"Chess pieces...and chess players..."

Guo Jin chanted these two words softly.

Guo Jin's feelings about these two words are not as profound as Guo Peng.

After all, he has not been an ant since he was born, at least he is a chess piece.

Not to mention now, he is destined to become a chess player in the world.

The change of identity happened unintentionally for him. He himself did not realize it, and when he did not feel it, the nature of his identity had undergone a qualitative change.

All of this was brought to him by Mr. Guo.

Guo Jin cannot understand the hardships and struggles in the process from an ant to a chess piece to a chess player.

Guo Jin could not understand the process of being cautious and fighting for life in the ants period, as well as being a dog for people and fighting for life in the chess piece period, and now being powered by the world, this process has not been understood by Guo Jin.

I empathize with the fact that there is no existence. Guo didn't think about letting Guo Jin understand what an ant means, but it doesn't matter. As long as he can become a qualified chess player, it's enough.

He is already a chess player, and learning how to become a chess player is enough.

Just like Mr. Guo, he no longer needs the skills of the ants and chess pieces, what he needs now is how to control all this.

Guo Jin needs it too.

"A Jin, I was not from a high school father. At first, I didn't even deserve to be a chess piece, but I was just an ant. Later, after fighting for my life, I killed Yang Qiu, the cruel official of the previous dynasty. In this way, I finally became a chess piece in the hands of others. Then, it took me another eighteen years to become the chess player in the world today."

Guo Peng sighed: "A Jin, you are very lucky. You are at least a chess piece when you are born. Now, you can be a chess player, but you must know more that not everyone is willing to be a chess piece. Chess player cannot have a slight compassionate heart and soft hand. Use it when you should use it, and give it up when you should give it up."

Guo Jin was silent for a while before nodding slowly.

"The father's teachings will never be forgotten."

"Um."

Guo Peng nodded: "Now you should understand why you are doing this for your father. Being a father means to make Cao Cao, Wang Can and Zao Zhi together, become one group, let those who oppose them become another group, and let these two groups fight over whether to raise taxes or not.

The more fierce the fight, the better, the more fierce the bite between each other, the better, tore the face apart, and there is no possibility of reconciliation as before. They will force them to hostile to the Cao family and form a force that restricts the Cao family. Except for the emperor himself, no one can be detached from anything."

Guo Jin nodded repeatedly.

"My son understands that the Cao family has a transcendent status. If they are against it, there will be people who are afraid. So this time, the father will force some people to stand opposite to the Cao family, so as to curb the power of the Cao family and the ministers behind it."

Guo Peng was only satisfied.

"Yes, there are some things that are not convenient for us father and son to do, but it doesn't matter. The emperor does not need to always play with others in person. The emperor wants to control his ministers, drive away tigers and wolfs, and use two groups with different interests to fight each other and make profits from it.

Now, the Yuan Cong ministers are too powerful, and they have great power in both military and political circles. They can control their father, but you can't, so you must start to weaken them and find enemies for them. In this way, it is the best for us father and son."

Guo Jin expressed his understanding.

Later, Guo Peng ordered the draft to be published to see what would be the reaction outside that would make Guo feel pleasant.

What happened afterwards perfectly fits Mr. Guo’s previous predictions.

After learning the entire content of the bill, stakeholders instantly burst into tears like monkeys with tails stepped on.

They immediately grinned at Wang Can and Cao Cao, raised their sharp claws, full of murderous aura and hostility, ready to make Wang Can and Cao Cao's faces bloom with peach blossoms at any time.

At this time, who can still take care of the identity of Cao Cao's relatives and dare not take action?

If you are worried about this and that, you will rob money directly from our pockets!

Don’t know the rude! I really don’t know the rude!

If this commercial tax bill is really passed, wouldn’t it be over?

How much blood will everyone be sucked out?!

Can this be tolerated?

no!

