The harvest was great.

Eighteen years have passed in a flash, and he has finally changed from a dog to a human, an upright person with monstrous power.

Still, there are some minor dissonant episodes.

For example, Guo Peng learned that Zhou Yu, the son of the Zhou family in Shu County, Lujiang, who had taken refuge in him, had separated from his family a month ago, and went south with his family property and tribes to join Sun Ce, who was in crisis.

Aren't you attractive enough?

Can't you tolerate him on your side Zhou Gongjin?

Or is it true that the relationship between him and Sun Ce has surpassed everything?

Guo Peng didn't know what Zhou Yu thought, but it only made him a little unpleasant.

With his size and strong strength, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce are just little ants, and they can be solved by stretching out their hands, and it is not difficult at all.

It's good to let these two people fight a little bit in Jiangdong, and it's good to let Sun Ce kill some more Haoqiang and scholars in Jiangdong.

So that when you take over Koto, it's relatively easy.

Because of the land south of the Yangtze River, the power of the Han government was already very weak, and the population and land situation in the south of the Yangtze River was even worse than that in the north of the Yangtze River.

Guo Peng hopes that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu can open up a little situation.

The Sun and Wu regimes in Jiangdong were not like a four-way regime, and the military, administrative, and economic systems did not see the shadow of progress, but were full of various problems, and it did not look like a mature regime at all.

Sun Ce's foundation to open up the six counties of Jiangdong was originally very reluctant, because killing Lu Kang caused the distrust of the Jiangdong Shi clan, and they could only use killing to force them to submit, which brought a bigger problem.

Sun Ce did not obtain enough population and means of production, a large number of people and means of production were concentrated in the hands of the Jiangdong Shi clan and Haoqiang, Sun Ce seized a part by killing, but this part was not enough to help him stabilize the situation.

Sun Ce did not have Guo Peng's reputation, did not have Guo Peng's network foundation and the means brought by years of practice, Sun Ce's behavior was too simple and rude, forceful destruction, fighting local tyrants and killing warriors, eating ugly, and difficult to convince the public.

Therefore, Sun Ce finally died at the hands of the local forces in Jiangdong, and the Jiangdong forces were about to fall apart.

It was Sun Quan who localized the regime in a timely manner, stopped killing, switched to cooperation and compromise, and ceded his interests to the nobles, which stabilized the Jiangdong regime and stifled the possibility of the Jiangdong regime advancing into the world in advance.

In the end, the development of the Sun Wu regime simply carried forward all the problems left over from the Yuan Shu era.

The soldiers are the generals' subordinate private soldiers, passed down from generation to generation, the father dies and the son inherits the father's army, and a considerable number of the army does not belong to the head of the regime himself, but to the general.

This will greatly limit the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong army, because the generals will have selfish motives.

There was no strong suppression of the local scholars, but a compromise in all aspects, Sun Quan could still rely on a little prestige to split the ministers, and use the old Jiangbei department brought by Sun Jian and Sun Ce to Jiangdong to fight against the locals in Jiangdong, and Lu Xun was angry, and as soon as Sun Quan died, everything was gone.

Later, the Lu Xun family had tens of thousands of guest private soldiers, and the existence of the upright and upright gradually possessed the characteristics of the later gate valve, and Emperor Sun Wu had no way at all.

In the end, Sun Hao, who was forced, actually adopted the method of dividing the kings of the clan and giving 3,000 soldiers to each king to strengthen the power of the clan, fight against the locality, use the feudal system to fight against the county system, and drink to quench his thirst.

The Sun-Wu regime itself was weak, an outright petty government, sitting on a larger territory and a larger population than the Shu Han regime under Zhuge Liang's control, but it had always lacked a sense of presence, and its strategic offensive was far less than strategic defense.

Because of this, there is constant civil strife, serious internal friction, and countless opportunities to enter the Central Plains have been missed, and there are always people who are holding back.

