Guo Jia's thoughts wandered out of the world, and at this moment he thought of a person in history

According to legend, during the reign of King Qingxiang of Chu in the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan was exiled, suffered a major political blow, and when he and the Chu State were facing bad luck, he was in a sad and depressed mood, so he came to the bank of the Miluo River, walked and sighed at the water's edge, looking haggard and thin, with a sickly and sad face.

When a fisherman saw this, he asked him, "Aren't you Dr. Sanlu?" Why did you end up in this place? ”

Qu Yuan replied: "All the people in the world are dirty, only I am innocent, all the people are drunk, only I am sober." So he was banished. ”

The fisherman said: "A person with both talents and virtues will not cling to external things, and can adapt to the changes in the current situation." The whole world is filthy, so why don't they join in with it? Everyone is drunk, so why don't they drink and have fun? Why should we think so far, behave so highly, and be exiled? ”

Qu Yuan replied: "I have heard that people who have just washed their hair must clean their hats before putting them on; If you have just taken a shower, you must shake your clothes clean before putting them on. How can we bear filth with a clean body? I would rather throw myself into the flowing water of the Xiangjiang River and bury myself in the belly of the fish in the river; How can we use our innocent personality to receive the dust of the world? ”

The fisherman smiled and tapped the plank of the boat and left, singing a song and saying, "If the water is clear, it can be used to wash my hatband, and if the water is dirty, it can be used to wash my feet!" ”

Then he left, no longer talking to Qu Yuan.

This story is recorded in "Chu Ci", which is summarized as the words of Yanzi in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is: clean body and guard the Tao; Different people in the world fall into evil.

Qu Yuan, the doctor of Chu in the story, is a famous figure in history, not only because of his outstanding intelligence, but also because of his noble personality, he would rather die by throwing himself into the river than join the corrupt people above the court, becoming a moral model in the eyes of the literati, and will be famous for centuries.

Guo Jia was also a scribe, so he naturally admired this great figure of the Chu State

Invisibly, he has been more or less affected, and he will use the noble style of the ancients to regulate himself for his own life in the world, so whenever he has an out-of-character idea in his heart, he will admonish himself not to do things that insult the teacher and the reputation of the literati.

But even if he is as talented as Qu Yuan, the doctor of the Chu State, he cannot save the fate of the decline of the Chu State and the final bullying by Qiang Qin.

On the contrary, Zhang Yi, who was the same age as Qu Yuan, although he had no faith and shame, and did things by unscrupulous means, made the Qin State stronger and stronger, and finally established the status of the Qin State as the overlord of the Warring States.

With this doubt, Guo Jia first served under Yuan Shao for a period of time after coming out of the mountain, and later found out that he was not a master who could be entrusted with wisdom, Guo Jia chose to leave him.

Because he had received the favor of Yuan Shao's strategist Tian Feng, Guo Jia promised not to appear again within three years.

In the past three years, Guo Jia has been sharpening his strength and preparing for the future.

At the same time, he did not stop watching every move that took place in the world.

Black Hundred Tongues, it was at this time that Guo Jia recruited, they are extraordinary, and there are many strange people, especially good at intelligence and assassination, Guo Jia is through them, collected a lot of important information, and learned about the major events in the world.

Looking at the whole world, most of the princes are idle people, and there are few people who can work together, and Cao Cao is a master who can entrust his wisdom and life, Guo Jia firmly believes that only he can end this troubled era and bring lasting peace to the people of the world.

But when he really became Cao Cao's military advisor, he realized that he was still too young, and he was full of strategies, but he couldn't show them everywhere, and the reason was not that he couldn't, but that he couldn't.

His benevolent and generous personality leaves room for him every time he uses his strategy, but he doesn't want to do things too desperately and cause too many killings, but it is precisely because of this that his plan has loopholes and made big mistakes again and again.

First, the whereabouts of Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, were exposed and killed, and then they were introduced

Cao Cao was out of control and raised an army to attack Xuzhou, causing hundreds of thousands of Xuzhou people to die tragically, with Guo Jia's resourcefulness, all of this could have been avoided, but he was not ruthless enough, and every strategy was a compromise, so the effect was not the best, and there were flaws.

It was these small mistakes that led to the tragedy, which made Guo Jia blame himself and feel annoyed, and even had a sense of discouragement, he suddenly understood why Dr. Qu Yuan chose to die by throwing himself into the river, maybe only in this way can he keep his reputation and be free from this turbid torrent.

He finally understood the question that the teacher asked him back then: If the price of saving the common people was to jump into a pool of filthy dung, would he be willing?

At that time, Guo Jia did not fully understand the teacher's words, but in retrospect, the teacher really had the foresight to know that this problem would bother him and become an obstacle to his progress.

And now, after wandering in the choice for a long time, Guo Jia finally figured it out in his dream.

Yes, if he wants to help Cao Cao establish hegemony, he can no longer be bound by fame, he has decided to become Cao Cao's ladder to the top of the throne, into this rolling turbid current, let the filthy water dye him black, and fall into the infamy of a lifetime, he also wants to achieve Cao Cao's hegemony and bring peace to the world, so as to atone for the hundreds of thousands of unjustly killed people in Xuzhou who have died.

Just like Qin, who unified the six countries, although he was called a tyrannical Qin by later generations, it was precisely because of the hegemony of Qin to unify the world that the people of later generations had the concept of "the world" in their hearts, and there would be countless heroes who fought endlessly for it in order to complete the unification of this "world", and there would be the later Han Empire, which was the great cause of benefiting the whole of China.

Thoughts returned to Guo Jia's body again, he and Yan Yun embraced each other in the void, surrounded by stars, very wonderful, looking at the beautiful and moving Yan Yun in his arms, Guo Jia kissed her forehead affectionately, and then said to Yan Yun who was looking at him: "Yan Yun, thank you, I have figured it out, I will not escape in the future, and I will no longer stick to etiquette and dogma, I will use all means to help Cao Gong seize this world, even if this process will make me bear eternal infamy, I will not hesitate!" ”