Wei Yan saw that his words made the ministers present fall into contemplation, so he continued to burn the fire he burned more vigorously: "Since ancient times, winning the hearts of the people and winning the world!"

Dayu won the hearts of the people, so that he could pass on the inheritance to his son Xia Qi and establish the Xia Dynasty.

Shang Tang won the hearts of the people, cut down the tyrannical Xia Wei, and established the Shang Dynasty.

Zhou Wen and Zhou Wu were assisted by my ancestor Lu Shang, and won the hearts of the people, and defeated the unTaoist merchants with benevolence and righteousness, and then established the 800-year foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although the Qin State was tyrannical to the people of the other six countries, the Shang Dynasty changed the law to conform to the heart of the Qin people, and only after cultivating and fighting the law did it annex the six countries and achieve great unification.

My Han Gaozu won the trust of the people in the three chapters of the Xianyang covenant, and Guanzhong was stable according to his talents, so as to defeat the brutal and unkind Western Chu overlord Xiang Yu.

There are many more examples, so I don't need to mention them again! ”

Xu Shu stroked his palms and laughed: "What a 'one who wins the hearts of the people, he wins the world!'" ’”

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu relied on local heroes when he founded the country, so he connived at local heroes to become bigger, and gradually became a big family. The great families refused to pay taxes to the imperial court, and instead forcibly seized the fields and shops of the common people. The imperial court is encountering Xiqiang Xianbei frequent Koubian, and there is no tax from the family, so it has to tax the common people, so the burden of the poor is increasing day by day, both by the exploitation of the family, and by the court's expropriation and tyranny, the suffering is unspeakable, and the complaints are just enough, and it is really unbearable to join the Taiping Dao rebellion of the Zhang Jiao rebels. Wei Yan still wants to use these ministers of the family to deal with other hostile forces for the time being, and he doesn't want to offend them, so he didn't tell the situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and instead said with a smile: "It is said that it has won the hearts of the people since ancient times, and it seems that this people's hearts are very rare, but in fact, this people's hearts are the easiest to get!" ”

Everyone arched their hands and said, "My lord, I would like to hear the details." ”

"Compared with the people of the surrounding small countries, our big Han people are the most docile, even servile, they are the easiest to satisfy, as long as they have enough to eat, they will definitely not rebel." Wei Yan said and pointed to the west: "In the far west, there is a small country called Gaul, also known as France, the people of this country are the most lazy and very tricky, as long as their king or lord makes them slightly dissatisfied, they will all strike and do nothing, forcing the king and lord to submit to them, you can imagine, if our Han people are like the people of Gaul, can you still sit and talk all day long?" ”

Speaking of this, Wei Yan said loudly: "In short, if you want to win the hearts of the people, you must let them have work, food, clothing, and housing, the key is to let them have food, but their simple requirements cannot be satisfied. All of you here, I don't know if you have paid attention to the dead bodies and white bones on the side of the road, have you asked yourself, have you done what Yasheng Mencius said, 'Attainment is both good for the world'? ”

Seeing that some of the family figures lowered their heads in shame, Wei Yan felt that he should not go any further, otherwise these guys would always be able to see their deep-seated hatred for the family when they went back to ponder, and it would be worth the loss.

"I don't care what happens elsewhere, in the area under my rule, I don't want a large number of people starving to death on the roadside. Ladies and gentlemen, you only need to squeeze a little food out of your teeth to save tens of thousands of refugees, and I hope you will do more good deeds with a heart of kindness. Of course, Wei Yan turned his poetry conference into a charity gala, so he turned the topic to poetry.

Cai Yanyan smiled and said, "General, everyone is still in the mood, why don't you write another poem or lyrics?" ”

At this moment, someone outside the door announced: "Sima Hui and Hu Zhao have arrived!" ”

Wei Yan was overjoyed, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi's masters are here!

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Sima Hui, the word moral exercise, Yingchuan Yang Zhai people, has a wide range of knowledge, has the ability to know people and discuss the world to identify talents, and is respected by the world.

Pang Tong, a native of Nanjun, heard that Sima Decao lived in Yingchuan, so he walked two thousand miles to visit him. When he arrived in Yingchuan, he met Sima Hui picking mulberry leaves, so Pang Tong said to Sima Hui in the car: "I heard that the eldest husband should have a very prominent position in the world, how can he suppress the flow of huge water and do the work of women who control silk!" Decao said, "You get out of the car for the time being." You only know that you can walk the trail quickly, but you don't have to worry about getting lost. In the past, Bocheng would rather plow than envy the glory of the princes; Hara Ken would rather live in a modest house with mulberry wood as a doorway than an official residence. How can it be considered unusual to live in a luxurious house, go out to ride a fat horse, and have a dozen maids waiting for you on the left and right? This is the reason why the hermit Xu You and the nest father sighed, and it is also the reason why the honest people Bo Yi and Shu Qi sighed. Even if he has the title of Lü Buwei, the wealth of Qi Jinggong is not worthy of respect. Pang Tong said: "I was born in a remote and remote place, and I rarely see the great truth. If you don't tap the loud bell and drum, you don't know how loud it sounds. Sima Hui and Pang Tong talked to each other, day and night. After the discussion, Sima Hui was very surprised by Pang Tong, and said that Pang Tong was the head of the famous people in Nanzhou, so that Pang Tong gradually became known to others.

