Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The hall was very quiet, all the ministers had different expressions, but most of them looked at Guo Shao with a smile, including the general version of "Bao Qingtian". Chai Rong opened his mouth, but the first sentence he said was unexpected: "Guo Shao, I heard that you ordered Shouzhou to be robbed completely, and the government's treasury was also divided?"

Guo Shao was stunned, and quickly argued: "Returning to your majesty, the soldiers besieged the city for a long time and suffered heavy casualties. I fear that the city will be slaughtered after the city is broken. I am young and inexperienced, and I am worried that I will not be able to restrain the soldiers, so I have no choice but to do so. There are millions of soldiers and civilians in Huainan. If the Zhou army just occupied Huainan and killed innocent people indiscriminately as a conqueror, I am worried that it will provoke resistance.

Chai Rong asked calmly, "You took a lot yourself, right?"

A black line appeared on Guo Shao's forehead, he thought about it hastily, and could only tell the truth: "There are dozens of people in my family... It's not that I don't think the salary is not enough, of course, the more money the better..."

"You are a person who likes money." Chai Rong laughed.

The emperor smiled, and everyone also smiled, and the tense atmosphere immediately relaxed. Guo Shao also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Chai Rong shook his head and smiled again: "I have used soldiers for years, and the expenditure is not enough. Zhao Kuangyin's contribution is no less than yours, but he can consider sealing up the treasury for the country and confiscating it all. You are very courageous. You don't have a word, so let's divide it up first. I am short of money now, but can I let the soldiers spit it out again?"

Guo Shao pleaded guilty. Chai Rong said: "That's all, that's all. You are better than Shi Yanchao. Bloodlust is better than greed for money!" Shi Yanchao, the tallest among the crowd, patted the back of his head and was speechless.

The black-faced man Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly said: "I dare not take credit for it."

Chai Rong said to Guo Shao again: "The capture of Shouzhou is beneficial to the general strategy of the military country...I don't care about that matter with you. I will not only forgive your crimes, but also reward you."

Guo Shaodao: "I have won... I have already given enough..."

With a smile on his face, Chai Rong reached out and clapped his hands twice. At this moment, from the inner door of the main hall, two maids of the Southern Tang Dynasty came out in small steps with a woman in a narrow silk dress.

The woman's head was covered with a light red veil, and only the outline of a face could be vaguely seen, but she couldn't see clearly. But it immediately gave people a feeling that she was as soft as water, and her steps were light, as if she was about to float. That well-tailored dress can just wrap the graceful figure, it is round and soft, and the shape of the waist and hips is the most alluring|attractive... Some people are taken aback for a while.

Chai Rong smiled and said, "This is the woman that Ma Xichong, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, presented to Zhou Jun when he conquered Yangzhou. What do you think of her?"

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "Weak bones and strong muscles, worthy of national beauty! Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"Haha... I rewarded you!" Chai Rong laughed.

Guo Shao was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Zhao Kuangyin next to him stood there in a daze, because Guo Shao paid more attention to him, so he felt that Zhao Kuangyin's behavior at this time was strange... Isn't he not a womanizer? Suddenly a general said: "General Guo, you really dare to ask for it, there is no delay at all..."

"Haha..." Chai Rong laughed happily and waved his hands. Everyone couldn't help looking at Guo Shao with a smile on their faces. Maybe he is greedy and lustful in people's eyes?

Guo Shao was at a loss as to why. Didn’t the generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms give away the women they robbed as playthings, but couldn’t the emperor reward women? But seeing that the emperor looked happy and not unhappy, he felt relieved a little.

At this moment, Li Chongjin came out with a face as red as a pig's liver, and said: "The general will keep his word, so let him fry the fish with his hands! Ask the guards to catch a raw fish."

All the ministers looked at each other, Guo Shao stood silently in the hall, just looking at Chai Rong's face from the corner of his eye.

At this time, Chai Rong said with a relaxed face: "But the conflict of emotions will hurt the peace. If General Li is really good at frying fish with his hands, the fish will be cooked, and your hand will also be cooked; if you haven't made a big mistake, will I just watch the general lose one of his hands? The world's major events are not over, and the generals in the court have big grievances because of trivial things. What's the matter? Guo Shao, tell General Li."

Guo Shao was silent for a moment, then said: "I dare not disobey His Majesty's order."

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Wang Pu said: "General Li said everything, and it's not good to let it go like this...Your Majesty, I have a way. In the past, Cao Mengde said that those who trampled on the crops would be beheaded. Unexpectedly, his mount trampled on the crops, so he had to cut his hair instead. Now General Li is threatening to fry fish with his hand. It's not necessary to lose one hand, but you have to do something to take back what you said!"

Li Chongjin stared and said, "What for?"

Wang Pu said calmly: "Put the fried fish on your plate and serve it to General Guo to eat. Just make sense."

"You..." Li Chongjin was furious. He is as high as the commander of the guard department, and Guo Shao is just a Xiangdu school, how many ranks higher, should he lower his status to serve him meals? Then what prestige will there be in the army in the future!

Chai Rong didn't say a word, just watching a play from a superior position as if it had nothing to do with him.

Wang Pu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was notoriously difficult to get along with in the court. He didn't get along very well with anyone, and he was not afraid of offending anyone. Wang Pu looked straight at Li Chongjin and said, "Is General Li going to offer fish, or is he breaking his word?"

