At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"More than two months."

"Is it safe on the road?"

"I ask Duke Wei to wipe out the rebellion, and have a safe journey."

Guo Peng asked a question, and Xun You answered a question, concise and to the point, without any extra nonsense.

interesting.

Guo Peng nodded.

"It's a coincidence that you came here. Gufang just became Wei Gong, and you came here. The Xun family is quite far-sighted."

What Guo Peng said was ironic, but Xun You didn't take it seriously.

"In troubled times, in order to protect ourselves, we must have foresight. This is human nature."

A fluttering sentence dispelled the tense atmosphere.

Guo Peng couldn't help admiring, this Xun You could speak.

"You're right, Gu also thinks so. It's a chaotic time, the world is in turmoil, and how can people and families without foresight survive? The Xun family is worthy of the Xun family, smart and far-sighted, but it doesn't seem to be the case. All the sons of the Xun family are like this, Gongda, are you right?"

Guo Peng stood beside Xun You, squinting at Xun You.

Xun You remained expressionless.

"There are no two identical people. Everyone has their own ideas. The Xun family is like this, and so are the people in the world."

"Is Gongda right or wrong in thinking that Duke Wei is the only one?"

Guo Peng no longer circles around with Xun You, but goes straight to the core.

"You think Duke Wei deserves his title, so there's no need to say anything."

"really?"

"really."

Guo Peng was silent for a while without speaking, and the atmosphere in the staff office suddenly became very tense.

No one dared to speak, the calm was unnatural and uncomfortable.

But it is so peaceful.

Guo Jia, Xi Zhong, Chen Gong, and other officials looked at Guo Peng and Xun You.

Will Guo Peng accept the Xun family again?

Or do you say no?

Everything is only in Guo Peng's one thought, and in one thought, the future fate of the Xun family will be decided.

Xun You's face remained unchanged, his eyes were calm.

It's just that I don't know if the hands hidden in the wide sleeves have been clenched tightly.

Guo Peng smiled slightly.

"The Southern Xiongnu lived in Bingzhou for a long time, nibbling away at my land, taking advantage of the chaos in our Central Plains, going south to invade and captive my people. I hate them deeply. Therefore, I plan to send troops to the north to attack the Southern Xiongnu. What can Gongda teach me?"

As soon as the voice fell, the tense atmosphere disappeared instantly.

Xun's future is preserved.

Xun You closed and opened his eyes, quickly adjusted his emotions, bowed to Guo Peng, looked at Guo Peng's military map, and then began a detailed analysis.

The situation of the two sides, the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, and the determination of the two sides to fight each other.

The advantages and disadvantages of Guo Peng, the advantages and disadvantages of the Southern Huns.

In the end, it was concluded that the Southern Huns must fall, and Guo Peng must win.

Half an hour later, Xun You was worshiped by Guo Peng as a staff member of the Wei State Staff Office, and he followed Guo Peng to participate in military affairs and participated in handling military and state affairs.

Xun You was accepted by the state of Wei.

What satisfied Guo Peng was that Xun You never mentioned Xun Yu from the beginning to the end.

Guo Peng was very happy about this, and he also admired Xun You's intelligence in front of Cheng Yu.

"Compared to Wen Ruo, Gongda is much smarter."

Guo Peng said with a smile: "If Wen Ruo had Gongda's cleverness, it wouldn't be like this."

"My lord, do you think Xun Gongda can use it?"

Cheng Yu poured a drink for Guo Peng, and offered it to Guo Peng with both hands.

Guo Peng took it, took a sip of the sweet drink, and nodded.

"Xun Gongda can use it. Xun Gongda knows more than Xun Wenruo. He knows what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do. Xun Gongda also knows what I want and what I don't want. He will not do anything redundant. things."

Guo Peng put down his drink cup and said slowly: "Xun Gongda is good at military affairs, which is naturally good for me. It can be seen that he is very down-to-earth and not exaggerated, I think he can be used."

"The Xun family..."

"Let's put it aside, keep the status quo."

Seeing what Guo Peng said, Cheng Yu didn't object, but asked, "Is Xun Wenruo leaving it like this?"

Chapter 485 Enfeoffment of five and eight countries

"Let it go."

After hearing Cheng Yu's question, Guo Peng's expression turned cold.

"If Xun Wen has talent, there are great talents. Of course, the more great talents, the better. However, it will not be impossible without him. If Xun Wen is not as important as others think, I will use it if I want to use it, and I will not use it if I don't want to. It is for the benefit , they will not be reluctant to part with Xun Wenruo."

"Then my lord, do you think that all these high-ranking gentry families can use it?"

"Use, why not? If I don't use them, who else can I use?"

Guo Peng shook his head: "However, like Xun Wenruo, they are not as important as they imagined. If they can't recognize this, I will help them realize it. Zhong De, you are still responsible for staying behind in this operation. I will let Yuan Hao As your deputy, you have to keep an eye on the direction of Hongnong, and if there is a problem in the direction of Hongnong, if I am outside, you must notify me in time."

"understood."

Cheng Yu nodded decisively.

The problems on my own side are almost sorted out, and the next step is the problem of Hongnong.

Zhang Ji, Duan Yan, these two idiots who can't recognize their own strength and the trend of the times, how will they act?

Guo Peng was looking forward to it.

At the end of August, the news of Guo Peng's succession to the Duke of Wei and the establishment of the Duke of Wei was sent back to Hongnong. When Duan Yan and Zhang Ji learned about this, they almost jumped up for joy.

They immediately found Jia Xu and had a meeting.

"Guo Zifeng has already ascended the throne. He is already the Duke of Wei and established the Wei State. Now, we have nothing to worry about. Even if there is a problem, it is Guo Zifeng's problem and has nothing to do with us. What do you say What about Wenhe?"

