At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Peng wrote a name on a piece of paper and handed it to Guo Jin.

Guo Jin was stunned when he saw it.

"Xu Jing? Father, Xu Jing? Is that Runan Xu Jing? Xu Jing who tried to jump over the wall and surrender when the army surrounded Chengdu? This person... How can this person take up such a position? The Minister of Rites is the face of the country, Xu Jing How is Jing qualified?"

Guo Jin sincerely looked down on this man who was greedy for life and afraid of death at both ends of the first mouse, and even felt that he was not worthy of being called a celebrity, let alone an official.

Even Xu Jing is not worthy of doing the Taixue teachings that Xu Jing is doing now.

What kind of students can such a person teach students?

Although before that, his reputation was really great, and he was indeed a celebrity, and he once hosted the Yuedan Review with Xu Shao, and he was famous all over the world.

"Why can't he?"

Guo Peng asked Guo Jin back.

"Because he is greedy for life and afraid of death, he betrays his master and seeks glory, and has no integrity. Those who are selected by such a person as Minister of Rites must also be greedy for life and afraid of death for profit and ungratefulness!"

Ever since Guo Jin heard about Xu Jing, she hated Xu Jing very much.

Just like Guo Peng hated Cui Yan.

So Guo Peng smiled.

"He is indeed a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but Ah Jin, he has a great reputation, and in the years since he surrendered, have you seen anyone talk about his betrayal of the Lord? It seems that this matter does not exist, as if all It’s like everyone has lost their memory.”

"It seems... that's true..."

Guo Jin had no choice but to nod, because no one had mentioned the matter of Xu Jing's betrayal of the Lord and begging for glory these years, as if this matter did not exist.

Xu Jing was a lecturer in Taixue, teaching students the essentials of the Five Classics, and had never been involved in government affairs, but as many people as he interacted with, no one mentioned the stains of his past at all.

"Do you know why this is?"

"I don't know."

Guo Jin shook his head.

Guo Peng sneered.

"Because he once had the halo of presiding over Yuedan's commentary. He was once a master recognized by scholars all over the world. There are many scholars who have been commented by him. There are even scholars in the court who have been famous for his comments. take the position as.

Denying his morality, denying his celebrity aura, attacking him, and slandering him is to make enemies of those scholars and families who have been evaluated by him. They can become official because of Xu Jing's evaluation.

Denying Xu Jing and slandering Xu Jing now, isn't it against themselves?Isn't it just self-destructing the foundation and poking the eyes?Such a thing would they do?Will they admit that they are the same as Xu Jing? "

"I see."

Guo Jin nodded.

"Not only that, not only will they not allow others to slander Xu Jing, but they will not allow their descendants to criticize Xu Jing publicly, at least they will not allow them to publicly criticize Xu Jing.

Everyone knew in their hearts that Xu Jing had talent but no virtue, and was a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, but no one would say it out, and such things would only be buried in their hearts. "

Guo Jin has a deeper understanding of the shamelessness and despicableness of scholars.

"What a bunch of shameless people."

"It is because they are shameless enough that they are able to come to this day and fight with our father and son. Those who are not shameless are already dead and will not live until now."

Guo Peng said: "That's why we choose Xu Jing to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites, let him be in charge of the selection of talents, and let him continue to be in charge of evaluating the scholars.

Although he is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, who made him famous?Such a person, even if he becomes the Minister of Rites, will not win the hearts of the people.

Scholars despise him, but at the same time have to cooperate with him, have to compliment him, that feeling is like eating the last thing you don't want to eat, isn't that beautiful? "

The smile on Guo Peng's face was very nasty.

Seeing the smile on Guo Peng's face, and based on Guo Peng's previous remarks, Guo Jin realized that it was not accidental, but inevitable that his father could become emperor.

He also realized that Xu Jing was the perfect candidate for the emperor.

For any scholar, this is a big killer.

Anyway, the person you choose is up to you. Mr. Guo really doesn't believe that someone will choose to follow Xu Jing, or win over Xu Jing to increase his power.

The only reason why Xu Jing was able to secure this position was because of Guo's approval.

Very good, now, the problem of the Ministry of Rites has been solved, not only can it be solved, but it can also disgust those shameless scholars.