"Don't bully people too much!" Li Chongjin scolded.

Wang Pu said: "But General Li is too stingy to ask you to send a fish, a man can bend and stretch!"

At this moment, an eunuch came up with a plate and said, "Here comes the fried fish."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Li Chongjin stood awkwardly among the officials, finally stomped his feet, went up to grab the fish and put it in his hand, came to Guo Shao, turned away his face, and stretched out his hand.

Guo Shao was impolite, took the chopsticks from the eunuch, picked the fish from Li Chongjin's hand, put it into his mouth and ate it with great relish, and nodded in satisfaction, "Yes", before thinking about reaching out the chopsticks. Unexpectedly, Li Chongjin had already thrown the fish on the ground, and angrily bowed to his superior: "The last general will bid farewell!"

Guo Shao bowed his hands to Chai Rong, as if looking for a place to stand with everyone. He was quite happy when he first came in, but the simple and neat child's play in the hall made him faintly feel the undercurrent.

But Wang Pu said: "General Guo, is it enough to find a beautiful woman?"

Guo Shaodao: "Your Majesty said that the treasury is not rich, and I dare not ask for rewards."

Wang Pu said: "The merits of Shouzhou can be used to build festivals."

Guo Shao stood there in a daze, guessing that he might join the ranks of Jiedushi this time, but when he heard the words from the Privy Council, he was very excited. Jianjie is one of the signs of entering the ranks of senior generals!

Immediately, Chai Rong sang in harmony again, and asked, "Where is there any vacancy?"

Wang Pu walked to the map next to the wooden frame and said, "Your Majesty, how about the southern region near Tokyo?"

"Very good." Chai Rong replied bluntly.

Wang Pu looked at Wei Renpu again: "Your Majesty thinks, what about Xuzhou Zhongwu Jiedu?" Wei Renpu said: "There just happens to be a vacancy there, and the prince's arrangement is very good."

When Guo Shao heard this, he knew that he would still serve in the Imperial Army. There are not many soldiers in Jiezhen near Tokyo, and all the elite soldiers have been transferred to the Forbidden Army; but being close to Tokyo shows the imperial court's trust and gifts to the generals of the Forbidden Army. The biggest effect is not to allow him to support his own troops to segregate a place, but to give him an identity, and secondly, he can open a mansion.

However, Wang Pu did it very ostentatiously, he tore off a piece of the map and handed it to Guo Shao. Guo Shao took a piece of paper and kowtowed to Chai Rong to thank him.

Wang Pu said again: "General Guo can be promoted to Commander of the Division of Guards and Infantry Division."

Chai Rong remained silent, and everyone looked at Li Jixun. There are many impeachers, many of whom asked to be removed to punish him for the responsibility of losing the morale of the Zhou army at a critical moment. But the emperor refused, thinking that Li Jixun was just a momentary mistake, and he was still a general, and he had quite a lot of military exploits in the past. He tried his best to reject all opinions, and only removed Li Jixun from his post in the imperial army and changed him to Heyang Jiedu envoy.

For such a major personnel change, Chai Rong made a decision with a few people talking and laughing. Therefore, everyone should be grateful for the emperor's kindness. Although Li Chongjin was angry, Chai Rong also excused him. Wang Pu just made him unable to step down... But Li Chongjin can't blame others, he talked too much, and it was not long ago.

Guo Shao's face was glowing red, and in a blink of an eye, he joined the ranks of the few high-ranking generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty and served as Jiedushi. Holding a piece of torn paper in his hand, in an instant, his mentality completely changed... He had to realize that people's mentality really changes with their status. Whatever position they are in, even if it is only for a while, the feeling and self-positioning are completely different.

It was as if he drank some medicine to strengthen his body. In an instant, he felt greater power surging in his body. It was a real feeling! Although he still can't catch up with Li Chongjin's status, but now he has no fear at all.

Not long after, Liu Renzhan was announced to see him. Chai Rong was very polite, he was a corporal, and he wanted to make Liu Renzhan the inspector Taiwei, Zhongshuling, and Tianping Army Jiedushi. Liu Renzhan refused and said that he did not surrender.

Not only was Chai Rong not angry, but he boasted in public: "Liu Renzhan is loyal to what he does, and he has nothing to lose by resisting the festival. Famous ministers of the previous generation are comparable!" So he sent someone to "escort" Liu Renzhan back to Tokyo for good treatment.

That night, Chai Rong made another order to hold a banquet in the Yangzhou Palace to celebrate Guo Shao's achievements, and rewarded Guo Shao with a horse and a jade belt inlaid with gold. Guo Shao was drunk at the banquet, and had a good time talking with Zhao Kuangyin... He remembered at this moment that after the Battle of Gaoping, Zhao Kuangyin said that he would have a good time with wine and talk, but after returning to Tokyo, Zhao Kuangyin had long forgotten about it; tonight Guo Shao was finally qualified to drink with him, it was really belated.

After the banquet, Guo Shao was taken by the eunuch to a private house outside the palace, which was already guarded. He entered the bedroom and suddenly saw a woman sitting on the bed. He thought he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly backed out. After a while, he slapped his forehead: Isn't this the beauty that the emperor rewarded?

People I don't know at all, but they have a good figure and temperament. Before he got a beauty in the hall, he "forgot" to be promoted; now that he came back after being promoted, he almost forgot about the beauty.