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He may not be doing it for the family.
He did this, perhaps only for himself.
In order to let him live his whole life in vain, in order to let him do his best to shine and shine in the remaining time.
Guo Peng stood up, walked up to Cheng Yu, and looked down at him.
"Why did you choose Lieutenant Sili?"
"I remembered how I used to serve His Majesty. Since I became Minister of the Book, I gradually lost myself. I only felt that I was inferior to ten thousand people, so I acted recklessly and made His Majesty angry. This is how I am today. It is the minister's own fault.
Now I finally recalled how I served His Majesty back then, how I grew from weak to strong, and finally helped His Majesty to rule the world. I just want to spend the rest of my life serving Your Majesty. Even though I am old, I still have a firm will! "
Cheng Yu bowed again: "Your Majesty, please give me one last chance!"
"Although Lieutenant Sili has great authority, he is also very dangerous. His position is humble and powerful. It is easy to offend the powerful, but he has to offend the powerful. Otherwise, he will offend me. You should also know what happened to the former Lieutenant Sili. Clearly."
Guo Peng said so.
Of course Cheng Yu knew that Wei Guoyuan, the former Sili school principal, failed to detect and impeach him in time because central officials broke the law many times, and was abandoned by the emperor. He was rushed back to his hometown to farm and study, and lost all his status.
Sili Xiaowei is the inspector who supervises the capital and the local area. He not only supervises the county officials in the Sanfu, Sanhe, and Hongnong areas, but also supervises the central officials. It is a thoroughly heroic position.
Sili Xiaowei not only holds the supervisory power, but also has jurisdiction over the prisons in the central Luoyang area that are responsible for punishing officials, and has the commanding power of the prison judges.
Although there are not many people, 2000 people, but there are only 2000 people, but they are still feared by all officials.
Before the emperor's violent counterattack to overthrow the scholars, he used five thousand forbidden troops, and five thousand forbidden troops can reverse everything.
Therefore, compared with Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Doctor Yushi, Xiaowei Sili is more feared by the officials.
However, the rank of Lieutenant Sili is only less than two thousand stones, and the typical position is humble and powerful. The authority of this official position depends entirely on the support and trust of the emperor.
To get the favor of the emperor, his authority is enough to overwhelm all officials, but without the support of the emperor, he becomes the focus of attacks by all officials.
Lieutenant Sili is the guardian of the imperial power, a fearsome eagle dog, a biting wolf dog with strong authority and deterrence, where the emperor points, he will bite there, there must be no hesitation.
But Captain Sili is an official after all, and it is easy to offend people and be retaliated against by regularly punishing officials and dignitaries. This is a typical cruel official.
But cruel officials often end badly, for the sake of their own lives, Sili Xiaowei is also quite difficult to do.
The dignitaries of the Wei Kingdom are all in Luoyang, and a Sili captain, who specializes in watching the dignitaries bite, has become a pawn of the imperial power, staring at the beasts that everyone doesn't want to let go. Everyone must get rid of them as soon as possible.
So from a certain point, Sili Xiaowei is more opposed to the officials than the Yushi doctor, and is more resentful and jealous.
The former Guoyuan always thought about his own life. He didn't do what the captain of Sili should do. He was disgusted by Guo Peng, so he dismissed him and abandoned him. If Cheng Yu wants to take this position, he must be prepared to die. You can't think about stealing your life.
However, this is exactly what Cheng Yu is currently looking for.
If one cannot hold power to make a difference, there is no difference between being alive and dead. Since not having power is equal to death, why is it not good to die after holding power?
During the time when he was not in power, he felt so uncomfortable that he even thought about committing suicide. After thinking about it, he was unwilling to waste the rare high position he had won.
If he loses the emperor's trust, he loses everything. In this way, he cannot lose the emperor's trust, he must gain the emperor's trust and regain power.
Tian Feng has already been driven away, and Cao Ren has also retired. Cheng Yu is even more alarmed by the sense of crisis of a new generation replacing the old one.
He could sense that if he didn't do something else, he would really lose everything.
He will also be driven to the ends of the earth, and he will never be able to return to Luoyang, the core of power, and has been depressed ever since.
no!Absolutely not!
Cheng Zhongde cannot lose power!
