At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Qiong is struggling to develop in Indonesia. In order to cope with the rainy climate and develop agriculture, he has repaired a lot of water conservancy, and actively developed fishery and fruit planting as a supplement to non-staple food to reduce people's demand for staple food.

Anyway, the fishery resources in the country of Thousand Islands are really super rich. As long as you are willing to work, you will never starve to death.

He also achieved military victories - regardless of his Buddhist style, when he founded the country, he was merciless in cleaning up the natives, driving a big ship to rampage, occupying one island after another, and hundreds of large and small ones have been occupied. Island, the power is beginning to form.

Guo Heng's construction and development in the Volga River Basin is also quite good.

It is said that some traces of nomads were captured there, and it is suspected that there is a direct connection with the Northern Huns who were driven away by the Eastern Han Dynasty.

When he founded the country, he was harassed by nomadic cavalry.

For this reason, Guo Jin was also worried, and sent Cao Xiu to lead a group of elites to the Western Qin State for observation and guidance, so as to prevent Guo Hengzhen from overturning, then he would not be able to explain to Guo Peng.

Fortunately, the attack of the Wei army's iron cavalry on those nomadic cavalry was crushing. Cao Xiu went to see it for a while, guided it for a while, and then came back.

After he came back, Cao Xiu presented the table to Guo Jin, saying that Guo Heng wanted to discuss with him if he needed some supplies and whether he could exchange them for prisoners.

The situation appears to be under control.

With successful cases, the follow-up will become more and more simple and more skilled, and the matter of going out to seal the country will become more and more common. The early voyages and colonial rule have actually been dominated by the Wei Empire. officially launched.

Under the level of civilization and domination that the Wei Empire could crush the surrounding areas, the native civilizations in various regions were vulnerable and suffered devastating blows one after another.

There are 36 countries in the Western Regions, North Korea, Koguryo, etc. in the Liaodong area, as well as the Japanese archipelago, the indigenous civilizations around the South China Sea, the native civilizations of South India, the remnants of the Huns who fled to the grasslands of Central Asia, and so on.

These civilizations were completely destroyed by the Wei Empire, and all written descriptions, cultural buildings, sculptures, etc., were completely destroyed.

People in any colonized area began to use Chinese characters, speak Chinese, wear Han clothing, eat Han food, and worship the fashion of the Wei Empire as the latest fashion.

Guo Peng knew very well that even if the state of Wei collapsed one day, the colonial rule of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets would collapse, and the original civilization that had been destroyed would not be able to reappear.

They can only continue the civilization that the Wei Empire forced to them and continue to develop.

It is easy to lift the bondage of the body, but it is not so easy to lift the bondage of the mind.

It is easy to be a thief in the mountains, but difficult to be a thief in the heart. To fight for national independence can be achieved within one generation or two, but achieving spiritual and cultural independence is not that simple.

This is Guo Peng's best and last gift to future generations.

If it is used well, it is not difficult to continue to suck blood. As for the final collapse, although it is unavoidable, it is not something that Guo can solve.

Descendants naturally have things that they need to do, and all things are done by him alone, so what do they need their brains to do?

With such freedom and ease, Guo Peng looked at everything, and he realized that he had done everything he had to do.

"Is there anything else I need to do?"

Guo Peng turned his head to look at Guo Jin, Guo Jin thought about it, and there was really nothing for Guo Peng to do.

However, he was used to the existence of Guo Peng.

Guo Peng has always been the Supreme Emperor, without interfering in political affairs, but his existence is a symbol.

If he is alive, even if Guo Jin does the opposite, no one will dare to resist, because the founding monarch is still alive, and he is enough to suppress the world.

What Guo Jin is going to do, Guo Peng is the man behind the pot, and he is Guo Jin's biggest backer, giving Guo Jin enough support and confidence.

When Guo Jin was the emperor, he always relied on the mountain of Guo Peng. If the mountain suddenly disappeared, Guo Jin would panic.

"It's true that there is nothing my father needs to do, but my father is the founding king, and my father lives in the Taishan Temple, which is very important in itself."

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng.

Guo Peng looked into his eyes and smiled.

"Emperor, you are over 50 years old. At your age, I am already the Supreme Emperor, so what are you worried about? I die, you live in, you come to be the Supreme Emperor, the meaning is the same."

