At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

It wasn’t until Guo’s family moved to Qingzhou that Guo Dan gradually lost his job, so he had time to restrain Guo Yang. Guo Yang was restricted in his actions and forced to study and practice calligraphy. However, because of Yang’s lack of cooperation, Guo Yang’s studies were delayed .

Guo Dan was so annoyed that he even put Yang under house arrest. He himself watched Guo Yang study, and beat him with bamboo sticks if he didn't work hard.

After working hard for more than a year, I finally learned a little bit of appearance, and it is not shameful to come to the door to propose a marriage.

But Guo Dan also really found out that Guo Peng's intelligence had been divided by Guo Peng, and Guo Yang was really rotten, so he gave up.

As long as Guo Yang doesn't break the law, he won't control him anymore. Anyway, it is really enough for him to have an excellent son like Guo Peng.

Whether Guo Yang is in Qingzhou or Yanzhou, he is not a good bird, Guo Dan is disheartened, Guo Peng has no feelings for him, and has never restrained him.

As a result, one time when Guo Peng went out to inspect, Guo Yang took advantage of Guo Dan’s illness and no one cared about him, so he sneaked out of the house to hang out with his friends, ate on the street without paying, and smashed other people’s shops, injuring others. .

Guo Peng happened to be back from inspection, and when he learned of this, he was arrested and beaten to death.

If it wasn't for Yang's crying and begging for mercy, Guo Peng really planned to break one of his legs or one of his hands to make him remember.

From then on, as long as Guo Peng was around, he would be intimidated by Guo Peng's prestige and ferocity, and he would keep himself safe and dare not move. When Guo Peng left, he would sneak out to play. He was caught and beaten by Guo Peng.

After being idle until he was in his 20s, Guo Peng made more and more contributions, which benefited his family. Guo Yang was also granted the position of riding captain by the way.

Having said that, Captain Cavalry is the position of leading the cavalry in the imperial guards of the capital. Guo Yang doesn't know how to ride a horse at all. This position is just for fun, no one takes it seriously.

But Guo Yang suddenly felt that he couldn't let his son continue to idle around, otherwise even his wife would look down on him, but Guo Yang was really afraid of Guo Peng, so he had to find Yang.

Yang was even more afraid of Guo Peng, so she went to Guo Dan.

Guo Dan thought about it, and felt that it was rare for Guo Yang to want to make progress, which might be a good thing instead.

Guo Peng promoted many children of the Guo family in Yingchuan, promoted them to be filial and talented, and entered the general's mansion and the state pastoral mansion as officials, and then they were released one after another. The Yingchuan Guo family gradually showed signs of prosperity.

It also feels good to promote Guo Yang by the way.

So there is the current thing.

Guo Peng found it interesting.

He had the same indifference to Guo Yang as his younger brother than he did to Yang's stepmother. Guo Peng didn't care about Yang's embarrassment to Guo Peng.

For Guo Yang, the "stupid younger brother", he basically ignored him. As long as there were no troubles, he would live in peace. When troubles did arise, Guo Peng would never show mercy, and he still had a reputation for being fair and strict.

To be honest, he also took it as a joke for the low IQ of the mother and child.

At the beginning, Guo Yang was idle, Guo Peng once thought that this was the strategy Yang taught him to hide his strength and bide his time, and told him not to show his sharpness so as not to arouse his own bad feelings. He also sent spies from the Linzi camp to monitor the mother and son to prevent them from doing anything. Things sabotage your overall plan.

Later, he found out that he was also a fool. Using the precious and scarce surveillance resources of the Linzi camp to monitor a pair of real idiots was really...

I was almost pulled by them to bring my IQ to the same level, and then defeated by them with rich experience.

I was idle until I was 24 years old, but because my wife Li said "Are you and your elder brother really brothers", it means that my self-esteem has been hurt, so I have to work hard and let my wife see what kind of talent I am.

He said that he wanted to be the second Zhu Maichen, and when he became famous, he wanted his wife to realize her mistakes deeply.

Yes, I also know that there is such a person as Zhu Maichen.

But comparing Zhu Maichen with himself, wouldn't he feel heartache?

Guo Peng wanted to laugh immediately.

"Father, is this really what Ah Yang himself meant?"

"That's natural. I'm completely disappointed in Yang'er as a father, but it's rare that he wants to make progress on his own. Zifeng, if you have any vacant positions here, let Yang'er let him experience it?"

Guo Dan is still a father after all, and he doesn't want to watch his son idle around and wait to die.

The mood is understandable.

But Guo Peng was a little embarrassed.

Guo Yang can't do a high-status position, because this is a management position and a command position, which requires rich experience and strong ability, Guo Yang has a fart.

He can't do even lowly positions. The lowly positions on Guo Peng's side, such as village head and township head, are the people-friendly officials who have the most direct contact with Li Shu. He doesn't want to let Guo Yang out to harm others.

In this way, he unexpectedly discovered that this younger brother did not have any position to be qualified for.

Let's not talk about Yang, his father still has to give face, so what kind of position is better for Guo Yang?

