At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"I understand your worries, so, didn't I marry you as a family? In this way, your Yuan family is a relative of the emperor, and you can still be a high-ranking official, hold power, and pass it on from generation to generation. This is not the same as yours. Is there any difference in what you are looking for now?"

Guo Peng patted him on the shoulder: "And if you accomplish this, your noble character will be praised by the world forever, and I will publicize it widely for you, and all those who benefit from it will firmly remember your Yuan Si's legacy." Name, you can live forever."

Famous forever?

Who wants to live forever?

Only those fools would be nice, right?

We are looking at actual interests, what I want is the perpetuation of the family, my lord!

This is different from what we said before!

Yuan Si was a little bit crazy.

"Your Majesty, this matter is too sudden, shouldn't we take a long-term plan?"

"A long-term plan?"

Guo Peng's face suddenly collapsed: "How long is it? One day? One month? One year? Or ten years? Yuan Qing, you must know that not everyone can achieve a long life, but the family It is common to pass down the inheritance for several generations.”

cut off?

inherited?

Yuan Si was startled.

But the emperor's words were not finished yet.

"Runan Zhang's family school was cut off by the Emperor Xiaohe in the former Han Dynasty, Le'an Ouyang's family school was cut off during Emperor Guangwu, Jiyin Cao's family school was cut off during Emperor Xiao'an, Le'an Mou's family school and Shangdang Bao's family education was cut off during the reign of Emperor Xiaozhang.

It is common for one generation to have two generations, the second generation to be extinct, the third generation to be extinct, and the fourth generation to be extinct and the fifth generation to be extinct. Or the relatives of the emperor of the sixth generation, the third prince, and the emperor of the century, Yuan Qing, it's all in your mind. "

Guo Peng patted Yuan Si on the shoulder and just stared at him.

Looking at his pale complexion, and his lips trembling slightly because of fear.

"Yuan Qing, opportunities are not something that everyone can encounter. When an opportunity is in front of you, if you don't seize it, grasp it vigorously, but let it pass by, you will definitely be harmed by it."

Guo Peng changed his earnest expression and tone, like an honest elder, resolving doubts for the confused young people.

The confused "young man" Yuan Si seemed to understand something.

Yes, he understands, he understands.

There is no room for negotiation on this matter.

This is an ultimatum, the emperor's ultimatum. The only way to choose is to agree, and you can choose other ways, but after you choose, the end will not be very good.

The emperor has already told him everything that can be given to him, if he does not agree...

will die.

Yuan Si only felt a lot of cold sweat suddenly seep out of his back, almost soaking his underwear, fine beads of sweat also seeped out of his forehead, and the beating speed of his heart suddenly increased.

He couldn't help but began to tremble.

The fear rooted deep in his heart by Guo Peng has spread rapidly, and even occupied all his thoughts.

Fear, deep fear.

Fear from the death of Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao.

It comes from the fear that the power of life and death is in the hands of others, and the fear of being a knife and me being a fish.

Not everyone can resist this kind of fear, some people can resist it, but it is definitely not Yuan Si.

Therefore, his decision was not abrupt.

"My... Your Majesty's stupidity. It's my fault for not being able to understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts in time. Your Majesty... Your Majesty is far-sighted and considerate, worrying about the country and the people. This kind of state really makes me... make me feel ashamed.

This sinner, being a sinner, has been protected by His Majesty until now, and he is still able to protect his family. It is really a fluke, and he dare not have more extravagant demands.

Today, His Majesty said, the minister suddenly realized that the punctuation will benefit the country and the people, and it will be passed on for generations to come, and will be praised by future generations forever. I really have no reason to refuse for my own selfishness. I will firmly abide by your majesty's order ! "

Yuan Si knelt down in front of Guo Peng decisively, touching his head to the ground to express his submission.

Guo Peng smiled with satisfaction.

Then he immediately bent down and stretched out his hands to support Yuan Si.

