Although Guo Jia did not have much contact with Guan Yu, after observing him for a few days, he gradually realized that Guan Yu was a great hero with unparalleled loyalty and righteousness.
To attract such talents, we still need to start from the source.
"If the Prime Minister wants to recruit him, I'm afraid he will have to do something about Liu Bei, the co-leader of Shu Kingdom," said Guo Jia.
Cao Cao asked curiously, "Please tell me in detail, Fengxiao."
Guo Jia explained: "Guan Yu and Liu Bei, the common ruler of Shu, are sworn brothers."
"Guan Yu is a man who values loyalty. Even if the Prime Minister offers him more, Guan Yu only wants to return to his elder brother."
"But what if it was Liu Bei who asked Guan Yu to stay in my Great Qin?"
Cao Cao suddenly understood, but there was still a difficulty. "You also said that Liu Bei and he are sworn brothers."
"How could Liu Bei, who always cared about his reputation, give up his sworn brother?"
"If this gets out, won't it make heroes all over the world laugh at you?"
Guo Jia said, "Liu Bei values his reputation because he wants to stabilize his own reputation, thereby recruiting talented people to serve him and aiming for dominance."
"If Liu Bei is given enough benefits, do you think he would be reluctant to give up Guan Yu?"
benefit...
Cao Cao frowned slightly and said, "According to Fengxiao's opinion, what kind of benefits could make Liu Bei interested?"
Guo Jia said bluntly: "At present, Liu Bei is only the co-leader of Shu, and Shu was established by a few aristocratic families."
"In other words, Liu Bei's position as co-leader is not actually secure. Those aristocratic families can take the throne by supporting whoever they want."
"Although Liu Bei now holds the military and political power of Shu, if he does not fundamentally resolve the problem of the aristocratic families' influence over the court, he will always be just a co-leader, not an emperor."
"What we can give him is to make him give up his position as co-leader and officially become the supreme emperor of Shu!"
"With such a huge benefit, the Prime Minister thinks, how could he not hand Guan Yu over?"
After hearing this, Cao Cao fell into deep thought.
For Guan Yu, the Qin State may have to directly intervene in the politics of the Shu State, which requires a lot of effort. Is it worth it?
Gold is easy to come by, but a general is hard to find...
Thinking of this, Cao Cao's eyes were firm and he said in a deep voice:
"After the war against Yan is over, I will personally go to Shu and meet Liu Bei. If he can be controlled by Qin, we can do as Feng Xiao wishes."
"But if Liu Bei could pose a threat to our Great Qin in the future, this matter... requires further consideration."
Hearing this, Guo Jia suddenly smiled and said, "Actually, Prime Minister, there's no need to worry so much."
"Have you forgotten that His Majesty made Wu a vassal state of the Great Qin?"
"Why did Your Majesty accept Shu's offer to send troops to attack Yan? I believe that with Your Majesty's great talent and vision, you should have already considered turning Shu into a vassal state of the Great Qin."
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