After Liu He led his troops to kill the Wuhuan troops, he quickly cleaned up the battlefield, treated the wounded soldiers and carried the bodies of the dead soldiers, left Changyugouzi, and under the guidance of Han Dang, marched towards Lulongsai.

At this time, Liu He took a closer look at Han Dang who was riding on a horse: one meter seven tall, eagle-eyed eagle-eyed like a tiger, swallow-jawed ape arm wolf waist, carrying a four-stone big bow, and two pots of wolf's tooth arrows hanging from the saddle. Riding a green horse, wearing a standard leather armor and crimson robe, holding an iron spear, his eyes are majestic, and he dares to commit a single offence.

"Thank you for the timely rescue! Otherwise, we will die for the rest of our lives. Han Dang bowed his hand to Liu He.

"Thank you, Sima!" Behind him, Huan Xuan, Qing Feng, Wei Qiang, Le Bin and others thanked him in unison.

"You are polite, and you have done your duty. Fortunately, Laier and others struggled to block the attack, Boyu and Hansheng Zhujun rushed into battle, and Xuande and Sui'an swept the formation, so that there was peace this time. Liu He said modestly.

Then Han Dangzi led the way, and Liu He then talked with Liu, Guan, Zhang, Zou, and Jian.

said that Liu He met these five people, and he had to start from arriving in Zhuo County on that day.

On the official road in Lu Chengting, Zhuonan Township, Zhuo County, there were more than ten horsemen slowly coming from a distance, getting closer and closer to Liu He's troops.

These knights were not very old, the oldest was in their thirties, and most of them were in their twenties, carrying bows and spears, each with a sword, and they were all very capable of being fierce and light. At the foreground was a young man in his early twenties, dressed in black and blue, seven feet five inches long, with two ears hanging down his shoulders, his hands above his knees, his eyes looking for his ears, his face like a crown of jade, and his lips like grease. That's right! This person is the grandson of Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan Jing, the marquis of Lucheng Ting, surnamed Liu, named Bei, and the word Xuande.

Liu Bei is about to run around in takeaway straw sandals, his complexion is a little dark, a ring head knife is inserted in his waist, riding on a horse, his waist is straight, his big eyes are turning around, looking forward, as if waiting for something.

Although it was late summer, the weather was still very hot, and Liu He led his troops to drive for half a day under the sun, and his forehead and face were sweaty.

"Stop marching and rest in place." Liu He waved his hand and ordered.

On both sides of the official road are large wheat fields.

It seems that Zhuo County has a good year this year, the wheat in the field is lush, the wind blows, the green wheat seedlings are undulating, and a fragrance mixed with heat hits the nose. From afar, you can see field slaves in twos and threes, wearing calves and pants, and working shirtless.

It was only a short time after the middle of the day, and there were many cars and horses and pedestrians on the road.

There are Confucian scholars in single clothes, businessmen in elegant clothes, and Qianshou in black or white clothes. Because the world is restless and the roads are not quiet, pedestrians often wear short knives and long swords.

At this time, Liu He saw from a distance that there were more than ten people dressed as cavalry sergeants in front of him, leaning on the side of the road, he restrained his mount, pulled his sleeve to wipe his sweat, and turned his eyes around.

"Someone! went to the front to ask about the more than ten riders, but there was a name called 'Liu Xuande'. Liu He instructed a pro-soldier.

"No!" The soldiers took the order and left.

After a while, I saw a soldier with a horse over.

"But Liu and Liu Shunzhi, Liu Bu Sima?" Liu Bei dismounted.

"Jun is Liu Xuande? Brother Zi's letter...? Liu He dismounted and returned the salute.

"Hmmm! Lu Jun's letter has been read, and I know the words in the letter. Prepare to meet Ming Gong! Liu Bei said and got up and bowed: "Prepare for the countryside and the reckless, cloth and clothing." Ming Gongyuan was in Beijing, Hongyan passed on the book, expressed his heartfelt words, did not feel despicable, and recruited under his command. Although the preparation is mediocre, but also has learned the literature and martial arts, has the ambition to serve the country, and is fortunate to be recruited by the king, and is willing to carry the whip with the pedal, and the attendants are left and right. ”

"Xuande, please get up!" Liu He leaned over and helped Liu Bei up: "Xuande, although you and I can see each other today, when I was in Beijing, Lu Gong and his brother Zi mentioned Jun and Gongsun Boqi a lot, and my heart has been friends with you for a long time." Seeing your true face, you know that there are heroes in the recklessness! Recruiting the king under his command, one is the love between you and me; The second is that you and I are of the same clan as Emperor Gao, and the Han clan is a relative! You and I should shed our blood to protect the foundation of the Han family. With the help of the king, this time the business of the outside world will get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Xuande should not be polite in the future, just be commensurate with you and my brothers in private." Liu He patted Liu Bei on the shoulder: "I am March of the fourth year of Yanxi." ”

"Ming Gong! This... This... How can you afford it? Liu Bei was quite moved when he heard this: "May of the fourth year of Yanxi." ”

Whether he is a member of the Han family or not, who is a clear-eyed person who does not know that King Jing of Zhongshan has 120 sons, and the former Han Dynasty is two or three hundred years away from now, and the bloodline has long been out of five suits, but Liu He can not be moved by the heart of a Han clan.

