Chapter 7 5. Xiahou family, the family of close relatives

Deliberately low-key, years of caution, keeping quiet, trying to narrow the target, not to be targeted by the wolves, this is itself a wolf tactic, a survival strategy adopted by the injured lone wolf in the face of the unknown world. Today's Cao family can't be said to have declined, but at least it has faded away.Cao Song, the head of the Cao family, did not have the ambition to rise up in troubled times. When his adoptive father was around, everything was taken care of by his adoptive father. He suddenly left the protection of his adoptive father and shouldered the burden of the whole family. His mood was not at ease. stand up.

In Qiao County, Xiahou's family had the most contact with Cao's family. The friendship between the two families has gone through several generations. They intermarried and supported each other. This Xiahou family also has a great background, which can be traced back to the founding of the Han Dynasty. The place of Peiguo was under the jurisdiction of Sishui County when Qin unified the world into thirty-six counties. At that time, this large area was called Peixian County, which was the hometown of Han Gaozu Liu Bang.Therefore, if we take the administrative divisions of the Qin Dynasty as an example, the two outstanding figures Cao Cao and Liu Bang belong to the same county.

At that time, Liu Bang was the head of the pavilion in a place called Sishang Pavilion, a role smaller than the head of the village than the head of the township, similar to the head of the township police station.At that time, there was a person in charge of raising horses and driving chariots in the stables of the Peixian county government, who was also a native of Peixian County.Driver Xiahou has a very good relationship with Director Liu. Every time he passes by the Surabaya Pavilion after driving the guests, he will drink and chat with Director Liu. Once, the two brothers made a big joke, and Director Liu accidentally injured the driver Xiahou. This was originally a private matter, and the driver Xiahou didn't file a complaint.But because Director Liu is a public official, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, people who hurt someone will be punished regardless of whether the other party pursues it or not.After a while, other witnesses testified to the fact that the crime of injury became a crime of perjury, and the driver Xiahou was locked up and punished a lot.

Later, Director Liu cut snakes to revolt and became Peigong. Driver Xiahou ran to find this old man. Liu Bang appointed him as a servant, and a county government driver became the Minister of Communications, the commander of the military vehicles and Liu Bang's chief driver. , the major is quite suitable, that is, the speed of promotion is faster than that of taking a rocket.It can be seen that Director Liu is very affectionate and nostalgic, so capable people like Zhang Liang and Xiao He are willing to follow him. Xia Houying commanded Liu Bang's chariot troops to fight north and south, and made a lot of contributions.Once, Xia Houying dealt with a corruption case involving more than a dozen soldiers, and beheaded thirteen of them in one go. It was the turn of the fourteenth person, a small official in charge of the warehouse. Before he died, this person said to Xia Houying: " Didn’t Liu Bang want to conquer the world? Why did he still want to kill the strong?

Xia Houying felt that this man had an extraordinary tone and mighty appearance, so he let him go. After talking with him, he admired him greatly, so he recommended him to Xiao He.The director of the warehouse is Han Xin. In the Chu-Han War, Liu Bang often faced unfavorable situations and was always chased by Xiang Yu.Once, Liu Bang ran away again, riding in a military vehicle, and the driver was his old buddy Xia Houying, commander of the military vehicle force.While running, I met Liu Bang's two children who were also running for their lives. One was Liu Ying and the other was Princess Lu Yuan.When the siblings saw their father coming in a car, they shouted as if they had met a savior.Xia Houying got them into the car and continued running.

But the pursuers were too fast, the cars were heavy and the horses were sleepy, and it seemed that they couldn't run.Everyone knows that Liu Bang's hooligan nature is a quasi-criminal when it comes to critical junctures. He only cares about his own life and does not care about others, and this time is no exception.In desperation, Liu Bang wanted to kick the two children down several times, but Xia Houying stopped him every time. When he really kicked down, he jumped out of the car and hugged them up. The two children hugged each other tightly in fright. Hold Uncle Xiahou's neck and don't let go.

After all, Xia Houying is a veteran driver with top-notch driving skills. In the end, they were all out of danger. After that, Xia Houying followed Liu Bang in countless vicious battles and helped Liu Bang seize the world. His official position has never changed.After Liu Bang's death, Liu Ying, who was almost kicked off the car, succeeded to the throne, that is, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty.Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty was very grateful to Uncle Xia Houying, so he gave him a house in Chang'an City next to the imperial palace, and named it "near me", which means that he can be closest to me.

When Empress Lu and Emperor Wen were in power, Xia Houying still served as a servant, and did not die until eight years after Emperor Wen of Han succeeded to the throne.All in all, Xia Houying, the Minister of Communications, has worked for thirty-seven years, and it is estimated that he can set a world record. The Xiahou family in Qiao County is the descendant of Xiahouying.This family with a glorious tradition, although there have never been any big figures since Xia Houying, and was deprived of its title for something as early as the Western Han Dynasty, and became a commoner.But in Qiao County, the Xiahou family has always been a big and famous family.Cao's family and Xiahou's family began to intermarry very early, and this tradition has continued in the future, making the two families a close relative.

For this reason, Xiahou's family also sent their children to receive education in the private schools run by the Cao Mansion. Among these children, those who knew their names were Xiahou, Xiahoulian, Xiahouyuan, etc. The names of their parents were no longer available. They were related to Cao Cao. Same age, same age.Xiahou and Xiahoulian are blood brothers. Xiahouyuan has at least three brothers, and the names of the other two are unknown. One of them gave birth to a son named Xiahoushang, and Xiahoushang gave birth to a son named Xiahouxuan. figure. Xia Houyuan's other younger brother, although he doesn't know his name, is very interesting because he is the father-in-law of Zhang Fei, a general of the Shu Han Dynasty, and the grandfather of Liu Chan, the emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty.Her daughter married Zhang Fei in an accident, and the daughter she gave birth married Liu Chan again and became the queen of Shu Han.

Although Cao Cao was not a good boy who was hardworking and obedient in his youth, he got along very well with the brothers Cao and Xiahou.Many years later, he led this group of brothers to gallop and create Cao Wei's foundation.