Chapter 83 9. Three types of talents

At this time, Cao Cao was opening the gates of his house, recruiting surrenders and accepting rebels, and recruiting talents from all walks of life to accumulate strength. The first person Cao Cao recruited was Guo Jia.Guo Jia used to hang out with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao treated Guo Jia very well, and he dared not miss the slightest bit of etiquette.This made Guo Jia unspeakably disappointed, and said: "What's the use of putting on these flowery shelves? Corporal Lixian, what kind of garlic are you putting on? If you have the ability, show me your imperial skills. If you don't have the talent of an emperor, why should you?" Let me hang out with you?"

So Guo Jia left Yuan Shao and came to Xuchang to find Cao Cao.After he arrived, Cao Cao invited him into the room, closed the door and said: "Now, the general situation of the world is like this, I have already held the emperor... No, the friendship between me and the emperor is special, and it is in front of your majesty." , Talking occupies space. This means that I have already occupied the time. In addition, the edict of the emperor is still in effect, no matter who you are or what kind of official you want to be, you have to be appointed by the court, so I have occupied Renhe again. There is another geographical advantage. Now I am stationed in Xuchang. It is easy to advance and retreat. If I advance, I can conquer the heroes of the world. If I retreat, I can... let alone retreat. In short, I have another geographical advantage. So I plan to hurry up and calm down The world, don’t you think so?”

Guo Jia was overjoyed and said, "This is my boss, and I will follow you from now on." Cao Cao said: "Okay, you are Sikong Jijiu now... By the way, you write a letter of appointment yourself, and I will take it for the emperor to stamp." After acquiring the resourceful Guo Jia, Cao Cao sought the post of chief engineer for Kong Rong. Kong Rong, because he was a pear when he was young, so when he grew up, he had the ambition to annex the world and decided to settle the Yellow Turban Army.But he never thought that he failed to deal with the Yellow Turban Army, not to mention, he was almost defeated by the Yellow Turban Army, and was kicked out to run around.The situation at that time was that Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan were connected head to tail and connected to each other.But Kong Rong refused to attach himself to any family. He ran to Duchang by himself, but was attacked by Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan.At that time, there were less than a hundred people around Kong Rong, and the feathers and arrows shot in densely like raindrops, but Kong Rong was unmoved, and continued to read at his desk: "The Master said: 'It is such a joy to have friends coming from afar'..." At this time, Yuan Tan's soldiers rushed in. Kong Rong picked up the books, left his wife and children behind, and ran to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao said: "Kong Rong, you are really good at it. If you let pears go, let them go. Why did you give up your wife and children to Yuan Tan?" Kong Rong glared at Cao Cao: "Just tell me, what kind of official can you give me? Let me tell you the ugly words first, the official is too small, don't blame me for not giving you face." Cao Cao: "How about being a master craftsman? It is the chief engineer of the country." Kong Rong: "Is there anything more decent?" Cao Cao: "If you can figure it out, write a letter of appointment yourself, and I'll take it to the emperor to stamp."

Kong Rong: "Xiao Cao, if you are really a corporal, I will recommend you a talent." Cao Cao: "Quickly tell me, which one is it?" Kong Rong: "You Heng!" Mi Heng was the third one to defect to Cao Cao, but this guy is a different kind.As soon as he arrived, he pointed at Cao Cao's nose and yelled: "Cao A concealed, you forced the emperor to command the princes, did you do this? Did you? By the way, remember, your father is Cao Song, right? The godson of the former great eunuch Cao Teng, isn’t he? Hahaha, I finally figured it out, no wonder you blackmailed the emperor to make the princes, this turned out to be the ancestral lineage of your eunuch’s family.”

Cao Cao was so angry that his nose turned, and he said: "Who, Kong Rong, who did you recommend to me? He scolded me when he entered the door, and bullied me for being kind and honest, right? Bullying me is recruiting talents, and he is afraid of killing him. Isn't it? But don't forget, there is still a unique skill in this world, called killing with a borrowed knife!" Send an order to send this Mi Heng as a gift to Liu Biao in Jingzhou. Jingzhou was governed by Liu Biao like a paradise, and there were scholars lecturing everywhere. After Mi Heng arrived, he was full of praise and never scolded Liu Biao.But he scolded Liu Biao's men, and they were anxious to be scolded, so he fooled Liu Biao and said: "Boss, Mi Heng scolded you, kill him quickly."

Liu Biao said: "Is there any mistake, Ni Heng? He is a famous scholar. A famous scholar wants to scold others. If he doesn't scold others, what kind of celebrity is he... But it's not good for him to catch someone who scolds someone else. Or send him to a hot-tempered person." Huang Zu?" Huang Zu is the prefect of Jiangxia, and he also hopes that he can be a corporal, but his brain is not enough, when he hears someone scolding him, he gets angry when he is anxious, his eyes are dark, and he can't think.When Mi Heng came and yelled at Huang Zu, Huang Zu lost his temper, his eyes went dark, and when he opened his eyes, he was surprised to find that Mi Heng had already died on the spot.

Whether you talk about it or not, if you talk about something, you will curse at people when you see it. This is a terrible thing. History is the department of management. The three talents mentioned here, Guo Jia, Kong Rong and Mi Heng, represent three types of talents: The first type is Guo Jia, which is characterized by slavery plus talent, which is what every imperial manager eagerly desires. The second type is Mi Heng. The characteristic is that talents are not slaves. If talents are not used by me, they have no value, so they were eliminated at the end of the first time. Kong Rong is ranked in the second type. Although he is not a slave or a talent, he plays the role of a vase, and his purpose is to attract other talents to join him.When the people who really needed it came, Kong Rong was targeted and eliminated.

In short, when Cao Cao recruited talents, all those who should come came, and those who shouldn't come also came.Then Cao Cao considered, um, find a soft scorpion and pinch it, so that the soldiers can move around. Which scorpion is the softest?Cao Cao's eyes wandered around for a week, and fell on Zhang Xiu. Who is Zhang Xiu?