Xuande

Chapter 39 Dirty and humble are the hearts of those scholars
From Cao Cao's point of view, Yuan Shao has some shortcomings, such as being suspicious of others, and dislikes his own thoughts being understood too clearly by others.

So even though Cao Cao had seen through Yuan Shao's thoughts early on, he could only pretend not to see through against his will.

In the early years, he approached Yuan Shao according to the request of his family, and tried to take the route of understanding Yuan Shao's intentions and doing things for him, but the effect was not good. Later, under the guidance of the elders of the family, Cao Cao began to learn to hide his clumsiness, so he successfully stood under Yuan Shao's hands. Steady your feet.

Yuan Shao was inferior to Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu in terms of identity, and could not win the support of too many high-quality resources. For this reason, even though Cao Cao came from a family of eunuchs, Yuan Shao somewhat looked down on Cao Cao's background, but he could not ignore the political power of the Cao family in the court.

Therefore, Yuan Shao, the concubine who came from the Yuan family with a flexible moral bottom line, chose to accept Cao Cao.

Although Cao Cao's identity was often criticized by people around Yuan Shao in daily life, and Yuan Shao himself was ridiculed a lot. Only a few people such as Zhang Miao were friendly with him, but there was one thing Cao Cao admired Yuan Shao very much.

It is the spirit of being in high spirits despite adversity.

Everyone has their own adversity, and every level of society has its own chain of contempt.

Cao Cao is at the bottom of the chain of contempt in the upper class, while Yuan Shao is at the bottom of the chain of contempt in the top class.

There are not many people who can despise Yuan Shao, but there are still.

Cao Cao had never seen Yuan Shao's experience of being a man with blank eyes and tail tucked inside the Yuan family when he was young, but he had heard people talk about it.

It is true that Cao Cao is despised by others, but Yuan Shao is also despised by others. Cao Cao, who knew that his identity was not lovable when he was young, was surprised to find that Yuan Shao, whom he envied, was also despised by others. He was unhappy, and his heart was really balanced Not a lot.

So Cao Cao decided to obey the family's wishes, join Yuan Shao's family, follow Yuan Shao, be his younger brother, endure criticism, and wait for the situation to change.

Although Yuan Shao's status in the Yuan family is not high, he has the qualifications and possibility to become the third prince after all. Following Yuan Shao, when he suddenly explodes and rockets to the top, he, Cao Mengde, will naturally ascend to heaven with him, and obtain the status and power he dreamed of.

A little later, Cao Cao left the Yuan Mansion, and on the way home, it started to rain lightly.

Opening the curtain of the car, looking at the rain falling outside, for some reason, Cao Cao suddenly remembered Liu Bei's poem.

[Small rain on Tianjie is as moist as crisp, and the grass looks far away but there is nothing nearby. The most beneficial thing is spring every year, which is better than the smoke and willows in the emperor's capital. 】

What a beautiful mood, what a beautiful poem.

Why can that person write such romantic and magnificent poems, and why can he arrange and combine words so beautifully and amazingly?

I heard that the man was born in a reckless family, weaving mats and selling shoes for a living when he was young, so how did his insignificant background make him turn against the wind?

Cao Cao couldn't figure out this question, but he wanted to know very much.

A few days later, taking advantage of the most beautiful spring, Cao Cao personally invited Liu Bei's family to go to the Sunset Pavilion outside Luoyang City for an outing.

This is a very formal invitation. Cao Cao brought his first wife Mrs. Ding and eldest son Cao Ang, and Liu Bei took his first wife Han Ning. The two families chose a beautiful place in the sunset pavilion, sat on the ground, set up a shelf and started to barbecue. .

The format of this barbecue is similar to the modern BBQ format that Liu Bei is familiar with.

An iron plate with a charcoal fire underneath, cut the raw meat into small pieces or slices, put them on the iron plate and roast them one by one, and then eat them with dipping sauce.

Or throw the meat into an iron plate, stir-fry it in a way similar to stir-frying, then sprinkle salt and other spices, and take it out when the meat is fully cooked.

This form of barbecue made Liu Bei feel very affectionate, although he didn't come into contact with this barbecue for the first time until he was 14 years old.

Because he was poor before, struggling with his mother on food and clothing, high-end cuisine such as barbecue was simply not something he could afford, let alone expensive gold-like spices.

Even though he later became a well-known landlord in the local area, he did not get the freedom to barbecue, because the spices that can make the barbecue have no smell and increase the aroma are really hard to get.

However, this barbecue was hosted by Cao Cao. Cao Cao provided everything, including spices, and the freedom of barbecue was not a problem at all in Cao Cao's eyes.

He has had most of the freedom in this world since he was born.

It would be strange if he got the few remaining freedoms.

Looking at Cao Cao's skillful operation techniques and the generous means of using spices without feeling sorry for him, Liu Bei knew the gap between a local tyrant like him and a world tyrant like Cao Cao who has been an official for generations.

Considering that Cao Cao was also treated like a bug by the veteran Fanyue family, it is even more difficult to imagine how particular the aristocratic life of Yuan Shao and others is.

The gap, the real gap.

A generation rose up to study politics and military affairs.

The second generation relays industry and science.

Only three generations can rest assured to learn music and art.

At least, it takes three generations of accumulation before a family can break through the nouveau riche from a reckless family and evolve into an aristocrat.

Yuan Shao is already the fifth generation of the Yuan family after its official fortune, not counting the accumulation of the previous ordinary gentry period.

And Cao Cao happened to be the third generation after the Cao family made a fortune, and it was obvious that they had fallen into success.

