Chapter 7: The Crowd

Yingchuan, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, Yingchuan is named after Yingshui. The jurisdiction is the east of Dengfeng City, Baofeng, Weishi, Yuncheng, south of Xinmi City, north of Yexian and Wuyang, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the economy is also very developed, and the style of study is pure. During the Qin and Han dynasties and the Warring States period before the Qin and Han dynasties, many well-known big names were born in this place. Among them, a large number of capable people such as LĂź Buwei, Zhang Liang, Chao Cuo, etc. are also from Yingchuan.

Because of the rich style of learning, the famous scholars and scholars in some other regions are also very happy to come to this place to give lectures, which is equivalent to the indirect exchange and collision of the culture of each region. Students who are taught in this way are naturally imaginative and unique. As the standard of teaching improves, so does the literacy of these students. As a result, most of the capable people produced by Yingchuan are capable ministers who can govern the country and secure the country.

In this environment, Yingchuan gradually formed a lot of moral and academic families, among which Zhong Hao, Xun Shu, Han Shao, and Chen Yu were the top figures of Yingchuan County in the late Han Dynasty, known as the four chiefs of Yingchuan.

Therefore, the Zhong, Xun, Han, and Chen families became the most famous local scholars. As a major talent export place from ancient times to the present, Liu Xie certainly cannot let go of this place, not to mention that there is a saying that "the Three Kingdoms is half Yingchuan" in later generations. For this place, Liu Xie attaches so much importance to it, so Liu Xie asked Dong Chong to come to Yingchuan in person to recruit talents, and there were several handwritten letters for Dong Chong to bring to everyone.

When Dong Chong came to Yingchuan, he could also feel that Yingchuan's style of study was very strong, but Dong Chong couldn't look at it much, and it was important to complete the task assigned by Liu Xie first. Dong Chong first came to Xun Mansion, this place is the place where Liu Xie specially explained that he must come, so Dong Chong was the first to come here, Dong Chong stood outside and asked the porter to take the worship sticker and hand it to Xun Shu, and after the gatehouse entered, he stood outside and looked up and down Xun Mansion, looked at Xun Shu's building, and guessed what great talent there was in it, which could be worthy of Liu Xie's attention, and how did Liu Xie know this, he had never been out of the palace, Dong Chong could only believe that there were other forces behind Liu Xie.

Inside the gatehouse took the worship sticker and handed it to Xun Shu who was drinking tea in the hall, Xun Shu took the worship sticker, looked at it curiously, wondered who sent the worship sticker, opened the inside, only to see the hussar general Dong Chong written on it, was taken aback, and quickly got up and walked outside, to greet Dong Chong, the hussar general as the absolute real power figure of the Han Dynasty, the second grade general, such a character came to Xun Mansion is a blessing or a curse. Xun Shu thought about it, while walking quickly to the door, came to the door, looked at the man at the door, dressed in a green shirt, he couldn't see the vulgar ambition of the military man, but like a student more, Xun Shu didn't dare to slack off, walked in front of Dong Chong, and was about to kneel down to meet him, Dong Chong looked at it and hurriedly stopped, but he didn't dare to let him make a salute, whether this trip could be successful or not, a large part of the reason fell on the old man in front of him.

The two were polite for a while, Xun Shu invited Dong Chong to the mansion to talk, Dong Chong was not polite, he walked towards the courtyard first, came to the hall, and sat down as the guest and host. Xun Shu knew that since Dong Zhong came to the door directly, there must be something important, so he pointed it out directly at the moment, of course I can help it, and if I can't help, I can't blame me, as for what can help and what can't be helped, then I have to decide.

Dong Chong, as a person who has been in the sea for a long time, naturally listened to Xun Shu's potential meaning, and was not polite at the moment, directly put down the teacup in his hand, pointed out the intention and said: I came here this time to be entrusted by His Royal Highness the Prince to recruit talents for His Royal Highness Liu Xie. Hearing Dong Chong's explanation, Xun Shu was not worried, originally in the past few days they were still discussing whether to respond to the edict and send people from the clan to Beijing, but it has not yet been finalized, but now Liu Xie directly sent people to Yingchuan, since he is here to seek talents, then Xun Shu is still worried, looking at Dong Zhong at the moment and asking, I don't know how His Royal Highness Liu Xie knows that my Xun family has great talents, and I don't know who His Royal Highness refers to?

