At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

The actual value of Jiaozhou is not worth his big fight, but coupled with the central policy and future plans, the value of Jiaozhou will immediately rise to a higher level.

What is valuable is not Jiaozhou itself, but its policies and advantageous geographical location.

And the coveted Red River Plain that he has always wanted is now in Jiaozhi County.

Jiaozhi County basically covers the entire Honghe Plain area. It is also the political center of Jiaozhou, and it can be owned directly without sending troops to fight foreign wars.

Vietnam has achieved considerable strength by virtue of the Red River Plain. The soil here is fertile, suitable for agricultural production, the development of civilization, and it has raised a large population, which has considerable potential.

Therefore, Guo Peng intends to build the Honghe Plain as the southern gate of Wei State and establish a stable rule here.

Historically, most of the frontiers were barren lands, unsuitable for the development of agriculture, and the policy of immigrant consolidation was difficult to implement.

But once the Red River Plain becomes the southern gate and the extremely high agricultural value is developed, it will be very easy to garrison troops.

Jiaozhou's location and future strategic value are so great that it cannot be measured by pure economic benefits.

In the past, he was really powerless and had no time to take care of Jiaozhou.

But now that he has the energy, he has to think about things about Jiaozhou in the future.

Jiaozhou surrendered peacefully, and there was no war, and it was not easy for the Wei Central Committee to provoke a war.

Unless Jiaozhou blew itself up on the spot and there was a rebellion, then Guo Peng could use this excuse to send a large-scale army into Jiaozhou, start building a seaport, and operate the Red River Plain.

Once the seaport is established and the Red River Plain can be operated a little bit, in the not-too-distant future, when the Little Glacier completely descends, the Red River Plain can also provide a certain amount of support to the north by sea.

After determining such and such a policy, Guo Peng further determined that Jiaozhou should be controlled.

But how to control it, how to control it with the least cost, is debatable.

A large-scale attack is not worth it, and the road is rough, and the possible result of a large-scale attack is that the number of troops lost on the march is greater than that lost during the war.

Moreover, how to enter the army is also a problem. When the soldiers of the emperor enter Jiaozhou, there must always be a decent reason.

Such as rebellion.

In order to lay the foundation for the future, Guo Peng held an imperial meeting in Nanshufang with the participation of the core decision-makers to discuss Zhang Jin's upper table and Jiaozhi prefect Shi Xie's upper table.

Basically, everyone's opinions are very consistent. They all agree that Zhang Jin just wants to eat peaches.

The body went to the Wei Empire, but the head remained in the Han Empire.

Cao Cao felt very disdainful of Zhang Jin.

"In the past, I, Wei, had a lot of important things to do, and I didn't have time to take care of Gu Jiaozhou for the time being, so I let him be the state shepherd in Jiaozhou. What about the natural thing?"

Guo Jia also expressed his views.

"Zhang Jin's move is nothing more than wanting his family to take root in Jiaozhou. Taking advantage of the long distance from Luoyang, he wants to separate one side. On the surface, he is asking for His Majesty's consent. In fact, he is plotting to do something wrong. I think Zhang Jin If you have evil intentions, you can cut them down."

Dong Zhao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also stepped forward to speak.

"Zhang Jin has ulterior motives, trying to occupy a state with his family, and imitating the story of Nanyue King Zhao Tuo in the early Han Dynasty.

The staff officer ordered Xizhong to speak up.

"Your Majesty, Jiaozhou is located in a remote place. If you want to cut it, there are three ways. One is to go south from Jingzhou. In the past, Liu Biao of Jingzhou coveted Jiaozhou and often sent troops to attack and harass it. This road can be used. The other is to go downstream from Yongchang County. Next, enter Jiaozhi County and go straight to Jiaozhou, and the third is to enter Jiaozhou's Nanhai County from Jian'an County in Yangzhou."

Good guy, Xi Zhong directly skipped the question of whether to crusade, and directly discussed how to crusade.

That's right, the staff order should directly give military advice to the emperor in this way, and don't think about anything else.

Indeed, Zhang Jin's behavior can be understood as a provocation to the central court, and it is also possible to directly send troops to crusade.

However, Guo always felt that his interests could not be better served if he didn't give Jiaozhou a whole lot of trouble.

Someone Guo likes to watch dogs bite dogs.

"Leaving aside the matter of the crusade against Jiaozhou, how do you think about the matter of Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi?"

All the ministers expressed their views one after another, feeling that Zhang Jin was arrogant, while Shi Xie was more submissive, saying that he supported the imperial court's dispatch of Jiaozhou Governor, who was very knowledgeable about current affairs and could be reused.

Regarding this, Guo Peng was noncommittal, but turned his attention to Xu Jing.

"Xu Butang, I heard that you have an old friend with Zhang Jin, and you often exchange letters. You should know Jiaozhou better. How do you view this matter?"

Everyone looked at Xu Jing, the No. [-] minister in Tianzi.

