At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Faced with Guo Peng's warm invitation, the two hit it off.

Chapter 517. Only Wei Gong can do this

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong promised Guo Peng to promote talents, filial piety and honesty for them and appoint them to official positions.

As representatives of Xuzhou scholars, they will enter Guo Peng's shogunate, and enter this core group, as a sign that Xuzhou has completely fallen to Guo Peng.

Then Guo Peng asked them if there were really capable talents in Xuzhou, and hoped to get their recommendations. Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong dared not neglect them, and recommended many people based on their true feelings.

For example, Lu Dai and Lu Dinggong from Hailing, Guangling, Chen Jiao and Jibi from Dongyang, Guangling, and Yan Yan and Mancai from Pengcheng.

One counts as one, they are all the people who shined brilliantly in the Sun Wu regime in the original time and space, and they are all from Xuzhou, who have made great contributions to the stability of the Sun Wu regime in Jiangdong.

The reason why they went to Jiangdong was not for refuge, but because Sun Quan recruited them after Sun Ce died, but in essence it was for refuge.

Avoid Cao Cao, avoid Lu Bu, avoid Liu Bei, and avoid the disaster that spread to the whole of Xuzhou.

Sun Ce's regime was not recognized by the local people in Jiangdong, it was difficult to recruit local scholars in Jiangdong, and there was a lack of administrative bureaucracy, which was originally a huge flaw.

But it was also lucky, just as Cao Cao ravaged Xuzhou, Xuzhou was in chaos, Xuzhou scholars crossed the river to seek refuge in Jiangdong, and they hit it off with Sun Ce, who lacked administrative officials, so they were used by Sun Ce.

If there are no Jiangdong people, I will use Xuzhou people. Who should I use?

Using these people can also avoid being restrained by the locals of Jiangdong. Watch me directly give Jiangdong a big change!

Sun Ce thought ambitiously.

During the Sun Ce period, the civil and military officials of the Sun Wu regime were basically from Jiangbei, and the administrative bureaucrats were mainly from Xuzhou, and then Sun Ce died.

Later, until Sun Quan ascended the throne, only Jiangdong natives joined.

But now everything is different, there is no major turmoil in Xuzhou, these people have never crossed the river, Guo Peng accepted Xuzhou with a smile, and they had no reason to cross the river, of course they all went north and fell into Guo Peng's arms.

These Xuzhou elites decided to fall into Guo Peng's arms, join the Guo Peng Group, and seek benefits for Xuzhou and themselves.

Compared with Jiangnan in chaos, Jiangbei is of course safer, and they are more willing to take refuge in the powerful Guo Peng, rather than the precarious Jiangnan separatist regime.

So before the formal meeting started, the news spread that Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were recommended by Guo Peng to work for him in his Duke Wei shogunate.

After the fall of the Chen family, Er Zhang, who was famous and virtuous, became the leader in the eyes of Xuzhou scholars.

They took the initiative to seek refuge with Guo Peng, and they settled down with Guo Peng, so naturally, other things would not matter.

The Xuzhou People's Congress was relieved.

In the next few days, Guo Peng met with Lu Dai, Chen Jiao, and Yan Jian respectively, and talked with them about Xuzhou and their respective views.

These gentry children who can be recommended have already gained experience through their respective family education. For a position like a county magistrate, it is easy to get it. With a little experience, the county prefect is not impossible. Compared with Hao Qiang and Li Shu, the gap is too big big.

Having said that, Guo Peng still recommended them without hesitation, and brought them into the shogunate to work for him. First, he decided on the status of an old official of the Guo family, and then talked about other things.

Since we want to make Xuzhou people feel at ease, we must accept Xuzhou people into our core of power, speak for the interests of Xuzhou, set an example, let Xuzhou settle down first, and stop engaging in regional gangsters.

Afterwards, Mi Zhu recommended a person to Guo Peng.

He is also from Donghai County, and he is Mi Zhu's fellow villager. His name is Lu Su, and his style name is Zijing.

Knowing this name, Guo Peng was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked the civil servants to investigate whether the name was on the list, and found that it was indeed there.

"Lu Zijing is also a scholar. He is tall, bold, and brave, but he is also very knowledgeable. Earlier, his subordinates were traveling in various places. They heard his name, and the villagers praised him very much, but they have never heard of him. This time, I saw his name, so I remembered it."

Guo Peng was interested in this, so he sent someone to invite Lu Su to come to his residence to meet him.

Lu Su was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he, who was not very famous, would be received by Guo Peng, and the one who recommended him was the Mi family who had never been in touch.

The Mi family is a merchant family, and although the Lu family is not rich, they are also scholars, and it is impossible to associate with the Mi family, so Lu Su wonders why Mi Zhu would recommend him.

For Lu Su, a rare talent with a strategic vision, Guo Peng must meet him.

Maybe he doesn't have that kind of strategic vision now, but a person with talent in this area can grow up as long as he is given space to use it, while a person without talent in this area cannot do it.

