The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and everything is silent.

In the thatched cottage, the Zhuge brothers sat opposite each other and discussed the general trend of the world.

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and talked happily: "At present, although Yuan Benchu ​​has a strong power, he will think carefully, but it is not the case. First, Yuan Shao, as a monarch, is fond of planning and never-ending, and is often kind to women; his staff are mostly flawed, judges are dedicated but not scheming, Xu You is greedy but not wise, Ji Fruit is useless, Tian Feng is tough but not brave, Guo Tu is solid but not changeable; Yan Liang and Wen Chou are brave but not scheming, Qu Yi is arrogant and arrogant, and they are not people who accomplish great things!"

As the saying goes, "Heroes have similar views." According to the natural development of history, Zhuge Liang's words will come from Xun Yu soon, but because of Yuan Mai's time travel, they were spit out of Zhuge Liang's mouth in advance.

The general meaning is that Yuan Shao was an indecisive monarch who was not enough to accomplish great things. His civil and military staff all had flaws: Although Shen Pei was loyal, he was too arrogant and often had no choice but tolerate dissent. He lacked strategy. He was definitely not a suitable candidate for the governor's shogunate.

Although Xu You was a little clever, he made a lot of money because he followed Yuan Shao early. This is actually a manifestation of "great foolishness and wisdom". He only had small cleverness but no great wisdom.

Although Feng Ji is decisive and decisive in his work, he has no foresight. He is actually a useless talent. Although Tian Feng is strategy, he is too strong and does not understand the way to advance and retreat. He often angers Yuan Shao regardless of the consequences, and will sooner or later cause trouble.

The above four major strategists have been evaluated by Xun Yu in history, which is exactly the same as what Zhuge Liang said. The difference is that Zhuge Liang not only commented on the four major strategists, Feng, Tian and Xu, but also commented on Ju Su and Guo Tu who were not mentioned by Xun Yu.

According to Zhuge Liang's view, although Ju Shu is smart, he lacks the courage to take responsibility and does not have the courage to stand up and fight when encountering difficulties. Although Guo Tu is talented, able to govern the local area, able to provide advice, and able to lead the troops. However, he is stubborn and lacks change. Although these people have advantages, they are not talents who achieve great things.

As for the military generals under Yuan Shao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were brave but had no plans. They could be defeated by using tricks; although Qu Yi was more strategic than Yan and Wen, he was arrogant and arrogant, and he was arrogant and would be defeated.

Although Zhuge Liang was just a villager in the mountains, most of the people he made friends with were traveling around the world. Everyone often gathered together to discuss the general trend of the world, guided the country and rated people, so Zhuge Liang was not unfamiliar with the civil and military officials under Yuan Shao. At this moment, he could easily find it as if he had known it.

After hearing what his brother said, Zhuge Jin felt a little angry, thinking that you are just a young man who has not yet emerged from the cottage. How could someone say a few words to you, so how could you not know that the sky is so high? What you are talking about are all the ministers of Hebei. If you say nothing, then isn’t your brother even more useless?

"Kong Ming, you can't speak so complacently. These people are all talented people in Hebei. Why are you so defamed by you? The Confucian way is based on modesty. Remember, remember!" Zhuge Jin picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and gave a reply.

Zhuge Liang didn't mind, so he shook the feather fan and said with a smile: "Haha... Brother, don't be angry, my foolish brother's words are definitely not just plain words, but because of their behavior and careful analysis and judgment, he came to such a conclusion."

"Even if you have a correct evaluation, Mr. Yuan Xianyong has recruited many heroes over the past year, such as Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun and others, who are all good at fighting, which is enough to enhance the strength of the Yuan Group!"

Zhuge Jin put down the tea bowl, picked up the palm-leaf fan beside him and shook it hard, arguing that it was already June. Although it was night, sweat still appeared on his forehead after a cup of tea.

"I am not very familiar with Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and I dare not comment. The 'Steal Camp' created by Gao Shun is famous. Logically speaking, if the Yuan family has acquired these generals, its strength will definitely improve, but the Yuan family's biggest opponent is Cao Mengde from the Central Plains. Cao Cao has captured Lu Bu, the world's most powerful general, which is enough to offset the increase in Yuan's strength..." Zhuge Liang poured tea for his brother while talking.

Back then, Mr. Zhuge went to visit Dongwu with a feather fan and a silk scarf. With his iron teeth and bronze teeth, he fought against the scholars of the Eastern Wu with his tongue, which made them speechless and unable to argue. Although he was young at this time, he was still more than enough to face his loyal brother.

"You think Mr. Yuan's biggest opponent is Cao Mengde, and that's right! But if you think Mr. Yuan's strength is not as good as Cao Cao, that's a big mistake!" Zhuge Jin turned the tea bowl in front of him and decided to correct his brother's opinion.

Zhuge Liang picked up the teacup and moistened his mouth, and smiled and said, "Brother, please listen to me. At present, although Yuan Gong's strength is slightly stronger than Cao Cao, he no longer has the advantage of suppressing sex. Yuan Gong has occupied Ji, Qing, You and four states, and has more than 6 million people under his command; but Cao Cao also controls the four states of Si, Yu, Yan, and Xu, and has about 5 million residents under his jurisdiction; he is not much inferior to Yuan Gong in terms of land area and population."

