Guo Peng knew Cao Cao's worries very well, and everyone's anxiety about loyalty.

Because there is a very fundamental problem in this era.

The Emperor of Han is still there, and everyone is nominally the ministers of the Emperor of Han. Whether it is Guo Peng, Yuan Shao, or Yuan Shu, they are all ministers of the Emperor of Han.

Including their respective subordinates, they were basically ministers of the Han emperor.

During this historical process, many rebellious incidents have occurred within the major warlord forces, which is understandable.

Because strictly speaking, during this period, according to the rules of the dual monarchy, many of their subordinates were not their former officials, and those officials were often officials who had originally existed in a certain place after they led their troops to occupy a certain place.

It was appointed by the imperial court.

Therefore, as long as the Han emperor is still there, these officials only need to regard the Han emperor as the monarch, and do not need to serve loyalty with the warlords who occupy the land as the second monarch, and there is no actual moral burden.

Just like Lu Kang resisted Yuan Shu, Lu Kang's Lu Jiang prefect was appointed by the court, and he himself was not an old official of the Yuan family. What qualifications does Yuan Shu have to point fingers at him?

The second level of monarch cannot be involved in any level, so why should they be loyal to you?

The reason why Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Wei and Lu Bu was criticized for killing Ding Yuan was because Yuan Wei was the leader of Dong Zhuo, and Ding Yuan was also the leader of Lu Bu. This is equivalent to killing a monarch. Can it not be criticized?

Mr. Guo even deeply understood how deadly this hidden worry was.

When his power grew stronger, it became even more deadly, because a lot of powerful subordinates were nominal Han officials like him, and they had no connection with either level of the second monarch. There was no need to be loyal, and there was no moral burden to rebel.

So Guo was prepared for the future and used his power to open a prefecture to recommend a group of core counselors and generals in Shanggu County, making them all become their old officials, and later they continued to do so.

The earliest two Caos and Liang Xiahou, Cheng Li, Mi Zhu, later Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Cao Chun, Gu Yong, Zao Zhi, Xi Zhong, Guo Jia, and Guo Rui who were visiting during their vacation.

There are also Yu Jin, who was recommended by Bao Xin, who came to surrender to him, and his disciples recommended by Zheng Xuan in Qingzhou, such as Guoyuan and Xi Lu, who took the initiative to surrender to Xun Yu, who went to Yanzhou to search for talents such as Chen Gong.

As long as they do not have the relationship with old officials that are still valid, they all first entered Guo Peng's General's Mansion and the Provincial Maid's Mansion to serve, and established Guo's identity as their second monarch, and then became an official.

It means that all these people have worked in Guo Peng's mansion and received the salary given to them by Guo Peng. They no longer hold positions in the mansion, but they are already old officials of Guo.

This is called the former official of Guo family.

There are few people, but they are also useful.

With this relationship, coupled with the quality and responsibility system and double insurance, the risk of betrayal can be minimized, and then Guo sent them out as officials and led troops.

Now Guo still does this.

As long as those who come to surrender do not have an official position or an existing old official, they will first enter their own palace to serve as official positions, receive the salary they have given to them, call them to be officials, and then put them outside.

Many loyal ministers of this era have a special relationship with the Lord they are loyal to.

For example, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang is equivalent to Liu Bei's old official. Liu Bei is not only the first monarch, but also the second monarch. Can he be disloyal?

Now the core group under Guo Peng's command is composed mainly of the former Guo officials, and the quality and responsibility system can make this organization quite solid and secure, and Guo's power is becoming more and more powerful.

Therefore, Guo Peng had to appoint Zhang Liao as a senior official and enter the core group, so he would be questioned and opposed.

Because Zhang Liao and Guo Peng had no reliable political connections, Zhang Liao once had the opportunity to become an old official of the Guo family, but he did not seize it.

Zhang Liao and Guo Peng have no recommendations. They have also worked for two thousand stones and can no longer work in Guo Peng's mansion.

Without this relationship with the former Guo family official, why should you join the core group and share core power with us?

Although Guo Peng is willing to promote Zhang Liao, his resistance to him will not be relaxed and weakened. Unless he can gain everyone's recognition through his own efforts in the future, his path will still be difficult.

Later, Xi Zhong came to meet Guo Peng. Guo Peng wanted to ask Xi Zhong about the benefits of attacking Hanoi County and ask him about strategic consultation.

