Chapter 2 The Four Great Families of Yingchuan
"These days.... After experiencing a tragic battle and indulging in the pain of losing his brother, it was so muddy that the general saw the joke. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Cao Pi lifted the metal helmet on his head that did not fit, squeezed out a smile, and said.
In the Han Dynasty, men under the age of 15 would have two hair buns tied on their heads, because on both sides of the head, they also resemble animal horns, so children of this age are called the year of the total horn, and if they have a good time at this time, they are called the friends of the total horn.
After the age of 15, you should tie a bundle of hair on the top of your head, perform the crown ceremony at the age of 20, and wear a hat that conforms to your identity on any occasion in the future, which means that you can be recommended to be an official, and you can also seek an errand outside, to put it bluntly, it is a person with social status, but now in the late Han Dynasty, after the poison of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Dong Zhuo's cholera superclass, the world is full of heroes, and there are reckless bandits who take advantage of the fire to rob, and many places have been out of production, resulting in the waste of fertile land, meager harvests, and miserable people, Hunger is everywhere, so many families can't wait for the man to be 20 years old before the ceremony, as long as the age of 15 years old hair is tied, it is possible to crown the gift at any time.
Cao Pi is rarely talented, sensible early, and talented, Cao Cao naturally hopes that he will thrive, so he took him to join the army, learning the art of generals and training his mind at the same time. Looking at this momentum, Cao Pi should be crowned at the age of 15.
Now although the world is in chaos, the system and grade of the hat have been a little confused, how many people are comfortable and how to wear, but in the Cao family, there are still strict rules, Cao Pi is just a child in the year of the horn, naturally there is no hat, but because of the army on the expedition, the early spring breeze is cold, Cao Cao still let people temporarily give him a metal helmet for wartime, which is also a kind of care as a father.
Now Cao Pi's small head with a big hat is a bit funny, but Le Jin does not have the slightest sense of banter, but admires the young second son in front of him a little, he Le Jin is a patriot of Yangping County, he has been brave and ruthless since he was a child, and he is brave and courageous, in this small place of defending the country, it is also a character who responds to all calls, but when he was 10 years old, he really did not have the ability to look at the starvation all over the ground without changing color, and it did not take long to relieve himself after experiencing the pain of life and death and the loss of his brother.
When Lejin felt even more strange, the second son had a great difference from before the withdrawal of the army, when he was in Wancheng, although the second son received special care and lived in a camp alone, but after all, it was a wilderness, and when he marched the next day, he always felt that the second son was tired on his face, obviously because he was pampered and couldn't sleep in the camp tent, but the withdrawal of the army these times, although the second son was in a trance, but his spirit was very full, as if he was suddenly accustomed to the hard marching life.
"The lord is the second minister of my Han Dynasty, after Cao Shen, his family history is not the same as that of a rough person in a small place like me, and after great changes, maybe his mind will be more resolute." Le Jin thought secretly in his heart, and said continuously, "The second son is serious." ”
Of course he didn't know, this Cao Pi in front of him, he didn't know how many hot and cold nights, watching the growth of those seedlings in his experimental field, this little camp, was nothing to him.
Similarly, Le Jin will not know that the person who sees starvation everywhere and does not change his face is the real Cao Pi, and even the person who has experienced most of the fighting is not the second son in front of him, only the person who suffered the pain of losing his brother is the Cao Pi in front of him, but in Cao Pi's heart, the dead Cao Ang is not his brother, because the memory of this person is in the memory of another person with this body.
After entering the Yingchuan territory, Cao Jun began to stay day and night, no longer in a hurry, camping places are to pick some populated county towns or outside the manor of local big clans, one is to be entertained, and the other is to be able to pass the news back to Xudu, this battle was defeated, the defeat was very miserable, especially Cao Ang died, Cao Cao must inform the family of this matter first, others do not say, at least let Mrs. Ding, who raised Cao Ang grow up, have a psychological preparation.
On this day, Cao Jun was stationed outside the Zhong family manor in Changshe County, the Zhong family is a well-known family in Yingchuan County, the Eastern Han Dynasty paid attention to scriptures, scriptures originally referred to the essence of each school's learning, but after the Han Dynasty deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism, scriptures are a trace of Confucianism.
The so-called classics and scholars are actually to sort out and explain various Confucian classics after induction, and then use these inductive and explained contents as heirlooms to educate disciples. In the past 100 years, Yingchuan has produced four great readers, namely Zhong Hao, Xun Shu, Han Shao, and Chen Yu. At that time, they were known as the four chiefs of Yingchuan, and these people were indeed talented and learned, and there were great figures among the descendants.
For example, Zhong Hao has a descendant named Zhong Xuan, and now he has been named Dongwu Tinghou, Cao Pi also knows that this Zhong Xuan later became the official to the Taifu, which is the cornerstone of the Wei State. Xun Shu has a descendant Xun Yu, who is now also an important strategist under Cao Cao, as for Han Shao, Cao Pi is not very clear, only knows that the Han family is still quite prestigious in Yingchuan County, as for Chen Yu, there is a descendant Chen Qun, who will be the confidant of Emperor Wei Wen Cao Pi in the future. This also illustrates the importance of reading, after all, to have knowledge. There will be a furrow in the chest.
But these are all later words, and the thing Cao Pi needs to worry about now is that he must now familiarize himself with the things he was not good at in his previous life as soon as possible, such as how to be a good son who allows Cao Cao to willingly pass on the throne to him, instead of vacillating between Cao Zhi and Cao Chong as in history. How to win people's hearts, and even how to deal with those court officials who are not right-hearted, as well as those heroes, heroes, and wise men who have long been famous in history and do not belong to their own camp?
In the 21st century, you can choose, or even be unhappy, you can turn your face with your father, because the development of material and culture is destined for you to shine in any industry and position, as long as you are good enough, but in this era, Cao Pi has no choice, because your name is Cao Pi, you have only one way to go, to turn your face with your father? That is equivalent to rejecting the position of power, you give way, naturally someone will take the position, and because of your identity, it is destined that it will be difficult for you to die well, because your surname is Cao, you will be a threat to the person in the upper position.
In his previous life, his parents were going higher and higher in the power dump all his life, although Cao Pi was not interested, but he could see it clearly.
That night, Cao Pi followed his father Cao Cao into the Zhong family manor, because the Zhong family has now set up a banquet to wash the dust for Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao's identity is now one of the three princes, and he is a first-class real power figure at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
With the father and son entering the manor, there is also the fierce general Le Jin, at this time Le Jin has changed into civilian clothes, wearing a silk pattern jacket, covered with a robe, revealing three layers of collars, although the figure is short, but it is very heroic, wearing a crane crown, commonly known as a martial crown, the appearance is boxy, the cicada is the text, the mink tail is the ornament, and the double tail is inserted in the back, and the vertical left and right. It is a hat for the facial features, and in the Han Dynasty, men must wear hats for formal occasions, which is why the coming-of-age ceremony is called the crown ceremony.
Cao Cao wears a crown of commissioning, the shape of this hat is like a square, narrow at the bottom and wide at the top, there is a hairpin that ties hair from the right side of the hat to the left, and the inside passes through the bun of the hair, which is used to fix the wide hat body, if it is not a high-ranking official, it is not possible to wear this kind of hat, as for the clothes worn on the body, it is similar to Lejin, but the material is better.
And Cao Pi is much more chic, two buns go the world, no hats, no clothes are changed, no one cares what the younger children wear to the banquet, not to mention this kind of informal, stammering banquet with superiors.