At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Peng sighed, thought about it, and decided to step forward to help Yang up.

"Mother, it's cold on the ground, still get up..."

"Don't touch me!"

Guo Peng just stepped forward and squatted down, and before he stretched out his hands, Yang screamed, looked at Guo Peng with hatred, and yelled at Guo Peng.

After scolding for a long time, I finally said, "I know you hate me, so you used this poison to harm me!Guo Peng, you are so cruel!So vicious at such a young age! ' is the end.

Guo Peng silently waited for her to finish scolding.

"Mother, you have nothing to do with my biological mother. My biological mother died of illness and has nothing to do with you. Why are you always hostile to me? You know it doesn't make any sense at this time. I am the eldest son. will change."

Yang clenched his teeth.

"You want to take the family property by yourself. You are worried that Yang'er will compete with you for the family property, so you try your best to harm my mother and son. Do you think I don't know?"

Guo Peng smiled helplessly.

What else can I say?

The stepmother, Mrs. Yang, came to the house for the first time and got along well with Guo Peng. After she had a son, her attitude towards Guo Peng changed suddenly, she became very indifferent, and she did not want to be close to Guo Peng. It has been six years now.

Guo Peng didn't care.

"If I say I don't care about what my mother cares about, what should my mother say?"

"You don't care?"

Yang shi looked at Guo Peng with a cold face: "You don't care about your family's land and property? Do you think I will believe what you say? You are all against me, do you think I don't know?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Guo Peng couldn't help laughing, then stood up and brushed the dust off his body.

"Mother, I didn't tell you, you seem to have made a mistake."

Guo Peng squinted at Yang's: "I have never regarded you as an enemy, including my six-year-old younger brother who still doesn't recognize fifty characters. Are you qualified to be my enemy?"

Yang was stunned.

"You're stupid, you're really stupid. Do you think I'll stay in Qiao County for the rest of my life? Do you think I care about this property? Or do you think it's up to you to split the property?"

Guo Peng pointed to the direction where Guo Dan was leaving: "My father is shrewd, mother, just be your county magistrate's wife honestly, don't worry, I will let that idiot brother give you the care of you, no matter what. How bad is your reputation, how "vicious", as long as I don't die, you will not worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life."

After he finished speaking, Guo Peng smiled coldly, threw a sentence "Thank you to the Han Dynasty for ruling the country with filial piety", turned around and left.

Leaving Yang Shi paralyzed on the ground, his eyes were dull, and his whole body trembled slightly.

Chapter 4. Si Cao Song is a Smart Man

That night, Guo Peng came to Guo Dan's study, and Guo Dan handed Guo Peng a famous post on the gift list.

"This is a gift list for the marriage appointment to the Cao family. You can see what is missing."

Guo Peng looked at the gift list and felt that it was very safe and there was nothing bad.

"Marriage matters are entirely up to the father to decide, the son has no opinion, the father thinks it is good."

Guo Peng returned the gift list with both hands.

"Little Yi."

Guo Dan took the gift list and sighed: "You are early, my father doesn't see you as an ordinary child, and our family can't allow you to grow up as carefree as an ordinary child, is my father right? I live with you, but there is nothing I can do as a father."

"My son understands."

Guo Peng is very respectful.

"So my father is discussing with you, and my father believes that you are rational enough, Xiao Yi, and the marriage with the Cao family, you have to think about it, once you take this step, you will already be enemies with some people. Before you have enough fame and achievements, the Yingchuan family will be ashamed of you."

"Father, we have no choice."

Guo Peng's face was calm, not like a child at all: "Even if we don't marry the Cao family, will the Yingchuan family be proud of us? Since we are no longer the same way, we simply become strangers and can't learn "Little Dulu". No learning, nothing unusual.

Father, it is already a foregone conclusion that the emphasis on filial piety and integrity and the neglect of literary and legal officials is a foregone conclusion. Why did the Yingchuan family decline?Isn't it still a grammar?Grandfather has a vision. Although we have left the Yingchuan family, we will reform the "Gongyang". One day, we will be able to achieve great success. At that time, we will make them bow their knees and ask for it. "

Guo Dan hesitated for a while, remembering the humiliation he suffered when he was young to seek Xiaolian, gritted his teeth, and nodded.

"Okay, then I will formally propose marriage to the Cao family tomorrow. Cao Song, the father of the Cao family's daughter, is serving as the Grand Honglu in the court, and Cao Song's cousin, Cao Chi, is serving as the captain of Changshui. The Cao family has a lot of influence in the court.

