At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

This pleasant feeling lingered in Guo Peng's heart for a long time, making him unable to extricate himself.

On the tenth day of August in the ninth year of Yande, the emperor issued an edict to transfer Cheng Yu, the former Shangshutai Shangshu Ling, to serve as the captain of Sili, and he will take up his post immediately.

And the new Shangshu is selected...

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Chapter 1300 One thousand 210 Cheng Yu loves power more than himself

The emperor's edict came very suddenly.

No one knows what happened during this time.

No one knows why Cheng Yu didn't become Shang Shuling and became Sili Xiaowei instead.

No one knew why Guo Peng would allow this to happen.

Undoubtedly, everyone knows that Shang Shuling is already a vase position, and it is no different whether he has it or not, and Cheng Yu is such a vase.

But suddenly, the vase was gone, Cheng Yu seemed to be reborn from the ashes, and assumed the position of Sili Captain.

The former Sili school Wei Guoyuan was evaluated by Guo Peng as "cowardly and incompetent, with nothing but integrity" and was dismissed from office.

That is to say, Guoyuan has no corruption, and he is clean and can't find any problems. Otherwise, someone Guo will definitely make him unable to turn himself over.

Once upon a time, the appointment of Guoyuan as the lieutenant of Sili was one of the symbols that the emperor and scholars ruled the world together, and it was also a symbol that the imperial power was still restricted and incomplete.

Now, Guoyuan's resignation naturally shows that the emperor no longer needs to rule the world with scholars.

The scholars have failed, and the emperor has become the well-deserved No. 1 in the world. He does not need to share power with anyone, and he has ruled the world together. His power is complete.

Power belongs to the emperor, and the nature of the power held by anyone has changed. It is not a position, it is not a gift from heaven, nor is it born with it, but it is a gift from the emperor.

You have power if the emperor gives it to you, but if the emperor doesn't give it to you, you can't grab it.

This is probably the absolute monarchy.

Therefore, it is natural for him to choose a confidant he trusts and likes for the position of Lieutenant Sili, so that he can set off a political storm at any time to attack those who do not meet his wishes.

Everyone has made a lot of guesses about who will succeed the great position of Captain Sili, and some even speculate that the emperor will let Cao Cao step down from the position of Chief Assistant of the Cabinet to serve as Captain Sili.

But no one thought that this position would be filled by Cheng Yu.

Old tree blooming?

Withered trees come spring?

Cheng Yu rising again?

How is this going?

Cheng Yu, who gradually lost his power and status in the three or four years of Yande, was reborn from the ashes and regained power after he completely lost power in the seven and eight years of Yande.

It is also the position of Captain Sili, who supervises local officials in the Gyeonggi region and Luoyang court officials.

It is absolutely impossible to continue this position without the trust and support of the emperor.

Didn't Cheng Yu already lose the emperor's trust?

Hasn't he already been thrown into the abyss by the emperor and is about to be lost forever?

Why did it suddenly rise again?

His Majesty the Emperor once again demonstrated his unpredictable political style. No one knew what His Majesty the Emperor would do after one thing was done.

A series of previous operations made people feel that he was complacent after reaching the peak of martial arts and martial arts, so he even planned to abdicate, which promoted Tian Feng's departure and Cao Ren's retirement.

But who would have thought that Cheng Yu's appointment as Captain of Sili once again changed the direction of public opinion.

Who said the emperor was going to abdicate?

The emperor obviously has no such plan!

He even made Cheng Yu the captain of Sili.

Although public opinion does not know what method Cheng Yu used to regain Guo Peng's trust, what is certain is that Cheng Yu really gained Guo Peng's trust.

As a result, the respective heads of the three departments responsible for punishing officials have been completely controlled by the emperor, and all three are already the emperor's own people.

The emperor can really follow the words of the constitution in his mouth and follow the law.

Accompanied by the large amount of central and local corruption that arose under the Qingzhang Land Action, the reason why Cheng Yu took over as the captain of Sili at this time was ready to be revealed.

And Cheng Yu's next actions did not disappoint Guo Peng's trust, Lieutenant Sili's authority, and the speculation of all officials.

