At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

So Zhao Yun wrote a request for merit in Zhenxi City, and sent it to the capital in an expedited six hundred miles, hoping to let Guo Jin know about it as soon as possible.

He knew very well how much Guo Jin needed this victory.

Zhao Yun put Zhang Fei in the first place when discussing meritorious service in a fair and impartial manner, and then told Guo Jin about Zhang Fei's combat experience, so that Guo Jin could decide how to reward Zhang Fei.

Or some kind of punishment.

And how to appease that group of dissatisfied generals.

Zhang Fei is happy, but the others are very upset, they can't fight again, right?

With such thoughts in mind, Zhao Yun kicked the ball to Guo Jin.

Within six hundred miles, within 20 days, the news of victory was delivered from the Zhenxi Dufu Mansion to Luoyang City. Guo Jin, who was holding an event in the Martial Arts Hall of Shouyang Mountain, learned of the victory of the battle.

At first I was surprised and thought it shouldn't be so fast, but thinking about how strong Wei Jun is, it should be possible to go so fast.

So he immediately announced in public that he had won the Battle of the West and that the Kangju Kingdom had been wiped out, which was extremely exciting——

Let the students in the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall cheer loudly, cheer for their monarch, and cheer for their loyal object.

Only then did Guo Jin know the whole story of the war and some of its details, and the initial joy and relief quickly turned into full of helplessness and depression.

Zhang De found it strange that the emperor was still frowning after winning the battle.

"Your Majesty, it is a happy thing for the army to win the battle. Why is Your Majesty so sad?"

"Of course I am happy to win the battle, but... But this Zhang Fei really makes me worry."

Guo Jin sighed sadly: "Do you know what he did? Forget it, you don't need to know too much, you just need to know that Zhang Fei almost won the battle alone."

"General Zhang Fei won by himself? Ouch, that's pretty impressive."

Zhang Degang was about to praise Zhang Fei according to the emperor's words, but the emperor glared at him.

"What is so powerful? He is so powerful all by himself. Where did he put the other generals? He didn't fight this battle alone. He fought so powerfully. What about the other generals? Don't other troops want military merits?

The plan made by General Zilong was messed up by him alone, and the missions that other generals should have carried out were gone. The battle was over, but the credit almost belonged to him alone. He was too domineering! "

Guo Jin was very upset.

Zhang De shut his mouth and dared not speak.

The predecessors taught - when the emperor is happy, he will say a few words, when the emperor is angry, he will keep silent, and pretend that he does not exist, unless the emperor asks questions.

This is the way of survival of the personal eunuch.

The emperor is a man-eating tiger, and his companion is like a tiger. If he is a little careless, his head will move, so be careful.

Guo Jin was indeed very unhappy, and became more and more unhappy.

After much deliberation, he felt that something was wrong.

When Guo Peng was the emperor, although Zhang Fei had the same temperament, making all kinds of troubles and mischief, he never violated military orders.

Zhang Fei will act as the military order dictates.

Although he likes to fight, he has never broken the situation and is under control. He carries out Guo Peng's orders and dare not disobey them.

This time, Zhang Fei lost control a little bit.

He disobeyed Zhao Yun's order and went out to fight guerrillas by himself, fighting wildly. Although he won the battle, he still fought wildly.

Zhang Fei's loss of control seems to be a matter of course, and it seems to be caused by his reckless temper, but in fact it is not.

For this military operation, Guo Jin appointed Zhao Yun as the commander-in-chief to carry out the mission.

Then Zhao Yun issued a task to Zhang Fei.

So in fact, Guo Jin was giving Zhang Fei an order to act according to the order.

But Zhang Fei did not do this.

He is free to play wherever he thinks of, he is happy, but what is hidden here is not that simple.

This made Guo Jin deeply feel that his prestige in the army is not enough to make the veteran fully obey his orders.

Guo Peng's resignation to the second line seems to have made some people in the army who have been restrained for too long want a slightly more relaxed environment.

Thinking of this, Guo Jin remembered the Wei Xiao case that Guo Peng personally supervised.

