When reading the Three Kingdoms, many people will have such a thought: If it were not for Ah Dou being too incompetent, why would Zhuge Liang have accumulated like that! Why did Liu Bei have to pass the seat to the incompetent Ah Dou!
Regarding whether Ah Dou is incompetent, there is no need to discuss, today we will see, if Liu Bei passes the seat to the more capable adopted son Liu Feng, what will happen to Shu Han?
Liu Feng's original name was Kou Feng, and after Liu Bei's failure against Cao Cao, he fled to Jingzhou under Liu Biao's control and took refuge and met Kou Feng. Kou Feng was brave and courageous, as powerful as an ox, and Liu Bei admired him very much, so he adopted him as an adopted son and changed his name to Liu Feng.
Why did Liu Bei adopt Liu Feng? According to the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Shushu, and Biography of Liu Feng", Liu Bei did not have a son at that time, and he was already more than forty years old, so he adopted Liu Feng as an adopted son just in case.
Liu Feng followed Liu Bei from nothing to control Jingzhou and Yizhou, Liu Bei became a prince of the party, Liu Feng was a lot of efforts, and his ability was hundreds of times stronger than that of Liu Chan, so many people would consider: If Liu Bei did not have a son and let Liu Feng inherit the throne of the Shu state, would the Shu state be better?
This is not unprecedented in history. Later in the Fifth Dynasty, the Later Han Privy Counsellor established Guo Wei as Hou Zhou, but all of Guo Wei's own sons were killed during the Qianyou Rebellion, and there was only one adopted son, Guo Rong, that is, Chai Rong.
Chai Rong was a heroic and talented man, and Guo Wei loved him very much, and without a son to succeed to the throne, he did not hesitate to pass on the Great Zhou Jiangshan to his adopted son Chai Rong. Chai Rong also lived up to the trust of his adoptive father and built a Great Zhou Empire that could almost be called prosperous, and if it were not for his untimely death, there would be no Zhao Kuangyin's Song Dynasty at all.
Therefore, we can fully imagine: if Liu Bei really chose Liu Feng, what would happen to the history of the Three Kingdoms?
If Liu Bei died before Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, then Liu Bei's territory also included the three western counties of Jingzhou (南郡, Wuling, and Lingling), and Guan Yu was still guarding Jingzhou, at this time, Liu Feng would face a very difficult problem: how to negotiate with Liu Bei's original subordinates.
The forces under Liu Bei can be roughly divided into three categories: the original congzhi system, the Jingzhou system, and the Yizhou system. The so-called original subordinate lineage is the people and horses recruited by Liu Bei after he raised troops from his hometown of Hebei county by county, and in the period before he fled to Jingzhou, these people, Such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Wen You, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, And Lu Zhu, and others, are all elder-level figures of Liu Bei's clique, Guan, Zhang, and Zhao Needless to say, Lu Zhu and Lu Fang are Liu Bei's brother-in-law and brother-in-law, and Jian Yong is Liu Bei's "girlfriend".
These people have always had a high self-esteem, especially Guan Yu.
Although the "Taoyuan Three Knots" at the beginning of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is fictional, the relationship between Liu Bei and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in history is no different from that of the brothers. History says that Liu, Guan, and Zhang "slept in the same bed, enruo brothers", and since Liu Bei's army, Guan Yu has been loyal to Liu Bei and has never abandoned him.
How many years has Liu Feng known Liu Bei? Although there is merit, but the merits of Guan Yu are certainly incomparable, just because Liu Feng is Liu Bei's adopted son, he can inherit Liu Bei's family business, I would like to ask, how is Guan Yu, who has always been proud, willing to be convinced?
At this time, liu feng could only control Yizhou, and the western part of Jingzhou was controlled by Guan Yu. And Liu Feng really did not make any great merits, if he wanted to sit firmly in the country and let everyone be convinced of him, he must first subdue Guan Yu. If Wen did not succeed, then only force could be used against Guan Yu, and the Yizhou soldiers would attack Jingzhou from the Three Gorges under the command of Liu Feng.
However, this brings us to another, more serious question: Will Liu Bei's Jingzhou and Yizhou clans listen to Liu Feng?
