When he came to Xudu again, Cao Peng was in a very calm mood.
This capital city in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, from its initial dilapidation to its current prosperity, could not arouse any emotion in him. Today's Xudu looks exactly like Xudu four years ago. The majestic imperial city and the city walls seem to
It was much higher than four years ago, and its area had also increased a lot. But in Cao Peng's view, it was just an enlarged cage, and there was not much difference in its nature.
"Last year, His Majesty said that the Imperial City was too small and lacked magnanimity."
Cao Zhen had a look of contempt on his face and said coldly: "So those old guys asked for orders one by one in the court, clamoring to expand the capital. My father had no choice but to agree to the request. But those old guys didn't give up, and this year they
Put forward many unreasonable thoughts."
Cao Peng knew that the "old guys" in Cao Zhen's words were those veterans who had returned from the East.
They were said to be loyal to the Han Dynasty, but in fact they had their own plans; they were said to have selfish motives, but they all stood firmly by the side of the Han Emperor.
Rather than saying they are the pillars of the country, they are a bunch of moths.
Cao Peng actually had no good impression of these people.
"Mr. Wen Ju, have you ever made trouble?"
Cao Zhen was startled, then shook his head, "Kong Rong has been very quiet in the past two years, rarely appearing in public, and spending most of his time at home concentrating on his studies.
At the beginning of the year, he co-authored "Literary Theory" with Liu Zhen and Ruan Yu, which attracted a lot of attention.
My father also appreciated it very much and praised his move as a great achievement that would benefit the country and benefit the future. He also gave them three hundred gold to collect lost rare books and edit them. This happened recently.
, the most talked about thing in Xudu. Many people were influenced by Kong Rong and others and began to study it. People like Chen Lin, Wang Can, Xu Qian and others often went to Kong Rong for advice."
Familiar yet unfamiliar names echoed in Cao Peng's ears.
Wang Can, Chen Lin, Xu Qian, Liu Zhen...
Isn’t this the famous ‘Seven Sons of Jian’an’ in the legend?
However, in Cao Peng's memory, it seems that few of the Seven Sons of Jian'an met a good end. The most representative one among them is probably Kong Rong.
In Cao Peng's heart, Kong Rong was an out-and-out scholar and scribe.
What he should do is to concentrate on learning, rather than participate in the messy things in the court. Although cultivating one's moral character, regulating one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world are the ambitions in every scholar's heart, they also vary from person to person. Kong Rong was a very good scholar.
A pure scholar does not understand the intrigues and deceptions in the court. If he is thrown into the court, he will be torn into pieces sooner or later, not even the bones and dregs will be left. Instead, let him concentrate on learning and ask questions when he is in the mood.
Two sentences, just ignore him if you are not in the mood. Only by detaching yourself from others can you protect yourself. If Kong Rong could really do this in history, I am afraid that Lao Cao would not be so ruthless as to destroy his family.
When the nest is overturned, how can there be any eggs?
Cao Peng began to feel lucky that he had made good friends with Kong Rong from the beginning.
In the following years, Kong Rong was constantly pulled out of the court. It is probably because of this that today's "Wen Lun" came into being.
Cao Peng had no impression of the book "Literary Theory".
Anyway, in my memory, Kong Rong should not have written this book...
Now, the publication of a book that has never appeared in history, does it also represent a new history?
Cao Peng didn't know, but he was vaguely looking forward to it!
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"Afu, Afu?"
"ah?"
Cao Peng woke up from his deep thoughts and found that he had stopped in front of a prestigious mansion.
Dianfu!
"Why did you bring me here?"
Cao Peng asked in surprise.
This is Dian Mansion, and it is the side entrance of Dian Mansion.
Nowadays, Dian Wei, who is worshiped as General Huwei, has been appointed as the school captain of Chengmen, and the Marquis of Guannei, has set up another residence. However, it is not too far from Cao Mansion, and it was built back to back with Sikong Mansion. The original Dian Mansion was replaced by Sikong Mansion.
It was annexed. But as compensation, Dian Wei got a more luxurious mansion, and it was still connected to Sikong Mansion. If you didn't know better, you would think that this was the back door of Sikong Mansion.
But in fact, Dian Mansion and Sikong Mansion are indeed closely connected, with only an alley between them.
The back door of Chudian Mansion is the back door of Sikong Mansion.
It can also be seen that Dian Wei's status in Cao Cao's eyes has not been reduced at all.
"Father asked me to place you here temporarily. After he sees you, he will arrange another place to live."
"Won't you let me go home?"
Cao Zhen's face was straight, "Ah Fu, you are a prisoner, how can you return home at will?"
Cao Peng couldn't help but smile bitterly!
He also has a residence in Xudu, and the Fengchehou Mansion is still vacant. However, Cao Peng is a prisoner, and the restrictions of his status are destined to prevent him from showing up easily. At least under the current circumstances, he will always show up if he does.
