Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The Jinxiang Hall on the high platform is majestic and magnificent, and the large pillars exposed under the roof of the hall make it even more rough. A group of people came out from the gate of the temple, they were talking while walking, and the voices were noisy.

There are a lot of people here, but the square still feels empty, probably because the surrounding space is too wide; there are no additional buildings around the Jinxiang Temple, not even a tree, but there are many water tanks next to the houses in the distance. Most of these important buildings look like this, not for beauty, the first consideration is to prevent assassins and fires.

A group of ministers had just retreated from the court, and they were still discussing the state affairs just now. Under the double eaves building full of oriental charm, the appearance of the civil servants in robes bowing and bowing is quite unique.

Wang Pu casually clasped his fists to the officials saluting him: "Mr. Li, please go ahead and talk about it in a day."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Guo Shao and said, "Li Chuyun has chosen the right person, and I didn't expect him to make such rapid progress."

What Wang Pu said was what Wang Pu said just now. Less than a month after Li Chuyun left Beijing, he had crossed the river and captured Lizhou, besieged Langzhou (Changde), and sent people back to Beijing to report the progress of the war; Li Chuyun wrote a strategy of "cutting the wings first, then smashing the heart": he believed that Changsha would send troops to rescue Langzhou;

After discussing with several core ministers, the Privy Council considered Li Chuyun's ability and granted the former camp the right to act arbitrarily.

Guo Shao laughed and said, "I've known Li Chuyun for many years, don't I know what kind of person he is?"

Wang Pu worshiped.

At this moment, Guo Shao saw an eunuch with a whisk rushing quickly from the corridor below the Jinxiang Hall. The empty square is actually very conspicuous when there are people. No wonder it is said that not planting trees can prevent assassins.

Guo Shao has good eyesight and recognized Cao Tai at a glance. Wang Pu took a look and saw Guo Shao slowing down, waiting for the eunuch slowly, so he left immediately and went ahead.

After a while, Cao Tai, who was thin, caught up with Guo Shao. Guo Shao clasped his fists and saluted, "Eunuch Cao, what are you in a hurry for?"

Cao Tai hurriedly returned the gift politely, and took out an envelope from his arms: "Guo Du will check this first."

Guo Shao glanced at Cao Tai, took out the letter paper calmly, first read the first line that said "General Gao Yanchou", and immediately turned to the end to see the reservation: Emperor Dashu. He asked, "Is it Qin Guogong's own handwriting?"

Cao Tai said: "That's right."

Guo Shao browsed the contents of the letter, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. After a while, he raised his head and said with a smile: "This Qin Guogong is really funny."

Cao Tai also laughed when he saw this, glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry about what the Queen Mother means... The sender and the letter are in his hands, why don't you just ask the sender to give it to Gao Yanchou? Gao Yanchou hasn't left Beijing for a few days."

After hearing this, Guo Shao pondered for a while, and understood Fu Jinzhan's intention: it was nothing more than distrust of the surrendered generals of the Shu Kingdom, and now Gao Yanchou was in charge of the military power of the Shu army. He was not at ease, and wanted to test it.

He was silent for a long time. Cao Taidao: "Gao Yanchou is recommended by Guo Du, and the Empress Dowager also wants to ask you first."

Guo Shao thought for a while, his face seemed to be relieved, and he finally said: "There was an incident before. After the battle of Qin and Feng Chengjie, Da Zhou captured some surrendered troops from the Shu Kingdom. The late emperor collected them and transferred them to the Huainan battlefield. As a result, those Shu soldiers surrendered at the first touch, and even took the initiative to find the generals of the Southern Tang army to surrender. Later, the late emperor defeated the Southern Tang army and captured the Shu soldiers. The late emperor was very angry and ordered them all to be killed."

Cao Tai nodded to show he was listening.

Guo Shao said again: "I recalled the battle of Gaoping again. After Xiaodi's army was dispersed, my brother Luo Mengzi was summoned by other generals to continue chasing the Northern Han army;

This is why I want to use Gao Yanchou. He was originally a general of the Shu army, and the soldiers of the Shu Kingdom know him well and trust him. The Shu soldiers recruited in this way are capable of fighting. Otherwise, we will take them in, and they will not be useful, so why waste food and military pay? Gao Yanchou is a capable and intelligent general, but there are also many capable generals in Dazhou. If he was not from the background of a general in Shu, I don't have to use him as the commander of the Jiannan Army. "

Cao Taidao: "So that's the case, the miscellaneous family will remember it, and will tell the Queen Mother when I go back."

Guo Shaodao: "I don't think there is any need to give this letter to Gao Yanchou. We gave it to him. How do we think about him? First of all, he will never follow Meng Chang's wishes and take risks. Gao Yanchou is not a fool. He was going to ruin his family because of the fall of the Kingdom of Shu. Now he can keep everything and get more reuse. A good general of the Zhou army will not do anything and go with Meng Chang? and die with him.

Gao Yanchou could only react in two ways. First, submit this letter to show his loyalty, so that he will have to bear the ruthless self-blame and public opinion condemnation of the old master (Meng Chang); let alone prove his loyalty in this way? No one can force what a person thinks in his heart, people can only look at his words and deeds on the surface. Mutual trust can only be managed, not forced.