First of all, let's talk about the Jingzhou system. The Jingzhou department was the people and horses that Liu Bei recruited during his time in Jingzhou, the most famous of which was naturally Zhuge Liang, who was invited by Liu Beisan Gu Maolu, in addition to Pang Tong, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Ma Wuchang, Yi Yuan, Liao Li, Zhang Cun, Yin Guan and other civilian officials, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Deng Fang and other military generals. The Jingzhou clan followed Liu Bei later than the Yuan Cong faction, but their loyalty to Liu Bei was very high, and it was reasonable to say that they should be dispatched by Liu Feng.
However, which of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan is not the dragon and phoenix among the people? That is to say, someone with great ambition, ability, and wrist like Liu Bei can shock these people, Liu Feng is just a child in their eyes, and he will definitely not be convinced of Liu Feng. Then, Liu Fengliwei is needed.
How does Liu Feng establish his will? If Guan Yu attacked Jingzhou and killed each other, one would cheapen Cao Cao in the north and Sun Quan in the east, and the other would also make Zhuge Liang and other Jingzhou departments chill, and accelerate the estrangement of Liu Feng. Rectify the Yizhou native system to Li Wei? Unless Liu Feng is crazy.
After Liu Bei took Yizhou, the Yizhou clan ignored Liu Bei's love, forcing Liu Bei to marry the sister of Wu Yi, a member of the Yizhou clan, as his wife (the widowed sister-in-law of Liu Zhang, the former Mu of Yizhou). Liu Bei did not dare to move the Yizhou clan, and Liu Feng did not have the ability and guts to do so. Once Liu Feng attacked the Yizhou department, it would force the Yizhou department and the Jingzhou department to join forces to deal with Liu Feng.
Then, Liu Feng's best way to establish his power was to attack Zhang Lu in the Han Dynasty to the north. After capturing Hanzhong, in addition to Liu Feng's ability to establish his might, he could also use Hanzhong as a strategic gateway to Shuzhong, close the gate, and shuzhong was worry-free. However, when Liu Bei died, Hanzhong had already got his hands on it, so Liu Feng had to attack Guanzhong controlled by Cao Cao. In this way, Yizhou will have to undertake a huge military supply collection task, and the pressure is very high.
During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, it was because of "being honest and honest and spreading justice" and "although he had been punished, although he did not personally have meritorious service, he would be rewarded", he reluctantly managed to get the Yizhou system, and Liu Feng's political ability was still far from reaching the level of Zhuge Liang.
Liu Feng's rule of Shu is more likely to be the rule of Gang Meng, and it will not be like Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's Huairou means, and the final result is to lead to the centrifugal deviation of the Yizhou department from Liu Feng.
Another point is that even if Liu Bei passed the throne to Liu Feng, out of the consideration of Liu Feng's fierce personality, there is still a great possibility of relying on Zhuge Liang.
Some people will say: Isn't Zhuge Liang's assistance to Liu Chan also very good? Why can't you also assist Liu Feng?
The problem lies in Liu Feng's character and ability. Liu Chan knew that he was nothing, he had self-knowledge, so he handed everything over to Zhuge Liang, and he also ended up idle, but what about Liu Feng? Zhuge Liang commented on him: "Feng Gang meng, after yi shi, it will be difficult to control the emperor." Such a person who has the ability and ideas will certainly not be as obedient as Liu Chan, and there will definitely be various problems in getting along with Zhuge Liang.
If such a situation arises, there is no doubt that the Jingzhou and Yizhou departments will most likely side with Zhuge Liang, after all, when Zhuge Liang was in Jingzhou, he had extensive contacts, which Liu Feng could not compare. Moreover, Zhuge Liang's personality is more in line with the interests of the Yizhou department, at least Zhuge Liang will make great power concessions to the Yizhou department.
If Liu Feng had not yet gained self-awareness and was self-conscious, the Shu state would have fallen into serious civil strife and would have been taken advantage of by Wei and Wu.
Therefore, Liu Bei's choice of Liu Chan to succeed to the throne, although it made countless people regret, but at least it was more appropriate than Liu Feng, if Liu Feng was really allowed to succeed to the throne, then Shu Han would not be able to last so long.