Guo Peng thought about it, but he couldn't think of any good position that could be handed over to Guo Yang, so he finally decided to let Guo Yang do a clerical job by his side, so that he could keep an eye on him, and don't let him go out to harm others. This is enough.

In this way, father's side can get by, and his side won't let Guo Yang go out to harm others and ruin the family's reputation.

Guo Dan didn't have any opinion on this. He knew what Guo Yang's abilities were, and felt that Guo Peng's arrangement was very appropriate, so he went back to talk to Guo Yang about it.

"Your brother has already agreed to arrange for you to go to the government affairs office to help with some things, to be a clerk and to handle the paperwork. You go back and prepare. You will go to your brother tomorrow and ask your brother to arrange it for you."

"Scholar?"

Guo Yang looked a little surprised: "I... I will be a civil servant? Really?"

"What else do you want to do? Do nothing until you are 24 years old. What else do you do besides eating, drinking and having fun? You are told to study hard and you don't study! Now you want to be a high-ranking official? Is it that easy? It's your mother who indulged you to this point Poor! Hmph!"

Guo Dan stared, and Guo Yang shrank his neck in fright, and hurriedly retreated.

Back at his house, Guo Yang entered the room with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

His wife, Mrs. Li, asked Guo Yang what kind of position he got hopefully, but when he found out that Guo Yang had only got a job as a humble official, the boss immediately became dissatisfied.

"You just got a job as a petty official? Your elder brother is a chariot general with power all over the world. Are you a petty official?"

Mrs. Li sighed: "My brother is a heavy-ranked general, but you are a lowly official. Why is there such a big gap between these brothers? Are you really the sons of the same father?"

Distraught by Mrs. Li's words, Guo Yang roared angrily: "Enough! My brother is stronger than me! He is more capable than me! You want a powerful man so much, why do you marry me? Don't marry me Brother? Not to marry another general?"

"I want to have that door..."

Mrs. Li was silent for a while, as if she had been caught in something, and said something lightly, without changing her face or heartbeat, as if she was stating the facts.

It was a good move, and Guo Yang's face turned red immediately.

"You... you... hum!"

Guo Yang really had nothing to do with this fierce wife, so he had no choice but to walk away and go to sleep with his new concubine in the mansion.

Chapter 471

Li Shi and Guo Yang have been married for almost five years and have not had a son. Guo Yang relied on his status as a riding captain to accept a room of concubines, and realized the dignity of a man that Li Shi could not experience.

Seeing Guo Yang leave, Li Shi was also annoyed.

At the beginning, Guo Yang had a bad reputation outside, because he had an elder brother who was a warlord who was a general and shepherd in Qingzhou, so Li's father was greedy for Guo's power and prestige, so he married Li to Guo Yang.

The Li family is a run-down scholar family worse than the Guo family, just like Zheng Xuan's family in the early years. Although it is a noble family, but the family is in decline, the family is poor, and has no ambitions, so they only want to cling to the powerful.

Under the influence of his ears and eyes, Li Shi naturally yearned for power just like his father, and yearned for the strong, who could improve the status of the family and become a noble lady.

Therefore, thinking that Guo Yang's elder brother is such a powerful warlord and celebrity, he can experience the feeling of a noble lady even after marrying him, so he didn't cry, make trouble, and hang himself.

At first, the two couples got along fairly harmoniously.

But soon Li discovered that Guo Yang was an ignorant Gaoliang boy with a very strong elder brother, but he himself had no skills at all.

Guo Yang's whole mental state is very strange, he is not like a normal gentry boy at all, he likes to eat, drink and have fun, fights cockfights, but he doesn't like to study, he doesn't like to study, and his academic level can't even match that of a woman like himself.

Then one day, Mrs. Li inadvertently listened to the servants in the mansion discussing the relationship between Guo Peng and Guo Yang's mother and son in private in the early years, as well as some rumors that the family was at odds. Feeling cheated.

She felt cheated.

After a long time, Guo Peng's stepmother Yang and Yang's biological son Guo Yang were not treated by Guo Peng at all.

In the early years, the Yang family treated Guo Peng badly. After Guo Peng made his fortune, he treated the mother and son as plainly as water. He was polite on the surface, but indifferent in reality. He didn't take them seriously at all.

As it is now, it is still for Guo Dan's face.

Because of the need to give Guo Dan face, this family has maintained superficial harmony. If Guo Dan is gone, Guo Peng, who has a strong personality, will definitely not make false claims with their mother and son.

However, Yang's face is stern and soft-hearted, and he dare not give a fart to the powerful Guo Peng, let alone ask him anything.

Guo Yang is also a silver-like wax gun head who is strong on the outside and capable on the outside. In the early years, he sounded like a powerful bully who did all kinds of evil, and he still had a bit of courage, but he turned out to be a quail in front of Guo Peng.

It feels like all the strong talent and arrogance of the entire Guo family are owned by Guo Peng alone.

No, this won't work.

For Guo Dan's sake, Guo Peng is willing to reluctantly get along with them. If Guo Dan goes, how will Guo Peng treat the mother and son, and himself?

