At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

chapter 1330 one thousand 240 the road to the emperor

After all, Guo Jin is young and strong, with good physical fitness, and has already begun to try to move his body on the bed board, to recover to a certain extent the body that is slightly stiff and uncoordinated due to long-term lying.

Cai Wan was helping Guo Jin with exercise, and seeing her husband's body gradually recovering, Cai Wan was also sincerely happy.

As a result, Guo Peng came that night.

Guo Peng came here quietly, hiding it from everyone, and came to Guo Jin's side through a special passage in the dark. Some ghosts even appeared, which shocked Cai Wan a lot.

"Father... you... why are you here?"

"Awan, I want to talk to Ajin alone, you should go out first."

"Yes……"

Cai Wan looked worriedly at Guo Jin lying on the bed, Guo Jin smiled at her and signaled her to leave at ease.

After Cai Wan left, the courtyard to which this house belonged was guarded by [-] imperial guards who followed and became a completely private space.

This space belongs to father and son.

"Does it hurt?"

Guo Peng sat by the bed, reached out and gently touched Guo Jin's buttocks.

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

Guo Jin turned her head and looked at her butt: "It was quite painful before, but then it was itchy and numb. It's much better in the past few days. Doctor Huada said that I can try to get out of bed and walk in two days."

Guo Peng smiled and patted Guo Jin's butt.

"Is the thirty sticks comfortable?"

"Father, is this considered comfortable?"

Guo Jin smiled wryly and said, "The son thought that his father would only hit him a dozen times to pretend, but who would have thought that his father would hit his son thirty times directly, that would be really bruised."

"Alright."

Guo Peng smiled and shook his head: "If you don't fight seriously, how can you make everyone take it seriously? Those people under your command are not stupid, especially Lu Yi, the top smart man, if he doesn't do everything right, how can he let everyone take it seriously?" Do people believe it?

Becoming a prince is only the first step towards the throne of the emperor, and what you are doing now, and being beaten, is the second step towards the throne of the emperor. "

With that said, Guo Peng sighed again.

"Being a father was in a much more difficult situation than yours. This step of yours is towards the position of emperor, and this step of being a father is just for survival. Do you know how dangerous it was when you took this step for your father? "

"Father did that too?"

"I did, and it was quite dangerous."

Guo Peng sighed, and said: "It happened in the second year of Guanghe, Emperor Xiaoling of the former Han Dynasty. In that year, my father was 14 years old, and he was still a student. villain.

At that time, the former Han Situ Liu He and Sili School Wei Yangqiu were in collusion. Liu He had a personal enmity with Cai Zhi, the uncle of your father-in-law, Cai Gong, and Yang Qiu was the son-in-law of Zhongchang servant Cheng Huang. The three joined forces to frame Cai. As a result, Cai Gong was also imprisoned, and he was about to execute them. "

"Is there such a thing?"

Guo Jin was surprised.

"Well, that happened more than 30 years ago. At that time, my father was in a very bad situation. If there was a slight mistake, all previous efforts would be wasted. Although Cai Gong was not a father's teacher, he was the only person who cared for him in the entire Dongguan. .

It is also thanks to Cai Gong that my father was able to learn from Duke Lu. Without him, I would not have been able to learn from Duke Lu as a father, and I would not have been able to become a disciple of Duke Lu.

Of course, he could not follow Duke Lu to crusade against the Yellow Turban and accumulate meritorious service, so he would not be able to fight for hegemony. At that time, Duke Cai's kindness to his father was very great. At that time, his father also faced a choice, whether to sit on the sidelines or risk his life Give it a go. "

"Father chose to risk his life."

"Yes, risking your life is a two-choice. In fact, there is no second choice for a father. Mr. Cai is very kind to his father. If he is in trouble, if he is a father and sits on the sidelines, his character will be questioned. Not good, and he will be expelled from the school by Lu Gong.

As a father, I have no choice but to risk my life and fight for my future. Fortunately, the Tingwei at that time was your uncle Guo Hong, but at that time, the relationship between the Guo family and our family was not good.

Since your eldest father, our family has not been with the direct line, and we have gone our own way, and we have no contact with each other. At that time, when my father went to visit your uncle, it was still in the name of Lu Gong.

Weifu discussed with him how to deal with Yangqiu and how to rescue Caigong, because Yangqiu had already committed public anger at that time, and many people wanted to kill him, but because there was no excuse, Weifu decided to use himself as that excuse. "

"What did father do?"

Guo Jin asked hurriedly.

"At that time, there was a rule in the former Han Dynasty, called Yique Shangshu, which meant that if the people encountered great grievances and could not be redressed, they could directly follow the path of Tingwei and report this matter directly to Datian to let the emperor know. Justice is upheld by the emperor himself.

At that time, there was no better way to be a father, so I decided to write a letter and join hands with your uncle to sit quietly at the gate of Tingwei's mansion for my father, and ask Tingwei's mansion to accept my father's complaint and go to heaven to let the emperor know Father's plea, challenge Yang Qiu head-on. "

"Isn't that very dangerous?"

