"Is this Cao Cao...... is a little darker and shorter than Bao Guoan in the TV series, but his muscles are quite developed. ”

After being pulled to Sikong Mansion by the carriage, after some twists and turns, Zhuge Jin finally saw Cao Cao with his own eyes, and his heart was still a little turbulent.

He knew very well that this was the first time he had seen Cao Cao since he came to this world, and it would probably be the last.

The current Cao Cao is not strictly speaking a Han thief, but when he kills Zhao Yan, a speaker who wants to help Emperor Han Xian's pro-government, and further stimulates the Yi Dai Zhao incident, he will slide towards the Han thief step by step.

Zhuge Jin will assist Han in the future, so this moment is the critical moment to get one vote and count one vote. All the official positions obtained today may have to follow Liu Bei, Guan Yu and himself for a long, long time in the future.

Just like Liu Bei in history, before he was persuaded to be the king of Hanzhong and the self-proclaimed Great Sima, he had been mixed with the title of General Zuo for nearly 20 years.

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While Zhuge Jin was saluting and secretly observing, Cao Cao was of course also observing him and Chen Deng.

For Chen Deng, Cao Cao has long known his name. He has been fighting Tao Qian for many years, and Chen Deng was Tao Qian's mastermind at the beginning.

So relatively speaking, Cao Cao was still more curious about Zhuge Jin, who had just emerged and was only in his early twenties.

This son is erudite and ingenious, can refute madmen like You Heng speechless, and can also help Kong Rong plan as a whole, and it seems that he also contributed to Liu Bei's defeat in the Battle of Guangling.

It is equivalent to making achievements in the four aspects of economic righteousness, eloquence, engineering and money and food co-ordination, and the art of war.

He is so knowledgeable and versatile at such a young age, even if he is not specialized enough in each field, but he should definitely not be underestimated in time.

Cao Cao couldn't judge whether the other party would have the talent of the Three Princes in the future based on limited information, but at least he would have the talent of Jiuqing.

"Born in Langya Zhuge clan...... Why were you recruited by Xuande under his command, and how long have you been working for him? After observing for a long time, Cao Cao condescendingly asked the first question.

His original intention was to find out if the other party was willing to abandon Liu Bei and vote for him, but he knew that asking directly might not get a true answer.

So let's knock on the side first and see how the other party got mixed up with Liu Bei.

If Zhuge Jin didn't lie about these small issues, he would have a greater certainty of follow-up solicitation.

Zhuge Jin did not hesitate at all: "In the next year, Xuzhou fled south in the chaos, and originally intended to go straight to Yangzhou, but he was forced to stay in Guangling when he encountered Yuan Thief's general Sun Ce and Wu.

A few months ago, I found out that my uncle was forced by the Danyang thief Zhenrong to go to the province to save the trouble, but he didn't want to be besieged by the Yuan thief in Guangling. In order to get out, he had to take risks to help General Zhendong and protect himself as a thief. ”

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, he originally planned to directly solicit if the other party's answer was true.

But I heard that Zhuge Jin still had an uncle to save, and this matter was more difficult to handle.

The Han Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, not to mention anything else, let's just say that now the Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan, who has been beaten to the territory of only Dantu County, he was filial piety at the beginning of the year, relying on the righteous act of saving his uncle.

If the court wants to employ people, it should wait for the other party to complete his filial piety and save his relatives before he can forcibly recruit them. Otherwise, it will damage the name of the imperial court, and make more children of the family who care about the family suspicious and dare not come, which will be self-defeating.

Although Cao Cao felt that Zhuge Jin was talented, he didn't know enough after all, and he didn't think it was worth ruining the dignity of the court for this.

He hesitated for a moment, but had to hint at Sima Lang next to him with a reluctant look.

Sima Lang understood and knew that Sikong wanted to keep people, but he was embarrassed to ask, "How close are you to your uncle", so he needed to ask this unfilial question.

