Chapter 25: Don't Use the Hidden Dragon (I)
It was autumn, and the bleak north wind blew into Cao Cao's house along the window lattice, and the cold wind invaded every corner of the house in the violent shaking of the lamp. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Cao Cao stretched out his hand and pulled the blanket wrapped around his body to keep it warmer, shook his stiff body a few times, put down the book in his hand, and looked at it in mid-air. The cold wind was still tight, and the light emitted by the candle flame flickered on Cao Cao's distracted expression, and his gaze was fixed in the air for a long time, and then gradually, with a long sigh that could be heard clearly from nothing.
Then Cao Cao, like an old man, slowly gathered his body, gathered the blanket on his body again, and read quietly.
It has been a year since Cao Cao was transferred back to Luoyang from the post of governor of Dunqiu County, and he still remembers that last winter, when he was the lieutenant of the northern part of Luoyang, he beat to death the uncle Jian Chang of the eunuch Jian Shuo.
Cao Cao asked himself to act according to the law, and he was above board, believing that no one could say that he Cao Cao was not from this matter, so he was not afraid of offending the most powerful collective of the Han Dynasty today, the Ten Standing Servants.
At that time, Jian Shuo had just heard that his uncle had been killed, and he was still a small lieutenant in the north of Luoyang, so he was furious with Cao Cao and immediately met Emperor Ling.
"Holy! Be the master of the old slave! As soon as Jian Shuo entered the main hall, he immediately burst into tears.
Emperor Ling put away the Fu he had just made and looked at Jian Shuo in surprise.
Jian Shuo recounted the whole story to Emperor Ling, saying that Cao Cao deceived people too much, and strict law enforcement was an excuse, and he deliberately embarrassed him Jian Shuo, what face would he have to face in and out of the palace in the future......
Emperor Ling said, "What do you mean?" ā
Jian Shuo was about to speak, but Zhang Rang on the side pulled Jian Shuo's sleeve and whispered in Jian Shuo's ear with compassion: "Don't forget Cao Teng." ā
How cunning the Ten Standing Servants are, Zhang Rang reminded Jian Shuo immediately understood that in order to achieve this, he still needed to bypass some considerations.
The next day, Emperor Ling issued an order to publicly commend Cao Cao, saying that Cao Cao had made remarkable achievements in rectifying the law and order in Luoyang, saying that Cao Cao had the skill to govern the city, and he was specially transferred to Dunqiu County in the east of Yanzhou as governor.
Cao Cao was surprised at first, and then immediately understood the joints, but Cao Cao was not discouraged, determined to make a career in Dunqiu County, when Cao Cao arrived in Dunqiu County, just began to investigate and study, in order to formulate a set of new plans for the rectification of Dunqiu, the imperial court issued an order to transfer him back to Beijing, as an official of the council.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao put down the book in his hand again, looked up at the office of the previous Yilang, the lamp was cold, Cao Cao knew that this would be the result when he received the order, and the Yilang was just an idle position for the powerful son to use as a springboard for his position.
Cao Cao was really a little discouraged this time, he knew that the matter was not over, and when he returned to Luoyang, he returned to Jian Shuo's side, since Jian Shuo had stripped him of all his authority, it was to find the right time to defeat him in one fell swoop.
At that time, Cao Cao was in a dilemma, he had just embarked on a career as an official, and it was obviously impossible to resign, and he could no longer be an official if he resigned. Without giving up, he was forever imprisoned in the cage that Jian Shuo made for himself, provoking him to slaughter. But fortunately, Cao Cao is not a person who is so easy to defeat, and the Lang official will discuss the Lang official, enjoy a leisure, and cultivate himself again, so this Lang Lang position has continued to the present, studying poetry and books in his spare time, going out to play, and living a good and uncomfortable life.
It's just that Cao Cao ripped off the blanket on his body, walked a few steps forward, pushed the door suddenly, and a more powerful cold wind poured in, Cao Cao was in the cold autumn wind but didn't realize it, he looked at the courtyard in front of the door, the autumn wind passed away and took away the miscellaneous leaves on the ground, and only a few shadows were left on the ground in the courtyard. Where is Lang Yue?
"Tuk-tuk-tuk" A series of hurried horses' hooves came from outside the courtyard.
"The Law of Breath~"
"Bang bang" As soon as the horse's hooves fell, there was a rough slamming of the door.
Cao Cao's long eyes were about to narrow into a line, he looked at the courtyard gate suspiciously, stepped forward unhurriedly, and opened the door.
A herald-like eunuch stood in front of the door, looking at Cao Cao proudly.
"Cao Cao, a relative of the Song family, Empress Song was deposed for her immorality, and Emperor Ling had a decree to remove Cao Mengde from his post and return to his hometown, thinking about it behind closed doors!"
"Hmph," Cao Cao scoffed at this, his cousin-in-law Song Qi was a member of the Song Queen's family, "what punishment should I deserve, it is exactly what I want!" ā
Immediately, Cao Cao rushed into the house and took out the official seal, which was still under the feet of the messenger and walked away.
Empress Song was very dissatisfied with the eunuchs' manipulation of the court and the suppression of Emperor Ling, and often clashed with eunuchs, coupled with the fact that most of the disputes between relatives and eunuchs in the past years were initiated by the queen, the ten permanent servants made up their minds to bring down Empress Song, and they systematically continued to slander the Empress Ling and fabricate facts to frame the queen. Emperor Ling finally hated the Song family and became resentful, and in a fit of anger, he followed the eunuch's advice, abolished the Song family's status as the empress, and entered the cold palace.
For the benefit of the eunuch collective, all the henchmen related to the Empress Song were eradicated, and Cao Cao's umbrella Cao Teng was also a eunuch, so he could not do anything about it, so he could only let Jian Shuo seize the rare opportunity to dismiss Cao Cao.
Cao Cao returned to his hometown and built a hut in the mountains, facing the sea, and the spring flowers were blooming. Every day, he practiced boxing and sword, hunted and archery, studied the art of war, chanted scriptures and read history, and never slackened. When interest came, Cao Cao wrote poems and songs.
Cao Cao was worried that he would not be able to bear to live such a secluded life, so he would often invite friends to parties for dinner and talk about current affairs. Although he was already a first-order white body, Cao Cao had a vague hunch that there were countless inseparable stories between himself and this world that had not yet unfolded.
A day of dinner and drinking, there is no beautiful music, there is no singing and dancing, just like-minded friends gathered together, each with interesting remarks in the banquet, smiling, Cao Cao in laughter suddenly seemed to have an oracle, his heart moved, and he gave a poem on the spot:
For drinking songs, in peacetime, the officials do not call the door.
The king is virtuous and wise, and the prime minister is loyal and good.
Salty and courteous, the people have no disputes.
There are nine years of storage in three years of ploughing, and the barn is full of grain, and the white is not loaded.
The rain is like this, and the hundred grains are used.
Gap the horse, to dung its soil.
The prince and the marquis are male, and they love their people and dethrone the gloom.
The son is raised as if he were a father and a brother.
Violation of the law of etiquette shall be punished according to the severity of the punishment.
There is no selfishness left behind.
The prison is empty, and the winter festival continues.
People are old and old, and they all die.
Kindness and insects are widespread.
After the song, the table was slapped all over, the pain was runny, and the people didn't know what they were mourning.