In Liu Xin's view, Cheng Yu is definitely a representative of the late bloomers in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, because Cheng Yu was forty-four years old when he appeared in the Yellow Turban Uprising, and when Cheng Yu officially joined Cao Cao's men, he was already about fifty years old. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, there is no record in history why Cheng Yu was not famous before the age of forty, but Liu Xin had roughly guessed it before, that is, Cheng Yu's origin, because Cheng Yu's origin was not mentioned in the historical records, and during the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no famous family surnamed Cheng, so Liu Xin guessed that Cheng Yu should be from an ordinary people, and he was a poor scholar similar to Guo Jia.

The biggest difference between Cheng Yu and Guo Jia is the time of Cheng Yu's birth, Cheng Yu was born in 141 AD, so when Cheng Yu was able to have the opportunity to become an official, this time happened to catch up with the disaster of the party, which led to the interests of the family forces and the channels for becoming officials.

And for the ancient scholars, especially for the poor scholars, if there is no "noble person to help" to help them become officials, then they can only be a teacher, after all, life has to go on, even if the poor scholars are arrogant, they have to bow to money, so Liu Xin felt that Cheng Yu honestly became a teacher after losing the opportunity to become an official, if it wasn't for the Yellow Turban Uprising, Cheng Yu seized the opportunity, I'm afraid Cheng Yu would have been doing nothing for a lifetime.

And in the current world, Cheng Yu is as Wei Qi just said, at the beginning, he studied for a period of time in the private school run by the Hedong Wei family, and his talent was also appreciated, but unfortunately the Hedong Wei family, as a scholarly family, was originally a disadvantage in terms of the channels of the outstanding, and even the children of his own family could not arrange their own channels, how could he give Cheng Yu, an outsider, a chance, so Cheng Yu could only become a teacher of the Hedong Wei family.

But fortunately, Cheng Yu cultivated Wei Qi, and Wei Qi also knew how to repay his kindness, and understood that in terms of Cheng Yu's ability, it was enough to become a party Taishou, so he specially introduced Cheng Yu to Liu Xin.

But having said that, Liu Xin still felt that he had made a lot of money this time, and he was able to recruit Cheng Yu, originally Liu Xin didn't expect that he would be able to recruit Cheng Yu at the beginning, because Cheng Yu's historical materials during this time were not recorded at all, and Liu Xin didn't know where to find Cheng Yu, so when Liu Xin went to Luoyang, there was no Cheng Yu's name in the recruitment list he prepared, but now it's good, just in response to that sentence, "Hit sometimes must have, hit no time don't force it", isn't this Cheng Yu automatically sent to the door?

On the other side, Wei Qi told Cheng Yu with a smile the news that Liu Xin was willing to meet with Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu was relieved at this time, because Cheng Yu was very nervous when Liu Xin chatted with Wei Qi just now, because Cheng Yu naturally knew that his background was a big problem, although Liu Xin did not have much foundation in Dahan now, but Liu Xin was already a prince after all, how could he casually recruit an ordinary person?

After all, Cheng Yu also learned a news from Wei Qi's mouth, that is, Liu Xin now has two righteous brothers in Luoyang, that is, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and nine times out of ten they will follow Liu Xin to Yizhou, and the news that Liu Xin recruited Feng Ji and Chun Yuqiong is already an open secret, so now it can be seen from here that Liu Xin is recruiting some children of ordinary families, after all, although Yuan Shao was born in the Yuan family, he did not get the attention of the Yuan family, as well as some resources...

Therefore, Cheng Yu is a little worried that Liu Xin will refuse to accept his refuge because of his background, because although Cheng Yu believes in his own strength very much, but Cheng Yu has reached the age of not being confused after all, and he has seen some aspects of things very thoroughly, such as the current problem of his own background, which is already an unavoidable problem, if he wants to become an official, he must find a lord who does not dislike his background.

Cheng Yu has actually thought about it, if there is no way in the past few years, he will leave Hedongwei's house and find a place to be a teacher with peace of mind, after all, as long as he teaches well, he will also have the opportunity to let his children and grandchildren go to a higher level.

Fortunately, Cheng Yu got a good news from Wei Qi's mouth, Cheng Yu couldn't help but nod to Wei Qi first, and after thanking Wei Qi, he followed Wei Qi to Liu Xin's side.

