Fall In Love with the Technology Tree

It was about the induction between the twins, Cao Cao recognized her before Hu. "A...sheng? It's Asheng." He jumped off the dusty horse and raised his hand to touch Asheng's beard. After touching it twice, he found the glue seam. The fake beard was torn off, revealing the fair skin underneath.

"Hahaha, what is this?" Cao Cao put the fake beard on himself, turned his head and leaned in front of Hu, "Look, mother, Ah Sheng made such a thing."

Hu Shi was still stunned and unable to respond, and Ape, who was in her arms, had already cried with a "wow".

"Brother, you scared Ape to tears." A Sheng stretched out his hand to tear off the fake beard from Cao Cao's lips and put it back on his face.

Cao Cao didn't recognize it, and he went to grab Ah Sheng's face: "It was obviously Ah Sheng who scared A Pei to tears."

Cao Song couldn't watch it any longer, and coughed heavily to stop Cao Cao and Cao Sheng's quarrel: "Welcome your mother and daughter in first. Both of them are about to become children. It's getting more and more outrageous." On the surface, it is disgust, but in fact it is unconcealed love.

A Sheng is very good-natured, and took the initiative to coax A Pei, there is no need to step on the sensitive nerves of her stepmother at this time. Ape is six years old and can already reason. He still likes the age of 100,000 whys the most. In a short while, curiosity squeezed out the shock. "Why does the second brother grow a beard? Why does the second brother's beard fall off? Can Ape grow a beard too?"

Even Ah Sheng, who is an encyclopedic scholar, can't perfectly answer the little sister's question.

In addition to Hu Shi and A Pei, there was also A Shou who was breastfeeding in the second car. A Shou is two years old and is the second daughter of the Hu family. The two consecutive children were daughters, and the first son was already fourteen years old. Even Hu Shi himself sighed that Cao Cao probably had God want him to inherit the Cao family.

What is the concept of fourteen?

In the family of officials in the Eastern Han Dynasty, they can get married at the age of fifteen, or they can enter the Taixue to study under the shadow of their father. Marriage and classmates from Taixue, these two most important contacts are about to be fully opened to Cao Cao. In fact, Cao Cao has already climbed the line of Zhang Huan, and has a reputation as a young general outside, even without Cao Song, he can easily enter the official career.

There is no way to fight. Even if she could give birth to a younger son in the future, the age difference with Cao Cao would be enough to constitute the eldest brother like a father. The only one who can compete with Cao Cao is Cao De, who is 12 years old and also reads wisely. But it's not that the Hu clan despised the concubine. That one is considered a good boy in an ordinary family, but compared with a man with such courage as Cao Cao, the gap is between Luoyang and Qiaoxian.

Hu just wanted to laugh when Zhang said "Ade is most like Langjun". "Adeshaw me", Cao Song himself said to Mrs Zhang, but Mrs Zhang didn't know there was another sentence behind it, "Dalang and Erlang are far better than me."

After letting go of the fighting spirit, as a stepmother, Hu's mentality is very stable - laughing at Zhang's son and daughter, she only cares about raising her daughter and having a good relationship with her stepson and stepdaughter.

A Sheng took off his rough makeup, put on light-colored silk and linen clothes, and knelt gracefully in the main room, making tea and burning incense for his father and mother. Hu Shi took a sip of tea and let out a long breath. "That's decent," she looked at Ah Sheng's cheeks left and right, "Erlang has always been good-looking."

A Sheng smiled without saying a word, and made sweet juice for A Pei and A Shou. It is the season of fruit harvest, and in memory of such days, there seems to be grandfather's small stove and fruit tea.

The Hu family first talked to Cao Song about the current situation of Qiao County, which children were born, which old people died, which marriages, which quarrels, which incomes and expenditures. Seven-month-old parents are short, and there are a lot of superimposed ones.

Cao Song listened to her carefully before saying, "You have always been considerate when you do these things." The forty-year-old middle-aged uncle became more gentle and kind, which was also different. Charm. Hu's face blushed at the praise, and bowed his head slightly: "It's all what a concubine should do."

Cao Song teased her two little daughters to talk and play again, until they were sleepy, and then let the two little girls be carried back to the back house to rest. Cao Song sat back in his seat and wiped the sweat off his forehead under the service of his servants. "Geely is back, do you have anything to say?"

When Hu Shi heard the words, he got up and retire automatically. At the same time, the servants were also withdrawn. Cao Song and Cao Cao, Cao Sheng, were left in the house.

"The general gave me half a month's leave. After I left the army, I took people back to Qiao County. Now the Central Plains have suffered a few years of catastrophe, and there are many bandits on the road. It's women and children, it's safer for them to travel with me."

Cao Song looked at the strong eldest son and said with relief: "Geely has also grown up and can be filial to his parents and take care of his siblings."

It's day."

