In Fan Tower, in the private room on the second floor, Cao Yi and Cao You were eating and drinking.
Unlike Master Han Yonghe, who was depressed all day today and then fell into helplessness, he finally decided to give the coach to his son. Cao Guojiu's mood today can be said to have turned from cloudy to sunny, especially now.
He was very happy.
Originally, after experiencing the previous substitution incident of the Wenyuan team, Cao Yi was not in a very good mood. Although it was confirmed after communicating with his son Cao You that Lu Yao did not know about this substitution, but he said
In the end, the substitution was successful. Because Zhao Zhen gave a high evaluation to the three players Han Yonghe replaced. In other words, when it comes to the warm-up match and the official competition, these three players must be
Will appear in the Wenyuan team's lineup.
However, Cao You said that the Lions team did not need to change personnel, which made Cao Yi very worried. Although everyone underwent the same intensity of training during this training period, when it came to the warm-up match, the physical fitness of the players
The difference will be magnified. Even if Cao Yi doesn't want to admit it, the personal physical fitness and physical strength of the Wenyuan team members are indeed much higher than that of the Cao family's Lions team. If the current situation is followed
If you go on, your team will probably be in trouble during the warm-up match.
However, Cao You never agreed to change the team members, which made Cao Yi very depressed. Unlike Han Yonghe, who was always in charge of the Han family, in fact, after Cao You returned to Bianliang, even though it was very important that Cao Yi was there.
But as long as it is not a very important state matter, Cao You is basically in charge of the Cao family's affairs now. The same is true for this Cuju competition. From the beginning, the actual leader of the Cao family's team has been Cao You.
Therefore, Cao You decided not to make a substitution. Although Cao Yan disagreed, there was nothing he could do in the end. So during training this morning, Cao Yan actually had a very bad temper. He even reprimanded several Lions players.
Team members, the reason is naturally that they don’t train hard enough.
After all, what Cao Yi is most worried about now is the warm-up match with the Han family on the last day of training. Now it seems that it is relatively easy for the Han family to defeat the Lions because of the replacement of three players.
one thing.
But I don’t know if it was because he felt wronged. During this morning’s training, I didn’t hear the Han family criticizing the Lions’ training situation. However, Cao Yi could think of him whenever he saw Han Yonghe.
The thing I did before to replace people was out of anger.
Then, Cao Yi and Cao You naturally saw that Chen Chen and Pan Wen came to the training ground with manuscripts. Cao You immediately realized that these two people had a good relationship with Lu Yao, and this thing must be
Lu Yao asked them to get it here. After all, Pan Wen and Chen Chen were just ordinary people with no ideas here.
However, Cao You couldn't figure out what Lu Yao, who was in seclusion, would come up with in one night. This question only emerged after Pan Wen and Chen Chen left, and later when the emperor's summons came.
got the answer.
Then, there were two decrees issued by Zhao Zhen. The first was that each team would decide whether to set up the position of coach according to its own needs. The second decree was about substitutions. Zhao Zhen immediately said that from now on
Now, no team is allowed to make personnel changes before the official competition ends.
As soon as this statement was raised, Han Qi raised objections at the time, saying that doing so was actually unfair to the other seven teams except Wenyuan. In fact, Cao Ji thought so in his heart, let alone the replacement.
My opponent is the Han family's Wenyuan team in the warm-up match.
However, Cao You finally stopped Cao Yi from agreeing to Han Qi's idea. Although Cao Yi was a little angry at the time, he still did not show it.
Later, when everyone gathered at Zhe Kexing's residence to collect the relevant documents from the coach, Cao Yi and Cao You gradually understood after some exchanges, putting aside the complicated relationship between Han Qi and Zhao Zhen
, and the current situation of Han Qi, let alone the meaning of Zhao Zhen's decree, which is to prevent all teams from making substitutions. Now that Cao Yi has calmed down, he thought about it and added Cao Zhen's intention.
After being persuaded by others, Cao Yi also understood that the edict was not really aimed at the teams of the other seven families that had not made substitutions, but was specifically aimed at the Han family's team.
This decree puts the Han family in a very embarrassing situation. In Cao You's words, with this decree, even if the Lions really lose to the Wenyuan team in the warm-up match, they won't actually feel lost.
