At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Then he seemed to think of something, looking thoughtful.

"That's why the father wiped out the world's manors, in order to capture the people of the world for his own use? The reason why the father is powerful is that Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and others are separated from the common people by the powerful and the manor, and they despise the people of the Li people.

So they didn't fight against the strong, but turned to the strong, and although they got help, they were hindered by the strong, and the father wiped out the manor, directly controlled the people of the world, without any hindrance, so the father is stronger? "

After Guo Chengzhi finished speaking, he looked at Guo Peng expectantly.

"You think so?"

Guo Peng put away his smile and looked at Guo Chengzhi.

Guo Chengzhi cringed a little.

"Grandson made a mistake?"

"..."

Guo Peng was silent for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but he hesitated again and again, thinking of the past Guo Jin and the present Guo Jin, and then Cai Yong, and finally swallowed the words back to his stomach.

Then, he put on a smiling face and said: "No, what you said is not wrong, because Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others despise the people of Li, indulge the tyrants to control them, and think that by controlling the tyrants, they can control the people.

But in fact, if the powerful own the power of the common people more directly, they have the ability to resist. One or two manors are not enough, but if there are too many, they will spread all over the world, and even the emperor will shy away. So, no matter what, you can’t Call Haoqiang to rob the people of Li. "

Guo Chengzhi then became happy, and touched his face, it seemed that his face was a little hot because of the excitement - because he could finally answer the question of the father.

"Grandson, remember what Elder Father said, absolutely don't let those tyrants rob the people of the Li people! Tell them to rob them, and they will be able to be hostile to me, they don't even think about it!"

Guo Chengzhi further elaborated his thoughts.

It seems that he wants to show how he will do it in the future.

Guo Peng listened, but didn't say anything, after a while he pursed his lips and smiled, and patted Guo Chengzhi's face, as if he agreed with his words.

But turning his face away, Guo Peng sighed again, his eyes were a little lonely, and he broke off a piece of fish food and threw it into the small pond. With a "pop", a small splash was made Son.

Guo Chengzhi didn't notice the loneliness in his grandfather's eyes, but happily followed his grandfather, broke off a piece of fish food in his hand, rubbed it into powder, and threw it into the fish pond with a wave of his hand.

The little fish in the fish pond surrounded me happily, sucking and spitting with their mouths open.

After feeding the fish food in his hand, Guo Peng got up and walked slowly on the path in the back garden. Guo Chengzhi followed behind Guo Peng, step by step.

"You haven't seen Mrs. Zhuge, have you?"

"No, logically speaking, I shouldn't see you either."

"What are your thoughts on this marriage?"

Guo Peng turned to look at Guo Chengzhi.

Guo Chengzhi lowered his head and thought for a while.

"I don't know what it feels like, a little confused, but also a little excited."

"Bewilderment and excitement are both right. If there is no confusion, it will be strange. If there is no excitement, it will be even more strange."

Guo Peng said with a smile: "You are about to perform the crown ceremony and get married. A few years have passed in a blink of an eye. After thinking about it, I never thought that time would pass so fast, but I will come anyway, no No matter what, it's time for Cheng Zhi to become a husband and father."

"Being a father..."

Guo Chengzhi took a deep breath: "Father, what does it feel like to be a father?"

Guo Peng stopped in his tracks and was stunned for a moment.

"Father?"

Guo Chengzhi looked at Guo Peng strangely.

Guo Peng hesitated for a moment, then turned around and looked at Guo Chengzhi: "The feeling of being a father should be the feeling of thinking infinitely for your children, right? The specifics may still depend on yourself."

Hearing Guo Peng's hesitant tone, Guo Chengzhi was a little puzzled.

"Infinite thinking?"

"You can say that, but..."

Thinking of the farewell between Guo Qiong and him, Guo Peng sighed long, stretched out his hand and patted Guo Chengzhi's shoulder: "Daddy is a very failed father, and he is not qualified to teach you how to be a father, but if you come to Daddy's place If you are not old enough to say such things to your grandson, you are a more successful father than the eldest father."

After speaking, Guo Peng turned around and walked forward slowly.

Guo Chengzhi looked at Guo Peng's back, somehow, suddenly felt that Guo Peng's back was very lonely and helpless.

He didn't know why he felt this way.

Chapter 1634 One thousand five hundred and fifty four imperial chariots are still advancing, but not without twists and turns

Time passed slowly, and in April of the sixth year of Xingyuan, Guo Jin personally presided over the Crown Prince Guo Chengzhi's coronation ceremony.

Guo Peng and Cao Lan attended the coronation ceremony together and witnessed their eldest grandson grow up and walk in the world as an adult ever since.

