At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Jin thought for a while in silence.

"I will follow in my father's footsteps and become a tyrant, a faint king, and a feared bloody butcher."

"Do you really dare to do this? If you don't do it well, you will be infamous forever."

"I just hope that when I die, I won't be ashamed to face my father."

There was no trace of confusion in Guo Jin's expression.

Chapter 1443 One Thousand 350 Three Liu Jian Can't Understand Guo Peng

Seeing that Guo Jin didn't look confused at all, Guo Peng was actually satisfied.

But apart from being satisfied, he was also a little sad.

Sad that his son is going to go on the same path as him. I don't know when he is old, looking back, will he feel that everything he has done today is correct?

Guo Peng sighed and nodded.

"I don't ask you to face me. I only ask you to face yourself. You can hold on tightly to the country I left you, and don't lose your power. That's enough."

After all, Guo Peng ended the father-son conversation.

At this time, it was already December of the 13th year of Yande.

Entering December, the entire imperial court began to prepare for the abdication ceremony at the end of the year.

Thirteen years ago, when Guo Peng was about to become emperor, on December 13th, Liu Jian stepped down from the throne and handed over the throne to Guo Peng, who became the emperor.

Thirteen years later, Liu Jian is still alive, and so are the people who experienced that change, and even Liu Zhang, Liu Cong, Liu Qi and other former Han clans are still alive.

In this abdication ceremony, these survivors from the previous dynasty are invited to participate, and they will watch Guo Peng abdicate the throne to Guo Jin with their own eyes, completing the handover of the throne.

On the eighth day of December, Duke Liu Jian of Shanyang was invited to Luoyang to participate in the grand ceremony. Guo Peng invited Liu Jian into the palace to meet and talk with him in the palace where they had abdicated.

After Liu Jian went to Shanyang State to be enfeoffed, Guo Peng hadn't seen him a few times. He expected that Liu Jian was not very willing to go to Luoyang, so he seldom called Liu Jian to Luoyang very caringly.

There was more than three years between this meeting and the last meeting. Over the past three years, the spirited young man in Guo Peng's memory suddenly became a little listless.

His eye sockets were sunken and black, his complexion was not rosy, but a little pale, and his hair didn't look black and shiny.

The whole person...how should I put it, feels like being squeezed dry.

"Mr. Shanyang, why did you look so radiant when I first met you, but now you look like this?"

Although Guo Peng is 50 years old, he only has a little gray hair, mainly black hair, and his mental state is far from sluggish.

He retired early in order to live for a few more years, to be the Supreme Emperor for a few more years, to shock the world, and to make his policy last longer and become a custom, which cannot be changed.

His spirit is still sufficient, he feels that he will pay more attention to health preservation in the future, and it will not be a problem to live for more than ten years.

But why did Liu Jian feel like a programmer who worked overtime and fixed bugs for two days in a row?

Liu Jian smiled wryly when he heard the words, and waved his hands.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, the minister's house has recently bought a batch of singers from the Western Regions, those singers, just... they are very beautiful, this... this is..."

Guo Peng understood.

So he laughed.

"Mr. Shanyang, you still need to exercise restraint in this matter, and you can't indulge in wanton indulgence, otherwise it won't be good for your health."

"It's not that I don't want to be temperate, it's mainly... mainly this... It's not so easy to control, not everyone can be as temperate as His Majesty, there are some things that it just can't control, and I have no choice."

Liu Jian vividly described how outstanding, how beautiful, and how coquettish those singers were, which made him so excited that he couldn't control himself, and he almost couldn't get up again.

After Guo Peng heard it, he didn't think he was very interested.

He is past that age, and feels that the fact that he has a small number of wives and knows how to control himself is the main reason why he is still in good health and has no chronic diseases, senile diseases or the like.

Liu Jiancai is 26 years old, but his appearance is about the same as that of a middle-aged man. No matter how you look at it, he feels haggard, thin and prone to collapse.

How many times a day can he toss his strong body in his 20s into this look?

