At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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"The General's Mansion is going to be relocated again?"

"It hasn't been a long time since we moved to Puyang, why are we moving again?"

In the face of everyone's doubts, Cheng Yu said that this is for practical considerations.

"Youzhou and Bingzhou are not completely under the control of our army, but Youbin Prefecture is an important frontier state. Our defense line in the north is in Youbin Prefecture. Over the years, foreigners have moved south, and you and Bingzhou The two states gradually eroded.

The collapse of the Great Wall defense line is useless and will directly threaten Hebei and Jizhou. Therefore, after returning from the conquest of Yuan Gonglu, the general plans to take control of Bingzhou and Youzhou and rebuild the completed defense line to prevent foreign invasion. "

Cheng Yu announced this high-sounding reason, and everyone expressed their understanding.

It turned out to be the case.

Chapter 454. 450 The Jealousy of San Zhang Ji and Duan Yan

Xun Yu was a little worried about Guo Peng's next strategic plan.

"Mr. Zhongde, in this way, the general will go to war again soon?"

"It should be so."

Cheng Yu replied.

"We just conquered Yuan Gonglu, and we have to conquer the two prefectures of You and Bing before we can take a break. This is not a good thing."

"I understand Wen Ruo's worries."

Cheng Yu stroked his beard: "But Wen Ruo, reorganizing the two prefectures is a good thing for the country and the people. Improving the defense line in the northern border will make it difficult for foreigners to invade and better recuperate. Otherwise, foreigners will go south at any time. Looting, when will the flames of war subside?"

"It's not that I'm questioning this, it's just that the general has been fighting for years, and the people's strength has been damaged and it is difficult to recover."

"Don't worry, Wen Ruo, Qingyan Erzhou's people's power was used in this battle, and Jizhou's mobilization will be used in the subsequent battle. Qingyan and Yanzhou can rest and recuperate, so we have to move the general's mansion to Yecheng and bring Jizhou to Yecheng as soon as possible." The rectification is good."

When Cheng Yu said this, Xun Yu had no opinion, and everyone's opinions were unified.

Cheng Yu secretly laughed in his heart.

Guo Peng is about to take a step further. He is getting closer to his dream and his own. The establishment of the Wei Kingdom is just the beginning. Cheng Yu is willing to believe that this is just the beginning, and Guo Peng has even bigger goals. .

According to the strategic plan they discussed, this is a very important link. Once this link is implemented, certain things will not be controlled by those scholars who have the Han Dynasty in their hearts.

Guo Peng will soon use his confidantes who were former officials of the Guo family to establish a brand new Wei Principality, which will be established in a legitimate manner.

Relying on his rich military exploits, no one has room to object.

The establishment of Wei State will be a new beginning and a node of an era.

Cheng Yu has no doubt that Guo Peng can reach that supreme position, although this road is destined to be difficult.

But the easy road does not necessarily lead to the final victory.

Cheng Yu is determined to use his body and life to overcome difficulties for Guo Peng and walk to the other side of his ideal together.

For this, let him do anything.

Anyone who wants to stop Guo Peng's progress will be his enemy!

The establishment of Wei State began here, and in Hongnong County, a small discussion is still unfolding.

There were only three people discussing it, Jia Xu, Zhang Ji, Duan Yan, and the three giants of the Hongnong Central Court.

These three held all the power of Hongnong Central Court.

They forcibly put the ministers who can talk under house arrest, and forced them to be sick and unable to go to court. Those who go to court are all people who have been tested and allowed. Liu Xie is facing such a group of soft men who obey their orders.

Jia Xu is the one who uses his brains, and Jia Xu is also the pivot among the three.

The maids and servants around Liu Xie were full of Jia Xu's eyeliner, and even the people around Empress Fu were also full of eyeliner.

To put it bluntly, he knew how often Liu Xie and Empress Fu changed their loincloths.

So Liu Xie is completely a high-level puppet, a rubber stamp with no worries about food and clothing, the last resort of the Liangzhou Group's foxes and tigers.

Both Zhang Ji and Duan Yan had always been convinced of Jia Xu's decision, and they followed Jia Xu's arrangement more in terms of actions. Jia Xu, in order to gain their trust, did not lead the army and took the initiative to avoid suspicion.

So the cooperation of the three is quite tacit.