In that life, in 198 A.D. (the third year of Jian'an), Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao set up schools and scholars, and widely sought famous people from all over the world. Sima Hui lived in Xiangyang, Sima Hui and Jingzhou celebrity Pang Degong and others and Han Song, Shi Tao, Meng Jian, Cui Zhou and other Taoist friends who lived in Xiangyang, had a close relationship, Sima Hui regarded Pang Degong as his brother, and was called "Water Mirror" by Pang Degong.

Sima Hui was erudite and knowledgeable, refined channel studies, strange doors, art of war, and scriptures, and was as famous as Song Zhong, a famous scholar in the late Han Dynasty, when he was in Jingzhou. Liu Hui, a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou, and Xiang Lang, a native of Xiangyang, were once students of Sima Hui; Yin Mo and Li Ren, who were from Yizhou Furen, came to Jingzhou to learn ancient scriptures from Sima Hui and Song Zhong because Yizhou was only popular in modern literature and classics.

Someone said to Liu Biao: "Sima Decao is a stranger, but he has not met a confidant." Liu Biao personally went to visit Sima Hui, Sima Hui knew that Liu Biao was narrow-minded and would definitely murder the good, so he kept silent and did not talk about the current situation. ”

Most of the scholars in the late Han Dynasty chased fame and went to their own masters, but Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong lived in seclusion between Xiang and Han, indifferent to fame and fortune, and did not easily take refuge in others.

Later, Liu Bei, who was attached to Liu Biao and stationed in Xinye, went to visit Sima Hui and discussed world affairs with Sima Hui. Sima Hui said to Liu Bei: "How can ordinary scholars and people with shallow knowledge recognize the general trend of the world? Only those who can recognize the general trend of the world can be called handsome. Liu Bei asked who could be called a handsome man, and Sima Hui replied: "Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong." At the same time, Xu Shu also recommended Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to Liu Bei. Liu Bei took Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong as the generals of the military division.

In 208 AD (the thirteenth year of Jian'an), Cao Cao marched south, Liu Cong surrendered, and Sima Hui was also obtained by Cao Cao, Cao Cao wanted to reuse him, but Sima Hui died of illness shortly thereafter.

Sima Hui never said the shortcomings of others, and when he talked to others, he never asked others their likes and dislikes, and said good things. Someone in the village greeted him, and he replied, "Yes." Once, when someone told Sima Hui about his son's death, Sima Hui replied, "Very well." When Sima Hui's wife found out, she reproached him: "People think you have high morals, so tell you." Why do you suddenly hear that someone's son is dead, and say yes to him? Sima Hui replied, "Your words are also very good. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, Sima Hui was called "Mr. Hao", and the idiom "Mr. Hao" came from this. In later generations, "Mr. Yes" mostly referred to people who did not adhere to principles and people who did not dare or did not want to offend anyone.

Someone once lost a pig and said that Sima Hui's pig was the one he lost. Sima Hui gave the pig to the man. A few days later, the man got the pig he had lost earlier, hurriedly returned Sima Hui's pig, and kowtowed to himself. Sima Hui not only did not scold him, but thanked him for sending the pig back.

Once, Liu Biao's son Liu Cong went to see Sima Hui, and Liu Cong asked his entourage to ask Sima Hui if he was at home. Sima Hui was working at home and replied, "I am." But Congren didn't believe it, and scolded him: "You are a slave who farms the land, and you dare to call yourself Sima Hui." So, Sima Hui had no choice but to go home, comb his hair, put on a headscarf, and put on his shirt to see Liu Cong again. The entourage saw that Sima Hui was still the same old man, and told Liu Cong in horror. Liu Cong got up and kowtowed to Sima Hui and apologized to Sima Hui. Sima Hui said to Liu Cong: "You don't have to be like this, I am very ashamed of this. I farm myself, and only you know me. ”

Once, the silkworms raised by someone should have formed cocoons, and there was nowhere to tuft, so they came to borrow cluster foil from Sima Hui's family. Sima Hui lent him his family's tuft foil. Someone said to him, "Whoever lends something to someone else is in dire need and idle; And now that he and you are in desperate need of tufts, why give it to someone else?" Sima Hui replied, "If someone else doesn't ask for him, he will be very ashamed if I don't lend it to him." Where is the reason to be ashamed of possessions? ”

At this time, it was 197 years, Sima Hui was still in Yingchuan, and he was still going to Jingzhou, Wei Yan ordered someone to recruit him, Sima Hui was unwilling to come, so Wei Yan ordered Xu Shu to go and persuade him in person.

