At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

The department in charge of a certain state's storage system spends at least one-third of its time in the area in charge of each year. If there is not enough time, it will be dismissed immediately. If there is a problem, the head will be directly held accountable.

Everyone in the Ministry of War was in danger from top to bottom, and Chen Gong, who rushed back excitedly to take over the position, saw the mess of the Ministry of War and immediately realized that he was not the chosen one, but came to fill the hole.

Good guy, dismissing one-third of the officials in one go is equivalent to a large-scale shake-up of the Ministry of War.

Several departments have been changed from Langzhong to Yuanwailang, all with new faces, not a single old face.

What is certain is that the emperor's anti-corruption storm never disappoints.

The Ministry of War is facing a major shake-up, and some mysterious authorities that have dealings with the Ministry of War have also been implicated and investigated.

The Ministry of Finance and the Audit Department of the Cabinet are facing strict investigations by Cheng Yu. The Minister of Finance, Wang Can, and the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Cao Cao, once again faced the political storm and were investigated and interrogated.

At the beginning, everyone thought that this was a storm targeting the storage system and the military supply system, and other departments could sit on the sidelines and watch the show.

But who would have thought that this storm would quickly expand and spread to other imperial court departments. On the contrary, the local government, because of its limited powers and unable to control storage, faced the weakness of local central officials, so it escaped. was affected.

It can be regarded as good luck.

That's why many people have discovered that local officials are not treated as well as the central government, have little power, and are often bullied and ridiculed by local central officials.

But once a political storm breaks out, it is these central officials, not local officials, who are unlucky.

There is no such thing as a perfect law in the world.

Wang Can and Cao Cao were strictly interrogated by Cheng Yu. However, no serious problems were found during the interrogation. In the end, it can only be concluded that Cao Cao and Wang Can are suspected of dereliction of duty, and there is no fact of corruption.

Most of the officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Audit Department of the Cabinet are innocent, and at most they are dereliction of duty. Only a few people have been found out about other problems and have been further investigated.

The direction of the wind in the court gradually began to change, and everyone changed from strolling in the courtyard to hurrying. Everyone remembered the tragedy of countless people crying for their fathers and mothers when the emperor set off a political storm.

The ghost knows if this wave of anti-corruption storms will come to me. Many people have started self-examination because of this, for fear that they will also be taken away by Cheng Yu, and then be severely punished. Pack it up and die in the imperial prison without seeing the light of day.

No one wants to usher in such an ending.

It can only be said that the rumors in Luoyang are really tight at present.

And at such a critical juncture, a secret letter was quietly delivered to Guo Jia's residence and placed in front of Guo Jia's desk.

When Guo Jia saw this letter, it was after returning home at night.

During the day, he heard a lot of gossip at the staff desk, and he went to the cabinet to inquire about the news, but he never got any effective news. He only knew that Cao Cao had been taken away to assist in the investigation for more than a day, and he still has no certainty.

This worries him.

People outside said that Cao Cao and Guo Jia are the weathervanes of the court's politics. If something happens, follow them, it's definitely right.

But up to now, Cao Cao, who has been involved in every political turmoil, has been involved again.

Cao Cao has never been a weather vane. He even mocked himself, saying that if his sister hadn't been the queen, he would have disappeared.

In such a position, exercising such a power, with such an emperor behind him, is it an easy task?

Surviving in Luoyang City is very difficult.

Small officials are fine, senior officials, the risk factor should not be too high.

Cao Cao is not a weather vane at all, he has been in danger many times.

Guo Jia himself did not dare to say that he was a weathervane. He had never been investigated or involved in any political turmoil, but this was obtained by him in a very extreme way.

Uninhibited, unrestrained, not respected by the world, this is his means of self-defilement.

No property, no land, living on rewards and salary, lavishly spending money like water, this is his self-protection strategy.

He knows better than anyone else that the reason why he is safe and sound until now is not only because he belongs to the Guo clan, but also because he is a hero of Yuan Cong.

It lies more in his actual behavior and political integrity without political ambitions.

That Emperor His Majesty is no longer the young general who shared the bed with him and talked about military issues and took him away from Yingchuan very forcefully.

Guo Jia is very clear about this.

Chapter 1415 One thousand 320 five Guo Jia enters the palace

His Majesty the Emperor will never take action against you for personal reasons.

As long as you threaten his rule, or more directly - he thinks you threaten his rule, you are finished.

Many people shout to learn from Guo Jia, but they can't figure it out, and they are reluctant to give up things that are very important to them, even more important than power, like Guo Jia.

Cherish the feathers and never forget the original intention, that was the rule of survival in the pre-Han era.

Under this powerful emperor, he only has two criteria for judging people.

One, is it useful to you.

One, is whether you have threatened.

It's that simple, as long as you figure out this problem, you will basically solve the political problems of the Yande dynasty, and you can basically determine your own safety factor.

Only those who are useful and not threatening can become the emperor's trust and reliance.

Guo Jia is useful and works hard to look non-threatening, which is an important reason for his livelihood.

Others can't learn it, or know how to do it, but don't want to do it.

Guo Jia, who is well versed in the rules of survival, takes this very seriously.

He is unrestrained, spends money lavishly, does not buy land, does not make friends with people casually, and does some shocking things from time to time, such as robbing Cao Cao's concubine, which attracts criticism like a tsunami.

Many people are saying that Guo Jia is doing this to embarrass the royal family, to make the royal family suffer unfair evaluation, and to lower people's evaluation of the royal family, which is harmful.

Many people submitted a table to the emperor for this, and asked the emperor to punish Guo Jia severely.

