Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 884 Cao's Descendants

Before Zhou Cang left Beijing, Cao Rui bought a mansion in his hometown Qiao County with a lot of money, and moved the ancestral temple to the ancestral hall.Cao Shuang wanted to use the power of the whole family to win Qiao County, but was blocked by Cao Rui. Living together in such a way was bound to bring catastrophe to the Cao family.Cao Rui only lived in Qiao County with Cao Yu, the king of Yan, and Cao Fang, his adopted son, and made the Cao family scattered and not to cause trouble. One was to create a family business; the other was to spread the Cao family.

Because Cao Teng was an eunuch and Cao Song's reputation was not obvious, Cao Rui designated Cao Cao as the ancestor of the original Cao family. Every year on Cao Cao's birthday, he worshiped the ancestors in the ancestral hall, and people from all walks of life could come here to gather.The following year, Cao Rui had a son named Cao Yin.Cao Rui then made a family rule that the descendants of the family were not allowed to join politics or the army, so they could securely guard the family property and guard the ancestral hall.Cao Yin did not die at the age of one, and the Cao family's direct lineage continued.

Cao Zhi and Cao Zijian walked across the world with their swords and lamps, leaving countless famous lines where they passed, and only the Luoshen Fu survived.A few years later, Cao Zhi climbed to the Tongque Terrace again, raised his glass to invite Mingyue, got drunk and caught the moon, stumbled and fell off the stage. He was seriously injured and unconscious, and died within ten days.Cao Zhi's second son died early, and there will be no future generations.

Cao Cao still has ten sons, who are scattered all over the country according to Cao Rui's words, or are engaged in business, industry, or education, and few of them will be officials.

Cao Cao had three adopted sons: General Cao Zhen, who was ashamed of being under the command of the Han army, became ill in anger and died soon after.His son Cao Shuang was bewitched by Cao Cao's adopted son He Yan, and became addicted to drinking Wushisan, but he didn't know that the big man had already listed it as a forbidden object, and both were imprisoned and released for three years.Cao Shuang defected to Cao Kai and was helped by Cao Kai.

It is said that all the family wealth belongs to the big man. Zhou Cang is not so heartless. All ancestral objects, books, calligraphy and paintings, etc. still belong to the individual. He Yan is the grandson of the general He Jin, and his mother Yin also has family wealth, so He Yan lives without worry. Wu Shi San couldn't break it, and still secretly took it at home.

Cao Cao's other adopted son, Qin Lang, took the money to become his own rich man.

Two Cao Kai, one son of Cao Ren, one son of Cao Zhang, neither of them are officials.Cao Renzi lived in Wancheng; Cao Zhangzi returned to Rencheng and lived a stable and peaceful life.

Cao Xiu had two sons, Cao Zhao and Cao Quan; Cao Hong had two sons, Cao Fu and Cao Zhen.Because both fathers died in the Han army, the four sons lived in seclusion in the countryside.

The eldest grandson of Xiahouyuan, Xiahouji, was used by the imperial court as the prefect of a county.The second son Xia Houba hated Sima Yi deeply, and asked him to guard the northwest, so Lu Xun ordered him to Dunhuang as Jiang Wei's deputy capital.Not long after, Jin Yiwei's spies sent back news that Xia Houba had privately urged Jiang Wei to send troops to the Western Regions several times, but Jiang Wei refused to accept it on the grounds that the Western Regions were stable and the time was not ripe.

Xiahou Dun's eldest son, Xiahoumao, died, and the other two unworthy sons, who had ruined their family property, sought Cao Rui's protection. Cao Rui hated his dude and used him as a gatekeeper.

Xiahouru, the younger brother of Xiahoushang's lineage, survived. Because he became famous in Guanzhong, he was used as the prefect of Hanzhong.

Compared with Liu Bei, the Cao family was preserved, but since then no one has stood out.The Cao family's annual inventory is increasingly sold out due to the lack of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but it is only famous for its large number of people.

Chen Qun's last article Chen pushed for the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, but the Privy Council rejected it. Chen Qun, his son Chen Tai and Sima Xun then went to the Western Regions to join Sima Yi.

