Read history to emphasize "officials". Sometimes, a simple title can reveal a lot of information.
Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang to "Sangu Maolu", but Liu Bei did not make Zhuge Liang a military master, and at the same time, it was impossible to make him too big an official.
There are two reasons for this:
First, Liu Bei's strength is too weak.
A blank check "General Zuo" is actually scary; The so-called "Yicheng Pavilion Marquis" is only a pavilion marquis, and Guan Yu is a level, which is also in name. As for the hands, there are only a few thousand soldiers; The garrison is only a county, and the key is that it can only be used for garrisons. Therefore, in terms of strength, Liu Bei is not even a county-level prince.
Second, Liu Bei is very good at being a good person.
In the late Han dynasty, Wei and Jin, the reason why there were too many famous men and gentlemen was mainly because everyone flaunted each other. Some people call me a phoenix chick, and some people call you a crouching dragon. Blowing around, blowing people think they are Bole, and those who are blown think they are Maxima, anyway, everyone believes it. But people like Liu Bei definitely don't believe it. He is an old quack, and he must see your true ability before he will be entrusted with a heavy task.
Therefore, in the first year or two, Zhuge Liang also helped Liu Bei discuss the general trend of the world, and in layman's terms, he played the role of a think tank.
During the Battle of Chibi, Zhuge Liang relied on his close relationship with the Sun Quan clique and successfully promoted the Sun-Liu Alliance. So, it's definitely a great accomplishment.
Therefore, Liu Bei made Zhuge Liang a "general in the army".
Although he was called "Military Division", he was not the chief of staff, but the minister of logistics, mainly for Liu Bei to manage the three counties of Changsha, Guiyang, and Lingling, responsible for the allocation of military food and taxes.
If Liu Bei, like Liu Bang, has been fighting big battles, then this Xiao He's military division will be very important. But if Liu Bei doesn't fight, or keeps fighting small battles, then Xiao He is not worth anything, and it is Zhang Liang who is valuable.
Unfortunately, Zhuge Liang did Xiao He, who was not very important at that time. The rank of lieutenant general is also not high, between captain and general. Guan Yu had already become a general in the Battle of Chibi.
Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and this matter Zhuge Liang had to be counted as the first merit.
The first is strategic planning. Zhuge Liang was the first to propose the strategy of taking Jing and Yi Erzhou. This painting strategy pointed out the direction of progress for Liu Bei Group, so it is necessary to give Zhuge Liang a great credit.
The second is strategic operations. He not only sent troops to Sichuan with Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to assist Liu Bei, but also designed a strategic operation to sweep the two roads from northern Sichuan and southern Sichuan into Sichuan. Therefore, this has to give Zhuge Liang a credit.
As a result, Liu Bei made Zhuge Liang a general of the army division and a general of the left army, and finally rose to the rank of general. Although he is a miscellaneous general, he is definitely a big step up compared to General Zhonglang.
The Han Dynasty generals were divided into three levels, the first level was the great general, the hussar general, the rooky general, and the Wei general, the second level was the four generals on the left and right sides of the front, back, and the third level was various miscellaneous generals. At that time, Liu Bei himself was the left general, so it was impossible to seal Zhuge Liang higher.
After joining forces with Cao Cao to kill Lü Bu, Liu Bei was made a left general by Cao Aqiao. General Zuo became Liu Bei's largest official rank at the time. When the government was opened, General Zuo's office was equivalent to Liu Bei's staff.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang is equivalent to Liu Bei's chief of staff. But Liu Bei has been crusading to the west. Therefore, the left shogunate is not important, only a rear or logistics department, what is important is the decision-making of the front of the army.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang was still Xiao He and failed to be Zhang Liang.
But today is not the same as in the past, the territory is bigger, the army is more, and we will have to fight a big war in the future. Therefore, Xiao He's role is stronger than Zhang Liang. Zhuge Liang was reused by Liu Bei, and it should be counted from this time.
After the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei proclaimed himself King of Hanzhong. Since he is called king, he naturally wants to be a great vassal.
But I don't know why, Liu Bei should not have given Zhuge Liang an official. Tai Fu, the most honourable official, gave Xu Jing; Shang Shu ordered this most powerful official to give Fa Zheng.
Therefore, at that time, the person Liu Bei valued most was Fa Zheng, not Zhuge Liang. Although reuse, but reuse has a high level, Zhuge Liang must be under the law.
Liu Bei ascended the throne as emperor, and of course, he also had to make a great number of vassals.
At this time, Zhuge Liang finally survived.
Liu Bei made Zhuge Liang the prime minister, the record of shangshu, and the false festival. After Zhang Fei's death, he was also made a lieutenant of the division. These officials are not only famous in name, but also all of them are real power among real powers.
Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Prime Minister Cheng has been the largest official in the dynasty. This needs no explanation. Even though the prime minister's power has shrunk, the grade has not declined.
Since Emperor Wudi of Han, the emperor has been competing with Cheng for power. So who will rob it? One is to rely on foreign relatives, but this is too indirect. The second is to rely on using your own private office, which is the most direct. The emperor's private office is Shangshu, which is nominally subordinate to the Jiuqing Shaofu.
The boss of Shangshu Yamen is Shang Shuling.
Shang Shuling has great power and can refute the chancellor's recital, but he is a lowly and powerful person. This was equivalent to the emperor appointing a department-level cadre to manage the ministerial-level cadres of the imperial court.
Therefore, in addition to the Shang Shu Order, a record of Shang Shu was set up, and the trusted minister concurrently served as the minister. The minister's high grade and the power of the noble book are combined, and the name is true.
Therefore, Prime Minister Zhuge is not the real prime minister. Because the prime minister has no power, the prime minister Zhuge naturally has no real name. And once he is also the secretary of Lu Shang, then Zhuge Cheng must be the real prime minister.
The "fake" of "false festival" means temporary borrowing. Therefore, the false festival is to temporarily borrow the emperor's "festival", and then give orders in place of the emperor, which can both control the army and appoint and remove officials. In the Han Dynasty, there were not many ministers who could have "false festivals".
The captain of the division, known as Crouching Tiger, is responsible for the supervision of the areas directly under the central government. As long as you are in the Gyeonggi area, no matter how big an official you are, the captain can check you, manage you, and handle you.
Therefore, when he became emperor, Liu Bei already believed in both Zhuge Liang's ability and Zhuge Liang's loyalty. Zhuge Liang finally passed the layers of assessment and became Liu Bei's minister.
When he was lonely at the end of his life, Liu Bei asked Liu Chan to "do things like a father". Zhuge Liang was promoted to the second father of the Shu Han emperor, equivalent to Lü Buwei of the Qin dynasty.
However, Li Yan was also granted the title of Shangshu Ling and the protection of the army, which was equivalent to separating part of the military and political power. But Liu Chan also trusted Zhuge Liang, so Li Yan naturally couldn't make any moths, and the power was always in the hands of Prime Minister Zhuge Zai.