People who have known the Three Kingdoms know the stories of "Three Gu Maolu", "Like Fish in the Water", and "White Emperor City Trusting Loneliness", and generally feel that the relationship between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang is very good, and I used to think so.
But as I get older, the more I learn about history, the more incredible I feel.
Why did Liu Bei stay in Xinye for six years before he went to see Zhuge Liang?
Why did Liu Bei bring troops into Shu and did not bring Zhuge Liang?
Why did Liu Bei capture Hanzhong without Zhuge Liang?
Why did Liu Bei lead troops to attack Wu in his later years, but did not take Zhuge Liang with him?
Why did Liu Beituo let Zhuge Liang take his place?
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In fact, the relationship between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang is very delicate. Where are the specific micros? What's the magic? Let's analyze the analysis.
We look back, Liu Bei's "Three Gu Maolu", as the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" said, Liu Bei went to Longzhong three times, only the third time to see the legendary Zhuge Kongming, it is very difficult, the whole process of seeking to see liu Bei's thirst for wisdom and humble attitude, and Zhuge Liang, it seems a little arrogant.
In the "Table of Renunciation", Zhuge Liang said that he was living in a chaotic world and did not seek to reach the princes, so in the past few years in Nanyang, Zhuge Liang had always avoided Liu Bei and did not go to Liu Bei, but in fact, we can also know that Liu Bei went to find so many times, as a peasant Zhuge Liang, actually dared to refuse the invitation of the hero at that time again and again, indicating that Zhuge Liang had a little disdain for Liu Bei in his heart.
How to say it?
Let's take a look at where Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin worked. Sun Wu.
At that time, Sun Quan inherited the inheritance of his father and brother, occupied part of Yangzhou and Jingzhou, and the territory was much larger than Liu Bei; then, as an older brother, Zhuge Jin would definitely invite Zhuge Liang, who was far away in Nanyang, to come to Jiangdong to seek an official and a half-post, so Zhuge Liang repeatedly refused to see Liu Bei, that is, he was considering whether to go to Jiangdong to take up a post.
Later, it was under the influence of Liu Bei's sincerity that Zhuge Liang finally agreed to join Liu Bei's group.
On this point alone, the more humble Liu Bei's attitude became, the more it appeared that Zhuge Liang's arrogant mentality was in his heart.
Usually talented people will be a little proud, a little contemptuous of people, like Tang Bohu of the Ming Dynasty, who was proud of his talents all his life.
At that time, Liu Bei was also equivalent to the county magistrate of Xinye County, and compared with sun quan and Liu Biao, the princes of the party, he was simply weak.
Zhuge Liang was fortunate to have a crush on Liu Bei; Liu Bei was able to invite Zhuge Liang, and it was Zhuge Liang who raised his hand.
Later, Liu Bei led his troops into Shu, led troops to attack Hanzhong, and led troops to attack Eastern Wu, why did Zhuge Liang not accompany him?
From Liu Bei's point of view, there are two main considerations, on the one hand, Liu Bei has a very military talented person named Fazheng, on the other hand, Fazheng is very favored by Liu Bei, and this favor has long exceeded the "like a fish" feeling for Zhuge Liang.
From Zhuge Liang's point of view, there are also two considerations: on the one hand, Zhuge Liang is good at engaging in politics, power plots, and strategic planning, but not good at military and tactical layout, and the so-called Bagua Array and Qimen Dunjia may have been fabricated by non-governmental figures; on the other hand, there has been a delicate relationship between Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, and it is no longer the water that was in the water when he was just starting out, which must start from the life growth experience of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei, who was born in poverty, grew up with his mother to knit shoes and baskets, went to the vegetable market every day to sell, and later participated in the war to suppress the rebel army, fought a lifetime of battles, came into contact with such fierce generals as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao, more or less full of some jianghu atmosphere, obviously not Confucian generals like Lu Xun and Zhou Yu, but self-made grass heroes.
Zhuge Liang, born in Xiangmendi, his father and uncle were mayors, his brother had been a big official in Jiangdong, he also had the ambition of a great bird, he was familiar with poetry and books since he was a child, determined to become a figure like Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and he had the temperament of a bit of a reader in his bones, naturally not a rude and reckless person like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
Then, when a tyrant and a generation of talents meet together, what can unite and attract each other is the common goal - to restore the Han Room and create a hegemony.
However, when it comes to their usual hobbies, the two may not necessarily talk about going together.
Liu Bei likes to knit hats and shoes on weekdays, and Zhuge Liang likes to write calligraphy and articles on weekdays, and it is difficult for the two to have common interests.
Once, Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei concentrating on weaving a straw hat, and immediately criticized Liu Bei for forgetting the ideal in his heart.
At that time, Liu Bei only apologized one after another, but when Liu Bei was crowned emperor, Zhuge Liang still unceremoniously criticized and educated him, And Liu Bei must have been extremely uncomfortable in his heart, because Liu Bei was no longer the humble and humble Liu Bei.
Later, we also understood why Liu Bei did not bring Zhuge Liang every time he led his troops to fight after entering Shu, probably because Zhuge Liang's principle was too strong and not grounded enough.
Of course, there was another reason, Liu Bei could vaguely feel that the great talent Zhuge Liang looked down on him a little.