A person with strong ability is often more conceited. Generally speaking, this kind of person we will say that he is very capable and has a high IQ. But most people with strong abilities are more conceited, in other words, emotional intelligence is too low.
This kind of person leader is not liked, and the relationship with the colleagues around him will not be too harmonious. Although the leader does not like this kind of person with strong ability, he will still use it at key moments, but it is difficult to say that he can enter the core decision-making level. I always feel that others are inferior to myself, and the leaders do not use themselves to reuse mediocre talents, which is simply not taking themselves seriously. As everyone knows, he has not laid out a clear position, and can only be reduced to a "tool man".
Wei Yan, who I want to talk about today, is this kind of person, and he and Zhuge Liang are also this kind of relationship between leaders and employees.
Bringing people and horses into Liu Bei, entering the Shu war with merit and being deeply valued
Wei Yan, a native of Yiyang, Henan. In the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was invited by Liu Zhang to resist the attack of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and Wei Yan followed Liu Bei into Shu. Liu Bei garrisoned Ye MengGuan to guard Against Zhang Lu. The "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, And Biography of Wei Yan" records that: With the part of the first lord into Shu, a number of battle achievements, the general of Qianyamen About this sentence Many people think that Wei Yan followed Liu Bei into Shu as Liu Bei's personal soldier, and understood the part as a position, corresponding to the general of Yamen behind him. There are also differences in the translation of this sentence. Some say that Wei Yan was Liu Bei's personal soldier, and some say that Wei Yan led his own soldiers to join Liu Bei. Personally, I am inclined to "bring capital into the shares" of Wei Yan. It was he who led the men and horses to defect to Liu Bei, not as Liu Bei's personal soldiers.
First of all, if Wei Yan was Liu Bei's personal soldier, he should at least be a very close person. Then there should be some records in the history books. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is only from Wei Yan who followed Liu Bei into Shu and began to remember. Regarding Wei Yan's early life, nothing was mentioned.
The part is similar to the personal soldier, which belongs to the private armed forces rather than the position. The ancient aristocracy had a tradition of personal private soldiers. There are also records of raising private arms during the same period.
The Later Han Dynasty Book of Dong Zhuo's biography: "The songs led by He Jin and his brother Miao Xian were all attributed to Zhuo, and Zhuo also made Lü Bu kill Jin Wu Ding Yuan and join his people, Zhuo Bingshi Dasheng." ”
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, Deng Ai Biography": "Sun Quan is gone, the chancellor is not attached, and the Wu Mingzong clan all have parts." ”
When Liu Bei entered The River, he was in Jingzhou. Wei Yan, a native of Henan, was supposed to have led his private troops to join Liu Bei at this time. Those who can have a personal army are certainly not ordinary people, and they must be rich families. This may be Wei Yan's conceited capital.
In the seventeenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei's relationship with Liu Zhang broke down, and he led an army to attack Liu Zhang. Wei Yan was ordered to join Huang Zhong and Zhuo Bing to capture Fucheng. After Liu Bei defeated Liu Zhang's forces, he and Huang Zhong led the army to pacify Guanghan separately, and because of their military achievements, they were awarded the title of General of Yamen. Later, he accompanied Liu Bei to conquer Luocheng, and together with Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei took Chengdu.
In the 24th year of Jian'an, Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao at the Battle of Hanzhong, and in the same year he proclaimed himself king of Hanzhong at Qiuyang and returned to Chengdu. Hanzhong, which had just been taken down, also needed to send a general soldier to guard the town and guard against Cao Cao to the north. Liu Bei decided to set up the post of Taishou in Hanzhong, Liu Bei's closest to him was Guan Zhang, Guan Yu was guarding Jingzhou at this time, and it was Zhang Fei who followed Liu Bei into Shu, so it was Zhang Fei who had the highest voice among the courtiers, and even Zhang Fei felt that the position of Taishou in Hanzhong was none other than himself.
However, what surprised people was that Liu Bei actually promoted Wei Yan to be the Taishou of Hanzhong, and was made the governor of Hanzhong, becoming the commander-in-chief of the Zhenshou side. Maybe even Wei Yan didn't expect it.
The first lord was the king of Hanzhong, moved to rule Chengdu, and when he was given the important general Zhen Hanchuan, the public thought that it would be in Zhang Fei, and Fei also promised himself with his heart. The ancestor was Bayan as the general of Zhenyuan in Hanzhong, and led Hanzhong Taishou to shock the army.
