At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Can only decline.

This made Yuan Shu cheaper. Yuan Shu learned about this from a certain channel, contacted Cao Cao and said that he was willing to go, so he seized the opportunity.

After returning to Luoyang, Yuan Shu mobilized his heroic friends to publicize his praise of Guo Peng, which caught Yuan Shao by surprise.

Yuan Shao was annoyed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. During the mourning period, he really couldn't do some things. Otherwise, a big hat of "unfilial piety" would be spread out, so would he still be a man?

Therefore, in this round of brothers competition, Yuan Shu prevailed.

The situation is now clear, and there will be no accidents, so after Guo Peng settled Cao Lan, he came to visit Yuan Shu with some gifts.

Yuan Shu was greatly surprised when he heard that Guo Peng came to visit, and went out to meet him in person. He called a group of friends and hosted a banquet to entertain Guo Peng.

During the banquet, everyone was extremely happy, Guo Peng presented it to Yuan Shu in regular script, Yuan Shu accepted it happily, and even showed it off to those he knew.

The matter of Guo Peng and Yuan Shu's friendship quickly spread all over Luoyang, and everyone in the arena said that Guo Lang and Yuan Shu were both friends, and Yuan Shu must be a person who values ​​love and righteousness.

Therefore, many heroes who did not interact with Yuan Shu before also interacted with Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was very happy, and his relationship with Guo Peng became closer.

As for this matter, Yuan Shao was dissatisfied, but he couldn't do anything. He could only secretly resent that this guy, Yuan Shu, started fast and seized the opportunity.

In fact, Guo Peng is not optimistic about Yuan Shu's future at all.

The closer he got to Yuan Shu, the more Guo Peng was sure that Yuan Shu had no future.

Yuan Shu is using his reputation, but it doesn't matter, he is also using Yuan Shu's platform.

What he was looking at was not Yuan Shu, but the platform that Yuan Shu possessed and the connections in Yuan Shu.

Through Yuan Shu, Guo Peng was able to meet people who could not be met.

The platform is very important. The platform determines the vision. It seems to be illusory, but when it is really needed, the gap between the platforms will cause a gap in the height of life.

Guo Peng found that Yuan Shu was easily addicted to the compliments others gave him, and more importantly, his status allowed him to accept these compliments. He was the second son of the Yuan family and a more orthodox candidate for successor than Yuan Shao. Can afford it?

Guo Peng himself has a great reputation. Guo Peng praises him, which makes him happier than ordinary rangers praise him. Once he is happy, he will bring Guo Peng to see more people and get to know more people.

So Guo Peng has a chance to stand on a higher stage to show himself and show everything about himself.

This opportunity is really important to Guo Peng. In the future, many things will require such an opportunity to provide a stepping stone, and Yuan Shu just happened to provide such a stepping stone to Guo Peng.

Guo Peng stepped on him and stepped onto a brighter stage.

Jiuxiang was also afraid that the alley was deep and his reputation needed to be maintained and taken care of. With the platform of Yuan Shu, Guo Peng took the lead.

Not only that, the relationship between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao determined that the two would meet frequently. Through such a relationship, Guo Peng also got to know a lot of people who were close to Yuan Shao.

Xu You, who I have known for a long time, Zhang Miao, one of the eight chefs, Zhong Yao, a later celebrity, and some people who don't seem to have a long life but are very powerful.

Yuan Shu has Guo Peng's reputation bonus, and many heroes will come to befriend him and Guo Peng.

Relying on Yuan Shu's relationship, Guo Peng also met a group of famous heroes in various places, some from noble families, and some from landlords and local tyrants.

All the heroes who can enter Yuan Shu's mansion are from unusual backgrounds, and those from ordinary backgrounds these days don't have the capital to be heroes.

Guo Peng believes that making friends with these people can broaden his network, let these heroes who have traveled far and wide to help promote their reputation, and let people everywhere know that they value friendship, know kindness, send Cai Yong thousands of miles away, and know the name of "Yingchuan Guo Lang". Head, this will be of great benefit for the future.

Many things are accumulated from quantitative changes to qualitative changes, especially for Guo Peng, who is inherently inadequate, we must rely on acquired efforts to accumulate enough quantitative changes to transform into qualitative changes at critical moments, bringing about a qualitative leap.

This is not a simple process, it is a process that requires Guo Peng to pay a lot.

The second year of Guanghe passed quickly, and in the first month of the third year of Guanghe, Emperor Ling gave amnesty to the world, and Cai Yong was slandered by the eunuch.

In the end, Guo Peng informed Cai Yong that Cai Yong relied on his friend Yang Xu in Taishan County to escape to Wu, and relying on the Gu family, one of the four surnames of Wu, to live and become an exiled scholar who broke away from the Central Plains.

During the period, the eunuch Cao Jie, who wanted to kill Cai Yong, died because of the rain and a high fever. Once he died, the eunuch group was once again caught in civil strife and struggle for power and profit, and they had no time to pay attention to Cai Yong.

Cai Yong was able to leave the Central Plains smoothly and has lived in Wu since then. Guo Peng rushed to Taishan County to meet Cai Yong. Cai Yong gave him a lot of books, holding Guo Peng's hand and saying goodbye to him tearfully.

