At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

So these people are bound to be swept away.

In the past, the Han Empire needed them as tentacles of its own rule to better govern those who needed to rule and reduce administrative costs, but the Wei Empire did not need them. The founding model of the Wei Empire was different from that of the Han Empire.

They are all the trash of the times.

Le Jin and others successfully controlled Yuexi County, Cangzhou County and Yizhou County.

But in the last Yongchang County, he encountered some small troubles.

Fazheng sent a table to Guo Peng, telling the fact that Yongchang County's more than one million foreign population is difficult to rule, and expounded his tactical thinking of "picking it slowly, dividing and encircling, and annihilating one by one".

It is very difficult to attack and destroy suddenly, and it is meaningful to divide and encircle slowly and annihilate them one by one.

It is a trouble for these foreigners to stay in Yongchang County, and they don't know when they will rebel. Instead of becoming a disaster when they stay, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the army is here, and simply settle them.

Fazheng intends to use his strategy to show off in Yongchang County.

This is equivalent to prolonging the time of this battle, adding a lot of extra material expenditures, and increasing investment in all aspects. This is not something he can decide, and it requires the emperor's permission and approval.

Guo Peng read Fazheng's plan and felt that Fazheng's plan was feasible to a certain extent. Although it cost a little more money and time, as long as Fazheng can succeed, he really doesn't worry now.

In the future, there will be enough labor for the construction of the four counties in Nanzhong and the construction of the main artery of the Shu Road.

So Guo Peng agreed to Fazheng's plan.

He is willing to promote the success of the Fa-rectification, let him make meritorious service, and then call him to the center and to his side.

This is a pragmatist, neither ideal nor romantic. He only cares about power and status, can use various strategies, can strategize, and has military talent.

He is willing to do dirty work and dares to do dirty work. For Guo Peng, it is very important for Guo Peng to find someone who is willing and intervening in doing dirty work.

The founding heroes in the current central court have been almost emptied by him.

He has hollowed out the foundations of the leaders of all factions, and it is time for him to introduce foreign aid to expand his strength to prevent these people who have founding achievements and prestige from regaining power.

It is far, far better to introduce some talented people who have no founding merits to seize these positions than to let these founding heroes occupy them.

Fazheng was booked by Guo Peng.

And Zhuge Liang, and Sima Yi, and Lu Su.

These people who did not have the merits of founding a country, but are very talented, are all the tools that Guo Peng made an appointment with.

Their appearance will greatly enrich Guo Jin's second-generation power team after Guo Peng's abdication, and ensure the smooth operation of the second-generation power core.

As for the later things, Guo Peng didn't think about it carefully.

It was so far away that Guo Peng didn't even know if he could see it.

People who cannot be seen cannot be arranged by him, and things that cannot be foreseen cannot be controlled by him.

He can only do his best to protect the future.

Approve the combat tasks of the South China Front Army, in order to achieve the great reputation of Fa-rectification.

After completing this arrangement, Guo Peng issued another edict to preside over two major political activities in the imperial court, namely, boasting officials in the imperial street and giving banquets by the emperor, intending to celebrate the [-] scholars who had just passed the imperial examination and obtained official status.

According to Guo Peng's regulations, the top three in Wen Ju and the top three in Wu Ju can all enjoy the treatment of boasting officials in the imperial street, and on this basis, they can also be received by the emperor in person.

The kind of interviews at close quarters.

For anyone who wants to make progress in his official career, the reception of the unique and powerful monarch of the Wei Empire, Mr. Guo, cannot be taken lightly.

So except for Cao Zhi, who had seen Guo Peng a lot since he was a child, the other five were all excited.

The three martial arts scholars are actually very easy to understand, because they were born in Li Shu. After joining the army and learning cultural knowledge, they discovered that they were talented. Then they entered the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall to study and acquire more knowledge. Become famous in one fell swoop.

It is all thanks to Guo Peng's promotion, appreciation and training that they are what they are today, and they are already too excited to express their gratitude to the emperor.

For Ma Di and Jiang Wan, the change of state of mind is actually quite interesting.

When they were studying in the Jingzhou Academy, as scholars, they were very dissatisfied with the emperor's policies and actions, and together with others criticized such policies and criticized Cai Mao who wanted to stop them.

After the Luoyang catastrophe happened, they felt fear and rejoicing. All the complaints disappeared, only fear and rejoicing, the fear of the imperial power, and the rejoicing that they did not speak out in time.

