Of course, the court had big moves, it was big moves.

In order to make this big move happen smoothly, Guo Peng ordered such a large-scale anti-corruption campaign.

Unlike the local chief officials, their power is limited, and there is little to do with the person who is doing business below, so the central chief officials are different.

There are many people who hold power in the central government. If the real power is in hand, but the result is that it is not good, it is worth holding the accountability.

However, Guo Peng has not yet considered a new wave of adjustments to central official positions.

After all, it was just a short time ago that the division of central power was restructured, introducing two representative figures of the vulnerable groups, Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao.

The crucial personnel power that has been brought into the central government is a very important step in Guo’s planning.

Their power and status have not yet been consolidated, and it is not appropriate to introduce meritorious officials into the central government to take over power, which will disrupt the current central structure.

Mr. Guo is now cleaning up the corrupt officials in the local area and thinking about rectifying the administration. All his energy is spent on the military level.

Before the formal war, all the troops will be put into combat readiness.

He took out the armor that he had not used for a long time, put it on with the help of Cao Lan, and felt a little tight discomfort, Guo Peng sighed.

"I'm old and there's really not enough time. No matter how hard I keep it, I still can't get back to my original appearance. Alan, what do you think?"

Guo Peng looked at Cao Lan with a smile.

Cao Lan also smiled.

"I think it's okay. No matter how you look at it, Penglang is still the same as before, as he was. He is as brave and strong as you eat every day. I feel it's hard to swallow the things you eat every day, but you can eat every day. No wonder your body is still so strong."

Cao Lan looked up and down, left and right, and her eyes were filled with tenderness.

"Chicken breast is delicious, very chewy, right? You think it's not easy to chew, but I like that kind of chewy."

Guo Peng laughed and then patted the armor on his body: "The last time he wore this armor to fight was when he went to Guanxi and Hanzhong, it had been so many years in a flash."

"Yes, Penglang was not at home during the New Year battle that time."

Cao Lan looked at Guo Peng with some resentment.

"Marching and fighting are thousands of miles apart. It's so normal for more than a year. Why don't I come back early? It's really not possible. If I can't come back, there are too many things to do."

Guo Peng smiled and said, "I have a deep understanding of the pain of military life. I thought I would not have such an opportunity to reminisce after becoming emperor. As a result, there is still a chance."

Cao Lan was silent for a while.

"Do you have to go?"

"Must go."

Guo Peng pursed his lips and grabbed Cao Lan's hand: "Emperor, if you want to be in power well, you must be the strongest person in the world. How can you quickly realize that the emperor is the strongest? First, killing ministers, and second, leading troops to fight.

Those who should be killed must be killed. If you want to fight, you cannot avoid it. The emperor must be strong, otherwise the power will be lost. This power is too heavy, too big, and too dangerous. In order to control it, this is something I must do.

I occupied the Central Plains for more than seven years and became emperor for more than four years. Just so many days, the corruption of local officials has become more serious. It can be seen that as I live in the deep palace all day long, my prestige has declined in the hearts of the people all over the world.

It's only seven years, only seven years, my prestige has declined, and local officials have begun to relax their guards and start to seek pleasure. This is definitely not a good phenomenon. I need a big war to tell them that I am the same as I back then."

“…”

Cao Lan was speechless, just holding Guo Peng's hand and not letting go.

Guo Peng sighed and reached out to touch Cao Lan's cheek.

"Alan, don't worry, the emperor went to war, one forcing him, and two for everything to be prepared. I have already gained a complete victory. This time I went to the grassland to collect the bodies of the Xianbei people. The Xianbei people could not resist my attack."

Cao Lan looked at Guo Peng's face and suddenly asked, "Penglang, if you were asked to choose again, would you still choose to be the emperor?"

Guo Peng blinked.

Realizing that this question had a profound meaning, Guo Peng thought about it seriously for a while.

Then he gave Cao Lan a very clear answer.

"Yes, I will definitely, I will definitely choose to re-take this path and become the emperor again. Of course, all kinds of things may be better than now, because with the experience of being an emperor in recent years, I will do better, and I will not delay many things until now."

"Is it really that good to be an emperor?"

"I didn't become an emperor for myself."

After thinking seriously, Guo Peng added: "Not exactly."

"Why is that for? Me? A Jin? Or the entire Guo family?"

Cao Lan continued to ask.

"None of them, I didn't want to be an emperor for a specific person."

Guo Peng shook his head repeatedly, looked at Cao Lan seriously, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Alan, I know something that you don't know. These things prompted me to do something for the whole world no matter what.

