At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chen Ji didn't want to answer.

But Guo Peng didn't let him go.

"Gu just wants to hear Mr. Chen's opinion. Gu always opens up his way of speaking and accepts honest and good words. If Mr. Chen doesn't say anything, is he unwilling to answer Gu? Is it because he thinks that Mr. Chen is not worthy of honest and good words from Mr. Chen? Chen Gong has a problem with Gu?"

Guo Peng still bent down beside Chen Ji and cared for him.

Chen Ji's entire body tensed up.

"The old minister dare not..."

"Then say it."

Guo Peng suddenly called out to the door: "Come here."

Chen Ji was a little strange, and turned his head slightly, and saw two young officials walking in, one holding a pen and ink and bamboo slips, the other holding a table and a bookshelf for bamboo slips.

After the two of them manipulated it, one of them sat upright in front of the desk, spread out the bamboo slips and put them on the bookshelf, without looking sideways, holding a pen and wanting to write.

A person sat beside him, grinding ink for him.

Chen Ji's pupils shrank.

"Chen Gong, why don't you say it? Is there something wrong with Gu's doing? Is there anything wrong with Gu's doing?"

Guo Peng asked with a smile, stroking Chen Ji's back with gentle force.

Chen Ji's lips trembled, but he hesitated for a while.

"The Son of Heaven had an edict to enshrine the Duke of Wei as the King of Wei. Xun Wenruo, as an important minister, but...but he uttered rebellious words, slandered loyalty, and had sinister intentions. It can be seen from his heart! The impact is also very bad, and it will make people Suspect Wei Gong’s loyalty to the monarch and the heart of the country, so his crime...should...be punished!!"

After finishing the last word, Chen Ji's breathing became rapid, his lips were tightened, the corners of his mouth turned down, and he closed his eyes tightly.

The whole body began to tremble slightly.

The young official who held the pen started to write immediately, resolutely and smoothly, without knowing what he was writing.

"Be punished... Xun Wenruo has followed me for several years, and I can't bear to kill him if he says to kill him. How can he be so confused? It is a fact that His Majesty has ascended the throne now. No matter how unwilling he is, he can't murder the emperor." ..."

With a sad face, Guo Peng beat his chest, his eyes flushed: "Why is this? Why is this?"

Chen Ji's pupils shrank, and he suddenly looked up at Guo Peng.

"Mr. Chen? Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong?"

Guo Peng wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and looked at Chen Ji strangely.

………………

Chen Ji was stunned for a while.

"No, no, Wei Gong is not wrong, if Xun Wen is wrong, he is guilty! The crime of treason! It is a capital crime!"

Chen Ji lowered his head decisively.

The young official with a pen looked at the exchange between Guo Peng and Chen Ji, thought for a while, and wrote again, very resolutely.

Seeing the young official with a pen finish recording, Guo Peng stood up straight and helped Chen Ji up.

"I already understand what Mr. Chen means. Mr. Chen will go home and rest for the time being. Mr. Chen is getting older. He needs to rest more, wear more clothes, eat more light food, less oil and less salt. Only in this way can he live a long, long life. , Only then can we see Changwen stand out."

Guo Peng helped Chen Ji all the way to the gate of the mansion, watched with his own eyes that Chen Ji boarded the carriage with the help of his servants, watched the carriage walk away slowly, disappeared at the corner of the street, and then slowly returned to the house.

In the room, before the two young officials left, the person in charge of recording presented the written bamboo slips with both hands.

"Today's event has been recorded, please read it, Duke Wei."

Guo Peng nodded, reached out to take it, and saw a concise sentence written on the bamboo slip.

"In November, 28 people, including Dahongyu, Xunyu, and eunuch Zang Hong, conspired to kill the emperor. The Minister ordered Xunyou to report his crimes. The same is true, the public is sad about it, and why is it so sad. 』

Guo Peng is very satisfied.

"In triplicate, make more reserves, and do a good job of embalming, so that they can be used for writing history books in the future."

"As ordered."

The two young officials bid farewell and left.

Looking at the back of them leaving, Guo Peng smiled again, a little arrogant and fearless.

