Lu Bu met Cui Yan, a native of Dongwucheng, Qinghe County, Jizhou. He was Cui Yan's fellow townsman, and Zhu Ling, a native of Qinghe, recommended it to Lu Bu.

Cui Yan, whose courtesy name is Ji Gui, is 27 years old. He is about the same age as Lu Bu. His eyebrows are sparse, but he looks much older than Lu Bu. Because he has a beard of four feet and his voice is high and smooth. He suddenly looks like Lu Zhi when he was young.

Before meeting Cui Yan, Lu Bu had already learned about Cui Yan's current situation from Cui Yan's villagers Zhu Ling and Chen Lin.

Before Cui Yan was twenty-three years old, Ren Xia was arrogant and fencing, and was polite. He looked like Xu Shu in Yingchuan. When he was twenty-three years old, because the Cui family was a great master of Qinghe, he was elected as the hometown chief, so he changed Ren Xia's style and worked hard to study "The Analects of Confucius" and "Han Poetry".

A year ago, Cui Yan felt that he was not enough to become a talent by self-study, so he went to Beihai to become Zheng Xuan. Three months ago, the famous scholar Kong Rong took office as the Prime Minister of Beihai. He respected Zheng Xuan very much and specially requested the court to set up the "Zhenggong Township" in Zheng Xuan's hometown Gaomi. However, although this generation of great writer Kong Rong was determined to save danger and support the Han Dynasty, he was an amateur in using troops and fighting and protecting the country and the people. Every time he fought with the Yellow Turban Army, he was killed and defeated. He could not protect the four realms and could only defend Beihai City.

The Yellow Turbans were rampant in the Beihai area, so Zheng Xuan led his disciples to Buqi Mountain to take refuge. Due to years of war, people's livelihood was declining, traffic was blocked, and even buying rice and putting it into pot became a problem. Zheng Xuan was forced to announce the dissolution of the academy and let his disciples go down the mountain to make their own way to make their own living.

Cui Yan originally wanted to go home, but due to the war, traffic was interrupted and he could not go home west. He could only wander around Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Later, with the help of Lu Bu's soldiers sent by the Central Army to search for talented people, he passed through the sphere of influence of the Yellow Turban Army and arrived in Yecheng.

Cui Yan originally felt that his studies had not yet been achieved, but also felt that Lu Bu was a martial artist and did not want to be a lord. Later, when he visited his fellow villager Zhu Ling and Chen Lin, he learned about Lu Bu's series of wise actions from them, so he looked at Lu Bu with admiration. At the same time, he wanted to invite Lu Bu to send troops to destroy the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and rescue his mentor Zheng Xuan who was struggling to guard the mountains. He stayed in the recruitment hall and waited for Lu Bu's return.

Lu Bu knew Cui Yan's purpose, but saw that Cui Yan was just performing ordinary etiquette and was quite dissatisfied. He originally wanted to use the trick of dealing with Zhuge Xuan before to force Cui Yan to become his lord, but thinking about Cui Yan's unruly words and deeds in front of Cao Cao in history, he knew that this guy was a guy who would rather break than bend than bend than be hard. The tricks of forced force would not work for him.

Chen Lin saw the helplessness in Lu Bu's heart, and whispered: "Cui Yan is a man of Confucianism and values ​​faith and righteousness the most. He is not an ungrateful person. The lord only needs to give him a generous official position. He also sent troops to wipe out the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and rescue Zheng Xuan. Cui Yan must be grateful to his lord's lord's grace for knowing and saving his master, and will be willing to worship under the lord's command."

Lu Bu was right to think about it. He could not convince others with his strength, and the forced loyalty could not stand the test. He should be convinced by virtue. Only by making the other party convinced and loyal to himself. That kind of loyalty could stand the test.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu said earnestly: "Although the cold winter is approaching and snow is flying all over the sky, not when military use is used, I admire you for your respect for your teachers and the way I am willing to send troops to pacify the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou to rescue Mr. Zheng."

