Guo saw that Cheng Yu held so much power as the de facto prime minister, and he was already vaguely unhappy.

The contradiction between imperial power and relative power is itself irreconcilable.

It seems that he has to slowly find some opportunities to weaken his power, Shang Shuling's position cannot be handed over easily, and even, it should not exist.

As the founding emperor, Guo has enough prestige to suppress the power, but the descendants are not necessarily.

The figure who stood out from the crowd and became the prime minister, and the Guo royal family, who was born with a great chance of becoming the emperor, who would have a better quality?

Which of the elites who competed out of 400,000 people, or the emperors who competed among the children of the imperial family, who were a few or dozens of royal children, was more likely to defeat the other?

The answer is obvious.

Therefore, the existence of this position is nothing worth discussing in Guo's opinion, whether it is nominal or practical, the existence of the prime minister should not continue.

The struggle between the prime minister and the imperial power is asking for trouble in Guo's eyes.

Just to reward the heroes, he had to do it as a last resort, he had to give Cheng Yu a reward for his years of dedication, this is what he deserves, if even he can't get the reward he deserves, who will do anything for the birth and death of the Wei Empire?

People are born and die for their own sake.

So Guo gradually felt Zhu Yuanzhang's concerns and emotions.

Zhongde, you have to introspect yourself.

You and I are no longer people on the same front, you are still a citizen, but I am a king!

I don't mind being Zhu Yuanzhang, and you don't mind being Hu Weiyong?

A hint of coldness flashed in Guo's eyes.

Originally, in this struggle, Cheng Yu and the officials watched from the wall.

Shang Shuling personally took charge of the Ministry of Officials, which in itself proves that the Ministry of Officials is the head of the eight departments of Shang Shutai, and the officials who enter the Ministry of Officials are also personally selected by Cheng Yu.

Under Cheng Yu's deterrence, basically no one dared to involve the upper officials in the internal disputes in Shangshutai.

Everyone says that the person who controls the Ministry of Officials has the power of life and death over the entire Shangshutai, Cheng Yu, as Shangshuling, is the head of Shangshutai, comparable to the prime minister, and then he is also in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and has the power to appoint and dismiss personnel, which is not too much power.

It's simply the best of the best.

Therefore, the officials of Shangshutai called Cheng Yu "Heavenly Official" and were very in awe of him, for fear that he would destroy the results of everyone's years of struggle by using the power in his hands.

He is not only the head of Shangshutai, but even the head of the personnel department, in charge of personnel work, specializing in the selection of officials, promotion and demotion are just his words, who dares to offend?

Some people also privately discussed whether Cheng Yu's power was too great, and with such a big power, could the emperor rest assured?

Some people even tried to secretly report to the emperor about the impact that Cheng Yu's excessive power might have on the Wei Empire, and exhorted the emperor to be cautious in granting Cheng Yu power.

The emperor didn't move, and the watch was the same as if it hadn't been played.

No way, who made Cheng Yu one of the first veterans to take refuge in Guo Peng, and also one of Guo Peng's closest confidants?

Cheng Yu also did quite well, looking detached from the world, by mastering the power of the Ministry of Officials to strictly control Shangshutai, mastering Shangshutai very well, coordinating the eight departments of Shangshutai during the war, and sharing a lot of heavy responsibilities for Guo Peng.

He thought he was doing a good job.

It's the same this time.

Even the Ministry of Industry, which was also in charge of Tian Feng, the only servant of Shang Shu, was pulled into the water because of Cui Qu's matter and the problem of being involved in the fraud of project funds, so that Tian Feng had to personally participate in the tearing war to clarify the rumors for the Ministry of Industry and ensure the safety of the Ministry of Industry and himself.

Although Tian Feng couldn't shirk Cui Qu's matter, Tian Feng was also quite annoyed and surprised by this.

But the officials are still firmly watching from the wall.

The officials are like a white lotus flower out of the mud without staining, clear ripples without demons.

But soon, as Wang Cang, Cao Cao and Zao Yi's counterattack unfolded, Cheng Yu felt that the development direction of this matter was a bit beyond the originally scheduled trajectory.

This was originally a debate about whether to raise a commercial tax, but the argument turned into a tearing up of each other, as if they wanted to lift up all the dirty things to the world.

