In ancient society, being born into a rich family was a kind of luck, with a golden key, gold clothes and jade food, the envy of thousands of people, how happy and comfortable. But if you are born in a chaotic world, it is a kind of misfortune, not only precarious, but also affects the family. At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was such a famous scholar, who in the early days once relied on leading donkeys to grind and mix up, and then went through most of the Han Dynasty, successively surrendered to various forces, and eventually became an official to Situ. This person was Xu Jing, a famous scholar in Runan.
At that time, the imperial court was controlled by eunuchs, and many eunuchs and scholars were unable to enter politics, and a large number of small groups commenting on current politics were formed in the people. Among them, the "Danyue Review" organized by Xu Jing and Xu Shao is particularly famous, regularly commenting on the world's talents, and there are rumors that "Xu Shao and Xu Jing can be too conservative". Xu Jing is also famous all over the world.
Xu Jing has the status of a scholar, but he does not have the status of a scholar. Because of his personality, even his brother Xu Shao had to suppress him. At that time, Xu Shao was serving as a local gongcao and did not allow Xu Jing to come out. In desperation, Xu Jing once supported his family by driving donkeys to grind, and his life was miserable and bleak.
Later, Liu Yi went to the local post, knew that Xu Jing's fame was very large, and respected him very much, so he recommended him to join the army. As the saying goes, "Trees die, people live." Xu Jing stepped into the official field, because his fame was too great, he was soon transferred to Luoyang, Kyoto, as Shang Shulang, in charge of the transfer of officials, which can be described as a smooth step.
Xu Jing's good life did not take long before he was involved in the ups and downs of the court struggle at the end of the Han Dynasty. Ru Nanping was originally one of the famous magnates of the late Han Dynasty, but because Xu Xiang's father and son, who served as one of the three dukes, had long been in cahoots with eunuchs, they had always been despised by the shi clan. After the death of Emperor Hanling, the eunuch killed the great general He Jin, and Yuan Wang, led by Yuan Kui, led by Yuan Kui, took advantage of the opportunity to fight with the party and vigorously eliminate the opponents, not only beheading He Jin's family, but also intending to kill the eunuchs. As a result, Xu Xiang was tricked into going to the palace by Yuan Shao's false transmission of holy wills, and took the opportunity to kill him. To say that they are all Runan, but at the critical time, they will not give any face to the same countrymen.
As soon as Xu Xiang died, Xu Valve suffered a devastating blow because he was assigned to the eunuch line, and his power was almost uprooted. Before Xu Xiang's death, Xu Jing did not have any light; after Xu Xiang's death, Xu Jing followed the bad luck.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the situation in the court was changing, and when Yuan Shao and other warriors were killing in the capital, Dong Zhuo, a warrior outside the capital, picked up the bargain and led troops into Luoyang to seize power. Xu Jing escaped the disaster, and in the early days of Dong Zhuo's reign, he trembled and followed Zhou Yi to continue to serve as Shangshu.
During this period, Xu Jing followed his superior Zhou Yi and, at the behest of Taifu Yuan Kui, promoted and appointed Xun Shuang, Han Rong, and Chen Ji as gongqing and county guards, Shang Shu Han Fu as Jizhou Mu, Liu Dai as Yanzhou Assassin History, Zhang Zhi as Nanyang Taishou, Kong Ling as Yuzhou Assassin History, and Zhang Mi as Chen Liu Taishou. Xu Jing himself was promoted to the rank of Two Thousand Stones Grand Officer, serving as the Taishou of Ba County, but he did not arrive and was reappointed to the post of Yushi Zhongcheng (御史中丞), one step closer to the core of power.
At first, Dong Zhuo did not realize that these personnel appointments and dismissals were actually a big game of chess under Yuan Kui. When these people reached the local office, they raised troops to rebel. People like Mu Hanfu of Jizhou were originally the sons of Yuan Kui's disciples, and they jointly elected Yuan Shao as the leader and organized an alliance to woo Dong and vowed to kill Dong Zhuo. At this time, Dong Zhuo reacted. He was very remorseful, and in a fit of rage, he killed all of Yuan Kui and hundreds of other Yuan Valves, and ordered Zhou Yi to be dragged outside the city to be killed, and the corpses were deserted in the wilderness.
Dong Zhuo's brutality made Xu Jing very afraid, because Xu Jing's cousin Xu Jing was The Minister of State of Chen and conspired with Kong Ling to attack Dong Zhuo, so Xu Jing was afraid that Dong Zhuo would kill himself. He fled Luoyang overnight and began his own run and escape for most of the Han Dynasty.
Xu Jing first fled to Kong Ling. After Kong Ling's death, he defected to The Yangzhou Assassin Shi Chen Yi. After Chen Yi's death, Wu Jun's Taishou Xugong and Huiji Taishou Wang Lang had always had a deep friendship with Xu Jing, so they successively accepted Xu Jing.
At this time, Xu Jing had long since lost his desire to pursue fame and fortune, and only wanted to live. Out of benevolence, he did everything he could to adopt and support his relatives and neighbors, often taking care of and helping them, preserving the last trace of vitality for Xu Valve.
In a chaotic world, such stability is difficult to last. In the second year of Xingping (195), Sun Ce crossed the Yangtze River in the east, and people fled to Jiaozhou to escape the war. Xu Jing himself sat on the riverbank, let the entourage go first by boat, and after his relatives and clans all set off, Xu Jing sat on the last boat, and the people who saw this scene at that time could not help but admire. When he arrived in Jiaotong County, Xu Jing was treated with special respect and hospitality by Jiaotong Taishou Shi Xie.
At that time, Yuan Hui also fled to Jiaozhou, and he wrote to Shang Shu Ling Xun Yu: "Xu Wenxiu is a brilliant and talented man, and his wisdom and strategy are enough to participate in major national affairs. Since he was exiled to Jiaozhou, he has lived with many people, and whenever he encounters a dangerous matter, he has always put others before himself, and he has shared hunger and cold with people inside and outside his family, which is worthy of benevolence, righteousness and generosity..."
Later, Liu Zhang specially sent emissaries to recruit Xu Jing. Xu Jing thus entered Shu and successively served as the Taishou of Ba County and Guanghan. After Liu Bei captured Yizhou, Xu Jing turned to Liu Bei again, serving as Taifu and Situ successively, and finally the old Shu Han.
Xu Jing's life can be described as a history of running away, successively serving Kong Ling, Chen Yi, Xu Gong, Wang Lang, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei and others. Interestingly, although he was fleeing, the more he ran away, the bigger he became, and he was the last extremely popular subject. Therefore, some people jokingly call xu Jing the first running man of the Three Kingdoms. There are also people who are despised by many people because of their obedience to many officials and lack of loyalty. In fact, such harsh demands on Xu Jing are not objective, Xu Jing has been loyal and benevolent throughout his life, helped countless people, and has always retained the brilliance of his human nature of being kind and kind. He went around, basically in the circle of friends in the warrior clan. In his most difficult times, he also repeatedly refused the conquest of some people with bad character. His upheaval and displacement are only a microcosm of the misfortunes of that era.