What Cao Song said is of course the truth, and Cao Chi also knew this clearly.

"The truths of the world are all in the mouths of these scholars. They say that black is black, and they say white is white. Even if they practice party corruption today, it is not a long-term solution. How can they be so easy to deal with after years of clothing? Over time, the court has not had enough talents, and the party corruption must be lifted."

Cao Song nodded and sighed a little.

"There are only a few people who can govern the country through reading and literacy. Who else can they use? Therefore, our ancestors have long-term vision and created a good reputation, which has given our family some room for reversal, but our Cao family is a turbid current that started by eunuchs."

Cao Song explained the current situation of the Cao family. It seemed to be full of flowers. The family members were all in power in the court and the military and political forces, but if you look closely, it would be like a tiring thing.

The emperor ultimately relies on literati to govern the country, and literati are scholars.

The emperor realized that the literati controlled the official positions and formed gangs and robbed the foundation of the great man. He first developed the three laws, and then implemented the Party and the corruption, but how long can the Party and the corruption last?

Can you stick to it forever?

Even now, those who follow the emperor to make profits are not unconscious of their own retreat. There are always some smart people who are clear-headed and will not be blinded by the glory for a while.

Cao is such a smart family.

So two years ago, Cao Song's eldest son Cao Cao was adopted by the Central General Wang Fu and the Prime Minister of Pei Wang Ji. After serving as the Northern Territory in Luoyang, he was advised by Cao Song and immediately found a reason to kill Jian Tu, the uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo.

This risky action was to give Cao Cao a good reputation.

Public opinion is mastered by the gentry, and in the eyes of the gentry, the eunuch is an unforgivable bastard.

You, Cao, started your family with eunuchs, and naturally you are a bastard.

Cao Song was very accurate in this regard. He had no choice but to do anything about it, but he could not affect Cao Cao's generation. Therefore, even if he took a little risk, he had to let Cao Cao clean his connection with the eunuchs.

From the starting point of becoming an official, you must contact the eunuchs cleanly and you must never continue to be "intimate".

After killing Jian Tu, Cao Song begged his grandfather to apply for his grandmother and started all his connections. He spent countless money to barely allow Cao Cao to pass.

Now Cao Cao has left Luoyang and went to Dunqiu to be the Dunqiu Order, but he is already quite famous in the capital, which has initially realized Cao Song's plan to clean up the Cao family.

For this, Cao Song also paid a heavy price.

If the eunuch team was not really short of talents, they probably had the idea of ​​dealing with Cao's second-five boys. However, the current direction is unclear, and they cannot kill all the people from Cao Teng's lineage.

Cao Teng served as a eunuch for decades and served four emperors. He was named Marquis of Feiting. He has a very high generation among the eunuchs. Although he has passed away, the political legacy left to his descendants is very rich, which is enough to help Cao Song overcome the difficulties.

But this is not enough. Cao Song's performance is not enough. The Cao clan needs further performance.

The second step in the whitewashing plan was to get engaged with Guo Peng, the eldest son of the county magistrate Guo Shan’s branch in Qiao County, and betroth his eldest daughter to Guo Peng, and form a family of children with Guo.

If this step is completed, the Cao family will be considered a preliminary whitewash and see a little bit of hope.

Whether the Cao family can truly be cleansed and get rid of their status as a eunuch depends on how Cao Cao and Guo Peng will perform in the future in the officialdom.

Cao Song had high expectations for them, especially Guo Peng.

"Although the Guo family looks inconspicuous now, it is still a family background. We will give you a little help from behind and help you in time. Moreover, I think Guo Peng is a talented person, and my family admires him very much.

At a young age, he is so diligent and hardworking, both civil and military, and courageous. If he becomes a famous teacher after entering the Imperial Academy, he may not be able to inherit his talents. In the future, he will start a sect and recruit disciples, and his former officials are everywhere. At that time, I, Cao, will benefit you!"

When Cao Song said this, his eyes were filled with strong yearning.

Cao Chi also clenched his fists.

Shaoqing, the two of them relaxed together and looked at each other and smiled.

"It seems too early to say this now. After a while, Guo Dan's proposal for marriage has been done. We can start to arrange it for Guo Peng."

Cao Song twisted his beard and smiled, "But, our Cao family must not sit still and wait for death. Guo Peng is our point of breaking the deadlock."