Second, pretend not to know, and quietly burn the secret letter as if it had not been received. In this way, he can show a little affection for the old master. However, since we went to test him and found out that he would be suspicious all his life if he did that? Gao Yanchou felt that we were suspicious of him, and he would also be wary.

After such a speculation, it can be concluded that testing him will not gain any benefit, but will only destroy the fragile mutual trust. So I think it's a useless move, and I'd better tell the queen mother not to try it. The ancients said, "It is useless to employ people without doubting others", maybe it is because it is useless to doubt him? If I thought Gao Yanchou was unreliable, I would not have recommended him before. "

After Cao Tai heard this, he nodded hurriedly: "Guo Du checked his words, and the miscellaneous family suddenly realized, thinking about it, this is really the case."

Guo Shao smiled confidently: "Even if Gao Yanchou wanted to rebel, he couldn't beat me in Shu; now that I have lost the barrier of mountains and rivers, I can still deal with him a second time. Don't worry too much."

Cao Tai looked up to see Guo Shao's face. Cao Tai looked at Guo Shao's calm and confident smile, and listened with respect on his face: "The Zajia has never convinced a few people in his life, but the Zajia really obeys Guo Du's inspection. With Guo Du's inspection in the court, the Zajia and others feel very safe!"

Guo Shao patted Cao Tai on the shoulder: "Eunuch Cao is also a good man with both ability and political integrity... just give me this letter."

Cao Tai excitedly said: "The Zajia and Guo Dujian came here after a narrow escape, and the Zajia has always remembered your kindness. How does Guodu Jianjian plan to deal with the secret letter? If the Queen Mother asks, the Zajia can answer."

"Give it back to Meng Chang." Guo Shao said, "If I want to kill him, I don't need this thing."

Cao Tai was thoughtful, and seemed to be thinking about Guo Shao's intentions, but he was not a talkative person, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Guo Shao said: "If it's okay, I'll go first."

Cao Tai saluted and said: "The miscellaneous family must hurry back and ask the queen mother to report this matter, so I will leave."

Guo Shao was not in a hurry, he took the letter home and stayed for a long time, chatting with Jing Niang in the living room of the front yard while waiting for Zuo You. Zuo You came to talk nonsense almost every day, so usually he would come by himself.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zuo You to enter the gate of the courtyard. There was no one to stop him, and there was no need to notify him. It was as easy for him to enter Guo Shao's house as he entered his own.

The two first exchanged some recent news for information sharing. Then Guo Shao took out the secret letter and handed it to Zuo You: "You take the time to go to the Duke of Qin's mansion and return the letter to Meng Chang."

Zuo You first took the letter and looked at it for a while, then his shoulders twitched: "This... is really ridiculous, and courting death is not like this."

Guo Shao glanced back at Jingniang, and said calmly, "The queen mother didn't say she wanted to kill him. Zuo You went to return the secret letter, and took this opportunity to observe Meng Chang's attitude, and we can talk about it after we think about it."

Zuo You suppressed his smile and said, "Meng Chang really can't rebel, but we still have to beware of his nonsense, which will affect the people's situation in Shu."

Guo Shao praised: "Mr. Zuo is getting more and more thoughtful, and he has the talent of a prime minister."

Zuo You hurriedly shook his head and said, "Don't dare, my qualifications are too low."

After talking for a while, Zuo You got up and wanted to see Meng Chang immediately. The so-called those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, Guo Shaoping has always had this style, and the people around him are more or less affected.

At this time, Jingniang said: "Ah Lang, I want to go with Mr. Zuo to see Mrs. Huarui."

Guo Shao smiled and said: "That's fine, you can do whatever you want, I didn't tie your feet."

... Zuo You rode in a carriage, and Jing Niang wore a veiled hat to shade her from the sun. She was more straightforward than a man, and rode directly with her. Qin Guogong's mansion is in the east of the inner city, not too far from Guo Shao's mansion, and it doesn't take long for horses and horses to walk along the street, and it takes less than half an hour to walk slowly.

A group of people handed over invitations at Duke Qin's mansion, but they were greeted by a tall and fat civil official when they went out. Zuo You then said, "Zuo You, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, wants to pay a visit to Duke Qin, and I hope you can recommend me."

The civil servant hurriedly said: "Please, please come inside."

Zuo You went to the door with Jing Niang. The civil servant was much lower in rank than Zuo You, and he only dared to walk behind him, and he was good at guiding the direction with his hands, but he didn't dare to walk in front. Zuo You vaguely heard a scribe whispering behind him: "Zuo Shaoqing often enters the gate of Guo Du's inspection."

Zuo You ignored their whispering and didn't care about it, thinking: I am Guo Shao's aide, so there is nothing to cover up; if it weren't for this identity, I could be the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple?

It was the civil servant who nodded and bowed, becoming more submissive. It's not surprising that Zuo You saw it, he had seen this kind of thing too much; most of the low-ranking colleagues in the imperial court heard about his relationship, and most of them looked like this.

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