First of all, it should be noted that in the main history, Wei Yan was a famous general in the late Shu Han Dynasty and was deeply trusted by Zhuge Liang. Every time Zhuge Liang went north to Cao Wei, he would take Wei Yan with him and make him the vanguard.
Therefore, in this article, the author will answer this question from the perspective of interpretation:
Why did Zhuge Liang definitely get rid of Wei Yan, the first general of the late Shu Han Dynasty, after his death? Can't you do it before you die?
First, as early as when Wei Yan defected to Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang wanted to kill Wei Yan.
Wei Yan, Ziwen Chang, Yiyang (
Present-day Tongbai County, Henan Province
) people. He had originally served under Han Xuan, the Taishou of Changsha, but he was snubbed and could not be reused, so Wei Yan always held a grudge.
When Guan Yu attacked Changsha, he had a fight with Huang Zhong. Huang Zhongma lost his footing, but Guan Yu did not take the opportunity to kill him. After that, Huang Zhong, in order to repay Guan Yu's favor of not killing, did not shoot him with an arrow.
Han Xuan suspected that Huang Zhong had defected to the enemy, and ordered the sword and axe hand to push him down the city gate and behead him. At this critical juncture, Wei Yan came out, and he hacked Han Xuan to death with a knife and saved Huang Zhong. Then, Wei Yan opened the city gates and surrendered to Guan Yu. Guan Yu introduced Wei Yan to Liu Bei, and Zhuge Liang ordered the sword axe hand to push Wei Yan down and behead him. Liu Bei was puzzled and asked Zhuge Liang why. Zhuge Liang replied:
"Wei Yan was a sinful man, and he killed his lord for the sake of Houlu for disloyalty. And I observed that Wei Yan had a backbone behind his head, and he would definitely rebel in the future. ”
In the end, under Liu Bei's intercession, Zhuge Liang temporarily let Wei Yan go. The relevant descriptions in the speech are as follows:
Kong Ming said: "To eat its lord and kill its lord is to be unfaithful; to dwell in its soil and sacrifice its land is to be unjust." I see that Wei Yan has a backbone behind his head, and after a long time, he will rebel, so he will cut it off first to eliminate the root of the curse. Xuan De said, "If you cut this person off, everyone who is afraid of surrendering will endanger themselves." Hope that the army will forgive it. Kong Ming pointed to Wei Yanyue, "I am sparing Ru's life now." Ru can be loyal to the Lord, do not have a different heart, if you have a different heart, I will take the first rank of Ru. ”
It can be seen from this that Zhuge Liang had long wanted to kill Wei Yan. It was only at a critical juncture that Liu Bei said something great, and Zhuge Liang did not make a move.
Second, Zhuge Liang's prestige in the army was very high, and he knew that when he was alive, Wei Yan would never dare to commit a rebellion.
In the late stage of the Shu Han Dynasty, there were not many powerful generals, and although Zhao Yun was powerful, he was already old and weak, and presumably he would soon die. Zhang Bao and Guan Xing, although they had the demeanor of a general, had no choice but zhang Bao died at a young age, and Zhuge Liang wept bitterly for this and could not help himself. I think Zhuge Liang wanted to cultivate Zhang Bao well and let him take over his own career, but Tiangong was not beautiful, Zhang Bao was not killed in battle, but fell off a cliff and died, and died too badly. Guan Xing also died before Zhuge Liang's Fifth Northern Expedition.
Wei Yan naturally became the first military general of the Shu Han Dynasty, and he fought bravely and made many military achievements. Zhuge Liang was both appreciative and jealous of him, but Zhuge Liang was still very confident, and he firmly controlled the military power during his lifetime. Although Wei Yan was arrogant and arrogant on the surface, ignoring no one, he was very afraid of Zhuge Liang. Therefore, Zhuge Liang would never kill Wei Yan before he died, and he still needed Wei Yan to make meritorious achievements.
Third, Zhuge Liang feared that after his death, Wei Yan would surrender to Cao Wei or "elevate" Liu Chan.
It is said that during Zhuge Liang's Sixth Northern Expedition, the fire burned the upper valley, and sima Yi's army was about to be burned to death. Who would have thought that the sky would not extinguish the Sima clan, and a heavy rain would extinguish the fire. After Zhuge Liang heard this, he sighed:
"The plot is in the people, and the success is in the heavens, and it cannot be forced."
Soon, Zhuge Liang fell seriously ill and was about to die. In order to prolong his life, Zhuge Liang practiced the law of the stars in the tent, and he had already survived the sixth day, and he saw that Zhuge Liang was about to be cured. Suddenly, Wei Yan told Zhuge Liang that the enemy army had arrived and stepped on the Seven Star Lantern. When Jiang Wei saw this, he immediately wanted to kill Wei Yan, but was stopped by Zhuge Liang, who believed that this was the Mandate of Heaven and could not be violated.
Even so, Zhuge Liang did not forget Wei Yan's."
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", he is very clear, Wei Yan has"
Anti-bone
He would turn his back on Shu and surrender To Wei, or simply "elevate" Liu Chan and become the Emperor of Tu. Therefore, before his death, Zhuge Liang summoned Ma Dai, told him how to get rid of Wei Yan, and gave the army to Wei Yan's nemesis, Yang Yi, to let him act according to the tips.
summary
Zhuge Liang was only cautious in his life, he wanted to get rid of Wei Yan not for a day or two, but when he was alive, he very much needed a helper like Wei Yan to clear the obstacles of the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei for him, so he did not start for a long time.