As the development of Yangzhai County is on the right track, Guo Bin's pace of life has slowed down more and more.

During the Spring Festival of this year, the whole county of Yangzhai fell into a carnival, people put on new clothes, took to the streets, came to the gate of the county government, cheered and celebrated, and expressed New Year's greetings to their parents and officials.

Have you ever seen tens of thousands of people cheering in unison? When Guo Bin saw the people under his rule gather and express his gratitude to him, Guo Bin felt that the efforts of the past half a year were worth it. And his subordinates were enthusiastic and enthusiastic, that is, Xi Zhicai, a strategist known for his calmness and wisdom, also trembled slightly with excitement, and his hands trembled slightly.

No one can know better than him how much effort Guo Bin has put in, and no one knows better than him how "doting" Guo Bin is to his people. That's right, it's "doting".

According to the current rules, the state officials are called pastors, and the county officials are called guards, and the so-called pastoral code refers to the governors of the states and counties. "Shepherd" has two meanings, one is to raise livestock; The second is to govern the people. "Shou" also has two meanings, one is to be in charge of the law, and the other is to guard and guard.

From the literal sense, it can be seen that the so-called shepherd guard is actually in charge of the law, maintaining the law and order of a place, and taking care of the people for the Son of Heaven, which is not much different from the role of the shepherd boy who herds cattle.

Therefore, the most important duty of the magistrates in the past was to maintain local stability, and then to collect taxes. As long as there is no civil unrest in the local area, and the annual taxes are paid on time, he can be regarded as a qualified official. How to develop the local economy through multiple means, make the places you govern more prosperous, make the people's lives more prosperous and healthy, and make the cake bigger and bigger? Most officials may only know about "persuading farmers to teach lessons", right?

As for others, such as expanding the city and building houses for the people, these were not on their list. For the homeless, responsible officials are just opening the granary and giving them porridge. No matter how many things are, some are unthinkable, and some are unwilling to do. The so-called more do more wrong, do less wrong, not do good.

Take Guo Bin's move to expand Yangzhai County, who would have thought of building houses for the homeless? Originally, the homeless people were rampant, and they couldn't get rid of it, but this is still offered? It's not enough to build a house, but also to build a city wall, this matter is too big, and it is not too much to sentence you for rebellion! If it weren't for Guo Bin's hard relationship with the DPRK and China, even if he could pass this hurdle, he would have to take off a layer of skin.

There is also the creation of Yangzhai County Construction Co., Ltd., you can do business in private, and everyone does the same. But if you partner with a merchant in the name of the yamen, do you want the face of the imperial court anymore? Do you want the testimonies of our ancestors? Is there any appearance of a court official? If you want to talk about this matter, the most important person who should jump out to impeach Guo Bin should be the scholar class, but not only Uncle Guo clearly supports him, but even Lu Zhi and Cai Yong, the two Shilin Kui, have expressed their position, who will jump out and say him if he has a low status?

Therefore, Guo Bin's actions in Yangzhai are all very daring and very human. The support of relatives, the support of Shilin, and the acquiescence of the Son of Heaven are all major things that have lost their heads.

Guo Bin doesn't know? How can it be? If he didn't know, how could he have done such a complete arrangement? Do you want to send letters to He Jin, Lu Zhi, and Cai Yong respectively? If he didn't know, how could he take the opportunity of Liu Bian's siege to propose the canonization of the crown prince and take the opportunity to curry favor with the Son of Heaven?

He knew it, but he felt that these were things that he had to do. Guo Bin does things sometimes, sometimes he is not so upright, and he sometimes plays a little trick, such as taking the opportunity of canonizing the prince to propose a change in the yuan. But his intentions are all good, all for the benefit of the people, so it doesn't hurt.

Thinking of this, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but feel glad to be able to follow Guo Bin, a lord who always considers the people and puts the people first, and feels yearning for the country that Guo Bin often describes to himself, and at the same time has the urge to follow everyone in the drama no matter where Guo Bin goes.

Even Guo Bin will always miss future generations, because since ancient times, no dynasty in Chinese history has been able to use economic development as a standard to measure the performance of officials; No dynasty has ever been able to make serving its people a code of conduct; No dynasty has ever been able to make it its code of conduct that it always represents the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people. Most dynasties were in order to realize the ambition of the Son of Heaven, and by the way, they achieved national prosperity and national rejuvenation, and even the Tang and Song ancestors did not care about the happiness of the people.

Although the reality of the bureaucracy for thousands of years has made bureaucracy have a huge inertia, after all, it is transforming to the good at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye, isn't it? The emperor of the feudal dynasty, who will tell you "dare to ask where the road is, the road is under your feet"? In the feudal dynasties, the people were livestock, which were used to "shepherd", and the people only had to wait for forage and whips.

After the Spring Festival, the Taiping Road incident is getting closer and closer. Guo Bin, who was idle after everything in the county was on the right track, couldn't help but start worrying about things in Beijing. Not for others, just for Ma Yuanyi.

Although Ma Yuanyi is a person in the Taiping Dao, he is also a man with a circle in the square, but Guo Bin can feel that he really wants to change the world. Coupled with several contacts with Zhang Liang, he can also feel that they all want to change the living conditions of poor people, people with ideals and pursuits, and Guo Bin respects them in his heart. But if Guo Bin told them that Taiping Dao could not succeed, and asked them to give up the ideals they had fought for all their lives, they would probably not pay attention to it. The conflict between Guo Bin and them is indeed a conflict of interests, but in the final analysis, it is still a conflict of ideas, which is difficult to alleviate.

Just when Guo Bin was struggling with Ma Yuanyi's matter, he received a letter from Yuan Shao.

