In the sixth year of Jing Yao (263), Deng Ai secretly attacked the hinterland of the Shu state and defeated Zhuge Zhan at Mianzhu, Liu Chan was panicked when he heard the news of Zhuge Zhan's defeat, and immediately summoned the ministers of culture and military affairs in Chengdu to discuss countermeasures. At that time, although the hinterland of the Shu state had a certain defensive strength, and Liu Chan's fifth son Liu Chen, the king of the Northern Lands, also suggested to Liu Chan to resist and request a battle against the water, but Guanglu Dafu Yu Zhou vigorously encouraged Liu Chan to surrender to Deng Ai, during which time, huo Yi, the Shu Han general of Annan stationed in southern China, also proposed to Liu Chan to lead an army to defend Chengdu. Liu Chan, as the top decision-maker of the Shu Han Dynasty, after combining the overall situation of the Shu state at that time and the situation near Chengdu, finally chose to follow Chen Zhou's surrender suggestions, decided to surrender to Deng Ai, and sent someone to tell Huo Yi that "the strategy of the imperial court has been decided, and there is no need to come to Qinwang."
Canonized Ascetics:
Liu Chan, despite still having a certain resistance within Shu Han, decided to surrender to Deng Ai. After Liu Chan ordered Jiang Wei to surrender to Zhong Hui, although Jiang Wei successfully persuaded Zhong Hui to oppose Wei and stand on his own, after the matter was revealed, Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, and other Shu generals were killed, and Chengdu gradually stabilized after being looted by wei rebels. Liu Chan was also ordered by Sima Zhao to move to Luoyang, the capital of the Wei state, and when Sima Zhao feasted on Liu Chan, Liu Chan appeased the suspicions of Sima Zhao's father and son through the performance of "here and happy, not thinking about Shu", and finally he was named the Duke of Anle County and lived a peaceful and stable life. So, after Liu Chan became the Duke of Anle, how many years did he live? How did he live in the last few years? Is the ending good?
The Happy Life of the Happy Gong:
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 33, Shu Shu III, and Later Biography NO. 3, after Liu Chan led his family to live in Luoyang, he was very obedient to Sima Shi's arrangement, and Sima Shi's father and son also gave him certain treatment and gave him a large mansion to live in, and since then, Liu Chan has lived a relatively stable and peaceful life. After Liu Chan was enthroned as the Duke of Anle, he enjoyed the treatment of eating ten thousand households, and was given ten thousand silk horses, slaves and hundreds of slaves, and other things were called yes. Although the guarantee of these material conditions was far worse than when he was emperor in the Shu Kingdom, as a subjugated monarch who had lost his freedom, these were also enough for Liu Chan's life.
Liu Chan not only received preferential treatment in his material life, but also enjoyed good treatment for his descendants who surrendered, and the history records that his "descendants were more than fifty people who were knights of the Three Capitals", that is to say, Liu Chan's descendants were given official titles, and even more than fifty people were given marquises. It can be seen that Liu Chan did receive unusual preferential treatment after his surrender. In addition to Liu Chan himself and his descendants benefiting, even some of the Shu ministers who had strongly advocated surrender were also given preferential treatment by Sima Shi's father and son, "Shang Shu Ling Fan Jian, Shizhong Zhang Shao, Guanglu Dafu Chen Zhou, Secretary Ling Haozheng, and Dianzhong Governor Zhang Tong and the Marquis, "In addition to these who were enfeoffed, there may be more people who surrendered and were enfeoffed, and even the general Huo Yi, who wanted to lead the army to rescue Chengdu, learned that Sima Shi was kind to Liu Chan, and also led the six counties of Nanzhong to surrender, which was praised by Sima Zhao, and was appointed by Sima Zhao as the governor of Nanzhong. He continued to garrison there, and later was also given the title of Marquis for his meritorious service in the three counties of Pingding Jiao, Nichinan, and Jiuzhen.
An Le Gong is dead:
Although Liu Chan did not have personal freedom in Luoyang, his life was still relatively stable and rich, and in this way, Liu Chan's peaceful life was maintained until the seventh year of the First Tai Dynasty (271), that is, the eighth year after the surrender, before he unfortunately died at the age of 64. Sima Yan gave him the nickname Sigong, and Liu Chan originally used "Not Thinking of Shu" to indicate that he "did not think of Shu", but he used "Sigong" as his nickname, and it is not known whether Sima Yan was once again mocking him. But no matter what, Liu Chan obtained the eight-year balance life of Gou and stealing peace in his own way, which is also a way for him to survive, but when he went to see his father Liu Bei in this way, he did not know what Liu Bei would say to him, and it was estimated that he could only cry except for speechlessness.
It is on the basis of the sacrifices of others that annulates himself:
It is estimated that after looking at the living conditions of Liu Chan and those who persuaded him to surrender, many people's hearts were not a taste, was it really the best choice to surrender early when the enemy soldiers were pressing the situation? Can this be a convincing value? Of course not, Liu Chan and those who advocated surrender at the beginning certainly got the benefits they wanted, but these were selfish acts based on those soldiers who gave their lives to resist the enemy, they forgot to do so, sorry for those who had guaranteed them to enjoy the glory and wealth in the Shu kingdom, if Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, Zhuge Zhan father and son, etc., if these people also surrendered early, I am afraid that those who enjoy the benefits of the surrender of the Shu kingdom will not be able to turn Zhou, Hao Zheng and others, or even Liu Chan. Therefore, in general, Liu Chan's decision to surrender under the circumstances at that time was not a commendable and wise move, at least he was sorry that in the Chengdu turmoil, those innocent people who were killed by the Wei rebel army, such as the descendants of the Guan Yu family, were tragically destroyed by Pang Hui, is this not related to Liu Chan's surrender?
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 33, Shu Shu III, Later Biography NO. 3, Han Jin Chunqiu, Zizhi Tongjian