Cheng Yu cared too much about his power.

This is nothing, there are so many people who like power.

But he shouldn't challenge the imperial power, even if it was unintentional.

Because Mr. Guo only cares more about the imperial power in his hands than him, Mr. Guo will only pay more for this imperial power than Cheng Yu.

Guo Peng gave him the opportunity to reflect.

But it seemed that he did not realize what the most fundamental mistake he had made, so Mr. Guo was unhappy.

Tian Feng was also exaggerating.

Moreover, because of his resistance to Cheng Yu, the traditional scholars who had been disbanded had once gathered again and accidentally gathered to Tian Feng, making Tian Feng their leader.

If those people think that it was Tian Feng's efforts and Cheng Yu was defeated, Tian Feng's reputation would increase and he would become a true scholar leader, which would not be in the interests of Guo.

Mr. Guo grasped the economic lifeline of the Tian family, and what he wanted was to master the right to decide life and death over the Tian family.

If Tian Feng takes a different approach, Guo's control over the Tian family will have problems.

And Cui Yan was jumping again, and Guo Peng hated him very much.

The Cui family in Qinghe is indeed still a small shrimp at the moment, not as good as the Cui family in Boling, but in the future, it will become one of the five surnames and seven hopes.

A family of talents emerged after monopolizing education!

They are the enemies of Mr. Guo throughout his life.

If you can destroy one, you will destroy one. As long as Mr. Guo lives, he will never let them live a good life.

The offensive firepower of Tianfeng Group and the counterattack firepower of Chengyu Group seem to have not caused any waves on Guo's side.

However, according to the professional judgment, it was because the firepower of the two canceled each other, which made the emperor not know who was wrong and who was right, so he fell into a tangle.

Therefore, under the design of professionals from both groups, the two sides escalated the verbal battle, from being on the matter to being personal attacks, and began to try to reduce the dimensionality of the other party from moral aspects.

By this time, everyone was already red in their eyes.

Regardless of whether the other party is Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, Tian Feng, Qiao Rui or Cui Yan, it doesn't matter.

He criticized Cheng Yu for his tyranny and narrow-mindedness, and believed that Cheng Yu was not worthy of being the prime minister.

Taking care of Cao Cao's lust and the luxury of his private life, he criticized Cao Cao for not living frugality according to Guo Peng's advocacy, but instead made his wives and concubines extravagant. Can such a person be the chief minister of the cabinet?

Tianfeng Group made a move, and Chengyu Group had to go without a move, and they were facing tit.

He grabbed Tian Feng's previous statement that he wanted to build the canal to Jizhou, saying that Tian Feng was very selfish and did not care about the lives of the people, was not worthy of being the Minister of the Shangshu Pushe, or was not worthy of being the Minister of Works.

He also took the example of Cui Yan's previous crime and said that Cui Yan looked like a elder on the surface, but in fact he did everything bad things behind his back and didn't even care about his family. This shows that he was hypocritical. Can such a person be the Minister of Rites and choose talents for the country?

The two sides scolded each other and were very intense, so intense that all the memoirs that Mr. Guo saw were words that were more swear than swear words, fully demonstrating the high cultural literacy of this group of people.

Of course, Guo is clear about this, but Guo Jin doesn't know everything. Such a struggle will help Guo Jin see the complex true faces of these people.

So Guo Jin once again refreshed his understanding of the "elders" who always smiled like a flower and was gentle and dignified.

"Father, I really didn't expect them to do this."

Guo Jin put down his memorial and shook his head: "For the sake of power, he is completely disgusting. Such an ugly attitude is really disgusting."

Guo Jin felt sincerely disgusted by the various postures shown by officials in the environment of political struggle.

"They have never been like this, never changed. What you see is their masks, their appearance before you, and their appearance before the Father, not their appearance, and when it comes to power and status disputes, everyone will change a lot."

Guo Peng pointed to himself and Guo Jin: "The father is now, and you in the future are the same. You are a human being, just the same. People have never only had one face."

Guo Jin lowered his head and was speechless.

"The battle between Cheng Yu and Tian Feng is also a battle between the two forces in the North Korea and China. The party struggle between Cheng Tian is getting more and more intense. A Jin, in your opinion, who would be better to win this battle?"

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin with interest.

Guo Jin blinked and realized that this was Guo Peng's test, so he began to think calmly.

"Cheng Lingjun is consistent with his father on all levels. Although such things as autocracy and arrogant do not fit what people who are the prime minister should do, Cheng Lingjun's loyalty to his father is beyond doubt. Tian Pushe's words..."

Guo Jin hesitated for a moment.

"If he hadn't been so close to Cui Shangshu, it might be right. He did not take the initiative to be an enemy of Cheng Lingjun. Instead, Cheng Lingjun misunderstood him. But now that things have come to this point, it should be better for Cheng Lingjun to win."

"Yeah?"

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin without any objection.

Isn't it right?

Guo Jin was a little confused.

"The father thinks what his son is saying is wrong?"

"Once Cheng Yu wins and defeats Tian Feng, he will be the leader who is the one who is the only one in the Shangshu Dean. Whether it is prestige or power, he will greatly increase. No one will dare to fight with him anymore, at least not for a long time. Do you think this is good?"

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin.

