At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Since the founding of the country, Guo Peng has sent many signals, and the trend of centralization is very obvious.

For example, Guo Peng does not establish the real power of the three.

There is only one mascot Cai Yong on the third throne of the Wei Empire.

Cai Yong himself has no other assignments except for the Taixue doctor offering wine. He is not responsible for administrative issues.

Moreover, according to the tacit understanding between Cai Yong and Guo Peng, it is estimated that without Guo Peng's approval, Cai Yong would not use his calling power until his death.

Cai Yong doesn't use it, and of course no one else will use it. It's not even certain whether Guo Peng will establish a third prince after Cai Yong. According to Guo Peng's desire for power, the officials have reason to suspect that Guo Peng will do so.

And this is equivalent to having this power in name, but no one in the central government can use it.

However, the central officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty were only able to use the power of summoning Sangong and General Kaifu.

Guo Peng would use all kinds of cover-ups to deceive everyone with Sangong, but he was very rude to the army.

Relying on his strong control over the army, he directly used the division of military ranks and positions to remove the power of the heavy-ranked general to open the mansion, and the possibility of the birth of the generals was eliminated from the source.

Therefore, after the founding of the Wei Empire, the central officials' calling power was in name only.

After a set of combined punches, since the founding of the Wei Empire, the way for senior bureaucrats to acquire the group of "old officials" has been greatly restricted by the imperial power, and the imperial power is always on their heads.

Many officials have found that it is becoming more and more difficult for them to obtain old officials who live and die together, and it is becoming more and more difficult to operate. In many cases, there is no room for operation at all.

Guo Peng doesn't have the energy to deal with the rules of "students" yet, but he has already started to deal with the existence of "old officials".

He suppressed this kind of power openly and secretly, which made some officials who wanted to go back to the Eastern Han Dynasty very uncomfortable and couldn't go on at all.

Scholars and bureaucrats who enjoyed various political privileges in the Eastern Han Dynasty felt very unhappy and unsmooth when facing Wei Tianzi's imperial power suppression.

They have quite a lot of opinions on Wei Tianzi's centralization of power.

Of course, they opposed and fought for it, but they failed under Guo's strong request.

And Mr. Guo did not do anything wrong.

In the past two years after the founding of the Wei Empire, promoting filial piety and honesty was still the main way to select talents. The talent discussion ceremony was only held once, and it felt like Guo Peng’s whim, not the norm.

For example, that is the power of the state and county. Guo Peng did not interfere, and everything followed the old system of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

But whether to accept and appoint, that is the power of Guo Peng to lead the examination institute established by the central government.

And this is also the creation of the Central Committee of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Zuo Xiong, a famous official in the Eastern Han Dynasty, realized the disadvantages of promoting filial piety and honesty, and created the rule of re-examination in the government. He could be promoted if he was a filial piety, but whether he was hired or not, he had to pass the re-examination of the central government, named Gongfu Retest.

After Guo Peng established the country, he admired Zuo Xiong's courage, inherited this set of rules, and established a more complete examination institute.

Those filial and honest talents who are promoted by the prefectures and counties have to pass more stringent and intensive examinations before they can be awarded positions.

In this way, to a certain extent, the nepotism of officials brought about by being filial and honest and talented has been curbed, and the dual monarchy, an unspoken rule in officialdom, has been greatly curbed.

However, Guo can take advantage of this convenience and directly appoint many officials he likes, so that they can avoid the call of high-ranking bureaucrats and become the emperor's direct subordinates, so as to continuously expand the imperial power.

The emperor has increasingly moved towards the path of the sole monarch, while the other "double monarchs" are quite disappointed and dissatisfied.

This situation has aroused the attention of many scholars and bureaucrats. They feel uneasy about this reality and often gather in private to discuss this matter, feeling that the Son of Heaven does not behave properly.

Not as good as Handi!

In fact, Guo did not intend to hide it.

He is clearly telling everyone that the emperor is going to seize power, suppress the localities, and re-emphasize the centralization of power, and will not easily give the localities so much cheap power.

Liu Xiu gave it, and someone Guo wanted to take it back.

Liu Xiu has no choice but to rely on a powerful landlord to get to the top, can it be done without compromise?

But Mr. Guo relied on himself, not a powerful landlord, and he didn't even get the support of many scholars at the beginning. His superior position had a sufficient local foundation, and no one could threaten him.

This is the consensus of all.

Some people are dissatisfied, many people are dissatisfied, but no one dares to publicly object.

Guo is an emperor with great power and even more prestige.

Even so, not all the imperial power that Guo Peng can regain is not all.

