At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"What you mean, I already know that this matter can be slowed down a little bit, but it has to be done, the grassland, if we don't occupy it, if we don't use it, more people will have the opportunity. I absolutely cannot accept such a thing.”

Guo Peng has made his point of view very clear.

Seeing that the emperor made a concession, Wang Can felt that he couldn't make the emperor give up the whole plan in one go.

He agreed to the emperor's plan to arrange 3 people to go north to Mozhou in advance, and also agreed to the emperor's plan to build a city on the grassland.

At least let Xiahoudun's men have some people, so that they won't become a polished commander.

But despite this, Xiahou Dun is not a polished commander.

Some people even wondered whether Xiahou Dun offended the emperor because he did not do well during the Northern Expedition, so that the emperor wanted to send him to the desolate grassland, and he was not even allowed to go to Bingzhou.

However, it is obvious that this matter has nothing to do with Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun is an honest person, works diligently, has never violated laws and regulations, and keeps himself clean.

So neither this matter nor the following matter has anything to do with Xiahou Dun.

Since the national finances were no longer enough for Guo Peng to operate on the grassland, Guo Peng naturally couldn't do nothing while waiting.

Taking advantage of this power, Guo Peng promoted 49 small officials who had made great contributions to the descendants of Li Shu to serve as county magistrates in Jizhou, and promoted 270 three grassroots officials to work in the county governments of Jizhou as county officials. .

Then 170 three minor officials from Li Shu were promoted to serve as county magistrates in Youzhou, Bingzhou and Pingzhou, and 470 six minor officials were promoted to serve as county officials in the prefectures of Youzhou, Bingzhou and Pingzhou.

Basically, it satisfies the general lack of officials in Youzhou, Bingzhou and Pingzhou at one go, and enhances the administrative capacity of the local government.

Then the Ministry of Officials quickly passed these promotion orders, and the promotion orders were immediately implemented.

Guo's move was equivalent to breaking through the unspoken rules he had established before.

Since then, Li Shu's children can also serve as county magistrates, and can also enter the county government to handle affairs, and the upward channel has been opened up to a higher level.

According to the latest Linzi camp report, village officials and township officials all over Hebei, as well as small officials in the county, have become restless.

They desperately want to do something so that they can accumulate meritorious deeds for Guo Peng to see, and then get rid of the current embarrassing situation, improve to a higher level, and become a county magistrate or county magistrate.

Even the most remote place, close to the border, is still a county magistrate, and that is a thousand stones.

It is the level they dreamed of but could not touch before.

Now, they can touch it, and someone has already served it.

How exciting.

So their enthusiasm for work was mobilized.

The news spread to the Central Plains, to Kansai, to Jiangdong and Central Shu, and the local grassroots officials also began to get restless.

The development of the ascending channel has stimulated their enthusiasm for work, which is what Guo hopes to see.

And this is just the beginning.

Just a county magistrate, a chief official of a county-level government is far from being able to truly open up channels for advancement.

Only the final establishment of the imperial examination system can be regarded as the real opening of the upward channel.

The prosecution system and the re-examination by the government can't meet this demand at all.

Imperial examinations, only imperial examinations!

Guo was full of anticipation and ready to make a move.

On the seventh day of November in the fifth year of Yande, Guo Peng found Yuan Si.

Chapter 1134 One thousand four hundred and four tears, shed down

Yuan Si was Chen Guoxiang who was arranged in Chen Guo when Yuan Shu was still alive.

Later, when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor and Guo Peng led the army to attack Yuan Shu in the south, Yuan Si was timid and did not resist, so he chose to surrender and let Chen Guo go.

Afterwards, Yuan Shu's family was executed by Guo Peng because of their political taint, and more than half of Yuan Shao's family was tossed and tossed to death by Yuan Shu before, and the Yuan family in Runan completely declined.

The reason why the Yuan family in Runan declined, not perished, was because of the existence of this Yuan Si.

He is the only surviving male representative of the Yuan family. All the others are dead, and he is the only one who is still alive, and he is doing quite well under Guo Peng's rule.

There are many reasons why Guo Peng kept his life.

For example, although Yuan Shu was killed by Guo Peng because of the great crime of punishing the three clans in open rebellion, but because Guo Peng is a nostalgic person, he really couldn't bear to kill the Yuan family.

