After Cao Ying was appointed as the pastor of Yanzhou by the imperial court, Guo Jia followed closely and also went to Chang'an, Li Dao Guo Yan was stunned in the face of this unexpected situation, they have been guarding against the princes, but unexpectedly, the princes seem to have a completely different attitude towards the Chang'an court than before.

At least it shows that the princes recognized the court they controlled and did not treat them like they did against Dong Zhuo, which was something they were caught off guard for, and it was a good thing for them.

Cao Ying is a staunch supporter of the Dong Alliance, but at this time he nominally asked the imperial court to entitle him as the Yanzhou Mu, and got his wish, Guo Jia did not participate in the Dong Alliance, and Dong Zhuo had a little friction, but he never had a head-on conflict with Li Dao Guo Yan, and also helped them kill the sworn enemy Lu Bu and the state army without leaving a piece of armor, which was reasonable, Li Dao Guo Yan was both grateful and afraid of Guo Jia.

There is also a Sizhou between the land of Guanzhong Sanfu and the princes of Guandong, if Guo Jia sends troops to attack Chang'an and enter Chang'an from Hanzhong, it will be a matter of blink of an eye, so Li Wei Guo Yan is afraid of Guo Jia is based on reality, therefore, in response to Guo Jia's request, Guo Jia is named Yizhou Mu, and they can only push the boat along the river.

The people from the court went quickly, and the people sent by the court to issue the edict also came quickly, and it was Zhong Xuan, the squire of the Yellow Gate, who personally came to Chengdu to convey the edict to Guo Jia.

Zhong Miao and Guo Jia are also fellow villagers, both are from Yingchuan, and they are also famous as teenagers, but because of their different backgrounds, Zhong Miao was filial piety in his early years, compared to now he is just a Huangmen squire, and later Zhong Miao is more powerful, and has two sons, one of whom is very famous in the late Three Kingdoms, called Zhong Hui.

Zhong Xuan was nearly 20 years older than Guo Jia, and after coming to Chengdu, he was modest, and the gentle middle-aged man personally handed it to Guo Jia after reading the imperial edict, and said to Guo Jia gently: "Make Jun Longxiang look at the tiger and rush to the four seas, and he will be able to share the worries of His Majesty and make outstanding contributions to the Zhongxing Hanli." ”

Guo Jia, who can often be praised by others and has heard a lot of beautiful words, has already been immune, and said after a faint smile: "You have come from afar, the carriage and horses are tired, it is better to rest for a while, and I will set up a banquet in the house later to catch the wind and wash the dust for you." ”

Zhong Ji was led to the guest room to rest, Guo Jia took the edict to the side of the main seat, threw the edict on the table, and looked around at the Chinese martial arts in the hall, his tone was quite mocking.

"Zhong Xuan is here, what do you think is the idea?"

Crowned Guo Jia as the pastor of Yizhou, he couldn't afford to send a decent official, especially from the first time he saw Zhong Xuan, Guo Jia knew that Zhong Xuan must have a plan for coming this time.

The strategists under the hall couldn't guess Zhong Xuan's intentions, anyway, the soldiers would just block the water and cover the earth, and just one Zhong Xuan was not enough to make them feel like they were facing a great enemy.

When the banquet was set up to entertain Zhong Xuan, all the civil and military personnel in Chengdu were present, Zhong Xiang talked freely, talked about his hometown with Guo Jia, chatted about current affairs, stopped at the point, and never provoked taboo topics, and was a person who understood what to say on the occasion.

It stands to reason that Zhong Xuan's task was completed, and Guo Jia also made a full thank-you gift, but Zhong Xuan did not return to Chang'an for a long time, and went to visit the Hundred Schools with great interest.

Guo Jia, who is expected to have other plans, will not let him go, he will do whatever he wants, and if something misdeeds happens, Guo Jia will ask him again, first salute and then soldier.

Sitting in the position of Yizhou pastor, Guo Jia doesn't care about the official position, for him, whether it is the current state pastor, or the Taiping Army general he led before, there is no difference in essence, he has always been the supreme ruler of Yizhou, but the key is that he was a thief and a bandit before, and now he is an authentic Hanchen, who can scold him for being a thief in the world? The imperial court has issued an edict to appoint him as the pastor of Yizhou, scolding Guo Jia is not the same as scolding the court, scolding the Son of Heaven, and scolding Guo Jia, who is also a Hanchen, is a thief?

This is Guo Jia's political strategy, and it is also a great progress in his journey to hegemony.

Whether it is from recruiting talents or governing the place, Guo Jia can justifiably do what he wants to do.

In the courtyard, he was playing chess with Zhen Jiang in the courtyard, but there was a commotion outside the courtyard, Guo Jia held the hand of the chess piece and paused, his brows furrowed.

Because he heard Cai Yan and Cai Yong's voices.

"Dad, don't go, my daughter begs you? You don't have to worry about the affairs of the court. ”

"As a father, he is a Hanchen, and the king is worried about his ministers, how can he sit idly by? If you stop your father again, don't blame your father for not thinking about the love of father and daughter, and expel you from the house. ”

…… Zhen Jiang returned to his courtyard silently after cleaning up the chessboard, Guo Jia walked over, came to the courtyard door, and saw Cai Yan kneeling in front of Cai Yong to stop Cai Yong, Xiao Ren was in a dilemma, if Cai Yan was not present, he could block Cai Yong without being emotional.

