At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Xun Wenruo!You are courting death!

Guo Peng was full of anger, and the flames of anger were burning, almost consuming his sanity.

After a while, Guo Peng took a few deep breaths and regained his sanity.

Do not make any decisions when angry, this is Guo Peng's last valve to control his emotions.

If this valve is broken through, I am afraid the result will not be so wonderful, so Guo Peng has always abided by this principle, holding his last valve of reason and preventing it from being broken through.

This memo looked really angry. In order to calm himself down, Guo Peng threw his memo into the fire and burned it.

Out of sight is in the eye, now is not the time to start killing.

Most of the people with the same views as Xun Yu, Guo Peng's attitude towards them is that he wants to kill them but is not easy to do it. Firstly, because now is really not the time, but also because they really can't make any waves.

They were exiled by Guo Peng in the Mansion of General Chaqi, without any power or responsibility. It was equivalent to the cold palace of the officialdom. Same, avoid it.

The families behind them also abandoned them, and instead introduced new representatives to reconcile with Guo Peng, with Xun You as the head.

They can't make waves.

However, there are three opinions that Guo Peng cannot ignore.

One is Cao Cao, the other is Zang Hong, and the other, a little unexpectedly, is Bao Xin, the governor of Yanzhou.

Among the governor-level figures under Guo Peng's command, except Qingzhou governor Mi Zhu and Yuzhou governor Manchong, who are close aides, the rest are appointed logically.

For example, Zang Hong, governor of Bingzhou, Cao Cao, governor of Wei State, Bao Xin, governor of Yanzhou, and Xian Yufu, governor of Youzhou.

Compared with the others, Xian Yufu and Bao Xin were not from close relatives, so they have always been very honest and would not provoke Guo Peng's nerves on various levels.

Therefore, they always agree with everything Guo Peng does, and they never sing against Guo Peng.

This time, Xian Yufu was as honest as ever, with both hands in favor and no disapproval, but Guo Peng did not expect Bao Xin to express his opinion on the table, saying that the young emperor might not be good for the country, and hoped that Guo Peng could reconsider.

Guo Peng looked at his playlist, thought for a moment, and wrote a letter to Bao Xin, explaining why he chose this emperor in his heart.

Including reasons such as blood, family, ethics, etc., they talked about it, and they also expressed their "worries".

That is the part where Chen Ji fooled Cai Yong, saying that the emperor still had the opportunity to be re-educated and corrected when he was young. If an adult emperor like Haihunhou did more than 27 bad things in 1000 days and made the country a mess, could he Do you want to do the same thing as Huo Guang?

During this period of time, didn't he know about the scandals caused by the clansmen of the Han Dynasty in order to become the emperor?

So he decided to choose the younger emperor, and asked Hongru to teach him before the emperor took charge, so as to ensure that the emperor could become a wise emperor and govern smoothly.

After sending out the letter, Guo Peng began to check the resumes of many civil servants under his command to see if there were any suitable candidates.

In the end, Guo Peng chose Guo Rui, a civil servant of his own family who followed him to start a business early, and Guo Rui, the governor of Zhaojun County, as the governor of Yanzhou. His position as governor, deprived him of his authority.

If you don't do it now, when will you wait?

There are many people who miss the Han Dynasty, but those who are willing to sing against themselves at this time will definitely sing against themselves when they usurp the throne and proclaim themselves emperor in the future.

If you don’t sing at this time, the possibility of singing against the tune in the future will be greatly reduced, because the lower limit of people is always breaking through.

Because Cao Cao and Zang Hong have always had a good relationship with Guo Peng, they think that they have different standards from others in some things, and they can say what others can't say.

Cao Cao was in Yecheng, so he didn't write a letter after learning about this matter, and went directly to Duke Wei's mansion to discuss the matter with Guo Peng nearby.

"The Son of Heaven is young, so choosing a young Son of Heaven at this time may not be beneficial to the country, son... what does Duke Wei think?"

"Brother, I'm not afraid of anything else, just like those clansmen of the Han Dynasty who were making trouble before, if you choose an adult emperor, aren't you afraid of choosing a Haihunhou?"

Guo Peng had a sarcastic expression on his face, and Cao Cao's expression froze. He couldn't help but feel annoyed when he remembered that there was a Han family clan who asked him to bribe him.

"It's a matter of national importance, they are actually using it as a way to ask for land and homes, it's hateful!"