The Jiangdong Sun regime was an advance rehearsal of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

For such a congenitally deficient and acquired powerless regime, Guo Peng is not worried at all.

No matter how capable Zhou Yu is, no matter how brave Sun Ce is, under the constraints of the times, they can't make any waves.

Moreover, Guo Peng has been to Jiangdong and is well-known in Jiangdong, and he also accepted Gu Yong, who was born in Jiangdong, to hold an official position under his command, which will definitely lay the foundation for the future occupation of Jiangdong.

So Guo Peng returned north with confidence.

In the process of returning to the north, Guo Peng ordered Zang Hong, Xian Yufu, and Bao Xin, the Yanzhou assassin, to go to Yecheng together to report on their work and reunite.

All the way back to the north, after Guo Peng led the army to Yecheng in early May, before he could do anything, he happened to bump into the second edict of the Hongnong Central Court.

The herald read out the emperor's edict, saying that the emperor ordered Guo Peng to accept the reward from the imperial court, promote him to the general of the chariot cavalry, promote him to the rank of duke, and establish a feudal state, in recognition of the imperial court's reward for Guo Peng, who loyally protected the Han family.

And encouraged Guo Peng to make persistent efforts, and after the establishment of the feudal state, he must continue to be loyal to the Han family, and obey the edict of the Son of Heaven to fight for the Han family.

The high-sounding words and seemingly sincere words seemed extremely ironic to Guo Peng's ears.

Smiling, Guo Peng quickly regained his calm countenance.

He invited the reward envoy to enter Yecheng, and then set up a banquet to entertain him, and then asked the reward envoy to have fun wantonly, and he divided him, and he gathered the important ministers under his command and held a meeting.

"This southern expedition to Yuan Highway to exterminate the pseudo-Chen, you have all made great efforts, the campaign is so smooth, it is indispensable for your efforts in the rear, I see your efforts in my eyes, when you are rewarded for meritorious deeds, you will definitely not be treated badly."

Guo Peng set a tone for the meeting, and then raised a glass to celebrate, drank with everyone, and lamented the benefits of this grand victory to Guo Peng Group.

deservedly the number one force in the world, the number one prince in the world, the strength of the power is unique in the world, and no other force can be compared with Guo Peng.

Guo Peng swept away the rebellion in the Central Plains and brought a stable life to the people of the Central Plains and Hebei, which was a great achievement.

The power of the entire group has further expanded, further improved, and the momentum of high-spirited development has been felt by everyone.

The sense of honor and identity brought about by continuous success, continuous victory, and continuous expansion of the sphere of influence is rapidly increasing their sense of belonging and identity for Guo Peng in their hearts.

They agree that Guo Peng can protect their interests, and that they can realize their ideals under Guo Peng's command, and their sense of belonging is getting stronger and stronger.

What victory can bring, is something that losers can never experience, and the prestige and sense of belonging brought by continuous victory are extremely important soft power.

Only with sufficient soft power can we build the spiritual core of an empire, an empire built on the basis of victory rather than compromise, and a truly unified empire that has enjoyed the country for hundreds of years.

Victory, victory, and victory.

When Guo Peng held Yuan Shu's head outside the Shouchun Imperial City and shouted victory, the spiritual core of Guo Peng's group, which was formed by the combination of his personality charm and prestige, was formed.

High-spirited, courageous, life is not stopped, and the struggle is endless.

Such a group is a group with vitality, a group with a future, and a group that can accommodate different opinions to the greatest extent and integrate them into execution.

Being in this group will inevitably generate a sense of pride, which in turn will generate a sense of belonging and strengthen loyalty.

Their own interests are protected, their own values are recognized, and their ideals are realized, and such a group can best make people wholeheartedly entrust and take refuge.

Therefore, when Guo Peng announced that he would accept the position of general of the chariot cavalry, but would refuse to be promoted to the imperial court for the second time, educated people understood Guo Peng's original intention, and uneducated people felt very surprised and puzzled.

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