At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

But when I grow up, I can't cry when I want to, and there is almost no place to cry. The accumulated pressure can only accumulate slowly, until a certain string suddenly breaks at a certain moment, and then some sudden tears fall like rain.

So adults are not as happy as children.

Mr. Guo still remembers the last time he cried sincerely, after learning the news of Lu Zhi's death. In the blink of an eye, many years have passed, and he doesn't know when the next time he will cry sincerely.

For a person of his status, shedding tears is an essential survival performance skill, which can be shed as soon as it is said, but if this skill is used too much, the pressure will be even greater.

So even if it is Guo, occasionally he wants to find a place to cry hard and scold his despicable and shameless self.

Just don't have that time.

Cry a little bit here, and plan the next play quickly, hurry up and finish the part of Han Chen, and he still wants to play the part of the emperor, be the emperor, and do more things.

He is 34 years old, and there is not much time left for him.

Race against time, seize every minute and every second.

Chapter 638 Candidates for the Seven New Emperors

When Guo Peng was racing against the clock, Cheng Yu was also racing against the clock.

He is seizing every minute and every second to select suitable candidates for the emperor.

According to Guo Peng's needs, it is better for minors to have no parents, and it is better to have fewer relatives, so that he can manipulate and play with them nearby, use them as his pawns, and then discard them at any time.

Guo, who has evolved from an ant to a chess piece and then to a chess player, still likes to play chess very much.

Before and after the establishment of the new emperor, there should be some ghosts and monsters jumping out, and then there will be a wave of cleansing to clean away some uncertain factors and troublemakers.

All-round annihilation from soul to body.

Then find an excuse to become the king of Wei, directly provoke Liu Bang, and break the rule of the Han Dynasty that different surnames cannot be named kings, so as to find out a group of dissidents hidden in the Guowei political group and eliminate them together.

In this way, it is enough to completely pave the way for proclaiming emperor, and there is no obstacle ahead.

He wants to pay attention to methods.

He wants to replace Han in a scientific and reasonable way.

The prophecy of Dang Tu Gaoye, who lived in the Han Dynasty, can be used to good advantage. Serious nonsense, and a distorted explanation.

The little emperor is no less.

There must be none of the processes that should be missing.

Although Mr. Guo really wanted to be the emperor, he could hold back his ambition. He could stick to the most suitable time and do everything he wanted to do in one fell swoop.

Cheng Yu's work efficiency has always been very high, and he has always resolutely carried out what Guo Peng ordered him to do without any discount.

So he quickly pulled up a leadership team to select the emperor, and selected older and more prestigious veterans, such as Chen Ji and Cai Yong.

Not to mention Cai Yong, as Guo Peng's power has risen, Cai Yong's reputation has also grown, and he has been praised as a generation of masters, while Chen Ji is older than Cai Yong, and has been up and down for decades. A representative of the Chen family in Yingchuan, his status is naturally noble.

With these two people joining in the endorsement, the selection of the emperor will not be questioned.

Then according to certain political rules, find suitable candidates for the emperor from the bloodlines closest to the bloodline of the second emperor Huanling.

Of course, the initiative is in the hands of Cheng Yu, not others.

After choosing and choosing, two months later, when Zhuge Liang and others successfully arrived in Yecheng, Cheng Yu found a very suitable candidate.

Liu Jian, the youngest grandson of Pingyuan King Liu Shuo, is only ten years old.

Pingyuan King Liu Shuo was the younger brother of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty Liu Zhi. After Liu Zhi died, Liu Shuo was already relatively old and had a reputation for being an alcoholic. He did not enter the eyes of the court, but Liu Hong was selected.

This time, according to Guo Peng's needs, he wanted to find the children of the royal family who were as close in blood as possible and had few relatives around him.

So Liu Jian came into Cheng Yu's field of vision.

He lost his mother and father at a young age, and there was only one grandfather Liu Shuo who was lingering on the hospital bed at an old age. Such a candidate couldn't be more excellent.

So Cheng Yu immediately led the team himself, and took Chen Ji who had served as Prime Minister of Pingyuan, Cai Yong, who was very famous, and Tian Feng, Guo Jia and other high-ranking people to Pingyuan to "investigate" the candidate for the emperor.

In fact, after the news spread that Guo Peng intended to choose an outstanding royal son to inherit the throne, it did not get much response from the officialdom in Yecheng.

Wei Chen, who had his heart on Guo Peng, felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Through the secret reports of the secret agents of the Linzi camp, when Guo Peng learned that some generals in the army were discussing this matter in private, they expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that Guo Peng wanted to choose a Han family clan to succeed the emperor.

