Who was Liu Bei's first counselor?

Mention Liu Bei's first counselor. Many people will think it is Zhuge Liang. In fact, Zhuge Liang was mainly in charge of internal affairs and raising food and grass. Fa is the person who gave Liu Bei advice. Liu Bei gave him more credit than Zhuge Liang. The History of the Three Kingdoms recorded the rule of law, while the external system was capital, which showed his position at that time. Here I quote the evaluation in Peng's Review of Military History:

"Because Liu Feng and Meng Da didn't send reinforcements, Guan Yu was captured by Wu Dong. Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang's plan, playing hard to get, and first transferred Liu Shoumian Yang; Meng Da became alert and discussed with Shen Dan and Shen Yi: "I am Wang Jiangong of Hanzhong together with Fa Xiaozhi; Today's filial death, Hanzhong Wang forgot his previous achievements because he wanted to see harm. What can he do? "At the instigation of the Shen Shi brothers, Meng Da rebelled and dedicated the general to Cao Wei, causing Liu Feng to be killed. Zhuge Liang's plan increased the loss of West Shu after losing Guan Yu and Jingzhou. If Buddhism were here, would all this happen again?

Fa Zheng, the word filial piety, was born in Fufeng County (now Meixian East, Shaanxi Province) and was born in a noble family. His grandfather Fazhen, "Mr. Xuande", was a famous person in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. His father, Stuart Xun and Ting Wei, were left in charge at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the people were in poverty and there were many swords and soldiers. Rich and isolated surprisingly, it became a refuge from the war. Fa Zheng and his friend Meng Da went to Shu to take refuge in Liu Zhang (no wonder Meng Da said so), but Liu Zhang was puzzled. Only the appointment method is a county magistrate, and the shortcoming of the appointment method is bad conduct, so Liu Zhang will never be appointed in the future. Fazheng is very depressed these days. Later, Fazheng and Yizhou became friends in Zhang Song. With the strong recommendation of Zhang Song, Fa Zheng was appointed as the envoy of Liu Bei by Liu Zhang. Fa Zheng used this mission to get to know a generation of lean Liu Bei.

Fa Zheng and Zhang Song were determined to help Liu Bei enter Xichuan City, and later Meng Da joined in, so there was the famous story of "Zhang Songxian's map" in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Fazheng and Zhang never had a chance until the sixteenth year of Jian 'an (2 1 1), when Cao Cao wanted to take Hanzhong, Liu Zhang sent Fazheng as a special envoy to see Liu Bei again to prevent Cao Cao's army from hurting Yizhou. Fazheng secretly offered a plan to Liu Bei, encouraging Liu Bei to seize Xichuan and achieve the great cause of Wang Ba. And collect two Sichuan as maps to take the base area of Wang Ba, which Zhuge Liang designed for Liu Bei in Longzhong. It can be said that it is the same view. Liu Bei led tens of thousands of infantry into Shu by water, leaving Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu stationed in Jingzhou.

When Liu Bei besieged Luocheng for nearly a year, Fa Zheng wrote to Liu Zhang to surrender. Although Liu Zhang didn't accept it immediately, Los Angeles was breached, and Liu Bei marched into and surrounded Chengdu for only a few days. There are still 30 thousand soldiers in the city, and Gu Bi can last for a year. Liu Zhang surrendered in Kaesong when the government and the people were willing to fight to the death. This has to be said that Liu Zhang made a choice considering the surrender of Fa Zheng. Liu Bei captured Yizhou in nineteen years. From then on, I got rid of the predicament and laid the foundation for my success.