Today's times are different from the past, today's Liu Xie wants people, money and money, and it is no longer the time when he needed to whisper to others in order to recruit personal talents. At the beginning, Liu Xie saw a treasure with a little ability, but now if he wants to do things by Liu Xie's side, he not only needs to be able to do things, but more importantly, he must be trustworthy.

As the son of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie attaches great importance to his own safety, although he occasionally observes the people's feelings, but he will never greet anyone in advance. Because there is no law in the unexpected, this also makes people who want to be unfavorable to Liu Xie have nowhere to start. In normal times, Liu Xie will be secretly accompanied by shadow guards to protect him. The people of the Shadow Secret Guard are all selected from the elite who are specifically responsible for assassination missions in the eyes of the sky, not to mention loyal, and these people are already proficient in the art of assassination, so letting these knowledgeable people be responsible for protecting Liu Xie's safety can be said to be the best use of people.

Liu Xie's surroundings are very tightly protected, and it is difficult to assassinate Liu Xie. If there are fewer people sent and they haven't shown up, they will be discovered and solved in advance by the shadow guards hiding in the shadows, and the more people they have sent, the more likely it is to attract the attention of others. If you want to calculate Liu Xie, the only way is to buy off the people close to Liu Xie, and only such people have the opportunity to get close to Liu Xie, so as to launch an attack by surprise. But the problem is that there is no one who can be left by Liu Xie's side who is not loyal to Liu Xie, and Liu Xie is also very picky about the people close to him, like the practice of leaving someone by his side to show trust in the past is long gone, but anyone who can stay by Liu Xie's side is a person that Liu Xie really trusts.

Chen Qun has the heart to calculate Liu Xie, not for personal enmity, but for the future of the family. Because according to the development path drawn by Liu Xie for the family, the family will not want to be a dominant family in the future, and can only become a famous family that needs to be attached to the imperial court. And this famous family is not a lifelong system, if there are a few unfilial descendants in the clan, it will be inevitable that the family will fall in the middle of the road.

As a member of the family, Chen Qun naturally hopes that the family can last forever, but he really does not have the confidence to ensure that the family will be virtuous from generation to generation. The Jiupin Zhongzheng system is the first move that Chen Qun thought of to protect the interests of the family, and put the right to elect and appoint officials in the hands of the family, so that even if the family does not produce talents, the upper echelons of society are still firmly controlled by the children of the family.

It's a pity that Liu Xie saw through Chen Qun's intentions, as the son of the Han Dynasty, he naturally didn't want to be a puppet in the hands of others, and Liu Xie, who came from later generations, also knew very well the harm of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system to society. Once the implementation of the nine-product zhongzheng system, that person's efforts will lose their meaning, everything is determined by the birth of success or failure, the fate is good to come from a family, and you can become a winner in life without hard work, and if you are born in a poor family with a bad life, even if you have great ability, it is at most the life of working for others.

It's better to learn well than to be born well! This is something that Liu Xie does not want to see, and cannot allow it to happen. Tianxingjian, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement. In order to safeguard the interests of the family, he did not hesitate to cut off the hope of others to make progress, which would be extremely detrimental to the development of the Han Dynasty.

Chen Qun, who was refused, did not give up, and he also tried to contact other families to put pressure on Liu Xie, but the result was not ideal. To be honest, Chen Qun's talent is there, but he is not super-first-class, he is not as good as Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan, and he can become the guardian of a county, not so much because of his own efforts, but because he enjoys the remnants of his ancestors.

In Dahan, there are not a few families whose reputation is not inferior to Chen Qun. Chen Qun is considered a famous person in Xuzhou, but after leaving Xuzhou, his market is almost bad, far inferior to Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan, who are already famous all over the world. It can be said that as long as these two people do not participate, it will be difficult for Chen Qun to contact many families.

Chen Qun also hoped to get the support of Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan, but the problem came again, as vested interests, Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan had no need to take risks for Chen Qun's "alarmism". The Xun and Zhong families are now highly valued by Liu Xie, and the two families are also quite confident in the imperial examination, and do not think that their family will decline because of the influence of the imperial examination. It's all one head and two shoulders, and if you learn, you can't compare to others, but your skills are not as good as others, and engaging in these crooked ways will only make people laugh.

As early as when Chen Qun presented the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, Liu Xie solemnly put the matter in the court and let the ministers discuss the pros and cons, instead of directly replying without giving a reason. It is precisely because of the discussion that Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan and others naturally know in their hearts the harm of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system to the imperial court. As for Chen Qun's intention to propose this system, anyone with a brain can guess one or two.

