At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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But the current emperor is very good at playing with people's hearts. He plays with people's hearts very skillfully. I don't know how many people are played by him in the applause, but they still obediently submit to him, become his courtiers, and do things for him.

This is the horror of His Majesty today...

They knew that these things were horrifying to them, but they were helpless. They watched the times being stepped on by the emperor's gas pedal to some unknown place. They could do nothing but stare blankly.

This matter has become an established fact in this way, no matter whether some people hate or fear it when facing it, it is meaningless.

It took Guo Peng a little time to do the two things he wanted to do.

Cleaned up the moths in the army, and took down Le Jin, a big fish, which deterred some imminent momentum in the army and cleared the obstacles for Guo Jin to control the army.

There are three remaining generals in the five tigers. Zhao Yun and Guo Jin are related, of course, needless to say.

Zhang Liao is a walking burden of black history, he can't stay for a second without the support of the emperor, of course it goes without saying.

Yu Jin has never been strong, he guards the Northeast honestly and can be trusted.

Cao Ren, who represented the Cao family's power, retired, and the Cao family's power was suppressed, so he couldn't do anything to grab benefits at the beginning of Guo Jin's succession, and couldn't continue to grow.

Le Jin was taken down, and the threat of dissociated from the mainstream forces was also taken down, and the hidden dangers were swept away.

There are basically no problems in the army, and Guo Jin can be put in charge of the army safely.

As for the imperial court, Guo Peng founded the South Study Room, suppressed the cabinet, dismantled the Shangshutai, and let the nine departments of the Shangshutai directly face the emperor. They even eliminated and beat the court so that there was no political force in the court that could threaten Guo Peng's abdication and Guo Jin's succession. A period of relative instability.

In the court and in the army, everything is stable. If Guo Jin wants to take the position, this timing is the most appropriate, without any risk.

So Guo Peng began to prepare for action.

The time has come to July of the 13th year of Yande.

On a hot afternoon, Guo Peng summoned Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu still came to see Guo Peng as usual, and felt that Guo Peng might have someone who wanted to deal with him again, and he wanted to punish some lawbreakers. He headed to the palace full of energy, and was ready to continue throwing his head and blood for His Majesty the Emperor. up.

But what he didn't expect was that Guo Pengping stepped back and told him an amazing news while eating a bowl of cold drink.

"Zhongde, I plan to abdicate and hand over the throne to Ah Jin, let him be the emperor, and I will be the Supreme Emperor."

"..."

Cheng Yu froze on the spot.

When Guo Peng said this, his tone was very natural. He was still eating a cold drink while speaking, as if he was chatting with Cheng Yu.

What did His Majesty say?

Oh, he's abdicating.

He is going to abdicate? !

Cheng Yu suddenly turned pale with shock.

"Your Majesty is in the prime of his life, why do you want to abdicate?"

"The spring and autumn are in full bloom? Zhongde, how can you tell that I am in the prime of spring and autumn? In two months, I will be 50 years old, fifty years old."

Guo Peng put down the ice bowl in his hand, took a breath, and smiled: "Zi said, I know my destiny at fifty, and I have reached the age of knowing my destiny, so I already know where my destiny is. De, almost."

"Your Majesty is about to abdicate when you are only fifty? Why is your Majesty retiring so early, even if the veteran is over seventy?"

Cheng Yu tried his best to persuade Guo Peng to change his mind.

Guo Peng couldn't stop laughing.

"Zhongde, do you think I'm under the same pressure as you? Do you think I suppress and keep your notes every day? You're doing things for me outside, and I'm always behind you. Withstand the pressure for you, the reason why Manchaotang's pressure is not on you is because I am helping you carry it."

Cheng Yu was stunned by Guo Peng's words.

But Cheng Yu suddenly realized that Guo Peng was right.

The reason why he was able to do whatever he wanted outside, took the noble officials everywhere, and became the existence that the officials of the court feared was that Guo Peng was helping him to maintain the situation, and it was Guo Peng who was protecting him and letting him do whatever he wanted.

If it weren't for Guo Peng to support him and Guo Peng to protect him and protect him, he would have died a long time ago.

This is true, he really felt how hard and difficult it was for Guo Peng to support him in the situation.

So many memorials were handed over, all of which were to impeach him and kill him. Guo Peng helped him bear all these pressures and let him do whatever he wanted outside. What kind of trust is this?

Cheng Yu's eyes turned red immediately, and he burst into tears in front of Guo Peng.

"The old minister is incompetent... let His Majesty suffer! Your Majesty! The old minister deserves to die!!"

Chapter 1433 One thousand three four hundred three I will take you with me

Seeing Cheng Yu crying bitterly, Guo Peng just shook his head.

