Chapter 13 13. The big backer fell, and the Cao family was dismissed from office

The first year of Guanghe (AD 178) was a year full of disasters.For the Han Dynasty, this year heralded decline from the beginning. At the beginning of the first month, a large-scale uprising broke out in Jiaozhou.On the day of Ding Chou in June, a puff of black air of more than ten feet rises from Wenming Hall in Beigong, which looks like a black dragon hovering in the air, and it takes a long time to dissipate slowly.In October, the eunuchs actually searched out witchcraft from the queen's palace.Emperor Liu Hong was furious, and immediately put the Queen Song family into prison, and within a few days, all the Song family were executed for treason.

With the collapse of the big backer Song family, the Cao family began to follow suit.The Cao family was dismissed from their official positions from the Dahonglu Cao Song down to the Jiuqing and down to the county officials.When the imperial court issued a letter of appeal to Dunqiu County, Cao Cao was still arranging to arrest Taipingdao.He casually tore through the official document, and when he opened it, it was like a bolt from the blue. After pondering for a while, Cao Cao sighed, "There is no escape, but this day has come." Somehow, news of Cao Cao's dismissal spread like wildfire.In the early morning of the next day, people in Dunqiu County rushed to the county government to keep the young county magistrate who was willing to speak for the poor.These people came from all over the county, some were tenant farmers who were able to avenge Liu Lang's case, some were widowed old people who were donated by the yamen, some were rescued young men, and some came here specially to see it with their own eyes. The famous county magistrate.

Men, women and children, old and young, were all blocked at the gate of the county government, making it impossible for Cao Cao's chariots and horses to leave. He had no choice but to send his entourage, Lou Yi and Qin Yilu, with the officials and servants of the Hefu to persuade the people to go back, but after a long time of persuasion, most of the people still refused to leave.In desperation, Cao Cao had no choice but to walk out of the gate to watch in person with his hands behind his back. "That's the magistrate!" Someone yelled at the top of his voice, and the crowd became commotion, with those in front crowded and those in the back shoved. Lou Yi and the others couldn't stop them, and the people rushed in like a tide. Cao Cao came forward and surrounded him tightly. One shouted, "The county magistrate, don't go!" The other shouted, "Master Cao, don't you want us?" The scene suddenly became chaotic.

Cao Cao looked at the people surging in front of him, and all the gloom in his stomach was swept away in an instant, and he said to himself: "Although life and death are uncertain in the imminent disaster, I, Cao Mengde, won the hearts of the people, and this official is not in vain!" He yelled loudly with a smile: "Folks! Stop shouting, everyone, sit down! Sit down!" The people really listened to him, a few elderly villagers helped to make arrangements, and everyone stopped shouting.From near to far, everyone sat down in unison, looking eagerly at Cao Cao.Seeing that everyone was seated, he yelled with a smile: "It's cold in October. Let me make a long story short. It's cold underground. I can't bear it after sitting for a long time!" Sit by the stone on the horse in front of the yamen.

"As long as the master doesn't leave, it doesn't matter if we suffer a little cold!" A young man took the lead and shouted, and the common people joined in one after another.Cao Cao waved his hands, and when everyone calmed down, he said, "Now my Cao family has been convicted of the Song family's crimes, and everyone from the whole family is no longer an official. Now that my father and uncle are also white, they must return to their hometown. I have to be filial in front of them as soon as I come from my hometown! You... and all the folks don't tell me to go, isn't this preventing me from being a filial son?" He spread his hands, pretending to be distressed .After he finished speaking, the people sitting on the ground began to whisper. Under Cao Cao's repeated persuasion, the villagers were reluctant to part with tears, and it took a long time before they gradually dispersed.

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that all the people had left, turned around and entered the Yamen and said to Lou Yi who was following him, "Pack up your things quickly, we will leave after noon!" "Ah? You don't explain..." "What are you doing tomorrow?" Cao Cao's brother-in-law, Bian Bing, interjected, "If you surround me tomorrow, you still won't be able to leave!" Cao Cao kicked Bian Bing's thigh: "Hey! Why did I tell you! Swear words!" Kicked by him, Bian Bing climbed up and patted the dirt and said, "Brother-in-law! You teach me a lesson, and I accept it! But once, I just used my mouth, and you move your legs, who is so good?" What’s more, you are now an ordinary person, and I am no longer a relative, so it’s not a crime to say a few painful words!”

Cao Cao burst into laughter when he said this, pointed at him and said, "I really can't do anything with you! Come on! Find your sister to pack up, we ordinary people pack up and go home!"