Guo Peng didn't know, of course, he didn't seem to be very interested in knowing, he just knew that if this continued, Liu Jian's life would not be long.

Of course, the field will also be damaged, but the possibility of cattle exhaustion will be greater.

The two stopped talking about these things, but talked about Guo Peng's abdication.

"Why is your majesty abdicating now? Your majesty is only fifty years old, strong and healthy, and looks like a minister. Why do you want to abdicate?"

When Liu Jian said this, Guo Peng almost didn't laugh out loud.

His face is haggard, his eyes are dull, his legs flutter when he walks, his face is pale and not rosy, and his dark circles can be seen from a long distance away. He looks like he wants to compete with the national treasure. This is his 26 years old.

His face is sharp, his eyes are piercing, his body is tall and straight, his body is majestic, he is unambiguous when he is on a horse, and he will not be blushing and panting after playing marksmanship for a few minutes. This is a 50-year-old Guo.

You say I'm about the same as you?

Guo Peng almost thought that Liu Jian was cursing him to die early, so he almost ordered him to be arrested, thrown out and beheaded.

Suppressing all kinds of emotions, Guo Peng pretended to be bitter.

"Back then, I told you that this is a hard job. It's okay to be physically tired, and the heart is also tired. I'm so tired that I can't help myself. I don't have time to sleep. When I open my eyes, I deal with government affairs. When I close my eyes, I sleep. Such days After more than ten years in a row, who can bear it? I have had enough."

Guo Peng shook his head again and again, with a look of unbearable looking back.

Liu Jian thought of his wonderful life in the past ten years.

The joy of doing whatever he wants, the freedom to do whatever he wants, the money he can't spend no matter what, and all kinds of beauties that he can't play with, he feels that it is really right for him to abdicate.

Guo Peng has the power. The emperor was exhausted and half dead in 13 years, and now he has to abdicate hastily.

And I abdicated early, reached the pinnacle of life early, and enjoyed life wantonly, isn't this much happier than being an emperor?

Being an emperor is exhausting, and it is impossible for him to be so happy.

He felt that during Guo Peng's 13 years as emperor, he was about to enjoy all the happiness in the world.

It seems that all the happiness is concentrated on him alone.

Fluttering like a fairy.

So he was extremely gratified, extremely joyful, and extremely grateful to Guo Peng for allowing him to have all of this.

"Since that's the case, your majesty can take a good rest and enjoy yourself, right? You can't enjoy it when you are an emperor, but you have to enjoy it at this time. If your majesty wants it, there are still some things that I haven't had time to enjoy. Song Ji, I am willing to dedicate it to His Majesty."

Liu Jian felt that Guo Peng would definitely like these women.

Even if you didn't have time to enjoy it when you were the emperor, you should have time to enjoy it now that you are the emperor, right?

Obviously, no.

Guo Peng quickly rejected Liu Jian's kindness.

"Let's keep those women for yourself. I'm not that interested in these things anymore. I'm already 50 years old. Now I just want to spend my old age in peace."

Liu Jian found it incredible.

"Your Majesty only has a few concubines, and the world says that His Majesty is not close to women. Could it be that His Majesty really doesn't like women?"

"It's not that I don't like it, it's just that Mr. Shanyang, our situation is different."

Guo Peng sighed: "When I was young, the country was in turmoil and fragmented. In order to restore the country, I didn't have time to lust for women. I knew that once I lusted for women, the country would collapse and the situation would be irreversible.

After I reorganize the country and try my best to govern the country's stability, I am too old, too much energy is spent on state affairs, and I don't have the energy to be greedy for women. Moreover, I have both sons and daughters, so I don't care about these up. "

Liu Jian thought about it and thought it was the same.

When Guo Peng was at his age, he was fighting with aliens to save the country. How could he have the time to pursue female sex?

After he calmed down and became emperor, he continued to engage in political struggles one after another. Liu Jian stayed in Shanyang Kingdom, and heard several times that Guo Peng had started killing all the officials and powerful people in the world.

How tiring is that?

Obviously, he didn't have the energy to enjoy power, wealth and women when he became emperor.

