At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

When Lu Zhi passed away, there must have been no worries. When he left, he must have been quite satisfied.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't know that the disciple he taught was a superb actor, a rebel with deep thoughts, a traitor who wanted to do some outrageous things.

Lu Zhi, who never knew these things, must be very happy.

This is so good.

On the way to Puyang, Guo Peng came to Yecheng, where he met Cao Cao who had already moved into the Governor's Mansion and began to govern Jizhou.

After defeating Yuan Shao's excitement, Cao Cao was silent for a long time when he learned that Lu Zhi had passed away.

"Mr. Lu is very kind to you, and it's considered decent for you to bring Zijia by your side to raise him."

Cao Cao sighed for a while, and then talked about things related to Yuan Shao.

"Although Yuan Benchu ​​is dead, his son is still here. Zifeng, although I know it's difficult, but if we don't get rid of the roots, it will always be a disaster."

"None of Yuan Shao's sons are successful."

Guo Peng got his evaluation of Yuan Shao's sons from Tian Feng, and with his own understanding, he also disdains these sons.

"but……"

"Brother, don't worry. I handed over Yuan Shao's family to Yuan Gonggong. Yuan Gonggong will definitely handle it much better than me. Compared to me, Yuan Gonggong is the most suitable person."

Cao Cao frowned.

"Not long ago, I heard that a unicorn appeared in Huainan, and then someone started spreading rumors, such as Tu Gaoye, who replaced the Han Dynasty. Does Zifeng know about this?"

"Well, I heard that."

Guo Peng nodded.

"Could this be Yuan Gonglu..."

"Brother, this is a big matter, don't talk nonsense."

Guo Peng feigned displeasure and stopped Cao Cao.

Cao Cao hesitated for a while before saying, "Zifeng, now that Yuan Benchu ​​is dead, there is no one in the world who can check and balance Yuan Gonglu. Once Chang'an changes, I'm afraid..."

"Brother, you really can't talk nonsense like that."

Guo Peng shook his head: "The 400-year history of the Han Dynasty, how can it be said that it is over when it is over? Although the emperor was captured by a traitor for a while, after I straighten it out, I will suggest Yuan Gonglu to attack Li Jue and welcome back the emperor together." Luoyang, restore stability to the world."

Guo Peng's words were so grandiose and proficient that Cao Cao's heart surged immediately.

"The important task of stabilizing the world will definitely be accomplished by us together!"

Cao Cao finally showed his excited expression, holding Guo Peng's hand, his face full of impassioned enthusiasm.

After fooling Cao Cao, Cao Cao, who had already excellent administrative ability, tried his best to govern Jizhou. After that, Guo Peng quickly returned to Puyang.

At this time, the 10,000+ people who migrated from Lu County to Puyang are already being resettled.

Guo Peng's family had already arrived in Puyang County first. Guo Peng first visited his parents, and then brought Lu Yu back home.

Cao Lan knew Lu Yu from Luoyang earlier, and was very happy to see Lu Yu, so she immediately called Guo Jin out to meet her childhood companion.

A few years have passed, and the two are not so familiar with each other. When they met once, they were still a little stiff and unfamiliar. However, Guo Peng let them eat and live together. I believe they will soon regain the joy of being together and become good friends again. friend.

After returning to Puyang, Guo Peng began to manage the administration intensely, arrange all kinds of urgent work, cooperate with Cao Cao's footsteps, and strive to restore the government affairs of Jizhou to the normal level within half a year and realize the harvest .

Then start to reserve money and food for future wars, save people's strength, repair roads, and so on.

Soon thereafter, Chen Gong, Cheng Yu, and Xun Yu rushed back to Puyang from their respective locations to report to Guo Peng.

Then, Zang Hong came to Puyang to report to Guo Peng. After expressing his excitement, he was a little worried about his future responsibilities as governor of Bingzhou.

"I know a thing or two about the situation in Bingzhou. The only thing we can control is Shangdang County, and Zhang Yan is a Yellow Turban thief. Can you trust him?"

Guo Peng smiled.

"After Zhang Yan surrendered, he took all the hundreds of thousands of escaped households entrenched in the Black Mountain out of the mountain and handed them over to me, so that I could enrich the households in Jizhou and resume production in Jizhou. This is the most direct way for him. Zhang Yan is a sensible person, he will not do what he should not do, he is much more trustworthy than those Yuan Shao's surrendered generals."

Zang Hong nodded and thought for a while.

"Then do I need to expand our territory in Bingzhou? For example, Taiyuan County?"

"Not for now. We just occupied Jizhou, and there are still many things to do. I only have symbolic grasp of Youzhou and Bingzhou. After we manage Jizhou well and have enough money and troops, we can plan for Youzhou again." State and Bingzhou, until then, we stand still."

