Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The wind blew up the imperial city, and the yellow flag on the tower of Beiyuan City was swaying in the wind.

Fu Jinzhan walked up the stone steps slowly, followed by a group of court ladies and eunuchs. The wind blew her dress against her body, and her hair was also messed up. A few strands of black hair floated in the wind and floated on Ruyu's face, adding a bit of poignancy to her beautiful face.

When she walked up, she saw a man in military uniform standing alone on the Beiyuan pasture. He was the emperor of the Great Zhou, Guo Shao.

Guo Shao's back was obliquely facing the city tower, and the direction was very wrong. Fu Jinzhan raised his face, felt the wind direction in the air, and guessed that Guo Shao followed the wind for the accuracy of his archery.

He shoots arrows there, and the action is monotonous and repetitive. He pulls out an arrow and puts it on the bowstring, spreads his arms, and aims at the target in front of him. After aiming for a while, he releases the arrow. Then draw the arrow again, repeating this cycle without any pause or accident.

"Crack!" From time to time, there was a dull stringed sound. After a while, there was another "pop".

The bowstring seemed to vibrate in Fu Jinzhan's heart, for some reason, she felt a dull pain in her heart seeing this scene.

Eunuch Cao Tai said cautiously: "Your Majesty met with the minister in the morning, read the memorial of the hour, and has been shooting arrows here until now."

Fu Jinzhan stared down at the pasture with straight neck, without saying a word.

Guo Shao has become the emperor, and there are many people around him, but Fu Jinzhan thinks that no one really understands him except himself, because people's heights are different, and things they see will be different.

After a long time, Guo Shao finally turned around and found Fu Jinzhan's yellow shirt. He stood there looking up, and Fu Jinzhan also looked at him. The two were separated by a long distance, with the sound of the wind whistling in the middle, and one looked at each other as if passing away, as if they had been looking at each other for thousands of years.

Cao Taidao: "Prime Minister Fan Zhi wrote a letter to discuss peace this morning, and was dismissed by His Majesty on the spot..."

Fu Jinzhan finally said: "Your Majesty is still a person who can tolerate and compromise. As long as it is beneficial, he can negotiate peace with anyone, but he cannot negotiate peace with the Liao Kingdom alone."

Cao Tai hurriedly said: "Yes, this servant looks at Fan Zhi as a seemingly loyal man, but he is actually a man who is trying to catch fame!"

Fu Jinzhan stood for a long time, turned and left the tower without intending to persuade him anything.

... The more things a person owns, the greater the responsibility he shoulders, the less courageous he is, and the more he walks on thin ice.

Guo Shao fully understands the seriousness of the matter, so he has not made a decision for a long time. But there was another unbearable unwillingness stuck in his chest, which made him unwilling to give up.

Looking back occasionally, I might be a little prejudiced against Fan Zhi, which is why I am so dissatisfied with him. After years of fighting in the Central Plains, there are actually not many who can really fight. The Northern Expedition at the beginning of the year was a little bit of a stop, but it has already tried the difficulty of the Northern Expedition, otherwise the result would not be a hasty retreat.

Fan Zhi's suggestion is a bit harsh, but it is not a path, perhaps it is a very pragmatic approach in their view. With the current situation in the world, at least it is not difficult to unify most of the regions and establish a unified dynasty. The general trend is the general trend; sticking to the territory and managing it well will benefit the emperor himself and the ministers and nobles who have already obtained a lot of resources.

But Guo Shao was not reconciled, let alone rest assured.

After practicing arrows for a long time, he already felt back pain and his arms were too weak, so he packed his things and left Beiyuan. In fact, this kind of practice was changed to practice every day seven or eight years ago, but in the past two years, there has been a lack of exercise.

Back in the Hall of Cu'en, Guo Shao didn't call any concubines to sleep in, and Yulian took care of her daily life.

When Yulian saw Guo Shao, she said, "Madam Dong (Gao Shi) came to visit me that day. I know that she and His Majesty had a relationship with Jinlan, but she is not familiar with me..."

She glanced at Guo Shao, paused and said, "Madam Dong loves Jinsuo (Princess) very much, and she gave a pair of gold bracelets inlaid with precious stones, which should be very expensive."

Women are really sensitive to some things. Guo Shao pretended not to understand, and said: "I've given you something, just accept it."

"Yeah." Yulian said.

Guo Shao sat down on the Jin Nan chair in front of the desk, touched his forehead with his hand, thinking of Mrs. Gao, he also wondered that a wife of her status had never escaped and was captured by the Khitans... But it is also conceivable that the Khitans harassed and plundered the population very seriously!

The Central Plains Dynasty seemed like a pasture to them, and they swaggered to get it when they had no money or food. Not only savagely plundering resources, but also robbing women for their prostitution|pleasure, just like their brothels! The question is, why? !

Guo Shao's face turned cold, and a sense of humiliation and anger welled up in his heart again. The law of the jungle is prey to the strong, the only way to fight in this world is to find a way to fight.

The more he thought about it, the more dissatisfied he became. Because of this, his anger gradually subsided. Guo Shao understands that although he has always claimed to be benevolent and righteous, for the sake of internal cohesion, what really wins is not benevolence and righteousness, but the more rational and cold-blooded, the easier it is to judge accurately.

He opened the file on the table and began to look at the strategies proposed by Wang Pu, Wei Renpu, Cao Bin and others.

After watching for a while, he picked up the brush to write and draw on the paper again, drawing out his thoughts, which were all circles and squares, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of both sides, summing up experience and lessons, and deducing the strategies proposed by the ministers.

...Guo Shao's life has become very regular, he is hardly close to women, let alone Fu Jinzhan. In the morning, I will meet with the important ministers of the central government as usual, and then pick out some memorials. Then I went to Beiyuan to run, practice archery, and ride horses until I was sweating profusely and exhausted.

The situation in Hebei is urgent, like fire and water, and the ministers have all kinds of remarks. But Guo Shao ignored them all.

He didn't become irritable and irritable because of this, but he was more calm and patient than usual. He had a very good temper and never reprimanded the minister again. Only with a calm mind can we rationally examine risks and various factors!

August twenty-ninth, the eve of the day of the Great Dynasty.

Guo Shao changed his regular whereabouts for many days and went to Sanqing Hall. He sat in the temple for a while, he didn't want to see Qingxu who was too dumb, so he went straight to see the grand concubine Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang seemed to have learned that Guo Shao had come to Sanqing Hall, and had already dressed up and sat waiting in the monotonous hall. Seeing Guo Shao, she was still a little flustered, and hurried up to greet him.

Guo Shao is very casual, even wearing an old robe that has been worn for several years, without even a decorative jade pendant. If the robe is not made of silk, he would be a bit like a Taoist priest. People are changing. In the past, Guo Shao still liked gold very much, probably because he thought it would keep its value even after a thousand years; but later he lost interest in these things, because when they reached the highest position where there was no way out, those things lost their meaning.

Guo Shao didn't sit by the chess table in front of the window, but when he saw a book table with scriptures on it, he pointed to it and asked, "Can I read it?"

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please do as you please. I usually have nothing to do, and follow the copied Taoist scriptures."

Guo Shao looked through it carefully for a long time. Mrs. Zhang also gradually got used to the nervousness at the beginning, made tea, and sat down opposite Guo Shao.

A young woman who devotes herself to copying scriptures every day must have a good heart... although she is forced.

Guo Shao looked at it for a long time, then raised his head and said: "Taoism seems to emphasize no desire and no desire, and Taoism follows nature."

Zhang said with a smile: "Exactly."

Guo Shao relaxed and asked casually, "Can copying scriptures work?"

Mrs. Zhang glanced at him and shook her head slightly. Guo Shao saw that although she was wearing a Taoist robe, her lips were carefully smeared with a light amount of rouge. Although it was deliberately light, she could still see her makeup on a closer look.

She said softly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for allowing me to attend the banquet last time."

Guo Shao said: "Then the banquet is actually not very interesting."

Zhang said: "It's much more interesting than copying scriptures. It's really difficult for people to truly have no desires or desires."

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and then said: "Today I just want to come to Sanqing Palace to have a quiet time, and I came to bother the imperial concubine on a temporary basis... At this moment, I suddenly thought, could this be an annoying thing imposed on you?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head without hesitation, and blurted out: "Actually... Waiting for His Majesty to come here also gave me a little hope in my life..." She blushed when she said this, and continued slowly, "Although the time is always very long, I also understand that there is no result, but it is so sad day after day."

Guo Shao looked at her, the pressure for many days made him not restrain his words and deeds at this time, he bowed his body, moved his upper body closer, and said quietly: "Everyone's desire can be fulfilled, if you give up, it means that the degree of desire is not enough."

Zhang looked at him in surprise, speechless.

Guo Shao originally wanted to calm down for a while in the Taoist palace, but at this time the crazy ambition in his eyes was fully revealed, and he became more and more difficult to control himself.

Deep down in his heart, he originally thought that in ancient times, he had reached the point where he could control the country, and he could do whatever he wanted, turning the world upside down. Unexpectedly, he couldn't even take back Youzhou and was threatened and harassed by the Liao army at every turn. This was something he couldn't accept! He shouldn't be limited by the rules here. \u003c