"When you come back this time, don't go to Bingzhou again." Cao Song said suddenly.

Cao Cao clasped his arms: "Why? I follow the general well, how can I give up halfway."

"You are my eldest son, how can you face the arrows and flying stones in person? I used to accidentally send you to the border, but this time is different, you should prepare to enter Taixue. The reputation gained purely by bravery, at most being a bad general, can never be compared to the qualifications of filial piety and admission to Taixue. Even your respected Duke Zhang was recruited when he was young because of his talent and learning. If you want to achieve this level, you must enter Taixue."

Cao Cao was silent, bowing his head in thought.

"Ruyi also advises you, brother."

Asheng put his hands on his knees: "Father means that Taixue can help you break into the group of scholars. This dynasty is different from the pre-Qin period. The scholars are self-contained and despise the warriors. The ethos of eunuchs and eunuchs is on the rise. What my father said was not so much whether or not to enter Taixue, but whether Brother A should move closer to the nobility.”

A Sheng said it from another angle, and Cao Cao decided: "The talents and power are all in the gentry, how can you pretend they don't exist? When the general arrives, I will ask the general's opinion. ."

Cao Song stroked his beard, smiled, turned his head and asked Ah Sheng for tea. Ah Sheng restarted a pot of boiling water, ready to make tea.

"When I come back this time, I also want to ask my father about the movement of the court." When the water boiled, Cao Cao took the initiative to say, "The general has been in the frontier for many years, and the news is lagging behind. I hope I can help General's busy."

Although there are differences in appearance, the twins are highly synchronized when it comes to the political situation. I don't know if it's a genetic factor, or it was nurtured by Cao Teng since he was a child.

"Let Ruyi tell you, I'll listen." Cao Song threw off the burden. Just a joke, in case it's wrong, he's a shameless father.

"Then I'll start." Cao Sheng loosened his legs and changed his sitting position to a more comfortable sitting position under the cover of his wide bottoms, "If I say something wrong, my father corrects me."

Now that the new emperor is on the throne, the most popular are undoubtedly the Empress Dowager Dou and General Dou Wu. The first emperor had no sons, and there was a debate about who would be the harem master after Deng Meng was deposed. In the end, the current Empress Dowager, relying on her family background, defeated Tian Guiren, who was favored by the late emperor, and climbed to the phoenix throne.

The scholars represented by Chen Fan pushed Dou Miao to the throne of the queen, and the Dou family naturally reciprocated. Dou Wu's remonstrance ended the first party disaster that shocked the whole country. Of course, it is more likely that Emperor Huan, who had wanted to stop at the end, followed Dou Wu's steps before his death. The relatives of the Dou family led the party members back to the center with a vigour and vigour, and of course their prestige goes without saying.

The May solar eclipse, and in the name of natural disasters, killed Guan Ba ​​and Su Kang, the most corrupt officials among the two eunuchs. When did it become so easy for scholars to kill eunuchs? It feels like the dynasty is going to be rejuvenated, right? All in all, everyone is very happy. Even if the solar eclipse, famine and plague have not been resolved, everyone feels that as long as they can kill all the treacherous villains, God will not be angry.

The little emperor is the concubine of the original Jiedu Tinghou. His parents died at a young age, because he had no direct brothers, and he inherited the marquis at a young age. Young, uninformed, unreputable, and lacking a mother's family, in all respects, they are more in line with the rule of being able to control. After all, the little emperor's biological mother, Mrs. Dong, came from a low background, and in the eyes of the founding family, Mrs. Dou, she was like a foot-washing girl. Don't need to think about the lady Dong from the countryside, it is natural that Empress Dowager Dou should make the decision inside and outside the palace.

Unfortunately, because of the system left over from Emperor Huan's time, eunuchs like Cao Jie and Wang Fu still control the power of issuing edicts in the palace.

This is not possible.

The appetite of the scholars has been fed by the victory of just killing two eunuchs. They planned to kill all the chief eunuchs. By the emperor's side, it is enough to leave only submissive servants, no eunuchs who understand political struggle. Politics or something is the work of those of us who are loyal to our country.

"I find it very interesting." Ah Sheng said, "In the past, when Liang Ji was there, eunuchs depended on relatives. The queen, together with the eunuch, assists the young master. Although there are some minor mistakes, it has always been safe. Today's relatives regard the **** as an enemy, why do you think this is?"

Avoid being coerced by public opinion. Scholars no longer kill eunuchs on the grounds of violating morality and breaking the law, but killing eunuchs for the sake of killing eunuchs. The situation has gotten out of control, and the eunuchs will not sit idly by, even the internal servants who originally obeyed the law. Fight back."

"If brother says this, he will probably be accused by others."

Cao Cao rolled his eyes: "I naturally know what to say and what not to say. If you want to join the group of scholars, just follow along with scolding the **** and touting the general. It's just that I still want to make a bottom line. ."

