Liu Hong admitted his mistake, reviewed the memorials honestly, and finally planned to work harder to get in touch with government affairs, so Cao Mo stopped in time, so as not to scare people so much that they would not kiss their daughters/sex.
On the contrary, during this period of time, the noble He Shi, who had been favored by the queen, gradually began to have the confidence to embarrass the queen, and seemed restless.
Cao Jie reported to Liu Hong the movements of the harem in a low voice. Cao Man also listened to it, and curled his lips in a strange way: "Comparing even a suit of clothes and a piece of jewelry? Is this embarrassing?"
Liu Hong also thinks so: "These women are short-sighted. Living in this square inch of the world, they can only do those things all day long. Maybe gorgeous jewelry and clothes are very important to them!"
He thinks it's nothing, just raise a group of vases, if you love clothes and jewelry, just give it.
Cao Man also thought it was nothing, saying that he was embarrassing the queen, wasn't he just wearing the same color clothes?When Empress Song came to complain, that was making a fuss out of a molehill.
The two young men didn't understand women's hearts at all. Cao Jie glanced at Cao Man with a subtle expression, as if he was looking at something magical.
He explained in a warm voice: "There are quotas for the clothes and jewelry in the harem. The ones used by the empress are different from those of the beauties. Some low-grade concubines are not allowed to wear some colors. That is the rule."
Liu Hong frowned slightly: "What I don't like the most is when someone bothers you with trivial matters in the harem!"
It's just a group of playthings, hold whoever you like, and abandon whoever you don't like. Playthings fight with playthings, making the house dirty and damaged. Not only will Liu Hong not help anyone, but he will hate them both.
"Didn't the He family come from a butcher's family? What kind of rules can you understand? It's fine to send someone to teach you if it's not proper. The queen is in charge of the harem, so why bother your majesty with this trivial matter?" In Cao Man's heart, the harem and ordinary officials It is a "small officialdom" that is closely related to the previous dynasty, and the queen, rather than being His Majesty's official wife, has chosen a smart housekeeper from among the noble daughters of the clan to manage the group of beauties for His Majesty.Don't you see that the queen and the concubine are all of high rank and can receive official salaries?
Cao Jie didn't want to say anything anymore. Empress Song, he pulled it up with one hand, and he was regarded as his connection in the harem. Cao Jie had expected this kind of behavior of dragging his own people back. He didn't want to talk, but I want to be quiet.
"Your Majesty spends all his time and energy on government affairs. The empress is His Majesty's official wife. She cannot help His Majesty take care of the concubines in that courtyard. She has already neglected her duties. Now she is still bothering Your Majesty with the affairs of the harem. A crowd of concubines vying for favor, is this what the master of the harem should do?" Cao Mo asked in surprise.
When Cao Man said this, Liu Hong's face hurt a little.
If he hadn't given the favored beauty a favor beyond etiquette and rejected the empress, Empress Song would not have been reluctant to take care of the harem.
Cao Man's attitude is already obvious, he used the word "dereliction of duty", Liu Hong thought about it and it was the same thing, the queen still has to give her face, raise a housekeeper, you have to give her the power to manage the playthings, Otherwise, if the playthings make a fuss, it doesn't matter what the severity is, but it will annoy the owner instead.Besides, Liu Hong feels that there are still too few beauties in his harem, and more people will come to honor him and offer him beauties in the future. It will be a spectacular scene until he really gathers three thousand beauties. bother.
Liu Hong said to Cao Jie: "Go ask a few people to teach He's rules, the queen, let her perform her duties well, as a queen, why should she end up fighting with some playthings? I help her to be a queen, and let her take care of it. In the harem, she is not the one to criticize the beauties in the harem, if she can't sit in this position, then someone else will do it."
Cao Jie was startled, and hurriedly lowered his head to answer, the corners of his mouth twitched under the shadow, how could he admire the thinking of Cao Man and Liu Hong.
As expected of the two of them studying together back then, they even had the same brain circuit!
Unexpectedly, Cao Man was involved in the mess, and the incident that almost offended Shengyan ended in a happy accident.
Cao Jie decided that later on, he would give Empress Song a good beating. If she still couldn't bear to break through, she could only be supported by another person.
After being interrupted by this incident, Liu Hong was finally able to look directly at Cao Man, and he brought up another topic: "I will tell you what the position of Luoyang Northern Captain is and what he does specifically. This is not an overly prestigious position. It would be too maverick to be treated very differently from other students who graduated at the same time, and too high an official position and honor would be a burden for an inexperienced student."
It was rare for Liu Hong to have other considerations, so Cao Man smiled and bowed: "Thank you for your forgiveness, that's exactly the reason."
Cao Jie pretended to be a wooden man, standing on the side like a non-existent sculpture.
Luoyang Northern Captain is not a good official position. It is an official position that everyone avoids. A few years ago, those who went to this position either messed around and moved to the official position, or asked to resign and return to their hometown. That position is so Being rejected, the person who can bear to stay in that position the longest is only three months.
Liu Hong explained to Cao Mo: "Students who are in the same period as you, the two brothers of the Yuan family will be named lieutenants of the Chinese Army, and they are considered equal to you, but in terms of official power, you still have more power. "
Cao Jie: The power to manage the royal family and nobles?Whoever dares to care, whoever cares, is in bad luck. The dignitaries and dignitaries living on Beibei Street, any family, are higher than the official position of a Beibei school lieutenant!
How messy is it on North Street?The two dignitaries had a conflict and killed people. If they quarreled, it would be a fight between gods and mortals. If others were not unlucky, it would be unlucky for the northern school captain. Being implicated and dismissed is not trivial.
Cao Mo asked curiously: "Is it the power to manage the royal family and nobles? It is interesting that people with low official positions can manage people with high official positions."
He likes to do difficult things, the more exciting and difficult he is, the more interested he is.
"Although it is interesting, it may also be wronged. You also know the virtues of the royal family and nobles." Liu Hong was deeply afraid that Cao Man would stay in the palace to wash his eyes, and he didn't want him to go too far, so he gave it to him. He has the closest official position that can enter the palace, and he made that position extremely challenging, in order to arouse Cao Man's idea and divert his attention from him to those imperial relatives who oppressed the people and did evil in the north of Luoyang On the relatives of the country.
"It's not that I said, that group of people are as annoying as Dou Wu who was flaunting his power back then. If I promote one person, they can bring out the whole family. I'm so tired, and I can't beat them all to death."
"It turns out that Your Majesty wants me to clean up Beibu Street," Cao said with a smile, "Then I will take over this task to help Your Majesty solve problems."
Liu Hong added worryingly: "If they see that your official position is low and bully you, you can move out of me. They have royal relatives and eunuchs as their backers, and you still have me as your backer! A position that others can't avoid, A Man It must be able to do it!"
As soon as the emperor said this, Cao Jie's heart trembled, and he secretly said: It's over.
Asking Cao to take charge of Beibei Street would cause serious trouble. With his temper, when he sees a group of "bullies" from the royal family, he will definitely fall out!
Cao Jie was solemn, turned his head and gave an order, ordering all his subordinates who live in Beibei Street to refrain from doing evil and evil, and wait for the storm to come.
Liu Hong came to participate in the graduation ceremony of Taixue in person. This was the second time Cao Man saw the emperor outside the palace gate.
First, nearly a hundred guards with swords opened the way, and the people on the side of the road knelt down to worship. A group of eunuchs accompanied the emperor's dragon chariot, including Cao Jie and other eunuchs.
Afterwards, dozens of escorting officials followed, all of whom were high-ranking officials and dignitaries, who had a certain status in the court, and then followed nearly a hundred subordinate officials. The scene was grand and the atmosphere was serious.
Liu Hong and Cao Mo are far away, but they can always find each other in the crowd.The students lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look directly at the emperor's holy face.
The official in charge of etiquette shouted, and nearly a hundred graduated students knelt down to worship the emperor, and then shouted "Long live Your Majesty".
