At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Cao Cao was very upset about this.

But his father has already retired, and as the eldest son of the family, Cao Cao must take on this responsibility, otherwise the whole family will be dependent on others.

It would be easy if Guo Peng was in the central government, but Guo Peng was in a local area. Cao Cao had no choice but to become an official.

So Cao Cao could only write to Yuan Shao with great reluctance, asking Yuan Shao to operate on his behalf and let him return to the central government as an official.

Then in June, things took a turn for the worse.

Ma Xiang, a commoner in Yizhou, called himself the Yellow Turban, raised an army in Mianzhu, gathered more than [-] people, and called himself the Son of Heaven. He broke through three counties in one month and occupied half of the counties in central Shu.

Emperor Ling couldn't bear this situation anymore, and when he was about to make a difference, Liu Yan came up again.

He said that the reason for the Yellow Turban disaster in Yizhou was that Xi Jian, the governor of Yizhou, did not care about the people and extorted money.

Liu Yan said that although he was old, he was willing to do things for the imperial court. Please be the shepherd of Yizhou, go to Shu to arrest Xi Jian, and then appease the people, quell the rebellion, and restore peace in Shu.

Emperor Ling was very anxious, thinking that he had not wanted to agree to the restoration of the state pastoral system for several months, and worried that the local power would not be lost, but the court was too tired.

The three large-scale rebellions had to be dealt with, and the plundering of the Southern Huns had to be dealt with. Not only that, but the key was that the court's main energy was to put down the northwest rebellion. How could it have the time to deal with the nationwide rebellion?

If I don't make a decision again, I am afraid that the world will be gone, and my own emperor will also be gone!

Then, do it!

Gritting his teeth, Emperor Ling made up his mind, and he would not stop doing anything, so why not come together!

Three days after Liu Yan submitted the form, Emperor Ling gave his approval, agreeing to allow the restoration of the state pastoral system.

He also appointed Liu Yan as the emissary of Yizhou Mu and the military supervisor, entered Shuzhong to control the military affairs of Shuzhong, arrested Xi Jian and brought him to justice, and quelled the rebellion in Shuzhong.

In addition, the eunuch Huang Wan was appointed as the shepherd of Yuzhou, with full power to take charge of the military and political power of Yuzhou, and responsible for calming down the disasters within Yuzhou.

Chapter 174. 170 There will be soldiers in the Fourth Capital Division

If you don't do it, you can do it, if you want to do it, just do it.

Emperor Ling is also going all out, no matter what, the most important thing is to put down the rebellion first.

So he sealed two state shepherds at once, and handed over Yizhou and Yuzhou to Liu Yan and Huang Wan, and asked them to quell the rebellion.

He wants to observe and see if this policy is correct, and if not, there is a possibility of changing it back.

After all, Emperor Ling was also very careful, so he appointed two state shepherds, but what he didn't expect was that it was easy to hand over the power, but much more difficult to take it back.

But Lingdi had no other choice.

The Yellow Turban resurgence in Hebei, the resurgence of the Yellow Turban in Runan, the Yellow Turban Army also appeared in Central Shu, the rebellion of Han Sui in Liangzhou in the northwest continued, and the central government of the Eastern Han Dynasty was in a state of desperation. How could there be extra energy to put down the rebellion?

At this time, someone is willing to help him share the responsibility to put down the rebellion. Of course, he is willing to try it, even if it is really dangerous.

Therefore, we have been very cautious in the selection of candidates, trying our best to keep everything in our hands, carry out an extreme operation, and survive the crisis.

Lingdi felt that he could still control the situation, so he decisively carried out this wave of operations.

Liu Yan was happy, he achieved his goal, and immediately thanked Dong Fu.

Dong Fu smiled and said that he would go with him, and then introduced him to Zhao Wei, a Brazilian who was in charge of Taicang at that time.

When Zhao Wei learned that Liu Yan was going to be the shepherd of Yizhou, he decided to resign his official position and follow Liu Yan to Shu to help him stabilize the place. Liu Yan happily accepted Zhao Wei.

Wu Yi, a native of Chenliu, was recruited by Liu Yan and decided to go to Shu with him.

Liu Yan and Huang Wan became the focus of the whole Luoyang for a while, everyone was talking about these two people who were about to be the real officials of the frontier, talking about everything about them.

But at the same time, such things also aroused the worries of the eunuch group.

Several great eunuchs expressed their concerns to Emperor Ling respectively.

"Foreign ministers hold the local military and political power, the court is weak, and the army is in the hands of the general. Your Majesty is not allowed to take charge of the army himself. Weak cadres and strong branches are not the way to strengthen a country."

When they said this, Emperor Ling suddenly felt such worries, and began to seek to build his own army.

At this time, He Jin felt uneasy when he heard that the qi-watching magician in the mansion said that "there will be soldiers in the capital, and the two palaces will bleed".

