In the eyes of many people, Liu Bei and Kong Ming were golden partners before his death, so he would be lonely with Kong Ming before he died. But in fact, Liu Bei did not only perform the act of entrusting himself to Kong Ming alone, but also to several people successively. Among them, there is a person named Li Yan. Logically, even so, after Liu Bei's death, Li Yan should also have a very high status and power in the Shu army camp. So why did Kong Ming want to abolish him later? Let's take a look at why!
First, Li Yan's origin
When it comes to Li Yan, there are not many people who may know. In fact, he did not follow Liu Bei from the beginning, but turned to Liu Bei after a period of loyalty to Liu Zhang. At the beginning, Li Yan was determined to serve Liu Zhang. He thought that he would be reused by Liu Zhang, so he has been working very diligently for Liu Zhang. But after following Liu Zhang for a while, Li Yan found that things were far from being as good as he had originally thought. Liu Zhang not only did not reuse him, but also always only allowed him to be a small county order. Therefore, for the sake of his own future, Li Yan finally decided to go to Liu Bei.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that in the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Jian'an was a protector of the army and refused to take the lead in Mianzhu. Yan led the people to surrender to the Lord, and the Lord worshiped General Yan Pei first. Chengdu was established as a general of The Qian dynasty taishou and Xingye.
Second, Li Yan's contribution to Liu Bei
When Li Yan defected to Liu Bei, Liu Bei was in a period of relative shortage of talents. Therefore, when he learned the news that Li Yan wanted to come to him, he was really quite happy. After Li Yan officially surrendered to his men, Liu Bei gave Li Yan very good treatment. In addition, he reused Li Yan and gave him a position of taishou. When Li Yan saw that Liu Bei was so kind to him, he decided to stay by Liu Bei's side and serve him.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Twenty-three years later, thieves Ma Qin and Gao Sheng started an incident in YuXi, gathered tens of thousands of troops, and went to Zizhong County. When the lord was in Hanzhong, Yan did not send more troops, but led the generals to 5,000 people to beg for it, and beheaded Qin, Sheng and other properties. The branches of the party scattered, and the nationality was restored. He also led Gao Ding to send troops to besiege Xindao County, yan chi to the rescue, and the thieves were all broken. General Kafuhan, the consular county as before.
During Li Yan's loyalty to Liu Bei, he not only did his job very well, but also sometimes helped Liu Bei handle the government. Especially when Liu Bei was leading his troops to fight outside, Li Yan's presence simply solved his worries. In addition, Li Yan also worked with Fazheng and others to improve the laws of the Shu state, and made outstanding contributions to improving the rule of law system of the Shu state. To this end, Liu Bei repeatedly praised Li Yan by name in public and gave him a high honor.
Third, the reason for Li Yan's fame
Although Li Yan did so many things for Liu Bei, because these were all contributions made in the Shu kingdom, Li Yan's fame was only relatively large in the Shu kingdom itself. Out of the Shu Kingdom, it is estimated that no one will know who he is. Fortunately, Li Yan was a man of both culture and martial arts, who could govern the country and lead soldiers to fight. Therefore, after he was ordered to lead the troops to quell the thief rebellion caused by Ma Tai and others, he was finally able to make a name for himself. After that, his status in the Shu Kingdom was even higher, and even a person like Kong Ming, who regarded himself as high, could not help but look up at him.
Fourth, the reason for being abolished by Kong Ming
Originally, when Liu Bei was alive, Li Yan's performance was still very good. But no one expected that after Liu Bei's death, Li Yan would become more and more rampant and arrogant. Many times, decisions that should have been made after consultation among the courtiers could only be made, but Li Yan always took matters into his own hands to give instructions to others. It made the courtiers indignant, and even ruined the situation that Kong Ming had painstakingly laid out. So in this case, Kong Ming had to abolish him. If he is allowed to continue to act recklessly, it is estimated that there will be more serious civil unrest within the Shu state.
In the Book of The Three Kingdoms zhishu, Zhuge Liang once made an evaluation of Li Yan: "The part is like a stream, tending to give up recklessness, and the squareness is also square. '''Ping is a minister, he has been overly favored, he does not think of loyalty, he makes things up and down, he does not do anything in danger, he is confused, he abandons the prison, he leads people to commit adultery, he is narrow-minded, and he has no heaven and earth. Self-inflicted adultery, suspicion is born. ''
It can be seen from this that Li Yan was originally very hopeful of retiring after achieving success. However, at the last moment of his life, he made something to find people to dislike, so it is no wonder that Kong Ming will abolish him. Of course, from the fact that Li Yan was deposed, we can also see that it stems from Kong Ming's disappointment. You must know that after Liu Bei's death, Kong Mingke had no small hope for Li Yan. Even if you don't point him to the great cause of unifying the world, at least you will definitely hope that he will not block himself. It's just a pity that Li Yanwei added to Kong Ming's blockage, so When Kong Ming disposed of Li Yan, he was really helpless and disappointed.