They have power in the court and in the army, and they also maintain relationships with the eunuchs. After you get married, you can be run by the Cao family for you, and you can enter the imperial school and become a boy boy. It's not a problem. "

Guo Peng responded.

"Besides being nominated as a boy boy, you also need to ask questions to see if you are qualified and whether you can enter the Taixue. This is not a worry for my father. You have studied scriptures for many years, and it is what my father can teach you. I have taught you everything, and with the help of the Cao family, it is certain to enter the Taixue."

Guo Dan took a deep breath: "After entering Taixue, as a father, I can't always be by your side to remind you, you and my father and son are separated, and outside, you only have Cao's help, but Cao is not a father after all, then You can only rely on yourself, Xiaoyi, are you worried?"

"Worry."

Guo Peng nodded: "But my son knows that worrying is useless. From now on, my son will have no choice."

Guo Dan closed his eyes slightly, leaned a little and opened them again.

"May the ancestors bless my son."

All he could do was pray.

While Guo Dan and Guo Peng are making long-term plans for the future, two cousins, Luoyang, Cao Song and Cao Chi, are also making long-term discussions on the same thing.

Earlier, Cao Song and Guo Dan discussed this matter, and now, it seems that it is time to make a decision.

This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later, especially for Cao Song.

"Jugao, the Guo family in Qiaoxian County is just a branch of the Guo family in Yingchuan. The family does not have much property and land, and there are not many trilogy. Even the Guo family in Yingchuan is not as good as before.

They are from grammar and law officials. They can't even be officials with more than [-] stone. Their form is declining. The Guo family in Qiao County is even a county magistrate. Don't you feel wronged by marrying Lan'er to his elder son? "

Cao Chi sat in front of Cao Song, reached out and poured a glass of water for Cao Song.

Cao Song squeezed his beard and smiled.

"Yuansheng, your family Ren'er and Chun'er have a good relationship with Guo Peng. I'm afraid you are not instigating it behind your back, right?"

Cao Chi's expression froze, and he laughed embarrassingly, Cao Song also laughed, and Cao Chi laughed and laughed.

"No matter how broken the Guo family is, the surname is Guo. No matter how bad the family is, no matter how old it is, it is also a noble family. The family has been in the family for more than a hundred years, and the family is well-dressed. When it comes to family status and origin, it is a bit harsh to say. It's not worth giving people shoes.

Guo Peng's grandfather was the prefect of Wuyuan, and his father was also the magistrate of Qiao County. ,Do you want to? "

Cao Song looked at Cao Chi narrowly, and Cao Chi's laughter turned into a wry smile.

His daughter was promised to Jianqiang Hou Song Qi a few years ago, but now she has no share.

Song Qi's younger sister Song Shi is now the queen, Cao Chi has become the father-in-law of the queen's brother, and Cao Song has also become the cousin of the queen's brother's father-in-law. This relationship with the royal family also makes the Cao family more powerful strong.

But the Song family is a foreign relative. How can the relationship of this foreign relative be compared to the Guo family who is well-dressed?

If Cao Song's daughter married Guo Peng, the entire Cao family would envy Cao Song to the death.

"Ju Gao, I hate myself for not having another daughter!"

Cao Song twisted his beard and laughed.

After laughing for a while, the expressions of the two returned to calm.

Cao Song took a sip of water from the cup and opened his mouth slowly.

"Although our family has many officials and high positions, just like the rootless duckweed, there are no protégés and old officials to serve as wings, and the imperial court relies on eunuchs and foreign relatives. How can this last?

It's okay now, if one day the eunuch's relatives fall, we will be uprooted by one sentence, not to mention us, didn't Tang Heng, the long-serving servant in the past, also promised his daughter to Xun Yu's son? "

"That's true."

Cao Chiyu smiled sarcastically: "Someone in the capital said that it was because Xun Hao was greedy for Tang Heng's power."

"Hahaha, power?"

Cao Song shook his head: "The Xun clan has eight dragons, so what kind of power do they covet? In normal seasons, as long as they want, there is no official position they can't get, but Xiaohuan deliberately suppresses the gentry and indulges Tang Heng and others to take power. , even if he died in the future, and an eunuch died in exchange for a group of Xun's children, how would the Xun family be willing?"

"Speaking of this, Xun Hao agreed to this marriage, but it was also forced by the clan?"

"That's natural, he is known as Xun Erlong and enjoys such a reputation, shouldn't he make some sacrifices for the family? If he really wants to make Tang Heng angry, Xiaohuan must be behind Tang Heng's backside.

