At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Three years in Xingping passed like this.

On New Year's Eve, Guo Peng took his family and spent time with his subordinates. He made dumplings himself, and then led a large group of people to make dumplings together.

With the previous lessons, this time Guo Peng could tell that some people had specifically contacted them on how to make dumplings.

For example, Cao Ren made beautiful dumplings, and the same is true for Cao Hong. Guo Peng called the dumplings he made before. This time, I heard that he started learning how to make dumplings a month in advance. Peng praised him fiercely.

Then there was a burst of envious and jealous eyes.

Many people looked at Cao Hong showing jealousy, and then resented that he didn't learn how to make dumplings as soon as possible, and then vowed to practice hard to make dumplings this time when he went back, and next year he must make a perfect dumpling for Guo Peng saw it.

Then get his compliments!

Guo Peng's power and prestige are getting higher and higher, and his whole person is like a magnet, constantly attracting all kinds of magnets around him.

They are eager to get close to Guo Peng, eager to be close to Guo Peng, eager to build a good relationship with Guo Peng, and then gain his trust and appointment.

Man Chong is a good example. After following Guo Peng's route for several years, his relatives refused to recognize him, and Cao Hong was terrified when he beat him.

Now not only was he not punished, but he also married the daughter of the Guo clan, and became the governor of Yuzhou.

The power to use officials to select officials is still in Guo Peng's hands, and the right to appoint and remove officials is also in his hands. He can decide everything, as long as he is appreciated, he can make a fortune.

So people keep trying to discover Guo Peng's hobbies, take Guo Peng's pulse, and then study hard, trying to find common hobbies with Guo Peng, so as to get close to Guo Peng, become a confidant, and then gain fame and fortune.

For example, Guo Peng likes to make dumplings, Cao Hong sharpened his head and found the fire in the army, hid in the military tent, studied hard and practiced making dumplings, and made beautiful dumplings in front of Guo Peng, which looked very good.

For example, Guo Peng likes mathematics, and Wang Can, who has done in-depth research on "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", quickly became Guo Peng's favorite. Three strands, four strings and five.

I have to say that this person is pissed off when compared to other people. Sometimes there is really no way to do it. He just has a quick brain and luck, so there is no way.

So I don't know how many people put all their energy into learning how to make dumplings and learn arithmetic, just to go for Guo Peng's hobbies.

This is not not doing business properly, this is equal to the future, this is equal to power, this is equal to the pinnacle of life.

If you don't curry favor with Guo Peng now, when will you have to curry favor?

Guo Peng was very happy to see all the flattering faces.

The more such people there are, the greater their power, the higher their prestige, and the more they can look forward to in the future.

The power structure of the Han government left room for the overhead emperor, the imperial power was not so secure, powerful ministers emerged in large numbers, and the imperial power declined.

This has planted the ideological tradition that the people are more important than the emperor and the emperor is less important to the whole society.

The key point is that the "people" is not the people in the modern sense, but the powerful landlords and the scholars who are not officials.

These people never regard themselves as the same kind of people as Qianshou Lishu. To be precise, they don't regard Qianshou Lishu as a human being.

You are expensive, I am light, the capital of Li Shu and Guizhou is an ant, right?

Your ideal social power structure is that I will step on the Li Shu, and then hold you up as fathers, and you will not fight back if you beat me or scold you, right?

Yes?

Can someone like Guo, a cold-blooded political animal who loves power, tolerate it?

If you can't hold important power, you won't be able to do what you want to do.

I want power, I want supreme power, I want all of you "people" to stand obediently in front of me.

While making dumplings, Guo Peng talked and laughed happily with his courtiers, while feeling everything brought about by power.

This feeling.

Really addictive.

Unstoppable addiction.

Pleasure.

Chapter 498. 490 Eight I Will Kill!

It feels really good to see them catering to me, cooperating with me, and even agreeing with me against their will.

Of course, Guo Peng didn't just enjoy it alone. This time, after Guo Peng established the Crown Prince of Wei, he took Guo Jin with him, made dumplings with him, and enjoyed the atmosphere together.

The candidate for the crown prince has been established, so don't have any unreasonable thoughts about what to do, your benefits are indispensable.

