At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Is it a test?

Or simply a gift?

Wu Yi was very nervous, Wu Ban was also very nervous, Huang Quan was even more nervous, and Zhang Su could even feel his heart beating violently.

On the contrary, Zhang Song silently looked at Guo Peng and then at Liu Zhang, seeming to understand something.

Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, looked at the dancers who were still dancing the Shu dance, and then looked at Guo Peng's gentle face.

Then a thousand words and a thousand words made a sentence.

"Your Majesty's gift, I... I dare not refuse it."

"okay."

Guo Peng seemed satisfied and nodded: "Then these musicians and dancers are given to you alone. If you miss Shuzhong, you can listen to Shu music and watch Shu dance. Isn't it beautiful?"

"Your Majesty's kindness to me, I will never forget it!"

Liu Zhang knelt down on the ground and pressed his head deeply on the ground.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Guo Peng laughed out loud.

The Shu dance continued, the scene continued, and the Wei officials and Wei generals continued to drink and drink with each other indifferently.

The surrendered officials in central Shu also breathed a sigh of relief—it turned out that this was not a temptation, but a gift.

So they continued to watch the Sichuan music that made them feel embarrassed, and continued to feel sad, sad, unbearable, and heartbroken.

So what?

In Luoyang, as prisoners, their fate has been decided.

After drinking for three rounds, the atmosphere of the banquet got better and better, so Guo Peng sat on the high platform, raised his wine glass, and pointed towards Xu Jing who was sitting not far below.

"Xu Gong, this glass of wine, I respect you alone."

Xu Jing was leisurely enjoying the singing and dancing, when he suddenly heard Guo Peng calling his name, he was taken aback for a moment, seeing Guo Peng raised his wine glass to himself, he immediately picked up the wine glass and sat up straight.

"I'm terrified, I dare not!"

"Hahaha, there's nothing you dare to do. Mr. Xu, I respect you alone with this glass of wine, but it's not just you, but also your deceased brother, Xu Zijiang. I also respect him with this glass of wine."

Guo Peng's sudden toast made many people feel a little strange.

Especially the ministers in central Shu felt that Monk Zhang Er was puzzled by Guo Peng's sudden toast to Xu Jing.

A traitor who betrayed his lord and was caught in a catastrophe, logically speaking, should be ruined and rejected by the new lord.

As a result, not only did Guo Peng not reject him, but he also treated him preferentially, without causing him any embarrassment, and appointed him as an official in the Ministry of Rites. Not only that, but also toasted him with wine.

What is Guo Peng thinking?

All the ministers were very strange and did not understand.

Then Guo Peng mentioned Xu Zijiang, Xu Zijiang who had passed away for many years.

Some older officials who were born in Yanzhou and Yuzhou suddenly remembered some dusty past events.

For example, Cao Cao, he immediately remembered the past 30 years ago.

Xu Jing also suddenly remembered that part of the past.

After the relationship between him and Xu Shao broke up, he never mentioned that past again. As time went by, he gradually forgot about it, but when Guo Peng mentioned it suddenly, he suddenly remembered it.

Most of the officials didn't know what was going on. Xu Shao had passed away for a long time, and the story about him was gradually not mentioned. Not many people knew about it now, let alone the past between Guo Peng and Xu Shao.

Is there a past between them?

The fire of gossip began to burn in the hearts of officials.

"I never thought His Majesty would still remember."

Xu Jing smiled awkwardly: "That happened 30 years ago, Your Majesty really has a good memory."

"That incident had a great impact on Gu, how could Gu forget it? Gu remembers it clearly!"

Guo Peng sighed, glanced at the officials, and said with a smile: "You probably don't know, and not many people know now, after all, it has been 30 years, and most of the people who experienced that incident at that time are now gone. That's right, Cao Shoufu?"

Guo Peng looked at Cao Cao with a smile, and Cao Cao replied immediately.

"Yes, in the past 30 years, too many things have changed, and many people are gone. I have the honor to accompany His Majesty for 30 years. Thinking about it now, I feel very sad."