Dressed in a noble dragon robe and a luxurious crown, Liu Hong sat on the highest platform overlooking the crowd. This group of graduates will become the new blood of the imperial court, filling the vacancies of courtiers after the Shangdanggu.
After graduating, Cao Man's official position was sent home by the eunuch soon. His old father Cao Song looked forward to it, pulling Cao Mang and muttering: "I think with my position, I can at least get you a fifth-rank official position. After all, who is in charge of the money bag of a big man, who dare not give me face?"
Cao Man glanced at Cao Song, and said helplessly: "My position has already been fixed, doesn't my father know?"
Cao Song was surprised and said: "When did it happen? I see that you have been leaving early and returning late recently. Did you go to the palace to look for His Majesty again? That's not right. Cao Jie has never been to our house. How did you get to the palace? Let me tell you, now that you are about to enter the officialdom, your relationship with His Majesty will soon be too much for the sake of the monarch and ministers, so you should pay attention."
Cao Man closed his mouth, silently listening to the old hen clucking.
He knew that once he opened the chatterbox, his father would keep nagging him, his ears were almost callused, and a 40-year-old middle-aged man was better than women. Cao Man couldn't stand it. Remind Cao Song: "Father, the eunuch is here, we have to meet him."
Cao Song came back to his senses, and before leaving, he said to Cao: "When the official position is confirmed, I will find you a noble girl of the right family to marry you."
Among the students of the same age, Cao Man started a family late. He is already in his twenties, and he is still a boy. It is no wonder that Cao Song is anxious. Their old Cao family is still waiting for Cao Man to pass on his family to him!
Cao Man has a high vision, he doesn't like ordinary girls, if he marries a noble girl, wouldn't that mean raising an aunt who always takes care of him?How can this be?We must find a way to dispel father's idea!
After the eunuch came, he read His Majesty's imperial decree for Cao Man, issued official seals, official orders, and brand-new official robes.
When Cao Song heard "Luoyang Northern Captain", his face immediately became ugly. After reluctantly sending the eunuchs away, he turned his nails on and told Cao: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to be an official. If you give up this official, I will give it to you." Get a better job!"
Cao Song stomped his feet angrily: "Who is going to make things difficult for me? You don't give me face like this, and you actually leave the broken official position that everyone can't avoid to my son!"
In his mind, he instantly listed the relationship network of officials responsible for arranging positions. The position of the graduates is in charge of the Shangshuling. Now the veritable Shangshuling is Cao Jie. It is impossible for him to be so harsh on his family, so there must be someone else. Get in the way!
Cao Mo persuaded Cao Song, "Father, this is the position His Majesty gave me, we have an appointment."
Cao Song got stuck all of a sudden, he couldn't believe it: "Why did Your Majesty give you such a thankless position? The northern part of Luoyang is full of relatives of the emperor, or the relatives of popular eunuchs. They are all He is a villain who eats people without spitting out their bones! I heard that the people over there have become a habit of being enslaved by them, and no one dares to report to the officials. Even if they report to the officials, no one dares to confront those people. What about your position! Don't you have a good relationship?"
"Father, it is because we have a good relationship and he trusts me that he gave me this position!" Cao Mo said earnestly to Cao Songyu: "Your Majesty thinks that no one can manage this place well except me, that is because His Majesty values me .”
Cao Song's face was gloomy, and he wanted to scold someone in his heart, but he was filled with anger: "He just treated you like a knife and threw you away."
"How can father say that about your Majesty? He said that after I have been in the job for a while, I will be named a general, and I will be able to fight at that time." Cao Mo's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "I will definitely Do it well!"
Cao Song was so angry that he almost didn't let it go: "I was a lieutenant of Sili, don't you know what's going on in the north? How many people will you offend if you go now? Do you know that this position has been vacant for half a year? When you were in office, even the government was smashed upside down by the eunuch's son?"
Cao Mo was stubborn: "Oh? The son of the eunuch, then I, the grandson of the eunuch, will have to meet the son of the eunuch to see whether his body is tough or my staff is tough."
Cao Song shook his head: "No, no, I think you'll either resign from this position, or just hang around for a few months, waiting for His Majesty to fulfill his promise to give you a promotion."
Don't Cao Song understand Cao Man's tough temper?He was afraid that Cao Man would offend the bullies caught by Zhang Yawu, and be tossed openly and secretly by those people.
The relationship network here involves the court. If it is not done well, the memorial to impeach Cao Man will be full of imperial cases!
Seeing his father's behavior, Cao Man knew that it didn't make sense for a while. He curled his lips and agreed to Cao Song verbally: "Okay, okay, then I'll go and fool around, as long as they don't mess with me, I will Don't make a fuss, okay?"
Only then Cao Song heaved a sigh of relief. As long as Cao Man doesn't bother to rectify the north, he will come to the door to give some gifts and greet them all. Based on his relationship with Cao Jie, Ah Man will not be embarrassed by those people of.
Before taking office, Cao Man still needs to accept the training before taking office. Generally speaking, his predecessor or colleagues with the same responsibilities are his guides.However, Cao Mo's predecessor, the northern lieutenant, was forced to leave by the eunuch's adopted son. The only ones who could meet Cao Mo's way were the major captains in Luoyang City, and he was fortunate enough to be assigned with Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu was assigned to the Lieutenant of the Chinese Army, who was also in charge of the security in Luoyang, and had a team of soldiers under his command.
Yuan Shu was very sympathetic to Cao Man being assigned to the north of Luoyang. His brother patted Cao Man on the shoulder and said to him: "I heard that the previous Northern Captain failed to mediate the conflict between the royal family and the eunuch. The yamen was smashed and forced to leave. Ah man, why are you so unlucky to get such an errand? Hey, if you are bullied, call your buddies, and I will help you out when the time comes, they are relatives of the emperor, I'm also a relative of the emperor, let's see who has the hardest fist, and puts a knife in both sides for the sake of my buddies, my mother is a princess, call me for a fight!"
Cao Man giggled, and slammed his fist on Yuan Shu's chest: "You are still a brother, show loyalty, if you really want to beat someone, I will definitely call you, but I told you before, call me Meng De, Mengde! Aman is a nickname, I am already a big man, and people who are close to me call me by my name."
Yuan Shu grinned his teeth, his chest hurt, and said not to be outdone, "Isn't it just taking the characters, what's there to be proud of, I also have characters, so I just force you to call me, just call me Gonglu. And Yuan Shao, his characters are original! "
The school lieutenant who taught the two of them coughed and said seriously: "As a security officer, you must lead by example. How can you fight casually? As the royal family and nobles, you should understand the situation in the north of Luoyang. Go there By the way, remember not to take the initiative to trouble others, smart people know what to do, do something, do something, I think you have all learned the way of doing nothing, so I don’t need to tell you more, right? "
Everyone is persuading Cao Man to go about his life honestly, which instead arouses Cao Man's rebellious psychology.
Just how powerful and hateful are those people, so that everyone is so afraid of them?
He felt that he had a glorious mission, and the responsibility on his shoulders was getting heavier.
After the training was over, Cao Man took office with his official seal.
Luoyang Beibu Wei has his own court, which is located in a remote corner. Now it is a mess, covered with cobwebs, and looks gloomy. Even Beibu Wei's plaque has been smashed to pieces, lying on the ground. .
All the officials in the original yamen disappeared. Cao Meng wore an official robe and went to take office arrogantly, but his nose was ashamed.
He was not discouraged, instead, he wore a brocade official robe and the assigned sword, with a serious face, as if he was patrolling his own territory, and walked through Beibu Street bit by bit, meeting people along the way. They will ask: "Where are the officials of the Northern Lieutenant?"
The merchants and common people in the north trembled when they saw him wearing official robes, and the people who were caught questioning him trembled and pointed out several directions for him.
Good guy, dozens of officials have no salary, and they actually went to find another way to make a living. Some went to gambling workshops to be thugs, some went to brothels to work as guards, and some went to restaurants to work as mistresses!