For Liu Bei's reuse, Wei Yan was very grateful. Once, when Liu Bei was feasting on his courtiers, Liu Bei asked Wei Yan, "Now that you have been appointed as the Taishou of Hanzhong, do you have anything you want to express?" After hearing this, Wei Yan stood up and replied, "If Cao Cao leads all the soldiers and horses to invade Hanzhong, I will definitely block him with all my strength." If there is a detachment of 100,000 people coming, I will destroy them all for you, the Great King." Liu Bei was naturally very satisfied after hearing this, and the ministers also praised Wei Yan's heroism.
The first lord of the assembly asked Yan Yue, "Now that the secretary of state is entrusted with a heavy responsibility, what does the secretary of state want to do?" "If Cao Cao comes from all over the world, please refuse it for the king; if you will have a crowd of 100,000 people, please swallow it for the king." "The Lord praises goodness, and the multitude speaks loud."
After that, Wei Yan was at the strategic frontier of Wei Shu in Hanzhong and had been guarding the town for more than ten years.
Following Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, he often harbored unfair intentions
To say that Liu Bei treated Wei Yan, it was really nothing to say. Wei Yan was promoted out of the box, and the position that originally belonged to Zhang Fei was given to Wei Yan. Liu Bei was proclaimed empress dowager, and he was also made the general of Zhenbei, and in the first year of Jianxing, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne and was given the title of Marquis of Duting.
After Liu Bei's death, the power of the Shu state was basically in the hands of Zhuge Liang. The relationship between the two also began to slowly become delicate.
In the fifth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang began to prepare for the Northern Expedition, and troops began to enter Hanzhong and garrison Qiuyang. As the Taishou of Hanzhong, Wei Yan was promoted to Sima (丞相司馬) and Liangzhou (梁州刺史). In the sixth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition. Before the battle, Zhuge Liang threatened that the army would go out of the Xie Valley to take Yu County, and Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi led the suspected soldiers to attract Cao Zhen's attention, and he personally led the army out of Qishan.
Regarding the vanguard of the Shu army, all the generals believed that it should be Wei Yan and Wu Yi. As a result, Zhuge Liang used a horse mo, and Wang Ping commanded the troops in front, and the result was the defeat of the street pavilion. The grain route was cut off, the Shu army retreated, and Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition ended. In particular, when the Shu army retreated, the Wei general Wang Shuang pursued him and was beheaded by Wei Yan.
In the eighth year of Jianxing, Cao Wei's army attacked Hanzhong in three ways. Sima Yi, Cao Zhen, and Zhang Gao sent troops to Xicheng, Meridian Valley, and Xie Valley respectively. At that time, heavy rains fell for a month, and the Wei army returned without success. In the same year, Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan and Wu Yi to march west into Qiangzhong and attack Liangzhou, and the army marched to the Yangxi area and encountered the Wei army. After the great destruction of the Wei army, the generals Fei Yao and Yongzhou Shi Guohuai. Wei Yan was thus promoted to former military division, the great general of the Western Expedition, the False Festival, and the Marquis of Southern Zheng.
In the ninth year of Jianxing, Wei Yan once again followed Zhuge Liang on the Fourth Northern Expedition. In the Battle of Halo City, Wei Yan and Gao Xiang Wu Ban defeated the Wei army and received the first 3,000 levels of armor, 5,000 collars of Xuan armor, and 3,100 crossbows.
Liang returned to disperse, surrounded Chen Cang, Cao Zhen refused, and Liang ran out of grain. The Wei general Wang Shuang led the horse to chase liang, liang and battle, break it, and chop double
In the twelfth year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang once again went on the Northern Expedition. This time, the vanguard of the unified troops was finally Wei Yan. However, this was also Zhuge Liang's last Northern Expedition. The delicate relationship between the two was also broken with Zhuge Liang's death.
Proud and conceited, at odds with the crowd, proud and complacent, disobedient to Zhuge Liang
If we want to talk about the relationship between Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang, and the origin of the contradiction between the two, it is impossible to avoid the "Meridian Valley Conspiracy" that has been debated for thousands of years.
As early as the First Northern Expedition, Wei Yan first proposed that he personally lead the elite to take the Meridian Valley, and the surprise troops directly took Chang'an. Since then, almost every time the Northern Expedition, Wei Yan mentioned sending troops to the Meridian Valley, which would be vetoed by the cautious Zhuge Liang.