"this……"

"He will lose control, his shortcomings will be completely amplified, and for the father, he will lose his full control of the Shangshutai, which will be very dangerous."

Guo Peng shook his head: "Cheng Yu already has a lot of power. If he further increases his prestige, he will become the real prime minister. No one can check or balance unless it is completely eliminated.

If you want to get to that point, you must personally suppress Cheng Yu, reorganize the Shangshutai, and have a great purge. In that case, the Wei Dynasty will have a great shock.

That requires the use of the army and the emperor's coercive power, unless it is at the most critical moment, and the father does not want to do that. The army is used to lift the table, and political struggles do not require lifting the table as soon as they come."

Guo Jin took a deep breath.

"My son is not very careful."

“So, who is better to win?”

"Tian Pushe?"

Guo Jin pursed his lips and said, "Tian is considered half a relative of the foreign country, and has a close relationship with my Guo family. Based on this, it should be better for Tian family to win, and Tian Pushe does not have as deep qualifications and prestige as Cheng Lingjun."

"Why did my father attack Xun Yu first, then Chen Ji, and then Cui Yan?"

Guo Peng shook his head: "Can't you see the driving force behind them? Scholars cannot have a leader with unified cognition, especially in the Shangshu Desk, and let a leader who is widely recognized be born. What will happen?

The power behind Tian Feng supported him, in addition to Cui Yan and Qiao Rui, there were also a large number of scholars. After the scholars who had been reunited by Cui Yan were disbanded by their fathers, they had a tendency to be united by Tian Feng. If Cheng Yu had not threatened him, some people would not dare to take sides rashly, and Tian Feng would have already become full of wings."

Guo Jin understood.

"In this way, my father doesn't plan to let Cheng Lingjun win, nor does he want Tian Pu to lose?"

“That’s natural.”

Guo Peng nodded and said, "We must always give them a goal, otherwise they will look at you, my father and son without other goals. If there are no chess pieces that can be used, we father and son will have to fight in person. In that case, will the emperor be seen through?

We cannot let Cheng Yu win, nor can Tian Feng win. These two people must maintain the status quo. No one can win a big victory. It is not good for us to win a big victory. Therefore, everyone must punish and everyone must hit, but they cannot hurt their vitality, otherwise how can they fight?"

"So, what is my father going to do?"

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng with some anticipation.

Guo Peng thought about it.

"A Jin, if you decide, what would you do? You know the power of all positions in the court very clearly, and you also understand the causes and consequences of this matter. If you do this matter, how would you arrange it?

I can tell you that my father’s decision is to support Tian Feng’s idea. When the time comes, I will extend the Grand Canal to Jizhou, not to support Tian Feng, but to my father’s belief that extending the Grand Canal to Jizhou will be beneficial to the people of Hebei.”

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin with anticipation, "What should we do to punish the illegal behavior of both parties while maintaining such a decision, without causing the balance between both parties to collapse."

Is this a real test?

Guo Jin took a deep breath to calm down.

He began to seriously think about the causes and consequences of this matter, as well as the characters in the respective groups of both parties, what weapons were used by both parties, and what reliances were used by both parties.

Then judge what to do to maintain balance but achieve Guo Peng's goal.

Whether the Grand Canal extends to Jizhou is no longer a simple economic issue, but a political issue. No matter what happens, it is no longer simple once it is labeled as a political label.

If Guo Peng supports this view, he will definitely be considered to support Tian Feng, which will trigger Cheng Yu's authoritarian crisis, and this is not the situation that Guo Peng hopes to see.

What exactly should be done to achieve Guo Peng’s goal?

Guo Jin paced back and forth in Guo Peng's study, and after thinking about it for a while, he seemed to have come to his own conclusion.

"Father, as far as my son's eyes are concerned, this incident itself was caused by Cheng Lingjun. Cheng Lingjun believes that Tian Pushe is going to compete with him for power, so he decided to attack Tian Pushe, defeat him, and maintain Cheng Lingjun's own status. Therefore, Cheng Lingjun is the first person to make a mistake in this matter."

Guo Jin gave a major premise.

Guo Peng nodded.

"You are right. If Cheng Yu hadn't cared too much about power and was suspicious, there wouldn't be this storm, or it wasn't happening now."

"What my father said is very much."

Guo Jin said, "At the root of this, my son found that it was just worried or afraid, so he would not force Tian Pushe to this point, nor would he force Tian Pushe to go desperate and had to fight back against Cheng Lingjun.

If Cheng Lingjun's power was not that huge, this matter would never have developed to this point. To be honest, Cheng Lingjun was too greedy for power and too powerful, which made Tian Pushe feel scared."

"Oh? So you think, first of all, should we start with Cheng Yu?"

Guo Peng curled the corner of his mouth with interest: "Speak on."

"yes."

After receiving Guo Peng's encouragement, Guo Jin became more confident.

"The son thought that Cheng Lingjun was too powerful. As the father said, if Cheng Lingjun defeated Tian Pushe, then no one could check and balance Cheng Lingjun in the Shangshutai.

In this way, the situation at the Shangshutai will be out of control, and Cheng Lingjun's prestige will rise sharply and be deeply rooted. This is not a situation my father would like to see. Therefore, my son suggested that Cheng Lingjun should also take down the power of the Ministry of Personnel."
Chapter completed!