At that time, Liu Bei died and Zhuge Liang was very old. He is a wise man with self-knowledge, and his own descendants are incompetent. He also clearly saw the decline of Shu Han, and its demise was an inevitable trend. No matter who is the emperor, the demise of Shu Han can't be stopped, and he doesn't want to bear this responsibility.
Zhuge Liang took Liu Chan, but the name was wrong. Even though he is very popular with the people, his popularity is won for Liu Bei. Although he is a man of doing things, he bears the name of Liu Bei. Liu Bei is respected, loved and sincerely loved by the people. And in that feudal era, the so-called orthodoxy was very important. Even if Liu Chan is incompetent, it is natural that he was born in the royal family and inherited his father's career. Of course, what people want is Liu Chan.
And those veterans left by Liu Bei are not fuel-efficient and so on. And respect and obedience to Zhuge Liang is only for Liu Bei's face. If Zhuge Liang came to power, they estimated that one thousand and ten thousand people would not agree, and I think Zhuge Liang also saw this.
The sources of rights are different, and they are also in power, but their ability to transcend the system is quite different. Cao Cao Can holds the emperor aloof, because he is a warlord, his courtiers are internal ministers, soldiers are private soldiers, and the banner is a vassal. Where is Zhuge Liang? The banner is Han, the minister is the old minister of warlord Liu Bei, and the soldier is the soldier of Shu Han State. The source of power is entrusted orphans, and the main prestige comes from one's own personality charm. For Zhuge Liang, it is impossible for him to dominate the world, even if he usurps the throne, it is meaningless. He is actually in charge of the military and political power of Shu Han, and the real usurpation is only for future generations. But the power of Shu is the smallest, and the world trend is long. Zhuge Liang also understood that if the Northern Expedition could not achieve certain results, Shu would eventually perish. In this way, children and grandchildren will bear the responsibility instead (see Liu Chan later).
Whether it is the relationship between the monarch and the minister or the current superior and subordinate, the legalist school is not that everyone is nervous, but that the system has been set, the superiors are not offside, the subordinates are not offside, and the working relationship is harmonious. The negative thing is that Confucianism regards kings and leaders as fathers. Although it doesn't seem as close as the father-son relationship, it is the real way to get along for a long time.
Cao Cao's treacherous hero was commented by others, and it was true to Han's heart. Being a vassal by the public is actually wooing ministers for the son of heaven. In his life, he never usurped the throne or abolished it. Seeing that he is in no hurry to be a minister, he goes to the temple, which is the privilege of the prime minister. If politics is not returned to the emperor, the world is not peaceful, the sea is not calm, and the emperor does not understand politics. If he returns politics to the emperor, it will definitely add to the chaos. It is hard for us to imagine the temptation and persistence of Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang at that level. Their psychological activities, anyone can only guess, but not be sure. However, the evaluation of merits and demerits depends on what they have done and what impact they have had, rather than thinking out of thin air that if XXX, it must be XXX. As for Cao Cao, no matter how high the privilege of the prime minister is, the queen can't cut it. Judging from the concept of monarch and minister at that time, I'm afraid he was not just loyal to the monarch.
Liu Bei should be proclaimed emperor. Before he collided with Cao Cao, his way of standing was to go wherever he felt he was needed. This man is brave and crazy, so he can do such a thing as flogging Du You. In Xuzhou, the equally crazy Chen Deng especially likes Liu Bei. Because they were congenial, the business broke up with each other. Liu Bei praised Chen Deng as a rare wizard in the world, and Chen Deng praised Liu Bei as a rare hero in the world. Sure, two. But at this time, Liu Bei had no general goal, just like a wild crane in the cloud, a little drifting with the tide and lacking the assistance of political groups. When I arrived in Xuzhou, I lost it soon. Later, his way of taking sides was to take sides against Cao Cao. No matter what Cao Cao did, he stood on the side of opposition, which naturally attracted many people who opposed Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was ordered by Tianzi not to be a minister, so Liu Bei called on everyone to rise up and overthrow the traitor who controlled Tianzi. You know, since Liu Bei came into contact with Cao Cao, Cao Cao had already defeated Yuan Shu, the great strongman of the Central Plains at that time. At this time, except Yuan Shao in Hebei, Cao Cao's power is the most powerful, so Liu Bei's opposition to Cao Cao can certainly attract a lot of power to oppose Cao Cao, so he can make ends meet and help wherever he goes. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, the Han Dynasty was completely destroyed. In order to continue his political slogan, Liu Bei is bound to be emperor, so there is nothing right or wrong about this, and the political line cannot be lost. As for you saying that no one joined after Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, it was because the world was almost the same at that time. Apart from internal problems, Cao Wei's forces have wiped out most of the small forces with decades of painstaking efforts to prosper the Han Dynasty, and Sun Quan's side is similar. Naturally, few people join.
Historical figures should be judged by what they have done, not by who they are. Looking at Zhuge Liang's actions in history, I really feel that Chen Shou's evaluation is reasonable. As for Zhuge Liang's rebellion, it is nonsense, because there is no need to rebel at all, and the power is still in Liu Chan. How can there be a motive for resistance? Moreover, rebellion also needs to conform to public opinion. Public opinion is not big enough to ask Zhuge Liang to take the place of Liu Chan, but there is a bright and strict entrust an orphan structure arranged by Liu Bei. Zhuge Liang was not dominant at that time.