Three Kingdoms: The Reverse Son of the Guan Family, Dragon Blessing Jingxiang

People are about to die.

Everything you have experienced in your life will appear before your eyes like a picture.

Just like a horse-drawn carriage, let yourself on your deathbed finally examine your life.

And these scenes in Cao Cao's eyes...

We think...it's all we know, and it's a topic that has been discussed, disputed, and even talked about countless times by future generations.

But only Cao Cao himself knows...

Now, no one in the world knows what he sees in his eyes. It is another Cao Cao. Only he remembers it——

The beginning of the picture is the first year of Yongshou, which is AD 155.

Many big things happened this year:

There was a famine in Sili and Jizhou, and the people ate each other's children;

Zhang Huan, one of the Three Ming Dynasties in Liangzhou, defeated the Southern Xiongnu;

Zhang Daoling, the 122-year-old founder of Tianshi Dao, knew that his end was approaching, so he called for a wine ceremony to make arrangements for his death.

In addition to these, there is another biggest thing, that is, Cao Cao was born in this year——

From the moment he was born, his grandfather Cao Teng repeatedly warned his adopted son Cao Song.

——"Parents are our previous lives, and our ancestors are the previous lives of our previous lives, so we must respect them!" 』

——"Children are our future lives, and our grandchildren are the future lives of our future lives, so we must cherish them especially!" 』

It was these words that opened the door to the next generation relationship that belongs exclusively to the Cao family.

The next scene is when Cao Cao was six years old...

The fragrance of the wintersweet flowers that have just bloomed in the cold winter is lingering, and the sunset is following the setting sun in the western sky, overlooking the imperial capital.

The awkwardly dressed Cao Cao had been waiting under the old locust tree at the corner of the street for a long time. When he saw his grandfather Cao Teng returning, he insisted on riding on his shoulders as usual.

When entering the door...Cao Teng only cared about whether Cao Cao on his shoulder was hit by the door frame, but forgot about the threshold under his feet.

The grandfather and grandson rushed forward together, but... even at the moment when they were about to fall to the ground, Cao Teng put his elbows on the ground, raised his arms back, and with a "click" sound of his right arm, he protected his grandson Cao Cao, but he himself was injured.

This fall... was destined to lose one of the most loyal internal officials of the Han Dynasty, and it was also destined to lose the Great Changqiu who had infinite admiration for the scholar-bureaucrats.

The conflict between scholars and eunuchs is destined to be irreconcilable at this moment——

Of course, Cao Cao didn't know this. He just thought his grandfather was asleep, and he was asleep——

Barely surviving the New Year, Cao Tenglin left two last words to Cao Song the night before his death.

Article 1 - The old houses in Jinwu Lane in Luoyang City must be preserved;

Article 2 - We must educate our grandson Cao Cao to become a talented person and let him study at Taixue!

The spiritual flags are flying, the paper horses are standing, and the Cao family is mourning——

Seeing that the three-year mourning was over, in order to fulfill his father's last wish and allow Cao Cao to study at Taixue, Cao Song thought over and over again and stayed up late at night to write "On Defense" and entrust someone to submit it to the court.

For this article, Cao Song almost racked his brains. He couldn't speak frankly, he couldn't tell lies, he couldn't say things that the people above him didn't like to hear, and he couldn't say things that the emperor and eunuchs couldn't mention in front of them.

You can only say nice things, say things that everyone likes, and point out the essence of the problem skillfully...

Add honey water to the herbs so that they don’t taste bitter!

really…

This article "On Defense" caused an uproar in the court. Cao Song was reactivated as he wished, and together with Cao Cao, he moved back to his old residence in Jinwu Lane, Luoyang.

Speaking of which, counties have township schools, and local states with a population of more than 100,000 have county schools. Liu Biao's father established Lu State University in Lu State. Cao Cao's hometown also has Peiguo University. There are also township schools in counties, and the lowest level is also the highest. What is free is private education...

In order for Cao Cao to enter Taixue to study...

Cao Song did not hesitate to return to the court from the local area, which can be said to have taken great pains.

Who would have thought that the nine-year-old Cao Cao had a conflict with Yuan Shu on the first day when he entered school, and then fought with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Ji in front of the Huoshen Temple, one against three.

Cao Cao bit Yuan Shu with all his strength, just like an old turtle, he would not let go and let himself be beaten...