Lu Bu was so happy, but Cui Yan was very embarrassed and bowed to salute, "If Feng Xian Gong rescued my mentor from the mountain, I would like to worship Feng Xian Gong as my lord, and I will be in vain and never give up."

Lu Bu was overjoyed, but said calmly: "I respect you, respect your teachers and Taoism, and I respect Zheng Kangcheng Public School Ru Huihai. Even if you don't want to worship me, I will still send troops."

Cui Yan said solemnly: "A gentleman's words are made with great promises. If Feng Xiangong rescues my mentor, I will worship Feng Xiangong as his lord!"

Lu Bu smiled and waved his hand: "Ji Gui, please wait and see. Within one month, I will definitely defeat the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans and rescue Kang Chenggong."

Lu Bu said this, but he was not proud of it. He had already obtained the exact information from Jia Xu and Man Chong. Guan Hai's Qingzhou Yellow Turbans were preparing to attack Liyang, defending Zhang Liao. Because Liyang was the gateway to Jizhou and the Yellow River port, it gathered a large amount of grain and gold and silver treasures. Guan Hai also spent two months colluding with several aristocratic families near Liyang, preparing to cooperate inside and outside to take down Liyang in one fell swoop and divide the gold and silver and grain in Liyang City equally.

Lu Bu had long been in charge of Hai's Yellow Turbans, and since they dared to come to him, Lu Bu would give them a painful blow, and then take Qingzhou and rescue Zheng Xuan was just to go with the flow.

Lu Bu asked again with a smile: "Ji Gui, I would like to recommend you as a doctor in the Cabinet Ministry of Personnel, responsible for seizing other people's talents and appointing and removing personnel. I wonder what you think?"

Cui Yan said in fear and fear: "Mr. Fengxian is in love. I feel that I have no keen eyes to identify talents, and I am afraid that I will delay major events in the court!"

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Ji Gui, I know you are good at knowing talents, so don't be too humble!"

Lu Bu didn't know much about Cui Yan now, but from a historical perspective, Cui Yan did have a pair of keen eyes. At the beginning, Cui Yan and Sima Lang had a good relationship, and Sima Yi was young. Cui Yan said to Sima Lang: "I am smart and virtuous, and you can't compare to you." Cui Yan's cousin Cui Lin had no fame when he was young, and even relatives mostly despise him. Cui Yan often said: "He is late for great success, and his future achievements will definitely be above me." Sun Li, a native of Zhuo County, and Lu Yu had just entered the shogunate. Cui Yan commented on them again: "Sun Li is well-versed, upright, simple and decisive; Lu Yu is honest, alert and wise, and never retreats after all torture. They are all talented people who can serve as the Three Dukes." Later, Cui Lin, Sun Li, and Lu Yu were all promoted to the Three Dukes.

Now, Cui Yan is twenty-seven years old, and his mind and vision of people are mature, so he should be able to entrust with great responsibilities.

Lu Bu has always insisted on electing Cui Yan as the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel of the Cabinet. Cui Yan has been waived by her studies but she has not yet succeeded. The two are in a deadlock. Chen Lin smiled and said, "Lord, I am in charge of the Young Mansion. I am responsible for the Recruitment Department. If I have not yet arrested it, why not let Ji Gui take charge of the Recruitment Department?"

"Recruitment Department?" Lu Bu asked in surprise: "What is the difference between this and the Recruitment Hall?"

Chen Lin smiled and said, "Lord, I just thought that it would be better to integrate the first group of soldiers sent out from the Flying Tiger Army to recruit talents and the second group of civil servants sent out to recruit talents, and then recruit some soldiers who are good at communicating and flexible in eloquence to form a department called the Recruitment Department, which is responsible for recruiting talents, craftsmen, orphans, refugees, and has a recruitment hall, Jixian Academy, and the general's mansion affiliated to the Lord."

Lu Bu was overjoyed: "It's so great. Ji Gui, are you willing to help Chen Shaofu?"

Cui Yan thought for a while and felt that he could not refuse any more, otherwise Lu Bu would definitely have other opinions about him and would affect his rescue of his master. He nodded cautiously and said, "Beng Xian Gong, I will only take over his post for a while. If there is a more suitable candidate, I will immediately give him a wise man."