So he left this cowardly, incompetent, timid and fearful Yuan Si and let him live on behalf of the Yuan family in Runan.

Another example is that Guo Peng needs Yuan Si to do something for him in the name of the last survivor of the Yuan family in Runan and the master of family classics when he needs it, so that Guo Peng can be justified.

Needless to say, after the Yuan family in Runan was almost wiped out by Guo Peng, only Yuan Si was still alive.

In order to survive better, the members of the family, together with Yuan Si, tried their best to do something for Guo Peng.

For example, helping Guo Peng guide students' studies, becoming a doctor of Yijing or something, entering Luoyang Taixue to help maintain the facade when scholars are avoiding Luoyang Taixue, and so on.

In addition, because of his special status, Guo Peng also needed him to play the role of a flag-waving figure in the punctuation mark revolution.

If necessary, Guo Peng needs Yuan Si to give up all inheritance, give up everything, give up what he manages, everything he expects to have, and call for Guo Peng.

He will certainly do so.

And Guo Peng will not let him suffer. Of course, the benefits that should be given must be given, even if it is a political marriage.

The appeal of a head family is unmatched by thousands of second- and third-rate petty families.

Thinking of this, Guo Peng decided to call Yuan Si in front of him and discuss this matter with him.

All these years, he has raised Yuan Si's family with good food and drink, and now it's time for Yuan Si to repay him a little bit.

Mr. Guo's salary is not so easy to get, and he has been eating for so many years.

But to be honest, Yuan Si lived these years really comfortably and at ease.

Since the surrender, he has been living such a life. The Yuan family is finished, but he is still alive and has become the only person who speaks for the Yuan family in Runan.

He knew that he was not of much use to Guo Peng, and Guo Peng's biggest requirement was to live well and not be a monster, so he always implemented his own survival rules——

Never make trouble for Guo Peng.

He lives quite transparently and easily. In the entire historical tide, he hardly exists, but he does exist.

In the past, Guo Peng sometimes couldn't even remember that he still had such a person, but now that the time is ripe, Yuan Si needs to stand up and show his sense of existence.

Yuan Si certainly didn't expect that he would be on the stage of history, so when the servant announced that Guo Peng was going to summon him, he was stunned.

How could he be summoned by the emperor when he honestly ate and waited to die?

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

He was very worried, and tremblingly came to the study of Fengtian Palace, and saw Guo Peng with a gentle smile on his face.

"Yuan Qing, long time no see, the last time we met was...or..."

Guo Peng seems to have forgotten the last time he met Yuan Si.

Fortunately, Yuan Si had a bit of a problem in his heart, so he immediately leaned forward and said, "I was not willing to eat the big ham that was rewarded to me at your majesty's birthday banquet last time, and I kept it at home to look up at it from time to time, so that I can thank your majesty for giving me meat anytime, anywhere. kindness!"

Guo Peng was a little embarrassed.

I thought about everything just now, but I actually forgot that the last time I met Yuan Si was on my 41st birthday.

This year's 42nd birthday was simply handled on the grassland because of the Northern Expedition to the grassland, and a group of ministers were called to celebrate it was Yande's 41st birthday in the fourth year.

In other words, not seen for more than a year.

Although in truth, Mr. Guo didn't remember meeting Yuan Si more than a year ago, and he even remembered Yuan Si's appearance just now.

However, these are not important, anyway, calling him here today is to cheat him.

Just a tool man.

I haven't seen him for a long time, Guo Peng still has to put on a show, let Yuan Si sit down, give him tea and refreshments, and chat with him about his family's short stories to show his closeness.

For example, ask about the situation of his family, the situation of his children, the situation of other family members, etc., and he learned that they are all living well.

"It's all thanks to His Majesty's great blessing that I can survive. My whole family has relied on His Majesty's heavenly power to last until now, and I have nothing to ask for except the humble thought of being loyal to Your Majesty."

Yuan Si lowered his posture so low that he couldn't lower it, which made Guo feel a little embarrassed.

No, as the emperor, Guo would never feel embarrassed. He would only think that Yuan Si was very good at talking and had a strong desire to survive.

Seeing that he doesn't know why he summoned him now and feels anxious, Guo Peng knows that he is an existence who breaks through the bottom line and then keeps breaking down. He doesn't have a bottom line, he only sees what he can break through place.

There is nothing the man cannot do in order to survive.