Hey history books.

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Chapter 688 Seven starts with blood and ends with blood

Chen Ji came out of Guo Peng's house, sat in the carriage, and returned home in a daze.

At home, Chen Qun just came home from get off work after September [-], [-], covered in sweat, thinking about taking a shower, changing clothes and smelling incense before going to work. When he saw his father walking in from the door, he immediately greeted him.

"Father."

Chen Ji stopped and looked at Chen Qun silently.

"Father?"

Chen Qun bent down and cupped his hands for a while, seeing that Chen Ji didn't respond, he slightly raised his head to look at Chen Ji.

"Long text."

Chen Ji stretched out a hand towards Chen Qun.

Chen Qun quickly grabbed Chen Ji's hand and leaned on it.

"My son is here."

"In the future, we must be careful in life and things. It is not easy for our Chen family to come all the way to today. Your grandfather came from a humble family. My Chen family has only made a fortune for several generations. It is very difficult to come to where I am today. No matter what, you must To keep the Chen family, the survival of the Chen family is in your hands."

Chen Ji held Chen Qun's hand tightly.

"Why did father say such a thing?"

Chen Qun felt it was very strange, and when he took a closer look, he found that Chen Ji's complexion was pale, his lips were bloodless, and his eyes were straight.

While Chen Qun was wondering, suddenly Chen Ji rolled his eyes and passed out.

"Father! Father! Father!!!"

Chen Qun was shocked, and immediately called the servants at home to carry Chen Ji to the bedroom in the backyard, and invited the great doctor Hua Tuo to treat Chen Ji.

Within a few days, Guo Peng learned that Chen Ji had fallen ill in bed, and he took it very seriously.

He strictly ordered Hua Tuo and all the doctors in the Medical Center to treat Chen Ji at all costs.

It's a pity that Chen Ji's condition is still getting worse day by day, he can't get out of bed when lying on the bed, he is getting haggard day by day, and he seems to be dying soon.

It was also during this period that Guo Peng made public the process of Xun Yu, Zang Hong and others jointly plotting rebellion, plotting to harm the little emperor, and the subsequent processing.

He said that Xun Yu, Zang Hong and others were always dissatisfied with the young emperor's ascension to the throne, and never really believed that the young emperor was the emperor. He even did not hesitate to murder the little emperor's life.

The Xun's conspiracy group included Xun Yu, Zang Hong, and 26 other Luoyang officials. They conspired to kill the little emperor and elect other Liu clan relatives to be emperors.

Fortunately, Shangshu ordered Xun You to discover this matter in time, exposed their conspiracy, stopped it, and ordered the arrest of 28 rebellious officials headed by Xun Yu and Zang Hong, smashing their coup attempt.

After interrogation, the evidence was conclusive. Emperor Liu Jian was furious and ordered Xun Yu, Zang Hong and other 28 people to copy and behead the whole family.

Guo Peng couldn't bear it, and he said in the form that he had made contributions to the Han Empire, and asked them to be saved from death.

The emperor forbids.

But thinking of Guo Peng's plea and their past achievements, the emperor changed the punishment to the death of the males and the sale of the female relatives into slavery.

Guo Peng's eldest son, Guo Jin, the Northern Lieutenant of Luoyang, had always been friendly with Zang Hong's son Zang Biao. When he heard this, he was shocked and turned pale. He knelt at the gate of the palace and petitioned the emperor, asking the emperor to spare Zang Biao's life, and then wrote to his father Guo Peng. , I hope Guo Peng will do his best to rescue, but Guo Peng can't do anything.

Guo Jin fainted from crying, and fell ill for a while.

At the end of December in the first year of Jian'an, Xun Yu, Zang Hong and other 28 rebellious officials and their males were beheaded by the emperor in Luoyang.

During the whole process, Guo Peng didn't mention a single word about the White Horse Alliance.

Since then, no one has mentioned it again.

Whether it was Luoyang, Yecheng, or any state, county, county, or city under Guo Peng's control, no one mentioned it again.

The sanctity and inviolability of the White Horse Alliance no longer existed with the deaths of Xun Yu, Zang Hong and others.