And just one month later, Guo Chengzhi held a grand wedding with Zhuge Jin's daughter, and the whole Luoyang city was decorated with lights and festoons. Guo Jin even canceled the curfew in Luoyang city that night.

The wedding between Guo Chengzhi and Zhuge's was very lively, and it cost a lot of money to hold it. Guo Peng was very happy, and spent this happy day with a happy mood.

Half a month later, Cao Cao died of illness.

Guo Peng was very surprised when he heard the news suddenly, and Cao Lan even fainted on the ground, so frightened that Guo Peng's heart almost jumped out.

After all, Cao Cao did not survive this almost unsolvable disease.

It is said that the Great Medical Center once proposed a treatment plan, which was proposed by Hua Tuo on his own initiative.

He said that he wanted to do a surgical operation for Cao Cao based on his years of experience in performing surgical operations for soldiers.

However, this operation is not an operation on other parts of the human body, such as a knife wound and an arrow wound, but an operation on the head.

From before the founding of the Wei Empire to the sixth year of Xingyuan, the concept of surgery has spread from the army to the people during the past 20 years.

A lot of people know about surgery, the treatment that requires cutting the skin with a sharp knife.

From the fear and confusion at the beginning to the gradual understanding later, surgery is no longer a rare thing, at least in cities.

So when Hua Tuo said he was going to operate on Cao Cao at the beginning, the Cao family didn't think anything, until Hua Tuo said he was going to open Cao Cao's head and operate on the inside of his head.

This frightened the Cao family.

Cao Ang was terrified, Cao Pi turned pale, Cao Zhi slumped down on a chair, and Cao Zhang, who came back from the army to visit his father, pointed at Hua Tuo's nose and scolded Hua Tuo for wanting his father's life.

Hua Tuo repeatedly explained that this is also a type of surgery. Since the body can be diagnosed and treated, the head can also be operated on, but the requirements are stricter and more dangerous.

However, Cao Cao's disease itself is already very dangerous, and there is no medicine to cure it. This method is the only method he has come up with after painstaking research. It is better to give it a try than to wait for death.

Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang resolutely opposed it, Cao Pi kept silent, and Mrs. Ding, who had always been very assertive, panicked and couldn't do anything except crying.

In the end, everyone looked at Cao Ang.

The eldest brother is like a father, the father lost the ability to be the master, and the mother cried so much that she was too panicked to be the master, so Cao Ang is the actual speaker, the head of the Cao family.

Cao Ang was silent for a long time, but finally shook his head.

"If it's like Doctor Hua said, this method is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, my father's life will be in danger. As a son of man, how can I send my father to such a dangerous situation?"

Hua Tuo was disappointed, but continued to persuade.

"When the disease recurs, it is only temporarily calming down. If it recurs next time, it will be really hard to say. If it is treated, there may be a chance of recovery."

Cao Ang struggled with pain in his heart, but he still didn't dare to shoulder this heavy responsibility.

"If the treatment fails, my father will be ill. If there is no treatment, my father can continue to live. I just want my father to live longer. Huada Doctor, I can't let my father take risks."

Hua Tuo sighed helplessly and stopped trying to persuade.

So not long after, Cao Cao fell ill again. This time, he didn't carry it through, and he was 66 years old.

The only surviving official of the Wei Empire at the level of the third prince died of illness again. This time the shock in the court was greater than the previous death of Cai Yong.

Cai Yong has a great reputation and high status, but he has no power after all. Cao Cao is a senior official who has actually controlled the power of the cabinet for more than ten years.

With the advent of the imperial examination era, the relationship between students and officials before the imperial examination era has been liquidated at one time.

But everyone still remembers some of the past affection in their hearts. There are many officials who have been supported by Cao Cao, and there are also many officials who are greedy for Cao Cao's power and approach him.

These people belong to Cao Cao's political forces in a broad sense. Cao Cao died of illness, and they should come to see Cao Cao's farewell and meet Cao Cao's successor Cao Ang.

Of course, at this time, there is no need for the deceased official to wear filial piety as in the former Han Dynasty, and there is no need to transfer this relationship to the next generation. It is just a kind of courtesy comfort.

Cao Cao is gone, and the chief minister of the cabinet is now full of favors.

If they want to obtain the same political status, they need to actively move closer to Man Chong, instead of continuing to move closer to the Cao family who cannot maintain their honor to the core of power in the third generation.

What's more, Cao's current highest-ranking official is Cao Ang, who is a minister in the cabinet. As for when Cao Ang will reach Cao Cao's level, it's hard to say.

Everyone came to send a ride, which can be regarded as the full of Cao Cao's support and support to them before.

Cao Cao has been an official for decades. He entered the Wei Dynasty in the former Han Dynasty. As the brother-in-law of the Supreme Emperor Guo Peng, he had a good relationship with him since childhood.

