Yuan Shu was very happy after receiving the money, grain, treasures and letters sent by Guo Peng, and also sent someone to return the gift.

He sent more things than Guo Peng gave him as a return gift, and wrote a letter praising Guo Peng as a cadre of the country.

Then he confidently expanded his territory, ambitious, and wanted to start a big business.

At that time, when Guo Peng received Yuan Shu's return gift, he was quite surprised.

This guy did not organize the displaced people to engage in tuntian, and there was no peasant uprising and rebellion under his command.

What's even more strange is that after Yuan Shu occupied Runan, the Yellow Turban Army in Runan actually responded in groups to cooperate with Yuan Shu, and also took advantage of this to connect the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou to respond to Yuan Shu together and not be hostile to him.

In this way, he was able to wear gorgeous clothes, eat meat and drink wine, and give Guo Peng such a generous gift.

Later, when he got the news from the secret agent he sent to the area ruled by Yuan Shu, Guo Peng knew why Yuan Shu was so wealthy.

It is recorded in the history books that he did make a living by plundering the localities, and as for the military rations, he mainly collected grain from the prefectures and counties, which was tantamount to military compulsion, so he himself had no interest in construction and production.

The commoner Li Shu was too poor, there were no luxurious clothes, delicious meat and wine for Yuan Shu to exploit, and Yuan Shu couldn't look down on the bad things of the civilian Li Shu, as long as they could provide food.

As for those luxury goods, Yuan Shu doesn't produce them himself, so how can he get them?

He fights local tyrants.

Yes, that's right, Yuan Shu fights local tyrants.

He won't touch the scholars, and he won't dare to touch the powerful and famous soldiers and horses, unless he doesn't have a long eye and Yuan Shu.

So Xiao Xiaohao poured blood mold.

It is equipped with various technicians such as guests, apprentices, slaves, and craftsmen, and has the conditions to produce luxury goods that Yuan Shu likes and make them from raw materials to finished products.

And only they have these things that Yuan Shu likes.

Therefore, Yuan Shu relied on his name as the fourth and third dukes, fabricated charges openly, and plundered these heroes and powers, destroyed the manor, plundered property and food, and plundered the population to meet the needs of himself and the army.

They really have a lot of things, grabbing a wave can be enough for Yuan Shu to squander for a while, and if he doesn't grab it, he will continue to squander.

Guo Peng probably understood why the scholars generally didn't like Yuan Shu, but the Yellow Turban Army had a good relationship with Yuan Shu.

For Yuan Shu's genius stroke, Guo Peng actually admires it very much.

Yuan Shu does have some talent.

In the area he chose to be in now, no one can compete with his power, except for Xuzhou Tao Qian is a big force, Yangzhou and Yuzhou have no large-scale forces, so Yuan Shu was able to expand in Yangzhou and Yuzhou on a large scale.

He took in Sun Jian's team of generals and his family, and obtained a large number of generals who could fight well and fought for him.

He relied on Sun Jian's team and his own army to expand his power to Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and even coveted Xuzhou, and there were faint signs of revenge on Liu Biao.

The alliance of Yuan Shu and Guo Peng Taoqian occupied almost the entire Central Plains, and the general trend gradually became the number one prince in the world.

And Yuan Shao is still dealing with Gongsun Zan through domestic and foreign affairs with great difficulty.

Everyone can see at a glance who is strong and who is weak.

Rao is like this, and the ambitious Guo Peng can also see that Yuan Shu's power is rootless duckweed, and when he reaches out, he will be uprooted.

He is good at turning in, and he is good at using his fame to seek benefits, but he is not good at consolidating his foundation and letting his power take firm roots.

Unlike Guo Peng, he planted his power at the grassroots level, went deep into every village to control and collect taxes, formed a set of effective systems, established an order, stabilized the rule, and promoted fame.

It is difficult to form, but once it is formed, it is deeply ingrained and difficult to uproot.

Yuan Shu is a rootless duckweed, which seems to be lush, and it comes out as soon as it is pulled.

