A debate over whether to impose commercial taxes has been levied for only a month, but it has been moving more and more in an unpredictable direction.

This is not Guo’s original intention, but since this trend has occurred, Guo doesn’t mind taking action a little, being the behind-the-scenes pusher, and expanding the scope of the struggle.

For more than two years since its founding, I have been busy with war and governing local governments. I have not paid much attention to the administration of officials and the ghosts and monsters in the central government, nor have I had enough energy to pay attention to it.

In fact, many of these matters have been investigated by Linzi Camp, and Yan Rou has also reported them, but Guo has no time to deal with them, so he has to postpone it.

Now I have time, just take a look.

Hey! Interesting!

They actually made their silent operations very exciting, and even reached into the Ministry of Personnel and played the tricks they were best at in the central government.

Mr. Guo originally wanted to take some small money from the pockets of the scholars and powerful people to spend money, but he didn't expect that he would have such a great gain.

I originally wanted them to fight each other and then break up and lay the foundation for the political struggle in the court, but I didn't expect to get such a big gift.

I have problems here and others have problems, and both sides have problems. However, one side is relatively brave and abides by the rules a little while, but the other side is brave and does not abide by the rules.

It seems that if this action is to be over, it is not simply a toll that can be solved.

You can get more, and you can get more enjoyable.

You can really take a piece of meat and chew it carefully, and taste what these fat guys feel like.

If you plunder the people's fat and ointment, then I will plunder your fat and ointment to build more villages and build more roads. This is the perfect dynamic balance and a perfect cycle.

This is the emperor's responsibility.

After receiving the instructions from Guo, Cheng Yu returned to the Shangshu Desk with a dark face and returned to the official office of the Ministry of Personnel. Looking at the officials in the hall, he got angry.

Then he ordered that those who have problems should be ordered to be appointed before the deadline. If they do not, if they are found out and do things privately, it would not be as simple as losing their official position.

There are always people who have to pay the price for this!

The rumor of the Ministry of Personnel suddenly became tighter.

After the Ministry of Personnel fell into internal rectification, the environment of the entire Shangshutai became quite dangerous.

The Censorate, the Sili School Commander and the Ministry of Justice suddenly discovered that the problem was no longer limited to a few rumors and unfounded false accusations. Unconsciously, the problem expanded.

It has risen from economic disputes to political struggle.

A few smart people have realized that at this point, it doesn’t matter who is right or wrong. What’s important is that the emperor already knows everything.

Now it's OK.

They didn't even know whether the interrogation of the relevant issues should continue to be carried out.

The Censorate and the Cabinet are already involved, and many problems are no longer simply a question of whether to impose commercial taxes.

This is a political issue, involving political power competition, and it is no longer an economic issue.

Now the safest place in the court is only a staff station that does not participate in government affairs. The other three core institutions have never envied this staff station that is transcendent.

In the past, they all believed that the staff platform had no status and would only be activated when the emperor needed to use troops. Other times, the staff platform was a decoration, so they jokingly called the staff platform "observation platform".

As a result, the Cuiqu case occurred, and the observation deck was the safest. Their power was only in marching and fighting. No one was involved in this matter, and no one was falsely accused.

Economic disputes have made it impossible for the cabinet with auditing power to escape.

The corruption of officials and mutual frame-up problems made the Censorate deeply trapped in it and could not escape.

The Shangshutai, who is in the whirlpool of struggle, has become the target of public criticism.

The situation seems to be clearer now.

Regardless of whether Cui Yan knew about this, Cui Qu, a small person who wandered around and stirred up the trend of history, was his family's clan, and Cui Yan could not refuse to blame.

Or in other words, many families have such small people in the court, but Cui Qu did it too much and was exposed and reported by others. He was suddenly exposed to the spotlight, putting this ugly secret operation under the emperor's nose for the emperor to see.

Smart people already feel deep fear at this time.

They remembered the terrible emperor who was not ruthless in his actions against Xun Yu and Zang Hong for almost two years and had not held officials on a large scale accountable basis. More than two years of relaxed life seemed to make them relax their vigilance and alertness.

But that emperor never changed himself.

This time, is it necessary for someone to pay the price of his life, and is there another big shot that has become the leader?

Is it necessary for someone to pay his life as a price to get everyone's safety?

Within the office of the Ministry of Rites, Cui Yan's face was pale. Facing the worried eyes of several former disciples and old officials, Cui Yan couldn't say a word.

"Mr. Cui, you have to give us an idea in the current situation."

"Yes, Mr. Cui, when will it end if this continues?"

"Mr. Cui, will this kind of thing affect many people?"

Looking at the panic of his left and right arms, Cui Yan himself was actually quite panicked.

To be honest, he is not clear about this matter.

Because Cui Qu is an excellent young man in his family, he just wanted to promote it a little, expand the Cui family's power and voice in the court, seize the vacuum status left by the top gentry families in the Eastern Han Dynasty after being suppressed by Guo Peng, and push the Cui family in Qinghe upwards.

If no family does not desire to reach the status of the fourth generation, three dukes or even the fifth generation, three dukes. If the old and wealthy families fall, will they have a chance?

But who would have thought that a mere Cui Qu was so brave that he formed a clique in private and stretched his hands to places he shouldn’t have offended more than one person?

