Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Guo Shao usurped the throne, the age is not yet..." On the bank of the Yangtze River, a man on a black-covered boat stretched his neck and read a sentence while looking at a stone tablet. 【, half of the stone is in the mud by the river, and half is exposed outside, appearing and disappearing under the washing of the waves. The people in the boats on the river rowed over to see a sudden stone on the riverside out of curiosity.

On the road by the river, passers-by occasionally stopped to watch.

I don't know how long this stone has been here, and I don't know how many people have seen it, but no one has paid attention to it. Everyone, it seems that they are very active, but it is difficult to meddle in other people's affairs.

The people watching on the black-padded boat said: "There is also a goat carved on it with two horns. What does that mean?"

An old man's voice in the cabin said: "This year is the Year of the Goat. Row the boat, hurry up!"

The curious man also jumped down from the bow and got into the cabin. The short-coated man with sculls on the bow said humanely: "This year happens to be the Year of the Goat. Is the thing said on the stele this year or twelve years from now?"

The voice of the old man said: "Stupid! After twelve years, will Ganzhi still be Jiwei?"

Amidst the sound of oars and chatter, the awning boat floated slowly on the vast river.

At this moment, a group of horsemen came from the road. Several people who were leading the donkey cart on the road hurriedly pulled the cart to the side of the road and stopped to watch. In front of the horse soldier was a very tall man, who looked very terrifying. Behind him were all heavy armored horsemen, with feathers on their heads. As the horse galloped, a piece of feather was shaking, like a reed flower in the wind. There is also a group of less glamorous servants behind. When passers-by saw this battle, they almost ran away without taking the road.

The strong man was Shi Yanchao, and his troops happened to be stationed by the river bank. Only after hearing the scout's report did they know that there was such a thing here.

Shi Yanchao led the crowd to the side of the stone, and jumped off his horse. A group of people walked to the riverside, also watching the writing on the stone. All the troops were silent, and none of them said a word. Shi Yanchao squinted his eyes and watched for a long time.

A general next to him asked, "General, what should we do with this thing?"

Shi Yanchao said: "Take something to cover it up, leave two people to watch, and send someone to Jiangning City to report to Marshal Guo."

"Here." The general responded with clasped fists, and immediately yelled for people to do things.

A few hours later, Shi Yanchao received a reply letter from Jiangning City in the barracks. He took it from his subordinates, unfolded it, stamped it with the seal of "Qianying Military Mansion in the South of the Yangtze River", and wrote a letter: People with ulterior motives in the Southern Tang Dynasty and man-made rumors smashed the stone and carried it to the surface of the river to sink it.

Shi Yanchao read it in public, and handed it to the general beside him: "Do this according to the military order."

The generals sitting on both sides were discussing for a while, but they didn't mention Guo Shao's usurpation of the throne, they only said where did the stone appear. Under Shi Yanchao's command, the main troops are the Crane Control Army Ma Zhi and the Bow and Arrow Straight; this army has not changed its name for several generations, because no matter whoever enters the imperial city, they will be given generous treatment to show their favor.

At this moment, a general asked, "What does General Shi think about this?"

Although Shi Yanchao often acted recklessly, but after all, he came up from a low-level general, and he still knows some things. Immediately, he casually slapped his palm on the table, and there was a loud "bang", and everything on it jumped up. The generals were startled, and immediately shut up and turned their heads to look over.

Shi Yanchao said: "It's just a matter of talking and talking, so shut up!"

The generals responded in a hurry, no matter whether they obey Shi Yanchao or not, no one is willing to contradict this guy.

...

When Guo Shao was in Jiangning City, he not only received a report from the Yangtze River out of the stone, but he also had a message written by the Secretary of the Imperial City according to the Empress Dowager's wishes: The Yellow River out of the stone.

Compared with the eight characters written by Shi Yanchao, the stones "flushed out" from the Yellow River are richer in content: the obscene talisman serves the three husbands, the country is the wedding dress;

Guo Shao's expression was uneasy, and Wang Pu was looking at the paper in his hand.

According to the usual habit, after Guo Shao read the report, he would usually hand it to the left and right, and then everyone would give advice. But this time Guo Shao didn't let the people around him fold up the paper and put it in his pocket.

Wang Pusui didn't say anything, Zuo You asked, "What happened?"

Guo Shaodao: "It's similar to Shi Yanchao's report, this time it's the Yellow River that came out to slander the Queen Mother and me."

Zuo You said: "The stone by the river should have been done by people from the Southern Tang Dynasty. The stone was also fished out of the Yellow River? The spies of the Northern Han Dynasty, or the Hedong..."

Guo Shao didn't answer, but frowned and thought for a while. Xindao, the thing of fishing stones out of the water to impose the "law of heaven" seems to have become a routine since ancient times. The Yellow Turban Army did it before, and Wu Zetian did it too... this time it's good, I'm not ready to play tricks, others have done it first, but the writing is not good.