There is no shortage of tactical talents under Guo Peng's command, but strategic talents are needed as much as possible.

Lu Su is 24 years old this year. He is a young man. He is tall, muscular and muscular.

This is an all-round talent who can do both civil and military skills, and can do administrative planning and strategic planning. He is definitely not a nerd.

"Duke Wei."

Lu Su cautiously stepped forward and bowed in front of Guo Peng. Guo Peng smiled, stretched out his hand to invite Lu Su to sit across from him, and then poured him a drink.

"When Zizhong recommended Zijing to Gu, he praised Zijing fiercely, which made Gu very curious. He didn't know what kind of person Zijing was. Seeing him now, he was really extraordinary. What did Zijing usually read? book, what are you doing?"

After hearing Guo Peng's question, Lu Su quickly said: "It's actually very simple. I read some common books. What I like most is to lead the villagers to practice martial arts and train battle formations for self-protection. For this reason, I often Being reprimanded by the elders of the family, saying that Xiaomin is not doing his job properly, sooner or later he will drag the family down."

Guo Peng smiled.

"In this chaotic world, the world is not stable. Leading the villagers to practice martial arts to protect themselves is the best policy. How can it be regarded as a drag on the family? On the contrary, those who have never thought about practicing martial arts to protect themselves will eventually encounter disasters. Zijing has such a The awareness of being prepared for danger in times of peace, I think it is commendable."

Guo Peng took a sip from his drink cup and asked, "Did the Lu family suffer from the chaos in Xuzhou before? Are there any casualties?"

"Thanks to Wei Gong, the army came to Xuzhou in time to stabilize the area, wipe out the bandits, and the family was saved without casualties. This is the kindness of Wei Gong."

Lu Su knelt down in front of Guo Peng to thank him.

Guo Peng stretched out his hand to help Lu Su up.

"This is what I should do. Tao Gongzu is arrogant, disregarding public opinion, and forcibly ascended the throne. This has led to the chaos in Xuzhou today. I came here only at the invitation of the Chen family to put down the rebellion in Xuzhou. But now But Mrs. Chen... Gu never expected such a thing to happen."

Lu Su's eyeballs rolled.

"The tragedy of the Chen family is really not the fault of Wei Gong. Who would have expected such a thing to happen? It's just that now that the Chen family has collapsed and Xuzhou's political situation is unstable, there is an urgent need for someone who can stabilize the situation to serve as the governor of Xuzhou. In this way, Xuzhou can be stable."

Guo Peng grinned.

Not to mention anything else, just this vigilance, just this vision, no wonder he can surprise everyone in the future.

"Zijing is right. There are no problems at the moment, but the candidate for the position of governor of Xuzhou really makes Gu feel helpless. Gu originally wanted to express Yuanlong to the court as the governor of Xuzhou, but who would have thought that Yuanlong would be the governor of Xuzhou?" ...

Now there are not many people who are famous and have official qualifications in Xuzhou. At this time, it is very difficult to choose someone who everyone can agree with. If this matter is not decided, what will happen afterwards? What to do? "

Guo Peng looked troubled.

Lu Su immediately said: "This matter is not difficult. If there is a suitable candidate for the governor of Xuzhou, isn't there just one right now?"

Guo Peng knew the reason and asked with a smile: "Could it be that Zijing wants to recommend himself to Gu Mao? He wants to be the governor of Xuzhou?"

"No, no, Su is only 24 years old and has never been an official. How dare he be the governor of a state? The person Su said is none other than Duke Wei!"

Lu Su's face was full of seriousness: "Now that the situation in Xuzhou has reached this point, no one can quickly stabilize Xuzhou with such prestige as Wei Gong. Only Wei Gong can do this. "

Chapter 518

After listening to Lu Su's suggestion, Guo Peng raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

This did not surprise him.

"Zijing really thinks that I'm the best governor of Xuzhou?"

"That's natural. Only when Wei Gong is the governor of Xuzhou, Xuzhou will settle down immediately. Everyone in Xuzhou's countryside knows Wei Gong's prestige, and who doesn't know?"

Lu Su saluted respectfully: "For the sake of Xuzhou's elders, please invite Wei Gong to be the governor of Xuzhou... No! It's Xuzhou Mu!"

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong have said what Lu Su said.

The next few people brought it up in the same way when they saw Guo Peng.

Lu Dai, Yan Jian, Chen Jiao, they all think that Guo Peng is the most suitable governor of Xuzhou... No, Xuzhou Mu.

Everyone has the same idea, and they all raised this point, hoping that Guo Peng can reach an agreement with the people of Xuzhou. In this way, Xuzhou will definitely fall to Guo Peng.

Lu Su thought the same as them, enough to see that Lu Su was a man of great vision.

In fact, Guo Peng has already made a decision. He has already started to express to the court, requesting to resign from the position of Qingzhou Mu, and to take up the position of Xuzhou Mu, and then transfer the position of Qingzhou Governor to Mi Zhu.

