Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 181: Secrets

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A dozen boxes were moved to Guo's house the next day, and Guo Shao opened the room for inspection. One of the boxes was filled with copper coins, not ordinary copper coins, all of which were freshly cast and in good condition, and then wrapped in red silk. The other opened was a silver-cast box with delicate patterns; when it was opened again, the inside was a golden box. The innermost is a large and dazzling box of gold and gem jewelry, with a large bead the size of a quail egg in the middle. He couldn't help but pick it up to observe, wondering whether this thing was a Ye Mingzhu or not, how valuable it was.

Guo Shao took the beads and looked at it for a while, and said to his heart: It takes a lot of money to get a wife, and I'm almost bankrupt now.

Then Zhao Kuangyin died at the end of last year and needs to marry another wife; the loss should be quite large, and the money spent on Mingzhong’s marrying Jieda’s wife was obviously in vain.

The money is really not enough. It’s not easy for Guo Shao to save some money. He did not hesitate to kidnap|capture captives and extortion|request while fighting in Shu; after fighting Shouzhou, he robbed the Nantang government office and the big households in the city; plus he took a long time as a senior general and local official Official salary. All this money was gone all at once... and I asked Mrs. Chen for a big bargain, otherwise the bride price would have to be discounted by half; Mrs. Chen would also pay for it. This money is for senior military officers and bureaucrats like Guo Shao. pressure.

Of course, because of her background, Fu Ermei is not only worth the money. It is not that person who can marry her with so many dowry gifts... As Guo Shao once said, it is worth changing Huainan Sixteen Prefectures. The only problem is that The sixteen states of Huainan are not his.

Compared between the two compartments, Yulian and Yang are easy to get. They are basically the same for nothing, and Jingniang is similar. No wonder women are generally unwilling to be concubines. Everyone wants to show a little bit of their own value and nobility. It may not be a pleasant thing to be taken home without any movement.

Guo Shao can't take care of a lot. Marrying a second sister Fu is enough for him to toss. For a while, he can only take care of this matter.

At the same time, the "Shen Chen Li" firm will soon have a caravan going to Youzhou to in and out of goods. Guo Shao felt that he only sent a soldier in the past, and he might not have the insight to find out any valuable information, so he fooled Zhou Duan and asked him to go to Youzhou as the spy leader; he did the job and promised that he would sit in Xuzhou. Jiedu of loyalty made the shogunate the second highest Mucheng (zuoyoukake long history).

Zhou Duan is an offshoot of the Zhou family in the Southern Tang Dynasty. He is not well-known and has no merit. He can only rely on his own mouth to say whether he has the ability to be an official. If the official position is so easy to get, everyone will be an official. .

Although the town of Xuzhou Jie Town does not have good soldiers, it is a big city at any rate, so that the rules do not interfere with the government affairs of the local states and counties, but in a city can be the emperor; Guo Shao and Zuo You are often not in Xuzhou, If Zhou Duan is acting as the chief executive, the power can directly surpass all officials in Xuzhou, and he has no reason to refuse.

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Zhao Kuangyin started to marry the Hebei Wang Shizhong before Guo Shao, but now he cannot get a wife. The funeral of the Zhao family is almost over. He once wrote to Ding You, but he was not unexpectedly dismissed and retained as appropriate. The emperor didn't want a person he regarded as a powerful general to be useless because his father died.

Now the generals are relatively idle, and Zhao Kuangyin and Guo Shao have not had any contact, and they met in the hall on the first day of April.

The generals did not speak at the dynasty meeting, and the emperor and the civilian officials were all devoted to ensuring agricultural production in various places. Li Gu played detailed measures to prevent and control the Yellow River, and urged the abolition of farming and the implementation of new taxation and service laws, and quarreled with several other officials in the hall. Wang Pu wrote to continue to plan and expand Tokyo City, and improve the water transportation system. Wang Pu presents a map of water conservancy irrigation in Hebei...Some people also suggest various ways to prevent locusts.

The emperor finally focused his energies on governing the country, and the civil servants all rushed to offer suggestions, hoping to show their achievements and value.

Zhang Yongde, Zhao Kuangyin, Guo Shao and others did not say a word, regardless of who was right or wrong.

After finally leaving the court, the senior generals walked out of the palace boringly. Zhao Kuangyin and Zhang Yongde did not conceal their friendship along the way. One of them was the commander and envoy in front of the temple, the other was the chief inspector of the temple, and the two most powerful men in the Zhou Dynasty.

The two went out from Donghuamen, and then rode to the official's office in front of the temple, and went to the rest room to drink tea together.

Zhao Kuangyin is one year older than Zhang Yongde, but he respects Zhang Yongde in words, and often calls him "gong": "After the battle of Gaoping, if it were not for the public to take credit for me, Zhao would not have today. I dare not forget the grace."

Zhang Yongde shook his head and said: "It is the official family who is kind to Brother Zhao. I only found talents for the official family."

Because there were no outsiders, Zhao Kuangyin personally poured tea for Zhang Yongde. He opened his mouth as if he had something to say, but Shengsheng swallowed it from his mouth into his stomach, and then said: "The official is determined to govern local affairs, too In order to have sufficient supplies during the Northern Expedition, so as not to worry about the future. Wang Pu didn't say that as long as the harvest in summer and autumn this year, the Northern Expedition can begin next year! It seems that the weather will be smooth and there will be no major disaster this year, and we should wait a few months before we go into battle. "

Zhang Yongde sternly said: "More than this year... After the Battle of Jinyang, it has been three years now. When will the officials not prepare for the Northern Expedition? The attacks on Qinfeng and Huainan are all to eliminate the worries of the Northern Expedition. Youzhou is from Shi Jingtan. Dedicated to the Liao Kingdom, it has always been the pain of the Central Plains. If this place can be recovered in the hands of the officials, it will be a great achievement praised by all generations. We have fought so many battles in the Forbidden Army, and we are waiting for that day!"