"You and I have no relationship with master and apprentice in this life. I only wish Zifeng to study hard, not forget the original intention, and realize the original ambition one day."

After saying this, Cai Yong boarded the car and left the Central Plains with his wife and daughter Cai Yan.

After that, Guo Peng also returned to Luoyang with a little melancholy. The political situation in Luoyang City was still chaotic, but after Cai Yong left, all this had nothing to do with Guo Peng.

He read and studied with peace of mind, followed Lu Zhi to study scriptures, learned the art of war, and accepted Lu Zhi's physical training and the guidance of herdsmen's knowledge.

After polishing some things, Lu Zhi felt that Guo Peng had lost his youthful youth and became mature, so he gradually discussed more matters between the DPRK and Guo Peng with Guo Peng.

Not just telling him, but asking for his opinions and views, seeing him as his assistant, not just a student.

Since then, Guo Peng has not continued to make big news, but has only made friends with Yuan Shu and has become a hero from all over the world.

During this period, Cao Cao returned to Luoyang.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of choosing five people who were proficient in Confucian classics as ministers, Cao Song, who had gained a firm foothold in the reorganized eunuch group, helped Cao Cao get a position.

So Cao Cao became a councilor and returned to Luoyang as an official.

As for other matters, Guo Peng was not involved, and Guo Peng didn't care about matters such as Lingdi fighting against the public opinion to marry He's queen, promoting He's maiden family He Jin and He Miao to be high officials, and the He's family's ascension to heaven.

All he cares about is to increase his reputation, get to know famous rangers, enhance his knowledge, and live a small life with Cao Lan.

In April of the fourth year of Guanghe, Cao Lan finally became pregnant under the eager expectations of the Cao family. Ten months later, in February of the fifth year of Guanghe, Cao Lan gave birth to Guo Peng's eldest son, and the mother and son were safe.

Guo Peng, who was a father, cried with joy, and chose the nickname Ping An for his child. After consulting Lu Zhi, Guo Dan, and Cao Song and Cao Cao, he named his eldest son Jin, which means beautiful jade.

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Chapter 55 Luoyang Northern Lieutenant

In order to make Cao Lan's production smooth and safe, at the end of Guanghe three years, Guo Peng moved out of the Taixue, and with the help of Cao's family, purchased a small house in Luoyang.

The husband and wife move in and have a warm home.

After that, Guo Peng started to ask Cao Lan to do fitness exercises according to some fitness methods he knew.

Half an hour of aerobic exercise and half an hour of strength training add up to one hour, which is half an hour.

Cao Lan couldn't hold out for even 10 minutes at first.

However, Guo Peng accompanied her by her side, constantly cheering her on and encouraging her to keep exercising. At the same time, she arranged chicken-based recipes with enough milk, so there was no problem with Cao's financial support.

After practicing like this for about five months, Guo Peng felt that Cao Lan's body had a little bit of fitness.

The body is healthier, and the whole person obviously does not look so delicate, not only that, but even the cup size has increased a lot.

This is probably an accidental gain, right?

Seeing Cao Lan's health, Guo Pengcai was relieved, and the two began to prepare to have a child.

At that time, until Cao Lan was confirmed to be pregnant, Guo Peng still let her exercise more and more, sweating profusely every day, indeed suffered a lot.

But for the sake of her beloved husband, Cao Lan didn't want to disappoint Guo Peng, so she insisted on working hard and really improved her physique.

During her pregnancy, Guo Peng often accompanies her for walks and does minimal fitness. After she became pregnant in October, Cao Lan gave birth to a healthy baby boy, and the mother and child were safe.

As soon as the news came out, Cao Cao was the first to rush to Guo Peng's mansion on horseback. Cao Song followed closely behind and came with Mrs. Ding. Zang Hong also rushed over to accompany Guo Peng when he got the news. Don't worry about him.

After a period of waiting and fidgeting, with the loud cry of the baby, everyone's dangling hearts finally let go.

After learning that it was a boy, Cao Song and Ding were obviously relieved, and Cao Cao also seemed quite happy. After Guo Peng hugged the child, Cao Cao was the second to hug the child.

After the child was born, Lu Zhi obviously felt that Guo Peng was more calm and sophisticated, and the temperament revealed by his gestures could feel this growing feeling, which made him very happy.

When Guo Peng prepared the full moon wine for the child, Yuan Shu prepared a very generous gift, and brought a large group of famous rangers who had befriended Guo Peng to support Guo Peng.

Many officials from the DPRK and China also came to participate in the event, and congratulated Guo Peng on his son.

In this lively happy event, Guo Peng saw what he has gained from running his fame over the years, and some things he will get in the near future.

Sure enough, after that, Lu Zhi found Guo Peng, and discussed with Guo Peng about honoring him with filial piety.

"Although it is also a way to become an official directly from the Taixue, the one that is widely recognized by scholars today is the path of filial piety.

Lu Zhi suggested this to Guo Peng.

Guo Peng thought for a while and felt that what Lu Zhi said made sense.

In the Han Dynasty, scholars took filial piety as the right way to be an official, and all other ways were wrong.

