Youzhou was in turmoil, and the counties and counties fell quickly, and the only two officials who resisted were Guo Peng, the member of the Youzhou Assassin History Sect and the captain of the Guardian Karasuma.

The two resisted together and successively defeated the 30,000 Karasuma cavalry led by Wu Yan and the 50,000 rebels led by Zhang Chun, which bought precious time for Zhu Jun to lead reinforcements to arrive, and became an important battle to turn the tide of the war.

Among them, Guo Peng was even better, defeated 30,000 Karasuma cavalry alone, and broke Zhang Chun with the sect members, and his subordinates captured Zhang Chun by Zhao Yun, which can be the first credit.

However, Guo Peng, as the captain of the Karasuma school, failed to discover and stop Qiu Liju's rebellion in time, and was guilty of dereliction of duty.

However, in view of Guo Peng's great contribution to this battle, he took the lead in fighting bravely, and timely controlled more than 10,000 Karasuma people from the Nanlou Department to participate in the battle and turn the tide of the battle, so the credit is still very great.

To sum up, Emperor Ling asked Lu Zhi's opinion again, and finally decided to appoint Guo Peng as the Taishou of Shanggu County, and to protect Karasuma Zhonglang General, and promote his military rank to one level.

Ordered Guo Peng to be fully responsible for guarding against Xianbei attacks in the midst of chaos, and in case of war, he could lead the border military affairs, and continue to perform the duties of appeasing Karasuma and stabilizing the northern frontier.

Of course, because of the negligence, the merit and demerits offset part of it, so the title was not promoted.

Lu Zhi agreed.

Emperor Ling now likes Guo Peng more and more, and thinks that Guo Peng can win battles and stabilize northern Xinjiang for him, so he wants to put Guo Peng in northern Xinjiang to guard the peace of northern Xinjiang, so that he can feel at ease.

He summoned Lu Zhi and praised Lu Zhi for his ability to teach his disciples, and Guo Peng for having the demeanor of a famous general in ancient times, who could stabilize the frontier for the country.

For this reason, he also rewarded Lu Zhi with some things, and also rewarded Guo Peng's family with a lot of things, and also rewarded Guo Peng's son Guo Jin as a reward for Guo Peng's contributions.

Cao Song, as Guo Peng's father-in-law, also showed his face in front of Emperor Ling, happy, and the whole person was a little fluttering.

In addition to Guo Peng, the members of the Youzhou Thorn History Sect also have criminal responsibility because of their military exploits, and the merits and demerits are offset by each other, and the extra part is crowned as a township, plus a thousand food towns, and given a field as a reward.

The former Shanggu County was too guarded by Gao Yan to defend the land, and he was meritorious in providing logistics for Guo Peng, and he was transferred to the Taishan County Guard of Xuzhou and went to the mainland to be a Taiping official.

The rest of the generals were rewarded, and Gongsun Chan was appointed as the unending county commander of Youbeiping County because of his meritorious resistance.

Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei originally had the suggestion of giving the Marquis of Duting, but because their background was too low and their names were unknown, they rewarded them with money instead.

Zhu Jun's side made Emperor Ling feel a little embarrassed.

As a general of the chariot cavalry and the marquis of Qiantang, he didn't know how to reward Zhu Jun, but he couldn't help but reward him, so he had to add a hussar general to Zhu Jun according to the usual practice, and add 2,000 food, second only to the general He Jin.

The reward was soon issued, and the counterinsurgency heroes all learned of their rewards, and Guo Peng learned that he was added to the Zhonglang General, and he was also named the Taishou of Shanggu County, and he was quite satisfied.

It was not very attractive to be a school captain before, although it was a position of top boss for Hu Ren, but he was not a figure with a head and face in the Han Dynasty system, and this time it was different to become a Zhonglang general.

Before the order of the Eastern Han government was out of order, Zhonglang would be a military rank second only to a general, higher than a captain, and generally a senior military attache in the Han Dynasty from time to time during the war, more than 2,000 stones.

Lu Zhi commanded the overall army as the general of Beizhonglang back then, and the Han court gave Guo Peng the position of general Zhonglang, which recognized that Guo Peng had the qualifications to command the army alone in wartime, and at least he was also a deputy marshal.

At that time, the sect member became Lu Zhi's deputy marshal as the general of the Guardian Karasuma Zhonglang.

Therefore, this time the military exploits allowed Guo Peng to successfully have considerable weight in the northern frontier, not only can he be arrogant to the Hu people, but the officials of Youzhou will also give three points to Guo Peng.

If the entire Youzhou can crack Guo Peng's teeth, there is only one sect member left.

What's more, Guo Peng still has the identity of the Taishou of Shanggu County, and has become Guo Fujun.

