640 Zhuge Liang in Jingzhou
Up to now, it is already a matter of everyone who is more promising between Wei officials and Han officials.
Since Xun Yu was exiled to the general Cheqi General Government Office, there was no longer Guo Peng's favor, but anyone with a little political acumen knew that Wei officials had a better future than Han officials.
Except for a few old-fashioned royalists who are not good at their heads, most people have actually agreed with the domination of the Guo Wei political group led by Guo Peng over the world, at least in their hearts.
The actual domination has arrived, so will the nominal domination be far away?
The various configurations of the Guo Wei political clique were not at all based on the territory of the so-called "Wei State" that was limited to Jizhou.
This scale, this degree, and this intensity are completely built in accordance with the specifications of the central government of an empire, and what is done is also the business of the central government of the empire.
The supporting measures of the Wei State were entirely prepared by Guo Peng in order to replace the Han Empire and rule the whole country better and more smoothly in the future.
Now that it is ready, when the time comes to give an order, the Wei officials everywhere will quickly throw away the title of Han official, throw the banner of Han into the garbage heap of history, erect the banner of the Wei Empire, and everything will start again, without any change, just a change in name.
Such a change is the most crisp, the most smooth, and the most terrifying.
Because this is something that Guo Peng has done a long time ago, just waiting for an opportunity to announce the world.
After the separation of the Eight Kingdoms, the existence and majesty of the Han family were like a candle in the wind, and even the symbolic meaning was almost gone.
After the Hongnong Mutiny, the central Han Dynasty was wiped out physically, and there was only one name left, and nothing else.
Guo Peng chose to hold a ceremony to select Wei officials at this moment, and he also had the idea of testing the hearts of the children of the world's corporal clans.
If there are many responders, then it proves that not only at the level of the army and ordinary Li Shu, but also among the scholars, his own Guo Wei regime has enough popular support.
If this is the case, then when the time comes, the Wei Dynasty will not be subject to any major obstacles, but it is logical, and it is something that everyone in the world supports and looks forward to.
If there are not enough responders, then now is not the time to continue to intensify the cultural and propaganda efforts, and even more so at the political level.
At that time, Xun Yu will be the first to be shot, and his unlucky followers will also be hit by the autocratic iron fist one by one.
Guo's means of attacking political opponents have never been weak, let alone hesitating, and the reason why he does not kill him with one punch is because slow torture is more deterrent than killing with one punch.
This is a temptation, it belongs to Guo Peng's temptation of the world's corporals, whether to accept it or continue to resist depends on all the scholars.
Guo Peng felt that smart people would definitely choose to support, and dull people would choose to resist.
By now, the preparations are almost complete, Guo Peng's wings are almost full, and he is about to start a series of operations of his own.
Even if these scholars do not support it, they will only end up with a dead clan.
I'd like to see if you support it or not.
Therefore, Guo Peng instructed the royal literati Chen Lin to create an article to fully embody the intention of selecting Wei officials in this talent ceremony, and spread it to all the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction, and sent people to spread it quickly in the direction of Jingzhou, so that the news could spread in Jingzhou as soon as possible.
This is another cultural psychological war in addition to Guo Peng's military psychological warfare in Jiangdong, which is specially aimed at the phenomenon of many soldiers in the nine counties of Jingxiang.
To deal with Jiangdong, it is natural to use military means, and to deal with Jingzhou, perhaps psychological warfare will be more effective.
But in fact, Zhuge Liang chose to return or did a psychological struggle.
When he first received Zhuge Jin's letter, not long after Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang had just buried Zhuge Xuan, and continued to study in the Xiangyang Academic Hall founded by Liu Biao, and refined his studies, without thinking about returning to the north at all.
Xuetang is an official school founded by Liu Biao in Xiangyang, and after the burning of Luoyang Taixue, Liu Biao gradually gained a foothold in Jingzhou, so he founded Xuetang a few years later.
