Liu Chan, nicknamed Ah Dou, the father is Liu Bei, the mother is Lady Gan, after Liu Bei's death, the Shu Han throne was passed to Liu Chan, Liu Chan has since become the Emperor of Shu Han, from 223 AD to the fall of Shu Han in 263 AD, Liu Chan reigned for a total of 40 years, is the longest reigning monarch of the Three Kingdoms, due to the rendering of some modern film and television works, leading many people to think that Liu Chan is a bit stupid, think that he is always unable to support Adou, but in fact Liu Chan is actually very smart, he is not mediocre, today the author will list a few examples to illustrate.
First, know people and do good job
Before Liu Bei's death, he was entrusted to the White Emperor City, and let Zhuge Liang and Li Yan jointly assist Liu Chan, after Liu Bei's death, Liu Chan took the throne, that is, after taking the throne, Liu Chan always respected Zhuge Liang very much, and called Zhuge Liang "Xiang Father", as long as zhuge Liang arranged things he allowed, and supported Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, at this time Zhuge Liang controlled the power of Shu Han, and even some dictatorship, but Liu Chan was not angry, but instead obeyed Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan, as the king of a country, had such a large measurement, which was actually admirable.
Later, in the Li Yan incident, Liu Chan resolutely obeyed Zhuge Liang's arrangement to demote Li Yan to a commoner, and it should be known that Li Yan was also an auxiliary chancellor at that time, and he was in a high position of power, which could contain Zhuge Liang to a certain extent, but Liu Chan knew this, but still agreed to Zhuge Liang's approach, which showed that Liu Chan was a meritocratic person and knew people well, Liu Chan knew that Zhuge Liang was a virtuous minister, a true minister of Shu Han, and a courtier who sincerely assisted him, so Liu Chan trusted Zhuge Liang very much, and at the same time, the State of Wei defended Sima Yi everywhere. All of a sudden, there was a sharp contrast. Later, after Zhuge Liang's death, Li Mi wrote a letter to slander Zhuge Liang, and Liu Chan was furious when he found out, so he sent Li Mi to prison and killed him, which shows that Liu Chan is not a mediocre lord, and for Liu Chan, Zhuge Liang is a virtuous subject, and does not allow others to slander him, which is obviously to know people and do good work.
2. Transfer of power
Later, when Zhuge Liang was seriously ill, Liu Chan asked Li Fu to greet Wuzhangyuan and inquire about major state affairs, so Zhuge Liang made the final arrangement, saying that after he said that Jiang Huan could be reused, and After Jiang Huan, Fei Yi could reuse it, and after Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan immediately ordered the abolition of the beggar system, at this time Liu Chan knew that no one could replace Zhuge Liang's position, so he divided Zhuge Liang's power, and successively let Jiang Huan, Fei Yi, Jiang Wei and others take on heavy responsibilities, and from then on, the power of Shu Han was firmly controlled in his hands. From then on, Liu Chan controlled shu han until the fall of shu han for 29 years. It can be seen that Liu Chan is not stupid, he can control the overall situation at key moments and make good arrangements.
Third, the eloquence is very good
In 249, Sima Yi launched a coup d'état in Gaopingling, killing the powerful general Cao Shuang, Xiahou Ba's nephew Xiahou Xuan was also recalled from the front line to the capital by Sima Yi, Sima Yi immediately let Guo Huai take his place, Xiahou Ba, who had always been at odds with Guo Huai, knew that from now on there would be incidents, which would inevitably harm himself, so he defected to Shu Han and lost his way in Yinping, at this time the grain was also eaten, his feet were worn out, and his situation was very embarrassing.
When Liu Chan learned that Xiahou Ba had come to surrender, he immediately sent someone to greet him and summoned Xiahou Ba, who was in a very bad mood and looked very depressed, so Liu Chan comforted Xiahou Ba, saying: "Your father was killed in battle, not killed by my ancestors", and then pointed to his son and said: "This is also Xiahou's son and nephew." Liu Chan used a short sentence to comfort Xiahou Ba, and brought the relationship closer, because Zhang Fei once married Xiahou Ba's cousin Xiahou Shi and gave birth to two daughters, and later Zhang Fei married both daughters to Liu Chan, and these two daughters became Liu Chan's empresses, liu Chan said this, Liu Chan used very brief words, and then he closed the relationship with Xiahou Ba, so it can be seen that Liu Chan is very eloquent, very thoughtful, and not faint.
