The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 265 Unpredictable People
The family sat together happily and talked about the world, the father was kind and the son was filial, and the husband was virtuous and the wife was kind. Such a scene made Guo Jia's wives and concubines feel very happy, and they all watched Guo Jia teach their children with smiles on their faces.

Guo Jin has been acquiring knowledge crazily for the past two years, hoping to keep up with Guo Jia's pace, hoping that what he sees with his eyes and thinks in his heart can be on the same level as Guo Jia.

Guo Jia's words were only half true, and Guo Jin was very puzzled.

"Where is the boy wrong? Isn't Cao Cao a person who recruits and accepts traitors? Many of his civil and military officers are traitors and generals. Doesn't Cao Cao have the slightest love for Lu Bu? Or is it that Liu Bei doesn't hate him? Lu Bu? Lu Bu took his Xuzhou and expelled him from Xiaopei, Liu Bei has no reason not to hate Lu Bu."

His face was full of doubts.

Instead, Guo Jia asked Guo Ye: "Ye'er, what do you think Jin'er said wrong?"

Guo Ye pondered for a while, and he said with some uncertainty: "Cao Cao likes to surrender and accept rebellion, that's right. But Liu Bei provoked Cao Cao to kill Lu Bu, not necessarily because of hatred. Liu Bei did hate Lu Bu, but in the downstairs of the White Gate, Liu Bei's thoughts, Maybe it's on Cao Cao."

After hearing this, Guo Jia raised his head to look at the dignified and elegant Cai Yan, and said calmly, "You have taught a good son."

Cai Yan smiled and shook her head slightly.

As soon as Guo Jin heard this, he immediately asked Guo Jia: "Could it be that the big brother is right? Could it be that Liu Bei is thinking of Cao Cao? But if Liu Bei is doing it for Cao Cao's good, he is now playing the banner of being incompatible with Cao Cao in Xuzhou."

Perhaps, the people of the world agreed that people like Lu Bu should not be kept, especially not by his side. This person is violent and rebellious, and has outstanding military strength.

Guo Jia once again cast his eyes on Guo Ye and asked, "Ye'er, do you think that if Cao Cao accepts Lu Bu, will it be a benefit or a disadvantage?"

Guo Ye didn't hesitate this time, and immediately said: "Use it properly and you will benefit, and use it improperly will be disadvantageous."

Xiongxiong, what is Xixiong?Those who can convince ordinary people and control talents are heroes.

People are better than others because there must be comparisons, and a large part of the comparison between people and masters is to control talents.

If you have the ability to control stronger people, you will be stronger than other princes, because in this way you will get more helpers than others.

The strength of heroes is often not their own comparison.

Take out Liu Bei, Guo Jia, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Sun Ce and others alone.

I am afraid that the person with the strongest force is Sun Ce, the person with the highest political status is Yuan Shao, and the person with the highest resourcefulness will be Cao Cao and Guo Jia. In terms of other aspects, they have their own strengths in fighting, controlling people, political skills, etc.

But in terms of comprehensive strength, Liu Bei is far behind the others, but he is a rare general like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. He has been defeated all his life, but he can't die. , but he is constantly gathering talents. It seems that he has always been a small person, but gradually he has a capital that cannot be underestimated.

Looking back at the previous and later founding emperors, Ying Zheng, Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin, etc., in their era, in terms of resourcefulness, force, etc., there were contemporaries who were more dazzling than them. It happened that they were able to achieve the emperor's hegemony, nothing more than their ability to control people was more superb.

It is easy to subdue the beast, but difficult to control the human heart. The most difficult thing in the world to guess is the human heart.

The difference in the ability to control others is only in the means, Liu Bang has a black belly, Yingzheng is brutal, Li Shimin is open-minded and so on.

Therefore, in Guo Jia's eyes, the strength of a feudal lord depends not only on the strength of soldiers and horses, the size of the city, the wealth of the people, but also the ability of the monarch to control talents.

The reason why Cao Cao is stronger than Yuan Shao is not only because he won the battle of Guandu, but also because Cao Cao created the foundation of Cao Wei. What a disadvantageous situation he is in today, as long as he can still put his talents in the most suitable position, he will not be defeated.

The reason why Yuan Shao is not worth mentioning in Guo Jia's eyes is not because of Yuan Shao's fate in history, but because of employing people. Yuan Shao gave his subordinates high-ranking officials generous salaries, but they often couldn't use their due talents. Tian Fengjushou is a strategic wizard, Xu You Guotu often has constructive strategies, but Yuan Shao can't let them shine, what's the use of being famous again?
From this point of view, when Guo Jia let Ma Teng and Han Sui return to the northwest, he was really not afraid of the two making trouble.

Talent cannot be bound by moral shackles.

Guo Jia's subordinates, Fazheng and Peng Yi, both have typical villain faces. Although these two have been beaten by Guo Jia, they sometimes get carried away and show an arrogant posture to their colleagues because of their high position and authority. It was because they were valued by Guo Jia.

In terms of moral character, people like Fazheng Zhang Song who betrayed Liu Zhang in history are absolutely unqualified, but in terms of talent, they must be better than ordinary people.

Guo Jia will not use people as a standard because of high or low moral character.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when the water is clear, there will be no evil.

