At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Cao Hong probably judged the possibility of the other party repaying the money. No matter what he thought, he felt that there was a possibility of being scammed, so he simply didn't borrow it.

Cao Hong is also a wonderful flower in being a human being.

As the saying goes, if you don’t save the poor, it’s not that you can’t borrow money. You can judge whether you should borrow money by checking whether the other party is really urgent and has the ability to repay the money.

Fortunately for Cao Hong, no matter who the other party was, basically he had never heard of him borrowing money from others.

As for?

It was difficult for Guo Peng to understand Cao Hong's thoughts.

What do you want to put so much money at home?

Are you really a miser?

Of course, it doesn't matter, as long as you perform your duties well and don't commit crimes, Guo Peng doesn't intend to make any demands on him in other respects.

Loyal and brave, why can't such a person allow him to have one or two small problems that ordinary people can't understand?

Moreover, this small problem did not affect the overall situation, so Guo Peng didn't care about it. At most, the members of the Cao clan were dissatisfied with Cao Hong, and they often spoke ill of him behind his back.

But Guo Peng felt that Cao Hong would not care.

"How is the army ready?"

Guo Peng asked Cao Hong while walking in the barracks.

"There are 160 people in our army. Due to combat readiness, all members have canceled their vacations. All members have returned to the army. There are no injuries or sick leave. All members are here. Please Your Majesty review."

Cao Hong answered very quickly. It seems that after the order was issued, he was also very attentive.

"Well, the parade will be waived. Now is not the time. In the next period of time, the entire staff will conduct surprise riding training and increase the number of soldiers who can ride as much as possible. Zi Lian, no less than [-]%, and soldiers who can ride must not be less Eighty percent of the army."

Guo Peng gave his request, and Cao Hong nodded.

"Even if you don't sleep, I will do this for His Majesty."

"Hahaha."

Guo Peng couldn't help laughing: "Don't stay asleep, I'm afraid you will fall off your horse if you don't sleep."

There is nothing wrong with Cao Hong's military camp. It seems that apart from being greedy and stingy, he has no major problems in running the army.

Naturally, Zhao Yun is in charge, so Guo Peng has nothing to worry about.

After that, Cao Chun and Guo Dong didn't have any problems, and the whole army went smoothly. Regarding Guo Peng's requirement of [-]% of the cavalry in the army, they also expressed that they would try their best to meet it.

Finally, Guo Peng inspected Li Dian's barracks.

As the only one of the four main generals of the guard under Zhao Yun who was not from a family background, Li Dian had obviously attracted the attention of many people.

His uncle Li Qian was following Le Jin in Shuzhong, Li Zheng's son Li Zheng was following Yu Jin in Pingzhou, and Li Dian was assigned to the Central Army as a general of the Guards.

The three members of the Li family also followed Guo Peng very early, and basically entered the Guo Peng Group at the same time as Le Jin and others.

At that time, Guo Peng had just obtained the position of governor of Qingzhou. Li Qian joined Guo Peng's army with his son and nephew, and also volunteered to donate a large part of food to Guo Peng, gaining a certain status.

So far, there are sixteen or seventeen years.

At that time, the reason why Li Dian was chosen to join the Wei Army was also to show that he was not always nepotism.

In addition to Zhao Yun, in the guard army, one of the four main military leaders should also be reserved for a general with a foreign surname.

The three members of the Li family have always been Guo Peng's hardcore supporters. Whether it is attacking Yuan Shao, moving the clan resident, or cooperating with the Yantie official camp, the Li family is the first to respond.

Their buttocks are very upright, so out of the idea of ​​rewarding and setting a model, Guo Peng gave this important position to Li Dian.

There are similarities between Li Dian and Zhao Yun.

He is very calm, cautious, humble, and likes to read, respects scholars, is young, and behaves steadily like an old man who has experienced many battles.

More importantly, like Zhao Yun, he doesn't like to fight for credit, always avoids disputes, and takes the initiative to give in, so everyone thinks that he has the style of an elder.

With such an attitude, even Wei Yan couldn't say anything among the guards.

When facing Li Dian, Wei Yan, who is as lonely as Wei Yan, will be polite and doomed to speak with propriety.

It can be seen that Li Dian is quite popular in the army.

For such a general, Guo Peng liked it very much, and he did not fight or snatch it, which means that this person does not have a lot of fame and fame. Like Zhao Yun, he belongs to the category that can be appointed with confidence.

