Chapter 49: Rumors in the Market

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Guo Jia originally planned to stay in Guanzhong until the dust of the war in the northwest settled before returning to Chengdu, but due to a sudden incident, he had to return early. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info// update fast //device: no ads, full text, more

Winter to Chun, the wind and the sun are beautiful, Guo Jia patrolled around the Chang'an military camp, followed by the pawn, after the pawn is Xu Yi, Ganzhui Guo Ye and the three generals Yang Qiuma play Li Kan.

The barracks were in order, and the officers and men of each battalion performed their duties step by step, Guo Jia went around and returned to the barracks, turned around, and looked at Guo Jia with excitement in his eyes.

Guo Jia saw that the cloak on his shoulders was crooked, so he walked over and untied his cloak with his own hands, and then carefully tied it for him.

"Dianman, although this time you are going out to suppress thieves, you can't be careless about the enemy, you are a general, you have to be responsible for every soldier under you, go out to fight, you have to try to let every soldier return safe and sound, and keeping a cool head at all times is the first thing."

Guo Jia's soft admonition made Dianman put away his excited expression and nodded solemnly.

"This time, I will let Xiaozhi accompany the army, if there is a place to be trapped outside, you can ask him for advice, remember, one person is short in wisdom and two people are long, and you can't act arbitrarily."

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he turned around and walked outside, and when Fa was at the entrance of the barracks, Guo Jia passed by and leaned in and whispered: "The carriage and horses have been prepared, may the lord have a safe journey." ”

"Congratulations to my lord."

The soldiers behind him saluted and said goodbye, Guo Jia waved his hand with his back to them, and walked away.

Although Han Sui was still in Dunhuang County Yumén Pass was not exterminated, three of the four counties of Hexi had already fallen into his hands, so it was natural that he would start to strengthen his rule, and the first to bear the brunt of the luàn thieves in the northwestern counties.

This kind of thief, strictly speaking, is not a thief who targets Guo Jia. And it was just that the bandits who occupied the mountains were the kings and the grass were the cowards, and a few people were idle in Chang'an, so Guo Jia gave them this task, and they must clear the northwest within half a year.

Walking on the streets of Chang'an, looking at the increasingly prosperous cityscape, Guo Jia was embarrassed, and the people saluted him on both sides of the street, which already made him feel uncomfortable.

The killing of the conquest of the northwest cannot be hidden. The people of Guanzhong, especially Chang'an, have long heard of it. But there was no criticism of Guo Jia in the rumors in the market, the people of Guanzhong looked down on the people outside the Guanzhong, and the outsiders often plundered Guanzhong in the late Han Dynasty, and before Dong Zhuo, there were successive rebellions in Longxi. After Dong Zhuo, there were warlords who poisoned Guanzhong, and it is a miracle that the people here can survive to this day, and they can live a stable and worry-free life again under Guo Jia's governance, and they have long been grateful to Guo Jia.

The people in the northwest were killed if they refused to accept it, not because the army was doing evil. Rather, for the sake of peace, it must go through bloodshed.

Guo Jia pursues a ruling strategy of combining grace and power, and externally, he must first establish authority and then show grace, and first use the army to subdue and defeat you, and I am afraid that you can only survive for a long time. Device: No ads, full text, and more step by step to reach out and pull you out of the quagmire of sinking.

The convoy outside the palace ran through the long street, and Zhang Ji stood at the entrance of the mén waiting for Guo Jia, and when he saw Guo Jia coming accompanied by the guards, he greeted him.

"The lord specially called the lower officials, is there anything important to order?"

Guo Jia stopped, nodded and said, "There are a few things, first, the counties west of Guanzhong need to be properly managed in the next few years. You're sorry for this. Second, within three years. I want to build a horse farm in Shandan, Zhangye County, to raise war horses. Within three years, at least give me a cavalry army of 50,000, and after Yuan Zhi and Xiaozhi return to Chang'an, you can discuss this matter with the two of them, and send it to Chengdu for me to see when the results are available. ”

Since the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty established a large-scale horse farm in the middle of the four counties of Hexi in the northwest, set up 36 places, raising more than 300,000 horses, and more than 30,000 officials and civilians raising horses alone.

Northwest Muye Qianli, is a natural horse farm, among which the Shandan Horse Farm in Zhangye County is the most famous, whether in the Han Dynasty or in the modern era after two thousand years, the Shandan Horse Farm has a very high military value.

The Han dynasty is in decline, the frontier is negligently managed, and the horse farms in the northwest have long been deserted.

Zhang Ji took over the task of Guo Jia's generation, but he was not optimistic, the expenditure of raising horses was a very high burden, and it can even be said that even if Guanzhong recovered its prosperity, Guo Jia may not be able to afford the construction of a large-scale horse farm calmly.

Because of the expenditure of the horse farm, it is foreseeable that in the next few years, the burden of money and food under Guo Jia's rule will be very tight, so what Guo Jia needs to do is to recuperate, not to take the initiative to start a war with the outside world, and even ask other warlords not to attack him.

Guo Jia got into the carriage and the convoy set off.

In the carriage, Guo Jia looked at Guo Ying, who was sitting in the back of the car, and asked in surprise, "What is Yingying doing?" ”

Wu Yuan smiled helplessly at him and said, "I'm angry." ”

Guo Ying turned around and grimaced, "I'm not angry, no." ”

After saying that, he turned his head back again.

Guo Jia was confused, this NV was obviously sulking, and only listened to Xiao Qiao explain: "Yingying didn't want to go home, so she was reprimanded by her sister. ”

Cai Yan's face was as usual, and there was no guilt on his face, Guo Jia nodded with a smile after hearing it.

