At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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He met six-year-old Guo Peng when he was 16 years old, but at that time he only regarded Guo Peng as air, and he admired Guo Peng because of the Yuedan Ping incident, and he has been friendly to Guo Peng since then.

Treat Guo Peng as his brother, who needs to be protected. When riding a horse, put Guo Peng in front of him and ride with him. When he is an official in Luoyang, remember to buy a copy for Guo Peng and send it back. Hometown, never forgotten.

Later, Guo Peng went to Luoyang to study and become an official to join the army, advancing all the way, but Cao Cao fell into a certain sense of stagnation.

It wasn't until Guo Peng became the governor of Qingzhou that Cao Cao was persuaded by Guo Peng to become an official again and became an official under Guo Peng.

Even so, Cao Cao's mentality has always been "helping his brothers a little", not the feeling of master and slave, which is different from the other generals of Cao's Xiahou family.

Even Xiahou Dun, who had the closest relationship with Cao Cao in the early days and finally worked with Guo Peng, thought that he was Guo Peng's subordinate and had to obey orders, but Cao Cao didn't think so.

Guo Peng didn't ask Cao Cao to change his view, he just let nature take its course, and Cao Cao enjoyed it at first.

But gradually, as Guo Peng became more and more powerful and powerful, when Guo Peng decided to become the Duke of Wei, Cao Cao suddenly realized that Guo Peng was no longer the little boy who needed his help and protection. bro.

The little guy who was taken by him to ride on the horse has grown into a behemoth, a powerful behemoth with the power to kill tens of millions of creatures.

Guo Peng has grown up, even too big, which is beyond what Cao Mengde can imagine and compare.

He has moved towards a more distant place, but Cao Mengde has not.

During the period when Guo Peng became the Duke of Wei to the King of Wei, Cao Cao was restless and would often do things that dreamed about the past, but he clearly felt the changes in Guo Peng, and he couldn't bear it when he was with Guo Peng. Stop calling Wei Gong, but dare not call Guo Peng's cousin Zifeng again.

Because everyone has done this, no one dared to call Zifeng anymore. He was naturally held hostage by the environment and dared not act like this, even though he is Guo Peng's brother-in-law and has a very close relationship.

But it was precisely because of this closeness that Cao Cao once felt that the relationship between the two was very awkward, so he wavered for a while during the political incident of Guo Peng's advancement to Duke Wei, and almost stood on the wrong team.

Finally, after Guo Pengzhu killed Xun Yu and Zang Hong, after he became the king of Wei, and after Cao Hong, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun wrote letters to Cao Cao respectively, Cao Cao broke out in cold sweat.

After wiping off his cold sweat, Cao Cao finally understood that the past is the past and cannot come back. What has passed will never come back. came back.

He has grown into a qualified power holder, a qualified ruler.

But because of his close relationship with him in the past, when his relatives adjusted their mentality one after another, he was at a disadvantage and almost came to the opposite side of Guo Peng.

Because of this fact, Cao Cao couldn't eat or sleep well for a time, until he secretly asked Guo Jia about this matter with a drink, and Guo Jia secretly gave him advice, Cao Cao finally let go of his heart and adopted the new method. The way is close to Guo Peng.

He also found his own position again, admitted this fact from the bottom of his heart, and admitted the fact that Guo Peng is no longer the Guo Peng of the past but the king of Wei.

So Cao Cao was relieved.

He accepted the reality, saw the reality clearly, knew the mistakes he had made, and understood the terrible place he once went, so he paid special attention to such things.

Even so, when he learned that Guo Peng was about to proclaim himself emperor, he still felt an inexplicable sense of disobedience.

That little doll who bravely kicked Xu Shao's ass is really going to be the emperor?

Although this is not an unforeseen future, Cao Cao has predicted that such a future will eventually come, but he is not mentally prepared, or he thinks it is too soon.

But the reality is that Guo Peng feels that it is already very slow.

This day finally came, and it was in front of Cao Cao, which had a huge impact on Cao Cao, so that he didn't react at all for a while.

So Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao's sluggish face, and even called out "Meng De" three times, but Cao Cao didn't react.

It was Xi Zhong who pushed Cao Cao, Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhong blankly, saw the warning eyes of Xi Zhong, and suddenly his whole body trembled, and Cao Cao came to his senses.

"This kind of thing is really a bit sudden, Mr. Zhong De, what you said is a bit too sudden..."

