At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

At the same time, this kind of political system whose overall national strength is not weaker than that of the nomadic empire, and whose stability and continuity are far stronger than that of the nomadic empire is the greatest treasure of the Han people.

This institutional advantage cannot be replaced by one or two technological breakthroughs in the classical era.

Even if Nanlou mastered the saddle technology and let Nanlou's cavalry evolve together, would someone Guo be beaten to death by Nanlou?

System, political system, this is the greatest advantage of the Central Plains Empire.

And this is often ignored by the enemies of the northern nomads.

They like the rich products and interesting technologies of the Han people, and are happy to own these products and learn these technologies, but they dismiss the advanced superstructure of the Han people and sneer at it.

They feel that their own system is the best and most suitable. The only thing Han Chinese are worth learning is technology, and the most important thing is technology.

So their behavior is quite a bit like "learning from the Han to control the Han".

What happened to the Manchu Qing Dynasty that did this kind of thing is well known.

They learned from the barbarians to control the barbarians. It took decades to toss out a "Tongguang Zhongxing" like a castle in the air.

They are very willing to spend money, they are happy to spend money, the army, the navy, we have everything foreigners have, so that we will not be bullied by foreigners.

Then smashed out an army with modern equipment.

After the Westernization Movement, the Qing Dynasty’s new army had guns, cannons, and ironclad ships. All equipment was the most advanced at the time. It had everything needed for coastal defense and land defense. There was also a local military industry, and the technology was not backward.

Compared with them, the European and American armies did not have any advantages in equipment. Some of them had the same equipment as the Qing army, and some of their equipment could even be produced by themselves.

But was the Qing Dynasty strong?

No, it was still defeated after repeated battles, and it was defeated by thousands of miles.

During the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing army had the technical equipment that the Japanese army had, and the Qing army also had the technical equipment that the Japanese army did not have, but what happened?

The typical body is more advanced than the brain.

The backwardness and decay of the superstructure are enough to offset the technical advantages to a certain extent, and this advantage will be dragged down by the decayed superstructure sooner or later.

Later Chinese talents finally realized that the key to saving the country is not in technology, but in the political system.

With a supporting political system, technology can play its due role and lead the entire country to leap forward.

Without a supporting political system, technology is like Li Hongzhang, a paper painter who spent his whole life through ups and downs.

The nomadic empire looks powerful, but their own political system is based on the primitive slave system, full of primitive competitive thinking, and lags behind the Han people by an entire era.

Technology can be close to the Han people, but the political system is not compatible, so it cannot compete with the Han people for a long time.

Unless the Han country committed suicide, abolished martial arts, and made all kinds of unimaginable show operations, such as the Western Jin Dynasty, such as the Northern Song Dynasty, then there is nothing to say.

However, although the Hu people established a country at that time, they did not change their thinking, pushed their own era forward, and became emperors, but the entire ethnic group was still wandering in the nomadic era.

We cannot live in the same era. No matter how well the Hanwu movement is played, there is no way to eliminate the Han people.

It's not like a barbarian who hasn't tried this before.

For example, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

But he used too much force, was overly brainwashed by his grandmother, and admired Han culture too much. A typical elite man, he even gave up his ancestors for Sinicization. He reformed like a tiger, but the result was not very good.

This situation continued until the appearance of Yelu Abaoji, the founder of the Liao Empire.

He developed the tradition of learning from the Han to control the Han to the political level.

Learning the political system of the Han people gave the Han people an unprecedented political status and truly accepted the Yanyun Han people.

He made the Han people in Yanyun identify themselves as Liao people, surpassing their own identity as Han people.

This trick made the Song Empire miserable.

In the past, the northern captives only robbed, and robbing was the main purpose, and they didn't think about taking over the Central Plains and establishing political power, but it will be different in the future.

Later, under the city of Youzhou, Han Derang, one of the founders of Zhao Guangyi's most tragic failure in his life, was the result of Yelu Abaoji's policy.

The success of the Liao Empire pointed out a way for the later foreign regimes to compete with the Central Plains Empire for a long time.

Learn from them, accept them, and overcome them.

It didn't take long for Xixia to follow suit. Throughout his life, Song has been unable to do anything to this small country in the west.

Until the emergence of the Mongol Empire, which was enough to crush them in all aspects, whether it was size, economy or technology.