What an unlucky emperor, from enthronement to abdication, he never really enjoyed the honor and pleasure of the emperor. Even when he was emperor, he felt that kind of enjoyment was very comfortable, okay?

Thinking about it this way, he also felt that Guo Peng was quite great.

Dedicated his energy to the country, not to the group of women.

It is also thanks to his hard work that he can enjoy such a wonderful life, isn't it?

Thinking of this, Liu Jian became even more grateful to Guo Peng.

"Your Majesty works hard to govern and the country prospers, so that I can enjoy happiness in Shanyang Country. Such kindness, I will never forget."

Guo Peng looked at Liu Jian.

"Shanyang Gong, I envy you, I envy you can live so relaxed and happy."

Saying this, Guo Peng shook his head again.

"But I'm just envious. I'm not the same person as you. I'm a very stubborn person. Only when my heart is at ease can I be at peace with my body. Another difficult thing."

After hearing this, Liu Jian felt a little pity.

I can't enjoy a good life, but I want to be obsessed with those trivial political affairs, and fight against the people of the world, killing one here and the other, so that I and the world become enemies, killing and killing all the time, why bother?

Wouldn't it be nice to eat, drink and enjoy happiness together?

You led the army to fight against the country, and came here with blood and fire, is it just to live the exhausting life you are now?Isn't it for domineering and enjoying supreme happiness and comfort?

Liu Jian felt that he could not understand Guo Peng at all.

Of course, he doesn't need to understand Guo Peng, he just needs to know that Guo Wei Empire needs his bonsai as an example to show orthodoxy, and that's enough.

He is a born lucky one, and there may not be one lucky one among many people over the years.

He just needs to keep being lucky like this.

But he doesn't seem to cherish his body very much, otherwise, he should be able to live longer than Guo Peng, and it's hard to say in this state.

Chapter 1444 One thousand 350 four Guo Peng understands, Cao Lan may not understand

After sending Liu Jian away, Guo Peng met with several clan relatives of the Han family living in Luoyang and greeted them one by one.

Then give them some insignificant rewards, which can be regarded as the emperor's sympathy for them. When he holds the abdication ceremony, he still needs these people to show their faces.

What a beautiful spectacle that the royal family of the previous dynasty sent blessings to the abdication of the current throne.

It was wonderful.

Guo Peng imagined so.

After settling down the clans of the Han family, Guo Peng met with the envoys of Guishuang Kingdom, Anxi Kingdom and the Roman Empire, announcing to them that he was about to abdicate and hand over the throne to the new emperor, and asked them to send letters back to report the news. Let their emperor know about the situation.

Then he reassured them and made them believe that the Wei Empire's policy of opening up to the outside world would not change because of the emperor's change, and that the Wei Empire would still pursue outward expansion.

The envoys were more or less unable to understand why Guo Peng abdicated.

He obviously doesn't have any related worries, and he won't have any political or military pressure. Without such pressure, why should he abdicate?

It is not suitable to talk too much about these things with foreign envoys. They only say that they are very tired and want to rest. There is nothing else other than that, they just want to rest.

Guo Peng also really wanted to rest and felt very tired. After he abdicated, there must be a period of time for him to take a good rest and not care about world affairs.

With enough energy, Guo Peng plans to take good care of his grandson, pass on his ideas to the next generation, and then tour the world, visit places that he has never been to before, and go deep into the grassroots to contact the people of the empire.

Or study law with legal scholars, study history with historians, study mathematics with mathematicians, or even go to Taixue and lecture halls to give lectures to contribute to Guo Wei's world.

As long as he is still alive, he is a banner, a symbol, a deterrent that makes the world stable and people dare not change.

So as long as he continues to live, it is enough to support Guo Jin behind his back and help him take the blame.

There is no need for him to do much anymore.

Guo Peng wanted to try something he once wanted to do but had no time to do.

Thinking of this, Guo Peng instead looked forward to the abdication ceremony in the near future, which would be completely different from his own life after being an emperor.

As long as I can let it go, as long as Guo Jin can hold the scene, I can really relax.