Reading the Three Kingdoms you will find an interesting thing, unlike the tragic killing of the emperor of the fallen kingdom in the descendants, the last emperor of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Xie, the lord of the Shu Dynasty, Liu Chan, the lord of the Shu Dynasty, and Sun Hao, the lord of the State of Wu, were all treated kindly after the fall of the country, and lived quite well, why is this?
The social atmosphere of the Three Kingdoms period
"Rise and destroy the country, inherit the world, lift up the people, and return the people of the world to their hearts."
This is a passage from the Analects, and in the thought of the Confucian sages, it is believed that the destruction of a country cannot be completely destroyed, and this is the true benevolence, and only in this way can all the people return to their hearts.
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "deposed hundreds of families and respected Confucianism alone", Confucianism has always been the mainstream of thought, especially in the Three Kingdoms era, this ancient relics of "destroying the country and not ending its worship" was still very popular, so Cao Pi and Sima Yan were so kind to Liu Xie, Liu Chan and Sun Hao.
Characteristics of the last monarchs of the Three Kingdoms
In fact, the main reason why the last monarchs of the Three Kingdoms were able to enjoy their old age was that each of them had a non-threatening nature.
Emperor Xian of Han has always been a puppet emperor since he ascended the throne at the age of nine, first controlled by Dong Zhuo, and then controlled by Cao Cao, and it was not easy to survive until Cao Cao died, but Cao Pi directly took his throne, and after decades of development, the people's concept of the Han Dynasty has long been diluted, and those who are loyal to the Han dynasty are either killed or all die, Liu Xie has no political foundation at all, even if Liu Xie ascends to a high level, I am afraid that no one will follow him, so Cao Pi can rest assured that he can let him live for a long time.
Liu Chan not to mention, a sentence of "here is happy, do not think of Shu" directly chilled the hearts of all the old ministers of the Shu kingdom, and the Shu state was originally intricate, those Yizhou natives and some Jingxiang people were not so loyal to the Liu family, Liu Chan also moved to the north, I am afraid that there is no longer the strength to rebel.
In the end, Sun Hao of the State of Wu did not mention that during his reign, he was cruel and unkind and murderous, and the people of the State of Wu also complained about him internally, and the people of the State of Wu were eager to eat his flesh and drink his blood, even if Sima Yan let Sun Hao rebel, Sun Hao could not turn over the waves at all, but it was better to leave him a life, and also appeared to be benevolent, so after Sun Hao's fall, Sima Yan still let him live well.