Mention liu chan, the lord of the Shu Han Dynasty, and everyone will think of a word "Adou who can't be supported". His father Liu Bei started by selling straw shoes, and with his personal charm, he won over a group of civilian and military generals, and then founded the Shu Han Jiangshan. On his deathbed, he paved the way back for him and let Zhuge Liang assist him. And Zhuge Liang did not live up to Liu Bei's instructions, and worked hard for the cause of Shu Han, and finally died of illness in Wuzhangyuan. However, Liu Chan finally died in the country, and he still "did not think about Shu" at Sima Zhao's banquet. Is Liu Chan really so unbearable? This is not the case.
In April of the third year of Zhang Wu (223 AD), Liu Bei died of illness in the White Emperor's City at the age of 63. On the eve of his death, Liu Bei summoned the assistant ministers Zhuge Liang and Li Yan. Liu Bei took Zhuge Liang's hand and said, "Juncai is ten times cao pi, he will be able to secure the country and finally set great things." If the heirs can be supplemented, they shall be supplemented; If he is not talented, he can take it upon himself. Zhuge Liang was naturally grateful for Liu Bei's trust, so he assured Liu Bei: "The subject will certainly do his best to assist the Hou Lord, bow down to the end, and die later!" In order to make Liu Chan leave a good impression on Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei specially left a will and said to Liu Chan: "You work with Cheng Xiang, and you should treat him like a father." ”
In May of the third year of Zhang Wu, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne as emperor in Chengdu and changed his name to Yuan Jianxing. In the early days of succession, Liu Chan listened to his father's words and asked Zhuge Liang, the chancellor, to assist the government, "the political affairs are not big or small, and the salt is determined by the light." At this stage, Liu Chan basically had nothing to do, equivalent to a puppet. In order to realize Liu Bei's desire for the unification of the world, Zhuge Liang conquered the Central Plains. However, due to various factors, Zhuge Liang's several Northern Expeditions ended in failure, and he himself died of exhaustion in Wuzhangyuan.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan wept bitterly, but his subsequent actions were incomprehensible. Before his death, Zhuge Liang said that he did not have too many assets, only 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of land, even the crown clothes were given by the imperial court, and his son could only be self-sufficient. Liu Chan did not believe Zhuge Liang's upper form, and personally sent someone to check it out after his death. Later, all parts of the Shu Han Dynasty wrote to build temples for Zhuge Liang, but Liu Chan refused on the grounds of disrespect, and the people of Shu Han could only privately sacrifice Zhuge Liang on the road during the festival of the fourth hour.
It is said that with Zhuge Liang's contribution to the Shu Han, there was no problem in building a temple. So why did Liu Chan refuse this reasonable request? The main reason is that Zhuge Liang has been in control of the government for too long, so that Liu Chan has no sense of existence. At that time, people only knew the chancellor, not the emperor, and it was not an exaggeration to say that Zhuge Liang was powerful. Although Liu Chan coveted pleasure, he was not an emperor without any political ambitions, so after Zhuge Liang's death, he retaliated against him. Moreover, because of Zhuge Liang's successive years of Northern Expedition, the strength of the Shu Han State weakened, which is also an indisputable fact. Therefore, Liu Chan was both grateful and resentful to Zhuge Liang.
Therefore, when the people of Shu Han proposed to build a temple for Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan found an excuse to refuse. It was not until the sixth year of Jing Yao, 29 years after Zhuge Liang's death, that Liu Chan, at the suggestion of Xi Long and Xiang Chong, built a temple for Zhuge Liang in Qiuyang. So how did Liu Chan behave after he pro-government? Is it really "unaffordable" as everyone says? In fact, this is not the case. After Liu Chan took over the government, he recuperated internally, lived in harmony with the outside world, and slowly recovered his national strength. When the Yi people of Yuejun County rebelled, Liu Chan sent Zhang Ling to quell the rebellion, open the road between Yuejun County and Chengdu, and maintain the unity of the country. If Liu Chan did not have the ability, why could he be in charge of the government alone for 29 years?
The biggest problem with his fall of the country was to spoil the eunuch Huang Hao. If it weren't for Huang Hao's misdeeds in the dprk, then the Shu Han would not have perished so early. Of course, in addition, the demise of the Shu Han was also related to the lack of talent in the later period. As for Liu Chan's "happiness and not thinking about Shu" at Sima Zhao's banquet, Xiaobian believes that it is also a means of self-preservation for him. At that time, he had become the king of the subjugated country, and if he still showed nostalgia for his homeland, then Sima Zhao would certainly not let him live in the world for a long time. Only by showing a little brainlessness can sima Zhao's wariness be lowered. And Liu Chan did spend the rest of his life happily by relying on this trick. Therefore, Liu Chan is not as incompetent and unintended as the legend, but just covets pleasure! And his performance in the early pro-government period is indeed remarkable.