"The icing on the cake is worse than giving help in the snow. Brother A wants to be famous. Instead of beating down the underdogs when the gentry gain power, it is better to wait until they are counterattacked by the eunuchs and protect the innocent women and children. It's just that you have to take some risks. At that time, my father will take care of it for me."

Cao Song and Cao Cao looked at each other: "Ruyi has been arranged, we can just sleep on the high couch."

"Don't be joking, the court is such a complicated thing, my short-sightedness is just a reference for my father and brother. And how Zhang Ranming decides will also greatly affect the future of my brother. Shen is losing everything. Besides, I doubt the general's intentions."

Cao Song was stunned for a moment: "Dou Wu is a famous official in the world. He is known for his integrity and honesty.

"Since he manages the classics and history, how can he not know the royalist nature of his foreign relatives?"

"What party?"

Doubtful. And those who have both royalist and aristocratic attributes are foreign relatives. According to the experience of several foreign relatives at the beginning of this dynasty, once a family originally belonged to an aristocratic family, once it became a foreign relative, it automatically transformed into a royalist, pursuing centralization and imperial power. The strengthening of the family naturally stood on the opposite side of other aristocratic families. In the end, when the foreign relatives were eliminated by the grown emperor and the new generation of eunuchs, the other aristocratic families would be delighted instead.

"Deng's, Yan's, and Liang's all fell because of this. Originally, they were relatives who took advantage of both the emperor and the family. Because they worked hard for the central court, they ended up not being human. Chen Fan is a straight man, he never thought about the usefulness of eunuchs to the emperor, how could a smart person like Dou Wu not know that the power of eunuchs is an extension of imperial power?"

The lessons learned from the past, in turn, became the leaders of the gentry to weaken the imperial power in order to achieve both fame and fortune. Without eunuchs, the emperor is weak and can only rely on his relatives; Wu's prestige has grown even higher. With the protection of the gentry and the suppression of eunuchs, he is not afraid of the emperor's reckoning when he grows up. What a good strategy!"

A Sheng snorted coldly: "As a foreign relative, he doesn't want to be loyal to the big man, but instead prioritizes self-protection, and he himself is inferior. He thinks that he can control the situation, and he doesn't think if it is true. Without the common enemy of eunuchs, the struggle for power and profit among the aristocratic families should begin. They each have far-reaching influence in the local area. At that time, apart from the elite frontier troops, who else can suppress them? If you are righteous, you will still be able to crusade non-subjects; if your eyes are narrower, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos."

"Alas, you," Cao Song interjected at this time, "the general is a person of noble character, how can you let the two young men make malicious guesses without evidence? One step back from the next person, if the world is in chaos, don't talk about it in the future."

A Sheng wanted to speak again, but Cao Song raised his hand to block him. "Your royalist, attributes, etc., I have a headache. You can't be confused by what I said, and take the opportunity to think that you persuaded me."

Cao Cao laughed when he heard the words: "Then I will tell my father in a popular way. The general is too perfect. It can be said that he has both ability and political integrity. The poor, the gentry, there is none that he does not have good friends with, and he is a foreign relative, the last such perfect person-"

A Sheng finally found an opportunity to interface: "It sounds familiar, isn't this Wang Mang?"

He paced the room restlessly, cold sweat on his back. "How is this good? How is this good?"

"Father, don't worry. At present, the general has not shown signs of rebelliousness, it is just the speculation of our two young men. It’s really just jealousy and hatred, and it has nothing to do with the struggle for power and profit.”

"You don't know. It is said that when Dou Wu was born, his mother gave birth to a snake at the same time. Although the snake was released immediately, when his mother died, a giant python came from Came from the mountains and fell on the coffin and cried. Dou Wu and the snake are compatriots, this is an unprecedented good omen."

A Sheng's expression was dull. Snakes belong to dragons, so you might as well say that Dou Wu is the reincarnation of a real dragon. Liu Bang just cut the snake, Dou mother directly gave birth to the snake. She's awesome, she can't be offended, her transmigrant twins can't compare to the reptile twins, she can only sit and watch the Dou family's performance.

Cao Song would continue to say: "I now think the statement about Wang Mang is very reasonable. Before Wang Mang usurped the throne, who would have thought that humility and thrift would allow the moral role model of the corporal of Li Xian to hide evil intentions. Now think about it, Empress Dowager Dou refused the request of her biological father to kill Cao Jie and other servants, so it is probably because she was afraid of Wang Mang."

The relatives do not take the imperial power in their eyes, but instead replace the imperial power to win over the aristocratic family, what are you trying to do? There is no desire to usurp the throne, but the desire to dominate the throne is definitely there. Empress Dowager Dou is not the same as Dou Wu, she is a serious royalist. Dou Wu can't handle his daughter, and from this point of view, his ability is a little confusing.