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The banquet set by Cao Pi is a traditional Chinese form, that is, the kind of one person and one seat. However, the guests entertained by Cao Pi were all Yizhou children, and these Yizhou children had long been accustomed to the self-service style made by Lu Ren, so they were both restrained and unaccustomed to the traditional banquet.

Fortunately, Cao Pi has some understanding of some of Yizhou's habits, and Cao Pi's body also has a bit of Lao Cao's casualness and ease, so when he saw that the children of Yizhou were so restrained, he simply came to a form change, so that everyone put the table together, and the traditional type became the self-help type, and the atmosphere of the children of Yizhou gradually became active. For Cao Pi, this kind of buffet banquet is also convenient for him to contact with the children of Yizhou. is still the same sentence, Cao Pi wants to see if he can dig up a few talents among these Yizhou children for his own use.

However, Cao Pi was still disappointed, because these Yizhou children were not interested in the olive branch thrown by Cao Pi.

So apart from the fact that these Yizhou children want to repay Lu Ren's kindness, is there any other reason? Is it because the conditions given by Cao Pi are not good enough?

To be honest, the conditions given by Cao Piken are still relatively generous. But Cao Pi himself didn't realize that he had a congenital disadvantage in recruiting these Yizhou children, that is, the power of the scholars in Cao Wei was already a little bigger.

The Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty was an era when the power of the scholars became stronger, and although the effect of the "meritocracy" adopted by Lao Cao was not bad in the early stage, it was still a little unable to withstand the pressure of the scholar class in Cao Wei in the middle and late periods. Because of this, in order to win the support of the scholar class, Cao Pi in history had to give up Lao Cao's "meritocracy" and accept the "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System" proposed by Chen Qun.

And the current situation is actually not much different from the original history, at least Lu Ren knows very well that he is not as good as the power of the Shi clan at that time. Since the liver is not enough, it is better to take a detour and take advantage of the situation, but you can also use the power of the Shi clan. And it is precisely because Lu Ren understands the power of the Shi clan in the Central Plains that when he "brainwashed" the children of Yizhou in the "political class", he cleverly stuffed some views on the Shi clan into it.

Let's put it this way, Lu Ren mainly mentioned three things when he brainwashed the children of Yizhou.

First, the population composition of Yizhou is mainly the original displaced class, coupled with Lu Ren's deliberate suppression and guidance, so Yizhou does not have a scholar clan, or the existence of a scholar clan in the sense of the late Han Dynasty. And such a piece of soil is also conducive to the development of the poor class.

Of course, Lu Ren will not say this kind of thing explicitly, so according to Lu Ren's "brainwashing" words, it is to tell these Yizhou disciples that there is no need to worry about the exclusion of those big families when doing things in Yizhou, as long as you have the ability and do things well, then you can mix well in Yizhou. In the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, the exclusion and suppression of the children of the Han family by the wealthy family of the scholars were basically understood by everyone.

Second, Lu Ren extended on the basis of the first article and passed on such a message to the children of Yizhou, that is, if you want to get ahead of other forces in the Central Plains of China, then you need to get the support of the local wealthy families. But in this way, haven't you become a disguised domestic slave of this wealthy family?

Don't think that Lu Ren's words are ugly, in that era, the children of the poor family were almost the result, otherwise they would not be able to get out in the political arena. Lu Ren took advantage of the topic and told the children of Yizhou that you can straighten your waist and do things with me, so why do you want to run away to be someone else's disguised house slave?

And how big will such remarks have on the hearts of the children of Yizhou? Since you can be your own official or do your own business in Yizhou, why should you be a slave of a wealthy family? But who wants to be a house slave if he is a little angry? In modern terms, you have to choose a boss anyway, and when you can directly follow the big boss, why bother to follow the small boss under the big boss?

And then the third, Lu Ren just emphasized the free atmosphere and good living atmosphere in Yizhou. Needless to say, this is not too much.

