The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 683: Extravagance Becomes the Trend
"Your Majesty, please forgive him this time."

Sima Yi stood in front of Cao Mao and grabbed his hand tightly.

Cao Mao was holding a scabbard in his hand, looking furious.

Guo Ping knelt in front of them, trembling.

"Father, I really didn't mean it. They were the first to attack."

Just today, Cao Mao suddenly received a memorial from the Secretariat.

It was delivered by He Zeng personally. The person being impeached was a little special. He was Cao Mao's adopted son Guo Ping.

People in the court did not dare to look down on Guo Ping, as Emperor Wu had two adopted sons whom he loved very much, He Yan and Qin Lang.

In the end, they became important officials of Cao Wei. If it weren't for the internal struggles in the temple, their clans would have taken off with them long ago.

And now Guo Ping always reminds the ministers of He Qin.

No one dared to look down on him.

But He Zeng could not completely ignore this matter. After all, His Majesty has always enforced the law impartially.

The story is very clichéd, about a few idle young men who had nothing to do and started fighting in Luoyang.

Guo Ping and Chen Qian's grandson Chen Zhi together beat the Secretary Wang Ji.

And who is this Wang Ji?

He was the son of Captain Wang Hun and grandson of Wang Chang.

I heard the beating was pretty serious.

Upon learning of this, Cao Mao was furious and immediately sent someone to capture Guo Ping and brought him to him. After searching everywhere but finding nothing else, he simply swung his sword to beat him, but Sima Yi hurriedly tried to dissuade him.

"I sent you to learn the art of war from Chen Qian, but you took his grandson out to cause trouble?"

"Do you think that just because you are my son, you can do whatever you want?!"

"I must teach you a lesson today, you dandy!"

He looked at Sima Yi angrily again, "Madam, please don't stop me! If he doesn't learn a lesson, he will never learn the principles of being a human being!"

Guo Ping defended himself again, "Father, Wang Ji deserved what he suffered!"

"You don't know, but today, Hong and I went to visit a wise man and study the classics with him. His name is Guo Qi, from the Taiyuan Guo family. However, he is from a side branch, not a direct descendant, and therefore is not loved by his relatives."

"This man is very talented and learned. Mr. Chen asked us to visit him often and spend time with him."

"Mr. Guo has great talent, but because of his upright character, he is unwilling to associate with other famous scholars, so his reputation is not well-known. This time when we went to his house to study, Wang Ji led his men in."

"It turns out that Mr. Guo had a fine horse at home, a legacy from his father, and he loved it very much. Somehow Wang Ji found out about it and tried to force him to buy the horse. He even asked a few of Mr. Guo's relatives to persuade him to sell the horse."

"Hongxian and I didn't participate in the first place. We just stood aside. Unfortunately, these people are going too far!"

"Mr. Guo refused, so those relatives scolded and insulted him, and even wanted to join Wang Ji in snatching the horse away. When Mr. Guo stepped forward to argue, he was actually pushed around by one of his cousins!"

When he said this, Guo Ping's face suddenly turned red. Whenever he thought about that scene now, he would feel angry.

"When I see their shameful words and actions, I remember my father's daily teachings!"

"My father once said that people should follow the right path, not do unjust things, and not bully the weak!"

"How could I ignore such unethical acts as seeing criminals forcing people to buy or sell things, or brothers beating up their brothers?"

"So Hongxian and I attacked them and beat them up. However, Wang Ji was very skilled, so I was at a disadvantage. I picked up a wooden stick and hit him hard."

Cao Mao frowned and pondered.

Wang Ji, this man loves horses and has a serious horse fetish. He likes to buy good horses from other people.

Cao Mao knew about this.

Guo Ping said that Wang Ji stole someone's horse, and Cao Mao also believed that Wang Ji was capable of such a thing.

If that's the case. The anger on Cao Mao's face dissipated a little. He threw the scabbard aside, then called his attendant and whispered a few words to him. The attendant then left.

"I will send someone to ask you right now. If I find out that you are not telling the truth, I will break your legs today!!"

Guo Ping knelt in front of Cao Mao with his head lowered, not daring to speak again.

Sima Yi sat aside, just wiping her tears.

"Ping, do you know why I am so angry this time?"

Guo Ping quickly replied, "It's because I secretly fought with someone, offended the minister's son, and brought trouble upon my father."

"I'm very pleased that you can take the initiative to help those who bully you when you encounter them, but why do you fight with them?"

"If you had revealed your identity at that time, would these people still dare to embarrass Guo Qi?"

"Wait until they leave, then come and tell me. Then I can call their elders and ask them to discipline them."

"Why do you have to do it yourself?"

Guo Ping was really unable to explain this time.

After a while, the attendant came in again and whispered a few words in Cao Mao's ear. Cao Mao nodded and then looked at Guo Ping in front of him.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Cao Mao scolded him, "Get up! Stop pretending!"

Guo Ping stood up and stood aside.

Cao Mao motioned him to follow him and took him away.

