At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

A month later, in September, Guo Peng summoned Guo Jia, Guo Yi, Cao Cao, Zhao Yun, Zhang Zhao, and Xin Pi, the six most important officials close to the central government, as well as the most important elders in the palace. Situ Caiyong, who is old and doesn't care about world affairs.

Chapter 1434 One thousand 340 four, His Majesty is in full bloom, why abdicate?

Cai Yong has not entered the palace for a long time, and has always lived in a quiet place in Luoyang City.

Guo Peng thought about his retirement, so he took a quiet place in the middle of the trouble, and took a prime location to build a Situ mansion for him, allowing him to live in it for the rest of his life, and the treatment was no worse than that of the Supreme Emperor.

Cai Yong just lived there obediently, living in seclusion.

Except when Guo Peng needs it, otherwise he will not show up to show his status.

It seems that after experiencing so many political turmoil, Cai Yong seems to have gradually understood what his position of Situ means and what his status is.

He should be an official of the highest rank in the empire who appears when the emperor needs it and does not appear when the emperor does not need it.

His existence is not for administration, but for a political symbolic significance.

He has a high status, but he doesn't have any real power, and of course, he shouldn't have any real power.

He didn't know why Guo Peng called him into the palace this time.

But when he entered the palace, came to the South Study Room, and saw the six people appearing together, he realized that this matter was not simple.

Of these six people, one was surnamed Cao, two were surnamed Guo, and there were three people with other surnames.

Empress Cao's Cao, Emperor Guo's Guo.

And he, Cai...

The father of the next queen.

Zhao Yun, Zhang Zhao, and Xin Pi.

This is the father of the crown prince's three concubines, his natal family.

It is equivalent to saying that the blood core circle of the entire ruling core circle of the Guo Wei Empire is gathered here.

The political decision-making circle of the Wei Empire is still relatively large. Guo Peng is relatively open-minded in this regard, and is willing to recruit the world's elites into the political decision-making circle and provide them with a way to rise.

But in the political decision-making circle, there is a smaller circle, this circle does not have more power than the political decision-making circle, but the status of this circle is very special.

In short, it is a small circle of blood related to the royal family.

Although this circle cannot make higher-level imperial decisions than the political decision-making circle, this circle often knows the emperor's movements a little earlier than the purely political decision-making circle.

From this point of view, Cai Yong knew that what Guo Peng wanted to tell them was obviously not a trivial matter.

Everyone looked at each other, each other's expressions were very dignified.

Moreover, when the emperor did not appear, they did not dare to say a word.

In the emperor's study room, it was quiet, only the movement of the servants who came and went to bring tea and snacks brought a little bit of sound.

The waiters served tea and pastries, and then exited cautiously without making any unnecessary noise, obviously they were well-trained professional service personnel.

Then the emperor appeared.

"It's all here."

Holding a jade ax in his hand, Guo Peng walked slowly from the outside to his seat, turned around and sat down.

All the servants withdrew, and only Su Yuan stood by Guo Peng's side.

All seven stood up and saluted the emperor.

"My minister, meet your majesty."

"No gift, sit down."

Guo Peng put down the jade ax in his hand, and walked to Cai Yong's side.

"Mr. Cai is old, so there is no need to be like this. Please sit down."

"The old minister thanked His Majesty Long En."

Cai Yong sat down with Guo Peng's support, and the others sat down by themselves.

Guo Peng helped Cai Yong to sit down, then returned to his seat and sat down, looking at the solemn seven people.

"Please come here, everyone. It is true that there are some special things that I need to inform you in advance. Before the official announcement, I will always give you a thorough understanding, so that you can be mentally prepared, so that you don't get flustered and lose your dignity when things come to an end."

Guo Peng picked up the tea bowl in front of him, took a breath, took a sip, and then put down the tea bowl.

"Let's get straight to the point, everyone, I have decided to officially abdicate on December [-]th this year and hand over the throne to the crown prince."

Guo Peng's tone was very natural, as if he was chatting with everyone in the past, nothing special.

But what he said was the kind that could shock everyone for 100 years.

The seven of them were all shocked, even Cai Yong, who was the oldest and had seen the most things, was the same.

They froze, then looked at each other, each could see the shock and puzzlement in each other's eyes.

emperor……

To abdicate?

why?

They were puzzled, and they felt that they could not understand Guo Peng's thoughts.

Guo Peng's 13-year rule cannot be considered long, but no matter from which point of view, it cannot be considered short.

Thirteen years can be said to be fleeting, but the sense of coercion that Guo Peng left in everyone's hearts is getting heavier and more terrifying.

It is also getting used to.

Living in such a state for a long time, the ministers around Guo Peng are all masters of stress resistance, one counts as one, and they are all extreme survivors.

Under the high pressure of the emperor, he moved forward desperately, and in 13 years, he built an unprecedented Guowei Empire with a high-speed operation.

The Guowei Empire is like a fine machine, rotating at full speed, leading the people in it to move forward in great strides.

Although it is indeed terrifying, I don't know when I will lose my life and be killed by this powerful monarch, but...

It is true that everyone does what he says. He has a sense of direction, a sense of mission, and is very relaxed.

But now, all of a sudden, the source of the pressure... said he quit.

They actually feel unacceptable.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty is in the prime of his life, why abdicate?"

Guo Jia stood up in astonishment, her face full of astonishment.

"Your Majesty, there are still many things to be done in the Kingdom of Wei. The road to Shu has not been repaired, and the Grand Canal has not been repaired. Why did Your Majesty abdicate at this time?"

Cao Cao also didn't understand very much, so he immediately stood up and asked.

The rest of the people also asked Guo Peng's reason for doing this in astonishment, as if they were desperately admonishing him not to allow Guo Peng to abdicate.

This situation is very interesting.