If I have strong abilities, make more changes. If I have weak abilities, do less. If I don’t have the ability, there is nothing I can do. As long as I have the chance, I will definitely do it. I am not the kind of person who sits and waits for death.”

Cao Lan didn't say anything more, helped Guo Peng put on his armor, put on a helmet for him, and then looked at his husband.

"You are like this now, will Ah Jin be like this in the future?"

"He may not need to be in charge of the army, but he will not be relaxed than me. Maybe he will be more tired than me. What I leave him is bones. He wants to add flesh and blood to the bones, but he has no choice."

Guo Peng took a deep breath: "If I am my son, I must be the emperor of Wei."

The emperor's prestige is the best help to intimidate officials to consolidate their power, and prestige is not obtained for no reason, but prestige is earned by the emperor's own efforts.

Guo Peng did not go out to fight, and many officials gradually forgot that the world was created by the emperor Guo Peng, who personally led the army to fight little by little. The Wei Empire was created by Guo Peng, who personally led the Wei army, and everything was his efforts.

He is the creator of this country and the unique true master.

As his subordinate, he actually wanted to seek personal gain for himself without hiding his master. His appearance was so ugly that he had seriously challenged Guo Peng's majesty as the emperor.

Not punishing them is not enough to reflect the emperor's majesty, and if one cannot achieve victory, it is not enough to maintain the emperor's prestige.

For this prestige, Guo Peng will lead the army to fight again to defeat the difficult enemies and obtain supreme military merits.

The number of Central Imperial Guards and Guards directly under Guo Peng has increased in recent years, from a quota of 120,000 to 150,000.

While gradually dismissing some troops from Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Northeast China, Guo Peng also paid attention to expanding the military strength and number of the imperial guards directly under the emperor to ensure that the number of troops under the emperor can always suppress local forces.

This expedition was naturally dominated by the Imperial Guards.

In order to enhance the strength of the Imperial Guard, Guo Peng had already ordered some war horses raised in Longxi Horse Farm and Youzhou in Bingzhou to send to the Jingji area to equip the Imperial Guard and increase the proportion of the Imperial Guard's cavalry.

The Northwest Corps under Cao Ren's command was the highest proportion of cavalry in the Wei army. With the advantage of the Longxi Horse Farm, the comprehensive cavalry was basically achieved.

After feeling the advantage of full cavalry, Guo Peng also put a large amount of war horse equipment into the Luoyang Imperial Guard at the stall where he was about to attack the grassland, increasing the mobility of the Imperial Guard and expanding the degree of mule-horse transformation of the Imperial Guard.

In this wave, more than 300,000 war horses were included in the battle sequence of the Imperial Guards.

And more than 300,000 horses used for material transportation will be put into this war and contribute to the military's logistics.

There is still some time before the war, but Guo Peng believes that the Imperial Guard should enter the state of war as soon as possible and start war exercises.

Therefore, as the commander of the army, he will personally command the army to carry out several important pre-war exercises.

Zhao Yun was a qualified commander of the Guard. As a general of the Guard, he was responsible for commanding the most elite and powerful military force of the Wei Empire and stationed in the Jingji area.

But Zhao Yun is a person who knows how to behave very well.

He knew that his position was very sensitive and knew that he could hold this position because he was a meritorious general of Yuan Cong and had always been trusted by Guo Peng.

If you change to someone else, you may not be able to hold this position.

He was originally a personal soldier of Guo Peng. He was personally led by Guo Peng to guide culture and military strategy, and brought it out with one hand, so he was trusted to hold this position.

Zhao Yun also knew that the emperor's trust was not for no reason and consistent, and the existence of Cao Hong and Guo Dong was not meaningless.

So he never does anything out of the ordinary.

He did not interact with any administrative officials and had a simple relationship with other generals who led the army. He seemed to have no friends. His daily life was at the same time, either at the military camp or at home.

If you don’t drink, gamble, or play with women in brothels, besides your daily work, you will read books and practice calligraphy in a little free time, and the words are written better and better.

It is precisely because of such strict self-discipline that Zhao Yun can hold such an important position beside Guo Peng.

In fact, Guo Peng has long since decided to hand over some of the important positions he currently set up to others after the person he currently holds step down.

The high position and the great power of these positions are itself an unstable factor for imperial power.

The reason for existence is purely to reward the heroes.

It is a social consensus to reward these heroes for their contributions to the Guo and Wei Empire during the establishment of the country.

If you don’t repay the heroes, can your dynasty still receive the yearning and followment of talents?

But when the heroes are no longer and the dynasty is on the right track of stable development, these important positions should not continue to exist.

Can the founding emperors suppress the founding heroes, but can the emperors who have no military status in the future suppress these powerful officials?
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