When spring is about to pass, the Baijia School is completed at the foot of Yulei Mountain, by the mountains and rivers, the scenery is pleasant, to the north thirty miles, the construction project of Taoyuan Village is in full swing.

If you want to reproduce the contention of a hundred schools, make the theories of each school stand against each other, and then integrate the strengths of a hundred schools, it is not a task that can be completed overnight, Guo Jia can only cultivate a favorable soil, whether it can take root and sprout, and we will see later.

"Yuan Shu sent Yuan Yin and Yang Hong to envoy?"

The busy government affairs have just been reduced a lot at the end of spring ploughing, but Guo Jia, who took a break to catch his breath, got such news.

Most of the ministers in the hall couldn't guess what Yuan Shu wanted to do, logically speaking, the princes would not openly have anything to do with Guo Jia, but Yuan Shu did just that, Yuan Yin and Yang Hong had already entered Badong County and came in the direction of Chengdu.

"My lord, Yuan Shu sent an envoy here for nothing more than the following two purposes, to explore the truth and the truth, and to form an alliance in secret." After Xu Shu finished speaking, he returned to the column.

Guo Jia, who was sitting on the throne, said: "After Yuan Shu took Yuzhou, he sealed several counties in Yangzhou to defend the Taishou, at this time he either recuperated and tried to forge ahead when he was strong, or he was strong and continued to expand his territory with the momentum of Yuzhou's victory." And to expand the territory, either north into Yanzhou Xuzhou, or west to Jingzhou. ”

Nanyang is the emperor's hometown, Liu Xiu originated here, so in the political pattern of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the status of Nanyang Taishou is very special, if you want to say that the later state pastor is a prince, in terms of status, Nanyang Taishou is not inferior, because of this, Yuan Shu in Nanyang Taishou was killed by Sun Jian after he couldn't wait to lead his relatives to occupy Nanyang, since the Nanyang Taishou, when he went to the alliance sour jujube, with the status of Nanyang Taishou, Yuan Shu is undoubtedly a figure in the focus of the world.

Therefore, Yuan Shu dared to appoint Sun Jian as the assassin of Yuzhou, and appointed other Yangzhou counties as the Taishou.

"If Yuan Shu is recuperating, he will never send an envoy to Chengdu at this time, it seems that Yuan Shu is ready to move troops to Jingzhou."

After Xi Zhicai said, he also fell into deep thought.

If Yuan Shuzhen moves troops against Jingzhou, what benefit will Guo Jianeng have?

Everyone else is thinking about it in their hearts.

The favorable result must be that Yuan Shu and Liu Biao are both defeated, and the perfect result is naturally that both sides are exhausted, but that must be impossible.

From a strategic point of view, if Yuan Shu wants to sweep the Central Plains, the first thing is to solve his worries first, that is, Liu Biao, otherwise he will use troops to Yanzhou and Xuzhou for fear of being copied by Liu Biao in the base camp, and then with Liu Dai Cao in Yanzhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou will attack Yuan Shu before and after, and Yuan Shu, who is attacked by the enemy in the abdomen, will fall into a place of no return.

Since Yuan Shu wanted to fight Liu Biao, he sent an envoy to Chengdu at this time, probably because of the wishful thinking of letting Guo Jia also send troops to Jingzhou as cannon fodder.

Guo Jia naturally wants to get this, not to mention that he has formulated a strategy now, that is, to recuperate and recuperate, and work hard in Yizhou, on this basis, even if he has soldiers and generals, he will not rashly set off a war.

Secondly, Guo Jia knows what kind of goods Yuan Shu is, can he form an alliance with this kind of person?

"The last time Yuan Shu wrote to me and asked me to beat Liu Biao, I politely excused myself on the grounds of insufficient food and grass, but since he sent a messenger, then we should do some superficial work, and pass on the order, all officials in Chengdu wear inferior clothes, and the general's mansion is inside and outside, and the top and bottom are thrifty."

