At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Seeing that Cai Yong was about to speak, Chen Ji hurriedly said: "Back then, Bo Jie was Duke Wei's guide, and now Duke Wei is my pillar of support in the Han Dynasty. Although there is Zigan's teaching, there is also Bo Jie's guidance. , Wei Gong once said that he will be a disciple of Bo Jie for life, does Bo Jie still have no confidence in himself?"

When Cai Yong was told by Chen Ji, he immediately felt that it made sense.

If an adult emperor has misbehavior, he will not even have a chance to correct it.

Underage emperors still have the opportunity to correct themselves. Before the emperor becomes an adult, it is equivalent to the emperor's internship period. It may not be a good thing to have a buffer period to use.

Having said that, Cai Yong nodded his head in agreement, thinking that such a consideration is good and reasonable, and it makes sense.

The most proud thing in Cai Yong's life is to discover, promote and guide Guo Peng.

All along, he has been extremely proud of this, and feels that Guo Peng stabilized half of the big man's country and is the pillar of the big man's sky, bringing the world of the big man back to peace.

It was I who appreciated Guo Peng, brought Guo Peng with me, brought him into Dongguan, studied and studied in Dongguan, introduced Guo Peng to Lu Zhi, asked Lu Zhi to accept him as a disciple, and opened up Guo Peng's relationship. way up.

It can be said that without Cai Yong, there would be no Guo Peng today. How can this not be considered a credit?

Even Guo Peng himself thinks so, and has never denied such a fact.

Although they don't have the name of master and apprentice, they have the reality of master and apprentice. Guo Peng also treats himself with great respect and respects himself.

Although there were some small conflicts on Wei Gong's issue before, there was no problem afterwards, and Cai Yong also exposed this matter.

Now if he can become the emperor's teacher and teach a generation of holy emperors, with the help of Guo Peng, it may not be possible to create another prosperous Han Dynasty.

Under Chen Ji's flickering, Cai Yong smiled, nodded in satisfaction, and approved the choice.

Cheng Yu stared at Chen Ji with a cold face for a long time, and then made Chen Ji's back look hairy, then nodded slightly, showing an ugly smile.

Chen Ji heaved a sigh of relief and didn't say another word.

As Guo Peng's eagle dog minion, Cheng Yu's status and power rose with Guo Peng's rise in power, and he was the No. 1 official under his command, unshakable.

This person came from a poor family and was one of the earliest elders who followed Guo Peng. He had a cruel mind, vicious methods, and a tough style of acting. He always obeyed Guo Peng's orders, so he always received Guo Peng's attention and reliance, and he was awarded a great deal. power.

No matter who it is, if there are conflicts and conflicts with Cheng Yu, there must be no good end. The best end is demotion, and it is not uncommon for people to be dismissed.

Guo Peng trusts him, relies on him, gives him power, and supports him. He is the embodiment of Guo Peng's will.

Chen Ji absolutely did not dare to have conflicts with Cheng Yu.

Tian Feng and Guo Jia watched the whole process with cold eyes, noncommittal about Chen Ji's behavior.

They are already very clear about the fact that the new emperor was established this time, and they have a thorough insight, so during this operation, they will also try to observe some people whose behavior is very different from others, to see if they are their comrades, Is it my friend.

In this matter, friends and enemies must be clearly distinguished, otherwise, once the incident occurs and the picture is poor, accidental injury may be inevitable.

Political purges never talk about friendship. Friendship is bullshit in front of political interests, and nothing is more important than political interests.

So this matter has been decided by default, no matter how turbulent the outside world is, how hard the clansmen of the Han Dynasty are, how noisy they are, the ending has already been decided by default.

When Liu Shuo heard the news, he blushed with excitement after lying in bed for more than half a year, and then half sat up from the bed, ate a bowl of porridge, and forced his sick body to say that he wanted to talk to his little grandson. Sun went to Luoyang to attend the enthronement ceremony together.

Cheng Yu hurriedly told him to lie down and rest.

Anyway, let me live until the enthronement ceremony is over, don't die now, if you die, the enthronement ceremony will not be completed.

Cheng Yu then arranged heavy troops to protect the Hejian Palace, and sent someone to take Liu Shuo to the Great Medical Center in Yecheng for Hua Tuo to renew his life, and then returned to Yecheng by himself to report the specific situation to Guo Peng, and then made an announcement The date and the date of enthronement have completed this process.

Chapter 640 640 Nine You Are Really A Fucking Talent

Cheng Yu returned to Yecheng and reported the specific situation to Guo Peng one by one. Guo Peng was also very satisfied with this candidate, agreed with this choice, and then asked some other things.

"How did they react?"

Guo Peng asked.

Right now, there are not many people who know about this matter, only a few. The people Guo Peng asked were naturally the reactions of those who went to Pingyuan to inspect Liu Jian together.

Guo Peng needs to get his core civil servants' views and opinions on this matter from their reactions.

"Everyone else is fine, but Chen Ji and Cai Gong..."

