Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Brother Yeluxiu led his army to Jinyang and heard that the Zhou army had retreated to Liaozhou. The Northern Han Dynasty did not allow the Liao army to enter Jinyang City, and there was confusion when the grain and grass supplies were transferred. As a result, some Liao troops were short of food and grass, so they plundered on the Jinyang Plain, and the Northern Han people complained.

The Jinyang court sent officials to the Liao army camp to negotiate, demanding that the Liao army stop looting places, and drive the Zhou army stationed there in Liaozhou.

Unexpectedly, Brother Yeluxiu was furious and said in public: "The warriors of Daliao are skilled in bow and horse, brave and good at fighting, just like a sharp knife. Have you ever seen a sharp knife chopping bricks?"

So he rejected the request of the Northern Han Dynasty to attack Liaozhou, and proposed to attack Liaozhou with the Northern Han army as the main force, and the Daliao army only stood aside to prevent the Zhou army from going out of the city to counterattack. But if the Northern Han Dynasty had the strength to attack a heavily fortified city, why didn't it fight the Zhou army in the field before?

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Tokyo Ouchi. Guo Shaozheng said: "The ancestors of the Han family were martial and orderly. As long as our family works hard to govern, we will be able to restore the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Why should we be afraid of the Liao Kingdom?"

Fu Jinzhan was sitting opposite Guo Shao, she said soothingly: "Your Majesty has a long-term perspective, and he will surely fulfill his wish."

When she said these words of encouragement, her face was gentle and kind. This kind of temperament is very subtle and makes people feel like a spring breeze, as if she is a woman full of love and compassion, placing expectations and happy for those close to her. Guo Shao felt high fighting spirit and no sense of oppression, very comfortable and warm.

But after Fu Jinzhan finished speaking, he inadvertently still revealed a slightly depressed expression from between his brows, that expression seemed to be escaping, alienating, with a little helplessness.

Guo Shao's heart was fluctuating with her emotions, and he finally asked what he had endured for more than a month: "Did King Wei say anything to Jinzhan when he entered the palace?"

Jinzhan's expression was a little flustered immediately, and then he said seriously: "What can my father say in front of me?"

"But..." Guo Shao always felt something was wrong. A man's mind is not particularly careless, as long as he pays extra attention to a person, he will have various intuitions.

Jinzhan's gaze streamed on Guo Shao's face, as if the brilliance of the morning sun shone on his face, and it was like light with a very short wavelength that could penetrate his surface, making Guo Shao a little nervous. Fu Jinzhan said in a low voice: "Even if we didn't say anything, we don't need others to say it, we know it in our hearts."

Guo Shao opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word. He felt that there was no need to entangle the personal relationship between the two of them, but it was just a matter of mutual affection to a certain extent. Is there anything wrong? But with the current logic, it just doesn't make sense.

Fu Jinzhan said quietly again: "I didn't mean to blame you, and I can't blame you. It's your love and my wish. But in this fair place, in front of father and brother, how can we justify? We should pay more attention to propriety in the future, and we must not sit on the ground... Otherwise, there is really no way to explain it."

In Guo Shao's eyes, Fu Jinzhan was stronger than her elder brother Fu Zhaoxu and even the king of Wei in terms of wisdom and means, but she was still a woman with a place in the family, subject to restrictions and constraints, and could hardly override her father and brother.

Guo Shao pondered seriously for a long time before he said: "I never felt that we did anything wrong, but what Jinzhan said is not wrong."

"Oh?" Fu Jinzhan looked at him with interest. She is a woman who can be affected by all kinds of emotions, but she is not the kind of person who can't get rid of it at all.

Guo Shao murmured: "You are right... I have thought about this kind of affection carefully. At the beginning, it may feel good, fresh, exciting, attractive, and full of enthusiasm. But after a long time, it can only hide in the corner and cannot see the light. I may not be too affected, because I have other wives and concubines, but for women, it is an abyss, a dark alley without sunshine and future, full of various dangers and worries..."

"Hey!" Fu Jinzhan shook his head and said, "It's nothing, anyway, I have no future, brother Shao need not feel guilty."

Guo Shao's eyes widened, and he said seriously: "How about we try to get from the corner to a place that is upright?"

Fu Jinzhan was stunned, and looked at his face: "I know what you mean, and what method you think of... If this will make you more ambitious, why don't you give it a try."

"Jinzhan doesn't want to?" Guo Shao asked.

Fu Jinzhan said calmly, "I'm really that important to you now? There are so many beauties in the palace."

Guo Shaodao: "Whether Jinzhan is important to me? After so many things, you still don't believe it?"

A blush suddenly appeared on Fu Jinzhan's smooth cheeks, which was more beautiful than the sunset glow in the sky at this time.

Guo Shao patiently persuaded him again: "Recently, I read Taoist books. I am too forgetful, and Taoism follows nature. We don't have to be too obsessed with secular right and wrong, we have to forgive ourselves and be open-minded."

"Hmm..." Fu Jinzhan was thoughtful.

Guo Shao’s voice gradually became low, perhaps because he was tired after a long day’s work and in the evening, he seemed to be murmuring: “In the westernmost place, the place west of Persia, there is a saying among the people there, but it’s not that people are inherently good, but that all people are inherently evil and all have sins, but because of the kindness of the gods, they took the sins for the world and forgave people’s sins... According to this kind of saying, even God has not forgived the sins of mortals, why can’t we forgive ourselves?”

After hearing this, Fu Jinzhan showed a slight smile: "I think you are really... Maybe speaking in front of me is useful. Brother Shao is the only one in this world."

Guo Shao also laughed and said, "Are you in a better mood?"

"Mood..." Fu Jinzhan smiled, "It's a very interesting word, of course it's better."

"It's good to be relieved. I appeared in Jinzhan's sight from the very beginning, and my original intention was not to bring you sorrow." Guo Shao said.

Fu Jinzhan put away his usual dignified atmosphere, but sat with his head lowered, facing each other silently.

At this time, Guo Shao said again: "I have been an emperor for a few months, and I have been in the court all day long. Looking at the situation, it is time to lead the troops out to exercise. I am a martial artist, and I still cannot completely abandon my old profession. I have a plan... During the personal conquest, Jinzhan will move to the Jinxiang Palace to handle memorials and government affairs for me."

Fu Jinzhan was slightly surprised: "Is it appropriate for me to blatantly interfere with government affairs?"

"What status?" Guo Shao said, "The empress of the former emperor, the sister of the empress of this dynasty, has an honorary title. What's more, Jinzhan was a regent in the first place, familiar with government affairs, qualified to serve the public, and has a high prestige in the imperial army. I don't think there is anything wrong with it."

Fu Jinzhan pondered seriously.

Guo Shao persuaded again: "This is not a cover-up. Authorizing Empress Duanci to handle state affairs can only prove trust, not favor." He added: "I have to get away to do a lot of things, and I need Jinzhan to help me."

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