I want to see whether you want to use Xu Jing to become an official. I want to see whether being an official is more important in your eyes or face.

Yes, I'm just insulting you, I'm just mocking you.

You hit me.

Hit me up if you can!

Shit you!

Guo is so arrogant.

Then, there is the issue of the Ministry of Officials.

Compared with the link where the Ministry of Rites can still talk about it, the Ministry of Officials is the real power department.

Cheng Yu was called "Heavenly Official" because he was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Obviously, this is something everyone agrees on.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials has a lot of power, and can almost control the situation of the imperial court. Being controlled by any real powerful man can give him an absolute advantage in the Shangshutai.

It was because Cheng Yu had such power that Tian Feng was tortured to death, forcing him to nowhere and had to fight back.

Now, this power cannot be handed over to Cheng Yu or Tian Feng, so who should it be?

Guo Jin fell into a deep entanglement.

Then, Guo Peng gave a standard answer.

The current governor of Hedong County, a native of Xuzhou, Zhang Zhao.

Chapter 1001 One Thousand Eleven

From Xuzhou, Zhang Zhao?

Guo Peng's answer made Guo Jin a little confused.

"Father, let this Mr. Zhang be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials? This...seems a bit...not appropriate, right? Mr. Zhang seems to have no experience in serving as a minister."

Guo Peng shook his head, grabbed Guo Jin's hand and spoke slowly.

"Ajin, the people of Xuzhou, like the people of the three states in the south of the Yangtze River, are all vulnerable groups in the court. They have no backer, and the only one who can be counted as a backer is their father.

Because of their father's promotion, they can gain a firm foothold in the court. Without their father's promotion, they would not be able to gain a foothold in the court at all. The power of Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou people in the court is too great.

Not only the number of people is large, but also the position is high, so the advantage is also great. Because of the long time of following the father, the position occupied is also high and the power is also great.

The Xuzhou people and the people from the three states in the south of the Yangtze River surrendered for a short time, so their qualifications are shallow, and they can't compete with the people in the three states of Qing, Yan, and Hebei. Who are the main power positions in the court, those official officials?

They are all from Yanzhou, Qingzhou, or Jizhou. Even the people from Yuzhou have to fight, let alone the people from Xuzhou and the three states in the south of the Yangtze River. Leaving aside Mi Zhu, the tallest person is Lu Su.

However, Lu Suyuan was an assassin in the frontier, and his status was indeed high, but he could not influence the government or interfere in the central situation, so Lu Su was not the key, but there were not many of them. "

When Guo Peng said this, Guo Jin also remembered.

Many scholars from Jingzhou participated in the Talent Discussion Ceremony back then. Among the group of people at that time, there were many Xuzhou people, Yuzhou people, and some Jingzhou people.

It can be said that the status of that group of people is generally very low because of the short period of time to work, but there are not many people.

They widely exist in the middle and low-level positions inside and outside Shangshutai, grassroots officials outside Luoyang City, county-level chiefs and county-level officials, working as cattle and horses, exhausted.

Because they have been oppressed by the people from the three states of Qingyan and Hebei for a long time and it is difficult to improve their status, these people do not have a good impression of the people from the three states of Qingyan and Hebei.

The difference in geography and the time of refuge made them very distinct and clearly distinguished from each other.

Zhang Zhao, a famous scholar in Xuzhou, was the one who took the lead when he took refuge with Guo Peng and was summoned by Guo Peng to enter the general's mansion.

Then he worked with Guo Peng, and went out with the army when he went west to Kansai. Later, he served as an official of the government affairs office and served as a county magistrate for two terms.

In the end, he succeeded Dong Zhao as the prefect of Hedong County, and was promoted to two thousand stones. He was once a role model for the [lower students] who joined Guo Peng very late.

But later this limelight was snatched by Lu Su.

Lu Su took the lead in becoming the governor of the state, with a position of [-] shi, a lot more than Zhang Zhao.

However, Zhang Zhao did not complain. He handled affairs honestly, and was an official honestly. He also paid attention to restraining his family members, preventing them from messing around, and not doing business.

A whole family is honestly managing the land, eating food from the ground.

Zhang Zhao was not young when he joined Guo Peng, and he is 49 years old this year, so he cannot be considered a young official.

