Text: Shuo Hejun (Columnist for Reading History)
Liu Bei can be called a person of power in the Three Kingdoms, known as "without Liu Bei, there is no Three Kingdoms".
Liu Bei's "two-sided" personality and "thick black" kung fu, which are both generous and loyal, have made him win people's hearts and minds all the way, and his popularity is excellent, which can be described as the most socially mixed person.
And this body of Fengyuan's ability, in fact, a large part of it benefited from Liu Bei's formal entry into politics, met a "good master" - "Liu Yan", no, called Liu Yan.
Liu Yan's fame is not great, but his strength is really not small.
He was the first person to "form a team" to attack the Yellow Turban Army at the beginning of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. At the age of twenty-eight, Liu Bei was precisely because he saw Liu Yan's summoning list that he jumped from a self-employed person to join the army, which led to the later "Taoyuan Three Knots of Righteousness".
Liu Yan's life was full of vicissitudes, serving in the central government, guarding Youzhou, opening up the foundation of Yizhou, two generations called Xiongchuan Shu, holding a high position, holding military power, and was a very low-key "big guy" level and "elder" level figure in the Three Kingdoms.
So what are the outstanding features of Liu Yan, the "enlightenment teacher", that make Liu Yan infinitely useful?
First, enlightened as water, treat people like fire, pull relationship is the first
From ancient times to the present, encounters rely on fate, get along by sincerity, and rely on character.
The first time Liu Yan and Liu Bei met, they sparked their hearts.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Yan saw that eunuchs were in charge and yellow scarves were everywhere, and he openly adopted the suggestions of his subordinate Zou Jing, posted lists, and opened the door to recruit warriors from all over the world.
Liu Guanzhang of Zhuo County hit it off at once, and after a small drink, he joined more than 500 township heroes to go to Liu Yan.
The three "little youths" who had just entered the political arena were both nervous and excited to see their immediate boss, Liu Yan, the highest administrator of Youzhou. As soon as the "leading big brother" Liu Bei met, he showed off his identity as "Queen of Han N".
Unexpectedly, liu yan, the upright emperor of the Western Han Dynasty after king Lu Gong of the Eight Classics of the Western Han Dynasty, heard Liu Bei's generous statement, and not only did not show a contemptuous look, but was "very happy" and even recognized Liu Bei as a nephew on the spot.
A prince who is high up in the sky, a "little white" who has just entered the workplace, Liu Yan gave Liu Bei enough face.
At present, the large army of the Yellow Turban Army is pressing on the territory, and the number of people and troops is most urgently needed. Liu Yan's low posture fully demonstrates his own enlightenment.
After that, Liu Yan often talked with Liu Bei about his family and talked about current affairs, and also arranged some small tasks from time to time, promoting some backward advances, which made Liu Bei feel untouched.
Liu Yan successively served as an official of Luoyang County Ling, Jizhou Assassin History, Nanyang County Taishou, Zong Zheng, Tai Chang and other officials, and was kind to people everywhere and warm to others, winning the support of many people and also practicing an excellent means to win people's hearts.
His warm eyes and a kind greeting made the twenty-eight-year-old young Liu Bei boil with blood and willing to give his life.
Many "hot-blooded youths" like Liu Bei also came to visit, and for a time Liu Yan's account was crowded and lively.
Liu Yan's kind face made Liu Bei deeply remember: enlightened as clear as water, warm to people like fire, dora relationship, is the first trick of the official field.
Second, the surface is polite, but always "leave a hand"
If Liu Yan has been enthusiastic about Liu Bei like this, perhaps Liu Bei's life trajectory will change to "general" instead of "big marshal".
Fortunately, Liu Bei slowly discovered that Liu Yan was only superficially polite, but in fact, he was always wary of himself.
For example, once the Yellow Turban Army led 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack Zhuo County, Liu Yan immediately arranged for Liu Bei to go forward to resist, but did not reinforce a single soldier and a pawn, leaving Liu Bei to fend for himself. Fortunately, Liu Bei was angry, and the 500 soldiers of his headquarters stubbornly fought, and the Yellow Turban Army scattered and fled, and returned victoriously.
Unexpectedly, after nine deaths and a bloody battle, Liu Bei only won liu Yan's verbal praise for "personally going down to the city to greet him", and none of the Yellow Turban army that surrendered to "countless" was incorporated into Liu Bei's account.
For this matter, Guan Zhang and the two scolded and grinned for a long time. However, Liu Bei does have the potential to be the "boss", he put up with his mouth and often thinks in his heart: Just went to work, what is this pain, wipe away the tears and don't ask, at least we still have dreams.
