In late April of the eighth year of Yande, Guo Peng learned that the Nanzhong Crusade War had won a complete victory.

Lejin and Fa Zheng cooperated according to his orders, and with a lot of advance preparations, they easily cleaned up the centrifugal forces in Nanzhong.

The stubborn forces represented by Yonghong were swept away by the Wei army, and tens of thousands of Nanzhong troops were wiped out and captured.

The major families in Nanzhong were bloodbathed by the Wei army, the original social order in Nanzhong collapsed, and the officials of the Wei State entered Nanzhong in a big way, reshaping a new social order for Nanzhong.

A social order that was more in line with the central interests of the Wei Empire.

The legend of the seven captures of Meng Huo did not happen, and Meng Huo did exist, but he was quickly killed by Zhang He.

Guo Peng is not the prime minister of Zhuge in another time and space.

He had no external threats, no need for the Northern Expedition, and enough time to rectify Nanzhong, and did not need to win their support by co-opting the locals in Nanzhong.

Therefore, all the local heroes and people in Nanzhong are obstacles, and they must be swept away, killed, and eradicated.

Their presence would strongly hinder the Wei Empire's efforts to build grassroots power, which was not in the interests of the Wei Empire.

Wei officials had to measure the land in Nanzhong, count the population, and then promote development, develop production, and then the eternal theme - taxation.

So these people are bound to be swept away.

Once, the Han Empire needed them as its own ruling tentacles, to better rule those who needed to rule, and to reduce administrative costs, but the Wei Empire did not need them, and the Wei Empire's state-building model was different from that of the Han Empire.

They are all the garbage of the times.

Lejin and the others smoothly mastered Yuewang County, Qiqi County and Yizhou County.

But in the last Yongchang County, there were some minor troubles.

Fa Zheng gave Guo Peng the above table, telling the fact that it was difficult for more than one million foreign people in Yongchang County to rule, and expounded his tactical thinking of [slowly drawing, dividing and encircling, and annihilating one by one].

It is very difficult to attack and destroy suddenly, and it only makes sense to divide and encircle and annihilate them one by one.

It is also a trouble for these aliens to stay in Yongchang County, and they don't know when they will rebel and rebel, so instead of staying and becoming a disaster when the time comes, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the army is there now, and simply settle them.

Fa Zheng plans to give full play to his strategy and show off in Yongchang County.

This is equivalent to the need to prolong the time of this battle, increase a lot of additional material expenditures, and increase investment in all aspects, which is not something he can decide, which requires the permission and approval of the emperor.

Guo Peng looked at Fazheng's plan and felt that Fazheng's plan had a certain feasibility, although it cost a little more money and time, but as long as Fazheng could succeed, he was really not worried now.

In the future, the construction of the four counties in Nanzhong and the construction of the main artery of Shu Dao will have enough labor.

So Guo Peng allowed Fazheng's plan.

He was very willing to promote the success of Fazheng, let him make meritorious contributions, and then call him to the central government and to his side.

This is a pragmatist, neither ideal nor romantic, who only values power and status, can use all kinds of stratagems, can strategize, and has military talents.

He is willing to do dirty work and dare to do dirty work, and it is very important for Guo Peng to find someone who is willing and intervenes to do dirty work.

The current founding heroes of the central court have been almost hollowed out by him.

The bigwigs of all factions have been hollowed out by him, and it is the time for him to introduce foreign aid to expand his strength and prevent these people who have the merit and prestige of founding the country from regaining power.

It is much better to bring in some people who did not have the founding merit but are very talented to seize these positions than to let these founding heroes take possession.

Fa Zheng was made an appointment by Guo Peng.

There are also Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Lu Su.

These people who have not made the founding of the country, but are very talented, are all tool people that Guo Peng made an appointment.

Their appearance will greatly enrich Guo Jin's second-generation power team after Guo Peng's abdication, and ensure the smooth operation of the second-generation power core.

As for the future, Guo Peng didn't think about it in detail.

It was too far away, and Guo Peng didn't know if he could see it.

The person who can't be seen, he can't arrange, and the things that can't be foreseen, he naturally can't control.

He can only do everything in his power to protect the future.

Approve the combat missions of the South Central Front in order to achieve the prestige of Fazheng.

After completing this arrangement, Guo Peng issued another edict and presided over two major political activities of the imperial court to praise officials on the royal street and the emperor's banquet, intending to celebrate the 1,200 scholars who had just passed the imperial examination and obtained official status.

According to Guo Peng's regulations, the first three people in Wenju and the first three in Wuju can enjoy the treatment of officials in the royal street, and on this basis, they can also be personally received by the emperor.

The kind of close-up interview.

The reception of the unique and powerful sole monarch of the Wei Empire, Guo, is something that cannot be taken lightly for anyone who wants to progress in their official career.

So except for Cao Zhi, who has never seen Guo Peng since he was a child, the other five people were all excited.

The three martial artists are actually very easy to understand, because they were born in Li Shu, and only after joining the army and learning cultural knowledge did they realize that they were talented, and then entered the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Martial Arts Hall to study for further study, gain more knowledge, and then become famous in the exam.

Thanks to Guo Peng's promotion, appreciation and training, they are where they are today, and they are already excited to express their gratitude to the emperor.

For Ma Tan and Jiang Wan, the change in mood is actually quite interesting.

When they were studying in Jingzhou Xuetang, they, as scholars, were very dissatisfied with the emperor's policies and actions, and joined others in attacking such policies and Cai Mao, who wanted to stop them.

After the Luoyang catastrophe, they felt fear and rejoicing, all the complaints disappeared, only fear and rejoicing, fear of imperial power, and rejoicing that they did not speak out in time.

When it came to the imperial examination period, because he had achieved a good ranking and was about to usher in a happy future, he suddenly forgot all the feelings of the past, and suddenly sat on the side of the ruling group.

They were also so excited that they couldn't sleep all night.

Led by Ma Tan and Jiang Wan, the scholars who obtained rankings and official status through the imperial examination are all such changes in mood, and in just a few months, they have completely forgotten how angry they were before, how their blood was boiling, and how they had to fight to the death against the imperial power.

Forget about it all.

And now they are thinking about how to be a good official in the future, how to be promoted, how to get glory, wealth and fame in history, and so on.

One by one, they forgot their original purpose.

The imperial examination has such great magic.

Not only did the people who were chosen stay awake all night, but also the people who were not selected were extremely annoyed, their eyes were extremely red, and they wished that they were also one of those people.

It's a pity they weren't.

After the announcement of the admission list, the more than 5,000 "warriors" who bravely fought for the rights and interests of the scholars were forgotten, as if they had never existed.

Really, it's so quick to forget.

On the day when the emperor gave the banquet and praised the officials in the royal street, the entire Luoyang City fell into a sea of joy.

It is said that in order to celebrate his participation in the world's talents, the emperor not only held a large banquet, but also lifted the curfew for today, allowing everyone to celebrate together from morning to night, day and night.

Because there is only one precedent that is not a precedent, the entire celebration process was also determined by the emperor himself, promulgated and implemented in person, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites only carefully obeyed the emperor's request.

The whole process is cumbersome and complicated.

The first is a group meeting.

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