At this moment, there was silence in the communication cabin, and Lu Ren was looking at Xun Yu with a smile, but Xun Yu was there bowing his head and pondering something. After a long time, Xun Yu raised his head and asked Lu Ren, "Yihao, don't you really want to enter the king?" ”

Lu Ren also sighed softly at this time: "Xun Gong, you are here again." Seriously, it would be a lie to say that I don't have any idea about this kind of thing, but I know I can't do that. Are you satisfied with such an answer? ”

Xun Yu smiled self-deprecatingly: "In this way, there is some meaning that the old man is blocking your road to glory." ”

Lu Ren scoffed: "Glory and wealth? Xun Gong, do you think I, Lu Ren, lack this thing? And it's better for people to do something meaningful in their lives, and then leave their name for eternity, right? ”

Xun Yu looked at Lu Ren, but did not speak.

In fact, Lu Ren also had a headache at the moment. When he first received Xun Yu's telegram asking for a *** call, Lu Ren only roughly guessed what Xun Yu wanted to say to him, so Lu Ren was also a little prepared for Xun Yu. But Lu Ren also knew that after Xun Yu experienced Lao Cao's incident, that nerve was really too sensitive, and he would become unwilling to easily trust anyone, including himself, in this kind of matter, so it was a bit unrealistic to reassure Xun Yu with just a few words. But now that the words have been said to this point, what else can Lu Ren say?

Because of this, both of them fell silent again. Xun Yu didn't know what Lu Ren was thinking about, but Lu Ren thought about it and suddenly remembered one thing, that is, in the original historical process, Lao Cao also encountered similar things, that is, Sun Quan once sent a persuasion form to Lao Cao, which meant to persuade Lao Cao to ascend the throne, and Lao Cao's response was to make Sun Quan's letter public to everyone, and then smiled and said that Sun Quan wanted to put his Lao Cao on the stove to roast.

Later historians have analyzed that Sun Quan's purpose in coming to this hand was definitely not good-hearted, and it was precisely because Lao Cao saw through Sun Quan's sinister intentions that he made it clear to everyone that Sun Quan wanted to put his Lao Cao on the stove. And Lu Ren's mind also flashed when he thought of this incident, and some things that he couldn't figure out before were also analyzed, and he said that this kind of trick is really something that everyone knows? Sun Quan wants to put Lao Cao on the stove to roast, so will the current Cao Pi and Liu Bei also want to put themselves on the stove?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Ren immediately told Xun Yu this idea, which can be regarded as breaking the previous silence between Xun Yu and Xun Yu, so as to find a topic. And Xun Yu nodded lightly after listening to Lu Ren's rough analysis: "Yihao, I won't tell you, the old man has already thought of these things, but ......"

Lu Ren said: "But you are afraid that I have excessive ambition in my heart, and you will think that what you said is to block my path to glory, right?" ”

Xun Yu nodded silently.

Lu Ren sighed helplessly: "Xun Gong, I can understand your thoughts and concerns, but can you understand the thoughts in my heart...... Well, maybe you really don't understand. ”

This is the truth, Lu Ren's idea is the idea of the angry youth of later generations, so Lu Ren really doesn't expect Xun Yu, a person with the limitations of the times, to understand. There is a saying in later generations that a person who is half a step ahead of the world is a great man, but a person who is one step ahead is a madman. And the ideas of great men were not incomprehensible to the people of the time, let alone the thoughts of madmen. Then turn back to Lu Ren's body...... Lu Ren didn't know how many steps ahead of this era he had come to this era more than 1,800 years later, so wouldn't he be even more crazy than a madman? Super lunatic? Super Maniac No. 3? Or is it the god of super-madness? Red or blue? (Sorry, I skewered Dragon Ball Super.) ）

Xun Yu here looked at Lu Ren again, his eyes were full of doubt and uneasiness: "Yihao, tell me, can I trust you?" ”

Lu Ren really lost his temper at this time, and after thinking about it, he finally simply brought a bit of a tricky tone: "Xun Gong, Xun Gong, I really can't help you." Forget it, believe it or not. Anyway, in the end, I'll tell you this, if you believe me, you may still have a bit of a struggle, but if you don't believe me, then there is really no effort at all. But don't do anything to me! You can still block some things if you stay by my side, but if you die, who will stop those crooked things? ”