Cao Cao hammered several cases, obviously very dissatisfied with the ugly performance of the Han family clansmen.

"So, if you choose a young emperor, you will still have the opportunity to be educated and corrected, but it will be difficult for an adult. At that time, it will cause turmoil in the world. Do you want us to do what Iho did?"

Guo Peng pointed at himself and Cao Cao. Cao Cao was startled, waved his hands and shook his head again and again.

"No, no, let's forget about this matter, alas... that's it."

Cao Cao felt rather disheartened towards those Han clan relatives, so he gave up talking about this matter and never mentioned it again.

In the end it was Zang Hong.

Zang Hong's opinion was exactly the same as that of others. He was also worried that the emperor's young age would not be good for the country, so he added an extra sentence.

He said that the Lord Shaoguo was suspicious, and he was worried that some people would have unruly intentions, which might damage Guo Peng's sincerity of thinking about the Han Dynasty.

This is a bit interesting.

Xun Yu mentioned this, but Guo Peng didn't care.

Although Bao Xin raised objections, he did not mention this level.

Although Cao Cao also had objections, he did not mention this level.

Zang Hong brought up this level that Guo Peng was extremely taboo about.

hurt my heart?

Do you know what is my sincerity?

Does this give me a high hat?

Ziyuan, what did you think of?

You... are a little too presumptuous.

Guo Peng put down Zang Hong's performance list with a cold face, and flipped through the resumes of Bingzhou officials and Shangshutai officials.

After some research, it was decided that after the emperor ascended the throne, Xiahoudun, the current prefect of Runan, would replace Zang Hong as the governor of Bingzhou, transfer Zang Hong to the central government, abolish his power, and deal with him nearby.

Guo Peng is still very happy that a political action can find out these heretics who have been quiet in the past.

When all these people can't help showing their faces, they can be transferred to Luoyang in the name of the emperor, and stay with the little emperor, so that he can take care of it at that time.

Guo Peng also prevaricated Zang Hong with the same argument he used against Cao Cao and Bao Xin.

Then on the surface, continue to advance this matter, remain indifferent, and accept everyone's opinions with an open mind, so as to draw out more people with evil intentions, secretly record all of these people one by one, and set a political cleansing plan according to the priority of the plot. list.

Blacklist and redlist, those who are on the blacklist must die, and those on the redlist, depending on the situation, they may be demoted or dismissed, but they can still live.

The enemy within is worse than the enemy without.

There is no one outside who can threaten Guo Peng, and the internal things, after all, cannot threaten Guo Peng's fundamentals, but it is annoying to buzz around his ears every day.

Someone Guo thinks so.

Chapter 642. 650 One does not read classics, but reads "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic"

Guo Peng, who has a sufficient population and army, wants to be emperor, but he doesn't actually need the approval of many scholars.

He's already qualified.

Even if he becomes emperor tomorrow, he can secure the throne, but he has more plans, so he has to prepare more.

The powerful gentry forces outside can be destroyed with the help of war, but only political purges can destroy the internal ones openly.

The population who can participate in political discussions, that is, the literate population of the entire Han Dynasty, probably accounts for a little more than one percent of the total population, 50 million.

Among the hundreds of thousands of literate people, those who can really participate in the political games of the upper class are only 5%, [-] to [-].

But with these tens of thousands of people, beforehand, the land, tribes and resources they possessed were enough to fight against or even overthrow the central government.

After nearly 20 years of war, a large part of their foundation was destroyed by the war, and they lost control of land resources and population. Basically, what they lost fell into the hands of someone named Guo.

Whoever controls population resources and land will have a strong back.

There may still be many people who have not had time to change their thinking, and have not had time to realize that after more than 200 years of small government, a terrible big government is emerging.

Since the late Western Han Dynasty, the free and undisciplined social sentiment brought about by the situation of small government for more than 200 years has greatly given birth to the superiority of the scholar class.

They haven't had time to realize that they are losing the foundation of this sense of superiority, because Guo Peng is still supporting them, just like he was supporting Yuan Shu back then.

Soon, Guo Peng will make them realize this.

After the news of the new emperor's selection was circulated in the officialdom, it also spread to the people, to the ears of the scholars and Li Shu.

Of course, the Li Shus didn't have much discussion. Li Shu, who accounted for the vast majority of the population, couldn't even recognize the characters.

