According to Jia Xu's suggestion, Li Guofan and the other two controlled the court and joined forces with Liu Biao, Liu Yao and Yu Fuluo in the name of the court.

They were promoted to the title, supported them with great support, and tried to internalize the Yuanshu Group.

The previous time he stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice. This time, Jia Xu was much more careful and used the strategy again.

He ordered Guo Peng to be the governor of the three prefectures in Hebei and the military and political affairs of the three prefectures in Hebei, and then Tao Qian was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and the military and political affairs of the three prefectures in Henan, and then he still did not give Yuan Shu any position.

Can you still stand it by making both preparations, attacking from the outside while partializing it from the inside?

After making the following arrangements, Jia Xu waited proudly to see what kind of situation the Yuan Shu group would set off a Kanto War.

Once the Kanto War emerges, they will inevitably give them a chance.

As long as Kanto becomes chaotic again, they have the opportunity to continue to control the government, survive in troubled times, and even become the final winners.

In order to survive, Jia Wenhe would do anything.

Although he is very powerful, Jia Wenhe also has things that he can't do.

Agricultural production is not his expertise. He spends all his energy on calculations and saves his life. He does not lack food and drink, so he does not pay attention, but it is not enough that he does not lack food and drink.

In the spring of the first year of Xingping, Guanzhong had a severe drought. Because of the failure of autumn harvest and the lack of food, the price of Guanzhong valley soared, and the powerful people hoarded the goods and tried to make a fortune.

It doesn’t matter to the powerful landlords, but the common people cannot get much food, so they starve all over the world, and even tragic events of people eating each other.

Faced with such a situation, although Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou were not hungry and had no food, the soldiers under them had nothing to eat. They were not allowed to give birth, and they only knew how to eat and kill people. Now they had no food, so they could only kill people even more and rush to eat.

As a result, a large number of people in Guanzhong, which has a million household registrations, has caused a large number of people to escape from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, Yizhou and Jingzhou. Guanzhong has lost a large number of people, production has stagnated, and people's livelihood has withered.

Only then did Jia Xu notice something very bad, but now that things have come to this point, he is powerless to make things happen, and his expertise is not in civil affairs.

Because hunger is not something that manpower can reverse, Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou's subordinates even wanted to rob Liu Xie of Taicang grain because they were hungry.

In order to help the victims in Chang'an City, Liu Xie released the grain from Taicang, but the army of Li Guo and Fan Santia had to rob even this grain, which made Liu Xie very angry.

The conflict between the Liangzhou Group and the imperial court further deepened, and fierce conflicts broke out within the Liangzhou Group for food, which was difficult for Jia Xu to stop and was exhausted.

He even had no time to pay attention to the effectiveness of the strategies he used.

There are no doubt about the results.

Guo Peng learned in Puyang that the Chang'an court appointed him as the governor of the three prefectures in Hebei, and that the Chang'an court appointed Tao Qian as the governor of Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and was immediately furious.

He denounced Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou as the "Three Thieves", occupied Chang'an and humiliated the emperor, and used the emperor to order the princes to make trouble, so he was preparing to commit rebellion and wanted to replace the emperor of the Han Dynasty as the emperor himself.

He absolutely cannot bear such a thing.

How could he accept the three thieves’ edict?

Guo Peng expelled the envoys of the three thieves, destroyed the edicts of the three thieves, claiming to attack Li Guofan and rescue the three thieves.

Then, he turned his attention to Xuzhou.

Soon, he knew that Tao Qian had no action on the surface, but in fact he had accepted the edict, and he was afraid that he would have the idea of ​​going down the mountain to pick peaches.

Humph, I don’t have much ability, but I’m really brave.

Guo Peng ordered Xiahou Yuan and Yu Jin to enter the first-level combat readiness state and were ready to launch a sabotage on Xuzhou at any time.

If he doesn't give Tao Qian a little color, he won't know why he can defeat Yuan Shao!

Tao Qian really doesn’t know the numbers or the good and bad.

According to the information obtained by Guo Peng, when he went north to attack Yuan Shao, Tao Qian was ready to move and sent out the two troops he had to guard against Xiahou Yuan and Yu Jin, and also raised food and grass in Xuzhou to prepare for war.