Cao Cao is Guo Peng's brother-in-law, and he has been friendly with Guo Peng since he was young. Of course, the relationship with Guo Peng goes without saying.

But these two people talked about what happened 30 years ago, which made many officials who didn't know about it very strange, itchy in their hearts, and they wanted to know more urgently.

It is very rare to know some private affairs of the emperor.

Guo Peng smiled.

"You guys don't know, let's talk about it alone. Speaking of it, this matter is really interesting."

Guo Peng stood up and walked down the high platform, speaking slowly.

"Thirty years ago, I was eight years old. At that time, General Xu Zi was a man of great influence in the world. He held a monthly review in Pingyu, Runan, and commented on scholars in the world. You should still have an impression, or you may have heard it from your parents. "

Guo Peng looked around at the people around him, and they all nodded their heads. Both the old and the young had heard of the Yuedan Review back then.

"Back then, the Yuedan Review was a grand event in the Central Plains. On the first day of each month, Zi Jianggong and Xu Gong presided over the Yuedan Review in Pingyu County to review the articles of scholars from all over the world, and select the best ones to praise them.

In the Central Plains at that time, any scholar who could get these two praises would immediately become famous, double his worth, and immediately become a man of the hour and admired by all. The scene of that season is lonely and vivid. "

Guo Peng sighed, walked to Xu Jing's seat and looked at him.

Xu Jing hurriedly saluted.

"Since receiving the compliments from the two of you can make you famous and your worth doubled, of course a large number of scholars will go there that day. Scholars from the Central Plains, Jingzhou, and even Hebei will go to participate in the Yuedan Review. They only hope to be praised and become famous in one fell swoop.

Cao Shoufu is Gu's wife and brother. At that time, he admired Zi Jianggong and wanted to get Zi Jianggong's praise, so he brought articles to ask Zi Jianggong's comments many times, but failed many times.

Later, Cao Shoufu finally got the evaluation of Zi Jianggong, Zi Jianggong said that Cao Shoufu was a hero in troubled times, but a traitor in prosperous times, hahahahaha..."

Guo Peng couldn't help but walked to Cao Cao's side again, and patted Cao Cao's shoulder.

Cao Cao stood up and couldn't help laughing.

"This is all in the past..."

"It's a past event, but it's also a very interesting past event. Everyone commented on the article, and only Cao Shoufu was scolded. Isn't this interesting?"

Guo Peng laughed and patted Cao Cao on the shoulder, then walked back to Xu Jing.

"But if it's just that, it's nothing. Cao Shoufu laughed and was very happy, but who would have thought that Zi Jianggong would let Cao Shoufu remember to grow a beard in his life after that."

Some people don't understand why, and then react immediately.

Everyone remembered that Cao Cao's grandfather, Cao Teng, was an eunuch, and the Cao family was a family of eunuchs. They made their fortunes by virtue of the eunuch Cao Teng serving four emperors in the court, so they must be looked down upon by scholars.

Don't talk about that time, just now, Cao Cao is the chief assistant of the current cabinet and holds the power of auditing. He is the closest minister under the emperor Guo Peng, the third-class marquis, and Guo Peng's brother-in-law.

Such a noble status cannot stop the scholars from slandering and criticizing him in private.

So far, many scholars secretly ridiculed Cao Cao as an eunuch, thinking that he was a lowly man, but he was in a high position.

Shilin public opinion was very unfriendly to him. Some people often privately thought that it was not a good thing for such a eunuch to stay in such a position close to Guo Peng in the future, and believed that he should be pulled down and driven away.

That is to say, because Cao Lan is Guo Peng's queen and Cao Cao's own sister, it involves Guo Peng's family affairs and the emperor himself, so the scholars dare not be presumptuous.

Otherwise, someone will find fault with Cao Cao, and keep playing him to slander him, and he must be kicked out of the central power department, otherwise he will not eat well and sleep well.

It is a shame for scholars to let eunuchs serve as chief officials in confidential departments around the emperor!

How could there be such a person by the emperor's side?

