At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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No bragging, no blackmail, when many people heard the news, although they were still terrified, they still felt this way.

Did the emperor do it on purpose?

Let a tainted scholar preside over such an important and sacred matter as the re-examination of the government!

But no matter what, no one stood up to object.

Not only dare not, but also dare not.

The first one is not to dare to oppose the emperor's opinion.

The second reason is that as a scholar, I dare not criticize Xu Jing.

Just now more than 300 central officials were severely punished by the emperor, and more than 100 local officials were also implicated. As a result, many scholar families were abolished for several years, and their political efforts were wiped out.

The emperor not only attacked the central government, but also implicated local families, which made many families fearful. They were unwilling to ruin the political future of the entire family for a certain person.

Why do you read and study?

Isn't it just to be an official?

Who dares to be the first bird?

Cheng Yu?Tian Feng?Cao Cao?Qiao Rui?

Or which iron boy?

No, none at all.

So this matter was settled in this way, Xu Jing quickly took office as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and took charge of the re-examination of the government to select Xiaolian and Maocai.

Then came Zhang Zhao.

As a native of Xuzhou, who surrendered after Guo Peng pacified Xuzhou, Zhang Zhao's qualifications cannot be compared with those of Qingyan Erzhou and Jizhou scholars who followed Guo Peng earlier.

When most of the dignitaries and senior officials in the court were from these three states, Zhang Zhao suddenly jumped out and entered the center of the court to become a vital minister of officials, which everyone did not expect.

No one knew what the emperor was thinking, how he would allow a Xuzhou scholar to parachute from the post of governor of Hedong County into the central government and become the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

From Xuzhou, to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?

Does he fit?

What has he done?

Can actually succeed Cheng Yu's previous position?

No one knows, but no one dares to object, and those who dare to object are overthrown by someone Guo.

Cheng Yu dared not object to Zhang Zhao being the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, just as Tian Feng did not dare to object to Xu Jing being the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.

These two sudden officials suddenly entered the central core power group controlled by people from the three states of Qingyan and Hebei. This made people puzzled, and they didn't know why the emperor did this.

There seems to be no winner in this political struggle.

Cheng Yu must have suffered a disastrous defeat.

He demoted his title, lost some food, and lost the crucial position of minister of officials. He suffered a disastrous defeat and hemorrhage.

But did Toyota win?

Although Cheng Yu lost miserably, Tian Feng didn't seem to win either.

Tian Feng himself was not severely punished, but he lost his title and some of his eunuchs, as well as some salary.

However, his in-laws, Minister of Rites, Cui Yan, had a bad luck. He was deposed of all official positions, titles and food, lost all benefits, and was deposed as a commoner. He was driven out of Luoyang City and returned to his hometown, where he was imprisoned. , shall not be hired again for life.

The entire three generations of the Cui family were not allowed to be officials and were directly abolished.

Cheng Yu's arm was broken, and Tian Feng's arm was also broken. Neither of the two was the winner. They both lost the important power to suppress Shang Shutai to create an atmosphere of one word.

These two vital powers were captured by two unrelated outsiders.

Xu Jing.

Zhang Zhao.

These two people, who were at odds with Cheng Yu and Tianfeng's two major groups, obtained the two most important powers of Shang Shutai, the right to select materials and the right to appoint and dismiss, which meant that the power of personnel was controlled by them respectively.

Before, these two powers were held by Cheng Yu and Tian Feng respectively.

They have no backstage, and their interpersonal relationship is quite simple. It can even be said that there is no interpersonal relationship. The only backstage is...someone Guo.

It was the emperor who appointed them to be officials at the Shangshutai to hold these two important powers.

To put it bluntly, both Cheng Yu and Tian Feng lost the right to launch another political struggle during this political struggle.

This power is in the hands of Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao, or to put it another way, in the hands of someone Guo behind them.

Cheng Yu and Tian Feng fought back and forth, completely annoyed the emperor, the emperor abolished both of them in a rage, and lost the initiative together.