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Hu Zhao, a native of Yingchuan, he read the history of the scriptures at an early age, is knowledgeable, especially proficient in classic history, works in calligraphy, and is praised by the world for his peerless talent when he was weak. Because he was disgusted with his career, in order to avoid endless county inspections and government summons, he lived in Jizhou and was obsessed with scripture and history calligraphy. Yuan Shao, known as "the home of the four worlds and three dukes, the protégé and the old officials are all over the world", heard that Hu Zhao was a celebrity in Yingchuan, with a world-class talent, and he did not hesitate to surrender to the noble, and visited him many times, and asked Hu Zhao to go out of the mountain to assist him in fighting the world. However, because he was disgusted with the sinister career, he "insisted on resigning" Yuan Shao's invitation. Through several contacts with Yuan Shao, Hu Zhao saw that Yuan Shao was jealous of his ability. In order to prevent accidents, he quietly fled from Jizhou. Sure enough, within a few days, Yuan Shao ordered someone to arrest Hu Zhao, but Hu Zhao had already hid in the deep mountains and old forests like idle clouds and wild cranes.

In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao welcomed the emperor to move the capital to Xuchang, and after issuing the "Meritocracy Order", a large number of talents in Yingchuan took refuge in Cao Cao. After Cao Cao, who was eager for talent, learned that Hu Zhao was a rare talent, he sent people to invite Hu Zhao out of the mountains many times. But Hu Zhao didn't want to be an official, "I can't believe it". Later, Cao Cao still took the trouble to invite him again, but he had no choice but to meet Cao Cao, since Chen Hu was a village man, there was no militaristic use, and he had long been accustomed to the pastoral career of ploughing and reading. Cao Cao saw that Hu Zhao's attitude was resolute and difficult to retain, so he had to sigh that "everyone has their own ambitions and has different origins", and let Hu Zhao return to his hometown. Later, in order to avoid the endless calls of heroes from all walks of life, Hu Zhao simply moved to Luhun Mountain. At that time, the Luhun Mountain where Hu Zhao lived stretched for 300 miles, scattered with many poor people who worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. Due to their dispersion, none of their children had the opportunity to study. These inhabitants often fight with each other over trivial matters. When Hu Zhao saw this situation, he opened a school and taught them to read and write, so that they could understand some simple truths. At the same time, the inhabitants of the mountains were also persuaded and resolved with affection and reason, and the struggle between these residents was quickly quelled. Because Hu Zhao was highly respected and educated, the 300 miles of mountains and rivers where he lived gradually eliminated undesirable phenomena such as infringement and fighting. Hu Zhao opened a school in Luhun Mountain, and his reputation spread far and wide, and many children of the family came to study.

It is worth mentioning that Hu Zhao and Sima Yi have an old relationship, Sima Yi once studied in him, Zhou Sheng and others in the same county wanted to plot to kill Sima Yi, Hu Zhao learned, so he invited Zhou Sheng to be between the ponds of Kunshan Mountain, to stop Zhou Sheng, Zhou Sheng refused, Hu Zhao cried and knotted, and his righteousness moved Zhou Sheng, so Sima Yi survived. Hu Zhao has Yin virtue in Sima Yi, but he doesn't say anything, and no one knows.

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an, Zhang Gu, the magistrate of Luhun County, was ordered to mobilize Zhuangding and send them to serve in Hanzhong. The people were disgusted and afraid of serving from afar, and they were uneasy. Civilians Sun Wolf and others took advantage of this opportunity to raise troops and kill the county lord, forming a rebellion, and the county town was destroyed and destroyed. Zhang Gu led more than a dozen soldiers around Hu Zhao's residence, greeted the people who had gathered and left, and restored power. Sun Wolf and the others then went south and attached themselves to Guan Yu. Guan Yu gave them the official seal, allocated it to the soldiers, and went back to become grass thieves. When they arrived at Changle Pavilion south of Luhun, they automatically swore to each other, saying, "Hu Jushi is a sage, and he will not invade his tribe." "The whole place relies on Hu Zhao's relationship, and there is no need to worry about being afraid. After the country stabilized, Hu Zhao moved to Yiyang County.

Hu Zhaoshan is a long-standing scholar, and Zhong Xuan, Handan Chun, Wei Qi, and Wei Dan are equally famous, and his letters and inkblots often become models for people to learn. Wei Heng commented: "Zhao and Zhong Xuan studied under Liu Desheng, both are good at grass, and Hu Fei Zhong is thin." "Zhong's small, Hu's bold", the world is called "Zhonghu". Zhang Hua commented: "Hu Zhaoshan is a book. ”

In short, Sima Hui is the master of Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu, and Hu Zhao is the master of Sima Yi.

Hu Zhao did not take refuge in Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and of course he was unwilling to take refuge in Wei Yan, so Wei Yan ordered someone to loot him, and then let Kong Kong help him, and used all kinds of methods to increase Hu Zhao's loyalty to him to more than 150, and then surrendered to himself and served himself.