At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Zifeng, there are no outsiders here, so I just said it."

Cao Hong said angrily: "For many years of fighting, how many times have I taken the lead and fought bloody battles, even if I have no credit, I still have to work hard. What's wrong with taking a few pieces of land? My family has a big business and a lot of money. It's hard for me to see hundreds of people and thousands of people eating, drinking, and waiting for me to pay for it!"

Cao Ren rolled his eyes in anger, and Guo Peng nodded repeatedly.

"anything else?"

"Also, isn't it just Man Chong, my clansman, the doorman, who said he would kill? Does he still have the Cao family in his eyes? Does he still have you, the Great General of Zhendong? Say I want to rebel? Think Is he the one who rebelled? We are a family, we grew up together, how could I rebel?"

"Well, you won't rebel, I'm pretty sure of that."

Guo Peng nodded, stood up holding Cao Hong's letter, and threw the bamboo slip onto Cao Hong's face with a flick of his hand.

"You will not rebel, but what you did is more terrible than rebellion! More shameful!"

Guo Peng suddenly jumped up, pulled out his saber, threw the saber aside, picked up the scabbard, and walked up to the foolish Cao Hong.

"Indulging the doormen to seize the land in the farmland and drive the households in the farmland like slaves to your own family. Are you very courageous? You are very brave!"

Guo Peng stared, and hit Cao Hong with the scabbard in his hand.

Cao Hong screamed after being beaten.

"Did you ignore my orders?!"

"Is there a thousand acres of land that I have given you back and forth? Huh? So many people have made meritorious deeds, and you are not satisfied with the most you can be rewarded with!"

"How much credit have you made? Do you think that no one has done more than you?"

"I make a decree here, and you will fight against me there, right?"

"If you have made great achievements, you will be the only one in heaven and earth, right? If you have made great achievements, you can do whatever you want, right? Do you still have the law of the king in your eyes? Do you still have me?!"

Guo Peng yelled again and again, beat Cao Hong hard with his scabbard, and made Cao Hong curl up on the ground and screamed again and again.

Cao Ren's face turned pale, his body trembled unconsciously, and his thoughts suddenly returned to Qiao County more than ten years ago.

At that time, everyone was still young, and Guo Peng, who was the king of children, beat them up like this.

If you don't study well, practice calligraphy well, or practice martial arts well, you will be beaten, and you will be beaten more by Guo Peng than by the elders in your family.

At that time, Guo Peng practiced martial arts the hardest, so he had the strongest force, the best physical strength, the most ferocious personality, and the highest prestige. He always took the lead in fighting in groups.

Moreover, the elders of Cao's family have repeatedly warned against conflicts with Guo Peng, and they have no elders to help them out when they are beaten, and they have to apologize to Guo Peng.

This group of people can be said to have been beaten since they were young, and they have gradually become accustomed to being beaten, which has cast a psychological shadow.

They were beaten from the front yard to the back yard, from the front door to the back door. Guo Peng chased and beat them, roaring and waving a wooden stick.

I can't forget that feeling to this day.

"Brother, stop hitting! Stop hitting! I was wrong! I was wrong! I was wrong!"

It was probably because Guo Peng beat him up and down and sent him back to Qiao County more than ten years ago. The psychological shadow came back, and Cao Hong was so frightened that he yelled out the words he begged for mercy when he was a child.

"Now I know I was wrong? Where did you go? After winning a few battles, you don't know your name, do you? Isn't it? Isn't it?"

Guo Peng continued to beat Cao Hong violently, causing him to roll on the ground with snot and tears streaming down his face. How could he still have the prestige of General Cao just now?

"I was wrong big brother! I was really wrong! Don't dare next time! Don't dare! Ah Ren, save me! Save me!"

It seems that he was really beaten back to Qiao County more than ten years ago, and he didn't even call Zixiao anymore.

But Cao Ren was too frightened to move, his heart was terrified, his legs were shaking, how dare he stand up to dissuade him?

What you have committed yourself, ask yourself to be blessed!