When it was time for the imperial examinations, and because they had achieved good rankings and were about to usher in a happy future, they suddenly forgot all their past feelings, and immediately put their ass on the side of the ruling group.

They were also so excited that they couldn't sleep all night.

Headed by Ma Di and Jiang Wan, all the scholars who passed the imperial examinations and obtained ranks and official status had such a change of state of mind. In just a few months, they had completely forgotten how angry and passionate they were before. How to fight to the death against the imperial power.

Forget it all.

And now I'm thinking about how to be a good official, how to be promoted, how to get rich and famous, and go down in history.

Everyone has forgotten their original intention.

The imperial examination has such a great magic power.

Not only did the people who were selected feel so excited that they couldn't sleep all night, but it also made those who were not selected extremely annoyed and jealous, wishing that they were also a member of that group of people.

Too bad they are not.

After the announcement of the admission list, the more than 5000 "warriors" who bravely fought for the rights and interests of scholars were forgotten, as if they had never existed, they were forgotten.

Really, I forgot so quickly.

On the day when the emperor gave a banquet and praised the officials in the imperial street, the entire Luoyang city fell into a sea of ​​joy.

It is said that in order to congratulate himself for being recruited by the world's talents, the emperor not only held a big banquet, but also lifted today's curfew, allowing everyone to celebrate together from morning to night, day and night.

Because there is only one precedent that is not considered a precedent, the entire celebration process was determined and promulgated by the emperor himself, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites just listened carefully to the emperor's request.

The whole process is rather cumbersome and complicated.

The first is group interviews.

Chapter 1233 One thousand 140 three looked up and looked at the lonely

[-] soldiers entered the palace together, and went to the gate of Fengtian Hall to accept the emperor's summons and declaration.

They will listen to the emperor's instructions in front of the Fengtian Temple, receive spiritual guidance, and then accept the official clothes of the Wei Empire, and then become an official, leaving the white body and stepping into the ruling class.

Then, the top three in Wenju and the top three in martial arts stepped forward.

As the brightest stars of this imperial examination, they will be able to line up to enter the main hall of Fengtian Hall together, to meet the real bigwigs in the court, the generals, and the emperor himself.

Those people are not easy to meet. Those people accompanied the emperor from the troubled times of the former Han Dynasty. They have held power for many years and have stood firm. They have long been the signs of the court and held absolute power.

Not to mention that there is an even more legendary living myth-Guo Peng, the emperor of Wei.

The emperor himself would meet them, encourage them, and encourage them, and then let the eunuchs who served him help them change into official uniforms, straighten their clothes, and help them look like officials.

Then, the officials of the central government, Henan Yin and Luoyang county governments will be divided into two teams, each leading the six top three civil and military officials to walk the royal road out of the palace.

The six people will mount their horses at the entrance of the imperial palace and parade along the imperial street, receiving the cheers and envy of the students and common people along the way.

In such a wave, enjoy perhaps the most memorable and peak moment in your life.

The more beautiful they are, the prouder they are, the more memorable they are, and the happier they are, the more popular the imperial examination will be, the more they will be yearned for and recognized by everyone, and the faster they will abandon the imperial examination and embrace the imperial examination.

The faster everyone likes the new and dislikes the old, the happier and happier he is.

So, when the sun rose, [-] soldiers lined up neatly, standing at the same place as the court officials who were about to attend the ceremony.

The court officials looked at the group of heaven’s proud sons who had just passed the imperial examinations with curious, envious, and interested eyes. Not saying a word.

Then, with the beating of rumbling drums and the distant sound of horns, the main gate of the palace slowly opened.

Under the guidance of the court officials, the team of officials went first, and the team of eunuchs followed the team of court officials who were about to go to court, and entered the palace together.

When walking in the palace, you must lower your head and not raise your head to show respect for the emperor. This is true for officials, and of course those who are not officials should do the same.

Even so, they still couldn't bear their excitement.

Among the 200 people, the number of Lishu-born scholars was not small at all because of the emergence of martial arts. One can imagine the excitement in their hearts when they walked in places that might not have been possible to set foot in their entire lives.

Accompanied by such footsteps, they moved forward slowly, and soon, they arrived at the operation center of the empire, where the core of power was located - Fengtian Temple.

When the emperor held grand ceremonies, various banquets, state banquets and even some important sacrificial ceremonies, he would choose to hold them in Fengtian Temple. In a sense, Fengtian Temple can also be said to be a symbol of imperial power.