He caught Yuan Shu and bit him.

Later, Yuan Feng and his son Yuan Shu went to Cao's mansion to ask for an explanation. Cao Song nodded and bowed in apology, while Yuan Shu just rubbed his bitten body and sucked the honey.

Who would have thought... Even the young Cao Cao would never see such a villain succeed. He took out a kitchen knife from the kitchen, pointed it at Yuan Shu and said: "I want to kill him——"

At that time…

He certainly didn't succeed, but a gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years or twenty years.

In the end, Yuan Shu... fell into Cao Cao's hands, and he didn't even take the last sip of honey before he died.

Then came the calamity of Party imprisonment. Cao Cao, who was then the imperial student... As expected, he stood up and came to the forefront in activities to support the Party members.

As a result, he was imprisoned several times.

But he was most emboldened. Every time Cao Song went to get him, he got involved with the people in the prison, and even patted his chest and threatened, "My father is Cao Song, the captain of Sili School. I will keep him for less than three days, and they will take care of him." He will let me go, and then I will ask my father to take you with him...eh? father? How did you come?

And every time, Cao Song said coldly, "Follow me"——

When Cao Cao was young, he almost pissed him off...

He was the captain of the Sili School, in charge of the Luoyang patrol. He was a being like "Uncle Hat" in later generations. Logically speaking, he was ordered to arrest the party members, but who would have thought...his son was the first to secretly help the party members escape. of.

Cao Song was almost furious and slapped him repeatedly. However, the more he slapped Cao Cao, the more firmly he stood with the party members.

later…

He also inexplicably joined some "Friends of Running", and even participated in the "Friends of Running" with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Zhang Miao, Xu You, Hu Wuban and other Taixue classmates...as well as Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and others who studied in Fengshi Mountain. "Luo Jianxing" operation, important party members were secretly covered and escorted out of Kyoto——

Later, he worked harder and harder...

After working hard until he graduated from Imperial College, Cao Song, who was a senior agriculture minister at the time, asked his friend Sima Fang, the lieutenant of Sili School, to recommend him. Cao Cao got the title of lieutenant in the north of Luoyang and managed the public security in the north of Luoyang... But as soon as he took office, something happened. Beat the powerful with five-color sticks!

The uncle of the popular eunuch Jian Shuo was beaten to death by him——

Later, he also participated in the operation of Running Friends, visited Zhang Rang's residence at night, and stole a confidential letter. However, the commotion was a bit loud, and Cao Cao broke up and exposed his identity——

Fortunately... Cao Cao was born into a family of great officials, and Cao Song was also a great farmer and a great man. After his family wiped his butt for him, Zhang Rang didn't do anything... so the big thing was reduced to a trivial matter.

Later, when Cao Cao was young, he got married. In the process of marrying Ding Hui, the daughter of Ding's eldest daughter, he was accidentally attracted to Ding Hui's sister Ding Xiang... This was incredible, he liked him so much, but... by the way, Ding Xiang was already betrothed to her. He met Xia Houyuan, a good brother and lifelong friend.

No matter how messed up Cao Cao is, he can't steal his good brother's woman.

Love is not available, so Cao Cao's mentality changes...

It is a deep-seated desire for "other people's wives"...such a "cao thief mentality".

It was at this moment that the term "Cao Thief", which became famous in later generations, was officially born from here on! Sprout! growing up healthily!

Then came the wedding night. Cao Cao went to the right room, but entered the wrong room, and actually slept with Ding Hui's maid, Liu Shi... This sleep didn't matter, Cao Ang, Cao Shuo, and Qinghe slept out. Princess.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why Mrs. Ding is destined to completely break with Cao Cao after the Battle of Wancheng——

to here…

Those things that outsiders didn't know seemed to have been recalled and all told.

oh…

Not even close.

It's the truth he learned in Taixue, and it's the meaning of the outlook on life he established after the struggle against Dong was over, before he completely turned dark... and became completely disappointed with the world.

That was the entrance to Taixue, that huge piece of rough stone that had stood in Mount Huashan for nearly two hundred years, and those eight characters written on it by Dongfang Shuo, which were rich, elegant, and elegant.

——The emperor's assistant and the pillar of the country!