Then he noticed the fact that the position of Lieutenant Sili has not been filled since Guoyuan resigned.
It might be fear, it might be fear, it might be wanting to avoid responsibility, no one takes the position.
Guo Peng has also been unable to find a suitable candidate for the Sili Captain. This position is too important and meaningful, and it cannot be held by non-emperor confidants and important officials.
Others are afraid, but Cheng Yu is not.
Others are worried, but Cheng Yu is not.
It doesn't matter whether you die or not, but a man cannot be powerless for a day.
Every day he has no power is no different from death. If he can hold power and die, it will be the greatest pleasure in life.
For this reason, so what if he offends anyone?
Sons and grandsons are not unaccounted for.
To die for the emperor, the emperor will not even take care of his offspring, that would be too chilling.
The emperor wouldn't do that.
Cheng Yu is keenly aware that Guo Peng's battle is not over yet, he still has a back hand, and it won't be over until the tax reform and integrated taxation are settled.
Guo Peng still wants to do things, so the important official position of Lieutenant Sili, which excludes dissidents, must be in the hands of obedient people, so as to set off a political storm at any time.
Who is obedient?
Cheng Yu knelt in front of Guo Peng and told Guo Peng that he knew he was wrong, and now he has changed back to the one who used to do dirty work for Guo Peng.
He is very obedient, and he is willing to give everything for Guo Peng, as long as he is given power, let him do something, let him do something!
He is even willing to die.
After feeling Cheng Yu's strong will, Guo Peng finally understood Cheng Yu's previous actions and his inner thoughts.
"Zhongde, get up."
Guo Peng bent down and reached out to support Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu was a little excited, his heart was pounding.
Chapter 1299 One thousand two hundred and nine, he is the most perfect candidate for Sili captain
Guo Peng helped Cheng Yu up, brushed the dust off his shoulders, and sighed deeply.
"Every time I think of how Zhongde and I walked all the way, we are so weak, powerless, and humble, but who would have thought that I, who came from a poor family, and you, who came from a poor family, could come to where we are today Woolen cloth?"
Guo Peng held Cheng Yu's hand: "I have never forgotten your help to me. You are my earliest and only confidant. You knew from the beginning that I wanted to be emperor. You have always helped me. I haven't forgotten any of these things."
Cheng Yu's eyes turned red from being touched.
So, he didn't forget?
"That night, the night when we confirmed our sincerity to each other, I have not forgotten. Before that, I was lonely, and I had no friends to tell the pain in my heart, but after that night, I had you, and you can help me share the pain. my loneliness and pain.
It is because of you that many times I feel that I am not alone. Without you, I can’t even imagine what I would become, or, whether I can do all this, maybe I can’t be the emperor at all . "
Cheng Yu couldn't bear it anymore.
"Your Majesty is the capital of the emperor. Even if there are no veterans, your majesty can still be the emperor."
"But it will not be so smooth, and there will definitely be many more twists and turns."
Guo Peng shook his head: "Zhongde, do you know how sad I was when I dealt with you? But I had to do this, because I am the emperor, I am no longer a general, and I am no longer a captain of Hu Karasuma. I am the emperor.
What the emperor wants to do is not what Guo Zifeng wants to do, but Guo Zifeng has to do what the emperor wants to do, whether it is murder, demotion, or exile, these are not my original intentions, but I must Do!Zhongde, do you know how uncomfortable I am? "
Guo Peng's eye circles were also red.
Cheng Yu's lips trembled slightly.
"Your Majesty... Please leave this kind of matter to the old minister, let the old minister share the burden for your majesty, let the old minister bear the blame for your majesty, let the old minister bear everything, and the old minister is not afraid of anything!"
"Hundred officials are resentful, nobles are humiliated, and I can't help you. You have to fight for everything by yourself. Is this what you want? Zhongde, you are 70 years old, I hope you... ...you can die well."
Guo Peng showed a look of hesitation.
"If the old minister wants to die well, he should stay in his hometown and not be an official, wasting his life, instead of becoming the minister of the state of Wei now. What the old minister hopes is to do everything that can be done with all his abilities, Your Majesty! If so, the old minister would rather not have a good death!"
Cheng Yu's eyes are not red at the moment, but his eyes are red.