It caused an uproar among a group of senior officials from the Han Dynasty.
Dianwei that guy is so unreasonable.
Cao Cao and Dian Wei had close contacts, so Cao Peng lived here without attracting attention.
This is why Cao Cao sent Cao Zhen and brought Cao Peng over with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Cao Peng's dress at this time was no different from the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. He had a black helmet and armor, and a black iron mask of a tiger on his face, blending in with the crowd.
Among them, it will not attract the attention of others at all.
Cao Zhen led Cao Peng and walked into Dian Mansion.
Dian Wei also got the news, so he kept waiting at home.
Seeing Cao Peng, Dian Wei grinned and said, "Ah Fu, I haven't seen you in the past few years. You have become more and more powerful."
"Meet uncle!"
Cao Peng and Dian Wei are not strangers, but sometimes they still have to follow etiquette.
Dian Wei laughed loudly, stepped forward and took Cao Peng's arm, "Let's go and have a drink with me... Zidan, if you don't have anything to do, you can leave first."
Cao Zhen smiled bitterly and said goodbye to Cao Peng.
He still has many things to do and cannot always accompany Cao Peng. Cao Peng can understand this.
In Dian Mansion, Niu Gang, Dian Fu, Dian Cun, and Dian Jian were all at home. After seeing Cao Peng, they all started shouting excitedly.
It was all thanks to Niu Gang's publicity. After returning with Cao Zhang, he kept showing off to everyone the various things he and Cao Zhang had experienced in the northwest. There were some exaggerations in them, but the boys in the Dian family were so drunk.
Everyone was so envious that they wished they could head to the northwest immediately.
Cao Peng and the Dian family members were also strangers, so they greeted them one by one with a smile.
Later, Dian Wei's wife Niu also came out to meet Cao Peng. She first thanked Cao Peng for taking care of Niu Gang, then expressed her condolences, and then went down to prepare wine and food.
Dian Wei took Cao Peng and sat down in the garden pavilion.
Immediately a servant brought the wine jar and placed it in the pavilion.
The Dian family disciples were sitting aside laughing and laughing, looking at the wine jar one by one and swallowing their saliva.
A bunch of drunkards!
But the oldest of these guys is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and yet...
Cao Peng couldn't laugh or cry, and found that Dian Wei did not stop him. Instead, he asked the youngest Dian Jian to come over and pour the wine, and also handed Dian Jian a bowl of wine.
This guy is really the best.
But it’s normal!
In these days, there was no such drink as Coca-Cola.
Even, they don’t even have the habit of drinking tea. To entertain guests, there are only two kinds of wine and soup...wine is naturally easy to understand; soup is not the stock soup as understood by later generations, but a drink that has been cooked through simple processing.
Of course, people like Dian Wei don't like soup, so they usually use wine instead. There are countless fine wines and jade syrup at home.
"Uncle, didn't Sikong say he would be here soon?"
Cao Peng couldn't stand drinking so early in the morning.
Unexpectedly, Dianwei waved his hand and said with a smile: "Afumo is worried that Sikong is busy with official duties today and may not be able to come during the day. He informed yesterday that he would come before nightfall. Just rest and don't worry. It will be round in the afternoon."
Dehui will come back, just let him accompany you when the time comes."
"By the way, second brother and third brother..."
Without realizing it, Cao Peng pushed a glass of wine and asked doubtfully.
Yuande means fullness.
Dian Wei said: "Yuande and Laosan have been a little busy recently. They are inspecting the troops and will go on an expedition soon."
"Going to war?"
Cao Peng asked in surprise: "Are you going to Hebei?"
Dian Wei shook his head, "No, go to Ye County."
"Ye County?"
"Yuan Rang, lost..."
"ah?"
Cao Peng couldn't react for a moment and asked in surprise: "Why did Yuan Rang lose?"
But he quickly realized, wasn't Yuan Rang Xiahou Dun?
Previously, Xiahou Dun was the governor of Nanyang and stationed in Wancheng. He lost? Could it be said that Liu Bei used troops against Cao Cao?
Dian Wei was suddenly furious and shouted: "The big-eared thief is so cunning that he used a trick to defraud Wancheng. Yuan Rang was not careful and was taken advantage of by the big-eared thief. As a result...if Wei Yan and Jia Wenhe hadn't been there in time...
He sent troops and almost lost his life. Now, he is stationed in Ye County, just waiting to be punished. Yuan De and Lao San were ordered to go to Ye County. Wei Yan will take over the defense of Ye County, and Yuan Rang will also return to Xudu for questioning.
"
Cao Peng is confused!
"When did this happen?"
"Ten days ago!"
