They had discussed this matter before, so at this moment, Cai Mao looked at Liu Biao calmly and said: "We don't know whether Cao Cao can defeat Liu Bei, but no one will surrender to Liu Bei unless it is absolutely necessary. Cao Cao wins
No matter whether we win or lose, the big deal is that we will surrender in the end. Anyway, Cao Cao is the leader of the party. When the final reckoning comes, the big deal is that everyone will withdraw from the Central Plains."
"At least, Wang Xuan let us know that the world is big and it is not difficult to resettle. In the past three years, the northern families have lived well in Liaodong and the grasslands. Although they are not as prosperous as the Central Plains, the prospects of the dependent countries are not bad. Who knows?
After hundreds of years of command, will it be like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period again?"
This is how the aristocratic family is. They should always consider family inheritance first. It’s not that they don’t have enterprising spirit, but reality has taught them that surviving is the right way to go.
The leftover is king!
On the road to survival, Liu Biao also had to admire these aristocratic families.
"Oh, you always think you can calculate everything, but will things really develop as you expect?"
"Why not that!"
"The first question before you now is how to treat me, a member of the Han clan!"
There was a light in Liu Biao's eyes that Cai Hao couldn't understand. It couldn't be said to be resentment, nor could it be said to be self-confidence. This made Cai Hao frown and tilt his head to look at Liu Biao, but he really didn't know what the loophole was.
, could only listen silently to what Liu Biao said.
"I am a clan member of the Han Dynasty. Even if I have no friendship with the King of Han, we are incompatible with each other in terms of blood. However, in name, I, Liu Biao, am still the signature of the Han Dynasty. If you kill me, the King of Han will not bypass me in any way.
If you don't kill me, what will Cao Cao think? It's not that easy to be a rat and a rat!"
"This..." Cai Mao was stunned for a moment. They already had rules on how to treat Liu Biao, which was to safely send Liu Biao and his family to Liu Bei's territory in order to keep this relationship alive in case things didn't go as they did in the future.
Anticipating such a development, there would be a way out. After all, his sister is still Liu Biao's wife. As long as everyone doesn't completely break up, there is still room for maneuver.
Aristocratic families never do things to perfection, and they leave a little bit of a chance in the future. Just like the Xun family invested in Yuan Shao and Cao Cao at the same time, although Yan Pu was exterminated by Wang Xuan, he still has a son, Yan Pu, who is now working under Sun Ce. In this life,
, Zhuge Liang followed Wang Xuan, but Zhuge Jin followed Lao Cao. Pei Qian of the Pei family in Hedong became an official for Liu Bei, and someone in the family became an official for Lao Cao...
In this era, there are countless such things. This is called the golden mean. Of course, there is another more beautiful explanation of the golden mean. After all, the Chinese language is broad and profound.
But now the question raised by Liu Biao made Cai Mao a little embarrassed. He couldn't plant a seed in Cao Cao's heart as soon as he surrendered.
"Brother Degui, don't be superior. Jing Shenggong is indeed the overlord of the party. He considers things more comprehensively than me. Kuai Liang is here to thank Jing Shenggong for waiting and thinking for me." When Cai Mao was in a dilemma, Kuai Liang said
He walked in from outside with a smile.
"As Jing Shenggong said, we did not consider it well, so we should still give Jing Sheng to the King of Wei. I believe that the King of Wei will handle the matter satisfactorily. We should not have the intention of overstepping our bounds, and with the tolerance of the King of Wei
If there is a large amount, I will definitely treat Duke Jing Sheng well or send Duke Jing Sheng to the King of Han."
Kuai Liang's mind is really fast, and he immediately thought of a perfect solution. He simply separated his family from the fight between the two major groups. The king should let the king deal with it.
"Zi Rou is indeed very human!" Liu Biao smiled faintly and complimented him somewhat perfunctorily. In his heart, he looked down on these aristocratic families after all.
In Liu Biao's mind, these aristocratic families had thought too much and had lost their courage. In terms of strength, they all had the ability to be kings in troubled times, but in terms of courage, they were far inferior.
They always consider issues from the perspective of aristocratic families, which makes their vision very narrow.
After all, only the king understands the king's thoughts, and Liu Biao is very sure that Kuai Liang's move will only anger Cao Cao even more.
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Zhang Ling, it was night, Cao Cao received the intelligence from Xiangyang, and without any hesitation, Cao Cao directly ordered to call Cheng Yu over.
As soon as Cheng Yu entered the door, he saw Cao Cao with a dark face, and his heart suddenly tightened. Cao Cao casually threw the information in front of Cheng Yu, "Zhongde, take a look, hey, what does this Jingzhou family think of me, Cao Cao?"
At this moment, the anger level in Cao Cao's heart directly reached the MAX state, and a spark would immediately explode on the spot.
He felt that the Jingzhou Aristocratic Family was treating Cao Cao as something. They would throw whatever dirt they had at him and ask him to go out and fight with Liu Bei on top of the vat, while the Jingzhou Aristocratic Family was hiding behind them, waving flags and shouting, watching the show, and welcoming everyone.
If they win, they will harvest them, and if they lose, they will kick them away. Anyway, no matter they win or lose, they will benefit.
What is this? This is a chamber pot!
It would be strange if Cao Cao wasn't angry!
Cheng Yu picked up the information and read it over. After listening to Cao Cao's words, he finally came to his senses and couldn't help but have a wry smile on his face.
It wasn't Cao Cao who mentioned it, and Cheng Yu himself didn't see any problem. He could only say that the butt determines the head. If you haven't been in that position, you can never know what the person in that position is thinking.
In the eyes of the aristocratic family, there is nothing wrong with doing this. This is the way to survive. We will hang out with you, pay you taxes, and support you. However, we will not be completely bound to you. If one day you sink, we will also
I won't be dragged down by you.
But from the perspective of the king, this is half-heartedness, this is disloyalty, and now you can do this, then who can guarantee your loyalty, who can guarantee that you will not leak information, and who can guarantee that you will not collaborate with the enemy?
As for paying taxes, isn’t that what it should be? It’s a matter of course!
Of course, the aristocratic family may not necessarily think this is natural.
This is the fundamental contradiction between the aristocratic family and the king. The bigger the aristocratic family, the more so.
Times have changed, and today is different from the past. In the past, there were enough princes in the world. At that time, Cao Cao himself did not know how far he could go. When he was bet by the Xun family, he felt so happy that he went crazy. This was recognition.
, but now...
The situation gradually became clear. In Lao Cao's own words, the only heroes in the world are the envoy and Cao Er.
As for Liu Zhang and Sun Ce, they were not in Cao Cao's eyes at all.
At this point of either/or, if you still want to play this trick, this is going too far!
If you don’t want to mess with someone like me, Cao, you can get out!!