As an extremely brave general under Liu Bei, Wei Yan also made Liu Bei trust and value him very much. He was originally a subordinate of Liu Biao, but later he took refuge in Liu Bei, making great contributions to Guo Huai and making great achievements. He became Liu Bei's right-hand man with loyalty and brilliant exploits, but after Liu Bei's death, he was killed by Ma Dai sent by Yang Yi because of Zhuge Liang's strategy.
It is said that when Wei Yan took refuge in Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang wanted to kill him as soon as he saw him, saying, "This man was born rebellious and will definitely rebel in the future." Fortunately, Liu Bei knows how to make good use of others and doesn't believe that he cares about Wei Yan's "anti-blog". It was Liu Bei's attitude that saved Wei Yan. Later, during the Northern Expedition, Wei Yan once put forward the plan of "forest valley", but Zhuge Liang opposed it, thinking it was too dangerous, which also conformed to Zhuge Liang's cautious characteristics and made Wei Yan unconvinced.
When Zhuge Liang was seriously ill, he prayed to heaven for immortality, but Wei Yan disturbed him again to report the enemy's situation and accidentally knocked over the lantern. However, Zhuge Liang was afraid that Liu Chan could not suppress Wei Yan after his death, so before Zhuge Liang died, he left an order for Wei Yan to stay in Hanzhong. Afraid of Wei Yan's dissatisfaction, he told Yang Yi his plan, and finally Wei Yan was killed by Ma Dai.
Why doesn't Ge Liang like Wei Yan?
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms stood firm. As one of the three major forces in Shu, there are countless loyal ministers and good generals. In addition to the powerful fighting power of General Wu Hu, Shu has another general with outstanding military talent, that is Wei Yan. But Zhuge Liang never liked Wei Yan. Why?
Among China's four classical novels, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms tells the story of the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the reason why Zhuge Liang didn't like Wei Yan in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written by the author.
Wei Yan led troops to surrender to Liu Bei when Liu Bei conquered Zhang Lu. However, Zhuge Liang saw that Wei Yan was too late to come. On the spot, he refused Wei Yan's request to join Liu Bei's army and asked the sergeant to drag Wei Yan out and behead him. Liu Bei quickly stopped Zhuge Liang's decision, and Zhuge Liang directly explained to Liu Bei why he did it.
Zhuge Liang found an anti-bone behind Wei Yan's head and thought that Wei Yan would definitely rise up and rebel in the future. Wei has always been a subordinate of Zhang Lu, so he should have eaten the wealth of the monarch and worried about him. Wei Yan betrayed Zhang Lu with Zhang Lu's salary, which is a sign of Wei Yan's disloyalty, and this is also the reason why Zhuge Liang dislikes Wei Yan. But out of kindness, Liu Bei left Wei Yan and only warned Wei Yan not to rebel in the future.
Zhuge Liang devoted himself to the great plan of Shu's national reunification and died. After several expeditions to Wei, he died in Wuzhangyuan. Zhuge Liang told his men before his death that Wei Yan would rise up and rebel after his death. It also left a plan to help the Shu army kill Wei Yan at the last moment, ending the rebellion brought about by Wei Yan's rebellion.
Wei Yan is a special existence in The Romance of Three Kingdoms. Many people have a lot of controversy about this figure. Some people think that Wei Yan is a loyal minister, while others think that he is notorious. As the saying goes, civil servants are afraid of military officers, but Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan are just the opposite. Why is Wei Yan afraid of Zhuge Liang? Let's analyze the reasons in detail today!
We all know that Zhuge Liang is a famous politician and strategist, who has made great contributions in assisting Liu Bei, but especially for Wei Yan, he always has a certain degree of vigilance, which is called "the back of his head grows on the bone", so he always suppressed Wei Yan everywhere.
In fact, Wei Yan was deeply valued by Liu Bei from the beginning and was a famous scholar of Shu Han. He has been outstanding in military exploits and won the trust of Liu Bei, so he was named General Zhenyuan. After that, Wei Yan followed Zhuge Liang in the Northern Expedition. In this process, Wei Yan put forward the plan of "miracle of forest valley" to Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang felt that the risk was too great, so he had an objection. After Wei Yan was suppressed by Zhuge Liang, the plan was useless. From then on, he also had some dissatisfaction and jealousy with Zhuge Liang.
To say why Wei Yan was afraid of Zhuge Liang, in fact, Zhuge Liang was highly valued by Liu Bei in the final analysis. Zhuge Liang's power and status are always higher than Wei Yan's, so Wei Yan should be afraid of Zhuge Liang in all aspects, which is one of the main reasons why Wei Yan is afraid of Zhuge Liang.
Secondly, Wei Yan himself has the arrogant personality of a military commander. He always disagrees with some people in political opinions, which leads to the escalation of the contradiction between himself and Yang Yi. After Zhuge Liang's death, Wei Yan refused to compromise, rose up against Yang Yi, and was finally killed by Ma Dai.
Through the above introduction, we know why Wei Yan is afraid of Zhuge Liang. In the final analysis, it was Wei Yan's own character that led to his tragic ending, and he finally died in the struggle of officialdom. Zhuge Liang's suspicion is only the fuse.