Three Kingdoms Guo Jia's growth diary

With a faint fragrance floating, Xun Yu's brows and eyes were full of doting, and he gently raised Guo Jia's chin: "Feng Xiao can't wait?"

Guo Jia: Something seems wrong?

Looking at the beauty under the lamp, the light and shadow are hazy, the beauty of the flourishing age is close at hand, Guo Jia's brain is not working at all, and there is a dull reaction inside.

He grabbed Xun Yu's hand in a daze, licked his slightly dry lips, and said nothing.

There was a cluster of small flames burning wildly in Xun Yu's heart, and his extremely upright and elegant features revealed a three-point beauty.

He didn't turn off the lights this time, but with the faint light of the candles, he tore off Guo Jia's belt, his eyes almost greedy, as if he wanted to engrave every detail in his heart.They get together less often, and he wants to cherish every moment they spend together.

Guo Jia has a slender waist and long legs, with cold hands and cold feet. It is very comfortable to hold in my arms in the sweltering summer.

Xun Yu used to like to watch Guo Jia laugh, but tonight, indulged in the flickering lights, he saw Guo Jia's skin was light pink, as if he was going to cry, but he tried his best to hold back, the dark, shining eyes Xun Yu suddenly wanted to see him cry...

Zhang Miao generously donates money, his younger brother Zhang Chao is diligent in government and loves the people, and the Zhang brothers are very popular in Yanzhou. They rely on the city to hold on, like a big tortoise shrunk in a shell, which really makes Cao Cao unable to say anything.

Cao Cao was very courageous, so he divided his troops directly and asked the generals to recover other counties first.

One month later, only Chenliu County still belonged to Zhang Miao.Zhang Miao asked Zhang Chao to stay at Yongqiu, and he went to Huainan to ask Yuan Shu to borrow troops.

Just when Cao Cao and Zhang Chao were at loggerheads, a new crisis broke out: Cao Cao surrendered Lu Bu and Chen Gong, and the number of troops under his command suddenly increased by more than 3. Cao Ying suffered a serious financial deficit, and what was more serious: The military rations are not enough.

More than 1000 cavalry is really not something Cao Cao can afford.

Part of the grain obtained from the farmland in Dongjun was destroyed by the rebellion. There were still more than two months before the autumn harvest, and Cao Jun was facing the threat of food shortage.If there is no food, it will be difficult for soldiers not to mutiny or break up, let alone to fight.

At a critical moment, Cheng Yu, a ruthless man, led troops to forcibly collect food in his hometown of Dong'e County. How exactly?They went door to door, looting the stored food.In this way, Cheng Yu forcibly collected five days' rations for Cao Jun.

This incident completely ruined Cheng Yu's reputation. He joked with Xun Yu last time, asking him, "Why don't you say I cannibalize?" Dried meat, mixed with military rations for others to eat.

People's words can be feared, but everyone's mouth can make gold, and the accumulation can destroy bones.Cheng Yu was gradually isolated. He had a grumpy personality. He didn't like to deal with people in the first place, and his popularity was not very good. Now he often had a straight face, and his popularity became worse.

When a person is down and down, he can best see a true friend.Cheng Yu's reputation is too bad, and he is alienated by most people, but Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Xi Fan have always treated him kindly, chatting and laughing, just like when he was in the academy, he was still the favorite of these young people. Mr. De.

No matter what, Cao Cao relied on the rations sent by Cheng Yu to support him for seven days.Successfully waited for Yuan Shao's support.

Yuan Shao from Jizhou sent a batch of grain, which was very large, just enough for Cao Jun to eat until the autumn harvest this year.But Yuan Shao had additional conditions: he asked Cao Cao to send his family members to Yecheng as hostages.

Cao Cao was faced with a choice: to send the hostages, and from then on he would be honest and work for Yuan Shao as a younger brother.Not sending hostages, parting ways with Yuan Shao, without the protection of the boss, Yanzhou, a land of the Fourth World War, the neighbors around want to eat him one bite at a time.

Of course Cao Cao was not willing to submit to Yuan Shao's despotic power, but his choice was not important, the key was the civil servants and generals under his command. Are these people willing to follow him, or just fall to Yuan Shao?

