Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Guo Hong didn't come back until it was dark, first he heard a "bang" outside, the maid hurriedly went out to have a look, and came back to report: "Your Highness sent stones and broke the porcelain vase!"

Second Sister Fu hurriedly got up, frowned and said, "This kid gets more mischievous as he grows up. It's too worrying. He's not as good as he was when he was young."

She walked out and scolded, "Come here!"

When Guo Shao went out with him, he saw the boy making faces at Fu Ermei. Fu Ermei looked angry, but Hai'er was not afraid of her. She said, "See if your father takes that thing away!"

Guo Shao is very calm, which little boy didn't do troublesome things when he was a child? But when he stood there, he didn't get angry, Guo Hong actually looked at him with some fear.

It's strange, Guo Shao never hit him, but this kid is afraid of him somehow.

"You broke the bottle?" Guo Shao pointed to the broken pieces on the ground.

Guo Hong first hid the bamboo spear behind his back, and muttered, "Yes..."

Guo Shao was not angry but praised: "Very good, dare to admit that I did something wrong. Then you sweep up the debris now, clean up what you did, and I won't beat you up after cleaning up."

The prince actually did the cleaning, but this was Guo Shao's intention, and the palace servants didn't dare to help. Guo Hong hid the bamboo spear in his clothes, then obediently took the broom from the eunuch's hand, and the palace finally fell silent for a while.

After dinner, Guo Shao asked his son what he had learned, and childish chants immediately sounded in the palace: "The heavens and the earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is wild and wild. The sun and the moon are full, and the days and nights are listed..."

Guo Shao was amused, and asked what it meant again, but Guo Hong looked bewildered.

After the palace people put the baby to sleep, Guo Shao went to bed and rest in the second sister's palace.

...After Guo Shao returned to Beijing, although there were many things to do, his work and rest gradually returned to his routine.

The emperor is also like the common people, who work at sunrise and rest at sunset. In fact, they will go to Jinxiang Hall before the sun comes out. If he is not going to court today, he will read the memorial first, and an official of the Privy Council will report that the Koryo small state will not dare to be an enemy of Daxu, and it can send a navy to occupy Tamna Island (Jeju) to establish a naval port.

But Guo Shao immediately dismissed this suggestion. He is not good at the game on the Go board, but he has some experience in this kind of game... Tamra Island is just a stronghold for progress. If the first step is so ugly, it is not a good start.

The royal family of Koryo at this time is different from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Li family of the later Korea|Korean state is completely attached to the Central Plains, but it is more independent at this time, otherwise the Wang family would not have ambitions to expand.

At present, Guo Shao doesn't want to tear himself apart with Gao Li at all, it doesn't do any good. First of all, the old land of Bohai State is not a territory to be contested. Daxu doesn't even have the strength to occupy the western Liaoning area at this time. How can he compete for the weak foundation of Liaodong? The territory of the Liao Kingdom is separated in the middle, according to the strategy of the ancient strategists: make long-distance relations and close-range attacks. For a country that does not border on Koryo, one should not rush to make grievances.

Secondly, although Daxu's military strength is stronger than that of Goryeo, he has no choice but to travel from Jiangning Port to Tamna and Dongdao because of the vast sea and water, and the transportation is inconvenient. If there is a dispute over Tamna with Goryeo, Xu Jun may not be able to negotiate for cheapness if Goryeo is close and far away; in the future, when he marches into the East Island, there is still a threat on the sea flank. Anyway, not a wise move.

At this time, the eunuch Cao Tai came forward with a stack of memorials, and carefully placed them on the imperial case without making a sound. Because Guo Shao was reading the memorial while writing and drawing on the paper, looking very attentive.

But Guo Shao noticed it right away, and asked without raising his head, "Have the ministers seen it?"

Cao Tai hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, I have just read the case and sent it to the West Hall from the General Secretary of the Privy Council early in the morning. This is one of the stacks."

Guo Shao stretched out his hand to look through it, and found that there were notes on the leather surface, and a line of words stated which aspect of the content. One of the notes read: The Khitan envoy has arrived in Beijing.

Guo Shao immediately took it out, looked up at Cao Tai, and said calmly, "I don't know if I'm here to redeem Xiao Siwen's daughter again."

Cao Tai's face turned red when he heard this, and he almost didn't laugh.

Guo Shao first looked at the content of the memorial. It was a letter from the officials of the post station, and it only wrote about receiving Khitan envoys along the way. It seems that Khitan has not yet arrived in Tokyo.

"Lu Shilang!" Guo Shao yelled directly at the screen. Lu Doxun, who is also leading the cabinet ministers, is reading the memorial in the same room.

Sure enough, Lu Duoxun came over after a while, bowed and said, "What is your majesty's order?"

Guo Shao handed over the memorial in his hand: "Master Lu should have read it."

"Yes." Luderson bowed.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said, "No matter what the Khitan envoys are here for, you personally bring someone to receive them with national gifts, and make the envoys pass by the residence where the Koreans live."

Lu Duosun respectfully said: "Your Majesty's will, do you want the Koreans to be aware of my relationship with the Liao Kingdom?"

Guo Shao nodded and said: "That's right. Didn't we invite the Khitan people to stay in the Daliao post in Tokyo before? This time, if the Liao people are willing, it's best to do it before the Koryo envoys return."

Guo Shaoxin said: If I were in power in Koryo, what I would most like to see at this time would be Xu and Liao pinching each other, no one has time to look east, and everyone wants to win over and stabilize Koryo; the most feared thing is that the two countries will make peace, and the land and sea will be sandwiched between the two superpowers that have ceased fighting. What future is there?

...

When Daliao went to Beijing, the grasslands were lush and green. The sun is shining, the blue sky, white clouds and green land are a good time of the year. Xiao Siwen was a little gloomy and preoccupied.

Standing in the courtyard of the mansion, looking at the few peach trees, he always felt deserted. Xiao Siwen has other children, but Yanyan is the one she likes the most. At this time, things are different, wouldn't it be lost?

Now he is in power, but he is still not going well with his official affairs. After Yang Dagon returned to Beijing, he had already been deprived of his military power and official position. If it hadn't been for Xiao Siwen's protection, he would not have reported his life... Xiao Siwen was not unhappy about Yang Dagon, and it was not only because of the heavy losses in the Pingxia War, but because he was worried about the future after hearing Yang Dagon's description.

The nobles in the court have little fear, perhaps because Pingxia is far away... that is because their eyes are too close!

How can an old enemy be so difficult to deal with, so that people can sleep in peace?

Xiao Siwen recalled the frequency of foreign attacks in the Central Plains in recent years. After the first Northern Expedition, he took another Northern Expedition to occupy Youzhou in the same year, and immediately occupied the entire territory of Pingxia in the following year. Xiao Siwen carefully understood that Xu Jun became stronger as he fought, and now the Liao Army Yang Dagon's troops were on the verge of collapse at the touch of a finger!

This year is only in the middle of the year, will there still be wars?

When the Liao Kingdom was at war, if they couldn’t fight a frontal field battle, they would be very passive. In the past, the Liao army dared to go deep into Hebei, where there were many important towns, and even went straight to Tokyo during the Jin Dynasty.

Yang Dagon's defeat made Xiao Siwen very worried. Losing Youzhou, the former emperor Yelujing and his gang were overthrown and made scapegoats... Pingxia's defeat was not serious, but if the Northeast was lost in the future and the foundation of Daliao was shaken, who would be qualified to shoulder the blame?