This is a cliché. For Guo Jia, no talent is useless, and whether he can control it depends on the means.

"Jin'er, let me ask you, when Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, how was he different from the one at the White Gate?"

Guo Jin shook his head. He wasn't born at all at that time, and now he knows it is just hearsay. He doesn't dare to speak nonsense if he doesn't know the specific situation from the dictation of the elders.

Guo Jia stroked his head lovingly, and said softly: "Let me tell you, when Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan, he was like a god in the Bingzhou army. Dong Zhuo deserves to die, Lu Bu killed him, and gained the title of a hero. Lu Bu, who was at the bottom of the White Gate, had lost everything, and even his life was in the hands of Cao Cao. Could it be that he thought in his heart: I Vote for Cao first, and then turn against Cao later? How can he have the confidence to believe that Cao Cao will let him go? Before he even got this guarantee, he would not have imagined so far, and Cao Cao's keeping Lu Bu alive does not mean that he will give Lu Bu a chance When it comes to trouble, who is Lu Bu and how to use it, Cao Cao calms down and thinks about it, and he will definitely come up with a proper method."

In fact, Lu Bu’s situation at that time was very complicated. He had no ambitions to dominate the world or compete in the Central Plains. , Zhang Yang, and Yuan Shao have all lived there, and later self-reliance was mostly encouraged and instigated by Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others.

Lu Bu may not be unacceptable to go from minister to master, and then back to minister. He fought Cao Cao twice, the first time in Yanzhou, where Lu Bu was defeated, and the second time in Xuzhou, where Lu Bu became a prisoner. What confidence did he have to betray Cao Cao? ?Even though Lu Bu could betray Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, it was a coincidence that Ding Yuan accepted Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo accepted Lu Bu because of material temptation, while Cao Cao directly forced Lu Bu to surrender by force. The difference here is the difference between heaven and earth. No, Guo Jia can't guess Lu Bu's heart, but think about it in his own shoes. Lu Bu worked hard for Cao Cao. Maybe he is a way out of life. If Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo can't control people, Cao Cao may not be helpless.

Cao Cao ten years ago might not have looked down on Lu Bu, but now Cao Cao, who is coercing the emperor to make the princes, if Lu Bu betrays, who else has a better place to go than to go to Yuan Shao?But Lv Bu and Yuan Shao had a life-and-death feud. When Lv Bu left Yuan Shao's place, Yuan Shao sent someone to escort him, but in fact he assassinated him. Fortunately, Lv Bu escaped from his shell and escaped.

Under such a background, if Guo Jia were Cao Cao, he would definitely spare Lu Bu’s life. As for how to use Lu Bu, that’s another matter. Guo Jia also uses a general like Lu Bu to charge forward and never let him be alone. .

"Then Liu Bei wants to put Lu Bu to death, isn't it because of hatred?"

After Guo Jin figured out the feasibility of Cao Cao accepting Lu Bu, he turned the question back to Liu Bei.

In fact, with the speculation that Cao Cao can surrender Lu Bu, Liu Bei obviously has ulterior motives, but is Liu Bei's starting point aimed at Lu Bu or Cao Cao?
Guo Jia touched Guo Jin's head and said meaningfully: "Jin'er, you have to remember that you know people and face but don't know the heart. Liu Bei's words sounded like he was thinking of Cao Cao, and at the same time he was revenge on Lu Bu, but in a blink of an eye , Liu Bei attacked Xuzhou, how did he turn from kindness towards Cao Cao to hatred in such a short period of time? I don't know what he was thinking in his heart, but I have to look at him highly, and I can't underestimate such a look. Seems like a weak person. Cao Cao got Lu Bu, like a tiger with wings added. Liu Bei actually wanted to get Lu Bu in his heart, otherwise he would not have taken in Lu Bu. Lu Bu is famous all over the world for his fierceness. Lu Bu."

You can't get it yourself, and you can't make it cheaper for others.

Perhaps no one agrees with this explanation, but Liu Bei is by no means a person who puts personal hatred first, otherwise he would not have licked his face and asked for a shelter in front of Lu Bu after Lu Bu's surprise attack on Xuzhou.

Losing Xuzhou, Liu Bei can bear it, but losing Xiaopei, can't he bear it?
Xuzhou was captured by Cao Cao, and Lu Bu had already withdrawn from the stage of the feudal hegemony. How could Liu Bei's eyes still focus on Lu Bu?

He has been defeated for half his life, and Liu Bei lost his home and his wife died or was trapped. He has long been able to accept this kind of scene calmly. If he is a person who cares about everything, then he has too many enemies and too many people he wants to avenge.

Because Guo Jia did not despise Liu Bei, Guo Jia believed that Liu Bei provoked Cao Cao with the intention of containing Cao Cao, and let Cao Cao take Lu Bu's life himself.

"The child understands that in the future, he will not underestimate anyone, and he will think more about things."

Guo Jin's attitude made Guo Jia smile knowingly.

Stretching, Guo Jia looked down at his little daughter who had already fallen asleep on his lap, looked at the sky, and was about to call everyone back to prepare dinner, but someone came to report.

"Master Fei asked to see him, and said that Ma Chao from Xiliang sent Pound to meet the envoy."

(End of this chapter)