Now, the power and prestige of the two have declined greatly, and the structure of Shangshutai has been completely changed, reorganized, and ushered in a new structure.

The general situation in which the emperor holds the initiative of Shangshutai.

On the first day of May in the fourth year of Yande, Emperor Guo Peng ordered Xu Jing to join forces with Zhang Zhao to supplement officials for the departments that lacked officials in Shangshutai.

Add some experienced officials and a group of energetic newcomers to enter Shangshutai to activate the state of Shangshutai.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the emperor's aboveboard introduction of some cronies for the two to expand their own power, so that they can gain a firm foothold in Shangshutai as soon as possible.

The emperor then ordered the Shangshutai to resume its daily work immediately, and to conduct discussions and field surveys on the draft of extending the Grand Canal to Jizhou.

By the way, the initial event that triggered this political struggle was whether the Grand Canal was extended or not.

This matter was artificially ignored when the political struggle was at its peak, but after the emperor beat him down with a big stick, this matter passed.

Tian Feng's political goal was achieved, but the price he paid was the loss of Cui Yan's powerful help.

When apologizing to Guo Peng, Tian Feng had a sense of absurd déjà vu.

Achieved the predetermined goal, but lost Cui Yan and lost the initiative. Did he gain or lose by doing so?

Tian Feng didn't know.

But Cheng Yu must have suffered a blood loss.

He didn't get anything and didn't say anything, but he lost the important power of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

The position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is an important reliance for Cheng Yu to coerce Shangshutai. The reason why he is called a heavenly official is because of the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, not the Order of the Minister.

Although Shang Shuling also has a lot of authority, if the Minister of Officials and the Minister of Rites are not in hand, the authority of Shang Shuling is not so strong.

As a result, Cheng Yu not only failed to win the matter of the canal, but also lost the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, his authority was halved, and his power declined greatly.

After being scolded by Guo Peng before, Cheng Yu came back to his senses and pleaded guilty and asked for punishment in five memorials, but Guo Peng didn't respond.

Cheng Yu felt that Guo Peng might have let him go because of past affection, so he continued to fight to the death with Tian Feng who was chasing after the victory, and even tried to seize Tian Feng's important support-the position of Minister of Rites.

As long as he can grasp the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Cheng Yu can completely drive Tian Feng into the abyss and make him completely lose the ability to resist.

Even if Qiao Rui stood on his side, it was useless.

He has Cao Cao, enough to counter Qiao Rui.

It turned out like this.

Chapter 1006. One thousand one sixteen Do you think there is no need for me, the emperor, to exist?

Cheng Yu didn't know how to express his emotions, but Cheng Yu was obviously at a loss when faced with the fact that Zhang Zhao, a native of Xuzhou, parachuted into the Shangshutai to obtain the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

He didn't think he would be deprived of such important powers.

But the facts were before his eyes, Cheng Yu was punished, compared to the previous drizzle, this time Cheng Yu was completely defeated.

The retained position of Shangshu Ling has been greatly reduced because of the loss of the assistant of the official minister, and it is not known whether he will be able to take over the Shangshutai smoothly in the future.

More importantly.

Cheng Yu realized that Guo Peng didn't seem to trust him that much anymore.

What did he do wrong?

He doesn't understand.

Although Cui Yan, whom he hated very much, was driven away, deposed as a commoner, and banned from being an official for life, but he was not happy at all.

It wasn't until Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao came to visit Cheng Yu as usual that Cheng Yu could barely get out of his depression.

His dignity did not allow him to show a little fragility in front of his subordinates. Looking at Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao, especially Zhang Zhao who was full of spirit, he felt very uncomfortable.

Of course, Tian Feng felt very uncomfortable. Looking at Xu Jing who had mastered the authority of the Minister of Rites, Tian Feng felt that his heart was full of strange emotions, but he couldn't vent it.

Of course he and Cheng Yu didn't dare to vent.