Cao Song had already thought of a complete plan. As long as the marriage was settled and the dust was settled, he would definitely help Guo Peng enter the Imperial Academy, let him learn sufficient knowledge and make him famous and become a master of the generation. In this way, wouldn’t the Cao family develop?

Still use it to be furious from those literati here?

They are clear streams, should we be turbid streams?

Bah! He is full of conspiracy to plot against thieves and prostitutes, what's the point!

Cao Song and Cao Chi were ambitiously carrying out the whitewashing plan of the Cao family. In their hometown in Qiao County, Guo Shan had sent a matchmaker to bring some simple gifts to the door to talk about the marriage.

Guo Peng and Cao's daughters are twelve and eleven years old. They are not yet at the age of getting married. At least Guo Peng has not yet performed the ceremony, so getting married is impossible now, but getting engaged is OK.

There are also procedures and rules and regulations for engagement. To this day, the luxury trend in society is quite prevalent.

Guo Peng discovered that at this time, some of the customs and habits of everyone getting married and holding weddings are really similar to those in modern times. They are all big feasts, and even have to borrow money.

Originally, according to the Zhou ritual, weddings cannot be held in a grand ceremony. Zhou ritual believes that weddings are quiet rituals, and just finish them quietly, and even celebrations are not allowed.

It was not until Emperor Xuan of Han issued an edict that the county magistrates and county magistrates in various places were not limited by the Zhou rituals to obstruct folk wedding celebrations, so the tradition of celebrating weddings and grand celebrations began to be established.

To this day, there are many big banquets for brides and betrothal gifts. The better you hold, the more face you are. Rich people work hard to hold weddings, while those without money feel very ashamed that they cannot hold a decent wedding.

So from this time on, all those who cannot afford to marry can blame Emperor Xuan of Han.

Guo Peng even heard that some people have to prepare for wedding money when their children are born.

Some customs are more luxurious. A wedding can consume the savings of an ordinary family for decades, and even have to borrow money.

Although the Guo family has no background, Guo Peng's grandfather was the prefect and his father was still the county magistrate. He would not even be able to get the money for marriage. The Guo family still has some industries, such as farm tenants.

In today's current season, you should also look at the wealth in your family as an official. The more wealth you have, the easier it is to become an official. This does not mean that you can buy an official with money, but the Han government believes that you will not be corrupt and plunder the wealth of the people, although this is unfounded.

The matter of marriage between the two families was brought up by Cao, and the process was quite interesting.

Guo Peng's grandfather Guo Yong died early. Although he was the prefect, he failed to leave too much legacy for Guo Shan.

Guo Shan did not have family support and was unwilling to follow the path of a grammatical official. In order to seek filial and honest, he relied on the little bit of Guo Yong's premature death to send out his family's fortune, and was only then he was filial and honest.

When I came to be the county magistrate, there were only a few servants around me, with no industry or helpers.

The reason why he was a county magistrate was due to the cooperation of the Cao family and the local powerful Xiahou family.

Because of Guo Shan's surname and background, the Cao family and Xiahou family were friendly to Guo Shan from the beginning. Therefore, when Guo Peng was young, he often traveled between the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and got along more happily with a group of Xiahou children of the Cao family who were of the same age and of the same generation.

For example, Cao Ren and Cao Chun who get along well, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, and Guo Peng, all have good relationships.

Guo Peng and Cao Cao have a good relationship, which is interesting to say.

Cao Cao was ten years older than Guo Peng. Guo Peng followed Guo Dan to Qiao County at the age of three. He was too young. Even though he wanted to make friends with the future Emperor Wu of Wei, he really had no chance. Moreover, Cao Cao had already been hiding with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Xu You, a native of Runan.

The intersection between the two was only when Guo Peng went to Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan to play with him by chance. After all, there were similar topics in common, and Cao Cao disdained to play with the little kid.

As for how the two are familiar, the situation is quite special.

That was what happened when Cao Cao was eighteen and Guo Peng was eight years old.

At that time, Cao Cao was married after performing his honor and getting married, and the Cao family began to seek an official career for him.

Although Cao Song and Cao Chi were both officials in the court at that time, they wanted to seek a widely recognized advancement for Cao Cao, so filial piety and integrity were their pursuit.

At this time, the filial piety and integrity have become the way for local gentry to praise each other for monopolizing official positions, and their political capital.

Originally, the Zhuiliu family, which made their fortunes through eunuchs, was naturally not in their eyes, so how could they enjoy it with them?

But there are always exceptions.
Chapter completed!