Because of his prudence, he leads troops with maturity and prudence, and puts safety first in everything. Li Dian can be regarded as a model for generals in this respect.

So handing over a guard unit to him to lead, Guo Peng was not worried that it would waste the army's training.

The same is true.

In addition to the normal training, the army under Li Dian's command also had additional military formation training every day.

He asked the soldiers to surround the formation with wooden sticks, and fiercely attacked the shield soldiers maintaining the formation. Sometimes, he even asked the crossbowmen to attack the shield soldiers intensively with arrows without arrowheads.

For a certain period of time, the shield soldiers will be rewarded for maintaining the formation, and the rest of the soldiers will be punished; for breaking the formation, the rest of the soldiers will be rewarded and the shield soldiers will be punished.

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Guo Peng expressed his interest in Li Dian's approach, so he asked him why he did it.

Li Dian replied that he thought this could infinitely simulate the situation on the battlefield.

"Our army's battles are mainly based on the army formation. Whether it is a siege or a field battle, the army formation is the most important, and the army formation is led by the outer large shield. Without a shield, an army formation cannot be formed, and the soldiers holding the shield must be tenacious.

The minister believed that no matter what the situation, the shield soldiers should not panic. If the shield is broken, the formation will be broken, and if the formation is broken, the army will die. "

Guo Peng deeply praised it, praised and rewarded Li Dian, thinking that his actions are worthy of praise.

Then he ordered Li Dian's idea to be extended to the whole army, so that the whole army should pay attention to the training of shield soldiers.

Shoot with arrows without arrows, let spearmen hold wooden sticks to besiege, and set a time limit, so as to exercise the defense ability and pressure resistance ability of shield soldiers, and enhance the survival rate on the battlefield.

Guo Peng admired Li Dian's cautiousness and whimsy very much, and also had a high opinion of him.

To say that the only dissatisfaction is that Li Dian is too cautious in his actions.

It is a kind of morality and a kind of self-cultivation not to fight or grab in the face of military merits, but it is not good to not fight or grab too much, so that what should belong to oneself will be taken away by others.

This will not only fail to play a good role, but will also make the soldiers under him alienated.

And some people think that Li Dian is a noble character and respect him, but some people think that Li Dian is easy to bully, so they bully him specifically.

Guo Peng told him more than once not to be too cautious, lest someone think he is easy to bully, but Li Dian still didn't change his attitude much.

Guo Peng even felt that Li Dian was becoming more and more Buddhist.

Even if you are surrounded by relatives and generals, you can't be indifferent, right?

"Mancheng, it's not the first time I've told you this. Your strength is modesty and prudence. Your shortcoming is being too modest and prudent. In the army, there are many people who can earn and rob. You don't need to compete with them. , but what belongs to you, you can’t let go.”

Guo Peng came to the barracks for an inspection. He was not dissatisfied with Li Dian's rule of the army, but he was still dissatisfied with Li Dian himself.

Before leaving for the expedition, Guo Peng wanted to clarify this part of the problem with Li Dian, lest he would be bullied to death on the grassland battlefield without knowing how to resist.

Competing for military exploits, his colleagues are all good players.

Li Dian seems to be very open about this.

"As long as your majesty knows that I have made great achievements in battle, that's enough. I know that Wei will reward me for my meritorious service. If that's the case, why bother to cause unnecessary disputes? That should not be what your majesty wants to see."

This is really not something I want to see.

I'm worried that you will be bullied to death by those bastards.

Guo Peng was furious, but he had nothing to do with Li Dian.

Still the same sentence, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

Just a little bit of care.

Li Dian is not stupid.

It took a few days to inspect the barracks of the various battalions of the Guards, the daily life and daily training of the army, and looked at their food conditions, training conditions, sanitary conditions and so on.

Then Guo Peng called the officials of the Ministry of War to hold a meeting with Zhao Yun, and asked the Ministry of War to directly connect with Zhao Yun.

For the materials needed for training and preparation, Zhao Yun directly discussed with the Ministry of War, and then the Ministry of War supplied them as appropriate. For this reason, the Ministry of War needed to assign some officials to be responsible for the supply task of the Luoyang Garrison.

And this is also a relatively large burden for the Ministry of War.

It is true that a large number of people are busy in Hebei. Even the cabinet officials and the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance have been transferred to Hebei to help, and the officials of the Ministry of War are also at a loss.

