In mid-to-late September, the war came to an end.

Under the circumstances that Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun gave death orders, and Cao Cao and Sun Jian fought desperately, the Han army finally broke through Wanzhong City, beheaded Sun Xia, killed 20,000 Yellow Turban troops, and captured tens of thousands of people.

The last of the Yellow Turban Army was finally destroyed.

Since then, the first Yellow Turban Rebellion has been declared to have subsided, and the world has temporarily restored peace.

On the third day after that, Lu Zhi "belatedly" and "apologized" to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, who knew that they couldn't do anything, and then gave a considerable part of the loot to Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi accepted some of it, and returned some of it to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.

Of the part accepted, Lu Zhi gave one-third to Guo Peng and kept two-thirds for himself.

Guo Peng picked a few things that looked pleasing to the eye and kept one-third of what he had gotten, and gave all the rest to his subordinates to thank them for their hard work in saving people, and the subordinates rejoiced.

Later, Emperor Ling learned of this great news and was greatly surprised, and ordered Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi to return to the court together to receive a reward.

On September 27, the three of them completed the handover procedures with the local government, and on September 28, the Han army returned to the court.

On the sixth day of the first month of October, the rewarded Han army and the Han army arrived in Luoyang.

A grand triumphal ceremony was held in Luoyang, and Emperor Ling personally attended to express his appreciation for the hard work of the Han army, and then rewarded the army and officers at all levels.

As the three coaches, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi were rewarded richly.

Dong Zhuo was promoted to the history of the state assassination, sealed the township, and ate thousands of households.

Lu Zhi's deputy general, the general of the guard Karasuma Zhonglang, was promoted to the history of Youzhou Thorn, and he was also made a marquis, and he ate thousands of households.

Huangfu Song was promoted to the general of the left chariot cavalry, the Marquis of Huaili.

Zhu Jun was promoted to the general of the right chariot cavalry, the Marquis of Qiantang.

Lu Zhi, as the holder of the greatest credit, was promoted to the rank of Tai Lieutenant, recorded Shang Shushi, was named Fan Yanghou, and directly ascended to the position of the Three Princes.

The original Taiwei was dismissed as early as after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, anyway, the name of the Taiwei is mostly a false name, and the real power is not large, including the three dukes, it is mainly a political vase, and the task is to bear the blame for the emperor when there is a disaster, which is specially used to recall.

And the real significance lies in the last four words, "Lu Shang Shushi", that is, to master the work of Shang Shutai and become the de facto prime minister.

Emperor Ling thinks that Lu Zhi has civil and military talents, is a practical talent, when today's chaos, just finished the war, need capable people to sort out the world, and he himself knows that his talent is not enough to do this, so to select a capable official to do it, Lu Zhi is the best choice.

Lu Zhi became a top high-ranking official in the country, and he was in the limelight for a while, and as his proud protégé, how to reward Guo Peng, who killed Zhang Liangsheng and captured Zhang Jiao and made several military exploits, is also a problem.

On the way back to Beijing, Lu Zhi asked Guo Peng about his future plans, what kind of position he wanted to engage in, etc., Guo Peng said that he was willing to seek a position in the northern border county and contribute to the fight against the northern barbarian invasion.

Lu Zhi thought for a moment and thought about Guo Peng's suitable position, but he felt that it was not quite in line with Guo Peng's age.

Indeed, Guo Peng is twenty years old, he is a young man, he has been an official for more than a year, and he has only been in the army for half a year.

According to the normal promotion, Guo Peng should also be a captain.

He is still young, and it is impossible for the position to be upgraded too quickly, but this merit has to be rewarded, and the credit of killing Zhang Liangsheng and capturing Zhang Jiao made Guo Peng fall into the eyes of Emperor Ling, if he seeks some positions that are not excessive, it is estimated that Emperor Ling will be very appropriated.

So what position is better for Guo Peng?

