Regarding those recitals that dissuaded Guo Peng from driving in person, Guo Peng stayed in the middle and did not send them, so he didn't see them.

Then Guo Peng began to make comprehensive and meticulous arrangements for his imperial expedition and the affairs of the court after leaving.

The emperor's personal expedition is not simply to lead troops out to fight.

It is completely different from Guo Peng, who personally led the troops to the expedition in the past and handed over the political affairs to Cheng Yu and other officials.

At that time, Guo Peng was still a separatist warlord, putting war first in everything, and the administration was all for the sake of war.

Tuntian, pressing, collecting taxes, and building roads can be done, there is not much need for development, everything is for reunification, and there are not so many other things to deal with.

And now, he is the emperor of a great unified empire, and what he has to do is completely different, and the tasks of the empire are completely different from those of a warlord power.

The warlords only want unification, but the empire has a thousand things to do.

The system of the Wei Empire still operated entirely around him.

He is a typical centralized autocratic emperor, many things cannot be done without him, and it is impossible for him to hand over this part of his power to others because of the imperial conquest.

A lot of power was finally seized by him, and now he has to hand it over?

How can it be!

Even if he personally led his troops to the battlefield to crusade against the Xianbei people, he didn't just need to lead troops to fight.

Along the way, he also needs to constantly deal with the recitals sent from Luoyang, deal with them on the spot, send them back to Luoyang on the spot, and rely on the developed road transportation network to maintain the political situation in Luoyang.

A considerable part of his energy will be spent on handling the affairs of the court, remotely directing the smooth operation of the entire Wei Empire, and not just being responsible for commanding the army to fight.

Leaving the crown prince in charge of the country is in a greater sense to stabilize people's hearts and stabilize the situation, so that people know that even if he can't come back, the prince can immediately ascend the throne and become the emperor and stabilize people's hearts.

But the crown prince is not the emperor after all, and many things are not something that the prince Guo Jin can decide alone, the prince does not have that power, and it is Guo himself who has that power.

Therefore, this placed extremely high demands on the imperial court officials and the messengers responsible for delivering news to and from the Wei Empire, as well as the Wei Empire's road post system.

The government affairs that need to be handled by the emperor are summarized from many places to the central government, summarized to Luoyang, and then sent from Luoyang to the emperor who is on the march, and the emperor makes a decision on the front line, and then sends it back to Luoyang to be handled by the ministers.

Undoubtedly, this will make the administration of the country as a whole less efficient, the processing time of government affairs will be longer, and there is a risk that matters involving non-military needs will be postponed.

On the whole, this model is not conducive to the handling of state affairs.

Therefore, Guo Peng considered this kind of matter, and would also completely delegate the handling of some specific government affairs to the administrative team left behind in Beijing, so that they could make decisions on these matters in a timely manner.

For example, water conservancy projects, improving land salinization, controlling locust plagues, and so on.

If the money needs to be used, then the power should be temporarily delegated to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to deal with it, and it should not be delayed for too long.

Again, this battle is estimated to be in full swing in the autumn, and it will not end in a short time.

Even if it is over, it will take time to return to Beijing from the Mobei Grassland.

Therefore, regarding the most important autumn harvest season of the year, Guo Peng will most likely not be able to deal with it personally.

Therefore, in this regard, the power was temporarily delegated to the crown prince Guo Jin, and the crown prince Guo Jin was responsible for handling this matter, presiding over the autumn harvest ceremony, as well as the governor's autumn harvest and tax payment in various places.

Guo Peng delegated power to some matters of secondary importance, but on issues related to the emperor's power and status, he must not relax.

For example, personnel power and the like, if there is any change and how to deal with it, it is up to Guo to deal with it himself.

No matter how slow and delayed the affairs of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites are, it is not allowed to be decided by Shang Shutai privately, and the affairs of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites must be sent to the front line and handed over to Guo Peng.

Guo Peng ordered that Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao be responsible for the execution, and directly bypass Cheng Yu and Tian Feng, even if the efficiency is reduced, they will not hesitate.

Guo Peng clearly usurped this part of the power that belonged to Shang Shutai, and he no longer planned to return this power to Shang Shuling.

Now is a rehearsal to get some officials accustomed to how to do things according to the emperor's orders without the Shang Shu Order, because in the not-too-distant future, this will become the norm.

Guo Peng will completely ban Shangshuling and Shangshu servants, and even cancel the existence of Shangshutai, and directly make all departments of Shangshutai independent, all under the direct leadership of the emperor.

This will greatly increase the degree of centralization of the monarchy's power and greatly expand the power of the emperor, which is certainly not a good thing for some people.

Of course, when things get to that point, they can't help but make irresponsible remarks.

It is not the most troublesome to arrange the affairs of the government, the most troublesome thing is the accompanying officials, etc., who follow and who stays, which is also very energy-consuming.

The emperor drove the expedition in person, and not only the army and generals followed, but also many courtiers.

They also need to follow along, accompany them all the way, help the emperor deal with government affairs, share responsibilities, reduce the pressure on the emperor, and facilitate the emperor to command the army to fight.

Therefore, the emperor's imperial conquest is actually equivalent to dividing the entire court into two.

The emperor left a court in Luoyang, and took another court to do things by his side, which tested the ability of the entire court and the comprehensive quality of officials.

Regarding the list of officials to be taken away, Guo Peng also discussed with many people.

In addition to the earliest identified Xi Zhong and Xun You, the staff desk had to take away almost half of the staff officers and military counselors, and also assisted the emperor in handling military affairs.

Then, in terms of government affairs, each of the eight ministries, except for the criminal department, had to take a squire and at least twenty strong officials to accompany them to assist the emperor in handling daily government affairs.

The cabinet should also send at least 50 shrewd and capable cabinet members to accompany the emperor to assist the emperor in handling government affairs, upload and distribute, and relieve the pressure on the emperor.

The inner court needed to send a certain number of eunuchs to serve the emperor on the march, and this number could not be less than fifty, and the emperor needed their help in all aspects of his daily life.

Forget about the palace maid, if you take it, it will get in the way, this is not Qianlong going to the south of the Yangtze River, there is no need.

After a period of arrangement and discussion, an administrative service team of at least 500 people will follow Emperor Guo Peng on the Northern Expedition.

They will form a small court on the way out, and go to the court every day to deal with government affairs, and the state affairs cannot be wasted.

These are all normal, if you want to say that they are abnormal, it can only be regarded as Shangshu Ling Cheng Yu and Shang Shufu Tian Feng were asked to go out with the army, follow Guo Peng, and do things by Guo Peng's side.

Prior to this, some people speculated that one of Tian Feng and Cheng Yu would definitely be taken away, and then a commander Shangshutai would be left behind, and they thought that through this wave of operations, they could see who the emperor was more willing to forgive and who he was more unwilling to forgive.

This kind of rumor is quite popular in Shangshutai, and it is believed that from this choice it is possible to see who the emperor trusts more.

As a result, unexpectedly, Tian Feng and Cheng Yu were both asked to go out with the army and help the emperor deal with government affairs on the way out.

The remaining officials of Shangshutai should be headed by the crown prince Guo Jin, report everything to the crown prince, and the crown prince will preside over these daily government affairs.

Shang Shu ordered the subordinate officials of Shang Shu to also accept the leadership of the crown prince.

Then Guo Peng left Xu Jing, Zhang Zhao, and Wang Cang to Guo Jin, and also left the staff servant Guo Jia and the cabinet chief assistant Cao Cao to assist and guide Guo Jin together.