It was Qiao Xuan who wore a long-sleeved robe with a waist and black and purple colors, a doctor's hat on his head, and a beautiful beard that reached his chest. Cao Cao would never forget what he asked when he first saw the president of the Imperial Academy in the Imperial Academy.

"Hey, Ah Ma, your father came here just for you? How much did it cost?"

Cao Cao wanted to tell the truth, but when he saw Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu approaching, he immediately became naughty. He curled his lips, raised his thumb, and pointed his fingertips back, "Do we still need to spend money to go to the Imperial College? Who is our father?" Huh? Who are we?"

Of course, Yuan Shao's sarcasm was inevitable in these words.

"Don't brag about being such a arrogant person. With your virtue, recruiting you here is simply dragging down our entire class——"

Cao Cao could not forget Qiao Xuan's first lesson.

Qiao Xuan then raised a question, why do people want to live?

Honest Cao Cao thinks...

Qiao Xuan has already expressed his understanding at this age.

"When you are thirty, you should experience various tastes extensively in the first thirty years of your life. Don't be afraid of failure, because a meaningful life is always full of tests——"

"As there is birth, there is death. There is no need to be famous in future generations, because those things have nothing to do with you who are alive. Your ability to come to Taixue is already a miracle of life. Standing at the top of the academic world, the more resources you occupy, You should seek the welfare of more people, and live like a human being in the few decades you have—"

This was the first time that Cao Cao was excited, so excited that he blinked repeatedly, as if Qiao Xuan's words brought salty tears to his restless soul.

In Taixue, he learned that... having the talent to govern the world and having the merit to help the world are the foundation of the emperor's assistant and the pillar of the country.

When he was in Taixue, he knew that... there are six positions in the state, and they are all in the same position.

In Taixue, he learned the art of war from the Han Dynasty God of War Duan Jiong. In the first lesson, Duan Jiong asked them to throw away their futons, tables, and mats...

Let everyone bring a matza!

He told Cao Cao that from now on, he would call himself a general, and let Cao Cao make the decision whether to be a counselor or a general!

The books Duan Juan listed in class are "Guiguzi", "Sima Fa", "Wei Liaozi", "Wu Zi's Art of War", "Sun Tzu's Art of War"...

As well as the "Mozi" War Preparation Chapter, "Six Tao", "Three Strategies", these...Cao Cao has read them countless times.

It’s also strange…

He is naturally active, and can only calm down when reading the Art of War, as if he is in a whole new world.

It can be said... Duan Jiong laid the foundation for Cao Cao's military theory.

The person who evolved this theory into practice was Huangfu Song, another war god of the Han Dynasty who was an expert in warfare and an outsider in officialdom. Of course, this is a story later.

It can be said... In Taixue, it ranges from siege warfare, strategic warfare, and survival in the wild;

As small as carpentry, house building, forging...

Even as small as hooping barrels, chiseling stones, breaking copper basins, holding pots and chisels, grinding mirrors, blacksmithing... There are even medical skills, pharmacology, music theory, musical instruments...

In Taixue, Cao Cao learned too many, too many, too many things——

He even met the great Han scripture god Zheng Xuan in Taixue.

The senior and teacher he met who was both a teacher and a friend was also his superior when he was later appointed as Yilang - Cai Yong!

He Yong commented on his graduation from Taixue...

Too much too much…

Except for those that are known to the world, there are too many and too many that are rarely mentioned——

finally…

Each of these images becomes more and more concrete.

Bai Ling was on Cao Cao's neck, and the suffocating feeling seemed to transport him to the harsh winter.

What a glorious life journey this was. Cao Cao was suffocated, his eyes were bloodshot, especially when he looked at the cold moonlight shining through the window, and the crackling flames dancing in the brazier. In such a long night, there was a lot of time. , let him search in his memory.