Guo Jin was very surprised.

"Naturally, it is very dangerous, but there are dangers that bring opportunities. For my father, please ask my father-in-law to find someone in secret, and for my father to sit quietly at the gate of Tingwei's mansion to challenge Yang Qiu. The news spread throughout the capital. The sooner the better, the more people know about it." The better, so that Yang Qiu can know as soon as possible.

Even so, it took a whole day to spread the word in the entire capital, and Yang Qiu also knew about it, so my father just sat at the gate of Tingwei's mansion for a whole day, unconscious half of his body. , which is similar to what you have experienced. "

Listening to Guo Peng laughingly talking about his thrilling experience when he was young, Guo Jin swallowed nervously.

"What then?"

"Later, Yang Qiu found out, and became angry from embarrassment, so he brought people to the gate of Tingwei's mansion to trouble Wei's father. Wei's father deliberately angered Yang Qiu with words, and Yang Qiu beat Wei's father with a whip. Father still has scar marks from that time on his back."

"Father……"

"Thanks to this injury, my father was 14 years old at the time, and he was still a boy before he was crowned. Yang Qiu got angry and beat the boy in broad daylight. It can be said that he lost his demeanor and morality.

At that time, the public opinion was uproarious, like a ignited thunderbolt, the whole capital exploded with a bang, Weifu used himself as a basis, and gave everyone who wanted Yang Qiu to die an excuse to take action.

As a result, the crowd was raging, and everyone began to criticize Yang Qiu, saying that Yang Qiu was violent and morally corrupt, and they directly raised the issue in front of Emperor Xiaoling.

Emperor Xiaoling was very annoyed when he saw the anger of the crowd, so he had to spare Cai Gong from the death penalty. Later, Yang Qiu actually sent an assassin to assassinate Cai Gong on his way to Bingzhou.

He fought hard against the guards for his father, saved Cai Gong, found evidence of Yang Qiu's instructions, brought them back to the capital, publicized them, and completely overthrew Yang Qiu, thus saving Cai Gong twice for his father.

Rescued him once from prison, once from an assassin, repayed his father for his kindness, sent Cai Gong a thousand miles away, and even brought down Yang Qiu, and became famous. Finally, in that year, he completely Famous in the capital, he has the title of Yingchuan Guolang. "

Guo Peng recalled all kinds of things back then, feeling very emotional, stroking Guo Jin's back, and speaking slowly.

"That's it, I tried my best not to do it for my father, and finally, as a poor scholar, I gained a huge reputation and gained a vital reputation among the scholar group.

Everything that the father has obtained and owned since then is based on this reputation as the starting point and accumulated little by little. Fame is invisible and intangible, but it exists in people's hearts and can dominate everything. "

Chapter 1331 One thousand 240 one evil person, do it for your father, good person, you come to be

Listening to Guo Peng's retelling of the dangerous and dangerous things he experienced in order to get ahead when he was not famous, Guo Jin was deeply shocked.

Anyway, he couldn't imagine what kind of courage the 14-year-old Guo Peng had to face the Yang Qiu who had killed all over the capital and was even more ferocious than Cheng Yu now.

As Guo Peng himself said, it is life-threatening to challenge the Yang ball head-on.

Even with the help of Guo Hong and Cao Song, and the backing of Lu Zhi, there is no guarantee that he will not be harmed by Yang Qiu.

Who knows if Yang Qiu's red-eyed lunatic will kill people directly in the street, and take Guo Peng away after a while.

But in order to make Luoyang famous and spell out a future, Guo Peng, who was only 14 years old at the time, still did it.

Then he risked his life and really fought his way out in Luoyang. The reason why he was able to rise in the troubled times later, this heavy political capital definitely played a major role.

Guo Jin thought of herself, what was she doing when she was 14 years old?

He studied safely in the school founded by Guo Peng, accepted the protection of Guo Peng's wings, and did not encounter any danger. He became the prince smoothly and became the heir of the Wei Empire.

Really smooth.

And Guo Peng's process of establishing the Wei Empire, especially at the earliest time, was really risking his life and fighting hard.

Compared with Guo Peng's uncertainty at that time, Guo Jin felt that the scene he and Guo Peng acted together was extremely safe.

Guo Peng worked hard to acquire huge political capital, and thus ascended the throne as emperor, becoming No. 1 in the world.

And if I just rely on the status of Guo Peng's son and have no other political capital, how can I really secure the position of the emperor?

Guo Jin sighed deeply.

"Father suffered."

"What kind of suffering is this?"

Guo Peng rubbed Guo Jin's head: "Compared to the suffering of being an emperor, these sufferings are not bitter at all. These sufferings have an end. After reaching a certain level of status, you will no longer suffer from such low-level sufferings.