Cao Cao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead—the cold sweat that broke out from being too nervous.

"Is this sudden?"

Cheng Yu's eyes were not so friendly: "It wasn't sudden. Was it all sudden from the Duke of Wei to the King of Wei? It just conformed to the expectations of the people of the world. You are king of Wei, and now you want King Wei to be emperor, isn't that what people want?"

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, and his thoughts changed all of a sudden.

The desire to survive made his mind faster than anything else.

He immediately changed his face and nodded repeatedly.

"What Zhong Degong said is reasonable. Everything is what the people want. This is the trend of the times. The king proclaiming himself emperor is something that I and the people of the world are looking forward to. It cannot be violated. I don't know that Zhong Degong needs me... we wait do what?"

Cheng Yu sized Cao Cao up, paused, and then nodded slightly.

"Meng De has such insight, His Royal Highness King Wei will be very happy, well, let's discuss what to do."

Cheng Yu uncovered this page, which made Cao Cao heaved a sigh of relief, and Tian Feng and Xi Zhong also heaved a sigh of relief seeing that the situation had stabilized.

This is a big question of right and wrong, a question of changing dynasties, a terrible question, if the answer to this question is not stable, then the future fate will be really hard to say.

Chapter 751 Apocalypse from Heaven

We are all people in authority, how to maintain this authority is a science.

How to control one's own destiny in the midst of political fluctuations is a skill that every person in power must learn.

Obviously, everyone here has mastered it well, sat upright, and stood in the correct queue.

But the change of dynasty, a big event that is not likely to be encountered once in hundreds of years, is the first time for everyone, and it is basically impossible to encounter it for the second time.

Everyone has no experience, and whether they can get through it safely depends on personal nature.

Although they were inexperienced, everyone was quite convinced of Cheng Yu who got the script after opening the hanger. They all believed that there would be nothing wrong with following Cheng Yu, as long as they listened to Cheng Yu, they would be safe.

So Cheng Yu began to share the tasks, and Cao Cao Tian Feng and Xi Zhong also took over the tasks one after another, found their cronies, and distributed these tasks.

Everyone prepares together, puts on the table together, builds momentum together, and plays the mourning music for the end of the Han Empire together.

The funeral march of the Han Empire can begin.

In such a turbulent era, everyone will feel confused and hesitate.

The inertia of 400 years has brought extremely contradictory senses to people all over the world. Reason tells them that this is a good thing, and it will bring themselves and their family to a higher level, with a better future and a brighter future.

But their psychological emotions told them that this was betrayal.

Although the body is still honest, but the mind has such a feeling.

Of course, this is something only they know, and even Guo, who has all-hands and eyes, cannot possibly know what they are thinking.

But what the mind thinks is not important, just as what a person says is not important, what matters is how the body acts.

Look at a person, don't look at what he says, don't even care what he thinks, just look at what he does.

People cannot completely control their bodies, on the contrary, people are often controlled by their bodies.

Guo has always been very aware of this, so Guo does not want their hearts, but their honest bodies.

As long as the body makes a choice honestly, the heart will be his sooner or later.

There are hearts that are not controlled by the body, but they were all killed by someone Guo.

Now alive, one counts as one, and they all have an honest body.

What kind of choices these hearts controlled by the body will make are not in the eyes of someone Guo. They don't care about anything else, they only look at how their bodies are doing.

Now, these honest bodies have honestly told someone Guo with honest actions, and they admit it.

Back then, Guo Peng swore to Cheng Yu that he would always fight for the Han Empire until the day when everyone in the world expected him to fight for him.

Now, most of the 40 people in the world "hope" that he will fight for them, whether they are actively or passively, their bodies have honestly hoped.

So, what more is there to say?

On the first day of September in the third year of Jian'an, Lu Qian, the governor of Shangdang County, suddenly came up and said that five-color auspicious clouds appeared in the sky in his jurisdiction.

On the second day of September in the third year of Jian'an, Mao Jie, the prefect of Jiujiang County, reported that someone on the bank of the Yangtze River had seen a dragon appearing in the river, with a yellow body, horns on its head, and a strange scream.

On the fourth day of September in the third year of Jian'an, Du Xi, the prefect of Zhuojun County, went to the table, saying that a merchant from the prairie came back to the county and claimed that he saw a white wolf running on the prairie.