There is a part of it that is limited by the times, and he really has no way to take it back. Unless he can make trains and telegrams, otherwise he will not be able to take back this part of the imperial power.

Due to the traffic and the constraints of the times, it cannot be reversed by manpower, and it will take time.

He tried his best to regain the imperial power that should belong to him when he could, and carried forward the essence of centralization by relying on the developed transportation network.

However, he cannot ignore the subjective initiative of localities, nor can he completely suppress it, and there is no way or need to completely suppress it.

Every place has its own characteristics, and it is impossible for the central government to intervene completely.

But for Liaodong, a poor and powerful vacuum area, it is not difficult for him to completely control it.

Appointing Lu Su as governor is very simple. He also plans to release a group of capable officials in the cabinet to serve as county magistrates in Liaodong to accumulate political experience and fight monsters to upgrade.

Everything is planned.

Lu Su obviously understood Guo Peng's work style very well, so after a short period of joy about Guo Peng's appointment, he immediately asked.

"Is there anything Your Majesty needs me to do?"

Hey, that's right.

Guo Peng likes this kind of obedient people, and such people are safe enough to put in the place.

Smiling, Guo Peng held Lu Su's hand and paced slowly in the study.

"There are a lot of things you need to do. In poor and poor places, you have to establish them, plan counties, counties and villages, arrange officials at all levels, resume production, and provide for the troops stationed there. Reduce the burden on.

Afterwards, the army will launch a war against Fuyu and Goguryeo. You have to prepare logistics for General Yujin and fully support General Yujin in attacking Goguryeo and Fuyu. This is not an easy task, but I believe you can do it. "

"The minister will do his best."

Lu Su nodded repeatedly.

"There is one more important thing."

Guo Peng said: "Before, Liaodong has been providing medicinal materials and livestock for the Central Plains. Gongsun Du is also vigorously developing medicinal materials and livestock domestication in Liaodong. It is very meaningful for the Central Plains, especially for the army. I think this long-term It is also possible to go down.

So after you take office, you should also focus on building Liaodong into a place where medicinal materials and meat are supplied. Just like some places in Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou specialize in planting non-food crops such as vegetables and fruits, medicinal materials also need to be concentrated in special places. Don't worry about the lack of food, Qingzhou and Jizhou will supply food to Pingzhou at any time. "

"Your Majesty, I understand."

Lu Su said: "I will definitely handle the matter that your majesty has given you, and I will never let your majesty down."

"I believe that Zijing will not let me down."

Guo Peng held Lu Su's hand, stroked his back, and slowly sent him out of the palace gate, while sending him off, he also told him some other things.

"Liaodong is bitterly cold. You grew up in a land of fish and rice like Xuzhou. There are many things you can't adapt to. You need to wear more clothes, don't let your body catch cold, and do more exercise. In your spare time, you can run and jump, practice swords, ride and shoot. In short, the most The key is the body..."

While walking, he told such trivial things to the parents, which made Lu Su feel very warm, and the warmth flowed in his heart.

Walking to the gate of the palace, Guo Peng asked Su Yuan to give Lu Su the sable fur he wore in winter.

"You are far away in Liaodong, so I really don't worry about it. I often wear this sable fur. It is very warm. I will give it to you. Don't catch cold in winter."

Tears welled up in Lu Su's eyes, and he knelt on the ground to thank Guo Peng for his kindness.

Chapter 895 Nine hundred and five, fortunately, Lu Zijing!

After leaving Miyagi, Lu Su held the well-made sable fur in his hand, and the excitement in his heart never slowed down.

Lu Su was excited by the emperor's kindness and the emperor's attention.

Lu Su was especially excited because Guo Peng called himself me instead of Gu to him.

This is no secret among officials.

The emperor would only address me to his trusted and trusted ministers, and everyone else would call me lonely. To be able to hear me calling myself in front of the emperor is enough to prove that this person is in the emperor's heart.

In the near future, he will definitely be promoted.

Therefore, every official was honored and surprised to hear the emperor calling himself "I" in front of the emperor, thinking that this was the greatest praise and encouragement for himself.

And there are not many people who can get such treatment.

At present, most of the people who can get this kind of special treatment are Yuan Cong veterans who started a family with the emperor in the early days.

Later, only a few of the courtiers who entered the Guowei Group had outstanding abilities and were personally promoted by Guo Peng, who had this honor.

After the founding of the Wei Empire, no one has been able to receive such treatment. Even Zhang Song, who was lucky enough to be included in the cabinet, did not receive such an honor. The emperor was still alone.

And most of the people in this group of people who have received such honors have the status of former officials of the Guo family.

