At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"stand up!"

Guo Jin's body trembled, and he stood up slowly.

"Do you understand what fear is?"

Guo Jin suddenly raised her head and looked at Guo Peng in surprise.

"This is fear, the fear of absolute power, and it will not change because of anything, even if you and I are father and son."

Guo Peng took Guo Jin's hand again: "Brothers Fusu and Huhai killed each other, Emperor Wu Liu Ju killed his father and son, in the face of absolute power, blood relatives, what are they?"

"Father……"

Guo Jin's voice was trembling.

"Do you understand what fear is?"

Guo Peng asked again.

"Yes……"

Guo Jin's lips trembled.

"Do you understand how the ministers and generals around Weifu think of Weifu now?"

"Yes……"

Guo Peng nodded.

"So being a father is already a lonely family."

Guo Peng let go of Guo Jin's hand: "And you, even the next lonely person, must be the next lonely person."

Guo Jin trembled all over, with a complicated expression on his face.

"The close friends you think, the confidants you think, and the minions you think are actually all potential threats to you, especially for you and my father and son, this kind of threat is even greater."

Guo Peng looked around and said: "The world has been in turmoil for nearly 20 years. The Han Dynasty collapsed, and the people of the world changed their minds. They took advantage of the situation for their father, wiped out the heroes, established achievements, stabilized the prefectures and counties, and brought the world back to peace. Let Li Shu live and work in peace and contentment.

However, not long before the successive rebellions, the heart of rebellion has not been extinguished. If the local government is not suppressed with absolute power and supreme prestige, the rebellion will surely recur. After experiencing troubled times, everyone is a potential Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. Only the strong Only by making everyone desperate can the world restore stability and gradually restore order. "

Guo Jin felt that her mouth was dry, her throat was dry, and her heart was beating fast.

"You may be wondering, do you have to use your own strength to fight against all civil servants and generals?"

Guo Peng shook his head: "No, you also have allies and helpers, do you know where they are?"

Guo Jin raised her head and looked at Guo Peng eagerly.

"It's right here."

Guo Peng opened his hands: "Li Shu on this land is your ally and your helper."

"Li Shu?"

Guo Jin was suddenly full of doubts: "Father mean, Li Shu?"

"Yes, these are Li Shu who face the land and back to the sky, and work hard just to have a full meal."

Guo Peng nodded: "They are your allies and your only allies. They are your foundation. Every piece of land recorded by the government and every family of farmers recorded on the record are left to you by your father. , the real foundation."

Guo Peng took Guo Jin's hand and continued to walk forward.

"You have many doubts in your heart, and I know it, but if you want to clear up your doubts, you have to answer a question first."

"Father, please."

Guo Jin nodded.

"Is Li Shu a citizen?"

"..."

Guo Jin frowned: "Of course, didn't my father say so?"

"In the eyes of my father and you, yes."

Guo Peng smiled: "But in the eyes of scholars, Li Shu is not the people, they are the people. Li Shu is just an ant, not worthy of being called the people at all. I don't know what Mencius said that the people are more important than the emperor, what is he referring to?" What kind of people, but my father knows that today, the so-called people refer to scholars who can read and write."

Guo Peng stopped, let go of his hands, and looked back at Guo Jin: "Only they are the people, and these Li Shu who are working hard are not people, but just ants. They have never regarded Li Shu as the same people as themselves. In their hearts, they and Li Shu are two completely different existences.

They think that they are born to rule Li Shu, they are born to be supported by Li Shu, all the dirty work is done by Li Shu, and all the good things belong to them, only they can read, only they can understand. Reasonable, but Li Shu is not worthy. "

Guo Jin's eyes were full of doubts and shock.

"Do you understand? Min and Li Shu are not the same thing. Min is not Li Shu. Li Shu is not worthy of being a Min."

Guo Peng stared at Guo Jin, and said in a low voice, "The Xun family of Yingchuan, the Chen family of Yingchuan, the Zhong family of Yingchuan, the Yang family of Hongnong, the Yuan family of Runan, including the Guo family of Yingchuan from which your father and son were born, and those who know The local tyrants with rich writing and family property are the people, and those who are serving as officials or will be officials or will be officials in the end are the people!

