At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Although they existed, they never belonged to the central government, the imperial court, or the emperor.

This time is different.

The hard work of several generations... no, the wealth accumulated by one generation of speculation and cruel exploitation and oppression has made it easier for a generation of actor Guo to make a fortune.

"If it wasn't for the father's guidance, the son would never know how much wealth there is in the Haoqiang manor, how much they have accumulated, and so much, even if the court squandered it unrestrainedly for five years, it would not be enough to squander it all..."

Guo Jin put down the preliminary statistics and shook her head in shock: "It's really terrible. For the demise of the former Han Dynasty, this group of people is absolutely to blame. They must bear a heavy responsibility!"

"This is normal. Everything they own has the confidence to rebel. That's why they dare to rebel. It's just that they don't realize the difference between Wei Guo and Han Guo. Even so, their strength is also very strong. .”

Guo Peng took a deep breath: "So, after seeing this data, Jin, can you still tolerate the powerful manor continuing to exist on the territory of Wei State, and constantly becoming stronger by knocking bones and avoiding paying taxes? Can you bear it? "

"No."

Guo Jin shook his head resolutely: "All must be eradicated! All!"

"Including your Uncle Lian's manor, do you want to eradicate it too? It's a large manor of 20 mu. You can see the wealth in it if you think about it. Do you want to do it?"

Guo Peng suddenly smiled and asked such a question.

Guo Jin froze on the spot.

"Uncle Zilian... a manor with 20 mu of land?"

"Well, just a little more, it should be more than 20 mu, covering Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, and Sili. Some of them were acquired by Wei Guo through various means before the founding of the country. He spent money and thought.

Most of the rest was accumulated after he proclaimed himself emperor as his father, through his status and power, he let his clansmen and disciples continue to persecute those small and medium-sized manor owners, and directly plundered the manor from them for his own.

He is quite special. After being beaten up by his father, he dared not do anything to the farm land. Instead, he took advantage of the loopholes and took the initiative to do something to those manors. Not a crime. "

Guo Peng took out another piece of data and showed it to Guo Jin: "This is the statistics of all the properties of the Cao Hong family. Take a look."

Guo Jin took it and looked it over, her eyes widened immediately.

"There are more than 20 mu of land, more than [-] manors, and more than [-] tenants, retainers, craftsmen and other households that are not counted in the court statistics... [-] households?!"

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng: "Father! Ten thousand households?"

"Yes, more than [-] households, more than [-] households."

Guo Peng smiled: "Liu Jian used a Han Empire and an emperor to exchange [-] households with me. Cao Hong is good enough to follow me, eat mine, use mine, and wear mine." , being my official, holding my salary, he didn’t get the reward of Wanhuhou, he promoted himself to Wanhuhou, hahaha.”

Then Guo Peng pointed to Guo Jin: "Didn't expect that? Your uncle Zilian is a very rich man. He is much richer than you. Compared with him, you are like a beggar."

Guo Jin bit her lower lip immediately, feeling very complicated.

"Didn't you say that you can't tolerate the existence of the manor? Now, what do you plan to do with Cao Hong's manor? He is a hero, a member of the Cao family, and even your mother clan. You want to do something to him and take the land back ?"

Guo Peng looked into Guo Jin's eyes.

A trace of hesitation flashed in Guo Jin's eyes.

"Father, I... I think."

"Oh why?"

"Too many, really too many, really too many, such a large-scale merger must not be tolerated!"

Guo Jin clenched his fists: "Lack of people, insatiable greed, accumulating so much land, what does he want to do? 20 mu of land, [-] hidden households, with a wave of arms, [-] troops, does he want to rebel?"

Guo Peng smiled.

"Well, just because of this worry, Ajin, I don't care what method you use, whether it's a conspiracy, a conspiracy, or using anyone, you go find a way, I want you to dismember Cao Hong's manor."

"..."

Guo Jin's eyes widened: "Father, me? Shall I do it?"

"Yes, you do it, I don't care what method you use, since you don't want to see such a scene, you do it, I want you to show your wrist, show your ability and brains, dismember Cao Hong's manor, If you can't do this, you won't be able to control your family power."

Guo Peng became serious: "Cao's power is already very large. From the military to the political circles to the family business, it spreads in all aspects, and it gradually becomes too big. This is intolerable. You deal with Cao Hong and dismember him. Manor, disintegrate his industrial power."

Guo Peng is ready to attack Cao?

Before Guo Jin could react, Guo Peng took out a notebook and handed it to Guo Jin: "Look at this."

Guo Jin took a look and was surprised.

Cao Ren's petition for begging bones!