Xun Yu lowered his head again and was silent, and this time he had to be silent for more than ten minutes before raising his head, and smiled at Lu Ren with some misery: "Maybe Yihao, you're right, it's all here, what can I do but choose to believe you?" I'm sixty-two years old, how many more years can I live in this world? And many things have already been completed, and my insistence on persisting like this is just blocking the car with my mantis arm. ”

Lu Ren almost went crazy when he heard this, and said in his heart, "You can actually understand the world!" But thinking about Xun Yu's ideals and persistence, it is really difficult to say anything to Xun Yu. Perhaps in this world, people like Xun Yu are one of the most pitiful people, who have their own ideals and dreams in their hearts, but they understand that their ideals and dreams can no longer be realized, making them live in this world is actually no different from the walking dead, the pain and suffering in their hearts...... Even Lu Ren remembered Zhuge Liang in the late Shu Han Dynasty, would Zhuge Liang be like this at that time?

Xun Yu at this end lowered his head again and didn't know what to think, and then said to Lu Ren: "Yihao, can you promise me one thing?" ”

Lu Ren said: "Say it." ”

Xun Yu was still silent for a while before opening his mouth to Lu Ren: "There are some things that I know are irreparable, and blindly forcing you is actually unfair to you, but ......"

Lu Ren hurriedly waved his hand: "Let's get to the point!" What's the point of saying these polite words at this time? ”

Xun Yu smiled bitterly before saying, "Okay...... What kind of road will you embark on in the future, I have no way to take you, nor can I block your road to glory. But I hope you can promise me that at least for the lifetime of the old man, you don't ......"

Lu Ren interrupted Xun Yu's words: "If this is your condition, I promise you." At least in the lifetime of your old man Xun, I, Lu Ren, am not a public and a king, and I will not do such a thing as being called an emperor or an emperor. ”

In fact, everyone knows that this kind of oath-like words are not binding at all, but for people like Xun Yu who are already on the verge of despair, being able to get such a sentence can always give them some hope, at least give them a little more hope, and can give them a direction to fight for for the rest of their lives.

So at this time, Xun Yu suddenly knelt down to Lu Ren and saluted, but Lu Ren was startled, and subconsciously reached out to help, completely forgetting that the one standing opposite was just a holographic projection. As a result, under the loss of balance, Xun Yu just knelt down and made a big salute, but Lu Ren had a close contact with the ground.

But it's okay to end this heavy conversation with a small nonsensical ending after a very heavy topic. Lu Ren got up a little embarrassed, and when he saw that Xun Yu was still kneeling there, he simply sat on the ground, waved his hand at Xun Yu, who was a little stunned because of his fall just now, and smiled: "Okay, okay, don't say anything superfluous." It's getting late now, you go back to rest, and show it to me after you have written the form and the text, and if it's okay, you can directly submit it to the Son of Heaven and print it out. ”

Xun Yu nodded, and finally whispered to Lu Ren:

"Yoshiho, thank you......"

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Just when Liu Bei and Cao Pi were still fighting with words and pens, Lu Ren's statement was presented to Emperor Liu Xie, and Lu Ren's text was also posted and published in various places in mainland China.

The above meaning is very simple to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than that I, Lu Ren, have made some contributions before, but I can never reach the point of being crowned a prince and a king. Then he turned his pen and used very clever penmanship to praise Liu Bei and Cao Pi, and even used some obscure penmanship to say that Liu Bei and Cao Pi wanted to be kings, but pushed Lu Ren out as the first bird.

In the end, Lu Ren said righteously that as a courtier of the Han Dynasty, he would strictly abide by the courtesy of the monarch and the white horse covenant set by Liu Bang...... Anyway, it means that he will never ascend to the throne of the king, and at the same time let Liu Bei and Cao Pi stop talking about him Lu Ren there.

And the most serious warning is that Lu Ren made it clear that if you Liu Bei and Cao Pi dare to open that kind of mouth again, I, Lu Ren, will immediately break off relations with you Liu Bei or Cao Pi and cut off all trade exchanges.

This serious warning really scared Liu Bei and Cao Pi. In terms of politics and diplomacy, Liu Bei and Cao Pi really weren't too worried, but once Lu Ren cut off trade with them, Liu Bei and Cao Pi couldn't stand it. It has also been mentioned many times before that Lu Ren has a considerable economic impact on Liu Bei and Cao Pi's territory, and even gave birth to a lot of related economic chains, once the trade is interrupted, not to mention how much Liu Bei and Cao Pi's wallets will shrink in terms of water and weapons and equipment, just the protests of the wealthy families in the territory can make Liu Bei and Cao Pi have a headache.

