Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

As soon as Guo Shao returned to Tokyo, he heard about Li Jixun's call for troops. . . The governor of Huaizhou "defected", and on the eve of Li Jixun's rebellion, he rushed back to Tokyo with his son to inform him. In this world, civil servants are easier to control than warriors. Most civil servants will listen to whoever sits on the throne in the capital.

In the ceremony hall in the southern part of the imperial city, Guo Shao met with the governor of Zezhou.

"Two months ago, Li Jixun released prisoners from the three cities, interfered in the local government affairs of prefectures and counties, recruited craftsmen and strong men everywhere, collected money and food, ironware, saltpeter, sulfur..."

"Saltpeter, sulfur?" Guo Shao immediately paid attention to this detail. He is more sensitive to these things, because gunpowder is rarely used by the government except Taoist priests and fireworks merchants.

The "volt gunpowder" used by Taoist priests and the gunpowder used in fireworks are all invented by the ancients themselves. The formula is very crude. Although it was used in military affairs at the end of Tang Dynasty, it is basically useless. What did Li Jixun do with gunpowder... Guo Shao immediately thought of Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin knew the gunpowder formula for bombing the city! Only the gunpowder recipe that Guo Shao tested in Shouzhou has any military value. The gunpowder that exists in this era is just a thing to scare people.

After the Battle of Shouzhou, Chai Rong coerced and lured Guo Shao to offer up the prescriptions. The prescriptions did not spread, but Zhao Kuangyin was the core personnel around Chai Rong.

At that time, Guo Shao had no way to deal with Chai Rong's coercion, but he kept his hand. A few years ago, he wondered whether Zhao Kuangyin could be an emperor, and whether he would be his enemy in the future, so there were a few details that he didn't reveal...

First, the method of middle school chemistry experiment to purify saltpeter. Remove impurities by dissolving, filtering, cooking and crystallizing, and then use a sieve to roughly screen out sodium nitrate crystals of different sizes and shapes. Without a method of purification, the gunpowder held by the imperial court would be impure, which would further affect the mixing ratio of raw materials, and the power would be reduced.

Second, the classification experiment method is used to find the mixing ratio of raw materials. Prescriptions are dead, methods are alive. Others only got fish, not "fishing".

Third, gunpowder is granulated, mixed with water, crushed and sieved. Guo Shao personally tested it at the beginning, and the burning speed of granulated gunpowder is more than three times higher than that of powdered gunpowder... The power of detonation without granulation is several times lower.

Fourth, air tightness. Gunpowder is flammable and explosive. If no extra attention is paid to sealing and compacting, the explosive power is very small.

If the four details are not fulfilled, it is almost impossible to blow up the city wall... When Guo Shao bombed Shouzhou City, he used the modern insights and knowledge available in memory, and tried his best to overdose to succeed. An ancient person, even if Zhang Liang was reincarnated, without these methods, if he wanted to blow up the city wall with gunpowder, it would be impossible for Guo Shao to do it.

... The news of the governor, the most important role, made Guo Shao guess: Zhao Kuangyin voted for Li Jixun!

The governor of Zezhou was still reporting all kinds of news, but Guo Shao basically didn't listen... What Li Jixun wanted to do, he had already guessed. The person Guo Shao is most concerned about now: Zhao Kuangyin!

Zhao Kuangyin almost failed completely after the Tokyo mutiny, and the world no longer cares about him. But Guo Shao has a special kind of obsession, and he can't ignore this person... the symptoms caused by modern historical knowledge. Tang Zong and Song Zu, who doesn't know?

Guo Shao thought for a while, and now there is nothing he can do about Zhao Kuangyin, unless he kills Li Jixun first. But he thought of another person who was still in Tokyo: Zhang Yongde.

Zhang Yongde's kindness to Zhao Kuangyin is not an exaggeration. Zhao Kuangyin was reused because of Chai Rong’s trust, but Guo Shao was very clear about the events before and after the Gaoping War... Without Zhang Yongde who valued Zhao Kuangyin first, Zhao Kuangyin was not even a general of the Forbidden Army, and he was an official in Kaifeng Prefecture;

Zhang Yongde's kindness to Zhao Kuangyin is no less than that of the ten brothers of Nayi Society.

However, Guo Shao wondered: During the Tokyo Mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to force Zhang Yongde to wear a dragon robe. Was he trying to use and harm him, or to repay Zhang Yongde's favor?

And what Zhang Yongde did was to run away very wisely.

... "It doesn't matter what a person says or thinks." Guo Shao suddenly said, "The most important thing is to see what he does at the critical moment."

The governor of Zezhou froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer Guo Shao's words.

Guo Shao immediately decided: Zhang Yongde did nothing wrong at the critical moment, at least when he has power, the glory and wealth should be given to Zhang Yongde.

What did Zhang Yongde think about, whether he wanted to be emperor; Guo Shao had no way of knowing. But a person's thoughts are innocent, because people often think about many things, maybe they think about evil crimes, maybe they think about winning the lottery, maybe they think about sleeping with someone's beautiful wife... Who doesn't think about things that are not right for them? Just think about it, most things will not be really done.

At this moment, the eunuch Cao Tai came to the door of the hall, waved his whisk, and said: "The Queen Mother summons General Guo and enters the palace immediately."

