In the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms, the imperial power declined, and all parties appeared on the scene. In such a chaotic world, heroes from all sides showed their magic, and a large number of military generals and courtiers appeared. These people can be said to constitute one of the most colorful pages in China, of course, there are many famous monarchs, Liu Bei is based on benevolence and righteousness, and he has created his own career.
Liu Bei's image as a benevolent prince has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the most famous of which is liu Bei crossing the river with the people. It is said that at that time, Liu Bei's army was stationed in Fancheng, and there were not many soldiers and horses. In the face of the Cao army moving south, he naturally could not resist, so he was ready to retreat, but in the process, he could not bear to leave these ordinary people to be ravaged by the Cao army.
Along the way, he took these people who volunteered to follow Liu Bei, and under the escort of his army, all migrated to the south. At that time, some people advised Liu Bei that the people were walking slower, and it was better to give up these people. But he insisted that the people had not abandoned me and were willing to follow me, so how could I be the first to abandon the people? This view was not agreed.
Of course, whether true or not, at least the image of him loving the people was widely circulated in many places at that time. It is precisely because of this that when he was in Jingzhou, many famous soldiers would be willing to follow Liu Bei, and at the same time, in a short period of time, Liu Bei's army would be able to recruit a large number of soldiers and horses. These results actually have a lot to do with Liu Bei's reputation.
Is Liu Bei really such a true and righteous person? In fact, the answer is obvious, first of all, let's look at Liu Bei, although his ancestors were the King of Zhongshan Jing, but in fact, by this time his father was already very depressed. So he didn't have much knowledge in his early years. Therefore, Confucian benevolence and righteousness are not as deep into his heart as we think.
In fact, Liu Bei knew that although he was a famous person, but the recent generations of his family had not been an official in the DPRK, so according to the door valve system at that time, Liu Bei was actually just an ordinary person. An ordinary person who wants to accomplish something is either talented or virtuous. After all, you have to be superior before you can call on a group of people to follow you.
Liu Bei is the latter route to take, after all, under the system at that time, a person's morality is very important, whether a person can be an official is actually the most important thing is the family background and personal morality, talent is secondary. It was precisely because the society at that time attached great importance to a person's morality that Liu Bei would appear as a renjun.
At the same time, there is also an important reason that Liu Bei cannot abandon these people because China's economic base is agriculture. And the most important thing in agriculture is population, so as long as there is population, as long as there is labor, it is not afraid of not being able to make a comeback. After all, at that time, the entire country was only tens of millions of people, and for the whole of China, there was actually a large amount of land that was undeveloped.
That is to say, the land is redundant, and in the chaotic world, the population is a resource that is more important than the land, in fact, for the people, it does not matter where it is, so why do the people follow him? There is only one answer, and that is to be forced.