Sacrifice a Tang Heng to die with the Xun family, put the blame on Tang Heng, and hurt the Xun family's vitality. Why can't the Xun family understand this kind of trick?So he was forced to agree, and his plan to call Xiaohuan fell through.

It turned out to be cheaper for Tang Heng. Tang Heng wanted to use his power to cleanse his own family. Now that he has married his daughter to Xun's son, it can be regarded as one step to the sky! "

Cao Song said this, and even Shang couldn't help showing an envious look, leaning less, but sighed again.

"If we turbulent currents want to enter the hall, we must do so. In this way, how many people want to do it and have no way to do it. We now have some power. If we don't use this power in time, it will become a thing of the past. , we Cao Clan are finished."

Cao Song's words were said to Cao Chi's heart.

"Yeah, why don't those nobles see us as human beings! Tang Heng is a sensible person, but today, how many people are as comprehensible as you and my brother?

How many people can't figure it out even if they want to break their heads. Power is just a passing moment. If it dissipates, it will dissipate. It is the place where the family takes root that matters. That is a matter of thousands of years. "

Cao Chi looked at Cao Song, Cao Song looked at Cao Chi, and they both smiled bitterly.

The two drank some water and wine respectively, leaned less, and opened the chat box again.

"Speaking of that Xun's son Yu married the eunuch's daughter, I'm afraid he will be laughed at?"

Cao Chi asked curiously.

"That's not true, these nobles can see clearly inside, you have made sacrifices to the family, the family will not treat you badly, and will always compensate you, your reputation is damaged, and you end up with the stigma of "submissive to the eunuch", then everyone Guys, you can't let your son make jokes, otherwise who would be willing to sacrifice to the family in the future?

I heard that Xun Yu was promoted to the Xun family as a genius at a very young age, and then when he was a little old, he invited He Yong, a famous scholar in Nanyang, to evaluate him.

He Yong also understood the reasoning. Zhangkou was the talent of Wang Zuo, and Xun Yu became famous. After that, no one mentioned the fact that his wife was the daughter of an eunuch. "

Cao Song had better information, so he told Cao Chi about it.

"The Xun family really praises each other!"

Cao Chi's face was full of disdain.

"This is what they have always done, touting each other, raising each other's worth, waiting for the court to invite, alas..."

Cao Song shook his head, and added: "This is the case with all the nobility in the world, you can say that the Xun clan, in the past when the Xun clan was prosperous, the nobility brought out a 'Xun clan's eight dragons'. The dragon is about to become eight worms in a blink of an eye, commenting on people, it all depends on one mouth!"

Chapter 5. The Five Clever Family

Of course what Cao Song said was the truth, and Cao Chi knew this very well.

"The truth of the world is in the mouths of these scholars. They say that black is black, and they say that white is white. Even if it is like today's subordinate party, it is not a long-term solution. How can it be so easy to deal with? Time? After a long time, the court will not have enough talents, and the party will have to be released."

Cao Song nodded and sighed slightly.

"There are only so many people who can govern the country by reading and literacy, who else can we use? Therefore, our ancestors also had a long-term vision, created a good reputation, and gave our family some leeway to turn around, but our Cao family started out as eunuchs after all. Turbulence."

Cao Song said that the current situation of Cao's family has been exhausted. It seems that the family is full of flowers. The family members have power in the DPRK and the Chinese army.

After all, the emperor still has to rely on literati to govern the country, and literati are scholars.

The Son of Heaven noticed that the literati clan controlled the official position and formed a party for selfishness and eroded the foundation of the big man. First, they engaged in the three mutual laws, and then they practiced party restraint, but how long can the party restraint last?

Can it last forever?

Even now, these people who are profiting from the emperor's side are not without thinking about their own way of retreat. There are always some smart people who are sober and will not be dazzled by the momentary scenery.

The Cao family is such a smart family.

Therefore, two years ago, Cao Song's eldest son, Cao Cao, was appointed by Wang Fu, the adopted son of Zhong Changshi Wang Fu, and the minister of Pei State, Wang Ji. Eunuch Jian Shuo's uncle Jian Tu.

This risky action is to give Cao Cao a good name.

Public opinion is controlled by the gentry, and in the eyes of the gentry, eunuchs are heinous bastards.

Your Cao family started out as eunuchs, so you are naturally a bastard.

Cao Song was very accurate on this point. He was helpless here, but he could not involve Cao Cao's generation. Therefore, even if he took a little risk, he should let Cao Cao clean up his connection with the eunuch.

From the starting point of becoming an official, it is necessary to clean up the relationship with the eunuch, and it is absolutely impossible to continue to "fight together".