At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

If you don't read books and don't read history, it's hard to achieve great things.

The Liangzhou Group lost in the fact that the average education level was too low, but they didn't understand this until they were completely destroyed, and tried to make improvements.

Compared with the leaders of this generation, Dong Zhuo's academic qualifications are actually higher.

Facing Guo Peng, who has top-level education and top-level mobility, Dong Zhuo is no match, let alone Duan Yan and Zhang Ji.

Being calculated to death, so far I still don't know what kind of end I will face. These two people are really funny.

Compared with them, the real elite scholars under Guo Peng's command who read history and understand the ancient and modern world are completely different.

They have a high level of education, have received elite education from their families, and have also traveled abroad to study and see the world to open their eyes. Many of them have served as officials in the imperial court and understand political rules.

So when the news that the imperial court planned to grant Guo Peng the title of Duke and allow him to establish a state and a state reached the current political center of Yecheng, there was an upsurge of discussion immediately.

Chapter 461. 460-Is the court going to go back now?

Where is Guo Peng's General's Mansion, where is the political center and cultural center, and today's Yecheng is this center.

When the news arrived, it was really surprising enough.

Of course, this upsurge of discussion was mainly caused by the gentry group.

Because only they know what it means to be a duke and to build a country, and only they know what the system of enfeoffment and the system of prefectures and counties mean.

The rest of the soldiers, the children of poor families, and Li Shu simply had no channels or opportunities to know what kind of rules prevailed in the land of China 400 years ago.

Therefore, the scale of the upsurge of discussion in this era is quite low. Compared with the hundreds of millions of attention in modern times, the so-called upsurge in that era may only be limited to the number of hundreds or thousands of people.

Thousands are considered big events.

There are not so many people who can receive such a good history education. Without education, they will naturally not know history.

So when Guo Peng wants to control the high ground of public opinion and control the propaganda offensive, it is not difficult at all, because the target is only the children of the gentry, not the literate people.

To put it bluntly, the population of Chinese who can read and write cannot be said to be too small. Those who know a few characters can still make up more than a million, but if they really have the ability to read and write, it will be greatly discounted.

There are fewer scholars, and even fewer children of the gentry.

The so-called frenzy of public opinion is by no means a nationwide frenzy of public opinion in the modern sense.

I don't even know the words, I don't know the history, how can I understand this kind of event?

Most people live their own lives as usual, farming, eating, sleeping, having children, and being Guo Peng's tools. While being squeezed, they enjoy the happiness of being squeezed but living in peace.

Very few people have the leisure to discuss such matters.

The reason why these people look scary is because the families behind them have mastered the population, mastered the means of production, and indirectly possessed power. The power of hundreds of families gathered together is very scary.

But Guo Peng will only have more population and means of production than them.

The population of Qingyan and Yanzhou is almost completely controlled by Guo Peng, and more than half of the population of Jizhou is controlled by Guo Peng. Youzhou is the state with the weakest control by Guo Peng. On the contrary, Bingzhou has become the most powerful state in Guo Peng's hands because of the large number of refugees from Montenegro. The third strongest state is even stronger than Jizhou.

Yuzhou was also in ruins due to excessive destruction. There were not a lot of villages rebuilt on the ruins and the population was re-controlled. After it was established and resumed production, the number was also considerable.

Runan County, Jiujiang County and Lujiang County are all the same.

Power comes from the lower class, not the upper class. Guo Peng understands that, so he tries his best to follow the route of the lower class, fundamentally control more population, and have stronger productivity and war mobilization power. This is his confidence.

So now, unlike a few years ago, Guo Peng didn't have so many people, and he didn't have so much confidence, and he attached great importance to public opinion.

Now, some public opinion can no longer have the slightest influence on him.

Because those guys no longer have the power based on people.

Because too many wars and deliberate actions have been wiped out, they can't pose a threat at all. Since they don't have so many people, the threat level will naturally drop significantly.

In the past, it was still a public opinion offensive, and Guo Peng needed to rely on Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan and others to take advantage of the situation to resist.

It's different now, it's just a group of wild talkers, and their own imperial literati are their sworn enemies, enough to compete with them.

Guo Peng assured people to go back to spread the news, and then ordered the propaganda department to cooperate closely with the Linzi camp, ready to take action at any time, and degrade the deliberately rhythmic wild talkers.

In Guo Peng's eyes, the wild mouth cannons are no longer in Guo Peng's eyes, because he is strong enough. In his eyes, it is the scholars absorbed by his ruling group.

He has absolute control over the grassroots Li Shu elites, and he also has control over the poor and powerful who have taken refuge in him. Only the thoughts of those scholars with high backgrounds and real talents need to be understood the most. of.

Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Chen Gong, Xun Yu, Chen Ji, Cui Yan and others, the opinions of elite talents who constitute his important auxiliary organization are the most threatening to him.

His threat is not in the public opinion of those scholars outside, but in the hearts of the people inside.

He wants to establish the Wei State, become the king, and rehearse what will happen after becoming the emperor. The poor family and Li Shu don't know what it means, but these elites must know.

Of course, the only advantage is that the emperor is not in his hands. No one would think that Guo Peng planned it on his own initiative.

But Guo Peng will accept it and establish the Duke of Wei. He will eventually reach that point. He cannot lack the support of outstanding gentry children, and he needs the support of these gentry children.

There are too few talents like Cheng Yu who are born in a poor family and have the ability to govern the country and use soldiers. This type of talent concentrated in the noble families.

Therefore, what Guo Peng wanted Linziying to pay close attention to was the views of the gentry officials in the general's mansion.

Guo Peng was in Shouchun and rejected the first conferment from the Hongnong court. The news was sent to Yecheng.

Cheng Yu knew it first, and then announced it. Cheng Yu didn't care about the reaction from the outside world, Cheng Yu cared about these people around him.

In this small office, the essence of Guo Peng's gentry is concentrated, the Xun family of Yingchuan, the Chen family of Yingchuan, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Julutian family, etc. Their opinions are very important.

"Since the founding of this dynasty, except for Wang Mang, no one has been a duke, and no real vassal state has appeared except during the time of Gaozu. What is the intention of the court to do this now?"

Xun Yu expressed obvious dissatisfaction with this matter: "In the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, enfeoffment was abolished, and prefectures and counties were established, but now the court is going to go back?"

Xun Yu pointedly pointed out that what the court did was turning back the wheel of history.

Tian Feng frowned, thought about it carefully, and contacted Guo Peng's order to relocate the General's Mansion to Yecheng before. He felt that he seemed to have thought of something.

Then he looked at Cheng Yu, who was sitting at the top, and seeing the presence of the old god Cheng Yu, Tian Feng hesitated for a while, and then spoke.

"Having said that, the general wiped out Yuan's puppet Chen for the Han Dynasty, captured and beheaded Yuan Shu, and deterred the disobedient people in the world. With the current status of the general, if he does not reward him in this way, he will How to reward it?"

Xun Yu looked at Tian Feng in surprise, and other officials with different backgrounds looked at Tian Feng with various eyes.

The incident happened so suddenly, everyone didn't think so deeply at first, they were just surprised, and Xun Yu just thought it was inappropriate and problematic, but they didn't expect Tian Feng to mention this aspect.

Cheng Yu looked at Tian Feng all of a sudden, then withdrew his eyes, and continued to look like the old god was there.

Chapter 462 Ertian Feng is a promising person

To be honest, Xun Yu was surprised.

Tian Rou, a woman from the Tian Feng family, was brought into the mansion by Guo Peng as a sign that Guo Peng accepted Jizhou people and welcomed Jizhou people into the ruling group.

As a result, Tian Feng became the leader of officials from Jizhou under Guo Peng's command, and because of this, he has an in-law relationship with Guo Peng, and his status is different from before.

But at this moment, Tian Feng actually said such a thing, Xun Yu felt that he did not expect it.

"Yuan Hao, this is enfeoffment, and enfeoffment was abolished 400 years ago. Since the Qin Dynasty, counties have been governed by the state. Enfeoffment is outdated. It is very inappropriate for the court to do this. I think there is something wrong with it. , do we want to support the imperial court to divide the fiefs again?"

Xun Yu took a deep breath: "The world is in turmoil. If we continue to distribute the feudal titles, there may be unexpected disasters. Can't Yuan Hao see it?"

Tian Feng's face was calm.

"Wen Ruo, I understand what you think, but even in this dynasty, military merit is the highest. Military merit is the foundation and foundation of rewards. Only military merit can be conferred. The general joined the army at the age of 19, and fought for 11 years. There are countless rebellions, and they made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, and they were granted the title of county marquis.

Now, Yuan's puppet Chen has usurped the establishment hastily, and the world is shocked, but no one dares to attack Yuan Shu. Only the generals stand up to maintain the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. How should it be bestowed? "

Tian Feng kicked the ball to Xun Yu, which stumped Xun Yu.

What Tian Feng said is not unreasonable, such a great meritorious service is still military merit, if it cannot be rewarded generously, what will the imperial court have?

But Guo Peng is already the highest rank among the twentieth ranks, and there will be no more titles.

This is very terrible for a hero.