As soon as Cui Yan agreed, Lu Bu suddenly realized that it was not very appropriate to let someone like Cui Yan become the Recruitment Office, because he was a noble family who was proud of his status. In history, he was in charge of personnel affairs for Cao Cao with Mao Jie. The people he chose were honest and upright people. Even if he had a prominent reputation at that time, but had poor character and was not responsible for his duties, he was never recommended. They tried to set an example with frugal behavior. Therefore, no scholars in the world were self-motivated by honest moral integrity. Even if the ministers who had a noble status and were highly favored, their chariots, horses and clothes did not dare to exceed the limit. Such a person was fine in the peaceful and prosperous times, but it was a bit inappropriate in this chaotic era. Nothing else was true. If Gan Ning, the general who Lu Bu was obsessed with, came to the Recruitment Office, Cui Yan would definitely not have recruited him!

Thinking of this, Lu Bu did not make any changes immediately. He could use Cui Yan to restrain the children of the aristocratic families. As for those poor families, Lu Bu also prepared someone to help: "Ji Gui, your Cui family is a family in Qinghe, and you have a great reputation in the Hebei area. Why not be responsible for recruiting children of the aristocratic families in the Recruitment Department? And I also sent someone to be responsible for recruiting children of the poor families, as well as craftsmen, orphans, and refugees."

Cui Yan was proud of his identity and did not want to join the craftsmen, orphans, and refugees. Lu Bu successfully arranged his childhood friend Fu Qi to recruit poor children, craftsmen, orphans, and refugees in the recruitment department.

Fu Qi is a descendant of Fu Jiezi, a legendary hero who "will never return until he destroys Loulan" during the Western Han Dynasty. Sima Fu Xie, the guard before Huangfu Song, was a direct descendant of Fu Jiezi, and Fu Qi's branch was considered a side branch. Fu Qi's ancestors followed Lu Bu's ancestor Lu Hao to guard Jiuyuan. When Lu Bu's father Lu Liang was the county magistrate of Jiuyuan County, Fu Qi's father was a subordinate of Lu Liang. When Lu Bu followed Lu Liang to Ding Yuan, Fu Qi still stayed in Jiuyuan County with his father. When Wei Xu went to Jiuyuan County to recruit the old subordinates of the Lu family, Fu Qi and Lu Bu's nephew Lu Peng responded first. Lu Bu knew that Fu Qi's ability was not about the formation, but about the ability to know people when he was in the market. Before Lu Bu left Jiuyuan and was wandering around Jiuyuan City with Fu Qi, Fu Qi could see at a glance what this person was doing. Almost all the guesses were made of what that person was good at, which made Lu Bu deeply amazed. Unfortunately, in that period of history, Lu Bu never returned to Jiuyuan City, and Fu Qi was also killed by the invading Xianbei people. This time, Lu Bu changed his destiny and the destiny of his friends.

Although he had different concerns about Cui Yan, Lu Bu was still preparing to cultivate him as the Minister of Personnel in the future. Because he had survived the talent shortage in the first few years, when Lu Bu's universal education strategy blossomed and bears fruit, the talents would no longer be scarce. At that time, civil officials and generals all needed both moral integrity and talent to stabilize the world, and could not have those who were talented but not moral. With a clean and self-disciplined person like Cui Yan to check, he would improve the future administration much.

Of course, Lu Bu was not completely relieved to appoint Cui Yan in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. He had two concerns. One was that Cui Yan was a descendant of the Cui family in Qinghe, Hebei, fearing that he would only accept children from aristocratic families but not from children. In response to this, Lu Bu activated Fu Qi. Second, Cui Yan was interested in the Han Dynasty. If Lu Bu had a different ambition to win the future, Cui Yan would not support it. You should know that Cui Yan was killed by Cao Cao in history and had a lot to do with Cui Yan's opposition to Cao Cao's title of King of Wei. Now it seems that it was too early for Lu Bu to usurp the Han Dynasty and establish himself. Cui Yan still has value in use now. (..)
Chapter completed!