"Leave it on."

After listening to Cheng Yu's inquiry, Guo Peng's face turned cold.

"If Xun Wen is talented, there is also great talent, of course the more talent, the better, but it will not be without him, Xun Wenruo is not as important as others think, I want to use it, I don't want to use it, for the sake of interests, they will not be reluctant to use a Xun Wenruo."

"Then does the lord think that these noble clans can be used?"

"Yes, why not? Who else can I use without them? ”

Guo Peng shook his head: "However, they are the same as Xun Wenruo, they are not as important as they imagined, if they can't recognize this, I will help them recognize it clearly, Zhongde, this action, you are still responsible for staying behind, I will let Yuan Hao be your deputy, you have to keep an eye on the direction of Hongnong, once there is a problem in the direction of Hongnong, if I am outside, you must notify me in time." ”

"Understood."

Cheng Yu nodded decisively.

The problems on my side are almost sorted out, and the next thing is the problem on Hongnong's side.

Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan, how will these two fools who can't recognize their own strength and the trend of the times act?

Guo Peng was looking forward to it.

At the end of August, the news of Guo Peng's ascension to the Duke of Wei and the establishment of the Duchy of Wei came back to Hongnong, and Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji almost jumped for joy when they learned about it.

They immediately found Jia Xu and had a meeting.

"Guo Zifeng has ascended the throne, he is already the Duke of Wei, and he has established the State of Wei, now, we have nothing to worry about, even if something goes wrong, it is Guo Zifeng's problem, it has nothing to do with us, what do you say, Wenhe?"

Duan Xuan lost his usual calm and looked at Jia Xu very eagerly.

Zhang Ji also looked at Jia Xu very eagerly.

Jia Xu looked at the two of them silently.

"Did the two generals really decide?"

"Nonsense! How long has it been talking? ”

Zhang Ji waved his hand impatiently: "Guo Zifeng has already been the first person, we will be the second and third people, Wenhe, don't you want to do it?" ”

"I don't have that qualification."

Jia Xu shook his head silently: "Have the two generals thought about their respective titles?" ”

"That's nature."

Zhang Ji nodded proudly.

After previous discussions, Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan determined the titles they each wanted.

The two knew that the place they were staying in was dilapidated, and for the sake of harmony, the two symbolically agreed to take Chang'an as the boundary.

The west of Chang'an belongs to Zhang Ji, and the east belongs to Duan Xuan, Zhang Ji asks for the title "Yong", and Duan Xuan takes the title "Yu", and the two of them are each crowned.

Having said that, whether it is west of Chang'an or east of Chang'an, it is already a state of vast land and sparse population, and Liangzhou may be a little better than Guanzhong, so in line with this idea, Zhang Ji, who is stronger than Duan Xuan, has been treated as the establishment of Yongguo in the territory west of Chang'an.

The Sili School Captain Department and Liangzhou to the west of Chang'an belonged to Zhang Ji.

Duan Xuan had no choice but to take the territory east of Chang'an and establish the Yu Kingdom, but from Chang'an to Luoyang, there were really no people.

Therefore, the two are still stationed in Hongnong, and Hongnong County is divided into two, with Hongnong Palace as the boundary, the west belongs to Zhang Ji, and the east belongs to Duan Xuan, which means that Zhang Ji occupies an enclave.

There is no way, this is the most populated here, and if you leave here, there will be no place to replenish military rations.

So in this way, both of them became well-known monarchs, and divided the territory west of Luoyang, leaving a Hongnong Palace to the little emperor, and even Hongnong City was not spared.

Then, according to the "joke" that Jia Xu originally proposed, the two thought that instead of being targeted at that time, it would be better to pull everyone into the water together, and no one would say anything.

Jia Xu pretended to stop him and severely reprimanded the two, and the two were furious and angrily reprimanded Jia Xu and did not allow him to speak again.

Subsequently, Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji discussed, and a result was discussed.

Give Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang the king, send the title "Shu", allow Yizhou to be the fiefdom, establish the Shu state, call himself the king of Shu, and treat the same as the princely states of the king with different surnames in the early Han Dynasty, and Guo Peng, allow the hundred officials and ministers, and establish a temple to worship the ancestors.

Liu Biao, the general of Jingzhou Mu and Zhennan, was crowned the king, and was given the title of "Chu", and was allowed to use Jingzhou as a fiefdom to establish the state of Chu, calling himself the king of Chu, and the treatment was the same as Guo Peng.

He also gave the titular Yangzhou Mu and Zhenwu general Liu Xuan the king, with the title of "Wu", and allowed to take the four counties of Yangzhou in the eastern part of the Jiangdong as fiefs to establish the state of Wu, called the king of Wu, and the treatment was the same.

After the three kings of the clan were divided, Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan gave Xuzhou Tao Qian the title of Duke and Duke of Xu, and allowed the counties of Xuzhou to be used as a fief to establish the State of Xu, and the treatment was the same.

It happened that at this time, Sun Ce sent people to pay tribute to the imperial court and asked for a heavy general to facilitate his rule in Jiangdong.

Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji both fought with Sun Ce's father Sun Jian in Dong Zhuo's army back then, knowing Sun Jian's bravery, and knowing that Sun Ce had already occupied an advantage in Jiangdong, in the spirit of-stirring sticks, the two thought of a very nasty idea.

The title of King Wu of Liu Miao was changed to King Yue, and the title became Yue, and the fiefs were Yuzhang County and Huiji County, and the Yue Kingdom was established.

Then Danyang County and Wu County were given to Sun Ce, and the title of Wu was also given to Sun Ce, and Wu Gong was sealed, and the Principality of Wu was established.

Divide Yangzhou in the eastern part of the river into two, hand it over to Liu Xuan and Sun Ce, and let them fight by themselves.

It doesn't matter if he lives or dies.

In this way, Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan were very happy to find that the entire Han Empire suddenly had many more countries in China.

Guo Peng's Principality of Wei, Tao Qian's Principality of Xu, Liu Zhang's Kingdom of Shu, Liu Biao's Kingdom of Chu, Liu Xuan's Kingdom of Yue, Sun Ce's Principality of Wu, plus Zhang Ji's Principality of Yong and Duan Xuan's Principality of Yu.

Eight countries stand side by side.

The world seems to have returned to the early Han Dynasty in an instant, to the era when the Han Empire established by Liu Bang and the kingdoms of many princes and kings with different surnames coexisted.

But in Jia Xu's view, this situation is more like the Warring States period than the early Han Dynasty.

Similarly, Guo Peng also sees it this way.

Guo Peng learned about Zhang Ji and Duan Xuan's "sub-sealing plan" for the first time, and expressed his permission, feeling that this sub-sealing plan was quite perfect, and no one was left behind, even the half-dead Tao Qian and Liu Xuan were not left behind, and they took care of it together.

The large vassal states stood side by side, while the Zhou royal family was very weak and had little ability to control the princes.

Obviously, isn't the current Han Tianzi the same as Zhou Tianzi?

What are the soldiers? What are the generals? What are the strengths?

A bare-bones commander, even personal safety is debatable, let alone other things.

The existence of Han Tianzi is already equivalent to Zhou Tianzi.

Now, it depends on whether those ambitious princes will accept these titles and transform themselves into righteous and bright princes.

The answer is yes.

Guo Peng has no doubt about this.

So Guo Peng was relieved to prepare the army, arrange generals, and be ready to launch a sabotage attack on the Southern Xiongnu at any time.

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