Yuan Shu was very happy after receiving the money, grain, treasures and letters sent by Guo Peng, and sent someone to return the gift.

He gave Guo Peng more things than Guo Peng gave him as a gift to him, and wrote a letter to praise Guo Peng as a minister and general of the country.

Then he expanded his territory everywhere with confidence, ambitious and wanted to start a big career.

When Guo Peng received Yuan Shu's return gift, he was once surprised.

This guy doesn't organize refugees to engage in military farming, and there are no peasants under his command to rebel.

What's even more strange is that after Yuan Shu occupied Runan, the Yellow Turban Army in Runan actually responded in groups to cooperate with Yuan Shu, and also used this to connect the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou to respond to Yuan Shu, not being hostile to him.

In this way, he was able to wear gorgeous clothes, eat meat and drink every meal, and give Guo Peng such a generous gift.

Later, when he received news from the spies he sent to the area ruled by Yuan Shu, Guo Peng learned why Yuan Shu was so rich and powerful.

The historical books are correct. He did make a living by looting places. As for military rations, he mainly collected grain from prefectures and counties, which was equivalent to military coercion, so he himself was not interested in construction and production.

The common people were too poor, without luxurious clothes, delicious meat and wine to be exploited by Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu looked down on the little bad things of the common people, as long as they could provide food.

As for those luxury goods, Yuan Shu doesn’t produce them himself, how can he get them?

He beats the rich.

Yes, that's right, Yuan Shu beat the local tyrant.

He would not touch the gentry, and he would not dare to touch the powerful and famous soldiers, unless he was not good at fighting against Yuan Shu.

So the small and medium-sized powerful men suffered a bad fortune.

It is a powerful person who has formed a fort, runs a manor economy, equips with guests, submissive servants, servants, craftsmen and other technicians, and has the conditions to produce luxury goods that Yuan Shu likes and make them from raw materials to finished products.

Only they have these things that Yuan Shu likes.

Therefore, Yuan Shu relied on his name as the three ministers of the four generations and made up crimes openly and sent troops to plunder these powerful men, destroy manors, plunder property and food, plunder population, and meet his needs and his army.

They have really many things, and just grabbing one wave can be enough for Yuan Shu to spend a while, and then grab it again and continue to squander it.

Guo Peng probably understood why the gentry generally did not like Yuan Shu, but the Yellow Turban Army had a good relationship with Yuan Shu.

Guo Peng actually admired Yuan Shu's masterpiece.

Yuan Shu is indeed a bit talented.

No one can compete with his power in the area he chose now. Except for Tao Qian in Xuzhou, who is a big force, there is no large-scale force in Yangzhou and Yuzhou, so Yuan Shu was able to expand on a large scale in Yangzhou and Yuzhou.

He collected Sun Jian's military general team and family, and obtained a large number of military generals who were good at fighting, and fought everywhere for him.

He relied on Sun Jian's team and his army to continuously expand his power to Yuzhou and Yangzhou, and even covet Xuzhou, and there were even signs of revenge on Liu Biao.

The alliance between Yuan Shu and Guo Peng and Tao Qian occupied almost the entire Central Plains, and the general trend gradually became a well-deserved greatest prince in the world.

Yuan Shao was still struggling to deal with Gongsun Zan through internal affairs and diplomacy.

Everyone can tell who is stronger and who is weaker at a glance.

Even so, the ambitious Guo Peng could see that Yuan Shu's power was rootless duckweed. When he stretched out his hand, he would uproot it.

He is good at turning around and using his fame to gain benefits, but he is not good at consolidating his foundation and allowing his power to take root.

Unlike Guo Peng, he placed his power at the grassroots level, went deep into every village to control and collect taxes, formed a complete set of effective systems, established an order, stabilized rule, and promoted fame.

It is difficult to form, but once it is formed, it will be deeply rooted and difficult to remove.

Yuan Shu is a rootless duckweed, which seems to be lush and comes out as soon as it is pulled.

What's more, Guo Peng has the ultimate skill to deal with Yuan Shu.

The imperial seal was still hidden in Guo Peng's secret room, lying down very well.

When it comes to the right time, he will send the imperial seal to Yuan Shu in a suitable way, waiting for Yuan Shu to operate it for a "great cause".

Chen Gong's strategic plan can be used in part, but when it comes to the most core issue, it reveals a very serious practical problem to Guo Peng.

Even though the prestige of the Han Dynasty has fallen like fallen leaves, the four hundred years of rule of the Han Dynasty is still deeply rooted in people's hearts, and it is not easy to shake it.

The centipede insect dies without being stiff, and the Han Dynasty has a little bit of vitality.

A person's return to the sun is very short, but a country's return to the sun is very long, and sometimes it is longer than a person's life span.

Therefore, although the Han emperor has no actual power, the title of the Han emperor is just a name that cannot be ignored by any scholar or even the prince.

The title of great power is very important, really important.

There was a considerable part of the reason why Cao Cao could conquer Yuan Shu and compete with Yuan Shao because he had the emperor.

The Emperor of Heaven gave Cao Cao great convenience, and many people defected to Cao Cao because the emperor was in Xuchang.

Talent and popular, Cao Cao achieved great growth in strength in a short period of time and also had the most important title, so he had the confidence to compete with Yuan Shao.

But what about the side effects?

Cao Cao's reputation has always been bad, probably because of the side effects.

If Cao Cao was just a Yanzhou governor under Yuan Shao, his reputation would never be as polarized as today.

But he used the emperor to command the princes and became a well-known Han thief.

For Mr. Guo, what are the benefits of using the emperor to command the princes?

What are the benefits of not wielding the emperor to command the princes?

In fact, Mr. Guo always felt that it was a false proposition to wield the emperor to command the princes.

When Cao Cao first got the emperor, he became an ordinary general and asked the emperor to appoint Yuan Shao as the Grand Marshal. Yuan Shao was very angry and scolded Cao Cao for his qualifications to be above him?

Cao Cao was frightened and immediately went to the General's name, changed to Sikong, and gave the General's title to Yuan Shao.

Whether the princes can be commanded is not the emperor, but his own strength.

The princes who were not strong enough dared not to ward the emperor at all. For example, the prefect of Hanoi Zhang Yang knew that he was not strong enough and did not dare to ward the emperor. Cao Cao himself also had the strength to pacify these small princes.

For a giant prince like Yuan Shao, apart from his political advantages, it did not actually change the situation where Yuan Shao is strong and Cao Cao is weak.

Therefore, when dealing with small princes, there is no need to hold the emperor, or when dealing with the great princes, they should be beaten.

It is true that the title of righteousness is really meaningful. The emperor has in his hands, which has brought Cao Cao many benefits. Although he has paid a lot of money and became the second number of Han thief after Dong Zhuo, this gave Cao Cao, who was humble, the confidence to fight against the reputation of the three officials of the four generations.

But while waving the banner of the Han Dynasty, I still have to realize my selfishness. Does the best of both worlds really exist?

Mr. Guo expressed doubts.

Mr. Guo’s background is much better than Cao Cao, and the only stain was simply whitewashed because of Lu Zhi and Cai Yong.

So Chen Gong thought this way because of his background, his situation, what he learned and know, that this was the best way he could think of.

However, from Guo Peng's perspective, everything seems to be like this.

More importantly, Guo Peng does not have a plot like Cao Cao.

Cao Cao had feelings for the nominal emperor. He was confined to his actual situation and ideals and could not retreat, and did not dare or wanted to advance, and he suffered for the rest of his life.

Mr. Guo is a straightforward thief with no worries. His goals are very clear and will not be shaken.

Mr. Guo was quite dissatisfied with Chen Gong's strategic plan after destroying Yuan Shao.

Han Dynasty...

Emperor Han...

Is it more beneficial than disadvantages or more harmful than advantages?
Chapter completed!