As a result, Liu Bei and Cao Pi immediately stopped talking, at least on the topic of Lu Ren. Let's put it this way, this kind of thing is generally to "three lets", like Lao Cao when he was crowned the king, and when Cao Pi accepted the Zen concession, there were "three lets" that looked very hypocritical and fake, but in fact this is not hypocrisy, but a process that must be taken, otherwise it is too easy to cause unnecessary criticism.

And Lu Ren's expression and writing, under normal circumstances, will be considered to be the "one let" in the "three lets", and it will be accepted after the "two lets" and "three lets", and even some people who didn't understand the situation at that time were ready to help their lords write to persuade Lu Ren to come, but Liu Bei and Cao Pi and other people who understood saw Lu Ren's murderous spirit implied in the writing from the expressions and essays, and hurriedly let the people under his command who didn't understand the situation stop.

So therefore, Lu Ren just ended this farce with a real "one let". And Lu Ren came to this point, although Liu Bei and Cao Pi were still fighting for merit, they had to be careful about some things. They still want to climb the key step of the king, but at least they don't dare to provoke Lu Ren and pull Lu Ren again.

However, in this way, in the place of Emperor Liu Xie, he was also worried about how to praise Lu Ren.

Although Emperor Liu Xie is a puppet, he is an understanding person, and he still has a friend's feelings for Lu Ren. Seriously, if it weren't for some political considerations, Emperor Liu Xie would never mind making Lu Ren, who had the nature of an "extraterritorial domain", king. But Lu Ren came here and clearly expressed his attitude here, although Emperor Liu Xie was quite relieved in his heart, and even a little grateful to Lu Ren, but how to praise Lu Ren has become a big problem. After all, Lu Ren's achievements are real, and there have been some big disturbances, you can't help but praise them, right? The most important thing is that if Lu Ren's praise here is not handled well, how should Liu Bei and Cao Pi deal with it?

Fortunately, Xun Yu considered this issue, so after obtaining Lu Ren's consent, he sent Zhao Yu to Xuchang, and secretly told Emperor Liu Xie how to praise Lu Ren.

Maybe Xun Yu felt a little sorry for Lu Ren, right? Therefore, under the condition that the principle of being crowned a prince and a king cannot be changed, Xun Yu suggested that Emperor Liu Xie should "promote Lu Ren but not enter the knighthood", that is, Lu Ren's title will remain unchanged, but Lu Ren's food will be increased. By the way, Lu Ren's current title is Mangjiahou, eating 3,000 households, and after increasing the number of food towns, he will be "eating 10,000 households...... Although this is of no practical significance, it is finally explained.

In terms of official positions, Lu Ren's earliest official position was the newly added "General Fuyi", which was just a miscellaneous general to put it bluntly; Now he is wearing the "General Zhengnan", which is a relatively high-ranking famous general; And now at this time, Xun Yu's original intention was to suggest that Emperor Liu Xie add Lu Ren as General Wei, that is, one of the three generals under the general, the chariot, hussar, and Wei, but Lu Ren raised an objection, saying that it was better to add a "South China Sea General".

In fact, according to the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this kind of general with the "XX" prefix is actually half a head lower than that of the chariot, hussar, and guard, and to put it mildly, the three princes are the famous generals, and the "XX generals" belong to the very high-level miscellaneous generals, but they are more advanced than the four expeditions and four towns, and they are not like some miscellaneous generals who will be used up and withdrawn.

In terms of civilian work, Lu Ren's existing civilian position is "Yizhou Pastor, Shouliao Prefecture Pastor", to put it bluntly, he is the governor of Yizhou and the acting governor of Liaozhou. This cannot be changed, nor can it be changed, but it can be changed from "guarding Liaozhou pastoral" to "leading Liaozhou pastor", that is, from acting governor to official governor. Not much to say about this, the most important thing is to throw the position of one of the nine Qings to Lu Ren.

That is to say, as long as Emperor Liu Xieyi approves it, Lu Ren's complete civil service will be "Han, Dasi Nong, and lead Yizhou Mu and Liaozhou Mu......