If Liu Bei unified the world, who would he kill first?
During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei was after Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing, and by his generation, he had completely declined, although he had studied with Lu Zhi earlier, but because of his humble origins, even a very good student could not get the opportunity to emerge. Fortunately, soon after the Taoyuan Three Knots, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. The three brothers of Liu Guanzhang recruited troops and became an important force in defeating the Yellow Turban Army.
With the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei began the first half of his turbulent life, from Gongsun Zhan to Yuan Shao to Yuan Shu to Cao Cao to Tao Qian and Liu Zhang, Liu Bei did not know how much bitterness he had experienced along the way. Fortunately, after Longzhong invited Zhuge Liang, he then experienced the Battle of Chibi, and then took Xichuan, laying the foundation for the three kingdoms, until this time Liu Bei, only then did he have a certain weather, to be able to match cao Cao's so-called hero.
In the series of subsequent historical events, Liu Bei always advanced along the policy and line formulated by Zhuge Liang, occupied Hanzhong, opened the passage against Cao Wei, formed an alliance with Eastern Wu, and temporarily resolved the crisis in Jingzhou. All of this, all of this, seems to be proceeding according to the strategy zhuge liang has formulated for him.
However, people are not as good as heavenly calculations, and heavenly calculations are not as good as Guan Yu Hulai, and it is precisely because of Guan Yu's arrogance that the potential good situation of Shu Han was ruined, and Liu Bei was blinded by the so-called brotherhood, and even more zhang Fei's life was ruined, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of good boys in Bashu were buried. If Guan Yu could obey Liu Bei's instructions and not offend Eastern Wu, then Liu Bei's ambition to unify the world would really be realized. If Liu Bei is really allowed to unify the world, perhaps the two people around him will be in a precarious situation.
As we know, the Shu Han clique was mainly divided into two factions, namely the Yizhou faction and the Jingzhou faction. And there is one person who does not belong to either of these two factions, he is Ma Chao. Speaking of Ma Chao, when he was young, his ability was great, so that the indispensable Cao Cao cut his beard and cut off his robe, and he was extremely embarrassed. If it weren't for the rebellion of his allies, Ma Chao alone would have been able to keep Cao Cao awake all night.
Therefore, although Ma Chao surrendered to Liu Bei when he was cornered, Ma Chao's strength was still there, so if Liu Bei unified the world, then the first target of the knife was Ma Chao, because in order to stabilize the rule of himself and his descendants, he must eliminate potential opponents. And Ma Chao is the most powerful one.
The second person to be killed by Liu Bei was Zhuge Liang, why did he say so? You may have heard too many allusions to "flying birds, good bows and hidden; cunning rabbits die, running dogs cook", and the masters of high merit have always been very taboo things for emperors, especially Zhuge Liang, although he has the mentality of repaying Liu Bei, but Liu Bei, as an emperor, when his career is achieved, then is zhuge liang still necessary to continue to exist? I don't think so. What a heart-wrenching thing! Therefore, if Liu Bei really unified the world, he had absolute reasons to kill Ma Chao and Zhuge Liang, did everyone say yes?
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms