In the later stages of the previous political struggle, Cheng Yu and Tian Feng inevitably took advantage of the origins of Yanzhou and Jizhou to fight for the alliance to attack each other.

So before Guo Peng attacked them, the conflict between the scholars in Yanzhou and Jizhou was already very sharp, and it directly triggered a bloody fight.

The internal struggle between the first-tier political group led by Mr. Guo started very smoothly.

And it was very intense.

Then Guo beat both sides with a Tathagata palm to the death.

It is not only attacking the first echelon, but also attacking the forces of heroes and seizing some of the power held by heroes.

Then, the weak group forces were naturally introduced into the imperial hub to gain power.

Mr. Guo’s first phase plan has been successful, and the internal struggle of the heroes group has caused them to suffer heavy losses.

The next second stage is to fight against the strong group scholars.

It is a game between the poor and the top students, and it is also a game within the scholar group.

Let them fully exert their spirit of dog biting, trigger a new round of political struggles, and also allow themselves to constantly weaken the political power of the heroic group and scholars.

In short, let them fight, let them quarrel, let them kill each other, and fight for the supreme power.

Whether it is Yanzhou, Jizhou, or the rest of the states, anyway, let’s fight.

Mr. Guo would look at them silently.

After Guo transforms most of the counties in the country into poor families, everything will be a foregone conclusion.

Who said that power must be obtained from the central government?

Who said that you must get the support of the gentry and powerful people to become emperor?

Mr. Guo’s power base comes from the lowest-level countryside.

His basic base is not a scholar or a powerful man, his basic base is also a countryside.

Whether it is a scholar or a powerful man, in his eyes, they are all tool people.

He is not far from becoming a true emperor like Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi.

That's how he feels.

The Punctuation Revolution is not far away, and the real decisive battle is not far away.

After the decisive battle, it is hard to say whether the Wei Empire will sink or bring new vitality.

But no matter which result, Guo will not really rest assured.

In early May of the fourth year of Yande, Guo received news from Liangzhou that the joint caravan he sent out last year had entered Yumen Pass and returned to Wei State.

Ma Yuan also submitted a letter to Guo Peng, saying that he fulfilled his mission and not only completed trade with the countries in the Western Regions, but also completed exchanges with the Kushan Empire.

He also brought back a group of Kushan merchants, including semi-official merchants, which are representatives in a sense.

Ma Yuan said that he was also treated by the Kushan Emperor. When he met the Kushan Emperor, the Kushan Emperor welcomed the Chinese caravan to do business, hoping to expand the scale of exchanges between the two sides.

Mr. Guo was overjoyed when he learned about it and knew that the Silk Road had been initially opened.

According to the memorial sent by Cao Xiu, the five garrison sites in the Western Regions have basically completed the army's entry and initial foothold, and can already start to play the role of the garrison sites.

The Silk Road in this half of the north of Shan can basically ensure safety, as for the countries in Shannan...

Cao Xiu did not think that the countries in Shannan had the courage to intercept and kill the caravans of the Wei Empire halfway.

They are all small countries with only 10,000 soldiers and only 100,000 people, and even small city-states with thousands of people. How dare they fight against the Wei Empire?

A cavalry of hundreds of men, carrying jerky meat and water, rushed over day and night, and could destroy a small country in one breath.

If you shock the countries in the north of the mountain, you can shock the countries in the south of the mountain. The idea of ​​Guo Peng trying to set up a garrison site in the south of the mountain may not be necessary.

This is the answer given by Cao Xiu.

Mr. Guo did not comment on this.

Although the countries in the Western Regions have surrendered, they have never received any violent beatings from the Wei Empire.

The memories of the Han Empire beating them no longer exist in the minds of this generation. The memories of the Han Empire's last withdrawal from the Western Regions may still be left in their minds.

In short, the reason why he did not give Cao Xiu only thirty-six people to the Western Regions was that he had this idea.

It is hard to say that Cao Xiu is comparable to Ban Chao.

The talent who was invincible in the Western Regions made a fortune with nothing, and Cao Xiu was still too young.

It is possible to send Guo Jia to it.

With Guo Jia's dark-hearted nature, he would definitely kill the countries in the Western Regions by giving him three thousand soldiers, but Guo Jia now has a more important mission.

As the leader of the Guo royal family minister and the leader of the five tigers of the Guo family, Guo Jia's importance to Guo Peng is self-evident.

The so-called Five Tigers of the Guo family are the titles of the five most powerful people in the Wei Empire by outsiders.

First, Guo Jia, the chief officer of the Shouyangshan Martial Arts Hall.

Second, Guo Rui, the governor of Yanzhou.

Third, the Minister of Justice Guo Yi.

Fourth, General Zhenguo and General Guo Dong, the rear general of the Guard.

Fifth, General Zhenguo and Deputy Governor of Jiangling Daxing.

These five people are the five with the highest official positions in the Guo clan, and are also the best among the officials of the Guo clan who are engaged in the position of the judges of the law. Among them, the highest official positions and the greatest power, and the most important ones are naturally Guo Jia.

