Chapter 104 Helpers one after another (please subscribe)
Huang Zhong's hometown is in Nanyang, and there are many prominent families in Nanyang County, but Huang Zhong's ancestral family, the Huang family, is not one of the top ones in Nanyang.
Although not the highest-ranking family in Nanyang County, Huang Zhong's family is considered to be in the middle of the pack in Jingzhou. However, his family has no ancient scriptures and cannot be ranked in the mainstream. Therefore, Huang Zhong finally chose military merit as the path to promotion.
As a native of Jingchu, he joined the army and joined the Xianglin camp in the southern border of the Han Dynasty. Due to his military exploits, he was gradually promoted and eventually became the leader of a village. However, compared with the north, there were not many wars in the southern part of the Han Dynasty, unlike those in Youzhou and Henan.
Liangjiazi from Liangzhou has been fighting against the Qiang and Hu Xianbei all year round, and he will be promoted quickly if he performs more meritorious service. If he, a native of Jingzhou, does not have a suitable opportunity, it will be difficult for him to be transferred to the north to guard the border.
After so many years of delay, Huang Zhong's military rank has never been promoted, and he has been serving as a camp commander in Xianglin Camp. According to the military positions of the Han Dynasty, this position in Xianglin Camp is actually not low.
But as Huang Zhong got older, his passion for expressing his ambitions only increased.
He is now in his thirties, and his qualifications in Xianglinying are considered very high, but he still has a heart to keep moving forward.
And being transferred to the Yueqi Battalion was really a great opportunity for him.
If he was not transferred to the Yueqi Battalion, he would probably be sent back to his hometown of Nanyang in the near future due to his age.
Nanyang County is not a border county, and there is no permanent army stationed in the county. Perhaps by that time, Huang Zhong can only serve as an official in places like Lingling, Wuling, and Nanjun. His future may become even more bleak and unclear.
Compared with such a future, coming to the Yueqi Camp in Luoyang was another brand new beginning for him.
The emperor's personally recognized clan brother, Yuan Ji's close friend, and Zheng Xuan's son-in-law. What kind of identity is this?
A strong dragon does not overwhelm local snakes. The right governor of Beiping also wants to make this friend. Do you know when Liu Jian will return to his hometown?
But the problem is that although Zhang Zhong is the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong, he is very unreliable. He has no intention of recruiting old officials. When he was in office, he only focused on making money. Huang Zhong originally intended to join the army and make meritorious deeds, but his family bribed him with money.
He bribed Zhang Zhong, and after Zhang Zhong pushed Huang Zhong into Xianglin Camp, he immediately cut off contact with Huang Zhong. After taking the money, he and Huang Zhong no longer had much to do with each other. I guess I can still remember such a person now.
It’s hard to say which official he recommended.
Huang Zhong is thirty-six years old, and he is at the peak of his life. He neither has the youthful recklessness of a twenty-year-old, nor the restraint and old age of a fifty-year-old. It can be said that he must be brave and steady.
But if the premise is not appropriate, the first step is to see if the other party is willing to let him go.
People with big beards in the Han Dynasty had this habit.
Gao Shun had known Liu Jian back then. He had a low status. He had been following Lu Bu in Jiuyuan County for two years, but he had not achieved anything famous in the past two years. Now Liu Jian brought Gao Shun to Luoyang and committed suicide.
He became the most noble person in Gao Shun's life.
On the other hand, their distant family in Nanyang, although they had a house and land and no worries about food and clothing, unfortunately their official career gradually declined. By Huang Zhong's generation, most of the family members relied on their military merits to enter officialdom or to become governors.
Now Liu Jian took out one and gave it to Huang Zhong, asking him to hand it over to his child the next day to ensure the child's well-being.
After all, the Huang family still has a large clan in Nanyang, and it is not a humble one in the local area. Huang Zhong's final destination is probably to return to Jingzhou.
As expected by Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong was flattered that such a valuable gift was given to his own child. He refused, but Liu Jian refused. He only said that it was given to the youngest son of the Huang family.
It has nothing to do with Huang Zhong himself, so why should he, as a father, stand in the way of accumulating blessings for his children?
Huang Zhong's family was also very wealthy in Nanyang, and there was no shortage of jade items. But the key was that Liu Jian hit the snake seven inches away. He cared about Huang Zhong's son. This move could be said to have hit Huang Zhong's weakness.
"The last official, Huang Zhong, has met the captain!"
But in Liu Jian's opinion, Huang Zhong may have been with him in the past few years. If he leaves Luoyang in the future, I am afraid Huang Zhong will not follow him.
Liu Jian laughed loudly and said: "There is a saying that goes well, heroes cherish heroes. Although Han Sheng does not know me, I have already known Han Sheng's name. But why do I know it? Please don't ask Han Sheng. There are some things
I can never speak out about the family secrets."
Jade was quite valuable in the Han Dynasty, and it was also a symbol of status. In particular, scholars used jade as their foundation, and it was even more valuable as a decoration and blessing jade. Many families passed down jade to the next generation, especially some exquisitely carved auspicious jade.
In the eyes of the Han people, it has the function of praying for blessings, protecting the body and removing diseases.
Cheng Pu was a minor official in You Beiping, with a low status. He was originally a recruiter for the county office. Logically speaking, Liu Jian recruited him, which was equivalent to recruiting a former official of Beiping County Governor. In the Han Dynasty, which was a dual monarchy, this was somewhat unusual.
Inappropriate.
"Han was promoted to the Yue Cavalry Camp, and Liu was very pleased."
Yuan Ji was very generous to Liu Jian and gave him three pieces of auspicious jade directly the day before yesterday.
