As we all know, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period have always been a model of mutual success between kings and subjects in history, whether it is Liu Bei's "Er can be taken" before his death or Zhuge Liang's "bowing to exhaustion", which is a good historical story that shows junming and chenxian. However, some people have recently questioned Liu Bei's words before his death, indicating that Liu Bei is looking at Zhuge Liang's answer, and if Zhuge Liang expresses his heart on the sentence "Er can be taken", Liu Bei's prepared knife and axe hand will kill Zhuge Liang on the spot. Whether this White Emperor City Trust is Liu Bei's temptation or a sincere explanation, let's analyze it in detail.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > the political situation in the Shu Han</h1>
At that time, according to the division of later historians, the Shu Han should have been divided into four political groups, namely the Elder Faction headed by Liu Bei's brother Zhang Feiguanyu, the Jingzhou faction headed by Huang Zhongwei Yan, the Yizhou faction represented by Li Yanfazheng, and the Xiliang faction headed by Ma Chao.
Among them, Ma Chao belongs to the foreign population and is not trusted by Liu Bei, so he is not competitive. Among the remaining three factions, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun have been following Liu Bei since the time when he was most depressed, and his feelings are very deep. However, by the time Liu Beibai Emperor chengguo was alone, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had already died one after another, and at that time, the military power of the Elder Faction had fallen into the hands of others, which was equivalent to the gradual decline of the Elder Faction.
There are still Yizhou factions and Jingzhou factions left, and relatively speaking, the Jingzhou faction has more power. Among them, although Zhuge Liang was not from Jingzhou, his connections, including his two brothers-in-law, actually belonged to the Jingzhou faction. Even Jiang Huan, who took over the post of chancellor after Zhuge Liang's death, was also a Jingzhou person. Most of the major ministers in Liu Chan's later period were from Jingzhou.
In the Yizhou faction, Huang Quan and Zhang Yi were more favored by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, but Zhang Yi died earlier, and Huang Quan surrendered to Cao Cao, resulting in the later Yizhou faction being unable to exert strength in the entire Shu Han political clique.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > Liu Bei's chancellor</h1>
When Liu Bei bai emperor was entrusted with the city of Guoguo, at that time, he followed Liu Bei to establish the Shu Han Dynasty, and there were not many ministers who were deeply trusted by Liu Bei and were worthy of trust, only Zhuge Liang, Li Yan, and Zhao Yun were left. Under such circumstances, Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang that if Liu Chan can be worthy of your assistance, you will assist, and if it is not worth it, "Er can take it."
The meaning of "Erke" is interesting, some people understand it as "you can replace him" and some people understand it as "you can replace him with my other son". The personal understanding of this sentence is different, after all, Liu Bei is not a saint, and it sounds more reliable to let Zhuge Liang change someone to assist him than to let Zhuge Liang become emperor.
But whether it was to change personal assistants or become emperors himself, Liu Bei gave Zhuge Liang a choice, Zhuge Liang did not take the road given by Liu Bei, he chose to assist Liu Chan, this answer made Liu Bei very relieved.
But as for what sword and axe hand is ready, just wait for Zhuge Liang to make a choice, it belongs to everyone's brain. Zhuge Liang knew afterwards that Liu Bei had defended him, wouldn't he be discouraged, and would he still be able to bow down to the fullest? As a self-made emperor, if Liu Bei did not even have the slightest confidence in this, he simply could not establish a regime that fought against Cao Wei's grandson Wu Xiangting. Because in itself, such a thing as isolation is a kind of political and moral kidnapping.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > the political significance of the orphan</h1>
Orphanage is an extremely political thing, in fact, it belongs to a kind of moral kidnapping. Why zhao Kuangyin wanted to be an emperor couldn't think of it, he had to let people put on a play for himself "yellow robe plus body". Because he was deeply used by the Chai royal family, if he directly overthrew the people, the records in the history books would be ugly.
Even now, Cao Cao said that the dynasty he was in was the Eastern Han Dynasty instead of the Three Kingdoms, because the State of Wei was founded by Cao Pi, and Cao Cao was not capable enough? No, because he was a Hanchen, he could not overthrow his own monarch.
Therefore, Liu Beituoguo chose Zhuge Liang, first, because Zhuge Liang did have that ability, and he was the representative of the Jingzhou faction with the most capable people in the Shu Han political clique at that time. Second, he wanted to ensure through this method that Zhuge Liang would not oppose Liu Chan for the rest of his life.
Therefore, for Liu Bei, choosing Zhuge Liang as a chancellor before he died had his own considerations, but he did not really have a sword and light sword shadow.