Cheng Yu was the first to stand up and express his position: "Yuan Shao occupies the land of Yan and Zhao, and has the heart of annexing Kyushu, but he has great ambitions and talents, and his intelligence is not enough to make things happen. Although Yanzhou is dilapidated, there are still [-] soldiers who can fight. Cao Shijun You are wise and martial, and together with Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, Yu Yu, etc., you can help the world, and you can achieve dominance, so why should you be inferior to others?"

The summary in one sentence is: Yuan Shao can't do it, Cao Cao can do it.

Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xi Fan, Mao Jie and others all agreed.

So Cao Cao was full of confidence and refused to provide Yuan Shao with hostages.This means: there will be no more food, supplies, soldiers and other assistance from Jizhou in the future, and they must develop and grow by their own strength.

Self-reliance is easy to say, raising soldiers, building cities, restoring productivity, and resettling refugees all cost money.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, happened to be a miser, the kind who would risk his life for his money, and kept the small treasury tightly closed, refusing to leak a single copper coin.

Throughout Yanzhou, as well as Yingchuan County, which was newly merged under Cao Cao's rule, many cities were destroyed by the war and needed to be rebuilt, and a large number of refugees were short of food and clothing, waiting for rescue.

To make matters worse: There has been no rain for nearly two months, and extensive fields in Yanzhou are dry and locusts have appeared.

Cao Cao's heart has been heavy recently, not only because of the heavy burden on his shoulders, and the various pressures to move forward, but also because more and more people gather around him, but he is getting more and more lonely and confused.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, friends who have been friends for more than 20 years and who can give their backs to each other and fight back to back, have finally come to this point. Yuan Shao no longer hides his fear of Cao Cao. They both regard each other as potential opponents , can never go back to the past.

However, this heavy heart was completely broken when I saw the handwritten document "36 Ways to Eat Locusts" written by Guo Jia. I have never seen such a way to prevent locust plagues.Guo Jia made it clear: this kind of locust is non-toxic, he has had people try it, and it tastes good.

Along with the paperwork, there was also a cloth bag containing alive and kicking locusts.

Cao Cao was in a complicated mood and ordered the cook to fry the locusts.He frowned and tasted one while resisting the feeling of nausea. Unexpectedly, he tasted like prawns.

As a result, all the soldiers and civilians in Yanzhou ate locusts, and a locust plague was strangled in the cradle.

Regarding the drought in the fields, Guo Jia took out "Tiangong Kaiwu", traced the drawings of the three keel waterwheels in the book, and dedicated them to Cao Cao.

Wind-powered waterwheels, water-powered waterwheels, small hand-operated and pedal waterwheels that can be manually controlled are suitable for various terrains, and can even divert water from low places to high places to comprehensively solve the problem of drought and water shortage. After that, it is no longer difficult to divert river water and canal water to irrigate farmland.

Cao Cao arranged for craftsmen to build keel waterwheels, and at the same time sent people to look for Ma Jun, the Fufeng man.Guo Jia strongly recommended this Ma Jun.It is said that he is ingenious and ingenious, not only able to improve the loom and waterwheel, but also improve battlefield weapons such as continuous crossbows. (There is a record of the Liannu in the book "Mozi". During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, General Li Ling once shot Shanyu with the Liannu.)

When Ma Jun was a doctor (teacher of Taixue) in Luoyang, due to lack of money, he helped others improve looms. Cao Cao had heard of his name, but he was just a craftsman, and no one would pay attention to him.But when Guo Jia said this, Cao Cao knew that a talent like Ma Jun must be in his hands.

On the surface, except for the lack of money, other difficulties can be easily solved.In fact, this is not the case. To build a keel waterwheel still needs financial support.If you lack money, you basically lack everything.Even Xun Yu couldn't do anything about the huge financial gap.

Xun Yu, an honest man, took the initiative to donate all his family wealth to help the refugees, or to do good deeds anonymously without letting others know.

The Xun Mansion was almost emptied, leaving only the piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings, necessary daily necessities, and incense burners and other incense burning utensils.

