At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"The government is like this. In the army, the lecture hall will be used."

"Yes, the lecture hall."

Guo Peng said: "In terms of government, we can use methods similar to what we do now as a father to accomplish an action of killing two birds with one stone or even three birds and four birds, so that the prince will have the prestige among the courtiers, which will help stabilize the court at the beginning of the prince's accession to the throne. .

As for the army, those generals and veterans with great prestige should pay more attention. The military system set up for the father can ensure that the army is in the hands of the father. On the one hand, it is because senior generals cannot be cultivated in this rotation system A confidant, on the one hand, is the prestige that is too powerful for the father.

But there is also a problem. The prestige of the founding general is second only to that of the father, while the prince, you, lack the prestige in the army. The system is one aspect, and prestige often allows a person to exercise power far beyond his own authority, and even break through. system. "

Chapter 1332 One thousand 240 two Do you think you can control them well?

Being able to break through the constraints of the system itself is a very unstable existence.

Especially when this person is a general in the army, it is even more dangerous.

Imagine, when there is a big problem in the capital, these generals break through the system and lead troops into the city to put everything down...

The army and force are the real means.

The emperor's prestige is high, and he can still suppress these generals.

But if the emperor's prestige is not enough, these generals will become very definite factors of instability.

This unstable factor is unacceptable to Guo Peng, and Guo Jin is even more unacceptable.

"That's why my father allowed Uncle Zixiao to resign and punished Uncle Zilian."

"Zi Lian himself is not considered to be very capable. There are many generals who are tied with him, but because he is a relative general, he has bonuses in this area, plus his wealth, so he has to deal with it. Zi Xiao is only prestige. Second to being a father, it’s impossible not to deal with it, but apart from filial piety..."

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin: "Tell me, which other very prestigious generals in the army are difficult for you to control?"

"After our army of Wei established the world, the world judged the military merits and appointed five generals to be in the forefront of the world. These five people, and the rest of the generals, are not so well-known."

Guo Jin answered seriously.

"That's right, these five people have the highest prestige, the greatest power, the most authority, and the most military exploits. For you, they are even more respected by the army. Among them, Cao Ren, who is the most threatening, has been dealt with. Next, we will There are four."

"Father means...they all have to be disposed of?"

"You think you can handle them well?"

Guo Peng smiled: "You say, who can you control? Or do you have the confidence to let someone be your confidant, and continue to use him without being backlashed?"

"This... Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong, General of the Guards, is loyal and upright, dedicated to the country, and has never acted arrogantly or illegally. He is a model of generals in the army."

Guo Jin also seems to have a good impression of Zhao Yun.

"That's right, because of this, my father placed Zilong in the center to lead the guards, and gave him such great trust. Zilong is a farm boy with a simple temperament, and he was born as a soldier for his father, so he is the closest.

By the way, Zilong and Guo Lie escorted you and your mother back and forth from Luoyang to Beijiang. "

"It's a little bit, not very clear, but I still remember the heroic posture of General Zilong riding a white horse at that time."

"Hahahahaha!"

Guo Peng nodded: "Zilong is indeed a model general who never forgets his original aspirations, but unfortunately there are too few such people, and the position of general of the guard is too important, as a father can control it, you may not be able to, except for Zilong , you should not set up the post of General of the Guards in the future."

"Father thinks this position is not good?"

"The key positions are in charge of most of the military power in the capital. Except for Zilong, who is absolutely trusted by the father, no one else can use it. No matter who it is, it is better not to set it up. Just disperse the military power. The four generals of the guard are enough. .

Or if you think it’s not enough, you can have five generals and six generals, or you can be not a general, but a lieutenant is good. When you founded the country for your father, there are too many meritorious generals to be rewarded.

You can't entrust the military power to one person, especially if this person still has prestige. When necessary, relying on his prestige, he can break through the system, lead troops into the city, and turn the situation around. That is the most dangerous. "

"My son knows."

When discussing important matters, Guo Jin looked nervous and very serious.

He knows very well the power of the army.

The fact that Guo Peng used [-] imperial troops to abolish [-] to [-] scholars and their families is just around the corner. Guo Jin will never forget this kind of thing.

Five thousand forbidden troops can coerce the world, abolish the privileges of scholars, and abolish an entire privileged group, which shows the power of the army.

The army is the root and foundation of an autocratic monarchy, so the military power of the central army is most reliable in the hands of the emperor alone.

"The remaining three are Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, and Le Jin. How do you think they should be dealt with?"

Letting Zhao Yun go, Guo Peng began to arrange for the other three.

Guo Jin thought silently for a while.

