First, trust the lonely and force the faithful
Liu Bei's army defeated the White Emperor's City, and when he was dying, he said the following words to Zhuge Liang:
If the heir can be supplemented, he shall be supplemented; if he is not talented, he may take it upon himself.
The author personally feels that Liu Bei must not be sincere, because no one will want to give the world to outsiders, especially Liu Bei, from a young age, is an ambitious and not willing to be ordinary person. Looking at Liu Bei's life experience, we will find that he is not a person who can be a subordinate of others, he just wants to be the boss. You see that he has followed Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Lü Bu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, no matter where he is, as long as he has the opportunity, he will find a way to stand on his own.
How could such a person give Zhuge Liang the world he had worked so hard to fight?
Second, Kong Ming's attitude of usurping the lord and establishing himself is not a matter of great reputation in the Three Kingdoms. Although Liu Bei followed many bosses successively, except for Cao Cao who turned his face that time, the others basically did not tear their faces. If, like Lü Bu, he betrayed Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, and Liu Bei successively, and killed the old lord, it would make him infamous and frustrated in diplomacy and reputation everywhere.
There was also Yuan Shu, who was originally quite powerful in Huainan, and when he established himself as emperor, he immediately became a public enemy of the world, and originally it was sun ce under his command, and betraying him had no impact on his reputation. In particular, the crime of righteousness to betray Liu Bei was even greater, and Liu Bei already represented the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty at that time.
You see Cao Cao, Cao Cao was already in power for a while before he was born, and he still did not dare to usurp Han and stand on his own. The same example can also be seen in Sima Yi's body, who did not dare to take the initiative to tear off Wei Chen's robe. Therefore, even though Zhuge Liang actually held the power of Shu Han, he did not dare to usurp the throne and stand on his own. Not long ago, Wang Mangcai demonstrated to everyone what was the fate of usurping Han and establishing himself as a courtier? The dynasty fell apart.
Judging from the public opinion at that time, scholars generally attached importance to integrity and style evaluation, and what they said was to count. Therefore, Liu Bei's intention in telling Zhuge Liang this sentence was to force Zhuge Liang to clean himself up first, saying: "The subject dares to exert all his strength, be loyal to the Festival of Chastity, and then die" Because he knew that Zhuge Liang was a person with a serious habit of cleanliness, and he would not let others say that he did not count when he spoke.
3. Sun Ce's patent
This trick of persuasion and loyalty was not actually invented by Liu Bei, Sun Ce did this to Zhang Zhao before he died, he entrusted his younger brother Sun Quan to Zhang Zhao, and he also told Zhang Zhao: If Sun Quan does not become a tool, Zhang Zhao will replace him. How could Zhang Zhao possibly agree, except to express his death to repay Sun Ce's kindness of knowing, what else could he do?
Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Wu Shu? Zhang Gu Zhuge Bu Biography: The strategy is Zhao Yue: If Zhongmou does not do anything, the king will take it upon himself. It is not a quick retreat, slowly returning to the west, and there is no worry
Zhang Zhao's story Zhuge Liang will not be unaware, so when Zhuge Liang faces the same situation, he can only naturally say: Loyalty to the Festival of Chastity, followed by death!