First, the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty
The concept of "Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty" was put forward in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei became the queen of Hanzhong and was only given the title of "Four Generals", namely: the former general Guan Yu, the later general Huang Zhong, the left general Ma Chao, and the right general Zhang Fei.
Before Fei Shi went to Jingzhou on behalf of Liu Bei to convey the relevant resolution to Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang had expressed concern: Guan Yu may not recognize Huang Zhong, in case something moth comes to do? When Ma Chao surrendered, Guan Yu made trouble, and Zhuge Liang quickly praised Guan Yu for being "super easy and extraordinary", and Ma Chao could only keep pace with Zhang Fei.
Now the "gourd" of Ma Chao is suppressed, and the "scoop" of Huang Zhong is floating. Guan Yu was not only the first general of the Shu Han Dynasty, but also sat on the foundation of Jingzhou, which was the foundation for the world--in the future, if you want to unify the world in the future, you must have the cooperation of the general of Jingzhou. Therefore, Zhuge Liang was worried.
Liu Bei was very relaxed and said, "I will handle it myself." Thus came the verse of Fei Shi, "And the king and the prince, for example, are one and the same, and the same is the same, and the misfortunes and blessings are shared, and the foolishness of the prince is not suitable for the high and low of the official title, and the number of the lords is also the meaning."
The "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is directly translated as "the general is the king of Hanzhong, and the king of Hanzhong is about to march", which suppresses Guan Yu. But no matter what, the Five Tigers of the Shu Han Dynasty will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As for Zhao Yun's ascension to the throne, it was because these five were included in the biography in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms. I am afraid that the corresponding is Cao Cao's "five sons of liang generals": Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Yu Ban, Zhang Gao, and Xu Huang.
So, this is a fun phenomenon. Cao Cao's five sons, Liang General, are the "authentic products" of the historical book verification and seal. The so-called "Taizu (Cao Cao) jianzi martial arts, and the good general of the time, the five sons first." Unexpectedly, it was completely lost to the "fake" Shu Han Five Tiger Generals.
I have to say that this is the influence of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Among them, especially Guan Yu, the head of the Five Tigers, turn to the history books, there are actually very few records of Guan Yu, but they are fictionalized in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Wenjiu beheading Huaxiong, Huarong Dao, and cutting six generals through the five passes.
Second, the impact of the defeat of Guan Yu and Jingzhou
Reading the Three Kingdoms, without Cao Cao and Liu Bei, you can't find the main line of the Three Kingdoms. Because the struggle between Shu Han and Cao Wei was the main contradiction. In layman's terms, it is a dispute over orthodoxy. Cao Cao held emperor Xian of Han and did his private work in a just and just manner.
In order to hedge against Cao Cao's advantage of "holding the Heavenly Son and ordering the princes", Liu Bei emphasized that Cao Cao was a "Han thief" and that he was a descendant of Liu Han (emperor uncle), which was also the theoretical basis for Zhuge Liang's later Northern Expedition. Otherwise, according to the orthodox point of view, Emperor Zen of han xian gave the world to Cao Pi, how to rebel?
However, Cao Pi came to say: "The matter of Shun and Yu (Zen Rang), I know it." "The Zen concession system of the ancient sages who was originally praised was ruined by Cao Pi, the unlucky child, in a word, which is equivalent to indirectly admitting that there is no Zen concession at all, and he himself is a rebel - so the author always feels that Cao Pi has some problems with his brain.
So what would happen if there was no Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms? To be fair, there will be a lack of intrinsic spiritual power.
Zhuge Liang represents "loyalty", so-called: the whole country is trusted alone. Guan Yu represented "righteousness", and after surrendering to Cao Cao, he first repaid Cao Cao with a white horse and beheaded Yan Liang, and then resolutely "died and returned to Liu Bei" after learning the news of Liu Bei. It is no wonder that in order to shape Guan Yu's "righteousness", Luo Guanzhong repeatedly added drama to Guan Yu in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", cutting the ugly text, and riding alone for thousands of miles, so Guan Yu constituted Guan Yu's "righteousness".
Unfortunately, neither the history books nor the Romance of the Three Kingdoms could avoid Guan Yu's defeat of Jingzhou (the Battle of Xiangfan).
The consequences of Guan Yu's defeat of Jingzhou were one: the Shu Han Dynasty quickly turned from prosperity to decline. Previously, Liu Bei, who had been pressed by Cao Cao on the ground and rubbed on the ground, finally lost sight of Hanzhong during the Battle of Hanzhong, seized Hanzhong, and established a security barrier for Shu Han (Hanzhong was the gateway to Yizhou), so that Liu Bei had enough confidence to proclaim himself king of Hanzhong and reward the generals of the Four Directions (Five Tiger Generals).
However, the defeat of Guan Yu's Jingzhou not only caused Liu Bei to lose Jingzhou, but also the most elite Jingzhou corps and the most cattle general, but also forced him to launch the Battle of Yiling, and the result was a crushing defeat to Lu Xun.
Therefore, even if Zhuge Liang plays with his life and calculates his magic, he can only be "six out of QiShan", but the whole time he is playing "little clever". For example, the most classic Zhuge Liang sent women's clothes to Sima Yi - in fact, this in itself represents that Zhuge Liang has no choice!
