Chapter 386: A group of wives and concubines

Yuan Shao didn't know that his troubles had just begun.

There were many mountains in Bingzhou and many bandits. After the Heishan Army moved to Bingzhou, it recruited many local bandits and bandits, and its strength increased greatly. Lu Bu had always adopted a pacification strategy, and they were at peace with each other. However, Yuan Shao believed that he had many soldiers and generals, so he did not take the Heishan Army seriously and ordered the senior officials to lead the troops to clear the Heishan Army in the territory. These Heishan Army adopted the guerrilla tactic of "the enemy advances, we retreat, and we retreat, we advance" and never faced the Yuan Shao army head-on, leaving the senior officials helpless. Yuan Shao spent a whole three years to completely eliminate all the Heishan Army in Bingzhou.

The Black Mountain Army in Bingzhou involved Yuan Shao's energy, consumed a lot of his financial resources, and consumed a lot of his troops. Apart from dealing with Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao had no energy to take care of Cao Cao who was expanding heavily, and this was exactly the same as giving Cao Cao a large gift package.

Cao Cao developed very quickly. Under the banner of the court, many capable people joined his tent. Some people worked for him sincerely and regarded him as the main force, while others believed that Cao Cao represented the Han Dynasty. He was not Cao Cao, but he was respected by the Han Dynasty.

In any case, Cao Cao's rapid expansion of strength is well known. He originally occupied two major states, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, but now he has turned his attention to Jingzhou and Xuzhou. Zhang Xiu's rise in Nanyang made Cao Cao feel like he was stuck in his throat and felt very uncomfortable. Lu Bu led his troops eastward to Yanzhou, which was even more beyond his expectations.

However, what Cao Cao did not expect was that he was one of his lifelong friends. Chenliu Prefect Zhang Miao introduced Lu Bu to Yanzhou. As a result, many counties in Yanzhou betrayed him, making Lu Bu his biggest trouble.

When Cao Cao was sending troops to attack Zhang Xiu or sending troops to attack Lu Bu halfway and thinking about it, his seventh son was born.

Cao Cao is a hero, and since ancient times, the saddest thing a hero has been the beauty. Cao Cao is no exception. He has to try his best to get the beauties he likes. His wife alone has married more than a dozen of them, which is truly a group of wives and concubines.

Cao Cao's original wife's surname was Ding, and was known as Mrs. Ding. She was the first wife he officially married, but she did not leave any descendants.

Cao Cao's successor wife's surname was Bian, and was known as Mrs. Bian. She was the Empress Bian of Wuxuan in history. In the first year of Jian'an, she was 37 years old and was Cao Cao's favorite wife. Mrs. Bian was from Kaiyang, Langya. She was born in the Chang family. She is good at singing and dancing, has a beautiful appearance and a graceful personality. She gave birth to Cao Cao's four sons, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong. This year, Cao Pi, the oldest of the four sons, is only ten years old.

Mrs. Liu, she was originally Mrs. Ding's maid, and she got married to Cao Cao's house. She was attracted by Cao Cao and married her, and gave birth to Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang and second son Cao Shu. Mrs. Liu died of illness shortly after giving birth to Cao Shu. Mrs. Ding adopted Cao Ang and Cao Shu. Unexpectedly, Cao Shu was weak and died prematurely due to wind and cold at a young age. Cao Ang has been growing up healthily. She is already twenty years old this year. She is smart and humble in character. She has just been filial and honest this year and is deeply loved by Cao Cao.

The one who gave birth to Cao Cao's seventh son was Mrs. Huan. She is from Pengcheng, with a lively personality, beautiful appearance and very smart. Cao Cao named this child Cao Chong, which was his first child with Mrs. Huan, and he was naturally pampered.

In addition, Cao Cao had a wife Du around him. Later, he married Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Yin, Wang Zhaoyi, Sun Ji, Li Ji, Zhou Ji, Liu Ji, Song Ji, Zhao Ji, Chen Ji, etc., and most of them gave birth to children for Cao Cao.

Before Cao Chong was born, Cao Cao had another son, who was not born by Cao Cao. He followed his mother Yin to the Cao family and was adopted by Cao Cao as his adopted son. This person was He Min.

Yin was originally the daughter-in-law of former general He Jin, and was quite beautiful. After He Jin was killed, she hid in a kind-hearted people's home with her son He Min, and escaped the Luoyang Rebellion. When Cao Cao welcomed the emperor Xu, she was also mixed with the people of Luoyang and came to Xudu together. After the registered officials learned about it, they told Cao Cao about this situation. Cao Cao heard that it was He Jin's daughter-in-law and grandson, and he attached great importance to it, so he personally met them. Although he had experienced some hardships, Yin's face was still beautiful, and he added a mature charm, making him more charming. At first sight, Cao Cao fell in love with Yin, and Yin also wanted to find a backer for his mother and son. Therefore, it was almost impossible to make trouble. Cao Cao stayed with Yin and later officially took him as a concubine. Yin later gave birth to a son for Cao Cao, named Cao Ju.

Since Yin became Cao Cao's concubine, her son He Min naturally became a member of the Cao family. He Min was talented and intelligent. Cao Cao was very happy and accepted him as his adopted son and wanted to change his name to Cao Min. When He Min found out, he drew a square on the ground with powder, and sat inside and never came out.

Someone saw this scene and felt very strange, so he asked, "If you can't live in a house, why do you sit in this lattice on the ground?" He Min respectfully bowed to the man and said, "You don't know that the house is surnamed Cao, and my lattice is surnamed He, and I live in the He family's house."

The man laughed and reported the matter to Cao Cao. Cao Cao also laughed and said, "How smart is this boy!" Later, Cao Cao sent someone to tell He Min that he would not change his surname to Cao and let him come out of the grid painted on the ground. He Min then smiled and walked out calmly.

He Min is beautiful and has a white look. When he grows up, he pays great attention to his appearance and often feels sorry for himself. However, his talent is very outstanding.

In history, when He Yan grew up, he advocated metaphysics with Xiahou Xuan and Wang Bi, and competed for clarity and talked about things. He first opened up a trend of momentum and was one of the founders of the metaphysics of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. He Min and Wang Bi explained the concepts of Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi, and established a view that all things in the world are based on nothingness, "Nothingness is used to open things to accomplish affairs, and everything will never exist." He believed that "Tao" or "nothingness" can create everything, and "nothingness" is the most fundamental, and "existence" can exist by "nothingness", thus establishing the ontological theory of "inferiority" and "precious nothingness" and "reduce existence".

He Min also believed that saints had no joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and saints were not burdened by things, and they would no longer respond to things. Therefore, they advocated the theory of "sages are ruthless", that is, they believed that saints could be completely unaffected by external things, but instead used "inaction" as their body. They valued "nature" in their thoughts and neglected "famous teachings", which was contrary to He Min's actual behavior of relying on power and power. Therefore, the famous scholar Fu Yu at that time said that he was "a person who said far away but had a close relationship, was arguing with justice but no sincerity, so the so-called "a man who overthrew the country with a wise and powerful voice."

Cao Cao had many wives and concubines and children, but there were few major conflicts between them, which showed how strict Cao Cao was in governing his family. Cao Cao used a little to rule the court officials and subordinates at home, and he had a good effect. Everyone took Cao Cao's words as imperial edict and never dared to disobey his wishes.

I know what happens next, and listen to the next chapter to explain it.
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