"Xuande Gong, these staff members and family members in Xuzhou are not easy to manage, right?"

This is Lu Ren throwing another bomb to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei has no big reaction to this. At this time, those people who still say high-sounding and upright words are either sour nerds or outright hypocrites, but Liu Bei is obviously not one of these two people.

No matter what people in later generations say about Liu Bei, Liu Bei has always been a hero in troubled times, at least a hero in troubled times. How can such a person fail to see some of the current situation clearly? Where do you not know what kind of people you have to say?

In Liu Bei's eyes, Lu Ren is a person who knows the inside story of Xuzhou...... Of course, the most important thing is that Lu Ren has always deliberately shown an ambiguous attitude towards all camps, which makes Liu Bei a little moved, and he feels that Lu Ren has a lot of intention to help himself.

And to put it again, Liu Bei really wanted someone to talk about it, but unfortunately there was really no one around Liu Bei who could talk about these things at this time. Not to mention the local officials and staff in Xuzhou, Liu Bei's original team around him is Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong. But Guan Yu has always looked down on the family and the family, and Zhang Fei's temper is too hot, so he really told these two about it, and with the temperament of these two, he may not know what kind of trouble will come out. Jian Yong's situation was slightly better, but Jian Yong was from a poor background, and he couldn't help Liu Bei in these things.

Now that Lu Ren suddenly came out and said it again, Liu Bei would at least have the idea of finding a person who could pour bitter water, so Liu Bei didn't do anything more, just shook his head at Lu Ren and smiled bitterly: "In front of Mr. Lu, Bei is really a little nowhere to hide." Those families are really not so easy to get along with. ”

Lu Renxin said that I know this matter much better than you, and the detailed analysis of so many scholars in later generations should not be regarded as a joke. During this period, the rise of the power of the scholar landlord class has been a general trend, and it is not uncommon for each other to suppress each other and fight for power and profit. Otherwise, why do you Liu Bei say that you are a descendant of the royal family?

After another piece of music, Lu Ren said: "So Xuande Gong, you don't dare to leave Xuzhou lightly, even if you have the opportunity to forge ahead, you can only watch the opportunity slip through your fingers." It's just Xuande Gong, have you ever thought about what 'sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat'? If you want to sit firmly in Xuzhou, it will take a long time to deal with these family clans, but once the war between Cao Gong and Lu Bu ends, the next soldier will still be Xuzhou, and how will you deal with Xuande Gong? Would you rather fight Lu Bu or Cao Gong? ”

"......" Liu Bei was silent. After a long time, he sighed softly: "I don't want to." ”

Lu Ren said: "I can't help it." Since you can't send troops to advance now, you must choose an enemy for yourself that you will face. ”

Liu Bei groaned: "Really can't be exempt from war? ”

Lu Ren said: "No." And I also want to remind Xuan Degong here, you have to think about the forces behind Lu Bu and Cao Cao. ”

This was another bomb, and it shocked Liu Bei, and he asked urgently, "What do you say?" ”

Lu Ren secretly took a hand, but his face still maintained a posture of Gujing Bubo: "Lu Bu is a traitor, and if he is defeated, he will be defeated, and no one will care about him, so Lu Bu can not say anything, but there is still a Yuan Shao behind Cao Gong." In fact, Cao Gong's ability to occupy Gunzhou is Yuan Shao's intention, because Yuan Shao needs Cao Gong, a person who has been close to him since childhood, to block Yuan Shu in Gunzhou. And if Cao Gong is defeated, he will vote for Yuan Shao again, and Yuan Shao will of course look for an opportunity to attack and return to Gunzhou. After all, Lu Bu was too volatile, and Yuan Shao could not count on Lu Bu to help him block Yuan Shu. When it comes......"

Speaking of which, Lu Ren raised his glass again and poured water to sell Guanzi. In fact, he didn't drink any tea at all, drinking too much tea will cause him to urinate a lot, so he can't run to the toilet in the middle of talking to Liu Bei, right? Therefore, this is purely pretending to be superior. However, in the image, Liu Bei seems to be very fond of this, didn't he see that he looked at Mao Lu three times and was released twice by Zhuge Liang, but the pigeon was even more energetic?

And at this time, Liu Bei was really a little anxious, and even reached out to clasp the wrist of Lu Ren's toast: "Mr. Lu! ”

Lu Ren smiled and put down the teacup along Liu Bei's hand, but he also felt that Liu Bei's hand was quite strong: "It was not Cao Gong who came to attack Xuzhou at that time, but the army led by Yuan Shao." Xuande Gong might as well imagine that if Cao Gong led the army to come, Xuande Gong still has the power to resist. But if it's Yuan Shaolai, can you stop Xuande Gong? ”

"......" Liu Bei didn't speak, just shook his head silently.

"Even if Yuan Shao does not come to attack Xuzhou, with the friendship between General Gongsun and Xuande Gong, after Yuan Shao captures Gunzhou, he will definitely ask Xuande Gong to send troops to attack the counties of Gunzhou, in order to harass Yuan Shao's rear. And when General Gongsun sent a request, did you agree or not? Lu Ren pulled out the knife, and stabbed Liu Bei's weakness fiercely.