Almost half a year after the land clearing operation, it not only quelled a large number of rebellions against the powerful, but also cleared up the real number of land and tenants owned by many powerful and wealthy people.

Those who rebelled were eliminated, but those who did not rebel. The real official figures, who were more terrifying than the small and medium-sized tyrants, were not eliminated.

They are small in number, but high in quality, and most members of the clan serve as officials in the central government.

Guo Peng adopted a compromise policy in order to crack down on the small and medium-sized tyrants in those localities, and pardoned the families of central officials. As long as they reported to the central government and pleaded guilty, they would all be regarded as innocent.

As a result, the central government was stabilized, and the foundation was laid for the suppression of local rebellions, without a full-scale war against the central government.

But in this way, the local small and medium-sized tyrants are basically wiped out, but there are still a few but huge large-scale manors.

The estates of central officials and army officers were not affected.

For example, Cao Hong, who owns a manor of 20 mu of land and 1 tenants, is so powerful that if he wants to rebel, he can pull up an army of [-] in minutes.

This is a huge threat to centralization.

In particular, the owner of this kind of large manor is still an official in the court, and he is powerful. With his power, financial resources and manpower, he is simply a miniature version of a prince without a name.

Although the scale is small and the number of people is not large, the problem is not trivial because it involves central officials and central power.

The Wei Empire has completed the centralization of power, and the power of the world is in the center. In the emperor, central officials are allowed to exercise power in accordance with the emperor's will, which is itself allowed.

They can use power anytime and anywhere, but the emperor's surveillance cannot keep up with them anytime and anywhere.

Under such circumstances, it is unavoidable for officials to use their power to provide convenience for the clansmen to annex land, or simply use the clansmen as white gloves.

Before the Haoqiang rebellion, the eunuchs of the inner court and the Qingzhang team discovered many problems in this area. After digging deeper, they involved a large number of powerful officials in the court.

After being severely rectified by Guo Peng, the Linzi camp was like a donkey that had been whipped, and began to run quickly again, trying to win back the emperor's trust.

They presented to Guo Peng the fact that a large number of local clansmen of central officials used their power to collude with each other to annex land, further proving the fact that the families of central officials with real power have used their power to annex land over the past few years.

Among them, some scholars and officials and their families were wiped out by Guo Peng in the previous Luoyang catastrophe, which can be regarded as indirect punishment.

However, there are still a large number of families of scholars and poor officials who stood in line and escaped accurately before being punished. Many of their families have annexed land.

The nature inherited from the pre-Qin period cannot be changed overnight.

It will take a lot of time to get them to look outside...

The facts of the annexation of land were specifically stated in the petition form of central officials.

Then someone Guo ordered in front of everyone to let the past go, in order to stabilize people's hearts and attack the rebellious majority.

I thought their petitions would be honest and honest, but judging from the situation handed over by Linzi Ying, there are still quite a few omissions.

This angered Guo Peng.

It seems that no matter how ruthless or powerful the killing is, it is not enough for some people to realize the fear and reality of death.

Therefore, at the moment when the rebellion subsided, someone like Guo was free to deal with this group of people who would even deceive the emperor's last tolerance.

That being the case, only death can atone for the crime of deceiving the king.

To kill this group of people, Guo Peng didn't want to do it himself. The emperor couldn't always attack the officials himself, that would be too naked, and it would not be convenient for the emperor to dominate.

Now that Cheng Yu loves power more than himself, this villain is naturally the best for him to do.

Chapter 1301 One thousand 210 Cheng Yu will no longer have any confusion

Cheng Yu loves power to the limit, and his determination to show himself is almost crazy.

He was like a lunatic whose lifespan was about to end, burning himself crazily.

Since ancient times, the strong are afraid of the violent, and the violent are afraid of the deadly. Cheng Yu is already deadly, so everyone should be afraid of him.

In fact it is.

Cheng Yu was silent for a month after he took the post of captain of Sili, and he didn't take action immediately, but after a month, he started to do so.

After secretly obtaining the list of officials who cheated on the declaration form from the emperor, Cheng Yu read it deeply, and then decided to pick some typical examples to start with, in order to shape his prestige after his comeback.

As Shang Shuling has been silent for too long, the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, and Cheng Yu no longer had a reliable support around him.