Because of this, Chen Qun's popularity in the court is not very good, more things are better than less, few people are willing to offend the current son in order to associate with Chen Qun, but this does not mean that Chen Qun has no friends. At that time, Chen Qun studied at Yingchuan Academy and met many people in the academy, among which Xun Yu, Xun You's uncle and nephew and Zhong Xuan were still active in the court. It is precisely because of the care of these three people that Chen Qun has the opportunity to serve as the county warden of Nanpi County this time. However, for the care of Xun Yu and others, Chen Qun was not very grateful in his heart.

He was originally a "Beijing official", but now he has been exiled, which sounds good to say is the trust of the imperial court, but in Chen Qun's opinion, this is his "exile". But if you really want to blame Chen Qun for this matter, you can only blame Chen Qun himself, who made him have too strong a concept of the family, he thinks that he was born in a famous family, and he loves to ignore those who are from poor families, and over time, no one is willing to take care of Chen Qun. Like Guo Jia, who is also from Yingchuan Academy, he has almost no contact with Chen Qun.

Chen Qun, who admired himself alone, stayed in the court, which was not conducive to the unity of the hundreds of officials in the court, and only by letting it go out could the court restore a harmonious atmosphere. After weighing the pros and cons, it is natural that Chen Qun is kept away from the center, after all, people like Chen Qun who only pay attention to their background are only a minority in the court, and most people are not as "hypocritical" as Chen Qun.

Chen Qun felt wronged, and completely failed to appreciate the painstaking efforts of Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan and others, coupled with the rejection of the previous Jiupin Zhongzheng system, which made Chen Qun hostile to the current Han court, thinking that this was not his ideal court. If you change to someone who has no ability, you can only accept your fate in the face of this situation.

But Chen Qun is a person who thinks he has the ability, he is unwilling to be alienated by the court, he wants to return to the center of the court, and hopes to be able to take charge of the court, one person under ten thousand people. But it is difficult to achieve this goal, Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Sima Yi and other resourceful people are obstacles to Chen Qun's desire to achieve his wishes, and what is even worse is that Liu Xie does not value Chen Qun, or does not value the reputation that Chen Qun represents.

Chen Qun was not confident that he would be able to knock down Xun Yu, Guo Jia and other stumbling blocks one by one, but he was unwilling to accept his fate, and after thinking about it, Chen Qun hit Liu Xie's head with the idea. Liu Xie is the son of the Han Dynasty, but at the same time, he is also a person, as long as he is killed and the young master is on the throne, then Chen Qun's chances are greater than those of Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others.

Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king. Chen Qun's target is a good choice, but how easy is it to deal with Liu Xie? First of all, Chen Qun can't openly contradict Liu Xie, otherwise before Liu Xie finishes playing, the Chen family will first face the catastrophe of annihilation. The second is that Liu Xie is not as close as he was in the past. In the past, Liu Xie needed to take the initiative to search for talents in order to recruit talents, but now it is different, and if you want to stand in Liu Xie's body, you need to first check three times and four inspections to ensure that there is no problem before you can come forward. If Chen Qun wants to install his cronies beside Liu Xie by raising talents, the first thing he has to pass is the review of the imperial court. But if you have the ability to pass the review of the imperial court, who is willing to put aside a good future and concentrate on accompanying Chen Qun all the way to the dark.

However, the hard work paid off, and Chen Qun finally found a few helpers, Yang Xiu, the son of Yang Biao, and Zhu Hao, the son of Zhu Jun, became Chen Qun's sworn friends with Chen Qun's efforts. Yang Biao's family background is very prominent, and he is even more related to Liu Xie, and Yang Xiu is Yang Biao's old son, so he is favored by Yang Biao.

As the saying goes, loving mothers have many defeated children, and this is quite appropriate for Yang Biao. Under Yang Biao's favor, Yang Xiu's talent is indeed outstanding, but few people like his character. He is arrogant and arrogant, and he often likes to show off his cleverness, because he can speak well, he often speaks dumbly to the people who accuse him, and after a long time, no one wants to deal with Yang Xiu.

As for Zhu Hao, it is a coincidence that he will become Chen Qun's sworn friend. Zhu Hao's father, Zhu Jun, was originally a general in the court, and was known as a famous general along with Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song. Originally, Liu Xie was also very concerned about these famous generals, but Zhu Hao himself was not angry, violated the military law, and was still dissatisfied after being punished, and Chen Qun befriended Zhu Hao at that time.

