Chapter Seventy-Eight: Mende's Choice
The area around Luoyang has been a place of beauty since ancient times. It is surrounded by mountains, rivers and mountains, and there are dangers on all sides.
More importantly, the Luoyang Basin has a reputation for soil beauty since ancient times, connecting Qinlong in the west, Youyan in the north, Jianghuai in the south, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the east, which is the center of the world.
Such geographical conditions can be attacked, retreat can be defended, there is not only a natural barrier, but also convenient to control the whole country, the geographical location is very superior. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was the capital of the country.
Luoyang is undoubtedly the largest city in the world in this era, before the Han Dynasty, Qin destroyed the king of Zhou, divided LΓΌ Buwei into the Marquis of Wenxin, and ate 100,000 households in Luoyang, which began to be ninety-six cities.
Nine miles from north to south, six miles from east to west, the scale is large, the palace is intact, and it is a famous city with a history of nearly 1,000 years at this time.
However, in a large city with a population of one million, the circle between the top leaders is very small, from a certain high-ranking official being reprimanded by His Majesty the Emperor this morning, to a certain dignitary fornicating with slaves and maids.
This evening, a piece of news spread all over the Guiquan of Luoyang, talking about the origin of the Yuan family, inviting a few friends, first to Yanzhao flavor, and then passed through the door, and went to the wine shop with many officials and slaves.
In the consciousness of later generations, the eunuchs of the Lingdi era all said that Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong was even more prominent in front of Zhao Zhong.
In fact, when Emperor Ling was divided, he was divided into ten permanent servants, and the two of them were just two of the most prominent.
Zhang Rang's official title is a liehou, the highest title, while although Zhao Zhong is a fellow countryman of Emperor Ling, the title is just a township, and it may be arranged by title when described in the history books.
However, Zhao Zhong also had the actual position of managing the queen's stall and hussar general in Da Changqiu, and he was unrivaled among the eunuchs for a while.
When it comes to the degree of control over Luoyang, the inner courtyard of the palace is the largest, and there is a hint of wind and grass in the city, and it will appear in front of the ten permanent servants in a moment.
Because everyone is a eunuch, the ten permanent servants are more united than the dignitaries outside the palace wall, and rarely attack each other, unless they encounter major events of life and death, everyone usually watches and helps each other.
Although Zhang Rang is a eunuch, like other middle attendants, he has long had his own adopted son Zhang Feng, who is no different from a real son, and he is the sister of Queen He to marry his wife.
Just like Cao Cao, his father Xiahou was adopted as an adopted son by Cao Teng, and Cao participated in the relationship between the descendants of Xiahou Ying, even when he was at the end of the year, he still had a long-term friendship.
Therefore, Cao Cao is not wrong to say that he is Cao Shen, and his grandfather is Cao Teng. Of course, the descendants of the Xiahou family naturally do not have Cao Shen's DNA, there is no doubt about it.
Zhang Rang came back quite late today, and Zhang Feng asked for peace as usual.
"Feng'er," Zhang Rang attaches great importance to his adopted son, otherwise he would not ask to marry He Jin's sister as his wife: "What do you think of today's events?" β
"I don't know what my father is referring to?" Zhang Feng was a little confused, but he still asked for advice respectfully.
"The Yuan family deceived people too much, Yuan Highway first made a small fuss, and Yuan Benchu was deliberately slapping the Zhao family in the face." Zhang Rang sighed quietly: "Have you had any happy events recently?" β
"The child has been studying in Hongdumen recently, and as far as I know, many people are dissatisfied with Zhao Yun." Zhang Feng was stunned for a moment, and said truthfully: "I plan to report to my father, but there is no happy event." β
"Isn't Jin'er two years old?" Zhang Rang sighed in his heart that the child was too sincere, and he also fell in love with him at the beginning.
"Yes!" Zhang Feng finally reacted, although there was still a period of time on the child's birthday, he immediately said: "When he arrives tomorrow, he will give his colleagues a message about Jin'er's birthday to welcome guests in Yanzhao." β
The Zhang family's response was not the most timely, and Zhao Yan went into battle shirtless.