Liu Bei was silent again. You said that Liu Bei's side during this period, who would say these words to Liu Bei? After thinking for a long time, Liu Bei avoided the table and saluted Lu Ren respectfully: "Please Mr. Lu teach me!" ”

Lu Ren knew that his fishing line was long enough, and if he didn't release the line again, the fish would run away, so he hurriedly returned the salute to Liu Bei and said, "That's why I said that I actually relied on it when I came to Xuzhou to buy grain today." Cao Gong is certainly the enemy of Xuzhou, but Xuande Gong, you need the existence of this enemy to buy time for yourself to stabilize Xuzhou and accumulate strength. And if I want to buy grain and rice, I have to wake up to you Xuande Gong. Of course, Xuande Gong, you can think that I am quibbling in every possible way for the sake of buying grain, and I have nothing to say. As long as Xuande Gong said 'send off', I immediately left Xuzhou and went elsewhere to think of a way. ”

In fact, Lu Ren is quibbling, but the problem is that everything Lu Ren said is based on evidence, which sounds very reasonable, where would Liu Bei take what Lu Ren said before and after as a deaf ear? On the contrary, he was so dizzy by Lu Ren's nonsense that he couldn't help but say to Lu Ren: "Mr. Lu, Bei is getting more and more confused now." As you said, you just came to Xuzhou to buy grain, but why do you have to tell Bei about this? ”

Lu Renxin said don't say that you are confused, I am almost confused. After sorting out his thoughts, Lu Ren smiled and said: "It's very simple, if you Xuande Gong don't nod and agree, the people in Xuzhou won't dare to sell me grain, and even if I buy grain, I won't be able to ship it out." And if you want Xuande Gong to nod and agree, you can only tell Xuande Gong about the powerful relationship here. ”

Liu Bei nodded, but he was still very uncertain: "It's not difficult to allow you to sell grain to Gon in Beibei, but how much grain and rice can you buy?" And Bei never understood, Mr. Lu, you said so much before, but what does it make for buying grain to prepare? ”

Lu Renxin said that this is right, and Liu Bei, who will ask himself what benefits he can get, seems to be the real Liu Bei, so Lu Ren smiled again: "Actually, what is the grain and rice I bought back enough for?" At best, I can give relief to the people for a few days, so what I really think about is......"

Speaking of this, Lu Renwang settled on Liu Bei, and said to Liu Bei what he felt ridiculous and even crazy when he first imagined: "What I really want is to ask Xuande Gong to help the people of Gunzhou!" ”

"What!?"

Liu Bei stayed on the spot at that time. In fact, let alone Liu Bei, even Lu Ren himself felt that he was whimsical. But after carefully reading the historical materials, Lu Ren felt that it was not impossible. First of all, Cao and Liu met once in Xuzhou, and after that, they never fought in the next few years, and Cao Cao still used Lu Bu to seek Xuzhou; Secondly, Cao Cao had the intention of wooing Liu Bei, and in turn, Liu Bei had also attached himself to Cao Cao, which at least showed that before the battle of Guandu, the faces between the two were not so completely torn. If there is a common interest, the two can still shake hands for the time being.

Now Cao Cao needs support, and Liu Bei needs to sit in Xuzhou for a while, and Lu Ren himself pushes a little in it, which is just to advance the fact that these two characters once shook hands, so what's impossible? And the key point is whether he can use the word "profit" here to impress Liu Bei.

In addition, Lu Ren was also secretly glad that he had stopped Cao Cao's massacre at the beginning, and Xuzhou's resentment against Cao Cao was not as great as in the original process. And Cao Cao also adopted the suggestion of "wanting to kill people, but giving a day to escape", so judging from the thinking of ordinary people, Cao Cao is still a little conscientious, so getting some food for Cao Cao's domestic emergency will not have too much resistance.

However, now Lu Ren felt that the word "benefit" for Liu Bei was not enough, so after Liu Bei was stunned, Lu Ren leaned in front of Liu Bei and said in a low voice: "Do you want to have a few more years of time not to be involved in the war?" ”

Liu Bei was slightly stunned, and immediately moved closer to Lu Ren's side, and said in the same low voice: "Yes!" If you can get a few more years of peace, you are confident that you can manage Xuzhou in an orderly manner. ”

Lu Ren said: "Then Xuande Gong might as well think about what excuse Cao Mengde used when he raised troops to attack Xu. ”

Liu Bei's eyes narrowed: "Mr. Lu means ......"

Lu Ren smiled sinisterly: "The mouth of eating people is short, and the hands of people are short." If Xuande Gong can not remember his past grudges, and can repay his grievances with virtue, how can Cao Mengde have the cheekiness to move troops to Xuzhou again? If he insists on going his own way, the saliva of the world can spray him to death, Xuande Gong, don't you seem to be more wronged than Tao Fujun? At that time, you will raise your arms and spread the word in all directions, and you will have to be someone who is willing to come to Xuzhou to help you.

"In addition, let's take the previous attack on Xu as an example, he still has an excuse for his father's hatred, and the most people in the world can say is that he has acted too much; But if Xuande Gong does what he says, Cao Mengde will become a brutal person who repays virtue with grievances when he attacks Xuzhou again, almost no different from Dong Zhuo in the past. From what I know about Cao Mengde, he will not do this kind of self-defeating and not necessarily profitable thing. Because he is also a hero who wants to achieve great things. ”