Face, because after all, the Wenyuan team has made three personnel adjustments from the beginning, and once the Lions defeat the Wenyuan team in the warm-up match, it can be said that the Wenyuan team will be doubly embarrassed.
Moreover, even if the Lions can really make substitutions, Cao Yi is not sure whether he can 100% find two or three players who are better than the three members of the Han family.
After getting the manuscript, Cao Yi and Cao You, like the Han family, took the manuscript directly to the members of the Lions team. However, a situation different from that of the Han family emerged. The members of the Wenyuan team had no idea about these.
The understanding of the manuscript was obviously not as good as that of the Lions. Faced with the same manuscript, the members of the Wenyuan team had nothing to say and did not know where to start to give their own suggestions for this coaching position.
The Lions team is completely different. They speak freely and conduct a lot of analysis on the current situation of the team. In addition, based on the manuscripts, some people have put forward some suggestions and ideas about Lilanyuan. Cao You has always been very enthusiastic.
People who value other people's suggestions took out pen and paper and started recording.
So, when Cao Yi and Cao Yu finally left the inn and prepared to go home after communicating with the Lions team members, it was already dark. In modern time, it was already seven o'clock.
The ancients usually had already finished their meal at this time. If it weren't for themselves and the team members being a little hungry, they might have talked until late into the night.
Cao Yi was about to get on the carriage when he suddenly remembered that he had not walked around Bianliang City at night for a long time. Normally at this time, he would drink tea in his mansion. Today, seeing the Han family in this situation, Cao Yi
Naturally, Yi was in a good mood, so he became interested. He directly asked the groom to drive the carriage back to the mansion, and then he proposed to walk with Cao Yu on the street, and went to Fanlou to have a meal on the way, and then returned to the mansion.
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Hearing his father suddenly mention a night outing, Cao You felt his heart skip a beat because he remembered what happened when he took Cao Han to find Lu Yao that night. Thinking of this, Cao You couldn't help but touch his sleeves.
But there is still a letter that Pan Wen handed to him on behalf of Lu Yao today. Should he tell Cao Han when he returns home soon? Cao You was confused as he accompanied his father to Fanlou.
The shopkeeper of Fanlou naturally knew Cao Guo's uncle and his son. Pan Yuanwu had already returned to his mansion and was talking to Pan Wen about the coaches. After all, the ancients ate relatively early. Normally, Cao Cao
If Uncle Guo and his son come here a little later, the Fan Building will be closed.
In fact, if it weren't for the two of them, if ordinary people came to Fanlou to eat at this time, the shopkeeper would definitely tell them that the samples have been prepared. However, Uncle Cao Guo is not an ordinary person after all, and he still has some status privileges.
When the food and drinks were served, the father and son had a drink first, and then started chatting about today's events.
"Tell me, the emperor's decree today is the emperor's own intention or Lu Yao's intention?"
Cao You looked at his father. Sure enough, Cao You was also suspicious of Zhao Zhen's order today. This was understandable. After all, the emperor had made it clear in front of everyone that he was optimistic about the winter vacation team. After that,
He also raised questions about the current lineup of the Lions. Who would have thought that in just a few days, the emperor would express his intention to cancel the subsequent substitution plan. This seems to have profound meaning.
"Father, in fact, earlier today, Pan Wen gave me a letter, which was written specifically for me by Lu Yao."
When Cao Yi heard this, he was a little surprised and said, "Oh? What's written on it? Show me."
Because Cao Han's name appeared on the letter, and the relationship between Cao Han and Cao Yi was not very good recently, after some thought, Cao You decided not to show the letter to Cao Yi, so Cao You said
: "In the letter, Lu Yao said that he wanted to burn it after reading it, so I burned the letter. But I remember the content of the letter very clearly. In fact, I had asked Tangxi before when he came to our house.
Regarding the situation of Tangxi and Lu Yao, what Tangxi said at that time probably meant that Lu Yao had no chance to participate in this substitution. After all, Lu Yao was already in seclusion at that time and did not know anything about the outside world. And this
I received a handwritten letter from Lu Yao for the first time, and I am even more certain that he indeed does not know about this matter."
Cao Yi touched his beard and said, "It seems that Chen Chen and Pan Wen probably told him about this matter when they went to the Lu Mansion."
"That's right," Cao You said, "so there is the manuscript about coaches that Lu Yao brought to those two people today. Speaking of which, Lu Yao is really amazing. He can think of coaches in just one night.