Some generals have secretly started communicating that it is better for Guo Peng to be the emperor than to let the Han clan be the emperor. Now choosing a Han clan to be the emperor is not the best choice no matter how you look at it.

There are quite a few generals who hold such views.

Some of the officials in the officialdom also had similar exchanges in private, and most of them kept silent and waited and watched the changes in the situation.

Only a few scholars who were heart-to-heart of the Han Dynasty were rejoiced by this, and praised Guo Peng as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

Then the local reaction was also very flat, especially the officials with real power.

On the contrary, the Liu clan members from all over the country were boiling.

To be honest, the life of these Liu clan members was really miserable during this period.

I don't know how many Liu's clan's thrones and marquises have been abolished in the enfeoffment of eight countries. Many Liu's clansmen have lost the titles they depended on for their livelihood, and they have been moved to some poor villages in a unified way. The fields and houses of the people struggled to survive.

The Han family can't protect themselves, so who will take care of these Liu clan relatives?

They were bullied by officials from all over the country, bullied by bandits, and they were bullied as much as they wanted, but no one cared about them.

So some clan relatives couldn't bear it, and went to Jingzhou and Yizhou to seek refuge with Liu Zhang and Liu Biao, or seek refuge with other relatives who had not lost their titles and salaries, trying to get good treatment.

However, the life of these powerful Han family clansmen themselves is not so good. For these poor relatives who come to seek refuge, they feel irritable, and they have to do some work on the surface.

In this large-scale persecution of the Han family clan, a large number of Han clan clan members encountered unprecedented harsh treatment, and the number was greatly reduced and reduced.

Few of the influential people stood up to speak for them, of course there were, but it was not enough to support so many Han clansmen.

Anyway, one or the other was recorded by the secret agents of the Linzi camp and sent to Yecheng to keep the files.

At this sensitive moment, the smartest people are those who do nothing.

Of course, it doesn't work to add insult to injury.

Guo is good at throwing stones at people, but he hates people who throw stones like him the most. He thinks such people are as despicable and shameless as him, so he can't do it.

Mr. Guo can be mean and shameless, but Mr. Guo does not allow other people to be as shameless as him. Otherwise, he is coveting Mr. Guo's status.

Write it down in a small notebook, and tidy it up slowly in the future.

As a result, the remaining clan members of the Han family linger on their last breaths and struggle to survive, guarding an acre of three-point land, not knowing where they will be tomorrow.

Then I looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looked forward to the news that Guo Peng was going to choose a new emperor, and I couldn't help but rejoice and be excited.

After the turmoil among the vassals, the throne of the Han Emperor, which has been pending for a year, is finally about to usher in a new master.

Lingdi Liu Hong had no successors, and there was no candidate for emperor, so according to the rules, the new emperor must be found among the close branches of the imperial family.

However, there are too many down-and-out Han clansmen in the world. In order to become the emperor and get rid of the current predicament, a large number of Han clansmen began to advance to Yecheng, and wrote letters to Guo Peng in Yecheng, hoping to make an impression. point.

Because everyone knows that it is not others who hold the decision-making power, but Guo Peng.

Whoever Guo Peng wants to be the emperor can become the emperor, and get the glory, wealth and supreme status. Who cares if you are a close branch of the royal family?

They didn't know Guo Peng's thoughts, and thought that as long as they performed well enough, they could be emperors.

There are also many people begging their grandpa to sue their grandma, hoping that local officials can intercede with Guo Peng and make peace with them. For this reason, they even used their little property to bribe the local officials set up by Guo Peng, especially those with Guo Peng. Local officials close to Peng.

For example, Xiahou Dun, the prefect of Runan, Manchong, the governor of Yuzhou, Mi Zhu, the governor of Qingzhou, and Cao Cao, the prime minister of Wei State.

The ugliness of the clan members of the Han Dynasty was fully exposed in the eyes of these officials.

There are those who are disappointed, those who despise, and those who dislike. Of course, there are also idiots who accept bribes and write letters to Yecheng to gain connections.

Then some people added fuel to the flames, publicizing the ugly behavior of these Han family clansmen when they were moving around, causing disturbances and rumors to spread all over the city.

But this matter is a single choice for Guo Peng, not a two-way choice. These people have no right to choose and can only wait to be selected.

What they have done is full of smog, which has disappointed many people, thinking that it is okay to choose these people to be emperors?

So Cheng Yu took the opportunity to push out the candidate he valued, and then organized a group of investigation groups to investigate the emperor candidate.

Chapter 639 The pride of Cai Yong's life

The purpose of the mission is actually quite simple.

Just to see if this Liu Jian really doesn't have so many relatives and is helpless and helpless, if he really has no cronies around him, is easy to control, easy to master, and has a low IQ.

