Preface
Speaking of the queen Liu Chan, people will always evaluate him as a "mediocre master" when mentioning him, and also derived a word "Adou who can't be helped". Especially Shu Han perished in his hands, and the kings of the fallen countries have always had to bear the sin of the lost country.
But when Cao Wei launched an attack on him, Liu Chan took the initiative to open the city gate and surrender, so how did he live after surrendering to Cao Wei?
1. Ordered in danger
In 223 BC, Liu Bei died of illness in the White Emperor City, and before his death, he passed the throne to his son Liu Chan, and asked Zhuge Liang to assist Liu Chan. In this way, the sixteen-year-old Liu Chan sat on the throne of Shu Han, although it was said that sixteen years old was not too young in ancient times, but his father left him not a peaceful and prosperous country.
As we all know, Liu Chan's qualifications are mediocre, this is his father Liu Bei's evaluation of him, it can be said that it is enough to be a master of success according to Liu Chan's ability, but the current Shu Han is in danger.
Among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, the terrain occupied by Shu Han can be said to be the worst. Cao Wei had a vast Central Plains, and there was also the Northwest Plain. It has always been said that "those who win the Central Plains win the world".
Although Wu did not have the Central Plains, he occupied the rich Jiangnan, which has always been a center of economic and agricultural development. Of the three countries, only Shu Han is remote and has the shortest time to establish the country. This directly led to the relative disadvantage of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms Campaign.
After talking about external causes, now let's talk about internal causes, the current situation in Shu Han is still relatively grim, and Shu Han has just experienced two huge defeats before this. One is that Guan Yu's defeat of Maicheng that year caused Shu Han to lose the extremely important Jingzhou, and Shu Han's general Guan Yu was also killed in this battle.
The second is that Liu Bei was angry after Guan Yu was killed, and insisted on sending troops to avenge Guan Yu despite persuasion and personally conquer Eastern Wu.
The burning of the company camp almost wiped out the whole army, although it was not annihilated, but it hurt the foundation of Shu Han, which can be said to make Shu Han, who was not dominant, even more disadvantaged.
At this critical moment, Liu Bei, the pillar of Shu Han, was seriously ill, and Liu Bei, who was terminally ill, was about to pass away, and handed Shu Han over to Liu Chan when he was dying. Liu Chan, who was ordered to be in danger, was only sixteen years old, even if Liu Bei and others had taught Liu Chan before, but in the current situation, it is difficult for even a generation of male lords to recover the current disadvantage of Shu Han, let alone Liu Chan, who is very mediocre in ability.
Fortunately, Liu Chan still has Zhuge Liang by his side, and for a long time in the future, Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang will get along with each other as a monarch and minister that will be the envy of future generations.
Liu Chan knew that he made good use of the power and put all the power into the hands of Zhuge Liang, who can be said to be a combination of military power and relative power. Similarly, Zhuge Liang also did his best to assist Liu Chan and play more advantages for the rivers and mountains of Shu Han.
Second, I can't think about it
Liu Chan reigned for forty-one years, which is one of the longest reigning monarchs in the Three Kingdoms. And it is worth mentioning that after Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan continued to extend the national honor of Shu Han for more than 20 years, and Shu Han without Zhuge Liang still lasted for more than 20 years in the hands of Liu Chan, which is enough to see that Liu Chan is definitely not so incompetent.
At that time, Liu Chan was described as mediocre in qualifications, but if this mediocrity is compared with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, of course it is mediocre, but if he is a king of success, he can still be reluctant. And even if Zhuge Liang has passed away, he has already cultivated descendants for Shu Han, and it will not be a problem to preserve it for ten years.
is like the evaluation of Liu Chan in later generations, even if Liu Chan is not good in every way, but he is generally good, that is, obedient, his father let him treat Zhuge Liang as his father before he died, and he never stopped Zhuge Liang's behavior after he succeeded to the throne, which can be said to give Zhuge Liang the greatest power.
