At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Zhuge Liang is a smart man, he must know what he should know, so there is no need to say more.

Guo Peng followed the mountain north, walked through many cities built by Zhuge Liang, and headed all the way to Zhenxi Duhufu, the westernmost town of the empire.

Over there, Cao Ang was waiting for him.

Chapter 1539 One thousand four hundred and fifty nine Guo family grandparents are not serious people

During this journey, Guo Chengzhi was always very happy.

Even if he has to do homework and accept tests while walking on the road, he is still very happy, as if this vast land is full of things that can make him happy.

A caravan, a camel, a fox, a bug, as long as he can see it, he will happily talk to Guo Peng for a long time.

The land of the Western Regions, infinite scenery, infinite beauty.

As long as you can eat enough, wear warm clothes, and have enough money to spend, you don't have to worry about being hungry, and you can always see any beautiful scenery on this vast land without any omissions.

But in this era, there are probably very few people who have the leisure to appreciate the beauty of the boundless.

Even merchants all over the Western Regions hate this vast land extremely.

They feel that the road is too far away and too dangerous. Every time they go out to do business, they feel like dancing in front of the gate of hell. If they are not careful, they will jump into the gate of hell.

Even if you are lucky, you can't avoid repeated horizontal jumps. Not everyone likes the thrilling feeling.

Guo Peng often puts on the clothes that the traveling merchants like to wear, pretends to be a traveling merchant, and chats with the passing Wei State and foreign merchants.

Anyway, the farther you go to the west, the less there are places where humans live, and the less you see cities. Apart from post stations, you rarely see other official institutions. Merchants often set up tents on the side of the road and dare not leave the road. The edge is too far.

This created a good opportunity for Guo Peng to chat with merchants.

At this time, he would take Guo Chengzhi to talk with these well-informed businessmen and ask them about their own interests.

For example, what are their views on all this and what are their pursuits.

"Speaking of these days, it is natural that life is much more comfortable than before. In the past, those of us traveling businessmen had to write a suicide note in advance and hand it to the clan elders every time we went out.

If you can’t come back, publish the suicide note, if you can, burn it, and write it next time when you go out, it’s much better now, at least you don’t need to write the suicide note in advance when you go to Wei’s domestic business route. "

A bearded businessman said with a smile: "In the past, traveling across the country to do business was risking your life. If you don't have 80 or [-] people to set off together, how dare you go? Just meeting a few bandits can kill you!"

There are a lot of bandits in some places, and they have very good weapons, and even horseback riders. They don't feel afraid when facing a team of 80 people. They will fight with you when they come up. At least you don't have to put your head on your belt business. "

"So dangerous?"

Guo Chengzhi asked curiously.

"Young people haven't experienced the troubled times decades ago."

The bearded businessman showed a bit of vicissitudes of expression: "At the beginning, when I was as young as you, I traveled with my father, how many risks did I encounter, not to mention ordinary bandits, we were also armed, Good luck getting through.

But if you encounter groups of Huns and Karasumas riding horses in groups, it will be over. They have many horses and many people, and they are overwhelming. They will kill people when they see them with a knife. They are fast and fierce. I can't dodge it in time, my head will be gone if I don't pay attention.

When the knife was cut, the person's head fell off, the head fell off, the body was still standing, and then blood spurted out with a splash. That scene... It's been more than 30 years, and I can't forget it at all. Now I think about it. Thinking, still trembling all over. "

The bearded merchant's hands trembled a little, but he still tried his best to lift the gourd-shaped jug and pour wine into his belly.

Then he sighed heavily, his eyes full of fear and memories.

"I remember the most dangerous time. I don't remember which year it was, but I remember that year the world was in chaos. The whole of Hebei was in chaos. My father and I went out on a business trip. We had bad luck. We were arrested by the Huns together, and we were arrested by the Huns together." Many more people were arrested.

I was caught by the Huns, and those who were unlucky were killed on the spot. Those who were lucky enough to survive had to be taken to the territory of the Huns as cattle and horses. It was very difficult to survive. Anyway, my father and I felt that It's over. "

Having said that, the bearded man suddenly became energetic.

"If you say it's smoke from our ancestral graves, we were all in despair. My father and I wept and cried, waiting to die. Suddenly, an army came and made the ghosts who were killed by the Huns cry and howled. People ran away.

At that time, we felt that we had just left the wolf's den and entered the tiger's mouth. Who would have thought that the generals of the army would point us in the direction to escape, and then gave us some food to eat. With that little food, my father and I Insist on going home.

That time I really escaped from death. I still remember clearly how many years ago, when the army was in chaos, to meet such officers and generals, let us go, and give us food, it was really smoke from the ancestral grave , good luck.

It's much better now, there are official roads built by the government, so there is no need to worry about dangers on the official roads, and no one is allowed to hold weapons in the whole Wei country, and of course there is no need to worry about getting hurt, being hacked to death or something, and business transactions are much safer. There is no need to hire many people to follow and protect us. "

After the bearded man finished speaking, it took him a while to reminisce before he noticed that there were other people beside him.

