Chapter 53 The Foundation of Officials

Gao Yue frowned slightly, and was just about to ask a question, but a soldier ran forward and said: "Report to the lord, there is a person outside the hall, who claims to be the Cao official of this county, and now he breaks into the hall, his mouth is not clean, and he scolds the lord Yes, yes, yes......"

"It's a traitor! It's a rebel! ”

A loud shout like a bell rang out. Gao Yue looked up hurriedly, but saw a person angrily breaking in from outside the hall.

This person has broad eyebrows and broad forehead, eyes like torches, a dark face, wrinkles carved by wind and frost and fatigue, a handful of sideburns and beard, and white and messy. The clothes on his body are dusty, and his trouser legs are rolled up, looking like a fifty-year-old farmer.

This person walked steadily and quickly, and came to the front of the hall in a moment, saluted Ding Xuan and Wu Tuzhen, straightened his waist again, glared angrily at Gao Yue, and burst out of his mouth with two words: "Bandit!" ”

Before Gao Yue could speak, Ding Xuan and other county officials all looked frightened. Ding Xuan didn't care much, stepped forward and grabbed the sleeve of this person's shirt, and complained in a low voice: "Cao Tiancao, you are disrespectful, do you want to kill me?" Shut up! ”

"Who's coming?" Gao Yue asked in a deep voice.

"This official is Tian Cao Cao Mo of Longxi County! Who is you, who dares to call a rebellion and imprison the officials of the imperial court, such a traitor and a rebel is a great crime for the sake of the ...... place."

Cao ...... Cao Mo?

Gao Yue ignored this person's loud scolding, and was taken aback.

Later, in Later Zhao, the official became the Great Si Nong, in charge of the affairs of the national farmers, and made great contributions to appeasing the displaced people, enriching money and grain, stabilizing taxes and taxes, and vigorously promoting agricultural development.

Cao Mo once served as the Taishou Mansion of Shangdang County in the Jin Dynasty. Wars broke out frequently, people's livelihood was ruined, and the land was barren. He was heartbroken and helpless, in order to take refuge, he went west to Guanzhong and even Longyou.

At that time, Sima Mo was not interested in this kind of person who was powerless and could not give advice and was only obsessed with agricultural affairs, so he casually appointed him as the county magistrate of Qingshui County, Luoyang County.

Cao Mo was not angry. We know very well that if agriculture is not prosperous, the country will not be a country. Since ancient times, the vast number of peasants have been faced with heavy labor and extremely asymmetrical harvests, and in the current time of war, it is not easy to want a piece of land and a few stones of grain.

Sometimes, the peasant family gets up early and is greedy for darkness, and with great effort and sweat, it is easy to hope for a little harvest, and a natural disaster, or a military disaster, or being swept by, or being expropriated violently, can force the whole family to a dead end.

Therefore, Cao Mo focused on farming. He exhausted his efforts and energy, traveled all over the east and west of the great river, read the north and south of Guanzhong, and compared the time, water conservancy, soil quality and crop harvest of various places.

Cao Mo is an official and clear-minded, with a generous official style, and he thinks about the suffering of the people and the affairs of agriculture. But because he could only do practical things, he couldn't take care of interpersonal relationships, and he didn't know how to get along with his boss and colleagues, so he was despised and despised by the officials at that time.

So Cao Mo was deposed from the county order to Xiangwu County, Longxi, to be a farmer. He didn't care, but felt that he could get closer to the bottom and understand the most real farming things better and more freely.

Shangguan didn't like it, and his colleagues disdained him, but he was willing to be like a glutton, so he simply wandered in the fields for a long time, and sometimes did not appear in the palace for several days.

Today, he had just returned from the field, and he had just come to the front of the government office, and wanted to see Taishou, but he was stopped by the guards at the gate, and after being confused, he knew the shocking news that Longxi County had changed.

resting on other Cao officials, he had already taken advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him, so he quietly disappeared, and the soles of his feet were smeared with oil. Cao Mo was furious when he heard this. In his opinion, it is really hateful that this county has been invaded by thieves and the court officials have been imprisoned!

He is the first scholar to pass on, so he knows "Chu Ci 61 Chapter 91 Cherish the Past": "Or faithful and dying, or slandering without doubt." ”

After reading poetry and books, how can you not follow the teachings of the sages and sages and put integrity first? What is integrity, it is a person's ambition and discipline, it is the quality of upholding justice and not giving in in the face of enemies or pressure.

So instead of turning around and running away, he shouted at the door to declare his official position and asked to enter the palace. Seeing that in this extraordinary period, it was impossible for someone to pretend to be a county official, so this person should not be a fake, and saw that he looked like an old peasant and was unarmed, so he let him in.

Cao Mo entered the door, and saw a "bandit leader" from a distance, sitting high in the hall, a group of colleagues and officials were like guinea sheep, surrounded by soldiers in the hall, he was sad and angry, so he scolded loudly, and strode inside.

