Chapter 4 Uncle He Jin

After all, Cao Cao was young and could not settle down to study.The matter of Dongguan's school books became more and more boring. After half a month, I couldn't bear to read the bamboo slips. Ma Rixun looked at him absent-mindedly, shook his cane and joked: "Boy! I just go out to play if I don't feel like it. When I was young, I could drill sand (hidden)! What a clever person Cao Jugao, when Grandfather Qiao was young You are also full of energy, why did you cultivate such a dull gourd like you? Go, go! What should I do? I, an old-eyed veteran, can’t write a volume in a day, so do you need you to come to school every day? It’s like tomorrow It’s like I’m about to die! If you pissed me off, I’ll hit your ass with a cane... Get out, get out!” Just like that, he told Ma Rizun to kick him out.

Wandering around and trying to figure out where to go, it happened that Bao Xin came in front of him with Bao Tao and Bao Zhong, and invited him to go hunting, and forced him out of the city.In the outskirts, the horses had a great time running, but they couldn't stretch their hands. The three brothers of the Bao family had been doing the tricks all year round. Cao Mengde's two or five eyesight was not enough to lead them into the stirrups, and he was sweating profusely after chasing them. Still empty handed. "No, you can take these things back and cook them as wild game, and don't come here in vain." Bao Xin held two hares and handed them to him.

"Come on! Bao Er Er, don't embarrass me! Go ahead, I'll go first." Cao Cao spat at him and left without hesitation. "If you can't do it, you can't do it, that's life!" Cao Cao couldn't stop sighing all the way.When he returned home covered in sweat, he saw an official's carriage parked in front of his house.This is nothing new, since Cao Song hit it off with Zhao Zhong after Cao Jie's death, he has guests almost every day, but the servants Fan Ling, Xu Xiang, Jia Huna and other people who are wandering around, Cao Cao is also early Just got used to it, there is an agreement between father and son, he will never see such guests.

Cao Cao didn't say hello either, and returned to his room exhausted. His servant Qin Yilu took off his robe and changed his clothes. , go get me a bowl of cold water to drink." "No." Qin Yilu smiled obsequiously, "I see that you have been feeling uneasy recently?" "Stop being silly, am I getting old?" "Not old, not old..." Qin Yilu shook his head, giggling and said, "You will be a high-ranking official when you grow old!" "Stop flattering, get some water." Cao Cao was annoyed. "Don't blame petty flattery, you are destined to be a high official. Regardless of other things, you have to be promoted for me."

"Hey, for you? A master who doesn't even have a wife?" "You don't understand," Qin Yilu gritted his teeth and said cheerfully, "I heard from my master that before Lord Guangwu, the prime minister's Cangtou (household slave) was commonly called 'Yilu'. If the prime minister has something to ask, just speak Call 'Yi Lu first'. You are thinking, now you have some orders to call my name first, and you have to be a prime minister for me." "This is well-documented, but it's a pity that it's a story of old age. Lord Guangwu abolished the prime minister and established the three princes. How can there be such an official as the prime minister nowadays?" Cao Cao was amused.

"Let's not argue, but maybe you will make a lot of contributions in the future, so you can make yourself a prime minister?" "Well, I seal myself up...Isn't that against me?" Cao Cao raised his leg and gave him a kick, "Why are you talking so much nonsense, hurry up and get some water!" "It's not... the little one has a feeling to report back." "Why is it so difficult to ask you to do some work! I haven't become the prime minister yet, so I can't help you. If you have something to say, talk and fart!" "No, I'll let it go now. Just now, the master ordered that today's guest is a distinguished guest, and he asked you to meet the guest in the living room as soon as you come back."

"Oh, you don't have to talk about something!" Cao Cao hurriedly got up and put on his clothes, "Don't worry if you spend a long time waiting for a basin of cleansing water! People in their thirties learn more and go back, and you have to delay everything. .” "It's for your own good, little one. The master is strict. If you don't wash up, the master will blame you. I can't afford it!" "Fart! Blame me and blame you? Whose servant are you? Do you eat the master's food or mine? Don't think it's a big deal to help my father get through the Cao Festival!" Cao Cao burst out evil Huo, "Kneel down and slap your mouth!"

