Guo Peng's opportunities......

To be honest, Guo Jin doesn't know much about how his father's generation came out of the troubled times, when the war was the most intense, when it was the most difficult to start a business, he was still young and well protected.

It's just that his mother often taught him that it was not easy for his father to start a business, so he couldn't be greedy for fun and slack off no matter what, so he had some impressions.

As for what exactly.

Guo Jin thought for a while and asked tentatively, "Is it my father's background?" ”

"Yes, that's right, it's my father's background."

Guo Peng nodded: "Because he was a father at that time, except for the advantage of being born in the Yingchuan Guo family, it can be said that he has nothing, and in addition, there are no conditions that can be used."

At that time, the Cao family, your maternal grandfather was one of the nine Qings, and your uncle was a captain of Changshui.

The most important thing is that you can take advantage of the relationship of the Cao family, and after you have graduated from Taixue, you can also become an official, your grandfather is a Qianshi official, according to the rules, you don't rely on outsiders, and you can also enter Taixue to study for your father.

But if it doesn't matter, no one will help the father, and after the father has completed his studies, it is very likely that he will not get anything but go home, and at that time, there will be only endless waiting.

For this reason, your grandfather and your father discussed together, and decided that even if they were infamous as "subservient eunuchs", they must also marry the Cao family and take advantage of the Cao family's relationship, so as to open up the road to heaven.

For the Cao family, having a son-in-law who is a father from a scholar family can also help them raise their status a little, so to speak, the combination of your father and your mother is the result of the Guo family and the Cao family.

Because both sides need each other, so this result was achieved, of course, my most beloved woman is your mother, but if Cao's choice at that time was not your mother, there was no choice for the father. ”

Guo Jin listened to what Guo Peng said, and immediately understood that his current situation was actually a little similar to Guo Peng's original situation.

"Then my father chose the Cao family because the Cao family could help my father become an official?"

"Not only that, but there are other reasons why my father values Cao's family."

Guo Peng shook his head: "My father also knows that your uncle Cao Mengde had a very good relationship with some scholars in Luoyang at that time, because before your uncle took a great risk in order to get rid of his infamy, and beat the eunuch Jian Shuo's uncle to death, and almost died for it."

At that time, the ten permanent servants of Luoyang were rampant, and you also know in this past that Emperor Xiaohuan and Emperor Xiaoling both liked to use eunuchs to suppress scholars, and eunuchs were very powerful, so at that time, your uncle killed Jian Shuo's uncle, which was a great risk.

Afterwards, your grandfather spent countless sums of money to help your uncle up and down, and your uncle was able to pass the test without danger, for which your uncle was appreciated and accepted by some scholars, among them, Cai Gong. ”

"Cai Gong? It turned out to be ......"

"Yes, that's right, without your uncle's letter introduction, my father wants to get to know Cai Gong and get Cai Gong's appreciation, I'm afraid it's not so easy, it's precisely because of your uncle's face that Cai Gong met his father for the first time, and his father has the opportunity to show his talents."

Guo Peng clenched Guo Jin's hand: "How important this opportunity is, without this opportunity, there is no opportunity to show your talent and be appreciated, no matter how talented you are, no one knows, no one sees it, you can only be buried."

The reason why he chose Cao for his father was because Cao could help his father open up the situation in Luoyang, so that his father knew Cai Gong, and was appreciated by Cai Gong, and was taken by Cai Gong to Dongguan at that time to proofread books, and stayed there for a whole year. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Peng sighed again.

"But it is this year's time, the father is full of white eyes and contempt, and the father is the son-in-law of the Cao family, there is no one in the Dongguan who does not know, and they are ashamed of their father, if it is not for the face of Cai Gong, there is no place for the father in the Dongguan.

The year of being a father in Dongguan is to be a man with his tail between his legs, cautious, not daring to have any omissions, being looked down upon, being despised, unable to fight back, unable not to go, must endure, have endured, a year later, Cai Gong introduced his father to his father's deceased teacher, Lu Gong. ”

"I see......"

Guo Jin felt incredible.

"You can easily have Lu Gong as your enlightenment teacher, and after that, you can also let Cai Gong teach you, do you know how difficult it is for a father to do this? There can't be a little bit of a mistake, there can't be a little bit of unexpectedness. ”

Guo Peng sighed deeply.

"My father suffered."

Guo Jin bowed deeply to Guo Peng.

"Is this a bitter end?"

Guo Peng shook his head again and again: "At this point, being a father is only initially recognized by the scholars, and he will not be rejected by the scholars because he married your mother, and having the status of Lu Gong's disciple is equivalent to Lu Gong as a guarantee for me and accepting me as his own person, but this is just the beginning."

After that, there are more things to do for the father, to work hard, to get the reputation of a famous man, to get the reputation of a famous general, to do everything that should be done for the father in order to get ahead, and the root of all this lies in the father's scholar background, as well as the marriage with the Cao family. ”

Guo Peng put his two hands in front of Guo Jin: "One is indispensable, without one of them, you can't go down this road as a father, because you have no qualifications, you will definitely not be accepted, and the higher your talent, the more you will be suppressed." ”

Guo Jin frowned tightly and nodded again and again.

"The two are equally important, for the father, the scholar's background, and the marriage with the Cao family are mutually reinforcing, and they are equally important."

Guo Peng stretched out his finger and pointed outside: "For you, these two are also very important, one is birth, the other is marriage, you already have the former, and the latter is very important for any person, especially important for you, guess, why did your father choose Cai Gong's daughter for you?" ”

"Because she's the daughter of Gong Cai?"

Guo Jin asked tentatively.

"Nonsense, a little deeper reason."

Guo Peng shook his head: "Or, why didn't my father choose to be your wife for the daughters of other civil and military generals under my father's command, such as the Xiahou family, think about it carefully, why is this." ”

Guo Jin frowned and thought deeply for a while.

"It's because Cai Gong is not only famous, but also has no real power, while the rest of the people have real power."

"There's a reason for that."

Guo Peng took Guo Jin's hand and let him sit beside him: "You are the prince of Wei and the heir of your father, the choice of your wife is very important, and there are many aspects to consider as a father, but there is one of the most important ones, do you know the story of Emperor Gaozu's wife, the Lu family?" ”

"I know, Zhu Lu is in turmoil, and since the beginning of Lu Hou, the Han dynasty was once endangered."

Guo Jin nodded.

"Yes, Emperor Gaozu raised troops, thanks to the merits of the Lu family, the Lu family contributed money and strength, and pulled up a team of men and horses for Gaozu, armed with them, and had a high status and power under Gaozu, and had great influence in the military and political circles.

In his later years, Gaozu felt that the tail of the Lu family was too big, his status was too high, his power was too heavy, and he was powerless, so he had no choice but to have the White Horse Alliance.

But even so, it didn't stop Empress Lu from making Zhu Lu the king, and the government was all in the hands of the Lu family, if it weren't for Zhou Bo and others finally fighting back to face Emperor Wen, the Han family would be really dangerous. ”

Guo Peng suddenly clenched Guo Jin's hand: "And today's Cao clan and Xiahou clan, how can they not be similar to the Lu clan back then?" ”