In 234, Zhuge Liang fell ill and died in Wuzhangyuan, and Liu Chan, in accordance with his last wishes, appointed Jiang Huan as Shang Shu Ling (尚書令) and took charge of the imperial government, and soon after, he let Jiang Huan lead the History of Yizhou, and then promoted him to the rank of Grand General and the Marquis of Anyang Ting, basically enjoying the standard treatment of Zhuge Liang during his lifetime.
The reason why Liu Chan did this, in addition to respecting Zhuge Liang's last wishes, there was a more important layer of reasons. You think, since Liu Bei's death, the entire Shu kingdom has taken Zhuge Liang as the main backbone, when Zhuge Liang just died, there was a feeling of insecurity and no dependence on the Shu kingdom, at this time it was necessary for a centralized figure to come up, Liu Chan knew in his heart that he was not that piece of material, then he must raise Jiang Huan to a high position as soon as possible.
Jiang Huan did not live up to Zhuge Liang's love, nor did he disappoint Liu Chan. Jiang Huan himself was a man of great stature, calm and steady, and when Zhuge Cheng died and the whole country was uneasy, he had neither a sad expression nor a happy face, and his speech and demeanor were the same as usual, and over time, everyone gradually calmed down, and they were a little convinced of Jiang Huan.
But Jiang Huan was not Zhuge Liang after all, Zhuge Liang was a person who followed Liu Bei when he was down, belonged to the founding heroes of the Shu Kingdom, and had Liu Bei's trust before his death, so his position was very strong. Although Jiang Huan basically sat in Zhuge Liang's position, he was promoted step by step by Zhuge Liang from the grassroots level, and to say a bad word, Jiang Huan's ability may only be known to Zhuge Liang the most, and others do not know, so some people are still a little different attitude towards him.
The Eastern Cao Yang Opera of the Shu Kingdom was relatively noble and arrogant, and he did not like to talk to others very much, and when Jiang Huan had something to talk to him, he was also silent. This may not mean that Yang Ju has an opinion on Jiang Huan, but the people around Jiang Huan do not see it that way. Someone said to Jiang Huan, you and Yang Xi talked, he actually did not react at all, where to use this attitude to treat the boss, he is such an arrogant person, it is too much.
You look at how People Jiang Huan answered, Jiang Huan said, everyone's personality is different, just like everyone has a different face. Some people are obedient to their superiors on the surface, but behind their backs they are very opposed, and such talents should be the objects we should hate. Yang Xi must have different ideas from me in his heart, if he agrees with my opinion in person, it will go against his original intentions, if he opposes me in person, then he will feel that he does not respect me enough, so he is silent, I think there is nothing wrong with what he did.
There was also an official named Yang Min, who once slandered and discussed Jiang Wan behind his back, saying that Jiang Wan, a person who was confused in his work, was really inferior to his predecessors. As a result, this word was spread out, and the official in charge of the judiciary felt that it was completely possible to use this to punish Yang Min's crime, but Jiang Huan had his own opinion.
Jiang Huan said, there is nothing good to cure, I am indeed inferior to my predecessors, Yang Min is very right. The magistrate heard Jiang Min himself say this, and it was really not good to pursue Yang Min's guilt, but he was a little too unable to face it, so he asked Jiang Huan, you agree with Yang Min's statement, then when did you do it confused?
Jiang Huan explained to him, he said that I was confused, referring to the fact that I handled some things inappropriately, and things were handled inappropriately, that is, I was confused about doing things. This is good, but the magistrate is confused, and in any case, it is not pursued.
Later, that Yang Min was arrested and imprisoned for committing other crimes, and everyone felt that Jiang Huan's previous crime of not treating him was because it had something to do with himself, and he was punished for his own bad face, and now that Yang Min himself had committed a crime, he would definitely be put on small shoes, and if he didn't get it right, he would be executed. The result disappointed everyone, Jiang Huan asked the person in charge of the interrogation to try strictly according to law, and as a result, Yang Min only received a very reasonable punishment.
After these few things, everyone had a new understanding of Jiang Wan, and they all felt that this was a truly reasonable and generous person, and the People of Shu Guo also had a better and better impression of him.
In 238 AD, a major event occurred in the state of Wei, and the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui ordered Sima Yi to lead a large army to attack Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong. Liu Chan felt that this might be a good opportunity to crusade against the State of Wei, so he issued an edict to Jiang Huan.
Probably the meaning is that Cao Wei has always been our great enemy, and now Cao Rui is fierce and arrogant, and the people of Liaodong really can't help it, so they have risen up against him, and now Cao Rui has collected a lot of people's strength and attacked each other with the people of Liaodong, and we must pay attention to this matter. On the eve of the fall of the Qin Dynasty, it was Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who took the lead in attacking, and now that the State of Wei has such a change, it is really a godsend, you should quickly organize the army, lead the army to Hanzhong, and then get in touch with the State of Wu, and when the Army of the State of Wu goes north, we will also send troops to attack the State of Wei from two directions.
In order to facilitate Jiang Huan to better handle military and political affairs, Liu Chan also ordered that Jiang Huan be made the Grand Sima and let him open the palace and set up his own set of teams.