At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Guo Peng was already well-known as a famous general in Youzhou. This time he defeated the Yellow Turban Army, which can be regarded as consolidating his image in the hearts of Qingzhou people.

After the victory in this battle, the elders of Linqu County immediately opened the city gate to welcome Guo Peng into the city, and rewarded the army with wine and meat.

Guo Peng strictly ordered the army not to enter the city, and brought Cai Yong and a group of scholars into the city, which was praised by the elders of the county.

During this period, Guo Peng learned that the original county magistrate, county magistrate, and county lieutenant of Linqu County had all escaped, and there was no one to govern the county.

So Guo Peng made a petition to exonerate the county magistrate and magistrate from dereliction of duty, and at the same time asked Gu Yong to be the county magistrate of Linqu, and Xia Houyuan to be the county lieutenant of Linqu.

Guo Peng stationed [-] troops near Linqu to guard against the Yellow Turban Army spying on Qi from Beihai, and ordered Xia Houyuan to spy on the situation of the Yellow Turbans in Beihai.

He currently has no spare energy to leave Qi State to conquer the Yellow Turban Army that is raging in Le'an, Beihai. He just wants to manage Qi State well and make it his own base camp, and then conquer the Yellow Turban Army in other places.

Chapter 199 Nine new officials took office

After winning a battle and taking control of the situation in Linqu County, Guo Peng announced an order to recruit troops in Linqu.

In a few days, Guo Peng's army was joined by more than 800 strong men. After enriching its strength, Guo Peng led his army to Linzi.

On the sixth day of October, after Guo Peng led his army to wipe out a group of bandits on the way, he arrived in Linzi County with more than [-] captured yellow scarf men and women.

Under the welcome of the county magistrate, he entered the governor's mansion in the city, officially announced the imperial court's appointment document, publicized his status, and began to govern Qingzhou from then on.

Before arriving, Guo Peng had discussed a lot with his staff about governing Qingzhou.

The first thing Guo Peng did when he took office was to hang the heads of 36 leaders of the Yellow Turban Army who had been killed above the city gate of Linqu County.

He wants to declare to the whole county and even Qingzhou that he has zero tolerance for the Yellow Turban rebellion and his determination to defeat the enemy and win.

At the same time, Guo Peng announced a pardon.

Those who take the initiative to surrender and plead guilty will not be held accountable, and those who are willing to join the army can also be incorporated into the army.

Disband An Xin Farming on the spot, and as the governor, he guarantees that he will never settle accounts after the fall, and pretend that this has never happened.

Then, Guo Peng announced a unified investigation of the six counties in Qiguo. Except for Linzi County and Linqu County, four postal supervisors were sent to inspect the situation in each county.

If there are Taiping Taoist activities in the territory and the county magistrate, county magistrate, and county lieutenant cannot stop them, they will all be exempted. If there is no yellow scarf in the territory, they will be rewarded.

After more than ten days of investigation, by the end of October, Guo Peng determined that in the four counties except Xi'an County, there were no Taiping Daoist activities, and the other three counties had Taiping Daoist activities.

So Guo Peng immediately went to the table to dismiss the county magistrates and county magistrates of the three counties of Changguo, Guang, and Banyang counties, and ordered to praise the merits of the county magistrate of Xi'an County, as a model.

Then please seal Guo Rui as magistrate of Changguo County, Xi Zhong as magistrate of Guangxian County, and Xiahou Dun as magistrate of Banyang County.

One thousand troops were stationed in each of the three counties to investigate and capture the Taiping Daoists, and sent a team of grassroots administrative talents brought from Guo's Manor and Shanggu County for their use, restoring the chaotic order, and then in Zaozhi's comprehensive Under the arrangement, a decree was officially issued to recruit refugees to farm.

More than [-] men and women in the Yellow Turbans are the first batch of laborers who will be used for farming. They gather the unowned wasteland and government land in Qi State for farming.

Guo Peng vigorously carried out the Taipingdao extermination order in the territory of Qi State, and at the same time recruited [-] local scholars from the six counties of Qi State to serve in the Governor's Mansion.