That is to say, he became an old official of Guo before he proclaimed himself emperor, and now Guo has become emperor again. The relationship between these two monarchs is overwhelmed, and the responsibility is heavy, but the future is limitless.

And Lu Su was pleasantly surprised to find that he became one of them.

This group is more admired and envied by officials than the pure group of cabinet officials.

Because as long as they don't make mistakes, they can almost monopolize the future high-ranking officials and rich salaries, and there must be a position that satisfies them waiting for them.

Guo's old official Guo's old official, as the name suggests, is an official and general promoted by someone Guo himself. Since Guo Peng started his army, he has always held the core power within the Guowei Group.

The main reason is that according to the unspoken social rules of this era, the responsibility of this group to the emperor is much higher than that of other non-old officials.

With great responsibility, you will naturally get more. Lu Su is not the first to be a feudal official at a young age, and Man Chong was the same way back then.

How not to make those officials who are not former officials of the Guo family feel envious and jealous?

In the minds of this group of people, people are divided into ranks, never equal, and officials are also divided into ranks, which is even more unequal.

The Wei Empire has not long been established, but the official groups have already been divided into ranks and ranks.

Based on hearsay and personal experience, the good people summed up the hierarchy of Wei officials in Luoyang City. This hierarchy is evaluated based on background, future development, etc., and it is not bad.

This first level is undoubtedly the group of former officials of the Guo family.

It generally refers to the officials who joined the Guo Peng military group before Guo Peng proclaimed himself emperor, and had no palace master before joining, and were personally arranged by Guo Peng to promote Xiaolian, and then included in his own shogunate to be gilded and promoted.

In the early stage, he entered the various levels of the general's mansion, state shepherd's mansion, governor's mansion, and county guard's mansion that Guo Peng served in. In the later period, he entered the Wei Gong mansion and Wei Wang mansion, and then the cabinet before he became emperor.

The number of this group must not be considered large. At present, as far as the naked eye can see, one of them is reused, and they are basically holding real power.

They were former officials of the Guo family before Guo Peng proclaimed himself emperor, which is a relationship of monarchy.

After proclaiming himself emperor, he was also the subject of Guo Peng, the emperor of Wei. This is a dual monarchy relationship.

Guo Peng felt pressured by their dual monarch status... tsk tsk tsk, which made them have almost unconditional political obligations to serve Guo Peng with allegiance and even death.

From the perspective of the current society, any disobedience to Guo Peng among this group of people will be considered treasonous, and the consequences they will face are more serious than ordinary courtiers.

Even if he does not die, it will lead to serious consequences of social death, involving family members, descendants and other clansmen.

Therefore, this group is widely regarded as Guo Peng's absolute confidantes and diehards, and their loyalty and obedience to Guo Peng are far beyond those of others.

They are obliged.

Assuming such a serious political obligation and facing huge risks, it will naturally be greatly promoted by Guo Peng in terms of political future.

Compared with ordinary officials, officials in this group can be promoted more easily, hold more real power, and have considerable responsibilities. They are regarded as the favored sons of the Wei Empire, officials among officials, and are therefore widely envied and hated.

Not to mention the Cao family and Xiahou family, the same is true for the Mi family, and the same is true for other well-developed generals with foreign surnames, and the same is true for Man Chong and others later, including the cabinet of the concentration camp of the former Guo family officials.

This is the first level.

Then there is the second level.

The second level is the cabinet and staff office officials who are not former officials of the Guo family.

The officials in these two places, except those who were former officials of the Guo family, the remaining group of people, because the official office is in the palace, get along with Guo Peng most often, have the most frequent and close contact with Guo Peng, and even get a pot with Guo Peng. Fan's glory, so he is widely favored in terms of promotion prospects.

Although not as good as the former official of the Guo family, but because he works in the palace city and has many contacts with the emperor, he will be taken care of when he is sent to other departments or places to be officials. After making achievements, he will be promoted or recalled to Luoyang first. Political future relatively flat.

They are also envied by other officials.

The next third level is the officials of Shangshutai and Yushitai.

Shangshutai has the most officials, followed by Yushitai, but overall, Guo Hong, the head of Yushitai, is a member of the Wei clan, and Guo Hong's deputy, Qiao Rui, is the father of Guo Peng's concubine Xiaoqiao. The treatment is obviously better than that of Shangshutai.

Shangshutai has the most officials, the most important responsibilities, the busiest affairs, and the most concentrated place for scholars and bureaucrats. However, when it comes to the treatment of relatives, it is considered the lowest among the Beijing official group.

The relationship between Guo Peng and the scholars and bureaucrats has always been quite ambiguous. Use is true, but suppression is also true suppression.