The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 137: Peace in the World
After the contest between Xu Chu and Yan Yan, Guo Jia asked Gao Shun about the results of the martial arts.

There is no first place in literature and no second in martial arts. Martial arts exams are different from imperial exams. Imperial exams take time to mark papers. The judges need to think and exchange opinions before reaching a conclusion, but martial arts exams are clear at a glance. Winners and losers are judged after the competition. .

Besides Yan Yan and Wu Yi, Gao Shun brought three more people who stood out after winning ten games in a row.

Seeing those three people, Guo Jia showed surprise.

"Brother Gongyi, I'm blind, you're right, right?"

Jiang Qin took a step forward, and said to Guo Jialang under the amazed eyes of the crowd: "General, it's just me. After a few years of separation, the general has made extraordinary achievements. I really admire him."

When visiting Yangzhou, the scene of Guo Jia, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, and the four tigers of the Xiao family drinking together on the river seemed to reappear. Guo Jia walked up to Jiang Qin with mixed feelings and couldn't help holding his forearm , Said: "These years, I have been ordering people to contact you, but there is no news. I look forward to your coming like looking forward to the rain after a long drought."

Guo Jia expressed his feelings. Apart from his friendship with Jiang Qin, it was more because when he left Yizhou in the future, it was necessary for the navy to sweep the south, and his subordinates, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai, could take care of it. However, Guo Jia felt that it was still rare to take on this important task. Needless to say, Gan Ning, the commander of Jinfanqu, was good at both water and land. Waiting for Jiang Qin's arrival.

Not seen for several years, Guo Jia has become the owner, but he is not overbearing at all, just like the sincerity in the scene where the heroes cherished each other in the past, Jiang Qin smiled lightly, but there was an indelible touch in his heart.

"To tell you the truth, I have long wanted to serve you. After the people sent by Brother Youping contacted me, I began to make preparations. It was not until the beginning of the year that I settled down with my brothers. Those who were willing to follow me to serve Brothers, they all came to Yizhou. I originally planned to reconnect with Youping in Badong County, but just after I settled down in Badong County, I heard that the general held a martial arts competition. Youping persuaded me to participate, so I I just showed up here, and I didn't have time to visit the general, so I hope you will forgive me."

Guo Jia nodded frequently. There was a reason for Jiang Qin's delay in coming. His brothers were all water thieves.

Another point is that Guo Jia wanted to praise Zhou Tai. According to Guo Jia and Jiang Qin's old love, Jiang Qin voted, Guo Jia must reuse it, but it was difficult to convince the crowd, but Jiang Qin stood out from the martial arts, and Guo Jia reused it. He is also in order.

"Hehe, brother Gongyi came to help me, it's like a gift from God. You and Youping are also brothers and we will meet again, hand in hand. I still remember that when you and I were drinking in the middle of the night, we were full of pride and determined to roam the world. From now on, we will be together Let's work together for this dream!"

Guo Jia is not acting on the occasion. It is a great joy in life for a man to have a confidant and brother. For Guo Jia, he is not alone.

Jiang Qin was equally excited and couldn't hold it back. He knelt down on one knee and said firmly, "Jiang Qin pays homage to the lord."

After all, it was a formal occasion, Guo Jia helped him up, and said with a smile: "Outside, you can call me Lord, but in private, you and I are brothers. Hehe, Gong Yi has won ten games in a row, it seems that his skills have not regressed in these years .”

Jiang Qin smiled and said nothing.

Turning his gaze, Guo Jia looked at the other two behind Jiang Qin. One was Fazheng's good friend Meng Da, and the other was a young man, probably in his twenties, named Deng Zhi.

Going up to Meng Da first, Guo Jia looked up and down, and Guo Jia turned his head to Fazheng who was crowded in the crowd and asked, "Xiaozhi, this is your friend Mencius, right?"

Fazheng came out and said, "Exactly."

Meng Da bowed to Guo Jia and said in a deep voice, "Meng Da pays his respects to the general."

Guo Jia saw that he had a calm demeanor, and he didn't seem like a reckless person, so he smiled and said, "Xiaozhi and Zidu, one civil and one military, went south to Shu. Today is a lot of joy for me. It seems that there are more Taiping troops. A good general."

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Meng Da was also slightly surprised. It seemed that Guo Jia did intend to use him, and he seemed to have high hopes.

Even if Guo Jia wins ten games in a row, he will be interviewed by Guo Jia in person, and then he may be entrusted with important tasks. This is unpredictable. Meng Da and Guo Jia have no relatives or reasons, and I was really worried that Guo Jia would not trust him.

But his worries did not become reality. Guo Jia recruited talents and gathered heroes in order to discover talents. Unless some generals with the obvious brand of princes in his memory, he did not dare to use them. Others, he would Open the door of the General's Mansion, and welcome you along the way.

If Cao's generals came to participate in the martial arts, Guo Jia would not dare to use it, not to mention winning ten games in a row, even if they won a hundred games in a row, but Meng Da, Yan Yan and other generals, he sincerely recruited them.

Stepping up to Deng Zhi, he saw that he was young and tall, different from Xu Chu Dianwei, the bear and tiger general, but Deng Zhi was similar to Gan Ning and Zhang Yan, and he looked at Guo Jia like a newborn calf without fear of a tiger.

Squeezing his arm, Deng Zhi, who doesn't look like much flesh, has strong muscles. Guo Jia asked, "Deng Zhi? How old is it?"