Not to mention whether the "Meridian Valley" could succeed, according to Zhuge Liang's cautious character, it was impossible for Wei Yan to lead five thousand people to attack Chang'an. Five thousand people trekked all the way through the mountains and waters to sneak into Cao Wei's important town of Chang'an, and even if they took it, they might not be able to hold it. Personally, I feel that Wei Yan is considering the tactical level, while Zhuge Liang, who is in charge of the overall situation, is unwilling to take risks.
In addition, Zhuge Liang reused Ma Mo as a pioneer and did not have to lead to the defeat of the street pavilion himself. Therefore, Wei Yan has always been dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang. Moreover, before Liu Bei died, he had told Zhuge Liang that this person was exaggerated and could not be of great use. Wei Yan believed that Zhuge Liang's move was nepotism, which led to failure.
Thinking about Liu Bei's previous use of himself so much, now Zhuge Liang is the master of the house, but he is not reused, Wei Yan is more and more angry the more he thinks, often complaining about dissatisfaction.
Yan Every time he came out, he wanted to invite tens of thousands of soldiers, and liang would meet at Tongguan, such as The story of Han Xin, and the bright system was not allowed. Yan often said that the light was timid, and the hatred of oneself was inexhaustible.
And Zhuge Liang's attitude toward Wei Yan was that it could not be used or reused. Wei Yanzhen guarded Hanzhong for ten years, and was a rare general in the Shu army, and his ability was very strong, which was beyond doubt. Especially after the deaths of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, the importance of Wei Yan was highlighted. Ten years after Jianxing, Wei Yan and Liu Yan were at odds, Zhuge Liang rebuked Liu Yan, and Liu Yan apologized to Wei Yan. Two years later, Zhuge Liang's last Northern Expedition, this time the vanguard general was finally Wei Yan.
However, Wei Yan's personality made him look very unsociable in the military, and many people were afraid of him. He also looks down on other people. I am very conceited and very pretentious.
In the face of the temperamental Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang, who was also a little arrogant, would not get used to him. So the two are in this particularly delicate environment and work together.
Because of his conceited personality, he ended up with a tragic end
It was not until Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan that the contradiction broke out on the bright side.
Before his death, Zhuge Liang discussed matters after his death with Yang Yi, Fei Yi, Jiang Wei and others, and arranged for the deployment of the Shu army's retreat. After ordering Wei Yan to break off, Jiang Wei followed. If Wei Yan didn't listen, then leave him alone, just abandon Wei Yan and lead the large army to retreat.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Yang Yi and others secretly decided to quietly withdraw their troops. Before retreating, Yang Yi sent Fei Yi to Wei Yan's army to probe Wei Yan's mouth. Wei Yan said, "Although the prime minister is dead now, but I am still wei Yan, how can I delay the major affairs of the country because of the death of one person?" He also told Fei Yi that he would lead the Shu army to continue the attack. What kind of person was I Wei Yan, how could I obey Yang Yi's orders and cut off the queen for the army.
In the autumn, Liang was ill and sleepy, and after the death of Changshi Yangyi, Sima Feiyi, and the protector Jiang Wei, jiang Wei and others retired from the army, after the delay, Jiang Wei was second; if he delayed or did not obey, the army spontaneously. Bright and suitable for death, the secret is not mourned, and the ceremony orders yi to carry out the meaning of the extension. Yan Yue: "Although the prime minister is dead, I see myself." The relatives and subordinates of the government can return the funeral, and I should lead the armies to fight the thieves, why should Yun die alone and destroy the evil of the world? And wei Yan who is, when Yang Yi's subordinates, will be hu after making a decision! ”
Wei Yan asked Fei Yi to stay and work with him, and asked Fei Yi to write a document to inform the generals in the army, and signed a signature to stay and continue the attack. Fei Yi excused himself to go back to discuss with Yang Yi. And said that Yang Yi was just a civilian official, would not fight, and would definitely listen to Wei Yan.
After Fei Yi went out, he flew onto the horse and hurried away. And Wei Yan immediately regretted it, and hurriedly sent someone to check the movements of Yang Yi and others, and as a result, Yang Yi had already begun to prepare to pull up the village and return to the south. Wei Yan was furious, and before Yang Yi could order the withdrawal of his troops, Wei Yan had already led his men to retreat first, and destroyed the trail along the way to block the return of Yang Yi's army.
Yang Yi and the others chased after Wei Yan in the rear, and Wei Yan occupied the Mouth of the South Valley to block Yang Yi. The two wrote to Liu Chan at the same time, accusing each other of rebellion. Liu Chan asked Dong Yun, Jiang Wan, who should be believed. Both said it was Wei Yan.