At the same time, Guo Peng and Cai Yong jointly announced that the school will be reopened in Qi State, and the great Confucian Cai Yong will officially teach students in the Qi State Academy, calling on scholars to come and study together.

After a few orders, especially the last one, after the news that the school palace was reopened and the great Confucian Cai Yong was used as a sacrificial wine for the school palace, wherever the news spread, the scholars there were very excited and ran to Linzi one after another.

After Guo Peng's investigation for a period of time, it was determined that the current Qingzhou had not been fully captured by the Yellow Turban Army, and Qingzhou was not too dilapidated at this time.

This wave of Yellow Turbans first originated in Xuzhou.

After the Xuzhou turmoil, Tao Qian suppressed it with an iron fist in Xuzhou. He used the Danyang soldiers led by his fellow villager Cao Bao and the Taishan native Zang Ba to lead the troops, and soon drove the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army to Qingzhou.

Tao Qian is very bad and a chicken thief. He knew that it would be very tiring and difficult to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army, so he led the disaster to the east and drove the Yellow Turban Army to Qingzhou.

As a result, Xuzhou was stable, and Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County, which were close to Xuzhou, were the first to suffer. The Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou also followed suit, expanding their influence to Le'an Kingdom and Qi Kingdom. Jinan Kingdom and Yuanyuan County were not affected yet.

In history, the disaster caused by the Qingxu Yellow Turban was very serious. It was not completely pacified until the year before Cao Cao pacified Yuan Shao and prepared to go south to Jingzhou during the Jian'an period.

The whole of Qingzhou and most of Xuzhou were within the sphere of influence of the Yellow Turban Army. Many people from Qingzhou and Xuzhou were forced to cross the sea to take refuge in Liaodong. According to historical records, the number was close to 100 million.

But now, at the moment when Guo Peng arrived, the Yellow Turban Army had already gained a firm foothold in Qingzhou, but it had not yet formed the momentum to completely suppress the officers and soldiers.

Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County have been severely affected by the Yellow Turban Army, but there are still officers and troops resisting, and the progress of the Yellow Turban Army is not so smooth.

After Guo Peng led the army to arrive, he expelled the forces of the Yellow Turban Army from Qi State, and the forces of the Yellow Turban Army were entrenched in Le'an State, Beihai State and Donglai County.

It is said that this batch of Yellow Turban Army has some leading figures, some of whom are famous. The more famous ones are Guan Cheng, Guan Hai, Xu He, and Sima Ju.

They led their respective Yellow Turban troops to entrenched in Beihai Le'an and Donglai, and fought against the government. The government could not stop them, and many counties were even under their control.

But it doesn't mean that a place without Yellow Turbans is safe.

Pingyuan County, Le'an State, and Jinan State, because of the impact of marine invasion, drought, and locust plague, and the fact that the Han government did not provide disaster relief, it has already caused many refugees, and even many powerful people went bankrupt because of this, so Qingzhou became the Yellow Turban Army. hotbed of development.

So much so that the leader of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou was able to fight many large-scale battles with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Tao Qian.

While distributing materials and arranging farmland in Qi State, Guo Peng sought financial and food support from Jinan State and Yuanyuan County.

Guo Peng is not a state shepherd, and currently does not have the power to fully control Qingzhou.

Although it is actually close to the authority of the state pastor, after all, it cannot be claimed in a fair manner in name.

If you see someone who is unhappy, you have to go to the table and go through a process before you can be removed or appointed, and you can't order yourself to remove the appointment.

So he just seeks money and food support to help him put down the Yellow Turban Army.

The Jinan Prime Minister who succeeded Cao Cao was also a member of the eunuch group. After the court turmoil, this guy packed up his clothes and ran away. The court has been in turmoil for several months, and no one has governed it.

After thinking about it for a while, Guo Peng didn't have anyone who was suitable to be the Prime Minister, so he decided not to announce it for the time being, and decided to personally act as the Prime Minister of Jinan, and then announced Mi Zhu as the county magistrate of Dongpingling County.

On the one hand, Mi Zhu was equipped with an administrative team trained by himself, and then he was sent to Dongpingling County to formally exercise his powers and exercise.