After hearing this, Guo Shao said to Zezhou Inspector: "Mr. Zhang's loyalty is commendable. He did not join forces with the rebels. He also brought important news. The imperial court will definitely appreciate and reward Mr. Zhang based on his achievements."

The governor of Zezhou bowed long and bowed: "I dare not say rewards for the loyalty of the emperor."

"Eunuch Cao, didn't you enter the palace to discuss matters at Sishi (9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.)?" Guo Shao asked casually.

Cao Tai said: "The Empress Dowager wants to meet General Guo alone in advance."

"Please trouble Eunuch Cao to lead the way," Guo Shao said.

Cao Tai seemed to recall the squinting "courtesy" he got when he saw Shi Yanchao in the front of the hall, and hurriedly said: "General Guo is too polite."

Guo Shao entered the Xuande Gate and Daqing Gate to the Jinxiang Hall, and entered the apse from the corridor on the side of the high stone steps.

When I arrived at the palace where I had seen Fu Jinzhan several times before, I saw Fu Jinzhan wearing a yellow robe, pacing in front of the carved window through a thin wall like a screen with a wooden frame and satin.

When Guo Shao came in, all the women withdrew one after another, and stood by the gate of the palace.

"I kowtow to see the queen mother." Guo Shao kowtowed according to the etiquette.

Fu Jinzhan turned around, his snow-white and glamorous face was set off by bright yellow silk and satin, making it even more dignified. But her complexion didn't seem very good, and she said, "Get up... Li Chongjin and Li Jixun are too shameless!" She threw a piece of paper on the table.

"Is it Li Jixun's call to action?" Guo Shao asked calmly, "I've already read it."

Fu Jinzhan said in a deep voice: "They fabricated rumors, saying that you and I..." At this point, there were complex emotions on his face, shame and anger were mixed together.

Before and now, Guo Shao has never seen Fu Jinzhan show much emotion in front of others. She is a person who can control her own emotions. Even Zhou Taizu praised her unruffled demeanor.

In the past, she just had no one to say, only by herself. Now, she is willing to express her emotions in front of Guo Shao, which is very rare in itself. Guo Shao knew that all she wanted was a few words of comfort to make her feel better. There is no one in the world who is qualified to comfort her.

Just like the last conversation, Fu Jinzhan made it clear at the end: I just want to hear your sweet words, but you are talking about something with me.

But for a smart person like Fu Jinzhan, words that are completely unreasonable cannot comfort her. Guo Shao pondered hard for a while, and then he said: "Has the Queen Mother spent King Luo Bin's "Words on Martial Arts"?"

"I have read it." Fu Jinzhan looked at him expectantly.

Guo Shaodao: "When Wu Zetian saw it, she couldn't help but laugh instead. The article praising Luo Binwang was very literary."

Fu Jinzhan said quietly: "I'm not Wu Zetian, I'm not that big. When those people scold me, I get angry and feel very humiliated! And..." she whispered, "You know... I can't have a clear conscience."

Guo Shaodao: "People in the world don't believe this kind of swearing. What does the Queen Mother care about? There is no need to be ashamed. Even if we always treat each other with courtesy and abide by the etiquette, Li Jixun will still scold like this, because he rebelled against him, so there is no need to worry about angering the Queen Mother; he is not taking responsibility for swearing, but rebelling.

On the contrary, even if we are as filthy and chaotic as the erotic palace is written in the proclamation, the gods and men are jealous of each other, and the world does not tolerate it, the people of the world will still not scold us. First of all, people don't know what's going on in the palace, and secondly, they have to bear serious responsibilities if they scold them.

So what we do or don't do has no effect. Enemies don't care about the facts, as long as they open their mouths; Unless it is too obvious, and there are good people who are chasing after the wind and mirroring unofficial history, then it is enough to admit it, and it is not harmful to nature. What kind of intolerance is this? "

Guo Shao said nicely again: "The ancients said that the mouth of the people is better than the mouth of the river. What others say can't be guarded, and they can't care about it. Distorted rumors without real evidence, only stupid people will believe it. The Queen Mother doesn't have to care too much."

Guo Shao himself also created rumors about the Zhao San rape and murder case, but he did it more carefully, and there are many true and false evidences to support it...Of course the biggest "evidence" is that Zhao Kuangyin failed. This kind of thing is a matter of position, that's all.

After hearing this, Fu Jinzhan looked at ease, she pondered for a moment, looked at Guo Shao and said, "It's okay, I seem to be much better..." She said softly, "General Guo is a general, why do people around you feel so comfortable?"

Guo Shao whispered: "Because I treat the Queen Mother with my heart. Will Zhao Kuangyin, Li Jixun and others feel comfortable with me?"

Fu Jinzhan was amused slightly, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid Li Jixun hates you now."

"Maybe they don't hate me, they think I'm just a tool; the person who hates is the Queen Mother." Guo Shaodao, "People who are ready to move around the world are very afraid of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother behaved quite artistically after she became regent."

"My governance measures are passable?" Fu Jinzhan asked softly.

Guo Shao praised: "It is very superb and very wise. In the world of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, heroes and heroes are not stable when the regime is handed over, so it took only fifty years to change the five dynasties and five surnames. In contrast, the replacement of imperial power in the Datong Dynasty is just a trivial matter."