Perhaps in his opinion, dying in office should be more gratifying than dying in bed?
A madman who would rather have power than a good death.
Cheng Yu, old and strong, indestructible.
Unless he blew himself up, nothing could defeat him.
He is the perfect candidate for Captain Sili.
Forget it, since he loves power more than his own life, then just satisfy him.
It just so happens that many things to be done in the future require the cooperation of Captain Sili, and Cheng Yu, a veteran with very good status and qualifications, is really suitable for this important position.
He is so willing to share his worries for the king, then the king should satisfy him, give him power, let him do things, and let him become the invincible magic weapon in the hands of the king.
Mr. Guo was extremely happy in his heart, and he felt that Cheng Yu should also be so happy.
"Okay then, Zhongde, I'll give you the position of Lieutenant Sili, please, please, please, don't let me down."
"Old minister...Old minister...Old minister respectfully obeys the Holy Order!"
Cheng Yu's eyes were really red, he couldn't speak fluently, and his whole body seemed completely agitated.
Can a 70-year-old body burst out with such passion?
What did he experience during those 43 years of depression?
What kind of mental journey has he gone through?
The feeling of being suppressed at home because of a bad background, if he does nothing, it will be fine, but he is full of talent.
To what extent did these 43 years of frustration bring distortions to his humanity?
This point, the children of the noble family who were born in a superior family must not understand.
Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jiaman Chong, these people must not understand.
Guo feels that he may not fully understand it.
After all, I am from a gentry family and have the qualifications to be an official, but if I am not from a gentry family and have the status of studying and progressing, I am afraid that I will do something more terrible than Zhang Jiao.
At any rate, Cheng Yu was born in a poor family, and he was a powerful landlord. The rich had food and clothing, and his life was superior. However, it was difficult for him to be an official, so he was suppressed to the point where he would rather use the human flesh of his hometown as rations to help Cao Cao tide over the difficulties. the point.
Because only Cao Cao used him.
And Mr. Guo thinks that if he is not a nobleman, or even a poor family, but a commoner from the head of Guizhou, he will not see a little hope in his life. Unless he dies, as long as he is alive, he will definitely find ways to launch a more thorough attack than Zhang Jiao. revolution.
Destroy the entire Eastern Han Empire with violence, and kill all the dignitaries at the top. This is more thorough than Dong Zhuo and Zhang Jiao, so they don't care about cultural inheritance and the like.
The feeling that they can only be obediently produced as a tool man for the rest of their lives is something that people in Guizhou in this era have never seen the light of day, so they can bear it, but Guo, who has seen the light, absolutely cannot bear it.
Wearing common clothes, sleeping on an earthen kang, facing the loess and back to the sky, eating the last meal without a drop of oil, bending over at a young age with wrinkled faces, suffering from hunger and hard work, after being squeezed out of all labor, like Die like ants...
He will go crazy.
The sharp drop will drive him crazy.
Now, the reason why he can keep his hand everywhere, not do everything in one go, and use political means instead of extermination means to deal with his enemies is only because of his gentry origin.
The relatively superior life brought about by his gentry background left him with a bit of [humanity] that is quite precious in this era, rather than being extreme.
He has personally seen the life of Li Shu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, felt, experienced, and sympathized with him, but he never really belonged to the class of Li Shu.
He is a scholar, not a commoner in Qianshou, this is his only limitation.
So he still has [reason].
And if he was really a Lishu from the head of Guizhou who came to his current position, those who are now sentenced to exile must have died long ago.
In Luoyang that day, the weapons used by the black-armored guards were definitely not wooden sticks for training, but standard ring-swords.
I'm not even a human being, so you talk to me about [human nature]?
In this era of extremely low productivity, human nature is a luxury. Anyone who talks about poetry and songs to endow human nature with brilliance must have never been hungry or cold.
Those who have never been poor will not understand what it is like to be poor, and those who have never been hungry will not understand what it feels like to be hungry.
After figuring this out, Guo Peng felt that he could understand Cheng Yu to some extent.
At this moment, he knew that the most perfect killing knife in the world was already in his hands.
This veteran who has tasted the taste of power and lost it, and now regains power, will be transformed into the most perfect murder knife.
When he wields this murderous knife, he will do everything to his advantage, gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas.