Chapter Eighty-Four: The ass is gone before it is hot? [Ask for a commuter pass]
When Cao Ang found Cao Cao.
He was directing a few family members in the study, packing some bamboo slips and gold and jade wares, as if he wanted to sort them first, so as not to be chaotic when he moved away.
When I looked up, I saw my son pushing the door open and coming in.
Cao Cao first waved his hand to signal a few subordinates to withdraw, and then he glared at him and said quite dissatisfied.
"Where did you kid go, I heard your mother say that he didn't return home for two days and two nights, and if you don't come back today, I'm going to send people all over the street to find it!"
Mrs. Ding is in charge of all the maids in the whole house, including a few girls in Cao Ang's backyard, so she is the first to know that Cao Ang has not returned home.
Faced with his father's reprimand.
Cao Ang hurriedly put on a smile and said slightly apologetically: "I was called by a friend to have a drink the day before yesterday, and I simply stayed at his house drunk, and it was difficult to resist the hospitality, so it dragged on to today." ”
Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang angrily.
"I don't know why you suddenly popped up so many friends, I always remember that when you first came to Luoyang City with me, you liked to stay at home and not go out, and you didn't make any friends."
After educating two sentences.
Cao Cao didn't bother with the topic anymore.
After all, his son is so old, and some of his own communication and life are really reasonable, so it is impossible to keep them by his side all the time.
If it weren't for the fact that Mrs. has been talking in her ears for the past two days, Cao Cao would probably not even bother to mention it.
……
The father and son chatted a few more words.
Cao Cao suddenly asked: "I have decided to officially leave Luoyang City in three days, you can see if there is anything else to collect, take advantage of the efforts of these few days to make arrangements." ”
"Already packed up at home?"
Cao Cao nodded.
Then he pointed to the boxes that had already been covered.
"It's said to be cleaned up, but in fact, there are not many things, it's just messy, and the first few yards have been cleaned up in the past two days."
"Only your own yard is left, and your mother and I are not very convenient to help you clean up, so I will wait for you to come back and take care of it yourself."
Cao Ang didn't pay much attention to this.
What can he have in his yard is nothing more than small things, and the most should be Diao Chan's clothes and all kinds of jewelry and sundries.
You can pick it up in three or two clicks.
It's all about getting everything else in place.
Cao Ang walked to the window in a few steps, glanced out, and then turned his head and asked.
"What about the people in the mansion, did you tell them about leaving Luoyang City, and what are your plans for our big mansion?"
"I've asked everything, and a few who didn't want to leave with me sent some money away, and the rest set off with us when the time came."
This is to be expected.
Among the subordinates of the Cao Mansion itself, there are not many who have the right to personal freedom, and most of them have sold themselves to the Cao family.
Some of the rest of the people still work for the Cao family with the whole family, and their clothing and food depend on the Cao Mansion, where can they go if they don't leave with the master's family?
There are also some casual workers, maybe their parents are in some villages around Luoyang, of course, they want to take the money to stay.
After answering his son's first question.
Cao Cao also followed to the window.
patted the window edge with his hand, and then said helplessly: "I want to sell this house, but no one can take over the problem!" ”
"Our house is big, the location is good, I didn't spend less money when I bought it, and now I want to sell it, and the price is naturally not cheap."
"But now this Luoyang City is not stable, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Dong Zhuo is not a safe person, and the price of grain in Luoyang can be said to have risen in a few days."
"I can't afford to buy such a big house, and those who have money won't think about buying a house at this time, but would rather spend money to stock up on food."
"So my father also thought, since no one cares, then simply leave it vacant here, and wait for the future to destroy the Dong thief, and when we return to Luoyang, we will live here as it is."
It's a beautiful thought.
But it can't be.
Cao Angke clearly knew that the final outcome of Luoyang City was completely ruined by Dong Zhuo.
After deciding to evacuate to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo finally went crazy and directly indulged the soldiers to loot and burn in the city.
Destroying homes and destroying houses, wanton plundering.
After robbing, he even set a fire, burning the originally prosperous and meteorological capital of the Han Dynasty into a scorched black.
The Cao family's house can't be sold now, and it will be burned to slag in the future.
It's just that what Cao Cao said is also the truth.
Nobody buys it is nobody buys it.
Even if the price is lowered, people will not come to take over, and it is not a big wrong, this kind of chaotic moment must be left with cash in hand, so that it is convenient to run away at any time.
And most of the middle-rich people who can't see the situation clearly, they may be bold in their pockets, but the problem is that they don't have so much money and can't afford it.
It's hard.
After pondering for a long time, Cao Ang could not find a proper solution after all, so he had to give up.
Burn it, burn it.
Anyway, a box of gold from Dong Zhuo is enough to buy several such houses.
……
Put the house on hold for the time being.
Cao Ang walked around the room, and suddenly saw the soldier seal letter placed on the table, and played with it twice.
Then it was like something came to mind.
Leaned into Cao Cao's ear and asked, "Father, will your seal letter be useless in the future?" ”
He took his talisman seal from Cao Ang's hand.
I took it in my hand and rubbed it twice with my fingers.
Then Cao Cao nodded with emotion.
"Yes, if you leave your post without an order from the imperial court, and you are far away from Luoyang City, such courtiers generally give up their official positions by default."
"In most cases, the Beijing officials who choose to leave Beijing will return their seals to the government, and the father is still thinking about whether to return this military talisman of the right middle general."
For this official position.
Cao Cao was reluctant in his heart.
From taking office to now preparing to leave office, it will only be half a month of hard work, and before and after the butt is hot, I have to stand up and leave.
It's a bitterness in my heart!
I finally got up from the empty shelf of the lieutenant, and finally I didn't have to sit on the cold mat anymore.
Seeing that the good days were ahead and the good life was ahead, the hot stove couldn't burn for two days.
How can you not be heartbroken?
You must know that this is the right Zhonglang general, a well-known senior military attache in the imperial court, not to mention that he now has two or three thousand soldiers and horses under his hands, which is more valuable than Yuan Shu's tiger general.
Now if you say no, it's gone!
I can't breathe!
But if you don't give up, you can't do it, compared with the grand cause of resisting Dong Zhuo, such an official position is not so important.
As long as you recruit troops and horses after leaving Luoyang City, reorganize your army for battle, and form a coalition army in the future to successfully crusade against Dong Zhuo and restore the Han Dynasty, then such a small sacrifice will be worth it.
In fact, it was not only Cao Cao who felt heartache.
Cao Ang also regretted it.
What he regretted was more that none of the thousands of soldiers and horses under his father's hands could be taken out of Luoyang City, and dozens of personal soldiers were taken away.
In fact, Cao Ang didn't think about taking away some of the soldiers under his father's name through various means, but because of various objective conditions, he finally gave up this idea.
After all, unlike local autonomy, the high-ranking military attachés of the DPRK and the central government must have an order from the imperial court if they want to transfer troops, otherwise they will be suspected of causing chaos.
What's more, Dong Zhuo couldn't watch him play this game quietly on the sidelines, as a captain of Huben, he already had 2,000 soldiers and horses, and if he caught his father's nearly 3,000 people, it would be a full 5,000 army.
Even if Dong Zhuo is a fool, he will sense that something is wrong, and he will definitely intervene.
It's a pity!
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