During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei, who was living in Xinye, Jingzhou, under the advice of Xu Shu, went to Longzhong in Xiangyang to visit Zhuge Liang three times, which is the origin of the Three Gu Maolu, Liu Bei went three times to see Zhuge Liang, because Xu Shu said to Liu Bei that Zhuge Liang was a rare talent in the world, Liu Bei would be so condescending to find Zhuge Liang, to know that Liu Bei at that time, lost his soul, lived in a foreign country, had nothing, and urgently needed a senior strategist who understood strategic thinking.
After Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang proposed a strategic plan for Liu Bei on how to seize the world, Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei to try to occupy Jingzhou and Yizhou, unite with Sun Quan in the east, Rong Di in the west, and barbarians in the south, and fight against Cao Cao in the north.
Zhuge Liang
The last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty were a chaotic world, the information transmission at that time was not smooth, and there was no developed media to broadcast the news, want to understand the external situation and situation, all rely on word of mouth, Zhuge Liang lived in Longzhong, can understand the situation in the world, naturally have his own methods, summed up, Zhuge Liang has a total of three channels to understand the situation in the world:
First, the friend channel
Although Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong, but his friends were not many, such as Xu Shu, who introduced Liu Bei to Sangu Maolu, was Zhuge Liang's good friend, in addition to Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang also had three good friends of Shi Tao, Cui Zhouping, and Meng Jian, together with Xu Shu, known as "Zhuge Four Friends", Xu Shu and Shi Tao were Yingchuan people, because of the war in the Central Plains and exiled to Jingzhou, and Zhuge Liang knew, Cui Zhouping was a Hebei native, the son of Cui Lie, the Eastern Han Dynasty lieutenant Cui Lie, may also have been exiled to Jingzhou to know Zhuge Liang, or may have been known when Zhuge Liang traveled to the four seas, Meng Jian was a native of Runan, and he also went into exile to Jingzhou to meet Zhuge Liang.
Xu Shu
Zhuge Liang once chatted with these friends, just as the so-called like-minded people can be the same, can become Zhuge Liang's friends, everyone must have the same ambition, especially Cui Zhouping and Xu Shu, both think that Zhuge Liang's talent is equivalent to the talent of Guan Zhong and Le Yi.
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Zhuge Liang and his friends in the chat process, will talk about the situation in the world at that time, originally young people, and think that they can make a career in the future, naturally will pay special attention to the situation in the world, people from different places chat, will talk about the situation in different places, which also allows Zhuge Liang to have some understanding of different places, which is also a channel for Zhuge Liang to obtain information.
Three Gu Maolu
Second, the cloud travels in all directions
Zhuge Liang said that the talents of Shi Tao, Xu Shu, and Meng Jian could achieve official positions such as Shi Shi and Tai Shou, and the three of them asked Zhuge Liang, "What position can you achieve with your talents?" Zhuge Liang just smiled and did not speak, in fact, it was very clear that Zhuge Liang compared himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, Guan Zhong and Le Yi were the talents of the generals, and the reason why Zhuge Liang laughed was that he did not want to say that he could do the job of the general.
Longzhong pair
Later, when Meng Jian missed his hometown and wanted to return home, Zhuge Liang also said: There are many scholars and doctors in China, who want to travel all over the world, why rush to return to their hometown? It can be seen from this that Zhuge Liang often traveled all over the world, and as for where he went, the history books did not record it, and it is unknown.
Therefore, traveling all over the world, going to various places to see and understand the local situation is also a channel for Zhuge Liang to understand the situation in the world.
Third, weave the Jingzhou network of relations
Zhuge Liang's network of relations in Jingzhou is quite amazing, first of all, Zhuge Liang himself, Zhuge Liang married Huang Chengyan's daughter Huang Yueying as his wife, Huang Chengyan was the son-in-law of Cai Yi, the leader of the Jingzhou Shi clan, married Cai Xie's eldest daughter as his wife, Cai Xie's younger daughter married Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Cai Yi's son was called Cai Mao, the Cai family was the most powerful door valve clan in Jingzhou, and assisted Liu Biao in unifying Jingzhou, so that Zhuge Liang and the Jingzhou Clan Cai Family and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao were relatives.
Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, Pang Tong
Zhuge Liang's eldest sister married The second largest member of the Jingzhou power, Ku Qi ,a brother of The Tong and Pu Yue clan, and was also the second most powerful clan in Jingzhou after the Cai family, and also assisted Liu Biao in unifying Jingzhou, who later became Fang Ling Taishou and was killed by Meng Da.
Zhuge Liang's second sister married Pang Shanmin, the son of Pang Degong, Who was a famous scholar living in Jingzhou and a famous family in Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang's Title of Wolong was raised by Pang Degong, through Pang Degong, Zhuge Liang also knew Mr. Sima Hui of Shuijing, these are famous figures in Jingzhou, and Pang Shanmin's cousin is called Pang Tong, and Pang Tong is still related to Zhuge Liang.
Mr. Water Mirror
How, Zhuge Liang's network of relations in Jingzhou is very strong, up to The highest governor of Jingzhou, Liu Biao, and the Cai and Pu Er families of the Haoqiangshi clan, down to the famous Men of Jingzhou, pangs, etc., Zhuge Liang hardly does not know, Zhuge Liang can know the people with heads and faces in Jingzhou through this network of relations, and then Zhuge Liang and these people can understand a lot of the situation in the world at that time through chatting, drinking tea and other various communications, and it is even possible to understand some undisclosed secrets within Jingzhou, which is also a channel for Zhuge Liang to understand the situation in the world.
Zhuge Liang is through the friendship relationship, traveling around the world, Jingzhou network three channels to understand the situation in the world at that time, combined with his own views on the situation at that time, long before Liu Bei found Zhuge Liang, he made a strategic analysis of the situation in the world, Longzhong can be said to be tailor-made for Liu Bei, it is precisely because of Zhuge Liang's early a large number of communication channels, can make such a famous strategy, only 12 years later, Liu Bei Group in Longzhong under the guidance of the strategy, reached the peak of power.