Sima Yi wanted to say something, but she just stood at the door silently, watching them go out together. The two of them walked to the East Hall, and when they walked in, there were three people standing in the hall, namely Wang Chang, Chen Qian, and Guo Yi.

The three of them hurriedly bowed to greet him. After Cao Mao returned the greeting, he sat in the upper seat.

"You bastard! You can't see me on Sunday yet!"

Cao Mao scolded him, and Guo Ping hurriedly bowed to greet him.

Cao Mao then looked at them and said, "This brat of mine is so ignorant of his own limitations that he actually hurt someone. I have decided to hand him over to the Ministry of Justice for punishment. I will not hold anything back."

Hearing this, Wang Chang hurried forward, his face full of shame.

"His Majesty!!"

"If there is a crime to be punished, it should be for this old man's crime!"

"My old man failed to discipline his children strictly, and his family is in misfortune."

As Wang Chang spoke, he couldn't help but shed tears and looked extremely guilty.

Wang Chang had actually heard some rumors about his grandson a long time ago.

But Wang Chang liked Wang Ji very much and didn't care about these things.

Among Wang Chang's many grandsons, Wang Ji was definitely the best and the most favored one.

How to say it, this grandson of his is talented, handsome and handsome. At the same time, he has studied many classics, and has a deep understanding of Yi, Laozi and Zhuangzi. He is good at writing articles. In addition to culture, he also likes riding and shooting, and has extraordinary martial arts skills.

It's simply a place where you can get whatever you want.

Wang Chang had high hopes for him.

When Wang Chang learned that something had happened to his most beloved grandson, he was very surprised and quickly sent people to investigate.

Do not check, I don’t know, I’m scared.

Wang Chang was horrified to discover that buying a horse was actually a very small matter for his grandson.

He found out that his grandson had purchased land in many places in Luoyang as a horse farm, which was used for riding and shooting. Inside the horse farm, he used coins to pave the ground, which was called the Golden Farm by his friends.

Pure Gold Horse Farm.

In this horse farm, he raised countless fine horses, and he also sent many beauties to serve these horses.

There are many things that cannot be said openly. Wang Ji is extravagant in this and wasteful in that.

Wang Chang felt creepy after reading it.

Seeing Wang Chang like this, Cao Mao also realized something. Obviously, what Wang Ji did was not as simple as buying a horse.

However, Cao Mao was not surprised.

Nothing is surprising when these brothers from Wei and Jin do anything.

Wang Ji was Sima Zhao's son-in-law. Historical records show that Emperor Wu Sima Anshi once visited his home. Wang Ji brought him some delicious food. Anshi asked him what it was made of.
Wang Ji replied: It is steamed human milk.

An Shi's expression immediately changed and he turned and left.

I don’t know how long Anshi vomited after he returned home that day.

Without waiting for Cao Mao to speak, Wang Chang took the initiative to tell Cao Mao about his grandson's many evil deeds and did not hide them.

At this time, if he still took the initiative to conceal it, then something really bad would happen.

After he finished speaking, Chen Qian and Guo Yi also hurriedly apologized.

Cao Mao sat in the upper seat and said solemnly, "I knew the prince's family was extremely wealthy, but I never imagined it had reached the point where they could even use their coins to pave a horse farm!"

"I know that the people of the Guo family are very strict, but I never thought that they would collude with outsiders to force their own brothers!"

"How can such a person with such corrupt morals, who has no knowledge of propriety, righteousness, integrity, shame, greed for luxury, and no knowledge of diligence and thrift, be an official?!"

"I govern the world with morality. Talented but unvirtuous people are a great scourge to the world and are not my good ministers!"

Hearing this, Wang Chang immediately sighed.

The emperor was doomed to death, and his grandson would probably never have a chance to make a name for himself in this life.

As a result, these two major families became "immoral".

Cao Mao ordered them to go back and reflect on themselves, discipline their family members, and then let them go.

He left Chen Qian and Guo Ping behind.

"Mr. Chen, this brat Ping has caused you a lot of trouble."

Chen Qian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Gongzi Ping is intelligent, diligent, and studious. He acted out of righteousness this time. How can you call him a nuisance?"

"Okay, okay, I'll have to trouble you to take care of him from now on. Don't worry about his status. If he refuses to work hard, just punish him!"

Cao Mao gave a few more instructions and ordered Guo Ping to go back and reflect on his actions and not to go out again.

Cao Mao was very angry about such things happening in the country, but then he thought that he had already made them restrain themselves a lot.

Just when Cao Mao was thinking about how to deal with these extravagant bastards, Sima Yi came over cautiously.

Seeing Sima Yi's expression, Cao Mao couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, I didn't beat him! I just asked him to return to his residence to reflect on his actions."

"Your Majesty has the grace to raise him and treat him as your own son. I am particularly happy to see Your Majesty discipline him."

"I'm just afraid that Your Majesty will get sick from being angry because of him."

(End of this chapter)