Guo Peng never looked back, nor had he visited Guo Dan to Mount Tai again.

He knew it would make no sense to do so.

There is a bottomless crack between the father and son, and he cannot cross the past no matter what.

There was already a sad barrier between him and Guo Shan.

In the following days, he asked Guo Jin and Xiao Chengzhi to visit Guo Shan several times in Taishan Hall and serve the sick.

The news they brought back was not good.

They said that Guo Shan’s illness did not improve, but was worse.

I could sit up and talk to them and chat with them with a smile. Now I can only lie down. I don’t have enough strength, I can speak very hard, I feel tired all over, and I can’t eat much, so they can only be anxious.

Starting from February of the 12th year of Yande, Guo Shan's condition worsened.

Guo Peng asked Cao Lan and Guo Jin to take turns to serve the disease, and they could not slackew for a moment.

Doctors from the Imperial Hospital and the Great Medical Center entered and left the palace one after another, and trucks of medicinal materials entered the palace, causing storms in the city. Those who don’t know thought it was the emperor who was sick.

Then the palace released accurate news that the Supreme Emperor was sick and the emperor was seeking medical treatment all over the world, recruiting famous doctors to the palace to treat the Supreme Emperor. If the Supreme Emperor could be cured, there would be a reward.

But despite this, nothing has changed.

I don’t know if this disease cannot be cured or if Guo Shan has a desire to die.

Guo Peng couldn't change anything.

On March 16, 12th year of Yande, the Supreme Emperor Guo Shan died in Taishan Hall at the age of 69.

Only one day after Guo Shan died. On March 17, 12th year of Yande, the Supreme Empress Yang died in the quiet Yaqin Hall at the age of fifty-nine.

For two consecutive days, the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress died one after another.

It was like a magnitude 10 earthquake occurred in Luoyang, and people felt a violent shock.

The deaths of Guo Shan and Yang did not have any impact on the political structure of the Guo-Wei Empire, because they did not hold any power and had always been in simplicity.

But after all, they are the emperor's parents and their families, which will have some influence on the emperor.

If the emperor feels sad and gets angry when dealing with government affairs, it will not be a good thing for everyone.

So the officials were very nervous.

They were very worried that Guo Peng would change his temperament and become more irritable and irritable, so their lives would be even more sad. They were already very sad, and they were always worried that they would be affected by the emperor's political storm.

Now we have to worry more about whether the emperor will increase his efforts.

However, Guo Peng was extremely calm after knowing that Guo Shan died.

When Guo Jin came to report the news to Guo Peng with a pale face, Guo Peng was handling government affairs.

Hearing this, he stopped writing and was silent for a moment. After saying "I understand", he handed over all the next thing to Guo Jin and asked Guo Jin to host the funeral.

Then Guo Peng asked Su Yuan to pass an order to the outside world, and the funeral of the Supreme Emperor was dismissed for ten days.

As a result, the next day, the Supreme Empress Yang also passed away. Guo Peng still had no surprises and announced that he would stop the court for another five days, and a total of fifteen days to express his condolences.

But even though the court was stopped and the crown prince was working hard outside to preside over the funeral, Guo Peng still handled government affairs in the Nanshu Room. He contacted the ministers directly and instructed them to do things.

The funeral is planned for five days.

In five days, Guo Peng summoned ministers in charge of all parties 106 times and handled 916 state affairs, eating and drinking, and did not stop the court from operating.

It was not until the early morning of the sixth day that Guo Peng had just woken up and came to Nan Study Room. Guo Jin, who was wearing dark circles, came over and reported to Guo Peng that the funeral was ready and the funeral was ready.

Guo Peng nodded.

"A Jin, thank you for your hard work."

"The eldest father is the eldest father of his son. When he was there, he loved his son very much. Being able to hold a funeral for his father was the only thing his son could do for his father."

"That's right, your eldest father likes you the most during his lifetime, and he also likes Chengzhi. You father and son must give your eldest father a last journey."

"Son understand."

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng: "That father, is he going to mourn now?"

"Let's mourning be held in peace as soon as possible. The cemetery in Yingchuan's hometown has been repaired long ago. You will set off as soon as possible after the mourning be completed. Your father is so obsessed with you that you want to return to his hometown. This is something that must be done for him."

"yes."

Guo Jin bowed and turned around and left.

After walking a few steps, Guo Jin was suddenly stopped by Guo Peng.

Guo Jin turned around and looked at it, shocked to find that the expression on Guo Peng's face turned from the cold and frosty just now to the extreme sadness.

"A Jin, from today, I really have no parents."

“…”

Guo Jin couldn't understand what Guo Peng was saying.

But suddenly, two lines of tears flowed down Guo Peng's cheeks.

Guo Peng's expression changed and he quickly covered his face with his hands.

"Go, go and get in charge first, and you will arrive soon for the father."

Guo Peng waved to ask Guo Jin to leave.