"The concessions are the result of this. Those people rely on the support of the emperor and press forward step by step. If we continue to concessions, we will definitely die without a place to bury!"

"Yes, this time, you must not give in. If you give in, you will have no way to retreat. If you give in, you will be the slaughter and I will be the fish. Is this the situation we hope for?"

"Be sure to take action and never retreat. Cao Mengde and Wang Zhongxuan are in the same vein and plot against us together. If we do such an excessive thing, we can't retreat any longer!"

Some people have reached a consensus and have a common goal.

Counterattack!

Must fight back!

If you don’t fight back, it’s really over!

So the counterattack officially began.

In addition to the previous counterattack method of playing the bitter card, they took the initiative to launch a new counterattack.

If it was just a test, just a side ball, just a warning, a strategy of retreating to advance, then there would be no doubt this time.

It's a political struggle.

It's still the cruel political struggle that tries to kill people.

It is a strong personal attack against some officials themselves.

For them, the attack is really strong.

The main target of their personal attack was Wang Can, a pioneer in the court who advocated advancing the matter.

Obviously, this group of people thinks that the Ministry of Finance, which is in charge of Wang Can, is the main driving force of this action, and the Ministry of Finance, which is mainly formulated by Wang Can, so they believe that as long as Wang Can is killed, everything will get better.

Their way of targeting Wang Can was not beyond Guo's expectations at all.

He just fabricated all kinds of charges and then sued him to someone Guo, saying that he was guilty and was not worthy of staying in a position like the Minister of Finance, and asked Guo Peng to take him down.

The charges here are actually very ordinary and have no novelty. Basically, they mean that he is corrupt and demands that he be suspended from his post for investigation, and that he will be severely punished after finding out.

The memorial lists a lot of evidence of Wang Can's corruption.

For example, they accidentally heard that Wang Can once embezzled a project payment for building a palace for Mr. Guo, turning the best materials into inferior materials, which reduced the quality of the palace and became unsafe. However, Wang Can didn't care at all and dared to embezzle such money.

It is also said that Wang Can had embezzled the food and military pay sent to the front line, and the rewards that the soldiers deserved to earn meritorious service. He touched them and touched them away many benefits. The number was quite large, and the specific number was listed, which looked very real.

Some people also say that Wang Can embezzled the locust control funds allocated by the imperial court to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, which prevented Qingzhou and Yanzhou from receiving sufficient funds for locust control and could not raise enough ducks. As a result, small-scale locust plague occurred in Yanzhou and Qingzhou during the summer harvest last year, and some food was lost in the local area.

Some people also say that Wang Can did not cultivate virtue after his status was high, treated his subordinates harshly, and was not friendly to his colleagues. He often bullied others with his power, accepted bribes from his subordinates, and was convenient for others.

In addition to corruption, it means that Wang Can’s moral corruption and bullying is a bit interesting.

For example, some people say that Wang Can relied on his high status and great power, and did not control his family. When the evil slaves went out to buy supplies, they bullied and beat the vendors, but they were not punished afterwards.

Some people also say that the big yellow dog raised by Wang Can's family was taken out for a walk by a slave, but the person died in the family. Wang Can discussed with his wife at night and asked her to come forward and give a small amount of money to ban the words, and threatened that if they dared to tell them, they would kill them.

There are countless such things.

From their memorials, we can see that Wang Can is an unforgivable bastard.

Wang Can not only embezzled corruption, embezzled public funds in various ways, and built his own small circles and forces in the Ministry of Finance, treating the Ministry of Finance as his own rather than the country. He also bullied others by his power, and he would be dealt with by those who disobey him.

Not only do you bully others yourself, but you even bully the slaves and dogs in your family, and you will bully the people.

A dog and a slave in Wang Can’s family are more noble than the people. Is there such a reason in the world?

Your Majesty! Open your eyes and see your country! What has this country turned into?

Wang Can has been suffering for a long time!

In Guo’s understanding, they probably mean this.
Chapter completed!