Liu Bei entrusted Zhuge Liang to hand over the military power to Li Yan, so as to check and balance each other?

Liu Bei never handed over the relieving power to Li Yan, a minister who entrusted orphans with more superficial significance than actual power. The actual power of Shu Han was completely in Zhuge Liang's hands, and Li Yan never played a role in balancing Zhuge Liang.

In 22 1 year, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor and appointed Zhuge Liang as prime minister. The significance of the prime minister in the political power is self-evident. Liu Bang's prime minister is Xiao He, and Liu Bei's prime minister is Zhuge Liang. Liu Bang still has doubts about Xiao He, but Liu Bei has great trust in Zhuge Liang.

The friendship between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, from home in Longzhong to Liu Bei fighting in the front, Zhuge Liang guarding the city in the rear, was full of soldiers and food. The two have their own strengths and a clear division of labor. Some people say that Liu Bei didn't trust Zhuge Liang when he went to war, which is absolutely the most absurd lie.

If you were Liu Bei, would you let someone you didn't trust guard the rear with enough soldiers and food? You will make someone you don't trust the prime minister of this regime. Will you entrust your country, wife and children behind you to someone you don't trust?

Of course not.

Liu Bei fought without Zhuge Liang, and it was a division of labor to let Zhuge Liang guard the rear. They all went to the front to fight. Who will guard the rear? If this is also called distrust, then Yu Xun and Xiao He disagree.

Liu Bei has absolute trust in Zhuge Liang, but Liu Bei and Li Yan are different. Zhuge Liang is Liu Bei's business partner, but Li Yan surrendered from Liu Zhang. Liu Bei chose Li Yan because he has some talents and because of his special position.

Li Yan is Liu Zhang's staff, but unlike most of Liu Zhang's staff, Li Yan is also from Jingzhou. After Liu Bei seized Yizhou, there were a large number of surrendered Liu Zhang's men, mainly Yizhou natives and Eastern Zhou people who entered Yizhou from other places, and Li Yan was a representative of the Eastern Zhou people.

Liu Bei's entrust an orphan to pull Li Yan is more of a foil than an orphan. Apart from Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's regime has no suitable person to accept trusteeship. Liu Bei pulled Li Yan to appease and woo the Eastern Zhou people in Liu Zhang's old staff.

Liu Bei began to think about the afterlife after his defeat in the Yiling War. First, Li Yan was promoted from the position of satrap to Yong 'an as an official secretary and became a central confidential official position. In fact, the official minister was the emperor's assistant in handling government affairs, and his position and weight were very low, which also confirmed Li Yan's status as an orphan.

When Liu Bei was seriously ill, the arrangement entrusted to the orphans was: Li Yan was replaced as the central commander in chief, in charge of internal and external military affairs and guarding Yong 'an, while Zhuge Liang's arrangement was: the prime minister led Yizhou to herd livestock, set up a government to manage affairs, and assisted Chengdu Emperor Liu Chan. It can be seen from this arrangement that Li Yan is inferior to Zhuge Liang in identity, status and power.

This arrangement of Liu Bei is really puzzling. Since Li Yan is a minister entrusted to orphans, why should he stay and guard Yongan, away from the political center? Since he is guarding the Yongan border, why is he also the minister of entrust an orphan to? How can he help the emperor in such a far place?

A careful study of Li Yan's position will reveal that although Li Yan is in charge of the national military, he has no military power. In other words, Li Yan is only the nominal commander-in-chief of the national army, but he has no actual power, or the actual power obviously does not match his identity.

Li Yan guarded Yong 'an, which was the border between Shu Han and Dongwu. Li Yan is only a member of the Shu-Han government, and his military strength is only the garrison of Yong 'an. This is a border guard. You should know that the capital of Shu Han is in Chengdu, and besides the border guards and the county soldiers around the border, the Central Army of Shu Han is stationed near Chengdu.

Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang are both in Chengdu. Does Zhuge Liang need Li Yan's permission to transfer troops? It's totally unnecessary. If it is not necessary, what kind of leader is Li Yan? Judging from various circumstances, Li Yan has no military power in the whole country except in the name of the country's highest military officer.

On the contrary, Zhuge Liang has the military strength of the whole country of Shu and Han. For example, it was Prime Minister Zhuge Liang who led the army to put down the rebellion. Where is Li Yan? Senior officer? At the same time, he was stationed in Yong 'an. For example, during Zhuge Liang's five northern expeditions, Zhuge Liang led his troops to the northern expedition. Where is Li Yan? Senior officer? But he is helping Zhuge Liang transport food!

Li Yan is just a grain carrier. Well, where did you get the relief? No matter from which aspect, Li Yan has no military power. At most, the border guards stationed in the Yongan border area are under the management of Li Yan. Judging from various deeds, it was a joke that Li Yan was pulled to the position of capital preservation in China, but this joke was deliberately opened by Liu Bei.

Look at Liu Bei's entrust an orphan, such as entrust an orphan's famous sentence:

If you are only ten times as big as xelloss, you will be able to secure the world and eventually achieve great things. If the heir can supplement it, supplement it; If he is incompetent, you can bear it yourself.

Your talent is ten times that of Cao Pi, and you will certainly make great contributions to the peace and stability of the country. If my son can help, please help him. If he has no talent, you can decide for yourself how to choose.

Liu Bei gave Liu Chan an imperial edict, saying:

When you got engaged to the Prime Minister, you were like a father.

It means: If you work with the Prime Minister, you must take the Prime Minister as your father.

Did you get a look at him? Liu Bei told Zhuge Liang from beginning to end, including explaining how Zhuge Liang chose Liu Chan, including telling his son to treat Zhuge Liang like a father. The key is that Liu Bei told Zhuge Liang what he said to Li Yan. number

Li Yan is just a foil for Liu Bei to entrust an orphan to Zhuge Liang. If only one person is entrusted to an orphan, it is inevitable that someone will gossip. On the surface, Li Yan wooed the people of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In fact, Li Yan's power has not increased except his status, and even the military power may not be much greater than before. Want to know when Li Yan was a satrap, there were thousands of county soldiers under him, and now they are all ancient lord protector and even generals.