At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Lu Yi was fifteen years old, one year younger than Guo Jin. Guo Peng saw Lu Yi's handsome face and abiding by etiquette. He had a good impression of Lu Yi as soon as they met, so Guo Jin went forward to help Lu Yi who bowed down.

"It's not the first time that Yuan Tan has told me about the hardships Lu has suffered in Jiangdong these years. Unfortunately, I didn't have the energy to help Lu before. This time, I found a way, so I immediately asked Yuan Tan to find a way to bring Lu to Come from Jiangbei."

Guo Peng looked at Lu Yi with a smile: "You are only fifteen years old, but you have already supported the burden of the family at such a young age. It is really not easy, and it is even more courageous to dare to come to Jiangbei with your family. It is not bad."

"Wei Gong misunderstood, Xiaomin is just helpless."

Lu Yi was very humble: "If Zhou Gongjin and Sun Bofu did not oppress too much, Xiaomin would not dare to disobey. People are swords, I am fish, and the Lu family is in danger. It is really not Xiaomin who can shoulder it alone."

"Why belittle yourself?"

Guo Peng sighed and shook his head: "I also didn't expect that Sun Bofu and Zhou Gongjin would bully orphans and widowed mothers in such a manner, so there is no majesty at all. I wondered what kind of hero Sun Bofu's father, Sun Wentai, was. Such a son?"

Guo Peng belittled Sun Ce calmly, and Lu Yi followed suit.

"When I went to Jiangdong to visit Cai Gong, I also met many Jiangdong children, including Lu's children. Now that I think about it, it has been almost ten years. Things have changed, and they are all gone. Every time I think of it, It’s also embarrassing.”

Guo Peng sighed again, causing waves in Lu Yi's heart.

"This time, Mrs. Lu arrived in Lujiang, so it's considered safe, and I feel better. I don't know how Boyan decides what to do with Mrs. Lu in the future. Should he just stay in Lujiang, or do he want to go somewhere else? "

Guo Peng suddenly asked this question, and Lu Yi remembered Gu Yong's entrustment to him.

"Although Xiaomin has been crowned, he is not yet proficient in his studies. He took care of housework too early, which made Xiaomin stagnate in his studies. Thanks to the help of Wei Gong, the Lu family is safe. Xiaomin hopes to resume his studies and go to Yecheng Studying in the palace, boldly ask Wei Gong to agree!"

The corners of Guo Peng's mouth curled up slightly, and he nodded in satisfaction.

"Be enterprising, okay, I promise you, I will send someone to help the Lu family move to Yecheng, and let you, along with your uncle Lu Ji, enter the Yecheng Academy to study."

Lu Yi was overjoyed, and once again prostrated himself on the ground to thank Guo Peng for his kindness.

"Thank you, Duke Wei!"

"Hahaha, no need to thank you. Well, Jin, there are still some things to do for my father. Boyan is about the same age as you. Take him around Chang'an City, and then take care of the things your father entrusted to you. You can also ask Boyan to do it with you, it is best to introduce Boyan to your group of partners, and get along well in the future."

Guo Peng said so to Guo Jin.

Guo Jin stood up and saluted Guo Peng.

"Yes, father."

Then Guo Jin came to Lu Yi with a warm smile, and led Lu Yi out, talking and laughing while walking.

After walking for a while, Lu Yi realized that Guo Peng didn't ask him to come because of what Guo Peng wanted. The main purpose seemed to be his eldest son, Guo Jin.

This……

Lu Yi had some bold guesses in his heart, but it was a bit too bold, and it was a bit scary to say it, so he didn't dare to speculate.

In fact, that was the case, Lu Yi guessed right, Guo Peng was going to start training young people, and he was the one chosen.

Calculated according to the time of birth, Guo Peng was born in the eighth year of Han Yanxi, AD 165, and can be regarded as the post-[-]s of this era.

His generation of peers has gradually passed the [-]th mark collectively. In this era, it seems that they can no longer be regarded as young people.

