Many of Cao Cao's requests could not be answered on the spot, so according to the rules, after everyone had a banquet, Lu Peng immediately held a meeting of his think tank in his dark room.

At that time, at the entire banquet, all the people heard the four conditions directly put forward by Cao Cao, so there was no need to talk nonsense, this was also the style that Youzhou was cultivated by Lu Peng.

Everyone sat down together and went straight to the point.

"The four conditions put forward by Cao Gong are very critical, how should we reply? In other words, whether we should reply or not, all the members of the Cabinet are here now, so let's discuss this issue. ”

According to the usual practice, everyone first looked at the deputy head of the cabinet, Futian Chou.

After pondering for a while, Tian Chou stood up and bowed to Lu Peng: "Of course, the lord is in charge of military affairs, but I have already discussed it with the cabinet members just now, and now I have come up with a few opinions as follows, and I also ask the lord to decide." ”

Lu Peng nodded, listening carefully to the opinion of the person who had just been urgently completed.

Tian Chou said carefully: "The first request put forward by Cao Cao is the common interests and goals of both of us, and it is the common goal of both of us to bring down and defeat Yuan Shao, and there is no objection to this in the entire strategy. Of course, we would easily say yes. ”

Lu Peng nodded in agreement. Although he and his group have set the goal of fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains, but everyone knows that the fat man is not eaten in a day, and the biggest obstacle in front of everyone is this Yuan Shao, he directly blocked everyone's way to the south to compete for the Central Plains.

At this point, Cao Cao wants to get rid of the oppression of Yuan Shao in the north and remove the stumbling blocks that have been stopped. It's a very crucial thing for him, but for us, it's unwanted. ”

Lu Peng listened carefully and did not interrupt Tian Chou's story.

Tian Chou cautiously glanced at Lu Peng, who was sitting on it, began to think about it, and carefully said the third point, Cao Cao's request: "Cao Cao asked us to maintain appropriate patience and restraint when he attacked Xuzhou. ”

The reason why Tian Chou said this is because Lu Peng and Liu Guanzhang have this period of communication that everyone agrees on, and on the surface, they are no longer brothers.

And this time Cao Cao proposed an attack on Xuzhou, nominally preparing to chase and attack Lu Bu, but everyone knew that Lu Bu took away Liu Bei and robbed Youzhou Mu, and Cao Cao attacked Lu Bu, in fact, he wanted to seize Xuzhou, and when he took Xuzhou, he would never give Xuzhou to Liu Bei.

And judging from Lu Peng's righteous character, Lu Peng will definitely not sit back and watch Liu Bei be attacked by Cao Cao.

At this time, once Lü Peng was reckless, and when he did not completely eliminate Yuan Shao's forces and completely set Hebei, he refused Cao Cao's conditions and sent troops south to help Liu Bei directly through the Bohai Sea, then the situation in the entire Youzhou would be a disaster.

Regarding Tian Chou's concern, Lu Peng, who was sitting on the top seat, just smiled slightly, did not express his position, but just stretched out his hand to Tian Chou and said, "You continue to talk about your worries, I'll listen." ”

For this attitude of his lord, Tian Chou was somewhat relieved, so he seriously analyzed Lu Peng: "Cao Cao went south to attack Lu Bu in Xuzhou, this will be a battle between the two tigers, there will be an injury, we are just sitting on the mountain at this time to watch the tiger fight, no matter who wins or loses, the biggest benefit in the end is still us, as for the lord's friend Liu Guanzhang, I don't think he will get anything good, who takes down the things, how can it be easily handed over?" What's more, it is Cao Cao, who is recognized as the hero in the world. ”

Lu Peng nodded and agreed with Tian Chou's analysis: "Cao Cao definitely used this excuse to occupy Xuzhou, and he and I have a common nature, that is, what you eat will never be spit out." Now it's up to us to use this method, how can we get our own interests, don't tell me anything about the righteousness, I am a person who is my true friends and relatives at all costs, but my starting point is a fundamental, the world first, the people first, this fundamental starting point must not be shaken, even in the future, I can not love and care for the people, everyone here can also directly cut me down. Lu Peng solemnly stated his bottom line, which moved everyone present. That's what they really want to follow.

Fourth, Cao Cao borrowed money from Lu Peng, and there were also differences in this.

Some people represented by Tian Feng and the trial believe that Cao Cao will eventually be their great enemy, and lending him is to raise tigers for trouble and create trouble for their future self, which is seriously not in line with their long-term interests.

The other part is represented by Mr. Big and Mi Zhu is supportive, because although Youzhou has implemented a large-scale development, although the conversion of new currency, the money in the treasury is still sufficient, but it is still afraid that spending this money in its own territory will cause the depreciation of the coin, so it can only be stacked in the household.

In fact, money is money, and if it is left in the treasury and does not move, it is waste. If you lend out, you can recover the interest, which is very cost-effective, although Mi Zhu also knows that lending money to Cao Cao will strengthen Cao Cao's strength, so that Cao Cao can easily obtain Xuzhou, and will make his second brother's money and food invested in Liu Bei go home.

But Mi Zhu strictly abided by the rules of who to eat, and was dedicated to talking to Lu Peng.

But of course, such a reason was whipped by Tian Fenghe, who had a strategic vision, and was whipped for his lack of foresight, and in the end, Mr. Da and Mi Zhu were a little ashamed and a little unreasonable.

Lu Peng picked up Cao Cao's condition book, looked at the numbers on it and said: "This time, in order to crusade against Lu Bu, in order to continue to consume with Yuan Shao, and in order to quickly restore the states and counties he occupied, Cao Cao applied to us for a loan of 500 million steel coins, and at the same time promised an annual interest rate of 30%, which was not high in the annual interest rate of almost 50% for everyone at that time, but it was reasonable in such a large amount." ”

Tian Feng found that as long as he mentioned money, Lu Peng's eyes turned red, and he wanted to become short-sighted for money, so he stepped forward again to advise: "Lord, as the lord of Youzhou, don't be greedy for small profits and forget the righteousness, this is the way to defeat." ”

Since beating Lu Peng, although he is no longer doing anything, but now Tian Feng's requirements for Lu Peng are becoming stricter and stricter, if he doesn't teach Lu Peng's words and deeds every day, he feels that his existence is meaningless.

"Sir, listen to me, and then talk about the matter of forgetting righteousness?" Lu Peng patiently explained to this later Wei Zheng.

Then he straightened up and began to say the righteous reason for lending the money: "Sir thinks that lending money to Cao Cao is a stupid way to raise tigers, but I don't think so. But I don't see that if we add a little dispensable, just a few small conditions, then things will be different? ”