Guo Peng reached out and patted Guo Jin's hand: "Living here, at first, you will feel a little uncomfortable, you will feel lost, you will feel empty, you will be overwhelmed, and you will have doubts about yourself.

But after a long time, you will feel that it is better to be here. You can do a lot of things that you wanted to do in the past but couldn't do it. At that time, you were very busy. When you are free, you can do a lot of very interesting things.

You are busy, it is a habit, you are used to being busy, but after a long time, you will also get used to the Taishan Temple, get used to the quietness and comfort here, get used to the sun, pond, and small pavilion here, you will gradually stop thinking about the world. event. "

Guo Jin lowered his head and remained silent.

"Being an emperor, the important thing is not how long you will be, but whether you have done something for the people of the world when you are an emperor, it is worth the world to remember you, worthy of your identity, status, and power."

Guo Peng sighed: "I have only been emperor for 13 years, and it has been 17 years since I abdicated. But now people in the world still remember me, can still say that I am good, and remember what I have done for them. I think that I am the emperor. It's very good, what do you think?"

Guo Jin nodded silently.

"Although my father has not been emperor for a long time, my father's achievements are unparalleled in the world. There is no one in the past, and maybe there will be no one in the future."

Guo Peng laughed out loud.

"Hahahahaha... That's not what I expected. If future generations don't appear to be more powerful than me, don't we have to keep going downhill? There are talented people in the country, each leading the way for hundreds of years, talents, always It's endless and endless."

With that said, Guo Peng looked at the sunset in front of him, turned to look at Guo Jin after a while, and patted his hand again.

"Go, do what you need to do, for the father to help you, everything has been done, and next, it is you, and Chengzhi father and son, never forget what the father once said to you, be kind to the people , Only from the perspective of the people can you be invincible."

Guo Jin was silent for a long time, nodded slightly, then stood up and resigned to Guo Peng.

From that day on, Guo Jinzai did not consult Guo Peng on government affairs, and Guo Peng gradually stopped going to the court department.

He completely removed himself from the imperial court and completely became an ordinary old man.

His pleasures were all concentrated on his family, traveling with Cao Lan and the others, holding his great-grandson Xiaohu in his arms, traveling all the way from Luoyang to Chang'an, and from Chang'an back to Luoyang.

In winter, you can soak in hot springs, go to the fields in spring to watch the farmers work hard, catch cicadas and flutter butterflies in the heat of summer, and go to the fields in autumn to watch the joy of the farmers with their harvest.

Tell Xiaohu stories from the past, tell Xiaohu his struggles all the way, hold him and tell him interesting things, astronomy and geography, and the sun, moon and stars.

In this way, the time came to the 20th year of Xingyuan.

In the early spring of this year, Guo Peng contracted the cold and lay in bed for a month before recovering.

It's just that since then, he has often felt unwell, his body is tired and heavy, he needs to sleep more and more, and he can't cook anymore.

The feeling of aging gave him something new, because it was the first time he was aging.

However, the end of aging is death, and death is familiar to him, and he does not feel unacceptable.

Don't worry about anything, just wait for the end of your life slowly.

In April, news came from the Roman Empire that the Roman civil war that had begun a few years earlier had come to an end.

The local power in Rome was too strong, the emperor Caracalla was killed, and the centralization plan failed completely.

The soldier who killed Caracalla took his place and became the recognized new emperor, abolishing all the regulations set by Caracalla and the real power taken from the locality, and changing everything back to the way Caracalla was when he became the emperor.

It seems that the Roman Empire's macho man has not yet been born.

Of course, this has little to do with the Wei Empire, and the Wei Empire still does business with the Roman Empire as usual.

The newly established Persian Empire was thriving, and the trade relations with the Wei Empire became more and more close, and the land Silk Road became more and more prosperous.

The Kushan Empire finally split, and the north and the south were constantly at war, which affected the stability of the Silk Road and made the Persian emperor very annoyed, and even wanted to send troops to attack Kushan.

However, this fact greatly benefited Guo Jun, who swept across South India. He took the time to consolidate the foundation, consolidate the regime of the West Shu Kingdom in South India that he founded, and sharpen his knives.

Guo Qiong wrote a letter and sent it back, saying that he had achieved great military victories, occupied more and more islands, and established a big city that fits his status. In the future, he has the idea of ​​building more big cities.

