After the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, many official positions were set up in the han system, but in the early stages, there was no post of general. The military and political power of the Shu Han clique in the early days had always been in the hands of Liu Bei, and after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang took charge of the military and government with the post of chancellor. Therefore, in the entire early stage of the Shu Han clique, there were many heavy generals, but there were no generals. This situation continued until Zhuge Liang's death, and the later lord Liu Chan abolished the post of chancellor in order to strengthen imperial power, and only then did he set up a general according to the Han system. According to statistics, four members of the Shu Han Clique have successively held the position of general. Among them, one person died of illness, two people could not die well, and one person's whereabouts were unknown.
First: Jiang Huan. Jiang Huan's appointment as the first general of the Shu Han clique was entirely reasonable. When Jiang Huan joined the Shu Han clique in the early days, he was not favored by Liu Bei, but he was loved by Zhuge Liang. When Jiang Huan was serving as the county magistrate, he was almost killed by Liu Bei because of his good wine and slack administration, but fortunately Zhuge Liang interceded in every way, and finally saved his life, but was only removed from his official post. Jiang Huan's later ability to serve in the Shu Han court was also the contribution of Zhuge Liang. After Zhuge Liang opened the palace, he simply summoned Jiang Huan to his side to cultivate carefully, providing a large number of opportunities for training in the process of his growth.
After Zhang Yi's death, Zhuge Liang recommended Jiang Huan as the governor of liufu, and before his death, he also secretly played to the lord of the rear, saying that all subsequent military affairs could be safely handed over to Jiang Huan to deal with. From Zhuge Liang's various actions, it is enough to prove that Zhuge Liang completely cultivated and trained Jiang Huan as his successor. Therefore, after Zhuge Liang's death, it was natural for Jiang Huan to take over his post and control the military and political power of the Shu Han clique.
However, during Zhuge Liang's lifetime, there were many conflicts between power and imperial power, and after Zhuge Liang's death, the later lord Liu Chan abolished the post of chancellor and appointed Jiang Huan as a general and a recorder of shangshu in the thirteenth year of Jianxing (235 AD). During his tenure, although Jiang Huan adhered to Zhuge Liang's legacy, he worked hard and forgot to eat, but he did not have much merit in his life, and died of illness in the ninth year of Yanxi (246 AD).
Second place: Fei Yi. Fei Yi and Jiang Huan's situation was almost the same, and he was also favored by Zhuge Liang, and was one of the successors who had been carefully cultivated and provided with a large number of opportunities for training. After Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Huan summoned Fei Yi to his side on the grounds of physical discomfort, providing Fei Yi with the opportunity to experience and establish his career, and making a lot of preparations in advance for him to be able to successfully take over his position later.
In the sixth year of Yanxi (243 AD), when Jiang Huan's illness worsened, he recommended Fei Yi to be transferred to the post of general and recorded Shangshu. During Fei Yi's tenure, he was almost impeccable in government affairs, followed the strategy of governing the country and the people, and made great contributions to the social stability of the Shu Han Group. However, in the matter of the Northern Expedition, its strategic guiding ideology was too conservative, so during his tenure, he did not have a particularly prominent military performance, and was eventually murdered by Cao Wei's subordinates.
Third place: Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei and Jiang Huan and Fei Yi can be said to be in the same door, and they are all concubines that Zhuge Liang has favored and carefully cultivated. Jiang Wei followed Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in his early years, and Jiang Wei followed Jiang Huan when he was in Charge of Hanzhong, and when Fei Yi took over, Jiang Wei recorded Shang Shushi with Fei Yi as a wei general, and under Fei Yi, he was transferred to the post of general in the nineteenth year of Yanxi (256 AD). Jiang Wei's main exploits are well known, he had experienced several Northern Expeditions before his appointment, and after taking over, he led the Northern Expedition several times in accordance with Zhuge Liang's legacy, but due to various restrictions within the Shu Han Dynasty and the increasingly stable defensive deployment of the Cao Wei clique in Yong and Liang Prefectures, several Northern Expeditions were fruitless. Jiang Wei's final ending was also quite tragic, and he died in the chaos.
Fourth place: Yan Yu. Yan Yu's appointment as a general was a special case, which was caused by the chaos of the late Shu Han clique. After the death of Dong Yun, a major minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, the eunuch Huang Hao jumped from Huang men ling to Zhongchang Shi (中常侍) and Fengche Du (奉車都尉) and began to participate in imperial politics. At first, Huang Hao was still relatively low-key, but after Shang Shu ling Chen Yuan's death, other ministers adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards Huang Hao. After Huang Hao had no restraint in the imperial court, he played with power to seduce Liu Chan and included all the Shu Han dynasty politics in his pocket. In order to consolidate his position in the Shu Han clique, Huang Hao began to cultivate party henchmen among military and political officials.
During this period, although Jiang Wei, Fan Jian, Zhuge Zhan, and others also advised the Hou Lord, they ultimately failed to stop the expansion of Huang Hao's power. In the first year of Jing Yao (258 AD), Yan Yu, who was then the governor of Yong'an, expressed his allegiance to Huang Hao. Therefore, Huang Hao appointed Liu Chan as the Right General. The purpose of this was, first, to weaken the authority of General Jiang Wei, and second, it was Huang Hao who cultivated a confidant in the military and consolidated his position. Therefore, Yan Yu's appointment as a great general was a political product derived from the special period of the Shu Han clique at that time, and it did not have much practical significance for the Shu Han clique. Yan Yu's final ending is also very mysterious. When Cao Wei destroyed Shu, Yan Yu led his troops back to rescue Chengdu and his whereabouts were unknown.
Reference book: Romance of the Three Kingdoms