If this is the case, Cheng Yu can pat his chest to assure him that the emperor will be him.

It's none other than me to tell you.

After arriving in Pingyuan, Cheng Yu was very satisfied with the results of the investigation.

Liu Shuo was seriously ill and bedridden, and his time was running out.

Liu Jian is lonely and helpless, and his education is not very good.

He doesn't read much, his knowledge level is limited, he doesn't have a good teacher who can teach the classics and explain the meaning of the scriptures, and he lacks parental care during the growth process, so his personality is also a bit withdrawn, he doesn't like to communicate with others, and he feels a little shy when he sees strangers , doesn't seem to have much guts.

No matter how you look at it, this is not a suitable candidate for emperor.

But Cheng Yu was very satisfied. Looking left and right, he felt that this was the emperor candidate that Guo Peng expected, so he talked nonsense seriously, saying that he thought Liu Jian had "the image of the Holy Son of Heaven".

Tian Feng and Guo Jia looked at me and I looked at you, and they showed a clear look together, without saying a word, they agreed with Cheng Yu's opinion.

Their psychology couldn't be clearer. Cheng Yu is Guo Peng's absolute confidant. The choice he made must come from Guo Peng's instruction, and Guo Peng's instruction directly represents Guo Peng's views on this matter and future plans. Intend.

Obviously, his plan was not in the interests of the Han Empire.

It is very much in line with the interests of Duke Wei.

Chen Ji stared at Liu Jian for a while, feeling a little sad, then sighed silently, agreeing with Cheng Yu's opinion.

He agreed with Cheng Yu, that is, he agreed with Guo Peng, surrendered to Guo Peng, and completely bowed under Guo Peng's power, and he also said that this son was quite "like a holy son of heaven".

Chen Ji had already guessed something, he didn't dare to think too much, and he didn't dare to say too much, he felt that shutting up was the best behavior, in the current situation, he should do nothing, wait and see, and choose the right team Just stop there and that's it.

Only after Cai Yong tested Liu Jian's knowledge level, he felt that something was wrong.

He frowned and discussed with Cheng Yu, saying that Liu Jian was withdrawn and cowardly, lacked knowledge, was not very intelligent, and didn't like to communicate with others, so he didn't want to be a qualified candidate for the emperor no matter what, he thought it would be better to choose someone else.

"As a king, you can't even dare to communicate with outsiders. This child is really not suitable."

Cai Yong said so.

"This son is only ten years old. He has not received a better education, nor has he had a better teacher to teach him. It is normal for him to be lacking in knowledge. He is a little withdrawn because he is not accompanied by his parents. Therefore, when he arrives in the palace, he will be accompanied by someone. Get taught and everything will be fine."

Cheng Yu said so.

Cai Yong still felt something was wrong.

"Nowadays the world is in chaos. If we want to reorganize the situation, we should choose a young and powerful emperor. The so-called master is too young to be the emperor. I am afraid that people in the world will not accept him, even if there is no one in the royal family. If there is a suitable candidate, you can also relax the scope, and choose an adult emperor, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

Cheng Yu looked at Cai Yong, feeling very dissatisfied, but he chose to hold back when he thought of his detached status of being kind to Guo Peng.

"The selection of the son of heaven still requires the condition of being close by blood. If someone in the close branch of the great family does not choose, but chooses a sideline, so that the throne will be sidelined, how can the people of the world agree? In the current situation, orthodoxy is the most important, and the people of the world recognize the most important."

Although Cai Yong felt that the idiom had some truth, he still thought it was not good.

"Master Shaoguo doubts, at this time, in fact, one should choose an adult emperor to subdue the world, and the people of the world will be at ease. If not, the people of the world will be uneasy, how can the world be stabilized? This person is really wrong."

Cheng Yu took a deep breath, really wanted to get angry, really wanted to slap Cai Yong hard.

Based on this political awareness, you will be the first to strike at the establishment of the new dynasty!

Cheng Yu thought viciously.

Chen Ji saw that Cheng Yu's complexion was not good, and realized that the situation was not good, so he hurried forward to hold Cai Yong.

"Bo Jie, Cheng Lingjun is also thinking about the royal blood. If you have a close branch, you shouldn't choose a side branch. Otherwise, it will mess up the moral road, which is what matters. Age is just a small problem. The emperor will grow up. When the time comes, Wouldn't it be the best choice for Cai Yong to be the emperor's teacher and teach him in person?"

With a smiling face, Chen Ji pulled Cai Yong away from Cheng Yu, who was still a little dazed.

"This... this is also..."

"Bo Jie!"