In fact, Guo Peng is more fond of the identity of the Taishou of Shanggu County, which not only gives him the power to do things cheaply in Shanggu County, but also gives him the power to appoint more than 300 stone county guards Peng Shi, such as Gong Cao Shi, Hu Cao Shi, Song Cao Shi, Ci Cao Shi and other officials.

In short, he has the power and qualifications to "open a mansion" and become the head of the mansion.

Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the political compromise and concession of the Han Emperor to the wealthy families, the dual monarchy has gradually formed, although it is not seen in the explicit text, but in fact it has become a political rule in operation.

Under such a political operation model, the Han Emperor is the first monarch, and the relationship between the Han Emperor and the subjects of the whole world is the first relationship between the monarch and the subject.

The lord or lord of the house is the second monarch, and the relationship with the people who are conquered is the second relationship between the monarch and the minister.

The so-called social phenomenon of "protégés and former officials all over the world" is produced under the fusion of the academic state of the Five Classics and the fourteen doctors of the Five Classics and the political state of the system of expropriation.

The emperor directly selected officials from the locality, which was called "Zheng", or "Zheng", and the three dukes, the Kaifu generals, and the Kaifu officials recruited scholars as officials were called "Pi".

The scholars of the Eastern Han Dynasty could not only become officials through the systematic inspection of the Han Empire, that is, take the emperor's route, but also through the channels of officials such as the Three Dukes, county guards, state assassins, and high-ranking generals who were qualified to open the government.

Go directly to the previous channel and become an official who takes the emperor's money, then you can directly take the emperor himself as a monarch, and there is no other relationship in it.

If he is recruited by the emperor before being conscripted by the emperor, then he will take the salary of the minister of the opening of the government, and naturally the minister of the opening of the government will be the second monarch in addition to the emperor, and the so-called second-tier relationship between the monarch and the minister will be formed.

For example, Guo Peng was recommended by Yang Biao to be an official, and was directly hired by the Han government to become a Lang official, and he had no experience as an official under other ministers, so he only needed to take the emperor as the monarch.

And Dong Zhuo is different, Dong Zhuo was first made a county official by the county Taishou, and then was appointed as a subordinate official of the Assassin History by the Liangzhou Assassin History Mansion, and then was recommended to the Imperial Court Mansion, and then committed a crime and became a white body, and was reinstated by the then Situ Yuan Kui as a subordinate official.

Therefore, in addition to the relationship between Dong Zhuo and the Han Emperor, he also had Yuan Kui as the lord of the mansion, and he had to follow his opinions to a considerable extent.

That's why Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu dared to deal with Dong Zhuo so badly, and they had confidence.

Guo Peng's situation is much simpler, there is no mansion master to press on it, and Yang Biao and his teacher Lu Zhi, who are filial piety to themselves, can be treated in a more flexible way.

At this time, it is more about personal moral integrity rather than political rules, and there is no need to take into account the thoughts of the lord like those protégés and old officials, and advance and retreat with the lord of the house.

Under such a law of political operation, some political phenomena such as "protégés and former officials all over the world" and "taking the county as the country" naturally arise, resulting in the decline of the central authority and the failure of local forces.

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PS: I have to admit that I didn't know enough before, so I made some mistakes.

Such titles as "Ming Gong" or "Lord Gong" do exist, but only officials with the qualifications to open the Ming Dynasty, the Three Dukes, the Heavy Commanders, and the local Prefecture Assassin Shi County Taishou can be called Ming Gong and Lord Gong.

The scholars they recruited would call them Ming Gong or Lord Gong when they held the positions they had conferred and received the salaries they had given them, forming a second-tier relationship between the monarch and the minister, which would last for the rest of their lives, and in the future, they would be called "old officials" when they were separated from the positions given by the ministers.

Ming Gong is a title that appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, the lord came from the Eastern Han Dynasty, from the Ming Dynasty, and it is more casual to call it what you want.

Therefore, it is not right for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to call Liu Bei the lord that I wrote before, and the correct situation should be to wait for Liu Bei to become the plain minister, make two thousand stones, open the mansion, and officially grant Guan Yu and Zhang Fei the corresponding positions, and they will call Liu Bei the lord.

Therefore, no matter how big officials Guan Yu and Zhang Fei became later, they were actually Liu Bei's "former officials", and even more so after Liu Bei became emperor, they not only had the first monarch relationship, but also the second monarch relationship, which was the closest.

Cheng Yu used to call the protagonist the lord and the lord, what is the specific title, maybe Guo Xiaowei or Guo Jun is more appropriate, until the protagonist becomes the Taishou and has the qualification to open the palace and grants Cheng Yu the position, Cheng Yu will call the protagonist the lord or Ming duke, forming a formal master-slave relationship, if you want to turn your back, you will be greatly condemned and political losses, and even lose your political life.