But right now, the Han Dynasty has no choice but to reward Guo Peng's life. Otherwise, if someone proclaims himself emperor in the future, who will destroy him?Who will maintain the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty?

Nobody does that anymore.

So Guo Peng must reward.

At this critical moment, it seems that it is not difficult to understand the question of taking out the fifth-class title system of Gonghou Bozi and male from the garbage dump of history.

The twentieth-level title system has come to an end, there is no way out, but Guo Peng can't be killed, so what should we do?

You can only choose the Duke.

Looking at it this way, it seems that there is some truth.

So Tian Feng's words made many people secretly agree.

But what Xun Yu saw was something else.

"This is a precedent. If a precedent is set, similar situations can follow in the future. You will seal the country, and I will seal the country. If things go on like this, will Han still be Han? There are many feudal states, princes vying for hegemony, and troubled times Out of control, is this the situation Yuan Hao wants to see?"

Xun Yu's words were so eloquent that many people secretly agreed.

Tian Feng still shook his head.

"There is a problem in the world, is it because of the enfeoffment? Is it because of the enfeoffment that the Yellow Turbans rebelled? Is it because of the enfeoffment that Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun rebelled? Is it because of the enfeoffment that the border barbarians invaded? Is it because of the enfeoffment that the Han Dynasty is today? you are wrong.

The crux of the problem is not whether there is enfeoffment or not, but other things, that the emperor is not clear about right and wrong, that eunuchs are in trouble, that foreign relatives are in power, that corrupt officials are rampant, and that there is a problem with the court itself, not some counties. "

Tian Feng's words made many people nod their heads immediately, showing that they thought what Tian Feng said made sense.

Today, without the system of enfeoffment, the world is still in chaos, and the princes are essentially separatist and domineering, and do not listen to the orders of the central government.

Of course, everyone knows who issued the order from the Central Committee, including Xun Yu, but it's just not convenient to say.

Today, when there is no enfeoffment, the Han Dynasty has come to that point by itself. Is it the fault of the enfeoffment system?

This really cannot be blamed on the enfeoffment system.

Xun Yu's statement is a bit untenable.

But Xun Yu still didn't agree with Tian Feng's opinion.

"Having said that, the division of the world and the separatism of places by ambitious people still have no righteousness. Everyone is a Hanchen. Whoever dares to violate it will be attacked by the world! But once there is a feudal state, who is whose Minister, who is the monarch, can you tell the difference? That day the world will really fall into chaos."

Xun Yu's face was full of sincerity.

Some people who supported Xun Yu also nodded slowly, thinking that what Xun Yu said made sense.

"Wen Ruo, has the whole world attacked Yuan Gonglu's chaos this time?"

Tian Feng was full of regret, and said, "Yuan Gonglu took the initiative to attack Xuzhou and Jiangdong. Did Xuzhou and Jiangdong take the initiative to attack the rebels? Except for the general, who in the world took the initiative to attack Yuan Gonglu? It was the general who worked hard." Protect the Han Dynasty!"

This is really happening, no wash.

The gentry always like to say that the world will fight together, but when something really happens, will the world really fight together?

The last time the "All Under Heaven Strikes Together" was when the feudal lords joined forces to challenge Dong. Everyone saw how many jokes were made, how many scandals the world saw, and how many people were tossed.

Only Guo Peng and Sun Jian fought against the enemy sincerely, but both Guo Peng and Sun Jian were stolen by Yuan Shao.

Guo Peng was more fierce, and he fought back. Sun Jian once fought back, but then died in battle in order to fight back.

A good general who fought for the country just died like that, is that also called "the world strikes together"?

Dong Zhuo is still alive!

Therefore, Xun Yu also fell into silence for a while.

Tian Feng had the upper hand.

Many people think along the line of talent, and think that Tian Feng's statement is fine.

The chaos in the world is not the fault of enfeoffment. Guo Peng's contribution is indeed great, and it is not necessarily impossible to make an exception and award a reward.

Seeing this, Cheng Yu secretly laughed in his heart, then coughed lightly, and spoke.

"This matter is not for us to decide. It is the general who makes the decision, not us. We just need to do what we have in hand. Right now, there are complicated things in Jizhou, and there are still things that we need to do. Many, the general has already rejected the court, let’s wait for the court’s reaction.”

Cheng Yu made a concluding speech, so the discussion was terminated, and everyone went about their own business, without continuing the discussion.

However, the debate about Xun Yu and Tian Feng is far from over.

The content of the dispute between them was brought home by many people to discuss with their family members and friends, and not long after, the content they discussed was placed on the case table in front of Guo Peng.