At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 250. 240 Nine Xuzhou's No. [-] Wealthy Household Completely Falls to Guo Peng (Revised)

Regarding the matter of taking concubines, Mi Zhu had already asked for it before going out to fight against Dong.

It has been almost a year now, and Guo Peng has given him an explanation to reassure him.

Now, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang are happy.

He completely fell to Guo Peng, and the richest household in Xuzhou completely fell to Guo Peng.

As for this matter, Guo Peng also discussed with Cao Lan, saying that the Mi brothers were very important to him, and taking their younger sister as a concubine was a very meaningful move to stabilize people's hearts.

Cao Lan understood the general situation and seemed to be mentally prepared for this kind of thing, so she never objected, but supported Guo Peng's move.

"You really don't mind?"

Guo Peng smiled and held Cao Lan in his arms.

"As long as it helps Peng Lang's great cause, I don't mind."

Cao Lan said gently.

"Well, then you don't mind if I donate a few more?"

Guo Peng blinked at Cao Lan, and Cao Lan was stunned for a moment. It wasn't until Guo Peng couldn't help laughing that Cao Lan knew that Guo Peng was teasing her again, and she immediately became unhappy.

"Don't worry, a concubine is just a concubine after all, and will never be righted. You will always be my only legal wife. The wife I am married to, no one can threaten your status. Anyone who dares to threaten you will be tired of work."

Only then did Cao Lan smile.

That night, Cao Lancai honestly said that she was really unhappy, but she couldn't stop Guo Peng from taking a concubine.

To be honest, it is not self-contradictory to not take concubines when you can take concubines openly, and it is expressly stipulated that you have to open a harem after monogamy?

Someone Guo would not do such contradictory things.

The fact that Cao Lan is his wife will not change, and this is the most important thing.

Other than that, even if I don't mention it, more and more people will take the initiative to bring it up as my status increases.

Mi Zhen is the first one, and definitely will not be the last one, nor will she be allowed to be the last one. If she finally achieves a great cause, there will only be more, not less.

As for Mi Zhen herself, she has a very correct understanding of her own identity and status. She has been studying since she was a child, is knowledgeable and sensible, and abides by her duty as a concubine.

After serving Guo Peng all night, he took the initiative to get up early and served a glass of water and wine in front of Cao Lan, kneeling down in a polite manner, taking Cao Lan as his mother, and respecting her.

It made Cao Lan, who was a little unhappy, feel embarrassed to make things difficult for her.

So Cao Lan helped Mi Zhen up, and said some gentle words to her.

The general idea is that the husband only has us two women. It is not a formal occasion, so don't make it too clear. It is not beautiful. We will serve your husband together in the future. It is not very good for everyone to take care of and help each other. of it?

Mi Zhen was a little trembling at first, thinking that Guo Peng's first wife was a tough woman, so she was cautious.

Before marrying Guo Peng, the two elder brothers and the experienced old woman told Mi Zhen to be submissive and not to cause trouble, otherwise there would be no reason to be beaten to death.

If you want to say whether she has any lumps in her heart, she certainly does, but she is more aware of her identity and the importance of serving Guo Peng to the Mi family.

She understood this since she was a child, so she learned to put away her petty temper and be a well-behaved concubine to make Guo Peng happy and Cao Lan satisfied. This is the most important thing for the Mi family.

However, Cao Lan's gentleness surprised her a little, and made her a little relieved.

Then Guo Peng came.

Guo Peng was kind to her, he took her hand and told her to sit down, there was nothing else besides telling her that Cao Lan should be the leader.

He also arranged for her her own residence, her own maid, who can say whatever she likes, and try her best to satisfy her.

Don't think that being a concubine is a tool person without emotion. Don't suppress yourself too much and let yourself live like a prisoner.

Neither he nor Cao Lan is such a person.

"Since you promised me, you will always be with me in the future, so don't suppress yourself too much, just say what you like, and say what you don't like.

Your elder brother must have taught you to be submissive, I know, but don't pay attention to him, you are my woman now, listen to me, apart from respecting Alan, don't be too rigid.

I don't like lifeless people. This is a mansion, my home, and your home. It's not a prison. There's no need to make your home look like a prison, right? "

Guo Peng smiled and shook Mi Zhen's hand.

To be honest, Mi Zhen never expected Guo Peng to say that.

She is very honest, positioning herself as a plaything.

In fact, according to the current law, her legal status is just a plaything, but Guo Peng told her not to restrain herself and gave her some freedom, which surprised her.

Before, she had thought that Guo Peng was a big, round, vicious man, or a strategist who seemed to have a scheming face, and she was a little scared in her heart.

As a result, on the day of the ceremony, she saw that Guo Peng had a handsome face, a well-proportioned figure, and a handsome man. She blushed at that time and dared not look directly at Guo Peng.

Before the lights were turned off at night, Mi Zhen was even more pleasantly surprised to find that Guo Peng was the kind who looked skinny when dressed and undressed.