Cao Mo went to find them one by one according to the clues, and asked them: "I am the new Luoyang North Captain, are you willing to go back with me to rebuild the Yamen?"
Where are those people willing to do thankless jobs?He had been terrified by the beating half a year ago, and he refused to go back to the yamen.
The last stop of Cao Mo went to the brothel in the north of Luoyang. This is a place where dignitaries and dignitaries go to have fun, and the cost of entering here is not low.
The girl who greeted the guests outside saw that Cao Man had a stern face and was wearing a majestic official robe, and she blushed quietly.
"Guests please, is this your first time in our building?" The girl asked shyly with ruddy cheeks.
Cao Meng said coldly: "I'm looking for Wang Wu, is he here?"
The girl was taken aback when she heard the words, Cao Mo stuffed some silver taels into her hand, raised her chin: "Go and call Wang Wu out."
The welcoming girl held the heavy money in her hand, her eyes were straightened, this generous official gave the welcoming girl so much money, the big customer must have left!
She hurriedly welcomed Cao Man into the building, waited for him to sit down, bowed and said: "Your servant, please go and invite Wang Wu here."
She wondered to herself, this was the first time someone came to the brothel not to find the girl in the brothel, but to find a thug instead.
Cao Man sat on the slum in the hall, frowning watching the explicit performance in the hall, his face full of displeasure.
The world is getting worse, and people's hearts are not old. This brothel actually let the girls wear such revealing clothes to dance some silver dances in the lobby on the first floor. This is too much!
Going to a brothel should be an elegant thing. The brothels that Cao Meng has seen, including other brothels in Luoyang City, are gathering places for close friends. No brothel is as dirty as this one.
It seems that there are some birds/beasts in the north.
Cao Mo immediately included this brothel in the scope of rectification.
He was thinking with a serious expression, but he heard a familiar voice ask: "Cao Man?"
Cao Man turned his head and saw that it was Guo Jia coming from a distance, with a wine glass in his hand, and asked with surprise, "Why did you come here?"
"You really don't change your virtue of liking brothels," Cao Man said expressionlessly.
Guo Jia shrugged: "This is a personal way of life, I don't bring maids with me when I go out, and no one takes care of my food and clothing, so I can only spend money to hire someone to take care of it for me. "
"There are so many brothels in Luoyang City, but you chose this place, which shows how vulgar your taste is," Cao Mo said again.
"The brothel in Luoyang City is the only brothel that I haven't visited before," Guo Jia said with a smile, "I came here to experience it today. I didn't expect this brothel to have such a scene. It really opened my eyes. Yes. But Cao lied to you, why did you come here wearing an official robe? You are now in office, so it’s not good to come to the brothel? If you are impeached, you will lose your official position?"
Cao Mo was sulking, and it was rare to have an acquaintance who could confide in him. He explained angrily: "My official position is to be the captain of Luoyang North School in charge of the security in the north. As a result, I went to Renren today to see that all the officials in the yamen They all ran away! I came to this brothel because I heard that one of the officials named Wang Wu worked as a thug here to make money."
Guo Jia said unexpectedly: "You, have you taken over the official position of the school lieutenant in the north of Luoyang?"
He couldn't help but speak: "Did your father offend someone in the officialdom, and such an official position will fall on you?"
Cao Man shook his head, and said to Guo Jia: "I volunteered to be the Captain of the North, and I also plan to seriously manage the North, but how can I manage the North if I don't have subordinates?"
Soon, Wang Wu came over and saw Cao Man wearing the official robe of Beibu Lieutenant, and his face was not good-looking.
When Cao Man asked, "Would you like to go back to the northern yamen with me?", Wang Wu hurriedly shook his head and refused, begging Cao Man: "Please don't embarrass the villain, the captain. The villain has no choice but to become an official in the north." , life is not guaranteed, and there is no salary to maintain a living, and a villain has to support his family, so he really can't do this official position."
Cao concealed his displeasure and said: "Then you have been dismissed and handed over your official seal."
That Wang Wu couldn't wait to hand over the badge representing the identity of the official to Cao Meng.
After Wang Wu left, Cao Meng sat on the spot and thought deeply, thinking about what to do next to save the abolished Beiwei Yamen.
Guo Jia approached Cao Meng, and asked tentatively, "You let him go just like that?"
"What else can I do? At least I should be glad that he still remembers to save the printed cards. The previous ones, but some people even lost the printed cards and couldn't find them," Cao Man sighed.
Guo Jia raised a smile, put his hands on Cao Meng's neck, and encouraged him: "You have to know that anyone with money can command you. Your family is rich, and you don't have to be discouraged if you don't have these officials. Just hire a few."
"You see, in other local officials, all the people are vying to do it. For this reason, they compete and recommend that set of things. Only those who are recognized by everyone or have connections can be appointed as officials. As far as the north is concerned, everyone They don’t even want to come over, can you really hire someone with money?” Cao Mo said helplessly, “I’m afraid no one will pay me any attention when I post the notice.”
"How do you know if you can do it if you haven't done it?" Guo Jia saw his dejected look, which was very interesting. He shook Cao Man's head, relying on himself to be taller than him to do whatever he wanted, he laughed: " Don't be discouraged, let's go! I'll go with you to see the northern yamen, and it happens that there is nothing to do recently, so you can hire me as your teacher to write a notice for you."
How can Cao Man be discouraged, but when he first came up, he encountered the fact that his subordinates refused to work, which made Cao Man's mentality a little unbalanced.
"Hire you as a teacher?" Cao Man asked strangely, "You are not going to participate in the Luoyang Cultural Association, how can you stay in the north of Luoyang?"
"Of course I have time. There is no time limit for my grand tour. There is a literary fair every year. Don't worry about it for a while. Luoyang has been relatively stable in recent years. It doesn't matter if you stay for a few more days," Guo Jia said confidently.
The two left the brothel, first went to buy wood boards and pens and ink for posting notices, and then went to purchase cases, curtains, dyes, tools, wood, etc., and they were busy until late at night, and Cao Man was still beating there.
Guo Jia wrote a notice and posted it on the streets and alleys together with Cao Man: The northern lieutenant recruits officials, and the treatment is favorable.
That salary is actually higher than the shopkeeper in the restaurant!
Cao Mo dug out the bamboo slips in the warehouse of the northern yamen and wiped away the dust. The crimes committed by the relatives of the emperor and eunuchs were recorded numerously, such as killing people to prevent fires, occupying houses, robbing civilian women, collecting protection fees without authorization, There are only shop taxes and so on, and the whole north is like a world of bullies. How can we not make Cao Zhen angry?
The captain in the northern part of Luoyang City has arrived and a newcomer has taken up his post!
It didn't take long for the whole of the North to hear the news. The insider closed his lips and teeth, narrowed his sense of existence, sneered without knowing it, and didn't take the new Beibei lieutenant into his eyes at all.
Because of the favorable treatment, people from the northern yamen quickly applied for the job. The bold and strong man from the nearby common people's house applied for money because his family couldn't get rid of it. Officials should be proper.
Cao Man didn't want his father to know that he was going to do big things, so he ran to find Yuan Shu, who was a lieutenant in the Chinese Army, to borrow him. Yuan Shu borrowed five patrol officials from him without saying a word, and recruited five more, which was enough for ten people. , Each has a division of labor, some are responsible for inspections, and some are responsible for escorting and guarding prisoners.
Cao Mo also vacated the prison cells in the northern Weiguan Mansion, paid for craftsmen, and prepared all the courts, prisons, and torture tools together. After working so hard for nearly a month, they finally cleaned up.
He also made five-color sticks for law enforcement, dyed them in red, yellow, green, white, and black, and made ten sticks in total, standing majestically beside the court.
"The court is here, but the people in the north will not come to sue," Guo Jia told Cao, "They are afraid of being bullied. The government can uphold justice for them, even if you get the yamen out now, they will not dare to come to the door no matter how serious their injustice is."
