At the beginning of the ninth year of Yande, Shi Xie's envoy and Zhang Jin's envoy were in Luoyang at the same time.

At that time, Guo Peng had not launched a land clearance campaign and was still in the brewing stage. He suddenly heard that Zhang Jin, the governor of Jiaozhou, asked his son Zhang Wen to be the next governor of Jiaozhou, and was very surprised.

Is Zhang Jin's head broken?

His reaction was the same as Shi Xie.

He felt that Zhang Jin's statement was discussing with him - I want to make a separatist, can you promise me?

You ask me about the status of this unified emperor who wants to be separatist?

Even if Jiaozhou is wilderness and even if Jiaozhou is poor, it cannot recover the cost of war at all, do you think I will be concerned about the cost in order to maintain territorial integrity or what?

Why do you think the three armies I set up in Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Yizhou have not retreated so far?

What a good guy, Liu Guanzhang crosses history and dimensions and has three charity in your mouth.

This is very strange.

Very strange.

He felt that no one should have asked him so hard about this position.

It has been nine years since Yande, and he has been emperor for nine years. So many things have happened over the years, can’t Zhang Jin know what kind of person he is?

Then he received a report from the prefect of Jiaozhi Shixie.

Shi Xie said that he knew what the Jiaozhou Governor Zhang Jin submitted, but he did not agree with Zhang Jin's behavior very much. He believed that Zhang Jin was abolishing the public because of his personal abolition, so he would firmly support the next Jiaozhou Governor sent by the central government.

Look, what is the current affairs?

It is not completely unreasonable for people to be local snakes for several generations. At least they know that they share the power of rule with the central government and know that Guo Peng will not allow the next state governor to appear.

And what about Zhang Jin?

He actually wanted to be hereditary to the governor of Jiaozhou.

The gap between people is reflected in this place.

At that time, Guo Peng was very dissatisfied with Zhang Jin and was very angry.

But then he thought about it and considered that he considered the advantageous geographical location of Jiaozhou.

That is a piece of land facing directly to the South China Sea.

Although it is wilderness now, it is very meaningful to choose some places as sea outlets for construction, so as to develop commercial trade and colonial plunder in the South China Sea and Southeast Asia.

For example, the maritime trade path with the Roman Empire.

For example, in the future, the prince will also go to sea from here, to Southeast Asia, South Asia, and even Australia.

The actual value of Jiaozhou is not worthy of his big fight, but with the central government's policies and future plans, the value of Jiaozhou will immediately rise.

What is valuable is not Jiaozhou itself, but its policies and advantageous geographical location.

And the Red River Plain that he had always wanted was in Jiaozhi County at this time.

Jiaozhi County basically covers the entire Red River Plain area, which is also the political center of Jiaozhou. It does not require troops to fight foreign wars, but can be directly owned.

Vietnam has achieved considerable strength with the Red River Plain. The soil here is fertile, suitable for agricultural production, civilization development, and raising a large population, which has considerable potential.

Therefore, Guo Peng planned to build the Red River Plain into the southern gate of Wei State and establish a stable rule here.

Historically, most of the frontiers are wilderness, which is not suitable for the development of agriculture, and policies on practical immigration are difficult to implement.

However, once the Red River Plain becomes the southern gate and the extremely high agricultural value is developed, it will be a very easy thing to garrison the troops.

Jiaozhou's location and future strategic value are so great, and it cannot be measured simply by economic interests.

In the past, I was really unable to meet my strength and had no time to take care of Jiaozhou.

But now that I have the energy, I have to consider the future of Jiaozhou.

Jiaozhou surrendered peacefully, without war, and it was difficult for Wei Central Committee to provoke the war.

Unless Jiaozhou explodes on its own and rebellion occurs, Guo Peng can use this excuse to send large-scale troops into Jiaozhou, start building a harbor, and operate the Red River Plain.

Once the harbor is established and the Red River Plain is slightly operated, in the near future, when the small glacier completely descends, the Red River Plain can also provide a certain amount of support to the north through sea transportation.

After confirming this and this policy, Guo Peng further determined that Jiaozhou should be in control.

But how to control it and how to control it at the lowest cost is debatable.

Large-scale advances are not worth it, and the roads are rugged and difficult to move forward. The possible result of large-scale attacks is that the troops consumed during the march will be greater than the troops consumed during the war.

Moreover, how to advance is also a problem. The emperor's soldiers must always have a decent reason to enter Jiaozhou.

For example, rebellion.

In order to lay the foundation for the future, Guo Peng then held an imperial meeting attended by the core decision-making level in Nanshu to discuss Zhang Jin's report and Jiaozhi Prefect Shi Xie's report.

Basically, everyone's opinions were very consistent, and they unanimously believed that Zhang Jin was just thinking about eating peaches. He was simply ignorant of life and death. He was completely confused and could not figure out what era it is now.

My body reached the Wei Empire, but my head remained in the Han Empire.

Cao Cao felt very disdainful of Zhang Jin.

"In the past, our Wei Dynasty had many major things to do, and we had no time to take care of Jiaozhou for the time being, so we let him be the governor of Jiaozhou. This is already the supreme grace of Your Majesty. How could he dare to continue to usurp your Majesty and take Your Majesty's grace as a matter of course?"

Guo Jia also expressed his views.

"Zhang Jin's move is nothing more than to let his family take root in Jiaozhou. He wants to seize the separatist side by taking advantage of the long distance from Luoyang. On the surface, he is asking His Majesty for his consent, but in fact he is planning to be ill-gotten. I think Zhang Jin's intentions are sinister and can be attacked."

Minister of War Dong Zhao also came forward to make suggestions.

"Zhang Jin has ulterior motives and tries to occupy a state with his family and imitate the story of Zhao Tuo, the King of Nanyue in the early years of the former Han Dynasty, which is simply a delusion. Your Majesty, I think Zhang Jin is not something that can be satisfied with, and should be pursued early and not be deeply rooted."

The staff officer ordered Xi Zhong to come forward and make suggestions.

"Your Majesty, Jiaozhou is located in a remote place. If you want to attack it, there are three roads. One is to go south from Jingzhou. In the past, Liu Biao of Jingzhou coveted Jiaozhou and often sent troops to harass him. This road can be used. The other is to go downstream from Yongchang County, enter Jiaozhi County, and go directly to Jiaozhou. The third is to enter Nanhai County from Jian'an County in Yangzhou."

Good guy, Xi Zhong directly crossed the question of whether to attack and directly discussed how to attack.

Yes, the advisor should give the emperor military advice directly, and don't consider anything else.

Indeed, Zhang Jin's behavior can be understood as a provocation to the central court. If he wants to directly send troops to attack, it is also possible.

However, Mr. Guo always feels that if he doesn't give Jiaozhou some trouble, he will not be able to better satisfy his interests.

Mr. Guo likes to watch dogs bite dogs.

"Let's not talk about the attack on Jiaozhou for now. How do you think about the affairs of Jiaozhi Prefect Shi Xie?"

The ministers expressed their opinions one after another, thinking that Zhang Jin was arrogant, and Shi Xie was even more respectful, saying that they supported the imperial court to send the governor of Jiaozhou, and were very conscious of the current affairs and could be reused.

Guo Peng did not comment on this, but turned his attention to Xu Jing.

"Xu Butang, I heard that you have old friends with Zhang Jin and often communicate with each other. You should know Jiaozhou better. How do you view this matter?"

Everyone looked at Xu Jing, the first-ranking minister in Tianzi.

Xu Jing's reputation is indeed terrible. Everyone privately called him the number one treacherous minister in Tianzi, and they were very disdainful of him. The person who chased and shouted to kill him before is still very unfriendly to him.

Even though he holds power, his relationship with each other is very stiff because everyone has broken his face.

But there was no way. The emperor wanted to use him and still let him be the Minister of Rites. His participation was indispensable in the core decisions of the court, and he was very favored by him.
Chapter completed!