Being able to hold a meeting here and show your face is equivalent to being an important figure in the country.

Some petty officials would occasionally put gold on their faces in this way.

But in fact, everyone knows that entering the Fengtian Temple is not considered awesome, and being able to enter the emperor's study in the side hall of the Fengtian Temple and chat with the emperor face to face one-on-one, that is the real boss.

But as long as they can see the emperor's face, that's enough. Many people have never seen what the emperor looks like in their entire lives, nor have they heard what the emperor's voice is like.

But today, these six eunuchs have this opportunity.

For most court officials, this is also worthy of envy and envy—because most court officials have never had close contact with the emperor, and they don't know what the emperor looks like, let alone talk to the emperor.

The top three in the imperial examination can have close contact with and chat with the emperor, and maybe even get the emperor's encouragement, how enviable it is for them.

The ceremony began soon, and a ceremony official read out the emperor's edict, announcing the specific procedures of today's ceremony.

Then, another ceremony official came out of the main hall of Fengtian Palace and read out the emperor's edict, which contained the emperor's encouragement to the scholars.

After playing music and beating drums, a large group of eunuchs from the inner court slowly entered the arena wearing the uniforms of low-level officials of the State of Wei, covering all [-] soldiers one by one.

Here they will take off the clothes of civilian students and put on official uniforms, which means that they will become officially recognized officials by the country and no longer civilians.

Most of the scholars began to change their clothes in public excitedly, while the top three in both civil and martial arts, a total of six people, marched into the Fengtian Palace under the personal leadership of the great eunuch Su Yuan.

Ma Di, Cao Zhi, Jiang Wan.

Xu Miao, Zhang Xiong, Liu Shan.

Three were from Li Shu, one was from a humble family, and two were from noble clans.

Guo is actually not satisfied.

The martial arts examination itself pays more attention to technology and professionalism. Under Guo Peng's favoritism, it is strange that the children of scholars who have not received the education of the lecture hall can pass the exams of the children of Lishu who were born in the lecture hall.

At the same time, the coverage is not wide.

Wenju is more oriented to the common people of the whole country, and also to Li Shu.

However, the Li Shu group was unable to obtain a higher ranking due to traditional disadvantages, and the highest ranking talent was only 58 in the examination.

It can be seen that the Lishu group has a great disadvantage in the scope of literary examinations.

Such disadvantages take time to heal.

Right now, this is already the best situation, because at least the army is under his complete control and can maintain the entire state.

Facing the strange eyes of the big bosses in the hall, the six heavenly children walked to the steps not far from Guo Peng. They lowered their heads, looked solemn, and tensed their bodies, looking very nervous.

Even Cao Zhi couldn't help but be cautious on such an occasion, not daring to overstep in the slightest.

This is easy to understand. On such an occasion, when facing those super bosses who have been famous for a long time, even the emperor, it is strange not to be nervous.

Guo Peng didn't intend to keep them nervous, so he stood up from his throne, walked down the steps with a smile on his face, and stood in front of the six people.

"Look up and look at Gu."

After receiving the emperor's order, they were allowed to raise their heads and face the emperor squarely, then there was no problem, just do as the emperor said.

This is what Su Yuan said when he led them in just now.

They raised their heads very cautiously and looked at the emperor.

Except for Cao Zhi who was already used to it, it was the first time for the other five to see the emperor and the master of the country so closely.

They saw the emperor looking at them with a smile on his face, without any imposing manner.

The emperor at this moment seems to be just a kind elder, not a terrible executioner who killed tens of thousands of people decisively and was sent to death by him.

They can't understand the emperor, and naturally there is no need to understand the emperor. They just need to be able to stand in front of the emperor at this moment, see the emperor's appearance, and hear the emperor's voice, that's enough.

"How about it, is Gu not as weird as you imagined? Gu is also a human being, with two eyes, one nose, and one mouth. He also eats, drinks and sleeps, nothing special."

Guo Peng really stood in front of these six people like a kind elder, looking at them one by one.

"Why don't you talk? You are the strongest six out of more than 9000 people. You are one in a million people. You dare not speak in front of Gu. Is Gu really a lonely family?"

Guo Peng laughed out loud: "Zijian, they are not familiar with Gu, is this the first time you have seen Gu?"

Seeing that the other five people were nervous, Guo Peng took the familiar Cao Zhi first.