It was said that Sima Yi was too ugly at that time, but Zhuge Liang's discomfort was also exposed. What if Jingzhou is in hand? It was already a direct threat to Cao Wei's ruling core area, so why did Zhuge Liang collide with the Great Fortune in Qishan (Yongliang region)?
Third, Liu Chan hates Guan Yu the most?
Therefore, since Guan Yu's death, how to position Guan Yu has become a major problem for Shu Han. Before Liu Bei's death, he only positioned Fa Zheng and posthumously gave him the title of "Wing Hou".
The so-called wings are wings. From the literal analysis, we can know the weight of the Fa in Liu Bei's heart -- equal to Liu Bei's wings. From the analysis of the internal situation of the Shu Han at that time, the reason why Liu Bei only positioned Fazheng was not that he forgot Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and others, but out of the need to appease the local forces in Yizhou.
After Liu Bei took Xichuan, Fazheng became a pawn of the Yizhou forces, daring to force Liu Bei to marry his sister-in-law, Wu Shi, the widow of Liu Zhang's brother Liu Mao, known historically as Empress Mu. It is hoped that through Liu Bei's marriage, he will unite with the powerful forces of Yizhou.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, and others were obviously Liu Bei's expectation that Liu Chan would give the highest standard of posthumous titles after unifying the world.
But it is a pity that Liu Chan is a Dou who cannot be supported after all, and when Zhuge Liang is alive, everything has Zhuge Liang. And Zhuge Liang is aimed at "KuangFu Han Room" and unifying the world, and naturally he will not be undecided in the world, so he will posthumously honor the hero. In the later period, Jiang Huan, Fei Yi and others all aimed at "the survival of Shu Han", and they would not recommend Liu Chan to pursue the title, but frequently granted amnesty.
Thus, in 260 AD, three years before the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, Liu Chan finally decided to posthumously honor those who had already passed away. I am afraid that Liu Chan felt the wind and rain of Shu Han fluctuating, and wanted to use this method to stimulate fighting spirit.
As a result, among the Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Han Dynasty (the Generals of the Four Directions), a playful phenomenon appeared.
Zhang Fei was posthumously honored as "Marquis Huan", Ma Chao was posthumously honored as "Marquis of Wei", Huang Zhong was posthumously honored as "Ganghou", and Zhao Yun was posthumously honored as "Shunhou" a year later. These four belong to the "beauty of the truth", that is to say, Liu Changai's conclusive thesis: he believes that these four are all outstanding Shu Han heroes, and the merit is the mainstay. The so-called "theory of the times is proud".
However, Guan Yu's nickname was "Marquis of Zhuangmiao", which was a vicious one!
"Name and reality are known as Miao", which means that the ability, role, etc. do not match the actual contribution, which is called "Miao". It was tantamount to denying Guan Yu. Therefore, many people said that Liu Chan, the five tiger generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, hated Guan Yu the most. So is this really the case?
See who Guan Yu's grandson married?
Through the previous analysis of Guan Yu, especially the consequences of the defeat of Jingzhou, Liu Chan's hatred of Guan Yu seems to be established. After all, the defeat of the Shu Han Dynasty originated in Jingzhou - this is already a foregone conclusion! No matter how clever the mouth is, it can't be turned over.
Liu Bei didn't say anything, it was because his relationship with Guan Yu was too deep. What is the emotional basis for Liu Chan and Guan Yu? Guan Yu was 13 years old when he died. Later, he recognized Zhuge Liang as his father and married Zhang Fei's daughter as his wife. Therefore, the courtiers who were closest to Liu Chan were Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang.
Zhang Fei's eldest daughter died, and Liu Chan did not say a word, and then married Zhang Fei as empress. After Zhuge Liang's death, he regarded Zhuge Zhan's son Zhuge Zhan as if he were his own son, so that when Zhuge Zhan had just reached the age of marriage, Liu Chan married his eldest daughter to Zhuge Zhan and became a horse master.
But slowly, Liu Chan had two daughters, the eldest daughter married Zhuge Liang's son, so who did the younger daughter marry?
In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, it is written: "Posthumous (Guan) Yu Yu Zhuang Miao Marquis. Son (Guan) Xinghei. Xingzi Anguo, rarely asked, Xiang Zhuge Liang deeply different. The weak crown is a servant and a lieutenant, and a few years old. Zi (關) Tonghei, Princess Shang, official to the Tiger Ben Zhonglang general.
This means that Guan Yu's son is called Guan Xing, the word An guo, Zhuge Liang is very fond of him, thinking that there must be great talent. So he carefully cultivated, and at the age of twenty, he became a waiter and a lieutenant general, but he died within two years. So Guan Xing's son Guan Tong inherited the title, and later married Liu Chan's second daughter, and also became a donkey!
Is this what Liu Chan hates most about Guan Yu? If he hated Guan Yu, why did he marry his young daughter to Guan Yu's grandson? Therefore, to give Guan Yu a bad word, it can only be said that Liu Chan had to take a stand, after all, Guan Yu had offended too many people before his death, and because he had been guarding Jingzhou, his foundation and influence were not in Chengdu.
After Guan Yu's death, when Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were alive, they were still able to suppress those unfavorable remarks against Guan Yu. But in 260 AD, even Jiang Wei was squeezed, who can suppress it? Therefore, Liu Chan had to give Guan Yu a bad word on the one hand, and on the other hand, he gave his daughter Xu to Guan Yu's grandson Guan Tong, and compensated in this way!