“袁公手下兵马估摸在四十万上下,但曹操灭掉吕布,平定宛城,招降青州黄巾军之后,其实力也得到大幅扩充,据各方猜测,其兵力当在二十五万左右.况且,曹公手下的荀彧,郭嘉,荀攸,程昱等人皆是德才兼备之士,夏侯惇,夏侯渊,曹仁,于禁皆是谋勇双全的武将,再加上又在宛城收了贾诩这只老狐狸,下邳收了吕布这头猛虎,两相比较,曹操的实力已经不输袁公多少,两军开战,鹿死谁手,尤为可知!”

After hearing what Zhuge Liang said, the data and arguments assisted each other, which made people unable to refute it. Zhuge Jin was displeased and asked in dissatisfaction: "Since you also say who will win, it is especially clear why he must assert that Mr. Yuan will lose and is not optimistic about the Yuan family?"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "I mean the strengths of both sides are not much different. When fighting normally, it is not certain who will kill him. But the Yuan family has fatal flaws. No matter who can gain the upper hand for the time being, as time goes by, the Yuan family's building will collapse one day!"

"How do you say this?" Zhuge Jin asked.

"The disaster caused Xiao Jiang and brothers' disagreement is a taboo in military strategists. Duke Yuan divided the four states with his three sons and one nephew. He originally wanted the Yuan family to settle down, but he was reluctant to establish an heir, but he planted the root of disaster. If Duke Yuan left one day, the Yuan brothers would have a dispute. How could they fight against Cao Cao?" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and slapped his brother with a sweat on his forehead.

Zhuge Jin couldn't help but speechless. After careful consideration, his second brother's analysis seemed to be reasonable.

"In comparison, Cao Cao is much more clever in this regard. He first 'held the emperor to command the princes' and then appointed his heirs, and first established Cao Ang. After Cao Ang died, he changed Cao Pi. The other sons only asked about political affairs, thus eliminating the root of the brothers' civil strife. He governed the local people based on merit, rather than pushing them to the high position of the governor of the state regardless of whether his son could do it or not. Sizhou had Xiahou Yuan, Zhong Yao was in charge, Yanzhou had Cao Ren, Cheng Yu, Yu Jin, and Liu Ye, all of whom were capable. In order to know people and do good jobs, Cao Cao was far superior to Yuan Benchu. Compared with the two, where is the chance of winning in the Yuan family?"

Zhuge Liang stood up as he spoke, walked to the door, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and looked as if he was pointing out the country, as if the general trend of the world had already reached a conclusion in his mouth.

Shaking the feather fan continued: "In fact, Mr. Yuan made a strategic mistake before. He should not regard Gongsun Zan, who was trapped in Yijing's lonely city, as his biggest enemy, but should suppress Cao Cao and not let Cao Mengde easily destroy Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu. Now, although Mr. Yuan has destroyed Gongsun, Cao Cao has also surrendered Lu Bu and Zhang Xiu. Yuan's huge advantage over Cao Cao was gradually disappearing..."

He sighed and said, "According to the above, I don't like the Yuan family. Therefore, I would like to advise my brother here to temporarily abandon the official position given to you by the Yuan family and stay in Jingxiang and watch the changes, so as not to cause a disaster when the Yuan family loses power!"

After hearing Kong Ming's words, Zhuge Jin was very depressed. He came to Jingzhou to persuade him to surrender to Bingzhou, but now he was almost persuaded to resign from office and step down. This brother really had iron teeth!

Although he felt that the brother's words were reasonable, Zhuge Jin did not completely believe it or despair. What's more, Mr. Yuan had a life-saving grace to save himself and entrusted with the important task of Gongcao, how could he resign and leave?

"Forget it, since you have decided to do it, and you have said it here, you have nothing to say for me!"

Zhuge Jin sighed in a daze, stepped back, and smiled bitterly: "I originally wanted the Zhuge family to be generous and honored to you, and I also wanted to make contributions to Mr. Yuan and gain a better face. But who knew that he had hit a nail in front of his brothers. He was so shameless to see the master!"

Seeing that his brother was extremely depressed, Zhuge Liang felt unbearable. He had a sudden inspiration and thought of someone, and suggested: "If your brother feels unable to explain to Mr. Yuan, I will recommend a talent to you. Maybe this person is interested in becoming an official. If you can convince this person, you should go back and report to the master!"

"Oh... I don't know who you are talking about? If you are an ordinary peddler, you should forget it! I don't want to be made fun of again!" Zhuge Jin was unhappy, so he said something thorny.

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said confidently: "Brother, don't worry. Since I recommend this person to you, I will naturally not be aimless. If you are in terms of wisdom, his talent is not under Yuan Gong's best adviser Tian Feng, who is the best adviser under Yuan Gong, may be better than Ju Su. More importantly, this person is interested in becoming an official and wants to win some fame. If Prince Yuan Xianyong sincerely invites him, he might be happy to come out to help. If Yuan can get this person's assistance and compete with Cao Cao, he may be able to increase his chance of victory!"
Chapter completed!