Everyone knows that there are many talented and talented generals under Liu Bei, and there are wolong and phoenix chicks who have made suggestions and suggestions, and unifying the world is the ideal ending, and there are many factors that cannot be unified. When it comes to unifying the world, it should be known that the ancient emperors wanted to unify the world, and they had to meet the following four conditions, and if any one of them was not satisfied, it was difficult to unify.
First, economic support
In ancient times, the main influence on the economy was population and agriculture, and the economic foundation was solid with a large population and a large number of people planting land. According to the Book of Shu, "When Liu Bei entered Shu, shu han had 200,000 households and 900,000 mouths." In its heyday, there were 300,000 households and a population of about one million or so, which was the smallest population among the three kingdoms, which meant that the Shu kingdom had the fewest people cultivating land, the least grain production, and the least economic benefits.
Let's look at the State of Wei again, according to the Book of Jin and the Notes on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, the population of the State of Wei in the late Three Kingdoms period was about 10 million, and the Combined State of Shu and Eastern Wu was not so much. This meant that the grain output of the State of Wei was much higher than that of the State of Shu, and moreover, the State of Wei also used the system of soldiers tun tian, and the living pressure of the people was not great.
The economic foundation of the State of Wei is much better than that of the State of Shu, and even now, one is a millionaire, the other is a multi-millionaire, not a level, and it is very difficult to shake, let alone eliminate the State of Wei.
Second, military strength
According to the detailed record of the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, "12,000 soldiers with armor." Liu Bei's army, at its most, when he was conquering Eastern Wu, said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that there were 700,000 troops, but in fact there were far few. The population base of 1 million, even if he draws one out of five, the total number of troops before and after can be about 200,000 troops, and then excluding the soldiers used for defending the frontier and administration, the army that can be used is 100,000 troops, and the records in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are closer to reality.
According to the same proportion, the army that Wei can use should be 1 million, even if it is discounted by half, there are still 500,000 troops that can be mobilized at any time. Therefore, in terms of military strength, Liu Bei's Shu state was much worse. There are almost no chances of winning.
Third, internal solidarity
During Liu Bei's reign, Liu Bei's colleagues had territories in jingzhou and Yizhou. However, Guan Yu in Jingzhou has always led the army alone and is in charge of all the military and political affairs in Jingzhou. Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought in the Great Battle of Hanzhong and did not give Guan Yu an order to send troops from Jingzhou, but Guan Yu did not ask Liu Bei for instructions and took the initiative to attack Cao Cao.
The key is that the friendly troops who are also in Liu Bei's camp, when Guan Yu is about to fail, they have heavy troops in their hands, but they do not come to the rescue, resulting in Guan Yu losing Jingzhou and Liu Bei losing a large area of base area.
After Liu Bei's death, his son Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, and Liu Chan became emperor for more than forty years. In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Chan became emperor, and the eunuch Huang Hao around Liu Chan was favored, and his relationship with the general Jiang Wei was always discordant, always framing Jiang Wei for rebellion, Liu Chan was very unimpressed with Jiang Wei, and the monarchs and subjects were out of harmony.
After the great battle between Jiang Wei and Deng Ai, there was no effective result, he was driven by Liu Chan to a remote place in Tuntian, and when Deng Aizhong and others attacked the Shu kingdom, Liu Chan remembered Jiang Wei, but Jiang Wei was unable to support himself with one arm and could not stop Sima Zhao's three-way army from attacking at the same time. Only the Shu kingdom was destroyed. From this point of view, the soldier is not a heart, the monarch is not a heart, how can he unify the world.
Fourth, diplomatic support
One of the most important reasons for unifying the world is diplomatic support. The Three Kingdoms of Wei Shu and Wu had always been pregnant with ghosts, and they all wanted to put each other to death. For the State of Shu, if it wanted to unify the world, it was necessary to unite with Eastern Wu, which was Zhuge Liang's established national policy for Liu Bei. However, with Guan Yu's unauthorized actions, Jingzhou was lost, resulting in the miscarriage of this established national policy.
He also made a vendetta against Eastern Wu and made the relations between the two countries particularly stiff.
If in this situation, a war with the State of Wei began, the State of Wu would certainly not help the State of Shu to contain the State of Wei. Fighting with the State of Wei, the State of Shu was not an opponent at all. From this point of view, Guan Yu's approach was that the Shu state did not have the support of foreign aid at a critical moment, and the Shu state could not defend the country.
Let's look at the talents, the talents of the Shu Kingdom, Liu Bei has wolong phoenix chicks, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records: Feng Chi lived for 36 years old, although the reputation is very large, but the contribution to Liu Bei is not large. The real credit left behind is actually very small and almost negligible. Looking at Wolong again, Sima Hui once said when Wolong came out of the mountain that although Wolong had its master, it had not yet gained its time. No matter how hard Wolong tried, the national strength of the Shu State was limited, the talent was limited, he had a heart, but he was powerless, and it would not be a thing.
summary
Talent will be just one factor. Therefore, Liu Bei's other conditions are not completely specific, although he has such a great talent as Wolong Fengchi to advise him, and it is not so easy to unify the world.
bibliography:
1. Book of Shu
2. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
3. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
4. Book of Jin