Chapter 283 Certificate of Surrender (2/2)

Compared with half a year ago, Mr. Cao looks much older.

This year, Mr. Cao Peng is forty-four years old, but looking at his gray hair, one would think that he has passed his fifties. The light in the flower hall is a little dim, which makes Cao Peng not very auspicious. But he is still

You can feel the exhaustion on Cao ***'s body.

"My humble Cao Peng, I have met Sikong."

Mr. Cao waved his hand, "Youxue, sit down."

"Here!"

Mr. Cao leaned on the couch and did not speak immediately.

After a long while, he said in a deep voice: "At the end of the year, your father will go to Qiao County to submit the genealogy, and then he can return to the clan and recognize his ancestors."

"ah?"

"Your branch has been on self-conquest and two years of wandering. It has been nearly three hundred years now. It has indeed suffered a lot... Now, it is time to go home."

What Mr. Cao said was very emotional.

Cao Peng hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "If it weren't for Sikong, how could my father return to the clan?"

"Okay, get up.

I checked the genealogy and found that your father is the same generation as me. You should call me my father. Fu, I will tell you that I often feel powerless recently, but I can't explain it to outsiders. Although you are young,

You are indeed a sensible child. You have done very well in Luoyang, even beyond my expectations... It's just that this matter is not over, or even just the beginning... I really don't know how to say it. You

I am very happy that the case has been solved, but in my heart, I don’t want you to solve the case."

"Where do you begin with these words from the Master?"

Mr. Cao's eyes flashed and he said softly: "Do you know that after you solved this case, I had to walk to the opposite side of the Han family."

Cao Peng, took a deep breath.

Yes, once the Luoyang case is solved, it is inevitable that a group of people will be implicated.

This is very likely to involve the Han Dynasty, which is not a good thing for Cao Cao. Cao Peng does not know how Cao Cao used to solve the issue of the clothing and belt edict in history.

mentality. But it was precisely because of this that Cao Cao got the name of the Communist Party and completely turned against the Han family. Although the two parties were at peace with each other since then, they seemed to be inseparable, and the overt and covert fights between them never stopped...

The aristocratic family was vacillating, which gave Mr. Cao a headache.

So in the end, Cao Cao had no choice but to issue a meritocracy order, saying that he did not care about his origins or virtues, but only about his talents...

Its purpose was to eliminate the influence of the opposition to the Han Dynasty.

The aristocratic family's lack of cooperation, or rather the aristocratic family's hesitation, led Mr. Cao to embark on the road of ruling from a humble family.

However, this also caused conflicts between Mr. Cao and the aristocratic family. There was nothing wrong with the merit-based order, but it was a pity that the time it was implemented was too short.

In the 15th year of Jian'an, the first meritocracy edict was promulgated, and in the 22nd year of Jian'an, the third meritocracy edict was issued. It would only take a few years for the poor family to enter the political arena. If Cao Cao had enough

With enough time, the contradictions and conflicts between the poor family and the noble family might be able to be resolved. However, three years after the promulgation of the third meritocracy, Cao Pi died of illness. After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he compromised with the noble family in order to usurp the Han Dynasty.

As a result, Chen Qun ascended to the ninth level of the Zhongzheng system, and thus began the centuries-long era of aristocratic clans...

In later generations, there was a saying that Sima's usurpation of the Wei Dynasty was a counterattack by the noble family against the poor family. If you think about it carefully, it makes some sense.

An idea suddenly came to Cao Peng's mind: What if Cao Cao could be made to issue a meritocracy order in advance?

But this thought was only fleeting.

The consequences of this incident were too serious...so serious that Cao Peng couldn't bear it.

Once he makes this suggestion to Mr. Cao, it will inevitably put him on the opposite side of the family. The family may not be able to do anything to Mr. Cao, but there are countless ways to deal with him. At this time, he is inevitably a little weak.

...Since his rebirth, the friendship he has worked so hard to establish with the family is likely to be shattered. This is also a result that Cao Peng does not want to see! However, with this thought, Cao Peng can no longer stop. The family clan has existed since ancient times.

It is impossible to completely die out. Even in the era when Cao Peng lived in the previous life, aristocratic clans still existed! It's just that they existed in another form, or they could be called 'interest groups'.

As dynasties change, so do the families.

Established families die and new families rise. This is an unchangeable law.

Meritocracy is an order and must be implemented!

But the person who proposed this idea must not be Cao Peng...

He could be Cao Pi, he could be Cao Zhang, he could be Cao Zhi, he could even be Guo Jia, he could be Cheng Yu, but it can never be him!

"Afu?"

"Ah, my nephew is here."

Cao *** smiled and said, "What are you thinking about?"

"My nephew, think about how you can relieve your father's worries."

Mr. Cao couldn't help but laugh and said softly: "I'm very relieved that you have such a heart.

However, I do have a matter that requires you to come forward for me... Ah Fu, do you dare to kill someone?"

Cao Peng was startled, and Li Ru's words immediately echoed in his mind: No matter what request Mr. Cao makes, you must agree without hesitation.

"dare!"

"If this person is very famous and may even bring you into disrepute, would you dare to do it?"

"dare!"

But inside, I couldn't help but murmur.

Did Lao Cao want me to kill Emperor Xian of Han...

"Hahaha……"

Mr. Cao couldn't help but laugh, and seemed to feel much relieved all of a sudden.

"You kid, you are so happy. Don't you ask, who do I want you to kill?"

"Anyone who is an enemy of World Father can be killed."

Cao Peng raised his head and answered loudly.

Mr. Cao laughed again, "There are countless enemies of me. Do you think I want you to kill Yuan Shao? Do you want to go too?"

"this……"

Li Wencheng, you fucking framed me!

Cao Peng was furious.

Could it be that Lao Cao wants me to lead his troops and fight against Yuan Shao?

"Hehehe, Youxue, I am very pleased that you have the heart to protect the family. However, you still have to think twice when answering in the future.

Don’t worry, I won’t let you kill Yuan Benchu. With your current ability, I’m afraid you are no match for Yuan Shao.”

Cao Peng felt relieved and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then who does my father want me to kill?"

"Well, you don't need to ask... I will let someone tell you when it's time to take action. But before that, I have an important entrustment."

"What's the matter?"

"You go back first, I will send someone over later."

Cao Peng was still confused and couldn't figure out what Mr. Cao was thinking.

However, now that Mr. Cao has spoken, he can only obey.

After chatting with Mr. Cao for a while, feeling that Mr. Cao's spirit seemed to be lifted a lot, Cao Peng said goodbye.

Mr. Cao took Cao Peng's hand and sent him out of the flower hall.

This seemingly ordinary behavior made the retainers and servants in the mansion very surprised.

Who is Cao ***?

At that time, Sikong was ranked among the three princes. Not just anyone could let him hold hands and send him off. Even Xia Houyuan and Cheng Yu just now did not have such an honor. And Cao Peng, the Northern Wei of Luoyang with an official salary of only three hundred stones,

, it was actually Mr. Cao who held hands to send him off...

It can be seen that Mr. Cao valued Cao Peng very much.

Previously, Xun Yu received this honor; Guo Jia received this honor; now, Cao Peng also received this honor!

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Located next to Yuxiu Gate in the imperial city, there is a majestic mansion that is extremely eye-catching in the night.

Liu Guang stood in the garden, coughed twice, and turned to look at his family behind him: "You mean, Cao Sikong held hands to send him off?"

"The news from Sikong Mansion is exactly like this."

"anything else?"

"Cao Sikong was very busy today. It is said that he met many people.
To be continued...