Guo Jin immediately turned around and quickly left Nan Study Room.

After leaving Nan Study Room, he accelerated and walked for a long time before Guo Jin stopped and turned around and looked in the direction of Nan Study Room.

This is the first time he has seen Guo Peng cry in private since he has memory.

A father who is as tough as steel, who is never afraid of any challenge, and a father who holds the power of the world will cry for someone in private?

Guo Jin found it unimaginable.

The funerals of the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress were handled in accordance with the usual serious and solemn specifications, not paying attention to the grand occasion, but paying attention to the integrity of etiquette and the solemn atmosphere.

Guo Peng believes that this can best reflect people's grief for the deceased.

This is how I came to hold a funeral for Mi Zhen.

At the funeral, the emperor and the queen came in person in mourning clothes, led the whole family to worship the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress, and gave them their final farewell.

A long time ago, the Ministry of Rites suggested to Guo Peng that national funerals should be held more complete and the regulations should be more cumbersome and strict, so that they can be worthy of the royal family.

Guo Peng shook his head and rejected it, stipulating that the funeral of the Wei Empire should be serious, solemn, concise, and simply as the core elements, and try to simplify the cumbersome etiquette and let the deceased be buried as soon as possible.

He also personally stipulated three major elements: [Film Burial] [Simple] and [Walking into the soil as soon as possible]. It is not allowed to be buried with luxury items such as gold and silver, and living people are not allowed to be buried with them. It is stipulated that future generations must abide by these three elements and do not make funerals cumbersome and luxurious.

After this funeral, the bodies of the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress will return to the ancestral land of Guo’s family, Yingchuan, and be buried in Yingchuan as the Emperor hoped.

Guo Peng and Cao Lan presided over the funeral together. As the son of man, he gave Guo Shan the last journey.

After that, Guo Peng did not show up again within the time limit for the dynasty.

He entrusted all the matter to Guo Jin to temporarily take over the emperor's power and help him handle government affairs in Nanshu. He even entrusted all the memorials that he had never given up on, and asked him to review and handle them.

He went to the Yangxin Palace and lived with Cao Lan for a while.

During this period, Guo Peng did nothing, read a book, and just stayed with Cao Lan.

Talk to her, read books, write, eat, and have a few days of life that normal people should have. She abandoned all external interference and looked a bit like she was retired from the world.

It seems that the emperor suffered a considerable blow, and seemed to be depressed. He planned to take a good rest for a while and would not bother the ministers. Everyone can rest for a while.

But after many sudden attacks, the surviving ministers with clear heads knew that the emperor was just taking a break for a while.

The death of the Supreme Emperor may bring emotional blows to the emperor, but the Supreme Emperor is 69 years old, and is considered to be seventy years old, and is already in his seventies.

In other words, the Supreme Emperor has enough money to live.

So the emperor will not be too sad.

As such, the emperor just needed a little rest and relieved the emotions accumulated in his heart. What he wanted to do might not have been done, but was brewing.

This time, they guessed wrongly, and they were not wrong.

What I guessed wrong is that Guo Peng was not depressed and he still had something he wanted to do.

What is right is that Guo Peng is really tired and really wants to take a break, and has decided to abdicate.

Guo Peng has two things that he has to do no matter what. Before he abdicates, he must complete these two things.

First, organize the army, organize the court, then organize the army and hand it over to Guo Jin.

Second, release movable type printing technology and use your supreme prestige to complete this fatal academic downward move.

Then, he was able to abdicate safely.

He was already very tired, so tired that he could hardly cheer up and accomplish more.

But at least, these two things must be done with gritted teeth and cannot be left to Guo Jin to do. His prestige is not enough.

Guo Peng summoned Cheng Yu during the days when Guo Jin exercised the emperor's power and secretly discussed the next stage of work tasks with Cheng Yu.

While completing many major tasks, Guo Peng did not forget to ask Cheng Yu to arrange what he needed to do next, and let Cheng Yu prepare to implement the next stage plan.

Eliminating corruption and corrupt people is a long-term job and you must not slackew on every moment.

Although Cheng Yu is only responsible for the corruption elimination of officials in the Central Gyeonggi area in terms of power, the interrogation and detention of local corrupt officials must also be carried out in the Central Committee.

So once they entered the Gyeonggi area, they were also a fish on Cheng Yu's chopping board.

Similarly, officers and Chinese military officials in the army who commit corruption crimes were also escorted to the capital to be punished, so Cheng Yu could not only intimidate civil servants, but also intimidate the army.

After the unconventional anti-corruption work was over, Guo Peng set regular anti-corruption work requirements for Cheng Yu.

There are civil servants from the central and local areas, as well as military officers and military Chinese civil servants.

First solve the corruption problem in the army, then solve the printing problem, and finally take the evil ones once, then you can leave the throne with a crazy laugh, and catch the ministers off guard for the last time.
Chapter completed!