The structure of the political system of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the monopoly of Confucian scholars on the power to elect officials themselves caused the situation that the Han emperor was easily overthrown.

Once this situation is formed, the position of Emperor Han himself will be very dangerous, and the imperial power will also be snatched away by others, and it will not be easy to take it back.

After Guo took advantage of this big loophole, he naturally would not leave this loophole to others and let others follow his path, so in the political system, he has to make a certain amount of changes.

This change cannot be achieved overnight, as it would prematurely expose his authoritarian heart and arouse the suspicion of his ministers.

He's going to change little by little.

First of all, start from the central government, start with the three princes and nine secretaries.

The central political system of the Eastern Han Dynasty can be summed up as the basic structure of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, but the actual political power has been completely transferred to Shangshutai, which is the prototype of the three provinces and six ministries.

The Eastern Han Dynasty did not place the prime minister, and the person in charge of Shangshutai would become the de facto prime minister, and often the person in charge of Shangshutai would also have honorary officials such as Taifu Taiwei to show his high status.

The original intention of the Han Emperor was to seize the power of the scholars through the appearance of the Shangshu Order, but in the end, there was a situation in which the Three Princes recorded the Shangshu affairs.

The three dukes of the Eastern Han Dynasty are very special, under the dual monarchy system, the three dukes, the assassin and the county guard can open the government and recruit subordinate officials.

The county guard is a channel used to envelop the local wealthy families and complete the connection between the imperial power and the local governing power.

The opening of the state ministry is mainly a channel for exercising the administrative supervision power of the assassination history and the temporary military dispatch power in times of chaos.

The Sangong Mansion is a channel used by top scholars such as the Runan Yuan family, the Hongnong Yang family, the Yingchuan Chen family, and the Xun family to create a national network of protégés and former officials.

Once the three dukes record the book, they can summon subordinate officials through the opening of the government, hold power, and dominate the world, so that the three dukes who are political vases have actual power, and the three dukes in this state are the actual prime ministers, and they are more noble than the prime ministers.

It is precisely because of this that the countermeasure of "dismissing the Three Princes in the event of a calamity" was born.

No matter how strong a scholar is, he must compromise with God.

One of Guo Peng's major political goals after the establishment of the Wei Empire was to completely end the possibility of officials opening palaces from the central to the local level, and to end the dual monarchy.

But for now, he can't.

Although he has the most power, he is not the only one who wields it.

As long as it is not a rebellion, the protégé and the former officials must follow the action of the lord and unify the pace with the lord, which is the most naked challenge and irony to the imperial power.

The funny thing is that the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty could not do anything about it, and could only sit back and watch such rules become unspoken political rules, and become rules that everyone agrees that even the emperor cannot violate.

Guo's hands and feet were also tied in this way, so when he was a 'people', he did his best to expand the group and power of Guo's former officials, just to become their first and second monarch at this time, and gain their allegiance in every sense.

But his ultimate goal is not to carry forward the dual monarchy, but to fundamentally abolish the absurd existence of the dual monarchy, turn the dual monarchy back into a double monarchy, and realize the emperor's centralized power.

This strange system has its inevitability, but for Guo Peng, it is unacceptable.

In order to abolish the right of the officials themselves to summon and put an end to the phenomenon of dual monarchs, it is necessary to abolish the probationary examination and establish a separate imperial examination.

If the probationary examination is not abolished, and the rules of the imperial examination are not established, he will not be able to do this, and he will not be able to enjoy the power of the monarch alone.

No matter how great his power and prestige were, he could not fundamentally shake the foundation of scholarly politics and abolish the rule of dual monarchy.

This is an important opportunity for Guo to realize that he is a representative of an interest group rather than a real owner.

Therefore, he kept thinking about how to end the existence of the dual monarchy step by step and realize the real absolute monarchy.

But to do so is to nakedly encroach on the power of the scholars, digging into the corners of the scholars, it will inevitably cause violent turmoil, and at the moment the world has not yet been unified, and he has not yet sat on the throne, so he cannot do this.

But he wants to leave himself room to do so, to lay a little groundwork.

So, he decided to in fact make the three princes and nine secretaries virtual power together, and make the three princes and nine secretaries a real showman, only their names, not their facts.

First drive out the scholars from the closest place to them, and stop the scholars at the central level from opening the mansion, so that the big scholars can not rely on the opening of the mansion to encircle the protégés and old officials.

These top warrior clans are too strong, too harmful to the imperial power, and once they become climate, they are almost impossible to eliminate normally.

The Yuan family of Runan, the Yang family of Hongnong, the Xun family and the Chen family of Yingchuan can be called the four major families of this era.

He wasted a lot of effort and how many years he was a dog before he finally overthrew the Runan Yuan clan and wiped out their clan, leaving only Yuan Hei as a half-dead mascot.

He took a huge risk to burn Hongnong, and at the cost of the Han Emperor and the central Han Dynasty and the entire Hongnong City, the Cai clan destroyed the Yang family, killed Yang Xiu, and by the way, destroyed the main vein of the Zhong family, and killed Zhong Xuan.

He used his accumulated fame and strength to set off a political struggle on the basis, and after a risky operation, he finally killed Xun Yu, named the anti-thief, and dealt a heavy blow to the Xun family.

and then killed people, which not only made Chen Ji lose his late days, but also indirectly forced Chen Ji to death, so that Chen broke away from Yingchuan, his reputation plummeted, and he lost his former appeal.

After more than ten years of unremitting efforts, Guo Peng finally overturned the four major families mentally and physically.

On this basis, he was able to successfully ascend to the throne and establish the Wei Empire.

On such a basis, how could he continue to let the birth of the next big family be?

Therefore, in addition to Situ asking Cai Yong to do it, he did not ignore Sikong and Taiwei, and it was impossible to really let Cai Yong record Shangshu and get the qualifications and power to open the mansion.

Of course, Cai Yong himself does not have this talent and ideas, so Guo Peng can rest assured that Cai Yong can sit in Situ's position as a mascot and accumulate prestige for Guo Jin.

As for the servant, it is purely a number, and he can only be a servant in order to raise horses.

With such efforts and such an advantage, Guo Peng was able to temporarily stop the emergence of the Three Open Mansions at the central level, so as not to turn Shangshutai into a hotbed of family power for the top national scholars.

But the existence of the Wei State Shangshutai was even more dangerous than the Han Shangshutai.

Guo Peng made Shangshutai official, not only to get it out of the category of Shaofu and prevent scholars from interfering in his inner court, but also to reward and win over some of the Hanmen led by Cheng Yu, so Shangshuling's status in the Wei Empire has improved by leaps and bounds.

It can be said that Shang Shuling of the Wei Empire jumped to replace the Three Dukes, and did not need the title of the Three Dukes to become the new de facto prime minister.

In other words, in the current situation, Cheng Yu and Shang Shufu Shetian Feng are jointly in charge of the prime minister's power.

Although these two people are their own cronies, and Tian Feng is still related to him, but this is what makes it even more dangerous, he can control Cheng Yu and Tian Feng, but what about the descendants?

Cheng Yu's family has a scripture inheritance and has transformed into a scholar family, and Tian Feng himself is a scholar.

The expansion of Shang Shutai's power was Guo Peng's political promise to them, and it was the fruit of their victory after their group of poor disciples and second- and third-rate junior scholars assisted Guo Peng in overthrowing the top scholars.

This is what they deserve, it is Guo Peng's promise, and it needs to be fulfilled.