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At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, the princes were vying for dominance, and the people were not happy about their lives, this was an era of endless conquest, and it was also an era of heroic figures.
Cao Cao of Cao Wei, Liu Bei of Shu Han, and Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, these three benevolent brothers completely disturbed the already turbid lake, making the whole historical trend more uncertain.
If you look at it from the perspective of people now, Cao Cao is undoubtedly the final winner, but at that time, no one dared to say, who can laugh to the end, even Cao Cao, who is sitting on a good general, does not dare to assert it.
But in fact, Cao Cao was really close to success, and even almost ended the dispute and unified the Central Plains, but he did not expect that in 207 AD, two things that seemed insignificant in the torrent of history occurred, and it was these two events that changed the direction of history and made Cao Cao's ambition to step on Jiangnan into vain.
The first was the early death of Cao Cao's adviser Guo Jiaying.
The second thing was that Liu Bei invited zhuge Liang, who was reclusive.
Although these two pieces seem to be unrelated, they play the same role, that is, to strengthen Liu Bei's strength and weaken Cao Cao's strength, which directly changed the balance of power at that time, so that history officially entered the situation of the Three Kingdoms.
If Guo Jia could die a few years later, if Liu Bei did not have the patience to ask Zhuge Liang out of the three Gu Maolu, then history would definitely be rewritten, but history could not be assumed.
Perhaps Liu Bei would always sigh that he was fortunate to invite Zhuge Liang in the middle of the night, otherwise how could he have the opportunity to live in a corner and become emperor?
It was just that Liu Bei did not expect that although he got Zhuge Liang from Sangu Maolu, he accidentally missed another high-ranking person, and it was Liu Bei's miss that eventually cheapened Cao Cao.
So who is this high-ranking person that Liu Bei missed? Let's take a look.
Liu Bei wanted to invite Zhuge Liang out of the mountain
At first, Liu Bei was just a peddler who knitted straw shoes and sold straw shoes, and now, it is also a skill that can be used, not to mention making a fortune, at least you can have no worries about food and clothing, if you can be diligent and fast, weave a few pairs a day, and maybe you can live a well-off life in advance.
However, Liu Bei was very resistant to this kind of life that could be seen decades later at a glance, and he often cried out in his heart to change and change.
Opportunity will always pity those who are prepared, fortunately, In order to meet the opportunity, Liu Bei has made sufficient preparations, seeing that the imperial court is going to send troops to quell the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei did not say a word, and directly threw down the straw shoes that had not yet been sold to revolt.
Liu Beizhen's arm called out, and in an instant, he recruited two younger brothers, one of whom was Guan Yu of Mai Zao, and the other was Zhang Fei, who killed pigs, who could have imagined that these three small people who were originally inconspicuous would leave their names in Qingshi in the future?
At least, many people didn't think about it at the time, maybe even they didn't think of it themselves.
It is not enough to fight the world with two little brothers, and there must be territory to recruit soldiers and buy horses, but Liu Bei does not have it, but he also has a way, he does not have a territory, but others have it, they do not have soldiers and horses, but others also have it.
So he embarked on the road of relying on others and using the strength of others to strengthen himself, after a series of turmoil, Liu Bei gradually gained fame, and he deeply realized that his small group was not very good at strategy, and he suddenly realized that he lacked a strategist.
Since it was clear where the shortcomings were, it was enough to make up for it, and later Sima Hui recommended two people to Liu Bei, and said that one person can win the world, they are Wolong Zhuge Liang and Feng chi Pang Tong, unfortunately, Liu Bei later received these two people under his command, but unfortunately he also did not get the world, of course, this is the last word.
And when Sima Hui said these words to Liu Bei, Liu Bei embarked on a difficult journey to invite Zhuge Liang out of the mountain.
Liu Bei missed the high man
As we all know, Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, he experienced some setbacks, and later he invited Zhuge Liang out of Maolu three times in a row, so there was a saying that Liu Beisan Gu Maolu was born.
Speaking of which, when Liu Bei first visited Zhuge Liang, he also made a big joke.
It is said that Liu Bei went to look for Zhuge Liang with great interest, and met an extraordinary figure on the road, Liu Bei thought that this person was Zhuge Liang, and immediately got off the horse to give a salute, but after this person knew Liu Bei's purpose, he said that he recognized the wrong person, and he was not Zhuge Liang at all.
Liu Bei was very disappointed, so he gave up his hands, turned around and left, unwilling to waste any more time, this person did not say anything, when Liu Bei was about to leave, he advised Liu Bei not to cling.
This sentence made Liu Bei listen very inexplicably, and he did not know that he meant several things about not clinging, so he ignored this person's advice and continued to look for Zhuge Liang.
This person was actually the high-ranking person that Liu Bei had missed, named Cui Zhouping.
This name does not have much fame in history, and it also appears as a supporting role in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but in fact, his comprehensive ability is by no means under Zhuge Liang.
Cui Zhouping was the son of Cui Lie, the Eastern Han Dynasty eunuch, and the younger brother of Cui Jun, and he himself preferred to make friends with heroes and had a good reputation, regardless of his origin, status, and connections, which were not comparable to Zhuge Liang.
Regrettably, at that time, Liu Bei only cared about looking for Zhuge Liang and missed Cui Zhouping, otherwise the history of the Three Kingdoms might have to be rewritten.
Cui Zhouping's talent
Perhaps some small friends will say that Zhuge Liang has the ability to reverse Qiankun, if it is not Zhuge Liang, how can Liu Bei divide one side and become emperor?
Immediately after that, he believed that Cui Zhouping might be better than Zhuge Liang in everything, but his strategy must be inferior to his.
In fact, Cui Zhouping is a very wise person, and see people very accurately, for example, before Zhuge Liang went out of the mountain again, many people in the world did not know him at all, for him always compared himself to Guan Zhong, people always smiled, thinking that Zhuge Liang had a lot of cattle on his head.
However, Cui Zhouping did not think so, he thought that Zhuge Liang did have great talent and very strategic, and indeed had the ability to manage Zhong, so he respected Zhuge Liang very much and became a very good friend with him.
Zhuge Liang did not come out of the woods and knew the three points of the world, this is actually not a prophecy, but the spirit of the program proposed by Zhuge Liang, but Cui Zhouping directly saw the irreparability of the Eastern Han Dynasty, even Zhuge Liang could not.
Therefore, when Liu Bei saw him and left disappointed, he persuaded Liu Bei not to cling, not to let him seek Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, but to warn him that the general trend of the world was already predestined, do not cling, do not force.
This sentence can also be regarded as a judgment on Liu Bei's future, it is obvious that Cui Zhouping said it well, Liu Bei persistently invited Zhuge Liang, and persistently wanted to support the Han Room, and finally his life ended with the White Emperor City Trust, which was really impressive.
But then again, even if Liu Bei could ask Cui Zhouping with the mentality of three Gu Maolu at that time, he would not go out of the mountain, because he had already seen through the world and seen through the merits.
Invited out Zhuge Liang, missed Cui Zhouping, Liu Bei still has a loss after all, which also means cheap Cao Cao, after all, Liu Bei has a loss, for Cao Cao there is a hundred benefits and no harm, but unfortunately, he can no longer find Guo Jia.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc.
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