At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

So-and-so was beaten, so-and-so was scolded, so-and-so was grounded and so on.

The emperor was determined to punish Cao Hong, and it was useless to persuade anyone. The emperor made up his mind.

This time it's broken.

Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang, Cao Tai, and Xia Houheng were all stunned, with panicked expressions on their faces, not knowing what to do.

Guan Ping said that he listened to Guo Jin in everything, and he would do what Guo Jin said.

Lu Yu objected.

Lu Yi also expressed his opposition.

"Your Majesty should not object to what His Majesty has already decided."

"Your Majesty has already issued an order, and the rescue of the officials is useless. Obviously, His Majesty is very determined. His Highness hastily went there, fearing to offend His Majesty, which will not be beneficial to His Majesty.

Guo Jin took a deep breath.

"Uncle Zi Lian is a hero, an old minister, and now he is going to be killed, and he is not alone in fear. I think that although he committed a crime, he is not worthy of death. If his merits and demerits are balanced, he can live. There is no need for the death penalty. I think what my father did was wrong."

Guo Jin looked at the seven people: "I decided to go and ask my father to take back my life, but this time, life and death are unpredictable. I don't guarantee that you will come back alive with me. If you don't want to go, you can withdraw now. Never stop."

Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang, Cao Tai, and Xia Houheng expressed their opinions immediately.

"Life and death go hand in hand, never retreat."

Lu Yu sighed and nodded in agreement.

Guan Ping immediately agreed.

Lu Yi frowned.

"Has your Highness really decided?"

"Yes, I have made up my mind."

Lu Yi asked again: "His Royal Highness is not only Henan Yin, but also the crown prince. His status is sensitive and special. General Cao Zilian is a general of the guard, and his status is equally sensitive. His Highness may anger His Majesty by acting like this.

If His Majesty thinks that His Highness can't wait to take power, have military power, and replace him, it is not impossible, so doing so may even threaten His Highness's status. Even so, will Your Highness still want to go? "

This question was quite embarrassing, and everyone looked at Guo Jin.

Everyone understands the truth, such a terrible reality is placed in front of Guo Jin.

The status of the prince, and the death of a person.

Guo Jin was silent for a while.

"I saved Uncle Zi Lian out of my heart, not for anything else, and even if I succeed, Uncle Zi Lian should not be able to be a general of the guard. Since he doesn't command the army, he is just a relative, a hero, Veteran.

Uncle Zi Lian worked tirelessly for his father, fought on the battlefield, and faced danger several times. He entered the city first, so he was not a good general. As a son of man, I must never sit back and watch my father's reputation be damaged! "

Guo Jin was determined to go.

Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang and several others had their eyes red, and they were very admirable for Guo Jin's benevolence.

Lu Yi's eyes moved, and he sighed.

"In that case, I swear to follow you to the death."

Everyone reached a consensus, so the seven of them set off with Guo Jin.

When all the officials were silent and did not dare to say anything, Guo Jin took seven of his subordinates to embark on the "unknown" road ahead.

Before going to the palace, Guo Jin planned to go to Sili Xiaowei's mansion to confront Cheng Yu face to face and ask Cao Hong if he had committed the crime of rebellion.

The seven followed Guo Jin all the way to Sili Xiaowei's Mansion.

Cao Zhen and the other four stayed at the door, while Guo Jin led the other three into the Sili Captain's Mansion to see Cheng Yu.

When Cheng Yu heard that the Crown Prince was coming, he understood, so he went out to meet him.

"My lord, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Lieutenant Cheng, I won't say what I shouldn't say, and I don't have the time. I just ask, General Cao Zilian, are you really going to rebel?"

Guo Jin looked at Cheng Yu.

"20 mu of manor, [-] hidden households, and a large amount of ordnance hidden away. This is not for rebellion. What is it? Can His Royal Highness clear up the old minister's confusion?"

"What about the witnesses of the rebellion? There can never be no witnesses of the rebellion. Rebellion cannot be rebelled by one person, but only with the party."

