The story of the three brothers in Taoyuan's rebellion is a very important plot in both TV series and novels. Guan and Zhang helped Liu Bei to gain the world. Some people asked such a question, why did Liu Bei not give the two fiefdoms and grant them kings of different surnames? Are you afraid that they will decentralize their power?
The love between the three people is described in the novel. Everyone has some feelings. The swornship of the three people is regarded as a model of worship by later generations. However, such a moving and earth-shaking sworn brother does not actually exist in real history. The story of the three people is just a fictional creation by the author of the novel. Although the feud is fake, the love between the three people is real brothers and sisters.
There was such a record in Guan Yu's related biography. The first lord (that is, Liu Bei) and the two slept in the same bed, like brothers, and the two of them also followed the first lord and were not afraid of hardships. In Zhang Fei's biography, it is also clearly recorded that Guan Yu was several years older than Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei treated him like his brothers. Therefore, in history, although the three of them did not have a real alliance, this brotherly friendship was not fictional, it really existed. So, since the relationship between the three is so good, why did Liu Bei become the emperor of Shu Kingdom after ascending the throne, and why didn’t he mean to be the king of his brothers?
Before Liu Bei became emperor, Guan Yu's title was Hanshouting Hou , and Zhang Fei is Xinting Hou . Although he was later named Xixiang Hou, it can be seen from the literal perspective that the titles of the two were not high. This title was the third-class in the system at that time, and was relatively low. It was this way that everyone asked why Liu Bei did not add the titles to the two after he became emperor. Before Liu Bei became emperor, Guan Yu was killed. Not long after he became emperor, even Zhang Fei was killed. Both of his best brothers were killed. If they were directly named as kings of different surnames at this time, they would seem generous and they would not have to worry about someone sharing their power. It can be said to be a best of both worlds. However, Liu Bei not only did not give them the king, but also did not even have a little chase after the title, which made the world very unpredictable.
First of all, Liu Bang When he was in power, he left a sentence, which was the so-called White Horse Alliance , saying that if someone surnamed Liu was not called king, then the world would attack him. Therefore, the Han Dynasty no longer had the rules of being a king of another surname. If Guan and Zhang were granted a king without authorization, it would destroy the reward system of the previous dynasty, which would not be very beneficial to the new regime and would easily cause dissatisfaction among others.
Secondly, Liu Bei did not give the two kings, but actually he was ignorant and wanted to hand over this matter to Liu Adou . So later Liu Chan posthumously conferred the two. In fact, many emperors had used this. Before he abdicated, he demoted a minister and reused him again, so that the ministers felt that the new emperor knew better and appreciated his talents, so that they were more devoted.
Finally, this is a matter of Liu Bei's personal habits. Liu Bei's reward ministers will never rise too high all of a sudden. He knows the principle of going from 9 to 5. He should give the sweetness slowly, so that everyone will be convinced and the people who are rewarded will be more motivated, because there will be better positions waiting for him in front.
