At the time of the chaos in the world, celebrities and gentlemen have either come out to assist one party, or take refuge in one place, at this time there is also such an unborn genius hidden in Longzhong in Jingzhou, he is Fulong Zhuge Liang.

【Longzhong Zhuge Liang】

Zhuge Liang, the word Kongming, the number Wolong (one said Fulong), Xuzhou Langya Yangdu people. His father is Zhuge Jue, whose name is Jungong, and was the county of Taishan County at the end of the Han Dynasty. But Zhuge Liang lost his father when he was young, and then his uncle Zhuge Xuan handled his father's funeral, and after the death of the original Yuzhang Taishou Zhou Shu, Zhuge Xuan was appointed by Yuan Shu (a said Liu Biao) as the Taishou of Yuzhang County, and Zhuge Xuan took Zhuge Liang and Liang's brother Zhuge to take office. coincided with the Eastern Han Dynasty court re-sending Zhu Hao to replace Zhuge Xuan. Zhuge Xuan has always had a deep friendship with Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, so he went to Liu Biao.

There are different records about Zhuge Xuan in "Offering Emperor Spring and Autumn", and it is believed that after the death of Yuzhang Taishou Zhoushu, it was Liu Biao who appointed him as Yuzhang Taishou, and the ruling place was in Nanchang at that time. Later, the imperial court sent Zhu Hao to take office, and Zhu Hao asked Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan for troops to fight against Zhuge Xuan, Zhuge Xuan then retreated to Xicheng, and Zhu Hao entered Nanchang. In the first month of the second year of Jian'an (197), the people of Xicheng rebelled, killed Zhuge Xuan, and gave his head to Liu Xuan.

After Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang lived in Longzhong to cultivate the fields as a business, and recited the ancient sad and troubled ballad "Liang's Father's Yin". According to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang was eight feet tall (1.8 meters), and he often referred to himself as Guan Zhong and Le Yi, but ordinary people did not think so. Only Cui Zhouping, a native of Boling, and Xu Shu, a native of Yingchuan, have a close relationship with Zhuge Liang, saying that he does have the talent of management and music.

According to the record of "Wei Luo", when Zhuge Liang was in Jingzhou, Jian'an studied with Yingchuan Shi Guangyuan (Shi Tao), Xu Yuanzhi (Xu Shu), Runan Meng Gongwei (Meng Jian) and others, the three of them were committed to mastery, and only Zhuge Liang looked at his strategy, he was very calm every morning and evening, often hugged his knees and howled, and later Zhuge Liang also said to the three: "The three of you can do the assassination of the history of the county." The three of them asked where they were, and Zhuge Liang only smiled and didn't say anything. Later, Gongwei missed his hometown and wanted to return to the north, Zhuge Liang said to him: "Middle Earth is rich, as a scholar, why travel to your hometown!" ”

[Marrying a wife and an ugly girl]

Zhuge Liang's wife is Huang Chengyan's daughter Huang Yueying (also known as Huang Shuo, Huang Wanzhen). At that time, Huang Chengyan and Zhuge Liang were on good terms, and Huang Chengyan saw that Zhuge Liang was not yet married, so he said to Zhuge Liang: "I heard that you are going to choose a wife, there is an ugly girl in my family, with yellow hair and black skin, but her talent can match you." ”

As a result, Zhuge Liang promised to marry her. At that time, people made fun of it as a joke, and the township even made a proverb: "Don't be a Kong Ming to choose a woman, just get an ugly girl."

But there is also a theory that Huang Yueying herself is extremely beautiful, so she was envied by other young women in the village and slandered her appearance. As for the information about Huang Yueying's appearance, the most recent one that has been handed down from the Three Kingdoms period is basically the ugly girl in "Xiangyang Ji", so it is likely that Huang Yueying's beauty is just a beautiful thought of the people in later generations.

【Carefully woven network】

Long before Zhuge Liang came out, he already had a fairly sharp network. Zhuge Liang himself came from a family of eunuchs, and his ancestors were basically county-level figures, and the ancestor Zhuge Feng once served as a lieutenant in the Western Han Dynasty, and then grew up as a doctor in Guanglu. His father, Zhuge Xuan, served as the county governor of Taishan County, and his father Zhuge Xuan also served as the Taishou of Yuzhang.