So he has started to cultivate a new generation who can carry the banner after his generation, that is, the post-[-]s generation with Guo Jin as the core.

Chapter 565 .570 Si Guo Peng has the idea of ​​Prime Minister Zhuge again

Guo Peng's desire to train young people is not a whim.

About a year or two before this, Guo Peng had already begun to set up his core team for Guo Jin, creating a small power group for him as his basic base for future use.

For example, Lu Yu, the youngest son of Lu Zhi, whom Guo Peng loved very much, was sent by Guo Peng to eat and live with Guo Jin as a classmate. He was very affectionate and was Guo Jin's earliest confidant.

Later, Guo Peng gradually selected for Guo Jin Zang Biao, the son of Zang Hong, Cao Tai, the eldest son of Cao Ren, Xia Houheng, the eldest son of Xiahouyuan, Xiahoushang, the nephew, Cao Ang, the eldest son of Cao Cao, Cao Zhen, the adopted son, Guan Ping, the eldest son of Guan Yu, and several outstanding people. Guo's children are school companions, eat and live together, and cultivate feelings.

After their age gradually reached the standard, they were released one after another to take up official and military positions, starting from the grassroots and training their abilities.

Guo Peng expects them to become important assistants that Guo Jin can rely on in the future, gradually grow into excellent military and political leaders, and the core of the next generation's leadership and ruling group.

In the future, when he is unable to continue to be in power, Guo Jin's military and political team can take over power as quickly as possible, maintain the stability of the government, and successfully complete the smooth transition of power. In this way, he can smoothly bring Wei into the next period.

This kind of thing is necessary to plan ahead.

If we don't make good arrangements now, if we don't cultivate some useful talents for Guo Jin, if there is a situation where there is no answer, there will be no place to cry.

Such a huge foundation needs more excellent talents to inherit and manage it. No matter how energetic Guo Peng is, it is impossible for him to complete the governance of major national affairs by himself. what is the benefit.

There are many lessons about the imbalance between the strong old emperor and the weak prince. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty all made such mistakes. Guo Peng wants to learn from them and think carefully about some of his future. What is bound to happen.

Then he came to a conclusion.

If Guo Jin is not allowed to cultivate some influence, and if Guo Jin is not allowed to control his basic assets, after the death of the old emperor, why should he be in power?

Why does he hold the highest authority so that the imperial power will not fall aside?

Rely on the mother clan?

Or eunuch?

Both can certainly be helpful, but it's not the most reliable strategy.

Guo Peng had already begun to weaken the connection between the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and separated the future interests of the Cao family and the Xiahou family by means of marriage.

There will be further moves in the future, but the existence of the Cao family and the Xiahou family is necessary, and they can be regarded as one of the basic boards of the Guo family.

Needless to say, Guo Jia, Guo Lie, Guo Dong, Guo Yi and others have been deliberately trained and promoted by Guo Peng, and the Guo family's legal talent team has gradually taken over important responsibilities, occupying a very important position in the government .

The power of the Guo family has been greatly enhanced by Guo Peng, which is very important to Guo Peng and the Guo Wei regime.

These are the basics that Guo Peng wants to leave to Guo Jin to stabilize the government and strengthen his power.

In addition, he also needs to have his own cronies, people he can trust.

Given Guo Jin's age, if the situation is normal, Guo Peng will not keep Tuogu ministers. There is no need for that. Each of those Tuogu ministers is a representative of one side's forces. In the end, how many Tuogu ministers can die well?

But whenever there are Tuogu ministers, the new emperor will always fight with the Tuogu ministers arranged by the old emperor. If he loses the fight, he will be a puppet.

Those who sit on the throne must be strong.

How can someone who is not strong sit on the throne and surprise the situation?

Li Shimin once lamented that it is better to have children like wolves than to have children like sheep, because an emperor must have a wolfish nature, be strong, and be strong. .

The emperor must be strong, must be strong, the throne and the name of the emperor are not safe, the strength in hand is the greatest guarantee of power.

Be strong.

And you can't be strong alone, you need a strong team as your arm, not everyone is as smart as Emperor Jiajing.