The strategists can't cry or laugh, they usually eat and dress can only be regarded as average, hard and simple, but there is no extravagance and luxury inside and out, now it's good, to completely pretend to be poor.

There were not many men and horses in the envoy of Yuan Shu, so they rode in a hundred places, and in the carriage sat two young men dressed as scribes.

Yuan Yin and Yang Hong took the errand and went to Yizhou to hide their eyes and ears, and were arrested by Zhou Tai of the garrison Yong'an at the border of Badong County, and under interrogation, the two could only helplessly identify themselves.

The original intention was to secretly come to Yizhou to explore Guo Jia's reality and see if Guo Jia was really as poor as the letter said, but he didn't expect Zhou Tai to be meticulous in Badong County, checking the people who entered and exited Yizhou, but whenever there was a large group of people, they were ready to meet the enemy at any time.

"This Guo Jia really looks like he has no military rations." Yuan Yin sat in the car and swayed.

What they saw and heard along the way was a large-scale tuntian, and there were officials supervising on the side, Yuan Yin and Yang Hong only thought that Guo Jia was forcing the people to farm for him.

"Hmph, it's not self-inflicted." Yang Hong sneered.

Whether Guo Jia killed the wealthy clan first, or the wealthy clan rebelled first, it is not important in the eyes of outsiders, the fait accompli is that Guo Jia did infringe on the interests of the wealthy clan of the scholar clan, and thus fell into a difficult situation, which is really unpleasant.

Early one morning, it was a long journey from Chengdu, and when they got up in the morning, they got into the carriage and were about to continue their journey, but Yuan Yin and Yang Hong got the news that Guo Jia led 3,000 people towards them.

Inside the carriage, the two looked at each other, their expressions shocked and timid.

Guo Jia won't lead an army to slaughter them, right?!

"The two countries are at war, if they don't kill them, Guo Jia shouldn't have the guts." Yang Hong wiped the cold sweat on his head, but Yuan Yin swallowed it with difficulty.

Are you sure? Dong Zhuo successively sent five envoys to negotiate peace with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu beheaded three, and the remaining two would have become dead souls under the knife if it weren't for the fact that they were not low prestige figures in the scholar clan, and the two messengers who escaped were also detained by Yuan Shu.

Guo Jia and Yuan Shu have old grudges in the end, as Yuan Shu's younger brother, Yuan Yin is up and down in his heart, for fear that Guo Jia will vent his anger with him, and at this moment he suddenly felt that this time he came to Yizhou was really a life-threatening errand.

The two forced their composure and ordered the team to stop their advance and wait for Guo Jia to arrive.

Lifting the curtain of the car door, the two stood in front of the car and looked at the front of the official road.

The smoke and dust rose, and the mighty crowd approached slowly and orderly in front and back, and Yang Hong couldn't help but tug at Yuan Yin's clothes, because he saw the halberd in the hands of the people in front of him.

Yuan Yin was frightened, and he also grabbed Yang Hong's clothes with his backhand.

Guo Jia won't come really, right?

I saw that Guo Jia, who was the leader, was dressed plainly, riding a flaming horse, and came to Yuan Yin and Yang Hong with a warm smile on his face, and laughed loudly before he got off the horse.

"The two of them came from afar, Jia has lost his welcome, and there are many forbearances where the etiquette is not thoughtful."

After turning over and dismounting, Guo Jia walked to Yuan Yin's carriage in high spirits and happily bowed his hand to the two.

Yuan Yin and Yang Hong were dumbfounded, and then looked at the people brought by Guo Jia, the first few scribes in the row were also dressed shabbyly, but the soldiers were all in good spirits, if it was Guo Jia's personal guard, why not use a halberd instead of a sword?

