The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 240 A slap in the face
Yang Hong came as an envoy, but Guo Jia didn't expect it.

Yang Hong, who traveled thousands of miles from Yangzhou to Chang'an, paid homage to Guo Jia, walked into the hall with a happy face, looked at Guo Jia from a distance, and cheered, "Your Majesty, great joy, Messenger, great joy."

Guo Jia was confused and smiled playfully.

Yuan Shu's envoy came to congratulate him.

Is it to congratulate him for defending Guanzhong?Unlike, it is impossible.

When Yang Hong saw Ma Teng in the hall, he didn't take it seriously. He just thought he was a member of Guo Jia's army. Anyway, there were a lot of people he didn't know.

"Oh? Where does the joy come from?"

Guo Jia tilted his head slightly, waiting for the next article.

Yang Hong smiled happily from the beginning to the end. After sorting out his emotions a little, Yang Hong took out a document from his sleeve. Looking at the surface, it seemed familiar, it should be an imperial decree.

"Your Majesty, my lord, oh, no, Your Majesty has specially ordered me to congratulate you. Your majesty is so powerful that you defeated the rebels Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and defeated them all. Your majesty has a decree to make you a great general, the king of Kansai! "

flutter
Guo Jia couldn't help but laugh.

Ma Teng was already furious. If it wasn't for Guo Jia's territory, he might have drawn his sword and killed Yang Hong.

General, King of Kansai.

It sounds like a world-shattering reputation, an unimaginable glory.

Yuan Shu really dared to send someone to win over Guo Jia.

Gee.

Guo Jia couldn't stop laughing, Yuan Shu tried to win Lv Bu by means of marriage. Seeing success, he was blocked by Chen Gong halfway, and his success was on the verge of failure.

The current Yuan Shu, not to mention making Guo Jia high and powerful, might not even be able to give him glory and wealth.

He proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun, set up hundreds of officials, and built large-scale construction projects, all of which consumed countless money and food...

"Xu Chu."

Guo Jia smiled and called softly.

In Chang'an, several generals took turns to take care of Guo Jia's personal safety, and it happened that Xu Chu was waiting outside the door today.

Xu Chu entered the hall and waited for orders.

"Pull this person down and chop him up, and kill as many people as Yuan Shu came."

Guo Jia tried his best to suppress his laughter while giving an order.

joke!

At this time, even Sun Ce, whom Yuan Shu regarded as his son, raised a banner against Yuan Shu, not to mention Yuan Shu's imperial conferment, even Liu Xie's imperial edict to Guo Jia was not rare.

Hearing Guo Jia's order, Xu Chu acted immediately.

Ma Teng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he is a Han official, he is loyal to the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shu proclaiming himself emperor is something he hates deeply, Ma Teng is very pleased by Guo Jia's stance at this time.

Yang Hong had a relationship with Guo Jia before. At that time, Yuan Shu attacked Jingzhou and wanted Guo Jia to be cannon fodder. Yang Hong was one of the emissaries. He expected that even if Guo Jia did not accept Yuan Shu's olive branch, he would at least end up peacefully. Well, I didn't expect Guo Jia to order the killing so lightly.

"My lord, my lord, hey, hey, please forgive me..."

No matter how much Yang Hong begged for mercy, he could only accept the fate of being dragged out by Xu Chu.

After the death lights went out and Yang Hong's voice disappeared, Guo Jia finally suppressed his laughter, looked towards Ma Teng, and said, "Brother Lao Shoucheng will take Yang Hong's head to Cao Cao along the way."

Naturally, Ma Teng would not refuse.

The relationship between Guo Jia and Ma Teng is a kind of friendship at first sight when they met by chance. It is neither deep nor shallow. They are neither strangers nor close as brothers and sisters. They respect each other and stop.

Ma Teng and his family went to Xudu and passed by Chang'an to say hello to Guo Jia, which was a courtesy. No matter what, his son Ma Chao might have to deal with Guo Jia in the future. It is better to form a good relationship than to deteriorate the relationship.

After bidding farewell to Ma Teng, Guo Jia stabilized the situation in Chang'an and prepared to return to Chengdu.

But there was a piece of news that was very unfavorable to Guo Jia from Xu Du.

Cao Cao presented himself to the Son of Heaven, counting Guo Jia's great and small achievements after he raised his army, destroying Liu Yan, sweeping away Li Jue and Guo Si, resettling the people's livelihood, governing well, and so on.

Then, Cao Cao asked the emperor to make Guo Jia a public!

Wang, Gong, Hou, Cao Cao asked the emperor to make Guo Jia a public, not a Hou, nor a king.

Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty decreed that people with different surnames cannot be called kings!
Since then, only one person in the Han Dynasty has been granted the title of Duke!
Wang Mang!

There is a difference between this duke and the three dukes. The san duke has no feudal title and is an official, while the duke has a fiefdom and is a vassal!

There are real and unknown princes everywhere in the world.

But if you really want to assume the name of a prince in terms of political status, no one dares!

It is already abnormal for Cao Cao to present the emperor as Guo Jia and promote him to the rank, but to make Guo Jia a public can no longer be described as a hidden murderous intention. This is a well-known killing!

It is to push Guo Jia to the same position as Wang Mang.

The court officials in Xudu were furious and made generous statements. Even if they were living under Cao Cao's sword, they would stand up and refute Cao Cao now.

No one would object to making Guo Jia a Marquis, but if Guo Jia was made a Duke, then absolutely not!

The situation in Xu Chu's court changed suddenly, and it seemed that Cao Cao was having a fierce dispute with his officials.

Guo Jia sneered when he heard the news.

Cao Cao's wrist is really extraordinary.

This time it was another trick to divert attention.

