Seeing that Yuan Shu actually became suspicious of him, Yan Xiang was shocked.

"No, no, general, don't misunderstand me, I'm just worried..."

"What are you worried about? You didn't worry about me or give me advice before. Now the situation is very good, but you are worried. Do you can't stand my goodness?"

Yuan Shu glared and was very angry.

Yan Xiang begged for mercy repeatedly and never dared to say another word, which made Yuan Shu let Yan Xiang go.

Yuan Shu was still angry and fined Yan Xiang for three months' salary, which was then relieved.

Yan Xiang escaped and did not dare to say anything, but the worries in his heart increased day by day. He keenly realized that something seemed to happen, but he did not dare to think about that place.

Afterwards, Yuan Shu began to send envoys to appease Guo Peng and Sun Ce, hoping to give his two right-hand men some spiritual encouragement.

Then he encouraged Guo Peng to continue his efforts and catch all those who supported Yuan Shao and helped Yuan Shao.

Then he ordered Sun Ce to command the original troops and Wu Jing and Sun Ben's troops to attack Liu Yao together. After defeating Liu Yao, Yuan Shu would give Sun Ce a greater official position.

After arranging his right-hand man, Yuan Shu sent someone to Chang'an to inquire about the news.

I heard before that a war broke out in Chang'an area. What was the result of the war?

Yuan Shu was very much looking forward to hearing bad news that was unfavorable to the Chang'an court. This would help his future actions.

Even Yuan Shu knew very well that what he wanted to do was very big and needed to be very cautious. Although the current situation was very good, if the Chang'an court was very stable, he would still be worried.

The result made Yuan Shu not very satisfied.

Two news came from the Chang'an court.

The first news was that Li Jue had a great victory. Ma Teng and Han Sue were defeated by Li Jue and fled back to Liangzhou. So Li Jue was promoted to the General of Cavalry. Guo Si, who made great contributions, advanced General of Chariots and Cavalry, and Fan Chou advanced to the Right General, Li, Guo and Fan, had unprecedentedly powerful power, almost undermining the court.

The second news is about the year name. The Chang'an court announced the world that the year name will be Xingping next year.

After this year, next year will be the first year of Xingping.

Yuan Shu was a little disappointed because he wanted to hear another kind of news more. Although he also knew very well that it was even more difficult to hear another kind of voice.

In order to ensure their own interests, as long as Li Jue and Guo Si don’t cramp up their brains, they will never relax their protection for Liu Xie. As long as their brains do not cramp up, they will never let Liu Xie fly freely.

Yes, as long as their brains don't cramp.

So Yuan Shu was waiting, waiting for these strong muscles to get cramped in their brains, so he could do his job legitimately.

He was very anxious, and he couldn't wait to do big things.

Holding the imperial seal all day long, I was really unable to control my heart's throbbing.

Similarly, Guo Peng was also waiting, waiting for when the news he hoped to hear would come.

The time is about to ripe, and we should prepare what we should do. As long as the time is ripe, Guo Peng will take action decisively and never hesitate.

However, before the time was ripe, the fourth year of Chuping had just passed, and at the beginning of the first year of Xingping, some small problems occurred in Guo Peng himself.

It is really small to say that it is really small, but this small problem has made Guo Peng seriously alert.

It is different from the previous problem of corruption in the village heads of the grassroots level.

Those people were directly appointed by Guo Peng, and the power of life and death was controlled by Guo Peng. Guo Peng had countless ways to deal with them, and could legislate and suppress them at any time.

However, when the generals in commanding the army still made meritorious and had committed crimes and did something that violated the law, Guo Peng was a little difficult to deal with.

Such things are difficult to deal with in front of anyone.

Yes, the person who committed the crime was Cao Hong.

With the expansion of the sphere of influence and the increase of his own prestige and power, Guo Peng's majesty became increasingly serious, and in contrast, his subordinates' status and power became increasingly greater.