Now Guo Peng has many advisers, and his most trusted retainer Cheng Li is responsible for guarding the base camp for him, so he is not with him.

Xun Yu, who has a very strategic vision, was arranged by Guo Peng to promote the locust control strategy because he was more skilled in government affairs. It seemed that he was having a lot of fun.

The two who are often accompanied by their military and strategic goals are Guo Jia and Xi Zhong, and Chen Gong can also be regarded as backup candidates.

However, Guo Peng is still asking Chen Gong to supervise the transportation of food and grass, because Chen Gong has no military experience and can only be considered an intern and counselor. He will have to wait for him to train for a while before he can become a regular person.

Guo Jia was studying Han Hao, the leader of Hanoi, and Guo Peng came to Xi Zhong to discuss this matter with him and ask him what he thought.

"It is undoubtedly extremely important to seize Hanoi. Hanoi can be regarded as a hand that Ming Gong extended. On the one hand, it can threaten Yuan Shao's core of Jizhou, and on the other hand, it is also very close to Luoyang. Once anything happens, it can be reacted."

Xi Zhong said this and sighed a little: "If Mr. Zhu had not gone to the court to serve, Mr. Ming could support Mr. Zhu and let Mr. Zhu occupy Luoyang to resist the rampant Li Jue in Yingchuan."

Xi Zhong is from Yingchuan and naturally has feelings for his hometown.

Just in May this year, Guo Peng was still training troops to prepare for war and stationed troops in Zhongmu. Zhu Yan, who was jointly elected by Tao Qian and the governors of various prefectures and prefectures, received an imperial edict from the emperor, asking him to enter the capital to serve as an official, serve as a grand lieutenant, and record the affairs of the Shangshu.

There is no doubt that this order was not Liu Xie's own will, but the edict issued by Li Jue on behalf of Liu Xie at the suggestion of Jia Xu.

Everyone knew that this was Li Jue's trick and advised Zhu Ye not to go, but Zhu Ye believed that as a Han minister, the emperor refused to go because he had an imperial edict, which was a disrespectful person to despise the imperial power and the emperor.

You have to go, you have to go upright.

Then Zhu Jun explained to the people around him that as long as he was by the emperor, he might not be able to find an opportunity to kill Li Jue like he killed Dong Zhuo, and he might not be able to eliminate the treacherous and then follow the emperor and revive the court.

Zhu Jun believed that there was hope for his trip. As long as he could protect the emperor, he could revive the Han Dynasty.

So Zhu Ye set out resolutely, and another attempt by the Kanto princes failed.

Zhu Jun is still in the court and is in charge of the Shangshu. Li Jue respects him on the surface, but secretly, his power is very limited. The power of the Shangshutai is controlled by Jia Xu, and the government orders are basically instructed by Liangzhou Group.

For example, Li Jue kept sending troops to rob Guandong and so on.

Yingchuan was ruined and lost its value for it. Although Xi Zhong had moved his small family to Qingzhou to settle down, he also missed his hometown quite much.

Xi Zhong's family can only be considered a small gentry in Yingchuan, because the family has a small population and is not strong in population. It is just a third-rate gentry, and its family property is not very rich, which is far inferior to the Guo family.

Compared with big-name families like the Xun family in Yingchuan, they are indeed not allowed to be on the cards.

At present, only Xi Zhong is the only one in his family who serves under Guo Peng's command. Because he is closer, he is more valued. He is also close to Guo Peng's Guo family, and his close relationship is no worse than that of Guo Jia.

"We cannot interfere with Mr. Zhu's choice, but we must be sure of future events."

Xi Zhong understands this way.

Guo Peng nodded.

"If Zhicai supports it, I will be relieved."

The two walked together for a while, and Guo Peng suddenly asked, "Does Zhicai still not want to be a local chief?"

Xi Zhong shook his head.

"Loyalty is not good at governing, but still prefers military affairs. Ming Gong is willing to use loyalty to counsel military affairs. He is very grateful for his loyalty."

Guo Peng didn't force himself, nodded slowly, continued to move forward, took a few steps, and said, "Zhicai thinks that we will gain a lot or lose more in this battle?"

Xi Zhong pursed his lips, and a trace of light flashed in his eyes.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xi Zhong knew what he should do.
Chapter completed!