This outspoken and daring act in the General's Mansion finally made Li Su roughly understand why the counterinsurgency decision, which was not originally contained in this history book, finally made such a big mistake.

Yuan Shao, the grand strategy is actually no problem, and the vision is really good.

But the loss is that we don't know the suffering of the people at the bottom, and we don't know the thinking of the poor and the "villain", and we lack empathy in this regard.

Including Cao Cao's comment to Yuan Shao later, "Do big things and cherish your life, and forget your life when you see small profits", in the final analysis, this is actually the reason - Yuan Shao actually knows what big things are and what should be done.

But when it came time to place a bet, he was reluctant to invest so much money and felt that there was a problem with the odds. Then the investment opportunity was snatched away by the more bold and decisive Cao Cao.

At present, we should have decisively tried to tighten our belts to raise money, or we should not levy the Southern Huns.

But he spent his mind on "how not to give money, let's talk to Qiangqu Shan Yu about the corporate culture of loyalty to Dahan, talk about 996 blessings, and talk about mission, vision and values".

It's not that we can't talk about mission, vision, and values, but that vision can only convince people who are only interested in this kind of dividend, who have ambitions, can manage their desires, and delay gratification.

And those "Sanhe gods" at the bottom of the Southern Huns, who have eaten the last meal but not the next meal, if you give him a monthly salary, he thinks that you are a black factory, and he can't only take the job of daily salary, and talk about the vision, it is even more of a black factory in a black factory.

Of course, Yuan Shao's corporal Lixian and righteous help are not fake.

But the point is, you have to be a "taxi" first. Han Shi is also a scholar, and he has to be literate.

If you deal with "taxis" too much, it is easy to have the thinking inertia and path dependence of "a gentleman who does not say what he says", and he feels that dealing with everyone can be the same trick as dealing with "taxis".

And what the poor peasants and big-headed soldiers want and think, they touch his blind spot in knowledge.

……

Leaving the General's Mansion, Li Su was also a little melancholy in his heart.

In the final analysis, his current status is too humble, he and Liu Bei are more than 300 stones, and no one listens to what he says.

But fortunately, the words have been said, and the impression of being outspoken and daring has also spread among these big shots.

In addition, although Yuan Shao did not accept advice, he still paid attention to the face of "Corporal Lixian", so he was quite polite to Liu Bei and Li Su on the surface, and everyone was not reprimanded.

Moreover, in the future, the development of facts proved that the decision to levy and send the Southern Xiongnu was wrong, and Li Su's correctness could be further endorsed.

In this way, Liu Bei will believe in Li Su's IQ more.

And the frustration of Yuan Shao's favorability will also leave a crack in advance, but the favorability of Li Su and Liu Bei will slightly fade from the other.

After reaping these benefits, today's war of words is not in vain.

The group walked melancholy to the street, and had already walked thirty or forty steps away from the gate of the General's Mansion, when a voice suddenly came from behind: "Mr. Fu, please stay." ”

The three of them looked back, and it turned out to be Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's relationship with He Jin is also relatively confidant, so after the matter is over, he will leave a little later than Fu Zhu and Liu Bei. After dealing with all that red tape, I hurriedly chased it out.

"It turned out to be Brother Cao, I don't know what advice you have?" All three of them politely bowed their hands.

Cao Cao also returned the salute: "The general does not accept advice, and I am also quite worried about the matter of begging for thieves." The three of them seem to have extraordinary knowledge, please come to the house to drink and talk. ”

Li Su frowned: Cao Cao thinks that everyone "sees the same thing", and has a heart for him and Liu Bei?

However, it's just a drink, it's nothing, anyway, the world hasn't entered the rhythm of hegemony now, everyone has no camp contradictions, and it doesn't hurt to make more friends with status.

So the group took Cao Cao's carriage and went to Cao's mansion.