Later, he joined the Guowei regime, and successively served as the prime minister of the state, the governor of the county, the governor of the state, and the chief assistant of the cabinet. He has been deeply involved in Guowei's officialdom for more than [-] years. A legendary taste is inside.

Being able to get to this point is naturally due to Cao Cao's ability, his political wisdom, and his cautious attitude in dealing with things.

He stabilized the people in the local area, made great contributions to the pacification of Jizhou after the war, held the cabinet power in the central government, and made great contributions to the understanding of the government orders of the Wei Empire. Generally speaking, he is an excellent official.

So Supreme Emperor Guo Peng and Emperor Guo Jin took their families to attend Cao Cao's funeral. After that, Supreme Emperor Guo Peng personally proposed a posthumous title for Cao Cao, and the posthumous title was "Jing".

Most of Cao Cao's political legacy belonged to Cao Ang, and the rest was shared equally by his sons. Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were promoted, and Cao Zhang was also promoted to military rank.

But for the children of the Cao family, perhaps Cao Cao's survival is the most important thing.

This may be even more so for Cao Chongzhi who failed to come back when Cao Cao was alive.

Cao Chongzhi hurried back after receiving Cao Ang's letter. He was in the capital of Rome at the time, and he was rushing all the way back.

Originally, there was enough time, but unfortunately encountered a storm at sea, and the ship ran aground in India. Thanks to Guo Jun's help, he was able to go back on the road, but time wasted.

When he came back, Cao Cao had already been buried in his hometown in Qiao County.

Cao Chongzhi could only cry bitterly at his father's grave, crying until he passed out could not heal the regret and pain in his heart.

He decided to observe mourning for his father for three years, build a grass hut, wear common clothes, eat vegetarian food, do not drink alcohol, and do not have fun, so as to make up for his mistake of not being able to see his father for the last time.

Although it is said that after the imperial examination era, keeping filial piety no longer has any political benefits, but everyone is willing to believe that Cao Chongzhi made such a decision out of pure filial piety.

Mrs. Ding fell ill after Cao Cao's burial due to excessive grief, lingering on the hospital bed, which made Cao Ang feel uneasy.

Cao Ang had no choice but to ask Guo Jin to serve his mother at home. He really couldn't let his mother stay on the hospital bed and be busy with official duties.

Guo Jin agreed to Cao Ang's request, let Cao Ang's deputy take over Cao Ang's work temporarily, and gave Cao Ang a period of vacation.

In addition to such a change in Cao's family, Cao Lan was also very sad. He fell ill for Cao Cao's death, which made Guo Peng very nervous.

He stayed by Cao Lan's side every day and never left. He personally made and fed her medicine, stayed by her side and waited on her to eat and sleep, just like an ordinary person.

After all, Cao Lan's illness was cured, and Guo Peng heaved a sigh of relief.

These things took a lot of tossing, and when the tossing was over, the time came to the seventh year of Xingyuan.

During this period, Guo Jin deliberately had a talk with Cao Chongzhi, and learned that the Roman Empire was on the verge of civil war at this moment.

Emperor Caracalla gained greater power through military prestige, and personally took control of the Guards, and began to ask for power from the local government. He wanted to learn from the Wei Empire to centralize power, and to transfer the financial and military power of the local provinces to the emperor. .

How can the place agree to this?

So the emperor and local senior officials launched round after round of political struggles. You come and go, fighting each other. Seeing that the political contradictions cannot be reconciled, the two sides are about to fight.

During this process, the diplomats and commercial personnel of the Wei Empire participated in the negotiations between the two sides as important mediating forces.

It is also because of the existence of the commercial power of the Wei Empire that the two sides cast their hands on the mouse and reluctantly made some political compromises, and handed over some insignificant supervisory powers to the emperor and the like.

But Caracalla was not satisfied. After winning several wars to suppress the rebellion, his ambitions grew and he began to demand more power.

He took the way of sending more officials loyal to himself to fight for power.

The local military leaders gradually could not bear the emperor's many unreasonable demands and power-grabbing behaviors. The atmosphere on both sides became more and more tense, and war broke out on the verge of breaking out.

Because it involves the core interests of the military leaders, commercial interests cannot be considered as important interests compared with them.

Wei's diplomatic embassies and businessmen were powerless to do anything about it, no matter how they tried to find someone to mediate, it was useless, and Cao Chongzhi, as a popular person next to Emperor Caracalla, was useless.

Emperor Caracalla was dumb and determined to do it.

Who knows how far it will develop.

But no matter how chaotic the Roman Empire was, the political situation of the Wei Empire was always stable, the monarchs and ministers were harmonious, stable and united, and there were generally no waves, and the imperial chariots continued to move forward.