Chapter 587: Li Wenyou selects talented people, Jia Wenhe wants to make great achievements

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru talked as they walked. It was certainly a good thing that the gentry of Liangzhou were getting closer, but all the gifts in this world had already been secretly marked with a price. It was easy to get on the gentry's ship, but getting off the gentry's ship would be a bloody experience.

Li Ru naturally understood this very well. Dong Zhuo is no longer in the same state as when he first came to Liang Province. At that time, he had nothing. Now the Western Liang cavalry is strong and powerful, and the Liang Province gentry has not yet completely merged with Dong Zhuo. In fact, they are already very ignorant.

Many people confuse scholars choosing their lords with gentry choosing their warlords, but in fact these are two completely different things.

A scholar's choice of lord is a reflection of his personal will.

The nobles choose their lords not because they invest in someone they like, but because they cooperate with whoever comes to their territory.

This kind of cooperation may end at any time. For example, Dong Zhuo is now the most powerful warlord in Liangzhou, so the Liangzhou gentry cooperated with Dong Zhuo. If Dong Zhuo was defeated, the Liangzhou gentry would not be loyal to Dong Zhuo. Their choice would 100% be to cooperate with the next Liangzhou warlord.

Even if the warlord occupying the state cannot represent the interests of the local gentry, these local gentry will directly betray the warlord.

This is how Liu Yan in Ji Zhao's world was abandoned by the Yizhou gentry, and the final surrender of Shu Kingdom was also a counterattack by the Yizhou gentry.

Because the Shu Han regime valued the Jingzhou faction, the Yizhou gentry could not gain any benefits from the Shu Han regime, so they simply opened the border and surrendered.

Maintaining the balance of factions is extremely important, and those who can do this well are heroes who have the strength to compete for the world.

Currently, almost all of Dong Zhuo's subordinates are warriors from Xiliang. Once the Liangzhou gentry join in, they will quickly occupy the power of Dong Zhuo's entire forces. When Dong Zhuo marches to Guandong, it will be detrimental to winning over the Central Plains gentry.

Li Ru's idea was to use the poor to check the power of the Liangzhou gentry from now on. After entering the Central Plains, it would not be so easy for the Liangzhou gentry to turn things around.

Moreover, Li Ru actually looked down on the Liangzhou gentry from the bottom of his heart, and believed that there were too few talented people among them.

Although the gentry in the Central Plains had bad conduct and were too arrogant, their talents were far beyond the reach of the gentry in Liangzhou.

Especially for the gentry in Nanyang, Hongnong, Yingchuan and Runan counties around Luoyang, which were under the jurisdiction of Sili, it was no exaggeration to say that a county was better than a state.

The only ones who can be compared with them are the Hebei gentry, but the Hebei gentry are even more arrogant than the Henan gentry, and they even look down on Luoyang.

The scholars of Hebei believed that Hebei was the richest province in the world, that the population of Hebei alone exceeded that of other states, and that the imperial capital should be located in Hebei.

This is actually the common goal of all the nobles in the world, which is to set up the imperial capital in their hometown.

When Chang'an was the imperial capital, the good families in the six counties were so prominent, and the economy of Guanzhong was so prosperous. The blood of the whole world was drawn to supply Guanzhong.

Later, when Luoyang became the imperial capital, the Sanhe Knights became the most trusted imperial guards, and the prosperity of the Sanhe area far exceeded that of Guanzhong.

If the imperial capital could be placed in Hebei, the Hebei gentry would be the leaders of all the gentry in the world. In the future, the Hebei gentry would eat meat, while other gentry could only gnaw bones.

Li Ru could not allow this situation to occur in Dong Zhuo's regime, so he had to both persuade and attack the Liangzhou gentry.

"Enable the poor family?"

Dong Zhuo frowned slightly when he heard what Li Ru said, "Wen You, are there many people as gifted as you?

If it was a warrior, then it would be nothing, but if it was a scholar, how could a child from a poor family compete with the children of aristocratic family?

Liangzhou is not Hebei, but without the Luo family to teach talents, how can the poor stand out? "

This is a very bloody fact.

The number of geniuses among the poor families is naturally far greater than that among the gentry, but the gentry has spent so many resources, and they are indeed much stronger than ordinary children from poor families.

If their talents are similar, how can a poor kid who works part-time while studying compare to a kid from an aristocratic family who studies hard and has extracurricular tutoring?

Li Ru said calmly, "There are also differences among the poor families. My lord, do you know the Jia family of Wuwei?"

"Wuwei Jia family?"

Dong Zhuo frowned slightly when he heard this. He was selected as an official for his filial and incorruptibility, so he was not very well versed in Confucian classics. As for these Confucian families, he only knew about the top wealthy families in the world.

After all, let alone a state, even in a county there are many gentry, and the scope of the gentry is really too broad.

Dong Zhuo, a military man with little education, was indeed not clear about the situation of a prominent aristocratic family more than a hundred years ago.

Li Ru was aware of Dong Zhuo's ignorance and said directly: "The Wuwei Jia family is a descendant of Prime Minister Jia Yi of the early Han Dynasty, but it declined in the chaotic times at the end of the early Han Dynasty. My lord, you should know that during that chaotic time, I don't know how many prominent families declined.

Although the Wuwei Jia family is now a poor family, they have not abandoned the inheritance of family knowledge. This kind of family should not be underestimated. As long as there is an opportunity, they can take off in an instant.

Among the Jia family, there is a long-time friend of mine, named Xu, with the courtesy name Wenhe.

Although he came from a poor family, he was a man of extraordinary talent. His talent is probably rare in the world.

He is really the most suitable person to be the lord's adviser.

I have made a lot of efforts to persuade him to assist my lord, and now the situation in the Central Plains has finally moved him and he has the idea of ​​joining the game.

He is willing to come out and help you for a while. If you can convince him, he is willing to serve you."

Dong Zhuo raised his eyebrows when he heard this. This Jia Wenhe was really arrogant. Even now he wanted to examine him instead of directly worshipping him as his lord.

However, Dong Zhuo was not angry. This is the characteristic of this era.

The ruler chooses his subjects, and the subjects choose their ruler.

After all, once people have chosen a monarch, most people are unwilling to betray him. Betraying once is understandable, but if one betrays too many times, then one's reputation will be completely ruined.

"Since you, Wenyou, admire Jia Wenhe so much, I will meet him and see what kind of ability he has that makes you admire him so much."

Li Ru still has a lot of face. As the de facto second-in-command of the Xiliang Group, Dong Zhuo basically would not offend him.

After the two men returned to Guzang, the county seat of Wuwei County, they asked Jia Wenhe to come and pay a visit.

"Xu greets the wise lord, may the wise lord be safe and sound."

Jia Wenhe is a slightly fat middle-aged man who looks inconspicuous and can even be easily overlooked.

"How are you, sir? What advice do you have for me?"

Dong Zhuo asked loudly.

"I have a few words to say, please listen carefully."

(End of this chapter)