The emperor should be surrounded by famous Confucian scholars, virtuous ministers who have read the scriptures well, they should be noble, elegant, and exuding a faint fragrance, not a eunuch like Cao Cao who is full of stinky eunuchs!

Many scholars have such thoughts, and they are full of malice towards Cao Cao.

Chapter 860 Suigu dominates the country!

Cao Cao never expressed his opinion on this issue, only when these things did not exist.

But his tolerance obviously had no good effect.

No one will realize their mistakes because of your tolerance, so as to stop slandering you.

Tolerance will only make people push forward and make things worse.

Vicious and even brutal counterattacks are the only way to curb slander.

But Cao Cao's innate disadvantage made it difficult for him to fight back.

The poor background is not something that Cao Cao can decide, but he has to bear it, so even though he feels uncomfortable, he can only endure it, as it is not easy and the price he must pay for being in a high position.

And Cao Cao knew that the scholars had nothing to do with him, because his identity was here.

The scholars really had nothing to do with him, and they did not dare to target Cao Cao on the surface, because he was the emperor's brother-in-law.

In private, it is enough to get over the addiction of talking about it, but if it is really necessary to show it publicly, no one dares to throw face at Cao Cao.

The identity of the emperor's brother-in-law and the prince's uncle... is quite tricky.

Isn't disrespect to him the same as hitting the emperor and queen in the face?

Anyway, both sides are uncomfortable, but neither can do anything to the other, so they are in a stalemate.

Now that Guo Peng made this matter clear, everyone looked at it together, only to see Cao Cao's face was normal, but he just kept looking at Guo Peng, as if he was not embarrassed by this matter, and he didn't care about it.

Many people who were in a bad situation couldn't help nodding their heads in approval, thinking that Cao Cao had a heart.

However, officials of noble family background felt inexplicably unhappy about this.

But people have thought of how embarrassing and angry it was for Cao Cao to mock his ancestors in front of Cao Cao at that time.

If it happened to them, some people probably couldn't help but draw their swords and kill people to defend the family's reputation.

Although Cao's family had no reputation at that time.

So Xu Jing's complexion turned pale.

He clearly remembered that he was still there at the time, just sitting on the sidelines, watching that scene, he was a little gloating at the time, but as time passed, who would have thought that this incident would have a follow-up 30 years later?

Waiting for me here?

But Xu Shao and I have fallen out a long time ago!

You won't seek revenge on me, will you?

Xu Jing's heart kept beating a drum.

"I encountered this kind of thing, the scene at that time, 30 years, 30 years later, I still remember it clearly, I don't want to mention that scene again, anyway, I was very angry at the time.

Gu was only eight years old at the time, he didn't care about anything, and he didn't know how to be in awe, so he knew it was wrong to do so, so Gu rushed to the high platform of Yuedan's review in a fit of anger.

Then he recklessly kicked Zi Jianggong fiercely, and scolded him back. In front of so many people, Gu said that it was wrong for him to insult the ancestors in front of future generations, and to do such a thing , he is ashamed to be a scholar. "

As soon as Guo Peng said this, the whole scene suddenly went wrong.

Many people wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

Recalling that scene, the eight-year-old Guo Peng rushed up to the high platform with short legs and kicked the respected Xu Shao fiercely, then...

It's very interesting, isn't it?

Then Guo Peng took the lead and laughed.

When the emperor smiled, the officials couldn't help it, and laughed along with him.

Cao Cao also smiled reminiscently.

Guo Peng laughed, looked at Xu Jing again and said: "Time has passed, and it is meaningless to talk about right and wrong, but anyway, afterward, Zi Jianggong gave Gu a comment, saying that although Gu is young, he has courage. , can take on big things in the future.

Because of this evaluation, Gu has been valued by many people and helped by many people, and it has come all the way to today, so for Zi Jianggong, Gu has some gratitude. Many years ago, when Gu learned of Zi Jianggong's death, he still Some sentimental. "

After Guo Peng said this, Xu Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Feelings are not to trouble me...

"It's been 30 years, time has changed, things have changed, people have changed, many people are gone, and the troubled times have taken too many lives, which I never imagined."