It seemed that they were all having a good time.

After reading it, Guo Peng put down the letter in his hand, stood up with a cane, walked out of the study, walked to the gate of the palace, and stood there staring at the south in a trance.

Cao Lan, who had been doing needlework beside Guo Peng, put down her needlework and walked slowly to Guo Peng's side.

"What are you looking at?"

Looking at Guo Peng's line of sight, there is only a vast sky.

"I'm wondering how Arjun is doing now."

Guo Peng said slowly.

"You……"

Cao Lan shook his head, sighed and said, "When the children are all around, you don't care about them. The children have all left Wei to go overseas, so you can't wait to see what you want. If you knew today, why bother?"

Guo Peng turned his head to look at Cao Lan's aged but calm face, and smiled.

"I already know today, but even if I make another choice, I will still send them away. I never regret this. What I regret is that I didn't spend a little time with them. In this way, they Maybe don't hate me so much."

Cao Lan pursed her lips and only sighed.

"It's really old, you never regret it before."

"No one will regret it, but I know that regret is useless, so I never waste time regretting, I...cough...cough...cough..."

Guo Peng coughed a few times, and Cao Lan hurriedly stepped forward to help him calm down.

"Are you okay? Don't stand all the time. After you get well, I feel that your health is not as good as before. Don't catch a cold. Take a rest."

Having said this, Cao Lan walked back to the side of the reclining chair with Guo Peng, and let the palace servants help Guo Peng to lie down on the reclining chair.

Guo Peng lay on the reclining chair for a while, and gradually felt more comfortable.

The body and bones are getting worse day by day, and Guo Peng himself seems to have some hunch.

After thinking about it, he stood up again.

"Why are you getting up again?"

Cao Lan quickly stopped him.

"I want to go out for a walk."

Guo Peng summoned the servant beside him and asked the servant to help him stand up.

"What are you doing, it's still a little cold now, can't you wait a little bit warmer?"

Cao Lan's face was full of worry and dissatisfaction.

Guo Peng smiled and said: "What else do you need to warm up? It's already more than April, and it should be hot in May. Then you have to say that it's too hot, so don't go out, beware of the heat, right? "

Cao Lan was amused by his appearance.

"Go, go, come back early."

"Okay, I'll be back early."

Guo Peng leaned on a cane and walked out of the palace gate with the help of the servant.

"Your Majesty, where are you going?"

The waiter asked softly.

"Go to Shouyang Mountain. I haven't been to Shouyang Mountain this year... Call more people. I don't think I can climb it now."

"Your Majesty, your body..."

"Aren't you going to call someone to prepare?"

Guo Peng stared, and the waiter shuddered, and immediately called someone to prepare.

Chapter 1640 One thousand five hundred and fifty nine They are all back

With Guo Peng's insistence, the five servants and twenty soldiers from the Imperial Army, surrounded by Guo Peng's carriage, left Luoyang City from the side gate of the palace and headed for Shouyang Mountain.

Shouyang Mountain is still a little distance from Jiangwutang. Jiangwutang is not at the foot of Shouyang Mountain. Climbing Shouyang Mountain does not need to pass through Jiangwutang.

In previous years, Guo Peng's mountaineering was also a secret mountaineering. It would be better to say that few people know that Guo Peng climbs Shouyang Mountain once every year.

The purpose of climbing Shouyang Mountain, of course, is to meet old rivals and old friends, talk to them, toast a few glasses of wine, and miss the glorious past.

Shouyang Mountain is not high, but with Guo Peng's old body, it is of course difficult to climb up independently.

In previous years, the inner servants carried the wine and some sacrificial supplies he needed, and the strong soldiers of the Imperial Army were responsible for relaying Guo Peng to Shouyang Mountain on his back.

When Guo Peng still had some strength, he would try to walk for a while by himself. When he couldn't walk at the back, he would let the soldiers of the Imperial Army carry him on his back, but this time he really couldn't walk.

He walked and stopped on and off, and it took only two sticks of incense. He didn't make much progress. He couldn't lift his legs anymore, and he was panting a little too hard.

The maid who supported him looked at him worriedly.

"Your Majesty, let's..."

"Come on with me."

Guo Peng looked up at the mountain road, but did not persist.