Yan and Yi each rebelled, and in one day, Yu Tan was handed over. Later, the lord asked Dong Yun and Shi Jiang, the governor of the liufu, and Huan and Yun Xian baoyi were suspicious.
To say that Wei Yan's personality, in the Shu Kingdom, there are really few people who help him speak. The relationship with others is also not good, especially with Yang Yi, others are afraid of Wei Yan and let him go. Only Yang Yi did not dump Wei Yan, so the contradiction between the two was the same as water and fire.
Yan was both good at raising soldiers, brave and fierce, and high-minded, and he avoided them at that time. Only Yang Yi did not pretend to extend, and extended to think that it was like water and fire. - Romance of the Three Kingdoms
In fact, I would like to say that rather than saying that the two of them are in the same situation, it is better to say that Wei Yan has always believed in his heart that after Zhuge Liang's death, he should lead the army himself, not Yang Yi, the old boy. The position of his own Uncle Wei was actually occupied by you Yang Yi, can Wei Yan, who has always been conceited, bear this anger? Even if it wasn't Yang Yi, for another person, I believe Wei Yan was the same. The important thing is not that he and Yang Yi have a contradiction, Yang Yi is in charge of the army, and it only then broke out. And whoever is in charge of the army has a conflict with whomever he wants. In fact, I have always thought that Chen Shou's record of this paragraph particularly emphasizes the contradiction between Yang Yi and Wei Yan, which is a bit of a taste of reasoning by effect.
Not only is there a contradiction with Yang Yi, but in the army, with Wang Ping and Jiang Wei. In the DPRK, he and Fei Yi and Jiang Huan are not compatible. I always feel that you are all a bunch of scum, and you are the most powerful. Even his subordinates were reluctant to follow him.
When Wei Yan led his troops to attack Yang Yi, Wang Ping pointed at Wei Yan's nose and scolded, "Now that the bones of The Chancellor are not cold, you Wei Yan dare to do so." The soldiers under them also did not want to follow Wei Yan, because after all, they were cannibalistic, and no one would kill each other and each other for the power of Wei Yan alone.
Wei Yan and several of his sons fled back to Hanzhong and were hunted down and killed by Ma Dai. Ma Dai showed Wei Yan's head to Yang Yi, who stomped Wei Yan's head under his feet and scolded, "You dog slave, do you still dare to do evil?" Subsequently, he ordered the three tribes of Wei Yan to be destroyed.
Ping Ling Yan xian deng: "Gong died, his body is not yet cold, how dare you nair!" "The Yanshi are all known to be in Yan, and the army is scattered. Yan Du fled with several of his sons and ran to Hanzhong. Yi sent Ma Dai to chase after him, and to the head of Yi, Yi qi stepped on it, saying: "Yong slave! Can you do evil again? "Sui Yi Yan Three Tribes."
To say that Wei Yan wanted to rebel was indeed a bit wronged against him. When the army was about to be taken away by Yang Yi, Wei Yan did not lead his troops to surrender to Cao Wei, which was a better choice, better than confronting Yang Yi head-on. At the beginning, he told Fei Yi to continue fighting. Personally, I felt that Wei Yan just couldn't swallow this breath, gambled unconvinced, coupled with the huge gap in psychology, and did this kind of thing in a moment of anger.
This matter, obviously, can be solved in a better way, but Wei Yan chose the worst one. What a person can do is often determined by character, and character determines fate.
I think that at that time, Liu Bei promoted Wei Yan to Hanzhong Taishou, I believe that Wei Yan must be loyal, saying that he carried the explosive package on the spot to blow up the bunker. But later Zhuge Liang did not use his own horse as a pioneer to lead to failure, the key is that his most revered Emperor Zhaolie also warned Zhuge Liang, plus his own "Meridian Valley strategy" was not adopted. This leads to a psychological imbalance. If Wei Yan said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that he was born anti-bone, I did not believe it, it may be because his dissatisfaction with Zhuge Liang deepened a little bit, and because of this, he angered others.
His conceited personality harmed himself, and he did not adjust his mentality in time, but ended up in the end of the dead. It seems that people really have to adjust their mentality in time.
"Those who have thunder in their chests, and whose faces are like a peaceful lake, can be worshiped as generals", sincerely do not deceive me.
Author: Datang Shou Catch Lang
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Art of War of Sun Tzu