Gao Yue was surprised. This was the first living historical figure he saw when he came to this life, and although it was not very famous, it was indeed recorded in history. Gao Yue couldn't help but be stunned, curiosity came up, leaned up, and kept looking Cao Mo up and down.

Cao Mo was constantly looked at by Gao Yue, and his anger became even hotter, he took two steps forward and wanted to theorize again, Feng Liang on Gao Yue's side didn't know who he was. Since killing Zhi Ping, Feng Liang's momentum has changed. At this moment, an arrow stepped forward, pulled out a dagger, and lay it between Cao Mo's neck, looking at him coldly.

The guards on the left and right in front of the hall, seeing this, hurriedly stepped forward one after another, holding their spears against it, and Cao Mo could not advance an inch.

The yellow-mouthed child is also a thief, the world is declining, and his morality is declining. Cao Mo saw Feng Liang dancing with a knife and a gun, his eyes were cold, although he was young and thin, he was mostly an old bandit, and he couldn't help but feel very sad, this is all the fault of the bandits!

He shouted with angry eyes: "You can kill but not be humiliated." Since I threw myself into your snare, I didn't expect to leave alive. I am waiting for the county officials, where the name of the court is, and you can kill it. I die, I will leave a name for eternity, and I will die a well-deserved death; You and other rebels, for the disaster party, die and have a reputation for future generations! ”

The county officials under the hall complained bitterly when they heard the words, and secretly scolded Cao Mo. You want to die yourself, why do you have to take everyone with you? If you anger the other party, it's not as simple as killing you alone, this old slave who kills a thousand knives!

Gong Cao Zhu Rong couldn't take care of it anymore, took two steps forward from behind the person, bowed to Gao Yue and said, "General, general!" Don't listen to this person's nonsense, and let the villain report a thing or two. ”

All the county officials nodded like chickens pecking rice, looking at Gao Yue with blank eyes, and the pleading color on their faces was overflowing.

"This person is my county Tian Cao, but he has always been perverse and eccentric, never sitting in the court, and likes to mess with farmers in the field, he is forty years old, and his words and deeds are all rude."

"Taishou and I and other colleagues have already admonished him many times, but they have not repented, and they are about to depose him. This time, he said wildly, disobeying the general, and I hope that the general will not be surprised and anger us and other innocents. ”

"The general quickly killed this rebellious man, hoping to forgive us for the sake of our sincerity."

Gao Yue couldn't help but sneer. He looked at Cao Mo's appearance, he was already close to his sixties, and now he heard that he was only in his early forties, and he was already old like this, which must have been caused by serious visits and research in the field farmhouse at the grassroots level, and the perennial wind and rain, and hard work.

The official style is both character. Cao Mo did not want to be famous, worked tirelessly, devoted himself to his own work, did practical things for the people wholeheartedly, did good deeds, and was willing to sink his heart and study the first-class livelihood in the hearts of the people, such as agriculture; The so-called people who are worried about the country and the people, and who are honest and honest, should be the same.

The group of county officials and colleagues, mediocre and vegetarian, instead crowded out and suppressed him together, despised Cao Mo and ruined the dignity of the officials, as if the cordial conversation with the peasants in the fields and the simple coarse tea and light rice in the farmhouse have become a kind of disgusting rustic and tacky.

Now, in order to be able to survive, regardless of the slightest comradeship, he treated Cao Mo as a hot potato, and hurriedly threw it out, begging to kill him himself, hoping to divert his attention and let go of the officials.

It's ridiculous. What a hate!

Gao Yue's heart was similar, but his face was silent. He looked at Cao Mo to see his reaction.

"Gentlemen. Now that the anti-thieves are raging, they dare to claim that the soldiers occupy the county and imprison the court officials. At this time, we should be united in our efforts to resist cruelty, but in front of the thieves, we will attack and humiliate me......"

Cao Mo didn't expect the reaction of his colleagues to be like this, he was angry and anxious, and said loudly with a red face.

He took two steps in front of Ding Xuan, gave another salute, and said earnestly: "Ming Mansion!" Since we are officials, where the dignity of the court is, when it is very important, do not humiliate yourself and think that thieves laugh. ”

Xu was encouraged by Cao Mo, Ding Xuan thought about it and said. At first, his voice was astringent and trembling, but as he spoke, he felt that he should not be at fault, so he put on an innocent posture, and there was a faint taste of defense between his words.

"This officer. This official is appointed by the imperial court to shepherd one side. Now that the subordinate officials have come to report the affairs of the bandits in their jurisdiction, for the sake of the people and for the sake of stability, they should send troops to fight against them. Now that he has been defeated by the general, the official has nothing to say. But what he did was his duty, and I hope the general will forgive me. ”

"A good one for the people, a good one!"

When Gao Yue heard this, his sword eyebrows were raised, he suddenly stood up, took two steps down, and stood in front of everyone, the county officials all hung their heads on their chests, only Cao Mo's face did not change, and he looked directly at Gao Yue without flinching.