He, Mr. Liu, a stinking foreigner, came to Luoyang to beg for food?
There is no doubt that the first generation.

It seems that this life has nothing to do with aristocratic temperament, this life has nothing to do with nobility and elegance, and this life will never touch that realm.

What a pity, hahahahaha... he~tui!

Cao Cao was very grand, since he was the host to treat guests, he naturally presided over the cooking. He showed off his barbecue skills, and Liu Bei's mouth was full of oil after a delicious barbecue meal. Han Ning ate a lot of it, which was quite pleasant.

After the meal, Han Ning, who was very motherly, looked at the cute Cao Ang who was only over three years old, and was unwilling to let go, so he and Mrs. Ding got together to play with Cao Ang, who was like a small toy.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao watched this scene with a smile, and sat chatting.

"This child has a hard life. Just after he was born, Cao's concubine died because of dystocia. Cao was busy with official duties and had no time to raise him, so he could only be handed over to the main wife to raise him. She hasn't had a baby for many years, and she has been in a difficult situation. Jia, with this child, it is quite appropriate."

Cao Cao was full of wine and food, and leaned his upper body on the table secretly looking at the mother and son, with a softness in his eyes unconsciously.

"That's good. We men are busy working outside, so we can't treat our family badly. After all, everyone wants to have a full house of children and grandchildren."

Liu Bei smiled and took a piece of meat to his mouth, chewing slowly, enjoying the delicious taste of the barbecue.

Cao Cao turned his head and stared at Liu Bei.

"Xuande, I have a question, I really want to ask you."

"Excuse me."

"Xuande knows Cao's background, right?"

"Well, of course I do."

"Then Xuande doesn't seem to care at all?"

"Ok?"

Liu Bei blinked and asked with a smile, "Why should I care?"

"Does Xuande not care?"

Cao Cao was a little surprised: "Xuande is a scholar, or Lu Gong's beloved disciple, famous in Luoyang, and he doesn't care about Cao's background?"

"What does Meng De mean by this? What is Meng De's background, and what does it have to do with Bei?"

Liu Bei smiled and pointed to the table of barbecue: "Will this affect you and me eating meat at the same table?"

"Of course it will, but Xuande seems to be completely different from ordinary people."

Cao Cao leaned forward and looked at Liu Bei carefully: "The first time I saw Xuande, I had a strange feeling, a feeling that I had never had before. All the scholars saw Cao and knew Cao's origin. The subsequent reactions will be different from Xuande's, completely different."

Liu Bei immediately understood what Cao Cao meant.

This guy doesn't have Stockholm Syndrome, does he?

Is it a pleasure to be despised?
So it's rare to meet a scholar who doesn't mind his family background, and feel uncomfortable?
"Meng De's words are a little hard to understand."

"Then make it clear."

Cao Cao said to Liu Bei as if he wanted to know about it very much: "Cao was born in a family of eunuchs. When all the scholars knew about this, they turned their eyebrows coldly at Cao, and some even insulted him. However, Xuande didn't like that." The attitude, it's been like that from the beginning, it's fucking weird."

Liu Bei couldn't laugh or cry immediately.

"Meng De, Bei was born in a shabby household in the frontier. He was poor when he was young. He even had to weave mats and sell shoes to make a living. What right do you have to look down on others?"

"Xuande, do you know how envious of Xuande's clean background?"

Cao Cao said with emotion: "Being born in a family of eunuchs, Ling Cao suffered a lot when he was young, and he suffered all kinds of supercilious looks. Although the family is high-ranking and dignified, a mere country official can speak without false words, just because he is a scholar. people, and Cao is the queen of the eunuch."

Liu Bei was quite emotional.

"Has Mende been misunderstood a lot?"

Cao Cao nodded.

"Naturally, I've been used to it since I was a child..."

"Then Yuan Benchu..."

Cao Cao knew what Liu Bei meant and smiled.

"Although I was a scholar at the beginning, but because I was a concubine in the family, so...the more the family is, the more strict the rules are. As a concubine at the beginning, it is not easy to go all the way."

Liu Bei also understood what Cao Cao meant.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Yuan Shao is more able to withstand blows than Yuan Shu, and is also more tolerant of others, and the height of life will be slightly higher.

String up.

Liu Bei felt that many incomprehensible things in the past could be understood.

However, Cao Cao's question was clearly not answered.

"Xuande hasn't told Cao yet, why doesn't Xuande treat Cao with any prejudice as a scholar?"

Liu Bei can't always say that he came from an era that experienced liberation and revolution. The turmoil of that era swept away the stale atmosphere of thousands of years.

With infinite nostalgia for that era, he thought about it and gave his own answer.

"Don't Bei think that being a scholar is superior to others, that he can look down on all living beings from the top, casually treat people as ants, bugs, cattle and horses, and don't treat them as human beings, and even feel uncomfortable in the same room with them. This is not a scholar proper conduct."

Cao Cao was greatly surprised.

"Xuande's remarks are unheard of."

Liu Bei sighed.

"That's the way it is. They all have the same body, one nose and two eyes, one mouth and two ears. Who is not a human anymore? Why do you want to force people to be treated as human beings? Who is not clean after taking a bath? Replace them with new ones. Who doesn't care about clothes?

They think that the peasants and craftsmen who do rough and heavy work are dirty, that actors and musicians are lowly, and that they are superior, but they think that it is not the peasants and craftsmen who are dirty, nor are the lowly musicians and dancing girls, but the dirty and lowly ones are those scholars. human heart. "

(End of this chapter)