Cao Ren didn't dare to save him, so Cao Hong could only roll around, crawling and hiding everywhere, and was beaten miserable.

When Guo Peng was tired from beating himself, Cao Hong was already shivering and squatting in the corner of the wall, yelling loudly, "Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare" and so on, Guo Peng stopped.

Throwing away the scabbard, Guo Peng opened the door and called the Tiger Guards to come in. He first took Cao Hong to apply medicine to treat the wound, and then took Cao Hong to the confinement room in his house, locked him up for three days, and then released him again. , Give him a profound lesson that he dare not forget.

Two strong men from the Tiger Guards immediately stepped forward and dragged the shivering Cao Hong out.

Then Guo Peng turned his attention to Cao Ren.

Probably just after the beating, Cao Ren still had a fierce look on his face and was full of evil spirits. Cao Ren was taken aback immediately, thinking that Guo Peng was going to beat him.

"What's wrong? Am I that scary?"

Seeing Cao Ren startled, Guo Peng asked.

"No...no..."

Cao Ren couldn't speak well.

"I have decided to dismiss Zilian. When he comes out of the confinement room, I will ground him and let him reflect on his mistakes! You can take over his position, take over the garrison of Bohai County, and rectify the military affairs of Bohai County."

"As ordered!"

Cao Ren immediately stood up and took orders.

Guo Peng stared at Cao Ren for a long time.

"Am I scary?"

"no!"

"Then why are you shaking?"

"I'm not shaking!"

Seeing Cao Ren's pale face trembling and still trying to deny it, Guo Peng stared at him for a while, then sighed, and patted Cao Ren's shoulder.

"It hurts my heart to hit him! If I didn't care about you, I would just push you out and chop you up, and beat you so hard! You guys, I really... oh..."

After speaking, Guo Peng went out to find water to drink.

After Guo Peng left the room, Cao Ren heaved a sigh of relief and fell to the ground.

Cao Ren clutched his chest, feeling his heart beating faster, remembering the tragic situation of Cao Hong being beaten up just now, and he was very grateful.

There is also a little bit of schadenfreude, and a little touch.

Just like when I was a child.

When I saw other people being beaten, I was very grateful. When I was beaten, Cao Hong and his group also secretly laughed.

But really, this kind of feeling that I didn't make a mistake, but I always feel sorry for Guo Peng, what's going on?

It's all Cao Hong's fault, for acting recklessly, he really thinks of himself as someone!

Cao Ren sighed like this, and then slowly left the general's mansion. After getting ready, he went to Bohai County to take up his post.

Chapter 363 .360 The Second Evolved Guo Peng

After Cao Hong was imprisoned and dismissed, Guo Peng ordered Man Chong to thoroughly investigate how many of the retainers in Cao Hong's house had committed crimes.

If you don't check, you don't know. If you check, you will be shocked. Basically, there are no non-criminals in Cao Hong's house.

Relying on Cao Hong's power, there are five people and six people.

Man Chong arrested them all according to the law, or beheaded, or imprisoned, or dismissed as people to farm.

Guo Peng also asked someone to check the hundreds of singers in Cao Hong's family. Basically, they were all bought by Cao Hong.

But Cao Hong already had six wives and concubines, so Guo Peng ordered all these singers to be expelled from the mansion, restored to their citizenship, and married separately.

But these singers seem not to be happy, saying that they have been sold and their families are poor, and they must continue to be sold back and forth when they return home, and it is difficult to get married.

There are also many singers crying that they have no home anymore, and staying in Cao Hong's mansion is also to have a shelter.

Guo Peng sighed deeply about what happened to them. He asked about their backgrounds and learned that most of them were from good families.

So Guo Peng thought about it and decided to keep them, register their names and places of origin, make a list, and then set up an institution called a nursing home.

He asked these singers to take off their revealing and extravagant costumes, wash off their gorgeous makeup, and put on simple civilian women's costumes, with bare faces, as nurses, mainly responsible for taking care of wounded soldiers.