That's Dian Wei's tiger guard, the soldier is heavily armored, does not hold a shield, holds a spear and a halberd, Guo Jia gives a lot of power to his subordinate generals, he formulates military discipline, training methods and troops, and the generals make their own decisions, unless it is Guo Jia's special need for the troops, a certain general will be designated to train, and in the early stage, he wants to diversify the troops, but he is also powerless.

Didn't Xingshi ask for sin?

Yuan Yin and Yang Hong looked at each other, made a false alarm, looked down, and grabbed each other's clothes, what kind of system did they become? Where's the face?

At this time, the two suddenly realized that Guo Jia led the civil and military forces out of the city for 200 miles to greet them, how grand was the etiquette to treat them? It shows its sincerity.

It's just that the two of them were too nervous just now, and even showed a little timidity, for fear of being despised by Guo Jia after discovering it, Yuan Yin, as Yuan Shu's younger brother, puffed up his chest, put on a look of unsmiling and said lightly: "The general went out of the city to greet him, the etiquette is too heavy." ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said, "It should be, it should be." Let's go ahead of the city. ”

After introducing himself, Yuan Yin remembered something, and invited Guo Jia: "This place is still two hundred miles away from Chengdu, so it is better for the general to get into the carriage and enter the city with us to avoid the suffering of fatigue." ”

Guo Jia did not hesitate, he got into the carriage by holding the door, Yuan Yin and Yang Hong got out of the way, Guo Jia entered the car, looked at Guo Jia's back, the two looked at each other again, their mood was very complicated, and they found that the clothes Guo Jia was wearing were probably a little better than coarse linen.

After all, he is also a warlord who owns the largest state in the world, why is he so miserable?

Let's take a look at the scribes who came out of the city with Guo Jia, Qin Mi, Peng Yi, Xu Shu, Zhen Yan, etc., all dressed similarly to Guo Jia, where is this like the ruling class in a state? If you throw them into the people's pile, they will be a rich family with surplus food at best.

Turning back into the car, he ordered the team to continue towards Chengdu, escorted by Guo Jia's 3,000 tiger guards, and he was sure that he would be safe all the way.

The three people in the carriage fell into a short silence, Yang Hong really felt that Guo Jia was too shabby, and couldn't help asking: "General, your clothes, Shu Jin's reputation is known all over the world, why ......?"

Although Yang Hong and Yuan Yin's clothes are not at the level of princes and nobles, the gorgeous brocade robe looks extravagant when worn on their bodies, and the three of them stand together, outsiders don't know, and they think Guo Jia is a follower.

People rely on clothes, how to say that they are also the soil emperor of Yizhou, no matter how poor and hard, there should always be decent clothes.

But Yang Hong didn't ask, but when he asked, Guo Jia was full of bitterness, and said miserably: "Don't hide it, when I entered Yizhou, I got countless gold, silver and satin, and countless mansions in good fields, but since I was defeated in Jingzhou, the Yizhou Shi clan and the wealthy family have been in trouble one after another, which not only made me lose my troops and generals, but also bankrupt my family." ”

The two of them looked puzzled, fighting local tyrants and beating themselves poor?

"Caring for the soldiers and stabilizing the morale of the army, I can only use money to win the hearts of the people, those noble families are simply bastards, they rebelled, and when they saw the defeat, they burned down the granaries in various places! Finally, the grain and grass accumulated in the autumn harvest burned so much that I didn't even have food for the winter, what could I do? I can only sell valuable things, buy grain from the people, and go to other places to buy grain, or else I will have my army of hundreds of thousands of people scattered. ”

Yang Hong and Yuan Yin were shocked, they didn't expect the Yizhou Shi clan to be so ruthless? So thoroughly? Burning grain is a matter that the fleeing party can't take away the grain and grass when it's a war, and no one will take that step until the last resort.

If it is really as Guo Jia said, Yizhou is short of food, and he spends his family and production capacity to tide over the difficulties, which can be regarded as a miracle.

The two of them cast sympathetic looks at Guo Jia, this warlord is too miserable.