After all, Cao Cao is a rare talent. Although he cannot completely change the current situation where aristocratic family acts as fences, he still takes some restrictive measures.

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei occupied most of the counties and counties in Jingzhou; Sun Quan's strength also grew stronger; the situation of the Three Kingdoms was basically formed. Cao Cao's ideal of unifying the world was extremely obstacles from the great families.

Therefore, in the 15th year of Jian'an (210 AD), Cao Cao wrote the first "Application for Talents" with an urgent mood:

"Since ancient times, have the kings who received the orders and revived, but have they never been able to be able to govern the world with wise men? They have never left the streets and alleys, so how can they meet? The superiors seek to obtain it. Today, the lower part has not yet decided, so this is the urgent time to seek talent.

Meng Gongchuo was Zhao, while Wei Lao was the best, so he could not be Teng or Xue. "If the honest man must be used, how could Qi Huan dominate the world? Today, there is no one who was born and carved with jade and fished in Weibin? And there is no one who stole his sister-in-law and received gold but did not meet ignorant?

The second and third sons assist me in the wise and humble state, but only my talents are used, and I can use it.”

Cao Cao hopes that more "sages and gentlemen" will join him to "govern the world together".

In this way, Cao Cao used talents to break the concept of family status, recruited middle and lower-class people of the landlord class, suppressed the powerful, strengthened centralization, and prepared to replace the Han Dynasty.

Recruiting Liu Xiongming is also a model for Cao Cao to implement the "Seeking for Talents". This led to the five major families in Guanzhong led by Zhong Yao, who would use any means to fight for the family's children to obtain an official position.

Because the official position is rare, the aristocratic families feel a sense of crisis, especially the warlords who are separatist are afraid and are even more afraid of losing their rights.

Han Sui and others resolutely initiated the matter, which was also related to the fuel caused by the great families in the northern family. Han Sui was afraid that his rights would not be guaranteed, so he became a leader.

Although Han Sui's uprising and secretly indulged in the process of the rebellion of some aristocratic families, he was destined to fail! In addition to the warlords of all Western Liang, all have their own thoughts, the leadership of the Western Liang coalition is also a shortcoming.

First of all, the governor Han Sui became the final decision-maker, so even if Ma Su could make a decision, Ma Chao's army could act according to the plan, but it was difficult for Han Sui and others to obey the arrangements.

Even if everyone reached an agreement through the debate, it would be difficult for each other to cooperate. Although Han Sui gave Ma Chao the title of deputy governor, Ma Chao could not control the other people's army. Ma Su had no place to use his skills in Ma Chao's army.

Therefore, Ma Su thought of taking advantage of Liu Xiongming's opportunity to recruit troops and get into the army.

Although it may not be able to gain Liu Xiongming's trust, because his subordinates do not have any outstanding talents. Ma Su has three generals, Xing Daorong, He Yun, Fang Shan and more than 100 elite guards, and it is not difficult to secretly control the real power of the army.

Now Ma Su has two main generals, which is equivalent to being able to control two thousand people and being able to control military funds, money and food, and is of great importance in the army.

Even if the subsequent competition failed, there were more than a hundred trusted guards under him as the backbone of the army, and he could have absolute control over the army. Not only did he have a temporary place to settle down, but he would not worry about food and grass.

There was nothing wrong all night. Although the five major families were well-informed, they didn't know where Ma Su and the others came from. They didn't dare to offend them rashly. There was no good countermeasure for the time being, so they had to send orders to a few people, letting them stay still and wait and see for a while before talking.

The next morning, the competition was held to capture the commander-in-chief, and the first one to compete for was the commander-in-chief of the Right Army.

The five major families are Zhang Zhuang from the Zhang family, and there is only one Xing Daorong here in Ma Su.

As his name suggests, Zhang Zhuang is one meter long, with wide arms and round waist, and a strong figure. He holds a three-pointed, two-edged knife and has extraordinary strength in his arms.

Zhang Zhuang and Xing Daorong are both power-type generals, but Zhang Zhuang is just a young man in his early twenties. He has not made a long debut and has insufficient experience.

However, Xing Daorong is nearly forty years old and is in his prime. He has been through the battlefield and has rich experience.

Especially after following Ma Su, Xing Daorong often discussed martial arts with Ma Su, Gong Li, Tian Shi and others. His martial arts skills have improved a lot, and his physical strength and experience have reached the peak of his life.

Although Xing Daorong's martial arts are not as good as first-class generals such as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, they are also considered to be a good existence among second-rate generals. Zhang Zhuang's martial arts are just behind closed doors and have not been tested by actual combat, and can only barely meet the standards of third-rate generals.

The five major families still took the lead. After Zhang Zhuang came on stage, he was very flamboyant and showed no mercy. He hurt two centurions who supported him in succession. Even Liu Xiongming's face became a little unfair!

But Ma Su could see that Zhang Zhuang was a little stern and incompetent. He seemed to be majestic on the stage and was invincible. In fact, his martial arts and moves were all in a fancy position, and they were not useful. When they met a master, they would reveal their true colors.

Therefore, this showdown of power has not begun, but Ma Su knew that there was no suspense and that Zhang Zhuang was not the enemy of Xing Daorong's three-combination.

Sure enough, after Xing Daorong came on the court, he did not give Zhang Zhuang a chance. He went up and used his unique move to knock Zhang Zhuang's three-pointed two-edged sword away, and won without any suspense.

The five major families miscalculated this time. Only Hu Zun had a good start and successfully won the competition. The rest of them were all defeated. Although Zhong Yue had not yet appeared, everyone was not sure.

The reason why Zhong Yue was favored by Zhong Yao was naturally not because of the embroidered pillow. His wisdom and martial arts were not bad. His martial arts were the strongest among these five people, and he barely reached the level of a second-rate general.

To be cautious, Zhong Yue had already discussed with several other people before he went on the court. He must not be the first to play this time, but instead, he should wait for the effort and take action later.

Ma Su did not want to show off, and he also adopted the strategy of taking action. He sat firmly on the court for a cup of tea. Looking at the empty martial arts performance venue, no one wanted to play first, and the scene was a bit weird.

Liu Xiongming was quite satisfied with the result of winning the generals in martial arts. He was forced by five major aristocratic families and would be happy as long as the children of the aristocratic families were defeated.

He also vaguely saw that Fang Shan and others were mainly Ma Su and were very excited about the results of his participation in the competition.

As soon as the last competition was disappointing, Liu Xiongming had no choice but to call a name to let one of his little leaders go up first, in order to play a role in attracting the sensation.

Who knew that it was still not like a person, and it was almost time for incense, but Zhong Yue still did not move. This time he was determined and everyone abstained from the right and did not go on the stage first.

But Ma Su was determined to win the commander of the central army. When he saw that the small leader would soon win without fighting, he couldn't sit still and had to go up and challenge.

Fighting against such a small leader with poor martial arts, Ma Su did not deliberately hide his strength, but he still had room for action. He used nearly twenty moves to lift the opponent's long sword away and won.

Zhong Yue off the court has a high level of martial arts and good eyesight. Although Ma Su did not perform well, he had long determined that Ma Su was his opponent.

By forcing Ma Su to appear first, Zhong Yue did not take action immediately. Instead, he followed the agreed plan, five major families took turns to send elite subordinates to challenge Ma Su.

The purpose of Zhong Yue doing this is clearly to use wheel tactics to see clearly the reality of Ma Su's martial arts while consuming Ma Su's physical strength.
Chapter completed!