One has a heart, the other is dissatisfied, the two hit it off, and under Chen Qun's deliberate friendship, Zhu Hao regards Chen Qun as a confidant. Death for a confidant! Even if Zhu Hao knew that Chen Qun planned to do something unfavorable to the imperial court, out of righteousness, he was also ready to go to the dark with Chen Qun.

With the help of Yang Xiu and Zhu Hao, Chen Qun was a little more confident, but he also knew that this was far from enough. For this reason, he put the target outside, intending to use external forces to find an opportunity. He was optimistic about Yuan Xi of Hebei, occupying Hebei and having millions of troops, which can be said to be the first princely power after the imperial court. Unexpectedly, God did not bless the Yuan family, and the Hebei Yuan family, which was very powerful in Chen Qun's eyes, collapsed in the face of the offensive of the imperial court.

The Yuan clan in Hebei couldn't count on it, and the only choices left for Chen Qun were Jiangdong Sun Quan and Jingnan Liu Bei. To be honest, Chen Qun didn't think that the Sun and Liu families could fight against the imperial court by uniting, and even the Hebei Yuan clan couldn't bear it, so how could Sun Quan and Liu Bei, who were not as strong as the Hebei Yuan clan, be able to bear it?

But the facts surprised Chen Qun again, don't look at Sun Quan and Liu Bei, it seems that they can't do it, but if they really do it, it is far greater than the results that the Yuan family in Hebei wants to get. The number of generals in the imperial court alone was several times that of the Yuan clan in Hebei. Gan Ning, Wen Ping, Hu Cheer, Wei Yan...... These generals, large and small, were all cleaned up by the Sun and Liu families, which forced Liu Xie to suspend his rest and move south.

Because of the results of the Sun and Liu families, Chen Qun pinned his hopes on these two families. It's just that Chen Qun ignored a question, that is, why did Sun Quan and Liu Bei help him? The two did not have any friendship, although Chen Qun said that he could act as Sun Liu's internal response and play tricks behind the court, but Sun Liu had doubts about Chen Qun's ability.

Everyone knows that today's Han is Liu Xie's family, the Chinese dynasty is assisted by Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Zhong Xuan, Fa Yan and other literary ministers, and Wu has Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Ma Chao and other military generals to follow, which is Chen Qun's turn to be the master. What's more, now that Chen Qun is out to guard Nanpi County, separated from Jiangdong and Jingnan by a Central Plains, even if he wants to help secretly, I'm afraid he won't be able to find the door, right?

However, in line with the principle of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things, Sun Quan and Liu Bei did not directly refuse the olive branch extended by Chen Qun. No matter what method Chen Qun was going to use to block Liu Xie, it would have no effect on them. Chen Qun can succeed, they are happy to see it, if it fails, there is no loss for Sun Liu.

But Chen Qun had similar thoughts to Sun and Liu, and he was also counting on being able to use Sun Liu as a gunman. Let him openly contradict Liu Xie, he doesn't have the guts, so his plan is to make others cannon fodder, and he hides in the shadows to make waves.

They all want to let others take the thunder and pick up the cheap by themselves, but how can there be so many stupid people in this world? Chen Qun is smart, Sun Quan and Liu Bei are not stupid, the three of them have their own ghosts, and they are all waiting for each other to surprise themselves, and the result is that nothing will happen.

But at this time, Chen Qun didn't know that Sun Quan and Liu Bei were holding the idea of watching the excitement, and after not being refused, Chen Qun thought he had a plan, and immediately began to arrange, just waiting for Liu Xie's situation to happen, and his side would start to act.

It's impossible to meet each other! Although Chen Qun's Chen family is famous, they do not have military power. In the past, there were still thousands of family homes, but as Liu Xie began to limit the number of homes of each family, there are only one or two hundred people available in those thousands of families, and these two hundred people are usually small and small.

Chen Qun has no military power! Armed resistance is naturally impossible to achieve, and the only thing that can make Chen Qun a weapon is the fame and connections accumulated by the Chen family for several generations. But this kind of thing is false and unreliable after all, especially for a master like Liu Xie, who regards "fame as dung", and the reputation that Chen Qun relies on does not have much effect. As for connections, there are many families that are good friends with the Chen family, but there are not many who are really willing to stand on the side of the Chen family when Chen Qun and Liu Xie have a conflict, at least Xun Yu's Xun family and Zhong Xuan's Zhong family, these two families that are quite important to Liu Xie will not stand on the side of the Chen family, and maybe they will help Liu Xie deal with the Chen family. The only ones that Chen Qun can win over are those families who are not very ambitious in the court, such as the Yang family, the Yuan family, the Cui family, and so on.