The Gemorah at the end of Megillah (31a) lists what the krias hatorah of every holiday is. Regarding Shemini Atzeret and Simchas Torah it says יו"ט האחרון קורין כל הבכור מצות וחוקים ובכור ומפטירין (מלכים א ט, א) ויהי ככלות שלמה למחר קורין וזאת הברכה ומפטירין (מלכים א ח, כב) ויעמד שלמה.) Tosfos asks that we follow the Gemorah, for instead of reading ויעמד שלמה, we read as the haftorah of the beginning of Yehoshua on Simchas . Why don't we follow the Gemorah?
In order to understand this we have to understand why is it that we read V'zos Haberacha on Simchas Torah? One may think because its the last parsha and we want to end the Yom Tov by ceebrating Simchas Torah, but that can't be be the case for even where they would finish the Torah in only a three year cycle, the reading is still V'zos Haberacha. The Ran explains that indeed V'zos Haberacha is considered to be a reflection of the idea of the holiday just like all the readings on the other days. He says since this is the end of the holiday season, we want to end with the beracha of Moshe Rabbenu before we depart. Hence, the haftorah (of ויעמד שלמה) is also about the blessings Shlomo Hamelech gave as the people were departing. Rav Zolti (Mishnas Yaavetz siman 72) suggests that when we read V'zos Haberacha, there are two elements to it. One is element is because its the reading of the day, as the Ran said. However, there is also the element of reading the last parsha, of finishing the torah cycle of the year since we finish the torah every year. Based upon this idea, he answers the question of Tosfos. The Gemorah gives the haftorah that patterns those that just reading the parsha as the obligation of the day. however, our reading of the haftorah is to reflect the idea of the Torah portion itself just like every parsha of the year, for we are reading it to finish the parshiot. Hence, we read the haftorah of the beginning of Yehoshua, right after Moshe's death (see also the Meshech Chachma at the end of the sefer says the same idea.)
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