Jiang Wan and others, who Zhuge Liang left to Liu Chan before his death, were also reused by Liu Chan. In 263, Sima Zhao sent Zhong Hui and Deng Ai to attack Shu, and Liu Chan opened the city gate and surrendered, thus announcing the destruction of Shu Han.
As we all know, after the Gaopingling Incident, the entire Cao Wei was in charge of the Sima family, and the little emperor did not have any power, and there was an emperor's name. If this is the case, Shu Han is not considered to have died in the hands of Cao Wei, it should be said that it has died in the hands of the Sima family. Shu Han, who surrendered here, should also be able to save his life.
But then there was a rebellion, Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei conspired to rebel, although the two had different purposes, but as soon as the incident came out, they were faced with the slaughter of Cao Wei.
In the pacification of this rebellion, many ministers of Shu Han and even the royal family died here. Liu Chan's eldest son, the crown prince, was killed in the rebellion.
After experiencing this incident, there were not many ministers of Shu Han around Liu Chan. However, the king of the dead country has never been treated well. After Liu Chan had just arrived at Cao Wei, he was stopped by Sima Zhao and intimidated before letting him go.
But after all, you still have to block Youyou's mouth, so the treatment of Liu Chan is okay, and he is named An Le Gong, and he is allowed to be hereditary. It can be said that this title alone is also extremely ironic.
As Sima Zhao, who has made meritorious contributions to the destruction of Shu, the task of entertaining Liu Chan is also Sima Zhao's. Here, in order to show the friendship of the landlord, Sima Zhao also held a huge banquet for Liu Chan, and there were all kinds of wine, singing and dancing at the banquet.
Looking at Cao Wei who was celebrating at the banquet, the ministers of Shu Han couldn't help but recall their experience of losing the country, and they were all depressed. Only Liu Chan looked at the singing and dancing in front of him with great interest. Seeing Liu Chan's appearance, Sima Zhao specially asked Liu Chan if he still wanted Shu Kingdom?
Since then, Liu Chan has said the famous sentence that has been passed down to this day: "Here is fun, don't think about it!"
3. The rest of your life
Sima Zhao couldn't stop laughing when he heard this, thinking that Liu Chan was really as stupid as rumored, and he would not pose a threat at all. Although Liu Chan's actions have been criticized, it has to be said that the current Shu Han has perished, and if he shows his attachment to Shu Han, he will inevitably be feared by Sima Zhao.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Chan represents not only his own life, but also a number of ministers and people of Shu Han. This is Liu Chan's responsibility, even if he has died in the country, it is still Liu Chan's responsibility to protect them.
If nothing else is to say, just look at Sun Hao, the last emperor of Eastern Wu who was captured with him, he doesn't know that "people have to bow their heads under the eaves" to show his dissatisfaction, so that his life in Cao Wei is completely inferior to Liu Chan.
After Sima Zhao's death, his son Sima Yan took power. At the same time, he was also the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and of course he was also an emperor with iron-blooded means, but during his reign, Liu Chan achieved the ultimate in great wisdom and foolishness, and enjoyed his old age in peace, and his six sons inherited his title.
Unfortunately, during the Yongjia Rebellion, Liu Chan's sixth son, Liu Sui, and Liu Chan's other descendants were all killed. The only surviving descendant was Liu Xuan, the grandson of Liu Chan's younger brother Liu Yong, who fled to Chenghan. But Liu Chan's vein is not left behind, which makes people sigh.
epilogue
It can be said that there has always been no exact way to distinguish between the faint monarch and the Ming monarch, although Shu Han ended in the hands of Liu Chan, but it cannot be said that Liu Chan is a faint monarch, although he has no ambitions, but he has never done anything that is not beneficial to the people.
The trajectory of history is like this, "a long time must be divided, a long time must be together", more than 100 years of turmoil has come to an end, the fall of Shu Han is also the inevitable result of history, Liu Chan Although he is mediocre, he is not a faint monarch.