After Guo Peng defeated Yuan Shao and became the de facto No. [-] prince in the world, the three states of Hebei are undergoing intense rectification.

At that time, there was a general named Wei Xiao, who was a soldier of Guo Peng and a very trusted subordinate. He was ordered to lead an army to defend the frontier.

At that time, it was the early and middle period of Guo Peng's establishment of the army. The rules and regulations of the army were being refined and improved, and the wartime and non-wartime rules had just been promulgated.

Guo Peng stipulated that the generals of the army were not allowed to attack without authorization. Unless they were attacked, they could not take the initiative to attack the Xianbei people in the north. Once such a situation happened, they would be severely punished and would not be tolerated.

Because this is an important event related to prestige and command.

As a result, this Wei Xiao attacked without authorization.

When the scouts he sent out were wandering on the grassland, they found a Xianbei tribe that was relatively close to the garrison point. It seemed that they were planning to go south to attack the border to take advantage of it.

Wei Xiao felt that it would be better to take the initiative to attack than to be beaten passively, so he immediately led the army to attack, won the battle and wiped out the Xianbei tribe, but when the news came, Guo Peng was furious and ordered Wei Xiao to be beheaded.

At that time, many people interceded, saying that Wei Xiao had made a contribution, not to mention rewards, it is always possible to offset the merits and demerits.

Guo Peng refused to listen, and forced Wei Xiao to be beheaded, and also passed the news to the frontier gate, so as to deter the whole army.

The generals of the whole army were shocked, and from then on they did not dare to violate the military regulations and laws in the slightest.

Afterwards, Guo Peng said that what he killed was not Wei Xiao, but a tendency to try to break free from the shackles of military regulations.

The combat effectiveness of the army comes from military regulations, military laws and organization. An army without military regulations, military laws and organization is a mess. It is not worthy of being called an army at all, and it has no combat effectiveness at all.

Therefore, if the Wei army wants to sweep the world, the strict military regulations and military laws must be abided by, and they must not be relaxed.

The military regulations are strict. Although the soldiers abide by them on the surface, they are gradually accepting them in their hearts, but people are lazy and will always unconsciously seek a more relaxed way of life.

Soldiers are like this, and so are generals. They are not willing to be bound by such strict regulations, and they want greater freedom.

They will inadvertently or even intentionally try to challenge the military regulations, trying to get a respite, or break free from the shackles of the military regulations, be free and give themselves more leeway.

This situation is very dangerous and must be taken seriously.

If it is not taken seriously, it will do great damage to the dignity of the military regulations that have been established with great difficulty. If you want to re-establish them, you will spend hundreds of times of effort, and it may not be successful.

The establishment of military regulations and military laws was established from the very beginning of the establishment of the army, and it is the core idea of ​​Guo Peng's rule of the army.

Guo Peng does not allow his army to be as free and undisciplined as other warlord armies without the appearance of soldiers.

He requires a high degree of organization in his army.

The secret of the Wei army's powerful combat effectiveness lies in its extremely high degree of organization, which surpasses all armies of the time.

Where does the degree of organization come from?

From military regulations and military laws.

The period when Wei Xiao committed the crime was the period when Guo Peng defeated Yuan Shao and the entire army swelled. During this period, undercurrents surged in the army, and some people tried to break through the shackles of military regulations and loosen themselves.

But they didn't expect Guo Peng to be so fierce and decisive.

The trend at that time was cut off by Guo Peng.

A single head shocked the hearts of the entire army.

For the next ten years, until Guo Peng abdicated before, Wei Jun was firmly under his control, and there was never any problem with military regulations and laws.

It can be said that it was precisely because Guo Peng killed Wei Xiao and maintained the majesty of the military regulations that the military regulations left such a deep imprint on the Wei army collective, and Guo Peng's own authority was so great.

A Wei Xiao is not the key, the key is that a certain trend is slowly rising to challenge Guo Peng's rule, and he must do that.

If you don't do that, let yourself be free, and say what is not an example, then the next example will appear soon, and the generals who have made great contributions will soon be arrogant and arrogant, so why do I say that I am the best in the world.