This can also be regarded as compensation for Mi Shi.

Mi's family business will be protected and will receive continuous support from Guo Peng.

Such a set of operations will allow Guo Peng to formally own Xuzhou, and more legitimately include Xuzhou scholars into the ruling core group, representing the interests of Xuzhou people, and uniting Xuzhou people.

The more groups under his command and the more fresh blood, the more benefits for Guo Peng, so Guo Peng is very optimistic about this idea.

From the time Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong persuaded him to do so, he made a decision to personally serve as the Xuzhou pastor and do a good job of this transition.

Make Xuzhou the second base camp for attacking Jiangdong, and make full preparations for going south in the future.

And once Guo Peng took the post of Xuzhou Mu, the most important gap between the Central Plains and Hebei plate was filled.

Xuzhou was formally brought under the rule of Guo Peng, and the control area of ​​seven and a half states was enough for Guo Peng to have all the best areas and the best material production areas in the world.

He is the real lord of Hebei and the Central Plains, the largest prince in the world, and the combined population and war potential of other princes in the world cannot be stronger than him, and he is no longer afraid of enemies in the world.

And now there is no prerequisite for universal enemy - those princes are still desperate for their own petty profits.

Liu Zhang was not stable internally, and the conflict between Dongzhou people and Yizhou people was very sharp.

Liangzhou people are desperately resisting Zhang Ji's rule.

Sun Ce fought tenaciously with Liu Biao and the internal centrifugal forces, and suffered enemies from both sides, so there was no need to talk about advancing northward.

Guo Peng took Xuzhou smoothly, under the premise that these four forces did not react at all.

What are they fighting against Guo Peng?

What Guo Peng has to do now is to manage his subordinates well, lay a solid foundation, and when the time is right, he will lead his troops to level the world. Who can successfully resist him?

With Xuzhou won, Guo Peng will concentrate on governance in Xuzhou for a while. After everything in Xuzhou returns to stability, Guo Peng will turn his attention to the west.

The Sili area and Liangzhou, and the entire Guanzhong area were in ruins and dead, and they were devastated by the Liangzhou Group.

But in Guo's eyes, it is a paradise for building his most solid foundation.

There are no powerful landlords, no gentry restraints, a large area of ​​wasteland, a large area of ​​no-man's land.

This is a great opportunity for him to nationalize the land. The wasteland that others see as useless and useless, in the eyes of Mr. Guo, is shining with gold, waiting for his excavation.

In his opinion, the Liangzhou Group, which owns a treasure land but doesn't know how to build it, is about to be destroyed.

His petition to the imperial court to serve as Xuzhou Mu is a signal, a signal to let smart people know what they should do.

At the end of October in the fourth year of Xingping, Jia Xu, a smart man, got a memorial from Guo Peng, and learned that Guo Peng had successfully captured Xuzhou and solved the last obstacle to the westward advance.

Guo Peng's next strategy is to win Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and completely wipe out the north.

Among them, it is necessary for Jia Xu to assist Guo Peng to do some subtle operations to maximize Guo Peng's interests, let Duan Yan and Zhang Ji do things for him that he is not easy to do, and achieve the ultimate goal.

Going west needs a reason, an excuse, and a perfect opportunity.

This plan, planned long ago, will completely destroy the Han Dynasty.

On behalf of the emperor Liu Xie, Jia Xu agreed to Guo Peng's memorial, gave Xuzhou herdsmanship to Guo Peng, and handed over the position of governor of Qingzhou to Mi Zhu, fulfilling all of Guo Peng's requirements for righteousness.

Afterwards, he began intensive preparations for the future.

To accomplish what he wants to accomplish, he needs soldiers and horses, but Jia Xu has no soldiers in his hands, so he has to rely on people who have soldiers in his hands to do this.

In the Liangzhou Group, in addition to Zhang Ji and Duan Yan having the strongest soldiers, some other generals also have some soldiers, but they are pitifully few compared with Zhang Ji and Duan Yan.

It used to be like this.

Things are different now.

The main force of Zhang Ji and Duan Yan was restrained by Ma Teng and Han Sui's army, the main force stayed in Chang'an, and a small number of troops guarded Guo Peng in the direction of Luoyang.

At this point in time, Jia Xu was given maximum room for manipulation.

And the tool man he is optimistic about has already come to the fore.

Li Jue and Guo Si were the former leaders of the second generation Liangzhou central government who held high positions.

These two people are still alive and well, because they still have some power in their hands.

In order to survive, he even spent money to bribe Zhang Ji and Duan Yan, and then chose to surrender when Zhang Ji and Duan Yan claimed to be the king, so he barely passed the test. Now one is in Shoupingyin and the other is in Shougu City, all under Jia Xu’s suggestion And set.

Let them bring their own troops to guard Guo Peng, because Guo Peng has a deep hatred with them and it is absolutely impossible to accept each other, so it is safe to do so.