When he was in Chang'an before, many princes, including Liu Biao and Guo Peng, paid tribute to Chang'an, and basically stopped the hostile posture.

After Yuan Shao was eliminated, Guo Peng cut off the tributary relationship of the imperial court because of Jia Xu's instigation of the war in the state, and declared Li Guofan and the three of them to be three thieves and no longer pay tribute.

This time, the imperial court announced that Li Dao and Guo Yan were defined as sinners, and they were directly demoted from heavy generals to lieutenants as severe punishments, while the big men in power became Duan Xuan and Zhang Ji.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Guo Peng and Duan Zhuo is not bad, when the Yellow Turban was crusaded earlier, the relationship between Guo Peng and Dong Zhuo was also good, and the person responsible for contacting Guo Peng for Dong Zhuo at that time was Duan Xuan.

In the following years, until Guo Peng and Dong Zhuo became enemies, Duan Xuan also wrote a letter to Guo Peng.

So this time, at the same time as the imperial edict arrived, Duan Xuan also wrote a handwritten letter to Guo Peng, telling Guo Peng in a relatively low posture that the previous things were all misunderstandings, and they were led by Li Dao and Guo Yan.

Now that Li Dao and Guo Yan have lost power, it is he and Zhang Ji who are in power, and 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 expedition to the north, and at the same time, the position of Qingzhou Mu remained unchanged, and the governor Ji Qingyou and the military and political affairs of Yanwuzhou.

Then change the Hou of Yang Zhai County to the Hou of Puyang County, add 2,000 households of Shiyi, and seal 5,000 households in the front.

Guo Peng's title of Marquis of Yangzhai County was changed to his father Guo Dan, with 6,000 households, and his stepmother Yang was also given the title of wife, and Guo Peng's half-brother Guo Yang was also given the title of knight, and he was also given the military position of a cavalry captain.

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

It is equivalent to the whole family being rewarded.

Then he officially issued the seal of the assassin to the four people appointed by Guo Peng, including Bao Xin, Cao Cao, Xian Yufu, and Zang Hong, who were appointed by Guo Peng, and recognized their status in the name of the Son of Heaven.

This is not counting, and a series of official positions appointed by Guo Peng are all allowed to be played, so that all the positions that have been performed before but have not reacted by the imperial court have all been implemented.

Next, Duan Xuan also told Guo Peng, what position do you want to give your subordinates, despite the above table, there is nothing that the Hongnong Imperial Court is not allowed to play.

With such generous conditions, Guo Peng really didn't expect that his own family would not count, but also give a big gift package to the civil and military forces under his command, it seems that this civil strife really hurt the vitality of the Liangzhou Group, and now he is really afraid that Guo Peng will immediately wave his army to attack them and take away the emperor.

Then the people of Liangzhou are 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 has never denied the legitimate status of the Son of Heaven, so of course, when there is a benefit, he will "Your Majesty Shengming", and when there is no benefit, he will "coerce the Son of Heaven by the Han thief, and the world will fight it together".

So Guo Peng thanked the Son of Heaven for his kindness, and his subordinates who made meritorious contributions each presented their titles, as well as some rewards for their families, and asked for official recognition from the imperial court.

Then it was announced that the tribute would be resumed, taxes would be paid to the imperial court, and tribute would be tributed, of course, this amount was worth studying, and it was not a great amount anyway, mainly to make a gesture to show that Guo Peng respected the Son of Han Dynasty.

Because if you don't do this, the Han family will really be in turmoil.

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

Wang Shi was defeated, the Liangzhou group once again took charge of the government, and the Son of Heaven once again fell into the control of the Liangzhou people, which was a fatal blow to the prestige of the Son of Heaven and the dignity of the Han family.

Originally, through the successive control and play of the three thieves of Dong Zhuo and Li Dao, Guo Yan and Fan Chou, the Son of Heaven has lost his prestige, and now on the way back to Luoyang, the king was defeated, and the Son of Heaven almost became a prisoner, is there still the only remaining dignity of the Han family?

An unexpected defeat was really a big blow to the prestige of the Han family.

Politically, you can't play with others politically, you can't play with others militarily, you are defeated and captured, and the majesty of the Son of Heaven is lost, are you too vegetable?

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

Zhou Tianzi's prestige plummeted, and the world began to fall apart, that is, from that defeat.

The long Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period began.

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 clearly aware of the coming of troubled times, then this time the defeat of Wang Shi and the fact that the Son of Heaven became a prisoner will really make all people of insight and people of insight who know history realize that the troubled times are really coming.

This is the significance of the defeat of the Son of Heaven.

And this is what Guo Peng did not expect at first, he did not expect that his defeat of Yuan Shao and the occupation of Hebei indirectly prompted Jia Xu to use the Baibo army and the army of the Southern Xiongnu to deal with him.

This alliance of Baibo and the Southern Xiongnu was originally an important military force for Liu Xie to return to Luoyang, but this military force was swept away by him, and all the heads and brains were beheaded to show the public, and they no longer existed, Liu Xie could not find a helper, Dong Cheng and Yang Ding were really too vegetable, and they were recaptured by the Liangzhou group after a fiasco.

It can't be said to be a failure when it fell into the hands of Dong Zhuo before, because it was helpless, but this time, it was a real failure, a real defeat, and the defeat of the Son of Heaven.

Troubled times are coming.

Because such emotions are widely spread, a considerable number of officials who miss the Han family are very worried.

For example, Xun Yu felt very anxious, and specially came to meet Guo Peng to tell him about his worries about this matter, feeling that if this emotion is not curbed in time, once it spreads, I am afraid it will cause unimaginable consequences.

"If it continues to spread like this, I am afraid that the generations of the unsubordinate will swarm, the world will be bustling, there will be no peace, the war and disaster will be connected, the lives will be ruined, and the Han River and the mountains and societies will be overturned, and I hope that the Ming Gong will be aware of it."

"Wen Ruo is right, you shouldn't talk about the Son of Heaven like this, the Son of Heaven is only thirteen years old after all."

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

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

Xun Yu expressed his gratitude for this.

However, Guo Peng's statement did not seem to have much effect, and the news of the defeat and capture of the Son of Heaven still spread throughout the Han Dynasty.

From Guanzhong to Guandong, to Hebei, to Huainan, and even across the river to Jiangdong, and then to Jingzhou and Yizhou.

In the era of bad traffic, such news miraculously did not take much time to spread throughout Dahan.

It's really in response to the old saying, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.

There were many people who had ideas, and there were many people who wanted to put them into action, and people in Jiangdong and Jingzhou both appeared during this period who claimed to be the Son of Heaven to make trouble, but they were quickly pushed down by local officials.

It's all petty.