"What happened to Chen Ji?"

Guo Peng put down the pen in his hand, and looked at Cheng Yu: "Chen Ji's son, Chen Qun, was an official before and now works in my residence. Chen Ji should have seen it clearly, right? Regarding this matter, Could it be that Chen Ji wants to oppose me?"

"It's not that Chen Ji himself objected to this matter, but when Cai Gong objected to this matter, Chen Ji took the initiative to stand up and pull Cai Gong aside, persuaded Cai Gong to support this matter, and did not let Cai Gong continue to object. , Chen Ji may have guessed something."

Cheng Yu reported the truth.

"Mr. Cai is very clear about not supporting me. This matter itself does not need his support. It doesn't matter what he does."

Guo Peng continued to process the paperwork with his head down: "As for Chen Ji, he is a sensible person, but he still has old feelings and some things from the past in his heart, and he will not be able to let go so soon.

After all, when he is old, he is not as easy to cut off from the past as young people. He still needs some time. For him, I think it is relatively difficult to achieve this step. He is almost 40 years older than me. This understanding is not easy. "

"Then Chen Ji, do you want to..."

"No, Chen Ji won't obstruct me. What we have to do now is not to deal with people like Chen Ji, but those who will clearly stand up to obstruct me, such as Xun Wenruo's group. People like Chen Ji can win over Yes, don't target them."

Guo Peng said in a low voice: "When this matter is announced, I want to see how many people dare to openly disagree with me, saying that those who are suspicious of the young country, or even suspect that I have bad intentions, count one as the other, and write them all down. .

We need to deal with this group of people who keep shouting about the Lord Shaoguo. It is not good for us to let them continue to shout. Chen Ji knows what is good and what is wrong, he knows what to say and what not to say, he is a smart person. "

Cheng Yu nodded.

"My subordinates know, but my lord, although Chen Ji doesn't need to care, Zang Ziyuan and Cao Mengde are very enthusiastic about this matter."

Guo Peng paused his writing pen and raised his head.

"Cao Mengde is my brother-in-law. He is also a smart person. Although he has feelings for Han, he will not do anything against me. He looks tough on the outside, but he also has a weak side inside. I know him too well.

I was friendly with him when I was eight years old, and it has been more than 20 years. I know his every move. He can't escape my palm. I can guarantee this. Cao Mengde can let it go and don't care. As for Zang Ziyuan ..."

Guo Peng paused, then looked at Cheng Yu: "Don't worry about it yet, wait until the emperor's candidate is announced and then see his reaction. If he is honest and silent, he will treat it as nothing before. If he doesn't know what to say Crazy rebellious words, and then deal with him."

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Cheng Yu nodded, then left to go to work.

At this time, it was mid-August of the sixth year of Xingping, and Guo Peng was urgently dealing with the matter of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, while other matters were relatively less involved.

Until one day when Zhuge Jin came to report the progress of the work, he casually mentioned that his brother had settled down in Yecheng, and expressed his gratitude to Guo Peng.

Zhuge Liang is here?

Guo Peng raised his head to look at Zhuge Jin, leaned slightly, and nodded.

"Okay, I see. By the way, will your brother participate in the Talent Discussion Ceremony next month?"

"Kong Ming told me that he was here to participate in the Talent Discussion Ceremony, but please rest assured, Mr. Ming, this time the Ceremony, the subordinates will definitely not show favoritism. Whether Kong Ming is selected or not, it is his own ability, and the subordinates will guarantee it with their lives. "

Guo Peng smiled.

"Don't risk your life as a guarantee. Ziyu is a loyal person. I know it very well. If Ziyu bends the law for selfishness, then I might as well destroy my eyes. What do I need my eyes for when I see people so blind?"

Zhuge Jin was surprised and delighted when he heard this.

"Your Majesty speaks too seriously, this subordinate... this subordinate is terrified!"

Guo Peng smiled.

"Hahaha, I believe in Tzuyu's character. Well, I know about it. This is the first time we have used this method to select talents. Everyone knows the importance of it. Tzuyu is not a person who favors selfishness, I understand that."

"Thank you, my lord."

Zhuge Jin bowed again, and then slowly retreated.

Exiting Wei Gong's mansion, Zhuge Jin was secretly happy but went back home with a serious face, and called Zhuge Liang and several of his partners at home, and explained to them some special features of this ceremony.

"This grand ceremony of discussing talent, in Wei Gong's terms, is called an examination. It is a test of one's virtue and talent. Wei Gong will ask you to answer some questions. You need to complete the answer within a certain period of time, and then hand it over to Wei Gong. After review, the Duke of Wei will select the outstanding ones to work in Duke Wei's mansion."

Zhuge Jin talked about the special nature of this exam: "Because this is a matter under the direct control of Duke Wei, no one else can interfere. At that time, your strategies and opinions may pass through the eyes of Duke Wei. As long as Duke Wei appreciates it, you will give it to us." Your chances to enter Duke Wei's Mansion are, in principle, unlimited."

