Liu Bei's "Chang'an Recruitment" caused an uproar, but it seemed to end hastily.
From the announcement to the world in early March to the examination in early May, there were only two months in total. This time was not enough for the poor scholars from the Hebei area to arrive, and the examination was already over.
Therefore, in fact, most of the people who participated in this exam were mainly scholars from poor families in Jingxiang, Yizhou, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou. Even the poor people from Jiangdong did not come to participate.
In essence, it is still an internal selection.
However, due to the fact that the qualifications require recommendation from local celebrities or officials, most of the people who actually take the exam are descendants of celebrities or second-generation officials.
For example, the Li family, the Yang family, and the Liu family in Shu all sent their children to participate in this exam.
It's not that they "voluntarily", at least on the surface, these aristocratic families sent their children to take the exam in order to ease the relationship with Liu Bei.
Huang Yuan's rebellion was put down so quickly that no one could find out the details of these Shuzhong aristocratic families. Instead, Zhuge Liang caught some clues and followed the clues to find some of the Shuzhong aristocratic families. handle.
Although it is not a big deal, even if it is established, it will not affect the survival and development of these aristocratic families, and Zhuge Liang has no intention of pursuing them fiercely. But for some things, I am not afraid that you will get angry now, but I am afraid that you will turn over old scores in the future.
The consequences of settling old scores are not so easy for you to accept.
In addition, Qin Mi also sent news back from Chang'an, saying that he had dissuaded Liu Bei from institutionalizing this method of selecting talents, but similarly, the Shuzhong family must give some face and send some people to take part in this exam, otherwise If you prevent Liu Bei from coming to Taiwan, then the aristocratic families in Sichuan will not be able to think about it.
The Shuzhong family once again held a small meeting under the leadership of Li Yu. Everyone expressed "helplessness" that this time they could only give in to Liu Bei and send some "incompetent" children in the clan to deal with this "unknown" The so-called "examination" can be regarded as the price paid after this collective test of Liu Bei failed.
That's what they say, but in reality, which one of these aristocratic families can save fuel? !
Not to mention others, after Li Yu returned home, he immediately asked his eldest grandson Li to go north to Chang'an to take the exam.
By the way, he also wrote a letter to Li Hui, the governor of the surrender in Nanzhong, asking him to come forward and ask Zhang Xi to take care of Li Shi for the sake of being a member of the Li family. After all, Li Hui and Zhang Xi had been in Nanzhong. The friendship between China and China is also a personal relationship.
Li Hui was almost happy.
When I chose to lead the Jianning Li family to join Liu Bei, my family uncle couldn't bear to see me being picky and picky. But now, he actually asked me to help him say hello? !
Okay, I can't write two characters of "Li" in one stroke. I, Li Hui, will help me with this. But this time, you, Li Yu, don't even think about having sex for nothing. You have to be somewhat sincere.
While Li Hui was busy seeking benefits from his uncle, Liu Yin also received a letter from his father.
After reading the family letter, Liu Yin was dumbfounded. When he went north to Hanzhong and took refuge with Huang Quan, his father didn't say that he gave him much support.
It's good now that he actually asked himself to help make peace and help his clan brother Liu Hui seek fame? !
This is his biological father, and Liu Yin is not one to bargain with, but Liu Yin himself doesn’t even know what his position is within the Liu Bei Group, and whether his relationship with Zhang Xi is good or not, so he just asks for help. What's going on? !
As for the Yang family, they don't need to rely on people. Their family's status within the Liu Bei Group is not low. Yang Hong is still the governor of Shu County and a proper core member. This time, the children of the clan will be sent out as long as they follow the formal procedures and take the exam. The result will not be bad, there is no need to owe favors for no reason.
As for the Wang family, after Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu this time, he personally visited the Wang family's ancestral home and discussed with the Wang family for a long time. Then the Wang family ended the tradition of thanking guests behind closed doors and began to send the descendants of the family to go north to take the exam.
On the one hand, Zhuge Liang needs to borrow the power of the Wang family to balance the alliance of aristocratic families headed by the Li family. On the other hand, even if the Wang family resists Liu Bei in his heart, Liu Bei has already established the momentum. If he continues to stay behind closed doors like this, the Wang family should really decline. .
Therefore, after having a detailed discussion with Zhuge Liang, Wang received some guarantees of interests, gave up his usual attitude, and began to serve as an official.