There are so many things, this is a full twenty pages."
Cao Yan suddenly thought of something at this time and said: "You said, since Lu Yao asked Pan Wen to give you a secret letter, wouldn't it be possible that he actually had another letter that was given to the emperor? It is because
Because of that letter, the Emperor's attitude changed dramatically today, and in the end he even issued an order canceling the power to make substitutions in all subsequent teams."
Cao You was a little surprised. He really hadn't thought of this before. When his father said it, Cao You said, "It is indeed possible. Otherwise, the emperor valued the Wenyuan team so much before. What he said today is indeed a bit strange."
"It's just that it would be strange if it was really Lu Yao who did it. Aren't the Lu family and the Han family already engaged? After the imperial examination is over, they will get married. Then Lu Yao will marry Han Yunyu, and then the two families will become
How come our family has become like this now?" Cao Yan asked.
Cao You said calmly: "This is normal, father, even though Lu Yao is still young, let your son say that Lu Yao seems to have no scheming, but in fact she is well versed in the way of dealing with people in official circles. This
This incident shows that the Han family did not want him to know, so they made the substitution behind Lu Yao's back. Even if the two families will get married in the future, Lu Yao's character will never tolerate such a thing.
happened, so even if he can't change the outcome, Lu Yao still has to find another way to leave a deep impression on the Han family and let them know that Lu Yao is not a person who can be at their mercy. I think,
The attitude that Lu Yao wants to convey through this action is what Lu Yao really wants to do."
After listening to his son's analysis, Uncle Cao Guo felt that his understanding of Lu Yao was still shallow.
"So according to what you mean, this Lu Yao actually has plans to join the officialdom? I thought he was just interested in making money, this new Cuju, and, by the way, cooking skills."
Cao You shook his head and said: "In my opinion, Lu Yao is definitely not an ordinary person. First of all, he has now taken the imperial examination. If it is just to enter the imperial court and become an official, he can be a good match for Han Yunyu.
In fact, he can ask the emperor to give him a higher official position. In fact, there is no need to take the imperial examination. After all, he is already a fifth-grade official."
Cao Yi thought for a while and said, "It's true. Considering that Lu Yao has made so much money for the emperor, he can indeed find an official position in the court."
Cao You continued: "So, I am afraid that only a small part of the reason why Lu Yao took the imperial examination was because of his marriage to Han Yunyu. In my opinion, Lu Yao's move is more to prove that he has the ability.
He is capable, and he wants to enter officialdom legitimately."
"That's it." Cao Yan suddenly realized.
"I think the reason why he continues to choose to hold this kind of large-scale new Cuju competition after making so much money is that in addition to what he himself said about improving national participation and physical fitness, he also has some of his own
A small thought. That is, through the success of this Cuju competition, I will become a person with independent opinions, capable and able to achieve things in the hearts of Zhao Zhen and other courtiers. In this way, it will be beneficial to his next steps.
An official career will only bring benefits."
With Cao You's analysis, it must be said that he has analyzed Lu Yao's mentality clearly. In fact, he himself has never told anyone else about these thoughts of Lu Yao. In fact, ever since he met Tangxi and Wai
After the people in the city wanted to change the status quo of the imperial court and society, they always existed in Lu Yao's mind. On the surface, Lu Yao wanted to prove his ability through the imperial examination and get married by the way.
Secretly, Lu Yao wanted to use this new Cuju competition to make his reputation resounding throughout Bianliang and even the entire Song Dynasty. This way he could build momentum for his future career and attract more like-minded people. This is what Lu Yao
real purpose.
Cao You was the first person to discover that Lu Yao had this idea. Even Han Qi and Zhao Zhen felt that Lu Yao was just organizing this new Cuju competition out of consideration for the people. None of them watched it.
Lu Yao’s determination to leave.
Cao Yi's thoughts were very simple. He said, "If this is the case, will Lu Yao become our enemy in the court in the future?"
Cao You waved his hand and said: "I don't think so. If the emperor's decree today is really based on Lu Yao's suggestion, then it means that Lu Yao has his own plan in his official career. In fact, if Han Yonghe is in charge,
With his ability, he could quickly know that this matter must be related to Lu Yao, and it was impossible for Lu Yao not to know this, so what he did actually showed that even after he entered the imperial court, he would not
I will follow Han Yonghe’s footsteps and become a member of his group.”