Guo Peng is full of courage, strategy, calmness, and judgment, this is the excellent quality of leading troops to fight, the seed of a famous general, his proud disciple, and the heir of the mantle, it is not good to have enough merit to set an example.

However, merit comes with danger, Guo Peng is young, and it remains to be discussed whether he can withstand the test of strong winds and waves.

So Lu Zhi was very troubled.

Lu Zhi told Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun about his troubles, and Huang Fu Song and Zhu Jun gave him very pertinent advice.

said that the world is in turmoil, it is the time when talented people are needed to serve the country, Guo Peng has military talents, he should be sent out to let him experience, let him grow, and grow up in the future, the Han has another Lu Zigan who is in the prime minister, isn't it beautiful?

The persuasion of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun moved Lu Zhi's heart, but the dangers that accompanied it also made Lu Zhi worried.

After many years of mentoring and apprenticeship, Lu Zhi has long regarded Guo Peng as his own son and nephew, and his heir to his mantle, almost as important as his own son.

is strict on the surface, but loves in my heart, and I am really reluctant to let it go out alone to experience the wind and rain.

At the critical moment, Huangfu Song persuaded again, "If you have not led the troops alone, you can't be called a famous general, follow Zigan, Zifeng is just a vanguard general, if you are alone, you can't be a cadre of the country, the teacher thinks about the disciples, and you have to think about the long-term."

Huangfu Song's persuasion made Lu Zhi firm in his thoughts, so he asked Huangfu Song to be the captain of the guard.

Emperor Ling received Huangfu Song's recital and was very interested, and invited him to ask about Guo Peng's talents, especially Zuo Feng, who was the envoy to Lu Zhijun, to ask about Guo Peng's specific talents.

Zuo Feng suddenly felt that he had something to contribute, so he thought carefully and slowly spoke.

"Guo Peng is eight feet long, although he is young, but he is a disciple of Lu Gong for many years, he has won the teachings of Lu Gong, and his talent is quite good, he is very brave in leading troops to fight in Hebei, and he must fight bravely in every battle, and the soldiers under his command are willing to charge into battle with him, so he can make the credit of beheading Zhang Liang and capturing Zhang Jiao."

The Spirit Emperor nodded slowly.

"I heard that he is still the son-in-law of the Cao family?"

"Yes."

"That's ......"

The Spirit Emperor rolled his eyes and asked, "Is there any opposition?" ”

"Yes, many ministers in the DPRK and China say that Guo Peng is young and unable to deal with complex situations, and he still needs to be trained, and there is nothing else."

"What about being young? They are old, and when they encounter thieves, they turn around and run, how much loss does the loss of their teachers and land bring to the big Han? Guo Peng is young, but he can put down the rebellion for the Han Dynasty! ”

Emperor Ling shook his hand irritably: "It's decided, if you have merit, you have to be rewarded, if you are talented, you have to use it, no matter whether you are young or not, those who have made great contributions must use it!" ”

Emperor Ling made a decision, awarded Guo Peng the post of captain of Karasuma, and because of the merit of capturing the first horn of the Yellow Turban thief, he added the title of the townsman, ate 300 towns, rewarded 50 catties of gold, and rewarded silk cloth, money, and various treasures.

Not only that, but Guo Peng's father Guo Dan was also promoted to Pei Guoxiang, highlighting his contributions.

Guo Peng was very happy when he first learned that he had become the captain of the Guardian Karasuma, and it was not surprising that the Duxiang Marquis and bounties and the like were also expected, but he didn't expect that Emperor Ling would really be promoted to Guo Dan's official position.

Since ancient times, there have been many sons who have been promoted by virtue of their father's merits, and it is really rare for a father to be promoted by virtue of his son's merits.

Guo Peng expressed his gratitude, and then began to pack on the hour, and he was going to take up his post as soon as possible.

He had to show the posture of a young man who was eager to repay the emperor's kindness for the sake of his country.

Of course, the first thing to do is to deal with those friends and acquaintances he has in Luoyang.