Especially after overthrowing Yuan Shao, many people became even more indulgent, thinking that they were awesome and could start to enjoy it, so they began to indulge themselves and regard Guo Peng's orders as insults.

After the war, Cao Hong was appointed as the garrison of Bohai County by Guo Peng, and led the garrison army of Bohai County to stabilize the area in Bohai County.

Guo Peng also planned to build Bohai County into a branch base for future troops to occupy Youzhou, with a status of the same as that of the Pingyuan Kingdom before.

Cao Hong had led troops in Pingyuan Kingdom before and did a good job. This time he fought in Bohai County and defeated Chunyu Qiong and made great contributions. He was the first of the family members of Guo Peng, including Cao, Xiahou, Guo and Guo, who were promoted to General of the Central Army. His glory was no exception.

So Cao Hong suddenly felt very happy and became swollen.

Cao Hong was brave and dared to charge and fight. He was the most fierce among the Xiahou family of the Cao family and the Guo generals. He was desperate to fight and had some unique features in military use strategies.

But he is not perfect, his biggest shortcoming is greed.

When the Kwantung coalition forces attacked Dong Zhuo and Yuzhou was in chaos, Guo Peng summoned the Cao Xiahou clan and the Guo clan to move to Qingzhou to take refuge and accept his protection. Many of the three families were very sensible and besieged all the family on Guo Peng, giving Guo Peng great help.

The two brothers Cao Ren and Cao Chun even gave Cao Chi's property to Guo Peng and asked him to establish an army. Cao Song and Xiahou also handed over all their land to Guo Peng and let him sell it.

Of course, Guo Peng would not treat them unfairly. After becoming the governor of Qingzhou to expand his power, Guo Peng also gave some land in Qingzhou to the Cao family and Xiahou family to build manors for them and protect their interests.

In short, Guo Peng will not let those who have helped him suffer losses.

The Xiahou family of Cao and the Guo family were both satisfied.

However, Cao Hong seemed very stingy and got a box of gold to help Guo Peng, about 100 kilograms.

In fact, this branch of his family is relatively rich among the Cao family branches. After moving to Qingzhou and starting over, he became the richest one.

Cao Chun, Cao Ren and Cao Xiu have all complained about Cao Hong's stinginess in private, saying that they used to ask Cao Hong for borrowing money, but Cao Hong often didn't lend it, and even if he borrowed it, he would chase him behind the debt.

Cao Cao also complained to Guo Peng that Cao Hong's family is good at managing and likes to make money, and he also likes to enjoy it. The servants, singers and disciples are the most common in the entire Cao family.

Xiahou Yuan was very responsible. He took whatever Guo Peng gave him and didn't take more, which means he was very concerned about his children's education and spent more money on education than eating and drinking by himself.

Xiahou Dun never bought industries. He often rejected things Guo Peng wanted to give him. He paid great attention to people's livelihood in his jurisdiction, implemented Guo Peng's will, carried out infrastructure construction, and benefited the common people.

These two people were also disliked some of Cao Hong’s actions. When they communicated with Guo Peng in private, they often complained that among the families, Cao Hong, the one who values ​​wealth the most, likes to enjoy the most.

However, Cao Hong was relatively restrained at the beginning. He wanted all the rewards from Guo Peng, and didn't take many others. He was very appropriate in war work. Guo Peng entrusted an important task. This time he took the lead and did a good job and was promoted to General of the Central Army.

Then I began to indulge myself in pursuit of enjoyment.

Maybe I felt that there were no enemies in the north, so I wanted to relax.

So, at the instigation of relatives and guests, Cao Hong indulged them to seize a large area of ​​land near Puyang County.

The lands were originally placed on the civilians who were busy farming, and they were among the large group of military farming farming, but were seized by Cao Hong's guests and relatives.

They occupied the land and drove the common people who had originally cultivated the land to build manors for them to enjoy themselves and to insult them wantonly.
Chapter completed!