Compared with who the new emperor is, they care more about the preferential policies of the imperial court on agriculture. They don't care about politics, and they can't care about politics.

These people accounted for 90.00% of the Han population.

The so-called public opinion is only eligible among 40 people. In modern times, 40 people are the population of a small county.

The popularity of public opinion at the level of a small county.

For the current Guo, even if this kind of public opinion explodes, it is said to be hotly discussed all over the world, but the popularity is only a few hundred thousand people, and it is actually not as terrible as imagined.

The field scholars and scholars who occupy a very small part of the population have maintained a high degree of concern about this, and enthusiastically participated in the discussion, and they are extremely concerned about this matter.

But in the final analysis, this group of people has no decision-making power. They are part of the 90.00% of the literate population who cannot participate in the upper-level political games.

Such as Zhuge Liang, such as Xu Shu, such as Meng Jian and Shi Tao.

They care, they discuss, they discuss, but nothing can be changed.

Compared with those scholars who were brought into the ruling group by Guo Peng, they may be more aware of their desperation after losing the resources and network of their hometown, and more clearly realize the importance of official position and power to a scholar. significance.

Especially for a ruler who does not lack scholars to contribute, they are actually worthless.

Guo Peng is giving them opportunities, giving them opportunities.

So when Xu Shu, Meng Jian and Shi Tao were actively discussing this matter, Zhuge Liang didn't pay much attention to it. He was still studying and preparing for the exam at ease.

Xu Shu asked Zhuge Liang why he didn't participate in the discussion, saying that it was a major national event, but Zhuge Liang made it clear to Xu Shu in one sentence.

"Let's spend all our time discussing what to do here, can Duke Wei hear you?"

Xu Shu and the other three looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and felt a little speechless.

"Duke Wei has the final say on the world's major events, or we have the final say? If we don't have the final say, we shouldn't talk too much, but should be diligent in learning, so as to gain a higher level of advancement.

Now that Duke Wei has given us the opportunity to take the exam, he is giving us the opportunity to be an official. If we don't seize it, but keep our name and talk about it, what is the meaning to the country and us personally? "

Zhuge Liang persuaded the three of them earnestly.

So the three of them came to their senses and realized their innocence, so they kept silent about the important national affairs that they couldn't reach, and studied and prepared for the exam with peace of mind.

Later, Xu Shu saw that Zhuge Liang was not reading Confucian classics, but reading "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", which surprised him.

"Kong Ming, you don't read classics, but "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". Why?"

"Wei Gong likes arithmetic, don't you know?"

Zhuge Liang waved the math book in his hand, and said, "Wei Gong has a large number of counting officials, and more than once people have preached the importance of arithmetic. The commander-in-chief Wang Can is deeply appreciated by Wei Gong, and he has made great achievements. Don’t you think there will be no arithmetic problems in Duke Wei’s strategy test?”

Xu Shu and the other three suddenly realized, and immediately borrowed other parts of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" from Zhuge Liang to read, so as to sharpen their guns before the battle.

Soon, it was mid-September, and the new little emperor Liu Jian had been invited to Yecheng by Guo Peng with grand specifications.

He will live in Yecheng for a period of time, and will go to Luoyang at the end of December, where he will ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor in the newly built palace in Luoyang.

The little emperor had officially shown his portrait several times in front of the officials and workers in Yecheng, sitting high on the stage. Of course, he was still a prince at this time, not an emperor, and he just received everyone as a potential emperor.

There was no one else around, and all the servants were provided by Guo Peng, so he looked at everyone timidly, and used mechanical words to make everyone kneel down, get up, and then get out of the way.

Guo Peng is very satisfied with him, and his diehards are also quite satisfied with the emperor.

With this emperor, Guo Peng can do a lot of things, and his name can be justified. Of course, the three forces in the south may not listen, but it doesn't matter, as long as the area under his control listens to it.

Guo Peng has someone to "express" again.

This is not important, the important thing is that Guo Peng needs to step up to the peak of the ministers in the name of the little emperor, further challenge the nerves of the people of the world, and lay a solid foundation for himself to become the emperor.

This time, it was the final preparation.

Of course, all of this is still unknown now. No one knows what Guo Peng will do after the little emperor ascends the throne. Some people have already guessed it, but obviously, most people have not guessed it.

Even if things are imminent, they are just passive and obedient.

The most important thing right now is obviously not the matter of the little emperor, but the matter of the ceremony of discussing talents.