"Unlimited number of people?"

Xu Shu was very happy when he heard that: "That's great, wouldn't it be great if we could enter together?"

Shi Tao also felt very happy, then looked at Zhuge Jin, and said in a low voice: "Since brother Ziyu is in charge of this matter, do you know what are the problems discussed by Wei Gongce? Can you reveal a little bit?"

After saying this, Xu Shu and Meng Jian also looked at Zhuge Jin expectantly, only Zhuge Liang shook his head repeatedly.

So Zhuge Jin shook his head decisively.

"I'm an official of the Duke of Wei. I participated in this matter. If I reveal this matter, wouldn't it be self-inflicted stealing? You are also people who have read poetry and books. How could you think of doing such a thing?"

Zhuge Jin severely reprimanded them, and they lowered their heads and remained silent.

"It's not that I'm trying to take advantage of it. There are too many people in the same company. If you want to stand out, you won't be able to make some preparations."

Meng Jian said softly.

"You have no confidence in your own talents? Then why come here to participate in the Talent Discussion Ceremony? The Talent Discussion Ceremony is to give scholars from all over the world a chance to compete on the same stage to see who is stronger and who is weaker. It is much better to be filial and honest.”

Zhuge Jin looked at Zhuge Liang again: "Kong Ming, what do you think?"

Zhuge Liang raised his head, put down the bamboo slips in his hand, and said: "If you want me to say, Wei Gong would not have thought that someone would cheat for personal gain and leak the test questions. He must have prepared a lot of test questions, not just those that only brother knows, so brother even Saying it out, I may not be able to meet those test questions."

"........."

Zhuge Jin looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, and Xu Shu and the others also looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise.

Hey, you are a fucking talent!

Zhuge Jin suddenly felt that what Zhuge Liang said made sense.

Guo Peng is such a shrewd person, he has always been impeccable in everything he does, such an outstanding person, even if he believes in Zhuge Jin, he may not trust other people, why would he only prepare the topic of ten strategies?

Guo Peng probably prepared more than a hundred policy theory questions, and then randomly assigned them to the scholars who took the exam. When the policy discussion begins, even he himself may not know who took which policy topic.

In other words, the content of the policy theory and the purpose of the investigation are the same, but the topic itself is completely different, which is hard to guard against.

The answerer and the questioner fight, this kind of game is quite interesting.

Zhuge Jin looked expectantly at the four young offspring in the family, wondering how many of them could successfully enter Wei Gongfu and become subordinate officials at the top of the world.

That's really promising.

The Talent Discussion Ceremony is held in early September.

However, in late August, Guo Peng instructed his subordinates to announce the selection of ten-year-old Liu Jian, the grandson of Pingyuan King Liu Shuo, as the new emperor. "Welcome to the Holy Son of Heaven" went.

Chapter 641 .650 The enemy inside is more serious than the enemy outside

After the news came out, it was quite shocking.

The new emperor has finally been elected, and the position of the emperor of the Han Dynasty has been secured again, and the Han Dynasty will continue to be maintained.

In this way, it will not make everyone feel empty.

The previous scandals of the clansmen of the Han Dynasty were exposed, which made the people of the world disappointed with the clansmen of the Han Dynasty. There are quite a few people who feel extremely dissatisfied with this, and there are not a few people who feel that the world is about to change hands.

Now that the new emperor is out, everything can be regarded as a conclusion, and all the speculations of the people in the world before have come to nothing.

However, this emperor candidate is only ten years old, which is quite intriguing.

But most people either accept it frankly, or don't care, or frown and think for themselves, but few people choose to directly express their dissatisfaction and objections.

Of course, there are such people, such as Xun Yu.

Xun Yu seems to be planning to fight to the end, to be a complete opponent, even if he is exiled by Guo Peng to the Cheqi General's Mansion, he will still be the same leader, constantly expressing his opinions, and constantly expressing his opposition to Guo Peng's actions. series of decisions.

The former objected to the Duke of Wei, and the current objected to the young emperor, saying that the world today is uneasy. If the emperor is young, the country will be less suspicious, which is not conducive to the reconstruction of the great Han. It is suggested to find an adult emperor who can rule.

Anyway, I wanted to sing the opposite of Guo Peng to the end, and I didn't mean to compromise at all. After being thrown into the cold palace for so long, sitting on the bench for so long, and suffering from the warmth and coldness of human feelings, he still didn't change his original intention. This made Guo Peng feel a little frustrated feel.

Just as Zhou Yu was not available before, it seems that no matter how powerful one is, there are always people who cannot be obtained, and there are always people who are not afraid of power.

According to ordinary people, he is the evil ruler, and a person like Xun Yu who is not afraid of being moved by power is the backbone of China, right?

But why does it feel a bit wrong?

I am so powerful, but there are still people who are unwilling to submit to me. I am so powerful, but there are still people who want to fight against me. cooperating people.

How can I not be angry!