Liu Feng ability is far better than Liu Chan. Why did Zhuge Liang persuade Liu to commit suicide?
First of all, according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other historical records, Liu Feng is the son of the Luo Houkou family and the nephew of the Liu family in Changsha County. After Liu Bei took refuge in Jingzhou, Liu Biao, the secretariat of Jingzhou, temporarily stayed in Jingzhou. Because Liu Bei had no children at that time, he took Liu Feng as his adopted son. Note that Liu Bei has adopted son here, not adopted son. Adopted son is similar to sworn, belongs to godparents, is adopted son, and has no inheritance right. Adopted son equals adoption, which is Liu Bei's way and has the right of inheritance. Before Liu Chan was born, Liu Bei did train Liu Feng as his successor, such as letting him follow Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others to accumulate meritorious military service.
When Liu Bei attacked Yizhou, Liu Feng was only in his twenties, but he made great efforts, so he led his own army to attack Yizhou with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. After pacifying Yizhou, Liu Bei appointed Liu Feng as the deputy army corps commander. After the victory in Hanzhong, Liu Bei sent Liu Feng down the Mianhe River from Hanzhong to lead Mengda's army. After Liu Feng led his troops to join forces with Mengda and Shang Yong, he succeeded in forcing the Shang Yong satrap Shen Dan to step down. Therefore, compared with Liu Chan, who was young and lacked battlefield experience at that time, Liu Feng's commanding ability was far ahead. However, in 220 AD, Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei to hand over his death to Liu Feng, and he finally chose to commit suicide.
So, here's the problem. Liu Feng ability is far better than Liu Chan. Why did Zhuge Liang persuade Liu Bei to commit suicide? In this regard, in my opinion, most feudal dynasties in ancient history followed the "eldest son" inheritance system when choosing heirs. For the monarchs and princes of the feudal dynasty, there is a designated heir: "Stand up for your son, not to grow up, to stand up for your father, not to be a good person." The principle of. If Liu Bei didn't have a biological son like Liu Chan, the power of Shu Han would probably be inherited by Liu Fenglai. However, with Liu Chan's eldest son, Liu Feng's position is undoubtedly very embarrassing. In the choice of heir, Liu Bei undoubtedly gave priority to Liu Chan.
Finally, in the twenty-fourth year of Jian 'an (2 19), Liu Bei established himself as the king of Hanzhong and made him a prince. In the same year, Liu Feng was accused by Liu Bei for not saving Guan Yu. In 220 AD, Zhuge Liang thought that Liu Feng was brave and fearless, and it was difficult to subdue Liu Bei after his death, especially because it would pose a great threat to Liu Chan's position, so he suggested that Liu Bei grant Liu Feng the death penalty. Therefore, for Liu Feng, he was killed for two main reasons. First, his ability and exploits far exceed Liu Chan's, and because he is not the eldest son, this is an important threat to Liu Chan's future accession to the throne. On the other hand, the failure to rescue Guan Yu was defeated by Meng Da, which was also an important reason why Zhuge Liang suggested that Liu Bei commit suicide. What do you think of this?
Say Liu Feng, then let's analyze it from the time axis.
First of all, Liu Bei accepted Liu Feng as his adopted son and adopted his son in Jingzhou after the battle of Guandu in 200 AD. Liu Feng's original surname is Kou, his mother's surname is Liu, and his uncle's name is Liu Bi. He is also a Han nationality. Liu Feng is an orphan and adopted by his uncle. Liu Feng's uncle is called Fan Chengling, which is very close to Xinye where Liu Bei was stationed at that time. Finally, Fancheng became Liu Bei's defensive zone. With such a relationship, Liu Beicai accepted Liu Feng as his adopted son.
At that time, Liu Bei was nearly half a century old and in his forties. Because of the limited sanitary conditions, the average life expectancy of the ancients was not high, and forty years old would be called old. But Liu Bei, an old man, has no descendants until now. Not that his two wives can't. On the contrary, Liu Bei had several sons before, but unfortunately, because he fought all his life and was displaced from place to place, his sons were not raised. Liu Bei also felt that he was too old to support his second son. So with this relationship, Liu Feng's mother is also a Han nationality, which means that Liu Feng has half Han descent. And at that time, Liu Feng was already a teenager, so don't worry about becoming an immortal.
