Guo Peng’s Opportunity…

To be honest, Guo Jin didn't know much about how his father's generation came from the troubled times. When the war was at its most intense and when the business was the most difficult, he was still young and well protected.

It’s just that his mother often taught him a lesson that it was not easy for his father to start a business, so that he could not be slackened in any way, so he had some impression.

As for what it is.

Guo Jin thought for a while and asked tentatively: "Is it my father's origin?"

"Yes, that's right, it's the origin of a father."

Guo Peng nodded: "Because at that time, he had nothing except the advantage of being a father from the Yingchuan Guo family, and there was no condition to take action except that.

At that time, your grandfather was the Great Honglu, one of the nine ministers. Your son Xiao’s uncle’s father was the Changshui lieutenant. At that time, the Cao family had relationships and status in the military and political circles. As long as they took action, they could easily enter Luoyang and become a boy in the Imperial Academy.

The most important thing is that you can get along with the relationship between Cao and after dropping out of the Imperial Academy, you can still become an official. Your grandfather was a Qianshi official. According to the rules, you can enter the Imperial Academy without relying on outsiders.

But if there is no relationship, no one will help him. After dropping into the Imperial Academy, he is very likely to get nothing and have to go home. By then, there will be endless waiting.

For this reason, your grandfather discussed with his father and decided not to surrender to the eunuch's name, and must marry Cao and get along with Cao's relationship, so as to open up the road to heaven.

For the Cao family, having a son-in-law from a gentry family, a son-in-law from a father can also help them to raise their status slightly. It can be said that the union of the father and your mother is the result of each of the Guo family and the Cao family.

Because both sides need each other, this result was achieved. Of course, my beloved woman was your mother, but if Cao's choice was not your mother at that time, there would be no choice for his father."

After hearing what Guo Peng said, Guo Jin immediately realized that his current situation was actually a little similar to Guo Peng's original situation.

"Then my father chose Cao because Cao can help my father become an official?"

"Not only that, there are other reasons for the father to value Cao's family."

Guo Peng shook his head: "As a father, you know that your uncle Cao Mengde had a good relationship with some scholars in Luoyang at that time, because your uncle took a great risk to get rid of his infamy and beat the eunuch Jian Shuo's uncle to death, almost for this.

At that time, the ten general servants of Luoyang were rampant. You also know that Emperor Xiaohuan and Emperor Xiaoling both liked to use eunuchs to suppress scholars. Eunuchs were very powerful, so your uncle took a great risk when he killed Jian Shuo's uncle.

Afterwards, your grandfather spent countless money to manage your uncle, and then your uncle passed the test without any danger. For this reason, your uncle was appreciated and accepted by some scholars, including Mr. Cai.”

"Mr. Cai? It turns out to be..."

"Yes, that's right. Without your uncle's letter introduction, it's probably not that easy for your father to meet Mr. Cai and get appreciated by Mr. Cai. It is precisely for your uncle's sake that Mr. Cai is the first to meet him and have the opportunity to show his talent for being a father."

Guo Peng tightly held Guo Jin's hand: "How important this opportunity is. Without this opportunity, there is no opportunity to show your talent and be appreciated. No matter how talent is, no one knows or sees it, you can only be buried.

The Cao family was chosen for the father because the Cao family was able to help the father open up the situation in Luoyang, let the father know Mr. Cai, and was appreciated by Mr. Cai, and was taken to Dongguan at that time to read books, and stayed there for a whole year."

Speaking of this, Guo Peng sighed again.

"But this year, I was so full of eyebrow and contempt for my father. Being a father is the son-in-law of the Cao family. No scholar in Dongguan knew about it and thought that his father was ashamed of him. If it were not for the appearance of Mr. Cai, there would be no place for him to be a father in Dongguan.

The year when my father was in Dongguan was to be a human being, be careful, dare not have any flaws, be rolled, be contemptuous, cannot fight back, must not go, must endure, and must endure it, and must endure it forever. A year later, Mr. Cai introduced his father to his late teacher, Mr. Lu."

"I see……"

Guo Jin felt deeply incredible.

"You can easily have Mr. Lu as your enlightenment teacher, and then you can still teach you. Do you know how difficult this is for your father? There must be no mistakes or unexpected things."

Guo Peng sighed deeply.

"My father suffered."

Guo Jin bowed deeply to Guo Peng.

"Is this a pity?"

Guo Peng shook his head repeatedly: "At this point, being a father has only been initially recognized by scholars, and he will not be rejected by scholars because he married your mother. Having the title of a disciple of Mr. Lu is equivalent to Mr. Lu's protection for me and accepting me as his own person, but this is just the beginning.

After that, there was more to do for my father, and I had to work hard. I had to gain the reputation of a famous scholar. I had to work hard to get the reputation of a famous general. I did everything I should do in order to make a name for my father. The root of all this is the origin of a scholar and a marriage with the Cao family."

Guo Peng put his hands in front of Guo Jin: "One is indispensable, one of them is missing. Even if you are a father, you can't go through this path because you are not qualified and will never be accepted. The higher your talent, the more you will be suppressed."

Guo Jin frowned and nodded repeatedly.

"The two are just as important. For the father, the origin of a scholar is just as important as the marriage with the Cao family."

Guo Peng stretched out his finger and pointed outside: "For you, these two are also very important, one is background and the other is marriage. You already have the former, and the latter is very important to anyone. It is especially important to you. Guess why you chose Mr. Cai’s daughter for you?"

"Because she is the daughter of Mr. Cai?"

Guo Jin asked tentatively.

"Nonsense, a little deeper reason."

Guo Peng shook his head: "Or it is because of why my father didn't choose to be your wife for the daughter of other civil servants and generals under his father, such as Xiahou. Think about it carefully, why is this."

Guo Jin frowned and thought deeply for a while.

"It's because Mr. Cai is not only famous but also has no real power, but the rest have real power."

"There's a reason for this."

Guo Peng took Guo Jin's hand and let him sit beside him: "You are the prince of Wei and the heir of your father. The candidate for your wife is very important. There are many issues to consider for your father, but there is one of the most important ones. Do you know the story of Emperor Gaozu's wife Lu?"

"I know that the rebellion of Lu, the Han Dynasty was once endangered since Empress Lu."

Guo Jin nodded.

"Yes, Emperor Gaozu raised an army and relied on the Lü family's achievements. The Lü family contributed money and efforts to help him raise a group of troops for Gaozu and armed him. He had a high status and power under the command of Gaozu, and had a great influence in the military and political circles.

In his later years, Emperor Gaozu felt that the Lu family was too big, with a high status and too powerful, and he was powerless and helpless, so he had the White Horse Alliance.

But even so, it was impossible to stop Empress Lu from appointing Lu as kings, and the government was fully under the hands of the Lu family. If Zhou Bo and others had not finally reversed the enemy and attacked Emperor Wen, the Han Dynasty would have been in danger."
Chapter completed!