The Taiping Army swept across Jiangdong, and all counties and cities surrendered. Occasionally, local wealthy families secretly voted, and all were wiped out by Dianman's army with thunder...

During this period, no matter who jumps out, the Taiping Army will face it in a warlike manner. No matter whether you are a rich landlord or a small civilian, as long as you resist, you will kill you without any maneuvering.

During the war, even Guo Jia, who was known for his benevolence and righteousness, was not in the mood to reason with others.

Within a month, Jiangdong was pacified, and all counties and counties wrote to Jianye, expressing their willingness to bow down to their posts.

At the same time, Guo Jia, who was in Xiangyang, also sent troops to sweep the counties in Jingnan. While conquering Jiangdong, Guo Jia successfully took the area south of the Yangtze River.

Guo Ye, who was preparing to mobilize troops to Hefei in Jianye City, suddenly received a military force from Guo Jia.

In Jianye Military Camp, Guo Ye paced back and forth. He didn't expect this military order and felt it was irritating.

There are not many people around him who can give him advice. The shortage is that if he wants to focus on his ideas, he has to discuss it with Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and Lu Xun.

Thinking of his father's way of employing people, Guo Ye made up his mind that the so-called "do not use people" and "do not doubt people". Since it has reached this point, there is no need to hide anything from these three people. It is both parties who are open and honest in exchange for trust.

He called these three people in the tent, and Guo Ye did not say nonsense, but directly passed Guo Jia's military order to the three of them for a look.

After watching the three of them, their expressions were not relaxed.

Because Guo Jia clearly wrote that Guo Ye would do two things. The first thing was to recruit talents from Jingzhou and Yangzhou. The second thing was to suppress the gentry.

The first thing is quite easy to deal with. It is not difficult to acquire any talent who has not gone to Hebei and some talent who has the intention of becoming an official.

The second thing is very difficult. First of all, Jiangdong and Jingzhou have surrendered in full swing. There is no nominal war or chaos. Officials from all over the country have submitted letters to surrender, no matter whether they are sincere or false, there is no way to criticize them.

The one who causes disaster is a local tyrant bully. It is very easy to pack up the warlords, but the gentry is different, and the one who serves as an official is difficult to cause great trouble. What they are most afraid of is to form cliques and make private interests. The momentum formed after being connected will cause political turmoil.

Guo Jia couldn't replace all the officials in the territory at once, otherwise it would paralyze government affairs. However, in order to prevent these officials who originally served Sun Quan, Cao Wei, Liu Biao and others from colluding to conspire and plotting against the ills, they must make plans early to prevent the problems from happening.

Guo Ye understands this truth very well. Now no one can tell who will make a plan, and who is sincerely surrendering and keeping oneself in peace. Faced with this situation, first of all, you cannot be passive and cannot wait until the matter develops into trouble before dealing with it. Then it will be too late...

Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and Lu Xun discussed overnight and finally made a plan for Guo Ye, and Guo Ye accepted it all.

One month later, Xiangyang

Guo Jia and Pang Tong were walking in the idle garden, and Pang Tong handed a list to Guo Jia, which were newly promoted talents.

Guo Jia looked very carefully, including Li Yan, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang, Yu Fan, Fei, etc. There are many talents in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, and many well-known celebrities from the Three Kingdoms are also listed.

However, Guo Jia looked around for a long time and didn't see the person he had been thinking about: Huang Zhong.

When asked about Pang Tong, Pang Tong replied helplessly: "The prince went to Changsha to visit General Huang in person, but the other party refused and claimed that he was old."

Guo Jia sighed softly and said, "If you don't want to serve me, then forget it, there is no need to force it."

If he is more than Huang Zhong, Guo Jia is still strong and unstoppable. If he is less than Huang Zhong, Guo Jia is still not afraid of the world, and there is no need to be upset about a talent.

When Pang Tong saw Guo Jia read the list, he presented another bamboo slip and said, "This is the strategy sent by the prince. I hope the lord will adopt it.

Guo Jia took it and opened it and looked at it. He smiled unconsciously, and asked while walking, "Shi Yuan, have you seen this?"

Pang Tong smiled and said, "I have read it. It seems that the prince has not been tested by the lord's difficult questions."

In this document, Guo Ye suggested that Guo Jia reshuffle the officialdoms of Jingzhou, Yangzhou and the upcoming Central Plains states, transfer some local gentry rooted in the name of promotion, and break up the regional factions or potential clan forces, so that the potential threat will be eliminated.

If someone resists, it just proves that his intention is wrong and he can be punished.

Putting away the bamboo slips, Guo Jia smiled faintly, turned to Pang Tong and said, "This child has not disappointed me."

When Pang Tongyi heard this, he quickly replied.

"The prince is indeed able to stand alone, but it still takes the lord to cultivate it carefully for a few years before he can become a weapon."

Guo Jia immediately looked at Pang Tong with helpless eyes and said, "Shi Yuan, when will you stop like this?"

After sighing in a low voice, Pang Tong asked back, "How can you dispel the idea of ​​the right to pay the right? Lord, you are only over forty years old and have at least forty years left. Why don't you ascend the throne?"