You said that if there is such a thing, Cheng Yu will not be able to say anything, but as far as Cheng Yu knows, many things are false and fabricated.

How does this work?

This is the court, not the vegetable market, not for you to fabricate facts to attack your colleagues!

The world has just been unified, and there is still so much work to be done, is it too unreasonable for you to be so anxious to tear it up?

Cheng Yu, the great master of Tianguan, decided to do something.

Just as Cheng Yu was about to settle the argument in order to show his control over Shang Shutai as Shang Shuling, the situation changed again.

It was this recital issued by an official against Cui Qu.

Before Cheng Yu could show his prestige as a celestial official, this performance swelled Cheng Yu's face.

The officials who he has always felt firmly under his control and are not out of control are actually deceived and concealed, and there are actually people who make small moves under his nose, which is ......

Cheng Yu's face flushed when he learned the news.

He immediately asked people to check the source of this recital, and learned that the source of this recital was an official of the Ministry of Finance under Wang Cang's subordinates, and it must have been instructed by Wang Cang, but it may not have anything to do with Cao Cao and Zao.

is also a subordinate minister, pay attention when you start! Don't implicate me, okay?!

Cheng Yu was so angry that he was about to eat people.

He glanced at his men in extreme anger.

"Officials! For the country's selection of talents, such an ugly thing can occur! Good! Good! Good! Yes, yes! ”

Cheng Yu roared again and again.

Seeing that they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to raise their heads, Cheng Yu slapped the case angrily, and then got up directly and came to the palace to ask to see Guo Peng, ready to plead guilty.

Unlike in the past, Guo Peng took a slow time to meet Cheng Yu, which made Cheng Yu feel very uneasy.

Sure enough, Guo Peng went straight to the point and expressed his dissatisfaction with Cheng Yu.

"Zhongde, I handed over such an important ministry to you, just hoping that you can control the general trend of the entire Shangshutai through the ministry, and don't let Shangshutai go out of control and go to the crooked path, originally I thought you had done a good job in the past two years, but now it seems that it is not like that."

When Cheng Yu met Guo Peng, Guo Peng sat firmly in Diaoyutai and handled government affairs unhurriedly, and saw Cheng Yu kneeling in front of him to plead guilty, and said this unhurriedly.

"You don't seem to have a good view of Shangshutai for me, it seems that there are many people doing things under your nose, but you don't know?"

Suddenly, Cheng Yu's cold sweat burst out.

"Your Majesty, old minister...... The old minister is negligent, please punish Your Majesty! ”

Cheng Yu fell to the ground, trembling.

"Zhongde, you should know how much I attach importance to the Ministry of Officials, how much I attach importance to the appointment and dismissal of officials, you know that I don't like to inspect and investigate, I know how much dirt there is, let you be in charge of the Ministry of Officials, is to let you control this vital channel.

You can't let everybody go in, you have to have a choice, you have to have an idea, and the result? A mere member of the Ministry of Labor can do this kind of thing right under your nose, Zhongde, is it someone I trusted, or are you old? ”

Guo Peng's understatement rhetorical question made Cheng Yu feel cold all over his body.

Don't......

Don't......

Am I going to lose this position?

No!

Cheng Yu hurriedly raised his head and looked at Guo Peng nervously.

"Your Majesty! The old minister is guilty! Lao Chen...... Lao Chen...... This matter must be thoroughly investigated, any, any suspicious person, the old minister will never let go! ”

Cheng Yu's face was flushed.

Guo Peng shook his head, put down the pen in his hand, stood up, stepped forward, and helped Cheng Yu up.

"When you're old, don't always kneel."

Cheng Yu's heart was relieved for no reason, and he looked up at Guo Peng with some surprise.

"I know that you are busy with government affairs and can't cover everything, but I can't tolerate the existence of such people in the ministry, go and find out all the ghosts and ghosts hidden in the ministry, and let me know which ghosts and ghosts are quietly making trouble."

Guo Peng's voice was still stern, but to Cheng Yu's ears, it was like a heavenly sound.

"Old minister...... Obey! ”

Cheng Yu said goodbye.

Looking at the back of Cheng Yu leaving, Guo Peng grinned.

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