Cheng Yu has done what a lonely official should do, and as an emperor, he must also do what he should do.

"If you work for me, you will naturally bear a lot of pressure, but as the emperor, I have to bear even more pressure. Such a big pressure is on my shoulders. It was okay when I was young, but when I get older, I can't bear it more and more. Living.

I even feel that if I go on, I can't help but distribute power to some important ministers and ask them to help me share the responsibility, and I will go to enjoy myself secretly. This is not good, I can't do this, I Doing so will suffer for the crown prince. "

Guo Peng sighed: "I can't do it anymore, and I don't want to bring disaster to future generations and embarrass the prince, so there is only one choice for me, and that is to abdicate and hand over the throne to the energetic prince. Overlord."

Cheng Yu knelt on the ground and wiped away his tears without making a sound.

"Of course, don't worry, you are a sharp knife, I will leave you for the prince to use, I will be the emperor to endorse for you, the courtiers will think that everything is controlled by me behind the scenes, not the prince, you can continue Help the prince with his work."

Cheng Yu was taken aback.

To be honest, that's what worries him the most.

Guo Peng made a deal on this matter, and he would not borrow his head for the sake of giving the crown prince his prestige. He was really grateful.

Just now when Guo Peng said that he was going to abdicate, Cheng Yu immediately thought that his running dog might be turned into a hot pot of dog meat.

Isn't this the case in all dynasties?

The meaning of the existence of cruel officials is to help the emperor do dirty work, and enjoy the supreme power and prestige by the way, but all of these have a time limit, and once the time limit is up, they will have to pay the price.

The price is death, the death of the family, and the time limit is the time when the old and new emperors alternate.

He had thought that he would be killed by Guo Jin to gain prestige and curry favor with the officials, but he did not expect that he would still be alive and continue to bully the officials as a pawn of the imperial power.

"His Majesty……"

"You are the sharp blade, my eagle dog, I will not let you die so easily, don't worry, as long as you don't live longer than me, I can let you die with me, you are over 70, Does this matter look more open?"

Guo Peng smiled and said: "You don't think that the captain of Sili is thinking of a good death, right? Being a cruel official and a lone minister has reached your level, Zhong De, it is impossible for you to think of a good death. Isn't it normal to leave a disaster for future generations?"

Seeing Guo Peng talking about life and death so calmly, Cheng Yu felt absurd for a moment.

But if you think about it carefully, such absurd things did not happen once or twice.

Guo Peng talked about his life and death and his own life and death so frankly, which just shows that he did not regard himself as an outsider.

The earliest confidant can always be a confidant, which in itself is also a gratifying thing, right?

Thinking about it this way, Cheng Yu also felt that he was looking away.

"What your majesty said is true. In the eyes of outsiders, this subject is an evil ghost who has murdered countless people for the sake of tigers. If your majesty is gone, this subject will be crushed to pieces, and even his family will suffer.

Therefore, I feel that it is better for the minister to die before His Majesty's grand visit. In this way, he can still be buried and his family may be preserved. "

"Don't bury it, don't even leave a grave."

Guo Peng repeatedly smiled wryly and shook his head: "Otherwise, if I die, your grave may be smashed, and you will be opened up and killed. Believe it or not? I am dead, and no one can protect you.

In order to prevent the next you from appearing, those people who have been dealt with by you must stand up and do their best to let the world see the end of being a cruel official and a lone minister, so your descendants will suffer. "

Guo Peng always likes to tell the truth, and this truth makes it difficult for Cheng Yu.

"That……"

"Just cremate you. After you die, ask your family to burn your body and scatter your ashes into the great river, which flows east along the river into the sea. You don't want any clothes and graves, but only leave a sign in the ancestral hall at home.

In this way, it may keep you safe after death, but your safety alone is useless. Before I die, I will secretly help you send your family to a safe place, change their names and surnames, and let them live an ordinary life from now on. "

Guo Peng gave Cheng Yu a pertinent suggestion, and Cheng Yu felt that it was almost feasible, so he nodded in approval.

"Your Majesty said so, I will know what to do. Your Majesty has treated me so kindly, and I am grateful!"

"That's all I can do."

Guo Peng nodded.

But thinking about it carefully, I suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Zhongde, you work hard for me, but I can't even leave you a tomb, and I can't let your descendants be rich and prosperous. Thinking about it this way, I really feel sorry for you."

"Your Majesty's words have passed, and I and Your Majesty have long been one. If there is no Your Majesty, where would I be today? Your Majesty can fulfill my last wish and let my minister die with power. This is what I dream of. How can you feel that His Majesty can't do you any favors?"

