Everyone throughout Hebei's great clans knew that Wang Xuan had brought people to confront the Cui Clan of Qinghe. They had assumed that the Cui Clan of Qinghe would not escape disaster, but unexpectedly, Wang Xuan had left with his people again.
What happened afterward was even harder to understand. On one hand, the Cui Clan of Qinghe sent large numbers of people to join Liu Bei's command. On the other, they began handing over vast amounts of farmland and tenant farmers.
The final news that spread was that, after giving up nearly all their family property, the Cui Family had bought the clan's safety. Large numbers of clan members began moving south, while only a small number remained in Qinghe, making it look very much like the family had split apart.
In this way, once the Cui Family established itself in the south, following the Cui Clan of Boling and the Cui Clan of Qinghe, another branch of the Cui clan would rise.
The movements of the Cui Clan of Qinghe also affected the Cui Clan of Boling. After all, both Boling and Qinghe belonged to Jizhou. Qinghe was merely a little closer, which was why Wang Xuan had chosen to deal with the Cui Clan of Qinghe first.
The representative of this generation of the Cui Clan of Boling was Cui Jun, courtesy name Zhouping. He had successively served as General of the Tiger Guards and Prefect of Xihe, and was close friends with Shi Guangyuan of Yingchuan, Meng Gongwei of Runan, and Xu Yuanzhi.
His father was Cui Lie, whose reputation was even greater than Cui Jun's. Later, however, an incident damaged his reputation. It happened when Emperor Ling of Han was selling offices and noble titles. The positions of the Three Excellencies were openly priced at