Friends who have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" believe that they have some understanding of the storyline of Liu Bei on the slope of Changshan and angry wrestling. Many readers are very incomprehensible to Liu Bei's behavior, what is the fault of a child, why should he be thrown? It was not easy to be saved by the loyal and courageous general, and the normal person Xie was too late, but Liu Bei was unusual and angrily fell on his son.
In fact, this is precisely the cleverness of Uncle Liu Huang, who stood up for benevolence and righteousness. His approach not only showed his concern about Zhao Yun's behavior of going in and out seven times and bravely saving Ah Dou, but also showed that he was worried that Ai would live and die, even more than he wanted to save his son's life. Therefore, Liu Bei must have a look that would rather his son die than want Zhao Yun to have an accident for this.
So, is Liu Bei's move out of sincerity or is it deliberately contrived in order to buy people's hearts?
First of all, let's get to know Zhao Yun as a person. Zhao Yun, also known as Changshan Zhao Zilong. At first, he followed Gongsun Zhan in his southern expedition to the north, and later followed Liu Bei. In that year, Cao Cao attacked Jingzhou, and Liu Bei was defeated in the Battle of Changshanpo, not only losing Jingzhou, but also putting Lady Gan and her son Liu Chan in danger, but fortunately, Zhao Yun desperately saved him and protected him. Later, Liu Bei gained Yizhou and made Zhao Yun a general of the Yi Army.
In 228, Zhao Yun followed Zhuge Liang to fight Guanzhong, but encountered a fierce attack by Cao Jun, and the soldiers were defeated and returned to Hanzhong, where they fell ill and died the following year. Therefore, Zhao Yun can be said to be a great achievement in battle, he once led dozens of cavalry, and defeated the Cao army, And Liu Bei called it "all guts". In fact, after Zhao Yun rescued Ah Dou, there is also such a description in the book:
"It is said that after Zhao Zilong rescued Ah Dou from the Cao Army, he came to Liu Bei with the baby in his arms, only to see that his battle robes were covered with the blood of the enemy army, and Ah Dou slept peacefully in his arms..." Such a description not only made people understand Zhao Zilong's extraordinary martial arts, but also showed that Ah Dou was not harmed in this rescue.
But in fact, such a fierce battle, a bumpy road, such a small baby must have been subjected to a lot of concussions, perhaps he was not asleep at all, but fainted. Although Ah Dou did not die in the Cao Army camp, he couldn't figure out what his brain was affected. Therefore, the grown-up Ah Dou looks more stupid and weak, which may be the sequelae left when he was rescued.
Of course, this is just the author's idea.
The son returned safely, and Liu Bei, as a father, should have been very happy. However, at this time, Lady Mi was seriously injured, and in order not to drag Zhao Zilong to save her son, she chose to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well, which made it difficult for Liu Bei to show a smile.
However, even so, after all, Zhao Yun risked his life to save Ah Dou. Even ordinary people should know that this is a great human feeling, even if they do not kneel down to thank, they must be full of tears and say something polite. Because, in the eyes of Chinese, saving his son's life is a lifetime of kindness, and heavy rewards are justified. However, at that time, Liu Bei was not very convenient to use money to thank Zhao Yun.
First of all, if Zhao Yun was given a bonus at that time, the amount of the bonus would be difficult to determine, and it would be worthless to give less to his son's life, and if he gave more, he might not be able to win the favor of a martial general. Moreover, in those war years, money did not necessarily mean that there was money to spend. In contrast, Zhao Zilong's promotion still depends on point scores, but he is a military general, and it is okay to lead soldiers to fight, and it is not suitable for him to be a management.
However, if he was allowed to command the three armies, he was afraid that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei would not be willing. Then, there is only one way left, to reward beautiful women. Since ancient times, beautiful women with heroes, find a beautiful woman to give him should like. However, because Liu Bei had just lost his wife, he was really not in the mood to choose a beautiful woman.
In this way, at this time, it felt that rewarding Zhao Yun was not very suitable for anything.
However, in ancient times, there was also a common way to repay favors, that is, to recognize one's benefactors as righteous relatives. Since Zhao Zilong saved Ah Dou, just like his regenerated parents, then it would be good to let Ah Dou recognize this dry father. However, because in ancient times, this person who was recognized as a dry father should be an older and respected person, and Zhao Zilong's generation was obviously not enough. Therefore, the matter of recognizing the father will not work.
Because of these reasons, Liu Bei's first reaction when he saw his son being rescued was not to thank him, but to angrily throw his son. This strategy of turning "passive into active" allows Zhao Zilong to save Ah Dou's credit, which seems to be recognized, but it has not been looked up to at all. At the same time, Liu Bei's actions showed the three armies his attitude of "loving the victory of the son", diluted the merits of Zhao Zilong's saving the son, and enhanced his personality charm.
In fact, from Liu Bei's words and deeds, we can see his shrewdness in handling things. This kind of behavior of throwing his son to the ground looks a bit "performative", but it is a lot of achievements: on the one hand, he expressed his gratitude to Zhao Zilong and gave a good account to the three armies; on the other hand, he also showed his love for the general, so that Zhao Zilong, who had originally made great achievements, thanked Liu Bei for his kindness and let his people reap the rewards.
Of course, some people joked that if Liu Bei fell like this and fell to the death of Ah Dou, it would be another story. But in fact, the possibility of this happening is very small, after all, Liu Bei is Ah Dou's father, and falling his son is just a show, how can he fall to his death? Besides, Liu Bei's arm was already very long past his knee, like a gibbon, and it hurt him to fall to the ground.
Therefore, it is because he can't die and fall is not broken, Liu Bei dares to fall, because he often won't do things that he is not sure of. Moreover, Liu Bei, who is in history, did not fall on Ah Dou at all, but just put it on the ground and performed it.
Resources:
[Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and Biography of Zhao Yun", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 32, Book of Shu II, Biography of the First Lord", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," "Biography of Liu Bei"]