Yuzhou.

Yeongcheon-gun.

The county capital Yangzhai.

Zhang Hao was sitting at the window on the second floor of a restaurant, drinking alone.

After coming to Yingchuan, Zhang Hao found a very embarrassing problem, that is, although he knew that the current talents were gathered in Yingchuan, but Yingchuan was so spicy, Zhang Hao didn't know where these talents were.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were two main classes, one was the scholar family and the other was the Hanmen, and there was a deep estrangement between the two classes. Even if he was an official in the same dynasty and was born in a poor family, he was more than one level lower than a person from a scholarly family.

In the vast majority of cases, there is little intersectionality between the two classes. The Shi family disdains to be in the company of the poor, and the poor can't afford to climb high. Unless the two have been friends since childhood, it is possible to continue to associate with each other as adults, such as Cao Cao and one of his early advisors, Xi Zhicai. Or just take shit luck, like He Jin, who was born as a butcher, his sister was taken by Emperor Han Ling, and he himself was on the rise.

However, in both cases, either one is extremely fortuitous and there is absolutely no possibility of replication. So even if Zhang Hao is still a county magistrate - he doesn't know that he has been promoted - he has become an official, but the fact that he is from a poor family cannot be changed. And where are these talents in Yingchuan? At the university. Where are the universities? On the territory of those scholars.

So, Zhang Hao has been in Yingchuan for three whole days, and he still hasn't found a way to visit these institutions - don't look at Zhang Hao's familiarity with the Three Kingdoms, but when he encounters this kind of political thing beyond "Romance", Zhang Hao still has a black eye.

Therefore, Zhang Hao drank alcohol by himself, and planned to stay for another day and go home.

It was at this time that a drunkard on the side of the road accidentally saw Zhang Hao at the window. Zhang Hao's restaurant can be described as one of the top restaurants in Yangzhai, although this drunkard is addicted to alcohol, but because of the shyness in his pocket, he can only sigh at this restaurant. It's just that after the drunkard saw Zhang Hao, his eyes rolled and he thought about it.

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"The county magistrate does not handle official business in the plains, but comes to Yingchuan to drink, but Yaxing."

Zhang Hao was looking out the window in a daze, when he was suddenly interrupted by a voice, and when he turned his head to look, he found a young man who was not very neatly dressed and sat opposite him.

Zhang Hao instinctively frowned, and wanted to open his mouth to chase away the guests, but then thought about it, Liu Bei didn't know Pang Tong in "Romance", and sent him to be a county magistrate because of his ugliness, and almost missed his talent; Zhang Song, a subordinate of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang (Liu Yan's son), wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao beat him out of a mess because he didn't like Zhang Song's appearance, and gave up the entire Xishu to Liu Bei in a daze.

And the person in front of him, although he doesn't look like a capable person, but since he can recognize himself as the Pingyuan County Commander, this shows that he is definitely not a cloth cloth, coupled with the experience of those who judge people by their appearance, Zhang Hao said flatly: "I don't know what this brother is looking for Zhang?" ”

"Without him, I am shy in my pocket, and I want to ask the county magistrate for help or two, so I came to ask for a glass of wine."

Zhang Hao smiled and said: "It's okay to invite my brother to drink a glass of wine, but if everyone is shy and comes to me Zhang to beg for wine, when I am shy in my pocket, who should I ask for wine?" ”

The drunkard was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhang Hao to say this kind of remark, and before he could think of a good rebuttal, Zhang Hao had the heart to test this person and moved out his non-existent "teacher": "Before I entered the WTO, the family teacher once said that there are many great talents in the world, Brother Tai recognizes me Zhang, but Zhang doesn't know Brother Tai, it is better for Brother Tai to inform Zhang of his name, if Zhang knows, Brother Tai has enough wine today, Zhang has enough, how about it?" ”

Hearing Zhang Hao's words, the drunkard's eyes also lit up.

In addition to the imperial court, there are four largest forces in the world today: Yuan Shao of Hebei, Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Yuan Shu of Nanyang, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou.

This drunkard had just been to Yuan Shao's jurisdiction before, and wanted to get an official and a half-job, but Yuan Shao's strategists were like clouds, and they all excluded him, not to mention, these strategists were still fighting openly and secretly.

When the drunkard saw this, he expected that Yuan Shao was useless, and he had just abandoned his official position and returned to Yingchuan a few days ago, which was the time when he was depressed. At this time, I heard Zhang Hao's words, although the drunkard is not a person who sells his reputation, he also wants to see what his evaluation of others is.

So the drunkard put on a serious face, sat upright, bowed and said: "In Xiayingchuan Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao, I have seen the county commander, I was abrupt before, please bear with me." ”

Guo Jia?!

Zhang Hao's face remained unchanged, but his heart was already ecstatic.

As I said before, Cao Cao had a strategist called Xi Zhicai in the early days, and he was also Cao Cao's best friend. However, Xi Zhicai was frail and sickly and died early. So Cao Cao asked his chief staff Xun Yu (pronounced "seeking desire", not a dog!). There are no good strategists to recommend one or two. Then Xun Yu recommended Cheng Yu, and after Cheng Yu came, he recommended Guo Jia.

Xun Yu is steady, Cheng Yu is vicious, and Guo Jia is treacherous. These three strategists with completely different styles of tactics form Cao Cao's first and top set of chief strategists. It was with the assistance of these three people that Cao Cao was able to unify the entire Central Plains and most of Hebei in just over ten years.

It's a pity that Guo Jia, like Xi Zhicai, died too early. As soon as Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, Guo Jia died in Hebei because of his disadaptation to the water and soil. Before he died, Guo Jia wrote a suicide note to Cao Cao, offering the last plan of his life to help Cao Cao pacify Liaodong.

And this was also Cao Cao's last real victory.

After Guo Jia's death, Cao Cao returned to Xuchang with the victorious army, and then began to crusade against Liu Bei, but Liu Bei ran all the way, and Cao Cao chased all the way behind, and he was stunned and let Liu Bei run away. Not only that, Cao Cao came to the Yangtze River with a large army, and before he could start fighting, he was burned back to his hometown by the Sun and Liu families.

Cao Cao, who lost his troops and lost generals, was not honest, he was worried about the territory in the northwest, and killed Shi Ma Teng, the assassin of Xiliang at that time. Of course Ma Teng's son Ma Chao didn't do it, he took Xiliang Tieqi to Chang'an, and the first meeting with Cao Cao killed Cao Cao to the point of cutting off his beard and abandoning his robe.

Finally, Cao Cao listened to Jia Xu's strategy and successfully recruited Han Sui, Ma Chao's general, so that Ma Chao had to take refuge in Hanzhong Zhang Lu, who saw Cao Cao's power and also took refuge in Cao Cao. As a result, before Cao Cao could cover the territory of Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang and Huang Zhong killed them, not only captured Hanzhong, but also killed Cao Cao's henchman Xiahou Yuan.

Now Cao Cao should be honest, right? But no. Cao Cao remembered his old love again - Guan Yu who guarded Jingzhou. As a result, needless to say, the fierce general Pang De who had just been collected was beheaded, and he followed Cao Cao from Dong to Yu Ban to the current Yu Ban was captured. If Lu Meng hadn't tore up the covenant and attacked Guan Yu privately, it is estimated that the second master would have been able to hit Cao Cao's Xuchang hometown.

Therefore, from Cao Cao's performance before and after Guo Jia's illness and death, we can know how strong Guo Jia's ability is and how important he is to Cao Cao.

And now that Guo Jia has appeared in front of Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao will naturally not let go of this ghost talent.