"Nuo..." Qin Yilu groaned and knelt down, clapping his lips wistfully, but refused to use his strength, and rubbed his hands dryly on his face.Seeing his appearance, Cao Cao gave a "puchi" laugh, and said, "Don't you want to be scolded! Get out of here! Do whatever you like." Then he walked out of the house and ran to the living room. After taking two steps, he felt that something was wrong, and turned his head. He yelled, "Father said that I don't have to see his guests. Who came today and told me to go over?" "It is said that Uncle Guo is here."

"National uncle? Which country uncle?" Empress He has two brothers today, one is her own brother He Jin, and the other is her half-brother He Miao. "Uncle Daguo, He Suigao will be a master craftsman." "He Jin? What is he doing at our house..." Cao Cao didn't dare to neglect any more, and walked towards the living room while thinking, but it was still too late, and Cao Song was seeing an official coming out of the main room with a smile. Cao Cao took a quick look: He Jin was nine feet tall, with broad shoulders, a broad belly, and a round waist. He was wearing a hard jacket inlaid with jasper. Lined with a white satin shirt, the waist is bulging with blue ribbon leather. The two-foot-two wide sleeves reveal the thick wrists with black hair and curly hair. Widened and enlarged thick-soled forged belt brocade shoes.Facial view: a light brown wide forehead, bulging cheeks, fat head with big ears and thick eyebrows, but small squinted eyes, a big bulbous nose occupying less than half of the face, the nose is oily and shiny, and the bottom is A pair of thick lips with a cheerful mouth, exposing snow-white front teeth, the teeth in one mouth are quite neat, but a beard is full of jagged yellow scorched and scorched chest.

Looking at it from afar, He Jin has a tall head, a straight back, a round fat man, a big body, a big face, a big breast and a big belly, a big nose and a big stubble, big hands and big buttocks! "This uncle of the country is impressive... No matter how well-dressed he is, he still looks like a butcher." Before he could finish muttering to himself, Cao Cao saw He Jin rushing over to greet him.He was tall and striding like a meteor, so panicked that Cao Song trotted behind, and introduced: "This is the son of this old man, Cao Cao... Hurry up and come here to greet the uncle of the country." It is said that He Jin is in the rank of Lieqing and the uncle of the dynasty. Therefore, it is only right for Sanzhilang to be worshiped by the official.But this person is simple and honest, and he doesn't know too much etiquette, so he greeted Cao Cao with two steps and made a bow to Cao Cao.Now it's a joke!The two of them were only two feet apart, He Jin was tall and Cao Cao was short, He Jin kept his body and Cao Cao bowed his head, the hard leather pouch with seals in his waist was knocking on Cao Cao's face.The knock made Cao Cao's eyes burst into golden flowers, and he squatted down while covering his head in pain.The trouble made Cao Song's face look like a big red cloth, and he couldn't blame his uncle Guo, so he could only point at his son and say, "You, you... why are you so Meng Lang? It's outrageous! Get up!"

