Guo Jia have always told Cao Cao to separate the three brothers, to divide and conquer. However, every single time, he was blocked by this big eared Liu. Say, being a subordinate, if you really are loyal, then why must you hide your generals? Perhaps you are trying to rely on them on a rebellion?!
“Fengxiao ah, although Xuande is unbearable, it is not not the time to get rid of him!” Cao Cao wasn’t reluctant on killing Liu Bei. Afterall he was an overly suspecting man who was willing to wrongly kill three thousand than to let one escape!
But Cao Cao wanted Liu Bei’s Zhang Fei and Guan Yu! Especially Guan Yu! Outstand martial abilities, familiar with the arts of war and with the spirit of loyalty and self sacrifice, he was certainly a valiant general!
Should he kill Liu Bei right away, then in this lifetime he could forget about trying to rein such a valiant general!
“Sigh!” Guo Jia too knew what his lord was thinking about! The desire for a good general and the difficulty of removing a major enemy!
“As for Liu Ye, Liu Ziyang? Hehe, if it wasn’t for me, my lord, would you really dare use him?!” Although Liu Ye was very talented, as talented as Guo Jia, Cao Cao never really trusted him!
Xu Shao of Runan have once said ‘Liu Ye, Liu Ziyang, have a talent in assisting the building of an era.' According to Cao Cao’s love for talent, he should’ve had Liu Ye as a confidant. However, he never had. Instead, he gave Liu Ye an official position as the Assistant to the Excellency of Works. What does the Assistant of Excellency of Works do? He was in charge of provisions! Had he been in charge of the army provisions, then the position was pretty good, enough to not bring shame as a descendant of Liu Bang! Alas, he wasn’t in charge of the army provisions. Instead, he was in charge of the provisions in the Excellency of Work’s Mansion. In other words, he was the chief housekeeper!