Before liu bei died, he said to Zhuge Liang: "If Liu Chan is worth assisting, you will assist him; if he has no talent, you can replace him." At the same time, he also summoned his second son and asked him to tell Liu Chan to treat Zhuge Liang like his father. In the same way, Liu Bei also wrote an edict edict to Liu Chan.
There have always been different understandings of Liu Bei's will as an orphan, mainly the phrase "a king can take his own" (1) If Zhuge Liang believes that Liu Chan is not worthy of assistance, he can take his place and become emperor himself; second, if Zhuge Liang thinks that Liu Chan is not worthy of assistance, he can choose another of Liu Bei's three sons; third, let Zhuge Liang let go and boldly do things, and do not have any worries. In fact, these views ignore a major issue - Cao Pi involved in Liu Bei's will (your intellect is ten times better than Cao Pi's, you will definitely be able to secure the country and eventually achieve the great cause of unifying the world)! If this factor is taken into account, it can be seen that Liu Bei's will to entrust the orphans hides a great mystery.
In the eyes of Liu Bei and others, the Cao Wei regime is undoubtedly a Han thief, this is the political program of their founding of the country, otherwise, their regime will have no legitimacy. So what was Liu Bei's intention in proposing a usurper to be compared with Zhuge Liang? Moreover, Liu Bei's will was a political account of the emperor, saying that he was the emperor's successor, and there were other people present, which was said after careful consideration. That is to say, the emperor's will was addressed to the people of the world, not in a whisper. So, liu bei proposed Cao Pi in his will, is it really a reference?
First of all, let's see what Zhuge Liang did after Liu Bei's death; after Zhuge Liang's death, how Liu Chan treated this "xiang father".
After Liu Chan ascended the throne, he continued to appoint Zhuge Liang as chancellor, and said: "The government is governed by Ge's clan, and the sacrifice is widowed." The actual situation is also that from Liu Chan's ascension to the throne until Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan has hardly done a single thing that an emperor should do. Is Liu Chan really incompetent and doesn't understand political affairs at all? After Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Huan served as "Shang Shu Ling" and "Presidential State Affairs", but Jiang Huan did not have Zhuge Liang's power treatment.
In the fourteenth year of Jianxing (256), Liu Chan went to Xiangxian To watch the flow of Wenshui and returned to Chengdu ten days later. This shows that he has finally walked out of the palace and can personally tour his country. In the ninth year of Yanxi (246), after Jiang Huan's death, Liu Chan began to administer the country by himself.
What is more important is Liu Chan's attitude toward Zhuge Liang. After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan issued an edict that gave Zhuge Liang high praise, saying that his great deeds would be immortal. However, Zhuge Liang was only buried in Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong, and it was not until the sixth year of Jing Yao (264) that Liu Chan issued an edict to zhuge liang to build a temple, which was 30 years after Zhuge Liang's death. This was also because the people spontaneously went to the field road to pay homage to Zhuge Liang on every traditional festival and sacrifice day, and in order to standardize this unpredictable behavior, Liu Chan accepted the suggestion of his subordinates to build a temple for Zhuge Liang. But the ancestral temple was not built in Chengdu, but in Qiuyang. Is this normal treatment?
Going back to liu bei comparing Zhuge Liang to Cao Pi, will Zhuge Liang usurp Shu Han like Cao Pi? Definitely not. But Zhuge Liang would not usurp Han, which does not mean that Liu Bei did not have this worry.
The ancients also had a slight word for Liu Bei's will, saying that this was "chaotic life" and "subterfuge", but Liu Chan had no brains, no suspicion, too weak, but let him avoid danger. Of course, all this is based on the fact that Zhuge Liang has no different intentions.
So, is this nonsense that Liu Bei said when he was dying? Nor is it. In fact, Liu Bei's words have a very profound meaning: First, it is a warning to Zhuge Liang - if you become emperor yourself, you will be like Cao Pi, and you will be regarded as a "traitor" by the righteous people in the world! Second, it is a kind of protection for your son - you can save your life as long as you obey him. However, Liu Bei's will has a deep meaning, but it is a pity that it is a bit redundant. Readers of feudal society like Zhuge Liang had political ambitions to realize their ideals, not to become emperors.