Xu Jing's reputation is indeed notorious. In private, everyone calls him the No. [-] minister in Tianzi, and they disdain him very much. Those who chased and shouted to kill him before are still very dissatisfied with him now. friendly.

Even if he holds power, the relationship between each other is very rigid because everyone has already torn their faces.

But there is no way, the emperor just wants to use him, and he still makes him the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and his participation is indispensable in the core decision-making of the court, and he is very fond of him.

It can only be said that there is no emperor who does not like courtiers.

chapter 1350 one thousand 260 Shi Xie violated Guo Peng's biggest taboo

Guo Peng's question had no other meaning.

He didn't think that the correspondence between Xu Jing and Zhang Jin meant that Xu Jing knew foreign countries. This could be seen as Xu Jing collecting the political ecology of Jiaozhou for him.

Because Xu Jing had no way out, he was a lone minister, he had nothing but the emperor, and without relying on Guo Peng, Xu Jing would be fried in oil pan by those who hated him today.

The news collected by Xu Jing can be compared with the news collected by the secret agents of the Linzi Camp to see whose is more accurate, and to better understand the current real political ecology of Jiaozhou.

Xu Jing stood up from the cushion and walked in front of Guo Peng unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, Jiaozhou Shepherd Zhang Jin hates the current Jiaozhi prefect Shixie very much. The relationship between the two is actually very bad, and there is a faint tit-for-tat situation. The conflict between them is well known in Jiaozhou.

Zhang Jin was the governor of Jiaozhou appointed by the former Han Dynasty, and His Majesty appointed him as the shepherd of Jiaozhou. He was appointed by a foreign official, while Shi Xie was a native of Jiaozhou. His family had lived in Jiaozhou for six generations. He worked hard and was actually the real control of Jiaozhou. By.

Although Shi Xie himself was only the prefect of Jiaozhi, his younger brother Shiyi also served as the prefect of Hepu, his second brother Xuwen county magistrate also served as the prefect of Jiuzhen, and his third brother Shi Wu also served as the prefect of Nanhai. He was very powerful and second to none in Jiaozhou.

Four members of the Shi family control the four counties of Jiaozhou, and there are only seven counties in Jiaozhou. It can be seen that his family is powerful. The veteran thought that Zhang Jin was arrogant, but Shi Xie was definitely not a kind person. At this time, he was facing Zhang Jin tit for tat. His dislike for Zhang Jin. "

What Xu Jing said caused some officials to think.

Because Jiaozhou has no sense of existence, the officials of Wei State have never devoted their attention to Jiaozhou, and it is inevitable to not know the specific situation of Jiaozhou.

So they didn't know about the grievances and disputes between Zhang Jin and the family of local snakes.

I don't even know that this scholar family actually controlled most of Jiaozhou in one go, and became the uncrowned king of Jiaozhou. Zhang Jin's words are not as good as his words.

From this point of view, Shi Xie is really not a kind person.

They all looked at the emperor who was an expert in destroying families.

They knew very well that the most intolerable thing for the emperor was that a certain local family controlled too much power, and could even resist the orders of the central court.

Shi Xie violated Guo Peng's biggest taboo.

Compared with Zhang Jin's temporary rootless duckweed, Shi Xie is what Guo Peng hates the most.

At this time, Shi Xie expressed his support for the emperor to send the governor to replace Zhang Jin. He just wanted to maintain the status quo and continue to be his local tyrant emperor, and he did not want the power of the imperial court to interfere in the administration of Jiaozhou.

This is also the behavior His Majesty hates the most. For this, Guo Peng killed many people.

From this point of view, His Majesty's thoughts may be different from what everyone thinks.

really.

"Don't worry about Zhang Jin, just reply to Shi Xie, and tell Shi Xie that he is the court's favorite governor of Jiaozhou, and then leak the news to Zhang Jin at the same time."

The emperor really wasn't someone who took an ordinary path, he just didn't want to take a place safely, he insisted on letting them kill each other and explode themselves, and then come to the place as a savior to get the greatest benefit.

This time, too.

Once Zhang Jin knew that Shi Xie, the court's favorite, would be the next governor of Jiaozhou, he would definitely explode on the spot. How could he accept this situation?He's sure to make a move.

And Shi Xie didn't want to be the governor of Jiaozhou at all, he just wanted to be the master behind the scene of Jiaozhou, and now he was suddenly pushed to the front by the emperor, he must have been caught off guard, and perfectly drew Zhang Jin's hatred.

Then just watch what kind of chaos happens in Jiaozhou.

When the high-ranking officials and dignitaries at the decision-making level were preparing to watch Jiaozhou's jokes, the emperor suddenly set off a major change in Qingzhang's land, which triggered civil strife that lasted for several months, and everyone was involved.

So the ministers at the decision-making level finally had no time to watch Jiaozhou's jokes.

When the domestic turmoil in Wei subsided and the emperor ascended to the pinnacle of imperial power, the news that the situation in Jiaozhou was out of control was appropriately transmitted back to Luoyang.

