As soon as Guo Peng's words came out, the ministers in Shuzhong were stunned.

Suddenly, a group of people didn't have the heart to watch Shu dance and listen to Shu music, and looked at Liu Zhang.

What does that mean?

Is it temptation?

Or is it just a gift?

Wu Yi's heart was very nervous, Wu Ban's heart was also very nervous, Huang Quan was even more nervous, and Zhang Su could even feel that his heart was beating fiercely.

Zhang Song silently looked at Guo Peng, and then at Liu Zhang, and seemed to understand something.

Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, looked at the dancers who were still dancing the Shu dance, and then looked at Guo Peng's warm face.

Then a thousand words made a sentence.

"Your Majesty's Grace, Your Minister...... The minister did not dare not to. ”

"yes, okay."

Guo Peng nodded with satisfaction: "Then this group of musicians and dancers, lonely will be given to you, if you miss Shuzhong, you can listen to Shu music and see Shu dance, isn't it beautiful?" ”

"Your Majesty's kindness to the minister, the minister will never forget!"

Liu Zhang knelt on the ground and pressed his head deep on the ground.

"Hahahaha!"

Guo Peng burst out laughing.

The Shu dance continued, the venue continued, and the Wei officials and Wei generals continued to stagger and drink with each other without care.

The ministers in Shuzhong also breathed a sigh of relief - it turned out that this was not a temptation, just a gift.

So they continued to watch the Shuzhong music that made them feel embarrassed, and continued to feel sad, sad, unbearable, and painful.

So what?

In Luoyang, as prisoners, their fate has been decided.

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere of the banquet was getting better and better, so Guo Peng sat on the high platform, raised his wine glass, and faced Xu Jing, who was sitting not far below.

"Gong Xu, this glass of wine, I respect you."

Xu Jing was leisurely enjoying the song and dance, and suddenly heard Guo Peng calling his name, he was stunned, and saw Guo Peng raise his wine glass to himself, he immediately picked up the wine glass and sat up straight.

"The minister is afraid, the minister doesn't dare!"

"Hahaha, there is nothing to dare or not, Xu Gong, this glass of wine, I respect you, but it is not only you, but also your deceased brother, Xu Zijiang, this cup of wine, I also have to respect him."

Guo Peng's sudden toast made many people a little strange.

Especially the ministers in Shuzhong, they felt that the second monk was puzzled by Guo Peng's sudden toast to Xu Jing.

A traitor who betrayed the monarch and was caught in the face of great calamity should be ruined and rejected by the new monarch.

As a result, Guo Peng not only did not reject him, but also treated him preferentially, did not let him suffer any embarrassing things, and appointed him as an official in the Ministry of Rites, not only that, but also toasted him, what is going on?

What is Guo Peng's idea?

The ministers were all strange and did not understand.

Then Guo Peng mentioned Xu Zijiang, Xu Zijiang, who had been dead for several years.

Some officials who were relatively old and came from Yanzhou and Yuzhou suddenly remembered some dusty past.

For example, Cao Cao, he immediately remembered the past thirty years ago.

Xu Jing also suddenly remembered that period of the past.

That past incident was not mentioned again after the relationship between him and Xu Shao broke down, and as time passed, he gradually forgot it, but Guo Peng suddenly mentioned it, which made him suddenly remember.

Most officials don't know what's going on, Xu Shao has been dead for a long time, and no one is talking about him anymore, and there are really not many people who know about it now, let alone the past between Guo Peng and Xu Shao.

Is there a past between them?

The fire of gossip in the hearts of the officials began to burn.

"I never thought Your Majesty would remember."

Xu Jing smiled a little embarrassedly: "That was thirty years ago, Your Majesty really has a good memory." ”

"That incident had a great impact on Lone, how could Lone forget? Lonely's memory is clear! ”

Guo Peng sighed, glanced at the ministers, and said with a smile: "You probably don't know, and there are not many people who know now, after all, it's been thirty years, and most of the people who experienced that thing at that time are now gone...... Isn't it, Cao Shoufu? ”

Guo Peng looked at Cao Cao with a smile, and Cao Cao immediately replied.

"Yes, in the past thirty years, there have been too many changes, many people are gone, and the minister has been fortunate to accompany His Majesty for thirty years, and now I think about it, I am embarrassed."