To be honest, these methods played by Lu Ren are actually inspired by the analysis made by modern scholars. According to scholars, the political system dominated by the children of the poor is the one that is most in line with the imperial system. The ruler needs obedient and willing to work for the ruler, and in turn, the poor children also want to be directly appreciated by the ruler. In contrast, the noble class is stuck in the middle for the interests of its own clan and family, which is not conducive to the development of the empire at best, and at worst, it will hinder the selection of officials of the ruler and hinder the advancement of the children of the poor because of the monopoly of the official career of the noble class.

Well, these are no longer nonsense, anyway, Lu Ren is still very successful in these "brainwashing" things, so the children of Yizhou subconsciously don't like Cao Wei's political atmosphere. Even if Cao Pi offered favorable conditions to win them over, they were unwilling to stay and be excluded and persecuted by the wealthy clans. Maybe you can take refuge in the door of a wealthy family, but becoming a disguised slave of these wealthy families is not psychologically uncomfortable, isn't it?

So Cao Pi was very depressed. He really didn't understand how with his courtesy to these Yizhou children and the generous treatment he offered, how could he not impress these Yizhou children? However, with Cao Pi's political vision, he also keenly felt that these Yizhou children who had no background would be better used than those guys from wealthy families, and they would be more assured to use, because they would put the monarch first when they did things, rather than their own clan faction.

Perhaps at this moment, Cao Pi suddenly understood very deeply why his father deliberately insisted on "meritocracy", and the talent route taken by Lu Ren was not a more mature "meritocracy" route? This is if Lu Ren is not here, if Lu Ren is here and knows Cao Pi's thoughts, he may pat Cao Pi on the shoulder and say:

"Don't compare yourself to me. My personal ability may not be very good, but I have information on those mature political systems in history, and I can use it directly with a slight change, what do you compare with me? ”

Without further ado, after the change in the form of the banquet, the children of Yizhou had a better time. After all, Cao Pi was restricted by his own identity, and it was impossible for him to play like the children of Yizhou, so when it was almost time, he hid and watched the children of Yizhou hi there. At this time, Cao Pi's originally smiling face was already gloomy, and when he saw Zhong Xiang beside him, he couldn't help but ask Zhong Xiangguo: "Zhong Xiangguo, what do you think of these Yizhou children?" ”

Zhong Miao still recommended a lot of talents in the history of Cao Wei, and looking at those Yizhou children at this moment, Zhong Xuan's face inevitably had some sense of loss: "I have to say that these young people are all young talents." It's a pity that such a group of young talents can't be used by the Lord, it's a pity! ”

Cao Pi's brows tightened into one place: "Xiangguo, what kind of favor did you say Lu Ren gave them?" Or is Lone really not as good as him Lu Ren? ”

“……”

This is really a bit of a problem that Zhong Xuan doesn't know how to answer. Earlier, Zhong Xuan looked down on Lu Ren a little, but later Zhong Xuan's opinion of Lu Ren gradually changed. Especially not long ago, Zhong Xuan also met Lu Ren, the result of that meeting, not to mention anything else, Lu Ren's courage alone made Zhong Xuan impressed. At this moment, Zhong Xuan tried to compare Lu Ren and Cao Pi in his heart, and came to the conclusion that if you Cao Pi went to compare with Lu Ren, it would feel like a lot worse.

But Zhong Miao can't say this kind of thing, otherwise Cao Pi will definitely give Zhong Xuan small shoes to wear. And Zhong Xuan has been in Chang'an for more than 20 years, and his official position has been mixed with high positions such as Dali and Xiangguo, and there is no need to say much about his sleek ability in the officialdom. So therefore, Zhong Xuan immediately came up with a set of beautiful words to deal with Cao Pi.

Of course, Cao Pi can hear those scenes and beautiful words, although he is a little disgusted with Zhong Xuan's smoothness and not saying a word of usefulness, but he can't ask Zhong Xuan for this, right? carried it, but it made Cao Pi's mood a little more depressed. Fu glanced at the Yizhou children who were playing over there a few more times, but for no reason he remembered a principle of Lao Cao's treatment of talents:

"Those who are talented can be used by me, use them; If you can't use it for me, kill it! ”

Because he subconsciously whispered this sentence, Zhong Xuan next to him heard it. And Zhong Miao was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly looked at Cao Pi and there was no one around him at this time, and after making sure that no one would hear what Cao Pi said just now, he hurriedly leaned closer and whispered: "The lord must not!" ”

Cao Pi just felt a little malicious in his heart, in other words, what he said just now was just an unconscious behavior, and he really didn't think about superfluous things, so Zhong Xuan's words made Cao Pi a little confused for a while: "What must not be?" ”

Zhong Xuan pulled Cao Pi a little more off, and then said in a low voice: "It's a pity that these young talents can't be used by the lord, and Lu Ren will be the lord's enemy sooner or later, but at least for now, Lu Ren is a friend to the lord. And these people are Lu Ren's ministers, if there is something wrong here in the lord, the lord is not easy to explain to the world. Besides, if you annoy Lu Ren at this time, I'm afraid that ......"

Cao Pi understood what Zhong Xuan meant, and his heart couldn't help but be dumbfounded. However, when Zhong Xuan mentioned it like this, the little malice that inadvertently appeared in his heart just now became a little heavier. After glancing at the children of Yizhou a few times again, Cao Pi's gloomy expression was also a little more ruthless: "But these people are the elites of the younger generation in Yizhou, if they grow up and get Lu Ren's reuse, then Lu Ren will be even more difficult to deal with in the future." ”

Zhong Xuan sighed lightly: "Of course this old man also knows. It's just that the lord has priorities, and everything in the world can't go smoothly, and there are some things that the lord can't bear and have to endure. ”

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Cao Pi also lost his temper. He's a man who understands politics, and of course he knows these things. However, Cao Pi was secretly thinking in his heart that if there was a plausible excuse, it would be best to get rid of all these Yizhou children.

I was thinking about it here, and the atmosphere of the children of Yizhou over there had changed again, but it was the literary staff among the children of Yizhou who had a good time and began to cheer everyone up with singing and dancing.

When it comes to singing and dancing, Yizhou is of course deeply influenced by Lu Lan, so the first song at the beginning is Lu Lan's repertoire "Wish", and most of the next songs and dances are copies of Lu Lan.

"I've been in Chang'an for almost two years, and now I can finally go back. That's right, spring is coming soon, if we go faster on the road, we can go back to catch Miss Lan's spring performance. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Should be able to catch up. ”

Although these are just some gossip, they all reveal the mood of the children of Yizhou who want to go back. In the past two years of Chang'an's war, these familiar songs and dances are not so much chicken soup for the soul that allows them to relax on the battlefield, but rather as a carrying thing that allows them to place their wish to go home.

It's just that they didn't notice that when they were singing and dancing, Cao Pi also came over out of hobby, so many of the words of the Yizhou children who wanted to go home fell into Cao Pi's ears. Cao Pi was already unhappy that he couldn't win over these Yizhou children, but now when he heard the words of these Yizhou children who were in a hurry to return to Yizhou, the unhappiness in his heart became a little heavier, and his face became more and more gloomy......

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No matter how unhappy Cao Pi is, if these Yizhou children want to leave, he can't stop him. really stiffened the relationship with Lu Ren, and Cao Pihui didn't know how to end up with many things. So at this moment, Cao Pi was outside the city gate of Chang'an to bid farewell to these Yizhou children.

I won't say much about how depressed and unhappy Cao Pi was, but I just said that there are more than 600 of these Yizhou disciples, and those who can be sent to Chang'an by Lu Ren to help in the war are indeed the elites in all aspects on Lu Ren's hands. To be honest, Lu Ren was willing to send these elite personnel out, but also wanted them to be trained on the battlefield.