"Brother Xuande! Hurry up and get on the horse and lead me to Zhuoxian Taishou Mansion. Liu He said to Liu Bei with a smile.

"No."

Along the way, Liu He introduced the generals to Liu Bei.

The reason why Liu He asked Lu Yu to be an intermediary to recruit Liu Bei was for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei; The second is to challenge yourself whether your butterfly effect can pry the wheel of history.

The biggest factor in the success of recruiting Liu Bei was the system of selecting officials at that time - the probation system and the military merit system.

Investigation is investigation, and promotion is recommendation. Its main feature is that the local governor inspects and selects talents at any time in his jurisdiction, recommends them to his superiors or the central government, and appoints officials after probationary examinations.

This was an improvement for the pre-Qin Shiqing Shilu system. Shiqing Shilu, as the name suggests, is from generation to generation, and the father dies and the son succeeds.

The military merit system originated in the Warring States Period, completed in the Qin Dynasty, and stabilized in the Han Dynasty.

Wei was the first to change the law, proposing that "food is meritorious and meritorious", and no longer took "proximity" and "merit" as the standard of reward, which actually had the nature of a military merit system. Wu Qi changed the law in Chu, "so that the descendants of the feudal monarch III and accept the knighthood, and absolutely reduce the rank of a hundred officials", and then use the reduced lordship to "select and train the people", which also has the characteristics of the military merit system. Qin was the country that implemented the military merit system most thoroughly, and Qin's military merit system was the most typical, and it also had the greatest impact on the time and later generations.

Qin's military merit system mainly includes two contents: first, "those who have military merits will be knighted at their own rate". This means that all those who have made military merits, regardless of their origin, class and class, can enjoy the knighthood. Military merit is the most necessary condition for receiving the reward of knighthood. Second, "unless the clan has military merits, it must not be a subordinate membership." This is the abolition of the hereditary privileges enjoyed by the nobility of the clan, who can no longer obtain high-ranking officials and titles and fiefdoms based on blood relations alone, that is, "affiliation", as in the past.

This stipulation created the characteristics of the times during the Warring States Period, where "the prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must be sent from the army".

Developed to the Han Dynasty - Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, swore by beheading the white horse: "If there is no merit, the world will punish it." From then on, the people of the Han Dynasty were proud of the conquest, and the husband should make contributions to the army.

However, when the probationary system developed to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the person being inspected embarked on a career because of the inspector, and he would be grateful to the inspector and serve him, which was very easy to produce sectarian behavior and form a local group.

The local suffrage was controlled by a small number of ministers and famous families, and they often recommended the children of prestigious families regardless of their academic quality, so that the scope of inspection became narrower and narrower, and a bureaucratic group of "four generations and five princes", "successive ministers", and "successive generations of scholars" appeared in society. At this time, the probation system has degenerated into a hereditary system in disguise, and has become a tool for those ministers to maintain their power and maintain their privileges.

The centralization of power in the two Han Dynasty was not as good as that of later generations, there was a legacy of the pre-Qin period, and the county officials regarded the county guard as the king, and the county government was a small court. Scheming scholars often attribute the credit to the county guard, and the fault to themselves, so that they can become famous and valued by the scholars and officials.

For example, Gongsun Chan was the secretary of the county gate, Taishou was convicted and sent to Jiaozhou Rinan, Gongsun Chan decided to go with him, but first went to the north to worship his ancestors, saying: "In the past, he was a son of man, and now he is a minister, and he should be in the south of the country." The miasma of the south of the day, or I am afraid that it will not be returned, and the ancestors will resign here", "those who see it from time to time are not ashamed". He became famous. Such subordinates, courtiers, and chiefs all like it, so Gongsun Chan was promoted as filial piety by the later Taishou.

Another example is that a person who was cited on the premise was the county magistrate of a certain county at the time, and his political performance was excellent, and he immediately resigned after hearing the news, and chased the car he was sitting in to Beijing to go to Beijing together. This was the ethos of the time. At that time, some people said that it was wrong for protégés and former officials to regard their teachers and masters more seriously than the imperial court, and to give up public office in the imperial court because of their personal feelings, but the custom was like this, although it was considered wrong by a few people of insight, the government and the opposition praised this behavior.

There is also the flood of people who sell their fame and reputation - Xu Wu, the father of Xu Jing, the protagonist of sword and revenge.

So for Liu Bei, he is a reckless man in the countryside, and he can be recruited by Liu He, which is simply a nobleman.