Sitting in the courtroom, Cao Man was addicted to being an official. Hearing Guo Jia pour cold water on him, he immediately thought hard again: "Those who commit crimes will definitely not be able to bear it. Now I can only sit on the sidelines and wait for the rabbit. Let me catch someone's handle, first kill the chickens and monkeys, and the people will believe me when they see that I really enforce the law impartially."
Guo Jia heard this, and asked curiously: "Your family has really reached the point where your eyes and hands are in the sky. Are you not even afraid of the emperor's relatives and eunuchs? If you do this, you won't be afraid of offending people who shouldn't be offended. Maybe you will even hurt your father." .”
Cao Mo shook his head: "It won't hurt my father, I do things alone, and since I am sitting in this position, it is my responsibility to maintain the law and order in the north. It is not me who is in this position to seek government affairs and do nothing. Qiao Sikong was not afraid of power and was demoted many times in the past, but now he has risen and become a Sangong? As long as I have the ability, I will not be afraid of being demoted. I will serve those who are corrupt and pervert the law with severe punishment, and I will never forgive them easily!"
His scalp was as hard as a lump of iron!
Guo Jia whispered secretly.
However, this is the sex, he likes it!
Guo Jia came up with an idea for Cao Man: "Night is the easiest time to commit crimes. People who commit crimes like to haunt dark places. You can set a 'curfew' time. Those who try to do bad things at night People will show their true colors and be caught by you.”
When Cao Man heard the words, his eyes lit up, he grabbed Guo Jia's hand, and said repeatedly: "Feng Xiao has an idea!"
Immediately, Cao concealed the curfew order issued by Luoyang Beiwei, and no one was allowed to go out when the time was up.
The subordinates that Cao Jie took care of had already informed the family. Everyone had complaints, but they dared not speak out. They could only admit it with their noses. Someone came to smash the place!
Cao Meng summoned the officials of the Shangyamen, and with outstanding skills, all the people who came to smash the scene were arrested and put into prison, interrogated by torture, forcing them to confess to the mastermind behind the scenes, and then rushed over in person to arrest them and bring them to justice.
The first memorial to impeach Cao Man was sent to the emperor's imperial case by the relatives of the emperor.
Liu Hong took a look: Hey!Ah Mo really spent his energy on rectifying the north.
Immediately ordered: "Northern captain will do whatever he wants to do. If there is not enough manpower, he will allocate the imperial army to help him. If the money is not enough, let the chief secretary of agriculture allocate funds for him!"
How did he know that Cao Mo invested his pocket money in the construction of the Wei Yamen in the north, and Cao Song was dumbfounded when he received the emperor's imperial edict.
"It is recorded in the bamboo slips in the north that some people robbed the women of the people half a year ago, but there is no record of who made the mistake. What's more, they broke into the homes of the people in the middle of the night and robbed other people's wives. These people really have no sense of morality and shame. !"
In the middle of the night, Guo Jia was sleeping soundly in the house cleaned up by the Yamen. Cao Man put on a beautiful women's dress and planned to go fishing on the street.
Under the moonlight, if someone really disobeyed the order and swaggered around on the street after the curfew, they didn't take the order issued by Cao Mo in the slightest.
When the man approached, he saw Cao Man, who was dressed as beautiful as a Chang'e fairy under the moonlight, and immediately pointed at Cao Man, and said to the guards around him, "Bring her back to me!"
OK!Not only did he really violate the curfew, but he also played the trick of robbing the women. Cao Man was so angry that he beat up the group and dragged them into the prison in the northern yamen.
The next day, Cao Man planned to make an example to the monkeys and use the middle-aged man he caught last night to sacrifice to the heavens to set an example for the common people!
Cao concealed the call for someone to come and began to interrogate the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man pointed at Cao Mang and yelled insults. He kept his parents' dirty words in mind, and said harshly: "I am the uncle of the great servant Jian Shuo, and my nephew is the famous man by His Majesty's side. He holds a heavy soldier in his hand. Even your father has to give in three points, what are you, dare to interrogate me?"
Cao Man has a strong personality, he will take the soft but not the hard, if this person confesses softly, bows his head and admits his mistake, maybe he will be punished and let him go.Now he dares to speak harshly in front of his face!Cao Mo was so angry that he immediately issued an order to the officials: "According to the law, those who violate the curfew and rob civilian women will be punished with fifty sticks!"
"Law? Where did the law stipulate the curfew? I think you are abusing your power. Be careful. I will tell my nephew and let him go to heaven to listen and punish you!"
Jian Shuo's uncle was still talking harshly, Cao Meng didn't bother to answer him, and immediately yelled: "Put it to death!"
"In the north of Luoyang, the laws made by this official are the real laws," Cao Mo said sternly: "This official said that robbing women is a capital crime, so it is a capital crime. This is under my rule. You should Obey the governance of this official!"
Guo Jia winked at Cao Man: Enough is enough, don't really kill people, killing chickens and monkeys is enough.
Jian Shuo's uncle heard the words and scolded loudly: "After you become a eunuch, you really regard yourself as a character. A dog raised by a rootless person still has the face to make laws!"
Cao concealed that he had even insulted his grandfather, so he picked up the five-colored sticks and slammed them on Jian Shuo, shouting loudly, "I'll beat you with fifty sticks myself!"
Cao Man's strength is different from other people's, it will see blood, fifty sticks down, Jian Shuo's uncle immediately breathed in more, and breathed out less, look at his bloody back and buttocks, even the bones were beaten It was broken, and I thought I couldn't live anymore.
Guo Jia stretched his neck to look around, and held his forehead helplessly: "Did you really beat him to death? This is going to be a big trouble."
"What's the big deal, what we want is the effect of killing chickens and monkeys," Cao Mo put away the five-color sticks, and ordered the rest of the officials: "When he dies, throw his body on the street, and let the people see the eunuch's relatives after committing crimes." end!"
Cao concealed this beating, but he made his reputation among the scholar-officials. Of course, Jian Shuo would not let it go when his uncle died.
Liu Hong handed the memorial played by Jian Shuo's co-author to Cao Jie, and said with a half-smile, "The whole court is discussing now, is this Jian Shuo your man?"
Cao Jie was bitter in his heart, so he could only hold back his words, lowered his head and pinched his nose to admit it, chose to cut off his tail to survive, and abandoned Jian Shuo, a chess piece that controlled the military power of the Huangmen.
Liu Hong has already made a plan. Once someone wants to jointly suppress Cao Man, and to block all wind and rain for Cao Man, but he doesn't want to make any action yet. Cao Man boasted wildly, bluntly saying that Cao Man enforces the law impartially, is honest and honest, and is indeed the future pillar of the great man!
Qiao Xuan even wrote a letter to support Cao Man, using Sikong's status to defend Cao Man.
Only Cao Song didn't have a good relationship with Cao Jie, his expression was as if he had swallowed a fly, and his face was slightly green.
Cao Man felt very proud of killing Jian Shuo's uncle, because with this act of killing chickens and monkeys, the local people finally believed that he wanted to rectify the heart of northern Luoyang. After accepting all the cases, elevating them to court, arresting the prisoners, and punishing them according to law, the entire Wei Yamen in the north was overwhelmed by the people who came to complain about their grievances.
Guo Jia, the master who seems to be a joke, is so tired of transcribing the grievances all day long, complaining endlessly, but Cao concealed it, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, full of energy, spending every day in the yamen trying cases, serving the people They serve justice.
Without Cao Man's knowledge, he left a more and more brilliant reputation among the scholar-bureaucrats. Courtiers praised Cao Man for unambiguously executing the cancerous tumor in northern Luoyang. Unknowingly, he was promoted to the eunuch The battle with the "Partisans" is on the cusp!
Jian Shuo was supported by Cao Jie, the eunuch with real power in the Huangmen Imperial Army, and he did not know how many courtiers were in the way, and the eunuch's uncle was a lawless bastard.
And Cao Man, although he is the grandson of the eunuch Cao Teng, is
On the contrary, during this period of time, the noble He Shi, who had been favored by the queen, gradually began to have the confidence to embarrass the queen, and seemed restless.
Cao Jie reported to Liu Hong the movements of the harem in a low voice. Cao Man also listened to it, and curled his lips in a strange way: "Comparing even a suit of clothes and a piece of jewelry? Is this embarrassing?"
Liu Hong also thinks so: "These women are short-sighted. Living in this square inch of the world, they can only do those things all day long. Maybe gorgeous jewelry and clothes are very important to them!"
He thinks it's nothing, just raise a group of vases, if you love clothes and jewelry, just give it.
Cao Man also thought it was nothing, saying that he was embarrassing the queen, wasn't he just wearing the same color clothes?When Empress Song came to complain, that was making a fuss out of a molehill.
The two young men didn't understand women's hearts at all. Cao Jie glanced at Cao Man with a subtle expression, as if he was looking at something magical.
He explained in a warm voice: "There are quotas for the clothes and jewelry in the harem. The ones used by the empress are different from those of the beauties. Some low-grade concubines are not allowed to wear some colors. That is the rule."
Liu Hong frowned slightly: "What I don't like the most is when someone bothers you with trivial matters in the harem!"
It's just a group of playthings, hold whoever you like, and abandon whoever you don't like. Playthings fight with playthings, making the house dirty and damaged. Not only will Liu Hong not help anyone, but he will hate them both.
"Didn't the He family come from a butcher's family? What kind of rules can you understand? It's fine to send someone to teach you if it's not proper. The queen is in charge of the harem, so why bother your majesty with this trivial matter?" In Cao Man's heart, the harem and ordinary officials It is a "small officialdom" that is closely related to the previous dynasty, and the queen, rather than being His Majesty's official wife, has chosen a smart housekeeper from among the noble daughters of the clan to manage the group of beauties for His Majesty.Don't you see that the queen and the concubine are all of high rank and can receive official salaries?
Cao Jie didn't want to say anything anymore. Empress Song, he pulled it up with one hand, and he was regarded as his connection in the harem. Cao Jie had expected this kind of behavior of dragging his own people back. He didn't want to talk, but I want to be quiet.
"Your Majesty spends all his time and energy on government affairs. The empress is His Majesty's official wife. She cannot help His Majesty take care of the concubines in that courtyard. She has already neglected her duties. Now she is still bothering Your Majesty with the affairs of the harem. A crowd of concubines vying for favor, is this what the master of the harem should do?" Cao Mo asked in surprise.
When Cao Man said this, Liu Hong's face hurt a little.
If he hadn't given the favored beauty a favor beyond etiquette and rejected the empress, Empress Song would not have been reluctant to take care of the harem.
Cao Man's attitude is already obvious, he used the word "dereliction of duty", Liu Hong thought about it and it was the same thing, the queen still has to give her face, raise a housekeeper, you have to give her the power to manage the playthings, Otherwise, if the playthings make a fuss, it doesn't matter what the severity is, but it will annoy the owner instead.Besides, Liu Hong feels that there are still too few beauties in his harem, and more people will come to honor him and offer him beauties in the future. It will be a spectacular scene until he really gathers three thousand beauties. bother.
Liu Hong said to Cao Jie: "Go ask a few people to teach He's rules, the queen, let her perform her duties well, as a queen, why should she end up fighting with some playthings? I help her to be a queen, and let her take care of it. In the harem, she is not the one to criticize the beauties in the harem, if she can't sit in this position, then someone else will do it."
Cao Jie was startled, and hurriedly lowered his head to answer, the corners of his mouth twitched under the shadow, how could he admire the thinking of Cao Man and Liu Hong.
As expected of the two of them studying together back then, they even had the same brain circuit!
Unexpectedly, Cao Man was involved in the mess, and the incident that almost offended Shengyan ended in a happy accident.
Cao Jie decided that later on, he would give Empress Song a good beating. If she still couldn't bear to break through, she could only be supported by another person.
After being interrupted by this incident, Liu Hong was finally able to look directly at Cao Man, and he brought up another topic: "I will tell you what the position of Luoyang Northern Captain is and what he does specifically. This is not an overly prestigious position. It would be too maverick to be treated very differently from other students who graduated at the same time, and too high an official position and honor would be a burden for an inexperienced student."
It was rare for Liu Hong to have other considerations, so Cao Man smiled and bowed: "Thank you for your forgiveness, that's exactly the reason."
Cao Jie pretended to be a wooden man, standing on the side like a non-existent sculpture.
Luoyang Northern Captain is not a good official position. It is an official position that everyone avoids. A few years ago, those who went to this position either messed around and moved to the official position, or asked to resign and return to their hometown. That position is so Being rejected, the person who can bear to stay in that position the longest is only three months.
Liu Hong explained to Cao Mo: "Students who are in the same period as you, the two brothers of the Yuan family will be named lieutenants of the Chinese Army, and they are considered equal to you, but in terms of official power, you still have more power. "
Cao Jie: The power to manage the royal family and nobles?Whoever dares to care, whoever cares, is in bad luck. The dignitaries and dignitaries living on Beibei Street, any family, are higher than the official position of a Beibei school lieutenant!
How messy is it on North Street?The two dignitaries had a conflict and killed people. If they quarreled, it would be a fight between gods and mortals. If others were not unlucky, it would be unlucky for the northern school captain. Being implicated and dismissed is not trivial.
Cao Mo asked curiously: "Is it the power to manage the royal family and nobles? It is interesting that people with low official positions can manage people with high official positions."
He likes to do difficult things, the more exciting and difficult he is, the more interested he is.
"Although it is interesting, it may also be wronged. You also know the virtues of the royal family and nobles." Liu Hong was deeply afraid that Cao Man would stay in the palace to wash his eyes, and he didn't want him to go too far, so he gave it to him. He has the closest official position that can enter the palace, and he made that position extremely challenging, in order to arouse Cao Man's idea and divert his attention from him to those imperial relatives who oppressed the people and did evil in the north of Luoyang On the relatives of the country.
"It's not that I said, that group of people are as annoying as Dou Wu who was flaunting his power back then. If I promote one person, they can bring out the whole family. I'm so tired, and I can't beat them all to death."
"It turns out that Your Majesty wants me to clean up Beibu Street," Cao said with a smile, "Then I will take over this task to help Your Majesty solve problems."
Liu Hong added worryingly: "If they see that your official position is low and bully you, you can move out of me. They have royal relatives and eunuchs as their backers, and you still have me as your backer! A position that others can't avoid, A Man It must be able to do it!"
As soon as the emperor said this, Cao Jie's heart trembled, and he secretly said: It's over.
Asking Cao to take charge of Beibei Street would cause serious trouble. With his temper, when he sees a group of "bullies" from the royal family, he will definitely fall out!
Cao Jie was solemn, turned his head and gave an order, ordering all his subordinates who live in Beibei Street to refrain from doing evil and evil, and wait for the storm to come.
Liu Hong came to participate in the graduation ceremony of Taixue in person. This was the second time Cao Man saw the emperor outside the palace gate.
First, nearly a hundred guards with swords opened the way, and the people on the side of the road knelt down to worship. A group of eunuchs accompanied the emperor's dragon chariot, including Cao Jie and other eunuchs.
Afterwards, dozens of escorting officials followed, all of whom were high-ranking officials and dignitaries, who had a certain status in the court, and then followed nearly a hundred subordinate officials. The scene was grand and the atmosphere was serious.
Liu Hong and Cao Mo are far away, but they can always find each other in the crowd.The students lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look directly at the emperor's holy face.
The official in charge of etiquette shouted, and nearly a hundred graduated students knelt down to worship the emperor, and then shouted "Long live Your Majesty".
Dressed in a noble dragon robe and a luxurious crown, Liu Hong sat on the highest platform overlooking the crowd. This group of graduates will become the new blood of the imperial court, filling the vacancies of courtiers after the Shangdanggu.
After graduating, Cao Man's official position was sent home by the eunuch soon. His old father Cao Song looked forward to it, pulling Cao Mang and muttering: "I think with my position, I can at least get you a fifth-rank official position. After all, who is in charge of the money bag of a big man, who dare not give me face?"
Cao Man glanced at Cao Song, and said helplessly: "My position has already been fixed, doesn't my father know?"
Cao Song was surprised and said: "When did it happen? I see that you have been leaving early and returning late recently. Did you go to the palace to look for His Majesty again? That's not right. Cao Jie has never been to our house. How did you get to the palace? Let me tell you, now that you are about to enter the officialdom, your relationship with His Majesty will soon be too much for the sake of the monarch and ministers, so you should pay attention."
Cao Man closed his mouth, silently listening to the old hen clucking.
He knew that once he opened the chatterbox, his father would keep nagging him, his ears were almost callused, and a 40-year-old middle-aged man was better than women. Cao Man couldn't stand it. Remind Cao Song: "Father, the eunuch is here, we have to meet him."
Cao Song came back to his senses, and before leaving, he said to Cao: "When the official position is confirmed, I will find you a noble girl of the right family to marry you."
Among the students of the same age, Cao Man started a family late. He is already in his twenties, and he is still a boy. It is no wonder that Cao Song is anxious. Their old Cao family is still waiting for Cao Man to pass on his family to him!
Cao Man has a high vision, he doesn't like ordinary girls, if he marries a noble girl, wouldn't that mean raising an aunt who always takes care of him?How can this be?We must find a way to dispel father's idea!
After the eunuch came, he read His Majesty's imperial decree for Cao Man, issued official seals, official orders, and brand-new official robes.
When Cao Song heard "Luoyang Northern Captain", his face immediately became ugly. After reluctantly sending the eunuchs away, he turned his nails on and told Cao: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to be an official. If you give up this official, I will give it to you." Get a better job!"
Cao Song stomped his feet angrily: "Who is going to make things difficult for me? You don't give me face like this, and you actually leave the broken official position that everyone can't avoid to my son!"
In his mind, he instantly listed the relationship network of officials responsible for arranging positions. The position of the graduates is in charge of the Shangshuling. Now the veritable Shangshuling is Cao Jie. It is impossible for him to be so harsh on his family, so there must be someone else. Get in the way!
Cao Mo persuaded Cao Song, "Father, this is the position His Majesty gave me, we have an appointment."
Cao Song got stuck all of a sudden, he couldn't believe it: "Why did Your Majesty give you such a thankless position? The northern part of Luoyang is full of relatives of the emperor, or the relatives of popular eunuchs. They are all He is a villain who eats people without spitting out their bones! I heard that the people over there have become a habit of being enslaved by them, and no one dares to report to the officials. Even if they report to the officials, no one dares to confront those people. What about your position! Don't you have a good relationship?"
"Father, it is because we have a good relationship and he trusts me that he gave me this position!" Cao Mo said earnestly to Cao Songyu: "Your Majesty thinks that no one can manage this place well except me, that is because His Majesty values me .”
Cao Song's face was gloomy, and he wanted to scold someone in his heart, but he was filled with anger: "He just treated you like a knife and threw you away."
"How can father say that about your Majesty? He said that after I have been in the job for a while, I will be named a general, and I will be able to fight at that time." Cao Mo's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "I will definitely Do it well!"
Cao Song was so angry that he almost didn't let it go: "I was a lieutenant of Sili, don't you know what's going on in the north? How many people will you offend if you go now? Do you know that this position has been vacant for half a year? When you were in office, even the government was smashed upside down by the eunuch's son?"
Cao Mo was stubborn: "Oh? The son of the eunuch, then I, the grandson of the eunuch, will have to meet the son of the eunuch to see whether his body is tough or my staff is tough."
Cao Song shook his head: "No, no, I think you'll either resign from this position, or just hang around for a few months, waiting for His Majesty to fulfill his promise to give you a promotion."
Don't Cao Song understand Cao Man's tough temper?He was afraid that Cao Man would offend the bullies caught by Zhang Yawu, and be tossed openly and secretly by those people.
The relationship network here involves the court. If it is not done well, the memorial to impeach Cao Man will be full of imperial cases!
Seeing his father's behavior, Cao Man knew that it didn't make sense for a while. He curled his lips and agreed to Cao Song verbally: "Okay, okay, then I'll go and fool around, as long as they don't mess with me, I will Don't make a fuss, okay?"
Only then Cao Song heaved a sigh of relief. As long as Cao Man doesn't bother to rectify the north, he will come to the door to give some gifts and greet them all. Based on his relationship with Cao Jie, Ah Man will not be embarrassed by those people of.
Before taking office, Cao Man still needs to accept the training before taking office. Generally speaking, his predecessor or colleagues with the same responsibilities are his guides.However, Cao Mo's predecessor, the northern lieutenant, was forced to leave by the eunuch's adopted son. The only ones who could meet Cao Mo's way were the major captains in Luoyang City, and he was fortunate enough to be assigned with Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu was assigned to the Lieutenant of the Chinese Army, who was also in charge of the security in Luoyang, and had a team of soldiers under his command.
Yuan Shu was very sympathetic to Cao Man being assigned to the north of Luoyang. His brother patted Cao Man on the shoulder and said to him: "I heard that the previous Northern Captain failed to mediate the conflict between the royal family and the eunuch. The yamen was smashed and forced to leave. Ah man, why are you so unlucky to get such an errand? Hey, if you are bullied, call your buddies, and I will help you out when the time comes, they are relatives of the emperor, I'm also a relative of the emperor, let's see who has the hardest fist, and puts a knife in both sides for the sake of my buddies, my mother is a princess, call me for a fight!"
Cao Man giggled, and slammed his fist on Yuan Shu's chest: "You are still a brother, show loyalty, if you really want to beat someone, I will definitely call you, but I told you before, call me Meng De, Mengde! Aman is a nickname, I am already a big man, and people who are close to me call me by my name."
Yuan Shu grinned his teeth, his chest hurt, and said not to be outdone, "Isn't it just taking the characters, what's there to be proud of, I also have characters, so I just force you to call me, just call me Gonglu. And Yuan Shao, his characters are original! "
The school lieutenant who taught the two of them coughed and said seriously: "As a security officer, you must lead by example. How can you fight casually? As the royal family and nobles, you should understand the situation in the north of Luoyang. Go there By the way, remember not to take the initiative to trouble others, smart people know what to do, do something, do something, I think you have all learned the way of doing nothing, so I don’t need to tell you more, right? "
Everyone is persuading Cao Man to go about his life honestly, which instead arouses Cao Man's rebellious psychology.
Just how powerful and hateful are those people, so that everyone is so afraid of them?
He felt that he had a glorious mission, and the responsibility on his shoulders was getting heavier.
After the training was over, Cao Man took office with his official seal.
Luoyang Beibu Wei has his own court, which is located in a remote corner. Now it is a mess, covered with cobwebs, and looks gloomy. Even Beibu Wei's plaque has been smashed to pieces, lying on the ground. .
All the officials in the original yamen disappeared. Cao Meng wore an official robe and went to take office arrogantly, but his nose was ashamed.
He was not discouraged, instead, he wore a brocade official robe and the assigned sword, with a serious face, as if he was patrolling his own territory, and walked through Beibu Street bit by bit, meeting people along the way. They will ask: "Where are the officials of the Northern Lieutenant?"
The merchants and common people in the north trembled when they saw him wearing official robes, and the people who were caught questioning him trembled and pointed out several directions for him.
Good guy, dozens of officials have no salary, and they actually went to find another way to make a living. Some went to gambling workshops to be thugs, some went to brothels to work as guards, and some went to restaurants to work as mistresses!
Cao Mo went to find them one by one according to the clues, and asked them: "I am the new Luoyang North Captain, are you willing to go back with me to rebuild the Yamen?"
Where are those people willing to do thankless jobs?He had been terrified by the beating half a year ago, and he refused to go back to the yamen.
The last stop of Cao Mo went to the brothel in the north of Luoyang. This is a place where dignitaries and dignitaries go to have fun, and the cost of entering here is not low.
The girl who greeted the guests outside saw that Cao Man had a stern face and was wearing a majestic official robe, and she blushed quietly.
"Guests please, is this your first time in our building?" The girl asked shyly with ruddy cheeks.
Cao Meng said coldly: "I'm looking for Wang Wu, is he here?"
The girl was taken aback when she heard the words, Cao Mo stuffed some silver taels into her hand, raised her chin: "Go and call Wang Wu out."
The welcoming girl held the heavy money in her hand, her eyes were straightened, this generous official gave the welcoming girl so much money, the big customer must have left!
She hurriedly welcomed Cao Man into the building, waited for him to sit down, bowed and said: "Your servant, please go and invite Wang Wu here."
She wondered to herself, this was the first time someone came to the brothel not to find the girl in the brothel, but to find a thug instead.
Cao Man sat on the slum in the hall, frowning watching the explicit performance in the hall, his face full of displeasure.
The world is getting worse, and people's hearts are not old. This brothel actually let the girls wear such revealing clothes to dance some silver dances in the lobby on the first floor. This is too much!
Going to a brothel should be an elegant thing. The brothels that Cao Meng has seen, including other brothels in Luoyang City, are gathering places for close friends. No brothel is as dirty as this one.
It seems that there are some birds/beasts in the north.
Cao Mo immediately included this brothel in the scope of rectification.
He was thinking with a serious expression, but he heard a familiar voice ask: "Cao Man?"
Cao Man turned his head and saw that it was Guo Jia coming from a distance, with a wine glass in his hand, and asked with surprise, "Why did you come here?"
"You really don't change your virtue of liking brothels," Cao Man said expressionlessly.
Guo Jia shrugged: "This is a personal way of life, I don't bring maids with me when I go out, and no one takes care of my food and clothing, so I can only spend money to hire someone to take care of it for me. "
"There are so many brothels in Luoyang City, but you chose this place, which shows how vulgar your taste is," Cao Mo said again.
"The brothel in Luoyang City is the only brothel that I haven't visited before," Guo Jia said with a smile, "I came here to experience it today. I didn't expect this brothel to have such a scene. It really opened my eyes. Yes. But Cao lied to you, why did you come here wearing an official robe? You are now in office, so it’s not good to come to the brothel? If you are impeached, you will lose your official position?"
Cao Mo was sulking, and it was rare to have an acquaintance who could confide in him. He explained angrily: "My official position is to be the captain of Luoyang North School in charge of the security in the north. As a result, I went to Renren today to see that all the officials in the yamen They all ran away! I came to this brothel because I heard that one of the officials named Wang Wu worked as a thug here to make money."
Guo Jia said unexpectedly: "You, have you taken over the official position of the school lieutenant in the north of Luoyang?"
He couldn't help but speak: "Did your father offend someone in the officialdom, and such an official position will fall on you?"
Cao Man shook his head, and said to Guo Jia: "I volunteered to be the Captain of the North, and I also plan to seriously manage the North, but how can I manage the North if I don't have subordinates?"
Soon, Wang Wu came over and saw Cao Man wearing the official robe of Beibu Lieutenant, and his face was not good-looking.
When Cao Man asked, "Would you like to go back to the northern yamen with me?", Wang Wu hurriedly shook his head and refused, begging Cao Man: "Please don't embarrass the villain, the captain. The villain has no choice but to become an official in the north." , life is not guaranteed, and there is no salary to maintain a living, and a villain has to support his family, so he really can't do this official position."
Cao concealed his displeasure and said: "Then you have been dismissed and handed over your official seal."
That Wang Wu couldn't wait to hand over the badge representing the identity of the official to Cao Meng.
After Wang Wu left, Cao Meng sat on the spot and thought deeply, thinking about what to do next to save the abolished Beiwei Yamen.
Guo Jia approached Cao Meng, and asked tentatively, "You let him go just like that?"
"What else can I do? At least I should be glad that he still remembers to save the printed cards. The previous ones, but some people even lost the printed cards and couldn't find them," Cao Man sighed.
Guo Jia raised a smile, put his hands on Cao Meng's neck, and encouraged him: "You have to know that anyone with money can command you. Your family is rich, and you don't have to be discouraged if you don't have these officials. Just hire a few."
"You see, in other local officials, all the people are vying to do it. For this reason, they compete and recommend that set of things. Only those who are recognized by everyone or have connections can be appointed as officials. As far as the north is concerned, everyone They don’t even want to come over, can you really hire someone with money?” Cao Mo said helplessly, “I’m afraid no one will pay me any attention when I post the notice.”
"How do you know if you can do it if you haven't done it?" Guo Jia saw his dejected look, which was very interesting. He shook Cao Man's head, relying on himself to be taller than him to do whatever he wanted, he laughed: " Don't be discouraged, let's go! I'll go with you to see the northern yamen, and it happens that there is nothing to do recently, so you can hire me as your teacher to write a notice for you."
How can Cao Man be discouraged, but when he first came up, he encountered the fact that his subordinates refused to work, which made Cao Man's mentality a little unbalanced.
"Hire you as a teacher?" Cao Man asked strangely, "You are not going to participate in the Luoyang Cultural Association, how can you stay in the north of Luoyang?"
"Of course I have time. There is no time limit for my grand tour. There is a literary fair every year. Don't worry about it for a while. Luoyang has been relatively stable in recent years. It doesn't matter if you stay for a few more days," Guo Jia said confidently.
The two left the brothel, first went to buy wood boards and pens and ink for posting notices, and then went to purchase cases, curtains, dyes, tools, wood, etc., and they were busy until late at night, and Cao Man was still beating there.
Guo Jia wrote a notice and posted it on the streets and alleys together with Cao Man: The northern lieutenant recruits officials, and the treatment is favorable.
That salary is actually higher than the shopkeeper in the restaurant!
Cao Mo dug out the bamboo slips in the warehouse of the northern yamen and wiped away the dust. The crimes committed by the relatives of the emperor and eunuchs were recorded numerously, such as killing people to prevent fires, occupying houses, robbing civilian women, collecting protection fees without authorization, There are only shop taxes and so on, and the whole north is like a world of bullies. How can we not make Cao Zhen angry?
The captain in the northern part of Luoyang City has arrived and a newcomer has taken up his post!
It didn't take long for the whole of the North to hear the news. The insider closed his lips and teeth, narrowed his sense of existence, sneered without knowing it, and didn't take the new Beibei lieutenant into his eyes at all.
Because of the favorable treatment, people from the northern yamen quickly applied for the job. The bold and strong man from the nearby common people's house applied for money because his family couldn't get rid of it. Officials should be proper.
Cao Man didn't want his father to know that he was going to do big things, so he ran to find Yuan Shu, who was a lieutenant in the Chinese Army, to borrow him. Yuan Shu borrowed five patrol officials from him without saying a word, and recruited five more, which was enough for ten people. , Each has a division of labor, some are responsible for inspections, and some are responsible for escorting and guarding prisoners.
Cao Mo also vacated the prison cells in the northern Weiguan Mansion, paid for craftsmen, and prepared all the courts, prisons, and torture tools together. After working so hard for nearly a month, they finally cleaned up.
He also made five-color sticks for law enforcement, dyed them in red, yellow, green, white, and black, and made ten sticks in total, standing majestically beside the court.
"The court is here, but the people in the north will not come to sue," Guo Jia told Cao, "They are afraid of being bullied. The government can uphold justice for them, even if you get the yamen out now, they will not dare to come to the door no matter how serious their injustice is."
Sitting in the courtroom, Cao Man was addicted to being an official. Hearing Guo Jia pour cold water on him, he immediately thought hard again: "Those who commit crimes will definitely not be able to bear it. Now I can only sit on the sidelines and wait for the rabbit. Let me catch someone's handle, first kill the chickens and monkeys, and the people will believe me when they see that I really enforce the law impartially."
Guo Jia heard this, and asked curiously: "Your family has really reached the point where your eyes and hands are in the sky. Are you not even afraid of the emperor's relatives and eunuchs? If you do this, you won't be afraid of offending people who shouldn't be offended. Maybe you will even hurt your father." .”
Cao Mo shook his head: "It won't hurt my father, I do things alone, and since I am sitting in this position, it is my responsibility to maintain the law and order in the north. It is not me who is in this position to seek government affairs and do nothing. Qiao Sikong was not afraid of power and was demoted many times in the past, but now he has risen and become a Sangong? As long as I have the ability, I will not be afraid of being demoted. I will serve those who are corrupt and pervert the law with severe punishment, and I will never forgive them easily!"
His scalp was as hard as a lump of iron!
Guo Jia whispered secretly.
However, this is the sex, he likes it!
Guo Jia came up with an idea for Cao Man: "Night is the easiest time to commit crimes. People who commit crimes like to haunt dark places. You can set a 'curfew' time. Those who try to do bad things at night People will show their true colors and be caught by you.”
When Cao Man heard the words, his eyes lit up, he grabbed Guo Jia's hand, and said repeatedly: "Feng Xiao has an idea!"
Immediately, Cao concealed the curfew order issued by Luoyang Beiwei, and no one was allowed to go out when the time was up.
The subordinates that Cao Jie took care of had already informed the family. Everyone had complaints, but they dared not speak out. They could only admit it with their noses. Someone came to smash the place!
Cao Meng summoned the officials of the Shangyamen, and with outstanding skills, all the people who came to smash the scene were arrested and put into prison, interrogated by torture, forcing them to confess to the mastermind behind the scenes, and then rushed over in person to arrest them and bring them to justice.
The first memorial to impeach Cao Man was sent to the emperor's imperial case by the relatives of the emperor.
Liu Hong took a look: Hey!Ah Mo really spent his energy on rectifying the north.
Immediately ordered: "Northern captain will do whatever he wants to do. If there is not enough manpower, he will allocate the imperial army to help him. If the money is not enough, let the chief secretary of agriculture allocate funds for him!"
How did he know that Cao Mo invested his pocket money in the construction of the Wei Yamen in the north, and Cao Song was dumbfounded when he received the emperor's imperial edict.
"It is recorded in the bamboo slips in the north that some people robbed the women of the people half a year ago, but there is no record of who made the mistake. What's more, they broke into the homes of the people in the middle of the night and robbed other people's wives. These people really have no sense of morality and shame. !"
In the middle of the night, Guo Jia was sleeping soundly in the house cleaned up by the Yamen. Cao Man put on a beautiful women's dress and planned to go fishing on the street.
Under the moonlight, if someone really disobeyed the order and swaggered around on the street after the curfew, they didn't take the order issued by Cao Mo in the slightest.
When the man approached, he saw Cao Man, who was dressed as beautiful as a Chang'e fairy under the moonlight, and immediately pointed at Cao Man, and said to the guards around him, "Bring her back to me!"
OK!Not only did he really violate the curfew, but he also played the trick of robbing the women. Cao Man was so angry that he beat up the group and dragged them into the prison in the northern yamen.
The next day, Cao Man planned to make an example to the monkeys and use the middle-aged man he caught last night to sacrifice to the heavens to set an example for the common people!
Cao concealed the call for someone to come and began to interrogate the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man pointed at Cao Mang and yelled insults. He kept his parents' dirty words in mind, and said harshly: "I am the uncle of the great servant Jian Shuo, and my nephew is the famous man by His Majesty's side. He holds a heavy soldier in his hand. Even your father has to give in three points, what are you, dare to interrogate me?"
Cao Man has a strong personality, he will take the soft but not the hard, if this person confesses softly, bows his head and admits his mistake, maybe he will be punished and let him go.Now he dares to speak harshly in front of his face!Cao Mo was so angry that he immediately issued an order to the officials: "According to the law, those who violate the curfew and rob civilian women will be punished with fifty sticks!"
"Law? Where did the law stipulate the curfew? I think you are abusing your power. Be careful. I will tell my nephew and let him go to heaven to listen and punish you!"
Jian Shuo's uncle was still talking harshly, Cao Meng didn't bother to answer him, and immediately yelled: "Put it to death!"
"In the north of Luoyang, the laws made by this official are the real laws," Cao Mo said sternly: "This official said that robbing women is a capital crime, so it is a capital crime. This is under my rule. You should Obey the governance of this official!"
Guo Jia winked at Cao Man: Enough is enough, don't really kill people, killing chickens and monkeys is enough.
Jian Shuo's uncle heard the words and scolded loudly: "After you become a eunuch, you really regard yourself as a character. A dog raised by a rootless person still has the face to make laws!"
Cao concealed that he had even insulted his grandfather, so he picked up the five-colored sticks and slammed them on Jian Shuo, shouting loudly, "I'll beat you with fifty sticks myself!"
Cao Man's strength is different from other people's, it will see blood, fifty sticks down, Jian Shuo's uncle immediately breathed in more, and breathed out less, look at his bloody back and buttocks, even the bones were beaten It was broken, and I thought I couldn't live anymore.
Guo Jia stretched his neck to look around, and held his forehead helplessly: "Did you really beat him to death? This is going to be a big trouble."
"What's the big deal, what we want is the effect of killing chickens and monkeys," Cao Mo put away the five-color sticks, and ordered the rest of the officials: "When he dies, throw his body on the street, and let the people see the eunuch's relatives after committing crimes." end!"
Cao concealed this beating, but he made his reputation among the scholar-officials. Of course, Jian Shuo would not let it go when his uncle died.
Liu Hong handed the memorial played by Jian Shuo's co-author to Cao Jie, and said with a half-smile, "The whole court is discussing now, is this Jian Shuo your man?"
Cao Jie was bitter in his heart, so he could only hold back his words, lowered his head and pinched his nose to admit it, chose to cut off his tail to survive, and abandoned Jian Shuo, a chess piece that controlled the military power of the Huangmen.
Liu Hong has already made a plan. Once someone wants to jointly suppress Cao Man, and to block all wind and rain for Cao Man, but he doesn't want to make any action yet. Cao Man boasted wildly, bluntly saying that Cao Man enforces the law impartially, is honest and honest, and is indeed the future pillar of the great man!
Qiao Xuan even wrote a letter to support Cao Man, using Sikong's status to defend Cao Man.
Only Cao Song didn't have a good relationship with Cao Jie, his expression was as if he had swallowed a fly, and his face was slightly green.
Cao Man felt very proud of killing Jian Shuo's uncle, because with this act of killing chickens and monkeys, the local people finally believed that he wanted to rectify the heart of northern Luoyang. After accepting all the cases, elevating them to court, arresting the prisoners, and punishing them according to law, the entire Wei Yamen in the north was overwhelmed by the people who came to complain about their grievances.
Guo Jia, the master who seems to be a joke, is so tired of transcribing the grievances all day long, complaining endlessly, but Cao concealed it, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, full of energy, spending every day in the yamen trying cases, serving the people They serve justice.
Without Cao Man's knowledge, he left a more and more brilliant reputation among the scholar-bureaucrats. Courtiers praised Cao Man for unambiguously executing the cancerous tumor in northern Luoyang. Unknowingly, he was promoted to the eunuch The battle with the "Partisans" is on the cusp!
Jian Shuo was supported by Cao Jie, the eunuch with real power in the Huangmen Imperial Army, and he did not know how many courtiers were in the way, and the eunuch's uncle was a lawless bastard.
And Cao Man, although he is the grandson of the eunuch Cao Teng, is
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