The reason why the Emotional Emperor messed up Jiaozhou with conspiracies and tricks was to make Jiaozhou also into chaos, and to cause turmoil along with the rest of the Wei Empire?

Regardless of whether Guo Peng thought so or not, at the same time that the Wei Empire had a large-scale rebellion, the news that the central government favored Shi Xie as the next governor of Jiaozhou was also sent to Shi Xie, and of course the gossip was also sent to Zhang Jin at the same time.

Zhang Jin and Shi Xie turned pale with shock at the same time.

Zhang Jin was naturally surprised that his family could not successfully inherit the post of Jiaozhou pastor, and even more surprised that Shi Xie was chosen by the emperor to become the governor of Jiaozhou.

Shi Xie was simply surprised that he was chosen by the emperor to be the next governor of Jiaozhou.

What a joke, Shi Xie never thought of being the governor of Jiaozhou. Compared with being a governor of Jiaozhou, he cared more about whether the family property of the Shi family could be preserved, and he didn't think that he could give Shi Xie a job when he came to the stage. What benefits does home bring.

The Shi family has already occupied four of the seven counties in Jiaozhou, and they are already the masters behind the situation in Jiaozhou. If they are not satisfied with becoming the governor of Jiaozhou and further expanding their power, then the central government will definitely not sit idly by. I am afraid that after the extreme prosperity, The danger of destruction is at hand.

He knew very well how dangerous the emperor Guo Peng was.

Being a prefect will not get into the eyes of the central government, but if you become a governor, then...

Not to mention whether it will enter the eyes of the central government, Zhang Jin will definitely go crazy there.

But no, Zhang Jin will undoubtedly go crazy.

He made a statement to the court, stating Shi Xie's various [crimes], saying that Shi Xie is a villain, a hopelessly greedy person, a barbarian who does not understand reason, and a southern barbarian from southern Xinjiang, who is not worthy at all. To be the governor.

Then he began to plot evil, thinking about encroaching on the power of the Shi family, and preparing for the worst possibility.

The so-called worst possibility is that the scholar family launched a military operation in order to become the governor and forcibly seized his position.

He knew very well that the military power held by the Shi family was definitely not weaker than him.

Now that the central government is unreliable, Zhang Jin was terrified and decided to do something no matter what.

Therefore, Zhang Jin first started from the three counties where the Shijia did not serve as prefects.

He is a Jiaozhou pastor. Before Guo Peng decreed to revoke Zhang Jin's position as Jiaozhou pastor, he was still a Jiaozhou pastor. He nominally had the right to appoint and remove all officials in Jiaozhou and the three major powers of Jiaozhou's military, government and finance. No one could restrict, question.

So he made a decisive move and replaced the sheriffs of Yulin County, Cangwu County and Rinan County with his own clansmen, and appointed clan members Zhang Wei, Zhang Ning and Zhang Liu as the prefects of Yulin County, Cangwu County and Rinan County respectively , to expand his power openly and aboveboard.

In the three counties of Yulin County, Cangwu County and Rinan County, it doesn't mean that there is no influence of scholars.

It's just that the power of the Shi family is relatively weak, while the forces of other parties are relatively complicated, and there is no unified order. This is probably an act of the Shi family to avoid suspicion, and self-regulation to avoid excessive power.

Zhang Jin blatantly ignored the local situation, replaced the sheriffs of the three counties with his own clansmen, and then took part of the army to take up the post. It seemed that he was going to make trouble.

The locals were dissatisfied, but after all, Zhang Jin was appointed by the central government as the shepherd of Jiaozhou.

So Zhang Jin let his clan control three counties, and confronted the four counties controlled by Shi Xie's family.

This is just the beginning.

After Zhang Jin controlled the sheriffs of the three counties, he asked someone he trusted to be the county magistrate to cooperate with the sheriffs he dispatched.

Then start to attack Shijia.

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Zhang Jin didn't do it indiscriminately, and it was methodical.

Instead of the four prefects of the Shi family, he moved the county magistrates and county chiefs under the four counties controlled by the Shi family.

For example, Zhongsu County and Sihui County in Nanhai County, Linyun County and Gaoliang County in Hepu County, Xianhuan County in Jiuzhen County, etc., a total of five counties.

The county magistrates of the five counties were all replaced by Zhang Jin's cronies.

All this happened very quickly, and when Shi Xie hadn't thought of how to show the court that he didn't want to be the governor of Jiaozhou, Zhang Jin had already laid out the plan.

He is ready to use practical actions to protect the interests of himself and his family.

Facing the unprecedented and rapidly deteriorating situation, Shi Xie realized that Zhang Jin already knew the news that the imperial court planned to appoint him as the governor of Jiaozhou.

But he was not in a hurry, let alone surrendering to Zhang Jin.

He felt that at present, the distance between Shijia and Zhang Jin was completely torn apart, leaving only the last layer of window paper. As long as this layer of window paper is pierced, the two families will surely meet each other.

It's really hard to say what the situation will look like once the soldiers meet each other.