu Bei's adopted son, Liu Feng followed Liu Bei around in his conquests from an early age, and although he did not make outstanding contributions, he still made many contributions to Shu Han over the years. However, his fate was tragic, he did not die on the battlefield, but was killed by his father Liu Bei, and the reason given in the speech was that because he did not rescue the trapped Guan Yu, Guan Yu was defeated and killed. Therefore, Liu Bei endured the pain of killing Liu Feng. But is Liu Feng's death really that simple?
Of course not, in fact, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Bei only blamed Liu Feng at the beginning, and at most wanted to punish him, and did not mean to kill him. However, Zhuge Liang's words instantly changed Liu Bei's mind and immediately killed Liu Feng. What's going on?
When Liu Bei planned to just punish Liu Feng, Zhuge Liang said this sentence at this time: "Feng Gang meng, after Yi Shi will eventually be difficult to control." And it was the eight words "it will be difficult to control the emperor after the Yi Dynasty" that instantly made Liu Bei wake up, and Liu Feng must get rid of it. Although Liu Feng was not born to Liu Bei, after all, they were still father and son, and if there was no Liu Chan, then Liu Feng would definitely be a candidate for the crown prince. As for Liu Chan being made crown prince, presumably Liu Feng was a little unconvinced in his heart, after all, his ability in all aspects was stronger than Liu Chan's.
And Zhuge Liang's concerns are not justified, once Liu Bei yishi, with Liu Feng's fierce personality, he is likely to take the throne, and with Liu Chan's ability, he can never be his opponent, let alone have the ability to subdue him. Therefore, in order for Liu Chan to succeed to the throne smoothly in the future, it is necessary to first eliminate the potential threat of Liu Feng. In fact, Liu Bei had already realized this before, and had been taking various measures to avoid conflicts between Liu Feng and Liu Chan, and the reason why Liu Feng was sent to Shangyong was for this purpose, to keep Liu Feng away from the political center of the Shu State, which was both a maintenance of Liu Chan's status and a protection for Liu Feng.
It's just that Liu Feng's various performances are really too bad, not only failed to manage the Shangyong handed over to him by Liu Bei, but also bullied and bullied Meng Da, which completely wasted Liu Bei's good intentions and violated the original intention of sending him to Shangyong. However, with Guan Yu's killing, Meng Da eventually surrendered to Cao Wei, so that Liu Feng had no place to stay, and Liu Feng, who had no foothold, had to flee back to Chengdu in ashes. His appearance began to threaten Liu Chan again, so Zhuge Liang's hint once again made Liu Bei soberly realize that in order to protect the status and rights and interests of his own son, he must take the opportunity to kill Liu Feng. The so-called not saving Guan Yu and bullying Meng Da are just excuses for getting rid of him, even if there is no such incident, sooner or later other opportunities will be found to kill him. Therefore, the real cause of his death was that his presence posed a great threat to Liu Chan, which was not conducive to the future stability of the Shu Han clique.
After all, at that time, disputes caused by internal heirs often occurred, such as the dispute between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, which directly led to the dissolution of the Yuan clique, which is a living example, Liu Bei certainly did not want similar tragedies to occur in Shu Han, so in order to clear the way for Liu Chan's succession, Liu Feng's death was inevitable.