Sima Lang cleared his throat: "Zhuge Shaojun, does Uncle Ling have no heirs, do you have to go to the rescue in person?" As far as I know, didn't Uncle Ling once be a subordinate official of Yuan Shu, and was later named Yuzhang Taishou by Yuan Shu? Why didn't Yuan Shu send troops across the river to protect him? ”

Sima Lang asked more implicitly, but Zhuge Jin knew what he meant, and replied truthfully:

"Among the peers of the lower clan, I am the only one with the crown. and lost his mother at the age of nine, lost his father at fourteen, and in the next five years, thanks to his uncle's grace of helping and raising him, he has today.

Moreover, although his uncle was Yuan Shu's former official, he had already seen Yuan Shu's disobedience and wanted to draw a line with him for a long time. Yuan Shu has never expressed his duty as Yuzhang Taishou, which is what Liu Jingzhou expressed. ”

Sima Lang couldn't help it when he heard this: This is not an ordinary uncle, but an uncle who raised you for five years after his father died!

According to the Han standard of filial piety, even if the other party is maintained as a father, it should be.

As an aside, Sun Ce got rid of Yuan Shu's actual control two years ago, also with the help of similar filial piety reasons. At that time, Sun Ce took out the jade seal and said to Uncle Yuan: My father's revenge cannot be avenged, and my maternal uncle Wu Jing was forced by Liu Xuan to borrow troops to save the province.

It can be seen that such an excuse is really useful in the Han Dynasty.

And Cao Cao also captured an important information from Zhuge Jin's reply: Zhuge Xuan intended to escape from Yuan Shu's broken ship!

As mentioned earlier, Cao Cao, Xun Yu and others actually knew that the last time Zhuge Xuan was Yuzhang Taishou's watch, it was Liu Biao, not Yuan Shu.

It's just because Zhuge Xuan was a subordinate of Yuan Shu in his early years, even if this table was not written by Yuan Shu, Cao Cao still tacitly acquiesced that Yuan Shu and Liu Biao had another deal and pulled a fig leaf. Therefore, the imperial court has never approved this performance.

Cao Cao secretly thought in his heart: "From this point of view, Liu Bei said that this crusade against Yuan Shu should be true when he saw many disobediences from the Yuan army."

Yuan Shu has long regarded me as mortal enemies from the beginning, and if the son is in my hands today, Yuan Shu has been targeted by the will of the imperial court everywhere. With his arrogance, he will not be able to bear it for a long time, it is only a matter of time.

Liu Bei should have seen this clearly, on the one hand, he sincerely contributed to the imperial court, and on the other hand, he also hoped to get an extra piece of the pie in the process of working together to deal with Yuan Shu.

And this Langya Zhuge family also saw that Yuan Shu would inevitably be forced to become a traitor after a long time, and while trying to protect his family's interests, he also wanted to break with the identity of 'once being Yuan Shu's former official'. Liu Bei and the Zhuge family each had their own interests, and they joined forces by chance. ”

In history, Yuan Shu was called emperor, that is, four months later.

With Cao Cao's political wisdom and vision, how could he not see that Yuan Shu had a tendency to do this.

It can even be said that in the more than three months after Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven, he constantly used the name of the imperial court to call on all forces to block Yuan Shu.

He is the trader who personally added fuel to the firewood, wishing that Yuan Shu would rebel as soon as possible, and then he could uproot Yuan Shu by virtue of the righteousness of the world and the rebellion with obedience.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao already knew what to do.

He retracted the majestic expression he had at the beginning, and switched to the amiable posture of Corporal Lixian:

"It turns out that the Zhuge family has long been willing to break with the Yuan thief, and they are indeed loyal and righteous. In this case, if you want to save your uncle, the court will naturally not stop you. It's just that I don't know, where do you want to borrow troops, how to save your uncle, and after the matter is completed, are you willing to serve the court? ”

Zhuge Jin saluted respectfully: "All talented and aspiring people, who doesn't want to contribute to the court, stabilize the world, and rescue the Li people?" Under nature is no exception. This time to save the uncle, I am not sure, but the matter is man-made, and I can only do my best. Fortunately, in the previous battle of Guangling, he gave advice to General Zhendong in the future, and he was slightly kind, or he could count on borrowing thousands of soldiers. ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows: "You just said that your acquaintance and service to Liu Bei was only a matter when Yuan Shu besieged Huaiyin, what kind of favor can you give him, and let Liu Bei borrow thousands of troops?" ”

Zhuge Jin wanted to answer truthfully, but when the words came to his lips, his mind changed, and he changed to a more meritorious posture, and said the main credit for his military strategy for Liu Bei.

