“…… Master, I'd love to say what kind of nonsense are you talking about? ”

Lu Ren looked at Shirley who was dazed, and then a wicked smile appeared on his face: "In short, a person from the grassroots like me is neither so great nor so great, but he just wants to do something great." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info And in this day and age, why can't I go my own way? ”

Shirley had already been troubled by Lu Ren's long story, and at this time she could only ask very confusedly, "What way?" ”

Lu Ren shook his finger at Shirley: "First, do you think I have the ability, courage, and strength to dominate the world?" ”

Shirley's head shook like a drum. Shirley's EQ value is a little worse, but she really doesn't think that Lu Ren will be a person who can achieve anything like a king.

"Second, according to what I just analyzed, who do you think we can really help speed up the reunification process?"

Shirley's head pulled the drum and continued to shake.

"Third, even if we can help anyone speed up the process of reunification, will we have a good life after reunification? Even if we were able to flee overseas before we were stabbed, what we left behind would not cause new unrest, wouldn't we? Can it be used rationally by the new authorities? ”

Shirley's head pulled out and shook: "Master, don't 'do anything'! Can you just say what you want? You know I'm not analytic enough for this kind of thing. ”

Lu Ren said with a smile: "Okay, okay! I think the path we should take now is to continue to divide the territory and dominate as we are now, but only to divide the territory, as a courtier of the Han Dynasty, we will never turn our backs on the Han Dynasty. To put it simply, we are engaged in armed secession in the region, but in the sense of political concepts, we absolutely do not claim to be kings and do not divide them. Not only must we not deviate and split the Han Dynasty, but we must also prevent other forces from diverging and splitting within our capabilities. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that these major forces are in confrontation and counterbalance with each other, because only in this way can we live a nourishing life on our own, and only then can we achieve the goal we have set in my heart......"

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Shirley finally understood something, and laughed dumbly for a while: "Master, you said so much, but in the end you just returned to the original point, it is nothing more than that we continue to maintain the current situation." If you want me to say, master, you were so wordy just now, is it necessary to say so much? ”

Lu Ren said: "Of course it is necessary. Shirley, that 'he' only treats you as a robot, but in my case, you are a real person, a person with your own emotions and six desires, and you are my most important helper, if your heart is confused, then who will help me in the future? Do you really only rely on people like Liu Ye and their gangs? Then wouldn't I become no different from the Cao, Liu, and Sun families, because if I want to do something, I have to rely on the power of the scholar class.

"Well, I guess first of all, I have to make you understand the situation we're in. The so-called current situation, before the Battle of Chibi, even when I got the imperial edict, the Cao, Liu, and Sun families actually just regarded me as a profitable businessman. However, in this battle of Quanzhou and the subsequent naval battle with Sun Quan, our status has actually risen to the level that any side will pay attention to. Cao, Liu, and Sun have all seen the combat effectiveness we have, so their strategic deployment will immediately be adjusted accordingly.

"For example, Lao Cao, he has begun to deploy large-scale troops in the Hefei area, and at the same time sent dead ants as envoys, the purpose of coming to our Yizhou is nothing more than to want me to disrupt Sun Quan's military deployment along the coastline and create an opportunity for him to go south. This is a kind of emphasis on our strength, to change in the past, only we sent money to Lao Cao, when did Lao Cao return the gift to us? In a simple sentence, Lao Cao is a typical weasel giving New Year's greetings to chickens, and he is not well-intentioned. Turning back to us, we already have the strength to actually influence the development of the situation.

"Under this premise, I need to redefine my course. So should I blindly pursue a kind of unsuccessful unification of the family kingship, and in the end I will not have a good life and fail to achieve my goals, or should I continue to use the struggles and checks and balances between various families to do what we can and live the life we like to live as we do now? ”

Shirley digested Lu Ren's words very seriously and then muttered, "Master, what do you mean...... Are we going to reconcile with Sun Quan, and then continue to maintain the current situation of being on one side? ”

Lu Ren nodded: "That's what it means." In fact, I have thought about it this way, if Lao Cao said that he unified the Huaxia Continent, would he be called the emperor and the emperor? According to historical data, Lao Cao considered that he would eventually be a Hanchen, and if he was called the emperor and the emperor, he would not be able to say anything about his face after all, but no matter what, he was paving the way for Cao Pi to usurp the Han Dynasty.