A good man needs three helpers.

Therefore, Guo Peng continues to discover and collect available talents for the future.

Winning Lu Yi this time is a great victory. Guo Peng has reason to believe that Lu Yi will grow into a very good talent.

But this is not enough. There are never too many talents. It is of course meaningful to cultivate by oneself, but if Guo Peng can get the talents he knows with his own advantage, it will save a lot of work.

So Guo Peng had the idea of ​​Prime Minister Zhuge again before.

When he was in Xuzhou, the Langya Zhuge family was also one of the gentry who responded to Chen Deng's call to rebel against Tao Qian. After the war, he was rewarded by Guo Peng. Zhuge Jin, who was 22 years old, was summoned by Guo Peng, appreciated him, and arranged to be in Shangshutai Become an official and assist in handling affairs.

Guo Peng asked Zhuge Jin if he had brothers and sisters, and then asked Zhuge Liang's whereabouts.

Zhuge Jin's father died eight years ago, and the family could not afford to support five brothers and sisters. Therefore, the family discussed that his uncle Zhuge Xuan, who was going to be the prefect of Yuzhang at that time, should take up this responsibility.

Because Zhuge Jin was a little older, he stayed in his hometown to serve his stepmother. Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun and his two younger sisters were taken south by Zhuge Xuan to Yuzhang County, Yangzhou because of their young age, so that they could be raised with his own salary, and then moved to another place. Jingzhou.

At that time, it was the sixth year of Zhongping.

Since then, Zhugejin can only communicate with his brothers and sisters by letter. Several years have passed, and he has not seen each other.

Hearing that Zhuge Xuan was now working under Liu Biao, and that his brothers and sisters were also by Zhuge Xuan's side, Guo Peng asked Zhuge Jin if he wanted a family reunion.

If you want to, why not write a letter to Zhuge Xuan, saying that the Central Plains has been stabilized, and Wei Gong Guo Peng is willing to recruit them to be officials so that they can return to their hometowns.

Zhuge Jin was very excited at the time, and immediately wrote a letter to Zhuge Xuan. Several months have passed, but there is still no news. I don't know what happened.

Guo Peng was also busy fighting and had no time to pay attention to it. Now he had some time, so he started to pay attention to these things.

If you can try your best to get great talents, you should try to get them a little bit. Why should such outstanding talents be taken advantage of by others?

Guo Peng's calculations were very loud.

At this moment, in Hanzhong, Liu Zhang and Pang Xi's calculations are also being fiercely launched.

They had already learned that Guo Peng had occupied the Sanfu area of ​​Chang'an, and that Ma Teng, Han Sui and others had left Sanfu and returned to Liangzhou. They were not surprised by this, but felt that the time had come.

During this time, Liu Zhang supported Pang Xi, accumulated a large number of soldiers and supplies in Hanzhong, and sent people to explore the roads. If there were any places that needed repairs, they should be repaired as soon as possible, so as not to delay the march.

By this time, there is no problem with the grand strategy of going north.

Those who worried that the Yizhou treasury could not afford the food and grass needed by the army were mostly Yizhou locals, who were squeezed out of the highest decision-making circle by the powerful Dongzhou people. Now the highest decision-making circle of the Kingdom of Shu is basically Dongzhou people.

If the government treasury in Yizhou is not enough, we will forcefully expropriate it, regardless of what the people of Yizhou think.

The country is in trouble, shouldn't you contribute your strength?

The Dongzhou people said arrogantly.

The Yizhou people were so angry that they almost vomited blood.

But it didn't help. In this world, people with hard fists mean what they say. At one time and another, the people of Yizhou were weak, so they had to bow their heads temporarily, and all those who stood up were killed.

So for now, any logistical issues are not a problem at all.

The question now is which road to take to continue northward, whether to take the relatively flat but far away Qishan Road, or the Ziwu Valley Road which is the closest but with the worst road conditions.

Chapter 566 .570 Northern Expedition of the Five Shu Army

The generals and advisers under Liu Zhang argued endlessly over which path to take, and gradually divided into several factions.