Under Guo Peng's fury, he dealt with more than 300 officials in a row. If they dare to get angry, they really don't understand politics.

Of course they don't understand politics.

It's just that sometimes, the ass determines the head, and they can't help but not do it.

And Guo, who successfully achieved all the goals, showed his results to Guo Jin.

"A Jin, did you see that? Cheng Yu and Tian Feng have no reason to use the power they gained by virtue of their founding of the country. Their achievements in the founding of the country are not insignificant. If the power they hold is not a major crime, it will be deprived rashly. It caused turmoil in the government and made the ministers suspicious.

Originally, they were honest, and it was not impossible for them to continue to hold these powers, but since they were so excessive, they had to deprive them of their powers and take them back into their hands. Shang Shutai's personnel rights must not be surrendered! "

Guo Jin nodded seriously, and learned a lot from Guo Peng's behavior.

The power held by these founding heroes was obtained by the founding of the country, which is reasonable and legal, and must be given by the emperor after the founding of the country.

The relationship between Kaiguo Entrepreneurial Group is like a joint interest.

As a leader, the emperor can naturally get the greatest benefit, but he cannot be ignored as his life-and-death hero.

It's like when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, because he didn't give rewards to those heroes in time, so that the heroes felt sorry for each other and worried that Liu Bang would cross the river and demolish the bridge, so they sang a double reed with Zhang Liang.

The political and economic benefits they received were the emperor's feedback on their "merit" for their founding of the country. "Gong" existed objectively and was unquestionable. As long as it was not a rebellion, the emperor could not deny the objective existence of "merit".

Therefore, regarding some behaviors of the founding heroes, the founding emperor was actually more helpless and more troublesome.

The situation of the founding heroes and the later imperial bureaucrats is also different, and the two cannot be treated equally.

Therefore, the political status and economic benefits obtained by the founding heroes under Guo Peng's command are reasonable and legal, and even the emperor cannot deprive them casually, otherwise it will arouse the collective worries of the heroes, and the court will be in turmoil.

This is something Guo does not want to see.

Their [gong] is the [reason] to gain power and status. As long as this [reason] is still there, the emperor who claims to be rich in the world can't do whatever he wants.

But since they made mistakes, and even made big mistakes, causing bloodshed and brawls, provoking the emperor [furious], and then being deprived of their powers, everything seemed so normal.

Moreover, Guo had [forgive] them once before and turned a blind eye, but they [do not know how to repent] and made the mistake again the second time.

It seemed quite reasonable for the emperor to attack them in a rage and deprive them of what they deserved for the founding of the country.

Their [reason] was canceled out because of their mistakes, and the emperor's [reason] prevailed.

I forgave once, but committed the second time, when I, the emperor, does not exist?

Do you think it is unnecessary for me, the emperor, to exist?

This time, the heroes couldn't say anything wrong.

Punishment of heroes became very normal.

Cheng Yu and Tian Feng pleaded guilty and watched helplessly as Cui Yan, a victim, was kicked out of Luoyang City by someone Guo avenging his personal revenge, without daring to say a word.

The power of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, which is enough to influence Shangshutai and the political situation of the government, is in the hands of someone from Guo, and it is legally and smoothly deprived from Cheng Yu and Tian Feng Group.

Guo's political goals can be said to have been fully achieved, without any discount.

In the end, he did not forget to step on Cheng Yu's foot, and the proposal to extend the Grand Canal to Hebei was passed.

This kick further conveyed the message that "the emperor thinks Cheng Yu is at fault more than Tian Feng", making Shang Shu Ling Cheng Yu lose a bit more in momentum.

Tian Feng, who did not lose his position, got some comfort. The power ratio between Tian Feng and Cheng Yu began to change, and a certain sense of balance was reached.

Naturally, no one can violate the imperial power.

The enmity between Cheng Yu and Tian Feng has officially come to the fore, and there is no possibility of easing or returning to its original state.

They are still the No. [-] and No. [-] in command of Shangshutai, and they still have power. Their struggle is far from over.