At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Among the four, Guo Peng admired Man Chong the most.

Guo Peng heard that Man Chong had served as an official in Shanyang County before, and once tried to be the county magistrate, and he was favored by the prefect.

But later, because he killed the illegal governor Zhang Bao, he offended the big shots in the county, lost his official position and returned home to be idle. Until now, Guo Peng came to visit him.

"Killing Zhang Bao, does Man Jun regret it?"

Guo Peng asked Man Chong like this.

Man Chong shook his head decisively.

"Putting guilty people to death in accordance with the law is the correct action. Since it is the correct action, you will not regret it."

Guo Peng smiled and said: "Will Manjun still do it when encountering such a thing in the future?"

"Until you die."

Man Chong has a straight face, expressionless.

Guo Peng laughed, held Man Chong's hand and appointed him as the county magistrate of Lu County in Jibei Kingdom.

This is Guo Peng's new choice of residence for himself. In the name of General Zuo, he set General Zuo's mansion in Lu County and re-established his base.

It is Guo Peng's greatest trust in him to hand over the new base camp to Man Chong for management.

Man Chong knelt on the ground and told Guo Peng that he would perform his duties seriously and would never bend the law for personal gain.

Guo Peng returned the gift.

Besides, Chen Gong deserves Guo Peng's attention.

Chapter 264. 260 Three Politically Incorrect Yuan Shao (Revised)

Chen Gong, this is a man who achieved Cao Cao's status as the Lord of Yanzhou with just one mouth.

But later, he manipulated with one hand and almost ruined Cao Cao's career.

For Cao Cao, it is almost success and Xiao He's failure.

Without Chen Gong lobbying Bao Xin for Cao Cao, Cao Cao would not be able to become the lord of Yanzhou.

However, Chen Gong later betrayed Cao Cao and switched to Lu Bu. He followed Lu Bu to fight until he was executed, but he was unwilling to return to Cao Cao's command.

Among them, the credit of being appointed by Guo Peng as the minister of Ren Chengguo is naturally indispensable.

It was because of Bian Rang's unforgiving words that angered Cao Cao. Cao Cao was so angry that he killed Bian Rang and some of his friends, and several of them were also friends of Chen Gong.

The social circle of celebrities is a circle, there are not many celebrities, there are only a few people, this circle is very small, and some extraordinary people can be implicated by casual encounters.

If you kill people in the circle of celebrities, you are against the celebrities, against the nobles, and against the manor economic entities with political status, means of production, and a large population.

They are the main components of local forces, so to speak, they are Yanzhou.

The Yellow Turbans can do this because they are anti-thieves and have no moral burden, and Cao Cao did the same, and the end can be imagined.

Guo Peng, who has the halo of a celebrity, does not have the same problem as Cao Cao.

They belong to the same circle of celebrities, and everyone has their own consciousness. People outside the circle scold at will, but if people in the circle hate each other, it will be different, and there is still room for turning around.

This is the life gap brought about by birth and master-in-law relationship.

There are gaps everywhere in life, and people cannot be compared. Once they are compared, they will eat lemons endlessly.

Guo Peng invited Chen Gong to join his General Zuo's shogunate. Chen Gong readily accepted Guo Peng's invitation and entered the General Zuo's mansion to advise Guo Peng.

Obviously, the specific political orientation of Chen Gong and even the entire Yanzhou scholar group was conservative, that is, pro-Han tendency.

They do not look forward to troubled times, do not yearn for troubled times, and long for a peaceful and stable life, especially after encountering the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

The local scholars in Yanzhou respected Guo Peng's power because he was able to protect Yanzhou, and because he showed a political stance of supporting Han in the previous battle against Dong, they supported his rule.

In contrast, Yanzhou scholars hate Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shao has not recognized the orthodoxy of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty so far.

Yuan Shao still does not regard Han Xiandi as emperor so far.

He has always said that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is the emperor established by Dong Zhuo, which is different from the emperor he supported as the old general He Jin, and he opposed Dong Zhuo for this reason.

Even though Liu Xie has been recognized by most people in the world as the orthodox Han Emperor, Yuan Shao and his subordinates still disagree.

Yuan Shao tried every means to find a descendant of the Liu family who could be canonized as emperor in his jurisdiction to fight against the Chang'an court.

Such a political stance was the reason for the fierce conflict between Yuan Shao and Yanzhou, and even Yuan Shu, because Guo Peng recognized the rule of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shu also recognized the rule of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty on the surface.

Guo Peng not only supported the Han, but also had a grudge against Yuan Shao. He would never agree with Yuan Shao's strategic thinking. He was also willing to build Yanzhou and maintain the peace and stability of Yanzhou. He was simply an ideal ruler.

Therefore, Yanzhou scholars supported Guo Peng very much.

Guo Peng felt the overall conservative political atmosphere of Yanzhou scholars, so he did not mention the matter of conquest, but made a practice of burying his head in construction, implementing the farming system, building water conservancy, building new granaries, and building roads, acting like a builder.

And Chen Gong, a local scholar in Yanzhou who was brought into the shogunate by him to take on the responsibility of strategic planning, obviously also reflected this conservative political tendency.

Chen Gong suggested not to mobilize troops abroad for the time being, whether it is Chang'an or Jizhou, do not mobilize troops.

Chang'an is still in civil strife, let them have civil strife, and Yuan Shao in the north is confronting Gongsun Zan, let them confront each other.

Now let them consume each other's strength, and when the real opportunity arises, Guo Peng can get the greatest benefit.

The most important thing right now is to stabilize the place, production and construction.

Guo Peng does not deny this point, and he did the same thing, to store food, expand the army, and strengthen his strength.

However, Chen Gong also showed the vision that a military talent with excellent strategic planning ability should show.

Although Chen Gong advised Guo Peng to rest for a while, he also advised Guo Peng to pay special attention to Yuan Shao.

When Yuan Shao's foothold in Hebei was not stable, he had to think about attacking Hebei and destroying Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's political stance is too incorrect, which is suspected of treason.

We can't let Yuan Shao gain a firm foothold in Hebei, and we can't let Yuan Shao grow stronger. Otherwise, Yuan Shao's attack from Hebei to Henan is a dive, and Guo Peng's confrontation is to look up. There will be a difference in terrain.

"The art of war is as condescending as a bamboo, and if Yuan Shao wins Hebei, with the household registration of Jizhou, he merges with the Hummers from the two prefectures, and looks down on Henan from a condescending position, which is very unfavorable to Duke Ming.

Now Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao are hostile, and Yuan Shao is in a state of being pinched by the north and the south. If Duke Ming can send troops to the north and respond to Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao will surely fall. This is a great opportunity for Duke Ming, and I hope Duke Ming will seize it. "

Guo Peng was very happy after hearing this.

It seems that Yuan Shao's reputation has declined very much recently.

Originally, his position made him unpopular with the Yanzhou scholars, and it seems to be even more so now. Guo Peng heard the condemnation of Yuan Shao several times when the celebrities talked about Yuan Shao.

The reason is not impossible to explore.

Similar to Cao Cao, it was because of the death of one person, but because of his status as the fourth generation and third father, Yuan Shao was not nearly homeless like Cao Cao.

It would be wrong to say that famous scholars would not kill famous scholars. As one of the leaders of famous scholars, how many famous scholars did Yuan Shao kill?

It's just because he was born in four generations and three generations.

But even so, it is not completely without side effects.

The person who died because of Yuan Shao was Han Fu.

The former Jizhou Mu, gave up his position to Yuan Shao's Jizhou Mu, Han Fu.

He died, in Chenliu County.

In the early days, Han Fu gave up the position of Jizhou Mu to Yuan Shao. He was listed as General Fenwu and lived in Yecheng.

At this time, there was a man named Zhu Han under Yuan Shao's command. He held a grudge because he was once despised by Han Fu. Han Fu had a high status and dared not take revenge.

Thinking that he understood Yuan Shao's thoughts, Zhu Han sent troops to break into Han Fu's mansion to arrest Han Fu for questioning. Han Fu fled to the top floor to hide, but his son was caught and his legs were broken.

Although Yuan Shao quickly sent people to stop Zhu Han and beheaded him afterwards, Han Fu was completely frightened.

So Han Fu asked Yuan Shao to resign and wanted to leave Jizhou, Yuan Shao agreed.

Han Fu left Jizhou and fled to Yanzhou, where he took refuge with Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu. At that time, Guo Peng had not led his army into Yanzhou.

Later, Yuan Shao sent someone to meet Zhang Miao. Zhang Miao hosted a banquet, and Han Fu also came to attend.

During the banquet, Yuan Shao's envoy and Zhang Miao whispered for a while, and Han Fu saw it.