"Oh! What are you kneeling for? We are monarchs and ministers on the surface, but we are a family in private. Let's discuss this marriage as soon as possible. As for the punctuation, I will send someone to arrange it. You just need to cooperate, by the way. , don’t say it until I announce it to the public, understand?”

Guo Peng laughed and took Yuan Si's hand.

Yuan Si reached out and wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, showing a fake smile that could be seen at a glance.

"I... I obey the order."

Guo Peng is very happy.

Yuan Si deserved to be the weakest link in the new five major families, he would obey even a little threat.

Of course, the benefits Guo Peng gave him were enough to allow his family to survive with dignity in the Guo Wei Empire.

This is not a robbery, but a forced purchase, and it means giving some money.

There was a rebel in the family, but he was able to live a good life. It has to be said that this was the foundation laid by the Yuan family's ancestors.

This kind of basis makes Guo extremely envious but helpless.

Thanks to the blessings of several generations, this family has not been completely eradicated until now, and it has to be wooed, and there is still tenacious vitality and a chance to survive.

Compared with his family, it is pitiful and deplorable that someone like Guo's family background can be lost if one wrong step is made.

Of course, it is not enough to just win one Yuan Si, more is needed.

Of the five families, at least three must be won in order to be considered confident and have a winning rate to launch the second step of the three-step strategy.

In this regard, Guo is not too worried.

Because the Xun family and the Kong family are not unsolvable in his opinion, the Jia family and the Huan family may not dare to fall out with him because of this issue.

Unless they die.

Their obedience and support can better promote the spread of punctuation marks, and can better make punctuation marks gain a firm foothold. Only in this way can someone Guo really take the third step.

Of course, this is the ideal situation.

Even if all five schools are won and punctuation marks are officially promoted, it will not be easy to abolish the examination and establish the imperial examination.

The punctuation mark changes the life of the top gentry and the head family in the gentry class, while the abolition of the imperial examinations and the reform of the imperial examinations are the lives of all the gentry.

Promote punctuation marks, and the scholars in the second- and third-rate scholar families might secretly laugh at it, abolishing the examination and establishing the imperial examination, and these guys will explode on the spot.

But so what?

This does not stop Guo Peng from continuing to move forward.

After solving Yuan's problem, the second one, Guo Peng chose Xun You.

Xun You is the only person in the Xun family who has been an official in power so far. According to the previous agreement, Guo will let go of the restrictions on the members of the Xun family, and there will be a group of Xun family members in the next inspection and government reexamination People entered the Wei government as officials.

Not yet.

And Guo Peng chose to meet Xun You at this time.

Xun You has just been promoted to Zuo Pushe, the second in command of the staff desk, and the family has come back again. Seeing that he has become an absolute favorite, it is a favor. From opening his eyes to closing them every day, I don’t know how many people come to him Talk about feelings with him.

Obviously before, he was still a ghost, a person who was unpopular despite having power and status, not only in the staff office, but also in the entire imperial court.

Apart from Xi Zhong and Guo Jia, Xun You hardly had any friends.

No wonder, for the sake of survival and power, he single-handedly manipulated the death of his uncle Xun Yu, and Xun You's reputation has long been ruined.

Although Xun You didn't care about it.

As a result, the world has changed too fast. No one would have imagined that the Xun family, who had been suppressed for seven or eight years, would suddenly recover, and Xianyu would turn over, so suddenly and so ecstasy.

As a result, many people felt that their faces were swollen from beatings, but they still went to meet Xun You with a shy face.

Among such people, there are quite a lot of people on the staff desk.

But Xun You is better than Yuan Si in this regard, he can hold his breath.

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Xun You has always been very calm.

When people regard him as air, he can endure loneliness.

When people started chasing after him, he was able to stabilize his mind.

He hasn't changed at all, he is still the same as he was in the past, there is a feeling that he is not happy with things but not sad with himself.