Because of the safety of Jingzhou and the reputation of Liu Biao himself as one of the eight chefs, it attracted a large number of Beidi scholars to the south, and the academic center of the Eastern Han Dynasty was transferred to the academic hall in Jingzhou, and the collection of books and teaching in the academic hall was not inferior to that of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
At that time, there were endless wars in the north, and only the Linzi official school founded by Guo Peng in Linzi could still attract some scholars and students, but because of the frequent wars, the attraction was not as good as that of Xiangyang Xuetang.
Zhuge Xuan has been in Jingzhou for several years, and when he saw the war in the north, he had no confidence in returning to the north, and felt that Zhuge needed to settle down in Jiangnan, so he began to study the way in Jingzhou and lay a relationship network.
The Langya Zhuge clan is not a first-class scholar clan, and even in the second-rate scholar clan, it can only be regarded as the last class, which is even worse than the Guo clan from Guo Peng.
The Guo family is still well-dressed, in charge of legal interpretation for generations, and has a place close to hereditary status in the central court, while the Zhuge family belongs to the local Xiaoshi clan in Xuzhou, and the official position of 2,000 stone in the local area is the limit, and it can't even gain a foothold in the central government.
In this way, Zhuge naturally did not have a very good development prospect when he arrived in Jingzhou.
Zhuge Xuan himself was able to gain a foothold because he was Liu Biao's subordinate, but this was not enough for Zhuge to gain a foothold.
Zhuge Xuan tried his best to build relationships, and finally got involved with the major families in Jingzhou, the Cai family, the Kuai family, the Pang family and the Huang family, which laid a good foundation for Zhuge to gain a foothold.
He was conscientious, walking on thin ice, drilling camps for several years, and helping Zhuge Liang set up a marriage with Huang Chengyan's daughter while he was sick.
Subsequently, Zhuge Xuan exhausted his hard work and whimpered, Zhuge Liang was helpless under his grief, inherited the relationship network left by Zhuge Xuan, operated carefully, and propped up the façade.
He was still young and had not yet reached adulthood, but in order to comply with Zhuge Xuan's expectations, he performed a crown ceremony when Zhuge Xuan was seriously ill, took the word Kong Ming, married his wife Huang, and laid the façade of the Zhuge family, so that Zhuge Xuan could go with confidence.
After Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang continued to study in the academic hall while managing his life, improving his knowledge, and Meng Jian, Shi Tao, Cui Jun, and Xu Shu as friends, mingling with each other and learning from each other.
Originally, life was quite steady.
As a result, the world met and the situation changed greatly, first Yuan Shu rebelled and became the emperor, established the Chen State, and then was defeated and eliminated by Guo Zifeng, the general of the expedition to the north.
I thought that the world would restore stability, but as a result, the Hongnong court came to a division of eight countries, tearing the world apart, Jingxiang people heard that Liu Biao had the intention of being called public, and they opposed it in the group, and discussed this matter in the academic hall, which caused great concern in public opinion.
Zhuge Liang did not participate in the discussion, but Liu Biao was indeed forced to be helpless and unable to claim the king, but immediately after the Xuzhou incident, Tao Qian became the public, causing a comprehensive resistance of the Xuzhou people, and Xuzhou fell into war.
Soon after, Tao Qian died of illness, and Guo Zifeng, the general of the cavalry, entered Xuzhou, and since then, the Central Plains has been basically pacified.
After learning the news of the turmoil in Xuzhou at that time, Zhuge Liang's heart rose to his throat, for fear that his family would suffer misfortune.
Later, he learned that Xuzhou was pacified by Guo Peng, and soon after getting Zhuge Jin's family letter, Zhuge Liang was relieved.
It was at that time that Zhuge Liang learned that Zhuge Jin was summoned into the mansion by Guo Pengpi and became Guo Peng's subordinate to do things for Guo Peng, and Zhuge was safe.
Zhuge Jin then hoped that Zhuge Liang could go home and not continue to stay in Jingzhou.
Jingzhou is dangerous.