What's even more terrible is that this guy is still under his own banner!

Sitting in this position, Cui Yan was cautious.

He was also a surrendered minister. After Yuan Shao was defeated, he surrendered to Guo Peng. His status and fame were slightly larger than Tian Feng, but he was not as good as Tian Feng. There were women in the clan who were taken as concubine by Guo Peng.

However, he was a descendant of a famous family and was given the position of Minister of Rites, so he didn't think it was too much.

In terms of his position, he also worked hard to create a formal and cumbersome etiquette system for the Wei Empire, acting as the general manager of various large-scale activities, and was also responsible for the re-examination of the public office. He was so busy that he was dizzy that he had no clone skills.

Who would have thought that this would happen in the end?

But it cannot be said that he is absolutely innocent, because he understands this rule.

Scholars monopolized important official positions by monopolizing knowledge, suppressed the powerful, bullied the common people, and shared the world with the emperor. Naturally, this official position was also allocated by them.

In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, many official positions were determined by origin and fame, and there was no need for the emperor to personally appoint.

Most emperors are young children, with very low levels and low quality. They just go through the motions and the scholars divide their own spheres of influence. If you choose me, I will choose you, and you will be done.

But it was different when it came to the Wei Empire.

Emperor Guo established the Ministry of Personnel to specialize in the promotion and appointment of officials across the country. Local officials and central officials at the five levels of prefecture, county, township and village must go through the official appointment of the Ministry of Personnel and take office with the appointment documents of the Ministry of Personnel.

Although the system of recommendation and filial piety and integrity are still in operation, the emperor's opinions played a great role.

The difficulty of the re-examination of the public office chaired by Cui Yan has become very great. It is not so easy for many scholars to pass the re-examination of the public office to be mentors and then enter the government.

In fact, this is nothing. In the early days of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperors did this, and there was no difference from Guo Peng.

This is how it is to be filial, honest and talented in itself.

Filial piety, honesty, and talented people are also knowledgeable. They often have experience in the local area and can do things by entering the court, so that they can get recommendations.

Otherwise, the filial and honest person will be exposed when he is a lieutenant by the emperor.

Maocai will also be exposed when he goes directly to the government office to do business.

Although Liu Xiu could not restore the Western Han Dynasty, he could still grasp the final right to interpret the selection of officials.

However, this system has high requirements for the emperor. If the emperor cannot control the power and his level becomes lower, he will naturally not be able to control the power of selecting officials, nor will he continue to select high-quality talents.

A series of young emperors and children in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty could have the final right to explain.

The right to interpret the official selection naturally falls into the hands of others. They no longer need to suppress their descendants to study their civil and military skills desperately. Then there was a situation where "there was a scholar, no knowledge of books, filial piety and honest, and the father lived separately."

What Guo Peng has done now is nothing more than bringing the official selection model back to the early Eastern Han Dynasty.

The privileges of the double monarchy that those guys later tormented.

Cultivating disciples is as always, but the difficulty of cultivating old officials has increased sharply. The emperor appointed more and more imperial officials through the Ministry of Personnel. It feels that everyone's power is not easy to expand.

But according to their practice, the emperor still made a secret for them and gave them preferential treatment.

Officials from scholars have a high start, with many high-ranking officials, while officials from powerful men have a low start, with few high-ranking officials.

The emperor pretended that some of the scholars' small actions were not seen and turned a blind eye. This can be seen from some of Cheng Yu's actions.

This is also a benefit in their opinion.

So it seems that this has caused some people to think that they shouldn't have.

They seemed to think that the emperor would not block their further behavior. As long as they rubbed slowly like this, they could rub in. In fact, they would pull the Wei Empire to the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty and become a paradise for everyone again.

They were cautious at first and were careful, but then they found that the emperor did not respond and turned a blind eye.

So he started to jump repeatedly on the verge of committing suicide. After finding that the emperor still didn't respond, he turned a blind eye...

So they jumped into the circle of dying and began to dance yangko and ghost step dance. They did it with confidence and boldness, and it turned into an open secret, as if only the emperor didn't know.

Once the incident happened, everyone was in danger, but the emperor did not attack the first time, but he took the lead in allowing the Ministry of Personnel to carry out a major rectification.

It seems that the emperor is just dealing with the Ministry of Personnel and Cheng Yu, but some people have already smelled some bad smells.

Cui Yan is one of them.

The re-examination of the Public Administration is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, which is one of the important powers of the Ministry of Rites.

Only the outstanding candidates selected by the Ministry of Rites will be handed over to the Ministry of Personnel to arrange positions. It is also because of this authority that some people believe that the Ministry of Rites can compete with the officials in a sense.

Some people even concluded that Guo Peng was optimistic about Cui Yan and wanted Cui Yan to be the next Shangshu Ling.

Cui Yan himself dared not think so, but he also had some expectations, but with this incident, he felt that such expectations were not good for him.

After thinking about it, Cui Yan decided to immediately submit a statement to defend himself, trying to explain his innocence and helplessness, and see if he could reduce the impact he was affected.

There are some disciples and old officials behind him who fell down and these people can't get any benefits. The Cui family's power in Qinghe is about to rise and is about to face such a blow?

Cui Yan suddenly became anxious.
Chapter completed!