People have always had a bad impression of Liu Chan, thinking that he was mediocre and incompetent, so that Liu Bei's foundation was ruined in his hands. However, after Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan made an unexpected decision by ordering the execution of three important officials in the imperial court.
This move made people begin to re-examine Liu Chan, and they sighed: It turns out that he is not a mediocre person. So, why did Liu Chan kill these three ministers, and for what reason?
Liu Bei entrusted Liu Chan to Zhuge Liang and told him to replace Liu Chan if he was incompetent, which made Zhuge Liang take on the responsibility of preserving the foundation of the first emperor, and therefore made people start to think that Liu Chan was mediocre and stupid.
Liu Chan was well aware of Zhuge Liang's talent, so he handed over the power of the country to Zhuge Liang after ascending the throne. Zhuge Liang governed the country while fighting in the south and the north, while Liu Chan indulged in pleasure.
Although Shu Han was not strong, it was able to maintain stability and defend against the powerful Cao Wei in the north. However, after Zhuge Liang's death, the situation changed. Deng Ai successfully broke through Shu Han's defense line, which eventually led to the demise of Shu Han.
When Shu Han surrendered, it still had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and generals like Jiang Wei and Huo Ge stationed to prepare to rescue Chengdu. However, Liu Chan surrendered easily, triggering anger and criticism from the crowd who considered him an incompetent monarch.
Is Liu Chan as stupid as everyone says? This is not the case. It can be seen from the fact that he handed over power to Zhuge Liang that he has a certain self-awareness. After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan "resolutely enforced the law" and executed three important ministers, which further proved that he was not stupid.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan killed one of the important ministers, who was Yang Yi. Under the guidance of Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan learned about many personnel arrangements in advance, and had a clear understanding of who was available and who was not.
However, Zhuge Liang's evaluation of Yang Yi is not very good, he thinks that Yang Yi has an impatient personality and is narrow.
Zhuge Liang's prophecy was confirmed, and Yang Yi had privately admitted that if he had taken refuge in Wei after Zhuge Liang's death, his fate would not have been like this. After Liu Chan heard this sentence, Yang Yi was demoted to a commoner because of his rebellious heart and history named by Zhuge Liang, and exiled to Hanjia County.
However, Yang Yi did not stop because of this, and continued to slander the book. Liu Chan did not tolerate Yang Yi's provocative behavior and directly sent someone to arrest him. After things became out of control, in order to protect her family, Yang Yi chose to commit suicide.
This incident made many people see Liu Chan's decisiveness and methods, and also made other ministers jealous.
Zhuge Liang's prestige was unmatched, while Liu Chan's treatment was slightly embarrassing. However, the occurrence of this incident made Liu Chan's status in people's hearts gradually improved.
Liu Chan executed the general Li Miao, and there were others besides Yang Yi. Li Miao followed Liu Zhang in his early years, and after Liu Bei captured Yizhou, he switched to Liu Bei, but Li Miao was not welcomed under Liu Bei.
He once told Liu Bei that Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to crusade against the enemy, but the enemy was not destroyed and Liu Zhang died first, which was not appropriate.
Liu Bei asked Li Miao why he didn't support Liu Zhang, and Li Miao admitted that he was not strong enough. Subsequently, Liu Bei's enforcers wanted to execute him, but fortunately Zhuge Liang interceded for him and survived.
However, Li Miao had no gratitude for Zhuge Liang's kindness, and even after Zhuge Liang's death, he wrote to Liu Chan, calling Zhuge Liang a tiger and wolf and should not be handed over to him to guard the frontier.
Liu Chan was furious when he heard this, and immediately ordered Li Miao to be killed.
By killing Yang Yi, Liu Chan showed the people his determination to establish authority. And he is now angrily killing Li Miao to prove to the world that he is not an ungrateful person, but a person who knows how to be grateful.
Liu Yan is the veteran of Liu Bei's group, and he followed Liu Bei as early as when he was the pastor of Yuzhou. He, like Li Miao, is open-mouthed. When Zhuge Liang was still alive, he had a quarrel with General Wei Yan.
Liu Yan said a lot of arrogant and unrealistic words, if Zhuge Liang hadn't protected him, I am afraid he would have lost his life long ago.
Although Liu Yan eventually died due to inappropriate words, there was a tradition in the Shu Han court that the wife or mother of a minister would enter the palace to celebrate the New Year. Once, Liu Yan's wife, Hu Shi, entered the palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on the New Year.
The Queen Mother may have stayed in the palace for more than a month because she liked her. Hu is very beautiful, Liu Yan saw that his wife did not come back for a month, and began to be a little dissatisfied, and began to suspect that Hu and Liu Chan had an affair.
So, he sent someone to beat Hu and put him away. Soon, this matter reached Liu Chan's ears, which made Liu Chan very angry, after all, he was the king of a country, but he was accused at will.
Therefore, he sent someone to arrest Liu Yan and beheaded him in the downtown area.
By killing Liu Yan, Liu Chan sent a strong warning signal that he would not tolerate any disrespect and opposition to him. This act served as an example to the other ministers to understand that while they may have shown respect for Liu Chan on the surface, in his eyes anyone who dared to challenge his authority would face the same punishment.
Through the killing of Yang Yi, Li Miao and Liu Yan, it can be seen that Liu Chan is not stupid. He understands the great right and wrong"Bright Sword"Value. Many people also agree that Liu Chan is actually very shrewd, and sometimes he may just play stupid.
Maybe he didn't want to be too conspicuous, because being too smart was easy to cause trouble, so he chose to pretend to be confused. But this doesn't mean that he is really stupid, his skills and abilities should not be underestimated, otherwise he would not be able to let Shu Han exist steadily for many years after the death of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.