Gong gai three points of the country, named into the eight arrays, this is a sentence that later people evaluated Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was a down-to-earth positive figure in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and he used his lord Liu Bei to a new height with a sage and a far lesser person, and let the Shu Han talents be abundant, and under his rule, Liu Bei's military strength increased greatly.
In the eyes of many people, Zhuge Liang is a perfect person. He was extremely talented, and he was a model that everyone could learn from. But as long as he was a human being, then he had advantages and disadvantages, he had merits and faults, and once killed four important ministers, indirectly hastening the demise of Shu Han. What's going on?
First, Li Yan, who was investigated by the pattern
Many people could not realize their ambitions until the last years, but Zhuge Liang was a young man who was prosperous when he was invited out of the mountains by Liu Bei. Therefore, after he entered the Shu Han, Shu Han's career flourished, even to the point where the Cao family and the Sun family were once very jealous.
Liu Bei was only a marginal person selling straw shoes in the early stage, although he had the aura of Uncle Liu Huang on his head, but in fact there was no real power, let alone hope, and it was even more insufficient in terms of funds.
After he invited Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, he assisted him in fighting the world all the way, and gained several fierce generals before he could make him emperor.
Therefore, the relationship between Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei is not only a good friend, Liu Bei's kindness to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang also reciprocates as much as possible, so there is a thriving situation within Shu Han. However, under this good situation, there is also a hidden crisis. After the White Emperor's city of Tuoguo, Zhuge Liang and Li Yan were both Tuoguo ministers, holding up a piece of the sky of Chu Han
Throughout the ages, there have been countless incidents of infighting and power between the ministers of the orphans. Zhuge Liang and Li Yan did not escape the end of mutual attrition. After Zhuge Liang had a hard time gathering a large army to attack the Shu state, news came from the rear that there was not enough grain and grass, so the army was difficult to sustain, and could only return to the dynasty.
Although this incident was Li Yan's fault, Zhuge Liang strictly enforced it in accordance with the law, dismissed Li Yan from his post and investigated it, and reduced him to a commoner, and later, after learning of Zhuge Liang's death, he thought that he could no longer be reused, and died in anger.
His death can be said to be related to Zhuge Liang. Li Yan was a political talent who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Zhuge Liang since Liu Bei's death, and although he was not as good as Zhuge Liang militarily, he was a good hand at governing the country. Zhuge Liang's approach directly caused Shu Han to lose a member of the Nengchen Zhishi.
Ii. The deaths of Meng Da and Liu Feng
If Li Yan is indeed guilty, then meng Da's matter is indeed Zhuge Liang's overdoing. Although Meng Da was in Cao Wei, he proposed that he should submit to Shu Han again. According to Zhuge Liang's measure of seven captures and seven longitudinal Meng, he should give Meng Da a way to live, and even respond to his surrender to Shu Han.
However, Zhuge Liang did not do this at this time, and he wrote a letter to Meng Da to express his desire for his return, but when Meng Da really wanted to cause trouble. The people he sent to deceive did not speak, so Sima Yi grabbed Meng Da's pigtails, so Meng Da was difficult to be a man at both ends, and was eventually suppressed by Sima Yi.
Meng Da's death was completely planned by Zhuge Liang, and Liu Feng's death was another major mistake made by Zhuge Liang. At the Battle of Shangyong, Guan Yu was defeated and needed to be rescued from the rear, but Liu Feng not only did not come, but instead engaged in infighting with Meng Da, so that Guan Yu's dilemma could not be solved, and later Liu Feng knew that he was guilty and had to cut himself off.
Perhaps he had a certain lack in dealing with the world, resulting in his narrow vision, and at the time of the war, he also fought with his colleagues, missing the best opportunity to save Guan Yu, but according to the degree of Zhuge Liang's love for Talent, he was the righteous son of the lord and should be saved, but Zhuge Liang did not hesitate to send him to the "Western Heaven".
Because Zhuge Liang is very much in the orthodox origin of these ethics and morality. Liu Chan is Liu Bei's own son, and he is also the young lord who everyone has high hopes for, so with the existence of Liu Feng, Liu Chan cannot succeed to the throne safely, perhaps Zhuge Liang is considering this layer and thinks that liu Feng's existence does not seem so important.
Third, Wei Yan, who was forced to rebel
Wei Yan was a fierce general of the Shu Han Dynasty, but Zhuge Liang's first impression of him was very bad, and when he first entered the camp, Zhuge Liang ordered the soldiers around him to capture Wei Yan, because he had a backbone in the back of his head, so he wanted to kill him. Under Wei Yan's repeated assurances, Zhuge Liangcai did not do anything to him, and let him bow to the best of his ability.
Although Wei Yan listened very much to Zhuge Liang's words, after all, this matter had left a shadow in his heart. Presumably, this incident was a big thing that stimulated the contradiction between the two men, and later every time Wei Yan made some suggestions, Zhuge Liang would not listen, or directly excluded Wei Yan during the military conference, which was a great insult to a military commander.
He is also a high-ranking general, Zhuge Liang's exclusion is not to avoid people's ears, and doing this thing openly is indeed Zhuge Liang's somewhat narrow temperament. In fact, according to Zhuge Liang's wisdom, even if he was reversed, Zhuge Liang would have the ability to punish him, and there was no need to squeeze him so much.
Wei Yan had always aspired to make meritorious achievements, and when Zhuge Liang left Qishan, Wei Yan proposed a plan to go straight to Xuchang. This plan was rejected by Zhuge Liang, in fact, if Zhuge Liang obeyed Wei Yan's plan, then Xu Chang and Cao Wei would be directly in shu Han's pocket.
It was also because of this incident that Wei Yan completely chilled his heart, and he truly understood that Xiang Xiang had never taken him to heart.
Therefore, the contradiction between Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang was planted from a long time ago, and later Zhuge Liang frequently appointed Yang Yi, who wei Yan could not deal with, so that the two people had been fighting each other in the same post. This caused Wei Yan's opinion of Zhuge Liang to grow larger and larger, and after Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan wanted to give himself a breath, that is, to rebel.
Unexpectedly, this move was still recognized by Zhuge Liang, and Wei Yan was killed by Ma Dai and Yang Yi's design, which was really chilling. After all, Wei Yan was a fierce general of Shu Han, and if he presided over the military in Shu Han, Liu Chan's career would definitely rise to a higher level, but his death directly accelerated the demise of Shu Han, which was a mistake made by Zhuge Liang himself.
4. Summary
Zhuge Liang was indeed incomparably wise and resourceful, and he made one merit after another in the early stages, and he could be regarded as a well-known strategist. However, in the later period, his advantages and disadvantages were gradually revealed, that is, he would not suppress the courtiers, and could only talk about heroes in terms of right and wrong, which was the most undesirable attitude of those in power to control the government.
Although Liu Bei did not have any other great talents, he was a first-class master in employing people, and he was able to suppress the forces and factions of all sides. Zhuge Liang, Ma Dai, Wei Yan, Li Yan and others were all good employees under Liu Bei's hands, but as soon as they arrived at Zhuge Liang, they made mistakes, so it is very profound to say that the way of employing people is very profound.