At this time, Liu Xin also observed Cheng Yu with great interest, although Cheng Yu was not born and experienced a lot of ups and downs, but now he is still with a stable temperament, and his eyebrows are full of confidence, Liu Xin has to praise Cheng Yu is really a talent.

After greeting for a while, Liu Xin directly made a decision and accepted Cheng Yu to serve under him, "This king can now be sure, Brother Zhongde, you are definitely a rare talent, just like Brother Boru, you are now fully capable of being a Taishou, but unfortunately you didn't have any good opportunities before, but now it's okay, Brother Zhongde, you are also a late bloomer, and Brother Zhongde, you are now an official under this king, and this king will first appoint you as a county commander, As long as Brother Zhongde can survive the qualifications first, you will naturally be promoted to Taishou in the future, how about it? ”

As soon as Cheng Yu heard what Liu Xin said, he naturally nodded his head immediately, because Cheng Yu originally thought that it would be good to be an official under Liu Xin, even if it was a master, but he didn't expect that he would become a county magistrate as soon as he came, which shows how much Liu Xin attaches importance to himself.

So Cheng Yu immediately saluted Liu Xin respectfully, and then said seriously: "So good, thank you for your kindness, but I still have a question I want to ask the prince, why do you think so highly of you?" Now he is just an ordinary teacher ... ”

Liu Xin smiled, shook his head and said: "Brother Zhongde, you are a little wrong, there is a good sentence, that is, the hero Mo asks the source, there is ambition not in the age (of course, the age here refers to Cheng Yu's age, Chinese is really broad and profound, the same sentence can have two completely different interpretations, just like another sentence I have heard, how can a country achieve real peace, either no one can fight, or no one can fight), although Brother Zhongde you are now just a teacher, But this king knows that your ability is not just as simple as a teaching gentleman, so this king decided to accept the introduction of Brother Boru, and I hope that Brother Zhongde will not disappoint this king. ”

Liu Xin patted Cheng Yu on the shoulder as he spoke, expressing his recognition and expectation for Cheng Yu.

And Cheng Yu naturally felt this, so he immediately nodded to Liu Xin, and said seriously: "I understand, thank you for your trust in you, I will definitely not live up to your expectations, and I will definitely be loyal to you!" ”

Wei Qi on the side saw this, and he was relieved, after all, Wei Qi and Cheng Yu's friendship is really good, and now his year-old friends can finally have the opportunity to become officials, Wei Qi is naturally very happy, and Wei Qi also knows that Cheng Yu is now a hidden dragon ascending to heaven, and the future is also bright...

Thinking of this, Wei Qi saw that the time was almost up, and the first Luoyang auction was about to start, so he said to Liu Xin and Cheng Yu: "Okay, now the mission in the next is also completed, and the Luoyang auction is about to start, so the prince will take Brother Zhongde with him, after all, Brother Zhongde's luggage is ready, if you don't mind, prince, I will arrange for someone to send Brother Zhongde's luggage to your house, so now I will leave first." ”

Liu Xin thought about it, he should also introduce Cheng Yu to Jiang Wei and the others first, after all, with Cheng Yu's ability, he will definitely become one of the giants under him in the future!

So, Liu Xin nodded and agreed with Wei Qi's idea, Cheng Yu also knew that he was now Liu Xin's subordinate, and he also knew that Liu Xin had just brought a group of people to participate in this Luoyang auction, so Cheng Yu was also quite happy to meet his future colleagues.

After all, Cheng Yu can be regarded as a person who has a lot of experience, and he has already boiled into an old fritter, and he knows that he has to have a good relationship with Jiang Wei, Liu Xin's descendants, so that he can be good to you.

So, Wei Qi said goodbye first and went to the hall on the first floor of the Yizhou Auction House, where was the location of the ordinary participants of the Luoyang auction, and Liu Xin was naturally in the VIP room on the second floor.

On the way, Liu Xin didn't forget to ask Cheng Yu, if Cheng Yu didn't take refuge in Liu Xin, what would he do next, after all, Liu Xin listened to what Wei Qi just said, and Cheng Yu has packed his luggage now.