This is Guo Peng's warning to them.

At the same time, cultivate Guo Jin's adaptability in big scenes, learn to perform, and learn to put on a show.

Guo Peng started to hone his acting skills very early, while Guo Jin started to learn acting at a relatively late age. If he can't practice his acting skills to perfection, how can he fight against the officials?

So Guo Peng took Guo Jin by his side, taught him how to act, and personally guided Guo Jin to learn acting as a film king, honed his acting skills, and made him an excellent actor.

To be a master, learning to act is the first step. For those who can't act, no matter how noble their status is, the best end is Xun Yu's end.

Guo Peng will not kill Xun Yu, but he will always let him sit on the bench, suppress him forever, make him depressed, and become the best symbol to deter others.

But if you can act and be a man, you will be like Xun You, who will accompany Guo Peng not far away to make dumplings silently, silently join Guo Peng's cronies and favorite ministers, and take up the glory of Yingchuan Xun family again.

Guo Peng can say that his first pot of gold, the second pot of gold, and even a lot of money were obtained by acting skills.

Without excellent acting skills, he would not be where he is today.

Starting from his generation, every generation of Guo's descendants must become excellent actors and perform a bright future.

This will become his Guo family motto in the future.

More importantly, you can't be seen through the loopholes in your acting skills. For example, now, no one can see through the loopholes in Guo Peng's acting skills. Anyone who sees through will either pretend to be stupid or die.

Those self-proclaimed "sensible people" who are sober, watching the worried faces of so many ministers eagerly trying to curry favor with Guo Peng, are really funny.

You can be worried, like Chen Ji, but don't make it so obvious. Once you show it and Guo Peng sees it, you will naturally leave the center of power to accompany Xun Yu.

By the way, after returning from the crusade against the Southern Huns, three more officials were dispatched to work in the Mansion of General Cheqi because they were aggrieved by Xun Yu's experience, complained, and were then reported.

Of course Guo Peng would not reveal who made the report, and the three were politically exiled with one order.

They are all scholars from Yingchuan, Yuzhou, young and energetic.

Unfortunately, the future is gone.

Young people always think that they can challenge the powerful.

This is indeed the case, yes, Guo Peng also challenged the power when he was young.

But Guo Peng went through careful analysis and planning, calculated every step, and then acted the role of a stunned young man who dared to challenge the power.

He knew that the so-called power was just a show of being strong on the outside, but weak on the inside, so he challenged it.

He knew that there was a power stronger than that power, so he used himself as a bait and an excuse to give the more powerful power a chance to overthrow that power, using his strength to drive away the wolf.

Of course he won.

Look at those who challenged the powerful and survived, which one has no influence behind it, which one has no guidance behind it, which one is not acting?

Do you really think that power is so easy to challenge?

Do you really think that all those who hold power are saints?

Do you want fame and not fortune?

I'm sorry, they want them all. They are not only excellent actors, but also excellent directors and screenwriters, as well as distribution channels. From project approval to the big screen, they provide one-stop service, simply and thoroughly.

So the real Lengtouqing are all dead, and there is only one Hai Rui in Qiangu.

Do you think Mr. Guo is a flamboyant persimmon, easy to deal with?

Then Mr. Guo will let you see what is power and what is unreasonable power suppression.

Within three days, the rest of the family members of these three people, whoever was working, were all removed from their posts and sent to political exile. Then one person was found out for taking bribes, and the amount was not small, so He was dismissed, beheaded, and the whole family was fined and bankrupted.

Have a long memory.

Mr. Guo is a celebrity and a famous general, but he is not a fool, let alone a saint.

I will kill!

Faced with such a powerful force, there are naturally many more people with long memories, and those with poor memories disappear. Everyone seems to be using backgammon point-reading machines, and Wei Gong no longer has to worry about their standing in line.

It can be said that all the people in the world are in dire straits, but only Guo is in harmony.

What to do, steadily accumulating abundant national power, accumulating strong war mobilization power, accumulating unparalleled motivation, sharpening the knife, preparing for the next merger war, and preparing for greater benefits.