"I'm sorry, what am I thinking on my own... Hahaha, come, come, it's fate to meet you. My wine is brought from Guishuang Kingdom. It is particularly fragrant and mellow. The wines of our country of Wei are very different, let's try them together?"

Guo Peng looked at the wine gourd he stretched out, smiled and nodded.

"Okay, let's have a bowl."

Guo Peng tasted the fine Guishuang wine with a smile and gave some compliments.

Guo Chengzhi was very interested in a certain detail that Big Beard said.

"Just now you said that the official army killed the Huns and rescued you. How can you think that this is just coming out of the wolf's den and entering the tiger's mouth? It's not a good thing that your family was rescued by your own official army? You can survive. ?”

The bearded man chuckled and looked at Guo Peng.

"Who is this young man?"

"My eldest grandson is 15 years old."

"No wonder, this happened more than 30 years ago. At that time, when Emperor Liu of the Han family was in charge, the world was in chaos."

The bearded man shook his head: "Xiao Lang, don't think that the army at that time was the same as the army now. The army at that time was just a bunch of thieves in uniform. Where are people so good.

Bandits want your life, you will be killed if you are captured by the Huns, and you will be killed if you fall into the hands of the officers and soldiers. They murder, set fire and rob, destroy their families at every turn, kidnap and extort them. There are also many people who can't escape, and they all suffered from military disasters. "

Guo Chengzhi knew the term military disaster, and it was written in school textbooks.

It is said that the military discipline of the former army was lax, and it did not look like an army. It was not good at fighting, but it was a good hand at doing evil.

They do all kinds of evil, and they don't leave chickens or dogs in the places where they cross the border. The people call it "war disaster", which can be compared with drought, flood and locust disaster.

It can be seen that the people fear and hate the military disaster.

So much so that the officials who passed by the army in the counties and counties were afraid of them, put their supplies outside the city, closed the city gates, and arranged a lot of city guards, militiamen, and strong men on the city, armed with weapons as a deterrent, so that the soldiers would not dare to fight. Rushed into the city.

The officials are also afraid, afraid that they will mess around, enter the city to loot, destroy facilities, and when the army flees, leaving a mess for the officials to deal with. Don't the officials want to cry but have no tears?

The enemy wants to defend, and our own people also want to defend, and they don't know what they are defending.

"In those days, when one prince brought chaos all over the world, this army and that army fought fiercely. In the end, it doesn't matter whether they suffered or not, but we people have suffered.

Houses were destroyed, fields were destroyed, family members were killed and arrested, and a large army crossed the border, just like locusts came, eating up all the crops, not only eating, but also looting, and looting what they saw. "

The bearded man couldn't bear to look back: "The gold and silver at home are soft, household utensils, and women. If you like it, you will grab it. My father was hit by a military disaster. Earlier in Jizhou, he was beaten to death by the rebels. "

After finishing speaking, the bearded man took several sips of mulled wine.

Guo Chengzhi lowered his head and remained silent.

He only heard about the lax military discipline of the former Han army and knew about the existence of military disasters, but he had never seen or experienced it with his own eyes. Now that a person who experienced it told him in front of him, he was somewhat touched.

That night, Guo Peng chatted a lot with the bearded businessman.

He talked about the geography and humanities of the world, as well as the toll booths and cities along the way, some things that he remembered vividly, and some violations of law and discipline that he hated unceasingly.

Early the next morning, the two teams heading towards each other bid farewell.

The bearded man went to Yumenguan, and he was going home. He had been doing business outside for more than a year, earning a lot of money, and it was time to go home and recuperate for a while.

Guo Peng bid farewell to him, and he himself embarked on the road to continue westward.

On the way, Guo Chengzhi kept lamenting the wonderful experience of this bearded businessman, lamenting that even an ordinary person can accumulate such a rich life experience after traveling all over the world for decades.

These are things that he could not learn in Luoyang.

"It's not easy to understand on paper, and I never know that this matter has to be practiced. Chengzhi has truly understood the words that the elder father mentioned for the Imperial Academy."

Guo Chengzhi told Guo Peng his feelings, and then told Guo Jin on the letter paper.

He walked and wrote all the way, writing this feeling to Guo Jin in a form similar to a diary, letting his father know what he was doing.

Although it is said that decent people don't keep diaries, none of the grandparents of the Guo family are decent people, and they are destined not to be decent people, so it won't be strange to write something.

Just like someone Guo is also writing all the way, but what he writes is not a diary, what he writes is more like an investigation report.

He intends to write down what he has seen and heard along the way, compile it into a book, and give it to Guo Jin as a reference for his governance.

Its name is "Book of Diseases of the World, Commanderies and Countries".

chapter 1540 one thousand 460 when Chang'an City welcomes the next February with peach blossoms

To be able to collect enough materials for the compilation of "Book of Diseases of the World, Commanderies and Countries" is the most important purpose of his tour.

