Introduction
The classic story of "Three Gu Maolu" is known to everyone, Liu Bei, in order to invite Zhuge Liang out of the mountain, went to great lengths to invite him 3 times in succession, and his attitude was all extremely respectful.
It is not difficult to see how important Zhuge Liang's influence in Liu Bei's heart is. In history, the account of the Three Gu Maolu is relatively simple, and the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" tells this story in 12 words: from the first lord to the light, where the three directions, is to see.
This means that Liu Bei heard that Zhuge Liang was very talented, so he went to invite Zhuge Liang, came three times, finally saw Zhuge Liang, and then Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation under the world, which is the well-known "Three Gu Maolu".
But the question is, how did Liu Bei judge that Zhuge Liang was talented, and Liu Beisan Gu Maolu only saw Zhuge Liang's talent? Don't be naïve, the real reason is not so!
Zhuge Liang's circle of contacts
Counting from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Bei had been in wulin for more than twenty years, and he did not know that Zhuge Liang still did not have a piece of land of his own when he surrendered. As far as an old fritter is concerned, it has to be said that the mixture is very unsuccessful.
Compared with Liu Bei, who achieved nothing, Cao Cao and Sun Quan undoubtedly achieved much more success, the first one played out half a river and mountain, and the latter one, although slightly worse, was also a solid old revolutionary area like Jiangdong. Therefore, for Zhuge Liang, who was employed for the first time, it should be more natural to choose Cao Cao or Sun Quan.
But Zhuge Liang didn't do that. Is it that he did not enter the Cao or Sun group on the way, naturally not. Although Zhuge Liang is a foreigner in Jingzhou and lacks the cornerstone and popularity in the local area, after the diligent operation of his cousin and himself, Zhuge Liang's network is not low.
Zhuge Liang's eldest sister married into the local first-class family, the Pu family, the second sister married the famous young master of the Famous Pang Degong, and he himself married Huang Chengyan's daughter-in-law: Huang Chengyan himself is a famous person, needless to say, and is also a brother-in-law with Liu Biao, the first in charge of Jingzhou--both of them married a pair of daughters of the local powerful Cai clan, so that Liu Biao is the uncle of Zhuge Liang's wife.
With that kind of political capital, even if there is no talent, it is naturally easy to find an official and a half-post, as long as the other party has certain intentions against Jingzhou.
In addition, Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin took up position at the level of Sun Quan one step ahead of the others, and zhuge liang was able to catch up with Sun Quan according to his path. Moreover, Zhang Zhao, another chancellor of Eastern Wu, had previously criticized Zhuge Liang to Sun Quan, but zhuge liang had only refused.
It can be said that the choice of the master Liu Bei is the result of Zhuge Liang's active choice, which is different from the general college students who are looking for a job for the first time who are repeatedly rejected by large enterprises, and only forced to accept small companies or new companies.
What was the real reason for Liu Beisan's Gu Maolu
In fact, Liu Bei's vision is unique, under zhuge liang's staff, the shu state has the capital to compete with the other 2 countries, so there is a question here, liu bei really came to invite Zhuge Liang because of Zhuge Liang's talent?
After all, only Xu Shu's strong recommendation, Liu Bei had never seen Zhuge Liang, how could he be so stubborn to this twenty-six-year-old idle man?
In fact, in addition to Xu Shu's strong recommendation, there is another reason, and when it comes to this, we have to admit Zhuge Liang's background.
At that time, Liu Bei could become the master of Shu Han, of course, he had his own different thinking, he had long seen clearly, if he wanted to gain a foothold in Jingzhou.
If you want to mix with the major nobles in Jingzhou, then you must find a breakthrough point, and this breakthrough point is Zhuge Liang. It should be understood that the two large families in Jingzhou at that time were the Cai family and the Ku family.
Among them, Zhuge Liang's eldest brother-in-law, Pu Qi, is a member of the Pu family, and the second brother-in-law, Pang Shanmin, is a member of the Pang family. Huang Chengyan, the father of Zhuge Liang's wife Huang Yueying, is also the leading figure of the Huang family in Jingzhou.
And Huang Chengyan's elder brother-in-law, Cai Yan, is a member of the Cai family. Speaking of which, you can see that after knowing the connections around Zhuge Liang, who can still regard Zhuge Liang as a simple military master?
After understanding Zhuge Liang's complex connections, Liu Bei certainly did not easily ignore this opportunity, so he would be very stubborn to Zhuge Liang again and again.
epilogue
Liu Bei eventually became Zhuge Liang's ultimate target of choice. Instead of talking about Cao Cao and Sun Quan being petty officials under his hands, it is better to go to Liu Bei as the second person.
Although there were some price cuts at the beginning, Liu Bei's development potential is great. Coupled with Liu Bei's personal charm, there are indeed some colors and fragrances, and there are also Liu Beisan Gu Maolu who impressed Zhuge Liang, which finally made Zhuge Liang choose Liu Bei.
In fact, Liu Beisan's Gu Maolu looks like Liu Bei is interviewing Zhuge Liang, but is it not Zhuge Liang interviewing Liu Bei? In fact, it also confirmed that Zhuge Liang, at least until Liu Bei launched the Battle of Yiling, his choice was completely appropriate.