People who know the Three Kingdoms know that Zhuge Liang became ill from a long period of conquest during the last Northern Expedition. Eventually, he fell ill and died in Gojohara. Before dying, he entrusted the power to Yang Yi and told him that Wei Yan had a backbone, so he waited for the opportunity to move, not to kill.
But Yang Yi, Cao Cao's evaluation of him was: Although he has talent, he is a small person. After such a person gains power, he will definitely eliminate dissidents in order to consolidate his power, but Wei Yan is a dissident who bears the brunt of it. Coupled with Wei Yan's obedient behavior, except for Zhuge Liang, it can be said that no one in the entire Shu Han regime can control him. Therefore, it is necessary and necessary to get rid of him.
Then you will ask, since Zhuge Liang knows that Yang Yi is a person, why did he still hand over the power to him. The reason is also simple. We all know that there are factions in every form of government, and a small regime like the Shu Han dynasty is no exception. First of all, this Yang Yi, like Zhuge Liang, belongs to the Jingzhou faction, a faction's "nepotism", plus Yang Yi first followed Guan Yu, and Guan Yu is the backbone of the elder faction, naturally Yang Yi has his own certain connections in the two major factions, which is convenient for controlling the overall situation and easy to convince the public. Secondly, Yang Yi was talented and loyal to Shu Han. What really made Zhuge Liang entrust the power to Yang Yi was actually this last point, which also reflected Zhuge Liang's wisdom.
Zhuge Liang knew that years of conquest had already exhausted Shu Han, so after his death, Shu Han should be recuperated and recuperate, and could no longer carry out military activities. And Yang Yizhi is only in politics, not in the army. When Yang Yi came to power, he would cultivate within the society, and would not revive Wei again.
However, what did all of this have to do with killing Wei Yan? The stakes are big. Don't worry, and listen to the editor in detail. Zhuge Liang was also well aware of Wei Yan's talent, but he knew even more that Wei Yan was as arrogant and arrogant as Guan Yu, and ordinary people could not control him at all. If Zhuge Liang died, it would not take long for Wei Yan's seniority to be able to take sole control of the army, and then according to his character, he would definitely re-attack Wei's soldiers. Although Wei Yan's talent was outstanding, he was still a big step away from Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang was still in vain, and Wei Yan could not independently support the entire Northern Expedition. If Wei Yan failed, it would allow Shu Han to perish prematurely.
However, Wei Yan was untamed, and no one could control him except Zhuge Liang himself, so Zhuge Liang killed him as soon as he did not do two things. However, it cannot be said explicitly. He knew that Yang Yi and Wei Yan had always been at odds, so he used this to imply that Yang Yi had taken matters into his own hands. Yang Yi also took advantage of this opportunity to kill Wei Yan. Therefore, this series of big dramas of killing Wei Yan was written and directed by Zhuge Liang himself, and he had already calculated that Yang Yi would definitely kill Wei Yan, but only knocked on the side to hint at it, so that Wei Yan's subordinates would not resent Zhuge Liang and rebel.
As for whether Wei Yan has a backbone in the end, I think there is, but it is not the kind of rebellion that throws wei or wu. Why? Just said that Wei Yan and Guan Yu are just as arrogant and proud, but Guan Yu is a person who cherishes love and righteousness, and Wei Yan has a loyal heart, but he is a ruthless person, that is, this person's style is very fierce. If Wei Yan was allowed to gain power, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not come to a yellow robe like Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, and become the emperor of this Shu Han regime himself. Therefore, Wei Yan, zhuge liang, had already eaten it all, and his death was the inevitable result.
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