They, we, are all people!Because we are the people, we can come to where we are today, and because we are the people, we can read and understand the truth!Because it is the people, it is only because it is the people that they can raise their arms and raise a group of people to start a rebellion. It is only because they are the people, and Li Shu can't! "

"civil……"

Guo Jin said, "Father, are we... people?"

"A Jin, from my father's point of view, there are only three types of people in the world, the monarch, the people, and the common people."

Guo Peng took a deep breath, and said very seriously: "Why did the Han Dynasty come to this point in 400 years? My father was only the son of a county magistrate in the past, why did he come to where he is today in only 16 years? What is the reason? The reason is that the people are too Noble, the king is too light, Li Shu is too desolate!"

Chapter 699 Seven hundred and eighth monarch, people, Li Shu

People are too expensive?

Are you too light?

Li Shu is too bleak?

These words broke into Guo Jin's head, making Guo Jin feel that her whole world had been turned upside down.

For a while, Guo Peng didn't speak any more, and Guo Jin didn't ask any questions.

He was too shaken and needed time to react.

Guo Peng gave him a little time.

The early spring breeze blew across the field with a little chill, and left a touch of coolness on the faces of the father and son.

Guo Jin blinked and looked at Guo Peng.

Guo Peng spoke at the right time.

"Why did you kill Zang Hong when you were a father? Why did you kill Xun Yu? Because before the feudal state was established, the father was also the people. Like them, they cooperated with each other. After the feudal state was established, the father was the king, and the father was no longer the people." Now, the ruler is the enemy of the people, and Li Shu is the ruler's friend."

Putting a hand on Guo Jin's shoulder, Guo Peng said slowly: "Facing hundreds of thousands of people, you are weak, because you only have one person, and there are hundreds of thousands of people. In order to govern the country, you must We have to distribute power to the people. If the people have power and there are so many people, who is strong? Who is weak?

But there is no unparalleled road, and the king also has a chance, because in addition to the people, there are Li Shu. In order to monopolize the qualifications of being an official, the people bully the king and suppress the Li Shu. Generally speaking, the people are the common enemy, the king has great righteousness, the common people have great strength, and the combination of the two can defeat the people. "

Guo Jin who said these words was suddenly a little excited.

It was as if the clouds and the sun had emerged from the chaos.

he asked excitedly.

"Father, the king and Li Shu, how can the two become one?"

"..."

This time, it was Guo Peng who was silent.

"Father?"

Seeing that Guo Peng didn't speak for a while, Guo Jin asked suspiciously.

Under Guo Jin's questioning, Guo Peng suddenly said something that surprised and doubted Guo Jin.

"Ajin, deep down as a father, she doesn't like the rule of one family and one surname, but there is nothing you can do about it as a father."

"Father……"

"Do you know why?"

Guo Peng moved his eyes away from Guo Jin's face, and moved to a distance that Guo Jin couldn't see for the time being.

"Because not every king can clearly realize that he is a king, and not every king can clearly realize that his allies are Li Shu, not the people."

"Father, what does this mean?"

"Ajin, who is your teacher?"

Guo Peng asked.

"Cai Gong, and the teachers in the academy, they..."

Guo Jin suddenly realized something, and said in surprise: "They are all people!"

"Not only are they people, but what you learn is also the knowledge of the people, not the knowledge of the king. It is more difficult to pass on the knowledge of the people than the knowledge of the people. It can only be passed on by word of mouth. It will be cut off, and the king will have nothing but appearance, but inside, he will become a citizen."

Guo Peng shook his head and sighed: "As a king, you don't do what a king should do, but you are intoxicated by the lies fabricated by the people. You want to be a sage and a benevolent king. You don't restrict and suppress the people, but indulge the people with their own principles. The power belonging to the king has taken away the taxes and lands of Li Shu, but the king doesn't know it, or knows it, but he can't do anything about it.