And Cheng Yu can be regarded as having something to say, saying that if he is not able to take refuge in Liu Xin, he will choose to return to his hometown Dong'e and go back to make Ejiao... Ahh

Liu Xin also thought that at the time of the Yellow Turban Incident, the county prince of Dong'e County responded to it and became an undercover agent of the Yellow Turban Army, and then burned down the warehouses in the county, causing the army in Dong'e City to fight unintentionally, and the county order fled over the city, and the officials in the city could only choose to take the old and the young to flee east to Quqiu Mountain.

Cheng Yu, who was in his hometown at this time, took the initiative to take on the responsibility of leading the people, Cheng Yu first ordered someone to spy on Wang Du, and found that although Wang Du and other traitors occupied the empty city, because the large army of the Yellow Turban Army had not yet arrived, they could not stick to the city, let alone pursue themselves, so Cheng Yu ordered people to stop five or six miles west of the city.

At this time, Cheng Yu analyzed to Xue Fang and others, a big household in the county: "Now Wang Du and others can't defend the city when they get it, and its momentum can be measured, Wang Du just wants to take the opportunity to plunder the property, and he doesn't have the will to attack and defend with strong armor and sharp soldiers, why don't we go back to the city to defend it one after another?" Moreover, the city is high and thick, and there is a lot of grain, rice, grain and grass, if you still ask for an order today, and counterattack the city together, Wang Du will not be able to defend the city, and the city can be broken. ”

The great families in the city were convinced, but some of the officials in the city refused to obey, saying, "The thieves are all in the west, but we can flee to the east." This made Cheng Yu have to shake his head and sigh: "Fools can't be counted." ”

So Cheng Yu could only secretly send a few horsemen to raise flags on the East Mountain, and let the big families in the city shout "The thief has arrived" after seeing it, and then led the soldiers and horses in his hands down the mountain to take the city, and the officials could only run with each other, and finally held the county seat of Dong'e, and Cheng Yu was able to become famous.

In 192 AD, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou at that time, summoned Cheng Yu as a subordinate, and Cheng Yu knew that it was now a troubled time, and Liu Dai was useless and not a master, so Cheng Yu should not be appointed as a master.

And at that time, Liu Dai was making peace with Yuan Shao, Gongsun Chan and others, Yuan Shao ordered his wife to live in Liu Dai's place, and Gongsun Chan also sent Fan Fang to lead troops to help Liu Dai defend the land, but later Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan began to disagree, Gongsun Chan first broke Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses, so he sent a messenger to Liu Dai to say that he wanted to receive Yuan Shao's wife, and also let Liu Dai and Yuan Shao break off friendship.

And in secret, Gongsun Zan ordered Fan Fang again: "If Liu Dai doesn't send Yuan Shao's family Xiaoyi together, then you will lead the troops back." When I pacify Yuan Shao, I will attack Liu Dai. ”

Liu Dai, who learned of this, couldn't make a decision for several days, and Wang Yu, who was the driver of Yanzhou at that time, suggested to Liu Dai: "Cheng Yu has a strategy and can make big decisions." ”

Liu Dai then summoned Cheng Yu to ask for advice, Cheng Yu thought that Gongsun Chan was far away in the border area, and Yuan Shao was in the Hebei region close to Yanzhou, so naturally he couldn't go far and near, and Cheng Yu also knew that Gongsun Zhan's ability was no match for Yuan Shao, so Cheng Yu suggested to Liu Dai: "If you give up Yuan Shao's close help and ask Gongsun Chan for distant help, this is equivalent to asking for help from Yizhou to save the drowning children in Yanzhou, and Gongsun Chan is not Yuan Shao's enemy, although Gongsun Zhan's army is slightly better than Yuan Shao's army, But in the end, it will be captured by Yuan Shao. If you take the momentum overnight and do not think about the long-term plan, you will surely be defeated, General. ”

So, Liu Dai listened to Cheng Yu's plan, so Fan Fang led his troops and horses back, but his soldiers and horses did not go back and heard that Gongsun Zan had been greatly broken by Yuan Shao, so Liu Dai praised Cheng Yu as the cavalry captain, but Cheng Yu resigned because of his illness and continued to wait for the master in his mind.