Guo Jia is also one of the people who are most trusted by Guo Peng. When Guo Peng was still fighting on the battlefield earlier, Guo Jia often served.

Later, after Guo Peng retreated to the second line and stopped going to the battlefield in person, Guo Jia often went to the battlefield as the governor and existed as a special envoy of Mr. Guo.

This time, Guo Jia was selected by Guo Peng as the general manager of the Shouyangshan Martial Arts Hall, replacing the priest who was busy with government affairs and could not teach in person. Guo managed the 500 elites in the entire Shouyangshan Martial Arts Hall.

The Shouyangshan Martial Arts Hall was almost built at the beginning of the fourth year of Yande and was basically completed in February.

In March, the final enrollment list was already in hand, so Mr. Guo issued an order to start school, allowing 500 carefully selected elite soldiers to enroll.

They received training in the Shouyangshan martial arts lecture hall to command the army as officers, strengthened training, imparted various knowledge about marching and fighting to them, and further imparted cultural knowledge to them.

There are cultural lessons in Guo and Wei's army every day.

The military judges in the army will teach soldiers in the army to learn to recognize words while promoting the law. Basically, in two or three years, all the living soldiers can recognize seven or eight hundred commonly used words. If they are smart, they can recognize more than a thousand, so they are considered cultural people.

Not only do you have to know, but you also have to know how to write.

As Mr. Guo became richer and more prosperous, the number of paper and pens and ink in the army gradually increased.

The army has gradually gotten rid of the predicament of using stones to gesture on the ground and has begun to become professional.

But this is only literate after all. If you want to become a true cultural person, you have to study.

So where can we go to a humble soldier who is a soldier who is not a good person to study and understand the truth?

Shouyangshan Martial Arts Hall.

Many people were trying to go to the martial arts lecture hall even if they were thrust into their heads. After many rounds of cruel competition, the last five hundred people narrowly won and became the final winner.

I don’t know how many of these five hundred people envied the comrades in the army who died.

Good luck, strong strength, and smart.

Among the best, the quality of these 500 people is quite high. Everyone can recognize more than a thousand words, read and write, and have already possessed the preliminary learning ability.

So Guo Jia brought a group of elite staff members in the staff to set up a battle, explain the military tactics to them, and use sand tables and war chess to assist in education.

Five hundred students were divided into ten study classes, one class was 50, and three staff members were in charge of one study class, which was not a great pressure on the staff.

The sand table is placed, the war is simulated on the well-made sand table, and this approach is close to reality is used to explain the essence of military strategy.

Tell the students how to march, how to choose the road, and how to choose the terrain to set up camp.

This is a military strategy class, so military skills and long-distance training are indispensable.

In addition to the normal use of knives and spears, Guo copied some of the various modern training equipment used to train his muscles in the Shouyangshan Martial Arts Hall.

Then let the carefully selected training instructors take them to do it, and exercise their bodies and temper their will in a scientific and reasonable way.

A high-protein diet for five hundred people is affordable by Mr. Guo.

It doesn’t require everyone to have such high standards, but they will eat meat and eggs every day, so that they can develop a strong body and strong will under good nutritional combination.

Then bring this spirit to the army and make the Wei army more elite.

Five hundred elite students were grateful for such high-standard treatment.

Every morning, they shouted loyalty and determination to the stone sculpture of Guo in the Shouyang Mountain Martial Arts Hall, and then began a new day.

This was proposed by Guo Jia, who wanted to let them know who they should be loyal to, who gave them such high treatment, so that they could eat meat and eggs every day, and let them know how to be grateful.

So Guo slapped his head and decided to ask the carving stonemasons to carve a mighty statue of Guo erecting his sword and put it in the center of the training playground in the martial arts hall.

Before the morning training begins every morning, the trainees are asked to express their loyalty and determination toward Mr. Guo’s mighty statue, so that they know that their emperor is watching them!

Of course, Mr. Guo didn't really go to see it in person.

On the day of school opening, Guo went to give a speech. When the 500 students saw the emperor visiting the scene, their faces were flushed with excitement, and they felt that their blood vessels were about to explode.

After that, Mr. Guo basically maintained the frequency of going to the martial arts lecture hall once or twice a month to show his presence, and brought some delicious food to the students every time he went there.

Make a lot of loyalty.

Originally, Mr. Guo’s prestige in the army was incomparable.

The current Wei army's senior and backbone were all led by Guo. The Wei army was established by Guo. He was born and died countless times with him. In the war, the strength of the Wei army and the sense of belonging to Guo were tempered.

Now this is just a further strengthening of this ownership management.

Because Mr. Guo would not stay in the military camp often, nor would he always lead the troops himself. He is the emperor. If he leads troops to fight, he will be the emperor personally.

The emperor cannot command the commander in person.

There are only two possibilities for the emperor to personally march. One is to be forced by helpless situations, and the other is to be sure to win. Therefore, generally speaking, if the emperor goes to war, he will win and defeat the attack, and he will not be able to win.

You cannot always stay in the army, so you need to maintain your influence and dominance in the army by some special means.
Chapter completed!