Today's young people enter the society, a struggle can always get ahead, and in the feudal society, often some people have good talents, but they can only be silent for a lifetime.
In the Three Kingdoms era, Cao Cao blackmailed the Heavenly Son to order the princes to use talents all over the world, so although he was jealous, his subordinates were still full of talents, and his subordinates, with the Cao family and Xiahou family, also had a way to rise.
As for Liu Bei, it can be said that he has always been thirsty for talents, because his conditions have always been more difficult than Cao Cao's, so although there is no shortage of talents under his command, he does not have the scale of Cao Cao, but Liu Bei's attitude towards talents is excellent, and he intersects with his heart, so the people who follow him are dead hearted, as long as they are talents, here Liu Bei, they can be reused.
Among the Three Kingdoms, the most relaxed is Sun Quan, because he is equivalent to the king of Shoucheng, he does not have to fight the world by himself, basically as long as he defends his own territory, the Battle of Eastern Wu is often a border war. The talents under his command are relatively fixed, because Sun Quan's family relies on the support of the big family to obtain power, and its rule also relies on the big family to be stable, so his civil and military officials are mostly large family talents, and ordinary people are often rare to reuse.
For example, there was a man named Ma Zhong in Eastern Wu, who could be described as brave and strategic, and had killed two of Liu Bei's five tiger generals in his lifetime, but he was only a young general in his life.
Ma Zhong
This Ma Zhong was the one who captured Guan Yu, when Guan Yu was defeated and took Maicheng, Sun Quan sent people to persuade him to surrender, and on the other hand sent Zhu Ran and Pan Zhang to intercept Guan Yu's retreat, at that time this Ma Zhong was a young general under Pan Zhang, and it was he who correctly estimated the route Guan Yu was walking, and set up a tripwire in a narrow place to successfully capture Guan Yu.
You know, Guan Yu is using the Green Dragon Crescent Knife, this knife body is extremely heavy, the handle of the knife is extremely long, and it is naturally majestic on the horse, but when it comes to the horse, especially in the narrow place, it cannot be unleashed at all, so Guan Yu is no matter how big the skill, he can only tie his hands and grab it, which cannot but be said to be the place where Ma Zhong's strategy is superior.
After Guan Yu was captured, he was killed quickly, which was also considered to be a major problem for Eastern Wu, and Sun Quan remembered Ma Zhong's credit and rewarded Guan Yu's red rabbit horse to him.
This year, Ma Zhong was 38 years old.
Guan Yu was killed, Liu Bei was indignant, and used the power of the Shu state to retaliate against Eastern Wu, and the Battle of Yiling began.
Ma Zhong also had an excellent performance in this battle, if in the process of capturing Guan Yu, what he showed was the strategy of his mind, then in this battle, what he showed was his courage and strength, then what he did, in fact, he only did a very simple thing, that is, he shot Huang Zhong, this thing is actually very difficult to do, because Huang Zhong's own archery is the position of the world in the Three Kingdoms, so shooting him is equivalent to challenging the authority, which requires courage.
Also, the master duel, success or failure is often between the details, there is no considerable ability, should not be able to shoot him. But Ma Zhong did. Huang Zhong died soon after being wounded by an arrow.
This year, he was 40 years old.
Whether it is in the history of the Three Kingdoms or in the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Ma Zhong does not pay much attention to him, and there is no specific introduction to his appearance, ability, and achievements, but one thing is certain, he was born in a cold door and has no background.
Therefore, even though he contributed to the death of the two Five Tiger Generals of the Shu Kingdom and benefited Eastern Wu a lot, he did not get an official and a half-post. The only thing you get is the Red Rabbit Horse, but the Red Rabbit Horse is Guan Yu's mount, and the whole body is red, and it is a living target on the battlefield, and it is not necessarily a good thing to get it when Guan Yu is killed and the voice of revenge of the Shu Kingdom is high.
Therefore, Ma Zhong sold the red rabbit horse and told his superiors that the red rabbit horse died of hunger strike because he missed his lord too much.
This cannot but say that Ma Zhong once again showed his wisdom, but his wisdom, under the Eastern Wu Gate, brought him only self-preservation.
In the later Battle of Yiling, Ma Zhong's superior Pan Zhang was killed by Guan Xing, and Ma Zhong led his troops to surround and repel Zhang Bao's reinforcements. Later, Ma Zhong collected the defeated army and led the generals Mi Fang and Fu Shiren to Jiangzhu in order to avenge Pan Zhang. Mi and Fu Er found that the sergeant was dissatisfied and wanted to mutiny, so they assassinated Ma Zhong while Ma Zhong was asleep and dedicated the first rank to Liu Bei.
A generation of tough generals died like this, and in a solidified mode of domination, the little people basically had no upward passage, and all the distribution of benefits was in a fixed circle.
Therefore, we should rejoice in our time and let all our efforts be rewarded.