Duan Yan lost his usual calmness and looked at Jia Xu very eagerly.

Zhang Ji also looked at Jia Xu very eagerly.

Jia Xu looked at the two of them silently.

"The two generals have really decided?"

"Nonsense! How long have you been talking?"

Zhang Ji waved his hand impatiently: "Guo Zifeng has already made No.1, we will be the second and third person, Wen He, don't you want to do it?"

"Xu doesn't have that qualification."

Jia Xu shook her head silently: "Have the two generals decided on their respective titles?"

"That's natural."

Zhang Ji nodded proudly.

After previous discussions, Zhang Ji and Duan Yan determined the titles they wanted.

The two knew that the place they were staying in was dilapidated. For the sake of harmony, the two made a symbolic meeting with Chang'an as the boundary.

The west of Chang'an belonged to Zhang Ji, and the east belonged to Duan Yan. Zhang Ji asked for the title "Yong", while Duan Yan took the title of "Yu".

Having said that, both the west of Chang'an and the east of Chang'an are sparsely populated. Liangzhou may be better than Guanzhong. The land west of Chang'an was given the treatment of establishing the Yong Kingdom.

The Sili Xiaowei Department and Liangzhou to the west of Chang'an belonged to Zhang Ji.

Duan Yan had no choice but to take away the territory east of Chang'an and establish Yu State, but the area from Chang'an to Luoyang was really deserted.

So the two are still stationed in Hongnong, Hongnong County is divided into two, with the Hongnong Palace as the boundary, the west belongs to Zhang Ji, and the east belongs to Duan Yan, which means that Zhang Ji occupies an enclave.

There is no way, this is the most populated place, leaving here, there is no place to replenish the army rations.

So after such a division, both of them became famous monarchs. They divided up the territory west of Luoyang and left a Hongnong Palace for the little emperor, even Hongnong City.

Then, based on the "joke" that Jia Xu first proposed, the two thought that instead of being targeted at that time, it would be better to drag everyone into the water together, and let no one say anything.

Jia Xu pretended to stop them, and severely reprimanded the two of them. The two were furious, and reprimanded Jia Xu angrily, forbidding him to speak again.

Afterwards, Duan Yan and Zhang Ji discussed and reached a result.

Give Yizhou Mu Liuzhang the title of king, send him the title "Shu", and allow Yizhou to be a fiefdom, establish the Kingdom of Shu, call himself the King of Shu, and treat him like a prince with a different surname in the early Han Dynasty. Like Guo Peng, he is allowed to set up a hundred Officials and ministers established ancestral temples to worship ancestors.

Give Jingzhou Mu and Zhennan General Liu Biao the title of king, title "Chu", and allow Jingzhou to be the fiefdom, establish the Chu Kingdom, call himself the King of Chu, and receive the same treatment as Guo Peng.

He also granted the nominal Yangzhou Mu and Zhenwu General Liu Yao the title of "Wu".

After the distribution of the three kings of the clan was completed, Zhang Ji and Duan Wei gave Tao Qian of Xuzhou the title of duke and duke Xu in a vicious manner.

It happened that at this time Sun Ce sent someone to pay tribute to the court, asking for a heavy general so that he could rule in Jiangdong.

Both Duan Yan and Zhang Ji had fought against Sun Ce's father, Sun Jian, in Dong Zhuo's army back then. Knowing Sun Jian's bravery, and knowing that Sun Ce had already gained the upper hand in Jiangdong, the two thought of a shit-stirring mentality. Very nasty idea.

Changed the title of Liu Yao's King of Wu to King of Yue, the title to Yue, and the fiefdoms to Yuzhang County and Kuaiji County, and established the Kingdom of Yue.

Then Danyang County and Wu County were given to Sun Ce, and the title of Wu was also given to Sun Ce, and he was named Duke Wu, and the Duke of Wu was established.

Divide Yangzhou in the east of the Yangtze River into two, hand it over to Liu Yao and Sun Ce, and let them fight on their own.

Whether he lives or dies.

As a result, Zhang Ji and Duan Yan were very happy to find that there were suddenly many more countries in the entire Han Empire.

Guo Peng's Wei Dukedom, Tao Qian's Xu Dukedom, Liu Zhang's Shu Kingdom, Liu Biao's Chu Kingdom, Liu Yao's Yue Kingdom, Sun Ce's Wu Dukedom, plus Zhang Ji's Yong Dukedom and Duan Yan's Yu Dukedom.

Eight countries stand side by side.

The world seems to have returned to the early Han Dynasty in an instant, back to the era when the Han Empire established by Liu Bang and the kingdoms of many princes and kings with different surnames stood side by side.

But in Jia Xu's view, this situation is more like the Warring States period than the early Han Dynasty.

Similarly, Guo Peng also viewed it this way.

Guo Peng learned of Zhang Ji and Duan Yan's "enfeoffment plan" immediately, and expressed his approval. He felt that the enfeoffment plan was quite complete, and none of them were left behind, not even the half-dead Tao Qian and Liu Yao. They took care of them together. arrive.

The big vassal states stood side by side, but the Zhou royal family was very weak and had almost no ability to control the vassals.

Obviously, isn't the current emperor of Han the same as the emperor of Zhou?

What soldiers and horses are there?What general?What strength?

For a polished commander, even his personal safety is questionable, let alone other things.

The existence of Emperor Han is equivalent to that of Emperor Zhou.

Now, it depends on whether those ambitious princes will accept these conferments and transform themselves into righteous princes.

The answer is yes.

Guo Peng has no doubts about this.

So Guo Peng prepared his army with peace of mind, arranged generals, and was ready to attack the Southern Huns at any time.

Chapter 486. 480 Six Desires and Crimes