Cao Cao's consideration was sound. At the very least, for the same achievement, rewarding a vassal lord would require several higher ranks of reward, which was clearly not worthwhile. Given Liu Bei's current status, he could not afford to make such a blunder by muddling rewards and punishments. What was more, the systems Wang Xuan had established absolutely would not allow such a thing to happen.
This was actually a problem that troubled not only Liu Bei, but every ruler. Otherwise, why would there be cases where, once there was nothing left to reward, they simply stopped rewarding people... or directly killed them and had done with it?
Of course, that was only relative. Even if Wang Xuan could not deploy more than twenty experts capable of externalizing Qi at once, he could still field more than ten!
Naturally, Cao Cao was saying all this now merely to boost everyone's morale. If even the people at the top lost heart, then there would be no point in fighting this battle.
Cao Cao's analysis once again invigorated everyone.
Of course, it was not that Cao Cao's analysis had been especially brilliant. It was just that no one had thought of it before. In reality, all this information had been made public by Wang Xuan. Who did not know it? Everyone simply needed someone to give them a reason to rally again—a hope that they could fight and win.
Whether it was the Xun Family, the Zhong Family, the Chen Family, the Xu Family, or even the Cheng Family, which had once come from humble origins but had now risen because of Cheng Yu, all these clans had their interests tied to Cao Cao's. When one prospered, they all prospered; when one suffered, they all suffered. No one could escape.
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