Guo Peng was not surprised by Guo Jin's suggestion.

He narrowed his eyes, looked Guo Jin up and down, nodded and smiled.

"Let's talk about it, why did you take away the power of the official book, instead of the Shangshu order?"

"Because Tian Servant can't do Shang Shu Ling."

Guo Jin carefully analyzed: "Although Cheng Lingjun is authoritarian, he is the oldest veteran minister since his father started the army, and he was born in a poor family.

Therefore, Cheng Lingjun has always supported his father's decision, but behind Tian Fuji, there are too many scholars, who are supported by scholars, and once they get power, they will inevitably give back to scholars.

Therefore, the son thinks that Tian Fu's actions in the future will definitely be biased towards scholars, not his father, which is a very unfavorable thing for his father, which is why Tian Fushu cannot be in charge of Shangshutai. ”

Although the analysis is not so in place, on the whole, the butt is not crooked and well-organized.

Guo Peng nodded with satisfaction.

"So you think Cheng Yu should be removed from the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, and only keep the Shangshu Order?"

"Yes."

"Okay, Cheng Yu has been suppressed, then, what about Tian Feng? Taking out the official book is equivalent to breaking Cheng Yu's arm, which makes Cheng Yu seriously injured.

So how should Tian Feng deal with it? Or do you want to maintain the status quo and ignore it? In that case, it seems that Tian Feng's power will increase greatly. ”

Guo Peng smiled and continued to ask.

"The Ministry of Industry is harmless, this is an office department, it cannot make decisions, at most it involves corruption and corruption, and it cannot affect the overall situation of the government, so it doesn't matter if the Ministry of Industry is still in office, but it ......"

Guo Jin's eyes sharpened: "The position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites cannot continue to be handed over to Cui Shangshu, Cui Shangshu and Tian Servant are in-laws, a natural alliance."

If Cheng Lingjun loses the Ministry of Officials, but Tian Servant Shot does not lose the Ministry of Rites, then the forces of the two sides will inevitably be unbalanced, Cheng Lingjun cannot suppress Tian Servant Shot, and the situation in Shangshutai will still change. ”

Guo Peng is quite satisfied with such a statement.

"In your opinion, among the eight departments of Shangshutai, the two most important departments are the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites?"

"Yes."

Guo Jin nodded: "The Ministry of Rites selects talents, the Ministry of Officials appoints talents, and the personnel power is in these two ministries, and for ordinary officials, the attribution of these two ministries is very important."

Whether or not they hold the power of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites can even reflect whether a high-ranking official's political power is strong, thus changing the tendency of ordinary officials to stand in line. ”

"Yes, you're right."

Guo Peng nodded in approval, and then asked: "Support Tian Feng's Grand Canal proposal, take out Cheng Yu's ministry, and take out Tian Feng's Ministry of Rites, and strike at both sides together, so that they lose their vital vital points and become harmless...... What else? ”

Guo Jin nodded.

"If there is anything else, it will probably be in the uncle...... Cao Shoufu and Qiao Zhongcheng are there, Cao Shoufu supports Cheng Lingjun, he has the power of auditing, and it is a great check and balance to Tian Fuji, who is in charge of the Ministry of Works.

If Cao Shoufu shoots at Tian Fu, once Tian Fuzhu is not cautious and the problem is found, he will inevitably be severely attacked by Cao Shoufu.

The Imperial Historical Observatory is specifically aimed at officials, and there is a great deterrent to the rest of the deployed officials, and Tian Servant shot to win over Qiao Zhongcheng, in order to check and balance Cao Shoufu's audit power and retain the ability to counterattack, so ......"

"Do you want to move Cao Cao and Qiao Rui?"

Guo Peng interrupted Guo Jin's words.

Guo Jin blinked.

"Father thinks it's bad?"

"You moved Cao Cao and Qiao Rui, what else are Cheng Yu and Tian Feng fighting? The previous two knives had already chopped off their claws, and then moved Cao Cao and Qiao Rui, which was equivalent to pulling out their teeth. ”

Guo Peng smiled and patted Guo Jin's hand: "What my father wants is for them to fight within the scope demarcated for their father, not for them to not be able to fight."