"The father once sent his son to join the army in Liaodong to participate in the war. During that time, the son got along with General Yu. He felt that General Yu was a pure general and not too strong, so the son was not worried that he would do something out of line. .”

Guo Peng thought for a while, and felt that what Guo Jin said was not unreasonable.

Among several generals, Yu Jin is considered to be relatively light in seniority. Whether it is Cao Ren, Zhao Yun, or Le Jin, they all joined Guo Peng before Yu Jin. Only Zhang Liao was the last to join Guo Wei Group, so he has not been very high-profile all the time. that kind of character.

In fact, several generals are not very high-profile characters. On the contrary, they are more low-key than some second-tier generals.

On the contrary, some of those second-tier generals are very high-profile and always want to make big news.

Moreover, they were all Guo Peng's old troops earlier. They marched and fought under Guo Peng's command. It was not until Guo Peng retired to the second line that they stepped up to the front line one after another.

Compared with Zhao Yun, Cao Ren and Le Jin, Yu Jin and Zhang Liao are actually in a bad situation. Even in the court, there is no one who is willing to speak for them and run for them. They can get to where they are today, basically thanks to Guo Peng's help trust.

Yu Jin was actually quite unlucky.

Yu Jin was first recommended to Guo Peng by Bao Xin. In the early days, Bao Xin had a high status in the Guowei Group. He once served as the governor of Yanzhou and was one of the earliest officials in the Guowei Group.

At that time, Yu Jin had a very good relationship with him, the two had frequent contacts, they had a close relationship, they had no secrets from each other, and they even planned to become their sons and daughters.

But soon, Guo Peng decided to become king. In the process of Guo Peng becoming king, Xun Yu, Zang Hong and Bao Xin were the three main leaders of the opposition forces, and they stood on the opposite side of Guo Peng.

Xun Yu and Zang Hong died because of this, and Bao Xin was lucky to survive because he begged Guo Peng for mercy at the last moment.

After that, although he lost all his wealth and status, he was still alive at least. The whole family lived in the outskirts of Luoyang, farming the fields for a living, and did not suffer any further persecution.

Much better than Xun Yu and Zang Hong.

However, Bao Xin was still terrified. He worried every day whether Guo Peng would blame him and kill him. At one point, he even imitated Han Fu's posture and hid in the toilet trying to commit suicide by cutting his wrists. In the end, his family saved.

Although he was rescued, his paranoia could not be cured.

Finally, in Yande for six years, under the blessing of a serious heart disease, Bao Xin contracted a cold and died.

The Bao family lost Bao Xin and further declined. Now the Bao family can only live on more than 100 acres of Susukida. It is difficult for the children in the family to even study, and it is not so easy to eat.

Guo Peng has no idea of ​​pensions.

It is a supreme grace for those who are on the wrong team to survive, what more do you want?

If those who were on the wrong team were forgiven, how would those who were on the right team be rewarded?

However, Yu Jin may have thought of Bao Xin's kindness in recommending him and the friendship he got along with later, so he sent someone to send some money to Bao Xin's family, such as food, oil, rice and noodles, to help them survive, so that they would not be in trouble. Hungry.

At the beginning, an official from the Yushitai reported this matter to Guo Peng, impeaching Yu Jin with bad intentions, but Guo Peng refused to prosecute him, suppressed him, ignored him, and acquiesced to Yu Jin's aid.

Chapter 1333 One thousand two hundred and forty-three Yu Jin and Zhang Liao's situation is not good

Guo Peng is not unclear about what Yu Jin has done.

But he chose not to intervene and let it develop.

There is also a reason for this.

On the one hand, Guo Peng thought of Bao Xin's help to him in the early days of his army, and the credit for helping him take Yanzhou, and felt that doing so would make their lives easier, and he didn't want to do everything.

On the other hand, he feels that acquiescing to Yu Jin's actions is also creating a good opportunity for Guo Jin——

Leave him a handle.

With this handle, Yu Jin can be restrained, and Yu Jin can be used by him obediently, without daring to think about anything else.

If it happened, Guo Jin didn't need to do anything, as long as Guo Jin moved his fingers a little, those wolves, tigers and leopards staring at Yu Jin could swarm him and tear him apart.

It was Bao's intention to rebel that he got to where he is today, but you actually help them?

Do you have evil intentions and want to rebel?

They will go crazy to the table, frame up, and do their best to eradicate Yu Jin for the emperor, so as to earn their own political capital, and step on Yu Jin's body to ascend to high positions.

This is a sword hanging over Jin's head.

If you are not careful, it will fall down at any time.

If this plan is successfully realized, Yu Jin can also be used, so there is no need for Guo Peng to bother to get rid of him.

