Chapter 43 Change door

People without long-term considerations must have near-term worries, and the affairs of the royal family cannot be easily intervened. Wang Fu, who had reached the peak of his power, still did not understand: since the day he became an emperor, anyone who harmed the queen, even if he was ordered by the emperor, must not be allowed to be tolerated by his colleagues, the world, and in the end he will also be tolerated by the emperor! In March of the second year of Guanghe (AD 179), Liu Hong could no longer tolerate Wang Fu's domineering.Under his instruction, impeachment petitions flew into the province like snowflakes for a while.Asking for bribes, stealing national treasures, harming the clan, massacring scholars, forming cliques for personal gain, provoking wars, poisoning the queen... countless crimes were exposed.Liu Ying, Chen Qiu and other ministers who had always hated him also encouraged him from the sidelines, so Liu Hong followed suit and sent Wang Fu and his adopted sons Wang Ji and Wang Meng into prison.

Wicked people have their own way. Wang Fu met his nemesis in prison, and he hated Yang Qiu, a cruel official whom he hated to the bone.Yang Qiu didn't care about Wang's laws, and without waiting for an order, he beat Wang Fu and his son to death with random sticks, and exposed their corpses on the street. With the death of the two men, bad luck began for those who had attached themselves to Wang Fu, so Duan Jiong was confusedly poured a bowl of poisonous wine by his ears, ending his life of mixed reputation.Wang Fu, the great eunuch who once controlled the fate of the court and the lives of countless people, was finally finished.Until many years after his death, his cruelty and treachery still loomed in the nightmares of many people!

However, the person who benefited the most at that time was the emperor Liu Hong. No one expected that after executing Wang Fu, he changed hands and executed Liu He, Chen Qiu, Yang Qiu and other hardline ministers.At this moment, Liu Hong is no longer that cowardly little emperor. Through a series of political struggles, he has already trampled all the forces of the clan, party members, relatives, eunuchs, and powerful officials under his feet. No one will dare to challenge him openly in the future. The imperial power is gone!He started to act arbitrarily, and pushed his trusted eunuchs Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Hongdu Men's confidantes whom he had painstakingly cultivated to the foreground. A round of political purges has been completed silently...

You know it's not a blessing if you lose your horse. Fate really played a joke with the Cao family.Originally, Cao Song was Wang Fu's best friend and the one who was dealt with as a matter of course, but because of the case of Empress Song, he became a victim and the target of Wang Fu's persecution.In addition, Cao Song bribed the new eunuch forces, so the Cao family escaped this political liquidation dramatically. The house of Cao Yin's family is the most shabby among the Cao family, far inferior to the wealth of the families of Cao Song, Cao Chi, and Cao Ding.Although Cao Yin has a better reputation than his elder brothers, he is just an unknown rural hermit after all, and no one knows about him when he leaves Qiao County.He lost his parents since he was a child and was weak. He relied on his ancestral property to start a family.Since she is not rich, her marriage is also very simple. There is only one wife, and she has never had children.Even though his life is so unfortunate, Cao Yin has not been very restrained in his daily expenses. Naturally, his elegant demeanor must be spent on money. In the four years of raising Cao Cao, he never cared about anything, but his relatives in the ordinary family were even poorer than him Opened his mouth, and absolutely wholeheartedly helped, that is really money in front and people behind.For a long time, such an outfield (lavishness to save face), coupled with the expense of money and medicine for his distressed problems, his life became more and more difficult.In the end, there was not even a servant in the house, and his wife made arrangements for everything inside and out.

Now that Cao Ding and Cao Chi have passed away one after another, this is a great blow to him, making his distressed illness even more uncontrollable. When the illness comes, he rolls in pain, and when it passes, he is exhausted.Difficult to eat and drink, sleepless at night, and lost a lot of weight in a few months. During these days, the Cao Cao brothers, Xiahou brothers, Ding brothers, and Cao Hong often came to see him.Cao Yin didn't have children, but he loved children by nature. The children of his own family and neighbors often came to visit him.Sometimes when he is in good spirits, I will tell everyone a story, and if he is not in good spirits, I will grab a handful of sugar syrup or soufflé, in short, I will not ask everyone to go home empty-handed.

