When he was dying, why didn t Liu Bei hand over his military power to Zhuge Liang?

In order to suppress Zhuge Liang. At that time, Zhuge Liang had become the prime minister, and his power was too high, if he handed over the military power to Zhuge Liang, no one could suppress him, in case of rebellion, Liu Bei's efforts for so many years would be lost.

Because Zhuge Liang was already very powerful at that time, if he handed over the military power to him again, it was inevitable that he would have the idea of becoming the king on his own.

Because he was afraid that Zhuge Liang would start a new stove and drive out his son, he didn't give him military power.

After Liu Bei's death, he also took some precautions against Zhuge Liang, such as distributing the power to Li Yan, a large part of the high-level of Shu Han was the original power of Yizhou, and Shu Han was also based on this, if the usurpation of power was tantamount to a denial of his own beliefs, and Zhuge Liang adhered to the way of sages, even if he gradually took control of power later, he did not dare to trespass, so that he was restricted by Liu Chan everywhere during the Northern Expedition.

Judging from the situation at the time, Zhuge Liang did have a chance to replace him, but he did not do that, in this regard, we can refer to Cao Pi's usurpation of Han, as well as Sima Yi's initiation of Gao Pingling's change of Mu Yuan, in which Cao Pi's usurpation of Han was with the help of Cao Cao's power, and it took decades to consolidate his own power and wipe out those who opposed it, and Sima Yi followed Cao Cao's example and left the opportunity to his son, it can be seen that if you want to do this kind of thing, you must go through long-term planning, and Zhuge Liang is honest inside, exhausted all his wisdom externally, he didn't put his mind on forming a party for personal gain, and Liu Chan admired him very much in this regard, so much so that after Zhuge Liang's death, he married his daughter to Zhuge Liang's son Zhuge Zhan.

In addition, there are many external factors, such as after Liu Bei's death, Shu Han fell into a very embarrassing situation, Eastern Wu was eyeing him, and Cao Wei in the north was majestic in Kyushu, plus Meng Shu in the rear often made trouble, if a coup d'état was launched at this time, although it could achieve temporary success, it would be taken advantage of by the enemy, and Zhuge Liang has always had a reputation for loyalty and patriotism, the reason why he supported Liu Bei was because he was a descendant of the Han family, if he violated his beliefs, those who supported him would also spurn and alienate him, In this way, Zhuge Liang faced the situation of rebellion and separation, and with the situation at that time, even if Zhuge Liang wanted to usurp power, there were no conditions.

When Zhuge Liang was fighting in front, Sima Yi used a counter-plot to spread rumors that Zhuge Liang wanted to lead troops to rebel, Liu Chan summoned Zhuge Liang back, so that he lost the favorable offensive conditions, and after coming back, Zhuge Liang began to clear the army and eradicate those villains who offered slander, Liu Chan could only travel with Zhuge Liang, which also said that Zhuge Liang had that ability but no ambition.

The Three Kingdoms Shiheng shouting period is a chaotic occasion, no one will be stable and quiet, if anyone is ready to order the empty field to be the king, then it is a shot to the first bird, and there will be no good end.

Zhuge Liang is a very smart person, and he is also very principled, and he especially wants to help Liu Bei achieve this.

No, Zhuge Liang said before his death that if Liu Shan was an overwhelmed king, he could let Zhuge Liang take the right to control Shu, but Zhuge Liang did not, but sincerely assisted Liu Shang.

is indeed like this, after Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang is equivalent to truly controlling Shu.

Liu Bei Baidi entrusted the city to Gu and handed over the main military power to Li Yan. In the famous incident of the White Emperor City Tuogu, Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang, your talent is ten times stronger than Cao Pi, and you will definitely be able to stabilize the country and achieve great things. If Liu Chan can assist, you can assist him, and if he can't assist, you will be the emperor yourself.

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he said that he would definitely do his best to assist Liu Chan and die with all his might. So, Liu Bei asked Liu Chan to treat Zhuge Liang like his father.

