Chapter 621   Each has its own plans (32)

Because several emperors were debaucherous and shameless, the Eastern Zhou royal family gradually became weak and lost control of the princes.

The various princes who were conferred by King Wu of Zhou became famous and entered the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

During this period, the princes fought for hegemony, and wars occurred between the neighboring princes, and many weak princes were destroyed.

In order to survive and to fight for the dominance of the world, various vassal states have increased their efforts to attract talents.

While every vassal state is hiding talent everywhere, it gains a reputation for seeking talent because of the popular use of talents from other countries. It is inevitable that the use of local talents, especially the same type of talents, are buried.

These talents who are not valued or who believe they are not successful begin to move to other vassal states for the benefit of their own and their families.

These people try to gain recognition from other princes based on their talents, obtain high officials and generous salaries, and promote their own political propositions.

Confucius traveled around the countries, and wanted to find princes who appreciated him and implement his political propositions.

During this period, the mobility of talents among the various vassal states was very high.

It was not just Confucius who traveled around the countries. All kinds of talents came out and lobbyed everywhere, and put forward their own ruling philosophy and promoted themselves in different vassal states.

There are many people who are as unsatisfied as Confucius, but there are still many who have achieved great success.

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, many academic factions with social influence appeared, such as: Legalism, Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, Yin and Yang schools.

By the middle of the Warring States Period, those schools that achieved success had gained a foothold in various countries, with many theories rich and colorful, forming a cultural prosperity scene in which various schools of thought contend, which was known in history as the "Hundred Schools of Thought Contend" period.

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, in order to consolidate the imperial power, Emperor Wu of Han implemented the policy of "abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone".

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs were tyrannical, the Han Dynasty declined, and heroes emerged.

Since Dong Zhuo, wars have continued between the princes, and the flow of talents has also occurred.

Many aristocratic families with profound backgrounds have many talents in the clan. The brothers of the clan parted ways, serving different forces, and all of them can be reused.

The major princes did this, of course, in order to use talents in an unconventional manner and attract more talents to come and seek.

Xunzi was a famous thinker, philosopher, and educator in the late Warring States Period. He was a representative figure of the Confucian school and could be said to be the master of the controversy among the hundreds of schools of thought.

The famous Yingchuan family, the famous Yingchuan family in the Han Dynasty, was a descendant of Xunzi.

At that time, Xun Chen and Xun Yu brothers were the two most talented in the younger generation of the Xun family.

The Xun family certainly could not put eggs in the same basket. Their brothers served under the men of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, the two most powerful princes at that time.

Xun Chen is famous, and he was once appointed as the chief strategist by Yuan Shao, who was seeking fame.

Although Yuan Shao was the most powerful prince at that time, he did not adopt the reasonable suggestions of advisers such as Ju Su and Xun Chen because of his indecisiveness, and did not go to Luoyang to welcome Emperor Xian of Han.

Xun Chen was deeply disappointed with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao was also very dissatisfied with Xun Yu's surrender to Cao Cao in the Xun family and intends to alienate Xun Chen.

Xun Chen slowly faded out of the power center of Yuan Shao's group and finally retired to the field.

These real talents all cherish their reputation very much. Even after Yuan Shao's demise, Xun Chen did not come out to serve Cao Cao again.

As the chief strategist of Cao Cao, Xun Yu did not commit favoritism and fraud, and appointed nepotism. There were not many Xun clan members who were officials in Cao Cao's group.

Xun Yu tried his best to give advice to Cao Cao, but the Xun family still kept a hand.

It was not until Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han to Xuchang that he occupied the title of great righteousness.

The Xun family was generally optimistic about Cao Cao's prospects, which increased their investment in Cao Cao. Xun You, a military genius who was idle at home and was waiting to be sold, also defected to Cao Cao.

Xun You was also highly valued by Cao Cao and appointed as the military advisor, and was called Cao Cao's "master".

Xun You was good at flexible and changeable tactics and military strategies for defeating the enemy, and made great contributions to Cao Cao's battle in the north.

It is impossible for these leaders of major forces who are determined to dominate the world, but they really don’t care about the fact that those aristocratic families are on two boats and acting as fences!

Yuan Shao could not tolerate talents from a family who were loyal to several forces at the same time. He abandoned Xun Chen because someone from the Xun family assisted Cao Cao.

Cao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others allowed this phenomenon to exist because they wanted to exchange favorable treatment and bright prospects for the loyalty of these talents, and in the least they could prevent them from fighting back.

Of course, the premise is that these brothers of the same clan who serve different forces are all noble people with real talents and knowledge.

Such talents not only will not easily betray their lord, but can also strengthen the connection between the two strengths.

The most representative example is Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang brothers, who became the bridge connecting the two major forces of Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

Even after Sun Quan betrayed his faith and attacked Jingzhou, the Shu Han and Eastern Wu were able to continue to form an alliance soon, and the Zhuge brothers made an indelible contribution.

It is precisely because of Zhuge Jin's ability that Sun Quan, who had gained the benefits, always wanted to poach Liu Bei's corners and to win over more talents from the Jingzhou family under Liu Bei.

Liu Bei valued Ma Liang, but Ma Su was not very successful, so naturally became the target of Sun Quan's win over.

Ma Su had a good relationship with Sun Lang and worked together in Jiangdong with him, so naturally the matter of Sun Quan and Liu Bei could not hide the eyes of Sun Quan and Liu Bei.

Sun Quan has always been able to tolerate Sun Lang using his clan status to make huge profits with the Ma family and gain personal gains because of the value of the Ma family and Ma Su.

In fact, the executor involved in Sun Lang's business cooperation was not Ma Su, but the third brother Ma Shuchang.

Although Ma Shuchang is a businessman, as the third brother of the "Five Constant Ma Family", his knowledge and talents are not bad.

There are many business geniuses in the Ma family, but Ma Shuchang has achieved the greatest success.

Because of the emergence of Ma's soybean wine, Uncle Ma's status in the entire Jiangnan business community is roughly equivalent to the current founder of Taobao.

After earning enough money, Uncle Ma also focused on official positions and power.

In Liubei Group, the two brothers Ma Liang and Ma Su were highly valued. Even if his uncle Ma often became an official, he was a small official like a county magistrate, and it was difficult for him to make a name for himself.

The longer he does business, the more he can feel the dominant position of officials in collusion between officials and businessmen.

He worked hard and took such a big risk. Most of the money he earned was given to the officials to open up the joints.

Many of the stingy businessmen who are reluctant to give up money have been troubled by the government. The tactful businessmen are free from disasters when they lose money, while the tactless businessmen are bankrupt.

Uncle Ma is often a smart person, so he will naturally not lose his big mistakes because of small things.

(End of this chapter)
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