Chapter 18 Group interests
The wind is gentle and the sun is shining brightly.
On the official road west of Chang'an, thousands of people slowly moved forward, and soldiers were wearing armor and guns, but they had no aura of solemnity.
The team of thousands of people stopped until they reached the territory of Fufeng County.
Guo Jia, who was strapping on the horse, bowed to Ma Teng and Han Sui beside him and said gently: "I will finally part with you after sending you thousands of miles. The two generals are heroes in the world. Garner and the two generals work together to eliminate the thieves for the country. The honor is that the battle in Guanxi has ended. The blessing of the people is for the people of Guanxi. Jia is willing to work with the two generals to keep peace for the people of Guanxi and avoid the suffering of war."
Ma Teng and Han Sui looked solemn, clasped their fists to Guo Jia, said some scenes and led the troops away.
Their remnants had returned early, and now the two are still leading their respective 500 followers. The difference is that they are returning with a full load.
Guo Jia distributed most of the gold, silver and treasures that Li Jue and Guo Si plundered to them. The two of them returned with a cart of gold and silver, and they could not be said to have gained nothing.
At least they were promoted, got a lot of money, and divided their territories, so they could officially become the leader.
Seeing the two leaving with a team of one thousand, Guo Jia stopped and watched for a long time, and the smile on his lips became stronger and stronger.
Although the two divided the territory west of Fufeng, their troops under their command were less than 10,000. When they returned to their territory, they had to suppress the restless forces. In this era of warlord separatist melee, the most important thing was that they had to stop the melee of warlord separatist war, which was a huge difference in strength. It was a clown with the strength that was almost the same, so it was hard to say.
Han Sui and Ma Teng, the west side may be in chaos for a while.
After leaving the city for hundreds of miles, Guo Jia gave him enough face and expressed his sincerity.
On the way back to Chang'an, Fa Zheng rode his horse to Guo Jia, and after hesitating for a while, he still spoke.
"Lord, all the families of all sizes, including Wei family headed by Wei family in Hedong, Pei family headed by Du Ji, Jingzhao, Du family headed by Du Ji, have moved together recently. If as expected, they are planning to follow Cao Cao."
Guanzhong is in decline, nine out of ten families are empty, and there are still some local gentry and wealthy families. Although they survive and cannot make a living, people are still alive.
Guanzhong changed its ruler and the imperial court moved its capital to Xuchang. At this time, the Han Dynasty seemed to be in a desperate situation. Whether Cao Cao was really loyal to the Han Dynasty was unable to draw conclusions now. Whether he was loyal or traitor must be given the answer to the time.
The emperor was in Luoyang, and their families did not become loyal. When the emperor went to Xuchang, they actively went to join us.
It is obvious that the Han court in Luoyang was not profitable for them, but it was different for the court to be in Xudu.
"Xiaozhi, do you think I am now capable of placing them? Can they help me serve me?" I don't skip.
Guo Jia smiled faintly, and for a while. Now he is a Han minister and has the strength. Compared with the one he had just taken over Yizhou and was scolded as a rebel a few years ago.
After lowering his head and thinking for a moment, Fa Zheng said reluctantly: "If the lord really seeks these families, at least half of them will serve the lord. But..."
"But you won't agree."
Guo Jia smiled heartily, Fa Zheng's expression changed when he heard this, and he said in panic: "I dare not. How does the lord act? I dare not disobey you."
He looked at Fa Zheng with a playful look. Guo Jia grabbed the reins, looked ahead, and smiled faintly: "They want to leave, they can do it, haha."
Guo Jia accelerated his return to the city. Fa Zheng looked from behind and his expression relaxed, and at the same time he smiled bitterly.
Each prince is essentially a warlord, but it represents a political group. Maintaining and expanding the interests of the group is their starting point for supporting the rulers.
Yuan Shao and Liu Biao were supported by the aristocratic people. The starting point of the political group that supported Yuan Shao was to help the Yuan family rule the world, while the political group that supported Liu Biao was to maintain their interests in Jingxiang.
Yuan Shao is supported, but whether he can control the overall situation depends on his personal ability. If he cannot control the situation, it will cause vicious competition among his gentry class under his rule.
Liu Biao was just a representative of the Jingxiang clan. The Jingzhou gentry supported Liu Biao before, and the clan thieves were in chaos, their interests were violated, and they were even in danger of collapse. Therefore, Liu Biao came to power, but the Jingxiang clan was the one who really dominated the situation.
Cao Cao took a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he used the emperor as a sign to attract the gentry to serve, and on the other hand, he was only talented and recruited talents. Over time, conflicts would arise within. However, Cao Cao was not only a military strategist, but also an outstanding politician. He was far from comparable to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was confused when playing balance, but Cao Cao could see clearly than Yuan Shao. Letting the gentry control the power was equivalent to handing over the lifeline to others. Therefore, Cao Cao promoted poor commoners to suppress the gentry, making him dominant in rule.
After several years of rest and recuperation, Guo Jia also formed a political group that cannot be underestimated. His political group was loyal to Guo Jia. The reason for the formation of this group was the imperial examination. He was not honored by talented people or had a humble background. He was able to support Guo Jia because he did not need to look at people's faces and do not need to devote himself to wealthy families. In such an environment, whether officials at all levels in Yizhou formed cliques and were not easily drawn. At least, they did not have any power when they became officials. From a general perspective, their interests were given by Guo Jia, the ruler.
