Chapter 140 Great minds think alike?
The next day, it was dawn.

As soon as Ye Feng got up from his brothel, he received a report from Dian Wei.

"My Lord, there are two drunks outside the door, saying they want to see you."

"Ok?"

Ye Feng was stunned and couldn't understand what was going on for a moment.

"Drunk?"

Dian Wei nodded: "I was going to chase them away, but Zilong stopped me, saying that these two men have the demeanor of scholars, are arrogant and unruly, and must have strategies in mind."

"My lord, if you want to accomplish great things, you will definitely need many talented people. How can you miss them?"

Ye Feng finally understood and said with a smile: "Zilong is right."

"Even if they are just drunks and don't have much skills, how much time can we waste by meeting them?"

"Come on, let's go take a look!"

In the main hall, Ye Feng looked at the two unruly students and said with a smile: "Do you two need to sober up for a while?"

"After all, drinking alcohol can easily affect your thinking."

"If alcohol lowers my judgment of you, wouldn't that be too unfair?"

“Sometimes, first impressions matter!”

His docile appearance, without the slightest hint of worry, made Guo Jia, who was dressed as a drunk, and Xi Zhicai subconsciously look at each other, both somewhat satisfied.

But they still pretended to be drunk.

"I have long heard that Marshal Ye is eager to recruit talented people, so we have come here today to ask for an audience."

"I have a question, but I don't know if I should ask it or not."

Ye Feng smiled faintly: "Yes!"

"But isn't it inappropriate that there is no introduction?"

"Yingchuan Guo Jia (Xi Zhicai)!"

"Meet Marshal Ye!"

"Ok?"

"Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai?"

Ye Feng, who had originally had a calm expression, suddenly changed his expression.

He is very familiar with the names of these two people.

Xi Zhicai was Cao Cao's most important strategist in his early years, helping him gain a foothold among the princes in the chaotic times.

Because of his short life, he recommended the genius Guo Jia to Cao Cao before leaving.

With the help of Guo Jia, Cao Cao won victory after victory, defeated Lu Bu, defeated Yuan Shu, defeated Yuan Shao, annihilated Wuhuan, and finally unified the north.

During this period, Ye Feng also ordered the Night Guards to inquire about the whereabouts of these two people in Yingchuan. However, at this time they were unknown and could be found, but few people knew their whereabouts.

Ye Feng felt sorry and sighed.

Unexpectedly, the flowers planted intentionally did not bloom, but the willows planted unintentionally made shade.

Instead of finding these two top strategists, they came to him.

Is this what it means to be surrounded by dragon energy?
Send your own talents?

With a unique smile on his lips, Ye Feng looked at Zhao Yun with approval.

Fortunately, Zhao Yun was thoughtful, otherwise he would have missed out on these two top strategists.

"As the saying goes, a lord chooses good ministers, and a loyal minister chooses his lord!"

"It's mutual!"

“If you drink with a bosom friend, even a thousand cups won’t seem too much. If you don’t have a good conversation, even a short moment will seem too long.”

"If you have anything to say, just say it!"

Ye Feng's frankness and confidence made Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai feel that they had made the right choice.

The drunkenness on his face faded a lot, and he bowed respectfully. Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai asked: "The empire is declining, the aristocratic families are strong, Marshal Ye has the ambition to pacify the world, but how to solve the current pros and cons?"

"Relatives and eunuchs can be controlled by the king himself, but what about the aristocratic families?"

"They have been entrenched in the land of China for hundreds or even thousands of years without any change. It is not an easy task to take back their power." "Does Marshal Ye have any ideas?"

Ye Feng smiled faintly: "Since ancient times, there has not been a thousand-year dynasty, but there have been thousand-year-old families."

"For example, the Kong family has a unique status because of their ancestor Confucius, the great sage and teacher. No matter how dynasties change, their unique status will not change."

"Besides that, the other families lie dormant in times of chaos, waiting for an opportunity to find a wise leader, and act arrogantly and domineeringly in times of prosperity."

"To resolve these entangled aristocratic classes, we need to change the distribution of power."

"If those in power are all in power because of the recommendation of aristocratic families, after they gain power, they will subconsciously get close to the aristocratic families who recommended them. In the short term, they may still have the country and the king in their hearts, but within a generation, their minds will change immediately."

"Because they can't get in touch with the emperor, the only way they can become an official is through these aristocratic families."

"So since ancient times, apart from the aristocratic families that fell into decline due to political failure, there have been almost no natural declines."

"This has resulted in these interest groups being closely united, holding the power of the empire and even influencing national policy."

"The reason why the Han Dynasty had rampant relatives and eunuchs was not because the emperor was unwilling to use aristocratic families, but because the power of aristocratic families was too great, to the point that the emperor was afraid of them."

These few words made Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai's eyes sparkle with a different kind of brilliance.

Ye Feng's analytical position is extremely high, and his insights in some aspects even surpass theirs.

If they had some doubts about the rumors about Ye Feng before, now they have almost no doubts at all.

Because anyone who can say these words is definitely not a mediocre person.

"Marshal Ye, is there any solution?"

Ye Fengqing took a sip of tea and said, "Only the talented should be selected, and a way out should be given to the children from poor families."

“It is the emperor and the empire that all officials should be grateful to.”

“Only in this way can we completely solve this problem from the perspective of people’s hearts.”

"And do you know how to take the first step like this?"

Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai looked at each other. They were both smart people, so how could they not know what Ye Feng meant by asking them the question?
This is also a test for them.

If what they said did not satisfy Ye Feng, then it would not be their choice of master, but that the master should not choose them.

The two did not speak rashly, but carefully thought about what Ye Feng had just said.

After a while, they both opened their eyes at the same time and were about to speak.

Ye Feng waved his hand: "Don't worry!"

"Let's write them all down and see if the heroes have similar views!"

Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai laughed: "Okay!"

The three of them each dipped their fingers into the teacup, covered their faces with their hands, and wrote on the coffee table.

After a moment, the three stopped what they were doing.

Ye Feng looked at the two of them with a smile: "Have you finished writing?"

"No changes?"

Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai said: "Of course!"

"If you don't even have this little confidence, how can you be worthy of following Marshal Ye?"

"Then let's turn our palms over!!!"

"Dian Wei, Zilong, come and witness it!"

Dian Wei and Zhao Yun on the side also leaned in to take a closer look.

But when the three men turned over their palms, there was the same word written on them: "Kill"!
Seeing this scene, Ye Feng, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai burst into laughter and looked at each other with admiration.

Dian Wei scratched his head, not understanding, and asked, "Zilong, do you understand what this means?"

"Who are you going to kill?"

Zhao Yun whispered, "Don't worry, just listen carefully!"

After saying that, the two of them looked at Ye Feng!

Ye Feng smiled and said, "Fengxiao, Zhicai, you two should speak!"

"After all, they are the executors of future plans!"

(End of this chapter)