After knowing that nothing could be done, Cao Cao got up and saluted Yuan Shao to say goodbye. △，

After leaving Yuan Shao's big tent, Cao Cao pondered for a moment and then walked towards Gongsun Zhan's camp. He is very concerned about winning over Guan Yu at the moment, or in other words, as long as he is a talent, he is very attentive.

Similarly, the young white horse who was able to escape under Gao Yang's command had also entered his sight.

"Hmph." Looking at the back of Cao Cao leaving, Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes slightly, snorted coldly, and his heart was full of disdain.

Among the princes, from the beginning of the alliance to the present, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have hardly made any efforts. Whether it is a fighter or a fighter, they have always been playing soy sauce. Especially Yuan Shao, what he did made all the princes feel cold.

The alliance leaders are like this, who can expect others to sell their death power? Didn't you see Sun Jian, who took the initiative, all of them were swept away? It's much more low-key and honest now.

Yuan Shao naturally knew that Cao Cao had the same idea as him. It's just that the powerful Yuan Shao didn't take this childhood playmate in his eyes. Because Cao Cao's strength at the moment is too weak.

Cao Cao was born in a big family, and the strength of the Cao family and the Xiahou family is not weak, and they are also well-known in Chenliu.

It's just that, after all, they are just the most ordinary local powerhouses in the Han Empire. Even if he sells his property to fully support Cao Cao, how much strength can he have? In this era of competition, what can these two ordinary families count?

Cao Cao's rise in the real sense was after the incorporation of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army! After annexing hundreds of thousands of young people, Cao Cao had the chips in his hands to compete for the world in the real sense, so that he could sit on the gambling table with the world as a bet!

There are countless wealthy families in the world, and Cao Cao's strength at the moment is not ranked at all, and he can't get into the eyes of those giants. This is also the main important reason why Yuan Shao doesn't care about him. Without the support of wealthy families, compete for the world? Stop dreaming!

In Yuan Shao's eyes, Cao Cao was just an ambitious person at the moment. Pathetic, poor little people who have the ability, but don't have a tough background and strong strength. At this time, his eyes have always been on the body of Han Fu, the assassin of Jizhou. That's the extremely rich Jizhou.

The so-called Eighteenth Route Princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo and saved the Han family, which was completely a joke. In fact, the reason is that these people are dissatisfied with the powerful Dong Zhuo who eats alone and wants to get a piece of the pie. The strength of a single person is far from Dong Zhuo's opponent, so they join forces to grab it together!

The prestige of the Han family has long been tossed away by several last emperors without discipline. Now that Han has lost its deer, the world's heroes are chasing after it. No one will exhaust the power in their hands when this chaotic era has just begun.

These forces are not just their own. Behind these princes, who is not supported by countless wealthy families? Grain, ordnance, horses, supplies, salaries, etc. When the number rises to the army level, the demand is completely astronomical! Who can just start out on their own? You have to have a strong person to take the shares.

Behind Yuan Shao are almost all the Hebei gate valve clans.

The reason why these clans, who hold the most powerful power in this country, chose Yuan Shao is in addition to Yuan Shao's own high prestige, everyone's boastful talents, and noble background (although Yuan Shao is the son of the Yuan family. But his father had a brilliant vision. knows that Yuan Shao has great talents, so what he claims to the outside world is that he is the eldest son! Many people know about this matter, but no one will go to Yuan Shao's trouble on this, this kind of hatred of pulling people ** is as deep as the hatred of killing his father. In this era, it is very important to be born, Liu Bei can be the emperor's uncle after a Zhongshan Jing King who has no spectrum, and there are countless wealthy families who support him wherever he goes, which is enough to show that a person's background is particularly important in this era. In addition, the most important reason is that Yuan Shao is the spokesperson of the conservative forces.

When a country is first founded, it must be determined to forge ahead and be full of vigor. But with the passage of time. Naturally, conservative forces will gradually take the absolute initiative.

Because conservative forces have vested interests, they just want business as usual so that their interests can be maintained.

The Han Dynasty has lasted for hundreds of years since Liu Bang, and the power of local wealthy families is monstrous. They want to maintain their vested interests in this troubled world. Yuan Shao, who was born in a famous aristocratic family, was naturally able to meet their requirements. The two sides hit it off.

The strength of these family gate lords who invisibly control the world is great, just by looking at Yuan Shao's escape from Luoyang City to Hebei for less than a year, he has already pulled out one of the most powerful troops in Hebei.

Countless grain and straw equipment, indescribable supply of goods. Countless talents!

This is the largest investment ever made. And the return on investment is so high that no other commodity in the world can match it. Because the goal of this investment is the whole world!

