Going to work and living in seclusion should have been regarded as a way to "raise hope".

It is the same as when Yuan Shao lived in Luoyang for six years under the pretext of keeping filial piety for his parents.

However, Yuan Shao has deep expectations and plans for his future, and he is not short of talents who can advise him, and his goal of seclusion is clear.

But Cao Cao didn't, his resignation was more like an escape after being disappointed in reality.

"If the eldest brother wants to be reinstated, can't he just ask his father-in-law to help arrange it?"

Facing Guo Peng's inquiry, Cao Cao shook his head with a wry smile.

"Having said that, but Zifeng, if I become an official again, can I do better and more praiseworthily than before? If you make a little bit of progress and get dismissed, it's better not to do it in the first place. ”

Guo Peng was silent for a while.

"Eldest brother, with the relationship between the father-in-law and the court, you will be able to return to the court sooner or later, after all, you are the eldest son, and it is necessary for you to be an official."

Cao Cao did not refute.

"I know, but after returning from Jinan, I suddenly didn't know what my purpose as an official was."

"Eldest brother, Yuan Benchu has already responded to the general's call and become a subordinate officer of the general, since Yuan Benchu has already become a general, how can the eldest brother be alone? Big brother can't, and neither can I. ”

Cao Cao knew what Guo Peng meant.

Guo Peng was telling Cao Cao that he would eventually return to the center to serve the thigh he had chosen.

And Guo Peng may also return to the center to serve the thigh that Guo Peng chose.

What is a thigh?

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, brother ear.

There is competition between the two brothers, and there is also a tacit understanding in secret.

The rivalry between the two brothers was mainly based on Yuan Ji's death.

Before Yuan Ji's death, the two tried their best to raise hope, working together as the mainstay, supplemented by confrontation, so although Guo Peng chose Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao never did anything to Guo Peng.

After Yuan Ji's death, the next generation of Yuan's family members was ambiguous, Yuan Shao wanted to do it, and Yuan Shu also wanted to do it, so the two turned from secret competition to open conflict.

Guo Peng never knew whether Dong Zhuo's rebellion was artificially written, but he always believed that Yuan must be a trader in this turmoil.

There is no other reason, Dong Zhuo is Yuan Kui's former official.

The more he became an official and the more he understood the operation and political rules of the central government of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the more Guo Peng discovered that the Yuan family was terrible.

So he sincerely admired Cao Cao and could actually defeat the Yuan family.

The Runan Yuan clan is a miracle in the history of Chinese bureaucracy, starting from the ancestor Yuan An serving as the great secretary during the reign of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, and a total of seven people in the next four generations reached the high position of the three dukes.

In other words, during the century-long period in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, this family held the three high positions in a row like a hereditary one.

The three dukes can open the government, and the Yuan family has mastered the "Meng's Yi", and has the right to hold the scriptures and confer apprentices, so the Yuan family cultivates minions, weaves cronies, and has a protégé and a former official, so that the protégé is all over the world.

The network of contacts run by four generations of the Yuan family has made its appeal in the political and cultural circles unparalleled.

In Yuan Shao's generation, he relied on his personal charm, Corporal Lixian, recruited guests, and carried forward this net, which made Yuan's reputation rise day by day.

When Yuan Shao's mother died, the number of people who came to the funeral reached 30,000!

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, several people from the Yuan family entered the military circles, Yuan Shao was the second in command of the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan, Yuan Shu was the general of the Tiger Ben, mastered the Tiger Ben Army, and Yuan Kui was the rear general.

They took advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, using the mediocre He Jin as a cover, and took advantage of the chicken's egg-laying behavior, and on the surface, they regarded He Jin as the master, and called Ming Gong, but in fact, they completely regarded He Jin as a banner that acted cheaply.

Yuan, terrible.

In ancient times, there has never been such a family.

Under the political rules of the dual monarchy of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a large number of officials took the Han Emperor as the first monarch and the Yuan family as the second monarch, and the Yuan clan actually had the power to control the Han government.

