The goblin in the palace is on top

Chapter 524: The Art of Fooling the People

Master Qisi's words opened the eyes of Emperor Shizu, and he deeply believed it.Therefore, almost at that time, the ancestor and emperor abandoned Confucianism.It was changed to a policy of respecting the Buddha and assisting the Tao to govern the country.

However, in this process, everything is not very smooth.After all, both Confucianism and Taoism have certain influence in the court and among the people. After all, Guo Shouzun of Confucianism is still a national teacher, and he has a ninth-rank cultivation base.

Therefore, I want to reduce the proportion of Confucianism in the court.Then Guo Shouzun must be brought down first.

Master Qisi also thought of Guo Shouzun's method.

This method, in Wu Shiyi's understanding, is somewhat similar to a card bug.

Guru Qisi told Shizu Dijun.Confucianism is very powerful.And it's a worldly religion.Talking about missing all goals, self-love and self-improvement.It was originally difficult to eliminate.But in their theory, there is a major bug that can be exploited.This is the idea of ​​"loyalty".

The existence of the idea of ​​loyalty makes Confucianism divide people into three categories: emperor, gentleman, villain, and beast.Among them, the gentleman can fight against the heaven and the earth and the villain, and can kill the animals.But the only thing that can't fight against the righteous king.

In this mood, as long as the emperor is willing to act, then Guo Shouzun can be firmly trapped in this bug.

At that time, he will die by himself.

Therefore, Emperor Shizu wanted to kill this minister who built the capital for him with his own hands.Another calculation started.

During this process, Guo Shouzun is immersed in fulfilling the emperor's order and helping him think about how to extend the country for this huge dynasty.

It's a huge amount of work, and it's as difficult as pushing a mountain with your bare hands.

Also because of this difficulty, Guo Shouzun's ability to detect the surrounding environment has dropped too much, too much.This gave Master Qisi's strategy an opportunity to take advantage of.

From this, Emperor Shizu thought of a very good opportunity to deal with this ninth-rank Confucianist.

On the day of dealing with Guo Shouzun, Emperor Shizu came to see Guo Shouzun in the stone room where he studied documents.After the two met and saluted, Emperor Shizu asked Guo Shouzun if there was any progress in his continuation of Guozuo.

When asked, Guo Shouzun hesitated for a long time, but just shook his head, and then said to Emperor Shizu: "According to my current ability, I can only extend Guozuo for one year. And this may also cause the entire dynasty to suffer backlash."

"What kind of backlash?"

When asked, Guo Shouzun replied: "A country is like a person. The longer it lasts, the better it may not be. In the last few decades, the Daxing Dynasty may be like the previous Tang Dynasty, with precarious wind and rain, numerous feudal towns, emperors dying, and the harem being humiliated." .The existence of the state is perhaps as good as the absence of it.”

"That's it..." Emperor Shizu nodded deeply after hearing Guo Shouzun's words.Then he asked, "If this is the case, then don't continue Guozuo."

"Ah?" Guo Shouzun was surprised when he heard this.

He knew that the current emperor was not a person who likes to give up easily.Since you don't like to give up easily, how can you say such a thing?

But when Guo Shouzun was very surprised, Emperor Shizu finally saw him.

After pondering for a while, the emperor actually told Guo Shouzun: "I have made a decision. Choose an auspicious day and give up the country to you. At that time, what country name do you want to choose. Just take the last country name and it will be better."

"Ah!" Guo Shouzun froze on the spot like a thunderbolt after hearing the words of Shizu Dijun.

Afterwards, Guo Shouzun was terrified, knelt on the ground, trembling, and said again and again, "I have no remorse."

Facing Guo Shouzun's pain.Shizu Dijun also pretended to be very embarrassed.

Later, Emperor Shizu used a very painful tone.Tell Guo Shouzun: "I don't know that you have no rebellion. But I gradually figured it out. I feel that the person who said in the hexagram, the person who killed my dynasty II, is not Aiqing you?"

Then Emperor Shizu said far-fetchedly.Since Daxing was beheaded by the second king, the others will be kings.That means that there are already people in the court who can compete with him.Just waiting for his own death, he will seek to usurp the throne.

Emperor Shizu looked at the entire imperial court and thought that the only one who could compete with him to seize power was Guo Shouzun, the ninth-rank Confucianist.

Guo Shouzun has made great contributions to the construction of the entire Daxing Dynasty.He has prestige and power.After his death, there must be no one to check and balance.Therefore, his usurping the throne is logical.And no one can change it.

In this case, the generous emperor had to make a difficult decision.That is, while he is still alive, it is better to simply abdicate and let the virtuous.

After saying this, the emperor told Guo Shouzun again: "After I abdicate, I have nothing to ask for. I only hope that my husband will treat my descendants well. Don't drive them all to death."

After hearing what the emperor said, Guo Shouzun was already scared to death.

He kowtowed several times and said "death crime" to show that he had no resentment.

But Dijun said another extremely vicious sentence at this time.Guo Shouzun's defense was completely strangled.

He said: "It's the so-called good luck that tricks people. The Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty didn't want to rebel, but he added a yellow robe, didn't he also become an emperor?"

Guo Shouzun is a smart man, he was stunned for a while after hearing Shizu's words.Then, he asked Dijun, "Then how can you rest assured?"

Asking each other, the emperor who pushed Guo Shouzun into a corner step by step knew that the time had come.

At that time, he shook his head and said: "I don't know. You are a loyal minister. I don't know what to do."

Dijun's words seem harmless to humans and animals.But in fact, the card BUG succeeded!
Because the implication is that "I can rest assured that Guo Shouzun is dead."

In this way, Emperor Shizu sentenced Guo Shouzun to death.

But the problem is that the emperor did not force Guo Shouzun to death with harsh punishments, but used a vicious method of killing people to accomplish all this.

The meaning of the emperor is: you are alive, you must accept my abdication.At that time, you will be a model of powerful ministers seeking power and usurping the throne, and you will become the same existence as Wei Wudi and Sima Yixuan from then on.Since then, he has been nailed to the pillar of shame.

And what is the most important thing for Confucianism?Famous Festival.This kind of splashing of dirty water is not what people like Guo Shouzun need.

Then, if you do not accept abdication, you must let the emperor feel at ease.And there is only one way for a Ninth Grade Confucian like him to make the emperor feel at ease!
Take your own life.

Therefore, when the emperor said that, Guo Shouzun seemed to know what his next destiny was.

After a deep silence, Guo Shouzun got up, bowed to the ancestor emperor of the Daxing Dynasty and promised: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will never let you down. Tomorrow, I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."

After saying this, Guo Shouzun turned his face to the wall and remained silent.And Emperor Shizu also paid respects to Guo Shouzun three times with great interest, and stepped back out of the house after giving enough face.

The next day, terrible news came from Yaolu Pavilion.

Guo Shouzun hanged himself.

A generation of famous officials, after all, died in their own thinking bugs.In order to be worthy of the emperor who treats him kindly, in order to be worthy of the word "loyalty".It has since fallen.

(End of this chapter)