Mi Zhu came to meet Guo Peng when he stayed in Taishan County, and brought a large number of cattle and war horses to support Guo Peng, to cooperate with Guo Peng's upcoming strategy of farming.

This time, in order to thank Mi Zhu for his help, Guo Peng obtained the status of a county magistrate for him, an official of Qianshi.

Mi Zhu was overwhelmed with gratitude to Guo Peng, and immediately took the administrative team that Guo Peng prepared for him to go to Dongpingling County, and vowed to straighten out Dongpingling for Guo Peng in the shortest possible time, and then cooperate with Guo Peng in recruiting refugees for farming.

Then, Mi Zhu cautiously made a request.

Mi Zhu said that there was a young girl in his family who was twenty-eight years old and was not yet married. He wanted to dedicate his sister to Guo Peng as his concubine and serve Guo Peng to thank Guo Peng for his kindness to him.

Chapter 200. Two hundred who can withstand it? (build)

To be honest, Guo Peng was not surprised that Mi Zhu would behave like this.

Guo Peng also knew why Mi Zhu did this.

It is clearer how Mi Zhu will use this to repay Guo Peng's support for their family.

Naturally, Guo Peng would not be unwilling, but he still had to have the attitude he should have.

"After all, Zizhong is already the magistrate of the county. He is an official of Qianshi. Don't you feel wronged by giving me my sister as a concubine? I think this kind of thing is not appropriate. Zizhong should choose another lover for Lingmei."

Guo Peng pretended he couldn't bear it and offered comfort.

"Without the lord's support, Zhu is still a businessman. Even though his family is rich, he is still looked down upon by others. My younger sister is not destined to be a wife by birth. She can only serve as a concubine. The lord is wise and powerful. Being a concubine to the lord is already considered a high-profile."

Mi Zhu kept his status low, as if he was very worried about Guo Peng's reluctance.

"Aren't you afraid that others will ridicule you after this matter gets out?"

Guo Peng walked up to Mi Zhu and patted Mi Zhu on the back.

"It's my sister's honor to serve the lord."

Mi Zhu's face was full of hope, but also a little worried, as if he was afraid that Guo Peng would not accept it.

Guo Peng understood what Mi Zhu meant, knew how much Mi Zhu valued this hard-won job, and also knew that Mi Zhu had more worries.

"Tao Shijun didn't embarrass your family, did he?"

When Guo Peng asked the core of the question, Mi Zhu was stunned for a moment, with a hesitant expression on his face, he nodded slightly.

"Tao Shijun didn't embarrass my family, of course, he didn't take care of our family, but just like before, he spent money to eliminate the disaster."

Guo Peng was silent for a while.

Tao Qian probably wanted to win over the low-status but rich Mi family to be his helper, but it turned out that Mi family had been drawn in by Guo Peng long ago and became Guo Peng's man.

Tao Qian was a little annoyed, but at that time, he was worried about Lu Zhi behind Guo Peng, and Cao Song, so he didn't dare to touch the Mi family.

Now that Lu Zhi has resigned and Cao Song has resigned, Guo Peng's protection in the court is gone, and only himself is left. Fortunately, Guo Peng has won the position of governor of Qingzhou for himself. In Qingzhou, Tao Qian was extremely cautious and did not dare to use violence against the Mi family.

But the Mi family needs a sense of security too much, and a county magistrate is obviously not enough.

Guo Peng understood Mi Zhu's worry, so he took Mi Zhu's hand and said in a gentle voice: "I know what Zizhong means, but my wife gave birth to two sons for me, I still want to ask if I can take concubines." Ma'am, can Zizhong wait for a while?"

"Naturally."

Mi Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Guo Peng had already agreed, and as for his wife, it was just a matter of discussion, which would not be decisive.

Guo Peng is naturally happy to see the success of Mi Zhu's wholehearted support. An excellent business talent can exert unexpected effects in the future, and the benefits of winning him over are self-evident.

Xuzhou is also Guo Peng's established goal. As the local tyrant of Xuzhou's Mi family, Guo Peng is bound to win.