Liu Bei, who worked hard and did not care about gains and losses, quickly won Liu Yan's appreciation, and a bigger task was "pressed" on his head.
Once, Qingzhou was in a hurry and in danger, and asked Liu Yan for help. This time, Liu Yan sent Zou Jing to lead 5,000 people to Qingzhou with Liu Bei and others. Having just suffered a "small loss," Liu Bei was actually arranged to lead a team of five hundred people from his "headquarters" this time, and the command of five thousand people was completely in Zou Jing's hands.
In this campaign, the number of Yellow Turban troops was even larger, and Liu Beilai did not hurry to think about whether the leaders were "cultivating" themselves or "suppressing" themselves.
After a bloody battle and a battle, it once again fought a turnaround battle in which the weak prevailed over the strong. But on the way back from victory, perhaps Liu Yan had already made arrangements, and Zou Jing and Liu Bei returned separately. You are yours, I am still yours, the strength is not less, the benefits are not seen.
Frustrated, Liu Bei gradually saw that no matter how hard he tried, liu Yan would always "keep a hand" in such a killer skill as military power.
Lip service to the end of the good, secretly to do bad things, the adult world, only talk about interests, there is no right or wrong.
Liu Bei, who was new to the workplace, slowly realized that the surface is polite, but holding the "core" and strictly controlling the "bottom line" is the second way to do things.
Third, instead of complaining, it is better to change
Just when Liu Bei was indignant about his "treatment" and preparing to petition, his boss Liu Yan also ushered in the treatment of "injustice".
Under the stubborn resistance of Liu Yan and others, the three brothers of Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turban Army died one after another, and the climax stage of the Yellow Turban forces subsided, and the imperial court began to discuss the merits and rewards and reward the world.
However, Liu Yan was greatly surprised by the pattern of rewards: He Jin and others who pointed fingers in the imperial court and did not do practical things either promoted or mastered the core departments and controlled the situation; Dong Zhuo and others, who had repeatedly lost battles in local conquests, or Gan Taishou or the new army, sat on an equal footing with themselves; and the emerging forces such as Sun Jian, who were not well known in the past, also got a piece of territory and threatened themselves.
Liu Yan, who had been living in the court for a long time and occupying the local area, did not ask for rewards, but asked for "release", persuaded the emperor to set up a state pastoral system, and sought the territory of Yizhou, and went to Yizhou to raise soldiers and shape armor, create a foundation, and seek great things. ——It's just that he didn't expect that he laid a deep foundation in Yizhou, and finally cheapened Liu Bei and eventually became Liu Bei's base camp. Of course, this is an afterthought.
Back then, Liu Yan had a large plot of land. However, as Liu Yan's "migrant worker", Liu Bei is still "pitted". After several years of conquest, he still did not get a foothold, and only served as a county commander in Anxi County, lacking soldiers and horses, and not enough money and food.
However, Liu Bei saw from Liu Yan that in the chaotic world, everything was impermanent, and blindly complaining would only lose confidence and courage, and eventually become more and more negative and achieve nothing.
Instead of this, it is better to complain less, bury your head, take a breath, look up at the sky, and stride out of the quagmire of fate.
Not complaining, slowly changing, the more courageous the battle, the more frustrated and more energetic, is the third trick of mixed society.
The farther you go, the more you miss the place where the dream began. Walking the rivers and lakes, the first job, the first leadership is crucial. What you see and hear when you first enter the workplace, what you learn and think, will achieve people's pattern and affect people's lives.
The initial memories and impressions of Liu Yan's body were deeply imprinted on the young Liu Bei's heart.
Since then, although Liu Bei has read all kinds of people, erratic, and even been bullied and suffered hardships, he thinks about the days when he first joined the work, bright or dark, always able to regain confidence, his heart is like stopping water, water drops and stones, and he has grown and matured rapidly and achieved extraordinary people.
Liu Yan ranked first in the biography of the Book of The Three Kingdoms, ranking before the shu emperor's first lord and later lord, and it was not a waste of time.
However, Liu Bei was able to look at its grand outline and take its essence, and then the waves swelled up, the blue came out of the blue, and finally took over the power of yizhou governance, founded the country as the emperor, and laughed proud of the history of Qing, which was admirable and admirable.
It can be seen that success is never within reach, and if you want to wait for the flowers to bloom, you only need to work quietly.
May you still smile at the wind and thunder and move forward against the wind after a lonely journey.