Chapter 41: Restoring Order
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The New Year is approaching, and the people who have worked hard for a year will take out the surplus grain to buy the necessities of life, so Chengdu is full of traffic and noise.
On the road leading to the north gate of Chengdu, the frost and snow have been swept away, and a closed figure is slowly moving forward, heading towards the city gate.
Thinly dressed, with a bag on his shoulders, and his hair and beard slightly gray, the man turned a deaf ear to the hustle and bustle on both sides, and walked with an indifferent look.
Suddenly there was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the people on both sides looked at the horse.
Chengdu is also only allowed to ride horses on the main thousand roads, and it is forbidden to ride horses in places where the market is dense, but anyone who passes by must dismount and walk.
However, on the avenue near the city gate, unless it was the Taiping army, few people joined the club and let their horses run wild.
When the people saw that the horses were heroic, young and handsome, and that there was an indescribable majesty in the luxurious clothes, they could not help but cast a kind and respectful glance at the young man.
The horse galloped forward, blocking the middle-aged man with the burden on his back.
"Ye Gongzi?"
Cheng Gongying was surprised by Guo Ye's appearance.
Guo Ye turned over and dismounted, came to Cheng Gongying, and asked with a regretful face: "Mr. really wants to return to the field to live in seclusion?" ”
After Han Sui was exterminated a few years ago, Guo Jia recruited his generals, and he didn't care about these talents, the key was that Guo Jia wanted to show a gesture of surrendering and rebelling, Cheng Gongying had no room for resistance, compared to Yang Qiu and others who were appointed by Guo Jia, Cheng Gongying had obviously been forgotten by Guo Jia, and he stayed in Chengdu to be idle, and Guo Ye was taking care of him.
For several years, Guo Ye did not ask this advisor for any official advice, just taking care of his life.
Now, Cheng Gongying plans to go back to the northwest to live in seclusion, and Guo Ye heard about it and chased after him on horseback.
Cheng Gongying was like a waste, he was obviously disheartened, Han Sui's death hit him hard, and he could not be loyal to Guo Jia.
Nodding calmly, Cheng Gongying had already made up his mind, so there was no need to say more.
Guo Ye looked up at the sky, and after a while, he exhaled a breath of turbidity, and led the horse to Cheng Gongying, Guo Ye stretched out his hand and asked, "Everyone has their own ambitions, Ye is not forced to stay with Mr." This is a long way to the northwest, so this horse will be for Mr. to travel. Please sir get on the horse. ”
Cheng Gongying's eyes looked at Guo Ye with a slightly complicated look, and he was about to open his mouth to refuse.
"Please sir, get on the horse."
Guo Ye repeated it again, his tone was sincere, and it was by no means a threat.
Unable to bear the enthusiasm, Cheng Gongying turned over and got on the horse, and was about to say goodbye to Guo Ye, but saw Guo Ye pull the reins and lead the horse towards the city gate.
"Let Ye give Mr. a ride."
Two into one horse, on this avenue leading to the city gate, became the focal point.
The people who stopped to watch whispered and talked about who the one on the horse was.
Guo Ye, many people can be said to be familiar with it, and even many people have watched Guo Ye grow up in this city, a humble and upright son.
But the entry on that horse did not recognize it, looking at the clothes and dressing up was just a cloth dress, but he could let Guo Ye lead the horse for him, and many people guessed that this entry was a big entry.
Cheng Gongying was all interested at the moment, his heart was full of complexity, and in the package hanging behind the horse, the sound of copper coins colliding could be faintly heard, and he closed his eyes tightly.
In the cold, Guo Ye led the horse to send Cheng Gongying until a mile outside the city before he stopped.
"Sir, go well, have a safe journey."
After speaking, Guo Ye bowed and turned back.
Turning the horse's head and looking at the tall figure in the frost and snow, Cheng Gongying said aloud with a struggling face: "Childe, it is not enough to assist you to become a hegemon, but please don't worry about it." ”
Although among the strategists from the Northwest Land, Cheng Gongying may be the second in Liangzhou after Jia Xu.
But a hundred Cheng Gongying combined are difficult to compare with Jia Xu.
Guo Ye, who had walked a few steps, turned around and raised a light smile.
"My father said, I must be useful, the level of intelligence is not used to compete, and I can do my best to benefit the common people. Clearing the four seas, removing chaos and anti-governance, and bringing this chaotic world back to the right path, is what my father is doing, sir, what is the grand plan hegemony? If this is a peaceful and prosperous era, no matter how many wolf ambitions there are, they are just clowns. ”
With that, Guo Ye turned around and continued to return.
Cheng Gongying turned the horse's head and drifted away from Guo Ye.
Walking on the way back to the city, Guo Ye suddenly stopped, and ten steps away in front of him, there was a male enter, a heroic and extraordinary man.
"Is General Zilong healed?"
Guo Ye took another step and walked in front of Zhao Yun, his eyes slightly looking up at Zhao Yun, who was taller than him.
Zhao Yun looked into the distance, and Cheng Gongying had disappeared from sight.
In the city, he happened to see Guo Ye leading a horse for Cheng Gongying, so Zhao Yun followed out curiously, but he didn't expect to see the scene of the two entering and separating.
Zhao Yun, who came to Chengdu, lived in the barracks of the Taiping Army, and there was no restriction on his freedom, he could watch the drills of the Taiping Army, he could walk freely in the city, and he did not even enter the city to prevent him from leaving the city.