At the same time, one thing was also confirmed: his plan to increase his prestige through foreign wars and then proclaim himself emperor was so obvious that more than one or two people guessed it;

Compared with Zhao Kuangyin's choice of timing when he suddenly created an opportunity and acted as soon as he left the country, the opportunity Guo Shao encountered now is more natural, but it is also too obvious.

In addition to the two civil servants Wang Puzuoyou, there were also two generals Li Chuyun and Luo Yanhuan present. The crowd was silent for a while before Wang Pucai said: "I still recommend Cao Bin for the military generals stationed in Jiangning. Destroying the country is easy, but defending the country is difficult. At the end of last year, our dynasty was able to use troops against the Southern Tang Kingdom. The peaceful situation after the restoration of the Shu Kingdom played a key role. It not only sent a lot of money, goods, and people to our dynasty to start the war, but also did not contain the troops of the Great Zhou in the rear. The Southern Tang Kingdom was destroyed, and the world's borders were closed. The governance of the Southern Tang Kingdom has not yet ended. Cao Bin was stationed in Shu last year, and he was able to restrain the soldiers, so there is nothing wrong with letting him stay in Jiangnan this year."

Wang Pu seemed to turn a deaf ear to what happened just now.

Guo Shaodao: "What Wang Shijun said is not unreasonable. Right now, it is imperative to send envoys to the southern capital (Nanchang) to persuade the remaining places to surrender."

Wang Pu clasped his fists and said, "Southern Tang needs someone to preside over the aftermath, and Wuyue needs to send people nearby. If General Guo wants to bring the forbidden troops back to the court, I ask myself to stay in Jiangnan."

After Guo Shao heard this, he suddenly had a guess that Wang Pu didn't want to "support the meritorious service of Conglong", but he was also unwilling to stop it; that's why he wanted to stay in the south of the Yangtze River and stay away from this internal strife... The purpose may be to preserve the reputation of loyal ministers.

If Wang Pu really had this kind of thought, Guo Shao could also understand. But for a while, it was still a bit annoying, as if I was being ignored by my friends... Maybe, I won't have friends at all in the future.

At this time, Wang Pu said politely again: "I have finished what I want to say today, so I will take my leave first."

Guo Shao didn't stay either, and sent it to the entrance of the lobby. When he turned around and came back, there were only four people left in the lobby besides himself, they were the few who had a secret meeting in the mountain village last time, and there was also the general guard Tan Shitou standing at the door. Guo Shao walked straight inside without saying a word. Others paused and followed.

When a group of people walked to the door of the signing room, Guo Shao looked back at Qin Shitou. Without saying a word, Qin Shitou said, "This subordinate understands."

This older man looks old, but he seems to be a little more sophisticated than Lu Chengyong.

Guo Shao sat down on the chair behind the koan, pointed to the stools and chairs outside and said, "Find a place to sit by yourself."

Zuo You said: "Just now I thought about it again, the stone in the Yellow River may not have been done by Li Yun from Hedong, it should be Zhao Kuangyin who fled to the Northern Han Dynasty."

Guo Shao nodded after listening, and the two generals did not object. Guo Shaoxin said: According to history, the position was originally Zhao Kuangyin's. Now that he sees the situation, he must be very jealous and unwilling.

Zuo You said again: "This kind of mysticism can only deceive those fools in the mountains. People with a little knowledge will not believe it. Most of them can guess that it is the enemy of the lord. It is inconvenient for us to come forward to defend ourselves. The more we say it, the more we are in the hands of the treacherous. But the lord has to order the generals to temporarily prohibit spreading rumors in the army."

Li Chuyun pondered and said: "Whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world. At this juncture, my lord really pays attention to reputation and prestige."

Zuo You frowned and said, "Then how should we deal with it?"

At this moment, a faint voice suddenly sounded outside the door. Several people were more vigilant when talking about secret matters, and immediately stopped talking.

Guo Shao also remained silent for the time being, sitting on a chair and waiting. Sure enough, after a while Tan Shitou said outside the door: "My lord, something happened in the city. A general came in to report, and the humble officer stopped him, so I said a few words. Now I have sent him away."

Guo Shao said loudly: "Come in and report, what happened?"

Qin Shitou pushed open the door and entered, clasped his fists and said, "A few soldiers slipped out of the barracks and broke into a private house. They not only robbed property, but also raped the wives and concubines of that house. Those women couldn't think about it after being humiliated, and hanged themselves! Now the people in the workshop carried their corpses to the front of the barracks. There are so many people, blocking the road."

"Bang!" Guo Shao slapped the public case with his palm, and his face suddenly changed, "Whose subordinates? Immediately arrest the Chinese army for questioning."

Tan Shitou said: "You can take the lord's personal soldiers to go, but you have to have a military order...A humble position to go to Wang Shumi to order?"

Guo Shao nodded and said: "Order Shi Yanchao to meet with the Chinese Army in Jiangning City."

"Here." Qin Shitou replied.