One or two don't usually talk, but they still rely on Guo Peng's rule deep in their hearts. They are used to Guo Peng's rule of taking all the pressure of the Wei Empire. They are used to living in such an environment. possible way of survival.

It is true that Guo Pengwei oppressed the world, seized power, and was arbitrarily determined by one person, but he also used his own body to bear all the pressure, guided the progress of the Wei State alone, and created the powerful Wei Empire as it is today , created the current situation.

Where he stretches out his hand to guide, everyone will feel strange, surprised and puzzled at first, but when the matter is carried out, they are surprised to find that it is right to do so.

Guo Peng seems to have never made a mistake in national policy.

Whatever he said, as long as everyone does it, fruitful results can always be obtained.

Every year more land is cultivated, more grain is harvested, the population is more yearly, and the number of households is also more yearly.

The fiscal revenue of the imperial court is increasing year by year, but the pressure on the people to pay taxes is getting smaller every year. There have been no peasant uprisings in the local area for 13 years.

After more than 20 years of civil unrest, the country has returned to peace.

Guo Peng brought fear and pressure, but also peace and stability.

Except for lunatics and careerists, no one likes wars, everyone likes peace, looks forward to peace, and looks forward to a stable life that can see the end at a glance.

Guo Peng gave them a stable life, and made Wei Guo extremely powerful, far away from Qin and Han.

The state of Wei is very strong, very strong, so strong that they start to be arrogant if they are not careful.

This is a feeling I haven't experienced in a long time.

Since the Great Han defeated Northern Xinjiang and lost its binding force on the Xianbei people during the reign of Emperor Xiaoling of the former Han Dynasty, the Wei Empire once again picked up the long-lost regional hegemony of the Han Empire.

They don't have to care about what any country thinks of them and their small actions. Whoever dares to disrespect the empire can just fight.

For example, some time ago, a foreign ministry official was very bored, and gave Guo Peng a memorial to talk about Kang Juguo's military campaign to help Dawanguo fight against the Wei army.

He said that Kang Juguo has not yet sent envoys to Luoyang to plead guilty and be punished. This kind of country should be taught a lesson, otherwise everyone will think that offending Wei Guo does not need to apologize and plead guilty. Over time, the country will be ruined.

Guo Peng didn't think about why the country will no longer be a country. At most, there are some problems internationally, isn't it?

At that time, he was busy laying the groundwork for Guo Jin's superior position, and he had no time to respond to the impulse of these guys who were not clear-headed, so he threw this playbook to the cabinet.

As a result, this memorandum aroused great repercussions in the cabinet, and cabinet officials believed that the empire should respond to it.

Kang Juguo once disrespected the empire, fought against the empire without pleading guilty, and dared to confront the empire.

Now, it is time to deal with Kang Juguo severely, deal with them until they claim their vassal status and pay tribute, let everyone know that the Wei Empire is a kingdom of heaven, absolutely inviolable!

Guo Peng was a little surprised.

It took a little effort to remember that when he sent people to clean up the Dawan Kingdom, Kangju Kingdom sent [-] troops to help, but Zhang Fei beat the whole army and annihilated them. Don't dare to fight again.

Later, the Wei army captured Dawan and set up the Zhenxi Protectorate. Guo Peng ordered Cao Ang to be transferred to the Zhenxi Protectorate as the protector, to develop and build the local area, and build a reliable logistics base for the Wei army.

At that time, some people also proposed to attack Kang Juguo to teach them a lesson, but the Wei army's logistics was weak at that time, and it took time to consolidate the results of the battle, so it was not suitable to continue to expand, so Guo Peng did not continue to raise troops to fight, and did not mention this matter.

Guo Peng was busy rectifying the internal affairs and building the interior, so he didn't think for a while that Kang Juguo had offended the Wei Empire, and he hadn't apologized and pleaded guilty.

But some people remembered it, and some people mentioned it, jumping up and down in the court to find like-minded people to submit a table to the emperor, hoping that the emperor could send troops to crusade against these disobedient ministers.

Their hearts are high.

Chapter 1435 The beginning of the next reincarnation

Guo Peng felt that some people were just idle and bored, and wanted to find a sense of existence for themselves.

But if you think about it carefully, Wei Jun's record of sweeping the world's invincible players for so many years can indeed make some people look arrogant.

From the point of view of some supercilious guys in the Wei Empire, Kang Juguo is simply rebellious and damned.

But when it was Mr. Guo who really didn't have any intentions to attack Kangju, the time was wrong.

So there was a lot of fuss for a while, but Guo Peng didn't agree.

He doesn't intend to continue to start a war. If he does, let Guo Jin do it. Let him make contributions and accumulate some military reputation.

It just so happened that the capture of the Western Regions was more or less completed under his [command].

It would be best to let him clean up Kang Juguo.

In the future, Central Asia will obviously experience some wars.

But from the point of view of these courtiers who are used to being obedient to the inside and attacking the outside world under the pressure of Guo Peng, what will happen to the Wei Empire without Guo Peng's guidance and strong prestige?

What would a sudden change of emperor mean to those accustomed to living under his rule?

Guo Wei is an empire, and the requirements and dependence on the emperor are really high.

Moreover, the power of the emperor of the Wei Empire has deeply touched every citizen living in this land. The influence of the central government has never been greater. If a less excellent emperor comes up, will the current good situation To destroy?

They would rather let the familiar Guo Peng continue to take on this task than let the prince who has never been an emperor be the emperor, although he is lenient but feels that he is not as powerful as Guo Peng.

Guo Peng is still alive, isn't he?

Since he is alive, why not continue to be the emperor?

Although Guo Jin was regarded by them as their natural successor, they also looked forward to one day getting rid of Guo Peng's oppressive rule and ushering in a lenient prince.