"Oh, look who I found to be the postal supervisor. How about we find Zhang Fei from Xuande Palace?"
Cao Cao's joke made Guo Jia couldn't help but laugh.
"There's no need to bother. Guo Ming himself has a huge fortune. The fact that Ming Gong likes him to hold such a position is also because he is not short of money."
"Yeah, I just don't know if he's up to it."
"It must be possible."
Guo Jia still has confidence in his younger brother.
What really moved Cao Cao was a recent letter from Zao Zhuan asking for commendation.
Zao Zhuan said that this year's locust disaster might have resulted in no harvest, and even the best would have suffered a 60% loss, which would at least disgrace Ming Gong Cao Cao.
But Guo Ming escorted the grain and grass to him at the critical moment, and also gave him an electric mosquito swatter, a powerful insect-killing tool.
Zaozhuan organized 100,000 people to cull day and night, finally containing the locust plague initially.
The reason why he wrote this letter was for two things. The first was to report the current situation and possible future situations to Cao Cao.
That is, the locust plague has been controlled on his side, but the source of the locust plague is Yuan Shu, and no one can control it for the time being.
But if he dares to come again, he will definitely fight to the death with the locusts to protect the food and grass.
The second thing is to ask for credit for these 100,000 people. Their battle against the locusts was no easier than the soldiers at the front, and they fought day and night. Cao Cao thought this made sense.
The third one is to give credit to Guo Ming and hope that Cao Cao can reward Guo Ming.
Cao Cao knew at a glance that this was Guo Jia's handiwork. Zao Zhuan was an honest man. He always stuttered when he spoke. When he saw Cao Cao, he would just stand there with his head lowered and his hands lowered.
It looked like he was following the arrangements.
He has to take credit for his own work from others.
However, since an honest person never opens his mouth for ten thousand years, this opening will be hard to refuse.
Cao Cao felt that he should be rewarded with something.
Guo Ming is indeed close to Liu Bei, but he still only thinks about himself.
The position of the General-in-Chief Yanzhou Postal Supervisor is indeed a lucrative position and a sinecure.
Just give Guo Ming something to do, just don't get too close to Liu Bei and the others.
There was only one governor of Yanzhou from beginning to end, and that was Cao Cao himself.
Cao Cao is now the shepherd of the four states, which means he is the governor of the four states.
It is actually Xun Yu who actually exercises this power now.
If things are done from the above, it is in this order. Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, ordered Guo Ming to be the governor of Yanzhou and inspect the administration of officials in various places. If anything happens, he can directly report it to Xun Yu, the acting governor of Yanzhou.
After all, Guo Ming is just a general inspection and postal supervisor. If it is divided further, there are also postal supervisors for each county.
In short, Guo Ming is inspecting the various county guards, and the county governors below are inspecting the various county magistrates.
The county governor reported to Governor Guo Ming, who then reported to Xun Yu.
The errand must be completed when every county in Yanzhou has been visited.
But it was already doomed before he even set out. There was one place that Guo Ming could not go to, and that was Pei County.
The official name of Pei County is Xiaopei, and it is now where Liu Bei is guarding.
After Cao Cao led his troops away, Guo Ming went to Yanzhou first.
The governor of Yanzhou is Cao Cao, and the person who is really responsible for daily affairs is the chief historian Chen Qun.
Cao Cao asked him to come from Xudu to take charge of Yanzhou's affairs this time.
Chen Qun didn't bother to care about Guo Ming. He was really familiar with the brothers Guo Ming and Guo Jia.
He is from Yingchuan and belongs to the Chen family in Yingchuan.
At that time, private schools were prevalent in Yingchuan, to the point where there was almost a private school every three steps and an academy every five steps.
The world's best private schools come from Yingchuan, so the world's talented people also come from Yingchuan.
Guo Jia is younger than all of them, and Guo Ming is even younger.
When I saw Chen Qun’s official title, I didn’t care anymore. First I had to lower my head and call him “Brother Chen”.
Yanzhou is actually Brother Chen's territory in Yingchuan, so good!
From the above, the first thing Guo Ming wants to do is to inspect Chen Qun. In fact, there is no need to inspect anything.
Chen Qun had just arrived in Yanzhou City the day before.
Even if there is any problem here, it is not his fault.
The reason why Cao Cao asked the two of them to come over was precisely to stabilize Yanzhou City.
During the last expedition to Xuzhou, Lu Bu took advantage of the situation and almost became homeless.
Cao Cao didn't want to make such a mistake again this time.
Of course, when it comes to the actual ceremony, everyone still needs to be called over.
Chen Qun was at the top, Guo Ming was at the top, and the rest were all the county and county officials in Yanzhou.
They originally came to pay homage to Chen Qun, and now they happened to also pay homage to Guo Duyou.
"Guo Duyou was entrusted by Ming Gong to supervise the administration of officials in Yanzhou."
"Now that Duke Ming has issued an order, you must fully cooperate and work diligently wherever he inspects. Do you understand?"
Everyone answered together: "Nuo, respect the commander's order of history, and respect the order of the governor's post."
Guo Ming was originally kneeling on the mat, but at this moment he straightened up, sat upright and bowed his hands to these people.
It was a greeting from both sides.
Chen Qun should talk about his own affairs next.
After the meeting ended, Chen Qun really acted like a "big brother" and told Guo Ming what to pay attention to.
"You, don't be too busy doing inspections. According to the supervision of the various departments, I know that you, the governor, are here, so you should come and see me."
"After you meet everyone, you can tell who has what problem."
"Of course, the key to being an official is to see through things without telling them. If you have anything you don't understand, just come back and ask me."
"Yes." Guo Ming sighed in his heart, he was really almost like his brother.
"Also, try not to come forward yourself. So as not to cause misunderstanding."
"Thank you for the tip, brother." Guo Ming returned the courtesy.
"Okay, let's go to your own government office first."
The so-called causing misunderstanding actually refers to asking for bribes in the name of doing business.
There is no need to talk about things that everyone knows, just talk about what Guo Jia himself said.
The failure of the Han Dynasty was to be lenient in government, but Yuan Shao used lenient to govern lenient, but his power failed.
Cao Cao used violence to treat leniency, and he was prescribing the right medicine, so he was able to end the troubled times.
Everyone knows what the so-called breadth refers to.
Sure enough, before Guo Ming came to his government office, he saw a lot of things placed in the yard.
He hadn't even walked in, and his teeth were already chattering with hatred.
Yes, if Cao Cao knew about this, wouldn't it mean that he had accepted a large sum of bribes without even taking office!
"Bai Qi, Xiang Yu, what's going on?" Guo Ming asked, looking at the gifts in the yard.
The gifts were piled neatly, but he didn't even dare to look at what was inside.
"We can't stop it either." Bai Qi said helplessly.