Cao Ren... wants to resign?

Chen Qing stated that many years of guarding the western frontier had seriously damaged Cao Ren's health. Cao Ren's health was not as good as before, and he was gradually unable to undertake heavy military duties.

After many years of leaving his family to guard the western frontier, his homesickness could not be suppressed, and his heart was like an arrow. Cao Ren asked Guo Peng to let him resign and return to his hometown to share the family happiness with his family.

Cao Ren is not in good health?

Guo Jin thought about it, and thought of Cao Ren's vivacious appearance when he was fighting in the Western Regions. He was still younger than Guo Peng. How could he be in poor health?

Thinking about it again, Guo Jin felt that this matter was not that simple.

Cao Ren chose to resign at this stall...

No, based on time, when Cao Ren decided to resign, he probably didn't know that Guo Peng was going to reform the tax system and pay taxes as a whole, and he didn't know that Guo Peng was going to reduce the power of the Cao family.

Cao Ren's resignation should have nothing to do with this matter, the two need to be treated independently.

"Father, the matter of Uncle Zixiao begging for bones, my son thinks it should be his own wish."

Guo Jin expressed her own judgment: "It should be said that it has nothing to do with the current situation, and the time is not right."

"That's natural. This statement should be Zixiao's personal wish. It has nothing to do with the current situation. It just happened to happen."

Guo Peng nodded: "But since this incident happened, it is inevitable that it will not collide with what will happen later, causing other results."

Guo Jin felt that what Guo Peng said made sense.

"The father thinks..."

"Why is it not allowed?"

Guo Peng threw the petition form on the table: "He wants it himself, so why don't I push the boat along? At present, the power of Cao's relatives in the court is already very strong, and it is gradually becoming too big to let go. I don't want to miss the old love at this time." Time, but the time to make a decisive move.

In the government, Cao Cao’s family still has a lot of constraints, and they can’t turn the sky. As for the army, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, except for Cao Xiu, the other three are armed with heavy troops and have to defend. Now Cao Ren himself is willing to retreat to the second line. Not a good thing? "

Guo Jin thinks about it too.

"Also, Ah Jin, don't get me wrong. You have to know that Cao Ren resigned on his own initiative. This is a test for us father and son."

chapter 1292

Guo Peng's words surprised Guo Jin a little.

"Testing? Is he... testing us?"

"Well, try."

Guo Peng sighed: "He grew up with Wei's father, and Wei's father knows that he is a very smart person. Although he is very cautious and respectful, he looks inconspicuous, but he is actually very smart.

When anything is going to happen, he can predict it first and react accordingly. As far as I know, when Zixiao was defending the border in the Western Regions, he felt uneasy about the huge power of the Cao family many times. "

Guo Jin didn't ask Guo Peng how he knew, he knew that since Guo Peng said so, it was certain.

"Father, Uncle Zixiao resigned, is it because he hopes that father can rest assured of Cao's and not to attack Cao's?"

"That's natural. Zixiao is a smart person. If there are more people like Zixiao among the high-ranking families in the court, I will feel relieved."

Guo Peng sighed: "If I allow Zixiao to resign, Zixiao will naturally know that I won't do anything to the Cao family. If I don't accept it, Zixiao will probably be so frightened that he will take the initiative to get sick and beg me for mercy in a state of unconsciousness." , let me not attack Cao.

If I still don't agree, there will probably be troubles in the court, but after all, I grew up with me since I was a child, and I have always been loyal, respectful, and have repeatedly made military exploits. If it is not necessary, I don't want to hurt his heart. If it can be resolved peacefully, it will be resolved peacefully. "

"Father, where is Uncle Zilian?"

"As usual, you do your own thing and don't be disturbed. Zilian is different from Zixiao."

Guo Peng shook his head: "It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you don't suppress everything that should be suppressed in one go, it will be difficult to find such an opportunity in the future. Zixiao and Zilian, Cao's clan members have a high status in the army. Two people, if they are suppressed, the influence of Cao's relatives will be contained.

The influence of Cao's relatives has been suppressed, Tian's was exiled to Yunzhou by me, and Mi's was also suppressed. The remaining Xiahou and Qiao's forces are relatively small and will not be our threat, so we can relax a little bit. Worry too much. "

Guo Jin nodded, frowning in thought.

"Why, I don't understand why Weifu wants to suppress the power of his relatives?"

Guo Jin shook his head.

"No, the son knows that the father suppressed the scholars before, and now he suppresses the poor and powerful through taxation. After suppressing these two forces, the power of the officials will be greatly reduced.

