The wind is beautiful and the sun is shining.

On the official road west of Chang'an, thousands of men and horses slowly moved forward, and the soldiers wore armor and guns, but there was no sense of slaughter.

The procession of thousands of people did not stop until it reached the boundary of Fufeng County.

Guo Jia, who was straddling the horse, took a cape on his shoulders, and said gently to Ma Teng and Han Sui beside him: "Sending the king a thousand miles must be goodbye in the end, the two generals are the heroes of the world, Canon and the two and the generals work together to eliminate thieves for the country, it is an honor to be, the war in Kansai is over, and the common people are lucky, Jia is willing to work with the two generals to keep the peace of the people of Kansai and avoid the suffering of war." ”

Ma Teng Han then looked solemn, hugged his fist to Guo Jia, and after saying some words, he led the army to leave together.

The remnants of their army had returned west earlier, and now the two of them were still leading their own five hundred retinues, but the difference was that they were fully loaded.

Guo Jia gave them most of the gold and silver treasures looted by Li Dao and Guo Yan, and the two of them returned with a cart of gold and silver, and it could not be said that they got nothing.

At least they were promoted, got a lot of money, and divided their territories, so that they could officially cede their possession.

Watching the two of them leave with a team full of 1,000, Guo Jia stopped and watched for a long time, and the smile on his lips became stronger and stronger.

Although the two of them divided the territory west of Fufeng, but they each commanded less than 10,000 troops, back to the territory, the top priority is to suppress the restless forces, in this era of warlord division and melee that you sang and I appeared, the most important thing is the arrogant grass head king, the disparity in strength, that is the jumping clown, the strength is almost the same, it is hard to say.

Han Sui Ma Teng, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the west for a while.

Hundreds of miles out of the city to send each other, Guo Jia gave enough face to the two of them, and his sincerity was enough.

On the way back to Chang'an, Fa Zheng rode a horse to Guo Jia's side, and after hesitating for a while, he still opened his mouth.

"My lord, the Wei family headed by Wei Jia Wei Qi in Hedong, the Pei family, the Du family headed by Du Ji in Jingzhao and other large and small families, have recently moved their families, if they are not bad, they plan to serve Cao Ying."

Guanzhong is withered, ten rooms and nine empty, there are still some local scholars and wealthy families, although they survive and do not survive, but people are still alive after all.

Guanzhong changed hands, the imperial court moved the capital to Xuchang, at this time, the Han seemed to be in a desperate situation, whether Cao Ying was really loyal to the Han family, now can not draw a conclusion, whether it is loyal or annihilated, it must be handed over to time to give the answer.

The Son of Heaven was in Luoyang, and their families did not serve allegiance, but the Son of Heaven went to Xuchang, but they actively went to defect.

Obviously, the Han court in Luoyang was not profitable for them, but the court was in Xudu, so it was different.

"Xiaozhi, do you say that I have the ability to appease them now? Can you get them to work for me? ”

Guo Jia smiled lightly, at that time, now he is Hanchen, and he also has strength, compared with the one who just won Yizhou and was scolded as a thief a few years ago, he is like a cloud.

Looking down and thinking for a moment, Fa Zheng said reluctantly: "If the lord really appeases these families, at least half of them will serve the lord. But ......"

"But you won't say yes."

Guo Jia smiled heartily, Fa Zheng's face changed when he heard this, and he said in fear: "Don't dare to be below, how does the lord act, and his colleagues don't dare to disagree." ”

Looking at Fa Zheng with a playful expression, Guo Jia grabbed the reins, looked ahead, and said with a light smile: "They want to go, it's up to them, hehe." ”

Guo Jia patted his horse and sped up his return to the city, Fa Zheng looked from behind, his expression relaxed, and at the same time showed a wry smile.

Each prince was essentially a warlord, but he represented a political group, and the preservation and expansion of the group's interests was the starting point for their support of the ruler.

Yuan Shao, Liu Biao has the support of the Shi clan, and the starting point of the political group supporting Yuan Shao is to help the Yuan family rule the world, and the political group supporting Liu Biao is to maintain their interests in Jingxiang.

Yuan Shao is supported, but whether he can control the overall situation depends on his personal ability, and if he can't control the situation, it will cause his subordinate clan to compete with each other.

Liu Biao is just a representative of the Jingxiang clan pushed to the table, before the Jingzhou Shi clan supported Liu Biao, the clan and thieves made a rebellion, their interests were violated, and even in danger of extinction, so Liu Biao was on the throne, but it was the Jingxiang clan that really dominated the situation.

Cao Ying is a two-pronged approach, on the one hand, he uses the Son of Heaven as a signboard to attract the Shi clan to work, on the other hand, he is only a talented recruiter, over time, there will be internal contradictions, but Cao Ying is not only a military strategist, but also an excellent politician, he is far from being able to compare with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao is confused when he plays balance, but Cao Ying can see clearly than Yuan Shao, let the Shi clan control the power, it is equivalent to handing over the lifeline to others, so Cao Ying promoted the Hanmen Shu clan to suppress the Shi clan, making him occupy a dominant position in the rule.

