The Gongsun regime in Liaodong, according to the information that Guo Peng now has, can already be regarded as a regional hegemonic regime that dominates Liaodong, rejects Goguryeo in the east, and subdues Fuyu in the north and Han and Hao in the south.

This regime has a very high status and a certain appeal among the aliens in Liaodong, and in a certain sense, it has replaced the position of the central government in the perception of the aliens in Liaodong.

What Gongsun Du has done is indeed not simple, relying on hard work and unique geographical location, he can also make a career as a regional hegemon, which is not easy.

Should I say it or not, Gongsun Du is not a simple character, but also a hero-level character.

Liaodong Gongsun is a big family, the family background is 2,000 stones, is the most famous wealthy family in Liaodong, rooted in Liaodong for many years, the children of the family are all over Liaodong, there are many people, and there are many people who hold official positions.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Gongsun clan gradually divided into two power groups, one belonging to Gongsun Chan and the other to Gongsun Du.

The two major warlords of the Gongsun clan shared Youzhou, and Gongsun Du established his business early, earlier than Gongsun Zhan's career, when Guo Peng served as the general of the Guardian Karasuma Zhonglang, Gongsun Du had already served as the Taishou of Liaodong and began to establish the foundation.

But I don't know if he just wants to stay in Liaodong and doesn't want to go anywhere else, for nearly 20 years, he is still operating his one-acre and three-point land in Liaodong.

Gongsun Zan had already been defeated by Yuan Shao, and his Gongsun clan was also liquidated by Yuan Shao and the local Haoqiang, and died a miserable death, and the rest of the Gongsun clan were all under Gongsun Du.

This person is capable, talented, ambitious, and visionary, but he lacks some pattern, and the pattern is not big.

He failed to compete with Yuan Shao for Youzhou after Gongsun Zhan's death, and tried to develop in Hebei, and his greatest effort was to try to cross the sea to develop in Qingzhou.

Of course, this is probably also due to the fact that the bitter cold land of eastern Liaodong, which is inconvenient for transportation, restricts his development.

During his time in Liaodong, he gained the population who had taken refuge in Liaodong because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, established an army, a bureaucratic team, and developed and grew.

After that, he fought against the Goguryi Kingdom, made peace with the Buyeo State to the north, and drew the Buyeo Kingdom to fight against the Goguryeo Kingdom, and then gradually expanded his sphere of influence to the south, stabilized Lelang County, and dominated the Liaodong region.

If you talk about military ability, Gongsun Du really has it, and Gongsun Du also has the combat effectiveness of the army.

Fighting with Goguryi, Haoqian and Sanhan, Gongsun Du showed strong military ability, and fought these places until they did not dare to covet Liaodong, making contributions to stabilizing Liaodong and stabilizing the frontier, and also strengthening his own strength.

But it seemed to give him a hallucination, making him feel that he could dominate Liaodong forever.

He may not have thought that his comprehensive strength could not be compared with the Central Plains region at all, whether it was population, economy or military.

Perhaps he felt that Guo Peng would not come to crusade against Liaodong, because Liaodong was too bitter and cold, and the roads were inconvenient.

After Guo Peng defeated Xianbei and shocked Youzhou, he asked Tian Yu to garrison Liaoxi County, building the Great Wall and roads while preparing for the conquest of Gongsun Du.

And Gongsun Du's perennial garrison to the east of Liaoze to guard Tian Yu's movements is that there are not many soldiers and horses, and it is not at all like preparing for a big battle with Guo Peng.

Before attacking Jingzhou Yizhou, when he was called the emperor, Guo Peng recruited Gongsun Du, but Gongsun Du did not respond, so he didn't know about it, obviously to wait and see the situation, and then he was the head iron, thinking that Guo Peng would not make a big move to crusade against Liaodong.

It's no wonder that after almost 20 years of being the king and hegemon, he is used to being free, and now he wants to admit that he is a minister, and even Liu Zhang has to resist, how can a Liaodong overlord like Gongsun Du be willing to admit and be a minister?

But if you don't give up your resistance, I'm going to beat you.

Guo has been unhappy with Gongsun for a long time.

Including Gongsun Du, the land of Sanhan, the land of Hao, Goguryi, and Buyeo, he wants them all, and he wants them all.