What's more, to deal with Yuan Shu, Guo Peng has nirvana.

The jade seal of the country is still hidden in Guo Peng's secret room, lying down in a good manner.

When the time is right, he will use a suitable way to send the jade seal of the country to Yuan Shu, and wait for Yuan Shu's wave of operations to achieve a "great cause".

Chen Gong's strategic planning can be used partially, but when it comes to the most core issues, it reveals a very serious practical problem to Guo Peng.

Even though the prestige of the Han family has fallen into the dust, the 400-year rule of the Han family is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is not easy to shake it.

The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, and the Han family still has a little bit of vitality.

A person's return to light is very short, but a country's return time is very long, sometimes longer than a person's lifespan.

Therefore, although the Son of Heaven of the Han family has no actual power, the name of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is just a name, and it is not something that can be ignored by any scholar or even prince.

Righteousness is important, really important.

A considerable part of the reason why Cao Cao was able to crusade against Yuan Shu and compete with Yuan Shao was because he had the emperor.

Fengtianzi made Cao Cao get a lot of convenience, and many people took refuge in Cao Cao because the emperor was in Xuchang.

Talent, popularity, Cao Cao has gained great strength in a short period of time, and he also has the most critical righteous name, so he has the confidence to confront Yuan Shao.

But what about the side effects?

Cao Cao's reputation has always been not very good, probably because of the side effects.

If Cao Cao was just a Yanzhou pastor under Yuan Shao, his reputation would definitely not be as polarized as it is today.

But he coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes and became a well-known thief.

For someone Guo, what is the benefit of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes?

Where is the benefit of not coercing the Son of Heaven so that the princes can benefit?

In fact, Guo has always felt that it is a false proposition to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

When Cao Cao first got the emperor, he was inflated, he became a general, and asked the emperor to appoint Yuan Shao as a lieutenant, Yuan Shao was very annoyed and scolded Cao Cao for having what qualifications he had to be above himself?

Cao Cao was frightened, and immediately went to the Great General, changed the command to Sikong, and gave up the title of Great General to Yuan Shao.

Whether you can make the princes or not depends not on the emperor, but on your own strength.

The princes who are not strong enough do not dare to coerce the Son of Heaven at all, for example, Hanoi is too guarded by Zhang Yang, knowing that his strength is not good, he does not dare to coerce the Son of Heaven, and Cao Cao himself has the strength to pacify these small princes.

For a giant prince like Yuan Shao, in addition to the political advantage, it has not actually changed the situation that Yuan Shao is strong and Cao Cao is weak.

Therefore, to deal with the small princes, you don't need to coerce the Son of Heaven, but to deal with the big princes, the Son of Heaven is coerced by the Son of Heaven, and you still have to fight.

It is true that the name of righteousness is really meaningful, the emperor has it in his hands, so that Cao Cao has gained a lot of benefits, although he also paid a lot of price and became the second thief after Dong Zhuo, but this gave Cao Cao, who was from a humble background, the confidence to fight against the fame of the fourth and third dukes.

But while waving the banner of the Han family, and at the same time realizing one's own selfishness, does the best of both worlds really exist?

Guo was skeptical.

Guo's background is much better than Cao Cao's, and the only stain is simply whitewashed because of Lu Zhi and Cai Yong.

Therefore, Chen Gong would think like this, also because of his background, his situation, and what he had learned, so that this was the best way he could think of.

However, from Guo Peng's point of view, everything does not seem to be like this.

What's more, Guo Peng does not have a big Han plot like Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had feelings for the nominal emperor, but he was confined to his actual situation and ideals, and he could not retreat, and he did not dare or really want to advance, and suffered all his life.

Guo is a simple thief, there is nothing to worry about, his goal is very clear and will not waver.

Regarding Chen Gong's strategic plan after eliminating Yuan Shao, Guo Ren disagreed with it in his heart.

Han ......

Emperor ...... of Han

Do the pros outweigh the disadvantages, or do the disadvantages outweigh the pros?