Chapter 7 3. The eunuch's grandson

At the age of 30, Dong Zhuo finally transformed from a volunteer to a full-time national employee. This year, the governor of Bingzhou recommended talents to the imperial court, and he recommended Dong Zhuo, so Dong Zhuo entered the capital Luoyang and became the royal Habayashi Lang, receiving his first salary. When Dong Zhuo received his first salary in his life, Cao Cao was already 7 years old. The seven-year-old little Cao Cao showed his bohemian personality prematurely.For a child who is only 7 years old, there is no record in the ancient books of the exact method of debauchery.Presumably it's just that he doesn't like reading, chasing cats and dogs, showing a strong interest that doesn't match his age.In the eyes of his uncle, these messy things made him very angry.

So Uncle Cao Cao reminded Father Cao, saying: Brother, I want to remind you, your strange son, little Cao Cao, is not right.You have to keep an eye on this kid, strengthen your ideological education, and don't let this kid learn to be bad... I mean, don't let this little thing get worse, he is already ridiculously bad now. After hearing this, Father Cao came to warn his son: "You little bastard, why don't you learn well, huh? I don't tell you, you know that in the Eastern Han Empire, the second generation of officials is not popular. The most popular is the second generation of eunuchs. In modern times, the eunuch is in power now, and only the eunuch's son is popular. But the eunuch can't give birth to a son. Your father and I, in order to pave a beautiful road for you, call the great eunuch Cao Teng your father with a face. He is the eunuch's grandson, why don't you understand your father's painstaking efforts, learn some cultural knowledge, so that he can serve the motherland in the future... no, so that he can contribute to the eunuch in the future, eh?"

Little Cao Cao wept and said: "Father, my son knows, I must work hard to study for the rise of the Eastern Han Empire." Father Cao nodded in satisfaction: "Well, hurry up and go study." When little Cao Cao came back and saw his uncle, he blinked his eyes and suddenly lay down on the ground, convulsed, rolled his eyes, foamed at the mouth, and made a rattling sound of teeth.Seeing this, Uncle Cao was horrified, and ran to find Father Cao: "Brother is not well, come and see, your bad son is crazy..." Father Cao was startled, and rushed over, only to find that little Cao Cao was sitting in front of the desk, holding a book of sages and sages, and chanting loudly: "It's such a joy to have friends coming from afar... Dad, I have a chance to find you!" What's the matter?"

Father Cao said anxiously: "Son, your uncle said you were crazy about smoking the ram's horns just now..." Cao Cao blinked a pair of innocent big eyes: "No, I am studying well, why do I have to go crazy?" "This..." Father Cao was confused, "Son, since you haven't gone crazy, why did your uncle say that?" Little Cao Cao burst into tears: "Father, I know I don't like my uncle, so my uncle wants to get rid of me. It's all because I'm too young and ignorant. From now on, I must be careful to please my uncle and not to embarrass my father..."

"Why am I in trouble?" Father Cao got angry and left with a shake of his hand.Not long after, Uncle Cao came to accuse Little Cao Cao again: "Brother, Brother, why don't you hurry over and have a look, your son has done something bad again..." Father Cao smiled and said, "Brother, are you really bored? My elder brother will tell you something: Jiahe, everything is going well, don't you think so?" In this way, little Cao Cao cunningly got rid of Uncle Cao's guardianship of him, and since then he has grown freely like a wild horse that has run free.

In the year when the treacherous little Cao Cao played tricks on his uncle, Liu Bei was formally reincarnated, but had not yet hatched. Five years have passed. These five years were the happiest days for little Cao Cao, the days when little Liu Bei was waiting to be fed, but the most difficult days for Dong Zhuo, a civil servant. Living in the capital is not easy. Luoyang is the capital of the country, not only is the price expensive, but the most terrible thing is that there are many high-ranking officials and lords.Too many people need respect, and only Dong Zhuo who is a volunteer does not need respect, which makes him feel very depressed.

In the past five years, Dong Zhuo has written letters to the leaders day and night, expressing his determination: Send me to the front line, use me in the first battle, use me to win!I really don't want to stay in the capital any longer, where I spend my days drinking and drinking, singing and dancing, enjoying the fragrance of clothes and wearing rings.This kind of peaceful life is not for human beings!I need a troubled world, and the troubled world is the paradise for iron-blooded soldiers like me... and so on. In 167 AD, Dong Zhuo was 36 years old. The troubled times he longed for finally came.