However, it was said that after Deng Ai solicited Xun You's opinion, he immediately telegraphed the relevant content to Lu Ren and asked Lu Ren what he meant. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Lu Ren's reply was, "Listen to Old Man Xun, there is no need to fight, let's try not to fight." We have money and food, and we don't need to rush things for a while, now with the help of this kind of infighting among the southern and central tribes, it is the right thing to attract those tribes who want to live a good life to help us farm and mine. But if there is really any movement on Liu Zhang's side, don't be soft on what you should fight, and don't let Liu Zhang stretch his hand into the Nanzhong region."

All along, Lu Ren has adopted a soft knife strategy for expandable areas. At this point, it is not that Lu Ren cannot fight the conquest-type military expansion, but Lu Ren believes that the cost of military expansion is too high, and even if the military conquest can be achieved, it will not be the same afterwards to be stabilized through economic and cultural governance?

So it's not the kind of problems and regions that can only be solved through war, and Lu Ren doesn't want to use troops easily. Besides, Lao Cao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei, which of these guys is a fuel-efficient lamp? If Lu Ren didn't know how to move troops easily, causing the defense emptiness of several of his core areas, and then being picked up by these guys, then where would Lu Ren cry?

Therefore, Lu Ren's strategy for several regions in Nanzhong is to invade economically and erode culturally...... This statement may be a bit too high-level, but let's put it simply. Lu Ren's purpose is to make those areas become tenant farmers of Lu Ren subtly, and help Lu Ren grow the crops that Lu Ren needs and dig the minerals that Lu Ren needs.

As long as Lu Ren does not exploit those areas so fiercely, let the "tenant farmers" taste the corresponding sweetness and benefits, and make everyone have a balance in terms of interests, then it will be beneficial to both sides, and the relationship between the two sides will be stronger. But when it's time to do it, Lu Ren will never be soft, otherwise he will really become a good guy who is easy to bully in the eyes of others.

Deng Ai has been accustomed to Lu Ren's strategy. Lu Ren's involvement in the Nanzhong region began in the fourteenth year of Jian'an, and it has been almost four years since the eighteenth year of Jian'an. Four years is not a long time, but under the careful control of Lu Ren and Deng Ai, it has already had a considerable influence, first of all, it has made Meng Yu and them a powerful alliance group of southern and central tribes, and in the autumn of the sixteenth year of Jian'an, Deng Ai obtained Jianning.

You must know that this is a very peaceful start, Deng Ai was simply invited into Jianning City by Meng Shu and a group of sub-clan patriarchs, in terms of its nature...... Well, if the tribes of Meng Huo and these people are like large and small villages, then Deng Ai's identity is a bit like the chairman of the peasant association. There are some big and small chrysanthemum things, everyone is willing to listen to Deng Ai's ideas. And this is what Lu Ren wants to see the most.

Then Deng Ai's little lover Shui Ling...... This girl was left by Lu Ren to study at Yizhou College a few years ago, and the agreement at that time was to study in Yizhou for at least three years and graduate. But in fact, Shui Ling, a girl who can almost be said to recognize a few Chinese characters before entering school, how can she only read a book for three years?

And for those who are interested in studying, the more books will be read, the more they want to read, so until this time, Shui Ling is still studying in Yizhou College, and only during the winter and summer vacations every year, he will go back to Nanzhong to reunite with his family, and at the same time talk to Deng Ai or something. Don't think this is nonsense, in fact, there are also some children of other tribes in Nanzhong who enrolled with Shui Ling, and these people have actually brought the cultural influence of Han culture into the Nanzhong region when they were studying.

Then, before Xun You was about to leave for Nanzhong, he had quietly asked Lu Ren if he was going to attack the Shuzhong region, but Lu Ren only shook his head. As a traverser, and in order to be able to get along, Lu Ren has seen a lot of information, so Lu Ren understands one thing, that is, there are two forces in Shuzhong now, that is, the local Hao clan scholar group in Shuzhong and the Dongzhou scholar group of Liu Yan and his son, and even Liu Zhang suppressed a turmoil in Shuzhong Hao clan not long ago.

Lu Ren knows that he is not a politician, even a so-called politician is barely strong. If you go to deal with Shuzhong by yourself, then you will inevitably get involved with those two forces, and I am afraid that you will not be able to control those two forces at all with your own ability. And if he enters the Shuzhong region, the situation will become very similar to Liu Bei's entry into Shu, that is, the Shuzhong region will become the original two forces plus the three forces of the new one.

And in terms of the true team, Lu Ren is actually inferior to Liu Bei, and if you look at a figure like Zhuge Liang in history, he can't rub these three forces in Shu into a rope in his life, so wasn't he asking for trouble in the past? In addition, the development route pursued by Lu Ren would have a great conflict with the politics of the scholars at that time, and Lu Ren's territory could be implemented smoothly because of many preliminary conditions and would not be hindered by the scholar group, but if this set was moved to the Shuzhong region to be implemented...... Hehe, just wait for the riot to riot!

