Zhuge Liang made a strategic plan for Liu Bei, which is famous.> It stands to reason that Liu Bei could completely implement this strategic plan after Battle of Red Cliffs, and Zhuge Liang should also show his talents, but somehow Zhuge Liang was silent. From Battle of Red Cliffs (AD 208) to Bai Di Trusteeship (AD 223), 15 years, we seldom saw Zhuge Liang and heard his voice. Liu Bei took Pang Tong to Sichuan. The attack on Hanzhong brought justice. Zhuge Liang's job is to "adjust taxes to fill the army" and "keep Chengdu to provide enough food for soldiers" So Pang Tong "lamented the death of Liu Bei, but his words made him cry" Fa Zheng died of Liu Bei's illness ". It seems that Pang Tong and Fazheng have made greater contributions to Liu Bei and have deeper feelings for Liu Bei.
Strangely, Guan Yu's conquest of Xiangfan and Liu Bei's conquest of Wu Dong were all proved to be wrong. Why didn't Zhuge Liang object? Especially when Liu Bei attacked Wu Dong (22 1), Pang Tong died early and Fa Zheng died early (220). Why did Zhuge Liang still say nothing? The only article we found in the History of the Three Kingdoms recorded that after Liu Bei's defeat in Xiaoting, Zhuge Liang sighed: "If the law is filial, it will stop the emperor and forbid the emperor to move eastward. Even if he can control the Lord, he will not be defeated so badly. "
Is this Zhuge Liang's post-war introspection? Terror is not, isn't it "wise after the event"? Because Zhuge Liang is hiding something, everyone who has seen Longzhong's right knows that Zhuge Liang has always advocated "foreign sun power" because he believes that Soochow is "for aid, not for profit." From this point of view, he does not advocate the crusade. However, he did not come forward to stop or protest. There are two possibilities: first, he also has hope and doesn't want to lose Jingzhou's luck in the battle of Xiaoting; Second, he knows it's useless even if he says it.
Is there any evidence for the latter? Yes, that's what he said: "If the law is filial, it can control the Lord." To put it bluntly: First, Liu Bei only listens to the Dharma. If he opposes the Dharma, Liu Bei will definitely not go east; Second, Liu Bei didn't listen to anyone, including Zhuge Liang (incidentally, those who opposed Liu Bei's crusade at that time didn't come to a good end, Fei was demoted, Yong Mao was killed, imprisoned, Liu Ba resigned, Zhao Yun was not trusted, and he was not allowed to March with the army). Obviously, the relationship between Fazheng and Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei is different. Liu Bei can only call Zhuge Liang "respecting the law as a guest."
Another point shows that the relationship between them is subtle. According to> Liu Bei, after he proclaimed himself emperor, he appointed Zhuge Liang as the prime minister, recorded history, gave him a sword, and served as the official minister (supervising the capital and local governments). On the surface, Zhuge Liang had tens of thousands of people under his command, but the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang did not "open politics".
Kaifu was the system of the Han Dynasty, that is, "Kaifu governs affairs". The so-called opening a government means opening a government office. To set up subordinate officials, it is necessary to have their own direct office and subordinate officials, that is, to have a "prime minister" independent of the "imperial power" (Cao Cao's ministers in charge of life are all Kaifu, Cao Zhen, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, etc. ). In fact, to put it bluntly, Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang in the hands of the emperor. Liu Bei was worried about the degradation of power and his incomplete trust in Zhuge Liang. In other words, Liu Bei did not "infinite trust" or "complete trust" in Zhuge Liang, but "limited trust" or "reserved trust".
Why is this happening? Is Liu Bei "greedy for the new and tired of the old"? No, it's basically a conflict between two people's political ideas. As we all know, Zhuge Liang is a great politician. The typical difference between politicians and politicians is that politicians have ideals and goals (such as Yu Xun) and politicians only have interests (such as Jia Xu). What is Zhuge Liang's ideal? It is the "revival of the Han Dynasty", and this ideal runs through his life. Does Liu Bei have an ideal? There may have been at first, but I seem to have forgotten it later. Why? The career has developed rapidly. In just a few years, Jingzhou was captured, Yizhou was captured, and Hanzhong was taken back from Cao Cao. To put it bluntly, you are carried away by victory. At this time, Liu Bei only had interests and no ideals in his heart, so he attacked Wu instead of Wei. His idea at this time is to be a local tyrant. What "discord with Chinese thieves" is just a slogan and a signboard.
Zhuge Liang of Liu Bei Group is very similar to Yu Xun of Cao Cao Group. Their similarity is that they all have their own political ideas and ideals, and the ideals are the same, that is, to rehabilitate and restore the Han Dynasty. And the leaders of these two groups, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, are also very similar. What is this? Even in the early stage, I had this ideal, but it was gone in the later stage. Cao Cao had this idea, and Yu Xun would help him, but later it changed; Zhuge Liang and Yu Xun were really in the Three Kingdoms period. He was my brother, two tragedies.
The problem is that Liu Bei forgot and Zhuge Liang didn't. Embarrassingly, no one can tell about this change. Liu Bei had to pretend not to forget, and Zhuge Liang could not reveal or remind him. So everyone is tacit. Zhuge Liang defended himself, and Liu Bei went to grab more benefits.