Zang Hong nodded, understood his responsibilities, and was ready to build Shangdang into the bridgehead of Bingzhou.

Afterwards, Du Xi also rushed from Donglai County to Puyang, and after preparing to report to Guo Peng, he went to Zhuo County to take up his post. After Guo Peng told Du Xi some things, Du Xi also mentioned something to Guo Peng.

He wanted to recommend to Guo Peng a man named Taishi Cibiao Ziyi as an official.

Chapter 354. 350 San Tao Qian has always had a sense of crisis (repair)

Du Xi told Guo Peng that when he was serving as governor of Donglai County, he paid great attention to following Guo Peng's orders and giving more care and care to the orphans and widows who had no children at home.

A few days ago, a Donglai native named Tai Shici returned from crossing the sea from Liaodong. He was very moved when he learned that his mother was taken care of by the government.

Du Xi said that it was Guo Peng's order, and Tai Shici said that he was willing to work for Guo Peng to repay Guo Peng's kindness and hope to be recommended.

Later, Tai Shici told Du Xi about his experience, and then showed his archery and riding skills. Du Xi was very surprised and agreed to recommend Tai Shici.

"Taishi Ziyi came from a low background, but he was also literate. A few years ago, he served as the official of Donglai County. At that time, there was a conflict between the governor of Donglai County and the governor of Qingzhou. Taishi Ziyi will be responsible for sending the memorial table for Donglai County to Luoyang for whoever has the opinion to settle the dispute.

At that time, the Qingzhou Inspector's memorandum had already been sent first, and Taishi Ziyi hurried to find the state officials before the state officials sent the memorandum to Luoyang Yousi, pretending to borrow it to watch, and then immediately destroyed the memorandum , and deceived the state officials that it was a crime, and agreed that the two would run away together.

As a result, the state official was deceived by him and ran away. He turned back halfway and submitted the report. In the end, Donglai County won the lawsuit. The governor of Qingzhou was punished, and the governor was very angry. Forced to seek refuge in Liaodong. "

After hearing this story, Guo Peng only found it funny.

"This Taishi Ziyi is really a little clever, and his eloquence is also good. He deceived the state officials around, but he didn't have great wisdom. The governor of Donglai County is not a responsible person. He can't protect his own people, so he can only let him go. Take refuge in Liaodong."

"Indeed."

Du Xi said: "However, Tai Shi Ziyi does have some skills. He is skilled in bow and horse and has a strong body. If the general wants to see him, I will recommend him for the general. If the general does not want to, I will send him away."

"See you, of course."

Guo Peng smiled: "I don't think it's too many for me to have a hundred talents with both civil and military skills. How can I not use some talents?"

"General Gao Yi."

Du Xi smiled, and then went out to lead Tai Shici into the general's mansion to meet Guo Peng.

"Xiaomin Taishi Ci Ziyi, I pay my respects to the general."

Under the leadership of Du Xi, Tai Shici came to meet Guo Peng.

Guo Peng raised his eyes and saw that Tai Shici was muscular, tall, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, and a beautiful beard. He was definitely a handsome man.

This damn face-seeking nature.

Guo Peng cursed himself secretly, then stood up very enthusiastically, walked to Tai Shici's side and helped him up.

"I've heard about Ziyi. I didn't expect that Ziyi would have the courage and insight to do such a thing at such a young age. He is a strange man. Even I dare not do such a thing!"

Guo Peng held Tai Shici's hand, which made Tai Shici feel ashamed.

"I didn't think about it that much at the time, I just wanted to make meritorious service and repay the favor of the Fujun, but I didn't expect that I would be forced to go to Liaodong to seek refuge for several years."

"The governor of Donglai County has been changed several times under my command, and the earliest one was dismissed by me. Doesn't Ziyi know?"

Guo Peng asked.

"There have been constant wars and disasters in Liaodong. Xiaomin was also hiding in Tibet in Liaodong. It was difficult to get news about Donglai County. I only heard about Donglai County not long ago. I hurried back and saw that my mother was living well. I was very excited, and I thought I would serve the general in order to repay the general's kindness."

"Hahaha! Good good!"

Guo Peng nodded with a smile: "Ziyi has read books and is smart. Why don't you do some training by my side now, and let Ziyi choose whether he wants to join the army or politics?"

"Thank you General for your kindness!"

Tai Shici was very excited.

Accepting Tai Shici to work by his side will not bring any changes to Guo Peng's daily life. He is still living and doing things at his own pace as always.

The sense of urgency in his heart prompted Guo Peng to vigorously consolidate his foundation and accumulate enough strength for what he wanted to do in the future.

Therefore, he can always feel a deep sense of crisis, and at the same time, Tao Qian, who is far away in Xuzhou, also feels a deep sense of crisis.

Since Guo Peng sent troops to the Northern Expedition, Tao Qian has always felt a sense of crisis.

