At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

For this reason, some things were rewarded to Lu Zhi, many things were also rewarded to Guo Peng's family, and a reward was also given to Guo Peng's son Guo Jin in recognition of Guo Peng's contributions.

Cao Song, as Guo Peng's old father-in-law, also showed his face in front of Emperor Ling, he was cheerful, and he was a little smug.

In addition to Guo Peng, the governors of Youzhou were also responsible for their crimes because of their military exploits. The merits and demerits were offset, and the extra part was added as a township, plus [-] food towns, and bestowed with land as a reward.

Gao Yan, the former prefect of Shanggu County, made great contributions to guarding the soil and providing logistics for Guo Peng. He was transferred to be the governor of Taishan County in Xuzhou and went to the mainland as a Taiping official.

The rest of the generals were rewarded, and Gongsun Zan was appointed as the magistrate of Wuzhong County in Youbeiping County because of his meritorious resistance.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei originally proposed to confer the title of Marquis of Tingdu, but because of their low background and little-known names, they changed to rewarding them with money for their merits.

Emperor Ling felt a bit embarrassed by Zhu Jun's side.

As a chariot general and Marquis of Qiantang, he didn't know how to reward Zhu Jun, but he had to reward him, so he had to follow the usual practice and add [-] food to Zhu Jun, second only to the general. He Jin.

The rewards were issued quickly, and all the heroes of counter-rebellion learned of their rewards. Guo Peng was quite satisfied when he learned that he was added as a general of Zhonglang and also made the prefect of Shanggu County.

In the past, a mere school lieutenant was not very attractive. Although it was the position of the immediate superior to the Hu people, it was not considered a prominent figure in the Han Dynasty system. This time it was different to become a Zhonglang general.

Before the order of the Eastern Han government was disrupted, Zhonglang would be the military rank second only to the general, higher than the school lieutenant, and was usually a senior military officer in the non-war period of the Han Dynasty, which was more than two thousand stones.

Back then, Lu Zhi commanded the whole army as the General of the North Zhonglang, and the Hanting added the position of General of the Zhonglang to Guo Peng, which meant that Guo Peng had the qualifications to command an army alone in wartime, at least he was also a Deputy Marshal.

At that time, the Zongyuan became Lu Zhi's deputy commander in the capacity of General Hu Karasuma.

So this time the military exploits allowed Guo Peng to successfully gain considerable weight in the northern frontier. Not only can he be arrogant to the Hu people, but also the officials of Youzhou have to be courteous to Guo Peng.

The whole of Youzhou could yell at Guo Peng, and there was only one sect member left.

What's more, Guo Peng still has the status of the prefect of Shanggu County and became the Lord of Guofu.

In fact, what Guo Peng likes more is the status of the prefect of Shanggu County. This status not only gives him the power to do things cheaply in Shanggu County, but also gives him the power to appoint a county governor who is more than three hundred stones. , such as Gong Cao Shi, Hu Cao Shi, Zou Cao Shi, Ci Cao Shi and other officials.

In short, he has the power and qualification of "Pi", and has the qualifications to become the head of the palace.

Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the political compromises made by the Emperor Han to the aristocratic families, the dual monarchy gradually came into being. Although it is not written in plain text, it has in fact become a political rule in operation.

Under such a political operation mode, Emperor Han is the first-tier monarch, and the relationship between Emperor Han and his subjects is the first-tier relationship between monarch and minister.

The Pizhu or Mansion Master is the second-level monarch, and the relationship with the scholars he conquered is the second-level relationship between monarch and minister.

The so-called social phenomenon of "students and old officials all over the world" is a fusion of the academic status of the Fourteen Doctors in the Five Classics and the political status of the expropriation system, which is intertwined with the investigation system.

The emperor directly selected officials from the local area, which was called "recruitment", or "recruitment", and the recruitment of scholars by the Sangong, Kaifu generals, and Kaifu officials was called "pi".

Scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty became officials, either through the systematic examination and selection of the Han Empire, that is, following the emperor's route, or through the approval of officials such as Sangong, county guards, state governors, and high-ranking generals who were qualified to open the mansion. The channel is an official.

If you go directly to the former channel and become an official with the emperor's salary, then you can directly take the emperor himself as the first-level monarch, and there is no other relationship in it.

