At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

As newly promoted top giants, the Jia family and the Huan family have also been frantically recruiting students and expanding their power during this period, for fear that they will fall behind and become the bottom of the five wealthy families, and be ridiculed by the world.

Now that we have come to this point, of course we have to compete. Besides, apart from the Kong family, whether it is the Yuan family with only an empty shell or the Xun family whose power and prestige has been greatly damaged, they are no longer the opponents of the Jia family and the Huan family. .

Whether it is the number of clan members or the qualifications of the family, the Jia family and the Huan family have surpassed the Yuan family and the Xun family today, and only the Kong family has more confidence than the two.

Therefore, in the eyes of these two families, it is understandable that they are not as good as the Kong family. If they are not as good as the Yuan and Xun families, it is simply a joke.

Jia Kui's personal cultivation is good, and he can control his emotions, but Huan Dian can't control his emotions very well anymore.

Not everyone can maintain a non-inflated mentality when faced with a lot of flattery. On the contrary, the majority are the ones who are inflated, and the few who are not inflated.

Jia Kui is a very small minority, while Huan Dian is undoubtedly the majority.

So when Guo Peng met the two, he felt that Jia Kui and Huan Dian were completely different.

One is deep and introverted, the other is flamboyant and extroverted.

So Guo Peng was polite as usual.

"Jia Qing and Huan Qing have been enjoying themselves recently. I heard that there is an endless stream of people coming to see you. They are almost lined up from the entrance of your residence to the main entrance of Luoyang, hahahaha!"

Guo Peng's tone was very relaxed, and Huan Dian thought it was the emperor talking about family matters.

"It's all thanks to your majesty's kindness. Now, haha, as your majesty said, there are indeed a lot of people who come to visit. However, the Huan family also hates those who follow others, and will definitely not accept them."

What Huan Dian said was a bit strange, and Guo was very happy to hear it.

"Your Majesty's words are true, and I also feel that this is not good, so I have repeatedly warned the clansmen not to admit too many people into the mansion, otherwise there will be mixed people, and I don't know who there are, what ideas they have, the clansman has restrained, but still If not enough, I will continue to urge the clansmen."

The meaning expressed by Jia Kui is completely different from that of Huan Dian.

So much so that Huan Dian glanced at Jia Kui in surprise, not understanding what was going on in his tone of admitting his mistake to the emperor.

Are they doing it wrong?

He doesn't feel it.

All of this is normal, it is the reward they should get after helping the emperor overthrow the other nine family laws, and it is the reward approved by the emperor, which is too normal.

So why did Jia Kui admit his mistake.

Look, the emperor laughed.

"Jia Qing, I don't mean to blame you, I just think it's funny that those scholars who vowed to be incompatible with you before are now begging you in a blink of an eye to join your school.

This has to make Gu feel puzzled, what is this group of scholars studying for, and what are they becoming officials for? official? "

Guo Peng said something like this.

Huan Dian felt that what the emperor said was reasonable, but it seemed that this was not something the emperor should care about. After all, how to recruit students was a matter of the academic sect, and the emperor should not interfere.

So Huan Dian only expressed it very plainly.

"What Your Majesty said is true, such people have no character, and I despise them very much."

Jia Kui, on the other hand, was more specific.

"People like Qin Muchu are definitely not good people. If they are allowed to enter the court, there may be unforeseen disasters. What your Majesty said is true. I know what to do."

Guo Peng nodded, smiled and talked with the two of them about some trivial matters such as parents' grievances, and then let them leave.

Later that day, Guo Peng summoned Jia Kui alone.

"Jia Qing, do you know why Gu summoned you but not Huan Dian?"

Chapter 1164 Your marriage has been decided as a father

Jia Kui was naturally a little puzzled by Guo Peng's question.

Speak up when you have doubts. The most taboo thing to do in front of the emperor is to pretend to understand.

Who knows what kind of trap the emperor has set up for you, waiting for you to get into it?

So he answered honestly.

"I don't know."

"Su Yuan."

Guo Peng looked at Su Yuan, Su Yuan nodded, stepped forward, and handed a piece of paper to Jia Kui.

Jia Kui took the paper and looked at it.

[One person can do it, ten of them can do it; ten people can do it, and one can do it with a thousand.If you can do this way, even if you are stupid, you will be clear; even if you are soft, you will be strong. 】

Jia Kui was slightly puzzled, but soon realized what was going on.

"Your Majesty, this, this is..."

Guo Peng told Jia Kui what he had said to the other three.

Jia Kui was silent after hearing this.

What he thought was no different from what the other three thought.

He felt that it was exactly as Guo Peng said. Of course, it was impossible for the other nine families to recover again, but there was no need for them to exist.

But Guo Peng said something to Jia Kui that he didn't say to the other three.

"Do you know why Gu chose you instead of Huan Dian?"

"I...I don't know."

Jia Kui shook his head.

"Because you know how to advance and retreat."

Guo Peng stared at Jia Kui: "Because you are cautious, you know when to advance, when to retreat, when to be high-profile, and when to be cautious in your words and deeds. This is a very rare virtue, and it is also respected by ancient sages prepared.

Compared to you, Huan Dian is much worse. He doesn't know how to advance and retreat, and he doesn't know how to be cautious in his words and deeds. Once he gets rich, he wishes the whole world would know that such a character will inevitably be a disaster in the future, but you are different from him, so in this second On the question of choosing one, Gu chose you. "

"..."