Although both of them are members of Yuan Shu's alliance, they can be regarded as alliances with Yuan Shu in handling affairs, and have no public conflicts, but Tao Qian and Guo Peng still have some conflicts in private.

For example, the contradiction about the Yellow Turban Army, and the contradiction about the Mi family.

Whether these conflicts are big or small, they are enough to make the two of them feel at odds.

Let alone the matter of the Yellow Turban Army, at most it is a dispute of spirits, which cannot be brought to the table, but the issue of the Mi family is a matter of fundamental interests, which makes Tao Qian very unhappy.

To put it simply, the Mi family is the well-deserved richest man in Xuzhou City, a powerful landlord with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and tens of thousands of guests. The family's children learn bow horse riding and archery. They are powerful and rich. power.

Although like most powerful landlords, they are politically lame, but because Mi's financial and military strength are very strong, they can make up for their political shortcomings to a certain extent.

Tao Qian is from Danyang, Yangzhou, not from Xuzhou, and of course he cannot be from Xuzhou.

Because he is not a local, he must bring his own base to take office in Xuzhou, so as to maintain his power.

Tao Qian's basic base is the Danyang army headed by Cao Bao. This powerful Danyang army is Tao Qian's biggest reliance, followed by the army of Zang Ba from Taishan County, Yanzhou.

When Tao Qian first came to Xuzhou, his foundation was unstable, and it was a headache to deal with the Xuzhou Yellow Turban Army. At that time, someone recommended Zang Ba, a Yanzhou native who was in exile in Xuzhou, to him, saying that Zang Ba had some skills.

So Tao Qian appointed Zang Ba to recruit soldiers and horses, and together with Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers, attacked the Yellow Turban Army and drove the Yellow Turban Army to Qingzhou.

After that, Tao Qian ordered Zang Ba to station troops in Kaiyang, deter the Yellow Turban Army in the north of Xuzhou, and protect his victory, so that he could govern Xuzhou with peace of mind.

The result is good, Zang Ba is very capable, guarding the northern part of Xuzhou so that the Yellow Turban Army dare not look south.

Although fundamentally speaking, Zang Ba is a semi-independent force, he selectively accepts Tao Qian's orders and has his own ideas, which is still different from the Danyang soldiers under the command of Cao Bao.

But no matter what, Zang Ba was still attached to Tao Qian, and he was regarded as Tao Qian's power, so relying on the two soldiers of Danyang soldiers and Taishan soldiers, Tao Qian's wrist became hardened.

In addition to these two troops, there must also be some political influence. Of course, the cronies brought by him can be used, but without the buffer of the locals, Tao Qian obviously cannot govern smoothly in Xuzhou.

Tao Qian is very clear about the need for the input of local people.

Especially the kind of locals who have no political power in the local area and need to be their own umbrella are the best.

Tao Qian took a fancy to Mi Shi, the richest man in Xuzhou, at a glance, and offered an olive branch to Mi Shi, but the result was embarrassing.

Mi Zhu, the owner of the Mi family, has accepted the call of Guo Peng, who was the prefect of Shanggu at that time, to serve as an official in Shanggu County.

Chapter 355 Guo Zifeng's money bag

According to the rules of the Eastern Han Dynasty, inland counties need to use people from the county as subordinate officials, but border counties are different from Sanfu, and outsiders can be used as officials.

Guo Peng took advantage of the convenience that Shanggu County belonged to Bian County, and accepted Mi Zhu as his subordinate official.

This made Tao Qian feel very embarrassed, but he still didn't give up.

He wrote to Mi Zhu to win over him with the position of Xuzhou Biejia, but Mi Zhu declined, saying that he had followed Guo Peng and could not turn his back on him, and thanked Tao Shijun for his kindness.

Tao Qian was very angry at the time, thinking that Mi Zhu had blind eyes and shallow eyelids. Couldn't he tell which one was more powerful and could protect his family, a prefect of a border county or a governor of a state?

Mi Zhu could see it.

So in a few years, Guo Peng became the governor of Qingzhou, and Mi Zhu followed him to Qingzhou to be an official. It was just north of Xuzhou, and the two prefectures were adjacent to each other. Tao Qian was even more embarrassed.

Unable to win over the Mi family, he could only make a second choice and choose other families.

For example, Zhao Yu from Langya was appointed to be the leader, Wang Lang from Donghai was appointed to be in charge of governance, and Chen Deng from Xiapi was appointed as the lieutenant of Diannong to plant grain for Xuzhou and solve the hunger. people are officials.

In these years, Tao Qian has indeed lived a good life, and his small life is not bad.

To the south is Yuan Shu, beating Jiangdong wildly.

To the north is Guo Peng, who is hard on Yuan Shao.

To the east is the sea.

To the west is the junction of the Guo and Yuan families.