As for Cao Cao, he is in the future, regardless of his background, he is a meritocrat. The idea of promoting talents from humble backgrounds in an eclectic way. It completely broke the monopoly of knowledge for thousands of years, and properly stood opposite all the scholars in the world. It has been hacked by the world's readers for nearly 2,000 years!

Those scholars from humble backgrounds, once they became famous, became the people they envied before their careers. Then they will immediately change their position and properly side with vested interests. Because they are also on the side of the vested interest at the moment!

There is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is a golden house in the book! There's so much behind this statement.

In fact, Cao Cao did not promote low-born talents from the beginning. The main reason why he did this was because he did not have the support of the family gatekeeper. All the gate valves set their sights on Yuan Shao, and the person they chose was Yuan Shao, who was noble and talented!

Cao Cao, who was unwilling to fail, had no choice but to embark on a completely different path. But I didn't expect to be a blessing in disguise, and I won the strong support of the poor people with a huge base, and finally was able to dominate the world with the support of a huge base.

After the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao went on a killing spree in the land of Hebei, and the one he killed was called a river of blood flowing for thousands of miles.

This incident has been passed down by scholars for more than a thousand years, saying that Cao Cao is a bloodthirsty butcher who does all kinds of evil. But no one mentioned that most of the people Cao Cao killed at that time were wealthy families who had been supporting Yuan Shao against him!

In the case that Cao Cao already had an absolute advantage, these people still resisted Cao Cao with all their might. Isn't it because Cao Cao promoted talents, regardless of their origins? Cao Cao's approach is to cut off the way of life for these family gates!

Isn't the reason why the wealthy families can have today's status is because they have a monopoly on knowledge? Cao Cao promoted people from humble backgrounds and broke their monopoly on official positions, this is their way to live, how could they not fight Cao Cao to the death?!

Look at the other two countries that stand out as the Three Kingdoms. Liu Bei, who claims to be the emperor's uncle, no matter where he goes, all the people who take refuge in him are the local well-known wealthy families.

Xuzhou's Mi family, Chen family. Jingzhou's Sima Wei lineage, Ma Liang Ma Yan's Ma family. Which one is not the top local giants?

Not to mention Yizhou. There is no general in Shu, and Liao Hua is a pioneer. Is it true that there are millions of people who can't pull out the best talent? It's not because the wealthy families control all the rights and interests, and those from poor backgrounds have no chance to get ahead.

Not to mention the Wu Kingdom of the Sun family, this country is completely a combination of the family gate valves. They are more like a coalition ruling group, and the Sun family is just the boss.

Therefore, at this time, even if Yuan Shao, who has a strong support force behind him, has already seen Cao Cao's thoughts, he will not take Cao Cao's ambitions in his eyes at all! Ambitions that are not supported by the corresponding strength are nothing more than delusions.

The difference in strength behind everyone is too great. It's so big that it's a crushing gap.

For Yuan Shao, all he wants to do now is to enhance his prestige. As for defeating Dong Zhuo and reviving the Han family, it was not in his scope of consideration.

Even, he wished that Dong Zhuo would destroy the Han family, and it would be more convenient and justifiable to do things after the nominal suppression. This is the main reason why he has never contributed much.

The alliance leaders are all bent on pulling back their legs, where will this so-called alliance have any future?

In history, Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and forcibly relocated millions of people to Chang'an, wailing all over the field along the way, and the corpses were full of bones. And the Kwantung Coalition Army, which claims to have saved hundreds of thousands of people in the world, is watching from the sidelines! Looking at the human tragedies one after another, watching Luoyang City, the peak of Chinese civilization, was burned!

Among so many princes who watched coldly, Cao Cao was the only one who did his best, ignoring the cynicism of all the princes and the bitter pleas of his subordinates. Alone with a new army of less than 10,000 people, with extremely poor training and equipment, he went to stop the Xiliang army of hundreds of thousands and rescue the people!

In the end, not to mention the heavy losses of the Cao army in this battle, even Cao Cao himself almost died!

In addition to Cao Cao, Sun Jian also sent troops. However, because of his heavy losses at Bishui Pass, he did not stop the Xiliang army, but went to Luoyang City to put out the fire.

At that time, all the princes, including Yuan Shao, were mocking Cao Cao for not measuring his own strength and wasting the power in his hands in vain. But no one could have imagined that Cao Cao and the Sun family, who had taken a huge risk and tried their best, would be able to divide the world into two in the future!

As for the princes who crusaded against Dong Zhuo at that time, the princes from all walks of life who watched coldly when Dong Zhuo destroyed Luoyang City! Just a few years later, who will remember them? All of them have been swept into the dustbin of history!

Dare to do what others dare not do, without fear of danger and loss, this is the talent that people who can achieve great things should have! (To be continued.) )

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