The cabinet was founded, Wang Can was the first chief assistant and Cao Cao was the second chief assistant.

They all experienced the days when the cabinet was in its inception without taking charge, not having specific titles, and no official positions.

A long time ago, when Guo Peng had not established the Duchy of Wei in Jizhou, the cabinet was in power because it was the closest department around him.

Later, Wang Can did not become the chief minister of the cabinet, but became the Minister of Finance, and the chief minister of the cabinet was appointed by Cao Cao.

At that time, Cao Cao did not take charge of the position and was also a temporary worker on the whiteboard. Until the establishment of the Wei Empire and Guo Peng ascended the throne.

The power of the cabinet has been increasing with the decline of the Shangshutai. To this day, the power of the Shangshutai has been basically controlled by the cabinet.

The cabinet has transformed into the actual Shangshu Station, directly connecting with the nine ministries to handle government affairs.

From this point of view, Cao Mengde, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was actually the position of Shangshuling.

Holding the weight of power made Cao Cao feel extremely happy.

But when he heard that Guo Peng had hung up the sign of Nan Study Room and transferred someone to Nan Study Room to serve as a attendant, he suddenly remembered that the cabinet had also walked along the way.

Because there is no formal status and leadership, it is easy to take back after giving it out. With the formal status and leadership, it is not easy to take back after giving it out.

He gradually realized this principle, anyway, Guo Peng never said it.

Now the cabinet has a formal title, but it is not officially in charge, so it is not considered the Shangshutai, and he cannot be said to be the Shangshuling. It is not difficult for the emperor to deal with him.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Cao Cao felt that he was still very safe because he was in charge of this power instead of the power of his position itself.

So Guo Peng will not deal with him like he did with Cheng Yu and Tian Feng.

He once thought he was safe, especially after Cao Ren retired.

But now, he felt that he might not be that safe.

Although he did not officially take charge and could not threaten the imperial power, Guo Peng still set up a Nan Study Room.

Guo Peng and a group of his Nanshufang attendants were chatting together and discussing government affairs by the way, rather than discussing government affairs with the cabinet chief assistant, Shi Su and others.

This made Cao Cao feel uneasy.

He felt that the cabinet did nothing wrong, and it was even more impossible to compare with the Shangshutai. It would not be difficult for the emperor to abolish the cabinet, or simply deprive it of power.

While keeping a cabinet, we also want to set up a Nan Study Room to get close to the Nan Study Room.

Why did Guo Peng do such a thing?

Guo Peng did not explain anything to him, because there was no need to do anything the emperor wanted to do, especially for a real emperor like him, in order to maintain his own power, the emperor could do whatever he wanted to do.

Telling Cao Cao anything is unnecessary.

Moreover, during this period, what really attracted the attention of all officials was not the establishment of the Nan Study Room and the emergence of the Nan Study Room attendant, but the big move of the Sili School Captain Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu took action to deal with Yuan's family in Runan for the first time. Yuan was severely punished and his ministers were shocked. After that, Cheng Yu lie dormant for a month, collects evidence to conduct investigations, and quickly locked in the second batch of targets to take action.

Then immediately start the second batch of targets.

The second batch of targets covered a very wide range, and basically the entire court was included, including the Nine Departments, the Cabinet, the Staff, and the Censorate. The main departments of the court fell in full swing, and the Sili School Office attacked in full swing and took people everywhere.

Zhou Wei, two officials of the Ninth Ministry of Justice, were taken to the Sili School Office to assist in the investigation.

Xu Zhi, the capable deputy of the Censor Zhongcheng Qiao Rui, was asked to assist in the investigation.

Meng Jian, a Runan native, who is one of the cabinet supporters, was asked to assist in the investigation.

Two Sima-level officials from the Staff Office, Wu Yong and Zheng Hui, were also asked to assist in the investigation.

In addition, some small fish and shrimp were also taken away by the Sili School Office and asked for assistance in the investigation.

It is called assisting in investigation, which is basically interrogation. If you plead guilty, you will be convicted. If you don’t plead guilty, you will be severely tortured.

Cheng Yu took people everywhere. Except for the Nine Departments of Shangshutai, he did not dare to force him too much because he was Cheng Yu's old subordinate, the other major imperial departments were annoyed by this.

It is impossible not to be annoyed. Cheng Yu directly took the people to the official office and took them. His words were too fierce and he did not have any face. He looked like a monster.

All the official offices were hit and the arrest site was also chaotic.

The heads of various officials were frightened by Cheng Yu's prestige and the emperor's support for him, but they held a grudge and tried every means to collect Cheng Yu's black material and tried to defeat Cheng Yu.

Some people also threaten Cheng Yu with such words as staying at the front line to meet in the future.

Cheng Yu didn't care at all.

He had already put life and death aside. What he wanted to do now was to use power indulge in a willful and wild manner, and to give the treacherous slander in the court a severe blow to help Guo Peng complete the final liquidation.

Those who conceal and do not report them will be taken down!

Otherwise, I would be sorry for the power and trust that Guo Peng gave him.

Cheng Yu closed the door to thank the guests, and did not receive any visiting guests at all. He refused to accept any requests or mercy. He acted as if he wanted to punish the treacherous and deterred the central government's offices.

The strong are afraid of being arrogant, the arrogant are afraid of being desperate. Everyone is afraid of Cheng Yu, who is desperate.

For a time, the prestige of Sili's magistrate in Luoyang City increased greatly.

The high-ranking officials and nobles in Luoyang City, rich young men and other groups of people who had always walked sideways were timid, walking with their tails and heads down, fearing that Cheng Yu would catch something and throw them into the imperial prison to suffer.

At present, no one has successfully escaped from the imperial prison.

After entering the imperial prison, I never saw anyone else coming out. It seemed that everyone had confessed their guilt and was executed. The entire Luoyang City officialdom was filled with a terrifying atmosphere, and Cheng Yu was the creator and controller of this terrifying atmosphere.

It is obvious that the only emperor who can control Cheng Yu to suppress Cheng Yu did not have this idea, so everyone knew that Cheng Yu was a vicious dog released by His Majesty the Emperor.

A vicious dog that will kill many people.

They didn't know what deal the emperor and Cheng Yu had made, nor did they know why Cheng Yu looked unafraid of death.

Since ancient times, cruel officials have never had a good ending. They either die on the streets or are killed by the emperor. A cruel official who can have a good ending is not called a cruel official.

Just like Yang Qiu, a cruel official of the previous dynasty who was personally defeated by His Majesty, isn’t that a typical example?

Yang Qiu was so cruel back then. Cheng Yu is even better than him now, and he does such a thing as self-destruction in the officialdom...

Is Cheng Yu really desperate?

They didn't know what Cheng Yu was thinking, but there was no doubt that Cheng Yu had indeed become the public enemy of officials at present. Even officials who did not commit crimes also developed a disgust towards Cheng Yu in such a group atmosphere, thinking that Cheng Yu was very cruel.

But Cheng Yu still does his own way.

He personally scrutinized officials of a certain level in the imperial prison controlled by the Sili School Guard Office and conducted very strict interrogations on these officials. As long as he believed that he had concealed or clearly opposed the interrogation, he would immediately torture him.

What are iron plate barbecue, what are fried pork with bamboo and rattan, what are burnt pork sections, etc., which sound good and wonderful, but in fact they are extremely cruel punishments.

Those officials who do not cooperate for some reason are often in great pain and mental breakdown under such rigorous interrogation, and in the end they can still insist on not saying anything.
Chapter completed!