After a winter passed in a blink of an eye, Cao Song sent someone to send the good news-his official was reinstated.Cao Cao eagerly ran to Qishu's and read the letter, telling him that Wang Fu was dead, and the Cao family could rest easy again.Lying on the couch, Cao Yin listened to these things, and interjected a few words: "Oh? Is that so?" —The officialdom was too far away from him, and wealth was not what he wanted in his life.His state of mind is like a pool of clear water, and any wind and waves will not cause ripples in this pool of clear water. It took Cao Cao a lot of work to finish his father's volume, which was as long as half of "Zuo Zhuan", when he lowered his head, he noticed that Uncle Qi was already snoring slightly.He leaned down to tuck him in the quilt, and just as he was about to leave gently, he heard the noise in the yard.

"Hey! You guys are here too!" This was Aunt Seven's voice. "Auntie! Look at our brother Zilian, who is dressed like a fool today!" It's not big or small, it sounds like Bian Bing. "Hahaha!" Seventh Aunt laughed, "Well, it's really a good dress." "Don't listen to his kid's nonsense!" Cao Hong said in a rough voice, "Where is my seventh uncle?" "It's lying in there. Mengde is here too, and I'm reading a letter to him! Go in quickly!" But Cao Cao came out to greet him: "Keep your voice down, Uncle Qi is asleep." After finishing speaking, he saw Cao Hong wearing a red dress, red robe, red pants, red belt, and a red cloth baotou.Since he was a child, he has a broad body and a fat body, but he is not tall, with thick hair and a big black face. When he is dressed up, he looks like a charcoal fireball popping out of the stove.

Cao Cao was stunned when he saw it: "You, you...what are you doing?" "Spirited or not? I'm going to be Xiaolian Gong!" Cao Hong was proud. "Hahaha..." Cao Cao was annoyed and funny, "Take it off for me quickly! Is this attire for taking office or getting married? Have you ever seen someone who looks like Xiaolian Maocai? You have to make the envoy look like this." , The county generals are all so mad! Haven’t you lost all the face of being an official?” Cao Hong still looked confused, pointed at Bian Bing and said, "I also thought it was wrong, this is all your brother-in-law's idea!"

Cao Cao had seen Bian Bing covering his mouth and smiling like a prawn bent over, so he pointed at him and said, "You listen to him? He deliberately made fun of you." "Hey! I don't know, there are several companies here!" Cao Hong stuck out his tongue. Cao Cao shook his head: What can he do with such a raw melon egg!He shook his face and said to Bian Bing: "You kid is getting more and more ugly, thinking that you are still a child who has just fallen into the grass? It's okay to idle around and coax the seventeen or eight children around here to play. I don't care if I wrap a flute around the ring What did you say to you, why did he even play with such important matters? If he really ran to the county in this outfit, what would be the result?"

"Brother-in-law! Look at what you said!" Bian Bing stopped laughing, "I said at the beginning that I would not come back with you, but you forced me to come. Besides, I coaxed me to talk about how many children there are in this family. Is it an easy job? Seventh Uncle is sick, so he must be in a bad mood. I dressed up Zilian and pushed him in front of his eyes. Seventh Uncle looked at it and laughed. Isn't this more effective than taking some medicine?" "You still have one thing to do..." Cao Cao got a little angry. "Don't talk about Meng De," Aunt Seven interjected, "Abing's intentions are good, and besides, there are family members on the left and right, so it's nothing wrong to make a joke. A Bing often comes to play the flute for your uncle, and then tries to coax him I am happy, and I have to thank him well!"