If a minister gets to teach others, the master loses his party.
Liu Xie wanted to ask Yuan Shao hysterically why he didn't be a loyal minister, but Guo Jia wanted to ask Liu Xie, his father and several previous Han emperors.
The Yuan family's four generations and three public ministers promoted how many officials were promoted by the promotion and appointment of filial and honest officials. The local officials all looked at the face of the Yuan family. When the Han Dynasty collapsed and fell into decline, Shandong had already formed a huge political group. The one standing at the top of this pyramid was not the Liu family, but the Yuan family.
Can you blame Yuan Shao all? He just inherited the foundation left by his ancestors and had a little ambition.
Can Guo Jia rely on the gentry to fight the country? No, he abolished filial piety and honesty to promote the imperial examination. In addition to the fact that many gentry officials were in their positions and did not do their own politics, the more important reason was that he wanted to establish a truly powerful ruling class. First of all, it was to cut off the ways for his ministers to cultivate his party members. Secondly, a political group that served him, loyalty and his interests and futures were all dependent on him, so that he could be stable internally and consistent with his external affairs.
In the Sili area, the great and small gentry families around the Sanfu Jingzhao wanted to defect to Cao Cao, and there must be talents here, but Guo Jia would not regret it. He said that he did not plan to work for Guo Jia and wanted to become an official under Guo Jia's rule. The main way was to pass the imperial examination. Guo Jia would not change his original intention for a few gentry talents, otherwise he would infringe on the interests of the officials under his rule.
If aristocrats have good backgrounds, they can get a good future from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. It is obvious that Guo Jia has to rely on real talents and knowledge, so they abandon Guo Jia. On the contrary, people with humble backgrounds and talented people, or those who are in a down-and-out and powerful family, will come to Guo Jia to make a name for themselves by virtue of their own talents.
This is Guo Jia's capital and position. In the future, he will inevitably have conflicts with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. His political views are not in harmony, and being an official in the same dynasty is just a dispute. However, the princes will use conquests to resolve it. The conflicts of political interests between the two sides will inevitably be inevitable.
After returning to Chang'an, Guo Jia summoned civil and military personnel in the mansion. The war in Guanzhong was over and he got the land in Guanzhong. It was time to allocate the benefits here.
Wu Yi was sent back to Hanzhong to replace Xu Shu by Guo Jia, and asked Wu troupe, who was stationed in Chen Cang, to lead 5,000 troops to Fufeng to take some precautions. Although Ma Teng was on the west side of them, he would get along better than Han Sui, but Guo Jia's defense work should not be relaxed.
After taking Guanzhong, the importance of Hanzhong's strategic position was slightly reduced. Wu Yi and Yanpu Town Hanzhong, Meng Da guarded Chencang, and Wu Bantun Fufeng West. In the early days, Guo Jia had to ensure that the grain channels from Hanzhong to Chang'an were unobstructed and there was no difference.
Yan Yan occupied Wu Pass, Zhang Liao was in charge of Hangu Pass, and Chang'an was followed by the four generals of Gan Ning, Xu Chu, Dian Wei and Gao Shun.
Two literary and four martial artists, Xu Shu congratulated Guo Jia as soon as he arrived. Guo Jia smiled and replied a few times. He was not very relaxed. Before Guanzhong resumed production, it was still a huge burden.
Seeing that Xu Chu was not energetic and looked decadent, Guo Jia knew that Xu Chu had been in a bad mood these days and spent drinking all day to relieve his sorrows. In fact, it was because of the serious casualties of his soldiers under his command, which made Xu Chu feel distressed.
"Zhongkang, do you have nothing to say to me?" I don't jump.
Guo Jia sat in the main seat and asked lightly.
Xu Chu's eyes were covered with blood, and he looked at Guo Jia in a sluggish manner, and said in a muffled voice: "I don't know what to say."
The lobby is not spacious, and it is obviously much stingy compared to Guo Jia's mansion in Chengdu. The heroic generals gathered together and occupied at least half of the space.
"Since you don't say it, I'll ask you. More than 3,000 soldiers have been killed under your command. Within three months, I will ask you to recruit soldiers to make up for the 5,000. How can you not be sad?" Don't jump.
With Guo Jia's reputation in Yizhou and the generous treatment of the Taiping Army, he recruited more than 3,000 soldiers.
Guo Jia looked at Xu Chu gently, and Xu Chu's depressed expression was slightly shocked and he did not reply.
He felt distressed, not because there were only more than one thousand soldiers left under his command, but because the soldiers who had trained him as brothers and brothers died.
"Okay, I'll ask you again. The war is over. Your troops have suffered the most losses in terms of merit, but they have made great achievements. You speak up. I agree to what kind of rewards and treatment you want for the fallen soldiers and their descendants. Can you cheer up in this way?"
Guo Jia looked at Xu Chu sincerely, he was not talking nonsense.
Xu Chu stared at Guo Jia in a daze, tears streaming out of his eyes, lowered his head and wiped it, clasped his fists and sobbed at Guo Jia, "I represent the dead soldiers, thank you lord."
Guo Jia had a deep expression, stood up and said, "I will give you several times the pension to the soldiers who have been killed in this battle."
Chapter completed!