Major corruption cases broke out in Hebei officialdom one after another, involving state officials, county guards, county officials, grassroots officials below the county level, and their families. It has spread widely and involved many people.

A group of people were found out before, and as the investigation deepened, another group of people were found out. Jizhou had the most, Youzhou was next, and Bingzhou was the least. However, there were six or seven hundred officials involved.

The rest, including their clansmen, family members, friends, and some merchants selling stolen goods, involved no less than 3000 people.

Some of these people were beheaded, and some were exiled to Pingzhou or Liangzhou. Anyway, none of them ended well.

The officials of the third division are also very busy.

Not only local officials were involved in this wave, but some central officials were also involved. Although there were no direct illegal and corrupt acts, some were clan members and some were relatives. They were involved and punished.

Of course, there are far fewer central officials who committed crimes this time.

Luoyang is a power field, and everyone cares more about power than money.

Only those who have limited prospects and are not too keen on power care more about money, thinking about making as much money as possible with limited power.

Officials with their eyes fixed on power and position are not very willing to get involved in this aspect.

They got rid of the vulgar interests, only love and pursue power, and are not interested in other things. They strictly restrain their families and clansmen, so they have never been involved in the anti-corruption campaign.

This wave was not aimed at central officials.

Guo Peng's original purpose was to fight against the corruption of the enemy, clean up a group of corrupt officials, and rectify the rear before the war to avoid problems during the war.

Cut off a wave of heads, and let the remaining people cheer up and work hard to prepare logistics.

Now more than 370 officials involved in the case have been cleared in Hebei, and 250 and seven officials in Yongliang and Liangzhou combined have been cleared. More than 600 officials have been arrested in these five states together.

It is conceivable that this group of people have had dirty hands and feet since Guo Peng established the Duke of Wei in Jizhou.

At that time, Guo Peng had no time to take care of the issue of government officials. For some things that happened at the grassroots level, he usually picked typical examples to suppress them, put a certain amount of pressure on officials, and did not fight corruption on a large scale.

So much so that this group of people worked secretly in the local area for more than ten years.

Finally, Guo Peng caught this group of people in this net collection operation and fell into the net.

Some officials feel that Guo Peng has cleaned up too many officials in this wave, and the punishment is mostly beheading, which is too much killing, which will hurt the harmony of the monarch and his ministers, and may not be conducive to national governance.

Moreover, new officials still need to be selected, and it will take time for the higher-ups to govern the region. If too many officials are punished at one go, it will cause chaos in the region.

So they suggested that Guo Peng reduce some punishments and not kill officials so cruelly.

After Guo Peng received the memorial, he was furious.

"Corrupt hundreds of thousands of dollars, hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even millions of dollars! Treat the state money as their own! Am I cruel to them? How innocent are the people!"

In a fit of rage, Guo Peng dismissed all the dozen or so officials who advised him in the above table, drove them back to their hometowns, and strictly ordered them not to be used again within ten years as a punishment.

Then he strictly ordered the judicial officials of the three prefectures in Hebei to supervise and kill corrupt and courtiers, and never let anyone go.

So at the end of December in the fourth year of Yande, the heads of more than 370 officials from the three prefectures of Hebei fell to the ground one after another. Thousands of their family members, friends involved in the incident, familiar merchants, etc. were also ransacked. Exile in batches.

Or to Liangzhou, or to Pingzhou, or to Jingnan and southern Yangzhou.

The value of these people's stolen property is nearly [-] million yuan, which is not the money that can be obtained through normal channels.

After this wave of large-scale arrests, family raids and beheadings, the officials of the Third Department reported that many local people went to tell each other to celebrate.

According to further investigation, even in tax matters, these people also have hands-on intervention.

The Central Ministry of Finance is completely ignorant of the population and taxation interference in some places, modifying data, etc., and even the oppression of big data has not discovered them, which shows the cleverness of the means.

This point really touched Guo's rebellion, so no matter what, Guo must kill this group of people to make an example of others, and must not allow people to do anything to the local systems of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of War.

The erosion of the local systems of the Central Ministry of War and the Ministry of Finance has violated Guo's fundamental interests, and Guo will never tolerate it.

All the central government offices are respectful of it, and the official circles of Hebei are respectful of it.

By the time the news spread throughout the country, it was already the end of the first month of the fifth year of Yande.