The emperor pretended not to see it.

This shows that the emperor is not unhappy.

This is what Guo Jia did and how he lived. He believed that if he continued to do so, he would survive and would not die. What's the matter?

it's OK.

So when Guo Jia saw Le Jin's name written on the signature of this letter, he was stunned.

Le Jin wrote to him?

Or a personal letter?

Not a document?

This……

Guo Jia calmed down for a while, feeling that the problem he was facing was still very serious.

To demolish or not to dismantle is a major choice for him.

After much thought, he did not open the letter.

After thinking about it seriously for a stick of incense, he got up and changed into his court clothes, took this letter with him, and left the house.

"It's time to eat, Feng Xiao, what are you going to do?"

Mrs. Guo looked at Guo Jia's hurried appearance, and asked quickly.

"Don't wait for me to come back to eat at night, you can eat by yourself, I have something important to do, I will come back later."

Guo Jia said so.

Then, he went straight to the palace.

As one of the few important officials of the imperial court and a member of the core decision-making circle, Guo Jia has a token to enter the palace, and he can urgently ask Guo Peng to see him at night. Even if Guo Peng is sleeping, he can call Guo Peng up to act urgently.

But logically speaking, Guo Jia himself did not have this urgent need for an interview.

Xi Zhong and Xun You are in charge of the staff desk, and they are responsible for doing things. Guo Jia has always studied strategy and tactics, wandering around to gain a sense of presence, showing that he is useful and harmless.

Guo Peng will go to him when he needs it, and then he will provide Guo Peng with some consulting help to help Guo Peng formulate national policies.

Unless Guo Peng looks for him, Guo Jia rarely takes the initiative to look for Guo Peng.

Guo Peng, who was packing up documents in the south study and was about to go to rest, felt very strange when he heard Su Yuan's report.

He didn't know what Guo Jia was looking for him for so late.

So while he was eating the sweet soup stewed by Cao Lan himself, he sat on a chair and waited for Guo Jia to come in.

Guo Jia came in with a serious face, not at all the relaxed and happy feeling before, coming to talk about things more like a day trip to the South Study Room.

"Hey, why are you so serious? Didn't you always look relaxed and happy when you came to my place in the past? Could it be... something happened to your friend?"

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jia while drinking Tiantang, with a smile on his lips, and he didn't take it seriously.

He believed that Guo Jia would not do such a stupid thing.

Of course Guo Jia would not do such a stupid thing, he saluted Guo Peng, and then said: "Your Majesty, I am here because I really have something important to discuss with Your Majesty."

"What's the matter? Tell me."

Guo Peng is still drinking sweet soup.

Guo Jia took out a letter from his arms: "This is a letter sent by General Le Jin of Zhennan from Yunzhou to the minister. See"

Guo Peng paused while drinking the sweet soup.

Su Yuan, who stood by and waited on Guo Peng, was shocked when he heard this.

Guo Peng frowned, and looked at the letter Guo Jia held up with some surprise.

"Le Jin gave it to you?"

"Yes."

"Sent from Yunzhou?"

"Yes."

"What content?"

"I didn't open the letter. I came to look for His Majesty just after I got this letter, so I don't know."

Guo Peng raised his eyebrows, drank the sweet soup in the bowl in one go, and put the bowl on the table.

"Why don't you open it and show it to me? I don't want to know what private and private things you said between you. After all, who you make friends with is your freedom, and I don't care."

Guo Jia trembled when he heard this, and knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty's lesson! There are no private whispers between ministers and any foreign ministers or generals. There is no private communication. It is absolutely impossible to have any secrets!"

Guo Peng was silent for a while, looked at Guo Jia's appearance, took a deep breath, and said: "Su Yuan, bring the letter, please get up and give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Su Yuan walked over and brought Le Jin's letter to Guo Peng, and Guo Jia got his seat.

He took the envelope, checked it over and over again, and found that there was indeed no trace of opening it, so Guo Peng tore open the outer envelope and took out the letter paper inside.

Le Jin said that he heard that His Majesty the Emperor intended to deal with the corrupt criminals in the army, and that there were many problems in the quartermaster system of the Southwest Corps, which was due to his dereliction of duty as the chief general.

Le Jin also heard that he thought that the reason why Cao Ren stepped back was because of the corruption incident in the Northwest Corps, which made His Majesty very angry. Now Le Jin is very worried that he will repeat Cao Ren's mistakes.

So Le Jin wrote to Guo Jia, hoping that Guo Jia, because of the friendship he fought side by side in the past, would help him say a few good words if he was going to be questioned.

As a general, he very much hoped that he could spend all his time on the battlefield and lead soldiers in the army. He only hoped that the shroud of horse leather would return, and he didn't want to die in a rich and gentle village.

He hoped that Guo Jia could understand the feelings of a veteran and help him, not to let him retire from the army, otherwise he would be depressed.

Guo Peng finished reading the letter, put the letter paper on the table, and stared at Guo Jia who was sitting stiffly on the chair in front of him.

"Do you know what Le Jin wrote?"

"do not know."

"Want to know?"

"Follow His Majesty's orders."

"Le Jin said that he was worried that the corruption of the quartermaster would affect him, and that he would fall into Zixiao's footsteps. As a general, he hoped that he could be returned in a horse leather shroud instead of dying in a rich and gentle village, so Hope you have a few words of kindness for him."

Guo Peng smiled: "Feng Xiao, never thought that your relationship with Le Jin is quite good?"

Guo Jia's pupils shrank, and he immediately slid off the chair, knelt on the ground in one go, and kowtowed.