At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

He was bullied by scholars, bullied by the rich and powerful, repeatedly rejected in the officialdom, and he was still a middle-level and low-level bureaucrat like Yuanwailang when he was very senior.

It was not until he supported Guo Peng to overthrow the gentry and adopt the imperial examination system that he finally stood up.

Later, because Zhang Zhao was favored by Guo Peng and accepted his daughter into Guo Jin's harem, Zhuge Jin was promoted by the way. If you really count, Zhuge Jin belongs to Zhang Zhao's school.

Pure civil servants, once a disadvantaged group, all of them are imperial examination officials, and those who have vested interests in the imperial examination are not the old dignitaries, have no contact with the old dignitaries, and their status is sufficient.

Indeed, Zhugejin is the best option in various senses, meeting all the requirements of the Crown Princess' family.

And there is another point, the Wei Empire is already a system of civil and military divisions, and the traditional concept of going out and entering the prime minister, which was more emphasized in the Han Dynasty, does not work in the Wei Empire.

Guo Peng didn't like the all-rounder who came from general to prime minister, because that would make politics and military related, create a super powerful family, and threaten the imperial power, so Guo Peng set up a staff desk to separate administration and military from the beginning of the founding of the country.

Civil officials are civil officials, military generals are military generals, and people who are out of generals and in prime ministers will never be allowed to appear again.

Civil officials are promoted all the way according to the promotion path of civil officials, and military generals are promoted all the way according to the promotion path of generals. The two are two parallel lines and should not have too much contact with each other.

The staff desk is an important institution responsible for isolating the two.

Under such a guiding ideology, Guo Peng is very disgusted with the situation that in a family, some people are engaged in administration and others are engaged in military affairs.

Such families abound in the former Han Dynasty, and everyone regards being a general and being a prime minister as the rule of life, but Guo Peng hates such families very much.

Therefore, Guo Peng has been dissatisfied with the Cao family for a long time.

Some people are engaged in administration, and some are engaged in military affairs. A family spans the two major fields of military affairs and administration, and has a very important position in all major fields.

This point was able to provide assistance to Guo Peng seven years ago in Yande, but after the establishment of the imperial examination system in the seven years of Yande, such existence was an obstacle.

A civil official is a civil official, and a military general is a military general, not only an individual, but also a family.

Either administrative or military, only the emperor can have them all, nothing else.

There are such families in the Wei Empire so far, but there are not many of them, and relative families like the Cao family and Xiahou family have always been like this.

It is also ironic to say that this was the urgent need of someone Guo at the beginning, but now it has become a thorn in the side of someone Guo.

But the emperor should be such a collection of contradictions.

Guo Peng even planned to let Guo Jin start to rectify the Cao family, remove the Cao family's power in the army, or solve the Cao family's power in the administrative field, and turn the Cao family into a pure civil servant family or a military officer family, with some The same should be true of the Xiahou family.

In order to ensure the correct tradition of the Wei Empire's civil and military division.

Compared with it, the Zhuge family is much better, a purely civil family, and has nothing to do with the military-Guo Peng certainly does not need Zhuge Liang to make five Northern Expeditions for him, so Zhuge Liang will never touch the army.

For Guo Chengzhi, it is undoubtedly of great benefit for such a family to be used as political help.

Thinking of this, Guo Peng nodded slowly.

"You can continue to think about it and investigate it. If there is no other more suitable candidate, I agree with this candidate."

This is equivalent to Guo Peng's approval of this candidate.

So Guo Jin was very happy.

"Since this is the case, the son will carefully investigate it. If there are no other interference problems, it will be settled like this. Cheng Zhi is already 19 years old, and it is time to get crowned and married."

"It's very good. It's settled as soon as possible. If you have more children, the foundation of the country will be more stable."

Guo Peng said with a smile: "You don't have to pay too much attention to other problems, and I, I will help you solve them."

Guo Jin understood what Guo Peng meant.

If Guo Peng was not still alive and could protect him from the wind and rain, Guo Jin really felt that this wave would not be so easy to deal with.

But with Guo Peng's approval, all problems are no longer a problem.

After talking about this matter, Guo Peng thought of Cao Cao.

"How is your uncle now? Haven't seen him for a while."

Guo Peng asked about Cao Cao's recent situation.

Now that Cao Cao has no threats, he can be Guo Jin's uncle.

Guo Jin sighed and shook his head.

"It's not a serious problem, but it's still difficult to speak now, and I still can't move half of my body. I need help in everything. Because of this matter, Zixiu and the others can't devote themselves to work wholeheartedly. I also blame my son. Originally, I wanted to give a reward, but who knew it would be like this..."

