A gentleman is reserved and does not fight, and he is a group but does not party.
Although Confucius proposed the principle of "no partiality and no party" in the Spring and Autumn Period, the internal affairs of the Shu Han regime were not monolithic due to the interest of teaming up for warmth in the official career.
From the time when Liu Bei, the First Lord, raised righteous soldiers to fight against the Yellow Turbans to the establishment of the Shu Han regime, the talents gathered under his command formed four political forces based on factors such as geography, interests, and affiliations.
One is the Yuan Cong system.
Such as Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Jian, Yong, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian and others.
Chen Dao of Runan and Wei Yan of Yiyang, who joined later, can also be included in this column because they were born in the tribe of the former lord Liu Bei.
They were all veterans who swore to follow Liu Bei to start a business, and enjoyed a transcendent status and absolute trust in the Shu-Han regime. For example, when the First Lord settled Shu, Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou, Zhang Fei guarded Brazil, and Wei Yan was the prefect of Hanzhong; Chen arrived at the palace and imprisoned the guards. Zhao Yun unified the troops inside and outside Chengdu, and almost controlled the military power in all areas of Shuhan.
However, with the death of the older generation Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu and others, today's Yuan Cong system is gradually declining.
Zhao Yun, who has the highest prestige, has a loyal character, and Chen, the governor of Yong'an, is self-denial and loyal, but has no desire to fight for power; Wei Yan, who has sole control of the military power, is unpopular because of his unruly and conceited temperament.
Moreover, because they had been wandering around with their late master for half their lives, their descendants were all young and few.
For example, in Guan Xing, Zhang Bao had just passed his twilight years, and his official position was Shizhong. In a short time, he would no longer have the authority of his father to supervise the war.
Guan Ping, the only one who had the chance to renew his father's reputation, was defeated and died in Jingzhou.
It is inevitable that the green and yellow are not connected.
The second one is a scholar from Dongzhou.
For example, Wu Yi followed Liu Yan and his son to Shu, or foreign scholars who fled to Yizhou due to war, famine and other reasons, such as Fazheng, Li Yan, Xu Jing, Fei Guan, etc.
These people were treated favorably when the late lord established Shu.
For example, Fa Zheng, who was relied upon as the mastermind, was the first Shangshu Ling of the Shu Han Dynasty, Wu Yi's clan sister was adopted as his wife by the former lord, Dong He and Zhuge Liang were both in charge of General Zuo's Grand Sima Palace, and Li Yan came from behind to succeed Shangshu Ling. .
But nowadays, due to Fa Zheng, Dong He's death, Meng Da's defection to Wei and other reasons, Dongzhou scholars are more likely to be nobles, and those who are less advanced are mostly middle-level officials in the Shu Han regime. Although Li Yan, who was also entrusted with the orphans, He led the Central Protectorate to control the internal and external military affairs, but stayed in Yong'an, isolated from the center, and gradually withdrew from the court's decision-making.
And because many Dongzhou scholars were from Jingzhou, they gradually assimilated into the Jingzhou-Xiang clan after Zhuge Liang established his own government.
Well, the third political force of the Shu Han is the Jingxiang Clan, which is also the force that currently controls the power of the Shu Han.
Initially, the first lord Liu Bei was accepted by Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou. He first lived in Xinye, and then joined forces with Soochow to defeat Wei Wu in Chibi, thus laying the foundation for conquering Bashu to the west.
During this period, the scholars from Jingzhou gathered together and made great achievements.
Such as Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Ma Liang, Lai Gong, as well as Huang Zhong, Huo Jun, Deng Fang, etc.
Nowadays, Zhuge Liang is entrusted with the position of prime minister to run the government alone, and integrates the palace and the government into one. Government affairs, no matter how big or small, must be resolved. The Jing-Xiang relationship has also grown.
Fourth, the Yizhou system was formed by scholars from Bashu.
It is also the faction with the lowest voice and the most suppressed faction in the Shu Han regime.
In other words, from the time when Liu Yan and his son separated Yizhou to the establishment of the Shu Han Dynasty, the local scholars in Yizhou have never stopped acting in love and murder with those in power due to their own interests.
The land of Bashu has been closed off since ancient times and is relatively peaceful. As well as the abundant production and the benefits of salt and iron, it is very easy to give birth to domineering local tycoons. These Yizhou tycoons often use their wealth to bully the people and do whatever they want, making the people in Sichuan think. There are eight out of every ten households who are in trouble.
The Yizhou clan is the spokesperson of the Yizhou wealthy family.