You have taken away all their power, they can't fight, but those power still have to be held by people, who are these new people who hold power? Do you know what they're thinking?

Their appearance will completely break the entire political pattern, and the situation that my father has worked so hard to create will be reorganized, which will take too much energy. ”

Guo Jin opened his mouth, as if he hadn't thought of this.

"Cao Cao and Qiao Rui can't move."

Guo Peng shook his head slowly: "Not only to let Cheng Yu and Tian Feng continue to fight, but also to continue to control the situation for the father, Cao Cao is your mother's brother, and Qiao Rui's second daughter is the father's concubine, and they are both from a poor family, not loved by scholars."

No matter how good the two of them are, they are still loyal to their father, they know that if they want their children to be officials, they must stand by their father's side, so they are reliable chess pieces in the hands of their father.

The power of auditing and supervising officials must be in the hands of cronies and officials from poor backgrounds, and cannot be handed over to scholars, so that they can be anti-corruption at any time, crack down on corrupt officials, and also crack down on scholars. ”

Guo Jin nodded.

"My son understood, Cao Shoufu and Qiao Zhongcheng couldn't move, so ...... It seems that there is nothing else to do, and if this is done, it can already play a role in balancing the forces of the two sides. ”

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng.

"And so on."

Guo Peng opened his mouth and said: "You take the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites in your hands, who do you want to make Shangshu?" With such two important departments, who is the right person to be the secretary of the book, so that the father can rest assured? ”

This stopped Guo Jin.

"My son didn't expect this, and the choice ...... The son did not know much about the courtiers in the court, and only the father could decide these matters. ”

"It's not for you to answer specific candidates, but for you to tell who is the right person for the father, and who can enter the range of choices."

"This ......"

Guo Jin looked embarrassed: "The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials are both very important positions, which are related to the overall situation of Shangshutai and the government, whether they are mastered by Cheng Lingjun's people or those who are shot by Tian Servants, they cannot be accepted, but now there are not many people in Shangshutai who are outside these two groups......"

"Then look for it from the outside."

Guo Peng opened his mouth and said: "From outside Shangshutai, let's see who is the most suitable person to enter Shangshutai." ”

Guo Jin frowned and pondered.

"If the people who are suitable to enter the Shangshutai outside of the Shangshutai are nothing more than officials from other departments, the staff station is definitely not good, the Yushitai is not good, the cabinet is not good, and the local officials don't seem to have too many suitable qualifications...... The father forgives me, but the son is really uncertain. ”

Guo Peng nodded.

"The next thing you need to know most is the origin, faction and political tendency of the officials in the DPRK and China, which will be of great help to you in the future election and manipulation of the government.

First of all, the Ministry of Rites is still the book, and the characters required for this position must be highly respected and famous scholars, so it is not easy to be influenced by Tian Feng or Cheng Yu.

This person has to preside over the re-examination of the government, so he must have the status of a great Confucian, and his academic level must be recognized by everyone, so that he can serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

"What my father said is very true."

Guo Jin asked: "But there don't seem to be too many such people outside Shangshutai, especially scholars, if they can be trusted by their father, is there really one?" ”

Guo Peng wrote a name on a piece of paper and handed it to Guo Jin.

Guo Jin was stunned when he saw it.

"Xu Jing? Father, Xu Jing? Is that Runan Xu Jing? Xu Jing who tried to climb over the wall and surrender when the army surrounded Chengdu? Person...... How could such a person be in such a position? The Ministry of Rites is the face of the country, how can Xu Jing be qualified? ”

Guo Jin looked down on this person who was greedy for life and afraid of death at both ends of the first rat, and even felt that he was not worthy of being called a celebrity, let alone an official.

Even the Taixue teachings that Xu Jing is doing now are not worthy of him to do it.

This kind of person educates students, what kind of students can they teach?

Although before this, his reputation was really big, and he was indeed a celebrity, and he once hosted the Yuedan Review with Xu Shao, and he was famous all over the world.

"Why can't he?"

Guo Peng asked Guo Jin rhetorically.

"Because he is greedy for life and afraid of death, betrays his lord for glory, and has no integrity, such a person who serves as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites must also be greedy for life, afraid of death, and forgetful of righteousness!"