After Jia Xu made up his mind to seek refuge with Guo Peng, he began to plan the way forward. The first step was naturally to persuade Zhang Ji and Duan Wei to agree with him.

With the great contribution of suppressing the forces of Yuan Shu who conspired to usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor, as well as the contribution of suppressing many rebels and maintaining the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, Guo Peng was promoted as the Duke of the state following the old practice of the pre-Qin vassal states.

"Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, there has only been one king mang, and there have been no heroes with different surnames who established the country after Gaozu. Are we going to set a precedent?"

Duan Yan still has some grasp of this period of history, unlike Zhang Ji, who is blind-eyed.

"That's natural, but Guo Zifeng's contribution is too great. Seeing that he is about to wipe out Yuan Gonggong, what should we do when Yuan Gonggong's head is sent? His Majesty also said before that the person who wins Yuan Gonggong's head will be sealed." King, what should we do?"

Jia Xu spread his hands, Duan Yan and Zhang Ji looked at each other, neither of them knew what to do.

Zhang Ji doesn't understand at all, Duan Yan seems to understand but does not understand, and the only one who really understands is Jia Xu.

"So, are you really going to let him establish a state?"

Although they don't understand these things, they understand them very well when it comes to actual interests.

Jia Xu sighed helplessly.

"When he sends Yuan Gonglu's head at that time, it is tantamount to asking us for a reward. In front of the whole world, can our court not give it? If not, what is the prestige of the Han court? We can still Do you want to continue to control the emperor and order the world?"

Zhang Ji and Duan Yan felt that what Jia Xu said made sense.

So Jia Xu struck while the iron was hot.

"Guo Zifeng crusade against Yuan Gonglu and expressed his loyalty to the court, which means that he still has the court in his eyes. He is the most powerful person. If he has the court in his eyes, others will not dare not have it. The imperial court, our situation is worrying."

Jia Xu stared at Zhang Ji and Duan Yan, and said, "When the time comes, he will raise the banner of King Qin and send troops to the west, who among us can stop him?"

Duan Yan and Zhang Ji looked at me and I looked at you, thinking of the explosive combat power of Guo Peng's army, they didn't speak.

"So, if you can win him over, you must win him over. The court is a cover, and we need this cover, and Guo Zifeng also needs it. If we reach an agreement, we can let Guo Zifeng help us maintain the dignity of the court, and no one in the world will dare to resist. , we can stay here firmly, don't forget, we have nowhere to go."

Jia Xu's warning made Duan Yan and Zhang Ji nervous.

They felt that Jia Xu was right.

Anyway, this is the official position and title of the imperial court, and the conferment is in the name of the little emperor, which has nothing to do with them, and the imperial court is not run by their family, so I don't feel sorry for it.

As long as the goal can be achieved, that's fine. They don't care about the process.

"Once the state is established, it means going back to the pre-Qin period."

Duan Yan pondered for a while, then looked at Jia Xu: "As far as I know, feuding a state and establishing a country is the pre-Qin rule."

"That's true, but what about going back to the pre-Qin period?"

Jia Xu also looked at Duan Yan: "Without the emperor, we have nothing. Only holding the emperor in our hands and winning over Guo Zifeng is the truth. Are the other things important?"

The two soldiers looked at me and you, but they couldn't find any loopholes in Jia Xu's words.

Then I heard Jia Xu talk about how to prepare for the establishment of the state for Guo Peng, how Guo Peng will establish the state after that, and a series of benefits after the establishment of the state.

Jia Xu emphasized the benefits.

"Setting up a hundred officials, adding nine tins, establishing a ancestral temple, offering sacrifices to the country, and passing it on, what is the difference from the emperor? Just seal all the places he occupies to him!"

Duan Yan and Zhang Ji were a little jealous when they heard this series of content.

Chapter 455 .450 Four Uncontrollable Desires

It was illegal for Yuan Shu to usurp the throne, but it was justifiable for Guo Peng to get these things.

In addition to not having the title of emperor, in his feudal country, he is equivalent to the emperor.

This feels really sour.

The two couldn't help picking up the lemon.

No one had done it before, and they hadn't thought about it, but now they suddenly saw that someone was going to taste the sweetness, and they couldn't help but become jealous.

"He can make such a great contribution, which is comparable to the contribution of saving a family. If he doesn't reward him, does the Han court still have prestige?"