Wu Amaranth Xiaoqiao couldn't bear to scold this NV, but Cai Yan would not let her be unreasonable, Diao Chan is not here, in terms of the order of sisters in the family, she is the most qualified person to discipline Guo Ying.

Guo Jia doesn't think Cai Yan has done anything wrong, children can be naughty, but they can't mess around.

Chun was bright, Guo Jia opened the curtain in the carriage, looked at the vast green scenery, and suddenly had a heavy heart.

He had to return to Chengdu early because of the recent news from Chengdu that rumors spread in the territory that the Zhen family intended to support Guo Jin's heir.

In fact, this rumor was another version at the beginning, it was Zhen Jiasi who communicated with Han Sui and was accused of collaborating with the enemy.

The next step intensified, and the more it spread, the more luàn it spread, and it evolved into the Zhen family wanting to support Guo Jin to inherit the Guo family's foundation.

Guo Jia heard the original version more than half a year ago, and he didn't pay attention to it at the time.

Because the evidence of this rumor is that Zhen Yu sold the grain to Han Sui, and it was even rumored that it was given away unconditionally.

Guo Jia asked Zhen Yu to do this matter, and he would not explain it to his subordinates, but from the outsider's point of view, Guo Jia wanted to beat Han Sui, but the Zhen family sent grain and grass to Han Sui, and there were some negative rumors, which was not a big deal.

But as time passed, the rumors became more and more true, and even evolved into the Zhen family secretly funding Han Sui, and the intelligence of the Taiping Army was known to Han Sui, the purpose of which was to let Han Sui eliminate the Taiping Army and directly enter Chang'an and kill Guo Jia, so that Guo Jia's successor is obviously Guo Jin's most justifiable.

This matter, the officials of Chengdu Yizhou Mansion are very tricky, if they take the initiative to report Guo Jia, it seems a little ill-intentioned, some of the flavor of fueling the fire, the so-called rumors stop at the wise, since everyone knows that it is a rumor, why alarm Guo Jia?

But things have developed to this point, and if the rumors are not stopped, it is difficult to guarantee that the situation will not get out of control.

In the end, the person who sent the news to Guo Jia was Guo Qi, Xiu Qi Zhiping and the four of them were in charge of supervision, and if there was any disturbance between officials, the four of them would go to the bottom of it and find out in secret.

In Guo Jia's view, this news must be out of nowhere.

Selling grain to Han Sui and Ma Chao was instructed by Guo Jia to Zhen Yu, and the grain sold out was not only the Zhen family, but the entire Yizhou Chamber of Commerce was involved.

After Guo Jia released a document on the crusade against Han Sui, the Yizhou Chamber of Commerce did not appear in the northwest again, and the so-called collaborator with the enemy is not valid at all.

As for whether the intelligence of the Taiping Army is known to Han Sui, it is even more nonsense.

The Taiping army outside Zuli City did suffer heavy losses, with more than 8,000 casualties, but in that military deployment, even Guo Jia didn't know that it was Gan Ning who led the army to dispatch troops and horses, and the people around Gan Ning, who would risk the three tribes to collaborate with the enemy?

After Guo Jia heard this rumor, he had only one conclusion.

Someone secretly pointed the finger at the Zhen family, and after hearing some news from the northwest battlefield, they cobbled together a rumor.

The purpose is naturally to hope that Guo Jia will suppress the Zhen family, and at worst it will be wiped out, and at least it will be suspicious and contained.

Half a month later, Guo Jia returned to Chengdu, and outside Jincheng, the civil and military forces arrived to greet him.

Guo Jia, who walked out of the carriage, was full of smiles, and before Xi Zhicai could speak, Guo Jia came with a smiling face, grabbed Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao's hands and walked towards the city.

Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao are not in a good mood, maybe they haven't rested well these days because of the rumors in the market, but as soon as Guo Jia came back, he pulled the two of them left and right, talking and laughing, without any suspicion.

The two of them were moved in their hearts, and the civil and military forces next to them also smiled.

Guo Jia did this to dispel the rumors.

Back in the Yizhou Mansion where the office worked, Guo Jia sat on the main seat to listen to political affairs, and after sunset, the civil and military forces dispersed, Guo Jia sat alone on the main seat, and asked people to call Guo Xiu.

Guo Xiu, who was mediocre in appearance and had a mustache, walked into the hall with a calm look, and his expression was indifferent.

There was no one on the left and right, and Guo Jia sat on the main seat with his eyes closed.

If you want to say who Guo Jia trusts the most inside, it is undoubtedly the four of Xiu Qi Zhiping.

These four people are orphans, with the surname Guo Jia, and have no power background, and their loyalty to Guo Jia is undoubted.

This is also the reason why Guo Jia has let these four people serve as the supervisors of the Yushitai since he entered Yizhou.

"Is it clear?"

Guo Jia asked softly, tepidly.

Guo Xiu bowed his hand and said lightly: "It's been found out." ”

If there is any wind and grass in Chengdu, the four of Xiu Qi Zhiping are naturally careful to deal with it.

It is not their purview to have an assassin coming, but if officialdom is involved, it is their business.

This matter is difficult to investigate, but the people who secretly spread rumors have fanned the flames again and again, and the probability of being found out naturally increases.

"Who?"

After Guo Xiu said a name, Guo Jia suddenly opened his eyes and chuckled after being silent for a long time.

"After so many years, I forgot about him, but he is too naïve, he doesn't want to live a good life, do you regret not following his eldest brother around?"

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