Jia Kui was silent for a while, and asked: "I dare to ask Your Majesty, besides me, does anyone else know about this matter?"

"You are the last to know, and if you agree, you are also the last to agree."

Guo Peng smiled slightly: "The Yuan family, the Xun family, and the Kong family have all promised to cooperate with the orphans and help the orphans. The orphans have also promised to honor them, form sons and daughters with them, and allow them to live with the country. , as a reward."

With that said, Guo Peng stood up.

"Jia Qing, do you want to be with them, become a family with Gu and live together with the country, or stay with the Huan family, resolutely oppose Gu's decision, and lead the scholars who oppose Gu to fight against Gu to the end?"

There is no doubt that this is a death proposition, and if you are not careful, you will end up dying.

Guo Peng had already said it clearly, and Jia Kui realized that if he hadn't been more cautious and modest before, he might have been killed by Guo Peng when he was confused.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic towards the Huan family.

At any rate, he started as an emperor's teacher, and the family heirloom, Ouyang Shangshu, is also a classic that all Han emperors have studied. Huan's status is not bad, but because of the emperor's personal likes and dislikes and the carelessness of the contemporary speaker, he has to face such a situation. ending.

Sure enough, in this world, anyone can be offended, the only one who cannot be offended is His Majesty the Emperor.

Compared to being ruined by the emperor with various means, it may be a better choice to accept his request in exchange for the political treatment of living with the country.

Looking down at the punctuation marks on the paper, Jia Kui did not believe that this was a product of the emperor's whim or taking advantage of the trend.

This is a long-planned product.

It was the emperor who had been prepared to do this a long time ago, and then there was such a systematic and regular product, which is far from being comparable to Judu.

Whim?

Only ghosts will believe it.

But at this moment, he had to believe it.

Because he has no power to resist.

Before he knew it, the forces that could come together to resist had been divided and disintegrated by the emperor.

And earlier...

Ah, I see.

Jia Kui suddenly realized.

It turned out that this is why the emperor wanted to convene a meeting in the Yellow Dragon Palace. It turned out that this was the reason why the emperor would depose the nine families and only keep five families.

Before the war started, the emperor had already let them kill each other, and by the time they realized it, it was too late.

Everything is a conspiracy...

No, it's a conspiracy.

The choice between cooperation and resistance is in their hands. The emperor gave a choice. You can choose to accept it or choose to resist. This is your right, and the emperor did not deprive it of it.

But if you choose to resist, you have to pay the price, because the emperor is small-minded and likes to take revenge on those who do not cooperate with him, and once the emperor targets him, he will definitely end badly.

Because he is the emperor, a powerful emperor.

With such feelings, Jia Kui finally understood that he had no choice from the beginning, and the emperor chose himself only for the sake of a little less resistance. If he didn't choose himself, he could put himself and Huan Dian together and fight together. into the abyss.

But because of prudence and respect, he was given a chance of survival.

As long as he surrenders the foundation of his family, he can survive, live with the country, and obtain unexpected benefits.

How good.

So Jia Kui sighed silently for a while, and chose the option that could not be wrong at all.

when?life?

Jia Kui had a son in his early years, but died of illness, and now he has only a daughter, who is about the same age as Guo Peng's fourth son, Guo Hu, so Guo Peng decided to let Jia Kui's daughter marry Guo Hu, and they were married when they became adults.

Jia Kui thanked the emperor for his great kindness and said that he would be loyal to the Wei Empire for the rest of his life until his death.

The Jia family will always be loyal to the Guo family royal family until death.

Guo Peng smiled and let Jia Kui leave.

It's easy to win the first three and leave Jia Kui. As for Huan Dian, who still doesn't know anything, he won't know the news until someone Guo actually launches an offensive.

The Yuan family, the Xun family, the Kong family, and the Jia family were all strictly ordered by someone Guo not to tell this matter to the outside world.

Just in case, someone from Guo ordered Yan Rou to send elite spies to monitor the four families around the clock for [-] hours, and not allow any news to spread.

If this can still be spread to the outside world, then Yan Rou can commit suicide and apologize.

Indeed, there is no possibility or condition for spreading this to the outside world. Under Guo's control, everything is so stable.

Mr. Guo was not in a hurry to launch an offensive now. He called his concubines and children together for a family meal and held a short family meeting.

In this wave of offensive, Guo Peng found a marriage partner for his five children in one go, with high efficiency and fast speed, which is rare in the world, and can be called a lesson for the world.

Although the decision-making power is in their own hands, they still have the right to know.

Notifying in advance can be regarded as fulfilling the father's responsibility, although they do not have any qualifications for bargaining in this matter.

As Guo Zifeng, as a child of the emperor, he was destined to carry the attribute of political commodity with him from the moment he was born.

Because their mothers are also political commodities, including their father, Guo himself, is also a political commodity.

Guo has never denied that his marriage is full of politics. From the official wife married by the Ming media to the concubines he took later, it is all political, and it is all about the exchange of interests.

The crystallization born from the combination of two big political commodities is of course another political commodity with higher purity and greater value.

Guo Peng believes that every one of his children should understand this point and accept it willingly.

So at the family meeting, Guo Peng announced the matter.

"Ajun, Aqiong, Ahu, and Ying'er, Luo'er, your marriage has been decided as a father."

Chapter 1165 One thousand and seventy-five children of the royal family must serve the royal family all their lives

Guo's sudden announcement made the five children and other family members stunned, and none of them reacted.