She immediately felt that it would be nice to be able to marry such a person as a concubine, as long as he was a little gentler.

Now Guo Peng has fulfilled her expectations to a super level, and she couldn't be more satisfied.

Guo Peng had breakfast with them, and played in the garden for a while.

He let Cao Lan and Mi Zhen sit on the swing that he made with his own hands, and he pushed them to swing one by one. Hearing their silvery laughter, Guo Peng also felt that he had relaxed a lot.

For his own purposes, Guo Peng often inspected the barracks, so he could always watch the shirtless muscular men wrestling with each other in the barracks.

Listen to the barbell-like laughter of the muscular men.

Especially Zhang Fei's loud voice, and his broken laughter, his bronzed skin and firm muscles, when he sweated, tsk tsk, it was so sour, I couldn't believe it.

As a normal man, although there are times when he is full of pride, he will end up wrestling with the big guys as soon as he takes off his clothes, and then take a bath together after getting sweaty.

But Guo Peng occasionally wants to wash his eyes, ears and nose.

The two fragrant and beautiful girls in front of me are the best soul cleansers.

So that he doesn't have to have a big wrestler appear in his sleep.

As for the two sons, the youngest son is only three years old, and he is still a little boy, so let's not talk about it for now.

The eldest son, Guo Jin, is already eight years old. He had previously received elementary education from Lu Zhi. After arriving in the north, Guo Peng taught him to read scriptures himself.

After becoming the shepherd of Qingzhou, Cai Yong was in Qingzhou. In order to make up for his regret that he could not form a teacher-student relationship with Guo Peng, Cai Yong took Guo Jin as a student and personally taught him to read scriptures, practice calligraphy, and learn piano skills. Cultivate sentiment.

Then when the youngest son is four years old, he will also be sent to Cai Yong, and let Cai Yong have an enlightenment education together.

Guo Peng trusted Cai Yong's cultural level, so let Cai Yong educate him on culture for the time being, and when he gets older, Guo Peng plans to throw Guo Jin into Yu Jin's military training camp for training.

Guo Peng wanted him to learn about soldiers from an early age, receive training with ordinary soldiers, eat and live with them to become familiar with military affairs, understand the thoughts and thoughts of soldiers at the lowest level, and then gradually let him get in touch with military affairs and train him to be a successor.

Everything else is still early.

Chapter 251 .250 Dahan, it’s time to die

It took a while to rectify internally, giving the army time to recuperate. After the internal rectification is completed, it will open up externally.

Guo Peng's recovery plan for Donglai County of Beihai State, which had been delayed for more than a year, officially started in July of the second year of Chuping, when Sun Jian officially led his troops south to crusade against Liu Biao.

At that time, Gongsun Zan was very annoyed when he heard that his younger brother Gongsun Yue had been shot to death by Zhou Ang by Yuan Shao's troops, and vowed to avenge his younger brother, so he declared war on Yuan Shao.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo left because Guo Peng and Sun Jian led the army, so he appointed Yang Yi from Hongnong as Henan Yin, and led the army to attack Luoyang in an attempt to regain the lost ground.

Zhu Jun heard the news and led Sun Jian's army to attack Yang Yi. Yang Yi was defeated by Zhu Jun and had to retreat.

Zhu Jun saw that Henan was broken and could not be relied on as a barrier, so he led his troops to the east, stationed in Zhongmou County, and sent letters to various prefectures and counties, calling on them to learn from Guo Peng and Sun Jian, and sent troops to jointly attack Dong Zhuo, trying to use his own Fame launched the second alliance to discuss Dong.

It's a pity that Guo Peng attacked the Yellow Turban Army and Sun Jian attacked Liu Biao, but there was no way to return to the alliance.

But Tao Qian, governor of Xuzhou, sensed an opportunity, so he sent [-] elite soldiers to help, and other states and counties also sent some soldiers, thinking that they could join in the fun and gain popularity.

Guo Peng and Sun Jian defeated Dong Zhuo and gained great popularity, which made some people a little restless.

So Tao Qian went up to the table to play Zhu Jun as the acting general of chariots, and joined Zhu Jun to discuss Dong. After Dong Zhuo heard about it, he asked his generals Li Jue and Guo Si to lead tens of thousands of people to station in Henan to resist Zhu Jun.

Zhu Jun attacked and was defeated. Dong Daye, who had just started to improve, stagnated again, and the support from all over the place stopped.

Zhu Jun knew very well that he was not as powerful as Dong Zhuo and could not defeat him, so he could only retreat and no longer seek to attack Chang'an.

In the second year of Chuping, the world was bustling with people and wars were frequent. There were wars in Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou. It seemed that the whole world was at war, and the court could not stop it.

Not only Li Shu was displaced due to the war, but even many powerful nobles were forced to leave their hometowns to avoid the military chaos, social productivity was severely damaged, and it was not only Li Shu who was threatened with life.