When they arrived at the door, Li Su and Liu Bei looked at the grandeur of Cao's mansion, and they were also secretly frightened. And once he walked inside, the luxury of the decoration made Liu Bei even more dumbfounded - this is too rich, right? At least it's more luxurious than General He Jin's mansion!

Only then did Li Su react: Today's Cao family is a wealthy family!

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, is still ranked in Jiuqing, and in the past few years, he has served as Honglu Siqing and Dasi Nong, which are all fat differences.

In particular, the Dasi Nong, who manages the country's grain reserve trade and other official trade (this trade is theoretically aimed at stabilizing prices, similar to macroeconomic control), is so fattening!

All these official positions were bought by Cao Song, and Cao Song was originally greedy, and the money he made every year during his tenure as Dasi Nong must be huge - it is estimated that he will take out 30 or 40 million yuan to buy officials every year, at least double the amount of greed.

Because he made too much money as a big farmer, Cao Song spent 100 million to buy a lieutenant in the past two years-

Today's Taiwei is still Zhang Wen, and in history, Zhang Wen will be deposed because he failed to prevent "Han Sui from becoming self-reliant after killing Beigong Boyu" a few months later.

Then it was Cui Lie's turn to buy Taiwei, and Cui Lie was deposed because of Zhang Chun's rise.

It was Cao Song's turn to buy again, and in the end, Cao Song was deposed because of the outbreak of the Gepi Yellow Turban Army at the beginning of next year.

Anyway, the Taiwei in the last years of Emperor Ling was able to spend 100 million yuan, and when a few months later, as long as there were any new thieves in the country, this Taiwei would be removed under the pretext and sold again.

From this point of view, there are more random factors in buying a lieutenant than buying other officials, and the term of office is not fixed.

It's a bit like opening a blind box, and the thief Jill is excited.

Li Su entered the Cao Mansion, and under the leadership of the master's family, he enjoyed a little fun, and then secretly thought in his heart:

"Now Cao Song hasn't bought Taiwei yet, but he can buy it at any time, which means that the Cao family's cellar has at least 100 million copper coins or the equivalent of gold. It's really rich, if this money is not lost by buying Taiwei, maybe Cao Cao will not need the sponsorship of Wei Zi for the 5,000 men and horses that Cao Cao needs for Dong later. ”

……

Li Su thought about it for a while, and the servants of the Cao family had already served delicious wine and food.

Cao Cao invited the three guests to sit down and talk about the wine one by one.

The position of Frustration is the most respectful, so Cao Cao first talked to Frustration Lala and asked him about the follow-up arrangements.

Fu Zhu must go back to Jia Cong immediately to restore his life, and Cao Cao will no longer be entangled.

Then, he asked about Liu Bei and Li Su's arrangement:

"County Lieutenant Liu, it's here, I don't know what arrangements you have? I see that you are also loyal to the country, and you have begged for the Yellow Turban, and you have some generals. Wouldn't it be a pity to be a county lieutenant on the enemy's side? I am not afraid to laugh when I say it, although I am not talented, I have a lot of ways in Beijing, if Liu County Lieutenant has the heart to serve the imperial court, I will introduce you to the position of Sima of another department, but it is not a problem. ”

Cao Cao didn't know that Liu Bei's previous exploits such as killing the Black Mountain thief, escorting Li Su to the head, and following Zhang He to hunt down Zhang Chun had not yet been promoted, so he only mentioned the test of Sima in other departments.

And after these merits are rewarded, even if Liu Bei does not rely on favors, he can at least do it on his own. (Of course, the money still has to be given, before Emperor Ling died, he took the normal military promotion channel of the imperial court, and he also asked for 5 million Sima from other departments and at least 10 million from Du Wei)

So this level of persuasion is not attractive in itself.

What's more, Liu Bei was in a hurry to go back to save his uncle and fellow villagers.

