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In the last year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the world was divided into three parts and three families returned to the Jin Dynasty, Chen Shou, who originally belonged to the Shu Han Dynasty and later came out of the Western Jin Dynasty, sorted out historical materials and wrote a book called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", recording that period of history by writing biographies. As we all know, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, not every character is listed separately, except for the lord or founder of the Three Kingdoms, as well as Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun, everyone else is similar to the people in this camp who have contributed or met similarly, and for the sake of a transmission. For example, Cao Wei's five sons Liang will be one pass, Jiangdong Twelve Tiger Ministers will be one pass, and so on. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 40, Shu Shu Shu Ten is no exception, and this biography records seven Shu Han heavy subjects who were disposed of by Liu Bei or Zhuge Liang and others.
The characters recorded in this article are Liu Feng, Peng Xi, Liao Li, Li Yan, Liu Yan, Wei Yan, and Yang Yi, of which Liu Feng was disposed of because he was Liu Bei's righteous son, Zhuge Liang was afraid that after Liu Bei's death, no one could control him, plus during the Battle of Xiangfan, he did not send troops to save Guan Yu, resulting in Guan Yu being captured; Liao Li was exiled because he thought he could be Zhuge Liang's second-in-command, and as a result, his status was not as good as that of the demoted general Li Yan, who was dissatisfied and full of complaints, and had slandered Liu Bei; Li Yan was deposed. It was because the preparation of grain and grass was not in place, and he also lied and tried to shirk responsibility; Liu Yan was beheaded because he suspected that there was no innocence between his wife and the empress dowager Liu Chan; Wei Yan died in a struggle for power with Yang Yi; Yang Yi was first exiled and then killed, because he was jealous of Xian's ability and was not willing to live under Jiang Huan, complaining that he regretted that he did not abandon Shu and surrender to Wei. The words and deeds and endings of these people are all reasonable, but Peng Xi among them is incomprehensible.
According to records, Peng Xi was originally a subordinate of Liu Zhang, but he offended Liu Zhang, became a prisoner, and did hard labor. After Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he was recommended to Liu Bei by Pang Tong and the Fazheng Alliance, because of his good performance, he was deeply favored by Liu Bei, was promoted to zhizhong, followed Liu Bei's side, and his position was extremely important, and later because he was too arrogant, he caused Zhuge Liang's dissatisfaction, so Zhuge Liang made a small report to Liu Bei, saying that he had "a broad heart and a broad heart, and it was difficult to be safe", and he was demoted to Jiangyang Taishou. At this time, he did a big thing, that is, to encourage Ma Chao to rebel together. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records: "(Peng Xi) is also called Chao Yue: 'Qing is outside, I am inside, and the world is enough to be fixed.'" It was just a disgrace, so why did he have such a rebellious idea? There were so many people in Shu Han, why did he contact Ma Chao, who had almost no friendship?
First, let's start with the first question. The official field was originally a place of ups and downs, and it seemed that it was no big deal to degrade officials, not to mention that peng Xi had been reduced to a slave when he was under Liu Zhang, and he did not have such a big grudge. In fact, if we understand Peng Xi as a person, it is not difficult to understand his behavior. Peng Xi was a very arrogant person, when he wanted Pang Tong to elect him as an official, he did not respectfully visit Pang Tong, but when Pang Tong was entertaining guests, no one walked in and asked Pang Tong to pour tea for him, and when he got Liu Bei's reuse, he was even more eager to his tail into the sky. Chen Shou once said, "On foot, once above the people of the prefecture, all kinds of people are arrogant, and they are very self-conscious. As the saying goes, the higher he climbs, the more miserable he falls, and just when he is overwhelmed, he is suddenly demoted, and he is demoted out of Chengdu to serve as Jiangyang Taishou, that is to say, to leave the center of power, this gap is unacceptable to him. Under such stimuli, it is not difficult to understand that he complained about Liu Bei and even wanted to rebel.
As for why he chose Ma Chao as an accomplice, Xiaobian believes that there are two reasons. First, Ma Chao's loyalty is not high and he is not willing to be subordinated. Looking at Ma Chao's life, it is not difficult for us to find that he was rewarded by the Great Han, obeyed cao Cao's command, and led his army to quell the rebellion of Guo Yuan and Gao Gan; he also launched the Battle of Weishui, killing Cao Cao and shouting that "the horses are not dead, I have no burial ground"; when he was cornered, he defected to Zhang Lu, and never gave up the idea of borrowing Zhang Lu's soldiers and horses to lay siege to Xiliang; after feeling that Zhang Lu could not become a major event, he secretly wrote to Liu Bei to surrender. In addition, in order to achieve great things, he even gave up the lives of his father and the small family. It is for this reason that Peng Xi believes that Ma Chao is the easiest person to rebel and sets it as a goal.
The second reason is that Ma Chao cannot be reused under Liu Bei. Familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, it is not difficult for us to find that after Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, in addition to frightening Liu Zhang's head, the soldiers took Chengdu without bloodshed, and in the Battle of Hanzhong, they played soy sauce, and there was no record of any battle. Moreover, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also clearly mentions: "When the super-bonded brigade returns to China, it is often fearful." It is precisely because although Ma Chao has a high status, he has no power and no room to display his talents, and he stays under Liu Bei's command very stubbornly, Peng Xi dares to plot against Ma Chao, otherwise, if Ma Chao is quite dependent on Liu Bei, not only is he high and powerful, will he dare to take this risk?" The answer is no.
After the analysis of the whole article, we must not know that after Peng Xi was demoted by Liu Bei, he had the idea of rebellion, because he himself had an arrogant personality and had climbed to a higher position, and for a while he could not accept this sense of gap, so he adopted a more extreme solution. As for why he joined forces with Ma Chao as an accomplice, it is because of Ma Chao's personality and situation, which is the most likely to be plotted. However, Peng Xian was smart, but he took the wrong step - Ma Chao was not rebelled by him, but chose to report it, so Peng Xian even lost his position as Jiang Yang Taishou, and was imprisoned and beheaded, and finally Chinese New Year's Eve seven years old. However, his death is not a pity, as Chen Shou said, he "invited misfortune to blame, and he did not blame himself."
All the information in this article comes from books such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Notes on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms", and the editor guarantees the authenticity of the content, without any innuendo or politics.