I have to say that from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period and even the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty, it was an era in which China gathered stars and produced many talents. The troubled times have given these heroes a wonderful stage to show their talents, even if Liu Wei was not familiar with history in his previous life, and he has seen the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that has been changed into countless literary and artistic forms, the names of those "celebrities" are also familiar.

Since the edict was issued to conquer the virtuous people in the world, Liu Wei has established a list of "celebrities" who want to be recruited into the court in his heart. It's just that except for some people who are too famous, some other famous generals and strategists Liu Wei only vaguely remember a name, and they don't know where they are now.

But fortunately, Liu Wei has Xun Yu, who is known for his virtuousness, and he is still in contact with his former classmates and old friends from Yingchuan Academy. As soon as Liu Bian's edict was written, he wrote to Liu Bian, and recommended the little brothers who were studying together in Yingchuan Academy.

Xun Yu first recommended his nephew Xun Yu to Liu Wei. Xun Yu's age is older than Xun Yu, he was originally recruited by He Jin as a waiter of the Yellow Gate, after He Jin's death, Xun You wanted to resign and return to his hometown, but Xun Yu, who knew that Liu was eager to seek talent, unceremoniously left Xun You as an elder.

Xun You was called the "mastermind" by Cao Cao in history, and he had many strange plans in Cao Cao's war to unify the north. He and Xun Yu are one outside the main and one inside, and they are Cao Cao's right-hand men.

Liu Wei, who is familiar with Xun You's ability, was very happy after seeing him, not only feasted Xun You in the Dragon Garden that night, but also held Xun You's hand during the banquet, and said excitedly: "I have to reach Gongda (Xun You's character), the world can be determined!" ”

Liu Wei, who was excited, also ordered someone to open the palace doors of the north and south palaces, and said to Xun You: "The things in the palace are as good as they can be." ”

Xun You naturally didn't dare to take the emperor's things casually, and at the same time, he was also moved by Liu Wei's attention to himself, his eyes were red, and he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty treats the ministers Longen, and the ministers have nothing to repay." In this life, the minister has nothing else to ask for, but he asks His Majesty to sweep the universe and restore the former situation of my Han Dynasty. ”

Liu Wei was overjoyed, and paid homage to Xun Yu as the commander of the Xiyuan Army, and arranged him to his own descendant troops. Later, he moved to Hongnong Taishou, a military general, and a pastor in Yuzhou.

While recommending Xun You, Xun Yu recommended Zhong Xuan, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others to Liu Bian, and Xi Zhicai was said to be on his way to Beijing, so Liu Wei had to wait patiently. At this time, Guo Jia had just reached the crown and was studying the world, and he was nowhere to be found. Liu Wei had no choice but to arrange for the members of the Coordination Society to search around.

Only Zhong Xuan was in Beijing at this time to serve as the court lieutenant, and Liu Wei also summoned him in Maolong Garden after receiving Xun Yu's recommendation.

Zhong Xuan was a famous calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and was known as the originator of regular script. It's a pity that since the birth of Liu Bian's one-handed line, and then through Cao Cao's publicity, Liu Bian has been recognized as the founder of the new font.

Although Liu Wei robbed Zhong Xuan of his historical merits, he did not feel much about it because Zhong Xuan had not yet figured out the essence of regular script at this time. On the contrary, it was Liu Bian's style that surprised him, but because Liu Biao rarely wrote in person, and Zhong Xuan, as a court lieutenant, could not get close to the emperor from time to time, he begged Liu Bian's calligraphy everywhere but could not. I heard that Cao Cao's family had a poem written by Liu Wei, so he immediately came to the door to ask for it.

At first, Cao Cao, who also loved calligraphy, was reluctant to show Zhong Xuan, but later he couldn't help Zhong Xuan's soft grinding and hard foaming, so he had to promise Zhong Xuan that he could come to his home to copy and watch it when he was resting.

Therefore, as soon as Zhong Xuan walked into Liu Bian's Zhutao Yashe in Maolong Garden, he didn't care whether it was rude or not, and looked around for Liu Bian's handwriting with his two eyes.

After Liu Wei learned Zhong Xuan's inner thoughts, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, his calligraphy is still self-aware, except for the new and strange words, it is really far from Zhong Xuan's calligraphy.

However, Liu Wei did not want to disappoint Zhong Xuan, who was obsessed with calligraphy, and gave him a song "Autumn Evening in the Mountain House" that he thought was better written when he usually practiced writing.