Dian Wei smiled bitterly, "I think Yuan Rang, a lifelong hero, fell into the hands of a big-eared thief. I really feel unworthy for him... However, you said that Wancheng is really a damn evil sect. When the lord attacked Wan,
The city was broken, but Zidun was destroyed. If it weren't for you, I almost died there; later Zhang Boluan was defeated and died without a complete body... Now, Yuan Rang has also lost, and even Wancheng has been lost."
Dian Wei cursed for a long time, but did not get to the point.
The more Cao Peng listened, the more confused he became. He still didn't know how Xiahou Dun lost Wancheng.
Niu Gang saw Cao Peng's doubts, so he stepped forward and explained: "In March, Liu Bei got married in Xiangyang. At that time, Yuan Rang's uncle thought he was not there, so he relaxed his vigilance. Unexpectedly, at the beginning of the month, Jingzhou suddenly raised troops
, gathered troops and horses in Niyang, with the intention of Jiyang. Yuan Rang's uncle heard that Jiyang was in danger, so he led his troops to rescue him, but he was ambushed by Zhang Fei in Xiyang, and he lost his troops and generals.
The most hateful thing is that the big-eared thief has quietly returned to Xinye and personally led his troops. When Yuan Rang's uncle was rescuing Ji Yang, he deceitfully opened the gate of Wancheng. When Yuan Rang's uncle returned to Wancheng, he was almost killed by a man called "Yuan Rang".
He was killed by Zhao Yun's guys and was seriously injured. If Jia Taizhong hadn't seen through the big-eared thief's plot and ordered Wei Wenchang to rescue him in time, I'm afraid... However, the loss of Wancheng would have been extremely serious. Jia Taizhong personally went out to suppress Wuyin County and ordered Wei Yan to go out.
Zhenye County has finally stabilized its position. The reason why the lord came here later is because of this incident. There has been quite a lot of trouble in Xudu in the past two days, but most of them were suppressed by the lord, so that there would be no turmoil."
For some reason, the words "Burning Bowang" suddenly flashed through Cao Peng's mind.
Historically, Xiahou Dun was also defeated by Liu Bei.
Unexpectedly, at this time in history, Xiahou Dun's tragic defeat would be staged again, which really shocked Cao Peng.
I originally thought that Cao Cao found him because of Lu's affairs with the Han Dynasty.
But now it seems that it is not that simple.
Cao Peng couldn't help but fell into deep thought, but he didn't notice that Dian Wei suddenly stopped cursing and looked at Cao Peng thoughtfully.
Those slightly cloudy yellow eyes flashed with a gleam of light.
"So, Wancheng has been lost?"
"Exactly."
"What's the current situation in Nanyang County?"
Before Niu could speak, Dian Wei said, "It's not very quiet."
"oh?"
Cao Peng didn't notice this and blurted out: "What about Yingchuan?"
"Yingchuan, it's quite peaceful."
Cao Peng suddenly raised his head and looked at Dian Wei.
"Uncle, you..."
"Hahaha, you are really smart." Dian Wei suddenly laughed, shook his head slightly and said, "If Yuan De is one-tenth as smart as you, I can rest assured."
In Cao Peng's mind, Dian Wei has always been a reckless person.
Even in the later Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many people like Dian Wei because of his straightforwardness.
But if you really think that Dian Wei is a person with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, you are completely wrong. If Dian Wei can achieve a position like Dian Wei and still be trusted by Cao Cao, if he is really a person with well-developed limbs and a simple mind
Human, it is absolutely impossible...
Dian Wei is Cao Cao's bodyguard, and at the same time he is Cao Cao's side, the last line of protection.
Who dares to say that Zhongnanhai’s bodyguards have no brains?
Dian Wei serves as the leader of Zhongnanhai's bodyguards. Therefore, he needs to be bold, careful, and have keen intuition.
During the Battle of Wancheng, he almost killed Cao Cao because of his drunkenness.
After that, Dian Wei rarely drank at work. Dian Wei, who was able to control his own preferences, became even more terrifying. This is why Cao Cao had so many warriors, but he valued Dian Wei. Because this guy looked rough, but he had
Delicate thoughts.
"On the recommendation of filial piety, you are the governor of Nanyang."
"I?"
Dian Wei nodded, "Yuan Rang is a person waiting for punishment. Even if he escapes this time, I'm afraid he will still be punished.
In addition, he was seriously injured, and Sikong had ordered Hua Tuo to go and bring him back soon. In this case, the vacancy of the governor of Nanyang County became a problem. Nowadays, people in Nanyang County are panicked, and they need someone with means and courage.
The people went there. Fengxiao recommended you to the lord to take over, and it was also due to many considerations. The lord was also hesitant about this, so he asked Zidan to take you back."
Dian Wei filled himself up with a cup of wine and laughed and said: "If it weren't for the recommendation of filial piety, how could Zhongkang and I be willing to allow Yuande and Laosan to get involved in that muddy water at this time? What if?
Zhong Kang and I are very relieved that you are going to Nanyang County."