I'm afraid that if she is raised in captivity from now on, it won't be much easier if she is not allowed to starve to death, just like the emperor's woman who was thrown into the cold palace.

It is necessary to ask Guo Yang to find an errand now, so that he can do things well, lest he can only eat and wait to die in the future, and he will become a white-haired old woman amidst grief, and end his life.

This restless woman thought for a while and felt that she couldn't be content with the status quo, so she began to persuade Guo Yang, who wanted to spend her whole life just to eat and die, to become an official, looking for a position to do business, to be a high-ranking official, so that she could also enjoy the respect. Rong.

"It's not like you don't know who my elder brother is. Go to him and let me become an official? I'm afraid I will be beaten to death by him!"

Guo Yang, who was almost beaten to death by Guo Peng for doing bad things, had a strong fear of Guo Peng.

He was afraid when he heard Guo Peng's name, and learned from Yang Shi that Yang Shi treated Guo Peng indifferently in the early years. Knowing that Guo Peng could not like him, he simply tried not to contact Guo Peng.

It's good to eat and wait to die, isn't it?

As a result, Mrs. Li was unwilling, unwilling to spend her life with a rotten person waiting to die, so she tried her best to persuade Guo Yang to become an official.

Guo Yang was not happy, and Li's good words were useless, so he began to stimulate Guo Yang with sarcasm.

All kinds of comparisons, all kinds of looking down on Guo Yang, all kinds of elevating Guo Peng and belittling Guo Yang, finally made Guo Yang unbearable.

No man can withstand the contempt and ridicule of his wife.

The man's self-esteem forced Guo Yang to bite the bullet and find Guo Dan, and asked Guo Dan to mediate from it. Guo Dan felt that Guo Yang rarely wanted to make progress, so he wanted to help, so Guo Peng gave Guo Dan face and agreed to arrange Guo Yang works.

Guo Yang himself knew how capable he was, and he didn't dare to do those big things at all, but he was worried that his wife would continue to sneer at him. Sure enough, as soon as he returned home, his wife taunted him, saying that being a civil servant would be better than eating and drinking at home Good fun.

Guo Yang was angry and didn't want to argue with his wife, so he went to find a concubine to relax.

On the concubine's side, Guo Yang doesn't need to hear sarcastic remarks and ridicule, only warm and fragrant soft jade.

After an extremely unpleasant night, the next morning, Guo Yang straightened his clothes under the service of his concubine, and then went to Guo Peng's General's Mansion with a nervous heart to meet Guo Peng and prepare to go to work.

Guo Peng was busy with government affairs. He got up at the beginning of the morning and started to work. One by one, he stayed in the government affairs office of the general's mansion, discussing matters with the officials of the government affairs office.

Big and small matters, decisions related to the overall situation, Guo Peng encounters them every day.

From major military and state affairs to some difficult matters that were handed over from the countryside all the way to the local government, Guo Peng had to handle them together with Cheng Yu, Xunyu and others in the government affairs office.

When he was away, Cheng Yu presided over the work. When he was there, he presided over the work. He worked non-stop from morning to night, and took an hour or so to inspect the troops in the barracks, urging them to train and not allowing them to relax.

There are indeed many things to do, Guo Peng dare not relax, dare not waste a single minute, for fear of missing something.

Here I was discussing with Xun Yu about the seal on Mi Zhu, about the quantity and cost of shipbuilding, when someone suddenly came to report that Guo Jia Erlang had come.

The officials in the government affairs office looked at Guo Peng one after another. Seeing that Guo Peng nodded as usual to let Guo Yang in, they lowered their heads again and said nothing.

In the eyes of everyone, Guo Yang, the Erlang of the Guo family, is a full-fledged son of Gaoliang. His elder brother is so capable and capable, but he is like a gangster who eats, drinks and has fun.

Once he was beaten up by Guo Peng for committing a crime, and then he restrained himself a little and dared not commit crimes, but as long as Guo Peng was not by his side, he would be more indulgent.

I don't know what happened to Guo Peng this time, but he asked Guo Yang to come here to find him.

After a while, Guo Yang came in. He was wearing a scholar's uniform, and he looked like a dog. He was somewhat similar to Guo Peng in appearance, but overall, it was very different.

Two brothers from one family may not necessarily be the same.

Everyone kept silent, Xun Yu also took back the watch and stamp, and gave his own instructions to reply.

"Brother."

Seeing many people coming and going with a busy look, Guo Yang was a little apprehensive. Looking at Guo Peng who was sitting at the top, he bowed cautiously.

"Ah."

Guo Peng replied faintly, stood up, let everyone continue to work, and led Guo Yang to the outside by himself.

"You told your father that you want to become an official. Is it true? From your heart?"

Guo Peng glanced at Guo Yang.

Guo Yang looked at Guo Peng cautiously, and said, "Yes, I, I want to do something too."

"Ordinary scholars will start their official career around the age of 20. Why did you not want to become an official until the age of 24?"

Guo Peng continued to walk ahead without stopping.

"I think men should do something, and shouldn't stay at home all day and not do business. In that case, they are ashamed to be men."