Chapter 48: The Poor Family and the Family
"The front is about to go to Yingchuan, Ziang, is there a powerful character in Yingchuan, let's go and recruit again, see if we can let him join our camp, Qingzhou is in ruins, and talents are urgently needed", Liu Bei saw that he recruited Dian Wei in Chenliu last time, although he didn't directly say that he defected at the time, but later because Dian Wei knew that Liu Bei wanted to buy wine and meat in order to entertain him, he finally surrendered to him, which made Liu Bei very happy.
"Xuande Gong, Yingchuan does have a lot of powerful characters, there are not many generals, many top strategists are in Yingchuan, and it will be of great help to our future development if we can recruit one", Liu Yi thought for a while and said, since Liu Bei wants to go, let's try it, maybe I can really recruit some characters.
If you look closely at the map, you will find that many of these strategists in the Three Kingdoms are from the same place, and that is Yingchuan! Therefore, there has been a saying since ancient times: "Half of the strategists of the Three Kingdoms came from Yingchuan".
Yingchuan County belongs to Yuzhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the governance is located in Yangzhai, in fact, Yingchuan has been outstanding since ancient times, and some very famous figures in history such as LĂź Buwei, Zhang Liang, Han Feizi, etc. are all from Yingchuan County. Since Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are seven of the 28 generals in Yuntai from Yingchuan, second only to Liu Xiu's hometown Nanyang, Yingchuan is even more talented, especially in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, which almost reached its peak. said that "half of the strategists of the Three Kingdoms are from Yingchuan", at least Cao Cao agrees, because most of the strategists under Cao Cao's command are from this place, and three of his most famous five strategists are actually from Yingchuan.
Xun Yu, one of Cao Cao's five great strategists, Yingchuan Yingyin, has Wang Zuozhicai, Cao Cao called it "my son's room", in Cao Cao's early southern expedition and northern war, basically Cao Cao's main outside, Xun Yu's main inside, a bit similar to Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's partner. But what he is really loyal to in his heart is the Han family, so the contradiction between him and Cao Cao is irreconcilable, so that in the end Cao Cao committed suicide when he gave him an empty box, if Liu Bei came to the door this time, if the family can afford Liu Bei This kind of grassroots and poor people, then they have a high probability of recruiting Xun Yu, and then it will be interesting, Cao Cao's ovary was poached by Liu Bei.
And if Xun Yu can be taken away, then Xun Yu can also follow, and he will get two top strategists at once, Xun Yu is Xun Yu's nephew, but he is 7 years older than Xun Yu, he is careful and low-key, full of strategies, good at flexible and changeable tactics and military strategies to defeat the enemy, very talented, and is a strategist who is good at fighting with the army.
And Xun Yu's other friend Guo Jia is also within Liu Yi's consideration, the most important thing is that Guo Jia's behavior style is not as rigid as the family, probably because his family is in a broken state, so he is so uninhibited, if you say who is most likely to be recruited by Liu Bei among the people from a famous family, it is estimated that it is Guo Jia.
Thinking of this, Liu Yi suddenly slapped his thigh, why didn't he expect Xi Zhicai, that is a genuine son of a poor family, Xi Zhicai, should also be in Yingchuan now, it is precisely because of his untimely death that Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia to Cao Cao. Xi Zhicai should also be a local scholar from a poor family in Yingchuan, otherwise Xun Yu would not recommend it, because the scholars do not intersect with the poor. In addition, because the name of the two characters was a cheap name at that time, and generally only the untouchables would use the name of the two characters, it is likely that the name is unknown, and "Zhicai" is its character, and no one has been clear about it.
It seems that the Chen family also has a Chen Qun, although his reputation is not as good as the five strategists, but he is also a real bull, and the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, which has influenced the talent selection system for hundreds of years in later generations, is from him, and he is also the main founder of Cao Wei's law "Wei Law". In addition, he is one of the three auxiliary ministers designated by Cao Pi before his death, but unfortunately the Chen family is really one of the five great families in the world, and it is impossible to follow Liu Bei, Liu Yi has no intention of going to the Chen family, and now they are not qualified enough, maybe they will have the opportunity to come back again in a few years.
That's all for the most famous, Liu Yi thought about it, there should be nothing missing, the current Xu Shu doesn't know where it is, and it is impossible for them to look for people all over the city, so they can only go to Xun Yu's house to have a look, and then find Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai according to Xun Yu's line, hoping to take one away.
After Liu Bei and his entourage arrived at Yingchuan, they dismounted and let the army be stationed outside, Liu Bei waited for Guan Zhang Zhao, and Dian Wei Liu Yi entered the city and went straight to Xun's house, and a little inquiry about the location of Xun's house in Yingchuan can be known.
Finally came to the door of the Xun family, looking at the closed door in front of him, Liu Bei took a deep breath, ready to knock on the door, for him, it is really not easy to get to this step, he is really a poor person at the bottom of the society, weaving mats and selling shoes, with the name of the Han family's relatives, today in front of the gate of the family, to recruit them to be his subordinates, Liu Bei really has no confidence at all.
"May I ask Xun Yu Xun Wenruo is there, Liu Bei Liu Xuande, passing through Yingchuan, heard his name, and came to visit", Liu Bei worked hard to make himself more polite, there are too many rules in the family, and they can't be looked down upon.
After a while, a person dressed as a family member opened the door and glanced at Liu Bei.
"General Liu, my son-in-law has traveled abroad, and I don't know when I will come back", the family said politely, it can be seen that it is the courtesy answer of the family, and there is not much respect for Liu Bei.
Seeing that Liu Bei didn't know what to say now, he didn't even enter the door, so he was blocked, so he stepped forward and said.
"If Wen Ruo is not there, you can go in and communicate with Gongda, Xun You's talent has already heard of it", Liu Yi walked forward and said with a smile, a momentum spontaneously emerged, and the planning of everything along the way made Liu Yi more confident.
"I'm sorry, Uncle Xun You has also traveled, if you have something important, you can do it for you", the family Ding saw that Liu Yi was extraordinary, and did not perfunctory say when he would come back, but said that he could tell Xun You about it.
"Then thank you little brother, if they come back, I will say that Liu Xuande and Liu Ziang came to visit, and I hope they will come to Qingzhou to conspire with the world", Liu Yi knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to enter this door today, and he could just catch up with him when he went out to travel, he glanced up at the gate of Xunfu, and Liu Bei turned his head and left, today's shame, keep it in mind, since the door of the family is so difficult to open, then don't exist, the pride of the traverser, they will never understand.
"Xuande Gong, we are being looked down upon, the family is not something we can touch now, let's see if the remaining two great talents can be recruited", Liu Yi said with a smile, but there was a chill in his smile, the family and the cold family, then let yourself subvert it.