Deng Zhi said lightly: "The crowning ceremony will be held at the end of the year."

A 19-year-old person who has never had a crown ceremony is equivalent to immaturity, but Guo Jia didn't care, and smiled at Xu Chu and Dian Weilang behind him: "Zhongkang, come on, when I met you, He is also his age, at that time, who was stronger, me or him?"

Xu Chu laughed, and said: "My lord was not as good as him back then. When I saw him for the first time, I didn't believe that my lord could wield a knife and a gun at all."

Dian Wei curled his lips and nodded in agreement, his first impression of Guo Jia was that of a playboy.

Many people who are not familiar with Guo Jia think that Guo Jia will be angry, or Xu Chu and Dian Wei will be unlucky, but Guo Jia turned around and patted Deng Zhi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Did you hear that? You are 19 years older than me now. Time is better, three years ago, I couldn't even imagine being an officer, so you have a better future than me. Have you heard of Zhang Yan?"

Deng Zhi nodded blankly, Guo Jia praised him so much that he couldn't turn his head around.

As early as the early days of Guo Jia's army going south, Zhang Yan had already become famous. He and Zhang Liao ambush Zhang Lu's reinforcements in Dingjun Mountain, and then the army suppressed Zhang Lu's surrender. After Guo Jia entered Shu, he took Hanzhong like lightning, and Zhang Yan became famous .

"Then are you willing to become a general under Zhang Yan's command?" Guo Jia continued to ask.

Deng Zhi suddenly nodded again, with an excited look on his face.

Taking a step back, Guo Jia said playfully, "If that's the case, then what should you call me?"

Deng Zhi, who realized later that she was awakened like a dream, knelt down to Guo Jia at a loss.

"Deng Zhi thanked the lord for her appreciation."

Guo Jia helped him up with his own hands, and looked around at the people. Some of them failed in the martial arts, and some won several games in a row. Most of the rest were soldiers under his command.

"It's not that I appreciate you, but that you really have the ability! This is just a starting point. You and I still have a long way to go, but I believe that as long as our generals are united and determined to make the world peaceful, we can't do it without us." There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as there is a heart, my heart is in the world, in the people, ten years ago, 20 years ago, I was born in a humble family in Yingchuan, and there were countless people who bullied me unscrupulously on my head. What I see is that the people are displaced, living in the world, and sometimes even starving. I want to change the world, so that the people can wear warm clothes, eat enough to eat, and live in peace, but I can't do it alone. To achieve this, countless people need to work hard with me for this goal, I believe that you, with your ability, will make this wish come true one day."

After Guo Jia, who held his head high and his chest was not heavy, finished speaking, the barracks erupted instantly, and the surrounding soldiers stared at Guo Jia with enthusiasm.

"General! General!..."

Some people couldn't help shouting, and there were countless followers, and then the shouts of one voice resounded through the sky.

In the Taiping Army, whether they were soldiers from the Yizhou Army or soldiers from the Yellow Turban Army, under Guo Jia’s rule, they had strict military discipline and clear rewards and punishments. , As long as you have merit, as long as you have the ability, you will get the reward you deserve.

They also have families and relatives, and they no longer worry about being oppressed by tyrants and bullies, and they no longer live in fear of not having enough food and clothing to keep warm.

Even if he died fighting for Guo Jia, his family has a pension and fertile land given by Guo Jia, even if he is an orphan or a widow, he will enter Guo Jia's newly built Taoyuan Village without any worries.

Guo Jia couldn't say these words when he entered Yizhou, because he would not be recognized, but now, after more than a year of governance, although Yizhou has not yet made great progress, the lives of the people under the rule have obviously improved. Improvement, regardless of officialdom or locality, the social atmosphere has changed in a good direction.

If it is said that the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince, relied on the support of the gentry class to look down on the princes, Guo Jia relied on the support of the people at the bottom to gain a foothold in the world.

The passionate shouts became more and more enthusiastic, but Guo Jia stepped forward and left, and the soldiers who opened the way all looked at the young master with admiration.

The newly promoted civil and military officials may have difficulty understanding why Guo Jia was able to gain the support of the soldiers in a short period of time, but Yan Yan knew it well, because Guo Jia made everyone see hope, so what about the feudal hegemony?For the people, what is the difference between who wins and who loses?Which of those ambitious princes would save them from fire and water like Guo Jia?The aristocrats exploited their power for personal gain, exorbitant taxes, and exploited them to the extreme. Now, the dark days of the past are gone forever. In order to keep this rare peace and happiness, why don't the soldiers give their lives to Guo Jia?The world is peaceful, not because the princes stop fighting, but because the people have enough food and clothing.

The civil servants and generals who followed Guo Jia all looked solemn, especially Dian Wei, who couldn't help thinking of the fact that the Yizhou gentry came to alienate him during the successive rebellions in his mind.

"As long as Guo Jia is killed, we will definitely elect the general as Yizhou Mu."

"Even if you let me be the emperor, I will not betray my lord! After the lord is dead, will you continue to oppress the people? Will you continue to let you ride on the heads of the people to do your best? I am a rough man, and so is my lord!" The untouchables in your eyes, I will kill you first and let you set off on Huangquan Road first, and I, a bunch of untouchables, will follow the lord for the rest of their lives, and together send you, a group of bastards who are high above and cruel to the people, one by one to accompany you!"

(End of this chapter)