On the fifth day of September in the third year of Jian'an, Zhang He, the prefect of Hanzhong, made a statement, saying that some people found a white deer when they went to the mountains to collect firewood, and they were amazed.

On the sixth day of September in the third year of Jian'an, Gu Yong, the governor of Yangzhou, made a statement saying that a fisherman found a blue bird while fishing.

On the eighth day of September in the third year of Jian'an, Cao Ren, the governor of Liangzhou, came to the table and said that when a general led his soldiers into the mountains to hunt, he encountered a white tiger. white tiger.

From then until mid-September, officials from all over the world reported that they had found auspicious signs that had never been seen before in their respective jurisdictions.

And as soon as they appear, they appear in piles. You have auspicious signs here, and I also have auspicious signs here. Anyway, there are auspicious signs everywhere.

It doesn't matter if it's a big auspicious sign or a small auspicious sign, anyway, as long as it's a place, as long as there are people, it will make auspicious signs for you.

In an instant, the nerves of many officials and scholars who had not been informed in advance were tense.

Looking forward, looking forward to, what should come finally came.

Xiangrui is here.

The time to decide fate has come!

They were beyond excited, ready to watch the new era come.

However, Guo himself seems to have no interest in such a statement, and even feels very disgusted.

"Far-fetched words, what auspiciousness? Li Shu can eat enough, officials perform their duties, and the country is safe and peaceful, that is the greatest auspiciousness. You guys, stop using your brains on these things, and you can't deal with them in the extra time Government affairs?"

Someone from Guo reprimanded Cheng Yu and other officials who came to report the auspicious news, and then left.

Cheng Yu showed a satisfied smile.

Then the next second wave of offensive is more interesting.

Several well-known prophecy experts in the Jianghu claimed that based on their calculations, they found that Yecheng had never seen the emperor's energy, and the emperor's energy skyrocketed, faintly overwhelming Luoyang.

Such a heartbreaking statement caused an uproar in the public opinion field in Yecheng, and everyone began to discuss it enthusiastically.

Is it a normal thing to be angry?

During Qin Shihuang's southern tour, scholars of prophecy said that Jinling had the Qi of the Son of Heaven, so Qin Shihuang ordered people to cut off the mountains and destroy the Qi of the Son of Heaven. It can be seen that even the first emperor of Qin cared about the Qi of the Emperor.

Now Yecheng actually has the emperor's spirit.

Who is talking about, do you still need to think about it?

That’s not to mention, on September [-]th of the third year of Jian’an, Man Chong, the governor of Yuzhou, made a statement saying that some mountain people found colorful auspicious aura when they went to the mountain to collect woods. When they got closer, they saw a unicorn.

Yo ho oh, the kylin has come into the world again!

The unicorn, the head of the auspicious beast, means the birth of a sage. In these years, besides the big boss Guo who lives in Yecheng, is there anyone else who can be called a sage and worthy of the unicorn?

Dare anyone else?

This is not the end.

On the same day, Chen Gong, the governor of Yongzhou, made a statement, saying that he saw two suns in the sky over Chang'an, one big and one small, the big one was in the east, and the light was brilliant, and the small one was in the west, and the light was dim. People who saw it with their own eyes They were all astonished.

The unicorn came to the world.

The big day overwhelmed the small day.

The east sun overwhelms the west sun.

This……

Doesn't this explain the problem? !

As a result, the rumors intensified and gradually showed signs of being difficult to suppress.

The scholars in Yecheng, including Li Shu, began to discuss these rumors enthusiastically, and it was out of control.

Under such circumstances, Guo Peng's position seems to have softened a bit.

"The unicorn came into the world? There is such a thing? Impossible, I don't believe in such a thing."

Guo Peng shook his head: "When Yuan Gonglu rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor, he also claimed to have seen the Qilin come into the world, and even sent him the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. How could such a thing be true?"

Guo Peng showed doubts in front of a group of officials who came to report.

"Isn't this a sign from heaven?"

Xi Zhong hurriedly said: "There will be two days in the sky when the unicorn will come into the world. Isn't this a sign? Your Majesty, isn't such a sign obvious enough?"

"It's hard to say, isn't it?"

Guo Peng was full of disbelief and shook his head again and again: "Such remarks are not good for the country or the people, and will only increase chaos. It is not what I want, so it is better not to say any more."

Guo Peng turned and left the meeting hall.

But things are clearly not going to stop there.