At the age of 49, he was still working as a county sheriff. In the eyes of many people, this was the pinnacle of Zhang Zhao's life. It was actually not bad to retire with two thousand shi.

Zhang Zhao himself has a similar view.

But Zhang Zhao may not have expected that because of this political struggle, Guo Peng would give him a chance to leap from the local to the central.

And if there were no accidents, this position should not have belonged to him.

It is impossible for him to have the opportunity to control such an important position.

However, taking advantage of this opportunity to introduce the disadvantaged groups into the high-level central government, so that there will be more third-party forces in the court, making the future court situation more complicated and confusing, and it is Guo's goal to make this situation more and more confusing.

Give these disadvantaged groups a little favor to the second- and third-rate gentry, let them see the hope of rising, and have the motivation to challenge the gentry in the three states of Qing, Yan, and Hebei.

Somebody Guo will point them at them to do big things in the future.

"So my father wants new forces to intervene in the center of the court. These people have shallow foundations and have to rely on my father. They will become a third party independent of Cheng Lingjun and Tian Pushe.

In this way, father can better control the situation in Shangshutai, and he doesn't have to worry that Shangshutai will be dominated by someone. If this is successful, father can sit back and relax. "

Guo Jin can be regarded as understanding the purpose of Guo Peng's doing so.

In this regard, Guo is very satisfied.

"That's right, they just happened to bite dogs, and they found a lot of criminal evidence. Using these criminal evidence as a basis, they gave Cheng Yu and Tian Feng a sap, and took the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites from them.

Then hand over the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials to other forces that have nothing to do with them, support them, make them form their own line, and turn the struggle between the two powers into a chaos of the Three Kingdoms, and check each other. Wouldn't it be beautiful? "

A certain Guo walked up to Guo Jin and held Guo Jin's hand.

"Let them fight, let them fight, let them suspect and speculate about the true thoughts of the father, let them be suspicious, let them have no time to fight for power with the father, and the father can take a breather, one person deals with so many people, and the father occasionally There will also be times when you can’t bear it.”

Guo Jin nodded.

"Father has worked hard."

"Being an emperor is hard work. It's the same as being a father now, and it will be the same for you when the time comes. When you feel that you can't hold on, just muddy the water, take a breath, and then clean them up.

When we are emperors, there should be no family distinctions, no distinctions between closeness and closeness, and we must treat all officials as pawns in our hands, and use whichever one is easy to use, without distinction. "

Facing his father's earnest instruction, Guo Jin nodded seriously.

"My son understands."

"Ah."

Guo Peng pointed to the outside of the Hall of Qinzheng: "Next, you should carefully watch what will happen outside the Hall of Qinzheng, and see how the group of people reacted and how at a loss they were.

Watch carefully, listen carefully, memorize carefully, carefully observe all the details of this matter in progress, and gain insight into their hearts. If you have learned all these skills, you will be a qualified ruler of success.

Don't think that the king of success is not good. Since ancient times, it is easy to start a business, but it is difficult to maintain success. The world is so big. After the battle, you have to stay successful. If you don't keep success, starting a business is meaningless. "

Following Guo Peng's guidance, Guo Jin's gaze shifted to outside the Hall of Qinzheng. Under the blue sky and broad daylight, there was a bright world.

The second leadership core of the Guowei Empire is thriving.

And the battle within Shangshutai is also becoming increasingly fierce, gradually entering a white-hot state, and has evolved from personal attacks to personal injuries.

Originally, the two sides were just arguing with each other, arguing with zombies, vying to hand the chords to someone Guo, trying to achieve the achievement of information bombing and defeat the other party.

But the two sides tried equally, and neither of them succeeded, and there was no movement from Guo Peng's side. He just issued an order to keep the officials from fighting, and they should calm down the situation as soon as possible and resume normal work.

Having said that, it should be noisy or noisy.

And as winter passed and spring came, the earth recovered, the temperature began to rise, and people became more and more angry.

There are more and more times when the two forces are not pleasing to the eye, and sometimes a look can cause a quarrel.

Similar to [What are you looking at] [What are you looking at] and so on.

If you say that these cultural people are not elegant when they quarrel, they get angry when they quarrel, and they swear quickly, not to mention that the more books they read, the higher their quality is. Since ancient times, there have been fewer gentle scum?