The flying snow on the way home while supporting my grandfather’s coffin——

The purple paulownia flowers blooming all over Qiao County——

Running in the streets and alleys of Luoyang under the sun, the ignorant years of fighting cats and dogs——

The sacrificial ceremony on the day of university entrance——

Learning to drive a carriage, both people and carriage fell into the water——

Climb the city wall and fall down hard——

Various mistakes in the "Baigong" class——

During the graduation performance, the wheels suddenly stopped moving——

The Northern Lieutenant of Luoyang sat on the three-legged chair and let him fall on his back;

The Yellow River bursts at Dunqiu, and the people howl in despair;

He, Cao Cao, and hundreds of fellow villagers were stuck in the breaching waves;

Holes were dug on the battlefield to bury countless innocent people who were killed;

The eight characters carved on the stone beside the Taixue single-plank bridge;

What Qiao Xuan said to him on the single-plank bridge;

When Zheng Xuan came to Taixue, all the teachers and students knelt down;

Cai Yong plays the piano——

Duan Juan stood at the top of the city and directed the acting;

Xu Shao’s comments on the first day of the month——

He Yong wrote a comment on his graduation certificate——

The living temples in Jinan were torn down one after another, and the people clapped their hands and applauded——

The people of Jibei sent his boat dozens of miles along the south bank of the Yellow River——

During the crusade against the Yellow Turbans, heavy snow fell on the way back from Jizhou——

In Dunqiu City, I had fun with the people under the moonlight——

Kneel down to Huangfu Song several times——

My father cried when he recounted his experience of forced corruption——

When the emperor rewarded the army, he held his hand covered with chilblains and bloody wounds and led him to feel warm...

Since then…

Cao Cao ended his youthful years of being "loyal to the Han Dynasty".

This...is his original intention.

It was his original intention and mission that he longed to inscribe on his tombstone "The Tomb of Cao Cao, General of the Han Dynasty's Conquest of the West".

But in the end, he did not create the world by himself, nor could it develop in the way he wanted. He spent his youth, youth, and the first half of his prime trying to be a "loyal man" and an able minister in governing the world.

But... he fell into a vicious circle of being dismissed repeatedly, having no official position, and no hope of salvation. He fell into greater despair each time.

All he can do... is inheritance, no matter good, bad, unfair or unreasonable... It seems that he can only inherit?

No…

There is another way, and that is to "break"!

Break this chaotic old routine and establish a new social system according to the way he wants.

But the worst thing is that what he needs to face is a chaotic era where the country is no longer a country and the home is no longer a home.

Fortunately, he used the establishment of the Wei Dynasty to save the Han Empire, eliminate the bad, attack the bad, and establish a fair and ideal Datong society...

Looking at this world, looking at the five hundred years before and after? Who else has such an opportunity?

See from here, think from here...

His life is worth it!

It’s worth it!

The only regret is that he used a dark way to fulfill his original intention.

--"I…"

A hoarse voice sounded from Bai Lingshang.

The following words are even more hoarse...

——"I would like to spend my whole life...achieving...achieving..."

This is the last murmur of suffocation.

It is the farewell message of the King of Wei.

——"The assistant to the emperor, the pillar of the country...the country!"

Don’t forget your original intention…

Cao Cao's death was the fulfillment of his original intention, his mission in the first half of his life, and the end of his life.

——I am willing to devote my whole life to becoming the emperor's assistant and the pillar of the country!

If he spends his life...

How great would it be if we only had the first half of our lives?

If he only spent the first half of his life practicing it, then... maybe there wouldn't be so many keyboard historians in the future to chatter and argue...

There wouldn’t be so many people praising his merits and demerits, commenting sharply, mourning, regretting, and denouncement——

…

…

Under the dim solitary lamp——

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" is placed on the left, and "Spring and Autumn Zuo Zhuan" is held in the palm of my hand...

Guan Yu suddenly trembled.

This feeling is very strange, as if suddenly... I have lost something, no, I have lost something precious.

The tranquility of the moon sheds a white light through the window——

"Father…"

I saw Guan Ping rushing in here.

Seeing his frightened expression, Guan Yu couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"

"It's Cao Cao..." Guan Ping groaned, then quickly moved forward, whispered something in Guan Yu's ear.

Guan Yu's originally narrowed red phoenix eyes were suddenly widened, almost exploding.

His ancient, paralyzed face, at this moment... also began to shake stiffly, and the shaking became more and more severe——

His heart was beating at this moment.

boom--

boom--

boom--

Finally, after a long silence, Guan Yu's rare hoarse voice came out, word by word.

"Cao Cao? Is Cao Cao really dead?"

"Dead?"

Guan Yu trembled all over, staggered, and fell to one side.

Guan Ping hurriedly supported him...

But Guan Yu was still a little dazed.

"Cao Cao? Is he really...really dead?"

...

...(End of this chapter)