Chapter 8 6. Cao's successor

During this period, Cao Cao had an accident and almost died. According to the records of "Three Kingdoms: Xiahouyuan Biography", Cao Cao committed a crime for unknown reasons and was arrested in Qiao County. Speaking of which, Cao Cao in his youth was mischievous and loved to play pranks, and he would not kill people and set fires.But this time he was unlucky and fell into the hands of Pei Guoxiang Wang Ji.This Wang Ji is also biography in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", but it is in the biography of the cruel officials.Cruel officials are a terrible type of people. It sounds good to say that they hate evil like hatred, but in fact they are a group of perverts. In the end, they have actually become murderers for fun.

This Wang Ji was originally a scholar, but his luck had been bad and he suffered from social injustice. It was not until he recognized the great eunuch Wang Fu as his adoptive father that the situation changed. Level local officials. It is not a good thing for a person to be suppressed for too long. Once he gains power, the suppressed side will burst out in another form, becoming extreme and cruel.Cruel officials in history are often tempered in this way. Because of the support of his adoptive father Wang Fu, because of his little fame and talent when he was young, and because he has been suppressed for too long and experienced too many setbacks, Wang Ji's way of governing Peiguo is different.

Wang Ji implemented a harsh system of white terror in Peiguo, which was even more fascist than fascist.For all kinds of crimes, big and small, he made new judicial interpretations outside the court's laws, and dealt unusually severe blows to all kinds of criminals. For example, for petty theft, Wang Xiangguo must not let Wang Xiangguo find out that playing 200 boards in other places would cost 200 boards in Peiguo, and he also told the boarder to be ruthless.As a result, many people couldn't hold on and were beaten to death. Juvenile crimes have always been given light sentences, but Wang Xiangguo doesn't think so. As long as they commit crimes, they will be given heavy sentences regardless of gender.He also specifically stipulated that those who were not filial to their parents, or whose parents abandoned their children, would be buried alive once they were found out.

It sounds unbelievable, but the legal system in that era was quite lax, and sometimes the judgments were based on Confucian classics, such as "Spring and Autumn", so there was a lot of freedom in sentencing. Moreover, Wang Xiangguo's method of killing people is also very careless, he enjoys killing people.Every time a person is killed, the body must be dismembered into thousands of pieces, disassembled and placed in the car, and paraded through the streets for public display.Xia Tian's body rotted, so he asked his subordinates to string up the bones and continue parading through the streets.

Wang Xiangguo would feel particularly happy whenever he saw the common people terrified and cowering in terror.According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", Wang Ji served as Prime Minister of Peiguo for five years and killed more than 10,000 people.According to the census figures of Emperor Huan, the total population of Pei State was only 250,000.In the past five years, the people of Peiguo had a net reduction of 4% in population growth because their chief executive liked to play killing games! Cao Cao committed a crime at this time, and it was committed by Wang Ji.You must know that the prison in Peiguo is not so easy to sit in. A small crime can become a big crime here, and a living crime can become a capital crime.Seeing that Cao Cao's life is in danger.

Speaking of which, Wang Ji didn't have any reason to fight with the Cao family. We all don't interfere with each other, and we have similar backgrounds. Not to mention sympathy, at least they shouldn't be sympathetic to each other, right? But this Xiangguo's temper is anyone's guess. He has changed from fighting crime to murdering for fun, and then developed into schizophrenia and paranoia.But luckily now, Cao Cao was locked in the county prison and hadn't reported to Prime Minister Pei Guo yet, so Cao Song hurriedly looked for someone to clear up, and tried to release Cao Cao before the case was reported.

It took a lot of effort and a lot of money to come up with a sentence, saying that if someone is willing to stand up and bear the crime, the county can consider releasing him. Xia Houyuan was the first to stand up and was willing to take the blame for Cao Cao.In this way, Cao Cao was released. Later, Cao Song continued his activities, and it took a lot of trouble to get Xia Houyuan out.What crime did Cao Cao commit?Since there are no other records, it becomes a mystery.However, it is conjectured that it is possible for a child in his teens, who usually likes to play tricks, to get out of his head and make some troubles. As for more serious incidents, the possibility is not great.Regarding this matter, there is no record even in "Cao Man Biography" with the sole purpose of discrediting Cao Cao.

Although this incident has passed, it touched Cao Song a lot.In troubled times and declining times, it is difficult to be an obedient citizen. If you don’t cause trouble, things will come to you. If you want to do it, you must be a strong person, otherwise your family fortune will be difficult to protect. Facing the obedient but slightly weak Cao De and the disobedient but passionate Cao Cao, Cao Song once wanted to train Cao De to be his successor.Now it seems that this kind of thinking must be changed. Only the strong can protect the Cao family from being bullied in troubled times. When Cao Cao was thirteen or fourteen years old, according to the custom, he was going to be engaged.Cao Song chose a marriage for Cao Cao, and the other party was also a rich family in Qiao County, surnamed Ding.

The Ding family is another big family that the Cao family has a lot of contacts in Qiao County besides the Xiahou family. Cao Cao's mother's surname is Ding, and it is probably from this family.The representative of the Ding family is Ding Gong, who is serving in the imperial court at this time, from the official to the minister.Ding Gong's son Ding Chong became Cao Cao's good friend and staunch supporter in his career.Ding Chong's two sons, Ding Yi and Ding, were deeply appreciated by Cao Cao and became good friends of Cao Zhi. They were killed because they were involved in the struggle between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi for the heir.

Cao Cao's first wife was a girl from the Ding family. As for the relationship with Ding Gong and his son, it is impossible to test.After Cao Cao and Mrs. Ding got married, they had no children. After many years, she divorced Cao Cao because of some things.That's another story.Mrs. Ding also has a younger sister who is married to Xia Houyuan. During the Three Kingdoms period, Jiangdong Qiao Xuan (not the famous scholar Qiao Xuan) had two daughters, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, who married Sun Ce and Zhou Yu respectively, which became a good story; Mrs. Ding and her sister married Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan respectively, and they should also become a good talk.