When Liu Yan came to power, in order to consolidate his power, he ordered the execution of Yizhou powerful Wang Xian, Li Quan and more than ten people, which aroused the Qianwei governor Ren Qi and the school captain Jia Long, who were born in the wealthy family of Shu County, to attack each other. The anger was unbearable. Jia Long even wanted to make the decision to lure the wolf into the house and join forces with Dong Zhuo.
After Liu Zhang succeeded Yizhou Mu and took power, another rebellion occurred by Shen Mi, Lou Fa, Gan Ning and others.
In the fifth year of Jian'an, Zhao Wei of Brazil County bribed the local officials of Jingzhou with money and bribes, and joined forces with the local wealthy people in Yizhou to raise an army with the intention of expelling Liu Zhang.
Even inviting the First Lord to Shu was the result of Zhang Song, a wealthy man from Yizhou, taking the initiative to act as an internal agent.
However, after the former lord Liu Bei took control of Bashu, in order to maintain long-term peace and stability and consolidate his power, he also adopted the same attitude of suppressing rather than coaxing the wealthy people of Yizhou.
Such as plundering the wealth of wealthy families and enriching inventory and military supplies.
At Liu Ba's suggestion, the former Lord Liu Bei ordered the casting of "Zhi Bai Qian" and appointed officials to control market prices. Within a few months, he plundered the wealth of local wealthy families and enriched Yizhou's treasury.
Such as governing Shu with strict laws.
Zhuge Liang, Fazheng, Yiji, Liu Ba and Li Yan jointly created the "Shu Ke" to curb the local forces in Yizhou from invading the weak, so that the powerful would no longer dare to annex acres of land and hide in hiding to become powerful.
Such as suppressing the official positions of Yizhou scholars.
When the late Lord Liu Bei was alive, the only person who could participate in the central decision-making of the temple was Huang Quan of Brazil.
However, after he was defeated in the Battle of Yiling, he chose to go north to join the Wei Dynasty because he had no way to return to Shu, leaving the Shu-Han court without a mouthpiece for the Yizhou Clan. What made the situation of the Yizhou Clan even worse was the First Lord. Before and after Liu Bei's great success, Huang Yuan, the prefect of Hanjia, rebelled with his troops. Later, Yong Kai, a wealthy family, killed the prefect and joined forces with Gaoding, king of Yue Yi, and Zhu Bao, Zhu Bao, to rebel in the southern counties. He also suppressed the scholars of the Yizhou clan and became the Shu Han. The tacit understanding of the courtiers.
And Zheng Pu was a native scholar in Yizhou.
Under such a situation, even if Zheng Pu was determined to embark on an official career and devoted himself to the restoration of the Han Dynasty, he would still achieve twice the result with half the effort because of the label on his head.
Therefore, Zheng Pu thought about it and felt that his official career was bound to be thorny. With the awe of "those who left their names in history are by no means ordinary people", he felt that it was too difficult to stand out with his talents and become an important minister of the Shu Han Dynasty and participate in temple decisions, so he He extinguished the fire in his heart and preferred to live a happy life of being a wealthy man.
But unexpectedly, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's actions after opening the government gave him a glimmer of hope.
It’s not that Zhuge Liang ignored the safety of the Shu Han people and instead tolerated and condoned the Yizhou wealthy family’s rise to power; it’s that after he started to build the government office, it can be seen from the selection of officials he appointed that he did not deliberately suppress the Yizhou scholars.
For example, Zhang Yi, a native of Chengdu in Shu County, is a manifestation of meritocracy.
Zhang Yi was previously captured by the rebel Yong Kai and was given to Sun Quan as a gift. When Zhuge Liang came to power, when he sent Deng Zhi to ally with Soochow, he specifically asked Sun Quan to release him. As soon as he returned to Yizhou, he was appointed He joined the army in the Prime Minister's Office, handled government affairs for the Prime Minister's Office, and was also responsible for the governance of Yizhou. He was very respected.
For example, Ma Zhong (Hu Du), a native of Langzhong, Brazil County, is the embodiment of promoting talented people.
Ma Zhong's previous official position was no more than that of Han Changchang. Because his late master Liu Bei lamented that "Although Huang Quan was lost, Hu Du was restored, and there is no shortage of virtuous people in this world." Now he has been appointed as the subordinate governor of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He deliberately supports and cultivates him. It's so obvious.
In other words, the appointment of Zhang Yi and Ma Zhong to prominent positions was due to Zhuge Liang's dedication to serving the country; then, his courtesy to Du Wei, a great scholar in Yizhou, implicitly showed goodwill to the Yizhou scholars.
