At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

What does the emperor mean by saying this, could it be...

"Your Majesty, my sons and servants only look at justice and don't ask other questions!"

"Axiom? What is axiom? What you do is axiom? Do you think this is axiom? Is it axiom to excuse sinners?"

Guo Peng stepped aside with a sneer, and pointed to the throne above him: "You talk about justice now, when the time comes, when you sit in that seat, will you still talk about justice? At that time, what is your justice?" ?”

The emperor angered the crown prince without hesitation, almost tearing apart the crown prince's little thoughts, so that everyone could see clearly.

But until now, the officials were so frightened that they didn't even dare to fart. They stood cautiously with their heads down, praying hard that this matter would end soon, and nothing more would happen.

Guo Jin has been the crown prince for many years, and she is also the eldest son. She is the most worthy candidate for the next emperor in everyone's heart.

He inherited the throne and ruled the empire. Everyone will feel relaxed, get used to it, take it for granted, and will not find it strange.

He is a widely recognized successor, but what if this successor has a problem here and is abolished by the emperor?

Don't, don't, don't!

Stop annoying the Emperor!His Royal Highness!

Accept it when you see it!

A Lejin is not worth it!

Many ministers shouted in their hearts.

But Guo Jin didn't seem to intend to back down.

"Your Majesty, I have no selfishness, and I hope that those who make mistakes will be punished as they should be, not excessive or inappropriate punishment. I hope that the law of Wei will be a trustworthy law after all, not a dead letter."

Guo Jin went up again, facing the emperor's coercion.

The emperor stopped talking, and his face turned cold.

It's over, this is the harbinger of the storm!

It's a harbinger of a storm!

The emperor is going to be angry!

Xi Zhong and Xun You had already closed their eyes.

Guo Jia bit his lip tightly.

Guo Hong's face turned pale.

Guo Yi was short of breath.

Cheng Yu was expressionless.

"Hahahahahaha! Hahahahahahaha! Hahahahahahahaha!"

The emperor's laughter echoed in the hall.

This is... Laughing out of anger?

Something is wrong, something is wrong, something is really wrong.

Usually, the emperor should have such a period of foresight before getting angry, right?

The ministers were mentally prepared to meet the emperor's monstrous anger, and they would step forward and kneel down at any time to protect the status of the crown prince from being impacted and to avoid the country's foundation being shaken.

It's all come to this point, the crown prince is already the expected successor emperor, there must be no mistakes!

"Okay, okay, okay! He is indeed a good son who I have taught! Hahahahahaha! He can even talk about justice with me, hahahaha!"

The emperor laughed and patted Guo Jin on the shoulder: "Okay, I can't say no to you, then as you said, Le Jin will be relegated, demoted to a commoner, and sent back to his hometown to farm. Let's deal with it like this."

Saying so, the emperor turned and left.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to call Cheng Yu.

"Zhongde, follow me."

"According to the order."

Cheng Yu stood up and followed the emperor out of the South Study Room.

Guo Jin, the officials, and Le Jin, who was kneeling in a daze, were left behind, not knowing why, not knowing what to do next.

Of course, they don't need to know, someone will naturally handle it.

Soon, the news spread that Le Jin, General of Zhennan, had been dismissed from office, and all titles, rewards, and family seals had been revoked.

Le Jin was deprived of everything and became a commoner. His family was relocated back to his hometown to make a living by farming.

His fate is not as good as that of Cao Ren. Cao Ren is going back to be a rich man, living a free life and having endless joys. As long as he is a little honest, nothing else can threaten him.

Le Jin is different. Like Han Hao, he has gone back to work as a farmer, and he will have to work harder to get enough to eat. He can't compare with Cao Ren.

This news swept the court, everyone knew, everyone knew that the heroic military general Le Jin of Zhennan had been taken down and lost his original status.

After Cao Ren, another of the Five Tigers was taken down, and now only three of the Five Tigers are still in office, and no one knows who will be taken down next...

In this case, everyone thinks that the general will be taken down is something that will happen, it's just a matter of time.

The highest-profile victim of this wave of anti-corruption frenzy has finally appeared.

And with Le Jin being taken down, this wave of anti-corruption frenzy seems to be coming to an end.

Some officials who were under investigation and who were indeed fine ended the inspection and were released to resume work.

Officials who were executed or dismissed were replaced by newcomers.

The court began to function again.

Prior to this, hundreds of quartermasters and hundreds of officials in the storage department were severely interrogated and dealt with severely, and countless people were killed.

The better situation is the Central Corps under Zhao Yun's strict control, and the Northwest Corps that has been split into three parts.

Due to the long distance and difficult logistics, the logistics and supply of the three prefectures in the Western Regions has always been a hard job, and the control is particularly strict. Any inconsistency in the number will be carefully investigated and carefully reviewed, and there are very few places that can be manipulated.

Similar problems occurred in the three prefectures of the Western Regions a year ago.

Some people were found out during the transportation process, and were sent back to Luoyang to be sentenced to death. What Guo Peng especially couldn't accept was that someone tampered with the transportation of materials in the Western Regions.

When the Western Regions are working hard to develop and produce, it is still difficult for the three Western Regions to meet the needs of self-sufficiency. In order to stabilize the local rule, stabilize prices, and stabilize people's hearts, Guo Peng decided to transport food from the four Hexi counties to support the Western Regions.

This is out of the need to stabilize the rule. Once there is a shortage, it is likely to affect the overall situation, so the review is particularly strict.

