Chapter 54: The depressed Cao Cao
Last time, it was said that Cao Cao offended Jian Shuo.
The two gods of the Cao family and the Jian family fought back and forth, and the final result was that Cao Cao was secretly demoted by Mingsheng and was sent to other places to be an official. After all, Cao Teng is a person who has passed away, and as the so-called "people go to tea and cool", the influence of the Cao family is not as good as day by day.
But Cao Cao's subordinates were not so lucky, they all had a bad background, became a punching bag, and were removed one after another.
They are small officials, and their work is passed down from father to father, father to son, from generation to generation, and they suddenly lose their jobs, and they are thrown directly on the street without any skills, and some people can't even eat. In the past, they were the managers of the city, and the heroes of the city dared to mess with them. Now it's miserable, the manager has become the managed, and there is no power in his hands. The heroes have fallen into the well one after another, and they have revenge, and their experiences are not as good as ordinary people. Several of Zheng Wu's colleagues were killed at that time, and none of the other former friends of the Yamen even came to offer incense.
Cao Cao returned to Luoyang after several twists and turns, and when he learned what happened to Zheng Wu and his former subordinates, he didn't care about his identity at all, helped them go around, and personally asked someone to help, so that Zheng Wu and them re-entered the civil service and picked up the iron rice bowl again. He also helped his subordinates who knew their whereabouts to rebuild the graves, and if they could contact their families, they also provided some help to their families.
Therefore, Zheng Wu respected Cao Cao even more, and would personally give gifts to his former boss during the New Year's holidays. This time and again, they are familiar with the people of Cao Mansion.
Listening to the sound of the second watch, Cao Cao dragged his drunken body back home. These days, every day after work, he calls his friends out to play, eat and drink, go to the brothel to listen to the play, and look so unhappy, but in fact he is uncomfortable, depressed because his ambitions cannot be realized.
Cao Cao was reincarnated in the family of the court boss, and his own ability is outstanding, if this is placed in the future life, he will definitely have a bright future. It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time, born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, that era when eunuchs and relatives competed for power and profit.
Back then, Cao Teng, the head of the Cao family, was ruthlessly sent to the palace by his ruthless father when he was young, and later he relied on his own ability to really develop as his father expected. After that, like most eunuchs, he longed to be a normal man, marry his own son, and form a normal family, so he married his wife Wu. However, a wife can be married, but a son cannot be born.
The fact that he couldn't give birth to a son became the biggest regret in his heart when he was powerful and rich. So he asked his brothers for a boy and adopted him as his adopted son, which was Cao Cao's father, Cao Song.
After this, Cao Song's life was indeed very prosperous, and finally he became one of the lieutenants of the Nine Qings under the aura of his adoptive father. After the current emperor Liu Hong ascended the throne, he went one step further and bought the post of Taiwei, one of the three dukes. The scenery of the Cao family was unique for a while, but the root of this bane was also buried as early as the moment Cao Teng entered the palace.
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When the imperial court was in Cao Teng's generation, the political environment was still barely passable, because Cao Teng, who had huge energy, had a very good personality, did not abuse power, was broad-minded, and could promote younger generations. But after Cao Teng died, the eunuchs in power knew all day long that they were vying for power and profit, and they flattered the emperor. The first party ban occurred after Cao Teng's death.
Because there is such a group of eunuchs around the emperor all day long, the bigwigs of the court feel that the emperor has been damaged by this group of guys who are neither male nor female, and the little political mutual trust between eunuchs and ministers that Cao Teng originally established has been completely destroyed.
Although Cao Cao has always been on the side of justice, he is dedicated to the Han Dynasty, helping his relatives and not helping his relatives, and giving those eunuchs eye medicine several times, but the bigwigs of the court still look at him with colored glasses, and the eunuchs don't like him anymore and think he is a traitor.
So now, although Cao Cao returned to Luoyang under his father's arrangement, he was not a person outside here, so he was assigned a position as a consultant - Yilang. This position is not big or small, but it just has no real power. In other words, it's an idle eater.
Originally, there was no need to do anything and there was a salary, isn't it a good thing? But who is Cao Cao? He aspired to be a ruler of the world, and his grandfather was his role model. He has done his best to do a good job as a consultant, and has written to the emperor many times and put forward various suggestions, but they have been stopped by the ten permanent servants, and the bigwigs in the court and China are silent about it.
Cao Cao felt that in his life, he could only live in such a muddy mood, and he was depressed to death, so he began to indulge himself, and all day long he was either calling friends or looking for flowers and willows.
Zheng Wu saw Cao Cao drunk like this again, and he felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't have any energy at all, so he couldn't help at all. However, the news he brought this time may not be able to make Boss Cao turn over.
Zheng Wu carefully helped Cao Cao to sit down, took the decanting soup handed over by his subordinates, and fed it to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao drank the sobering soup, his eyes were a little sober, and when he saw Zheng Wu, he asked, "Wei Ren, when did you come?" Come, have two drinks with me. ”
Zheng Wu stopped Cao Cao and said earnestly: "My lord, you can't drink anymore, if you drink like this again, you will damage your body." ”
Cao Cao waved his hand and pushed Zheng Wu away, and said dissatisfiedly: "My own body, I know it myself!" Waving his hand, "It's okay, let's keep drinking." ”
Zheng Wu was very helpless, although he knew that Cao Cao was giving up on himself, but he had no ability to stop or teach him a lesson, because he was the boss.
Zheng Wu could only turn around and say to the servant of the Cao family: "I have some things I want to discuss privately with the adults of your family, the time is urgent, please give me a convenience." ”
When the servant heard this, he knew that Zheng Wu had a good relationship with his own lord, and felt that he would not harm his own lord, so he went out with confidence, and closed the door, and stayed in front of the door of the living room.
Zheng Wu saw that there were no irrelevant people in the field, so he pressed Cao Cao back to his position and said cautiously: "My lord, something big has happened, and the Taiping Sect is going to rebel." ”
The word "rebellion" was like a switch, which immediately rekindled Cao Cao's fighting spirit.