"Seriously, I really don't know how this kid did it so thoroughly!"

Everyone was speechless, because everyone was basically calculating the value of Lu Ren in their hearts. After a long time, Cao Cao suddenly snorted: "Move back, you must move Yihao back to your important post as soon as possible!" Lone has such an idea, if Yihao is given five years and Yihao is given all his strength to govern the nongsang in Ying, Xu, and Yanzhou counties, then how many years will he replace the 'state-owned nine-year reserve'? If this is the case, how can the lonely future expedition worry about money and food? But ......"

Everyone understands the meaning of this "but", that is, it is unreasonable to want to transfer Lu Ren back now, after all, how long has it been since Lu Ren was removed from his official position? It's just over half a year! Moreover, we have to think about what Lu Ren was accused of being removed from his official position. Although there is no convention to speak of this thing, it always has the unwritten rules of officialdom. It only took half a year to transfer Lu Ren back, and when he came back, he would definitely be a big official, so it would be a little unreasonable to say anything.

Guo Jia thought for a while and suddenly smiled: "Actually, according to the following opinion, if you want to transfer this kid Yihao back to work, you don't have to worry too much." Of course, the remarks in the court cannot be ignored, but if this kid Yihao has made some military achievements, I believe that those who talk too much will also keep their mouths shut. ”

Cao Cao immediately understood what Guo Jia meant, this was to let Cao Cao only conquer Lu Ren in his own name, in other words, let Lu Ren become Cao Cao's staff of the Sikong Mansion.

It should be made clear here that Lu Ren's previous official position was Xu Duling, although he obeyed Cao Cao's orders, but in terms of official status, Lu Ren and Cao Cao actually belonged to the central/central system of the court, and their identities belonged to the colleague-type superiors and subordinates. And this is the main reason why it is inconvenient to transfer Lu Ren directly back to his original position. directly transferred Lu Ren back to the position of a court official, which was inconsistent with the rules of the so-called court officials at that time. Even if Cao Cao can forcibly implement it, the mouths of those court officials can annoy Cao Cao to death, you must know that the current Cao Cao has not yet reached the point where he can cover the sky with one hand.

But if Cao Cao recruited Lu Ren in the name of Sikong Mansion, then Lu Ren's identity can only be regarded as Cao Cao's staff, and to put it more clearly, he is a retainer, and the difference between court officials and retainers is actually very big. And if Cao Cao is just a personal expedition, the court officials have nothing to say.

Of course, if Cao Cao's staff and retainers do not have a suitable identity, they are not qualified to deal with any military and political affairs. It's like a petty civil servant in a government agency and a big housekeeper in a big official's house. Petty civil servants can handle official business, but big housekeepers can't handle the affairs of junior civil servants. And if Lu Ren becomes a staff member, he actually does not have administrative power.

Cao Cao's purpose in transferring Lu Ren back was, of course, to let Lu Ren go to the department to take charge of economic production in the territory, but if Lu Ren was only a staff member, he would not have relevant and necessary administrative power. But it doesn't matter, because the conquest of Lu Ren as Cao Cao's staff is just a transition, as long as Lu Ren makes some merits here in Cao Cao, then Cao Cao can use Lu Ren's merits to officially recommend the court, and then Lu Ren can be put in the position where he should be. To put it bluntly, let Lu Ren be gilded under Cao Cao's curtain, and he will be promoted when he is hot enough.

Since it is to be gilded, it is natural to give Lu Ren a chance to make meritorious contributions. And since ancient times, what kind of things have earned merit the fastest? Of course, it is a war exploit. And now Cao Cao is preparing to attack Lu Bu in Xuzhou, let Lu Ren follow in the army, let Lu Ren follow the paddling, soy sauce or something, it is not difficult to earn some military merits.

said that at this time, everyone also reacted, so they nodded yes, but immediately Guo Jia's face became bitter again, and he said depressedly: "But there is one thing that is still quite annoying." Yihao, this kid is just good at agricultural affairs, if he goes out with the army, what can he do? Don't forget that although Yihao has occasional insight but lack of strategy; Leading troops into battle is not something they can do. If it is only for a military counselor......" the following words are not said, but everyone understands that the civilian position of military counselor is basically unrelated to military merit.

As soon as he said this, Cao Cao also had a headache. After thinking about it for a long time, Cao Cao could only sigh a little depressed and said: "It seems that only after the army is raised, let him go to escort the grain and grass......" This may be the only job that Lu Ren, who is unable to write and martial arts, can make some merit and not compete with others.

Xun Yu thought for a while and said: "Although this is the case, Yihao does not understand military affairs, even if he escorts grain and grass, he must send a general to accompany him." ”

Cao Cao snorted coldly, his eyes glared at Cao Hongdao: "Zilian!?" ”

Everyone else thought that Cao Hong would be unhappy because he lost the opportunity to make great achievements, but Cao Hong showed a little joy, hugged Cao Cao hard, and said: "Cao Hong is willing to go!" ”

Everyone was dumbfounded again, and said in their hearts, how could Cao Hong be so happy to give Lu Ren a hand? Guo Jiadu was wondering if Cao Hong wanted to take this opportunity to play another trick on Lu Ren......

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The Mid-Autumn Festival feast has dispersed, and Cao Cao is sitting in the pavilion in the backyard at the moment enjoying the cool and admiring the moon, by the way, the Mid-Autumn Festival evening breeze that has brought out a little chill has blown away a little bit of wine on his body.

On the small banquet of suitable talents, Cao Cao and Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others preliminarily agreed on how to transfer Lu Ren back to the centralized center/central government, but in terms of the timing of the attack on Xuzhou Lu Bu, Xun Yu said that it was not the time to send troops, because according to the detailed report, Yuan Shu had returned to Shouchun, and Yuan Shao in the north also had a little movement, so Cao Cao must not easily raise troops at this time to make Xuchang cause a void in the defense.

