Both Liu Bei's father and grandfather had been officials in the prefectures and counties. Although they were regarded as a family of officials and eunuchs, by Liu Bei's generation, the family business had declined and their power was not as good as before.
Liu Bei was born in war and suffered from famine.
Perhaps because of this reason, when Liu Bei was later promoted to Prime Minister Pingyuan, he was extremely generous to the people and gave money at every turn.
Liu Bei's generosity and benevolence won the love and attachment of everyone in the mansion, which can be said to have won the hearts of the people.
However, there was a rich man named Liu Ping who had a lot of opinions on Liu Bei. He was unwilling to be controlled by others, so he hired an assassin to assassinate Liu Bei.
Liu Bei naturally didn't know about this, and he treated the assassin as enthusiastically as a man in the mansion.
Afterwards, the assassin was grateful for Liu Bei's benevolent heart, informed Liu Bei of his intention and left.
At the beginning of the uprising, Liu Bei had only a thousand soldiers under his command, and he only achieved the position of Prime Minister Ping Yuan as an official.
But even so, Liu Bei still relied on his virtues to attract a large number of followers.
In 196 AD, Xuzhou Mu Taolian was seriously ill. He asked Mizhu: "Only Liu Bei can stabilize this state."
Later, Mi Zhu led his people to welcome Liu Bei, who never thought that he would not accept it at all.
Later, after Kong Rong, Chen Deng and others tried their best to persuade Liu Bei to take over.
Not long after, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu came to attack Xuzhou one after another, and Liu Bei was forced to leave his hometown.
Although Liu Bei had neither territory nor troops, he was respected and treated wherever he went.
At the beginning, after Liu Bei was driven away by Lu Bu, he defected to Cao Wei. Cao Cao regarded him very highly, not only gave him the official position of Yuzhou Shepherd, but also helped him fight back against Lu Bu.
Cao Cao's advisers once proposed to kill Liu Bei, saying that he was "talented and popular", and sooner or later he would stand on his own.
But Cao Cao did not agree to this proposal, because he admired Liu Bei from the bottom of his heart, and felt that killing him hastily would lose the hearts of the people.
It is precisely because of this concern that Cao Cao left a strong opponent for himself.
Later, Cao Cao sent Liu Bei to stop Chen Yu, but he didn't want Liu Bei to take the opportunity to escape.
Cao Cao regretted it after hearing this, but it was too late.
After Liu Bei fled, he killed Che Zhou, the governor of Xuzhou, and led his troops to station in Pei.
At that time, the battle of Guandu was imminent, but Cao Cao, who was full of worries, decided to attack Liu Bei first.
At this time, his counselors once advised him to deal with Yuan Shao first. After all, if Liu Bei was attacked first, Yuan Shao would have a great opportunity to enter.
However, Cao Cao said: "Liu Bei is an outstanding man today. If he does not attack today, there will be endless troubles in the future."
Therefore, he personally led his troops to attack Liu Bei. As a last resort, Liu Bei defected to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao respected Liu Bei very much. When he heard that Liu Bei was coming to join him, he immediately sent people along the way to greet him.
You know, Yuan Shao was the most powerful local separatist force at that time, and he was willing to condescend to welcome him, but it was only because of Liu Bei's virtue.
Although Liu Bei was in exile at this time, he was not humiliated in the slightest.
It can be seen from this that the "virtue" of a politician is also the most fundamental guarantee for him to settle down.
Liu Bei's virtues in troubled times were further demonstrated during his stay in Jingzhou.
Liu Bei and Liu Biao belonged to the same family in the Han Dynasty, so Liu Biao naturally welcomed Liu Bei's defection.
However, as more and more Jingzhou heroes joined Liu Bei, Liu Biao gradually became suspicious of him and no longer reused Liu Bei.
But even so, Liu Biao still respects Liu Bei very much and always treats him as a guest.
Liu Bei, who had lived under the fence several times, was naturally very grateful for Liu Biao's courtesy.
Chapter 134 Liu Bei's Benevolence
This can be seen from his refusal to attack Jingzhou later.
It is recorded in "Book of Wei" that Liu Biao wanted to entrust Jingzhou to Liu Bei before his death, but Liu Bei's answer was, "This man treats me well. Now, according to his words, people will treat me less than me. I can't bear it."
Here he used the word "forbearance", which shows that Liu Bei's main concern at this time is the issue of faith.
Although at that time Zhuge Liang had listed Jingzhou as the primary goal of striving for strength, Liu Bei still refused to take advantage of it in the case of treachery, which is enough to see his benevolence and righteousness.
During Liu Bei's attachment to Liu Biao, although he had no power, he still conquered the soldiers and civilians in Jingzhou with his virtue.At the beginning, when Liu Bei retreated from Fancheng, more than [-] Jingzhou people swore to follow him to the death.
During this period, his counselors once advised Liu Bei to advance quickly, saying that those who achieve major events should not stick to small details, and asked him to abandon the [-] people who followed behind him, so as to prevent the team from being overtaken by Cao Cao.
But Liu Bei, who has benevolence and righteousness in his heart, is determined to share weal and woe with the common people.
At this critical moment of life and death, Liu Bei still chose to protect the people. This kind of politician who cared about all living beings was rare in ancient times.
Later, Liu Bei and his party were overtaken by Cao Cao's light cavalry troops because there were too many people following them and the troops moved slowly.
In this confrontation, Liu Bei suffered a heavy loss.
Not only did he lose his wife, but his son, who had just turned one year old, almost died prematurely.
However, there is no unparalleled road, and Liu Bei's troops happened to meet Guan Yu's fleet, and the group of people were able to save their lives.
Although Liu Bei paid a huge price for maintaining his political character, at the same time, he has also received praise from generations to come.
As a politician, Liu Bei's fairness in employing people is as important as his political character.
Looking at the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, only Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Cao Cao are corporals who are virtuous and recruit talents. This is what the three of them have in common.
However, in terms of dealing with people and things, only Liu Bei is the most sincere and sincere.
In dealing with the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, Liu Bei insisted on treating each other with sincerity, which is especially reflected in his relationship with Zhuge Liang.
In the cold winter season, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times, which can be described as sincere and true;
When Liu Bei died, Zhuge Liang left him alone, and Zhuge Liang died with all his might.
In addition to Zhuge Liang, we can also get a glimpse of his noble character in dealing with others from his relationship with Huang Quan as a monarch and minister.
Huang Quan was originally Liu Zhang's boss. He once advised Liu Zhang to prevent Liu Bei from entering Sichuan, but Liu Zhang did not accept his opinion and demoted him out of Chengdu.
Later, Liu Zhang and Liu Bei turned against each other, and Liu Bei occupied Yizhou. At that time, all the counties surrendered, and only Huang Quan stood firm on the city.
After Liu Zhang surrendered, Huang Quan joined Liu Bei.For Huang Quan, who had surrendered, Liu Bei reused it regardless of previous suspicions.
And Huang Quan can be regarded as living up to his trust. His strategy of capturing Hanzhong has contributed an important force to the growth of Liu Bei Group.
After Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, Liu Bei personally led an army to attack Wu.
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