Guo Jia after several years of recuperation, chaos and anti-governance, but also formed a political group that can not be underestimated, his political group is loyal to Guo Jia, in the final analysis is the reason for the formation of this group, the imperial examination, Huai Cai did not meet or was born in a humble way can never be through the filial piety and honesty of the talented people to support Guo Jia, is because they do not need to look at people's faces, do not need to join the wealthy for their wings, in such an environment, whether officials at all levels in Yizhou form a party for personal gain, can not be easily concluded, at least, when they are out, It does not have any power color, and this political group as a whole, their interests are given by Guo Jia, the ruler.

The subordinate gains the people, and the lord loses his party.

Liu Xie wanted to ask Yuan Shao hysterically why he didn't become a loyal minister, but Guo Jia wanted to ask Liu Xie, his father, and the previous Han emperors.

The four generations of the Yuan family's three public-level ministers, how many officials have been promoted through filial piety and honesty? Promotion, appointment and dismissal, local officials all look at the face of the Yuan family, and when the Han family collapses and falls in one day, Shandong has formed a huge political group, and standing at the top of this pyramid, it is not the Liu family, but the Yuan family.

Can you put all the blame on Yuan Shao? He just inherited the inheritance left by his ancestors, plus he had a little ambition.

Can Guo Jia rely on the Shi clan to fight the country? No, he abolished filial piety and honesty and rejuvenated the imperial examination, in addition to the fact that many officials of the Shi clan did not seek political power in their positions, and more because he wanted to establish a truly powerful ruling class, first of all, to cut off the way for his courtiers to cultivate party henchmen, and secondly, a political group that served him, was loyal to him, and his interests and future were tied to him, so that he could be stable internally and unanimous externally!

In the Sili area, the large and small scholars around Sanfu Jingzhao want to defect to Cao Ying, there must be talents in it, but Guo Jia will not regret it, the Tao is different, and he wants to work for Guo Jia, and wants to become an official under Guo Jia's rule, the main way is through the imperial examination, Guo Jia will not change his original intention for the sake of a few scholar talents, otherwise it will infringe on the interests of the officials under his rule.

The scholars with a good background can get a good future from Yuan Shao Cao Ying, in Guo Jia, it is obvious that they have to rely on real talent and real learning, so they abandon Guo Jia, on the contrary, people from humble backgrounds and talents, or talented people who can't reach the relationship with the down-and-out wealthy family, will come to Guo Jia here to get ahead with their own talents.

This is the capital and position of Guo Jia's rise, in the future, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts with Yuan Shao, Cao Ying and others, political disagreements, and the same dynasty as officials is just a dispute, but between the princes, it will be solved by conquest, and the conflict of political interests between the two parties will inevitably meet each other.

After returning to Chang'an, Guo Jia summoned civil and military forces in Fuzhong, the war in Guanzhong has ended, and it is the land in Guanzhong that is in hand, and it is time to distribute the benefits here.

Wu Yi was sent back to Hanzhong by Guo Jia to replace Xu Shu, and let Wu Ban, who was stationed in Chencang, lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to Fufeng West for a little precaution.

After taking Guanzhong, the importance of Hanzhong's strategic location was slightly reduced, Wu Yi and Yanpu Town Hanzhong, Meng Da Shou Chencang, Wu Bantun Fufeng West, in the early stage, Guo Jia to ensure that the grain route from Hanzhong to Chang'an was unimpeded, and there could be no slightest difference.

Yan Yan occupies Wuguan, Zhang Liao sits in Hangu Pass, and Chang'an is commanded by Gan Ning, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, and Gao Shun at any time.

Erwen and four martial arts, Xu Shu congratulated Guo Jia as soon as he came, Guo Jia responded with a smile, his heart was not very relaxed, Guanzhong was still a huge burden before resuming production.

Seeing that Xu Chu had no spirit and a decadent face, Guo Jia knew that Xu Chu had a bad complexion in the past few days, and he borrowed wine to kill his sorrows, but in fact, because of the serious casualties among the soldiers under his command, Xu Chu was distressed.

"Zhongkang, don't you have anything to say to me?"

Guo Jia sat on the main seat and asked lightly.

Xu Chu's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Guo Jia sluggishly, and said in a muffled voice: "I, I don't know what to say." ”

The lobby is not spacious, and it is obviously a lot stingy compared to Guo Jia's mansion in Chengdu, and they take up at least half of the space when these heroic generals gather together.

"Since you don't say it, then I'll ask you. More than 3,000 soldiers have died in battle under your command, and within three months, I will ask you to recruit troops to make up for 5,000, can you not cry and mourn? ”

With Guo Jia's reputation in Yizhou and the generous treatment of the Taiping Army, more than 3,000 soldiers were recruited.

Guo Jia looked at Xu Chu gently, Xu Chu's depressed demeanor was slightly shocked, and he didn't reply.

He was distressed, not because there were only more than 1,000 soldiers left under his 5,000 soldiers, but because the soldiers he had trained to be like siblings died.

"Okay, let me ask you again, this war is over, in terms of meritorious deeds, your department has suffered the heaviest losses, but you have also made great achievements, you can speak, what kind of rewards and posthumous treatment you want for the fallen soldiers, I promise, so can you cheer up?"

Guo Jia looked at Xu Chu sincerely, he didn't say anything.

Xu Chu looked at Guo Jia in a daze, tears welled up in his eyes, he lowered his head and wiped it, and choked up on Guo Jia's fists: "I represent the dead soldiers, thank you, lord." ”

Guo Jia's expression was sad, he stood up, and said: "I will compensate the soldiers who died in this expedition several times." ”

(To be continued)