But at the same time, a higher level of suffering will accompany you throughout your life, Ah Jin, and you will fight every day. This kind of suffering will be something you will never be able to get rid of after you become an emperor.

Only when you abdicate, or you die, can you finally get rid of it, and you can't rest, because once you rest, the power will be unstable, and if the power is unstable, the political situation of the empire will be unstable. "

Guo Jin pursed her lips and nodded slowly.

Relieved, Guo Peng smiled again.

"But this time, it's not bad. You did a good job and performed very well. Not only did you take Cao Hong's 20 mu of land, but you also told him to be grateful to you. When you become emperor, if Cao Hong is not dead , you can use Cao Hong.

Not only Cao Hong, the Cao family, the Xiahou family, Cao Cao, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, Cao Ang, Cao Pi, Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, this group of people are all capable. You're old enough to use them too. "

"Father, can what the son is doing now have the same effect as the father did then?"

Guo Peng nodded.

"Not only can it be, but it's even better. At that time, my father was just an unknown villain, but you were the crown prince. Anything you did would be magnified thousands of times and have an effect several times greater than yourself.

You have to know that if you don't do this, you have no kindness to these relatives and ministers. They do things for you not because you are the emperor, but more because you have their blood in you. They think that cooperating with you can satisfy their own interests .

So they regard you as a junior, as a family member, and will not respect you. If you really want to do something, if it meets their interests, it’s okay, if it doesn’t, you will definitely be hindered by them, and one day you will Get rid of them for power. "

Guo Jin nodded silently.

Guo Peng continued to speak.

"But now, you are kind to them, and you still risk your life to do this thing. The kindness to them is very great. When you become emperor in the future, if they don't respect you or obey you, they will be ungrateful and have a bad reputation. If you fall, you will be cut off from the world.

They will definitely not do that. They will definitely obey you and truly surrender to you. At that time, you will be able to control them and use them, not only them. This time, being a father will make everyone fear, let everyone all hopeless.

And you are the only one who successfully persuaded Wei's father. You didn't plead for many people, but you were beaten just because you pleaded for Cao Hong. In the end, you succeeded. You have people in the entire imperial court. Hope, or rather, prestige. "

Guo Jin's heart skipped a beat.

"The son has prestige?"

"You have prestige."

Guo Peng nodded with a smile, and then said with a bit of a sigh: "Prestige is invisible and intangible, but when it is needed, it is the most terrible time. Whether a person has prestige can determine whether he can To what extent is the authority exercised.

The same is true for emperors. Prestige emperors, such as Weifu, can turn their hands into clouds and rain, hold the world in their hands, and play with their officials in applause, but they have no ability to resist Weifu.

Emperors without prestige, like Emperor Xiaoxian of the former Han Dynasty, and Duke Sanyang today, have been reduced to political tools and puppets. Everyone is an emperor. Why are some puppet emperors and some emperors with real power?

Because of the difference in prestige, even the two emperors Huan Ling, who were constantly satirized and criticized by scholars, were also prestigious. At the beginning of Xiaohuan's ascension to the throne, he used a group of eunuchs to overthrow the general Liang Ji and abolish Liang's relatives. Prestige, and then implemented the first party ban.

At the beginning of Xiaoling's accession to the throne, he also used eunuchs to eradicate Dou Wu and Chen Fan, abolished Dou's relatives, took power and gained prestige, and then he could implement the second party ban and coerce the world, otherwise, he would not belong to Xiaohuan at all. Son, why can the party be imprisoned? "

Guo Jin nodded repeatedly.

"The importance of prestige, my son has fully understood."

"So, you already have prestige initially, but this prestige is not enough. At most, it is enough for you to sit on the throne and give orders without being overthrown, and to suppress Luoyang. To what extent your orders can be carried out to the world, that's all you need to know." It's hard to say."

"What else should the son do?"

"Don't worry, Jin, my father will tell you what to do."

Guo Peng held Guo Jin's hand: "It's still the same sentence, wicked people, do it for your father, and good people, you do it."

"Father……"

Guo Jin didn't know what to say to express her emotions at this moment.

"Doing this for your father is not only for you, but also for the Guo family's legacy. Now you are doing this for your father. In the future, you will also do this for your heirs."

Guo Peng said seriously: "If you let a heir with no prestige come to the throne, in order to exercise the imperial power after he takes office, he must have a power struggle with powerful ministers, and use eunuchs, relatives or foreign ministers to kill powerful ministers.

That way, it will inevitably cause political turmoil for a certain period of time. It’s okay to win, but it’s hard to say if you lose, and it’s not without troubles. The hero of the powerful minister is also one of the disasters.

The five lords of Emperor Xiaohuan and the ten permanent servants of Emperor Xiaoling are all good helpers to help them seize power and defeat powerful officials. It will inevitably lead to the situation that these heroic officials are huge and affect the balance of the government. It is difficult to be grasped by the emperor, and it is impossible to talk about the word balance. "

Guo Jin nodded slowly.