Guo Peng has thousands of elite soldiers, the head of a county, the head of a state's military generals, from a student to the current point, but in a few years, it can be said that the progress is rapid, and the future is immeasurable.

But what about Yuan?

With the foundation laid by their four generations, they aimed at the supreme authority of the central government as soon as they made a move, intending to succeed in a war, cut off the wings of imperial power, and become a powerful minister who actually controlled the world, and regarded the Han Emperor as a plaything in his hand.

This is the gap between vision and goals brought about by different backgrounds, as well as the gap in heritage, the gap in popularity, and the gap in desire.

Guo Peng's popularity is rootless duckweed, all blown out, and Yuan's popularity is solid, and it is all exchanged for political interests.

The power of one person, and the power accumulated by four generations of high-ranking officials, face the enemy, how to contend with it?

So Guo Peng knew that he had to go step by step, step by step, step by step, step by step, and walk carefully.

Then he looked up and watched the Yuan family step on the human ladder composed of manpower accumulated by four generations and go directly to the peak, calling for wind and rain on it, surprising the wind and clouds, and winning the highest power.

The advantage is huge, the advantage is so huge, so terrifying, when Guo Peng was still struggling to dig ice on the frozen river surface of the starting line, they were almost standing in front of the finish line.

Talking and laughing, talents, military resources, troops, territory, prestige, and righteous reputations are all there.

But ah.

Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, they were born with everything, and they got everything when they stretched out their hands.

So they will never understand what Guo Peng has paid in order to get to where he is today, in order to get to the point where he can dance with them on the banquet.

And the part that they can never understand is the reason why they can never be the final victors.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's strength is far better than Cao Cao, but he can't defeat Cao Cao.

Therefore, Guo Peng felt that being able to become Yuan Shu's 'close friend' and 'intersecting with him' was more valuable than becoming a state assassin or even a state pastor.

Yuan Shao is an enhanced and evolved version of Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu is a deteriorated version of Yuan Shao.

Magnifying Yuan Shao's shortcomings by two times, and then reducing his advantages by three times, is Yuan Shu.

Wouldn't it be better to recognize a fool who dared to play the banner of "Zhong's Son of Heaven" as the boss when the hearts of the people in the world had not yet fully prepared for the Han Dynasty to be replaced?

So Guo Peng willingly chose Yuan Shu.

From that moment on, Guo Peng decided to do his best to push Yuan Shu to a higher place, blowing him desperately, slapping his ass desperately, making him high, and letting him experience the supreme glory.

Yuan Shu, work harder, work harder, continue to carry your arrogant head, never look down.

You are a noble person, you are born noble, your noble gaze should not look down, you just need to look at the sky, you just need to win the supreme, and I will do all the rest for you.

I will reach out and help you, help you hold your chin, so that you are always high and full of superiority.

And then.

Watch yourself step into the abyss on your own.

Is there anything more interesting than this?

Go with confidence, Yuan Shu.

I will help you complete your goal, and I will also help you clean up Yuan Shao, who you are most unhappy with.

This generation of the Yuan family gave birth to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, two sons and brothers, which is really good, great.

Guo Peng sincerely thanked these sons and brothers who were not diligent and did not distinguish between grains and grains, and it was precisely because of their excellent characteristics that they gave a person from a humble background a chance to take advantage of it.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, the two heirs of Yuan's assets.

With such a huge network of contacts and military, political and economic strength, the accumulation of four generations of people, protégés and officials all over the world, and countless talents who are willing to take refuge, it is still impossible to succeed.

How incompetent! Yuan Shao!

How incompetent! Yuan Shu!

The beginning was as fierce as a tiger, and it was exposed, and it was full of kings, but it had the most tragic ending.

They are indeed the greatest enemy, but they are also the best enemies to deal with.

At this time, Guo Peng suddenly had an inexplicable premonition.

It is not difficult for him to sweep the world, but the real difficulty is after sweeping the world.

His greatest enemy is not a certain person, a certain warlord, a certain force, but this era.

Guo Peng didn't know how such a premonition came about, but it was inexplicably generated.