Those who support the Qishan Road, those who support the Baoxie Road, and those who support the Meridian Road, are arguing endlessly with each other anyway.

Liu Zhang originally supported taking the Qishan Road, but after being persuaded by a group of officials, he felt that there was no need to waste too much food and grass to attack Liangzhou, and he could take Chang'an directly. ?

Go directly to Meridian Valley, and go straight to Chang'an with the least food and consumption.

This suggestion was sternly refuted by Pang Xi's military commander, Fa Zheng.

"Ziwu Valley is indeed the closest to Chang'an, but do you really know how difficult the road in Ziwu Valley is? Some places are difficult for people and horses to pass, let alone vehicles for transporting grain and grass. If you want to go to Ziwu Valley, you need to use Manpower carries food and grass to move forward, and once encounters a dangerous situation, advances and retreats lose ground, is this what you want to see?"

Fazheng is very dissatisfied with those guys who are greedy for success.

He didn't understand military knowledge at all, so he took the shortest road for granted. If this road was so easy, why did Yu Xu spend so much effort to rebuild the road in Wudu?

It is because although this road is the shortest and the most direct to the destination, it is the most difficult to walk. It may be okay for a single business traveler to travel. There are a large number of troops marching, and there are many vehicles and horses. Taking this road is simply a nightmare, a nightmare within a nightmare !

"It's not that we can't take other paths, but that we have to make choices, what is the purpose, what is the plan, and who is the enemy we are facing! Our goal is to win Chang'an, but the ultimate goal is to win Chang'an. It doesn't matter what method you use to achieve your goal."

Fazheng preached loudly, spitting stars flying straight, desperately expressing his views: "The exit of Qishan Road is in Hanyang County. If we take Qishan Road, we can go straight to Hanyang County through Wudu County. Wudu County can send a partial division to attack. , the main force can directly enter Hanyang County, and then enter Longyou!"

Fazheng's plan is very radical, causing dissatisfaction among many people.

"Isn't our goal Chang'an? If it wasn't for taking Chang'an, why did we go to the Northern Expedition? You are lucky now. Not only do you not want to take Chang'an, but you also want to take Longyou? What's the point?"

Wang Shang scolded Fazheng: "You are making fun of the king's foundation!"

Fazheng stared angrily, and said angrily: "Under the rule of Guo Zifeng, Guanzhong has unified orders and command. The army that just won is stationed in Guanzhong with high morale. Isn't it asking for trouble to challenge the army with high morale at this time? ?

Liangzhou is disorganized, and there are more than a dozen armies, large and small, in chaos. The most powerful are Ma Teng and Han Sui. It is easy to be defeated by our army one by one! "

Fazheng slapped the table vigorously: "Is it easier to attack Guanzhong with a unified command, or to deal with a group of defeated generals who are fighting independently?"

Fazheng's statement has been supported by many people, and Pang Xi is very supportive of Fazheng.

Liu Zhang still hesitated.

Seeing Liu Zhang's hesitation, Fazheng decided to take out his trump card and put his hand on the map to show Liu Zhang.

"Your Majesty, look, this is Longyou. Longyou is a well-formed and well-established land. It is bordered by the Qinling Mountains in the south and the middle of Shu, in the west by Hexi, in the north by the Yellow River, and in the east by Longshan, especially Longshan. It stretches for hundreds of miles. , separating Longyou from Guanzhong.

This is an excellent line of defense that can resist the attack of the Guanzhong army. After our army takes advantage of this place, we can send troops to defend the passes of Longshan and block Guo Peng's attack. In this way, the west of Longshan can be broken and there is a piece of meat. What do you think? Eat when you want.

During the time of Guangwu, Emperor Guangwu sent tens of thousands of troops to Longlong. Wang Yuansai, the general of Kaixiao's tribe, cut off the Longdao and held on to Longyi. The army's feigned attack was not good, so he was forced to withdraw to Guanzhong. Four years in the army, four years! "