When we were in Chang'an before, many princes, including Liu Biao and Guo Peng, paid tribute to Chang'an, and basically stopped hostile situations.

After Yuan Shao was eliminated, Guo Peng cut off the court's tribute relations because Jia Xu instigated the war in Bingzhou, and announced that Li Guofan and the other three were the three thieves and would no longer pay tribute.

This time, the court announced that Li Jue and Guo Si should be defined as criminals, and directly demoted from a general who was re-elected to a captain to severe punishment, while the power of the boss became Duan Wei and Zhang Ji.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Guo Peng and Duan Wei is not bad. When I was attacking the Yellow Turbans earlier, Guo Peng and Dong Zhuo had a good relationship. At that time, Duan Wei was the person in charge of contacting Guo Peng for Dong Zhuo.

Several years later, until Guo Peng and Dong Zhuo became enemies, Duan Wei also wrote letters to Guo Peng.

So this time, while the imperial court was sending his orders to Guo Peng, Duan Wei also wrote a handwritten letter to Guo Peng, and told Guo Peng in a relatively low manner that the previous things were misunderstandings, and were led by Li Jue and Guo Si.

Now Li Jue and Guo Si have lost power, and it is him and Zhang Ji who are in power. They are very willing to have a good relationship with Guo Peng.

So in the new round of rewards, Guo Peng was promoted to the General of the Northern Expedition. At the same time, the position of Qingzhou Governor remained unchanged, and the Governor Ji Qingyou and Yanwu Military Affairs.

Then the Marquis of Yangzhai County was changed to the Marquis of Puyang County, with two thousand households added to the fief of the fief, and five thousand households were granted the title.

Guo Peng's title of Marquis of Yangdi County was renamed to his father Guo Shan and 6,000 households. His stepmother Yang was also named wife. Guo Peng's half-brother Guo Yang was also named to him and he was also named to his military position as a cavalry captain.

His wife Cao Lan, concubines Mi Zhen, Xiahou Lin and Tian Rou were also rewarded by the court.

It means that the whole family is rewarded.

Then, the four governors appointed by Guo Peng, Bao Xin, the governor of Yanzhou, Cao Cao, the governor of Jizhou, Xian Yu Fu, and the governor of Bingzhou, Zang Hong, were officially awarded the seals and ribbons of the governors, and recognized their status in the name of the emperor.

This is not counting. The series of official positions appointed by Guo Peng were approved, so that all positions that were previously expressed but did not respond to the court were implemented.

Next, Duan Wei also told Guo Peng what position you would like to assign to his subordinates. Even though the report was submitted, the Hongnong court would be approved.

Such generous conditions really made Guo Peng not expect that his family would not count, but he would also have to give gift packages to his civil and military officials. It seems that this civil strife really hurt the Liangzhou Group's vitality. Now I am really afraid that Guo Peng will immediately attack them and take the emperor away.

The Liangzhou people were basically really cold.

Am I stupid if I don’t take advantage of it?

Now is not the time to turn against them, so of course you have to take advantage of such a big advantage.

Guo Peng never refused to recognize the legal status of the emperor, so of course, when there are benefits, you will be "Your Majesty's wise"; when there are no benefits, you will be "the thieves who hold the emperor to attack the emperor together."

So Guo Peng expressed his gratitude to the emperor for his kindness, and also expressed his meritorious titles to each of his subordinates, and gave some rewards to their families, asking for official recognition from the court.

Then he announced the resumption of tribute, taxes were paid to the court, and tribute tributes. Of course, this amount is worthy of consideration. Anyway, it is not a great quantity. It is mainly to make a gesture, indicating that Guo Peng respects the emperor of Han.

Because if we don’t do this, the Han Dynasty will be in turmoil.

Although Guo Peng expressed his surrender, these days, with the spread of the news, Guo Peng's eyes and ears who had spread the news have brought back some interesting news to him.

The king's army was defeated, and the Liangzhou group once again took charge of the government affairs, and the emperor fell into the control of the people of Liangzhou again. This blow to the emperor's prestige and the dignity of the Han Dynasty was simply fatal.

Originally, the emperor had lost all his prestige by the three thieves Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou. Now, on the way to the east to Luoyang, the king's army was defeated and the emperor was almost captured. Is the only dignity left in the Han Dynasty?

An unexpected defeat brought a huge blow to the prestige of the Han Dynasty.

I can't play with others in politics, and I can't play with others in military affairs. If I'm defeated and captured, the emperor will be completely devastated. Isn't you a little too bad?

At this moment, almost everyone remembered the story of the Zhou emperor's royal army being defeated by the army of the vassal states.

The prestige of Emperor Zhou surrendered greatly, and the world began to fall apart, which began with that defeat.

The long Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period has begun.

And now, everyone is beginning to wonder if that era is coming again.

If Guo Peng's elimination of Yuan Shao has not made everyone realize clearly that the troubled times have come, then this time the defeat of the king's army and the emperor becomes a prisoner will truly make all the knowledgeable people and those who know history realize that the troubled times have really come.

This is the significance of the emperor's defeat.

This was something Guo Peng did not expect at the beginning. He did not expect that his defeat of Yuan Shao and occupied Hebei would indirectly prompt Jia Xu to use the Baibo army and the Southern Xiongnu army to deal with him.

This coalition of Baibo and the Southern Xiongnu was originally an important military force for Liu Xie to return to Luoyang. This military force was wiped out by him, and his mind was beheaded and revealed to the public, and it disappeared. Liu Xie could not find a helper. Dong Cheng and Yang Ding were really too cattle. After defeat, they were captured again by the Liangzhou Group.

It was not said that it was a failure before that was lost, because it was helpless, but this time, it was a real failure, a real defeat, and the emperor was defeated.

Troubled times are coming.

Because such emotions have been widely circulated, a considerable number of officials who are concerned about the Han Dynasty are very worried.

For example, Xun Yu felt very anxious and came to see Guo Peng specifically to talk about his concerns about the matter. He felt that if this emotion was not curbed in time, it would probably lead to unimaginable consequences once it spreads.

"If this continues, I am afraid that the unjust people will rise up, and the world will be bustling with hustle and peace will no longer be peaceful, and wars will be connected, and the lives will be ruined. The Han Dynasty may be overthrown. I hope Ming Gong will observe clearly."

"Wen Ruo is right, so he shouldn't be talking about the emperor like this. After all, the emperor is only thirteen years old."

As a very important government official under Guo Peng, he shared a considerable part of the government affairs for Guo Peng, so Guo Peng attached great importance to Xun Yu's opinions.

Guo Pengyi agreed with Xun Yu's opinion in a righteous manner, and then announced that he would pay tribute to the Hongnong court, becoming the first prince to announce a reconciliation with the Hongnong court, expressing his attitude.

Xun Yu expressed his gratitude for this.

However, Guo Peng's statement seemed to have no effect, and the news of the emperor's defeat and captured was spread throughout the Han Dynasty.

It was transmitted from Guanzhong to Guandong, to Hebei, to Huainan, and even across the river to Jiangdong, and to Jingzhou and Yizhou.

In an era of poor transportation, such news spread miraculously throughout the Han Dynasty without spending a lot of time.

It really fits the old saying that good things don’t go out, bad things spread thousands of miles.

There were many people who had ideas and many people who wanted to take action. During this period, Jiangdong and Jingzhou appeared people who claimed to be the emperor and caused trouble, but they were soon pressed down by local officials.
Chapter completed!