Although Guo Tu's position is not high, he is just a don't drive, but after the Guo family and Gao Shunai married Zhao Xiong, the Guo family such as Youzhou Beijia Guo, Julu Taishou Guo Xun and Bo Guodian, the lord of the state, all served in Gao Shun's forces, and they won Gao Shun's attention and trust, and became a famous family in the northern states.

After the Kwantung princes met with each other, Guo Dian, the former Yingchuan Taishou, saw that things were not good, so he resigned from the position of Taishou, and under the recommendation of Guo Tu, he was appointed by Gao Shun as the lord of Zhou Fei, the governor of the state.

Seeing that everyone was arguing, Guo Dian spoke: "Gentlemen, now Dong Xiangguo's strength is very strong, regardless of whether he is recognized as a national thief or not, he continues to pay taxes to the imperial court, which is all cheap Dong Xiangguo, this is raising a thief as a thief, which is not in line with the current interests of the lord, let alone the interests of the imperial court." ”

Tian Feng said: "This is true, no matter what, we must stop paying taxes to the imperial court, even Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, a member of the royal family, has stopped paying, so why should we pay it?" With this money and grain can feed more troops and people, you must know that we still have a lot of people hungry, spring, summer and autumn still rely on wild vegetables, wild fruits to satisfy hunger, why use the money and food saved in the mouths of the people to cheapen others? ”

Cheng Lidao: "In order to reduce the negative impact on the lord, you can first ask the two emperors-in-law of Qingzhou and Bingzhou to stop paying the taxes of the imperial court, and then the lord will stop the taxes of Youzhou and Jizhou on the grounds that the war situation in Yongzhou is tense and the huge amount of money and grain is consumed, if so, the negative impact on the lord will be minimized." ”

The judge agreed with the above opinions, thought for a while, and added: "If Cheng Xiaowei's method is adopted, it is recommended to directly stop the taxes of Merging Prefecture, Youzhou and Qingzhou, and only need Jizhou to pay taxes in the first half of the year, then the status of the lord will be more prominent, and then Jizhou will stop paying taxes, and outsiders will have nothing to say." ”

Jia Xu closed his eyes and kept his eyes open.

Seeing that everyone supported Cheng Li's suggestion, he didn't continue to speak, but his face was a little unsightly.

Xi Zhicai glanced at everyone, and when he saw that he didn't continue to speak, he said finally: "In this case, in the first half of the year, the taxes of Bingzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou will be stopped, and the taxes of Jizhou will be stopped in the second half of the year; However, I suggest that you send someone to communicate with Dong Xiangguo in advance, what about the Lord's public opinion? If so, who should be sent? ”

Gao Shun thought for a while and said: "Since everyone agrees with this plan, we will implement it according to this plan, but in order to prevent Dong Xiangguo's dog from jumping off the wall in a hurry, the trade with him will still be implemented for the time being, which is also to save the lives of more people; As for the envoy, I think it's better to run Luoyang from the south again. ”

"Yes, my lord!" The judge was very happy to take on this errand.

Regardless of the ability to judge, Gao Shun still recognizes his morality; Since returning from Luoyang last time, Gao Shun raised his salary to two thousand stones, and then worshiped Gao Shun as the master, and Gao Shun did not have any doubts about his loyalty; Among those present, only Fu Zhu and Ju Pei were from the scholar clan, and the envoy to Luoyang was the most ideal person, and Gao Shun was going to be mainly responsible for external affairs from now on.

At the beginning, Gao Shun gave him such a high treatment, which also meant that he bought horse bones with a thousand dollars, reducing the resistance of the Jizhou clan.

Through the morning discussion, Gao Shun basically knew everyone's attitude and was very satisfied.

At noon, it was a sumptuous banquet, the afternoon was free discussion, the next day, Gao Shun interviewed everyone separately, and consulted separately on some undecided issues, and did not continue to hold such meetings, Gao Shun was worried that there would be contradictions between the military divisions, which would affect future cooperation, and when the situation became clear, there would be no such concerns, and it was better to be cautious now to avoid repeating the mistakes of Yuan Shao in history.

At the banquet that night, Xi Zhicai suggested to Gao Shun that each person should write a view on the current issue and a long-term plan, and everyone could play freely, and Gao Shun approved this suggestion, which was supervised and implemented by Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia.

Two days later, everyone completed the task assigned by Gao Shun.