"After the new rain in the empty mountain, the weather is late and autumn ......" Zhong Xuan sighed in his mouth while reading the above verses, and couldn't stop praising after reading it: "Good poems, good words!" The pen is like a cloud, chic and elegant. It is even more rare that the artistic conception of the poem is extraordinary, and it is really a work of God! ”

Zhong Xuan bowed and said, "Your Majesty's poetry and books are unique, and you have created an original one, and you can't do it in case." After a thousand years, His Majesty's poems and books will be copied and admired by the world. ”

Liu Wei's face was flushed when he was praised by Zhong Xuan, a real calligrapher, he has always only paid attention to practicality in writing, and has no original intentions, and he had to humble himself when he heard Zhong Xuan's praise: "I only pay attention to calligraphy and is convenient and decent, at best, it can only be a little successful." On the other hand, Yuan Chang (Zhong Xuanzi) is proficient in calligraphy, and if he can concentrate on cultivation, his daily work will be above me. Cai Bojiao (Cai Yong) will be summoned to Beijing by me in the near future, and you can communicate with him more. ”

When Zhong Miao heard that Cai Yong was coming, he couldn't help but be happy and said: "Cai is a master of calligraphy, if you can learn from him, it is really a great pleasure!" ”

Liu Wei and Zhong Xuan talked for a long time, which benefited Zhong Miao a lot. Originally, Zhong Xuan only had a little idea about the positive block, but when he saw Liu Bian's line style come out, he gave up studying the positive block and wanted to learn to carry forward Liu Bian's line.

But since being encouraged by Liu Bian, Zhong Xuan decided to create his own calligraphy, he continued to study the works of Cai Yong and other famous calligraphers, and then Liu Wei told him some of his understanding of calligraphy in his previous life, and finally studied the square block script that is different from the elegant line, called: "Zhong Ti characters". And it has been passed down through the ages like Liu Wei's line.

However, although Zhong Xuan's calligraphy is good, Liu Wei does not value this, but his internal affairs ability in history, which is second only to Xun Yu and Chen Qun. What particularly impressed Liu Wei was that in history, Zhong Xuan served as the lieutenant of Si Li, guarding Chang'an for Cao Cao, in order to reject Ma Teng, Han Sui and others.

Since Zhong Xuan had such an ability in history, Liu Wei was relieved to hand over the west side of the imperial court to him. Worship Zhong Xuan as Jing Zhaoyin, and guard Chang'an with Huangfu Song, and monitor Li Dao and Guo Yan.

In addition to Xun Yu recommending many capable people to Liu Bian, Lu Zhi also recommended Zhu Jun, Ying Shao, Cai Yong and others to Liu Bian.

Zhu Jun was a comrade who fought side by side with Lu Zhi in the Yellow Turban Uprising, and he, Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song were the three famous generals who put down the Yellow Turban Uprising.

Zhu Jun was originally a person from Huiji Shangyu, and his name was Gongwei. He lost his father when he was young, and his mother raised him by selling silk fabrics, so Zhu Jun can be said to be filial to his mother. Later, he was promoted by Xu Jue, who was too guarded, and was promoted to filial piety, which gradually promoted and established his military exploits in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising.

In the third year of Zhongping, due to the mourning of his mother, Zhu Jun abandoned the official and went home to mourn for his mother. At this time, it happened that the mourning period was full and ready to recover, and Lu Zhi took advantage of this to recommend it to Liu Wei.

Zhu Jun became famous very early, and he was already a famous general at home during the period of Emperor Ling, holding military power. Although this gave him the identity of an old minister of the former dynasty, Liu Wei valued him because of his humble background.

Although Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song are loyal to the Han Dynasty, they are from a big family after all, and they are bound by family interests. In the face of the reforms that Liu Wei will implement in the future that may violate the interests of the powerful family, it is difficult for Liu Wei to grasp what kind of attitude they will have.

And Zhu Jun grew up in a poor family, and understood the hardships of the people at the bottom.

After Liu Wei summoned Zhu Jun, he worshiped him as the general of Zhennan and the general of Yuzhou, and led the Yingchuan Taishou. ordered him to recruit men and horses in Yingchuan, Runan and others to deal with the resurgence of the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou, as well as to monitor Yuan Shu, who was recruiting troops and horses in Nanyang and jumping very happily.

As for Cai Yong and Ying Shao, needless to say, Cai Yong's ability is needless to say, and he once said good things for Liu Wei in his early years, and Liu Wei has always had an indescribable sense of affection for him. In Liu Wei's heart, he had already left a suitable position in the court. As for the name Ying Shao, Liu Wei seemed to have vaguely seen it when he checked the information in his previous life, but he forgot why, and it wasn't until Lu Zhi mentioned Ying Shao's current position that Liu Wei suddenly remembered it.

This should Shao now live in Mount Tai Shou, originally Cao Cao's father Cao Song into Mount Tai in history, should Shao send someone to answer, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian also sent troops to send. Unexpectedly, Tao Qian's subordinate Zhang Min killed Cao Song and plundered his property. Cao Cao used this as an excuse to lead his troops to attack Tao Qian, and Ying Shao was afraid that Cao Cao would also be angry with him, so he abandoned Mount Tai and turned to Yuan Shao as a military captain.

