In 221 AD, Liu Bei quickly became emperor after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, and carried the "banner of justice" for the Revival of the Han Dynasty. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Liu Bei was unwilling to claim the title of emperor, or zhuge Liang used tactics to "coerce" Liu Bei to be called emperor. In real history, Liu Bei was not like this, at that time, there were three subordinates who opposed Liu Bei's claim to the title of emperor, and they were all beaten!
Fei Shi was degraded
Later, the courtiers wanted to push the king of Hanzhong to be honored, and the poem was sparsely written: "Your Highness forced the Lord to usurp the throne with Cao Cao's father and son, so he traveled thousands of miles and entangled the soldiers, and he would beg for thieves." Now the great enemy has not been conquered, but first stand on its own, fearing people's doubts. ...... Now that His Highness has not gone out of the court, he wants to establish himself as an evil! The Fool is sincere not for His Highness. "Referred by Ishi, left to move to Yongchang engaged. - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Fei Shi"
Fei Shi (Fei Shi), courtesy name Gongju, was a native of Nan'an County (present-day Leshan, Sichuan). When Liu Zhang occupied Yizhou, he made Fei Shi the county commander of Mianzhu County. Liu Bei attacked Liu Zhang to capture Yizhou, and Fei Shi raised the city and surrendered, and was later engaged by the Bai Overseer army, and was transferred to the post of Taishou of Mu Mu Commandery (牂牁郡太守), and then sima of the former prefecture. It can be said that as a representative of active surrender, Fei Shi was still more trusted and reused by Liu Bei.
And Fei Shi once did a big thing. In 219 AD, Liu Bei ascended the throne of Hanzhong and wantonly rewarded his subjects, with Guan Yu as the former general and Huang Zhong as the rear general, and Zhuge Liang had worried that making Huang Zhong and Guan Yu equally famous would cause Guan Yu to be dissatisfied. Liu Bei then used Fei Shi as an envoy to convey to Guan Yu the appointment of the official position, and Fei Shi cleverly persuaded Guan Yu to accept the appointment.
The group pushed Liu Bei to be called emperor, and Fei Shishang was dissuaded and demoted. Fei Shi is a person who has the ability, but he is too upright and cannot see the situation clearly. Cao Pi usurped Han's self-reliance, and Liu Bei said that it was a very appropriate time for the emperor to continue Han Zuo, and Fei Shi actually openly opposed it, which was really a bit brainless. However, Liu Bei looked at the sentiments of that year, and only degraded Fei Shi.
Liu Ba didn't do anything
It is the time when the summer is not the same, the smell is prepared in Shu, and the neck is extended in all directions. And Bi Rui's intention is the truth, Ba thought that this showed that the world was not widespread, and wanted to slow it down. Prepare with the master YongMao, prepare for the killing of Mao by other things, and the people who are far away will not return to the end. - "The Legend of the Lingling Ancestors"
This account says that Liu Ba and Yong Mao advised Liu Bei to suspend his claim to emperor. It is not surprising that Liu Ba opposed Liu Bei's claim to the title of emperor, Liu Ba, zi chu, Jingzhou Lingling people. Born into a family of official eunuchs, his grandfather Liu Yao (劉曜) served as the Taishou of Cangwu. His father, Liu Xiang, served as the Taishou of Jiangxia and the general of Lang Kou. When Liu Ba was young, he was early and intelligent, very talented, but he was also arrogant and arrogant, and he did not look up to ordinary people.
Liu Ba was very disdainful of Liu Bei, when Cao Cao marched south to Jingzhou, Liu Ba saw that Cao Cao was coming, and ran to Cao Cao upside down, Cao Cao asked Liu Ba to recruit the four counties of Jingnan, and as a result, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei sent troops to occupy the four counties of Jingnan. In order to avoid Liu Bei, Liu Ba did not hesitate to run to Jiaozhou and prepare to detour from Jiaozhou to Yizhou and return to Cao Cao's side, but he was stranded in Yizhou due to the lack of roads.
After Liu Bei took Yizhou, Liu Ba reluctantly joined Liu Bei's camp and took over Shangshu Ling as the left general Xi Cao (西曹掾), who succeeded Him after Fa Zheng's death. Liu Ba was erudite and talented, and solved the financial difficulties for Liu Bei after entering Shu, and co-produced the legal document of Shu Han with Zhuge Liang and others, "Shu Ke". Zhang Fei admired Dr. Shi very much and once visited Liu Ba's home, but Liu Ba did not even say a word to Zhang Fei.
Therefore, it is very natural for Liu Ba to oppose Liu Bei's claim to be emperor, but because Liu Ba's fame is too big, his temperament is already lonely and arrogant, and Liu Bei is not good at what to do with him. However, according to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, when Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor, Liu Ba drafted various prayers, edicts, and documents (I don't know if he was willing or not).
Yongmao was killed
YongMao had no sense of existence, and the only record that appeared in the history books was to oppose Liu Bei's claim to the throne together with Liu Ba. Then Liu Bei "killed him with other things", showing his thunderous means, and also showing that the emperor did not tolerate opposition from others.
It's easy to recall a joke: a parrot and a pig are on a plane, and the parrot says to the stewardess, "Bring a glass of water to grandpa," and the pig says, "Bring a glass of water to grandpa." After a while, the parrot said, "Bring something to eat for the grandfather," and the pig did the same. The stewardess was upset and threw them down, and then the parrot said to the pig, "Silly, Grandpa can fly!" "Fei Shi has contributed to Liu Bei, Liu Ba is a famous scholar in the world, what is Yongmao?"
The timing of Liu Bei's title of emperor was actually very good, at that time Cao Pi had already forced The Han Emperor Chan to give way, that is to say, at that time the Emperor of the Han Dynasty had abdicated, if Liu Bei did not come out to claim the emperor, carry the banner, and declare the irrationality of Cao Wei's title of emperor, it would mean that the Han Dynasty was really dead! At this time, we must be called emperor! So blatant opposition is basically either having two minds or having no brains!
References: Notes on Pei Songzhi in romance of the Three Kingdoms, And Lu Simian in History of the Three Kingdoms