"Get up, don't you feel ashamed? Cai Gong, you are highly respected, and countless talented people admire you, are you like this to your daughter? Daughter-in-law, you too, what does your father want to do, you can't persuade it, forget it, why cry and kneel? ”

Guo Jia looked helpless, and Cai Yan, who was in tears over there, turned his head and said with red eyes: "Husband, the concubine will persuade my father to go back." ”

"Don't! It's all here, are you still persuaded to go? You get up and go back to the room, since Cai Gong is here to find me, it must not be a trivial matter, and I have no reason to turn him away. ”

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he turned around and walked back to the courtyard, sat down at the stone table, and asked Diao Chan to pour two cups of tea again.

The silent Diao Chan was frightened, turned around and left stiffly, and carefully held the tea and put it on the stone table, Guo Jia instructed her: "Go down, don't let the next person disturb me and Cai Gong." ”

Cai Yong came to the stone table in the courtyard and sat opposite Guo Jia, Cai Yan wiped her tears and accompanied her, and was about to sit down, but Guo Jia said to her: "You go back to the room." ”

Cai Yan wanted to speak and stopped, looking anxious, but Guo Jia's words had already been spoken, and she could only do so.

can make Cai Yan's gaffe to this point, presumably Cai Yong's upcoming conversation with Guo Jia is very important, and Cai Yan is stopping Cai Yong, it must be because Cai Yong will anger Guo Jia, this simple reasoning, Guo Jia understood in an instant.

"Cai Gong, before you say what you mean, I want to ask, are you representing yourself or Zhong Xuan?"

Guo Jia's tone was light and tepid.

Zhong Miao and Cai Yong are both calligraphy masters, they used to be colleagues and friends in Luoyang, and when they met in different places, Zhong Yong was probably also intentional, and even said that staying in the hundred schools was mostly for Cai Yong.

As for pouring [***] soup on Cai Yong or giving him a heart charm, Guo Jia doesn't know, but there are some questions about the principle surname to ask clearly.

Cai Yong's expression was calm, he was angry with Cai Yan before, not Guo Jia, before he came, he was calm, at this time, he had to be sober-minded, because he knew that the next conversation could not be rash.

"Fengxiao, the old man is here in his personal capacity, and he has nothing to do with others, and I won't hide it from you, Zhong Yuanchang did find me and talked with me in secret, and you must know about it."

In Yizhou, Guo Jia wants to deliberately stare at a person, it is as easy as a snap, and he knows Zhong Xuan's every move.

Nodding slightly, Guo Jia motioned to Cai Yong to get down to business.

Cai Yong always had a dignified look on his face, his eyes stared at Guo Jia sincerely, his speech was slow, and his words were clear.

"Fengxiao, now you have cleared the identity of the anti-thief, and you are an important minister on the Han side, the old man knows that you have the common people in your heart, and you are determined to govern the country and level the world, which is the luck of the common people and the blessing of the community. If today's son is trapped in the tiger's mouth and is subject to the traitor Li Dao Guo Yan, at this time, you must make a decision, go to Chang'an to rescue the driver, and then sweep the four seas for Your Majesty, and clarify that you have this ability. If you refuse to do this, even if you sit on the righteous Yizhou pastor, he said, the heart of disobedience will also show the world, everyone despises it, and you will be in a place where you will never recover. The old man hopes that you can see the situation clearly, and the difference in one thought may be immortal, or it will be left for thousands of years. ”

Cai Yong stared at the son-in-law in front of him, Guo Jia did do a lot of things that violated the law before he started the army, but what Guo Jia did at that time was his own selfishness, but now Guo Jia is enough to affect the general trend of the world, before the Qin Dynasty, Guo Jia, who owned Yizhou, was the monarch of the vassal states, and the stage he stood on was the world.

Cai Yong knows that this moment is an opportunity for Guo Jia, a good opportunity to become famous, as long as Guo Jia leads the army to capture the land of Sanfu, rescue the Son of Heaven, and then be loyal to the Son of Heaven and become the strong arm of the Son of Heaven, then Guo Jia will not only not have to be scolded, but will also be famous for centuries.

In the past, Guo Jia could save the Son of Heaven, Cai Yong doubted, but in the old battle, Guo Jia lost less than 5,000 troops and buried Lu Bu's 40,000 army, although there are intricate factors behind the victory, Cai Yong is sure that Chang'an's less than 100,000 troops will definitely not stop Guo Jia from waving his army north.

Guo Jia sighed lightly, calmly looked at Cai Yong, and said, "Cai Gong, I want to tell a story." ”

Cai Yong was stunned, but before he could speak, Guo Jia started to speak.

"There was a family that had nothing, they were industrious and intelligent, they built a good house, they were sheltered from the wind and rain, they lived in it very securely, they cultivated countless good fields, they hired farmers to cultivate for them, and so the family began to live a carefree life.

The children and grandchildren of this family naturally inherit the family business of their elders and live a stable life, but the good times do not last long, the wind and rain, the house has fallen into disrepair for many years, and has begun to leak rain and wind, and the farmers who plough the land for them have gradually become dishonest, and have hidden a lot of farming income, and the children and grandchildren of this family do not know how to be prepared for danger in times of peace, the house is broken, not repaired, the harvest is less, and they will be starved to death, and the result is that the house is getting more and more broken, and the harvest is getting less and less.

Suddenly, one day, the dilapidated house caught fire, and the people inside ran out and shouted for the farmers to come and put out the fire, and the farmers ran to put out the fire with dry firewood, and threw the dry firewood into the burning house while shouting for fire, so as to make the fire more intense.

A fire burned the house to the ground, and the descendants of the family began to instruct the peasants to help them build a new house.

The family could only shout for the peasants to build them a house for them, and let the peasants bring them food and drink, but the peasants always only promised with words, but gloated in their hearts, and then the peasants began to build houses for themselves, intending to live the life of the family's ancestors. ”

After the story was finished, Guo Jia said to Cai Yong, who had a distressed expression, with a faint expression: "Cai Gong, do you understand? ”

(To be continued)