Except for the incident of Cao Song's killing, Liu Wei did not see any merits and abilities of Ying Shao in the materials of his previous life. Even the description of the corresponding shao in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is only a passing sentence. However, after listening to Lu Zhi's introduction to Shao, Liu Wei's eyes couldn't help but light up.

He was a jurist in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. His works include "The Law Strategy", "Spring and Autumn Prison Break" and other books that regulate the laws and etiquette of the Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were many famous generals and ministers, but a real jurist was rare. In order to implement the rule of law in the future reform and change the current society with moral norms as the system, Liu Wei must need such legal talents as Ying Shao.

Cai Yong is still living in seclusion in his hometown of Chenliuyu County, while Ying Shao is serving in Taishan County. In order to show the importance that the imperial court attached to the conscripts, Liu Wei specially sent a special carriage to pick up the two into Beijing.

In addition to the recommendations of the ministers of the imperial court, Liu Wei also recruited those historical cattle in the memory of his previous life. Among them, what Liu Wei paid the most attention to was the recruitment of Xiangyang celebrities Pang Degong and Sima Hui.

Both of them were famous men in the south, and recruiting them was beneficial to win over the scholars in the south. And the most important thing is that one of them is the uncle of the phoenix chick Pang Tong, and the other is the teacher of Wolong Zhuge Liang, who brings them to his side, and he is not afraid that the Wolong and phoenix chicks will not be obediently sent to the door when they arrive.

Although Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are still young at this time, if they stay by their side and cultivate carefully, they will have phoenix chicks on their left and Wolong on their right, no matter how big the world is, why worry about it! Liu Wei thought about it, and his saliva flowed straight down.

However, just as Liu Wei was dreaming of a plan for the cultivation of a famous minister, the news brought back by the envoy sent to the south to announce the edict gave him a slap in the face!

In the face of Liu Bian's conquest, Sima Hui and Pang Degong chose to refuse together!

The celebrities of the Han Dynasty have always had the habit of not being able to conquer the country, these people either think that the temple is small, and want to wait for the real master to appear, or they want to show their innocence, or they are disappointed in the current politics and do not want to be in the same stream.

Therefore, Liu Wei still adopted a patient attitude towards Sima Hui and Pang Degong's refusal at first, and sent envoys to Jiangnan many times to announce the edict and conscription, and even personally wrote two letters to Sima Hui and Pang Degong, in which they praised their talents in governing the world, and tried their best to show their thirst for wealth.

However, Sima Hui and Pang Degong were still unmoved by Liu Bian's hospitality, not only rejected Liu Bian's call several times, but also contacted other Jiangnan celebrities to collectively protest the edict, and in the end, Liu Bian's face could not be hung up, and he was really angry.

What bullshit celebrities, really TMD to shame on the face!

Liu Wei was so angry that he threw something in Zhutao's house. He also summoned Lu Zhi, Zhang Wen, Cao Cao and other important ministers to the Mingguang Hall to discuss the recruitment of Sima Hui and other famous people in the south of the Yangtze River.

For Sima Hui and Pang Degong's conquest, Lu Zhi, Zhang Wen and others all advised Liu Wei to be patient, treat celebrities and celebrities with vain, greet each other with sincerity, learn from Zhou Gong from afar, and learn from Cai Yong in the near future. [Note 1] Only Cao Cao, the general of Diannong, put forward a different view from others.

Cao Cao believed that these so-called celebrities held their own prestige and were unable to conquer the imperial court, which had a very bad impact on the image of the central government. Moreover, once these talented celebrities fall into the hands of other princes, they will pose a great threat to the imperial court.

Therefore, Cao Cao suggested that in troubled times, heavy canons should be used, and those who could not be conquered should be arrested for the crime of insulting the court and punished with canonical punishment.

Cao Cao's thoughts made Liu Wei also murderous, and Liu Wei was still a little jealous of historical bulls like Sima Hui and Pang Degong. If you can't use them for your own use, you can't fall into the hands of others! Liu Wei even had the idea of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, strangling the two people who would shake the world in the future in the cradle.

It's just that Liu Wei's idea of criminalizing Sima Hui and others was opposed by the court bigwigs. Yuan Kui, Zhang Wen, Ma Riyan, and even Lu Zhi wrote to advise Liu Bian, and everyone thought that Liu Bian's move would block the way for the imperial court to seek talent and chill the hearts of the people in the world. Jingzhou Thorn Shi Wang Rong also united with many families in Jingzhou to intercede for Sima Hui and others.

Liu Wei didn't expect the resistance to be so great, so he had to give up the matter. However, there is a rift between Liu Wei and the Jiangnan scholars, which has buried a huge hidden danger for Liu Wei's rule in the future.

Note 1: When the celebrity Wang Cang came to visit, Cai Yong, who was taking a nap, hurriedly got up, put on his shoes in a panic and ran out to greet Wang Cang. It symbolizes the enthusiasm and sincerity of treating friends.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter)