Didn't Cao Pi think he was just catching a poor man?
Even this poor man named Kong.
"Personal matters... sometimes are more important than official matters..." Mrs. Bian's face was calm, but her tone was very serious. She said in a deep voice, "There seems to be some rumors outside recently... Have you paid attention to it?"
"Ah? This... child didn't pay attention..." Cao Pi said. He really didn't expect that much, but looking at Mrs. Bian's face, Cao Pi immediately realized that this matter seemed serious.
So it is understandable that Cao Cao was very dissatisfied with Cao Pi's stupid answer just now.
What exactly is the problem?
Mrs. Bian frowned and looked at Cao Pi very seriously, "Both public and private matters are important! Do you know? Be more considerate!"
Cao Pi trembled, then forced a smile and said, "Mother, it's not like..."
Cao Pi understood that although Mrs. Bian did not reprimand loudly, this was already a warning.
Mrs. Bian's eyes were fixed on Cao Pi, "Be more careful about public and private matters! Do you understand? Do you want me to say it again?"
This is emphasized for the second time.
"Ming...I understand..." Cao Pi said he understood, but in his heart he knew that there must be something he still didn't understand.
"So what your brother said about Kong Wenju, is he right?" Mrs. Bian said softly, "Especially Chong'er, who is so young and so smart... Oh, you have to be careful. Think carefully and use more.
Let’s have some snacks... Remember, you can only care about this matter in your heart, and never publicize it outside!"
Mrs. Bian's voice was very soft, but her face was heavy.
Cao Pi nodded solemnly.
Mrs. Bian looked at Cao Pi, nodded finally, and left.
Cao Pi first sent his mother off, then came back and sat alone in the small study, frowning...
After thinking for a while, Cao Pi's face gradually became serious.
There are some things that can be done, said, and done on the scene, but there are some things that cannot be said but can only be done, and even others cannot be discovered to do them.
Cao Cao was the prime minister, so at least on the surface he was doing it for the Han Dynasty and the country.
And Cao Pi is the second generation of the Cao family, so of course some things must conform to the style of the second generation of the Cao family...
etc.
Cao Pi seemed to have thought of something, and his brows furrowed more and more.
His mother would rarely be so serious and say such things, but once she did, it meant the matter was important.
Being serious doesn't mean you have to yell.
Or intimidation.
A calm tone can also serve as a serious warning.
Parents should not easily warn their children, and then nothing happens after the warning. They are not even hit or scolded twice, and it seems to have passed after a sleep. This will leave a useless warning to the child.
My impression is that after a lot of times, children will naturally think that warnings are really useless. When children encounter serious things in society and are warned, they will think it is a joke!
Then……
There is usually nothing left after that.
Mrs. Bian rarely gave Cao Pi a warning, but once warned, if Cao Pi failed to do it, generally speaking, his buttocks would be exposed, and the best thing would be to be punished by standing in the courtyard for two or three hours.
In later generations, some educators often say that children cannot be punished corporally, and then a group of fools make it absolute, not touching a finger, not missing a hair...
It is naturally wrong to blindly use sticks to educate, but it is also wrong to not miss a hair. Everyone knows that you should not go to extremes or simplify things, but understanding and doing are always two different things.
Why is the environment in which a child grows up so important? It will affect the child's life. It is not a question of the child's food and clothing, but the complexity of the relationships between the various characters that the child comes into contact with.
Just like children in the Han Dynasty may not have all kinds of materials, toys, electronic products, etc. that children of later generations have, but children of later generations who have many items may not be much smarter than Cao Pi today.
Cao Cao was cultivating and pushing Cao Pi to grow, taking him into battle to kill enemies, watching life and death, taking him to handle official duties, and watching the profits surge. Naturally, although he had more information than later generations, the information was also messier and more ineffective.
Children have more room to grow.
Although Cao Pi is still a bit bearish at the moment, he may be more mature than those in later generations who are still nibbling on the old in their twenties, or even their thirties and forties.
That's why Mrs. Bian said what she had said before to Cao Pi.
Mrs. Bian warned Cao Pi to pay special attention to Kong Rong's affairs. Don't think that Kong Rong's affairs were far away from him and were other people's affairs. He just had to stand aside and eat the melon.
Cao Pi really hadn't thought so much before.
Or maybe he thinks the matter is very simple, or maybe it is other people's business.
But obviously, this matter is not simple.
Cao Pi thought about what seemed to be some weird rumors outside in the past two days.
Weird, yes, just weird.
But Cao Pi had never felt this way before Madam Bian reminded her. Madam Bian was keen, and she noticed that the current wind direction seemed a bit strange...
To put it simply, if a normal person is arrested, what will they do?
Should we try to rescue people first, or should we wait and shout from the sidelines? Let's discuss what "orthodoxy" is and whether we should have this "orthodoxy"?
The so-called "orthodox" refers to the word "ritual" that Mrs. Bian just mentioned, or it is called "ritual law".
Cao Pi slowly thought about it, straightening it out bit by bit, and then he realized that Mrs. Bian had actually been prepared for it. She asked Cao Pi to take Cao Chong with him like a good brother, just like Cao Pi took Cao Zhi with him.
With Cao Zhang, now continue to ask Cao Pi to take Cao Chong.
Any questions?
Of course Cao Pi felt there was a problem. He told Mrs. Bian that it was okay to take Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang with him. After all, Mrs. Bian gave birth to Cao Zhi and he had the responsibility to take care of him as the eldest brother. However, Cao Chong was not born to Mrs. Bian, so he didn't want to take him.
Whoever you want to take with you...
Who is born to like to take care of naughty children?
Then this area has been going on for so many years, one after another. Is this going to be over?
Cao Pi said he wanted freedom!
But before Cao Pi could raise his hands and shout "For freedom", he was pushed down by Mrs. Bian and severely punished.
The kind that uses thorn sticks to make bloody marks on the buttocks.
When Cao Cao heard this, he clapped his hands and sneered twice, said it was a good fight, rolled up his sleeves and left.
Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Chong are all Cao Cao's children.
Mrs. Bian and Mrs. Huan were both wives of Cao Cao.
What else?
His eldest uncle, his second uncle both...
Uh, it's a cross-over.
Cao Cao's posture, well, he actually had more children, but many of these children died while they were growing up.
In history, Cao Cao has a total of twenty-five sons recorded, but there is only one son below Cao Cao's buttocks.
Cao Cao also has some adopted sons, but as a rule, the adopted sons do not participate in the competition for butts.
Cao Cao's 12 sons, Cao Shuo, Cao Xiong, Cao Chong, Cao Xuan, Cao Ju, Cao Shang, Cao Qin, Cao Cheng, Cao Zheng, Cao Jing, Cao Jun, and Cao Ji, all died young or died young.
No adulthood.
There are only 13 adults. Among these 13, Cao Ang died in battle, Cao Ju, Cao Yu, Cao Lin, Cao Gun, Cao Jun, Cao Gan, and Cao Biao all had mediocre qualifications, either with character flaws or character problems.
.
Among the last five remaining sons, Cao Hui and Cao Mao were both disliked by Cao Cao, so in the end, in history, only Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang competed for position. And Cao Zhang liked martial arts to lead the army.
They voluntarily withdrew and did not participate in the fight, so the only ones fighting for the throne were Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.
The same is true in Madam.
Cao Cao's earliest concubine was Mrs. Liu. She gave birth to Cao Cao's first two children, Cao Ang and Cao Shuo. As a result, Cao Ang died in battle and Cao Shuo died young. She also died young, but she and Mrs. Bian together proved that life
The problem with the child is not Cao Cao's, but Mrs. Ding's.
So Mrs. Ding quit the game after Cao Ang died.
The next person to become the eldest sister is Mrs. Bian.
But Mrs. Bian has a congenital shortcoming. She was born as a singer and was raised as a singer. She is also called a geisha, or a geisha. Although it is a job, regardless of high or low, the princess in KTV is also a profession.
, but that being said, in reality the secular concept is another matter.
Next to Mrs. Bian is Mrs. Huan.
Mrs. Huan's background is much better than Mrs. Bian's.
Mrs. Huan is from Pengcheng.
Xuzhou Pengcheng.
The Huan family name is not a popular surname, but it is quite well-established.
As early as when Cao Cao conquered Xuzhou, the Huan family bet on Cao Cao.
This is actually the same as Mi Zhu and Mi Fang's bet on Liu Bei. It's just that because there are so few people under Liu Bei, the three-legged cat can also be used to catch mice, and after Cao Cao married Mrs. Huan
Shi already had many advisers under his command, all of whom were basically first-class or near-first-class. When the Huan clan wanted to compare them, naturally they wanted strategies but not tactics, and they wanted means but not means...
The problem is, not everyone is self-aware.
There are also many people in the Huan family who feel that they are relatives among relatives and should have a certain position. How can they not have any authority to speak or act cheaply?
What to do?
Raise Mrs. Huan's status. After all, Huan is from a decent family, so of course she will be better than Mrs. Bian.
Don't talk about discrimination or not, just say that if your child wants to get married, his or her spouse has two choices, one is for an ordinary occupation, and the other is for a special occupation in a customary place. You can only choose one.
Which one would a normal person choose?
I won't talk about any special examples, such as when mud comes out...
There is no need to discuss whether it is politically correct or not, it is just the choice of most people, which one will they choose?
So now comes the problem.
Mrs. Bian or Mrs. Huan, which one is truly suitable for Cao Cao?
I didn’t have a choice before, but now that I can choose, why not?
Even if you're not sure now, there's nothing wrong with testing it out, right?
Just in time, just in time.
One sheep is being driven, and two sheep are being driven, just like Cao Pi's one brother, two brothers, three brothers...
Cao Pi suddenly felt a chill on his back and some sweat on his forehead.
After a while, Cao Zhi came back from outside. Seeing Cao Pi sitting still, seemingly sluggish, he stepped forward and came to Cao Pi's side, "How are you, brother?"
"Kong Wenju must die!" Cao Pi said through gritted teeth.
"Ah, ha?" Cao Zhi was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand in front of Cao Pi a few times, "What? Brother?"
"Huh?!" Cao Pi shrank back suddenly, and then he saw Cao Zhi, "Ah, when did you come?"
"I just came over..." Cao Zhi stared at Cao Pi, "Brother, what were you talking about just now?"
"Brother Chong has gone back?" Cao Pi did not answer, but asked instead.
Cao Zhi nodded, "I'm going back."
Cao Pi pondered for a while, "Um... Brother Chong, have you said anything special to you these past few days?"
The relationship between Cao Chong and Cao Zhi is obviously better than that with Cao Pi. This may have some congenial elements, but some are children's instinct. Children will choose children who are slightly older than themselves, and then follow them, but if
If the age gap is large, this will not happen. This is a human instinct to admire the strong. Children will regard older children as "similar" strong men to worship and follow, but for those who
Those that are much larger are regarded as "alien".
Cao Zhi tilted his head and thought for a moment, "It's nothing special. What do you want to ask, brother?"
"For example, some orthodoxy and etiquette..." Cao Pi asked.
Cao Zhi laughed and said, "He is still so young, how can he know this?"
"Well, that's true." Cao Pi nodded.
"What's wrong?" Cao Zhi asked, "Something happened?"
The relationship between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi was actually not as tragic or cruel as later generations exaggerated. Cao Pi was suspicious and inherited the fine traditions of his father, but Cao Pi had not yet reached the point of killing his brother. The so-called seven-step poem
In fact, not all of them are true, most likely they are half-truths and half-falsehoods.
The real seven-step poem was most likely written by Cao Zhi, but the fake one was not written after taking seven steps on the spot.
Because Chinese people have had the mentality of sympathizing with the weak and hating the strong since ancient times. In the process of oral praise from generation to generation, Cao Pi was vilified by the admirers because of his tyranny and ruthlessness. On the contrary, Cao Zhi was greatly beautified and deified. Then there was Cao Zhi.
Fearless, calm and composed, within seven steps, there is something to say at each step, and finally it becomes a poem.
But in fact, Cao Pi must have a bad relationship with Cao Zhi in the end, because they each represent different interest groups, but the so-called Cao Pi used a false name to mess with Cao Zhi in court, and he also had to use what Cao Zhi is best at, in front of everyone.
The retreat route must be blocked first to "get" Cao Zhi. People who are not good at it may think that Cao Pi sacrificed his own image to promote Cao Zhi's status...
I wonder if this is really possible? Cao Pi and Cao Zhi will play a double role?
But no matter what, the relationship between the two brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhi is not bad at the moment, so after Cao Zhi asked Cao Pi, Cao Pi pondered for a moment and said: "Someone wants to take this opportunity to cause trouble..."
"Who?" Cao Zhi asked.
"Kong Wenju." Cao Pi said.
"Huh?" Cao Zhi couldn't react either.
"Don't tell anyone what I told you." Cao Pi looked at Cao Zhi sideways and said, "If you can't do it, don't listen."
Is Cao Pi calm? Not calm. But who is born calm? Cao Pi at least had a reason to learn to be calm, although he did not do well in history.
But now the two of them are still half-grown children. They are already very good at analyzing problems and trying to solve them. They are much better than many young ancestors in later generations.
The environment of the ancient feudal dynasty forced them to mature and grow as quickly as possible.
Seeing his brother's seriousness, Cao Zhi gradually stopped smiling, thought for a while, nodded and said, "I understand. Don't spread the word."
Seeing that Cao Zhi thought for a while before agreeing, and not just answering casually, Cao Pi nodded and said slowly: "Someone wants to associate Kong Wenju with etiquette... If he kills Kong Wenju, it means
Etiquette will be broken..."
Cao Zhi frowned, "But the matter of Kong Wenju...how could it be related to etiquette?"
Cao Pi sneered twice, "It doesn't matter, but if more people say it, it will make people think it does..."
For example, someone who wrote a seven-step poem and a short composition said too much and made many people in later generations think that Cao Pi really did such indescribable things to Cao Zhi.
After all, even in later generations, there are still a lot of people who can openly say "put aside the facts". Or they can openly intercept the dog transport vehicle and intercept it by saying that they are dog lovers.
Come on, even if the vehicle transporting the dog is legal and compliant. If such a person is not sanctioned by the law or punished in any way, according to this logic, if he is a lover of beautiful women, well...
"No wonder some people have been praising Confucius and Wenju recently..." Cao Zhi nodded, "It's quite popular. It is said that people shout out the name of Kong Wenju outside the prison every day..."
Cao Pi said: "Now they want to equate Kong Wenju with orthodoxy and etiquette. And if they kill Kong Wenju, it means that we have to violate orthodoxy and etiquette... Do you know what this means?"
Cao Zhi thought for a while and suddenly his face turned a little pale.
Because in the feudal dynasty, the so-called orthodoxy and etiquette ultimately pointed to the same place.
In terms of future generations, law is the embodiment of the will of the ruling class.
Orthodoxy and etiquette were the "laws" of the feudal dynasty.
"Then... don't kill him, just lock him up?" Cao Zhi asked.
Cao Pi gritted his teeth and said, "If we don't kill him, he will be released sooner or later. And the longer we delay, the weaker we are on this matter! The greater the reputation of Kong Wenju will be, and even if we want to kill him by then,
, I can’t say it will cause more problems!』
Although Cao Pi did not understand that later generations clearly stated that "hesitation will lead to defeat," it did not prevent him from knowing the truth. In many cases, it is not the difference between right and wrong, but the difference between strength and weakness.
If Cao Cao's side is strong, the others will naturally be weak. If Cao Cao is weak, of course the others will be strong.
There is no doubt about this.
"Moreover, if you really don't kill, it won't just be your father...but also..." Cao Pi looked at Cao Zhi, bared his teeth and growled in a low voice, "We three brothers are also unlucky!"