"From this point of view, the point of this battle is to capture Youyun. You only need to drive the Khitan soldiers out of Hebei." Zhao Kuangyin said.

Zhao Kuangyin felt that the emperor's mood was very urgent... Could it be because of the declining body? Both he and Zhang Yongde are people who often see the emperor. They can observe the emperor's complexion and physical condition carefully.

There was no expression on the black face, Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a long time. He wanted Zhang Yongde to say something to the emperor, but for a while he didn't know where to persuade Zhang Yongde... He opened his mouth before, just wanting to talk about Guo Shao's marriage with King Wei; but he thought of himself and Guo. It was too obvious to mention Guo Shao when Shao had a holiday, so I just looked at him.

There is a very obvious thing that haunts Zhao Kuangyin's mind: once the official family is gone, the longest prince Chai Zongxun is only three years old, and the queen must reign.

Zhao Kuangyin had to consider that Guo Shao was a military commander from the Imperial Palace and the confidant of the queen, and now he wants to marry the Fu family, and the relationship will be even further; if the Fu empresses the power, he will have good fruit for Zhao Kuangyin?

This situation does not matter as long as Emperor Chai Rong is in power, but now that Chai Rong is weak, it puts a lot of pressure on Zhao Kuangyin. Empress Fu didn't hear anything wrong with her after a serious illness in Huainan. She was still so young and should have lived longer than the official family. And Guo Shao, who is alive and well in his twenties.

Zhao Kuangyin increasingly feels that it is not Guo Shao that is threatening him. His grievance with him is only accelerating the conflict... The most difficult thing to deal with is the queen.

The queen hasn't shown up for a few months, but as long as you pay attention to her layout, it is not difficult to find that everything is very beneficial to her.

The status of the queen also holds the name of the mother of the prince Chai Zongxun; in the harem, no one can threaten her. In recent months, she has been cautious in her words and deeds, and she is completely unwilling to make a mistake. The forbidden army is generous in favors, and the prestige is very high in the hearts of the soldiers, she even surpassed Zhang Yongde in terms of prestige and support...not only that, she also promoted her confidant, concretized her military power, and further consolidated her power in the forbidden army through marriage.

That Guo Shao has a lot of influence in the Department of Guards. The elite troops are not as powerful as the front of the palace, but it doesn't matter. From now on, as long as he is in Tokyo, it will be enough to threaten everyone and dare not resist to protect the will of the regent center. Moreover, the location is appropriate. If Guo Shao is now in Zhang Yongde's position and is the queen's private person, the emperor is unwilling to reuse it.

After Fu Shi was closed more than a year ago, Zhao Kuangyin didn't pay attention to this woman at all at that time, and he was too busy to take care of himself. But just a year later, when I looked back, I had already deployed everything after Fu.

Zhao Kuangyin had to look up at this woman. He calmly said to Zhang Yongde: "In the past, I could see the queen occasionally, but in the past few months I have never seen her and the official family in and out of the palace."

Zhang Yongde looked up thinking, and nodded after thinking for a while.

Zhao Kuangyin said again: "Fan Zhi once talked to Dou Yi about a secret matter, did his father hear about it? When it is rumored that Taizu died, he mainly focused on two people. One was to let Wei Renpu act as a clerk. After the official family was sealed. Taizu believed that only these two people would be able to hand over the chief executive to the official family."

Zhang Yongde shook his head and said: "I haven't heard of this. But today's queen is extraordinary, with the grace of the world."

Zhao Kuangyin secretly said: Wei Renpu's role is completely understandable. At that time, the official position was not stable when he first ascended the throne. It needed a capable and reliable person to control the military power of the Privy Council; what direct role could the queen have? Could it be that Taizu has a long-term vision and has considered that all the descendants of the Guo family have been slaughtered and no one will succeed him, and he has to think about the third generation of the throne? If the queen is dedicated to safeguarding the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and a person like her presides over the government after a hundred years, it is indeed much more stable.

But now, it seems that no matter what she thinks, it is not a good thing for Zhao Kuangyin...If the Zhao family can marry the Fu family without the existence of the queen's confidant, Zhao Kuangyin will naturally not feel the threat of the queen. It was what the queen did that made him very uneasy.

He calmly said: "Taizu's edict is a foresight, and Wei Renpu is still a privy envoy."

Zhang Yongde did not shy away from saying: "I look at the situation, Wang Pu may replace Wei Renpu as the Secret Envoy."

After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin said again: "Finalizing the queen is also the meaning of Taizu earlier. If the official expedition is out of the court, the queen can also preside over the overall situation."

Zhang Yongde was taken aback after hearing this, and felt that his words were a bit wrong. Doesn't that mean that there are no emperors in this world, and even a queen can control the court?

Zhao Kuangyin, regardless of the consequences, increased his tone and hinted: "Please consider carefully, whether the queen's prestige and strength can preside over military affairs... Now that the official and the queen are respected like guests, dragons and phoenix are in harmony, it is indeed a blessing in the world." rg

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