In addition, Zhuge Liang's eldest sister married Fangling Taishou Kuaiqi, Kuai Qi was born in Jingzhou Wang, and Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue are brothers, and the second sister married Pang Shanmin, the son of Pang Degong, a famous man in Jingzhou at that time, in addition, Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin was later recommended to Sun Quan by Sun Quan's sister-in-law Qu A Hongzhi, and was reused by Sun Quan.

And Zhuge Liang took Huang Chengyan's daughter Huang Yueying, Huang Chengyan was Cai Wei's son-in-law at that time, Cai Wei's youngest daughter was Cai's wife of Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, and his son was Cai Mao, the county guard of Jingzhou at that time.

After that, Zhuge Liang also actively contacted Sima Hui, Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan, Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Meng Jian and other celebrities in Jingzhou at that time, and was recognized by Sima Hui, Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan and other old-timers, so before Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, he had already laid a good foundation for his debut.

【Three visits to the thatched house】

After Xu Shu took refuge in Liu Bei, he got Liu Bei's respect, and solemnly recommended Zhuge Liang for Liu Bei, when Liu Bei was garrisoning Xinye County, Xu Shu said to Liu Bei after he came over: "Zhuge Kongming, this person, is 'Wolong'!" Would the general like to meet him? Liu Bei said, "Come with him!" Xu Shu said: "This person can only visit him, not call him casually." General, you should deign to visit him. (Note 1)

According to the "Xiangyang Chronicle", at that time, Liu Bei was looking for talents from all over the world, and went to visit Sima Decao (that is, Sima Hui), and Sima Hui said to Liu Bei: "Those Confucian scholars are all people with shallow knowledge, how can they understand the affairs of the world?" Being able to understand the current situation of affairs is a good man. At this time, there are only Fulong and phoenix chicks. ”

Liu Bei asked who they were, and Sima Hui replied: "Zhuge Kongming, Pang Shiyuan." ”

Seeing that others recommended Zhuge Liang so much, Liu Bei personally went to Longzhong to visit him, and went three times to see Zhuge Liang, which was also known as "Three Visits to the Thatched House" in later generations.

However, it is recorded in "Wei Luo" and "Spring and Autumn in Kyushu" that Zhuge Liang took the initiative to visit Liu Bei. Thinking that Liu Bei was stationed in Fancheng at that time, and Cao Cao had pacified the area north of the Yellow River, Zhuge Liang knew that Jingzhou would soon be Cao Cao's next target, while Liu Biao was slow to react and did not understand military affairs. Zhuge Liang went north to see Liu Bei, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were not old friends, and because of his youth, he treated him as an ordinary being. After the party, all the guests left, and only Zhuge Liang stayed, and Liu Bei didn't ask him if he had anything to say.

At that time, Liu Bei liked to use feathers to weave ornaments, and someone happened to send Liu Bei a yak tail, so Liu Bei made it himself. Zhuge Liang then said: "I thought the general had great ambitions, but the result was just a failure." Liu Bei knew that Zhuge Liang was not an ordinary person when he heard it, so he threw his feathers aside and said, "What are you talking about!" I'm just trying to forget my sorrows. ”

Then Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei: "Is Liu Biao comparable to Cao Cao?" This answer is too obvious, Liu Bei said: "No." Zhuge Liang asked again: "What do you think?" Liu Bei could only say: "It's not as good as it." Zhuge Liang continued to ask, "You and Liu Biao are not as good as Cao Cao, and now the general's subordinates are only a few thousand people, but they are waiting for the enemy here, is there any good strategy?" ”

And Liu Bei had no good way at that time, so he said: "I'm also worried now, I don't know what to do?" Zhuge Liang said: "Now the population of Jingzhou is not a lot, but there are not many people who are registered, you can suggest to Liu Biao that those wandering households should be registered, and the population can be increased." Liu Bei learned from this that Zhuge Liang had a strategy, so he treated him as a guest.

However, in the later Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table", it was clear that "the first emperor did not treat his ministers as despicable, and he was humiliated by himself, and he looked after his ministers in the grass house, and consulted the ministers with the affairs of the world", so the records in "Wei Luo" and "Kyushu Spring and Autumn" may be wrong.