Now the Xudu imperial court must be scolding Guo Jia and opposing Guo Jia. On the contrary, it stabilized Cao Cao's unfavorable situation after defeating Guanzhong.

Those officials with corpses and vegetarian meals were nothing more than wine bags and rice bags. The more fierce their opposition, the happier Cao Cao would be.

Guo Jia could see through this at a glance.

But he had no choice but to stop silently.

Cao Cao relied on the emperor to make the princes, who have political advantages and can guide the political wind direction. Guo Jia, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao and other princes are very passive. At this time, Guo Jia was pushed to the forefront by Cao Cao. If he wants to fight for an illusory title, he will not be substantially injured.

Cao Cao is acting out a farce. If Guo Jia cooperates with Cao Cao, he will become a jumping clown, but instead plays into Cao Cao's arms.

Guo Jiawen just didn't ask what happened to Xudu's court.

Guo Jia had already foreseen the result of the farce, so nothing happened.

And with this event transition, Cao Cao can not only easily take the opportunity to eliminate the negative impact of Guo Jia's previous rumors, but also make Xu Du Wenwu forget the shadow of the defeat in Guanzhong.

"Dog thief, old and cunning."

Guo Jia, who was riding back towards Chengdu, cursed bitterly.

He gritted his teeth and scolded, but his eyes were full of smiles.

If Cao Cao was not a talented and bold Cao Cao, or a treacherous Cao Cao in troubled times, then Guo Jia would be very sorry.

Xu Shu, Fazheng, and Pang Tong were left in Chang'an by Guo Jia. He returned to Chengdu with Jia Xu, Xu Chudian, Wei Gaoshun, and Gan Ning and Zhang Liao stayed in Guanzhong.

Yuan Shao's halberd fell into the sand in Guanzhong. After returning to Hebei, he bears the brunt of stabilizing the situation in Hebei. The rumors about making Yuan Xi his son are self-defeating, and it is time for Yuan Xi to wake up from his dream of Huang Liang.

In Hebei, Yuan Shao seized the time to destroy Gongsun Zan, and ordered to recruit troops, recruit as many troops as possible!

In order to show their merits in front of Yuan Shao, the three sons did their best in the recruiting project, recruiting soldiers wantonly, regardless of whether the money and food could be afforded. army!
There are too many recruits, without years of training, and without the baptism of war. Yuan Shao's army sounds too many, but its combat power is hard to be optimistic. At the same time, the huge military expenditure has caused Hebei's finances to decline. Hebei gradually became tense.

Last spring, he sent troops from Chengdu to attack Guanzhong, and returned to Chengdu after more than a year. Guo Jia triumphantly defeated Li Jue, Guo Si, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

The battle to welcome Guo Jia in Chengdu was very grand, all civil and military officials were present, Qin Mi, Zhang Song, Zhen Yao and others greeted Guo Jia back with smiles on their faces.

Bringing soldiers and horses to the north gate of Chengdu, Guo Jia got off his horse and faced Qin Mi who was about to speak, Guo Jia raised his hand to stop him from speaking.

"Don't say flattery words, I'm tired of hearing it, so let's go to the city quickly."

Qin Mi smiled wryly. He really intended to praise Guo Jia. Gongs and drums were beating on both sides of the road, and the bustling crowd dispersed one after another under Guo Jia's instruction.

Guo Jia led the way to his home, and chatted with Qin Mi, Peng Yi and others about the people's livelihood in Yizhou in the past year. He sent documents from Yizhou to Chang'an for his review every month, and now he just asked casually.

Anyway, they have to shut their mouths that they want to flatter.

As soon as Feng Chenpupu arrived at the door, Guo Jia felt that something was wrong since entering the city.

At this moment, he suddenly stopped and turned around, looked at Qin Mi suspiciously, and asked, "Where did Zhicai go? Could it be that he was involved in official business?"

When Guo Jia returned triumphantly, Xi Zhi had no reason not to be there to greet him.

It's not that Guo Jia feels good about himself and thinks that the whole of Yizhou should come to welcome him, but it's his duty as a courtier, Xi Zhicai has nothing important to do, so he won't be absent.

Qin Mi, Zhen Yao, Zhen Yan, Peng Yi, Zhang Song, Fei Shi and others all looked embarrassed, as if they didn't know how to bring this matter up to Guo Jia.

It's still Xiao Ren who knows Guo Jia well, no matter how troublesome it is, it's best not to hide it.

"Master Xi has been ill in bed for half a month."

After Xiao Ren finished speaking, he backed away.

Guo Jia is worried, is Xi Zhicai sick?

Since he has been ill for half a month and still hasn't recovered, it is obviously not a minor illness.

Guo Jia turned around and was about to walk towards Xi Zhicai's house.

Just at this moment, an expensively dressed child ran out of the gate of Guo's mansion, bounced down the stairs, threw himself in front of Guo Jia, hugged Guo Jia's leg, and said with a smile: "Father, you are finally back!" Already, listen to the boy read poems to you."

Guo Jia stretched out his hand to caress the child's head, and said softly, "Jin'er, you go home first, Dad has something else to do, go back tonight and listen to your poems."

Four-year-old Guo Jin hugged Guo Jia's leg and shook her back and forth, but she didn't let go, insisting on reading poems to Guo Jia.

It seemed like an ordinary kid trying to get some compliments from his father.

However, Guo Jia's face gradually darkened.

"Guo Jin, go home!"

Now Guo Jia is not in the mood to coax his son, Xi Zhicai's serious illness makes him feel nervous even when facing Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's army in Guanzhong.

Guo Jin still hugged Guo Jia's thigh, tilted her head and curled her lips, saying, "Daddy won a big battle, who in the world would dare to disturb Daddy's return home? Let's go, let's go, and listen to the child read poems to Daddy."

Snapped!
A loud slap.

(End of this chapter)