In late October, close to November, Qi was basically stabilized by Guo Peng, and all counties were under control.

Guo Peng organized the refugees and arranged them to carry out infrastructure and water conservancy construction on the wasteland and abandoned land. It is winter and it is impossible to cultivate, but it is necessary to build houses and water conservancy at this time, so that they can cultivate in the next spring.

Guo Peng mobilized the army to help the people build houses, repair and build water conservancy projects, and set these things as the current top priority.

Then use your own advantages to declare in the area you can control, announcing that you are recruiting refugees to reclaim wasteland for farmland, and bring the refugees who are still promising into your command.

With one more farmer on my side, I can deal with one less Yellow Turban Army.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from sending spies in to infiltrate, sabotage and incite the people, Guo Peng sent intelligence personnel under Cheng Li's command to places with refugees, disguised themselves in them, and carried out secret surveillance.

Once such signs are found, the Yellow Turban spies will be dealt with immediately on the spot to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from destroying their overall situation in the fields.

Prior to this, Guo Peng gave an order to Chen Ji, the prefect of Pingyuan County, asking Chen Ji to follow his own strategy to recruit refugees to farm the fields, and he would arrange crop seeds, farm tools and cattle to help.

Chen Ji is a member of the Chen family in Yingchuan, a celebrity, and a fellow villager of Guo Peng. Guo Peng sent people to communicate with him.

Guo Peng also ordered Chen Lin to write official documents with gorgeous words, write out her achievements and determination, and spread it to counties and counties where it can be spread, so that everyone can know.

Chen Lin's writing style is really nothing to say, Cai Yong loves Ci Fu so much, and after reading the articles written by Chen Lin, he feels that he is not as good as him.

The situation in Qingzhou began to develop in a good direction. The people of Qingzhou have witnessed with their own eyes how the new governor of Qingzhou acted and how he fulfilled his promise.

He originally had a reputation as a celebrity and a famous general, and his reputation in Qingzhou is not small. Now that he has made real political achievements, his reputation in Qingzhou has been further improved, and he has won the wide trust of the local Lishu and powerful gentry.

While Guo Peng's power in Qingzhou was steadily rising, Dong Zhuo's power in Luoyang also rose further.

Originally, he didn't expect to be able to step on Yuan's head, but after stepping on it, Dong Zhuo found that this taste is really wonderful, who can resist it?

So after stepping on one foot, he simply stepped on the other foot.

Of course, Dong Zhuo couldn't do it alone, it was the countless people behind Dong Zhuo who contributed to the flames.

They helped Dong Zhuo step on Yuan Shi's body, and watched Dong Zhuo twist Yangko and dance ghost steps on Yuan Shi's body.

They feel that Sikong's position is not quite in line with Dong Zhuo's actual status of being under one person and above ten thousand people.

Lu Zhi and Yuan Kui stood as the Taifu and the other as the Taishi. Both of them were Shanggongs. Although they had no power, they were higher than Dong Zhuo in terms of status and were Dong Zhuo's Shangguan.

"Dong Gong holds the power in his hand, and walks like a tiger in Luoyang. One person is under ten thousand people, how can he bend down in front of the two grand masters and grand masters?"

Some people persuaded Dong Zhuo in this way, so that Dong Zhuo should not only be superior to Yuan Kai and Lu Zhi in name but also in reality, and become the real first minister of the Han Dynasty, even the Taibao could not do it.

At first Dong Zhuo felt that this was too immodest and not very good, but later when more people said this, Dong Zhuo felt the same way.

I am in control of the political power and the military power. Yuan Kai and Lu Zhi are both polished commanders. I feel a little uncomfortable when I see them and bow to them.

So Zhou Yan and Wu Qiong began to look through the classics, looking for a position that was worthy of Dong Zhuo's current status, and after searching over and over again, they found the position of "Xiangguo".

chapter 201

Xiangguo was called Xiangbang in ancient times, but after entering the Han Dynasty, it was renamed Xiangguo to avoid Liu Bang's taboo.

This is a very special position, not another name for the prime minister. It is two different positions from the prime minister, and both have higher status and power than the prime minister.