This is not beautiful.

Guo Peng didn't know what Nanlou was thinking, whether he was thinking about continuing to survive, or whether he was thinking about taking advantage of the spring breeze of the Wei Empire to blaze a path of their own.

Maybe he didn't dare to rebel, but it doesn't mean that other Karasuma people don't have this idea. Nanlou is old, and it's not that there are other young people in the Karasuma clan.

Guo has always been unafraid to speculate on his enemies with the greatest malice, but he never thought that the Karasuma people would actually do such interesting things.

Thinking about the secret business between Karasuma people and Hebei officials before, he suddenly felt that things became more interesting.

Guo Peng hates people who are restless.

Moreover, he is a typical emperor who obeys me, prospers and opposes me, and dies. What he is best at is to use various means to kill his enemies.

It's no pressure for him.

If you learn techniques secretly, I can still laugh it off and cut off one of your paws casually.

But you want me to learn my system and the way I govern the country, and want to build a country within a country under my nose and develop slowly, then I'm sorry, I must destroy you.

On the way back, Mr. Guo was quite beautiful.

The generals and the army surrounded the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Emperor Guo, who enjoyed unprecedented scenery. Compared with the victories in the past, this victory seemed to be more inspiring.

That's right, this victory was a victory that completely eliminated Xianbei. Since then, Xianbei no longer exists, and the powerful Xianbei that could even threaten the life and death of the Han Empire is gone.

This is great news for the entire Wei Empire.

After the ceremony of enshrining Zen in Langjuxu Mountain, Guo Peng pushed his own prestige to the peak, and added a strong touch to his undefeated myth.

This will surely make the rule of the Wei Empire and Guo himself more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

All he wanted, he had already got.

Prestige, people's hearts, and most importantly, the obedience inertia of the people in the world to his rule. They agree with him as their ruler from the bottom of their hearts, agree with his orders, and abide by his norms.

The ruling order has been completely established, and the foundation of a dynasty has been deeply buried.

The country has been stable in 200 years, but it is not certain whether it will be able to reach a higher level in 300 years.

Because it is not this war that can determine whether the dynasty can extend its lifespan to 300 years.

But the next one.

Guo Peng ordered the troops to return to the court, and at the same time left a troop stationed at Langjuxu Mountain, and began to live in a nomadic way.

And when he returns to Luoyang, an unprecedented change that will definitely affect the entire historical process will also kick off.

Are those people ready?

I don't think so.

But no matter whether they are ready or not, Guo, who has such prestige, will not change his plan. That plan must be carried out, and he will do his best to make it happen.

After years of preparation, it is now.

Chapter 1115 Prestige is not something that a superior person is born with

When Guo Peng announced the class teacher, the news of his victory in the Northern Expedition had not yet reached Luoyang.

To be precise, it has not even reached Bingzhou yet, because the journey is really long.

In the center of the core of the Wei Empire, Luoyang City is still peaceful.

After Emperor Guo Peng left, the political atmosphere in Luoyang City suddenly became more relaxed. All officials, big and small, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, expressing their sincere relief for the emperor's departure.

The sense of coercion that Guo Peng brought to everyone was too strong.

Really, really strong.

When Guo Peng was in power, [-] and [-] were the norm. From the big bosses in various stations to the small officials in various ministries, few officials who handle affairs can have a good day on weekdays.

As soon as they opened their eyes, they got up and went straight to work in the government office. Facing the heavy workload piled up like a mountain, they couldn't breathe, so they could only take a deep breath and start working seriously.

After finally taking a breath, I suddenly realized that it was lunch time. We went to the canteen to eat together, ate a huge meal, filled our stomachs and came back to take a rest, and then we had another afternoon of work.

After taking a breath, I found that it was already dinner time, and not many people could go home from work. Officials of important departments had to stay and work overtime, so they could only go to the canteen to have a meal, and then continue to work overtime.

Take another breath, the overtime work is over, it is already a quiet night, everyone should go home and sleep.

That's the end of the day.

When I opened my eyes the next day, it was a new reincarnation.

They feel that they are like tools. They work when they open their eyes, and sleep when they close their eyes. Do they have to worry about being involved in political storms and losing their power and status, and they have no honor as an official at all.

Is this an official?