A wave of killing more than a dozen relevant officials deterred many storage officials and quartermasters who were trying to make trouble, so the supplies of the three Western Regions were the most transparent and accurate, and the least problematic.

Under such circumstances, the investigation team did not get any results in the investigation of the Western Regions. They caught a few small characters like weasels and killed them, which can be regarded as solving the problem of the Western Regions.

Therefore, the problems of the Western Regions and the Central Committee are small and can still be controlled. The remaining three parts of the army have big problems.

A certain person Guo spent a lot of money to provide the treatment for the army, some of which were taken by these moths to grow their own flesh, instead of being used by the soldiers, it really deserves death.

All the main culprits found out were executed, and the accomplices were basically sent to the Shu Road construction site to wait to die.

The young and beautiful female family members of the right age were all sent to the three prefectures of the Western Regions to serve as employees of the military paradise, so that the remaining officials could see how their families would be treated if they made mistakes.

You yourself are going to die, and your family members will die after suffering many tortures that are worse than death.

Is it worth it to ruin your family to this extent for a moment of greed?

Think about it.

All the officials who were still alive seemed to have heard the voice of the emperor, heard the emperor's whisper, and heard the emperor's last warning to them.

Corruption cannot be dealt with, but with the strict system and the supreme prestige of the emperor himself, if you want to suppress it, you can still do it.

Guo can believe that if it weren't for his strength and strict system requirements, what these guys could do would be far more terrifying than it is now.

Killing one to warn others, killing chickens to warn monkeys, these are not long-term means.

The means of maintaining it for a long time are not yet known to everyone, but the means of suppression has been brought to the extreme by Guo.

Guo has killed too many officials since he proclaimed himself emperor, so many that it has become something that latecomers have to worry about before they think carefully.

People who want money but don't want to die are a minority after all, because most people want money purely because they still have life, but the money is gone.

But if you lose your life for money, it's not worth it. If you save your life, you still have money to spend. If you lose your life, it's all gone.

However, Guo Peng is also very clear that he has no way to solve all corruption.

No matter how ruthless or violent the killing is, the situation cannot be suppressed after all. If there are too many killings, it will even make people feel afraid and dare not be an official.

These are all things that Zhu Yuanzhang, who is far more amazing than him, has experienced.

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang did not succeed.

After all, they think that the purpose of working hard to get the upper echelon is to enjoy the glory and wealth.

Even the emperor can't change this point. If this is changed, why should they be loyal to the emperor?

Someone Guo has taken the road of the emperor to the extreme, and he has also reached a dead end that he cannot change.

When he realized this, he wasn't flustered or lost.

Because this is something he had expected a long time ago.

He had long expected that he would not be able to change the bureaucracy, and he had long expected that he would come to this point.

Just for the sake of change, he must embark on this path. He must support a group of people and defeat another group of people, strive for a broader living space and enterprising space, and increase social mobility.

Now that the change has been realized, it is time to bear the backlash brought about by this change.

No matter what era, bureaucrats are bureaucrats.

Chapter 1424 One thousand three hundred and thirty four Guo Jun hates the eldest son inheritance system

Someone Guo personally destroyed the group of scholars who were maintained by blood, and completely drove them into the abyss.

Then, he personally supported a group of imperial examination bureaucrats that was far more powerful and terrifying than the group of scholars as the foundation of rule.

He needs people to govern his own country. He is not a superman, and he cannot govern the entire country by himself.

The lesser of two evils, all he can do is to choose the bureaucratic group of imperial examinations.

However, within the limits of the current productivity and the limitations of the times, he has no other way to carry out reforms at a deeper level.

This time, he couldn't find a replacement.

He can only find competitors, and suppress and guard against this group in the form of competition.

Otherwise, this group will corrupt and degenerate at an unimaginable speed.

There must be no fewer spies, and no fewer eunuchs.

This is the emperor's right-hand man, who specializes in targeting the imperial examination bureaucrats, and is always ready to kill them, clean the buckets, and avoid the accumulation of dirty water.

The children of the training camp are also indispensable.

They have been instilled with the idea of ​​serving the country and the people since they were young, and they are the exceptions among the bureaucrats of the imperial examination. No matter how long it takes for them to be assimilated, they are still a force after all.

Other than that, Mr. Guo has no other way. He has no other way to deal with corruption and the loss of control of the imperial examination bureaucrats.

He can see the future of the Wei Empire, the chaotic future, and he can already see the future of the Wei Empire at a glance.

However, he has no other choice. As an emperor, he has already reached the extreme, and he will continue to go on, unless Mr. Guo stops being emperor, but that is just paving the way for greater chaos.

As the emperor, his road still came to an end.

However, if we want to continue the state of the Wei Empire and prevent the Huaxia people from sinking, there are ways to do it.

go out.

When all internal methods fail, going out is the only way to transfer the conflict to the outside, which is probably the most likely killing move that the Wei Empire will resort to when it encounters a serious social crisis in the future.

This is the last retreat that Guo left for the Wei Empire and the Huaxia people.

Establishing a relationship with the Roman Empire and sending people to sea is the most correct thing that Guo felt he did after becoming emperor.

Everything else is picking up people's teeth. Nothing will change in the foreseeable future, and the Wei Empire will eventually fall.

The only way to go out can change some things, change the future, and allow the Huaxia people to walk on an unimagined path.

Get out, have to get out, get out no matter what.

Guo Peng felt that even when he was about to die, facing the political situation he could not change, his last words to Guo Jin were these three words [go out].