To be honest, Qin Chuan had never considered such a thing before.
After all, Second Brother was a man who valued loyalty more than his life. It should be quite difficult.
Otherwise, those strategists wouldn't be helpless.
Qin Chuan pondered for a moment before putting down the wine jug and shifting his butt.
"For people like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who don't like fame and wealth, their character flaws are very obvious. If you want to take these two in, you can start from their temperament.”
A character flaw.
Cao Cao frowned as he pondered. Guan Yu's weakness was his arrogance. He had already seen through this.
If Dian Wei was still here, Old Cao would probably let Dian Wei beat him until he was convinced.
The key point was that from Brother Qin's ranking, other than Zhao Zilong, no one was a match for Guan Yu. Even Xu Chu was no match for him. How could he deal with his arrogance?
After a long time, Cao Cao sighed and said helplessly,""This Guan Yu is too arrogant. In this world, he only respects Liu Bei.”
"My lord can't possibly keep a big eared thief like Liu Bei who harbors evil intentions just to take Guan Yu in.”
Zhang Fei was not in his consideration.
He was as naive as Xu Chu. Once he settled Guan Yu, he would also settle Zhang Fei.
The problem was with Guan Yu, this thorn in his side.
"Of course Liu Bei must die, but you can think about it carefully. Guan Yu is not even willing to submit to the Lord, but he has to submit to Liu Bei.”
Cao Cao was stunned.
She was amazed by Qin Chuan's attentiveness.
All this while, he had been considering whether or not to use Liu Bei to control Guan Yu. He had never thought about what method Liu Bei had used to make Guan Yu submit.
"Oh…Liu Bei, he is hypocritical and deceives the world. Guan Yu was deceived by him.”
"As for my lord, although he is the current Prime Minister, his reputation is not as good as Liu Bei's, so Guan Yu is not convinced of my lord.”
After saying that, Cao Cao looked at Qin Chuan expectantly to confirm if his analysis was correct.
Qin Chuan shifted his chair and found a more comfortable position. He nodded and said,
"That's half right."
"Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are country bumpkins, they are righteous. In their understanding, Liu Bei is indeed at the end of his rope, but he is still the blood of the royal family.”
"As for my lord, in the hearts of the scholars of the world, he is actually a traitor of the Han Dynasty.”
"The nature of arrogance is to cherish fame. So, why would they be willing to join the Lord's army?”
Cao Cao nodded repeatedly.
Liu Bei had always regarded himself as the orthodox of the Han Dynasty. If Guan Yu worked for him, it would mean that he was loyal to the Han Dynasty and had a great reputation.
When Liu Bei fell, the two of them also showed that they would risk their lives to save him.
That was enough to prove that the two of them valued this layer of relationship and not the so-called sworn feelings.
With this calculation, it seemed that there was no hope of capturing the two of them.
Even if he learned from Dong Zhuo and had Liu Xie call him Shangfu, or even Imperial Grandfather, it would be useless.
On the contrary, it would make her reputation even worse.
"Looks like Guan and Zhang won't be able to stay.”
Looking at the disappointed Cao Cao, Qin Chuan was dumbfounded." You still don't understand? Old Cao, I think you should resign from your position as the main registrar and be my apprentice for three years. Otherwise, how can you be enlightened?”
Cao Cao looked at Qin Chuan bitterly.
I was too careless. I forgot to bring Xun Yu and Guo Jia this time.
Originally, they couldn't think of a good idea, but they wanted me to be scolded.
Cao Cao was quick-witted and said,"Then, do you want my lord to be a relative of the royal family?"”
"Stubborn. The emperor is in the lord's hands. Why would he need to be related to the emperor?”
"Isn't Guan Yu just proud? He just wants a proper name.”
"If the emperor personally received him and praised him as a pillar of the Han Dynasty, would he still be willing to leave?”
Instantly, Cao Cao felt his scalp go numb!
Stupid!
Too stupid!
All along, he had been thinking of making Guan Yu and Zhang Fei loyal generals like Xu Chu. He had forgotten about Liu Xie, this puppet.
Liu Bei had merely stolen the identity of the royal family, yet Guan Yu had already worshipped him to the heavens.
If the living Tian Zi were to receive him, would he be willing to leave?
Being loyal to the Son of Heaven was the same as being loyal to himself?
I'm a stubborn person, I should have been Brother Qin's apprentice for three years!
"After listening to Brother Qin, I've really been enlightened!”
After saying that, he stood up and bowed three times to Qin Chuan.
He was truly convinced.
Qin Chuan was secretly pleased, but this performance was a little exaggerated. He asked curiously,"Old Cao, although you are a little old, you are very sensible.”
"But no matter how much you plot this matter, it won't benefit you. Why are you so excited?”
Cao Cao's mouth twitched, but before he could say anything, Qin Chuan waved his hand.
"I know, I know. Your Cao family is noble, right? My ears are getting calluses from listening to this.”
"Hahaha, the one who knows me is Brother Qin.”
"But then again, I have a few good-for-nothing sons. They are really suitable to learn from you.”
To be honest, ever since Cao Ang's death, he hadn't deliberately nurtured any of his sons.
This was also a headache for Old Cao.
In theory, after the eldest died, Cao Pi should be the heir.
However, compared to Third Brother Cao Zhi's literary talent and Fourth Brother Cao Zhang's martial strategy, Cao Pi was too mediocre.
If he could let them all learn from Qin Chuan, he might be able to see the comprehension of the three of them and choose a person to take up the position.
How could Qin Chuan know that the person in front of him was Cao Cao?
He did not know that he might affect the future heir, so he waved his hand on the spot.
"Stop. Old Cao, I'm friends with you regardless of age. I can talk to you however I want, but I'm not interested in things that mislead the students.”
"Brother, there's tuition.”Cao Cao still didn't understand Qin Chuan. After pondering for a while, he stretched out five fingers and asked tentatively,"
"How about five hundred gold taels for a student?”
"It doesn't matter if it's money or not. Hearing what you said, I also want to make a few more friends. It's okay.”
Only a fool would refuse to do something that could earn money by talking.
However, this Old Cao was too rich. He was willing to pay five hundred taels of gold. It seemed that the position of the chief registrar was very lucrative. No wonder Old Xu and the others respected him so much.
Just as the two of them were joking, the door creaked open. Old Guo, who had not seen him for a long time, appeared at the door with a panicked expression.
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