Fortunately, everyone is not forced to work overtime on the holiday once every ten days. Those who work overtime also take turns to rest. There is always a time to rest.

At this time, I can also spend a little time with my family, take a good bath, inspect the children's homework, and pay my wife a good amount of public food.

There is no way, I am too tired from work, wandering around the house like a zombie, I can't even lift my head, so why pay public food?

Being able to rest for a while is the most luxurious enjoyment.

Now that Guo Peng's Northern Expedition left the capital, the coercion from the emperor suddenly disappeared.

Although the workload is still huge, in everyone's opinion, it is time to take a proper breath.

Because many things had to be transferred to the Northern Expedition camp where the emperor was, and it took time to go back and forth, so the number of things that could be handled in Luoyang was reduced.

This is the time to rest and relax!

In the beginning, they maintained their previous rhythm of life and work because of the inertia left by Guo Peng, but then they suddenly realized that the emperor had already gone to the Northern Expedition, and there is no such emperor in Luoyang now.

Now the crown prince is in charge of the country, and Cao Cao and Guo Jia are the assistants.

The prince has no prestige. Both Cao Cao and Guo Jia are traditional civil servants and have certain prestige, but they cannot be compared with the emperor himself.

Cheng Yu and Tian Feng, who were able to coerce the Shangshutai in the past, were not there, and all the Shangshu were left behind. The Shangshu did not need to go through the Shangshuling and Shangshupu, but could directly pass the matter to the Prince Jian Guo himself, so that the Prince could make a decision.

Speaking of making decisions, there are not many things that the prince can make decisions on, and a considerable part of them still has to be sent to the Northern Expedition camp for the emperor to handle.

Everyone respected the prince on the surface, and dealt with it in the early morning and afternoon, but in fact, not many people took the prince seriously.

After all, it is the prince, not the emperor. According to political correctness, everyone's loyalty should be dedicated to the emperor, not to the prince. The prince is the prince, and he is only the prince.

Guo Jin was keenly aware of this relaxed atmosphere.

But he can't change it.

As a prince, he is very clear about what he should do and what he shouldn't do. He has the name of supervising the country, but in fact his power is relatively limited, and his responsibilities are as great, but after all, someone will help him out.

The ruling team that Guo Peng left for him has rich experience and strong ability to handle government affairs. Guo Jia and Cao Cao are experts in military and political affairs. With their assistance, handling state affairs is not a problem.

Other important matters that even Cao Cao and Guo Jia could not handle were naturally sent to the Northern Expedition camp to be handled by Guo Peng himself, and it was not Guo Jin's turn to do it.

In terms of prestige, Guo Jin also has a little bit.

For example, he is diligent and conscientious, sleeps all day long, handles affairs in the palace very early, and goes back to rest very late. He works very hard every day, and he has not slack off for a day since Guo Peng left.

Moreover, he never made a mistake in dealing with problems, and he always did it right, and did not cause problems in the operation of the government. Therefore, the courtiers praised Guo Jin for his hard work and his father's style in handling government affairs.

However, this did not make Guo Jin happy.

The things that can be done right are inseparable from the help of Cao Cao and Guo Jia. Without Cao Cao and Guo Jia's guidance, Guo Jin, who is new to state-level government affairs, would be in a hurry, including his small team.

Lu Yi and Lu Yu, who could help him with government affairs, panicked and didn't know how to deal with these government affairs.

Then Cao Cao made a move to solve the problem, and then helped Guo Jin find out, which allowed Guo Jin to overcome the initial panic.

The same is true in military affairs. If you say that Guo Jin has received some training in government affairs, and can get started quickly after being instructed, Guo Jin has indeed not had much contact with military affairs. Without Guo Jia's help and Zhao Yun's cooperation, Guo Jin Jin can't play it either.

During this period of time, Guo Jin was fully aware of his own shortcomings, so he studied desperately, spending time in the Hall of Qinzheng from morning to night, studying hard in the place where his father used to handle government affairs, handling it properly, and gradually found some tricks.

But it didn't take long for him to be happy, and he noticed a wave of laziness and slack gradually pervading the entire court.

When observing Guo Peng's handling of government affairs by Guo Peng's side, he would see that one or two of those officials were extremely hardworking.

All in all, it is tense and serious, racing against time.