The main reason why Liu Bei failed to win the world was congenital insufficiency?
There are many reasons why Liu Bei can't conquer the world, but I think the most fatal reason is congenital insufficiency, which is mainly reflected in two points: First, Liu Bei's congenital insufficiency, low starting point, and slow development. Second, Shu is congenitally insufficient, with a small territory and sparsely populated. It is precisely because of this deficiency that Shu Han only has the opportunity to conquer the world, but he has never competed for the capital of the world.
Self-sufficiency: low starting point and slow development.
Whether Liu Bei is a descendant of the Han family is a big question. Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, only had one hundred and twenty sons, and no one could say how many sons Liu Bei had, so it was impossible to prove whether Liu Bei was a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan.
Regardless of whether Liu Bei is a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan or not, his starting point is indeed not high. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the world was in turmoil, compared with the descendants of other assassins or famous families, and compared with his identity as a clan member of the Han family, his background in weaving cloth and selling shoes was quite realistic. Because of his humble background, he could only rely on others in the early days of the war, living a life of parasitic people and wandering around. I think this is also one of the reasons why Liu Bei is extremely kind and upright, because apart from being kind and upright, he has no advantage over other princes.
After Liu Bei gained a foothold in Xuzhou, he was able to gain a foothold in the troubled times of the division of the heroes, but even so, he was the weakest of the heroes, not to mention that he was about to lose Xuzhou again. When Liu Bei was struggling to develop his power and gain a firm foothold at the beginning, the princes of other places had already passed the initial stage because of their innate advantages, and they had considerable power in the troubled times. It can be said that Liu Bei initially survived in the cracks of the princes.
In addition to the identity of the Han family, Liu Bei is basically the same as other military generals born in cloth, Liu Bei in the early days did not have the capital to fight for hegemony, Liu Bei was able to survive in the chaotic times of the princes in the mode of killing, and finally established the Shu Han regime It is really rare.
Disadvantages of Shu: small area and sparse population.
When Liu Bei defeated Yizhou, completed the last piece of the puzzle of the Three Kingdoms, and had the capital to compete for the world, but compared with Cao Cao and Sun Quan, Shu Han's strength was still the weakest, but just when Liu Bei had not fully digested Yizhou's territory and was unwilling to take Hanzhong, Jingzhou was lost, making the already weak Shu Han even weaker. Compared with Sun Quan and Cao Cao, Liu Bei's Shu Han had at least three weaknesses:
1.The land is barren. The territory of Shu Han was not only the smallest of the Three Kingdoms, but also the most barren, both in comparison with Cao Wei, which had a large area in the north-central plains, and Sun Wu, which had a large area south of the Yangtze River. In addition to the Sichuan Basin and Guanzhong region, which are considered grain growing areas, the mountainous Yunnan-Guizhou region is not a grain growing area, which is also an important reason for the weakening of the Shu Han state.
2.Sparsely populated. According to historical records, the total population of the Three Kingdoms period was only about 7.5 million, of which 4.3 million were in Wei, 2.2 million in Wu, and only 1 million in Shu Han. In the territory of Shu Han, there are a large number of local indigenous people in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, but the actual control of the population is even smaller. In ancient agricultural societies, population was an important measure of national strength, and the Shu Han, with such a small population base, could be said to be the weakest in terms of the number of soldiers and talents.
3.Outputs are limited. After the fall of Jingzhou, Shu Han could only unite with Eastern Wu to resist Cao, because he believed that the only way out was to go north. Shu Han is surrounded by mountains,"It is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky", can provide the greatest security, but the expansion of Shu Han has also caused great obstacles, such as Zhuge Liang's previous Northern Expeditions, the problem of grain and grass transportation has become the biggest problem.
In order to prevent the gap between Shu Han and the other two countries from widening and causing long-term death, Zhuge Liang insisted on the Northern Expedition at all costs to open up a way out for Shu Han, but unfortunately failed in the end.
To sum up, it can be said that due to the congenital deficiencies of Liu Bei and Shu Han, Shu did not have the capital to compete for the world from the beginning, only the ability to compete for the world. The loss of Jingzhou and the failure of the Northern Expedition completely wiped out this possibility.