When Aunt Seven said that, Cao Cao couldn't say anything more about him, so he said, "Forget it, let's go first. Uncle Seven is asleep, come back after noon." "Don't go! Come in! Come in!" Cao Yin didn't know when he woke up, and waved to them with the door curtain lifted. "Hey! Uncle Seven, why are you up? We're quarreling with you!" The three of them entered the room again, muttering. Cao Yin sat down, looked at Cao Hong up and down, looked left and right, and said for a long time: "Are you going to be a bridegroom or do you want to celebrate your 80th birthday!" Pointing to the charcoal basin in the corner, "Haha... I think it is the same as the boiled charcoal that was just picked out." It was still Bian Bing who spoke quickly: "You are an old man, this is our new Mr. Xiaolian!" "Xiaolian? Hahahahahaha..." Cao Yin laughed so hard, "Come on! This kind of Xiaolian will make the county general's nose crooked!" "I said I would not do this kind of business, but my uncle had this wish before his death. But if I am a county magistrate, how can I do this job? If I run into the 250th master Bian Bing again, I will I still don't know what's wrong! According to me, it's better for me to leave this vacancy to others as soon as possible. Is it not more appropriate for me to join the army or follow Xiahou Yuanrang's job in the yamen? I'm the best at beating people with a board! "Cao Hong patted his chest as he spoke, his words amused everyone. Cao Yin stroked his beard and said, "You guys are all like this. You don't know your blessings when you are blessed. There is only one Xiaolian in a county, and the son of a poor family has a talent and learning. People like you can't get it. It's too late to thank the emperor's ancestors for this lottery! He's still making sarcastic remarks." "But I can't do it!" Cao Hong grinned. "If you can't do it, you can learn. Who is born to be an official?" Cao Yin was not in a hurry, "Calm down first, and think about it carefully. Do you want others to say hello or to be scolded by others? ?” "That goes without saying, of course I want others to say I am good." "Then you have to work hard. It doesn't matter if you can't do the job well, or you can't do it. It doesn't matter. Ask the old criminal name, have a kind attitude, sweet mouth, and loyalty to the entrusted person. Use your words If you are loyal, you will gain a good reputation after a long time. The key is to dare to do it! You dare to beat someone to death, why is it so difficult to be an official?" Cao Yin pointed at Cao Cao, "Ah How did you ever learn it before concealing Xiaolian? Put your heart in order, and focus on doing the job well and contributing to the people, and it will be natural. You can’t make progress in your life if you think about whether the official position is not suitable, the salary is small, and the job is difficult. "What are you talking about!" Cao Hong stomped his feet. "I don't know how to go back and figure it out for myself... I heard that you showed your face a few days ago, and five people beat up twenty-nine people. Is this true? This juncture still hurts." "Hey! He's a bitch!" This is Cao Hong's catchphrase, "You don't know, it's the Huan family man again! The groom in his mansion led people to rob Qin Shao's horse, brother Qin is really in a hurry ...Qin Shao, me, Miaocai, Xia Houlian and Ding Chong, the five of us are going to the door, and the gang of slaves are all like masters. I don’t even scan to find out what kind of friendship Qin Shao has with us, They moved their hands without saying a few words, just like that group of people, they can't get on the table! Xia Houlian is the worst, and he knocked down three of them! Brother Qin stretched out his hand so neatly! They also called As for the people, more than 20 people came out, and I said, "How dare you be so violent after robbing the horse, this is the open fire of the bandits!" The servant girl called her mother. Later, the old turtle of the Huan family came out. He had suffered from the misfortune of A Man, and he recognized the wonderful talent! At that time, he was subdued! The horse was also pulled out and returned to Brother Qin, and he taught the servant a lesson. Pause, keep bowing... Haha... What a joy! He's a bitch!" Cao Hong said that he was full of energy when he mentioned the fight, and he spit all over the place. "Did you hear that? That's the only thing you can do." Cao Yin smiled, "I said how many times have we had trouble with the Huan family? Huan Shao is now in the county, and Zi Lian will hold his breath again. It’s too late for us to hide, and we’re going to look for his house.” "It's not that we are looking for it, his evil slave is unreasonable!" Cao Hong slapped his thigh. "I've seen Mr. Huan too. He's an old man. Even though he's old and there's no one else in his family, he's