Start with blood, end with blood.

Because those who should know know the reason, and those who should not know will never know, let alone mention it.

After that, a few things happened.

For example, Xun You went to the emperor to plead guilty, saying that he could not find out in time that his clansmen had committed a crime, and that it was his fault that the little emperor was almost killed.

The "little emperor" issued an edict stating that Xun You was innocent. Xun You discovered Xun Yu's crime in time, stopped it in time, and punctured the conspiracy. This is a great achievement and a hero who defended the Han Dynasty.

The crime of the tribe is not the crime of Xun You. Not only is Xun You innocent, but he should have made great achievements and should be rewarded.

So the imperial court gave Xun You a title of title, added Shiyi, granted his wife and son, and ordered him to stay in the post of minister and continue to be a loyal minister of the great Han.

Xun You wept and thanked the emperor for his kindness.

The entire Xun family expressed their gratitude to the emperor for his kindness, and thanked the "emperor" for not punishing their entire family.

The Xun family is like this, and so is the Chen family.

During Chen Ji's illness, he made up his mind and decided to resign, and went to Guo Peng to beg for his bones.

At the same time, he also decided to move the Chen clan from Yingchuan to Yecheng, Weijun. From then on, he left Yingchuan, no longer took Yingchuan as his ancestral home, and changed his household registration to Weijun, Jizhou. Several of the in-laws were dismissed.

For this reason, the Chen family was criticized and their reputation plummeted. Chen Ji was ridiculed by many people as "a hero who knows current affairs", and some people scolded Chen Ji for being too late.

On the contrary, the Xun family got some sympathy points because of this, and did not suffer from Xun Yu's conspiracy.

Even so, the reputation of the Xun family was not much better under the attack of public opinion by the imperial literati group headed by Chen Lin.

Chen Lin and others spoke out for Guo Peng during this public opinion war, controlled the public opinion position, and output a large number of high-quality articles, firmly gaining the upper hand.

As a result, all the officials in Yecheng were discussing the fact that Xun Yu, Zang Hong and others intended to murder the emperor, and they all felt terrible and unbelievable.

Guo Peng very insidiously brought out the matter of Xun Yu and Zang Hong's opposition to the young emperor's ascension to the throne, and publicized it together with this matter. causality.

Someone Guo picked it up cleanly, and Xun You became a hero who protected the emperor, but all the dirty water was poured on 28 people including Xun Yu and Zang Hong.

He wasn't worried at all.

For the dead cannot justify themselves, and the living dare not justify them.

So this public case was confirmed, concluded, and recorded.

The Xun family, who was deeply favored by the court, actually participated in the rebellion and wanted to murder the little emperor Liu Jian's life!

This is simply unimaginable.

For this reason, the actions of several members of the Xun family to promote filial piety and honesty were also forced to stop, and the actions of Xun's children trying to recommend other Yingchuan scholars were also forced to stop.

The Xun family's political interests were hit hard, and their political future was almost completely destroyed. There was no hope in sight, and the interests of Yingchuan scholars were also implicated.

The other Yingchuan officials who were acquainted with them and tried to build a political network of Yingchuan scholars were implicated by this incident and could not continue. Their attempts to reach political writing with Qingyan scholars and Jizhou scholars were also rejected. ruined.

Qingyan scholars and Jizhou scholars avoided them, lest they establish contact with Yingchuan scholars.

The Qingyan scholars and Jizhou scholars did not have as deep a foundation as the Yingchuan scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Originally, the Yingchuan scholars tried to reach a cooperation with them in exchange for political benefits. As a result, the cooperation was terminated immediately when this big case came out. up.

The efforts of the Yingchuan scholars to rebuild the network of relationships that benefited them within the Guo Wei regime were almost ruined.

Their power has completely declined, and they have fallen to the bottom, and there is no hope of recovery for a while.

As for the court debate, no one knew, and no one knew the reason why Xun Yu and Zang Hong were killed.

Those who knew about it were either dead or under a gag order.

If you don't want to die, just be honest and don't talk.

Chapter 689 .690 Eight Kings of Wei