Jiang Wan repaired the tomb for Wei Yan, why were there three people kneeling in front of the tombst

This is done to express guilt。Because Jiang Wan felt that although Wei Yan might be suspected of committing rebellion, he had a great contribution to Shu Han, and his crimes would not lead to death, let alone be wiped out by the imperial court.

01, outstanding talent, but unruly

In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, there was no doubt that among the many generals, Wei Yan was a powerful existence. He is outstanding in talent and has made great contributions to the Shu country. Therefore, Liu Bei admired Wei Yan very much, and appointed Wei Yan as the general of Zhenyuan, and handed over the very important strategic places such as Hanzhong to Wei Yan's control.

During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Wei Yan was appointed as the general of the expedition to the west, and made many meritorious contributions. The "Meridian Valley Strategy" proposed by him has also been discussed by many people. Wei Yan's plan was to sneak attack Chang'an, so as to achieve the goal of "capturing the thief and capturing the king first", but he was finally rejected by Zhuge Liang because of the great risk.

In terms of military leadership and strategy, Wei Yan does not have any problems, but he is much worse in terms of dealing with people. Wei Yan belongs to the kind of person who has "high ability and great temper", and he is very unruly. He and Yang Yi have always had conflicts, and the two look down on each other.

Wei Yan felt that Yang Yi was a small person and not worth mentioning. And Yang Yi thinks that Wei Yan is a martial artist and can't be on the stage.

In this regard, Zhuge Liang also felt very regretful, and wrote in the ancient text, "Liang deeply cherishes Yi's talent, with Wei Yan's bravery, he often hates the injustice of the two, and he can't bear to be biased!" "It seems that even Zhuge Liang, who is extremely intelligent, has no way to deal with the disagreement between the two.

02. Not trusted, died unexpectedly

It was precisely because of the discord between the two of them that laid the groundwork for Wei Yan's death. Yang Yi is not only able to do things, knows how to govern the government, but also can speak well, which is deeply liked by Zhuge Liang. Later, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition failed, and when he was dying, he arranged for Yang Yi to take charge of military affairs and let Ma Dai kill Wei Yan to prevent future troubles.

Because in Zhuge Liang's opinion, after his death, Wei Yan will definitely rebel.

In this way, Wei Yan died unexpectedly. However, through historical records, Wei Yan actually did not have the intention of rebellion, he just wanted to kill Yang Yi and vent his evil anger for himself. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Wei Yan" records that "the original Yan intended not to surrender to Wei in the north and return to the south, but wanted to eliminate the killing instrument and so on." ”

Wei Luo" recorded: "Seeing that Yan was carrying out military affairs, he was afraid of being harmed, so Zhang Yanyan wanted to raise the people to the north, so he led his people to attack Yan. Yanben didn't have this intention, so he didn't go with the army, chased and killed him. It can be seen from this that there is indeed insufficient evidence to say that Wei Yan wanted to commit a rebellion.

After Wei Yan was killed, his people were also implicated and the three tribes were wiped out. Later, after Jiang Wan became the prime minister, he felt that Wei Yan was treated very unfairly, so he suggested that Wei Yan be rebuilt in the cemetery, and set up three kneeling stone statues in front of Wei Yan's tombstone. As for who these three kneeling stone statues are, the common theory is Yang Yi, Ma Dai and Zhuge Liang.

However, the jury is still out as there is no strong evidence of the identity of the stone statue.

But it doesn't matter who the three statues refer to. Because Jiang Wan's main purpose in doing this is to express his guilt, and at the same time, he can also give Wei Yan an "explanation".

In the sixth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei, a poor boy from the imperial family, moved to Jingzhou. Because Liu Bei is kind to people everywhere, he is called"Righteous people", the heroes and heroes in the Xinye area have defected to him. Among them was Wei Yan, who later became the general of Shu Han.

** In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that Wei Yan is a general, which is obviously inconsistent with historical facts. It's just that Wei Yan was unknown at the time and didn't attract people's attention. But then Wei Yan grew up quickly and soon caught Liu Bei's attention.

Ten years after entering Liu Bei Group, Wei Yan entered the sight of Chairman Liu Bei.

First of all, he was promoted to the rank of general yamen, although he was not a very prominent general, but he became Liu Bei's cronies, equivalent to the security guard outside the chairman's office today. This is also in line with the procedures for the selection of cadres. Put it in front of you.

Look at it. Obviously, Wei Yan's talent is very commendable. Liu Bei can hold the position of chairman of the group, so naturally he cannot be a mediocre person.

