In the second year of Zhang Wu (222), Liu Bei led an army of 40,000 to the east to avenge the general Guan Yu, but was attacked by the Eastern Wu general Lu Xun and failed. In the spring of The Third Year of Zhang Wu's reign, Liu Bei was critically ill in the White Emperor's City, and summoned Zhuge Liang and Shangshu to order Li Yan to be in the White Emperor's City, and ordered them to assist his son Liu Chan. Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Biography of the First Lord is recorded as follows: "In the spring and February of the third year of Zhang Wu, Cheng Xiangliang traveled from Chengdu to Yong'an. In March, the first lord was ill, entrusted to Zhuge Liang, and Shang Shu made Li Yan his deputy. In the summer of April, the first lord died in the Yong'an Palace, when he was sixty-three years old. ”
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Yong'an Palace is Liu Bei's palace in the White Emperor City, after the fiasco of the Battle of Yiling to Lu Xun, he has been staying here, did not return to Chengdu, it is estimated that the face can not pass, everyone advised you not to fight, you have to fight, the result was Lu Xun a small young man beaten fat, pressed on the ground and rubbed, the last illness can not afford. At this time, Liu Bei had to consider the problem of heirs, but compared with Cao Cao, Liu Bei's successor was much simpler than Cao Cao, Liu Bei had a total of three biological sons, namely Liu Chan, Liu Yong, and Liu Li, although Liu Chan was not capable, it was said that the next two sons were not as good as Liu Chan. Therefore, Liu Bei's choice of Liu Chan as his successor is also understandable.
However, there is a problem here, because Liu Bei temporarily settled in Jingzhou after he defected to Liu Biao, who had assassinated Shi Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and at that time Liu Bei considered that he had no heirs, so he adopted an adopted son, and this adopted son was Liu Feng. Liu Feng's role in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not heavy, it is easy to be ignored by everyone, but the history is not so simple, Liu Feng is a family family, is the son of Luo Houkou and the nephew of Liu Bi in Changsha County. Since his twenties, he has been following Liu Bei in the southern expedition to the north and has been superior in force. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, "Shi Feng was more than twenty years old, had martial arts, had excellent strength, and traced the soldiers to the west with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, etc., where they were fighting." Yizhou was established to be a lieutenant general in the army".
More importantly, after Liu Bei accepted him as a righteous son, he has also been carefully cultivated and placed high hopes on him, and once regarded him as a candidate for the crown prince. But later, after Liu Beisi thought about it, he still regarded Liu Chan as the prince, after all, this was the true blood of his dearest. Although Liu Chan's ability is average, it is still no problem to have the assistance of characters such as Zhuge Liang and Li Yan. And Liu Feng did not have any ideas about this, there was no dissatisfaction, Liu Feng's cognition of himself was also relatively clear, he was a righteous son, and the prince did not have any opinions on Liu Chan, on the contrary, Liu Feng should be said to be more nervous at this time, because although he was a righteous son, after all, he was the nominal eldest son, and he was a threat to Liu Chan, so Liu Feng must be very low-key at this time.
If it is said that when Liu Bei is in the middle of the day, he can fully control the situation and will not take any measures against Liu Feng, but once a regime changes, in the case of internal and external troubles, at this time it must form an iron plate inside, and cannot let any internal risks appear, at this time Liu Feng's role is very embarrassing. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that "Zhuge Liang was worried about the fierceness of the seal, and it would be difficult to control the emperor after the Yi Dynasty, so he persuaded the ancestors to get rid of it." ”
Therefore, Liu Bei made up his mind to get rid of Liu Feng, and the first crime given to Liu Feng was not to save Guan Yu, and the history books recorded very clearly, what kind of state were Liu Feng and Meng Da in when they received Guan Yu's distress letter? According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Feng's biography: "Since Guan Yu besieged Fancheng and Xiangyang, he even called out Feng and Da, and ordered the troops to help themselves. Feng, Daci and Da resigned to the mountain county initially attached, can not be shaken, do not accept the fate of the feather. Therefore, when Guan Yu asked Liu Feng and Meng Da for help, it was when he besieged Cao Ren in Fancheng, not when he defeated Maicheng, Guan Yu surrounded Cao Ren, but he could not fight down, at this time he asked Liu Feng and Meng Da to send troops to beat Cao Ren down, not to save his own life. Liu Feng's reply to Guan Yu was very clear: "The mountain county was initially attached, and it could not be shaken", and the land of the mountain county he was in charge of had just been pacified, and the people's hearts were undecided, so at this time, if Liu Feng went, it was easy for the rear to be unstable, and it was possible that he could not fight down, and later The two brothers Shen Yan and Shen Yi really rebelled and surrendered to Cao Wei. In Liu Feng's situation at that time, his side had not yet been completely settled, how could he have the energy to help Guan Yu, so it was also reasonable for him not to send troops.
Guan Yu was captured
It's just that at this time, no one can think that Second Master Guan will directly defeat Maicheng next. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Guan Erye defeated Maicheng, he sent someone to liu feng for help, and Liu Feng misheard Meng Da's divisive words and did not send troops to rescue, which eventually made Guan Yu killed by Sun Quan.
The second charge was because Liu Feng bullied Meng Da and caused him to surrender to Wei. In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Feng and Meng Da were at odds, and Liu Feng seized Meng Da's band playing drums, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms records: "Feng and Da are at odds with each other, and Feng seeks to seize Da's advocacy." Fearing sin and being angry, Da resigned his lord and led him to surrender to Wei." Because Liu Bei had previously blamed Liu Feng Meng Da for not saving Guan Yu, Meng Da was afraid of being punished by Liu Bei and held a grudge against Liu Feng, so he surrendered to Cao Wei, and then fought with Xu Huang to fight the army, and repaired Liu Feng's letter to persuade him to surrender. Liu Feng resolutely did not surrender, and later Shen Yi rebelled, liu Feng was broken, and returned to Chengdu.
"When the seal is sealed, the first lord rebukes the seal for invading Lingda, but does not save Yu." Zhuge Liang was worried about the fierceness of the seal, and it would be difficult to control the emperor after yi shi, so he persuaded the first lord to get rid of it. So he gave the seal to death, so that he could cut himself", but Liu Bei then heard about Liu Feng's ripping off the book and beheading the envoy, and he also regretted killing Liu Feng in his heart.
However, whether it is the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or the main history, for the stability of the Shu Han regime, Liu Feng must die, because Liu Feng is in such an environment, even if he himself does not have the idea of changing the day of the day, BaoQi some people do things under the banner of Liu Feng, for Liu Bei, Liu Feng is always an important hidden danger, just in case, he can only kill the killer. I don't know if Liu Feng would have had a different ending if he returned to the Kou family?