Yu Jin's ability to command troops is still relatively good, and his personality is not strong. He is one of the minority group who is more trustworthy among first-class generals and reserved for Guo Jin to use. It is still useful to keep him.

So Guo Peng nodded.

"Since you think you can use Jin, then observe for a while and see if Yu Jin meets your expectations."

"Thank you father."

Guo Jin was very happy.

Next is Zhang Liao.

Like Yu Jin, Zhang Liao also carries the burden of history. This burden comes from Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo.

Moreover, Zhang Liao's situation is far worse than that of Yu Jin.

If you want to say that Zhang Liao is Lu Bu's subordinate, it is better to say that Zhang Liao is Dong Zhuo's subordinate.

Zhang Liao was originally a subordinate of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou at that time. In the fifth year of Zhongping, the imperial court staged a grand martial arts show. Ling Emperor Liu Hong ordered General He Jin to recruit warriors from all directions to the capital for his use. Zhang Liao was recommended by Ding Yuan and became General He Jin's subordinate. The subordinates entered Luoyang.

Later, Luoyang was in chaos and He Jin was killed. At that time, Dong Zhuo entered the capital. He Jin's old army had no leader, so he had to seek refuge with Dong Zhuo, and Zhang Liao followed the crowd to seek refuge with Dong Zhuo.

It was only here that Zhang Liao had contact with Lu Bu. As for whether the two had been in contact before, Guo Peng didn't know and never asked Zhang Liao.

However, He Jin's old ministry to join Dong Zhuo actually has a lot to do with Lu Bu.

Without Lu Bu killing Ding Yuan and joining Dong Zhuo, there would be no choice for He Jin to join the old army.

Later, Dong Zhuo died, Wang Yun came to power, and the Bingzhou Gang dominated the central government. A group of Bingzhou people were rewarded generously.

Lu Bu became the court's General Fenwu, while Zhang Liao was granted the title of Minister of the Lu Kingdom by the court. The two thousand stones were actually two thousand stones, and there was no affiliation between the two.

It's just because Lu Bu and Zhang Liao are both from Bingzhou, so they are naturally close.

After the central government of the Bingzhou Gang led by Wang Yun collapsed, Zhang Liao, a native of Bingzhou, had nowhere to go and could only follow Lu Bu here and there.

At that time, the relationship between Zhang Liao and Lu Bu was more like that of a guest general.

Later, Lu Bu was tricked by Yuan Shao to beat Guo Peng, and was killed by Guo Peng. Zhang Liao saw that there was no need to continue the fight, so he surrendered, and was recommended to Guo Peng by Zhang Fei.

Guo Peng regretted that Zhang Liao could not be recruited back then, so he accepted Zhang Liao. Since then, Zhang Liao began to fight for Guo Peng.

The hostile relationship from Dong Zhuo's time didn't end until Lv Bu's death. For many years in between, Zhang Liao was Guo Peng's enemy.

Because of this historical burden, Zhang Liao had high prestige in the army, but he was an untrustworthy person in the eyes of court officials.

Compared with Yu Jin, Zhang Liao was not welcomed by the court, and many people in the staff office and the military department had a bad opinion of Zhang Liao.

If Guo Peng hadn't trusted him, appointed him, urged him to be promoted, and allowed him to display his talents, Zhang Liao would never have reached the position he is today.

But in any case, Zhang Liao was also the supreme commander of the southeast front army, and he was a powerful hero who pacified the Jiangdong Sun regime, local centrifugal forces, and millions of mountain bandits.

When it comes to military exploits, Zhang Liao is only inferior to Cao Ren.

At the time of Cao Ren's glorious retirement, Zhang Liao had replaced Cao Ren and became the most prestigious person in the army after Guo Peng.

So after retiring from Cao Ren, people in the imperial court who were "good at understanding the king's mind" kept sneaking and reporting directly to Guo Peng, explaining to Guo Peng the dangers of Zhang Liao, a foreign minister leading a heavy army in Jiangdong.

The implication is that they think that Guo Peng must be very afraid of Zhang Liao, and he must also want Zhang Liao to hand over his military power and retire as honorably as Cao Ren.

Otherwise, a general who was once an enemy of Guo Peng commanded tens of thousands of elite troops to garrison Jiangdong.

This general really cannot be trusted, he should be deposed, his military power should be seized, and he should be recalled to Luoyang to take care of him on the spot.

But at that time, Guo Peng really didn't think about it that way.

He put Zhang Liao in Jiangdong for a long time. One very important reason was that he needed Zhang Liao to lead the Southeast Corps to carry out pioneering tasks in the central and southern parts of Yangzhou.