4. The King of Benevolence and Righteousness, the Place of Wisdom
In 263 AD, Deng Ai led an army to smuggle across Yinping, then conquered Jiangyou, drove straight in, and killed Zhuge Zhan's father and son who resisted Cao Wei in Mianzhu, the soldiers pointed directly at Chengdu, and soon led the army to attack the city of Chengdu, at this time Liu Chan summoned the ministers to discuss countermeasures, some people proposed to defend Chengdu, some people suggested that the east surrendered to Eastern Wu, and some people suggested that Kaesong surrender, and finally Liu Chan chose to surrender Kaesong, in fact, this is also Liu Chan's benevolence, cleverness, saying that his benevolence is very simple, if you hold on to Chengdu City and resist, how long can you hold out? Cao Wei's army would also rush to kill them in a steady stream, and the whole city would die in a bloody battle, either because the grain and grass were cut off and starved to death in the city, or the enemy attacked and died in a bloody battle, and finally lost the lives of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu and the soldiers and civilians in the city.
In this way, Chengdu will inevitably be a ruined city, the wounded are still civilians, if the people of Shuzhong hear that Liu Chan will not surrender, they will definitely fight to the end, and how many people will die because of this? Liu Chan surrendered decisively, avoided a bloody battle, saved the lives of the whole city, and also saved the interests of the people in Shuzhong, which is the model of a benevolent and righteous king, in order to save the people and suffer humiliation himself, what can he do? It was also very simple to say that he was smart, even if Liu Chan turned to Eastern Wu at that time, he would definitely be able to receive the courtesy of Eastern Wu? Moreover, the strength of Eastern Wu was far inferior to that of Cao Wei, and after the fall of Shu Han, how long could Eastern Wu persist? If after defecting to Eastern Wu, Eastern Wu also perished soon after, wouldn't he be insulted twice? Therefore, Liu Chan's choice to surrender at this time was also a wise move, not only to preserve the city of Chengdu, but also to preserve the royal bloodline.
Fifth, hide great ambitions, be good at concealment and forbearance
After Liu Chan surrendered to Cao Wei, Sima Zhao was not at ease with Liu Chan, so he always looked for an opportunity to test Liu Chan, once Sima Zhao set up a banquet to entertain Shu Han's subordinates, and specially let people play Shu Han's songs, at that time, many Shu Han ministers heard Shu Han's songs, they all shed tears, and lamented for the fall of the country, only Liu Chan had a very good expression, and was very happy, Sima Zhao was very happy to see Liu Chan, so he asked Liu Chan: "Do you miss the Shu kingdom?" Liu Chan replied: "It is very soon here, I don't miss the Shu kingdom", as a result, Liu Chan's words were heard by the old minister Hao Zheng, who then taught Liu Chan to speak, and later if Sima Zhao asked again, he said: "The graves of the ancestors are far away in Shudi, and I did not miss Shudi for a day", and later Sima Zhao did come to ask Liu Chan, and Liu Chan answered according to the words of The Orthodox Church.
As a result, when Sima Zhao heard this, he knew that it was the Zhengyi Sect, so he said to Liu Chan, "This is the Zhengyi Sect of Hao", and Liu Chan replied, "How do you know?" Sima Zhao laughed as a result, Sima Zhao relaxed his vigilance against Liu Chan, knowing that Liu Chan did not have great ambitions, in fact, this was just a play performed by Liu Chan, deliberately shown to Sima Zhao, in fact, Liu Chan had great ambitions, but the times were unlucky, so he could only be patient, at this time Liu Chan may have the idea of restoring the country in his heart, or did not think about it once, Su Dongpo said: "Suddenly there is no surprise, no reason to add without anger." Its captors are enormous, and their ambitions are far-reaching. That is to say, because of his great ambitions, he can endure to the limit, and the forbearance at this time is only for tomorrow, so Liu Chan has been in the forbearance, but he has not been able to realize his dream in the end.
References "Wei Luo", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Han Jin Spring and Autumn"