As we all know, Shu Han was a regime during the Three Kingdoms period, established by Liu Bei, inheriting the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, with Chengdu as the capital to rule the Bashu and Hanzhong regions.
After Liu Bei's death, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, also known as Liu Houzhu, and many people say that the demise of Shu Han had a lot to do with Liu Chan's incompetence. So, is this really the case? Today, let's talk about this topic.
In 263 AD, Sima Zhao of Wei sent Deng Ai and Zhong Hui to lead a large army to attack Shu Han, and Liu Chan surrendered in desperation, marking the end of Shu Han.
After that, Liu Chan was taken captive to Luoyang, the capital of Wei State, and was named the Duke of Anle, where he lived a comfortable and comfortable life with his harem and ministers.
Since then, he has shown indifference to his homeland and its people, and even made jokes that he couldn't think about. Sima Zhao once tried to see if Liu Chan missed Shu, but Liu Chan replied: "I am happy here, but I don't think about Shu", which caused people's disdain and ridicule.
Perhaps because of this, many people think that Liu Chan is a cowardly, timid and mediocre person, without Liu Bei's heroism, nor Zhuge Liang's wisdom and talent, and has no ambitions, ambitions, and responsibilities.
During the Shu Han Dynasty, he was a puppet emperor, who would only obey the arrangements of Zhuge Liang and others, indulge in women's lust and lewd pleasures and ignore the government, which led to the internal corruption and external weakness of the Shu Han, but is the real Liu Chan really like this?
In many film and television dramas, Liu Chan is portrayed as not liking politics and the military, and only likes to eat, drink, and indulge in women. He did not pay attention to the advice and persuasion of Zhuge Liang and other auxiliary ministers, and appointed traitors to exclude Zhongliang, which led to internal corruption and external weakness of Shu Han.
After Liu Bei's death, Liu Chan did not continue to carry out his father's will, but gave up the great cause of unifying the world, and did not pay attention to cultivating and selecting new talents, which caused faults and vacancies in the elite layer of Shu Han, laying hidden dangers for destruction.
But if we look back at the Shu State at that time, we will find that there are great shortcomings in politics, military and economy, taking politics and military as an example, there are Jingzhou Group, Yizhou New Group and Bashu Local Group.
It is difficult to manage the three forces against each other, even if Zhuge Liang is weak, let alone Liu Chan, who has no qualifications.
Zhuge Liang was still able to suppress these people when he was alive, and although the six Northern Expeditions did not achieve a decisive victory, they also caused a lot of trouble and pressure to the Wei State, making the political and military affairs of Shu Han have a certain order and stability.
Unfortunately, in 234 AD, Zhuge Liang died of illness due to overwork during the Sixth Northern Expedition, and Shu Han lost an outstanding leader and strategist.
After his death, Shu Han's politics and military turmoil and decline, no one could inherit Shu Han's legacy and talents, and no one could resist the attack of Wei, and the demise of Shu Han had been foreshadowed at this moment.
There is an ancient saying in our country called "one force will drop ten meetings", no matter what conspiracy you have, you are vulnerable in the face of absolute strength, and the relationship between Shu and Wei is like this.
The Wei state was the most powerful power during the Three Kingdoms period, inheriting most of the Han dynasty and ruling the Central Plains and the northern region with Luoyang as its capital. After Cao Cao's death, the Wei State went through five generations: Cao Pi, Cao Rong, Cao Fang, Cao Chao, and Cao Huan.
Coupled with the management of the Sima family, Shu was no longer the opponent of Wei in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, and it surpassed economically, politically and militarily in an all-round way.
After the Sima clan took power, Wei stepped up its attack on Shu Han. In 263 AD, Sima Zhao sent Deng Ai and Zhong Hui to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Shu Han in two ways, Deng Ai smuggled through the Yinping Trail to break through the defense line of Shu Han and occupy Mianzhu, and Zhong Hui attacked along the Han River to break through the Sword Pavilion, and the two armies converged in Chengdu.
At that time, the resistance of Shu Han was almost wiped out, and Liu Chan had no choice but to open the city and surrender, and Shu Han was destroyed and returned to Jin. Therefore, the demise of Shu was not all Liu Chan's fault, but a historical necessity.
Sima Zhao thought that the queen should miss his homeland, so he set up a banquet to invite him, because it made people happy and wanted to feel his meaning. The queen lord and the ministers were all runny and sobbing, and the queen lord was at ease. Sima Zhao asked: "An Le Gong, are you thinking about Shu?" The latter lord said: "I am happy here, and I don't think about it." ”This is the ** of not thinking about Shu, which roughly means that Liu Chan lived very happily in Luoyang and did not want to miss his homeland Shu Han, and then it was used by later generations to describe a person who indulged in a comfortable life and forgot his duties and responsibilities, and was also regarded as a typical example of the king of the dead country.
But as time passed, many people began to defend Liu Chan, believing that "not thinking about Shu" was not the real purpose, but to appease Sima Zhao so that he would not suspect that he had a rebellion, and also to protect himself and Shu Han's former ministers from more killings and humiliation.
Liu Chan's practice can be regarded as a kind of wisdom and forbearance, a last resort choice for survival, after all, his life in Luoyang is not all smooth sailing, and forbearance is the best choice for self-survival.
There is another story about this point that Sima Zhao did not worry about Liu Chan after "Happy and Unhappy", and was also worried that the other party was deceiving himself, so he secretly sent many people to supervise his every move.
One day, the spies came back and reported that there were three big characters written on the door of Liu Chan's house, "Zhongshan Village", and the civil and military officials were very puzzled after hearing it, only Sima Zhao laughed and withdrew all the secret sighs.
It turns out that "Zhongshan Village" is read backwards as "in the mountains", that is to say, whether it is true or not, the current Liu Chan only wants to live a secluded and indifferent life, and does not want to revive Shu Han, which makes Sima Zhao let down all his guard.
Although this matter is not recorded in the official history, "art is ** in life", it can be seen that the real Liu Chan in history is very different from the appearance of Le Bu Si Shu, after all, how many emperors who can survive the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms are really stupid!
What do you think differently about this?