The letter said that Uncle He Jin was going to make a big move, shrinking his forces, and recruiting party henchmen into Beijing, and Guo Bin was also among them, asking him to make preparations as soon as possible.

After receiving this letter, Guo Bin discussed with Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Xu Shu and other military generals for a whole night, and then decided on a basic strategy.

Sure enough, within a few days, Guo Bin received a decree from the imperial court and ordered Guo Bin to enter Beijing as soon as possible. As for what it was, there was not a word.

The Taiping Road incident is imminent, and at this juncture, Guo Bin wants to enter Beijing, and he knows what he wants to do with his heels. But all of Guo Bin's belongings are in Yangzhai, and his foundation is also in Yangzhai, if he enters Beijing, once Taiping Dao moves in advance, he will not be angry about the losses he suffered in Yangzhai before, and raise a large army to attack, who will defend the city? How to defend the city? It's all a problem. Moreover, the surrounding counties of Yangzhai County are all Taipingdao, which can be said to be surrounded by large armies. If Taiping Dao wants to echo Jingshi after the incident, taking Yang Zhai is an inevitable choice.

Yangzhai is located in the northwesternmost corner of Yingchuan County, and although it is the closest in a straight line from the capital, it cannot be used as a bridgehead for the army to enter the capital from Yingchuan. Because the northwest of Yangzhai County is full of high mountains and dense forests, if you want to lead the army into Luoyang from now on, you need to make a detour to Changshe. However, Yang Zhai can be used as the rear of Taiping Road in Yingchuan County.

If the official army attacked, Yangzhai would be a place where it could be attacked and defended. If you can't beat it, you can go into the mountains, and there is still room for advance and retreat. If there is a guide from someone who is familiar with the road, it is not impossible to cross the mountains and attack Luoyang.

In history, Yang Zhai, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, was a den of thieves and the base camp of Yingchuan Taiping Road. Therefore, Bocai only ran to Yang Zhai when Changshe was defeated, and it was only after Yang Zhai that he was defeated and killed.

In other words, by the time of the Taiping Dao incident in February, Yang Zhai must have been surrounded by more than 100,000 troops. As for whether Taiping Dao will attack on a large scale regardless of the overall situation because he suffered a big loss in Yangzhai at the beginning, it is not something that Guo Bin and them can predict. Therefore, it is very risky to go to the capital.

But if you don't go to the capital, the relationship between Guo Bin and He Jin will be cut off, and all the efforts he made before will be in vain. You must know that He Jin was about to be appointed as a general, and it was not until the death of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, that he was killed by the eunuchs, and there were still five years to go.

Moreover, if they want to contain the Taiping Road, so that they cannot successfully occupy the capital, and break their center on the capital, the situation of Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou echoing each other from afar is very important. Otherwise, if Taiping Dao can really break through the capital, once Gyeonggi is stabilized under the occupation of Taiping Dao, Bocai's next target will definitely be Yangzhai County, which is like a sharp knife stuck in his soft underbelly.

At that time, more than 100,000 troops will besiege the city, and there will be no reinforcements from outside, and the city will not be far away.

Therefore, it is necessary to go to the capital, but everything must be arranged properly.

After some discussion, Guo Bin decided to bring Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and a hundred special forces into Beijing, so that he could not only have the power of self-protection, but also not be too eye-catching. Of course, Dong Xinger wants to go along. Leaving Zhao Yun to preside over the overall situation in the county, Xu Yuanzhi assisted from the side, and Fan A helped him, Guan Hai sat in Fulong Villa, which was cheap. Sima Hui was obsessed with teaching, and was devoting all his energy and time to teaching, and he did not pay much attention to these mundane things.

Zhao Yun is the Cheng of Yangzhai County, and when Guo Bin is away, he is in charge of the overall situation, which is cheap. Moreover, the soldiers in Yangzhai County were all trained from him, so there would be no phenomenon of disobeying commands. Zhao Yun is a cautious and serious character, coupled with Xu Yuanzhi, a wise man who is familiar with the affairs of the county, although there are only 1,000 regular troops in the city, there are sufficient equipment to defend the city, even if there are 100,000 troops besieging the city in Taiping Road, it must be able to support Guo Bin to come back to help.

Guan Hai was one of the earliest residents of Fulong Villa, and he collected food in many ways for the livelihood of everyone in the village, and met Guo Bin, who was Guo Bin's house slave. Moreover, he is strong in martial arts, and he often trains soldiers with Zhao Yun, so he is in charge of Fulong Villa, and he must be able to convince the public.

Fulong Villa was originally the place where Guo Bin rose, with a population of more than 10,000 in the village, more than 5,000 young and strong, all of them were strong and strong, everyone had a strong bow, and they practiced guns every morning running, and they were skilled in marksmanship, and the tradition of taking turns to hunt in the mountains has never been put down. Therefore, these five thousand young men are all elites who have seen blood, and their combat effectiveness is better than that of the ordinary regular army of the imperial court, and the sophistication of equipment is close to the elite of Yulin.

Therefore, although there are only 500 half-employed soldiers, Fulong Villa is the least to worry about. The solidity of Fulong Villa is like golden soup.

After settling everything at home, Guo Bin and his party of more than 100 people rode their war horses to the capital. This majesty is very different from when Guo Bin first entered Beijing. The high-headed horse, the front and the back hug, sassy and merry.

However, along the way, I saw that the homeless people were all over the field, and compared with the energetic Yangzhai County, it seemed to have entered the last days. The homeless people are hungry one by one, and their spirits are even more confused, they don't know life and death, and they only see everyone in horror: This is the source of soldiers of Taiping Dao!