Chapter 234: Layout

Prefect of Yuzhou, General Zhendong. When Su Fan came to Yingchuan Commandery with this name, whether it was the Xun clan or the Chen clan of Yingchuan, these top-tier noble families, their heads all came out on their own. Even if it was not for Su Fan's face, they had to give face to this Prefect of Yuzhou and General Zhendong. No matter what kind of "collusion" Su Fan and Dong Zhuo had in private, his position was officially appointed by the imperial court.

That is great righteousness.

As long as the Shenhan imperial court still exists, Su Fan is a high official of one side, and also a frontier official who holds both government and military affairs.

Such power is comparable to the Three Excellencies.

And when they learned that Su Fan came to Yingchuan Commandery to recruit talent, the noble families of Yingchuan were also stirred up.

People with foresight naturally saw that the chaotic world was coming, and the Shenhan was powerless to turn the tide.

Unless another Emperor Guangwu appeared, but can there really be one?

There are quite a few imperial clan members of the Han Dynasty now, but someone who can truly turn the tide is probably never going to appear again.

Ever since those high-level scholars used the Qi-gazing technique to observe the luck of the Shenhan and discovered that the Azure Dragon of the Shenhan's luck had molted and fallen asleep, they understood even more that the Shenhan was almost hopeless.

So this time, what Yuan Shao did at Hulao Pass did not have much of a blow to him personally.

Perhaps some people would not be used to Yuan Shao's behavior, but some people were very optimistic about it; doing whatever it takes to achieve one's goal is not bad either.

Such a lord, instead, can go higher in this chaotic world.

But no matter what the future of the Shenhan is, for the noble families, the influence is not too great. At most, it is just changing to another person.

Many noble families are more concerned about whether they can develop their family to a higher level in this chaotic world.

But no matter what, a frontier official wanting to select talent is an opportunity for many noble families.

And after experiencing the coalition to clear the monarch's side, Su Fan's reputation has greatly increased.

After all, in this great battle, of the three great armies, only Su Fan's route achieved the greatest effect. The main force of the Guandong warlords, although they took Hulao Pass, the noble families were not as easy to fool as the common people at the bottom.

They detailedly understood all this.

In short, this great battle was an achievement for Su Fan.

He is now a high official of one side, personally coming to Yingchuan Commandery to recruit talent. Even the Chen clan and the Xun clan would not fail to give Su Fan face.

When leaving Yingchuan Commandery, he brought a group of people, which included Xun Yu and Xun You, two great talents.

Of course, Chen Qun of the Chen clan was also recruited by him.

Chen Qun was the initiator of the Nine-Rank Impartial System later. To say he had no ability would be absolutely impossible. He assisted the three generations of Cao Wei and was even a regent minister left behind by Cao Pi.

His administrative ability might not be as good as Xun Yu's, but compared to Xi Zhicai and the others, he is absolutely several points more powerful.

Su Fan really did not expect that he would even recruit this person.

In fact, he underestimated his current status in the major noble families.

The chaotic world is coming, and warlords are competing for the world. The noble families are also looking for the True Dragon, assisting their lord to seize the world, and then completing the family's promotion.

The coalition to clear the monarch's side is actually something many noble families are quite concerned about. They are observing who can succeed.

First of all, the Yuan clan entered the eyes of most noble families.

Who let the Yuan clan have a deep heritage? A thousand-year noble family heritage makes people have to believe it.

The two Yuan brothers could pull out hundreds of thousands of troops at will. Just in terms of financial resources, they were much more powerful than many warlords.

Raising an army is extremely consuming of money and grain. Ordinary warlords, without financial resources, cannot raise an army.

The Yuan clan does not lack it. Their potential is quite deep, plus their students and former officials are all over the world, so a large part of the noble families are optimistic about the Yuan clan.

Therefore, some noble families made their moves early. For example, the Guo family of Yingchuan—the direct descendants of the Guo family had long since gone to serve under Yuan Shao.

In historical novels, the two Yuan brothers were indeed the largest warlords in the world except for Dong Zhuo at the beginning, and after Dong Zhuo died, the two brothers occupied half the world, one in the south and one in the north.

It is a pity that in the end, neither of them persisted to the end.

In this world, relying on the name of the Yuan clan, the two were also quite smooth at the beginning. Even if Yuan Shao's performance at Hulao Pass was not too good, it would not lower many people's views of him.

At most, some people look down on him.

Apart from this, several imperial clan members of the Han Dynasty also have some opportunities, especially some low-level scholars or martial generals, who are more willing to follow these people.

After all, these imperial clan members of the Han Dynasty are either Prefects, Commandery Prefects, or Inspectors, and they hold high positions.

Those martial generals do not have long-term vision; they naturally want to be enfeoffed as marquises and generals to bring honor to their ancestors by following these imperial clan members.

True top-tier talents with vision look down on these people because they can all see that these imperial clan members of the Han Dynasty are powerless to sweep the world and restore the glory of the Shenhan.

Among the warlords of the coalition, Su Fan's reputation was not big at first, but the battle of Heyang Jin made Su Fan famous, being able to defeat Dong Zhuo's army of 200,000.

His military strength is absolutely not weak.

Now that he has become the Prefect of Yuzhou and General Zhendong, some people are moved.

Especially since Su Fan personally came to visit, he gave both face and substance.

So this time, Su Fan's trip to Yingchuan had a huge harvest. He did not get any martial generals.

But he does not care. After all, there are not few martial generals under his command, and those martial generals in Jiangdong and Jingzhou will hardly be able to escape his palm in the future.

Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, etc., he personally recruits them with the name of General Zhendong. He does not believe that these people will not be moved.

By that time, Su Fan will not lack martial generals.

And Gao Lan of the Gao clan has already promised him and persuaded Zhang He and Pan Feng, which is another three fierce generals.

The Gao clan finally bowed their heads, actually more because Su Fan became the Prefect of Yuzhou. Now, even if the elders of the Gao clan were stubborn, they had nothing to say.

Originally, Gao Lan could have come over long ago, but someone had been obstructing him before. Su Fan knew that it was because those elders of the Gao clan could not let go.

After all, a branch that split from their source is now more powerful than their orthodox branch, and asking them to send people to serve as subordinates of the branch.

For a while, some people could not accept it.

But when Su Fan became a Provincial Governor and General Zhendong, no one dared to obstruct him anymore. After all, this official position is comparable to the most powerful figure of the Gao clan of Bohai.

And that was 500 years ago.

The Qilin of the Gao clan has appeared.

However, Su Fan did not let Gao Lan come over for the first time. After all, for now, he still needs Han the Inspector to help him block Yuan Shao and the others.

Now that Pan Feng is not dead, and Gao Lan and Zhang He have not joined Yuan Shao, wouldn't it be even more difficult for Yuan Shao to take Jizhou? ===== CHAPTER 235 =====