I saw Liu Bei drink all the wine in the bottle, and then politely excused himself: "Thank you Brother Cao for your kindness, but before Shangluo, I had already made up my mind: this time we will go quickly and report Zhang Chun's anti-feelings to the court, and we will be loyal to our duties and start and finish well."

From now on, Bei plans to abandon his official position and return to his hometown, organize the villagers, guard his relatives, and protect his neighbors. The imperial court granted me the official position of Jizhou, but my ancestral home is Zhuo County, Youzhou, and I saw Zhang Chun as the hometown of the victim, but I could not protect my relatives because of my duties. What a difference between being a human being and a beast!

What's more, when I heard Yuan Ben's original intention just now, he didn't take into account that when Tao Qian was dismissed, the imperial court's military strength in Youzhou would be temporarily empty-in his opinion, sacrificing individual small people and letting Zhang Chun run rampant for a few days may be the price that the world has to pay. But for the people of Zhuo County, one more empty day is a day of danger, how can we sit idly by! ”

Speaking of grief and indignation, Liu Bei personally picked up the wrong gold and copper horn in the wine urn next to him. I didn't need a wine bottle, so I went directly to a large bowl in front of me that was originally used to hold meat, but at the moment the meat was empty after eating, and slapped a whole triangle of wine, and then drank it all and sighed.

Li Su was beside him, and hurriedly helped Liu Bei explain: "Liu County's uncle, Yuan Qigong, lives in his hometown in Zhuo County. Liu County Lieutenant lost his father at an early age, and ten years ago, he relied on his uncle's funding to entangle Shangluo to study under Lu Shangshu, so he regarded him as his father.

If there is no urgent military situation that needs to be reported to the imperial court, there can be no delay. County Lieutenant Liu almost hated to have wings, abandoned the official and flew back to Zhuo County, leading the troops to save his uncle. ”

"Anyway, the general has summoned him, and he has asked everything he should ask, so he will go out of the city today and go back to Zhuo County!" Liu Bei drank too much, and he was already arrogant, so he put down the wine bowl and directly declared it loudly with the strength of the wine.

He spoke in a very abrupt voice, which was really rude, so that the people of the Cao Mansion in the nearby courtyard couldn't help but look here.

But Cao Cao didn't mind, but felt that Liu Bei was a happy person:

"I didn't expect Brother Liu Xian to be such a bold and filial person, with the grace of his uncle, he should save his relatives at any cost, what a good official position! Come on, come on, I'll toast you three more cups, for the virtuous brother! ”

"Drink!" Liu Bei drank until the cup was dry, and after drinking, he got up first and said goodbye, but just said a word to Li Su,

"Boya! You don't know martial arts, and you don't know how to fight, and it's useless to go to Zhuoxian. I can't help my relatives and can no longer serve the court, so you will stay, in case the general and Yuan Gong have other military information to ask, you can help me deal with it, and it will not be a big mistake - you should replace me and be loyal to the court. ”

"There is a clear distinction between public and private, loyalty and filial piety, and true righteousness." Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei, then at Li Su, pondered the division of labor between the two, and couldn't help but admire.

Li Su arched his hand: "Cao Gong, County Lieutenant Liu is drunk, I came with him, and I should see him off, I will drink here today, and I will be rude and less accompanied." ”

Cao Cao: "It's okay, I'll send a car to send you to Mengjindu." Come on, hurry up and prepare the car! ”

Then, Cao Fushang sent two cars, invited Li Su and Liu Bei to be in the same car, and by the way, let Liu Bei sober up a little on the way, and wait for the Yellow River to cross the Yellow River from Mengjin, and then ride a horse to hurry.

As for Liu Bei's personal soldiers who brought to Luoyang, they naturally followed the convoy on horseback. Guan Yu was instructed by Liu Bei to continue to stay in Luoyang and help Li Su to take care of the affairs of the imperial court together.

After all, Li Su has no force value, and there is no fierce general partner around him, so many things are inconvenient, even if he goes far away, he is afraid of encountering thieves.