Han Fu was terrified a long time ago, and suffered from persecution delusions, thinking that Yuan Shao wanted Zhang Miao to kill him, but he was so desperate that he couldn't escape after thinking about it, and finally committed suicide with a carving knife in the toilet.

The death of Han Fu shocked public opinion in Yanzhou.

The root cause was that people began to blame Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao didn't say anything, because Yuan Shao had already led his troops north to fight Gongsun Zan.

It seems that it has nothing to do with Yuan Shao, but if you think about it carefully, this may be a trick to kill people with a knife.

He even threw the blame on Zhang Miao.

Chapter 265 .260 Four Doubles Yuan Zhenghe

Zhang Miao was the first to be shocked by Han Fu's death, because Han Fu died in the toilet of Zhang Miao's home.

Zhang Miao, one of the eight chefs, was very upset about this, he scolded Yuan Shao angrily, and wrote letters everywhere to show that he had nothing to do with this matter, for fear that he would be blamed.

Although the Yanzhou scholars were unable to seek justice for Han Fu, many people still accused Yuan Shao of this crime.

So at the moment, Yuan Shao's reputation in Yanzhou is very poor, and the scholars in Yanzhou think that Yuan Shao doesn't understand kindness, and forcing Han Fu to death is not a person who can achieve great things.

Guo Peng knew this in his heart, and was not surprised at Chen Gong's suggestion.

"What the public platform said makes sense."

Chen Gong was very happy to hear this, and said: "If Duke Ming can destroy Yuan Shao, the world will be so big that there will be no one who can compete with Duke Ming. Even if Duke Ming unites Yuan Gonglu and Tao Gongzu to launch a second alliance to challenge Dong, You can attack Guanzhong and seize Kansai.

With the strength of Duke Ming, combined with the power of Yuan Gonglu and Tao Gongzu, it is more than enough to destroy Dong Zhuo. At that time, we will welcome back Shengjia. the right path? "

Chen Gong's eyes shone with a strong brilliance, and he planned a bright road for Guo Peng.

In all fairness, Guo Peng felt that what Chen Gong said was very reasonable.

As long as Yuan Shao can be destroyed, the land of Hebei will definitely fall into Guo Peng's control.

Then Guo Peng controls Hebei, the two prefectures of Qingyan and Yanzhou, and the population essence of the Yellow River Basin is controlled, and he has become the number one prince in the world. Isn't it a matter of course?

When Guo Peng marches into Kansai, it will not be difficult to defeat Dong Zhuo, and it will not be difficult to obtain Chang'an to control the emperor and do what Dong Zhuo has done.

Because he is a scholar and a recognized scholar, whether it is Yuan Shu or Guo Peng, being in charge of the government is different from Dong Zhuo.

Chen Gong also thought of this, and Guo Peng continued to conceive along his train of thought.

At that time, Yuan Shu will take the lead, and Guo Peng will be the assistant. Even if his behavior is actually the same as that of Dong Zhuo, and even has the ambition to become emperor, as long as he is willing to pay benefits, it will be fine.

Just like Cao Pi and the Sima royal family were willing to pay benefits to buy off the gentry circle, maybe they would be willing to let Liu Xie step down in a few years and directly bury the Han Dynasty alive.

Then Yuan Shu can become the same sage as Liu Xiu, the founding emperor, and Guo Peng is the number one hero under Yuan Shu's command, with one person under ten thousand and one in charge of great power.

Beautiful, beautiful.

Thinking about it this way, it seems pretty good, doesn't it?

But I refuse!

Not only is it rejected subjectively, but the actual situation is estimated to not allow it.

Because the world has already started to be chaotic, once it is chaotic, it is not so easy to recover.

In Guo Peng's opinion, it is not difficult to eliminate Yuan Shao, and it is not difficult to annex Hebei. It is even possible to control the emperor.

Chen Gong's strategy is feasible in a sense, but in the process, won't someone come out to make trouble?

And you want someone from me, Guo, to be the second child of ten thousand years?

are you serious?

are you serious?

Chen Gong was really serious.

At least in name, Guo Peng is still Yuan Shu's ally at the moment, living in seclusion under him, and Yuan Shu is the leader of the alliance.

The reason why Guo Peng was able to fight Yuan Shao openly and aboveboard, and wrote a campaign against Yuan Shao and scolded Yuan Shao for being a bastard, was mainly because he used the banner of Yuan Shu and used it as a tiger skin.