If he was conscripted by the founding minister before being recruited by the emperor, then he would get the salary of the founding minister. Naturally, the founding minister would be the second monarch besides the emperor, and a so-called second-tier relationship between monarchs and ministers would be formed.

For example, Guo Peng was recommended by Yang Biao to be an official, and was directly hired by the Han government as a Lang official. He had no experience of being an official under other founding ministers, so he only needed to regard the emperor as the monarch.

But Dong Zhuo is different. Dong Zhuo was first appointed as a county official by the prefect of the county, and then appointed as a subordinate official by the Liangzhou Governor's Office. Then he was recommended to the imperial court. He was made a subordinate official by Situ Yuanwei at that time.

Therefore, in addition to his relationship with Emperor Han, Dong Zhuo had to regard Yuan Kai as the mansion master, and he had to follow his opinions to a considerable extent.

That's why Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu dared to fight Dong Zhuo so hard, they had the confidence.

Guo Peng's situation is much simpler, without the palace master to suppress him, Yang Biao and his teacher Lu Zhi, who are filial to him, can be treated in a more flexible way.

At this time, it is more about personal morality, rather than political rules. You don't have to take into account the thoughts of the mansion master like those old disciples, and advance and retreat with the mansion master.

Under such a law of political operation, some political phenomena such as "students and old officials all over the world" and "county as the country" naturally emerged, resulting in the decline of central authority and the situation that local power could not be lost.

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PS: I have to admit my mistakes, I didn't know enough before, so I made some mistakes.

Such titles as "Minggong" or "Lord" do exist, but the only people who can be called "Minggong" or "Lord" are officials who have the qualifications to open a mansion, the Sangong, the heavy-ranked general, and the prefect of the prefectural governor of the local state. Only then can he be called Duke Ming and Lord.

When the scholars they recruited took the positions they conferred and received the salaries they conferred, they would call them Minggong or Lord, forming a second relationship between monarchs and ministers, which would last for a lifetime without any accidents, and would leave in the future. The position given by the founding minister is also called "old official".

Ming Gong is a title that appeared in the Western Han Dynasty. The Lord came from the Eastern Han Dynasty and originated from Ming Gong. It is more casual to call it whatever you want.

Therefore, what I wrote before was wrong for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to call Liu Bei their lords. The correct situation should be when Liu Bei became Prime Minister of Pingyuan, made two thousand stones, opened the mansion, and officially awarded the corresponding positions to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. They will call Liu Bei the lord.

Therefore, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, no matter how much officials they later became, are actually Liu Bei's "old officials". This is even more so after Liu Bei became emperor. They not only have the first relationship with the monarch, but also the second relationship with the monarch. that's it.

It was wrong for Cheng Yu to call the protagonist the main character before. The specific title may be Guo Xiaowei or Guo Jun, which is more appropriate. Cheng Yu will not call the protagonist until the protagonist becomes the prefect and has the qualification to open the mansion and grant Cheng Yu the position. The lord or Minggong has formed a formal master-slave relationship. If he wants to betray him, he will suffer great condemnation and political losses, and even lose his political life.

Chapter 140 Mr. Guo's troubles

The founding of the Han Dynasty itself was the product of the integration of the Qin Dynasty system and the Zhou Dynasty system.

It neither cracked the earth and entrusted power to the localities directly like the Zhou Dynasty, nor did it completely control the appointment of local officials by the emperor like the Qin Dynasty, forming a complete centralization.

The Han Dynasty had both, combining the strengths of the two, but it also produced such and such disadvantages.

But at this moment, for Guo Peng, this rule is undoubtedly of great benefit.

When Guo Peng was a school lieutenant, he was not qualified to become an official himself, so he could only rely on luck, family background and personal prestige to attract talents.

In this way, the ones who can win over are either their own family members, such as the Cao brothers and Xiahou brothers.

Or a poor family scholar with a poor background and no connections, such as Cheng Li.

Or it is purely low-level Li Shu, such as Zhao Yun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

There are also businessmen who are rich but have low social status, such as the Mi family.

Others, as long as they have some social status, will not come to join Guo Peng, because Guo Peng cannot let them be officials. In a legal sense, Guo Peng does not have the power and qualification to appoint officials.

The long history of Cheng Li, Zang Hong's army Sima, the Xiahou brothers and the Cao brothers' army commanders, etc., are all military officials, recommended by Guo Peng, and acted by the court.

