This article is the 21st chapter of "The Three Kingdoms Character Network and Kinship"
Author: Talking about the Three Kingdoms author XXY
Shu Han Chapter 21: Liu Yan's first heir to the throne was not Liu Zhang, so why did Liu Zhang become the spokesman for the interests of Yizhou?
When we look at the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, the first thing we see in the Shu Han section is the relevant records of Liu Yan and Liu Zhang. It is said that Liu Yan had four sons, and Liu Zhang was the youngest son, so why was Liu Zhang able to inherit Liu Yan's position?
Speaking of Liu Yan, it is still worth taking a look at his family circle of friends. Liu Yan was a descendant of Liu Yu, the King of Lugong in the Western Han Dynasty, the fifth son of Emperor Xiaojing, who was first named the King of Huaiyang and then resealed to the Jingling region, where this branch multiplied.
After Liu Yan grew up, because of the relationship between the clan and the support and influence of his mentors, Liu Yan took the rank of Ling of Luoyang County, the Assassin of Jizhou, the Taishou of Nanyang County, Zongzheng, and Taichang.
Although Liu Yan became a high official, he had a very thorough understanding of the politics of the late Han Dynasty, and in order to protect himself in the turbulent waves, he chose to write a letter requesting to go to Jiaozhou to hide, which was called "Zhen'an Fangxia". Liu Yan chose Jiaozhou, which is far away from the mountains, in fact, to divide one side, and when he heard that Yizhou had "wang qi", he took the opportunity to request to go to Yizhou to take up a post. Subsequently, Liu Yan skillfully used the local forces and successfully sat in the position of Yizhou Pastor. After a period of time, Liu Yan gradually sat firm in Yizhou by co-opting and eliminating the old party, and gradually formed a steady separatist force.
We don't know what Liu Yan's father's name was, but we only know that his father, Guan Zhi, was buried in Jingzhou. Liu Yan's mother was huang shi, who was the aunt of huang huan, the eastern han dynasty eunuch, and Huang Yan's wife was Sikong Laiyan's daughter Laishi. In this way, we can figure out why Liu Zhang, later, took the initiative to invite Lai Yan and Lai Shi into Shu. From Liu Zhang's calculation, the relationship between Huang Wan and Lai Yan was respective.
Huang was the nephew of Liu Zhang's father's wife.
Lai Yan is the younger brother of Liu Zhang's father's wife's nephew's wife.
Zhengxiang is Zhengcheng Diye. Gangnan has the tomb of Liu Changsha, the father of Yizhou Muyan. - "Jingzhou Chronicle"
After talking about Liu Yan's parents, let's talk about Liu Yan's wife, although it is well known that Liu Yan and Zhang Lu's mother are not very clean, but Liu Yan's actual wife is from the Fei clan of Jiangxia. Fei Shi was Fei Boren's aunt, and even though he didn't know much about Fei Boren, he had a younger brother named Fei Guan, and Liu Zhang also married his daughter to Fei Guan. Fei Boren also has a clan that has been pulled up since childhood, called Fei Yi. According to records, Liu Zhang's birth mother was Fei, so after Liu Zhang ascended the throne, he took the initiative to send Fei Boren, Fei Guan, and Fei Yi to Shudi. If you clarify the relationship between Liu Zhang and Fei Yi, it is roughly as follows.
Fei Yi was the son of Liu Zhang's mother's nephew.
Combined with the interaction between Fei and the royal family when Liu Chan was mentioned earlier, the layout of Fei's can be connected into a line to see clearly.
Liu Yan had four sons, liu fan, liu sheng, liu mao, and liu zhang.
Let's start with the eldest son and the second son. After Liu Yan left the capital, he did not take Liu Fan and Liu Shi with him, and the two also had their own official positions in the court. When Li Daiguo occupied Chang'an, the two brothers conspired with Ma Teng to kill Chang'an and kill Li Dai, but because of the failure of the battle, both of them were killed.
In the first year of Xingping, the generals Ma Teng and Fan Mou attacked Li Dai and sent 5,000 soldiers to help them, but they were defeated, and Fan and His birthday were killed. - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Liu Yan"
Then there was the third son, Liu Mao, who had been following Liu Yan all along. After arriving in Yizhou, Liu Yan's fortune tellers said that his friend Wu Yi's sister Wu Shi had a wealthy and noble appearance, so Liu Yan arranged for Liu Mao to marry Wu Shi, that is, empress Wu after Liu Bei entered Shu in the future.
We finally say that this Liu Zhang, in fact, when Liu Yan just left the capital, Liu Zhang and his eldest brother and second brother were together, and they did not follow Liu Yan. Fortunately, before the accident of the eldest brother and the second brother, the imperial court sent Liu Zhang to Yizhou to deliver an edict to Liu Yan. Liu Yan saw that his precious son had returned, and naturally he would not put Liu Zhang back again.
After the death of Liu Yan's eldest son and second son, Liu Yan's good friend Pang Xi took several of Liu Yan's grandsons back to Liu Yan.com.
The pain of losing his son, coupled with the fire in Mianzhu, Liu Yan's then ruling center, caused him to have to move to Chengdu, and a succession of bad things caused Liu Yan to die of back sores.
Liu Yan's death may not have designated a successor, but it is clear that Liu Yan designated two so-called "auxiliary ministers", namely Zhao Yun and Pang Xi. As soon as Liu Yan died, the people led by Zhao Yun thought that Liu Zhang's temperament was mild, so they preemptively gave Tianzi a table to promote Liu Zhang as the assassin of Yizhou. Soon after, the imperial court decreed that Liu Zhang was made the pastor of Yizhou, and Liu Zhang's status was "legitimized" from then on. And Liu Mao somehow did not get the favor of the Yizhou clan at that time, and therefore missed this opportunity.
Liu Zhang's ascension to the throne, although there was a lot of opposition, but Zhao Yun broke them all.
In the end, let's mention a little about Liu Zhang's children. It has just been said that Liu Zhang's daughter married Fei Guan, and Liu Zhang's eldest son Liu Xun married Pang Xi's daughter. Liu Zhang's second son, Liu Yan, was later relocated to Gong'an with Liu Zhang, and with Guan Yu losing Jingzhou, Liu Yan joined the Eastern Wu side. Later, Liu Yan went to Renjiao Prefecture and continued to make small moves in the sensitive areas of Shu Han and Sun Wu. After Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, Liu Xian returned to Jianye and served as a midshipman in the imperial history.
Sun Quan killed Guan Yu and took Jingzhou, with Zhang as the pastor of Yizhou and stationed in Zigui. Zhang, Nanzhonghao led Yong Min to rebel against Yi County, attached to Wu. Quan Fu used Zhangzi to expound the history of Yizhou, and was the head of the Yijie and Yijie. Zhuge Liang, the chancellor, pinged the southern soil, explained wu, and served as a royal historian... After Zhang's second son, he was divided into Wu and Shu. - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Liu Zhang"