been a good man all his life. It's possible that the people under him are used to arrogance and indulgence. You put those villains It's fine for the slaves to come out and teach them a lesson, but they have to block people's doors and make trouble, as if our surnamed Cao deliberately made trouble with him, making it known to all the villages, where is his old face? Duan Jiong's story is not enough Do you think this is a lesson? It is better to resolve this enemy than to end it. What if something happens in the future and his family suffers? " Cao Yin said this to persuade his nephew to be obedient, but he didn't know that the enmity with the Huan family had already been forged! Cao Hong lowered his head and listened, not daring to speak any more. "Okay! Don't sweep your brows and face in front of me, I don't like to watch this!" Cao Yin waved his hand, "You are leaving, there is nothing for you! I have asked your aunt to prepare some good wine, you Take it to have a drink with your buddies, and don’t forget your old friendship when you go out.” "Hey!" Cao Hong was overjoyed when he heard that there was wine, "Uncle Seven! You still love my nephew!" "Haha..." Everyone laughed. "Go, go! Coax your aunt to go! She's getting ready." Cao Yin waved his hand again. "Yeah." Cao Hong responded, gave a gift and left happily.Bian Bing wanted to go with him when he saw him, but was stopped by Cao Yin. "Ah Bing, I have something for you to do. De'er came to see me yesterday and said he wanted to set up a family school. I wondered, didn't my fourth brother give me two good houses? It's far away, and my body like this can't I’m too lazy to move. You go to your brother-in-law’s place to find a few family members, call Louyi and them all together, tidy up those two rooms on Xilong, and use them as a study. You child is the first child of the clan They all get together and go there to study in the future, and it will be used as a home school. Del's books are well read, and it is a good thing that he is willing to teach now, no matter whether they are poor, rich, far or near, let them learn. Don’t stop the neighbor’s children from going if they want to. I’ll leave this to you, go now, don’t waste your time.” "No! Don't worry, leave this matter to me and just listen to it!" Bian Bing said with a playful smile. "Stop being silly, go!" "promise!" Cao Hong and Bian Bing left, and only Cao Yin and Cao Cao's uncle and nephew were left in the house.Cao Cao saw that his face was pale and there were a few drops of sweat on his forehead. He guessed that something was wrong, so he hurriedly said, "Uncle! You'd better lie down for a while!" "I don't lie down, I just lie down when I'm full, and I'm useless! De'er runs a family school, which is a serious and good thing, and it needs to be supported. It's still the people from your big family who are promising. Big brother's years of hard work are not in vain. I can't make it..." "Where did Uncle Seven come from? As the saying goes, tender bamboo shoots grow in dry bamboo forests, and unicorns can also be born in old cows. Old Qiaoxuan came to have a second daughter, and Cui Lie gave birth to a young son, Cui Zhouping. Who would have thought that you would not give them to us when you grow old?" How about adding a cousin?" Cao Cao advised. "Oh...forget it! I've already met my grandnephew, so don't count on that." "Don't think so. It's not a big deal for four or five generations of a big family to live under the same roof. Is it new for you to add a brother to us?" "I hope! At that time, your son will have to call my son uncle..." Cao Yin laughed twice, and the uncle and nephew fell silent for a while. "Uncle Seven! I'll take the wine away, and I'll see you again tomorrow!" Cao Hong's loud and loud voice came from outside.Cao Cao felt a burst of emotion in his heart: as soon as his father resumed his official position, Zilian was immediately promoted as Xiaolian, and all the power and money came back, as if nothing had happened. "Meng De, what are you thinking?" Cao Yin asked him. "Oh? Oh. It's nothing. I was wondering if Zilian would be a good job." "If you asked me this way a few years ago, I would definitely say that he is not good at being an official. But now I don't think so." "Oh?" Cao Cao sat down on the spot. "Whether people are wise or stupid, they always have their own opportunities. No matter what their background or ability is, as long as they seize the opportunity, they will succeed. But if you are like me...you will never get ahead if you hurt yourself and feel sorry for yourself all your life." "Uncle Seven..." "I'm really stupid. I didn't understand this truth until now. Unfortunately, it's too late, and my body doesn't allow it. I really want to live it all over again." Cao Yin smiled regretfully, "Meng De, please remember Live my lesson."