In the legal sense, there is no second-tier relationship between monarchs and Guo Peng.

The so-called "Master" or "Ming Gong" are only called by senior military officers or officials who have the qualifications to open a mansion.

The three princes in the imperial court, heavy generals, governors of local states, prefects of prefectures and ministers of the state, these officials have the qualifications and power to open up government offices, so they can be called "Master" or "Ming Gong".

The title of lord appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it originated from the title of Ming Gong that first appeared in the Western Han Dynasty.

But the key point is that the people who call their bosses like this are all officials appointed by the boss as the mansion lord. When they hold the official position conferred by the mansion lord, they will call the mansion master who appointed themselves as the lord or Minggong , to show respect and gratitude.

And with such an additional layer of identity, Guo Peng also has the qualifications to build his own team of proteges and old officials. Of course, he is not qualified to hold the classics to teach apprentices.

And this is the treatment that many people can't meet but can't ask for.

As the prefect of the county, he can open a mansion and an official, and thus become a mansion. In Shanggu County, Guo Peng is the status of the king. He will build his own power in an upright manner and appoint officials who are loyal to him.

Nothing could be more beautiful than that.

In a county, except for the prefect of the county and the county magistrates and county magistrates who are appointed by the imperial court, the other officials are appointed by the prefect and belong to the subordinate officials under the jurisdiction of the prefect.

Generally speaking, considering the relationship between traffic problems and local protectionism, people in the county are basically selected to serve.

However, Shanggu County belongs to the border county and is the front line against Xianbei. It has repeatedly suffered military disasters, and its population is sparse and mobile, so it is not easy to form local forces. Therefore, there are few scholars, and many officials need to be recruited from other counties.

Most of the original Shanggu County administrative team had chosen to go with Gao Yan when Gao Yan left. They were all old officials of Gao Yan and were hired by him, so they naturally went with him.

The prefect of the county, Du Wei and Chang Shi were nominally appointed by the imperial court, but most of them were recommended by the prefect, and the appointment by the imperial court was no different from that of the prefect.

They also basically knew that Guo Peng would not appoint them, so they resigned on their own, and they could follow Gao Yan when Guo Peng came to handle the handover, and continue to be officials in another place.

Guo Peng soon went to Juyang County, the county government, to handle the handover with Gao Yan, and took over Yinshou, the prefect of Shanggu, and the people under his command and Gao Yan's people also made the handover.

At this time, Guo Peng was troubled. He found that the talents under his command were not enough.

Cheng Li must stay by his side.

Guo Peng intends to give Cheng Li a formal status as the prefect, and let him do his best to confirm the relationship with the second-tier monarch. From then on, Cheng Li can call Guo Peng the Duke of Ming or the Lord.

Gongcao is a very important position in the county bureaucracy and belongs to Youcao.

The Han system respected the right, so important subordinate officials were called Youzhi or Youcao at that time.

In a county, the right cao is the meritorious cao, the five officials, the postal supervisor, and the master book.

With the development of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present, the political rules are almost based on the county as the country. The prefect of the county who founded the county is like a monarch to the officials in the county, so he has the honorary title of "Fujun", and the meritorious officer is equivalent to the country's prime minister.

Therefore, Guo Peng did not hesitate to hand over the position of meritorious service to Cheng Li, formally appointed Cheng Li as a meritorious service, gave him a salary, and let him work by his side, never leaving him.

Then there is the Five Senses Cao, the Five Senses Cao is an honorary position, not necessarily in charge, but also all-encompassing. Basically, he knows everything.

Guo Pengsi handed over this position to Zang Hong after deliberation. In addition, he also listed Zang Hong as the governor of the county to show the credit for Zang Hong's years of fighting with him.

Guo Peng took into account that Zang Hong had an additional status, so in addition to being an official, he also listed him as the governor of the county and gave him the status of the imperial court. Zang Hong could take the salary that Guo Peng gave him and lead the imperial court. Salary.

Duyou, as the eyes and ears of the prefect of the county, clearly distinguishes good from evil, and his main accusation is to supervise the county government.

The scope of its supervision is divided into two, three, four, and five departments in a county. The objects of supervision are mainly the magistrates and officials of the county they belong to. And authorized to arrest criminals.

There are more people who can be appointed. Shanggu County has eight counties under its jurisdiction. Guo Peng decided to divide the whole county into four departments, each with a postal supervisor.