But when Jiangling was still occupied by Guo Jia, Zhao Yun was afraid that he would implicate the innocent after he escaped.
He is a general, it is his duty to kill the enemy, and there is already countless blood on his hands, but as a general who saves the need, he can't disregard the lives of innocent people, otherwise he is no different from Cao Cao, who slaughtered the city.
"Who's that?"
Zhao Yun retracted his gaze and asked softly.
Guo Ye stretched out his hand, and the two walked towards the city together, and Guo Ye also told Zhao Yun about Cheng Gongying without concealment.
"Loyalty, this is a hero."
Zhao Yun had a sense of respect for Cheng Gongying, and he did not succumb to the force of the Taiping Army, which is commendable.
Guo Ye just smiled lightly at this, and asked rhetorically: "Why didn't General Zilong ask me, since he refused to be loyal, why would my father let him go?" ”
Zhao Yun was also puzzled and asked, "Why?" ”
"If Mr. Cheng Gong had changed his allegiance to him, he would have surrendered to my father a long time ago. Now that Han Sui is dead, Mr. Cheng Gong will go and will no longer pose a threat to the Taiping Army. ”
Guo Ye said softly.
Zhao Yun was silent for a moment after hearing this, and suddenly asked: "What does Gongzi mean, if my lord does not die, will the prince not let me go?" ”
Guo Ye looked at Zhao Yun and smiled very lightly, without the slightest hint of unfathomable taste.
Sort of a clear answer.
Can Zhao Yun understand Guo Jia's approach and put him back to Liu Bei's side, will Guo Jia go to war with Liu Bei in the future and let Zhao Yun kill the Taiping Army?
If Guo Jiazhen does this, he will inevitably be met with internal discontent.
"General, your time in Chengdu is not short, what do you think of Chengdu?"
Guo Ye asked Zhao Yun as if he was chatting with a friend, although Zhao Yun was already a hero who rode a horse to kill the Yellow Turban when Guo Ye was born.
This question made Zhao Yun feel very heavy.
He was unwilling to admit Guo Jia's actions, and he was unwilling to admit that the territory under Guo Jia's rule was the most peaceful place he had ever seen when he traveled south and north, even Cao Wei, who coerced the princes to order the princes, could not compare.
"Stable order."
Zhao Yun's answer was only five words.
Guo Ye was surprised by Zhao Yun's answer, it seemed that Zhao Yun saw all this very clearly.
"Since the general has hit the nail on the head, do you still think that my father is a guilty offender?"
Zhao Yun was silent and difficult to answer.
The decline of the world and social turmoil are not a question of how much money is lost or how much wealth is destroyed.
Everything stems from order, the cornerstone of civilization.
Guo Jia's governance is to re-establish the order that has been trampled and destroyed, which is the essential content, and a series of administrative or military measures are all aimed at ensuring the realization of this purpose.
The rich and the poor, the strong and the weak, the joys and sorrows, the noble and the low, this will be the social situation at any time and time, and when you enter into peace and contentment, in comparison, there are still poor people, and naturally there are rich people, but there must be order to maintain this world.
Poverty is not a problem, the question is whether there is a way to get rich, and whether there is a way to solve the existential crisis.
In the past, if the Yellow Turban Rebellion was not for the people being forced into desperation, who would have risked their lives?
Who destroyed the order of the Han Dynasty? The first is the emperor of the Liu family, followed by the relatives who form a party for personal gain, the scholars, the eunuchs, and finally the careerists who take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Recovering the mountains and rivers and unifying the country is not such a simple matter as killing the enemy.
If it was just to enter, Guo Jia would have achieved domination a long time ago.
Guo Jia has spent 20 years to establish a new order, and he needs to be more aware of the importance of this order, and he needs supporters to maintain this system, from the official to the people, from the ruling class to the ruled class.
When outsiders wanted to undermine the system, Guo Jia had a united supporter to resist together.
After ten years of sharpening his sword, Guo Jia wants not only a strong army, but also the support of the people who support him, as well as the support of the vast number of officials and the people, so that all the people will affirm his actions from the bottom of their hearts and be able to unswervingly implement them, because they are on the right path.
Of course, there must be members who are dissatisfied with Guo Jia, and those who are dissatisfied will only be a minority, those who only care about self-interest and ignore morality.
"General Zilong, I have also heard a lot of Uncle Liu's life deeds, but with all due respect, what Uncle Liu has done, I don't think he has a lot of talent, and what kind of ability he has to benefit the people, maybe he has no strength and no territory, so he can't show his talent in this area, but if Uncle Liu Huang stands in front of me, I will kill him, because if I have to choose an emperor between my father and Uncle Liu, even if I don't have the surname Guo, I won't choose Uncle Liu."
At the gate of the city, Guo Ye suddenly stopped and said to Zhao Yun with a solemn face.
Zhao Yun frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Who said that my lord wants to be the emperor?" After clearing the Huanyu, he was the son of the martyrdom in Xuchang. ”
Guo Ye sneered.
"General Zilong, my father said that you are a rare fierce general, a man who understands righteousness, but in my opinion, you simply ignore the common people. Xuchang's son? From the moment he ascended the throne, he was Dong Zhuo's puppet, and then he was Cao Wei's puppet for more than ten years. Can you guarantee in front of me that he will be a good emperor? Is this the choice you made between the unborn people and a puppet emperor? ”
(To be continued)