Zizhi Tongjian: Why did the Law of the Three Kingdoms recommend Xu Jing to Liu Bei?

When Liu Zhang was in Xichuan, he appointed Xu Jing as the Taishou of Shu Commandery, and when Chengdu was attacked by Liu Bei's army, Xu Jing planned to go out of the city and surrender to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei looked down on Xu Jing very much and did not appoint him.

Fa Zheng said to Liu Bei, "Lord, there is a kind of person in the world who has a false name but is not actually worthy, and Xu Jing is such a person. However, lord, you have just begun to create a great cause, and you cannot let the people of the world talk about you. It is better to respect Xu Jing, so as to soothe people near and far and not disappoint. ”

Liu Bei then treated Xu Jing with courtesy and appointed him.

Refer to the Zizhi Tongjian

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According to Fazheng's explanation, this is Liu Bei's version of the story of buying horse bones with thousands of gold.

After Liu Beizhan led Xichuan, there were also many frustrated celebrities in the workplace at that time, why did Fa Zheng only recommend Xu Jing?

We analyze exactly what the Fa thinks from the perspective of human selfishness.

First of all, Xu Jing is a talent and has a certain influence.

Xu Jing was the Taishou of Shu Commandery under Liu Zhang's men, and he was a well-known commentator at the time, and there must have been many of his subordinates and protégés.

Xu Jing's opinion represents the opinion of a group of people, Xu Jing supports the surrender of Liu Bei, then this group of people supports his opinion.

Liu Bei did not want to reuse Xu Jing, and after Fa Zheng emphasized it, Xu Jing was reused by Liu Bei, and Fa Zheng had the grace of recommendation to Xu Jing, and they formed an alliance.

The two supported each other and helped each other, and what Liu Bei could do under his hands could be longer and more stable. It is mutually beneficial to both.

Second, Xu Jing gave him benefits.

At first, Liu Bei did not want to see Xu Jing, xu Jing himself ate chaff and returned to the hidden mountain forest, but Xu Jing's large number of students and subordinates could not follow him to the hidden mountain forest, they still had to continue to survive, Xu Jing must find a way out for them.

Xu Jing had been mixed for many years, and he also knew how to trust the relationship to find the favored courtiers around the boss, and Fa Zheng was Liu Bei's favorite at that time, Xu Jing saw this, sent some gifts and benefits to Fa Zheng, and asked Fa Zheng to intercede for him and his subordinates to Liu Bei.

Fa Zheng took people's money to eliminate disasters for people, so it is also very likely that Xu Jing should be recommended.

Finally, Xu Jing grew older.

Fazheng's age was relatively young, Xu Jing was very old, and Xu Jing died in the second year of Zhangwu.

Fa Zheng himself was in Liu Bei's office, just a strategist, he did not have a group of forces to support him, and Zhuge Liang, who was also a military master, had the support of the Jingzhou group, and he urgently needed a group to support him, so as to show his importance in Liu Bei's office!

Therefore, he took a fancy to Xu Jing, and he helped Xu Jing, which meant giving the group of people behind Xu Jing a way to live, and those people must be grateful to him.

Once Xu Jing died, those people loved to make Fa Zheng the leader of their own group, and Fa Zheng would also gain huge benefits and benefits because of this. So it's all for yourself.

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