There is no doubt about this. Guo Peng asked the Xiahou brothers and the Cao brothers for their opinions, and none of them objected. So Guo Peng officially appointed Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and Cao Hong as subordinate officials, and they were respectively appointed as postal supervisors and in charge of the army. job.

It also stated that Xiahouyuan and Xiahoudun were the left and right captains and presided over the defense of the Great Wall.

In addition, there are only a dozen local officials left in Shanggu Taishou's mansion.

Except for a Cangcao named Rongliang, the rest are small officials such as clerks and assistant officials, which is enough to reflect the lack of local talents in Shanggu County.

There is no way, the population of Shanggu County is not more than one-third of that of Zhuo County, and now it is even less than [-]. This is the disadvantage of Bian County, but at the same time, the advantages of Bian County can also be reflected.

There are few tyrants, few landlords, and the local forces have been almost destroyed by the war, basically non-existent. The prefect's authority is much higher than that of many inland counties.

Moreover, Guo Peng, who is also the general guard of Karasuma, has the military and political power in Shanggu County, and has prestige. Karasuma Youdan Yu Nanlou of Shanggu County still listens to him, so this position is even more special.

Even so, Guo Peng, who is in power, feels that he does not have enough civilian subordinates to take on the current positions.

After thinking about it, it is not a short period of time to recruit officials from other places. Now the first thing to do is to set up an administrative team to announce the governance of Shanggu County.

Chapter 141 - He is a warlord

Under such a guiding ideology, all the literate and hyphenated people under Guo Peng's command, and those who had read a little book, were all pulled up to work.

Guo Peng made Guan Yu a soldier, Zhang Fei a lieutenant, Zhao Yun a thief, and Guo Lie a subordinate.

Then Guo Peng thought of Mi Zhu again, and wrote to Mi Zhu who honestly helped him do business and make a lot of money.

Guo Peng asked him if he had any ideas about coming to Shanggu County as his own county magistrate's mansion and taking charge of the finances for himself. If so, just come to him.

Then Guo Peng wrote to his hometown, arranging for Guo Tu and Guo Jin to send a group of people who did a better job in agriculture, water conservancy, family disputes, etc. in Guo's manor.

By the way, I want to call Cao Chun, who is already 17 years old, to come to Shanggu County as a colleague, and arrange a position for him, so as to alleviate the talent gap on my side.

By the way, Guo Peng intends to ask his father, who has been the Prime Minister of Pei Guo for several years, if there is anyone he can recommend to him, so as to reduce the pressure on his side.

He specifically said that civilian talents are needed, and there is no shortage of military generals on his side.

There are literati in the area of ​​Yingchuan, and my father has been cultivating in the surrounding area for more than ten years, and served as Prime Minister of Peiguo for several years, so he should have accumulated a considerable amount of contacts.

After he won the crusade against the Yellow Turban Army and Guo Dan was promoted to two thousand stones, Guo Hong had already chosen to take the initiative to repair the relationship with Guo Dan.

Guo Dan received Guo Peng's advice, so he accepted Guo Hong's apology graciously, and returned to Guo's ancestral hall to worship his ancestors, weeping sadly.

After repairing the relationship with the Guo clan, Guo Dan got help from the Guo clan when he was the Prime Minister of Pei State in Pei State.

His subordinates gathered a group of talents from Peiguo and Yingchuan County's hometown, pulled up the team, and things were done well.

Guo Peng hopes that his father can recommend some reliable talents to him.

Then Guo Peng sent people to Youzhou, Bingzhou and Jizhou to search for talents, hoping to find some famous talents, and then depending on the situation, he would go out to visit them in person and appoint him as an official with the highest standard of treatment.

Literati and talented people are all good at this. In this era, the children of the gentry are generally proud of being called by celebrities and high officials.

Guo Peng is an official of two thousand shi, and has great military achievements. He has a reputation in the Northland all day long. It should be a very honorable thing for Guo Peng to visit the official.

Guo Peng is clear about this psychologically.

Of course, Guo Peng is also very clear that in the era when the concept of clan and locality was very strong, county officials were generally held by people from the county, which was convenient for governance, for being an official, and for going home. There were various practical reasons.

Therefore, some high-status, talented and advanced people will not respond to themselves.

A remote, impoverished and sparsely populated border county like Shanggu County is really not attractive, unless the other party is optimistic about Guo Peng's future and invests.