The gusts of evening breeze gradually blew Cao Cao's mind a lot clearer. Looking up at the moon, Cao Cao narrowed his signature eyes, secretly thinking about how much Lu Ren was worth.

Perhaps when Cao Cao is mentioned, later generations will only think of high-ranking officials such as "Prime Minister Cao Cheng", "Duke of Wei", "King of Wei", and "Emperor Wu of Wei", as if Cao Cao was a high-ranking and powerful figure as soon as he appeared on the stage, but he often ignored that Cao Cao was just a small northern lieutenant of Luoyang and Dunqiu Ling when he first came out, in other words, Cao Cao also started from a "grassroots cadre". But it is precisely because Cao Cao has been a "grassroots cadre" that he has a certain degree of understanding of the agricultural and mulberry industry.

Isn't the autumn income of Jian'an in the third year less than the 700,000 in the second year of Jian'an? And what kind of concept is this 700,000 Hu?

Guo Jia said at the banquet that this year's grain production reduction has a greater relationship with the weather, which was originally a very normal thing in people's concepts at that time, but it is a bit funny that all counties and townships have reduced production, but only Lu Ren's Meng Village has increased unabated, which is much more than other places. Based on this preconceived condition, Cao Cao preferred to believe what Guo Jia later called "human innate laziness", that is, this year's grain decline was due to the lack of Lu Ren's inspection management and agricultural guidance in the surrounding counties and townships.

Cao Cao knew very well that if it weren't for the appearance of Lu Ren, an outlier figure, 700,000 hu grains and rice would probably be the annual treasury income of an upper-middle state and county in the late Han Dynasty under normal circumstances. If calculated according to the daily ration of three liters per person, 700,000 grains of rice is enough for an army of 50,000 to eat for more than a year! All of a sudden, he "inexplicably" lost a year's grain and grass, and Cao Cao, who had suffered from insufficient grain and grass, would not be depressed in his heart!

At this moment, Cao Cao even had such an idea in his heart, that is, if Lu Ren had not been removed from his official position, then the grain income under his jurisdiction this year should be maintained at about 1.5 million Hu. If you add the agricultural and sideline industries that Lu Ren started in Meng Village to increase taxes...... Xun Yu mentioned to Cao Cao more than once that Lu Ren was comparable to Xiao He, the Han minister, and Cao Cao, who had seen Lu Ren's achievements, had completely agreed with this statement.

With Cao Cao's character of loving talent, will he give up a "Xiao He"? It was based on this idea that Cao Cao wanted to transfer Lu Ren back as soon as possible, so that Cao Cao and a group of people in the first half of the small banquet were completely talking about Lu Ren.

It's just that although he said that he had set the method of "turning the curve back" of Lu Ren, Cao Cao could see that Lu Ren didn't seem to care much about high-ranking officials and celebrities...... In fact, Lu Ren is not really not interested at all, but Lu Ren's mind just wants to take Wan'er back to modern times and be at ease after more than two years of peace.

But for Cao Cao, if he wanted to completely tie Lu Ren to his chariot, he couldn't do it with high-ranking officials. It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao heard that a group of Lu disciples from Wu County came to Xuchang to defect to Lu Ren, and Lu Ren gladly accepted it, Cao Cao was secretly happy in his heart for a while. People in that era attached great importance to the development of the clan, and Cao Cao was of course no exception, so in Cao Cao's opinion, Lu Ren obviously wanted to settle the clan here in Xuchang, and if Lu Ren's clan settled in Xuchang, in a sense, Lu Ren would not run away.

It's just that at this moment, it is even more quiet at night, and the evening breeze blows away a bit of alcohol on Cao Cao's body, Cao Cao thought about it carefully, but suddenly felt that a person like Lu Ren, who has "wandered the world since he was a child", may not be able to tie him up with such a thing as clan blood. As soon as he thought of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but have a headache again, because Cao Cao didn't want to lose a "copy of Xiao He" that was likely to make him no longer have food and rice.

In this way, under the cover of night, Cao Cao was quietly thinking about Lu Ren's "weakness". Perhaps for Cao Cao at this point, the only way to tie a talent like Lu Ren to his side is to cut through Lu Ren's soft underbelly.

Coercion, or inducement? This is a question worth pondering.

Thinking like this, Cao Cao suddenly felt as if something was missing from the place where he was staying. After thinking for a while, Cao Cao reacted, that is, the place where he stayed seemed to be Cai Yan's piano sound.

"Two days ago, she said that she would go to stay with Lu Ren for a few days, and judging by her appearance, she did a good job of what I told her...... Lu Ren, it's really cheap, you kid. ”

Thinking of this, Cao Cao's heart was also a little sour. But Cao Cao is Cao Cao after all, between talents and beauties, Cao Cao will definitely choose the former, not to mention that Cao Cao has already realized the value of Lu Ren?

"Well, I'll go to Moe Village tomorrow to see if your little Moe Village is really as rich as Feng Xiao said. If there is something to do, you might as well give it down by the way......"

Maybe Cao Cao didn't realize it himself, but he actually made a choice of "long pain is better than short pain......

(Sunday routine...... In fact, a group of people agreed to fight tooth sacrifices and pour beer together every Sunday. I drank too much in the bottle, and my brain was not very clear, and today I only had this one. Excuse me! In addition, the bottle is ready to be released in October, and by then it will be almost the second volume, and in many ways the bottle is worthy of everyone. In the end, it is naturally shameless to ask for tickets, collections, and recommendations! ）