After the new year, at the beginning of the fourth year of Xingping, Guo Peng was nervously preparing for the Northern Expedition to Xianbei, and then got information that there had been new changes in the war situation in Jiangdong.

Sun Ce has successfully defeated the army set up by Liu Yao in Poyang County, and went all the way to Yu Khan.

That was Liu Yao's main force.

The main army collapsed, General Zhang Ying was killed in battle, Liu Yao only escaped, and fled back to Nanchang County, the prefecture of Yuzhang County in embarrassment.

The things that victory can bring are things that losers will never realize. This point is also vividly reflected in Sun Ce and Liu Yao.

Sun Ce won, and Yuzhang County was about to eliminate Liu Yao in the battle. At this time, some guys who were not firm in their stance and followed the wind no longer opposed Sun Ce, but began to cooperate with Sun Ce to help him rule Jiangdong.

The battered Zhou Yu could finally relax a bit.

Guo Peng looked at the information and smiled slightly.

Lions can't compete with each other.

Sun Ce, Sun Bofu, are really staunch.

He is tough and strong, full of vigor, and he is still full of vigor after going through so many things. I don't know whether to praise him or scold him.

He is the same as his father, regardless of other things, he is indomitable, only knows to move forward, and only wants to win.

They all felt that winning would solve everything.

Can victory solve everything?

No, victory can suppress everything temporarily, but problems will eventually be exposed. Problems are always problems, and solutions need to be solved. Victory is not the final solution, it cannot solve the problem.

Sun Ce can suppress problems, but cannot solve them. Sun Ce can create foundations, but cannot manage foundations.

Guo Peng really wanted to teach Sun Ce the truth of how hard things are easy to break. He really wanted to tell Sun Ce that although he had just passed the time before, they were all calculated performances. Sun Ce was not performing, but Sun Ce was expressing with his life.

The day when Sun Ce dominates Jiangdong is probably not far away from his death.

If you don't take Jiangdong and come to join me, you may not be able to get a good death.

It's a pity, little overlord.

On the other side, the civil war in Yizhou was also in full swing and quite fierce.

The Yizhou army led by Zhao Wei was evenly matched with the Dongzhou soldiers at the beginning of the battle, but later it suffered repeated setbacks and lost consecutive battles.

Zhao Wei is determined to win this battle, he has not little experience in the battlefield, and his victories are not bad. Against Pang Xi, he is just as good.

However, he overlooked an important factor.

Everyone in Dongzhou soldiers knew that if they lost this battle, they would die without a place to bury them.

The Yizhou soldiers don't think so. This is their home field. It's a pity to lose the battle, but it won't be completely finished.

The Yizhou soldiers themselves still have an advantage, but the Dongzhou soldiers are fighting this battle in a desperate situation. They either win or die. In order to survive and survive, the Dongzhou soldiers have performed exceptionally.

Chapter 499 490 Nine If you should eat meat, you should eat meat, if you should drink blood, you should drink blood

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Xingping, the battlefield was in Jiangzhou, and the Dongzhou soldiers led by Pang Xi defeated the Yizhou soldiers led by Zhao Wei.

Thousands of heads were beheaded, tens of thousands of enemies were wiped out, and Yizhou soldiers were defeated across the board. They were defeated and fled in all directions.

The Dongzhou soldiers chased Zhao Wei all the way, and Zhao Wei was chased by a man who had nowhere to go and nowhere to go, and was planning to run all the way to Jingzhou to survive, following in the footsteps of Gan Ning, but was inadvertently stabbed in the back by his subordinates, Killed.

Zhao Wei did not have the good luck of Gan Ning. After losing his power, he was killed like this.

It was February at that time, and Zhao Wei ran away for half a month, but he still couldn't escape and died.

The local forces in Yizhou were hit hard, and the Dongzhou soldiers, under the leadership of Pang Xi, wiped out the local resistance in Yizhou and maintained Liu Zhang's identity as King of Shu.

That's why Liu Zhang finally secured his position and became the real King of Shu. Although the natives of Yizhou were dissatisfied, Liu Zhang's status could not be changed, because he had the support of a powerful army, and the people of Yizhou no longer had the protection of strong force. .