On the other hand, the central Shuzhong region is a place where Liu Bei has been plotting for a long time, and if Lu Ren intervenes, he will inevitably get involved with Liu Bei's group, which is not necessary for Lu Ren at all. Land? Lu Ren has it. As long as Lu Ren is willing, he can go to Australia in minutes to expand the land, so what Lu Ren lacks is population and market. If you fight with Liu Bei for the sake of a piece of territory in Shuzhong, not to mention that Lu Ren in Shuzhong may not be able to manage it, and at the same time, he will lose Liu Bei's group, a big trader, and once there is a military dispute, he will lose a large number of soldiers and population, which is a standard loss-making transaction for Lu Ren.

Again, the goal that Lu Ren set for himself in his heart also needs a situation of mutual checks and balances between the three families of Cao, Liu and Sun, so Liu Bei needs the base in Shuzhong. Otherwise, Lu Ren's strategic goals would have to be changed on a large scale, and this was definitely not something that Lu Ren could easily do.

So so again, Lu Ren's goal in the Nanzhong region is the key place of Jianning, and Lu Ren doesn't want to do superfluous things. And after Xun You understood Lu Ren's thoughts, he also decided to follow Lu Ren's direction.

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In the blink of an eye, in March and April, it is time for the Qingming Festival.

The Qingming Festival in the Han Dynasty did not have as many things as later, but under the guidance of Lu Ren, Yizhou still had the custom of sweeping tombs during the Qingming Festival in later generations.

Lu Ren issued an order, except for some necessary people's livelihood and defense on the Qingming Day, all the rest will be on the Qingming Festival for three days. Of course, those service and entertainment industries are not among them, and those bosses will not let go of this kind of good days when they have a large number of customers and can make a lot of money. Therefore, the city of Yizhou is very lively, and there is a flow of people everywhere. Every time Lu Ren sees such a scene, the feeling in his heart will be strange, because he can find a little bit of his original era in this kind of scene where people come and go.

Ignoring how noisy he was outside, Lu Ren avoided the noise with his family at this time, and sat quietly at home to recuperate. Accompany Cai Yan, and then tease yourself with the four children of wind and rain, and enjoy the joy of family. As for Minchan...... She can't sit still, where is she going shopping with Mi Zhen and Zhen Mi at this time?

Yizhou is located in the southern country, although the season is still only Qingming, but it is already quite hot. Lu Ren accompanied Cai Yan in the morning, and compared Lu Feng's studies again, and hung a hammock in the garden after lunch, wanting to take a nap. Because he couldn't sleep for a while, Lu Ren simply asked someone to get a copy of "Historical Records", and half lay there to study.

"Father!"

The young child's voice made Lu Ren put down the book in his hand, and turned his head sideways to see that it was the second daughter Lu Yu who was holding a cup of fragrant tea and handed it over.

"Father, please have tea!"

Lu Ren sat up, touched Lu Yu's head lovingly, took a sip of tea, and felt the aroma in the mouth, the tea taste was slightly bitter but never astringent, and the sweetness after the bitterness was endless, obviously the top grade of tea.

Lu Yu raised his little face and asked expectantly, "What does Father think of this tea?" ”

"Good tea!"

Lu Renpin took a sip and nodded slightly. Seeing an innocent smile on Lu Yu's expectant face, he climbed off the hammock with a smile and picked up Lu Yu and wanted to put it in the crook of his arm. But Lu Yu, who was born in the ninth year of Jian'an, is nine years old this year, and he has gained some weight, and Lu Ren felt a little unable to hold it halfway through, let alone let Xiao Lu Yu sit on the crook of his arm. In desperation, he had to sit down on the stone bench and let Xiao Luyu sit on his lap.

Nodding Lu Yu's little nose again, Lu Ren sighed in his heart for no reason, and said in his heart: "It's really fast...... So many years have passed all of a sudden, and now the wind and rain are nine years old......"

Lu Yu raised his head, and when he saw that Lu Ren was a little distracted, he asked curiously, "What is my father thinking?" Is it that Yu'er is not well-behaved and makes his father unhappy? ”

Lu Ren came back to his senses, stroked Lu Yu's little face lovingly, and said, "Where, my Yu'er is the most sensible and obedient." My father is thinking, my father is always so busy, and I rarely have time to spend with you, and I'm really not good as a father. ”

Lu Yu said seriously in a young child's voice: "Although my father is so busy that he often can't take care of us, he always finds time to accompany us as much as possible, which proves that my father is worried about us, and this is enough." We shouldn't insist on asking our fathers to ignore government affairs and spend time with their families. ”

Lu Ren was happy when he heard it: "Who taught you this?" (To be continued.) )