Cao Cao is Guo Peng's brother-in-law, and he was friendly with Guo Peng when he was young, and the relationship between him and Guo Peng is of course needless to say.

But these two people talked about the events of thirty years ago, which made many officials who did not know about this matter very strange, and their hearts were itching, and they were even more eager to know.

It is a rare thing to know some of the emperor's private affairs.

Guo Peng smiled.

"You don't know, then come and talk about it, speaking of which, this matter is really interesting."

Guo Peng stood up, walked off the high platform, and slowly spoke.

"Thirty years ago, when I was eight years old, at that time, Xu Zijiang was a man of the year in the world, he opened a moon and a day in Runan, commenting on the world's corporals, you should still have an impression, or heard your parents talk about it."

Guo Peng looked around at the people around him, and the people around him nodded one after another, the older and younger ones had all heard of the Yuedan review of the year.

On the first day of each month, Zi Jiang Gong and Xu Gong together presided over the Yuedan Review in Pingyu County, and evaluated the articles of the world's scholars, and praised the best ones.

In the Central Plains at that time, all the scholars who could get these two praises immediately became famous, doubled their worth, and immediately became a man of the year and were admired by everyone. ”

Guo Peng's face was full of embarrassment, and he walked to Xu Jing's seat and looked at him.

Xu Jing hurriedly saluted.

"Since you can become famous and valuable by getting the praise of the two, of course a large number of scholars from all over the world will go, and there are scholars in the Central Plains, Jingzhou, and even Hebei, who go to participate in the Yuedan evaluation, hoping to be praised and become famous in one fell swoop.

Cao Shoufu is the brother of Gu's wife, who admired Zi Jianggong at that time, and also wanted to get Zi Jianggong's praise, so he brought articles to ask Zi Jianggong for comments many times, but he was repeatedly unsuccessful.

Later, Cao Shoufu finally got the evaluation of Zi Jianggong, who said that Cao Shoufu was a hero in troubled times and a traitor in prosperous times, hahahahahaha......"

Guo Peng couldn't help but walk to Cao Cao's side again and patted Cao Cao's shoulder.

Cao Cao stood up and couldn't help laughing.

"It's all in the past......"

"It's the past, but it's also a very interesting past, everyone is a review article, only Cao Shoufu was scolded, isn't it interesting?"

Guo Peng laughed and patted Cao Cao's shoulder, and then walked back in front of Xu Jing.

"But if it's just that, it's nothing, Cao Shoufu laughed and was very happy, but who would have thought that Zi Jianggong would let Cao Shoufu remember that he had to grow a beard in this life after that."

Some people don't know why, and then react immediately.

Everyone remembered that Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng was a eunuch, and the Cao family was a family of eunuchs, and they made a fortune by relying on the eunuch Cao Teng to serve the four emperors in the court, so he must have been looked down upon by the scholars.

Don't talk about that time, just say that now, Cao Cao is the first assistant to the cabinet of the current dynasty, holding the power of auditing, the first close minister under the command of Emperor Guo Peng, the third-class marquis, and Guo Peng's brother-in-law.

Such a noble status could not stop the scholars from slandering and criticizing him in private.

So far, there are many scholars who have secretly ridiculed Cao Cao as a eunuch, thinking that he has a humble status but is in a high position.

Shilin public opinion was very unfriendly to him, and some people often privately thought that it was not a good thing for such a eunuch to stay in such a close position by Guo Peng's side in the future, and thought that he should be pulled off the horse and driven away.

That is, because Cao Lan is Guo Peng's empress and Cao Cao's sister, it involves Guo Peng's family affairs and the emperor himself, so the scholars dare not be presumptuous.

Otherwise, someone will definitely find fault with Cao Cao, keep participating in him and slandering him, and must drive him out of the central power department, otherwise he will not be able to eat and sleep well.

It would be a shame for the scholars to let the eunuchs serve as the chief officials of the confidential department next to the emperor later!

How could there be such a person around the emperor?

The emperor should be surrounded by famous Confucians, should be virtuous ministers who have read the scriptures and books, and should be scholars of noble birth, elegant posture, and exuding a faint fragrance all over their bodies, not Cao Cao, who is a stinky eunuch!

Many scholars harbored such thoughts, and they were full of malice towards Cao Cao.

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