Guo Jin blamed himself a little bit.

"Don't feel guilty, who would have thought of such a thing?"

Guo Peng comforted him: "Your mother didn't mean to blame you, just do your own thing well, and I'll go see him again in a few days."

"My son understands."

Guo Jin let go of her heart and continued to do her own business as the emperor.

Guo Peng rectified the next day, and went to Cao Cao's mansion with Cao Lan.

When they arrived at Cao Cao's residence, Cao Lan went to visit Cao Cao, while Guo Peng bumped into Cao Ren who just came to visit.

Seeing that there was no one around, Guo Peng and Cao Ren had a chat in the garden of the Cao Mansion together since they hadn't talked alone for quite some time.

"How are you doing these days? Do you feel lonely and bored in your hometown in Qiao County? After leaving the army and starting to be unemployed, many people will feel unaccustomed to it. When I first abdicated, I also felt unaccustomed."

Guo Peng looked at Cao Ren with a smile and found that Cao Ren had gained a lot of weight compared to the last time we met.

Cao Ren nodded, and was half a body behind Guo Peng, and said in a low voice: "The minister has received the grace of the Supreme Emperor. He can indulge in the mountains and rivers and enjoy boundless pleasures. How can there be any boredom? Leaving the army, there are no trivial matters to worry about, and you will only feel relaxed."

"That's good. If you can live comfortably, I will be relieved."

Guo Peng nodded, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I didn't expect such a thing to happen. I imagined a lot of lifestyles and good places for him after retirement, but I never expected that he would have a stroke. .

This kind of illness is very dangerous. People in the big medical center said that even if the eldest brother is cured, it will be difficult for him to engage in government affairs. "

"Hey...how can you blame others if you have such a fate?"

Cao Ren smiled wryly and said, "Brother is lucky to be alive with such an illness, how can he have other extravagances? Besides, brother has won the position of Sikong, No. 1 in civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty. ?”

Guo Peng took a few steps forward and stopped suddenly.

"Zixiao, I once felt that Cao's succession to Ajin was a very troublesome matter."

Chapter 1629 One thousand five hundred and forty-nine Chengzhi's concubine will never be Zixiu's daughter

Guo Peng spoke immediately, which made Cao Ren stunned.

Cao Ren didn't react for a while, but when he did, his face turned pale with shock.

"The emperor, I..."

"Listen to me, don't talk."

Guo Peng turned around and looked at Cao Ren: "Zixiao, this is the end of the matter, and I have nothing to hide. At the beginning, I treated you, the Cao family, as the Lu family."

Cao Ren blinked his eyes, deeply shocked.

Mrs. Lu, which Mrs. Lu is it?

Which Lu family can there be?

The Lu family of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, the Lu family who helped Liu Bang take down the great country, made great contributions, and more than 100 of the more than 70 generals of the Han army at the time of the highest power were the Lu family of the old Lu family.

There is nothing Liu Bang can do about such a huge family power. He once wanted to abolish Liu Ying and establish another prince, just to prevent the Lu family from monopolizing power and threatening the Liu family.

But the foundation of the Lu family was too deep, and all the ministers unanimously opposed it, so that Liu Bang's plan fell through.

This is also the main reason why Empress Lu was able to rule after Liu Bang's death.

Of course, the second-generation children of the Lu family did not have the ability to be their fathers Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi, but they did not know how to advance or retreat, did not understand people's hearts, and acted recklessly, which aroused the resentment of the group. After a flat design, the whole family was destroyed.

The well-deserved No. [-] family in the early Han Dynasty was completely defeated because of this. Even the original achievements were not worthy of being recorded in the history books, and only a few were left.

The brilliance of Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi was completely replaced by the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty.

This is also the beginning of the rare happy death of the relatives of the Han Dynasty.

The deep prestige and foundation of the Lu family in the army is the reason for the Lu family's dictatorship, and Cao Ren never thought that Guo Peng would look at their Cao family with the same eyes as the Lu family.

Thinking about it carefully, Cao Ren felt that although the Cao family had made great contributions and had a high status, it was still far behind the Lu family's terrifying foundation and prestige, which made the founding emperor unable to do anything about it.

He thought that if the Cao family deserved to be treated like this, how terrifying would it be?

"Zixiao, maybe you think that the Cao family is far less prestigious than the Lu family, don't you?"

Guo Peng stared at Cao Ren.

Cao Ren lowered his head, not daring to speak.

He didn't dare to speak, but Guo Peng knew what he meant.

"Why is that? Why do you think that the Cao family is not as prestigious as the Lu family? That is because, since the fourth year of Zhongping, I have been consciously restricting the development of the Cao family and the official career of the children of the Cao family. , don’t let the Cao family stand too high and hold too much real power.”