A large number of Li and Shu were displaced, but the treasury was empty. They could not provide money for relief or settle down. In the end, the Li and Shu had nowhere to go. As long as one person took the lead, the rest would follow him and rise up. Suddenly became a new nobleman, but the king died without a place to bury him. Isn't it rare that such a thing happens? "

Guo Jin's expression became more and more surprised.

"This is the disadvantage of a family with one surname."

Guo Peng sighed: "A Jin, do you know what I am most worried about my father? What I am most worried about my father is that our Guo family's monarch school has broken the inheritance, and my father's efforts to suppress the people and support Li Shu will go to waste. In 200 years, the world will return to 16 years ago, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion will definitely reappear."

"This……"

Guo Jin found that she understood a lot.

Compared with the historical events he knows, he deeply believes that what his father said is correct.

During the short conversation, Guo Jin felt that everything she knew had changed in one direction.

Looking from this direction, Guo Jin suddenly understood what Guo Peng had done.

"No one taught the father what is the king's study. This hard-won king's study is much more precious than the five classics and fourteen family laws. He fought the world for his father and watched the rise and fall of the princes all over the world. Finally, he got a glimpse of the mystery from the flames of war. , just this little bit of mystery, but it made my father sweat and tremble."

Guo Peng shook his head and sighed: "They are afraid of their father's ruthlessness. Why don't they be afraid of their number and methods? What they think is far more terrifying than being a father, and far more ruthless than being a father. , the consequences will be more serious.

Once for the father, the number of people who were killed was only a hundred people. The turmoil in Ye City lasted only a few months, and the chaos of the court did not disturb the world. Only then was it possible to take advantage of the trend, so which one is the scariest, the people or the king? "

Guo Jin swallowed her saliva, deeply shocked.

"Father, if this is the case, is there a way to deal with it?"

"Have."

Guo Peng nodded: "My father is also groping, and he has figured out a general idea, A Jin, you remember, when you become a king, if they kneel on the ground and shout for sages, you have to reflect on your own policies. Is there something wrong that makes them feel that they have an opportunity.

If they stand on the court and scold you as a faint king, especially when they scold you as a tyrant, you have to reflect on whether you haven't done it fast enough or ruthless enough.

There are not no people who love Li Shu, but they are definitely very few. If they stand up one after another and scold you like jumping, it should be that you have touched their vitals, so keep going. "

"Father, this...this is completely contrary to what the Five Classics family law says."

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng, and said in a low voice, "What is said in the book is completely different from what my father said."

"Who wrote the Five Classics? Could it be that you wrote them?"

"No, the Five Classics...of course it was written by scholars...people."

"Correct."

Guo Peng nodded: "What my father learned when he was young, and what you learned when you were young, are all folk studies, the knowledge of scholars. What is the purpose of scholars' learning? Inheriting knowledge is secondary. The main purpose is to gain power, and then rule Li Shu, that is, to bully the king and suppress Li Shu, this is what my father has been doing."

"!!!"

Guo Jin's eyes widened.

"Ajin, have you ever heard a word from the emperor since my father started his army? Up to now, he has been arbitrarily setting up the emperor, deceiving the emperor, and seizing the power of the Han Dynasty for his own use. This is the knowledge of scholars, because there is still a Han on the father's head. Son of Heaven, so being a father is not the only ruler, the knowledge of scholars is still useful for being a father.”

Guo Peng didn't hide anything from his son.

Guo Jin's brain spun rapidly, and immediately realized with horror that what Guo Peng said was true.

"Have you noticed? Jin, what you have learned is entirely from the perspective of scholars. What you have learned is to promote the superiority of scholars. ruler.

Between the words, it seems that scholars are the masters of China, and the kings of all dynasties are just puppets who obey what the scholars say and do things. The existence of the kings is only symbolic and has no practical significance. will prosper. "

Guo Peng sneered and said: "What are the scholars preaching? What is the old story of Yao, Shun and Yu that the scholars admire? It is the abdication, and what is the inside of the abdication? It is the king who does not care about power and is willing to let go Is a good king.