Cao Cao could have taken the path of Taixue to become an official, but in order to follow the right path, he had to shamelessly find Xu Shao, and then he was promoted to Xiaolian.

This journey is of great significance to Guo Peng. Guo Peng's reputation is already great, and it is easy to ask for Xiaolian.

Guo Peng is no longer the Guo Peng he was six years ago. Now his fame and capital are no less than that of any scholar who can ask for filial piety.

So Guo Peng agreed to Lu Zhi's suggestion and asked Lu Zhi to honor Guo Peng with filial piety.

In the winter and October of the fifth year of Guanghe, Guo Peng, who was nineteen years old at the time, was invited by Lu Zhi to his friend Yang Biao to act as Xiaolian on his behalf. Standard taxi.

Generally speaking, after honoring filial piety and integrity, scholars will enter the office of the rank and file, learn etiquette, and observe how the ministers do things, similar to the probationary period.

After the end, after the assessment, they will be sent to the local government to serve as county magistrates or officials in the central government.

Guo Peng became Shang Shulang and worked with Lu Zhi at Shangshutai. Lu Zhi was very happy and took Guo Peng with him wherever he went. Now he can be open and aboveboard.

Guo Peng also had a satisfied smile on his face. He walked around behind Lu Zhi, met various officials, got to know the official offices and even the buildings in the palace, and gained a lot of knowledge.

Lu Zhi felt that under such careful training, Guo Pengwai would soon be sent to a local prefecture and county as a county magistrate, and he would grow up step by step. He would be transferred back to the capital around the age of 30, and he would be a senior official of the Jiuqing before the age of 40. The senior official of Sangong.

It is such a glorious thing to have a high-ranking official of the third grade under his own door!

Lu Zhi was very satisfied.

So one year later, in the tenth month of Guanghe six years, Guo Peng Shangshulang's term of office was one year.

After learning about this, Cao Cao was the first to come to congratulate Guo Peng.

At the beginning, when Cao Cao ended his term of office and began to officially become an official, his first official position was Luoyang Beibei Lieutenant, who could be regarded as the director of a county-level public security bureau.

In this position, Cao Cao made some achievements, killed Jian Shuo's uncle, successfully gained fame, and then transferred to serve as Dunqiu Ling.

On the day that Guo Peng took office, Cao Cao, who was serving as a counselor, accompanied Guo Peng to the official office of the Northern Wei of Luoyang. He talked about some of the things he had done with some nostalgia, and told Guo Peng with a wry smile that he did not need to learn from him now. Great color.

Cao Cao said this, Guo Peng also understood that he did not intend to learn from Cao Cao's five-color stick, as long as Xiao Gui Cao Sui, no one wanted him to do anything in this position, including Lu Zhi.

Moreover, Guo Peng has only one purpose in seeking this position.

Ma Yuanyi.

Before becoming an official, what is needed is the accumulation of fame and personal connections, and after becoming an official, it is time to convert the previously accumulated fame and personal connections into credits in exchange for actual benefits.

Over the years, Cao has been quite generous to Guo Peng. Knowing that Guo Peng needs money to make friends, he provides Guo Peng with a large amount of money.

Guo Peng happily used the money to make friends with heroes in Luoyang and rangers from other places. While enhancing his reputation, he also built his own intelligence network.

In every corner of Luoyang City, wherever there are heroes who are familiar with him, it is Guo Peng's intelligence point.

As long as Guo Peng needs something, these knights who have received Guo Peng's favor will definitely respond, otherwise they will not be able to get along in the arena.

About two months ago, in August, a ranger named Zhao Jiu known to Guo Peng came to Guo Peng for a drink. After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Jiu revealed to Guo Peng that there was a big man. Came to Luoyang, to do great things.

This guy is a Taiping Taoist.

Taiping Road has grown more and more for more than ten years from its beginning to its scale.

It's not that the Han government didn't know about it, but because many scholars, officials, tycoons and even eunuchs joined Taiping Road, the Han government didn't pay attention to it.

Before the Yellow Turban rebellion, Taiping Road had already made so many preparations that if it hadn't been for Tang and Zhou's whistle-blowing, the Han government would have never noticed it.

Hearing Zhao Jiu say this, Guo Peng's heart skipped a beat and asked who he was. Zhao Jiu smiled and said that he was surnamed Ma and wanted to do a big job. .

At the same time, he used Jiujin to persuade Guo Peng to join Taipingdao, which would have unexpected benefits.

Guo Peng and him were false and condescending, tried to persuade him to drink, got him drunk, and fooled him.

As a result, Guo Peng knew that Ma Yuanyi had come to Luoyang.

Ma Yuanyi came to Luoyang to contact Luoyang's internal response.

Before him, Luo Yang had gathered a considerable number of Taiping Taoists, and even penetrated into the group of eunuchs inside the palace.

The eunuch Feng Xu was the inner responder. They planned to launch a mutiny in the palace, kill Emperor Ling directly, destroy the central hub of the Han government, and then blossom everywhere to achieve Zhang Jiao's goal.

Chapter 56. 56 Zhang Jiao is a Capable Person