Guo Peng, who has figured out the essence of Yuan Si, will of course begin to bully him recklessly.

"Yuan Qing can handle affairs safely in the imperial court, govern the imperial academy for Gu, assist Cai Gong, and pass on the knowledge to the students with all his heart. This, Gu feels very gratified, and Gu thinks that Yuan Qing is the real pure minister... Alas, thinking of this , I think of the road alone.

Highway, why do you do that kind of thing?Back then when Gu found out that Gonglu had done that kind of thing...Yuan Qing, do you know how heartbroken Gu was?Gu's heart hurts as badly as someone crushing his heart on the ground with a stone! "

As someone Guo said, his eyes turned red: "Gu met the road at the age of eight, became friends with the road at the age of 15, and supported each other for more than ten years. The reason why Gu can gain a firm foothold in Qingzhou is thanks to the road gang. Gu Mou got the post of governor of Qingzhou, this is the help of the road to Gu!

But who would have thought... Who would have thought that such a thing would happen. Although the Han Dynasty has declined, the road cannot directly claim the emperor in that way. It is simply a dead end!Do you know how uncomfortable Gu was at that time?When being forced by the officials to crusade against the road, how lonely it is! "

Tears flowed down.

A certain Guo burst into tears and almost lost his voice, and Yuan Si also cooperated with him and sighed repeatedly, his face full of sadness.

The eunuch Su Yuan quickly took out a handkerchief and handed it to someone Guo.

Someone Guo took it, wiped his eyes, and sighed deeply.

"It's been almost ten years in the past, but to Gu, it seems like it happened yesterday. Every time Gu thinks about it, he can feel the pain in his heart. For the sake of the world, for the common people, it is so difficult for Gu.

Do what you don't want to do, kill people you don't want to kill, punish friends you don't want to punish, and say things you don't want to say. All the helplessness and sorrow are borne by one person. There are more people in this world. Unfair thing? "

Guo Peng complained as if accusing this hypocritical world.

Chapter 1135 One thousand and one hundred and forty five roads lead to Rome, but none of them are open to you

Yuan Si didn't know if he really understood Guo's pain.

Anyway, he nodded again and again, with a look of sadness for Guo Peng's sadness.

He has no other skills, but he is very good at flattery.

This kind of ability of observing words, observing colors and flattering flattery is not from a high-ranking family, so it is really not right.

Just like when someone Guo was acting like a dog to Yuan Shu back then, it also made Yuan Shu feel great empathy, so that Yuan Shu didn't dare to believe that he was cheated by Guo Peng until his death.

No way, Mr. Guo is too good at acting. Among all the contemporary actors, there is no one who can compete with Mr. Guo on acting skills. Yuan Si is so interesting, but Mr. Guo can see the problem at a glance .

Even so, Guo also likes people who can take the initiative to play for him.

So Guo Peng liked Yuan Si's statement very much, and felt that Yuan Si's performance was very face-saving, and he was very happy.

Since he was so happy, he had to give Yuan Si a little reward.

So Guo Peng talked about the real purpose of calling Yuan Si here.

"Yuan Qing, you have been working as a doctor in Taixue all these years, teaching the classics to the students of Taixue. How do you feel during this period?"

Yuan Si thought for a while, and felt that there should be no trap in what the emperor asked.

"If you follow His Majesty's orders day after day, you will not make mistakes. Therefore, although there is no change day after day, the days are full and comfortable. I am very happy."

"Well, I like it, I like it."

Guo Peng smiled: "Yuan Qing, Gu envies you, Gu envies your comfort, envies your day after day, unlike Gu, once you open your eyes, there are endless things to do, endless government affairs , Sometimes I feel deeply exhausted.”

"That's why I do my best in Taixue to cultivate talents for His Majesty, in order to help His Majesty reduce the burden of state affairs."

Yuan Si had a flattering face.

Guo Peng laughed.

"Hahaha, that's right, that's right, that's exactly the case, but Yuan Qing, I just feel that the number of talents cultivated by Taixue is still too small."

"few?"

Yuan Si was a little surprised: "Your Majesty, in the four years of Yande, more than 500 people left Taixue to become officials in various places. This person is really not small. Compared with the past, compared with the previous dynasty, The number of officials in Wei Wei and the number of Tai students are more than equal, does your Majesty think it is not enough?"