Dong Zhong looked at Xun Shu and asked him rhetorically, and immediately replied, how did His Highness know that the Xun family has great talents, I don't know this, but what are the great talents of your Xun family that are worthy of His Highness sending me, here is the list given by His Royal Highness, and the handwritten letter given by His Royal Highness, after speaking, he picked up the paper at hand and handed it to Xun Shu, Xun Shu received the list and handwritten letter from Dong Chong's hand, he opened the list first, as for the letter, since it is a handwritten letter, it is better to open it by the parties, looking at a personal name in the list, The question in Xun Shu's heart is even greater, the list of talents of the Xun clan is almost exhausted, you must know that these people, in the entire Xun clan, only he can fully grasp it, and it is impossible for others to know how to do it all.

I saw that Xun Yu, Xun You's uncle and nephew were written in the list, as well as Xun Jian, Xun Qi, Xun Jing, Xun Tao, Xun Wang, Xun Shuang, Xun Su, Xun Yang, among them, Xun Yu and Xun You may be a little more famous, but the other eight are all hidden talents of the Xun family, and now Liu Xie knows everything. At that moment, Xun Shu suppressed the shock in her heart, and said to Dong Zhong: General, the stakes are very high, and the old man needs to discuss it with his family. Dong Zhong also knew that it was difficult to make this decision, so he nodded happily, Xun Shu saw Dong nodded, and immediately said goodbye and walked out, outside the hall, stopped a hand and hurriedly ordered, you go and gather all the sons, as well as Xun Yu and Xun Yu Let them wait for me in the study, and after speaking, go to the study in advance, where to sit, and wait for everyone to arrive.

Xun Shu sat in the study, suppressed the shock in his heart, where he was thinking hard about countermeasures, and after a while, everyone else came, Xun Jian, as the boss, spoke first, I don't know what is important for my father to gather all of us, and everyone else is looking at Xun Shu intently. Xun Shu didn't speak, directly took out the list in his hand and Liu Xie's handwriting, handed it to everyone, let everyone watch it themselves, everyone picked up the letter and the list and looked at it one by one, Xun Shu and others read it before saying, the current prince Liu Xie sent Dong Zhong to Xun Mansion to recruit people on the list to contribute to him, but I looked at it, but not everyone has handwriting, only Xun Yu, Xun You, Xun Shuang, Xun Jing four people, how to do it, you have your own ideas.

After speaking, he closed his eyes and sat there, Xun Yu, Xun You, Xun Shuang, and Xun Jing picked up their own letters, and read them directly in Kaifeng, and the four people who had just finished reading the letter said directly, I went to the capital, but the four of them said in unison at the same time, and the others looked at the four people who had made up their minds, and they were very curious about the content of the letter, but unfortunately the four of them had already put away the letter, and there was no intention for everyone to watch, so although everyone was itching, they also had to suppress their curiosity. Xun Shu opened her eyes, looked at the other few people who had not made a decision, and asked: What do you mean, in the end, some people said to go, and some said not to go.

In the end, in addition to Xun Yu, Xun You, Xun Shuang, Xun Jing, Xun Wang and Xun Su, as for the others, they all decided not to go to the capital, some decided not to have Liu Xie's handwritten letters, went to the plain and low, and some were not interested in the office, anyway, the future achievements of the people who are doing it have been decided when making decisions. Now that the decision has been made, Xun Shu took away the six people who decided to go to the capital, and went directly to the hall to meet Dong Chong.

Dong Chong was also very curious about how quickly Xun Neng made a decision, but it was his own business to make such a choice, and since these people decided to go to Beijing, they would be their own people from now on, so Dong Chong immediately changed his face with a smile on his face. Dong Zhong asked Xun Shu to find someone to take him to the other three, and then looked at Liu Xie's handwritten letter in his hand and asked: Do you know Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, and Xu Shu, Xun Yu heard that Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia stood up and said at the moment, I know Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia, Dong Chong was very happy when he heard that someone knew, and said directly: Boy, I will give you a task, this is His Royal Highness's handwritten letter, and you will hand it over to the two of them, how about it, no problem.

Xun Yu directly agreed, saying that there would be no problems at all, Dong Chong was very happy, and asked Xun Shu to send someone to take him to the other three immediately. As soon as Xun Jian heard that he went to the other three, he immediately stood up and said, let's take the adults to the other three, Dong Chong saw that someone volunteered, and directly took Xun Jian and left first. Xun Yu saw Dong Zhong leaving, and also confessed to Xun Shu, left the house, and went to find Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia.