In the middle of the night, Lu Ren had already left, and Cao Zhang was standing alone in the courtyard looking up at the stars in the sky.

Some of Lu Ren's previous words really touched some heartstrings in Cao Zhang's heart. As we all know, Lao Cao can almost be said to be more emperor than the emperor in the end, and many people have used various reasons to persuade Lao Cao to ascend to the throne, but Lao Cao has never taken this step in his life.

What kind of reasons are there for this, historians have been arguing for a long time, I won't talk about him here, anyway, only Lao Cao himself understands what is going on. However, Cao Zhang, as a son, of course, also hopes that Lao Cao can ascend to the throne, for which Cao Zhang asked Lao Cao about this in private a few years ago, and Lao Cao's answer to Cao Zhang was:

"Zhang'er, there are some things that my father doesn't want to do, but he can't do them. Although he has always been a father, it seems that he has never cared much about the resistance and abuse of others to his father, but in this world, how many people can not care about other people's comments on themselves at all? ”

Cao Zhang still vaguely remembered that it was also under such a night that day, the old Cao, who had a white beard, looked at the starry sky and said something like this: "Zhang'er, you remember, although the power in the world today is in the hands of my Cao family, there are still too many people in the world who are sincerely loyal to the Han family, or who do personal interests in the name of loyalty to the Han, so if our Cao family takes the lead, then the infamy will all be carried by our Cao children, and some bastard people can hide behind our Cao children and do what they want. Why do we Cao people do such stupid things?

"Anyway, as long as the power of the world is in our hands, then what does it matter if we don't do some things? And why bother to provoke infamy for the sake of a false name? On the other hand, as long as we don't take the last step and still fight for the Quartet in the name of the Han family, then we will always earn back some good reputation for the Cao family. ”

At this point, Lao Cao suddenly looked around at no one, and then leaned into Cao Zhang's ear and whispered: "Zhang'er, now is definitely not the time to take that step." Do you remember that my father once said, 'If the destiny of heaven is in me, then I am the king of Zhou Wen'? This is how the Father explains to you the meaning of this saying...... Our Cao family is not short of power now, what is lacking is fame, so what we need to earn back now is a name. When our Cao family's name is enough, this destiny will naturally move to our Cao family, and we don't have to do some things ourselves, and naturally there will be a large number of people to help us do it, and at that time, our Cao family is the real expectation. So before that, it is better for us Cao people to be honest and loyal ministers of the Han family. Let's not do the scolding thing. ”

(The above is purely bottle-written, don't take it too seriously!) ）

……

Recalling this, and then thinking of what Lu Ren said, Cao Zhang seemed to realize something, or from his personal point of view, he may have "understood" some of Lu Ren's intentions...... Of course, in fact, it is far away, and it can even be said that Cao Zhang is spending Lu Ren's gentleman's belly with his villain's heart. Lu Ren's true thoughts, where can Cao Zhang understand?

"Alas! No wonder his father praised Lu Ren when he was alive. It seems that in many places, this Lu Ren can be compared with his father, and I am a brave person, and I am really not as good as Lu Ren in terms of scheming. ”

With it, Cao Zhang remembered what Lu Lingqi had said to him that day. To put it simply, Lu Lingqi made it clear that her father was not angry, so she, as a daughter, wanted to earn back some face.

Of course, Lao Cao's situation and Lu Bu's situation are very different, but there is one thing in common, that is, Lao Cao and Lu Lingqi both want to earn "fame". Now Lao Cao is gone, but Lao Cao's words to earn "fame" remain in Cao Zhang's memory, and think about Lu Lingqi's work so well...... Oh yes, Cao Zhang has always had a competitive heart for Lu Lingqi. Anyway, thinking about Lu Lingqi's doing so well, but she could only honestly stay in the fiefdom and do nothing before, Cao Zhang's mentality was a little unbalanced. Now that there is such an opportunity, and the conditions given by Lu Ren are so good, maybe there are some traps, but what does it matter if you do it? At least in Cao Zhang's mind, it seems that he really can't see anything bad for him.

Thinking about it, Cao Zhang felt that his brain was not enough, after all, Cao Zhang was really not good at calculating these things. After thinking about it again and again, Cao Zhang slapped his head violently, and said in his heart, Isn't Cao Chong here in Lu Ren? And Cao Chong's ingenuity is praised by even Lao Cao, of course, this kind of brain-consuming thing has to be talked to Cao Chong, and let Cao Chong come to get an idea.

He is such a hot-blooded eight forces, he will do it immediately when he thinks of something, so regardless of the fact that it is dark now, he immediately left the hotel and rushed to Cao Chong's residence. But to be honest, it's probably about nine o'clock in the evening now, and the nightlife has just begun for Yizhou here.

Cao Zhang left the hotel to find Cao Chong, and someone immediately reported the matter to Lu Ren. Lu Ren didn't say anything, just smiled. Because Lu Ren had already guessed that with Cao Zhang's brain level, he would most likely go to Cao Chong to discuss this matter. And Cao Chong is there...... How long has Cao Chong been in Yizhou? Many things, Lu Ren has already quietly passed on to the past. And Lu Ren knows that Cao Chong is not the kind of person who is willing to live a dull life, if there is really any opportunity, Cao Chong will definitely be willing to fight.

"I don't believe you two brothers will be unmoved. The cake I'm giving you is so big that you don't see anything wrong with it on the surface. But where will you understand what I really want to achieve, and what you know and learn? Anyway, you just fell into the pit I dug. ”

As Lu Ren expected, after Cao Zhang and Cao Chong, the two brothers, discussed all night, they couldn't see anything wrong with the conditions given by Lu Ren. And Cao Chong thought a little more, and he just thought that Lu Ren was suspected of selling his reputation by doing this, and there were some things that their brothers could completely engage in their own micro-operations. So in the end, the two brothers agreed to Lu Ren's proposal, and Cao Zhang returned to Cao Wei to recruit troops, while Cao Chong stayed in Yizhou to pick up the people sent by Cao Zhang...... In any case, Cao Chong did not dare to go back to Wei.

Cao Zhang's fief was in Zhongmu, not far from Xuchang, so Lu Ren asked Cao Zhang to bring a table and hand it to Emperor Liu Xie, and in the text, Lu Ren asked Emperor Liu Xie to immediately send an edict, so that Cao Zhang could recruit troops and buy horses.

Emperor Liu Xie was a smart person, and he immediately read Lu Ren's implied meaning from Lu Ren's expression. For Emperor Liu Xie, what Lu Ren is doing now is completely conducive to further enhancing the prestige of the Han family, that is to say, Lu Ren and Xun Yu are working hard for the revival of the Han family, so Emperor Liu Xie issued an edict without saying a word, crowned Cao Zhang as the general of Pingxi, and ordered Cao Zhang to recruit soldiers and horses to participate in Lu Ren's battle against Guishan, and be controlled by Lu Ren.

Oh, by the way, Cao Zhang himself has a title and official position, but that is the title and position of the Duchy of Cao Wei, and now he has been awarded the edict of Emperor Liu Xie, and the meaning of his identity is different. To find a very reliable explanation, Cao Zhang was only a magistrate in the past, but now he has been awarded the title of Emperor Liu Xie, but he belongs to the "Beijing official" series.

Well, that's not. Anyway, Cao Zhangshun got this edict by the way, and he could justifiably return to Zhongmu to recruit troops. And the money, food, and materials that Lu Ren promised to provide to Cao Zhang could also be sent to Xuzhou by sea, and then sent to Cao Zhang's hands through the Pengxu railway line, so Cao Zhang only needs to recruit soldiers and horses with peace of mind now.

Originally, whether it was Lu Ren or Cao Zhang, they all thought that Cao Zhang's recruitment of soldiers and horses would not be too smooth, at least not so fast. But the actual situation is that Lu Ren still underestimated the ...... of the ancients How so? The degree of good face? Anyway, as soon as the news of Cao Zhang's recruitment of soldiers and horses in Zhongmu spread, in less than a month, more than 5,000 people were gathered. According to the news that Lu Ren came back from the intelligence stations in several other places in Cao Wei's place, many people were rushing to Zhongmu.

The reason is actually very simple, it is nothing more than that these people think that Cao Pi has done something too embarrassing, so they see that there is such an opportunity to get this face back. At this point, we must not underestimate the blood index and self-esteem of the people of that era. And who in the world would not love their hometown and value the reputation of their hometown? To put it more simply, when someone hears that they don't say that they belittle their hometown, that person's heart will definitely be uncomfortable. （PASS）

Of course, it is a good thing that the recruitment is so smooth, but the problem is that the enthusiasm for recruiting is a bit beyond Lu Ren's expectations, so the money, food and materials provided by Lu Ren are a little unable to keep up for a while. And Cao Zhang was not ambiguous, and immediately began to sell his family property to make use of it, and Lu Ren also urgently transferred a batch of materials to Cao Zhang after hearing the news......