The prestige of the Han Dynasty is like the dilapidated Luoyang City, which is meaningless and has no effect at all, and cannot stop local wars.

So some people began to realize, some people began to admit that troubled times are coming.

Dahan, or die.

When the summer grain harvest was bumper, on July [-], the second year of Chuping, Guo Peng's [-] troops went out to fight, and defeated [-] Yellow Turbans in Dong'anping.

On the [-]th, another [-] yellow scarves were broken in Ju County.

Then the troops were divided into three groups, and Le Jin and Xiahou Yuan were promoted to lead an army of [-] to the south, and Yu Jin and Xiahou Dun were to lead an army of [-] to the north. .

The yellow turban army retreated steadily, and they were no match for the elite soldiers trained by Guo Peng, not to mention the cavalry that was hastily formed. They were no match at all under Guo Peng's classic cavalry and shooting tactics.

From July [-]th to August [-]th, within a month, Guo Peng went down to Pingshou, Yingling, Zhuxu, Anshou and other counties, and won most of Beihai Kingdom.

Before dispatching troops, Guo Peng had already appointed the county magistrates of Beihai State and Donglai County and organized an administrative team.

The administrative team followed the army, and after taking the place, Guo Peng ordered the administrative team to rush there in time to restore order and establish rule.

In these severely damaged areas, follow the example of the other four prefectures, carry out preparatory work for garrisoning, restore order, establish townships and villages in garrisoning, stabilize order as quickly as possible, and continue to march.

The fighting will of the Yellow Turban Army declined greatly. Under the situation of continuous defeat, many Yellow Turban commanders could not see the hope of victory, so they gave up fighting and surrendered to Guo Peng.

A surrender means surrendering together with the strong men and their families that make up the army. Thousands of troops can have tens of thousands of family members, and the surrender of tens of thousands of people is very large.

Guo Peng also issued an order to the surrendered Yellow Turbans that those who were willing to participate in farming should be included in the households, registered in the register, and allowed to farm, and those who were willing to join the army should choose those who were strong to join the army.

None of them were killed for surrendering.

When the news came out, there were as many Yellow Turban soldiers surrendering on the lookout, as Guo Pengbing pointed out, many Yellow Turban soldiers surrendered without a fight.

Qingzhou scholars and Li Shu all praised Guo Peng's achievements in pacifying the chaos and stabilizing the place.

On August [-], Guo Peng led his army to Gaomi County.

During the advance, many Yellow Turban soldiers were killed and many were captured. Afterwards, Guo Peng ordered the army to set up camp, and he personally led several counselors and some personal guards to Gaomi County.

Among the Beihai Kingdom and Donglai County where the Yellow Turbans were rampant, most of the counties were attacked by the Yellow Turbans. Some of them could be defended, and some could not.

There is only one county that has not been looted by the Yellow Turban Army, and that is Gaomi County.

The reason why Gaomi County was never looted by the Yellow Turban Army is also very simple, because Gaomi County is the hometown of a world-renowned Confucian master.

The master's name is Zheng Xuan.

To say how powerful he is, [-] words may not be able to explain clearly, but to say that he himself founded the theory called "Zheng Xue" can roughly explain how powerful he is.

Then because of his great reputation and high knowledge, the Yellow Turban Army caused chaos throughout Qingzhou, but they never looted Gaomi County, and Gaomi County was preserved.

When Guo Peng came to Gaomi County in person, Zheng Xuan asked his son Zheng Yi to go out to meet Guo Peng as a representative, and invited Guo Peng to his mansion, and Zheng Xuan was waiting for Guo Peng at the gate of the mansion.

Guo Peng respected the truly capable and knowledgeable scholars, so he did not ride a horse all the way, but went on foot to express his respect for Zheng Xuan. After seeing Zheng Xuan, he met him as a disciple.

Zheng Xuan met Guo Peng with a smile, praised Guo Peng for his extraordinary ability and ability to stabilize the country, and invited him to his house to talk.

"Your teacher Lu Ziqian is my friend. Back then, I was able to enter Kansai to study with Ma Gong, thanks to Zigan's matchmaking."

Zheng Xuan talked about his past with Lu Zhi, and Guo Peng knew that Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi were still good friends. When Zheng Xuan wanted to ask Fufeng Ren Ma Rong to be his teacher, it was Lu Zhi who made the match.

Lu Zhi really brought Guo Peng a lot of unimaginable hidden wealth.

Guo Peng was quite emotional about this.

Afterwards, Zheng Xuan asked about Lu Zhi's current situation.

"The teacher objected to the former Taifu Yuangong abolishing the emperor, and also opposed Dong Zhuo's domineering. He was expelled from the capital, disheartened, and lived in seclusion in Shanggu County. I wrote to the teacher, hoping that the teacher would come to Qingzhou. The teacher did not want to. Said that he only wanted to spend his old age in Shanggu in peace."

"Oh I got it."