Guo Peng grinned and said, "Cao's success today is due to my painstaking efforts to suppress Cao's for decades."

Cao Ren was dumbfounded in front of Guo Peng.

In any case, he couldn't believe that what Guo Peng said was true.

But he felt that there was no need for Guo Peng to deceive him.

"Zixiao, I believe you can understand that you are in command of the army outside, and the elder brother is the chief assistant of the cabinet inside, one civil and one military two high-ranking officials, plus your relatives and children, if it were not for my deliberate suppression, you would have reached the peak of the sky long ago. It's comparable to Lu's.

Can I let something like this happen?Of course not, so from the day I planned to become the emperor, I decided that you must never be allowed to become the second Lu family, and the suppression of you must continue throughout. "

When Guo Peng said this, he sighed again: "Perhaps your resignation is because you realized that the Cao family is too powerful, but this kind of power is still far from that of the Lu family, at least you don't have so many students. Isn't it the old official and the old ministry?

But what would happen without my suppression?I'm afraid that those who are waiting for Mrs. Cao will not leave their posts one after another. Even the empress can't keep you, Zixiao, here, I won't lie to you, everything I said is true. "

Cao Ren stood behind Guo Peng, didn't say a word, just stood there and looked at him stupidly.

A gust of cold wind blew past, and the wind swished down Cao Ren's neck, causing Cao Ren to shiver from the cold, and regained his senses.

"Taishanghuang, ministers...the ministers have absolutely no intentions of the Lu family!!"

Cao Ren fell to his knees in front of Guo Peng with a plop, and burst into tears: "Since the Supreme Emperor raised his troops, the Cao family has been loyal! There is no second heart! There is a lesson from heaven and earth!"

While shouting, Cao Ren felt chills all over his body.

Guo Peng was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at Cao Ren who was kneeling on the ground.

He bent down and stretched out his hand to help Cao Ren up.

"Zixiao, don't blame me for being so suspicious and jealous. Could it be that Wang Mang was born wanting to usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor? No, he walked to that position step by step, and the general trend pushed him forward, pushed him Walking to the edge of the cliff, he kicked him down again.

Many times, we have no choice, many things are not what we want to do, but there is no way, the things we carry force us to do these things. It is equivalent to the emperor, do you think the surname of Han was Liu or Lu at that time?

Is Empress Lu born to do such a thing, to be a female emperor?She was just the wife of Emperor Gaozu, gentle and virtuous, a virtuous wife and mother, she suffered so much for Emperor Gaozu, how did she ever think that she would have such a day?

Forced, being a politician is like rafting on the water, if you don't advance, you will retreat, if you don't work hard, the ship will be destroyed and the people will die. If she allows Gao Zu to help Liu Ruyi to be the emperor, can she still keep the position of queen?Can you keep Lu's position?

The Lu family has fought for Gaozu since he started his army. Empress Lu was imprisoned twice and almost died for Gaozu. At the end of the day, Gaozu wanted to abolish Liu Ying's position as the prince. It is you, whether you resist or not ? "

Guo Peng held Cao Ren's hands: "How different is the environment between the Cao family and the Lu family? Does the emperor have Cao's blood? If I don't make Ah Jin the crown prince, will you follow or not?"

Cao Ren was terrified, trembling all over, his face pale.

This question is extremely cruel and sinister.

He has already retired and handed over all his power, but Guo Peng is still unwilling to let him go?

Is it not enough?

Cao Ren was confused and flustered, not knowing how to answer.

But Guo Peng suddenly laughed.

"Zixiao, have you thought about this question?"

Cao Ren stared blankly at Guo Peng, and after a long time, two words came out of his mouth.

"Never."

"Well, I think so, because I didn't give you a chance to think about it. After I became the Duke of Wei, I immediately established A Jin's status as the crown prince and let everyone know that he is my heir. In this way Of course you will be relieved.

With the status of the eldest son and my many years of teaching, if you don’t choose him, who else can you choose?And at that time, I still had many enemies, and I wasn't sure that I would be able to defeat them. If I couldn't, Ah Jin really needed you to escort him.

But the problem also comes with it. If you can protect the escort, you will also be able to gain power. The more power you have, the less power A Jin will have. I am afraid that in the end, although you have never actively thought about it, the power will be unknowingly. I feel like I'm in your hands.

The story of the former Han Dynasty will happen again, those foreign relatives and generals will assume power, and you will naturally have extremely strong power, and Ah Jin will have nothing to do with you. How big is the difference between Liang's and Liang's? "