"Turning back to us, whether it is Lao Cao or Xiao Cao, it is inconsistent with our principle of insisting that we are the courtiers of the Han Dynasty. And once the Cao clan is unified and usurped, what are we in retrospect? If you continue to insist that you are a Han courtier, you will form a pattern in which Yizhou has been divided in terms of political concepts; If we surrender to the Cao clan, our own life will be difficult again. Therefore, using the existing separatist pattern to check and balance the Cao clan and usurping the Han is of great benefit to us. ”

Shirley was puzzled: "But in the original history, Cao Pi is not the same usurpation?" ”

Lu Ren smiled: "That was the original, but now that we have stepped in, it is very different." If according to the original process, after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, although Wu Shu was not in harmony with his face and heart, considering the name of the righteousness of the world, he almost united as a courtier of the Han Dynasty to prepare to fight against Cao Pi. At that time, if it wasn't for Liu Bei's death-mindedness, he just wanted to get rid of Sun Quan but was defeated by Sun Quan, then it would be difficult to say that Cao Pi could be the emperor for a few days. But now? Lu Meng, a key figure in Liu Bei's defeat, died at our hands......

"Alas, it's almost far away. Anyway, let's put it this way, if Lao Cao Xiaocao dares to usurp the Han, Liu Bei will not agree, Sun Quan is the grass on the wall, and we, as an influential candidate force, which way we insist on taking are likely to have a decisive impact on the pattern of these parties.

"At this point, we might as well support Liu Bei according to our principles, and Sun Quan is also a person who is unwilling to be subordinate, and most of the ideas will also hold a situation that is willing to continue to separate, so Sun Quan will also join Liu Bei's side. In this way, Lao Cao or Xiao Cao will be very dangerous, and with their knowledge, they will naturally not dare to usurp indiscriminately.

"So although our power is small and divided, in fact, we can use this method of secession to maintain a situation where Wei Shu and Wu are still the courtiers of the Han Dynasty, which is what we can do with our strength, that is, although we are divided, we are not divided, and our own small life can be very nourishing. Under the premise that I am not a great man and cannot be so great, this result is the best I can think of for us. ”

Shirley nodded suddenly, but immediately wondered: "Master, your idea is good, I understand some of it, but do you think these are really feasible?" Can we do it? There will be no other accidents? ”

Lu Ren said: "I don't dare to say absolute things, to be honest, I don't have such a strong strategic vision, but it just so happens that we have examples in history that we can learn from." Shirley, in fact, in recent history, there is a father and son who have had a very similar encounter to the situation we are in now. ”

Shirley said: "Which father and son?" ”

Lu Ren said with a smile: "Zhang Zuolin, the king of the Northeast, and his son Zhang Xueliang, the young marshal. ”

Shirley was dumbfounded: "Master, why do you think of these two fathers and sons?" ”

Lu Ren said: "Because it's really similar!" You think, Zhang Zuolin is a representative figure among the warlord leaders in various parts of the Republic of China, and he is also the most powerful among the warlords. If he wanted to split up, no one could stop him at that time, and didn't Little Japan always want Zhang Zuolin to split out? But at this point, Zhang Zuolin has his own ethics, that is, he can become a warlord who dominates one side, but he will definitely not split the motherland. ”

Taking the time to pour his saliva, Lu Ren continued: "In fact, Zhang Zuolin was a warlord giant at that time, and his strength in all aspects can be said to be the strongest. Similarly, Zhang Zuolin is very fond of his own strength, and it is no problem to dominate one side, but if he wants to dominate the world, he does not have that ability. Not only did he not, but none of the warlords of the time had this strength.

"If he doesn't know what to do and act rashly, there will only be two results, one is that after he sends troops, he will cause a military weakness in the defense of the Northeast, and as a result, the small Japan with real sinister intentions will take advantage of the weakness, and the Northeast will be completely lost; Another point is in the political landscape, who listens to whom? Did others listen to him Zhang Zuolin, or did Zhang Zuolin listen to others? If the former is true, Zhang Zuolin can't be suppressed by anyone, and if the latter is true, Zhang Zuolin may only be nothing in the end. ”

Shirley nodded silently.

Lu Ren continued: "So the choice Zhang Zuolin made was to honestly dominate the Northeast, not only to cooperate with Little Japan economically and militarily, but also to refuse to turn his back on China. Zhang Zuolin's actions also shocked the various warlords at that time to a large extent, because with a tiger like him staring, no one else dared to mess around, at most they only dared to fight some small battles that did not hurt their bones.

And after Zhang Zuolin was assassinated by Little Japan, the pattern between the warlords immediately changed, you beat me, I beat you into a mess. So at this point, Zhang Zuolin may be the most shrewd, because he knows that those powers are waiting for the warlords in our country to fight themselves, and then the powers can take advantage of the weakness. Therefore, it is better to suppress these warlords so that the great powers do not have a good opportunity......"

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(The typhoon hit, the bottle was out of power for a day, and the manuscripts were rushed out, which was a little chaotic, and I hope you will forgive me!) (To be continued.) )