Seven days later, Yuan Shu was teasing little Zhen Mi in the courtyard when Ji Ling came to report that Guo Jia was back. He quickly put Zhen Mi aside and asked Ji Ling to call him in.

"How's it going? Fengxiao, can things go well?"

Guo Jiaqi walked in with a dusty face, ignored Yuan Shu, directly picked up the wine bottle on the table, raised his head and drank.

Gurgling.

After a few breaths, the bottle of wine was finished. Guo Jia then put down the bottle of wine, still not satisfied, and said with a smile: "My lord, the wine here is really good! It's the Luoyang Spring of Luoyang!"

Yuan Shu looked at this person with a dark look on his face. He said it sounded informal, but in fact he was a bit of an unruly genius. He said speechlessly: "If Fengxiao likes it, I will give you two altars later. Can we get down to business?"

Guo Jia grinned: "The business is what the lord asked me to do. I have basically done it. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban has decided to defect to the lord. However..."

Hearing this, Yuan Shu knew that another accident must have happened: "How about the Black Mountain Yellow Turban?"

"Zhang Yan can be called a real Yellow Turban. Unlike the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, which is mostly young and strong, he has a population of more than 500,000, most of whom are old, weak, women and children. Zhang Yan can't bear to have these old, weak, and helpless people. He hopes

My lord can take these old and weak people away together. I wonder if my lord agrees?"

Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought it was something! It's easy at this time. Jiangdong happens to have a scarce population, so it would be nice to have more women, old and young. Fengxiao, go tell Zhang Yan and say that I, Yuan Shu, agreed."

Guo Jia smiled like a thief: "Jia knew that the lord would agree to it, and had already agreed to the matter for the lord. Zhang Yan and others are already ready, and are waiting for the lord to send someone to receive it."

Looking at Guo Jia who beheaded first and played later, Yuan Shu was very appreciative, but he also secretly sighed: "No wonder this guy left Yuan Shao and joined Cao Cao in history. This character was probably something Cao Cao could tolerate at the time. If he jumped like this in front of Yuan Shao, he would have died long ago.

I don’t know how many times.”

However, Yuan Shu himself had the thoughts of later generations. Although he understood and followed the concepts of superiority and inferiority of this era, he did not mind Guo Jia's departure.

Talented people, as long as they are loyal to themselves and do things for themselves, some minor flaws are completely acceptable.

Most of the talented people in this world have some minor flaws. No one is perfect!

Among the counselors under Yuan Shu, Guo Jia is lazy, Tian Feng is upright, and Xun You is dull. Only the newly recruited Jushou is normal, but his personality is soft, but he complements Tian Feng.

No wonder the two became close friends.

Other famous counselors had more minor flaws. Zhuge Liang was too cautious and had to do everything by himself. Jia Xu liked to hide his clumsiness and pursue self-preservation. Some were greedy for money, some were lustful, some were obsessed with power, and some were petty.

This is not bad, what I fear most is someone like Sima Yi, who has ulterior motives and wants to replace you.

If you have these talents, you must use them, and you must use them correctly, so as not to not only be useless to you, but also harm yourself.

As a monarch, you must be tolerant and learn how to use people. Nothing else matters.

A monarch can be greedy, but you alone, how much more greedy can you be? You can't even spend 1% of your subordinates' income.

The monarch can be incompetent, but what can you do alone? With so many people under your command, how many things need to be done by yourself?

What a monarch needs is a firm will, a far-sighted vision, knowing people well, and being clear about rewards and punishments. The rest is just a cloud.

The nine virtues of princes and the invincibility of benevolent people are actually just floating clouds.

Look at the failed monarchs in history. Which one really lost his country because of his lack of morality and incompetence? It wasn't because he had no people under his command or didn't know how to employ people.

Yuan Shu knew very well what kind of person he was. He was not good at writing or martial arts. His only strengths were his judgment of future situations and his ability to recognize people, as well as some basic knowledge learned by later generations.

If he had known that he would travel through time, Yuan Shu would have really wanted to learn all those high school physics, chemistry, soap and glass making methods again.

But I walked through it unprepared. As a good-for-nothing rich second generation, I really don’t know anything.

Physics only knows that there is a formula for gravity and friction, etc. We only know which parts of pigs can be used to make soap, and glass can be made from sand.

However, Yuan Shu only knew a general direction and could not actually use it.

Fortunately, there will never be a shortage of smart people and excellent craftsmen in this world, but there is a shortage of pioneers to guide the direction.

As long as you propose a concept and a general direction, a large number of people will follow and research it.

Yuan Shu is very clear about his position. He is a leader and guide, so he will never be too harsh on his subordinates, and will only guide them appropriately on the right path.

Guo Jia is fine for being a libertine, or he is fine for beheading first and then showing off.

However, the prerequisite for wandering is to make sure that he is in good health, and the prerequisite for killing first and then showing off is that he knows what he can and cannot do.

Although he was not dissatisfied with Guo Jia's approach, Yuan Shu still decided to regulate this product.

After returning home, first go to Zhang Zhongjing, who is now the governor of Changsha, to conduct a full body examination and treatment on him. At least he can't let this guy die as early as in history.

Guo Jia saw that Yuan Shu's reaction to his temporary decision was not dissatisfied, and a trace of touch and satisfaction flashed in his eyes. His lord seemed pretty good.

At this time, he had no idea what tragedies he would suffer after arriving in Yangzhou!

"Now that this matter has come to an end, let's go back to Yangzhou first! It's getting late, and Dong Zhuo will enter Beijing soon!"

After hearing this, Guo Jia nodded and looked into the distance with some regret: "The land of Hebei has more than one-third of the population of the Han Dynasty, and there is no shortage of food, grass and horses. If one person unifies this place in the future, he will definitely be the lord's great enemy.

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"Of course, but it's a pity that there are so many families and powerful forces here that it can't be my starting point."

"Besides, this place already belongs to someone."

After speaking, Yuan Shu looked to the east and seemed to see the crowds surging in the darkness in the Bohai Sea not far away.

"However, I can't take away this land, but I can take away the talents here. I can't take away all the resources here, but I can take away half of the Zhen family and a lot of supplies."

"Hebei is certainly strong, but the vast land in the south also has unlimited possibilities. What's more, there are many continents and small islands in the boundless sea."

"It is precisely because of weakness that there are infinite possibilities. It is precisely because of the blank space that there is greater plasticity."

"Since ancient times, the center of the world has always been in the Central Plains, in the north. But because of this, the south has the potential to become a stronger and more prosperous place."
Chapter completed!