Because Zhao Yu flashed people in advance, the current leader of the team is a young man who is less than thirty years old. This young man named Xu Shang is a graduate of the Department of Military Science of Yizhou Academy in the early years, in modern terms, he is the university president of these Yizhou children, and he has already entered the army of Yizhou, has a formal position and has good ability, so he has been Zhao Yu's assistant in the past two years in Chang'an. Before leaving, Zhao Yu also made it clear that he would let Xu Shanglai lead the team and lead these Yizhou children back to Yizhou.

A group of people went out of the east gate of Chang'an, but after walking a long way, Xu Shang asked everyone to stop. After looking around again, Xu Shang snapped his fingers and motioned for everyone to change direction and go southwest.

Someone is puzzled. After leaving Chang'an, their route should have been to the east, through Tongguan, then to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Xuchang. After arriving in Xuchang, you can take the "Xu Peng" railway line to Lianyungang, Xuzhou, and board the ship from Lianyungang to return to Yizhou. But what does it mean to go southwest now?

In this regard, Xu Shang showed the letter left by Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu, or Lu Ren's meaning is very clear, what he is most worried about is that Cao Pi will leave these Yizhou children in trouble, and with Lu Ren's understanding of Lao Cao's family, in case Cao Pi comes to a "If the talent can't be used by me, kill it", then this group of young elites of his own group will have to have an accident. According to the original return route, all the way was Cao Wei's territory, and Cao Pi was too easy to play some tricks along the way.

Therefore, Lu Ren decided to let these Yizhou children take another path on the return journey, that is, after leaving Chang'an, they changed to the southwest direction, and went to Hanzhong through the Meridian Valley, that is, from Liu Bei's territory back to Yizhou. Liu Bei didn't know much about these people, so he shouldn't be like Cao Pi to keep them. Besides, compared to Cao Pi, Liu Bei has to take care of face, and not long ago, Lu Ren was kind to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei couldn't pull down that face if he said anything. Again, isn't there another Zhao Yun who can help?

After reading the letter left by Zhao Yu, the Yizhou disciples didn't say much, the most important thing is that some of the Yizhou children noticed Cao Pi's gloomy face during the banquet, which is enough to show that Lu Ren's worries are not unreasonable. After explaining again, the children of Yizhou had no objection and changed their direction and headed towards Meridian Valley.

By the way, at this time, there were no soldiers at the mouth of the northern valley of the Meridian Valley. Originally, Lu Ren fooled Guan Zhang Zhao and brought soldiers and horses to be stationed there, but when the decisive battle in Chang'an started, Lu Ren flashed people in advance, and Guan Zhang Zhao was equivalent to having no decision-maker, so according to Lu Ren's pre-set strategy, he withdrew his army after reaping the benefits in the decisive battle between Cao Pi and the Western Regions Alliance. On the other hand, Cao Pi didn't want to have a conflict with Liu Bei at this time, so he didn't send troops to receive it, and the result was that there was no one stationed at the north entrance of Meridian Valley during this time. To be honest, it's not necessary at this time.

More than 600 children of Yizhou have horses...... Cao Pi was not so stingy that he didn't even give a horse. And if you go directly to the north entrance of Meridian Valley, it won't take much time when there are horses. However, in order not to be discovered by Cao Pi's whereabouts too early, the Yizhou disciples played a few lane changes to avoid during the journey, so they slowed down the journey a little, so until it was almost dark, they were still some distance away from the north entrance of the Meridian Valley.

It was not convenient to let the horses go fast when it was dark, so the children of Yizhou slowed down their horses, anyway, they were not in a hurry for this moment, and it was really not okay to camp overnight. The two years in Chang'an are almost the two years of participating in the war, what's the big deal about camping? Everyone is used to it.

However, as they walked, everyone noticed that the situation in front of them seemed to be a little wrong, and they could faintly see some firelight, not to mention, they could also hear bursts of fighting and shouting.

Fight? Not like. Because if it is a normal battle, where is the cry of the women? The most likely explanation is that there are civilians being killed and looted......