Liu Ye encountered a problem. According to the example of the Han Dynasty, if he is a clan, he is not allowed to be an official. After thinking about it, Liu Ye decided to join the Zongdie again and organize the Royal Academy for Liu Xie.It's just a pity that the people in the academy, although they have literary names, are too embarrassed to use them, so they become a place of gilding.

Hua Xin originally wanted to serve as an official and return to his hometown to take care of his life. He was invited by Guan Ning and Bing Yuan to give lectures in various colleges.Hua Xin had four sons: Hua Biao, Hua Bo, Hua Zhou, and Hua Bing, all of whom went from official to Yushi.

Guo Huai served as the deputy capital of the Northern Army and guarded Monan together with Ma Cheng; a few years later, he marched westward with Zang Ai and others to the banks of the Rhine River. Guo's family has been a famous general for several generations.

Zhong Yu's son, Zhong Yu, was outstanding in talent and became governor of Yanzhou. Wu Gang succeeded Yu Jin as the governor of the Eastern Army. I thought they were all dragons and phoenixes among people, so I restrained a lot from then on.

Sun Quan, the king of Nanyue, was scratching his head. First, the Daxia Greeks, Cypriots, Parthians, and Dayuezhi people successively invaded; second, the spiritual life of the local people in Hengzhou was very active, and many schools of philosophy or religion emerged. The oldest ones are Buddhism and Jainism.The foreign enemy is easy to say, and it is possible to welcome them. The generals Ling Tong, Zhu Ran, and Zhu Ju gained a lot; but the internal difficulties are difficult to reconcile. Three thousand people went to South Vietnam to preach, so Taoism became popular.

Ten years later, Quan Congzi Quan Yi and his nephew Quan Duan returned from an expedition to Greece without success. Thirty years later, Sun Quan passed away, and his descendants, Sun He, succeeded to the throne and continued to be the vassal state of the Han Dynasty.

Sima Yi was firmly established as the guardian of the Western Regions. Sima Xun, Chen Qun, and Chen Tai came to vote, making his foundation more stable. Tai, Zhou Tai, Chenggong Ying, Pang Hui, Le Wei, etc. are also powerful generals. The countries in the Western Regions are salty, and their development momentum is rapid. Sima Yi never forgets to pay tribute to the court on time to show respect.

Twenty years later, Sima Yi died of illness. Sha Zan proposed to divide the Western Regions into North and South with the desert as the boundary.This plan of differentiation did not work when the two brothers were alive, and Sima Shi and Sima Zhao died of illness one after another in the past 20 years.Originally for long-term peace and stability, the placement of brothers and clansmen in various counties has become a great disaster: Sima Zhao has the eldest son Sima Yan and the youngest son Sima You. Sima You is gentle in nature, intelligent, and capable of governing. Under the instigation of the ministers, the two brothers fought for the throne, and the descendants of the Sima family fought for power regardless of blood relatives and brotherhood. The melee of the Eight Kings that should have been staged in the Central Plains appeared in the Western Regions.Some people say that this is Sima's retribution for taking the Western Regions and persecuting Liwei and his son; others say that this is the return of Prince Desert Khan, and Desert Khan has taken back his own things and justice.

Xia Houba, who was seventy years old, heard about the Sima Clan's Rebellion, pointed at the Western Regions and laughed three times and died.Xia Houba had no heirs, only one daughter.

62-year-old Jiang Wei led a new generation of generals including Zhong Hui, Du Yu, Wang Jun, Guan Yi, Wen Yuan, Dian Mo, Xu Ying, Qu Ling, etc. to the expedition. Riding alone into the formation seven times and seven times out did not meet opponents.The Western Regions were pacified, and the Sima clan was destroyed.The Han Dynasty regained the Western Regions and retained the Anxi Dufu Mansion, with Jiang Wei as the Daduhu.

In the first month of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Xun Chen Gao, the second assistant, Xu Shu took over as the second assistant, and Zhou Xin entered the Privy Council.Xun Yue was the only one in the Xun family, and the heyday was gone forever.

Under Zhou Cang's unremitting efforts, the big families and noble families that influenced the direction of the Three Kingdoms did not become the protagonists, but the talent training system dominated by colleges and the selection system with election as the main method gradually became the mainstream, and the great Han talents came out in large numbers and lived forever. Not bad.

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