"His Royal Highness is a great talent, the old minister is investigating Cao Hong's party and is going to deal with them together."

"This... only has ordnance, but no accomplices, and the accomplices still need to investigate. Does this mean that he wants to rebel?"

"Yes, even if not, yes!"

Cheng Yu didn't show mercy, and ruthlessly turned Guo Jin's question back.

Guo Jin was very angry.

"Lieutenant Cheng, General Cao Zilian's surname is Cao, a relative of the emperor, General Zuo of the Guard Army, why did he rebel for this sake? What's the reason?"

"In the past, Wang Mang was also a relative of the emperor. His position was as high as Duke An Han, under one man and above ten thousand people. Why does His Royal Highness think Wang Mang usurped the throne?"

Cheng Yu was still firm.

It also moved out of Wang Mang's anger against Guo Jin, and made up his mind to impart some valuable life experience to Guo Jin.

The angry Guo Jin couldn't say a word.

Gritting her teeth for a while, Guo Jin looked for another entry point and spoke angrily.

"General Cao Zilian is an extremely greedy and stingy person. He is not arrogant at all, and he has no courage to do great things. How can such a person rebel? Captain Cheng, you have worked with General Cao Zilian for many years, and you don't understand that. ?"

Guo Jin "in a hurry" actually used such a big truth to deal with Cheng Yu.

It turns out that the ginger is still old and spicy.

"I don't understand. I have no personal relationship with anyone, let alone a general in the army. Your Majesty has always asked foreign ministers not to have close contacts with the generals in the army. I shy away from them and dare not approach them. Therefore, I don't understand Cao Zilian's actions at all. .”

Well, it was a perfect answer, which made Guo Jin angry and didn't know what to say.

At this time, Lu Yu stood up.

"Lieutenant Cheng, when he convicted General Cao Zilian, he brought his hidden ordnance to Luoyang for face-to-face inspection. At that time, I heard that many of the ordnance hidden by General Cao Zilian were unusable. , is this rumor true?"

Cheng Yu stared at Lu Yu with a bad expression.

"Lieutenant Cheng, answer me, don't speak lies."

Guo Jin stood in front of Lu Yu, showing the majesty of a crown prince.

Chapter 1325 One thousand 230 five sons ask their father to take back his life!

Facing the majesty of the crown prince, Cheng Yu, the "royal eagle dog", was still subdued.

Cheng Yu looked at Guo Jin, and finally nodded helplessly.

"There is such a thing. Cao Zilian's private collection of ordnance is all the ordnance of the former Han Dynasty, not the ordnance of the Wei Army. Presumably, it is the ordnance owned by the powerful confiscated in the process of embezzling the land, and some of them are in disrepair and rust. Less, not maintained."

"Could this be evidence of rebellion? Didn't you tell your father about it? How do rotten ordnance rebel? Does the law support your behavior?"

Guo Jin took a step closer to Cheng Yu, stared at Cheng Yu firmly, and tried to put pressure on Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu shook his head, expressing that he didn't care.

"I am Your Majesty's subject, and I will not hide anything from His Majesty. Your Majesty knows it all. However, Your Majesty still decides to execute Cao Zilian. This is not something I can stop. Your Majesty has the final say on everything in Wei Guo. It doesn't matter what the law says."

"..."

Guo Jin seemed to be unable to argue against such a fact, because he knew that it was indeed true.

Guo Peng has the final say on all matters in Wei State.

The constitution of heaven is in the mouth, and the law is followed by the words. The so-called law is extremely terrifying to the subjects, but to the emperor, it is just a matter of one sentence.

This is the concrete manifestation of the supreme imperial power.

Guo Peng jumped out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements.

The supreme being in the world.

The law is only the expression of the will of the ruling class, or further, the will of the emperor.

Not only the people of the world are threatened, but also the ministers are seriously threatened.

Therefore, the biggest dream of the courtiers is to limit the imperial power.

It's a pity that when the imperial power was restricted, they transformed themselves and began to do what the emperor would do.

