In his early years, Liu Bei was subordinate to several princes, including Gongsun Zhan, Tao Qian, Lü Bu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao. Among these princes, he can be said to be like a fish in the water, mixed with the wind and water. And Liu Bei can do this for several main reasons:
Although Liu Bei's strength is small, it is also a boost.
Liu Bei's early strength was weak, not more than a thousand, and he would not be able to close Zhang, and Wen would be Jian Yong. However, while under Gongsun Zhang's command, Gongsun Zhan used him as Tian Kai's helper to help Tian Kai and Yuan Shao compete for Qingzhou. Later, he helped Tao Qian defend Xuzhou, and then helped Cao Cao attack Lü Bu. This is because although Liu Bei's strength is weak, it should not be underestimated, especially after Guan Zhang's fame came out, the name of "ten thousand enemies" is not empty.
And once this power has a tendency to expand, those princes will be jealous and jealous of Liu Bei, so Lü Bu will attack Liu Bei, Cao Cao will be jealous of Liu Bei, and Cai Mao will also feel threatened from Liu Bei.
The princes were willing to use Liu Bei as a "horse bone" for buying horse bones for thousands of dollars.
When Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao, Cheng Yu advised Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei, but Cao Cao disagreed, believing that he should not "kill one person and lose the heart of the world", believing that once Liu Bei was killed, there would be no more talents to come to him in the future, or those who wanted to surrender would become hesitant, so he preferred to use Liu Bei as a "horse bone" for buying horse bones for thousands of dollars, and showed others his determination to recruit talents from all over the world.
Liu Bei's identity is special
After Liu Bei escaped from Cao Cao, he had an additional identity on his body, "Emperor Uncle", which directly upgraded Liu Bei from the original mat weaver and peddler to a royal family member recognized by the imperial court. The improvement of his status will naturally be respected by other princes, especially when Cao Cao threatens Tianzi to order the princes, Cao Cao uses the convenience of Tianzi to expand his power extremely quickly, and his name is justified. And to accept Liu Bei, who had just come out of Xuchang, he could use Liu Bei to make a fuss and make him famous when dealing with Cao Cao.
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Being able to mix so much among the princes of the Kwantung really belongs to Liu Bei's family. Here we can see Liu Bei's diplomatic ability in the early days. For example, Liu Bei is like a job seeker now, from the very beginning of the job search, starting from a small clerk, constantly jumping ship, becoming the backbone elite of an enterprise, and then choosing to start his own business and establish a large enterprise.