Among these aristocratic families, only the Zhang family is missing. The Zhang family is having a hard time. Zhuge Liang has seized the ironclad evidence that Zhang Shen's third son participated in Huang Yuan's rebellion. Unless this matter is settled, it is unclear whether the Zhang family can still have a place in Chengdu. It’s hard to say, how can I have the heart to go north to take the exam?
No matter what, there are undercurrents surging within the Chengdu aristocratic families, but there are still many families who sent their own children to Chang'an to take part in the examination in order to win official positions.
The reason why the noble families in Shu did this was because of the previous temptation. Due to insufficient power in the court, the information they obtained was seriously distorted, and they were forced to seek cooperation with the Dongzhou faction. As a result, Zhuge Liang came back. This beating was not pleasant.
It's not too late to make amends.
Before, Liu Bei had always been wary of the Shuzhong family, and many people in the Shuzhong family had strong opinions about Liu Bei.
Liu Bei, a foreigner, was brought into Sichuan to replace Liu Zhang. Without our support, how could you defeat Liu Zhang so quickly? !
But after you captured Yizhou, you actually dared not to rely on us Yizhou people to govern Yizhou, but instead reused those from Jingzhou. Liu Yan had to compromise with us in the end. Let's see what new ideas you, Liu, can come up with. Come in tricks.
This is the attitude of most Yizhou aristocratic families towards Liu Bei. They feel that Liu Bei is ungrateful and does not know what is good or good at all.
But who would have thought that Liu Bei, a straw sandal seller, would step by step reach a position of three-thirds of the world, and now he occupies four states in the world, and his army is growing day by day.
First, he defeated Cao Cao and captured Hanzhong, then he won two Northern Expeditions in succession, and now he even captured Guanzhong. This is not the courage that a court that prefers to settle down in a corner should have. This is going to happen.
Under such circumstances, how could the Shuzhong aristocratic families, who clearly had the advantage of being close to the water at the beginning, remain indifferent.
Nowadays, Liu Bei also rarely openly recruits scholars. Although this method makes the aristocratic families in Shu very worried, Liu Bei finally relaxed the restrictions on the aristocratic families in Shu, and at the same time made a guarantee that "it will not be the same in the future." So what are you waiting for? Official positions There are only so many of these things. If you are late, you will have no chance.
And for the Shu family, now that the Guanzhong family has been wiped out by Cao Wei, isn't this an opportunity for the family to enter Guanzhong and become a first-class family? !
You always prefer Sichuan. If you say you are from a first-class family, people won't believe it.
Therefore, compared to the relatively cold attitude of the Jingzhou family, in fact, although the Shuzhong family said that this selection of scholars was "illegal" and "incompatible with the government", they looked disdainful towards this selection of scholars, but in fact Go up and run faster than anyone else.
You Jingzhou people are not short of official posts, but we Yizhou people are. We cannot let you Jingzhou people reach out to Guanzhong again.
When the Jingzhou aristocratic families reacted, they discovered that these shameless Yizhou locals had actually sent so many children of the aristocratic families north to take the exam.
The aristocratic families in Jingzhou really can't figure it out. Everyone is on the same side. Liu Bei's exam is obviously not in the interests of the aristocratic family. These Yizhou natives can't be blind to this, right? !
The result is good, everyone is saying "the emperor does not respect etiquette", but in private you run faster than anyone else. What do you mean, are you cheating us Jingzhou people? !
At this time, it was too late for the Jingzhou family to respond to this matter. When the Jingzhou family received the news, it was already late April, and the time to start the examination was after the Dragon Boat Festival. Even if they sent out another clan at this time, The middle school student went to Chang'an to take the exam, but it was too late.
The hateful one from the Jingzhou family, on the one hand, despised the Yizhou natives for saying one thing and doing another, and on the other hand, he quickly contacted the poor people who had arrived in Chang'an to provide as much help as possible.
Even if he is a scholar from a poor family, he is still a scholar from a poor family in Jingzhou, and we cannot lose to those Yizhou locals.
Even the aristocratic families in Jingzhou jointly went to find Ma Liang, hoping to influence Chang'an's recruitment of scholars through Ma Liang.
There is no way, who knows that the examiner responsible for the selection of scholars in Chang'an is Ma Liang's younger brother, Ma Di.
Yes, Ma Su, an unlucky boy, had been working in Yuexun County for five years. Now Zhang Xi finally remembered him and recommended him to Liu Bei.
Ma Di is the right person to do this. He has already been in Yuexun County for five years, and no one in the Han Dynasty is more familiar with this experience than him.
Ma Su also took this opportunity to officially enter Liu Bei's sight.
(End of chapter)