He Jin felt embarrassed, and quickly supported him: "Blame me, blame me! Does it hurt? I'll show you...don't worry, big brother." Where did "Big Brother" come from?How can the uncle of the country speak casually?This He Jin didn't know what to do in the officialdom at all, he had a thick voice with a strong Nanyang accent, the more anxious he was, the more he talked, and the more he talked, the more he lost his identity.Cao Cao said in a hurry, trying not to laugh, he had to be polite: "Uncle Guo, you are busy with business, and my father and son are quite honored to be able to come to our house today." "You really flatter me!" He Jin bared his teeth and grinned, "I, a master craftsman, am just a piece of chaff, a useless idler, and I will do whatever Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong tell them to do." Sorry to be honest.Originally, Cao Song wanted to talk about some important court affairs, but after such a commotion, he lost his mood.The father and son sent He Jin out of the house and bowed repeatedly, and they didn't turn back to the study until he got into the carriage and drove a long way. "You didn't break it, did you?" "It's not in the way." Even though he said that, Cao Cao still had a double image of his father. "How Jin is this... hey!" Cao Song sighed, "A foolish man has no sense of etiquette. He is suitable for a butcher, but he is not qualified to be an official at all. He is far worse than his brother He Miao." "Hahaha..." Cao Cao laughed out loud at this moment, "Stupid people have stupid luck, maybe he will have another step of good luck with this stupid energy." "Oh? What do you mean?" "Since ZTE, the only thing I have lacked is such a simple and honest foreign relative. If they are as simple as him, how can there be any foreign relatives involved in politics? Besides, wouldn't it be appropriate for the party members to push such a man who is easy to control to deal with eunuchs?" Cao Cao gave his father a meaningful look. This sentence was like a thunderbolt hitting Cao Song's head. He shook his head and looked at his son with admiration: "You are really promising! I thought you came late and missed the good show, but I don't know that you are getting better and better. , You don’t need to listen or read, just click the question in one sentence.” "What's so difficult to figure out, he can still visit when he has nothing to do? The story of Wang Meiren has spread all over Luoyang City, and now their He family's life is not easy!" As they spoke, the father and son entered the house take a seat.Cao Song wiped off his sweat and breathed a sigh of relief, "I called you here just now. Firstly, I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce you. Secondly, he mentioned something to me and wanted you to come and take a closer look." , Cao Song's three family brothers Cao Chi, Cao Ding, and Cao Yin died one after another, and now he can only discuss with his son what he has to do. "Yes. Father, you said." "Indeed, as you mentioned just now, He Jin is a straightforward person. As soon as he entered the door, he asked me about the rebellion of Dou Wu and Chen Fan and the eunuch Wang Fu's mutiny." "Did you tell him?" "said." "How do you say, towards Wang Fu or towards Dou Wu?" "What else can I say? Fortunately, they are all dead, and they each hit 50 big boards! This is the most taboo thing mentioned by the emperor today. I can only talk about what happened in general, and talk about Wang Fu's behavior back then. , As for others... I dare not mention a single extra word." "That's fine." Cao Cao sneered secretly, and said in his heart, "I can't bring it up. Back then, you were not upright yourself. What face do you have to accuse others?" Seeing that he was speechless, Cao Song said again: "It's a pimple that will be untied one day. After so many years, it seems that this matter still can't be avoided, or it will have to be tossed out again." "That's right, this case will have to be worked out sooner or later, but it shouldn't be the He family who made it up." Cao Cao stroked his short beard, "What is He Jin's tone?" "Uh...it's hard to say, this person falters and falters, he talks about something that he doesn't understand the past, and wants to do something practical for the court, so he can't eat his salary in vain, and then he says that the emperor has the emperor's difficulties , Zhang Rang was good to him and so on. Anyway, it’s all vernacular, and it’s very verbose! It seems that they want to come forward to reverse the case for the party members but dare not do it. The words are contradictory.” "Contradictions are right..." Cao Cao nodded, "His He family is in conflict now. It is obvious that Wang Meiren was murdered, and the emperor hates the queen in his heart! He Jin is of low background and incapable. You have to win over scholars to put money on your face, but if you want to win over scholars, you have to turn over the case for the party, and overturning the case for the party is tantamount to offending Zhang Rang's gang of eunuchs, and the eunuch's slander will in turn anger the emperor. So Jin also No, not even retreat, he is cowardly and incompetent, isn't this a contradiction?" A few words were not loud but had an enlightening effect. Cao Song nodded in agreement, "Then tell us what we should do?" "It doesn't bother us at all. Why come in? Let's meet Gao Ying and say something indifferent. If he doesn't come, we will be more at ease. To put it bluntly, this is a private matter of the emperor's family, and outsiders are not allowed to interfere. Bring on disaster!" "That's right... But you said that this stupid person, why did he suddenly have the idea of ​​overturning the case for the party members?" "According to my son, He Jin doesn't have such a brain. It's probably someone behind the scenes." When Cao Cao said this, he couldn't help but think of He Yong who came and went without a trace. Would Uncle Da Guo's attitude be different from him? About it? Cao Song was taken aback: "Then tell