His subordinate officials told him that the Son of Heaven's military parade could shake the world and solve military disasters. He Jin thought it made sense, so he informed Emperor Ling of the matter.

When Emperor Ling heard this, he felt that this matter was mysterious. It happened that he had just appointed the state shepherd. Could it be that this matter was related to the distribution of the state shepherd?

Uneasy, Emperor Ling decided to agree to He Jin's request and hold a grand military parade.

But the capital did not have any powerful army, so Emperor Ling ordered He Jin to recruit elite soldiers from all over the world to enter the capital, and then took the opportunity to take these soldiers under his command and establish an army directly under the emperor.

He Jin didn't know Lingdi's thoughts, so he issued a conscription order to the places where the strong troops of the four directions were located, ordering them to send some of their strong soldiers to the capital to participate in the military parade.

At the beginning of July, Guo Peng, the prefect of Shanggu and the protector of Karasuma Nakaro, received this order. The order said that Guo Peng should select [-] elite cavalry to participate in the military parade in the capital.

Guo Peng immediately called Cheng Li to discuss the matter with him.

"The world is chaotic, and the Son of Heaven's military parade can shake all directions, to show the strength of the imperial court, and to stabilize people's hearts. From this point of view, we have to send people to go, but this time, I'm afraid they won't come back."

Cheng Li quickly guessed the emperor's idea of ​​enriching the central armament with the people on military parade.

And Guo Peng also thought that the establishment of the Xiyuan Army was just this year. Emperor Ling began to seek to build his own army, but ended up making wedding dresses for others.

"Zhongde, I don't know why, but I always have a very bad premonition."

When Guo Peng said this, Cheng Li was a little surprised.

"My lord is worried about this army?"

"No, I'm worried that there will be major turmoil in Luoyang."

Cheng Li frowned.

"My lord, turmoil is normal for this kind of thing. I'm afraid it's not so easy to cause a big turmoil."

Cheng Li seemed to have sensed Guo Peng's subtext, but he felt that it would be too hasty to judge that there would be turmoil in Luoyang just like this.

"maybe."

Guo Peng shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know why, but I always feel this way. By the way, Zhongde, let's start to transfer the grain obtained from this year's autumn harvest to Qiao County. This is still very important.

In addition, those newly arrived refugees should not continue to resettle, organize them and send them to the Guo's Manor in Qiaoxian County together, and farm in my manor, the effect is the same. "

What Guo Peng did made Cheng Li even more confused.

"My lord, isn't it a bit..."

"The most difficult thing in the world is not to be adaptable, but to plan ahead. Zhong De, I still have confidence in my intuition. This time, I always feel that if I don't make some arrangements in advance, I will regret it."

Guo Peng made such a determination, and Cheng Li could only fully support him, even though he didn't understand the reason why Guo Peng did so in his heart.

Is it just a gut feeling to do this?

Or is there any other reason?

Cheng Li really doesn't understand, but what should be done is to follow Guo Peng's request.

While the road from north to south is still clear, buy excellent war horses from the Karasuma tribe at a low price, and then send all the important strategic materials such as war horses, population and food to the south with horse-drawn grain carts and human carts.

Not only that, Guo Peng also secretly placed weapons in the grain pile and sent them back to Qiao County.

People in Shanggu County who have mastered certain skills and crafts are given priority to send to Qiao County, such as carpenters and blacksmiths, craftsmen who can make bows and crossbows, etc., are all given priority to send to Qiao County.

The strong men who have participated in military training were promised generous treatment, and they were gathered together and sent to Qiao County with their families, and those with children at home were given priority.

More than [-] male and female orphans who lost their parents who had been adopted for several years were also gathered together and sent to Guo's Manor in Qiao County, where they will receive re-education and master a craft that can make a living.

Such as administrative capabilities, such as combat capabilities, such as intelligence capabilities, such as assassination capabilities, and so on.

All in all, Guo Peng wants to take away all the valuables and things that can be taken away in Shanggu County, and he will not force those who don't want to go, just stay.

There is not much time left for him.

Transport in batches, transport by road, and limit the scale of transport. Under such circumstances, if you don't leave enough time for yourself, you will not be able to safely send the results you have obtained back to your hometown.

Of course, no matter how you do it, this soldier must be dispatched.

Guo Peng is still the general of the Han Dynasty, and will be the general of the Han Dynasty for a long time in the future. Of course, what he does must be considered for the Han Dynasty.

It's just that it would be a waste to hand over the core force that is too elite to the central government. Guo Peng would not send it there, so he specially selected 500 cavalrymen who were not so elite and prepared to send them to Luoyang.

Among them were [-] intelligence gathering personnel under Cheng Li's command.

Given such an opportunity, of course Guo Peng would not let it go. He wanted them to display their value in Luoyang and collect meaningful information for him.

As for who would lead this team, Guo Peng thought for a long time, and decided to let his absolute confidant Guo Mu who had been by his side lead them away.

He asked Guo Mu to preserve the integrity of this army as much as possible, and if it was a last resort, he had to preserve it as much as possible. For this reason, Guo Peng changed Guo Mu's name to Dong, and he was called Guo Dong from then on.

"Master, don't worry, no matter where I am, I will find a way to protect my brothers, and my brothers will never forget the kindness of the young master."

Then, Guo Dong led the troops and left.

Guo Peng calculated the time and found that half of the five years of Zhongping had passed, and the pace of chaos in the world was getting closer and closer.

He has almost done everything he can, and as for the others, it depends on how the situation develops.

Chapter 175 The establishment of the Wuxiyuan Army and the frightened He Jin

At the end of July, the capital Luoyang army gathered.

This group of troops included not only soldiers sent by Guo Peng, but also soldiers sent by other forces. For example, Ding Yuan, governor of Bingzhou, sent his subordinates Zhang Liao and Zhang Yang to the capital at this time.

Afterwards, Emperor Ling officially announced the holding of a military parade. He called himself the "Supreme General" and rode a military parade with his sword and armor in person, looking very majestic.

After the military parade ended, He Jin thought that there should be no problem, but Lingdi suddenly threw a big bomb.

He wants to form a new army, the name of the new army is the Xiyuan Army, let He Jin select elite soldiers and give them to the Xiyuan Army as the backbone, and the rest will recruit strong men from around Luoyang to join the army.

Participate in the emperor's army.

The Xiyuan army takes Lingdi himself as the supreme commander, and obeys the emperor's orders. Anyone who knows what he wants can tell at a glance.

But no one can stop it, the emperor recruits soldiers, why don't you let him?

He Jin worriedly followed Lingdi's order, and then learned the specific configuration and personnel arrangement of the West Garden Army.

The Xiyuan Army will be divided into eight battalions, and each battalion will be assigned a school lieutenant to lead its army, known as the Eight School Captains of Xiyuan.

Among them, the candidate to command the entire West Garden Army and directly obey the emperor's orders, the captain of the army, has come out-Xiao Huangmen, Jian Shuo.

That's right, it was the Jian Shuo who killed his uncle by Cao Cao.

Among the eunuchs, he was the strongest, the most powerful, and the most familiar with military affairs.

In order to keep this army firmly in his hands, Emperor Ling specially handed over the highest position to his trusted eunuch Jian Shuo.

What makes He Jin even more embarrassed and dissatisfied is that Jian Shuo, who holds the position of lieutenant in the military academy, even the general must obey his orders.

On the surface, Jian Shuo only commanded the Xiyuan Army, but the entire capital's troops must obey Jian Shuo's orders, that is, obey the orders of the Lingdi behind Jian Shuo.

You said it would be fine if it was an ordinary person, but this guy is an eunuch. He Jin was really angry, but there was nothing he could do.

Because Emperor Ling then announced the candidates for the remaining seven lieutenants, He Jin was surprised to find that these seven people were not just Lingdi's own people, but Lingdi was playing checks and balances.

Yuan Shao, the general of Huben Zhonglang, was appointed as the lieutenant of the Zhongjun, Bao Hong, the lieutenant of Tunqi, as the lieutenant of the lower army, and Cao Cao, the Yilang, was appointed as the lieutenant of the Dianjun.

In addition, Zhao Rong, a scholar from Liangzhou, was the Zuo Xiaowei of the assistant army, Feng Fang, the son-in-law of the eunuch, was the right Xiaoxiao Lieutenant of the assistant army, Xia Mou, an old official of the Yuan family, was the Zuo Xiaowei, and Chunyu Qiong, an old official of the Yuan family, was the right Xiaoxiao lieutenant. .

The eight captains belonged to different groups, which prevented this army from being wooed and used by a certain group to the greatest extent, and thus became a sharp sword of the royal family.

He Jin had nothing to do about it, and the rest of the people had their own opinions. Anyway, Cao Cao was simply relieved.

I can finally return to the central government to be an official, I can finally return to the central government, and I don't have to listen to Cao Song's chant at home every day.

Cao Cao packed his luggage and set off for Luoyang. Since then, he has been involved in the tide of the end of Han Dynasty and cannot extricate himself.

And if the establishment of the Xiyuan Army and Jian Shuo's coming from behind just made He Jin angry, then Lingdi's next move was to make He Jin not eat well and sleep well, and he would be woken up in the middle of the night by fright.

Emperor Ling ordered Dong Zhong to be promoted to General of Hussars, only under He Jin, and he was able to open a government office and manage affairs.

When He Jin found out, he exploded on the spot.

What is Lingdi going to do? !