Preface
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu defeated Maicheng and was beheaded by Sun Quan and died, Liu Bei ignored Zhuge Liang to prevent the White Emperor City from attacking Eastern Wu, and after being defeated by the Wu army, he was filled with grief and anger and died of illness in the White Emperor City.
Although he was alone in Zhuge Liang in danger, Liu Chan was a dou who couldn't be supported, so that the foundation of Shu Han was defeated in his hands, and the power of the world finally fell into the hands of Cao Wei.
For this ending, many people believe that the demise of Shu Han is mainly because Liu Bei died too early, if he has been alive to preside over the power, maybe the world will be his, and those heroes of the Han family can also have a better ending.
However, some people also believe that since ancient times, emperors have been affectionate, once Liu Bei becomes the master of the world, those heroes may not have a good end, especially these 3, they must be the first to be killed, and Zhuge Liang has long known about this, but he didn't say it.
1. Zhuge Liang
From ancient times to the present, it is a taboo for the heavenly family to cover the master, if Liu Bei wins the world, the first thing to kill is Zhuge Liang, the military advisor above 10,000 people under one person, and the purpose of doing so is to maintain his own authority and the stability of the regime.
This speculation is not groundless, you must know that since Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang out of the mountain after visiting the thatched house, Zhuge Liang can be said to have made great contributions to the Han family.
Under his advice, Liu Bei first took Jingxiang as a base, and then united with Sun Quan to resist Cao Cao, which led to the foundation of Shu Han, it can be said that most of the Shu Han were fought down by Zhuge Liang.
Moreover, Zhuge Liang not only has the ability to fight the country, but also the wisdom to guard the country. After he assisted Liu Bei in establishing the Shu Han regime, he was awarded the post of prime minister, and many of the country's large and small government affairs were handled by him.
In terms of internal affairs, Zhuge Liang implemented a series of policies, such as promoting ethnic autonomy, appointing influential upper-level figures in Nanzhong as local officials at all levels, allowing them to govern their own ethnic groups, and relocating some of the powerful people in Nanzhong to Chengdu to reduce their interference in local affairs, so as to promote ethnic unity and better implement the national ideology of the Yihan family.
In terms of people's livelihood, he implemented the policy of persuading farmers and vigorously developed agricultural production, such as teaching the people to grow rice and developing water conservancy, so as to increase grain production. These policies not only solved the problem of military funding for the Northern Expedition, but also improved the lives of the local people and enabled the development of the vast and sparsely populated areas.
In terms of personnel training, he appointed people on the basis of merit and did not stick to one pattern, and cultivated a group of loyal and capable officials for the Shu Han regime. At the same time, he is also committed to the inheritance and development of Chinese culture, and has contributed to the cultural prosperity of Shu Han.
In general, Zhuge Liang is fully capable of being the master of a country. Regarding this point, Liu Bei has actually always known in his heart, otherwise he would not have said to Zhuge Liang when he was lonely in the White Emperor City, "Cao Pi, who is ten times more talented, will be able to stabilize the country and finally decide on a big event", it is conceivable that once Liu Bei becomes the master of the world, Zhuge Liang's threat will definitely be the greatest, and he will naturally be unable to escape death.
Speaking of which, some people also questioned that if Liu Bei really didn't trust Zhuge Liang so much, why did he still say "If the heir can be supplemented, he will be supplemented, and if he is not talented, you can take it yourself", isn't it redundant?
This is actually in line with what people often say, "The emperor's mind is magical, the gods and ghosts do not speak", Liu Bei said this, in fact, he may not really want Zhuge Liang to replace him, but he just wants to test Zhuge Liang's loyalty in this way, and take the opportunity to strengthen his loyalty to the Han family. From this point of view, once he dominates the world, Zhuge Liang will inevitably not be able to stay.
2. Wei Yan
As soon as Zhuge Liang died, the second person to be killed must be Wei Yan. Wei Yan was also regarded as a famous general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, he fought bravely, had an arrogant personality, and made many military exploits, although he was not ranked in the "Five Tiger Generals", but he was deeply valued by Liu Bei.
It's just that Zhuge Liang has always had reservations about it, on the grounds that he is "born anti-bone". In the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when Zhuge Liang first saw Wei Yan, he first thought that he was disloyal and unrighteous because he "ate his Lu and killed his master" and "lived in his land and sacrificed his land", and then because he saw that he had a backbone in the back of his head, he predicted that he would rebel in the future, so he always thought that Wei Yan should be killed.
It's just that Liu Bei didn't think so, so he left Wei Yan. Later, before Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, he predicted that Wei Yan would rebel after his death, so he confessed to Ma Dai and Yang Yi, once Wei Yan disobeyed his last orders and refused to break off, he would kill him with a plan.
Sure enough, after Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan refused to obey this order, and led his army to Hanzhong in advance, rushing ahead of Yang Yi's army, passing through the plank road, and burning the plank road. So, Yang Yi sent Ma Dai to lead an army to catch up with Wei Yan and kill him.
From this point of view, Wei Yan is still very afraid of Zhuge Liang, if Liu Bei kills Zhuge Liang after winning the world, Wei Yan has no threat, and he will inevitably wait for the opportunity to rebel. After all, Liu Bei is a generation of emperors, and with his wisdom, he will not be unaware of Wei Yan's ambitions, and for the sake of political stability, he will inevitably kill Wei Yan to prevent future troubles.
3. Jiang Wei
In addition to Wei Yan, one of the tiger generals that Liu Bei may kill is Jiang Wei.
Among the generals of the Three Kingdoms period, Jiang Wei's strength should not be underestimated, and he also played an important role in the Shu Han regime, if it were not for him, after Zhuge Liang's death, Shu Han would have perished long ago.
Jiang Wei's life can be described as ups and downs, he is well-read, the art of war and martial arts are omniscient, he was originally the Zhonglang general of Cao Wei Tianshui County, in the process of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, because of Wei Tianshui's suspicion of guarding Ma Zun, he had to belong to Shu Han.
After joining the Han Dynasty, he went on the Northern Expedition with Zhuge Liang four times, and showed extraordinary courage and talent, and made many military exploits, so he was valued and cultivated by Zhuge Liang. not only let him hold an important position in the army, but also passed his military book "Twenty-four Articles of the Art of War" to him before his death, and entrusted him with the will of Shu Han's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
For Jiang Wei, Zhuge Liang not only has the grace of knowing him, but also has the love of preaching and teaching. Otherwise, he would not obey Zhuge Liang's last order and continue to lead the Shu Han army to the north to attack Cao Wei, intending to complete the unfinished business of his predecessors and unify the world.
To a certain extent, Jiang Wei is Zhuge Liang's heir, although his talent is not as good as Zhuge Liang, but compared to others, he is invincible.
In terms of ability, if Liu Bei rules the world and Zhuge Liang dies, Jiang Wei is the biggest threat, and it is natural to get rid of it to prevent future troubles; from the perspective of human feelings, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei have a teacher-student friendship and have a great relationship, if Zhuge Liang is killed, Jiang Wei may not be bound by Liu Bei, since he can't be used by him, he will naturally die.
summary
In general, these are just speculations, but judging from the performance of many emperors on the throne in history, "the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks" is indeed a very common phenomenon, although Liu Bei is indeed a virtuous monarch in history, but the emperor's heart, the needle under the sea, in the face of power, he may not be different.