Tonight, the fifth floor of Yan Zhao's flavor was all covered by him, and all the customers who made an appointment knew that it was Zhao Yan, the captain of the city gate, and immediately died down, and Zhao Zhong behind him was stunned.
"Yan Zhao flavor is my Zhao family!" Zhao Yan went to toast in every room: "Zhending Anping is a family, whoever doesn't give face to the Zhending Zhao family will not give me the face of the Anping Zhao family." β
At this moment, Yuan Shao didn't know that his unintentional actions had caused an earthquake in the Luoyang Guiquan.
Many people are secretly wondering whether the third disaster of the party is coming? On one side is the Yuan family, which is the representative of the scholars, and there are 30,000 Tai students behind him to support him.
On the other side is the Zhongjuan people led by the ten permanent servants, and they currently have the upper hand in the confrontation with the scholars.
The conscience of heaven and earth, Yuan Shao just wants to ring the alarm bell for Zhao Feng, and find the self-righteous sister-in-law to cooperate, it is better to find himself, who was once a concubine and is now a successor.
How could his energy be compared to the arrogant Yuan Shu?
You must know that Yuan Shu has greeted many people behind his back, and only then did some small and medium-sized officials not come to Yanzhao to consume flavor.
Yuan Shao only needed to stand at the door, turn his head and leave, and the world would know his attitude.
Former Taiwei Cao Song, now resigned and lived in seclusion in Luoyang, living in a simple place.
Formerly known as Xiahou Song, he is Cao Teng's adopted son.
Relying on the relationship of his adoptive father and his decent treatment of others, Cao Song was already an official in the last years of Emperor Huan.
When Emperor Ling ascended the throne, he was promoted to the position of Dasi Nong and Da Honglu, and was successively in charge of the country's financial etiquette.
Cao Song is not like his adoptive father is an honest person, he has been an official for many years, and because of his power and profit, the Cao family can be described as a rich party.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling had a system of spending money to donate officials, and Cao Song was not satisfied with the position of Da Honglu, and spent 10,000 gold to donate the position of Taiwei for himself.
This position is second only to the general, and Cao Song has reached the peak of his political career.
Jiuqing was originally the duty, because Zang bought a lieutenant.
By the time Cao Teng died, the eunuch group and the scholar group had an unprecedented collision, which was tragic and abnormal.
This disaster of the party made Cao Song at a loss, and many party members who were arrested and killed were personally discovered and promoted by his adoptive father Cao Teng.
On the other hand, Zhang Rang, these ten permanent servants, are Cao Teng's old colleagues. In desperation, he ignored the position of Tai Lieutenant, which cost 10,000 gold, and resigned and went into hiding.
Giving birth to a son should be like Cao Cao, and an adopted son should be like a huge height. Jugao is Cao Song's word, he is a very popular minister, reaching the height that his adoptive father Cao Teng did not have.
Cao Song had a middle-aged son, Cao Cao, at the beginning, he didn't like this son very much, because Cao Cao was young and vigorous, and he had no fame but loved to dance with guns and sticks, and often caused a lot of trouble for Cao Song.
But later, when his friend Lu Bohao Shandong was an official, he gave Cao Cao filial piety, and Cao Cao became the captain of the northern part of Luoyang, responsible for the security of the capital.
Cao Cao must be rewarded and punished for his meritorious work, and the management of public security in the capital is in good order, showing outstanding political talent, Cao Song began to look at this son with admiration, and since then he has been fully supportive.
Soon Cao Song arranged for Cao Cao to serve as the commander of Dunqiu, and has now returned to Beijing to serve as a speaker and speaker.
Today's Cao Cao has also fallen into the embarrassing situation that his father faced at the beginning.
Although Cao Teng has been dead for a long time, the world can praise him for his merits, and every time he scolds and serves the ten permanent servants, he has to chant it.
However, the Shiren Group did not buy the Cao family's account, Cao Cao reached the marriageable age, and there was a Taiwei father who had no one to propose. Married to a wife, Ding, a woman from a small official's family.
Later, he met the official slave Bian in the wine shop, and married home.
He knew about today's strife, and sat in his study for a long time.