Cheng Yu seemed to really see it completely, and didn't care much about it anymore.

"So, do you support my decision to abdicate?"

Guo Peng looked at Cheng Yu with a smile.

"Your Majesty thinks it's okay, then it's okay. I'll listen to your majesty, and I'm not talking nonsense."

In the end, Cheng Yu stood in the right position and achieved a good story with Guo Peng. Guo Peng was very happy about this.

So, he suddenly wanted to talk to Cheng Yu about what was on his mind.

"Tired, really tired, sometimes looking at so many memorials, I even feel like throwing up, and I want to just walk away, leave these memorials alone, go eat, drink and have fun, and be a wanton indulgent tyrant .

But no, I wasn’t that tired. Really, I wasn’t that tired. It was me who took the power into my hands bit by bit, took all the power back, and let all the power belong to me.

Now all the power belongs to me, so naturally many things have to be done by me. Since so many things have to be done by me, I can't avoid them, and I can't indulge myself, otherwise these powers will still fall to the side, won't they? "

Hearing that Guo Peng seemed to be speaking to himself, Cheng Yu was a little excited and wanted to cry.

"What His Majesty said, the old minister has some experience."

Because a large part of those powers were taken from Cheng Yu's hands.

"I'm sorry Zhongde, many of those powers were taken from you."

Guo Peng stood up, walked in front of Cheng Yu, and held his hand: "You followed me all the way, but for the sake of power, I turned my face and refused to recognize anyone, and took all the power back. Thinking about it now, it's really I feel sorry for you."

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is not wrong. It is because I am not greedy, and because I have not been a good servant of His Majesty, that made His Majesty angry..."

Cheng Yu wiped away his tears: "It's fine now, Your Majesty has given me the power to coerce the court, and made me do a lot of things, it's too late for me to thank Your Majesty.

The only thing I hope for is that I can serve His Majesty until I die, no matter how much I pay for it, I will not hesitate to pay for it. I am such a person who likes power. "

"Don't be grateful to me, I know that in the eyes of the courtiers, I am definitely not a good emperor, I must be a violent and irritable tyrant, but you dare not say it, because I really can kill people."

Guo Peng laughed, and patted Cheng Yu on the shoulder: "Now the court is full of civil and military affairs, only you and I stand together, only you and I share the same mind, and only want to deal with the officials, so Zhong De, you are me The most special existence in my heart.

It is impossible for me to leave you behind me. In that case, you will suffer the cruelest liquidation. Once I die, no one can protect you, so no matter what, I will take you with me. I hope you understand this, Don't blame me either. "

"The old minister understands that the old minister will not blame His Majesty. His Majesty has loved and cared for him from birth to death. I feel very happy to be able to follow His Majesty all the way in this lifetime."

Cheng Yu wiped his eyes and smiled.

"Okay, that's good. I'll try to live as long as possible, and then help you resist the pressure. You can take the opportunity to help the prince for a few more years, continue to deter the officials, and kill more corrupt officials. The better you do , the less pressure on the prince."

"Old minister obeys!"

Cheng Yu knelt down and bowed to Guo Peng: "Since ancient times, the monarch and his ministers have known each other to such an extent, as far as the old minister knows, it is gone. The old minister is fortunate to meet His Majesty. It is the luck of the old minister's life. In the next life, I wish to continue to follow His Majesty." Make a difference."

"Hahahaha, making contributions?"

Guo Peng laughed loudly: "I don't know what you and I look like in the next life, and we don't know who you and I are, what kind of world we live in, and make achievements? Hahahaha!"

"Your Majesty is a hero, even in the next life, he must be a hero."

"That's not necessarily true."

Guo Peng sighed deeply: "Don't talk about outstanding people, just be an individual in the next life, and it's better to live in a prosperous age, don't continue to live in a chaotic world, it's too tiring to rule the world, once is enough, I don't want to do it again Once."

"The old minister will live with His Majesty in the prosperous age. Whether it's studying and becoming an official, or doing business in the sea, after all, the old minister wants to follow His Majesty for life."

For some reason, Cheng Yu's statement always made Guo Peng feel that the atmosphere was a bit gay.

So Guo Peng laughed for a while, patted Cheng Yu on the shoulder and helped him up, telling him to rectify his mood, continue to do things, continue to punish rape and eliminate evil, do what he should do, and don't let Guo Peng fight for him. To live under pressure.

The next few years, or more than ten years, will mainly depend on the lifespan of Guo Peng and Cheng Yu. As long as they are still alive, the officials of Wei State will definitely not be easy.

Tell Cheng Yu about this, let Cheng Yu have a mental preparation.