Jia Xu pretended to sigh helplessly, quietly watching the expressions of Duan Yan and Zhang Ji.

Seeing that the two seem to have remembered something.

"The work of saving the driver?"

Duan Yan and Zhang Ji looked at each other.

They suddenly realized that they had also made a contribution to saving them.

Seeing this, Jia Xu was delighted, but immediately stopped them.

"Guo Zifeng can do it, but we can't. Just think about some things and don't actually do them."

As soon as Jia Xu said it, the two of them suddenly realized that Jia Xu had seen through their thoughts, and showed embarrassing smiles.

"After all, we have also made contributions to defending the Han Dynasty."

"Rescued His Majesty from the hands of Li and Guo, and protected the Han Dynasty. Isn't this our credit?"

Duan Yan and Zhang Ji argued forcefully.

"However, Guo Zifeng holds the land of the Central Plains of Hebei and has 20 armors. With such power and merits, it will only make people feel justified. Of course, no other princes dare to oppose him, but we are different, we are not so strong Its power can deter the Liu clan in the south."

Jia Xu responded sternly, and then said jokingly: "Unless everyone doesn't care about anything, build a country together, make the world change drastically, and everyone can't take care of themselves, then there is really nothing to say."

Jia Xu's seemingly joking words had a different meaning when they fell into Duan Yan's and Zhang Ji's ears.

However, the two of them also agreed with Jia Xu's opinion. When Guo Peng really killed Yuan Shu and brought his head to Hongnong for reward, then they would seal the agreement to him.

But in private, Zhang Ji and Duan Yan have their own ideas.

When no one is doing that, of course no one will have bad thoughts, but once someone tastes the sweetness, the situation will be different.

Yuan Shu usurped and became the emperor. With this credit, Guo Peng was about to establish a country and become the monarch of a country. Seeing the emperor under his control, he couldn't get such an honor.

Can become the monarch of a country!

Zhang Ji and Duan Yan stayed in their respective residences, their minds were spinning a thousand times.

They think a lot, and they toss and turn when they sleep at night, but they just can't fall asleep.

How to dispel this mood?How can this feeling be relieved?

The two were thinking at the same time.

The next day, Duan Yan asked someone to go to the Library Pavilion of the Hongnong County Imperial Palace to find relevant records of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods for him to read.

At almost the same time, Zhang Ji sent someone to find a scholar who had studied the past history to tell him about a series of historical changes after the Zhou royal family entrusted the states.

When Jia Xu found out, she was secretly happy, and then secretly told Yan Rou the news.

"So, Zhang Ji and Duan Yan are tempted?"

"That's natural. Smart people will control their desires, but stupid people's desires have no upper limit. In the past, they just didn't know. They felt that they were already extremely powerful and had nothing to ask for. Naturally, they didn't dare to usurp the throne. Proclaim the emperor, so there is nothing to pursue.

But now things have changed suddenly. The general is going to be feudalized to build a state, and follow the old example of the Zhou royal family to become the king of a country. Duan Yan and Zhang Ji will naturally be moved, because although they cannot be emperors, feuding a state and establishing a country as a king is not beyond the bounds of the law. lift.

Wouldn't it be the best choice to satisfy their desires without usurping the throne and becoming a traitor and being attacked by the world?They just didn't know it before, but now they know it. I guess they will definitely do something in the short term. "

Yan Rou looked Jia Xu up and down.

"The general knows people with his eyesight, and he didn't misjudge you, Wen Hegong. If this is accomplished, you will be the first to make a contribution, and I will be your subordinate. You will definitely be rewarded heavily by the general."

Jia Xu laughed at himself.

"A person who plays tricks, how can he be worthy of a lot of rewards? I just ask the general to keep me safe and my descendants rich. Jia doesn't dare to ask for anything else."

"Disrupting the world, causing the world to fall apart, forcing everyone to accept this reality, and speeding up the collapse of the world, isn't this the greatest contribution? What the general needs is a chaotic world, not a complete world. If You must be the first to accomplish this, Wen Hegong."

Yan Rou said with a smile: "Don't worry, the general will do everything that the general promised you, and you can ask the general what you want. Although your credit can't be made public, the general will keep it in mind, and you will definitely Will not treat heroes badly."

"Thank you, General."

Jia Xu bowed and bowed.