Chapter 114: Tranquility
Guo Hao was promoted to general and was in charge of the mobilization of troops across the country.
Afterwards, Guo Hao followed the agreement with Jia Xu and tried to transfer out all those in the court who could hinder him.
Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Jian were all given official positions such as Inspector and transferred to other places.
With such an open conspiracy, basically no one can resist Guo Hao's plan.
Yuan Shao had great ambitions and was appointed as the governor of Jizhou by Guo Hao, and was thrown into a fight with the player alliance of Jizhou.
Yuan Shao knew clearly that this was a trap, a means for Guo Hao to take back the military power of the Eight Schools of Xiyuan, but Yuan Shao still jumped in without hesitation.
He knew that he was a bastard in the Yuan family after all, and everything in the Yuan family would be inherited by Yuan Shu. No matter how well he did, he was still a pioneer in the Yuan family, a big family. He finally had the opportunity to jump out of the cage, so how could he be reluctant to give up what he had in his hands?
Yuan Shao even sent Guo Hao a batch of treasures to facilitate this matter, which shows how anxious Yuan Shao was.
Others basically held the same attitude. As the Han Dynasty declined, many people had ulterior motives and would rather give up everything in Luoyang and be sent abroad.
Liu Yan also took the opportunity to propose the system of provincial governors, advocating that the Han royal family's relatives should help share the Han royal family's worries. Guo Hao immediately agreed.
Guo Hao was happy to see everyone's request to escape from Luoyang, and sent batches of people to the Thirteen Prefectures of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
A number of Han royal family relatives also took up the position of governor and went to various states to become local emperors. After all, in their view, the eldest princess, a junior, was not strong enough to suppress them.
After the whole process, everyone got what they wanted, and all left Luoyang contentedly to take up their posts in various places.
Only Ding Yuan left Luoyang with a gloomy face, because Dong Zhuo was also sealed in Bingzhou, just to compete with him.
But he couldn't refuse at all because Guo Hao wrote him a letter.
There were only three words on the letter: "Changle Palace".
Of course Ding Yuan knew what Guo Hao meant, but he didn't dare to say a word. He could only accept it and planned to go back to Bingzhou to compete with Dong Zhuo again.
With the departure of various princes, Luoyang became Guo Hao's one-man show, and all his confidants were promoted to important positions.
The eight schools of Xiyuan, the five schools of Beigong, and the Yulin Guards all fell into Guo Hao's hands. As many as 100,000 elite troops were in Guo Hao's hands. This great general was much stronger than He Jin.
Guo Hao acted like a pillar of the Han Dynasty. He first gave Huangfu Song and others a high-ranking official position, and then asked for instructions from the eldest princess in the morning and reported to her in the evening every day.
The eldest princess gradually adapted to the life of regent, and the Han Dynasty was calm for a while, bringing a brief peace to the world.
"Lü Bu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun are all willing to serve you, General. Congratulations, General, for gaining five more generals."
Jia Xu smiled and congratulated Guo Hao. Guo Hao was also very happy. Kicking out other princes was a good move. The military power of Luoyang was basically firmly in his hands.
Except for those generals like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Xu Chu who followed their lord, the rest of the eight schools of Xiyuan basically defected to Guo Hao.
After all, Guo Hao is the general in charge of all the troops in the world, so there is no psychological burden in joining Guo Hao.
"How's the situation in Liangzhou?" Guo Hao put down the information and asked about the situation in Liangzhou.
"Our people have been stationed in all counties and prefectures of Liangzhou, but there have been some unusual movements among the Qiang people. Ma Teng is currently handling the situation, and it will probably be pacified soon," Jia Xu said with a smile.
"Well, confer the title of Marquis Wen on Fengxian, and then send him to lend a helping hand to Lord Dong. This guy Ding Yuan really has strong men under his command." Guo Hao pointed to the intelligence on the table and made arrangements.
Dong Zhuo's 10,000 elite Xiliang cavalry and 20,000 Qiang auxiliary cavalry were suppressed by Ding Yuan in Bingzhou and could hardly move forward.
The main reason was that Dong Zhuo had no powerful generals who could stop Yuwen Chengdu, and Wei Kuo actually abandoned his territory in Liang Province and ran off to join Ding Yuan.
Wang Yanzhang, An Lan, Xiao Moke, and Yuwen Chengdu cooperated with Ding Yuan's troops to suppress Dong Zhuo, forcing him to ask him for help as a last resort .
"My lord, there is something I need your help with!" Jia Xu said with a headache.
"Hmm? Wenhe, you can talk about it."
"We are in great need of civil officials now! If we continue like this, it will be detrimental to our development." Jia Xu pointed out the biggest problem Guo Hao is facing now.
Guo Hao had only two advisers under his command, Yao Chong and Jia Xu.
Yao Chong was in charge of the overall situation in Liangzhou and could not be transferred at all.
As for Ma Chao, Pang De and the like, they may be good at fighting wars, but if you expect them to govern the towns, it would be better to let them go to the border and cause trouble for the Hu people .
If Yao Chong had not been in charge of coordinating the situation and ordering Jiang Wei to work around the clock in Liang Province, Liang Province would have become a mess long ago.
There are many civil officials in the court, but unfortunately Guo Hao does not dare to use them because most of them are from aristocratic families.
People like Zhong Yao, Cai Yi, Lu Zhi, and Dong Cheng are capable and willing to contribute to the court, but there are too many factions behind them, so Jia Xu has to devote his energy to keeping an eye on them every day.
It would be fine if Guo Hao didn't mess around, but Guo Hao has to work on education today and build buildings tomorrow. He has so many things on his hands that he is almost going crazy.
He even captured Zhao Yun to help him, as there was really no one else available.
Xu Rong, Qu Yi, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao... Every one of these people is absolutely good at leading troops to fight, but when it comes to governing and pacifying the people, these people are simply more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything.
Taking the opportunity today, Jia Xu decided to find something for Guo Hao to do as soon as possible, so as not to let Guo Hao continue to have wild thoughts.
"My lord, we need talents. We cannot find those from aristocratic families, and we dare not use those in the court. So we should make it clear that we need talents and recruit talents from all over the world."
Jia Xu grabbed Guo Hao's hand and said, "General, please issue a recruitment order to recruit talented people from all over the world, regardless of their background, only their ability!"
Guo Hao was a little confused. What kind of madness was Jia Xu doing? He wanted to do it before, but Jia Xu didn't let him. Why did he bring it up now?
He still remembered that Jia Xu had told him that the Talent Recruitment Order would break the recommendation system that had existed for four hundred years, or twelve hundred years, and would allow the aristocratic families to rebound from the bottom.
Guo Hao repeated Jia Xu's original words and felt a little worried that he had exploited his left and right arms too much. Why did they start talking nonsense?
Jia Xu's true intentions were exposed: "It is precisely because it is not appropriate to enforce the law that this action is fraught with difficulties. I would like to ask the lord to go there in person to recruit talented people."
Guo Hao smiled bitterly. He finally understood what Jia Xu meant. He wanted him to get out of here as soon as possible and not cause trouble in Luoyang.
"Wenhe, where should I go?"
"Yingchuan, Yingchuan has many talented people. We are not only lacking great sages, but also grassroots scholars!"
"By the way, my lord, you can take the princess with you, and think of it as a tour around the world." Before leaving, Jia Xu gave Guo Hao some advice.
"Get out!" Guo Hao drove Jia Xu away with a dark face.
This guy Jia Xu is thinking about matching himself and the eldest princess every day. Is it really okay for him not to refine copper?
He is only in his teens, who could have the heart to do that?