However, in the aftermath of this entrustment, there was a person who made everyone relatively unfamiliar, and this person was Li Yan. Li Yan is not Liu Bei's old subordinate, and I haven't seen him have any outstanding achievements. However, in this entrustment, Liu Bei asked him and Zhuge Liang to accept the edict to assist Liu Chan, appointing him as the protector of the central capital, unifying the internal and external military, and staying in Yong'an.

This arrangement seems to have been arranged by Li Yan as Zhuge Liang's deputy. Zhuge Liang is the prime minister and is in charge of all political affairs. Li Yan, on the other hand, was in charge of the military, managing the military inside and outside. From this point of view, Liu Bei's arrangement reveals a hint of deep meaning.

Li Yan and Zhuge Liang's personal abilities. Li Yan, judging from historical records, is a person with great military talent. He turned out to be Liu Biao's subordinate, and when Cao Cao went south, he entered Sichuan and defected to Liu Zhang.

When Liu Bei took Xichuan, Liu Zhang asked Li Yan to lead an army to resist Liu Bei, but Li Yan led an army to surrender to Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei was under Liu Bei, he served as the general of Qianwei Taishou and Xingye. A large rebellion broke out in his possessions, numbering tens of thousands. Li Yan did not use the regular army, and only used 5,000 people's troops to defeat them and put down the rebellion.

Later, the commander of Yue Yi and Gao Ding raised troops to invade and besiege Xindao County, and Li Yan repelled them. From these military actions, we can see Li Yan's own military qualities.

Liu Bei's ability to know people and be good at his duties is outstanding, and of course he knows Li Yan's ability. Only then did he issue an edict to let Li Yan dominate the internal and external military. In this, there is also a distrust of Zhuge Liang's military ability, hoping to use Li Yan's military ability to make up for Zhuge Liang.

In history, Zhuge Liang was not described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", after leaving the mountain, he commanded the war. After Zhuge Liang joined Liu Bei's camp, he performed more in government affairs and diplomacy. Zhuge Liang first managed Liu Bei's logistics and government affairs.

After the defeat of Dangyang, he focused on diplomacy and established and maintained the Sun-Liu Alliance.

After gaining a foothold in the four counties of Jingnan, Zhuge Liang supervised the three counties and adjusted their taxes to feed the army. After entering Sichuan, Zhuge Liang sat in Chengdu and did a good job of stabilizing the rear. After the establishment of the Shu Han regime, he served as the prime minister of the head of the hundred officials.

Because of the need to balance the government and government, Zhuge Liang was already the prime minister at that time, and if he gave him military power, it would create a situation where the family was dominant.

Because he did not have absolute trust in Zhuge Liang, he was worried that Zhuge Liang would be unfavorable to Liu Chan after he took power, so he gave Li Yan the military power.

Because no matter how much Zhuge Liang is valued by Liu Bei, after all, he is still surnamed Zhuge , and the military power must be held in the hands of his own family in order to sleep more peacefully.

This is because in order to better restrain Zhuge Liang and better maintain the rule of his family, he handed over the military power to Li Yan.

Before Liu Bei died, he did not hand over the military power to Zhuge Liang, in fact, Liu Bei's plan was to let Zhuge Liang manage the government, not let him control the military power, because he knew that Zhuge Liang's military ability was average.

Because he was still suspicious of Zhuge Liang and worried that Zhuge Liang would be unfavorable to his descendants, he wanted Li Yan to check and balance him.

Because Zhuge Liang already has administrative power, and if he gives the military power, the entire Shu Han will really be Zhuge Liang's, and it is none of Liu Bei's business.

Zhuge Liang's military ability is not outstanding, but he is good at governing the country, if the military power is handed over to Zhuge Liang. It was not beneficial to the military development of Shu.

Because he was still on guard against Zhuge Liang and was worried that he would threaten Liu Chan, he gave Li Yan the power of the army and let him form a counterbalance to Zhuge Liang.