Not to mention the things related to the battlefield, just say that somewhere in Yizhou at this moment, a beautiful piece of music is playing, and the wonderful figure in the hall is also dancing dizzyingly.

"Stop! Xiaoqin, you should pay attention to the side of your right foot here, it is too easy to sprain like you. ”

I'm sorry, but the person who is dancing is not Lu Lan, the flower of Yizhou, but ...... Lu Ren's third daughter, Lu Qin.

Lu Qin was born in March of the 11th year of Jian'an, and he was now 16 years old when the autumn of the 27th year of Jian'an began. Compared with the eldest brother Lu Feng and the second sister Lu Yu, Lu Qin inherited the art of piano music from Cai Yan. Originally, Lu Ren and Cai Yan both wanted Lu Qin to inherit Cai Yan's literature again, but Lu Qin unexpectedly chose to learn from Lu Lan...... Well, in modern terms, Lu Qin just wants to become Lu Lan's successor and become the flower of Yizhou of the second generation of Yizhou.

If it was according to the traditional thinking at that time, Cai Yan would definitely not be able to accept this kind of thing, but fortunately, in the past ten years, Cai Lai's thinking has relaxed a lot under Lu Ren's "poison". Again, who doesn't want their children to be the center of attention? If you are a modern person, you can hear that your children can become stars, and you would like to be like this for nine and a half out of ten, right?

Of course, the most important thing is that Lu Lan's generation has performed really well under Lu Ren's arrangement, and it has completely lost the nature of advocating excellence in the Han Dynasty, but it has the taste of a goddess. It is precisely because of such a premise that Cai Yan didn't mind Lu Qin going to study with Lu Lan. If his baby daughter can become the goddess of the next generation of Yizhou, there is nothing wrong with it.

As for Lu Ren, he didn't care about these things. Putting aside those messy things, from a political perspective alone, a figure like Lu Lan, who has a huge influence on the people in the territory, is of course better than his own people. And Lu Lan has always had a bad attitude towards Lu Ren, not to mention what kind of attitude Lu Ren has always had, the next generation of people will be replaced by their own daughters, and many things will be very convenient...... Well, from this point of view, Lu Ren is becoming more and more a politician. But there is no way, you have to find a position in your position, and many times it is not good to be a little black.

And Lu Lan...... I have to say that Lu Lan is now thirty-seven and almost thirty-eight. Although under Lu Ren's means, Lu Lan does not look old at all, she is still so young and beautiful, but after all, at this age, a lot of too "tender" jobs are honestly not suitable. After all, this is not modern society, to be honest, even in modern society, actresses at this age, except for a few people, almost all of them should retire. Therefore, Lu Lan also wants to find someone who can replace her, and Lu Qin, who is now sixteen years old, is really very suitable.

When it comes to identity, I don't talk about this. As long as it is one acre and three points of land in Lu Ren, who dares to fight Lu Qin's idea?

In terms of literary and artistic skills, this is not to mention. Will Cai Yan's daughter be poor? His own literary skills have given Lu Qin an elegant temperament in literature and art, and his strength in music and rhythm is ...... Forget it, I don't need to say much about this.

Finally, there is the physiognomy aspect. Will Lu Qin, who inherited Cai Yan's goddess-like appearance, be bad? To put it mildly, if there is something that is not very suitable, Lu Ren will quietly help Lu Qin "trim" it.

And Lu Qin is willing to work hard, and has been working hard under Lu Lan's teaching, and he is not very good at dancing. With Lu Qin's intelligent talent, I believe that he will soon be able to reach the level of Lu Lan in a certain period. At least the current Lu Lan has a feeling, that is, after Lu Qin's official debut, it won't take long to surpass herself, after all, she learned a lot of things late, unlike Lu Qin, who has a good foundation and family background.

Looking at Lu Qin, who was practicing dance there with her heart, Lu Lan smiled knowingly. For Lu Lan, it has been more than ten years since she appeared on the stage, and she has helped Lu Ren a lot, and even many times Lu Ren can't do without Lu Lan's help, but it also causes Lu Lan to know that she can't leave the stage yet, because then no one can help Lu Ren. Now that she has such a successor, Lu Lan's mind has been put down, and she is ready to make plans for some of her own things......

(The bottle can't help but want to PASS it here, the regional black thing is very annoying, and once someone engages in regional black, there will be local people who will jump out to earn face for their hometown.) The bottle is a DNFER, which is very common, and it is often suspected that the horn merchants are deliberately selling their horns in this way. So the bottle has to say that the black businessmen who play regional black are not allowed to die. ）