The old officials of his old department were degraded and degraded, and the two or three remaining kittens were also strangers to him. He felt the warmth and warmth of human relationships again.

But it doesn't matter, Cheng Yu became more and more courageous as he got frustrated, and never worried about such things.

But it just so happened that after Guoyuan left the post of Colonel Sili, the position of Captain Sili was not taken for a period of time. No manpower is available.

This Nima is very embarrassing.

After taking up the post of Lieutenant of Sili, Cheng Yu realized that he had become a polished commander.

In order to increase his power, Guo Peng indeed handed over all the prison guards in the Gyeonggi area of ​​Luoyang to him for transfer.

But these jailers are equivalent to fast and mobile bailiffs, who can perform tasks, but before performing arrest tasks, he also needs a large number of officers to help him investigate things.

So he had to submit to Guo Peng, hoping to transfer people from other departments, such as Lishu officials who had just entered the imperial court with innocence, those small officials.

After gathering a group of innocent people, Cheng Yu closed the door of the captain's mansion of the Sili school, and taught these small officials himself as a teacher.

From morning to night every day, they are not allowed to do other things except eat, go to the toilet and sleep, and use high-intensity cramming education to tell them what they need to do as the subordinates of the Sili captain.

A month later, he held an internal closed selection examination, and selected the outstanding ones to serve as his assistants and assistants.

At the same time, he called the wardens and pawns of the 23 prisons under the jurisdiction of Sili Xiaowei to the Sili Xiaowei's mansion in batches to hold a meeting, give lectures, and let them know his existence.

The two thousand and 190 three pawns are one of the reasons why the Sili Xiaowei of the Wei Empire was so powerful.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first set up Sili Xiaowei, Sili Xiaowei did not have the command power of this team, so he was often blocked and humiliated by princes and princes.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw that he couldn't do it. This was slapping him in the face, so he handed over the transfer of [-] prison guards to Lieutenant Sili.

Therefore, Sili Xiaowei became a powerful position in command of the armed forces, and he could directly take people, so he was named "Xiaowei".

This group of people was called Zhongdu Guantuli at the time, and they were non-military armed personnel such as jailers of many prisons under the jurisdiction of the central government.

The prisons in the central region of the Western Han Dynasty were very complicated, with many names and divided into many different departments. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, all these names were abolished.

Guo Peng established the Wei State, unified all prisons in the country, and then divided them into two systems.

One system is conventional prisons, which are dedicated to illegal crimes committed by civilians. According to the "Civil Law" in Wei Law, this type of prisons have been set up from the central government to the local government.

The other system is the official prison, which is dedicated to the crimes of all those who have official status and serve the empire. The "Official Law" in Wei Law is used as the basis for punishment.

After officials committed crimes, whether they were central officials or local officials, they were all imprisoned in the 23 prisons in the Gyeonggi area of ​​Luoyang that were specially responsible for dealing with officials. This type of prison is called imperial prison.

And the head of this system is Captain Sili, one of the three divisions.

If it is said that the censor doctor’s authority to impeach, correct, and punish officials at any time and anywhere is like a whip to deter officials at any time, then Sili Xiaowei is a real "official killer".

Sili Xiaowei has great powers, not only having judicial power, but also law enforcement power.

As long as the official is confirmed to be guilty or authorized by the emperor, he can immediately mobilize the prison law guards under his command to come to the door to arrest the person, and then directly interrogate, directly try, and go to prison.

However, the rank of Sili Xiaowei is only less than two thousand stones, a typical lowly position, and the emperor is scheming.

Cheng Yu's being an official is different from other people's being an official. Cheng Yu not only has determination, but also means and qualifications. If Cheng Yu really goes crazy and kills people, no one can stop him.

At that time, the position of Lieutenant Sili will really be a heroic position in the world.

Of course, all of this is precondition.

The full support of the emperor is required.

Because of the humble position of Captain Sili, in order to deal with those powerful and high-ranking officials, the support of the emperor is needed. With the support of the imperial power behind Captain Sili, Captain Sili can do things relatively easily and arrest people more easily.

However, once the emperor's trust is lost, Captain Sili will be in a very disadvantageous situation, and there are not a few Captain Sili who committed suicide or were killed for this.