Guo Jia curled his lips and pointed at Pang Tong. He whispered to him with a slightly gritted expression: "Pang Shiyuan, you are trying to harm me! I have lived for forty years, endured hardships when I was a child, and worked hard when I grew up. What do you want me to do for forty years? Sitting on the dragon throne to review memorials every day, working diligently every day? Let me tell you, I don't feel like I will sleep after death like a great man. It's time for me to enjoy myself."

When he turned his eyes and looked elsewhere, Pang Tong felt uncomfortable.

What are the heroes in the world trying their best to do their best to be brave?

Isn’t it that the country and the world dominates the world?

Guo Jia was fine. He said that he ascended the throne and became emperor like suffering. Seeing that the country was within reach, he wanted to leave.

Pang Tong, Qin Mi, Xi Zhicai and other strategists knew Guo Jia's plan to destroy Cao when they made a plan with Guo Jia. Originally, Pang Tong wanted to instigate Guo Jia to become emperor as a reason to stabilize him on the throne, so that he could delay at least a few years so that he could dispel his thoughts. As a result, Guo Jia was not deceived at all and had seen through Pang Tong's tricks. The incidents of Guo Jia's proclaiming himself emperor were rejected by Guo Jia after many words.

The two continued walking silently, the courtyard was bleak and the autumn was sad. Guo Jia suddenly thought of his decision to take Xuzhou before winter, so he asked: "Hey, where is Ye'er now? According to the plan, he should be in Hefei now and meet me in Xuchang in half a month."

The feeling of loss was temporarily wiped out. Pang Tong said: "Calling the days, the prince should be on his way back to Jianye from Yuyao. He will go to Hefei in a few days."

Guo Jia asked inexplicably: "He went to Yuyao? What are he doing?"

Pang Tong looked even more surprised and asked, "Is it a proposal for marriage, lord doesn't know?"

"Proposal? Which girl did he like?"

Guo Jia was really surprised.

Pang Tongyi touched the short beard on his chin, blinked, and looked at Guo Jia in confusion.

How could Guo Jia not know about the fact that the prince went to propose marriage?

Seeing that Guo Jia was not joking, Pang Tong said truthfully.

"The prince should not be the girl in the family he likes. He settled six marriages in one go."

Guo Jia took a breath.

His son is going to marry, and his father is kept in the dark, and this son is quite courageous. He married six at a time? Why don’t he add one more to make up the seven fairies?

"Ha, it's a bit interesting. His mother was almost anxious for his marriage. When he mentioned this to him before, he said heartlessly that he didn't want to get married. Now, it's better. This is a step to get the right place, with a lot of wives and concubines."

Guo Jia walked forward with a smile, and the scene of the withering trees in the courtyard was no longer so sad.

Pang Tong caught up and reminded next to Guo Jia: "The prince may have the intention to do this."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

After sorting out the speech, Pang Tong said softly: "The six marriages decided by the prince are Yuyao, Zheng, Xu, Xu, He, Zhou, and Wang, Wang, Wang, Wang, and Wang," he said.

After talking about these six families, Guo Jia frowned and pondered.

These six families are not actually the most powerful families in the local area, but they also have outstanding energy. They have just developed or are in decline, but they all have some weight among the gentry.

There were many gentry clans in the world, which was a mess left by the end of the Han Dynasty. There were also famous families in various places, but we must clearly distinguish the gentry, wealthy clans, and big families, and we can still divide the camps according to different forces.

Suddenly he chuckled, Guo Jia turned his head and patted Pang Tong on the shoulder, and asked, "Shi Yuan, are you still worried that Ye'er can't sit on the dragon throne firmly?"

Pang Tong smiled bitterly and said, "Master, you should know that the subordinate is not that meaning, it is not that the prince is not outstanding enough, but that we hope the lord can stay.

Guo Jia shook his head slightly, and Pang Tong continued, "The prince has already learned from the lord."

What did Guo Ye want to do when he married six families with good backgrounds? It was just to divide the gentry. Some people were honored, some were harmed, some were laughed, and naturally some were crying.

Guo Jia has always suppressed the gentry, but under Guo Jia's rule, there are many families who enjoy endless wealth and glory, such as Zhang Yi's family.

Marrying with Guo Ye basically means climbing to the big tree of Guo Jia.

Although Guo Ye is still the prince, in the concept of this era, the prince, the prince, or the crown prince can not be easily replaced, because this is a shake of the foundation of the country!

In addition, Guo Ye led his troops out of Badong, went to Jingzhou, and swept Jiangdong. He became famous in the battle, and his prestige in the army suddenly increased sharply.

Marriage with Guo Ye is a guarantee for the future, and these six families are naturally happy to agree.

This is also what Guo Ye learned from Guo Jia. When dealing with the gentry, he could not come up and suppress them with a tough way. This would inevitably make them unite to resist and win over them all. This would make the original group of the Guo Jia group dissatisfied, and the means they had to use would naturally be gradually weakened, divided and broken, and finally uprooted.

After all, Guo Ye didn't even know what the women from these six families looked like. He rushed to propose marriage, which fell into the eyes of outsiders. This is Guo Ye's approach to win over the hearts of the people and cultivate his own power.

After the marriage was decided, Guo Ye rushed to Hefei and met with Wei Yan at night. Jiangdong left Dianman to lead his army of 30,000 to stabilize the overall situation. He led his army of 50,000 from Hefei to the north and met with Guo Jia's army of 100,000 to Xuchang!
Chapter completed!