Guo Jia: Wen Ruo is a prodigal man, but he is a little cutely silly.

Cao Song is rich, but Cao Cao is poor, and Cao Ying's financial crisis is getting worse day by day. When everyone is worrying about money, Guo Jia is like a normal person, taking it easy, arriving late and leaving early every day.

This kind of performance, at first glance, is confident.

Cao Cao: "Is there a way to honor filial piety?"

Like a thief, Guo Jia shook out his folding fan, covered half of his face with the fan, and lowered his voice: "Since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the coffin must be heavy, and the burial must be thick. Dig the tomb, gold, silver, pearls, jade, clothing, food and utensils, all buried with them, and returned to the dust."

He paused slightly, blinked at Cao Cao, and said solemnly: "These people were supported by the people during their lifetime, so they might as well make some contributions to the people after death. They don't need those things anyway. I don't know if the lord will dare to take them. Don't worry about it." Infamy through the ages?"

Cao Cao was speechless, isn't it just tomb robbery?To be able to speak so confidently, freshly and refinedly... He gritted his teeth, and sealed five Mojin captains in one breath, and asked them to lead the "digger army" to search everywhere for those "big rich men" who were lying underground and in the mountains. ".

Guo Jia was silent for a while. He invited all the five robbers from the imperial mausoleum in the Fugou settlement to let Cao Cao choose the best ones. As a result, he created five tomb robbers squads single-handedly?

Under the influence of the custom of burial, there are many princes and princes in the past who brought all the wealth of the fief underground.

Lieutenant Mojin is a professional tomb-digging army, and there are official materials to guide the tomb specifications of those princes and generals, most of which are recorded in the county annals.A large number of bronze chariots and horses, gold, jade and pearls, rare treasures and treasures have been unearthed in large quantities where the captain touched gold.

Cao Cao transformed himself and became richer than Yuan Shao.

Lu Bu felt more and more that it was a wise choice to surrender to Cao Cao.

When Lu Bu was dawdling with Yuan Shao, there was often a shortage of fodder for war horses.You know, those horses can drag people when they are full, and they have to drag horses if they are not full, and they have no fighting power at all.Now, following Cao Cao, he no longer has to worry about these trivial matters. On Cao Ying's side, military pay and food are distributed on time and never withheld.

Moreover, Cao Cao valued him very much. Every time he went to battle, he would let him be the vanguard and kill the Quartet.

It is said that Zhang Miao set off for Huainan and wanted to borrow troops from Yuan Shu. The plan was perfect, but the reality was cruel.He was killed by a general on the way, and his head was dedicated to Cao Cao.

The news spread back to Yanzhou, the hearts of Zhang Miao's old troops were fluctuating, and the defense of the city did not work as hard as before. Not long after, Yongqiu was captured by Cao Cao, Zhang Chao committed suicide, some of Zhang Miao's old troops surrendered to Cao Cao, and the other part fled and defected. Yuan Shu.

So far, Yanzhou has settled down.Cao Cao expropriated Shanyang people, who were full of favors, and appointed him as an officer.

The legendary cruel official is full of pets, with a chubby bun face, big and round eyes, and a white pockmark under the left eye. He pretends to be serious and feels inexplicably happy.

On Man Chong's first day in office, he was hit on the head with a folding fan by a scholar in Tsing Yi who seemed a bit sloppy.

The young man with a clear and handsome voice dragged his voice, and said with some joy: "Bo Ning! I have been admiring you for a long time~"

Man Chong's eyes widened, confirming that the somewhat youthful colleague in front of him is a stranger, what kind of trouble is this familiar attitude going to cause?Moreover, what time is it, you just came to the official office, and you are so ostentatious when you are late?

The latest information from the Informant Department: The little emperor Liu Xie escaped from the hands of Li Jue and others, passed through Xinfeng, Baling, Huayin and other places, and fled to Hongnong.

Because Li Jue and Guo Si led the Xiliang army in pursuit, the emperor Liu Xie had a thrilling and exciting escape all the way, and countless officials, palace officials, and soldiers died to cover and protect Liu Xie. .Along the way, the officers and soldiers, local tyrants, and common people came to rescue him one after another, and even the yellow scarf bandit received an imperial edict to escort him.

There are too many people who have made meritorious deeds in rescuing them, and all of them have to be appointed officials. It is too late to engrave official seals and draw them with cones.

In the process of escaping, all the things that should be used by the emperor, talismans, and classics were gradually lost, and people's lives were ignored, so how could they manage those artifacts?

Liu Xie returned to Luoyang after going through untold hardships.However, the palaces and gardens were burnt out, the markets were burned out, and wormwood was overgrown among the ruined walls.

The civil and military officials managed to find a half-collapsed palace that could shelter from the rain for the emperor to live in. The officials and ministers were dressed in rags, looking like beggars, standing among the thorns and rubble, congratulating the emperor.

Those who knew it said it was a big court meeting, those who didn't know it thought it was a gathering of the dirty clothes faction of the beggar gang.

The royal family was in such a decline that the emperor sent envoys to ask Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Liu Yan and other princes for help, or nothing came to light, and there was no news at all.Or find an excuse to perfunctory, anyway, just don't come, and don't pay tribute.

The miscellaneous soldiers escorting them gradually disobeyed the command and dispersed separately.Only Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others were left to guard the left and right.

All the officials couldn't eat enough, and everyone below Shang Shulang had to dig wild vegetables, peel bark, and dig grass roots to eat. Some starved to death, and some were killed by rebels. Their lives were worthless.

Fortunately in the misfortune, Zhendong General Zhang Ji came forward to mediate, allowing Li Jue and Guo Si to shake hands with the emperor and make peace, and no longer lead troops to pursue them, otherwise it would be even more miserable.

Liu Xie appointed Zhang Ji as General of Hushi, Yang Feng as General of Xingyi, and Dong Cheng as General of Anji, all enfeoffed as marquises.

Tao Qian was seriously ill, and he presented Liu Bei as the governor of Yuzhou.

Yuzhou includes Yingchuan County, Runan County, Liang State, Pei State, Chen State, and Lu State, a total of 97 counties.At present, some are in the hands of Cao Cao, some are in the hands of Yuan Shu, and some are in a state of chaos and anarchy.

Therefore, it is impossible for Liu Bei, the governor of Yuzhou, to take office.He just stayed in Xuzhou and refused to leave.A Yuzhou Biejia was also appointed to work: Chen Qun.

What is the situation in Xuzhou now?

The enemy came to the door. In order to protect himself, the master invited a guest and served him with delicious food and drinks, hoping that he would help deal with the enemy.As a result, the enemy had something to do at home, so he went back suddenly.This guest didn't help much, but he refused to leave!It is also necessary to turn the guest into the master, replace the owner, and take away everything he owns.

Now, Tao Qian is the hapless master.Most of his staff and generals were won over by Liu Bei. Even his old neighbor, Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong also supported Liu Bei. He was like a loner, alone and helpless.

Tao Qian tested everyone, saying that he would give Xuzhou to Liu Bei.Xuzhou Biejia Mizhu, Diannong School Captain Chen Deng, Cao Bao, and Zang Ba all agreed, and it was useless for other staff members to object. With the support of these people, it was enough for Liu Bei to replace him and become Xuzhou Mu.

Yuan Shu proclaimed himself Yangzhou Shepherd and Xuzhou Bo.He was gearing up, waiting for Tao Qian to die and come to fetch Xuzhou.

Reject tigers at the front door and welcome wolves at the back door.Although Tao Qian was not reconciled, there was nothing he could do.Letting Xuzhou to Liu Bei, Liu Bei should treat his family well because of his reputation and the kindness of letting Xuzhou.It's better than letting Cao Cao get Xuzhou and destroying the Tao family.

Tao Qian weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided: hand over Xuzhou to Liu Bei.Before he died, he sent Mi Zhu and Chen Deng to meet Liu Bei.

Liu Bei declined and was about to go to Xuzhou.

Chen Qun seriously advised: "Yuan Shu's power is still very strong, and Liu Shijun has few soldiers. If he takes control of Xuzhou now, he will definitely fight Yuan Shu. If Cao Cao takes the opportunity to attack the rear of our army, even if Liu Shijun Even if you get Xuzhou, you will not have good results."

Liu Bei had never seen an aide who spoke so directly and slapped his face so hard. He felt the burning pain on his face, and he didn't listen to a word, so he immediately went east to Xuzhou.

Sure enough, as Chen Qun expected, after Liu Bei took control of Xuzhou, he fought with Yuan Shu for Guangling County in Xuzhou.

Chen Qun guessed right, Cao Cao really wanted to join forces, and captured Xiapi City when Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were fighting.But now Cao Cao has another ambition: to help the Han Dynasty.

Now that the emperor is returning to Luoyang, it is a good time to "serve the emperor to order the princes", and it cannot be preempted by others.

There are many people in Cao Ying who have doubts about the decision to welcome the emperor. After all, the emperor and all the officials are like beggars. It is possible to push them to unite against Cao Cao.

At this time, Xun Yu stood up and said: "In the past, Duke Wen of Jin accepted King Xiang of Zhou, and the princes obeyed. Han Gaozu was Emperor Yi Su (funeral), and the world returned to his heart. Now, the emperor is dusty, the righteous have the idea of ​​​​preserving their roots, and the common people Feeling old makes me sad. Serving the Son of Heaven to follow the expectations of others means great obedience; upholding the righteousness means subduing the heroic and heroic, and it is rough; supporting righteousness to make you handsome is great virtue. If you honor the Son of Heaven, you will surely accomplish great achievements.”

These words were far-sighted, and everyone in Cao Ying was convinced.

It happened that the emperor's envoy came to Yanzhou to call, and Cao Cao took his elite troops to Luoyang to meet the emperor Liu Xie.Cao Cao didn't take Guo Jia with him out of some ulterior motives. He didn't want Guo Jia to be drawn over by other forces, not even the Son of Heaven.

And leaving Guo Jia behind, he has a more important task: planning and building a new capital.

The emperor's palace, the residences of ministers and officials, the mansions of Cao Ying's princes, government offices, academies, private houses, streets, markets, guard checkpoints in the imperial city, and garrison points near the capital all need reasonable and ingenious layout.

The new capital is located in Xu County, Yingchuan County. From now on, Xu County will be renamed Xu Capital.

Thousands of skilled craftsmen, plus [-] soldiers and [-] civilians, took turns working day and night.When building the city wall, glutinous rice slurry and lime slurry were mixed in, and the city wall built in this way was extremely strong.In total, it only took more than a month to build a magnificent and majestic city.

Guo Jia also planned the future Xun Mansion and Guo Mansion in the same area for public benefit. From the front entrance, the two families seem not to be close to each other. In fact, the backyard is adjacent to each other with only a wall. The Tao secretly communicates.

The family members of the princes of Cao Ying were all moved to Xudu in batches by Xun Yu.

After all the affairs were arranged properly, Xun Yu and Guo Jia arranged the bedrooms together and prepared to live together.Daily necessities are bought in double quantities, and the couple's pillows and teacups produced by Qiwuge are quite interesting.

Guo Jia always felt that there was something missing in the room. After thinking about it, he took out a pot of orchids from his portable space and placed them on the red sandalwood flower stand.This is a wild orchid he transplanted back from Xuzhou, and now he has finally settled down and can take good care of it.

Xun Yu: "Following filial piety, do you remember the etiquette of meeting the emperor?"

Guo Jia shook his head, he hated those red tapes the most.

Xun Yu suggested gently: "Yu will teach you." He first demonstrated gracefully.

Guo Jia: "I can't remember."

Xun Yu was very patient and demonstrated again.

Guo Jia cheated: "Wen Ruo, don't study, okay?"

Xun Yu kissed him once, then again, and then again.

Guo Jia: "I surrender, I can read it once, really." He took out a blank folding fan, studied ink and picked up a pen, wrote a line of words in smooth cursive, and gave it to Xun Yu.His handwriting was scribbled, and if it was someone else, he probably wouldn't be able to read it at all.

Xun Yu stared at it for a while, his ears turned red, and the prodigal son wrote: "A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold, and if you want to know about it, you have to do it yourself."