There is no difference.

There is no essential difference between them and the current Guo Peng, because power is always power, no matter who controls it, whether it is held by one person or a group of people, whether it is public or not, power is power, and it will not change its own after all. Nature.

Knowing this truth well, Guo Jin silently left Sili Xiaowei's mansion.

What he was thinking was quite complicated.

Afterwards, a group of people gathered around him to discuss the matter. After hearing Cheng Yu's reply, everyone lowered their heads, feeling very powerless and desperate.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

Lu Yi asked in a low voice.

"Uncle Zi Lian didn't object, but he was about to be executed. I understand that the world's tyrannical powers made troubles, which made my father very angry. However, Uncle Zi Lian did not object, and the crime is not worthy of death. The hero of the meritorious service, just die like this?"

Guo Jin sighed: "The world has not been settled for long, and the hero has died. If someone with a heart framed his father for being cold, and accused him of committing cunning and dead dogs, what should I do? As my father's son, how can I watch the world do nothing?" Slander father?

No, I definitely can't watch this kind of thing happen. Gentlemen, I want to enter the palace to face the saint. Now the future is uncertain, and I may not even be able to keep the crown prince. Those of you who are willing to follow me, you can, and those who don't want to follow, now It's not too late to leave. "

The choice of the seven has not been changed.

"I would like to follow Your Highness, life and death."

Guo Jin nodded a little touched, and then resolutely took steps towards the palace.

This was his residence, and he was very familiar with it.

After taking up an official position abroad, he and his family lived outside the palace, not in the palace, but as the crown prince, he still has the qualification to enter the palace at any time.

He successfully entered the palace, and asked the eunuch to report to the South Study Room, saying that the crown prince wanted to see the emperor for Cao Hong's affairs, and hoped that the emperor would receive him.

When they arrived outside the South Study Room together, they found that the door of the South Study Room was closed.

Su Yuan, the great eunuch next to Guo Peng, stepped forward with an anxious expression on his face.

"Hey, Your Majesty the Crown Prince, His Majesty is in a fit of anger. If you come here at this time, won't that be a problem for His Majesty? Can His Majesty be happy? You should go back quickly!"

Guo Jin shook his head again and again.

"Uncle Zi Lian is not guilty of death. He has no objections and should not be killed. I will definitely not ignore this matter. I will ask my father to take it back!"

"Ouch!"

Su Yuan was terribly frightened: "His Royal Highness, for this matter, His Majesty reprimanded the high-ranking officials in the court, beat the ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Minister of Finance twenty times, and beat them so far that they can't get out of bed. Cao Shoufu even directly Grounded.

Your Majesty said that if Cao Hong is not dead, Cao Shoufu will not be allowed to leave the house. You should know how angry your Majesty is, right?Your Majesty just said, where did you come from, where did you go back, don't talk about this matter, otherwise Your Majesty will be very angry and the consequences will be serious! "

Cao Zhen, Lu Yi and the other seven looked at Guo Jin standing in front of him with worried faces.

The emperor is so angry, it seems that he will not change his behavior in a short time, if he changes, he will not be the emperor anymore, and he is so angry that the situation is indeed not good.

Whatever Guo Jin said, he would definitely offend the emperor.

At that time, everything will really be hard to say.

The risk is simply too great.

Compared with Cao Hong's death, if Guo Jin's position as crown prince is not stable enough, it will deter and harm the officials far more than Cao Hong's death.

The political situation of the Wei Empire will be turbulent for a while because of the death of Cao Hong, and it will be turbulent to an unpredictable future because of the unstable status of the prince. This kind of thing is even more unacceptable to the officials.

After all, Guo Jin's crown prince has been stable for a long time.

Guo Jin hesitated for a moment, then shook her head firmly.

"I would also like to ask the senior official to inform me that I want to see my father, and I ask my father to withdraw his order! General Cao Zilian has no objection! He deserves death!"

Su Yuan couldn't persuade him anyway, shook his head again and again, turned around and left and entered the South Study Room.