Many people have touched the soft top with him, and they are annoyed. They feel that the old guy is shameless, but they have nothing to do with him, and they dare not offend the head of one of the five national laws.

So I turned to find other members of the Xun clan to make connections, thinking about joining the Xun clan as a disciple of the Xun clan so that I could be taken care of in the future.

The Xun clan is more open than Xun You himself, so that Xun You even specially warned the Xun clan to be cautious.

But the effect is not great.

They had been suppressed for too long, and they didn't have enough time to cultivate their bodies and minds. They suddenly recovered, and they really wanted to restore their former glory.

Seeing this, Xun You felt a little worried, and remembered that His Majesty the emperor would never allow someone who was smug to continue to be smug.

Sure enough, when the emperor's summoning order was delivered, Xun You straightened his clothes and went to meet His Majesty the Emperor in person.

This time, Guo Peng did not meet Xun You in the study, but chose to meet Xun You in the imperial garden.

"The weather is hot, and there are many trees and gazebos in the imperial garden, so I thought it would be more comfortable to meet Gongda here."

Guo Peng met Xun You in the pavilion in the imperial garden. This pavilion was his favorite, and it was ventilated on all sides. Sitting here in summer, there is also a cool breeze blowing over, which relieved the hot feeling a little.

He made a pot of tea here, and when Xun You came here, he poured a cup of tea for Xun You and asked Xun You to sit face to face with him.

"Gongda has served me, how long has it been?"

"Return to Your Majesty, nine years and three months, and nine months left, it will be ten years."

"You remember it very well."

"I keep everything related to His Majesty in mind."

"Is it the same with Xun Yu's death?"

Guo Peng calmly said something that made Xun You, who was opposite him, tremble and almost lost his grip.

However, Xun You is worthy of being a master of anti-stress and a master of stability. He stabilized his mind at an extremely fast speed and put the tea into his mouth.

"Uncle can't see the current situation clearly. If he goes against the current, he will inevitably encounter disasters. This is inevitable."

Xun You said slowly: "In order to preserve the Xun family, I had to take action to kill my uncle. This is an unforgivable crime and a stain that I cannot wash away in my life. If your majesty wants to question the crime, I will bear it with all my strength and have no complaints." .”

With that said, Xun You put down his teacup, stood up from the stone bench, and knelt beside Guo Peng to plead guilty.

"Get up, what are you kneeling for? Did I say that I would ask you for your sin?"

Guo Peng stretched out a hand to help Xun You up, smiled, and said: "You have said it all, Xun Yu died because of the current situation, the irreversible situation, not you.

Gongda, when most people in a group want to move forward, but he is the only one who wants to stay where he is, he is destined to be abandoned by the people in the group.

Of course, he didn't have to die in the first place. He wanted to stay in the same place alone, so it's okay to stay, but his mistake was that he not only wanted to stay by himself, but also pulled a group of people to stay together.

You don't want to leave, but other people want to leave. If you don't leave by yourself or let other people go, then you will die. Therefore, he died not only by the emperor's order, but also by everyone who wants to move forward. . "

Guo Peng smiled and said, "We are all murderers, you are not alone."

Xun You stood where he was, with twinkling eyes and an expressionless face.

"Your Majesty's words are very true, and the minister deeply agrees."

"The general trend of the world will not change because of one person. The reason why I can change the general trend of the world is because I see through the needs of all people. What I do is to meet the real needs of all people. I satisfy them, so , Only then did we have the present state of Wei.

Wen Ruo couldn't understand, he thought everyone was the same as him, he still missed the past in his heart, and wanted to go back to the past, but at that time, everyone wanted to move forward, everyone wanted him to die, Gongda , you are just one of them. "

Guo Peng pointed to Xun You, then pointed to himself: "Sit down, the tea is cold."

"According to the order."

Xun You sat down solemnly, held up the teacup, and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.