If there is any contradiction between Liu Bei and Zhang Lu, it is nothing more than that Liu Bei entered Yizhou, took advantage of Liu Zhang, and dug Ma Chao's corner from Zhang Lu under the pretext of crusade against Zhang Lu. But Liu Bei didn't really crusade against Zhang Lu, and it was normal to talk about poaching at that time. These two things will not make Zhang Lu say such cruel things.
Therefore, Zhang Lu said that he looked down on Liu Bei. The most important thing is that he has decided to surrender to Cao Cao, and it is said to Cao Cao, because surrendering to Cao Cao is more beneficial to Zhang Lu. What are the benefits? Let's start with Zhang Lu's identity and experience. Zhang Lu is well known. He is the grandson of Zhang Ling, the first generation Shi Tian of Pentecostalism, and the third generation Shi Tian of Pentecostalism. According to legend, he is the tenth grandson of one of three outstanding heroes of early han dynasty.
Therefore, Zhang Lu was a special existence in the warlord regime in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The first is the warlord, and it happens to be the regime in Hanzhong. However, unlike other warlords, Zhang Lu established a political power with the integration of politics and religion. The reason why Zhang Lu was able to monopolize Hanzhong was related to the chaos in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhang Lu showed that he followed Ada. Because Zhang Lu's mother has a special relationship with Ada, she is deeply trusted by Ada. Ada sent Zhang Lu to attack Hanzhong, killed court officials and carved up Hanzhong.
After Ada's death, Liu Zhang, the son of Ada, became the leader of Yizhou, and Zhang Lu himself took over Hanzhong, educated the people with Pentecostalism, and established a short-term political power of integrating politics with religion. Because Hanzhong's geographical position is relatively stable, it is very rare in the era of war, and the stability of life has a great mass base, so Zhang Lu used Wudoumi to educate them. In the past twenty years, there have been many followers in Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu has become a separatist force that cannot be ignored.
So Liu Bei and Cao Cao are also fighting for Zhang Lu. In the end, Zhang Lu chose Cao Cao and expressed his contempt for Liu Bei. And Cao Cao was generous to Zhang Lu. After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, he came to Chang 'an, Luoyang, Yecheng and other places with a large number of followers, and used Cao Cao's preferential treatment to Zhang Lu to secretly spread his five-line teachings to the upper and lower classes of society. After the development of Cao Wei and the Western Jin Dynasty, after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Pentecostalism developed greatly, and its influence extended to the north and the Central Plains. Even the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi is a Pentecostal!
From this result, we can see why Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao and said that he looked down on Liu Bei. Because once Zhang Lu surrendered to Liu Bei, on the one hand, Liu Bei's land was narrow and sparsely populated, on the other hand, Liu Bei's territory was narrow, so it was difficult to avoid Liu Bei's suspicion and the spread of Pentecostalism was difficult at all. Therefore, Zhang Lu's phrase "I would rather be a slave of Tsao Gong than a guest of Liu Bei" was meant for Cao Cao, to let him know that Zhang Lu really surrendered to Cao Cao and did not stir up at both ends, so as to gain Cao Cao's greatest trust and lay a foundation for his later development. In a word, Zhang Lu is definitely a person with high quotient, and his EQ and IQ absolutely kill the audience.