If things go on like this, there will be no more military regulations, and Guo Peng's control over the army will also be shaken. If he does anything at that time, it will be a big cleansing of the army, and there will be many, many dead.

This is no joke, this is very serious reality.

Guo Peng killed Wei Xiao, upheld the military regulations, and also upheld his uncompromising position.

Guo Jin realized that with Guo Peng's retreat behind the scenes and the transfer of military power, his tight control over the army had loosened to a certain extent, and this loosening was noticed by some people.

As a result, some military generals have some unfavorable ideological trends.

They feel that Guo Peng has abdicated, and they can relax a little bit, challenge the military regulations, and give themselves more room for maneuver.

Guo Jin must not be able to control the army as strictly as Guo Peng.

Wei Jun's military regulations and military laws are too detailed and strict, and military judges everywhere control the army strictly, preventing the army from having any possibility of overstepping, so it is difficult for people to profit from it.

Although they admitted that Guo Jin was the emperor, they definitely did not equate Guo Jin with the unambiguous Guo Peng in their hearts.

In their view, Guo Jin is definitely a weak leader, not a strong, unshakable and unchallengeable emperor.

It doesn't matter what Guo Peng says, Wei Jun was established by him, he is the master of Wei Jun, he can do this, and Guo Jin is just a successor, can it be compared with Guo Peng?

This vaguely revealed deep sense of challenge and unconvinced made Guo Jin feel angry and uneasy.

His power and status were challenged.

Although Guo Peng made a lot of preparations and concessions for his superior position, and even gave him the identity of the head of the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall to let him cultivate cronies, his prestige obviously did not exceed that of the graduates of the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall within range.

If this wave cannot be handled properly, I am afraid that Guo Jin will not be able to control the army well from now on, and those generals will challenge his authority one after another.

If he backs down because of the qualifications and merits of these generals, it will only make these generals feel that he is weak and deceitful!

How dare they bully the emperor!

If you can't control absolute military power, how can you be a real emperor?

If he couldn't master these brave generals, what kind of empire would he still be the master of?Just return the military power to Guo Peng!

After finally getting the military power from his father, finally becoming the master of the empire, and finally wanting to flex his muscles to do what he wants to do, is he going to die here?

Are you going to disappoint your father?

Thinking about it this way, Guo Jin felt that this was obviously not a small matter, but a very big one, and one that should be taken seriously.

With anger and anxiety, Guo Jin began to seriously consider how to deal with this kind of thing.

How to take action against this problematic general with deep prestige, high credit and great contribution, so as to deter the generals of the army and let them know——

Don't think I'm a bully!

Chapter 1472 One thousand three hundred and eighty two Zhao Yun is the only suitable candidate

If you want to do great things, you need good helpers.

Who is a good helper?

Lu Yi.

Guo Jin met 16-year-old Lu Yi at the age of 15, and now 16 years have passed. He and Lu Yi have already connected with each other and understand each other very well.

When doing things, they can cooperate with each other very tacitly and very well organized. No matter what Guo Jin wants to do, even if he doesn't say it, Lu Yi can do it in advance.

This made Guo Jin feel very comfortable.

Even getting along with Lu Yu who grew up with him was not as comfortable as getting along with Lu Yi.

So when doing things, he prefers to discuss with Lu Yi.

Whether it is before proclaiming emperor or after proclaiming emperor.

Guo Jin has always felt very fortunate that Guo Peng arranged Lu Yi by his side.

If such a talented person can't become his confidant, he will definitely become his own serious trouble.

So he found Lu Yi and told Lu Yi about it.

Then he said that he wanted to punish Zhang Fei to make an example of others and deter the veteran generals in the army, and asked Lu Yi what he thought about it.

Lu Yi was a little surprised that Guo Jin would discuss this matter with him.

It seems that this kind of thing is not something that a person of his position and level can handle. If it is really necessary to discuss it, a joint meeting of the Ministry of War and the Staff Office should be held to discuss it openly.

Lu Yi's public identity is only a doctor in a division under the Ministry of Civil Affairs, a very low-level central government official.

That is to say, the title of servant of the South Study Room, otherwise all the officials would feel that the new emperor is too harsh on his small team.