Xuande

Chapter 49 Although the famous flower has a master, I will come to loosen the soil

Lu Zhi once used "Six Secret Teachings" to teach Liu Bei. The original intention was to train Liu Bei's ability to control soldiers as a general.

As Lu Zhi's disciple, Yunwen Yunwu is a must-have ability. Lu Zhi hopes that Liu Bei can become an excellent firefighting captain like him. In the future, he will let Liu Bei take over his career when he is too old to go to the battlefield.

But after Luoyang started social communication, Liu Bei discovered a way to control other people except soldiers.

To put it simply, it is to find out what a person lacks and needs, and what kind of expectations should be given to him, so as to manipulate him, use him, control him, and then achieve his goals.

The primitive means are very crude, similar to blindfolding a donkey, or fishing a carrot on the head of an old cow that it will never be able to chew, and let them move forward.

Liu Bei promoted Yuan Shao's reputation in order to gain Yuan Shao's appreciation and an important position in Yuan Shao's group, but his ultimate goal was not to be Yuan Shao's loyal dog, but to go public through a backdoor.

Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's important arm, and it was an important auxiliary force for Yuan Shao to survive many targeted attacks by eunuchs before he made a fortune. Without the contribution of Cao Cao's family, Yuan Shao could not have escaped the eunuch's attacks so easily.

But Yuan Shao didn't have much respect for Cao Cao.

Even the scholar friends who brought Yuan Shao around did not respect Cao Cao.

Isn't what Cao Cao longs for most now is the respect of scholars for him?
But this respect is impossible for a scholar to give him. The pride of a scholar does not allow an eunuch to trample on him later.

But Liu Bei didn't care.

Liu Bei didn't care about the pride of a scholar. In his heart, Liu Bei didn't regard himself as a scholar.

Cao Cao is not desperate yet, especially after Liu Bei gave him respect, he even ignited a trace of desire.

And what Liu Bei has to do is to use Cao Cao's trust and affection for him, disintegrate his unrealistic expectations of scholars, stir up his resentment, turn him into an older angry youth, make him seriously dissatisfied with Yuan Shao, and finally achieve The goal of poaching.

He wants to change Cao Cao from Yuan Shao's subordinates to his actual subordinates, and let the Cao family use it for him!
So every time he was alone with Cao Cao, Liu Bei would bring up this matter, and his words deepened step by step, and his thoughts deepened step by step, gradually reaching the point where Cao Cao's heart was shaken.

After that, at another wine table where the two were alone, Liu Bei pretended to be slightly drunk, put his arms around Cao Cao's neck, and clarified his attitude again.

"Meng De, you said you envied my innocence, but aren't I in the same situation as you? After they ridiculed you as an eunuch, why don't they mock me as a weaver of mats and shoes?"

"In their eyes, birth is everything, birth is everything, and it cannot be changed no matter how hard we work the day after tomorrow!"

"No matter how much we do to get their recognition, it is useless. They can erase all our efforts after a word from eunuchs or mat weavers!"

"It's meaningless. I've seen through it. All of this is meaningless. I'm famous and sought after. It's only on the surface. Secretly, I don't know how many people are mocking me."

"We are all the same, you Cao Mengde, I Liu Xuande, we are all the same! That's why we can understand each other!"

"So I understand, I don't need their approval, I just be myself, I do my best, I don't care what other people think!"

"Meng De! Be strong! Your Cao family has been an official for three generations, how humble is your family background? It's just insulted by a group of bastards who have mastered the pen!"

"No matter how you try to curry favor with them, they will not give you respect! Our only way out is self-improvement! Be yourself! Be yourself! Don't care about them! One day, we will be able to stand on top of them! "

During that drink, Liu Bei's face was flushed, and he looked really drunk, so he spoke more directly.

Cao Cao didn't know if he was drunk, but he didn't seem to be, because his eyes were wide open.

After the drink was over, Liu Bei was staggered into the car by Cao Cao, and then personally escorted home, and handed Liu Bei to Han Ning.

At that time, Liu Bei didn't know how effective his performance was.

But soon he knew.

Because since then, Cao Cao has obviously gotten closer to Liu Bei.

Cao Cao is very willing to discuss with Liu Bei whether it is the official affairs that Yuan Shao needs to handle or the private affairs that they handle in private. own opinion.

If Liu Bei opposes more, Cao Cao will change his views, and if Liu Bei supports, Cao Cao will be more determined to do it.

This subtle change in attitude made Liu Bei very happy. He felt that his ability to swing a shovel was quite good.

And the most intuitive thing is that Cao Cao helped Liu Bei find his uncle Cao Chi to handle the matter of sending Zhang Fei and others to the Changshui Captain's army for training.

Zhang Fei, Liu Yong, and Liu Sheng are candidates for further training by Liu Bei. He wants to strengthen his reserve of cavalry talents. Lu Zhi is better at using infantry instead of cavalry. Professional cavalry tactics are difficult to learn because they can’t be passed on. arrive.

But after Liu Bei and Cao Cao became acquainted, Cao Cao's uncle, Cao Chi, served as the captain of Changshui and commanded the Changshui cavalry for the court, so Liu Bei discussed with Cao Cao to see if he could send Zhang Fei and the other three to the Changshui captain's army. Inside training with the team.

Cao Cao felt that this was a matter of little effort, so he readily agreed, and recruited Zhang Fei and others into the Changshui Captain's army to receive very orthodox cavalry tactical training.

The success of this incident allowed Liu Bei to further confirm that he had gained a considerable degree of trust and favor from Cao Cao.

This is a huge improvement for him.

Doesn't Yuan Shao know the value of Cao Cao?

Obviously he knew.

However, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to give Cao Cao the respect he needs and the realization of the value of life, which gives Liu Bei, the shovel brother, the space to wield the shovel.

As the saying goes, although the famous flowers have owners, I will loosen the soil and loosen the soil. Cao Cao will not belong to Yuan Shao, and the huge resources of the Cao family may not be able to provide Yuan Shao.

Having said that, there is a long way to go. With Liu Bei's current status, it is still very difficult for Cao Cao to use him. He must improve his actual status as soon as possible.

But this road is also quite difficult to walk.

He could only work for Yuan Shao, continue to be a classic debate expert to boost his reputation, observe the situation and strive for opportunities.

While Liu Bei was carefully planning this matter, Lu Zhi was also carefully observing Liu Bei's actions.

He wanted to see how far Liu Bei could go by himself.

He thought that Liu Bei would not be able to reach that level, but it turned out that Liu Bei's planning and organizational skills far exceeded his imagination.

Liu Bei really played around with the public opinion circle of Luoyang scholars, not only raised Yuan Shao's reputation, but also greatly raised his own social status with the help of Yuan Shao's platform.

He was not only helping Yuan Shao, but also made himself an indispensable core member of Yuan Shao's faction in the process, and he was very successful in promoting himself.

With a background of a poor family in Youzhou, he actually became a core member under the disciples of the Yuan family, the fourth and third father, and was highly valued, successfully building his own circle of friends.

Several old friends and buddies around Lu Zhi expressed to him that Liu Bei was in the limelight during this period. They often heard people talking about Liu Bei and Liu Bei's various behaviors, and there were many compliments.

【Zigan, your disciple is really extraordinary. In the future, he may not just take over your mantle】

Lu Zhi's friend Ma Rixun expressed this to him.

(End of this chapter)