The suggestion was to seize Hangu Pass, occupy the Sanfu area, and join forces with Cheng Wu to deal with the Liangzhou rebels, and after pacifying Liangzhou, he could exercise the power of conquest against Yizhou, and solve the independent Yizhou Mu for the imperial court, and then he seized the initiative, which could besiege Luoyang and deal with Dong Zhuo, or go straight down to Jingzhou and Yangzhou for a long time.

Xu Rong's view was to first absorb the Wuhuan of Liaodong, and then develop the counties of Liaodong, where the land was fertile, irrigation was convenient, and a large number of people could be settled, and as long as the number of Han people in the border counties was superior, the peace of the border counties could be maintained; At the same time, a powerful naval army can be established to connect Pingzhou and Qingzhou.

Tian Feng's strategy is to manage the existing territory, actively absorb the population, train the army, and sit back and watch the changes in the general trend of the world.

Cheng Li's idea was similar to that of Fu Zhu, going straight to Guanzhong, pacifying Liangzhou, seizing Yizhou, and stabilizing Xuzhou; Then join forces with Dong Zhuo to pacify the princes of the Central Plains, and then fight a decisive battle with Dong Zhuo.

Guo Tuhe's point of view is to seize the pass first, and then fight Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and encircle Luoyang.

Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia also wrote a report separately; Only Jia Xu remained silent.

Gao Shun read it carefully and knew the attitude of each person, it was very good, and great things could be expected.

Everyone has feelings for Dahan, but they are powerless and can only follow Gao Shun forward; Even if you want to help the Han, when the day of success, either Gao Shun will be forced to ascend the throne, or Gao Shun will end up with Han Xin, which is an ending that everyone does not want to see.

Gao Shun is very satisfied with the attitude of everyone, even if he is stubbornly frustrated, he also knows very well in his heart that the world is in turmoil and irreversible, and what he has to do now is how to end the troubled times as soon as possible, return the people to a peaceful life, and minimize the damage of the troubled times.

Based on everyone's opinions, Gao Shun came up with a plan to communicate with Ma Gui and Li Qiang first.

Li Qiang said arrogantly: "Lord, how can there be so much trouble? Who are we afraid of now? The princes of the Central Plains cannot unite, and it can be seen through this alliance that they are not in alignment, and each has a ghost; We just need to take Dong Zhuo. ”

Gao Shun smiled: "Haha, this is because Dong Zhuo did not threaten their interests, they only wanted to gain fame and benefits through the alliance; If they fight against us, but it is a battle of life and death, how can they not fight to the death? ”

Li Qiang said regretfully: "Hey, it's a pity that there are so many people in Yanzhou and Yuzhou!" ”

Ma Gui said: "My lord, I agree with Zhicai's opinion, use trade to force Dong Zhuo to give up the Sanfu region, so that we can pacify Liangzhou, occupy Yizhou, and then besiege the Central Plains, but now we can develop the navy at the same time, prepare for the occupation of the southern counties, and cannot give Yuan Shu a chance to develop in the south." ”

Gao Shun said: "Okay, let's take it step by step first, and tomorrow we will work with Zhicai and others to make a plan to force Dong Zhuo, and strive to peacefully obtain the Sanfu region from Dong Zhuo." ”

Ma Gui said: "Yes, lord! I also have a plan, if we surprise Luoyang and capture the emperor, we can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the subordinates. ”

Gao Shun thought to himself, Ma Gui's intelligence had improved too fast, and he could even think of such a strategy, but he already had an idea in his heart, but it was not convenient to disclose it to the outside world at present, so he retorted: "Haha, if you can't encircle and annihilate all Dong Zhuo's people, his subordinates will soon develop into many powerful princes, and their strength will far exceed the comprehensive strength of the current princes, and it will take more energy to quell the rebellion, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Ma Gui was not completely convinced, but he did not argue with Gao Shun, Gao Shun must have his ideas, he only needs to mention the point to do his duty.

Li Qiang said dissatisfiedly: "Lord, everyone's method is good, but raising so many soldiers and horses, there is no war, and it costs money and food in vain, so it is okay to clean up Pingzhou or go hunting outside the customs first, otherwise, in a few years, it will drive me crazy." ”

Gao Shun smiled: "Haha, this is simple, if Zhi can have a good way to take the Sanfu region peacefully from Dong Zhuo, in order to make Dong Zhuo feel at ease, he will start a war against Liangzhou as soon as possible." ”

Ma Guidao: "My lord, the intelligence that came back recently shows that Ma Teng and Han Sui have joined forces to rebel, making the rebels more powerful, Dong Xiangguo is definitely unwilling to quell the rebellion, if the lord wants to take over this burden, it is estimated that the prime minister will agree very happily." ”