As a result, before he had raised the food and grass, he had already forced Yuan Shao to die on his own initiative. The three prefectures of Hebei fell within Guo Peng's control. Guo Peng's strength increased greatly and his prestige increased greatly. Tao Qian was so scared that he didn't sleep well for several nights.

But after the shock, Tao Qian did not give up his original plan, but planned to continue working hard and continue to spread his plan. He always wanted to pull out his heart, otherwise he would be very uneasy.

How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the bed?

Unfortunately, Guo Peng also had this idea.

He also felt that Tao Qian was disliked.

A rich and fertile land like Xuzhou is not only fertile, but also has the benefits of the sea. It can be said that Guo Peng planned to take Xuzhou a long time ago.

However, compared with Yuan Shu, Guo Peng had no reason to attack Xuzhou.

This time, if Tao Qian took the lead, Guo Peng would never give him a chance to survive.

However, Tao Qian seemed to be unable to see the strength comparison between the two sides. After receiving the edict from the Chang'an court, he was happy for a while and then asked a group of people around him to discuss the matter.

Confidant Cao Hong believes that Guo Peng will not attack Xuzhou and that Xuzhou is safe.

There are two reasons.

First, Yuan Shu will not allow Guo Peng to attack Xuzhou.

Second, Hebei has not been completely pacified yet, and Guo Peng will focus on Hebei in the next few years, rather than in the Central Plains.

So to sum up, Tao Qian can safely hoard food and recruit soldiers, prepare to eliminate Mi family at the right time and remove the cancer inside Xuzhou. Then, as for whether Qingzhou and Yanzhou should be occupied with the flow, that is the question Tao Qian should think about.

Does Tao Qian want to live his old age in Xuzhou or go further?

Tao Qian is getting stronger and stronger. He has just been in his life. Although he is old now, he doesn't seem to want to be so quiet.

After the meeting, Chen Deng returned to his home calmly and found his father Chen Gui.

"Father, Tao Gongzu still wants to be an enemy of Guo Zifeng and accept it."

"Yeah."

The father and son looked at each other, and both smiled the same on their faces.

A treacherous and cunning smile.

"Tao Gongzu is really confused? He is a 62-year-old man, most of his body is buried in the soil, and he is even going to be an enemy of Guo Zifeng. Isn't this digging his own grave?"

Chen Gui was very moved and said, "Yuan Benchu ​​was born into the family of the three kings of the fourth generation. The Yuan family disciples and former officials in Hebei can be used by Yuan. In this way, Guo Zifeng was defeated simply and ended up dead. Did Tao Gongzu think he was stronger than Yuan Benchu?"

Chen Deng laughed sarcastically.

"Father, it seems that Guo Zifeng is the strongest prince now. Qingyan and Yan are in the hands of the two prefectures in Hebei, the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, and the five prefectures in Guo Zifeng's hands. Guo Zifeng's situation has been achieved, but Tao Gongzu couldn't see the situation clearly and insisted on being an enemy of Guo Zifeng. Our family cannot die with Tao Gongzu."

“That’s natural.”

Chen Gui nodded and smiled: "No matter what Tao Gongzu is going to do, our Chen family's survival is the first priority. If Tao Gongzu is an enemy of Guo Zifeng, he will seek death. We must not help each other. Yuanlong, you have to think of a way to let Guo Zifeng know that our heart is with him."

Chen Deng thought for a while and nodded and smiled.

"My son understands what the father means."

Tao Qian is already an old man who can't keep up with the times. He hasn't seen that the world is gradually becoming chaotic. In the chaotic times, the strong are respected, and Guo Zifeng has proved that he is an absolute strong man.

Facing an absolutely strong man, what can you do if you have been an official for forty years?

It would be better to say that your 40-year official career is not as good as Guo Zifeng's four-year progress.

In just four years, Guo Zifeng occupied Yanzhou and Hebei in succession with Qingzhou. This ability is a big deal.

I don't know how far I can go in the future.

But this does not prevent Chen from choosing Guo Peng to defect.

Because Chen Gui really hates Yuan Shu.

This guy who likes to use despicable means can use all kinds of means, kidnapping, assassination, and robbery. He is not open and upright at all.
Chapter completed!