Chapter 9 9. Being retaliated, get out of the capital

Stick Killing Jiantu became famous in the capital, and Cao Cao was really proud of himself for a while. During this period of time, he was like a rising star in the officialdom, shining in everyone's eyes.But he didn't realize at the time that the potential crisis was approaching step by step. On the day when the bad news came, Cao Cao was doing his best in the yamen as usual.Suddenly, the housekeeper in the mansion came to him and said that Cao Song told him to go home. When he got home, he saw his father sitting alone in the study with a gloomy face in a daze, and he didn't speak when he saw himself coming in.

"Father, call your son back in a hurry, what's the matter?" Cao Song was silent for a long time before he said, "Have you written a letter recently?" "Yes, I have!" "Have you ever mentioned Cao Jie's relatives?" Cao Cao said bluntly: "I once wrote a letter to impeach Cao Poshi." Cao Poshi was the younger brother of the eunuch Cao Jie.This man was not only uncultivated, but also greedy and lustful. Because he took a fancy to an officer's wife, he actually forced that officer to death and raped another man's wife.Cao Cao hated such people deeply, so he wrote a letter of impeachment.Because Dad was close to the eunuch and might interfere, he didn't mention this matter at home.

When he saw his father asking him this way, he expected that he must have caused trouble and would be scolded.Unexpectedly, Cao Song was not in a hurry, he just took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve and said, "You are willing to tell the truth." Cao Cao took it over and took a look—it was the impeachment form he had repaired! "How is this going?" "Cao Jie handed it to me today." "What a bold eunuch, how dare to withhold the minister's memorial..." After saying this, Cao Cao suddenly realized the horror of this matter.According to the rules, ministers' memorials enter the province, and those who have their own scriptures are in charge. Since Cao Jie can steal it, it means that the entire court's Zhongshu organization is under his control.

"You think it's strange, don't you?" Cao Song's expression looked tired, "But you don't know that my imperial court has always been like this! What is Chao Gang? What is authority? What is Wang Fa? It's just a high-sounding one. It’s just a lie. Whoever has the power owns everything. This is our world. It was like this before, it is like this now, and it will be like this in the future! You think you are great, don’t you? Let me ask you, how did you become the Xiaolian? How did you get out of the lawsuit and become a county lieutenant? How did you kill Jian Shuo’s uncle without being retaliated against?" Cao Song didn’t mean to be angry at all when he said these words, but with tiredness and scorn.

Such a tone was more severe than a severe reprimand, Cao Cao felt as if he had been stripped clean and thrown into the street.He had to admit that everything he had was given by his father, and everything his father had was given by the eunuch.In the final analysis, the reason why he became an official, became an official, and became famous was not because of himself, but because of the support and protection of the eunuch, and because his father begged for mercy from Wang Fu and Cao Jie like a dog! "You're amazing... you're amazing..." Cao Song continued to sarcastically, "You are a loyal and upright official in the eyes of Luoyang people! What about me? I'm just a notorious flatterer, right? Hahaha... ...Hahaha..." He smiled, and suddenly slapped the desk and roared, "But do you know? How much money did your father give Wang Fu in order to raise you as Xiaolian? How many good things did you say? Who are you? Xiaolian? Have you ever been filial to me? You beat Jian Shuo’s uncle to death, and I had to apologize to others, and stand there like a slave to be scolded! You foolishly go begging for Prime Minister Xu! How can I be sorry for you?"

These words were like sharp knives, piercing Cao Cao's heart: "Daddy, I..." "Your wings are stiff, aren't you?" Cao Song didn't give him a chance to speak, "You think you don't need me anymore, do you? Isn't it? Ah? Hahaha...hahaha...good son! You are so kind! You are promising! Cao Jie praised you when he handed this seal to me today! Really...he said that he was extremely tall Ah, your son is really promising! Being such a small county lieutenant is really a waste of talent, let him go outside for a few years of experience! How wonderful, go outside for a few years of experience... Do you know that you asked him to be kicked out of the capital? Go outside and dream of being an upright official! But let me tell you, if I hadn’t done so many things for him, if I hadn’t sent him cartloads of money, you would have been killed by others. La!"

Sure enough, the eunuch who passed the edict arrived early the next morning.The imperial edict clearly stated that due to the recommendation of eunuchs such as Cao Jie and Jian Shuo, the emperor appointed Cao Cao, a lieutenant in northern Luoyang, and transferred him to Dunqiu County, Yanzhou as a county lieutenant, and ordered him to leave Beijing the next day.