"If that's the case," Cao Yi immediately became interested and asked, "Can we win him over?"
Cao You smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid not. In my opinion, this Lu Yao is going to be his own school. There are really not many people who can separate personal feelings from official career."
When Cao Yi heard that his son's opinion of Lu Yao was so high and reasonable, he said: "It seems that Lu Yao will definitely make a big difference in the court in the future."
Hearing what his father said, Cao You had another plan in mind. He still remembered what he said when he was in contact with Lu Yao before. After this incident, Cao You wanted to see it more and more. When Lu Yao actually arrived at the court,
How will you behave when you are in the hall?
After finishing their comments about Lu Yao, the two of them had almost eaten, so they left Fanlou and walked home.
Only then did Cao Yi remember to ask Cao You about the coach.
"Do you think there are any players on our Lions team who are suitable to be coaches?"
When Cao You heard what Cao Yi said, he immediately stood still. Cao You felt strange and was about to ask, when Cao You said: "For this point, I think our Lions team and coaches should
Let me take charge."
These words surprised Cao Yi. Although he knew Cao You's ability in his heart, there should be no problem in letting him serve as the coach. Moreover, in fact, Cao Yi had never placed Han Wenyuan, the son of the Han family, on his side.
In the eyes, because Han Wenyuan is incomparable with Cao You in every aspect. If these two become the coaches of the Lions and Wenyuan teams, there is no doubt that Cao You
His ability as a coach is much better than that of Han Wenyuan. Maybe this can directly make up for the disadvantage caused by Wenyuan's replacement of three players to the Lions.
However, Cao Yi also had his own worries. He looked at Cao You and said, "Actually, I feel most at ease if I leave it to you. However, there are a lot of things going on in the court recently, and there is no one around me who can be trusted."
Man, if you become a coach, you will definitely become very busy. When the time comes, I..."
Naturally, Cao You knew Cao Yi's worries. In fact, since his return, Cao You had discovered that although the Cao family and the Han family seemed to outsiders to be on equal footing in the court, recently, as Lu Yao and the Han family
After the engagement was concluded, and Cao Yi began to be gradually ignored, the Cao family gradually began to be at a disadvantage in the duel between the Cao family and the Han family. Because of this, there began to be no one around Cao Yi, and just now
At this time, Cao Yu returned to Bianliang, and Cao Yi became more and more dependent on his son. After all, Cao Ping, the second son of the Cao family, was not political material at all, and his daughter Cao Han was currently in love with his son.
Worry about long-term things.
However, Cao You had his own plan. From the very beginning, Cao You had no intention of following his father's camp and going all the way to the dark side. Cao You was a young man with his own ideas. Although he had been demoted from Bian before
Liang, but now that he is back, he has matured a lot. Cao You feels that he should find some like-minded friends. At this moment, Lu Yao appears in his field of vision.
Now that he has made up his mind, Cao You must be as determined as Lu Yao.
For Cao You, this new Cuju competition is an opportunity to prove himself to Lu Yao. He thought that if it were Lu Yao, he would definitely understand the purpose of doing this.
Although this would make his father's situation in the court more tense, Cao You had already made his decision, so he waved his hand and said without waiting for Cao Yi to finish, "Dad, I have decided. Now
The situation is that I can only be the coach. You think, the Han family has already made personnel changes, and His Majesty has decreed that other teams are not allowed to make personnel changes. If we follow our current Lions lineup
It should be difficult to beat the Wenyuan team. Only if I serve as this coach can I narrow the gap, so that I can have a chance to beat the Wenyuan team."
Cao You's remarks made Cao Yi hesitate.
"But."
Cao You continued: "Dad, I think you don't want us to lose to Han Yonghe in the warm-up match."
Cao Yan was impatient and outspoken. This sentence made him a little angry. Naturally, it was because he mentioned Han Yonghe. So, Cao Yan said: "You are right, let's do it this way. I won't worry about anything in the court."
It would be better if you put more effort into it. You should still be the coach so that people can feel at ease."
Cao You smiled and nodded. Of course, Cao You didn't tell his father why he wanted to be a coach. After all, he would eventually follow a completely different path from his father, so he didn't tell Cao You now.
It's better to tell the truth, and besides, my father will probably retire in a while.