If the power of officials is suppressed, the power of relatives must also be suppressed. Otherwise, the power of relatives will expand, officials will join their relatives one after another, and the government will be out of balance. This is not what my father wants to see, so relatives must be suppressed. "

Guo Peng nodded with satisfaction.

"Government, that is, the art of balance, the three forces of eunuchs, secret agents, officials, and relatives must maintain a balance so that the three pillars stand on top of each other and check each other, so that the emperor can be on top without being impacted, and completely control the imperial power."

Guo Peng walked up to Guo Jin and held his hand: "In the last years of the former Han Dynasty, the power of eunuchs and foreign relatives was destroyed one after another. When the imperial power lost its guard, the power fell to the side and fell into the hands of the bureaucracy.

The father was also a member of the bureaucrats back then, so he was able to make a fortune. The father knew the necessity of consolidating the imperial power, so after regaining the imperial power, he also supported eunuchs, secret agents, and foreign relatives to check and balance the bureaucratic power.

The bureaucratic power is the most powerful, while the power of eunuchs and relatives is relatively weak. After eight years of suppression, the power of bureaucrats has been weakened. With the decline of bureaucratic power, the power of these two parties is expanding.

It is a good thing to limit it within a certain range. If it is beyond the range, either eunuchs are in chaos or foreign relatives are in power. "

Guo Jin naturally had a deep understanding of this.

He has only one question.

"Father, I dare to ask to what extent is the balance of the three aspects, so that no one side will dominate?"

"There isn't an exact answer."

Guo Peng shook his head: "This requires careful observation and analysis by the person who is the emperor, and an insight into the entire empire. Only after making such a judgment can he confirm where the emperor needs to take action to balance."

"What about now?"

"Right now, the bureaucratic forces are under attack and are in a very weak state, so we should properly beat and restrict foreign relatives, and we cannot allow foreign relatives to take this opportunity to expand their power."

"What about eunuchs and secret agents?"

"That's what matters."

Guo Peng said: "There were no secret agents in the former Han Dynasty, and the eunuchs were all wiped out by Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, which almost cut off the inheritance, so there was no ready-made outstanding eunuchs in the hands of my father who could directly use them to directly check and balance the court officials.

Therefore, after the father proclaimed himself emperor, he quickly set up the ten supervisors and the east factory in the inner court to expand the power of the eunuchs and increase the number of eunuchs. He also built an internal school in the inner court to teach the eunuchs to read and write, learn some skills, and train them to fight against the court officials. eunuch.

Now it has achieved initial results, but there are still no excellent eunuchs like the ten permanent servants around Emperor Xiaoling of the former Han Dynasty, so the power of eunuchs still needs to be supported.

As for the spies, one more thing to be careful about. The spies were established early and have been scattered around for a long time. It is inevitable that there will be some problems, just like this time.

Guo Yang and others wantonly annexed land and occupied official land in the local area, but his father didn't know it. "

Guo Jin listened carefully, and after listening, she sighed sincerely.

"Father has worked hard. It is really too difficult to be in charge of state affairs."

"Otherwise, how can a father be called an emperor?"

Guo Peng shook his head with a wry smile: "Nothing is static, and no policy is feasible for a long time. Time is constantly moving forward, and people and things are constantly changing.

Since people and things are changing, how can policies not change?If you want to control the government for a long time, you must pay attention to the personnel changes in the various government offices at all times, so that the flow of water will not be corrupted, the households will not be mothed, understand? "

Guo Jin sighed.

"The son understands, but the son doesn't know whether the son will be able to do as well as his father in the future. If the son does not do well enough and causes the government to lose balance, then... isn't the son a sinner of Wei?"

"Worrying about that now?"

Guo Peng laughed: "It's too early for you to worry about your own name before you become an emperor, but your worry is not unreasonable. The emperor is so strong that he is destined to require that the emperor cannot be a mortal, the emperor cannot be ordinary, or even You have to be superhuman, otherwise you won’t be a good emperor.”

"That's why the former Han has such a problem..."

"Yeah, that's the problem."

"Father, have you thought about how to solve it? In case the emperor is not strong enough..."

"No solution."

Guo Peng shook his head: "It can't be solved, whether it's the abdication of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors in ancient times, or the later world with one family name, or the changes that may occur from now on, I can't think of a good solution for my father.

Being a father may be a way to train you now. You don’t have to wait until you are dying to give you the throne, but to watch you ascend the throne. This may be a way, but it is not absolute, there will always be various Such an accident happened..."

Seeing that Guo Peng couldn't solve this problem, Guo Jin couldn't help but feel worried.