This war is to destroy all the Northeast power groups in one go, incorporate all the Northeast into the territory of the Guo Wei Empire, and complete its own territorial expansion.

He wanted to expand the empire to a level that the Han Empire had never reached, so as to prove that he wanted to be better and more orthodox.

So this battle has to be fought no matter what.

Now, political and military means have been used, but in order to deal with Liaodong, Guo has more than these two methods.

There is a third one.

Economic means.

When cleaning up the three major regimes in Jiangnan, Guo's economic means came in handy.

In front of the station, he terminated trade with the three major regimes in Jiangnan ahead of schedule, preventing them from obtaining all kinds of urgently needed materials, thereby undermining their war potential and limiting their mobilization and combat effectiveness.

However, for the size of these three regimes, the Liaodong regime is undoubtedly weaker, and Guo Peng was also the first to plan the economic means of the Liaodong regime.

The operation against Liaodong actually began very early.

Before the Northern Expedition to Yuan Shao, Guo Peng began to use the Mi clan caravan and some caravans in Qingzhou to trade with Liaodong, which also allowed Liaodong to rely on Central Plains materials for development.

After occupying Hebei, Guo Peng's power further developed, and he incorporated the formed Cao caravan into this system, manipulating the Cao caravan and some powerful caravans in Youzhou to enter Liaodong, and began to do business with Liaodong, resulting in trade contacts.

Therefore, the standard five-baht coin minted by Guo was also circulated within the jurisdiction of the Gongsun regime and was very popular.

The standard five-baht coins minted by Guo were sufficient and skilled, and the coins were also very exquisite, completely replacing those privately minted bad coins in Liaodong, because the Central Plains merchants only recognized the standard five-baht coins, did not recognize the private coins, and refused to barter.

Gongsun Du also tried to imitate the standard five-baht coin, making a shortage of catties and short two, trying to drive out good money with bad money, so as to harm the Central Plains business travel and profit from it.

It's just that the craftsmen in Liaodong expressed surprise at the casting method of the standard five-baht coin, and found that no matter how they were cast, they could not be exactly the same as the standard five-baht coin, and there were always such and such errors.

The minted coins are naturally worthless, and they look very different from the standard five-baht coins, which are seen by the Central Plains Business Brigade at a glance, and they don't even need to be weighed.

After a few times, many merchants solemnly warned the merchants of Liaodong, saying that if you get these private five-baht coins to fool us again, we will not come, and it is a big deal not to do business.

There are still many places where we can do business, but you don't!

Beware that we will unite to resist you, so that you will not be able to get out of Liaodong.

Gongsun Du was very angry about being threatened like this, but because of the Wei Empire behind these big caravans, he didn't dare to make a blatant move, for fear that it would cause a war and be unfavorable to him.

So Gongsun Du still gave up the idea of expelling bad money from good money, and switched to the standard five-baht coin.

After that, he used his position and power in Liaodong to make a lot of money, sent special people to trade with the Central Plains merchants, squeezed out the private caravans, and allowed himself to obtain abundant material enjoyment.

After winning the economic war, the standard five-baht coin also gained a firm foothold in Liaodong.

After learning the news, Guo Peng instructed the business travel team to purchase some non-food crops in Liaodong extensively and in large quantities, such as medicinal materials, as well as a large number of livestock, horses, cattle and sheep.

Because of the large number of acquisitions and the number of acquisitions, Gongsun Du soon realized the huge profit margins here.

He realized that in this way, he could get more five baht money, buy more luxury goods he liked, and even some Wei army weapons, and make himself stronger.

Driven by profits, he began to make extensive use of more land to grow those non-food crops.

In particular, all kinds of traditional Chinese medicine and medicinal materials, as well as ginseng and other medicinal materials that are not available in the Central Plains but are very marketable.

He also sent special personnel to engage in animal husbandry, raise cattle, sheep and horses and other livestock, and do business with merchants in the Central Plains.

After this kind of trade increased, seeing his income rising and getting richer and richer, Gongsun Du couldn't bear it even more.

He began to use his power to demand more households to use more land to grow more medicinal herbs, make a unified planting arrangement, increase production, and sell them to the Central Plains Merchant Brigade for high profits, and then trade other things with the Central Plains Merchant Brigade.

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