His own abilities may not be particularly outstanding, but like all the founding emperors of antiquity, his vision was fierce. Liu Bei was very important to Wei Yan. Later, when Chengdu became the capital of Western Shu, there was a lot of discussion about who would defend Hanzhong as a general.

They all thought that Liu Bei would appoint Zhang Fei as a general, and promote Wei Yan to be the general of Zhenyuan and the Taishou of Hanzhong. It can be said that Wei Yan went up by helicopter. Over the next decade, Wei Yan's work did not go well, but it did not go wrong.

Later, Liu Bei was worshiped as the general of Zhenguo, the Marquis of Jingshi Ting, the leading prime minister Sima, the assassin of Liangzhou, the general of the military division before the move, the false festival, and the Marquis of Zheng in the south. It can be seen that Wei Yan is in order to get the unusual favor of Liu Bei, the chairman of the group. After the death of Chairman Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, the president of the group, also relied on Wei Yan very much.

It is no wonder that in the late Shu Han period, Wei Yan was a dazzling existence both in combat ability and strategy and tactics.

As long as you have a long heart, you can know that Wei Yan is definitely an optimist general who supports the Shu Han mansion. But this is not to say that Wei Yan, as the general manager of this important department of Shuhan Group, only has advantages and no disadvantages. Wei Yan's weaknesses were similar to those of Zhang Fei, the founding father of Shu Han.

But Wei Yan"Good at raising soldiers", and Zhang Fei is"Arrogant and respectful"。Wei Yan is a little arrogant in doing things, but Zhang Fei takes the overall situation into account and does not have Wei Yan's stupid impulse.

When Zhuge Liang was dying of the Northern Expedition, he ordered Yang Yi to arrange the retreat of the army after his death, so that Wei Yan was interrupted. It is recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms": "After the order was extended, Jiang Wei followed; If it is delayed or disobeyed, the army will spontaneously take the initiative.

It is also said that after Zhuge Liang arranged for Wei Yan to break off, if Wei Yan didn't listen, he would let him take care of himself, and he didn't explain that he wanted to kill Wei Yan. In fact, after Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan disobeyed Yang Yi, did not listen to his orders, and prevented Yang Yi from withdrawing his army, but was falsely accused of rebellion by Yang Yi, Wei Yan's men scattered, Wei Yan fled with his son, but was chased by Ma Dai and killed, and Yang Yi also destroyed the three Wei Yan clans.

After Jiang Wan became the prime minister of Shu, he thought that Wei Yan was still meritorious, and built a tomb for his funeral, and carved a stone horse in front of the tomb. Later, there were two more kneeling stone statues in front of Wei Yan's tomb, which were Yang Yi and Ma Dai, who killed Wei Yan, which meant that Wei Yan apologized for his crimes.

Because these three people have an inseparable relationship with Wei Yan's death. The reason why Wei Yan died was because of Zhuge Liang's order, and Ma Dai and Yang Yi were the direct ones who killed him, so these three people would kneel in front of the tombstone.

Wei Yan was a very loyal military general, but because the dynasty at that time was more literate, he was wrongfully killed. Jiang Wan also wanted to avenge him, so there were three people kneeling in front of the tombstone. These three men were the ones who killed him.

Because these three people are directly related to Wei Yan's death, there are three people kneeling in front of Wei Yan's tombstone, and these three people are Zhuge Liang, Ma Dai and Yang Yi.

These three people were all sinners, and they were also the ones who killed Wei Yan, and later generations made bronze statues of the three of them in order to commemorate Wei Yan.

I think the main reason is that these three people are all Wei Yan's minions, and they also have to take care of Wei Yan's diet and daily life after death.

Because he made great contributions to Shu Han, but was finally killed by Yang Yi and Ma Dai, Yang Yi and Ma Dai knelt in front of the tomb.

Because Wei Yan had no ambition to rebel against Shu Han, he was killed, and it was a pity that in order to repent of him, there were three people who had an enmity with Wei Yan on his knees.

If the main thing is not stolen, there will definitely be cultural relics!! At least there are jade pendants and fabrics for the burial!

It has been stolen a long time ago, and I am from Mianyang.

Jiang Wan, the great Sima of Shu Han, died of illness in the ninth year of Yanxi (246) and was buried in Fucheng. The tomb was once deserted. In the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty (1849), Li Xiangyu, the governor of Mianzhou, and Xiong Litang, the state gentry, and in the sixteenth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1890), Jiang Wan's descendant Sun Long'an and Jiang Dejun of the prefect successively repaired.