me, boy, can He Jin reverse the case for Dou Wu? This has nothing to do with our family!" "Definitely not." Seeing his father's nervous face, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing. "How do you know? Can you tell?" "Of course." Cao Cao poured a bowl of water for his father himself, "How did such a hesitant person accomplish such a great thing? Besides, He Jiaben was born as a butcher, and he made his fortune by relying on Zhang Rang, so he should shoot back. How is it easy? Don't talk about reason, it doesn't make sense emotionally. Zhang Rang is hugging the emperor's thigh, and the emperor is pressing down on Empress He. I don't think our country uncle can be his sister's home. Don't forget, there are still There is a domineering half-brother, He Miao! He Miao was originally the son of Mrs. He who remarried to the Zhu family. His original name was Zhu Miao. Are you wary of him? He might even make a wedding dress for someone else. Do the math, how many fetters He Jin has inside and outside him, and if he messes up, there might be troubles, but he himself is not a bit quick. Messy courage. I'm afraid that in the future, the He family's crimes will not be less severe than those of Song Hou's family. To put it bluntly, as long as Wansui is alive today, they will have to endure it." Cao Song drank the water his son handed him, and listened to his high-spirited talk, feeling relieved for a while.Originally, he was not optimistic about Cao Cao. It was only because his youngest son, Cao De, was addicted to studying and could not understand practical affairs, so he had to let him become an official and inherit the family business.Unexpectedly, after these years of experience, Cao Cao not only won Qiao Xuan's love for promotion, but also gained a lot of power.With such a promising son, what worries does he have? Cao Song smiled faintly: "You're right, we don't need to interfere with He Jin's affairs. There is another matter that I've been thinking about for a long time..." Seeing his father's face turn red suddenly, Cao Cao seemed to be a bit hard to talk about, He hurriedly said, "Is there anything embarrassing for father?" Cao Song stroked his gray beard, and said calmly, "It has been more than ten years since my father has been in the rank of Qing. It stands to reason that he is only a short distance away from the position of Sangong, but he just can't make it half a step. Like Duan Jiong, Xu Jie is less experienced than his father, and they have all served as Sangong. So I think..." "What do you want?" "Now the emperor has allowed Xiyuan to sell officials. The eunuchs say that they are innocent. It is said that buying a lieutenant is five million yuan, and three princes are worth ten million yuan. The wealth and wealth left by your grandfather, tens of millions of expenses are nothing, I think Buy a Sikong Dangdang." This remark choked Cao Cao.He really has nothing to do with his father. Although he has gone through a lot of storms, his behavior of trying to show off just can't be changed.The old man has been attached to eunuchs for most of his life, from Wang Fu to Cao Jie, and from Cao Jie to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, holding his thick legs all the way, it is enough to be despised by others, but he still has to spend money to buy three princes to do his best, It is shameless.But what can a son say about his father?The emperor is really absurd. Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong are not only the heads of civil and military affairs, but also should be a model of morality for all officials.How can such an important position be measured by money?Cao Cao rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Father, you want to honor the lintel, and my son understands. But it is easy to gain and easy to lose. I am afraid that the official position bought with money will not last long. Today the emperor accepted your money to let me You should be Sikong, and you will have to be dismissed tomorrow when the money is spent, so that he can make room for the people who spend money later!" Speaking from the perspective of money, Cao Song can listen to it: "The truth is true, but why care about the length of time for the public, even if you are a day, others have to look at you, you look good when you walk outside .” Bright what?I'm afraid I will get more stares!But he couldn't say that to his father, Cao Cao said again, "I don't think this matter is busy. The honor and disgrace of the He family is yet to be known, and the position of Sangong is too conspicuous. If you are elected, He Jin and others will definitely try to win you over. In your old saying, if you get on the wrong boat, it will be troublesome in the future. Have you forgotten how much the Song family has hurt our family? We can't suffer twice." When he said this, Cao Song had no way to refute He shook his head unwillingly, "Oh... well. We'll talk about this later. But the He family really has no way out, so they can only follow in the footsteps of the Song family? Will He Jin have any hope of getting ahead when he returns to the sea?" "Not really, unless..." "Unless what?" "The world is in chaos!" Cao Cao's eyes sparkled, "Only when the world is in chaos will the emperor use his relatives again." Cao Song was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head up and laughed loudly: "Hahaha...what nonsense are you kidding! With the Emperor Gang unified, how could the world be chaotic at will?" Cao Cao didn't answer. After all, his father hadn't left Luoyang for more than ten years, and he was all focused on getting promoted. How could he know the hardships of people's livelihood?Now that disasters are everywhere and the people are full of anger, the power of Taipingdao is becoming stronger and stronger.But the emperor is fatuous, the eunuchs are rampant, the officials are greedy, and the harem is messy, they have no intention of awakening at all.As the saying goes, extreme joy begets sorrow, and catastrophe may be imminent!