What did Li Yan do after Liu Bei died of illness, and what was the final outcome?

In the first year of Jianxing, Liu Bei suffered a fiasco in Yiling and died of grief and indignation in Baidicheng. On his deathbed, he passed the throne to the late ruler Liu Chan and entrusted it to an orphan.

Tuogu is mainly composed of three people. First, Zhuge Liang-Liu Bei entrusted him to discipline Liu Chan and govern the country. Second, Li Yan-Liu Bei gave him the right to command the army. Thirdly, Zhao Yun-Liu Bei gave him the power to control Zhuge Liang and Li Yan.

Liu Bei's separation of civil and military affairs, so that Li Yan and Zhuge Liang can restrict each other and let the upright Zhao Yun be the "supervisor", can be described as comprehensive.

However, man proposes, God disposes. Liu Bei's wishful thinking still fell through. Everything changed because of the fighting methods of Zhuge Liang and Li Yan, two assistant ministers.

As we all know, Zhuge Liang is known as a child prodigy. Since he followed Liu Bei down the mountain, he has not only been loyal, but also made outstanding contributions, which can be said to be the driving force behind Liu Bei's construction of Shu. But Zhuge Liang has two fatal weaknesses. First, he was too cautious, doing everything himself, and eventually he was exhausted. Second, I love power too much. Since following Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang has grasped the military and political power in his hands. Liu Bei trusted Zhuge Liang, so he let Zhuge Liang do whatever he wanted. When Liu Bei died, he was also worried that Zhuge Liang would use his power to usurp his world, so he tested Zhuge Liang and told him that A Dou could support him. If it was unbearable, you could replace him.

Although Liu Bei spoke very well, he was testing Zhuge Liang's loyalty. If Zhuge Liang really dares to show a trace of "misconduct" at this time, he will definitely fall to the ground.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang is a clever man. He immediately said this sentence to Liu Bei, 10: "Be loyal and righteous, and then die!" He swore loyalty to the young master and dispelled Liu Bei's doubts. Even so, Liu Bei only entrusted him with the right to teach Liu Chan and govern the country, and handed over the relieving to Li Yan, the representative of Sichuan School.

Li Yan is from Nanyang. He worked in Jingzhou when he was young. After Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou, Zigui County was appointed to Sichuan. Liu Zhang, an animal husbandry official in Yizhou, appreciated Li Yan's talent very much and promoted him from a grass-roots official to an important position in protecting the army.

But Li Yan is not loyal to the cowardly and incompetent Liu Zhang. Liu Bei's surrender to Liu Bei in Sichuan eventually led to Liu Zhang becoming a "prisoner". Because of his "contribution to the city", Li Yan was named prefect by Liu Bei. During his tenure as satrap, Li Yan showed outstanding ability in governing the country and military affairs. He repaired laws, cities, led troops to counter rebellion, built water conservancy projects, and opened mountains and roads. In just five years, he managed Qianwei County to become a famous county in Sichuan.

In this way, Li Yan's talent was appreciated and further reused by Liu Bei, and gradually became the "executor" of Han Shu regime.

Besides his outstanding talent, Liu Bei used Li Yan as the trusteeship minister for another reason, which was to maintain the balance of factional forces.

We should know that the Shu-Han regime is mainly composed of three factions. One is Yizhou School, a school of "local tyrants and gentry" represented by Qiao Zhou, Zhang Song. The second is Dongzhou Group, the first group of "immigrants" headed by Li Yan. Third, Jingzhou Group, the second batch of "immigrants" headed by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

In order to stabilize its rule, Jingzhou Group's basic strategy is to suppress Yizhou Group and win over Dongzhou Group. Li Yan, the backbone of the Eastern Zhou Group, naturally became the object of Liu Bei's wooing.

So before Liu Bei died, Li Yan and Zhuge Liang were appointed civil and military assistant ministers.

However, Li Yan once again "bite the hand that feeds him", and he actually had a serious friction with Zhuge Liang. Mainly reflected in the following two aspects.

First, political views are not harmonious.

In particular, the Northern Expedition and Zhuge Liang's main battle were firmly opposed by Li Yan. Due to differences in major political positions such as the Northern Expedition, the relationship between the two was tense.

Second, temper and personality are not harmonious.

Li Yan thinks highly of himself. Assistant generals at the same level have the same status and age, and they don't take the initiative to associate with him. Although it was one of the early pillars of Shu, it was deeply loved by Liu Bei. But once the emperor, a courtier and Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, they didn't like Li Yan. Liu Chan only trusted Zhuge Liang as a "mentor" and gave him all the power.

Seeing that power was marginalized, Li Yan was willfully opposed to Zhuge Liang. In the fourth year of Jianxing, he refused Zhuge Liang's request to guard Hanzhong, in an attempt to enfeoffment the five states to Ba County and rule by himself. In the eighth year of Jianxing, Sima Yi threatened to surrender in exchange for the promotion of his father and son before agreeing to lead troops out of Hanzhong to cooperate with Zhuge Liang's military action.

Nine years after lite, Li Yan put all his eggs in one basket. He was in charge of the supervision of grain and grass, and suddenly wrote to Zhuge Liang, claiming that the grain and grass could not be transported in heavy rain and demanding withdrawal. When the grain and grass were cut off, Zhuge Liang was forced to give up halfway. Unexpectedly, when Li Yan saw Zhuge Liang, he pretended to be surprised and said, "I have prepared food and grass for you. How to withdraw? "

In order to cover up the fact that food and grass were not well prepared, he went to Liu Chan again, claiming that withdrawing troops was a trick to lure the enemy. Such a childish trick, Zhuge Liang naturally saw through it at a glance. He couldn't bear it any longer and began to shine his sword. He went to Liu Chan, demoted Li Yan to Shu Ren and exiled Zitong.

After Li Yan was abolished as Shu Ren, Zhuge Liang didn't kill him with a stick. Instead, Li Feng, the son of Li Yan, was appointed to replace Li Yan and let him supervise the preparations for the Northern Expedition.

Li Yan was shocked by Zhuge Liang's generosity. As a civilian, he began to wake up, and he knew his ignorance and willfulness best. To this end, he decided to turn over a new leaf, wait for Zhuge Liang's forgiveness and use him again.

However, he waited and waited, but did not wait for the release of the exemption order, but waited for the bad news-Zhuge Liang died in Wuzhangyuan when he left Qishan for the sixth northern expedition. Hearing the bad news, Li Yan was worried and angry. Although he hates Zhuge Liang, he is also full of yearning for Zhuge Liang. He hoped that the upright Zhuge Liang would clear his sins and use him again. However, when Zhuge Liang died, he knew that his hopes were completely shattered. Liu Chan, who didn't like him from the beginning, gave up hope.

Soon, Li Yan died of grief and regret. The legend of the middle generation of Shu ended here, leaving a regret that the ambition was not paid.

In the whole process, another minister, Zhao Yun, was obviously helpless and helpless. After all, this was a struggle between Zhuge Liang and Li Yan. As long as it didn't endanger Zuo's individual and Jiangshan, how could he want to go to this muddy water?