The relationship between Liu Chan, the lord of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, and Zhuge Liang, was actually a bit like the relationship between Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor, and Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant during the Ming Dynasty, except that after Zhang Juzheng's death, the Wanli Emperor suspected that Zhang Juzheng was too strict before his death, and came to a big reversal, and zhang Juzheng was raided, while Liu Chan still believed in Zhuge Liang after Zhuge Liang's death, treated Zhuge Liang's son kindly, and obeyed Zhuge Liang's political arrangements.
What does this mean?
It shows that Liu Chanzhai is kind and kind-hearted, and has no deliberate revenge mentality.
Not everyone has a heart like Liu Chan, especially on the throne of the emperor with the highest power, there is a Zhuge Liang who manages himself everywhere, teaches himself everywhere, and exists like a mentor and a father, who is too emperorlike, to say that Liu Chan does not have a little rebellious psychology, no one will believe it, but Liu Chan really does not hate Zhuge Liang, not only does not remember hate, but also vigorously promotes Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan, for Liu Chan, who has lived in zhuge Liang's shadow all his life, this should be a kind of benevolence.
But Liu Chan was not a good gentleman without temper, at least Liu Chan dared to kill Liu Yan, who insulted his reputation, Liu Yan was a high-ranking official who had no real power in Liu Bei's time, because Liu Yan suspected that his wife who had entered the palace to congratulate the empress dowager had an affair with the empress dowager Liu Chan, and Liu Yan actually lynched his wife, which angered the later lord Liu Chan, and Liu Chan finally decided to kill Liu Yan, which was the only time liu Chan had killed the chancellor in his life.
It shows that Liu Chan is not an emperor without temper, and in the face of the insults of his subordinates, Liu Chan is an emperor who dares to raise a butcher's knife and would rather kill the other party than maintain his reputation.
So is Liu Chan, the emperor, smart or stupid? Is Liu Chan an unsupportable Ah Dou, or a wise and foolish Ming Jun?
First listen to what Zhuge Liang said, Zhuge Liang has an evaluation of Liu Chan:
The lord of the imperial court, Fang XVIII, was gifted with benevolence and a corporal of Ed.
Translated from this, this is:
Liu Chan had just turned 18 years old, was gifted and kind, quick-witted, loved virtuous people and was able to honor corporals.
One thing that needs to be explained is that Zhuge Liang's evaluation of Liu Chan was written in an article to persuade a famous scholar named Du Wei to go out of the mountains to assist Liu Chan, Zhuge Liang evaluated the monarch Liu Chan in the name of a courtier, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period of filial piety, it could only be evaluated in a flattering tone, so Zhuge Liang's evaluation of Liu Chan could not be described in words, but by action.
Zhuge Liang reigned for a total of 11 years from 223 AD, when Liu Bei died, to 234 AD, when he died of illness, and it seems more telling to see how Zhuge Liang strictly disciplined Liu Chan. The role of the later lord Liu Chan in the Shu Han regime was only to sacrifice the ancestors of the Zongmiao Temple, in addition, basically did not have to take care of things, and the full power was handled by Zhuge Liang, and Liu Chan's age during Zhuge Liang's reign was from 17 to 28 years old.
It can be said that this age group is an adult with complete autonomy, but Zhuge Liang does not give the power to Liu Chan, and Liu Chan seems to enjoy the process with peace of mind.
It shows that Liu Chan is an emperor with a weak desire for power.
What kind of person Liu Chan is, it can be said that Zhuge Liang is the most clear, the reason why Zhuge Liang has monopolized power for 11 years is not to show that Liu Chan is a mediocre, incompetent emperor, if he has the ability, Liu Chan will not have been pro-government, whether It is Liu Chan active or passive, unfortunately there is none.
Since ancient times, power has been the focus of contention in ancient feudal society, and later, when he was only 20 years old, he knew that cao Wei emperor Cao Xian, who seized power, cao xian dared to fight without the strength of a chicken, and his courage was commendable, and this alone made Cao Xian far better than Liu Chan.
The reason why many people think that Liu Chan is a great wisdom and foolishness is nothing more than that after Liu Chan surrendered, Sima Zhao tested Liu Chan whether he missed Shu Han, and Liu Chan replied: Here is happy, do not think about Shu. Therefore, there is an allusion to Le bu Shu, who believes that Liu Chan deceived Sima Zhao with a wise and foolish mind.
However, after the usurpation of the throne by the father and son of the second generation, the low-key forbearance, the fierce heart, and Sima Zhao, who started by playing conspiracies and tricks, if Liu Chan was deceived, would he still destroy the country? It is also inevitable that Sima Zhao is too bad, such as Deng Ai and Zhong Hui, such extremely intelligent talents, are all toyed with by Sima Zhao, how many IQs can Liu Chan have, can he deceive Sima Zhao? I prefer to believe that it was Sima Zhao who thought that Liu Chan was not a threat and let Liu Chan go.
And this is not a threat, because Liu Chan is a mediocre person, which shows that as an emperor, Liu Chan is an ordinary mediocre emperor, no great talent, and not as stupid as Hu Hai of Qin II, who was toyed with by Zhao Gao, but in fact, Liu Chan was only a little stronger than Hu Hai.
If nothing else, let's say that Liu Chan trusted the eunuch Huang Hao, it is extremely confusing, Liu Chan was the only emperor who trusted eunuchs during the Three Kingdoms period, there was no one, the Eastern Han Dynasty perished because of eunuchs, and the later emperors of the Three Kingdoms were strictly wary of eunuchs, but Liu Chan actually trusted such a power-wielding, incompetent eunuch Huang Hao, and could only say that Liu Chan, the emperor's stupidity, actually relied on trusting eunuchs and witchcraft to handle state affairs, if this did not perish, it was really intolerable.
As for surrendering early in the war, don't put the noble morality of saving the people from water and fire from soldiers on Liu Chan, and directly say that Liu Chan is afraid of death, including the same words he said to Sima Zhao later, afraid of death and not ashamed, indicating that Liu Chan is an ordinary person, but if you want to compare with his father Liu Bei, you should not compare.
Taken together, to evaluate Liu Chan's lifelong actions and demeanor, his words should be as follows:
Liu Chan was an ordinary emperor who was kind, kind, afraid of death, mediocre in ability, weak in power, and occasionally doing some stupid things, and was the kind of person who could no longer be distinguished among ordinary people, but he accidentally placed himself in the emperor's high position, and he was released for 40 years.