After listening to Liu Jian's words, Huang Zhong was deeply touched, so he raised his hand and asked: "I heard that this time the Shangshutai was a sign that Huang entered the Yueqi camp, and it was the captain who recommended him. I wonder if this is true?"
Subsequently, Gao Shun from Jiuyuan County, Xu Rong from the Liaodong vassal state, and Cheng Pu from Youbeiping came to the Yueqi camp one after another.
So even though Zhang Zhong was Huang Zhong's first recommender on the road to military success, to this day, I'm afraid he won't remember asking Huang Zhong to repay his kindness.
Afterwards, Liu Jian took Huang Zhong to sit down, chatted with him about daily life, and inquired about the situation at his home.
Liu Jian said this, so Huang Zhong naturally didn't want to go into detail. And no matter how others knew about him, after all, they dragged him to Luoyang Capital as an assistant. Huang Zhong naturally needs to remember this kindness.
of.
After Huang Zhong entered the Yueqi camp, he couldn't think of anything, and he couldn't even get over the test of his own conscience.
Moreover, Huang Zhong and Guan Yu even had the same habits. When talking, he would always subconsciously stroke his beautiful beard.
According to casual conversations, Liu Jian learned that the Huang Zhong family belonged to a middle-class wealthy family in Nanyang County. According to Liu Jian, his great-grandfather and Huang Xiang of Anlu, Jiangxia were from the same clan but different branches. Now, after a hundred years, the two Huangs have branched out, and the Huang family in Jiangxia has developed.
The family was very good and prosperous. Later, Huang Qiong was appointed as the Taiwei, and Huang Wan was appointed as the Lieutenant General with Five Features. Although Huang Wan was imprisoned by the party, the family's reputation among the scholars continued to grow.
Therefore, Liu Jian naturally became Huang Zhong's biggest advocate, and Huang Zhong could naturally be regarded as an old official recommended by Liu Jian.
After all, Liu Jian and Huang Zhong were not very familiar with each other. When they met for the first time, they needed to get to know each other a little bit.
Giving up a minor official, Cheng Pu, in exchange for a friendship with Liu Jian, this matter is not a good deal in the eyes of You Beiping Prefect.
Liu Jian looked at Huang Zhong carefully and found that like Guan Yu, he was tall and handsome, with a long beard that covered his chest. He was handsome, elegant and heroic.
But even so, the feeling between him and Huang Zhong for recommending old officials is still there!
Later, Liu Jian asked some questions about Huang Zhong's family affairs. When he learned that Huang Zhong had a ten-year-old son, Liu Jian immediately ordered people to go to his home and find Li Damu to bring him a piece of jewelry given to him by his former fan Yuan Ji.
Jade is delivered.
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It is true that the governor of You Beiping was Cheng Pu's master. He also valued Cheng Pu's ability, but he valued Liu Jian's reputation more than Cheng Pu, a minor official in the county.
But it's no wonder that Zhang Zhong was forcibly appointed by Liu Hong to serve as a local prefect because of his status as a relative of Empress Dowager Dong. He belonged to the line of relatives. The problem was that Empress Dowager Dong's natal family was nothing but a bunch of weaklings. If it hadn't been for the eunuchs to mobilize
During the September coup, her position as Queen Mother was dominated by Queen Mother Dou. Naturally, a person from such a loser family would not be able to achieve much.
Instead of showing kindness to Huang Zhong in every possible way, it might be more effective to think more about his children.
Huang Zhong was surprised when he heard this: "Xiao and the captain are not acquainted. When did the captain insist on calling Huang to Beijing as an assistant?"
Huang Zhong has a tall body, like a bear and a tiger, and his voice is very loud.
Liu Jian is no different now than he was then. He was originally from Youzhou. Everything he did in Luoyang was not only widely circulated in Luoyang, but also in his hometown of Zhuojun. In other words, it was
It spread wildly in the counties of Youzhou.
As a member of a good family, Huang Zhong went south to join the Xianglin camp and enlisted in the army. He relied on the connections of Zhang Zhong, the then governor of Nanyang. In terms of first-come, first-served order, Zhang Zhong, the governor of Nanyang, was his leader and benefactor.
, Liu Jian could only be ranked second.
Gao Shun had great admiration for Liu Jian at first, but now that he had received Liu Jian's great kindness, he naturally vowed to die in repayment.
While Liu Jian listened, he comforted him and said: "People and things in this world have been in Hedong for thirty years and Hexi for thirty years. Although Han Sheng could not take the path of investigation, with his skills, he may not be unable to make contributions to the country and be famous.
Ancestor, you can rest assured that as long as you are in the Yueqi camp, you will make achievements sooner or later."
In particular, Liu Jian still had a close relationship with the Lu family in Zhuojun and the Gongsun family in western Liaoning.
Liu Jian has rich experience in winning people's hearts. In the patriarchal era, family inheritance was the most important issue in everyone's mind. The direct descendants of the family were sometimes even more important than the lives of the whole family.
"To be honest with Han Sheng, I insisted on transferring you to the capital."
Now that the right governor of Beiping has given up on Cheng Pu and Liu Jian, Cheng Pu is free to fly wherever he wants. He can develop wherever he wants without any burden.
There is no doubt that his best development, the cross-country riding camp, is beckoning to him.
The ranks of Cheng Pu and Gao Shun are too low. It is easy to say that they are a military garrison and a small county official who was conquered by the prefect.
However, Xu Rong's identity and future as a member of the Liaodong vassal state were relatively bright. It was somewhat difficult for Liu Jian to completely conquer this person.