Guo Peng has always wanted to leave something that can really help the future emperors. After thinking about it, he felt that it was necessary to write a book for them.

This trip, as well as the subsequent travel plan, is to combine my 13 years of experience as an emperor, and the down-to-earth knowledge along the way, to combine the two into one, and complete this book on diseases of the world, counties, and countries.

How should a place be governed, what special geographical and cultural conditions exist in a place, how should it be governed, and how should things be handled.

What policies can be used in Hebei can't be used in Xiliang, what policies can be used in Guanzhong but can't be used in Shuzhong.

What is the difference between Yangzhou and Jingzhou, what are the disputes between Xuzhou and Qingzhou, what are the differences in customs and habits between them, and what are the obstacles to the implementation of central government orders in the local area.

The development prospect and development dilemma of Liangzhou, the development prospect and development dilemma of Yizhou, what should be done in the Western Regions so that they can be firmly grasped and not lost, and how can Mozhou and Pingzhou be controlled so that they will not be lost.

The problems of all the states, counties and counties in the world, and everything covered by the imperial power within the extreme wall of the empire, all of these, Guo Peng has to go down-to-earth, see it with his own eyes, and then record it, compile it into a book, and pass it on. To Guo Jin.

With this book on diseases of the world, counties and countries, Guo Jin can almost be regarded as "a scholar who does not go out and knows everything about the world", and will not be easily deceived.

As long as the emperors of the past dynasties can properly use this book, they will not be easily deceived.

And in this process, Guo Peng can also discover some mistakes he made when he was in charge of the government in the past, some consequences of simple and rude implementation of policies, and so on.

He can reflect on all these, record them in the book, and tell Guo Jin, and even future generations, that they must be careful in governing the country and adapt to local conditions.

When Guo Chengzhi was writing letters to Guo Jin, and when Cao Lan and other women were talking about what they had seen on the road, Guo Peng sat on the desk in the carriage, lit a lamp, and wrote vigorously.

[The emperor lives in the world, so he should not move lightly. All the information from the four directions comes from other people. He did not see it with his own eyes, nor did he hear it with his own ears. It is also inevitable.

Traffickers and pawns being deceived is harmless, it is nothing more than the livelihood of a family, the emperor, who depends on the livelihood of a country, does it recklessly, and if deceived, tens of thousands of people will be affected, so we must pay attention to it and think about it alone. Pretend to make this world county and country benefit disease book to pass on to future generations...]

[The land of Yongzhou in Guanzhong, with thousands of miles of fertile soil, in the early Han Dynasty, Chang'an was surrounded by eight waters. In February, peach blossoms bloomed, and the climate was warm and humid. Therefore, agriculture flourished. However, as time passed, since the later Han Dynasty, the climate has become increasingly cold and dry. also gradually withered.

I visited the farmers around Chang'an and asked the old farmers. The old farmers said that although there was no disaster, the amount of grain produced by the land was slightly lower than in the past. The words of the family should not be trusted. I visited the surrounding old farmers and thought that the amount of grain produced was not as good as before... 】

Writing while walking, and walking while writing, Guo Peng recorded everything he saw, and also recorded the local reaction and situation after his policy was implemented.

Good, bad, right, wrong.

He is not a god, and he also makes mistakes. When he holds a lot of power, the mistakes he makes are often magnified infinitely.

But sometimes these mistakes are not a problem with the policy itself, but a problem with the implementation of the people below. If there is a problem with the implementation, it becomes a problem with the policy itself.

Of course, this is the problem. If there is no problem with the policy, it is generally not easy to find a loophole to get in. If a loophole is found and drilled for a while, it itself shows a problem with the policy.

Guo Peng made few mistakes, but it doesn't mean he won't make mistakes, so he should record all the mistakes he made, so that future generations can see them, so as not to repeat the same mistakes.

He can also tell future generations how to build roads, how to reclaim land, how to control locusts, how to repair and maintain the Grand Canal, how to deal with small glaciers, how to fight, and how to lead more and more people through hundreds of years of severe cold , usher in the next warm period.

Sometimes, Guo Peng felt that perhaps the mission of the Wei Empire was to protect the unity of the land of China and the continuation of Chinese civilization during the Little Ice Age of more than three hundred years.

Even if the Wei Empire could not last until the next warm period, but could maintain the unification of China during this period, Guo Peng felt that his purpose of building this empire with all his painstaking efforts would be achieved.

Regardless of whether his Wei Empire is still there when the next warm period comes, as long as the Chinese civilization can survive this wave of storms and prevent it from falling into the era of great division between the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, that's enough.

As for the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Song and Ming Dynasties, or other unpredictable existences, it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that the torch of civilization always exists and never goes out.

While writing vigorously, Guo Peng occasionally imagined.

When Chang'an City ushers in the next peach blossom February, will the Wei Empire still be there?

Is everything he worked so hard to build still there?

Do farmers still have land to cultivate?

Are soldiers still obeying military regulations to protect this country?

Has imperial education completed progressive graded education?

Can children from poor families still study and become officials?