Wounded soldiers were injured and sent to nursing homes after being treated by military doctors. Some wounded soldiers suffered from hand and foot injuries, and life was inconvenient, so these nurses were responsible for taking care of them until they recovered and were discharged from the hospital.

When there are no wounded soldiers, they do some needlework, mend clothes, weave military uniforms and so on.

Guo Peng called for military doctors and some medical soldiers, and ordered them to teach these women some medical knowledge, so as to provide them with a place to live and live, and pay monthly money.

Guo Peng allowed them to support themselves, and they could survive without relying on laughing and dancing.

Guo Peng's momentary act of softening his heart gave these women a way to survive. In the following years, when such women were found during the march, they were collected into nursing homes for protection, and many problems were solved. .

As for the matter of dealing with Cao Hong, it has attracted a lot of attention within Guo Peng's sphere of influence.

It was the first time that Guo Peng punished the generals of his relatives. In order to support Man Chong who presided over the case, he even married a legitimate daughter of the Guo clan to Man Chong as his wife, making it clear that he wanted to support Man Chong.

However, Man Chong's vigorous punishment of Cao Hong shocked the hearts of all civil and military officials in Puyang County, and Man Chong's reputation was established.

Every household is warning the children of the family members not to break the law, and if they are caught by the Manfu Lord, they will not end well.

As a result, many people praised Guo Peng for his clear distinction between public and private, for supporting Guo Peng's policies, and not daring to overstep.

There are also some people who are skeptical about this, and feel worried whether Guo Peng is going to attack the hero now.

Especially a group of generals and ministers.

In order to dispel undue doubts and have an impact on his future career, Guo Peng decided to use the moral magic weapon again to seize the moral high ground.

He wrote an article to tell the people under his command that he finished this set of punches.

This is written by Guo Peng himself, and briefly describes the reasons and goals of the handling of Cao Hong's case.

Of course, these are not the most important, the most important is the last paragraph.

"I try to seek the heart of ancient benevolent people, or the difference between the two, why?"Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself. If you live in a high temple, you will worry about your people;It must be said to worry about the world's worries first, and to be happy after the world's joys, hey!Micro man, who I go? 』

This can be regarded as crisis public relations in a certain sense, but because of the extremely high political pursuit and moral content of this passage, it has become the most important part of the whole thing, the finishing touch.

Instantly sublimated the matter itself, covering up Guo Peng's purpose.

Guo Peng is telling everyone that he dealt with Cao Hong not for any power or evil purpose, but for the moral pursuit in his heart.

Guo is envious of the bearing and pursuit of ancient sages.

The world is still in war, and there are not many ambitious people. Everyone wants to be a general, and every family wants to become a king. In such a world, there will only be endless wars. Can he enjoy himself with peace of mind?

Is now really the time to indulge yourself and have fun?

I'm afraid it's far from it.

Is this the end of his desire to help the Han Dynasty?

No, never.

When the people in the world are not worried, someone Guo will be worried. When the people in the world are happy, someone Guo will be happy. This is the pursuit of ancient sages, and it is also the pursuit of someone Guo.

Therefore, he will never allow things to happen before the world is happy.

So Cao Hong was caught as a model.

Once this article was published, it immediately caused an uproar among the scholars, which had a greater impact than Cao Hong's crime.

Among them, three sentences are the most shocking.

First, don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself.

Second, if you live in a high temple, you will worry about your people; if you live far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about your ruler.

Third, worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later.

What a noble life pursuit and ideal...

You won't be happy because you get any rewards, and you won't feel sad because you lose something outside your body.

When the people in the world are not worried, you should worry about the people in the world first, and only after the people in the world are happy, you can feel happy for the people in the world.

Isn't this the highest ideal pursued by ancient sages?

Guo Peng asked everyone at the end-who can walk on the same path as me?

As a result, a large number of people who wanted to follow the same path as Guo Peng emerged immediately.

Man Chong watched it, tears filled his eyes, and felt that he had someone to trust his talents and ideals to.

Cao Cao looked at it and sighed again and again, feeling that Guo Peng's ideological consciousness was much higher than his own.