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At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were eighteen governors, compared with only three in the Three Kingdoms period. Look at the winners, most of them are "villagers in the mountains". Wang Zizhong, the 18th who first begged Dong Zhuo, was led by Yuan's two brothers: Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. However, neither of the two nobles succeeded in the end. It was Liu Xuande, a folk shoemaker, who was not favored by them and became one of the leaders of the Three Kingdoms in the future. Later, the Lord of the Three Kingdoms was not a "giant" among the 18-route princes.
Cao Cao is stronger all the way. Sun Quan's father, Sun Jian, is just in the middle, while Liu Bei and Liu Xuande are all under the banner of "imperial uncles", but their social identities are just a folk shoemaker, his right-hand man, Guan Yu, who sells mung beans, and Zhang Fei, who kills pigs. At that time, they only took a path, and they could only attach themselves to Gongsun Zan Road. Along the way, they were a small team in Wang Zizhong. Who would have expected that this "small folk team" "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" began with Liu's three vows in Taoyuan. In addition to the author Luo Guanzhong's admiration for Liu's values, there is also an important starting point ignored by readers-Liu Bei's camp is full of "grassroots elites" who are enemies of the people. His world is much more difficult than that of Sun Quan's son. He has inherited his father's career and he has made full efforts.
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In Liu Bei's team, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who have the courage to resist everything, all come from the people. Look at Yuan Shu and Cao Cao's attitude towards folk talents at that time, and you can know the future of these two governors. Yuan Shu wanted to coax Guan Yu and Zhang Fei out just because they were small "horse archers" and "foot archers". On seniority, it is the most ignorant leader. Except for Cao Cao and Sun Jian, the 16th Route Governors were similar to yuan brothers in talent strategy, and most of them followed blindly or respectfully, so they naturally dispersed on the way to the Central Plains.
There is a proverb in English, which is called "A baby misplaced is rubbish". This proverb must have been deeply felt by Zhuge Liang, Monroe and Guo Jia two thousand years ago. These three are the top talents of the three countries, all from the poor people, and they were respectively brought under the command of Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Cao Cao, which conforms to the principle of "appointing people on their merits". If they fall into the arms of more than a dozen other princes, will they still have future ambitions? The attitude of the leaders of the three countries towards talents is quite low, regardless of birth or courtesy. Most of their important advisers and war generals come from the people. It is the folk talents that constitute the powerful "talent pool" of Wei, Shu and Wu ... In the long river of history, there have been frequent waves of "talent shortage". Why are most "talents in the wild" and wizards from "mountain villages"?
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Under the feudal rigid personnel system, it is easy to produce insensitive people. The longer they stay in the system, the more they lose their vitality. Their vitality lies in the people. Feudal bureaucrats emphasized "on the defensive", observing the laws of their ancestors, and maintaining the stability of official positions and jurisdictions until they were stable and stable until they lost their vitality; People outside the system have their mobility, especially young people, who are eager to change and stand out, so they are sensitive to new things and easy to follow or even lead. They have nothing to lose because they have nothing but talent.