Note that Liu Bei has adopted son here, not adopted son. Adopted son is similar to sworn, belongs to godparents, is adopted son, and has no inheritance right. Adopted son equals adoption, which is for Liu Bei and has the right of inheritance. So this time, the starting point of Liu Feng is very high. He joined the Liu Bei Group and is the heir. Judging from the dispatch of the new general, Liu Feng is still very important. Although the leading role is still Zhao and Liu Feng may not have the chance to play the leading role because of his youth and inexperience, it is not difficult to find that Liu Feng is an important supporting role almost every time. Obviously, Liu Bei is deliberately cultivating Liu Feng.
One of the details is that in the battle of Hanzhong, Liu Feng missed a face. Liu Feng was very brave when he entered behind enemy lines. The stunned Cao Cao sighed: It's a pity that he was only handsome for three seconds. Liu Bei's adopted son Liu Feng was beaten by Cao Cao's own son Cao Zhang.
But why did Liu Bei kill Liu Feng?
This is about the birth of Liu Chan. Liu Bei stayed in Xinye for several years, and Liu Feng should have done a good job in these years. Therefore, the old brothers of Liu Bei Group are also very satisfied with Liu Feng, and the new Zhuge Liang has no objection. But on the eve of Chibi, Liu Chan was born. It is said that when Liu Chan was born, a crane flew in the sky, sang 42 songs and flew away. At that time, people in Liu Bei Group thought it was a good sign. These 42 songs and appeals coincide with the emperor sitting in Liu Chan 42 years later. This is a poem praising Zhao Yun when Changbanpo was born. The red light covered the dragonfly, and the horse rushed away from the tail of Changsaka. For forty-two years, the Lord has indeed ordered the generals to show their great power.
This Liu Bei is not a thing either. If you have a son, you will lose your nose and eyes immediately. However, based on his son's past experience of not supporting him, Liu Bei Group remained silent, taking care of Liu Chan and continuing to cultivate Liu Feng. For example, Mrs. Sun followed her back to Jiangdong. Arguably, even if Adou is taken hostage, he will hold Jiangdong. But Liu Bei and Liu Feng, there is no problem of missing heirs. But look at the reaction of Liu Bei Group. Zhaoyun had no time to take soldiers, jumped into the boat alone and rescued Adou alone. Zhang Fei immediately mobilized the water army to cut off the river and rescue Adou.
Therefore, in fact, in Liu Bei's group, the fact that Liu Bei's future seat must be taken by his son Liu Chan has been acquiesced. Liu Feng was not accepted by Liu Bei Group.
Liu Feng is an adopted son and the eldest son. According to the right of inheritance, Liu Feng should inherit, not Liu Chan's second child. This has become a difficult problem in front of Liu Bei Group. It's just that everyone is tacitly aware, only Guan Yu's 250 public statement. At that time, Liu Bei held the king of Hanzhong and planned to set up an heir. Ask Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang is very clever. He left all his luggage behind. Say it's a family matter, just ask the two brothers. Let it go bankrupt and offend people. These literati, in the absence of sinners, the king's family affairs are also national affairs, and their intervention is worse than anyone else. If you are in danger, it is your family's business. I can't handle it. Let them say everything.
Guan Yu directly said that the son of cotton bollworm could not usurp the throne. It was also suggested that Liu Bei send Liu Feng to a remote mountain city in Shang Yong to avoid any trouble in the future. It can be seen that the cold-blooded heartlessness of Liu Bei Group means that Liu Feng's son for more than ten years has been cheated in vain. Liu Bei Group will not agree to establish a person who is not related by blood to inherit.
Liu Feng can't get the support of the old school, Jingzhou school and Yizhou school, so he can only leave silently. When Guan Yu was in trouble, Liu Feng still loved an uncle and planned to send troops to save him. Meng Da fell on Guan Yu's insurmountable son of cotton bollworm. It can be seen here that Guan Yu did offend people, and it was not unreasonable that no one saved him in the end. It is not difficult to see that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang sometimes deliberately let Guan Yu offend people.
After Guan Yu was killed, he surrendered directly to Wei. And Liu Feng silly, ran back to Chengdu as a son. For a lean man like Liu Bei, if he loses something, he has to find something else. Guan Yu died and Jingzhou fell, but Liu Feng confessed, which at least solved the problem of Liu Chan's inheritance.
Poor Liu Feng never lived to understand. Perhaps he has been studying Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, but he has never studied Liu Bei's cruelty in depth. Just like a boy who hasn't grown up yet, he may be capable and talented, but he doesn't have a thorough understanding of people's hearts and society. Only when people are cheated more, can they understand the stumbling society and people's hearts.