Specifically, it is to hide all the luck that he was lucky enough to get Liu Bei's trust, and say that all his credit is "a last resort, I deserve to win".

Especially when Zhuge Jin mentioned how he first gained Liu Bei's trust, he directly said, "I just expected that after Yuan Shu and Liu Bei have been together for a long time, Yuan Shu's temper will definitely make a black hand against Liu Bei's rear."

As for contributions other than military strategy, Zhuge Jin is not stupid, of course he keeps his mouth shut and does not reveal a word.

Cao Cao listened very carefully, and with his IQ, of course, he also heard that Zhuge Jin had an element of boasting and exaggerating the role of his strategy.

But Cao Cao didn't intend to pierce the other party, but secretly reassured in his heart.

"Yes, this person is a person who is greedy for fame, and in his conversation, he is afraid that others will despise his merits, and he tries his best to take credit and exaggerate his contributions.

This kind of person intersects with Liu Bei, but he has common interests. And how much benefit can Liu Bei give him? As long as he is obsessed with official duties, sooner or later he will be able to use him.

Although Liu Bei knew this son a few months before me, I only need to be lured by high-ranking officials, so why worry that I won't be able to control the Zhuge family in the future. ”

Cao Cao faintly rose up his love for talent, and he knew that the other party did have important things to do now, so he would not force the other party to stay in Xu Du immediately.

If you put it in Yuzhang for a year and a half, it may be of greater use to the imperial court.

Cao Cao is very tolerant and very capable of casting a long line to catch big fish.

In history, when he first captured Guan Yu, he didn't immediately want Guan Yu to surrender, but listened to Xun Yu's "Liu Bei treats Guan Yu well, but he is kind, and Ming Gong should be more gracious."

Now that Zhuge Jin was met by Liu Bei first, this is not a big deal.

The so-called will take what you want, you must give it first. First set a condition several times higher than Liu Bei, so that the other party can see his sincerity in the world!

Thinking of this, Cao Cao finally had an idea to deal with it.

He asked kindly: "Since Mr. is filial and commendable, I will not stop Mr. from going to Yuzhang to rescue Uncle Ling." Yuzhang now has Danyang thieves who are in chaos and killed Zhu Hao, the county guard granted by the imperial court.

In this case, I will start Your Majesty, allow Liu Biao to prelude, and actually give Uncle Yuzhang the post of Taishou, and then give you another military position, in order to please Rong - but I don't know how to serve the court after Mr. is a thief? ”

Zhuge Jin originally wanted to give an answer directly, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't want to appear too smart, so he asked tentatively:

"I once said that Yuan Shu will not surrender after a long time...... After gaining a firm foothold in Yuzhang with his uncle, do you need to contain Yuan Shu for the court from the side? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he finally let go of the last trace of vigilance, and laughed: "It's too!" Your strength is so small, how can you expect to flank Yuan Shu——

In this way, after Uncle Ling officially took office, he should first talk to Yuan Shuxuan and the snake, pretending to tell the feelings of the old officials, so that Yuan Shu thought that the land of Yuzhang fell into his hands, so as to be proud of his heart. Once there is a change......"

Zhuge Jin pretended to be stunned: "Sikong is wise!" I know what to do! ”

Of course, before Yuan Shu became emperor, he coaxed him and held him, making him mistakenly think that "I have another large piece of territory in the south that obeys my orders".

In this way, the speed at which Yuan Shu made up his mind would definitely become faster.

And after he really made that rebellious decision, Yuan Shu would find that all his reliance was an illusion.

Whether it is Zhuge Xuan or Sun Ce, he may have shown loyalty to him the day before, but he may break with him the next day and denounce him as a national thief!

Cao Cao saw that Zhuge Jin was so upright, and finally saw the rabbit before he cast the eagle, and instructed Sima Lang on the side to record: Tomorrow, please ask Your Majesty to approve Zhuge Xuan's performance as Yuzhang Taishou, and then give Zhuge Jin the post of captain.

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