Ever since Guo Jin heard about Xu Jing, he was very disgusted with Xu Jing.

Just like Guo Peng's dislike of Cui Yan.

So Guo Peng smiled.

"He is indeed a greedy person who is afraid of death, but Ah Jin, he has a great reputation, and in the years since he surrendered, have you seen anyone talk about his betrayal and seeking glory? It's as if this thing doesn't exist, as if everyone has lost their memory. ”

"Like...... That's true......"

Guo Jin had to nod, because no one had ever talked about Xu Jing's betrayal of the Lord and seeking glory over the years, as if this matter did not exist.

Xu Jing taught in Taixue, taught students the essentials of the Five Classics, and never participated in court politics, but there were as many people as he corresponded with, and no one mentioned the stain on his past.

"Any idea why?"

"I don't know."

Guo Jin shook his head.

Guo Peng sneered.

"Because he once had the aura of presiding over the Yuedan commentary, he used to be a grandmaster recognized by the world's scholars, and there were many scholars who were commented on by him, and even now there are scholars who have been commented on by him and become famous, holding positions.

denying his morality, denying his aura of celebrities, criticizing him, and slandering him is to be enemies of those scholars and families who have been commented on by him.

Denying Xu Jing now and slandering Xu Jing is not against themselves? Isn't it self-destruction and self-poking in the eyes? Such a thing they would do? Will they admit that they are the same as Xu Jing? ”

"I see."

Guo Jin nodded.

"Not only that, not only will they not slander Xu Jing from others, but they will not allow their descendants to allow it, at least they will not allow them to criticize Xu Jing publicly.

Everyone knows in their hearts that Xu Jing is talented and virtuous, and he is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but no one will say it, and such a thing will only be buried in their hearts. ”

Guo Jin has a deeper understanding of the shamelessness and despicability of scholars.

"What a bunch of shameless people."

"It's because they are shameless enough that they can come to this day, fighting with our father and son, and those who are not shameless enough have already died and can't live until now."

Guo Peng said: "Therefore, we have to choose Xu Jing to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, let him be responsible for the selection of talents, and let him continue to be responsible for evaluating the scholars."

Although he is a greedy person who is afraid of death, who made him famous? Such a person, even if he becomes a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, will not win the hearts of the people.

Isn't it beautiful that the scholars despise him, and at the same time have to cooperate with him, and have to compliment him, is that like eating what they least want to eat? ”

The smile on Guo Peng's face was very bad.

Seeing the smile on Guo Peng's face, and according to Guo Peng's previous remarks, Guo Jin realized that it was not by chance that his father could become the emperor, but inevitable.

He also realized that Xu Jing was a perfect candidate for the emperor.

For any scholar, this is a big killer.

Anyway, the people you choose, you suffer by yourself, Guo really doesn't believe that anyone will choose to follow Xu Jing, or win over Xu Jing to increase his power.

The only reason why Xu Jing can sit in this position is Guo's recognition.

Very good, now, the problem of the Ministry of Rites has been solved, not only can it be solved, but it can also disgust the shameless scholars.

I see if you want to be an official through Xu Jing, I want to see if being an official is important or your face is important in your eyes.

Yes, I'm insulting you, I'm mocking you.

You're beating me.

You have the ability to beat me!

, you guys!

Guo is so arrogant.

Then, it's a matter of the ministry.

Compared with the link where the Ministry of Rites can still put a mouth cannon, the Ministry of Officials is a real power department.

Cheng Yu was called [Heavenly Official] because he was a secretary of the ministry, and it is obvious that this is something that everyone agrees on.

The power of the official department is very large, and he can almost influence the situation of the court struggle, and being held by any real power boss can give him an absolute advantage within the Shangshutai.

It was because of this power that Cheng Yu tortured Tian Feng to death, forcing him to be cornered and had to fight back.

Now, this power can't be handed over to Cheng Yu, nor can it be handed over to Tian Feng, so who should it be given to?

Guo Jin fell into a deep entanglement.

Then, Guo Peng gave a standard answer.

The current Taishou of Hedong County, a native of Xuzhou, Zhang Zhao.