Du Xi told Guo Peng that he was very careful when he was in office as the governor of Donglai County and followed Guo Peng's orders to provide more pensions and care for the elderly who had no children at home.

A few days ago, a native of Donglai named Taishici returned from Liaodong. He learned that his mother was taken care of by the government and was very moved. He went to the county magistrate's office to express his gratitude to Du Xi.

Du Xi said that this was Guo Peng's order, and Taishi Ci expressed that he was willing to serve Guo Peng to repay Guo Peng's kindness and hoped to be recommended.

Afterwards, Taishici told Du Xi about his experience, and then showed his archery and riding skills. Du Xi was very surprised and agreed to recommend it to Taishici.

"The Grand Historian Ziyi was not from a high school, but he was also literate. He served as a minister of Donglai County several years ago. At that time, the magistrate of Donglai County and the governor of Qingzhou had a conflict, and the court handled the dispute according to his opinion based on whoever's memorial came first. The Grand Historian Ziyi was responsible for sending the memorial to Donglai County to Luoyang.

At that time, the memorial of the governor of Qingzhou had been sent first. The Grand Historian Ziyi rushed to the scene and found the officials before the officials of the state sent the memorial to the Luoyang Yousi. He pretended to borrow it to watch it, and then immediately destroyed the memorial. He deceived the officials of the state and said that it was a crime and agreed that the two of them would escape together.

As a result, the provincial officials were deceived by him and ran away. He returned halfway and submitted a memorial. In the end, the lawsuit was won by Donglai County. The governor of Qingzhou was punished. The governor was very angry and wanted to take revenge on Taishi Ziyi. Taishi Ziyi was forced to take refuge in Liaodong."

After hearing this story, Guo Peng only found it funny.

"This Taishi Ziyi is really a little clever and has a good eloquence. He deceived the officials of Dezhou to make a lot of wisdom, but he is not very smart. The governor of Donglai County is not a responsible person. He can't protect his own people, so he can only let him take refuge in Liaodong."

“It’s true.”

Du Xi said, "But the Tai Shi Ziyi is indeed capable, with a skilled archery and strong body. If the general is willing to see him, I will recommend him. If the general doesn't want to, I will send him away."

"See, of course we have to see you."

Guo Peng smiled: "I don't think there are many talents with both civil and military talents, I don't think there are too many talents to give me one hundred. How can I not use them?"

"General Gao Yi."

Du Xi smiled, and then went out to bring Taishi Ci to the general's mansion to meet Guo Peng.

"Small people, Taishi Ciziyi, pay homage to the general."

Under Du Xi's leadership, Taishici came to meet Guo Peng.

Guo Peng looked up and saw Taishici was strong and tall, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and beautiful beard. He was decisively a handsome man.

This is damn nature to look at the face.

Guo Peng cursed himself inwardly, then stood up enthusiastically, walked to Taishici and helped him up.

"I have heard of Ziyi's affairs. I didn't expect that Ziyi was brave and knowledgeable at a young age and dared to do such things. It's such a strange man. Even I dare not do such things!"

Guo Peng held Taishici's hand, which made Taishici feel ashamed.

"I didn't think so much at that time. I just wanted to make a contribution and repay the kindness of the mansion. But I didn't expect that I was forced to go to Liaodong for several years to take refuge."

"The magistrate of Donglai County has been changed under my command several times. The earliest one I removed from office. Doesn't Ziyi know?"

Guo Peng asked.

"Liaodong has been causing trouble for many years, and the little people are hiding in Liaodong. It is difficult to get news about Donglai County. I heard about Donglai County not long ago, so I hurried back. Seeing that my mother's life is good, I was very excited. I thought the general would serve him to repay the general's kindness."

"Hahahaha! OK!"

Guo Peng nodded with a smile: "Ziyi has read books and is smart. Why not be by my side now to do some training, and then want to join the army or to join politics? Then Ziyi chooses by himself?"

"Thank you for your kindness, General!"

Taishici was very excited.

Taking Taishi Ci to do things around him will not bring any changes to Guo Peng's daily life. He is still doing things at his own pace as always.

The urgency in his heart prompted Guo Peng to vigorously consolidate his foundation and accumulate enough strength for what he wants to do in the future.

Therefore, he always felt a deep sense of crisis, and at the same time, Tao Qian, who was far away in Xuzhou, also felt a deep sense of crisis.

Since Guo Peng sent troops to the Northern Expedition, Tao Qian has always felt a sense of crisis.

Although both of them are from the Yuan Shu Alliance, and they cooperate with Yuan Shu to do things, they are considered alliances and have never had any public conflicts, but Tao Qian and Guo Peng still have some conflicts in private.

For example, the contradictions about the Yellow Turban Army and the contradictions about the Mi family.

These contradictions are not big or small, which is enough to make the two of them have a disagreement.

I won’t talk about the matter of the Yellow Turban Army. At most, it is a battle of will and cannot be put on the table. However, the Mi family’s problem is a matter of fundamental interests, which makes Tao Qian very unhappy.

Simply put, the Mi family is well-deserved richest man in Xuzhou City, a powerful landlord with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and tens of thousands of guests. The family's children learn to archery, horses, ride and shoot. They are powerful and rich, so they can be regarded as a force that cannot be underestimated.

Although like most powerful landlords, they are politically lame, because Mi's financial and military power are very strong, they can make up for their political shortcomings to a certain extent.

Tao Qian is from Danyang, Yangzhou, not from Xuzhou, and of course he cannot be from Xuzhou.

Because I am not a local, I must come to Xuzhou to take office with my basic foundation so that I can safeguard my power.

Tao Qian's basic foundation is the Danyang soldiers led by Cao Bao. This powerful Danyang soldiers were Tao Qian's biggest reliance, followed by the army of Zang Ba, a native of Taishan County, Yanzhou.

Tao Qian first came to Xuzhou, but his foundation was unstable. In order to deal with the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou, he was very troubled. At that time, someone recommended Zang Ba, a man from Yanzhou who was exiled in Xuzhou, saying that Zang Ba was very capable.

So Tao Qian appointed Zang Ba to recruit troops and join Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers to attack the Yellow Turban Army and drove the Yellow Turban Army to Qingzhou.

Afterwards, Tao Qian ordered Zang Ba to station troops in Kaiyang, intimidate the Yellow Turban Army in northern Xuzhou, and protect his fruits of victory so that he could govern Xuzhou with peace of mind.

The result was good. Zang Ba was very capable. He guarded the northern part of Xuzhou, so that the Yellow Turban Army did not dare to look south.

Although fundamentally speaking, Zang Ba is a semi-independent force and is selectively accepting Tao Qian's orders and has his own ideas, which is different from the Danyang soldiers commanded by Cao Bao.

But no matter what, Zang Ba still relies on Tao Qian, which is Tao Qian's power, so Tao Qian's wrists became hard with the two soldiers, Danyang and Taishan soldiers.

In addition to these two troops, there must be some political power. The confidants he brought can certainly be useful, but if there were no locals as a buffer, Tao Qian would obviously not be able to govern in Xuzhou very smoothly.

Tao Qian is very clear about the need for local people to contribute.

Especially the kind of locals who have no political power in the local area and need to be their own protective umbrella are the best.

Tao Qian took a fancy to Mi, the richest man in Xuzhou, and offered an olive branch to Mi, but the result was very embarrassing.
Chapter completed!