Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the courtyard filled with the light fragrance of various plants, Guo Shao couldn't help asking: "Can't you get the pulse?"

Sitting opposite, Mrs. Lu's face was flushed, her fingers were unsteady, she frowned and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry."

Guo Shao had no choice but to shut up, and saw Lu Lan took a deep breath, closed his eyes slightly, pressed his fingertips on his wrist for a long time, and finally said: "Switch to the other side." After a while, she frowned slightly: "Your Majesty's pulse is a little messy. It has been more than a month now, and there must be no delay. You must take good care of it."

Guo Shaodao: "Miss Lu didn't prescribe medicine for me, how can I take care of it?"

Lu Lan sniffed with her little nose, "Stop drinking."

Guo Shao pondered and said, "The imperial court has held a big banquet in the past few days."

Lu Lan sipped her lips and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is superior, so who knows if you change the wine into tea?" She pondered for a moment and said, "Don't work too hard, night... night..." Lu Lan's face turned red when she said this, and her voice became like a mosquito flapping its wings, "Don't visit concubines too often..."

Guo Shao took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth, coughed subduedly, and then heard Lu Lan stop talking immediately. She picked up the pen and wrote down the prescription seriously. Perhaps, she thought Guo Shao was implying something, but she really misunderstood.

Looking at Lu Lan's red face and serious expression, Guo Shao somehow suddenly remembered Li Yuan'er from a few years ago. When she first bloomed her feelings in the spring breeze, she shouldn't think too much, but when she finds out that the man who cares most in his heart is not herself, will she mind?

After Lu Lan told the eunuch Wang Zhong who came with him, Guo Shao calmly left the courtyard. He took the imperial chariot and went straight to Concubine Li's palace.

There is a kind of tree in the imperial concubine's palace. The leaves in spring are also red, and they are beautifully separated among the green trees, but it is not a maple tree. Guo Shao knew that the maple leaves would not turn red until autumn, but he never asked what kind of tree it was. Every time I see it, I am curious, but I forget it in a blink of an eye. After all, there are often more things that concern him.

The emperor's arrival made the noble concubine very happy. She led the eunuchs and maids of the entire palace to welcome him, and the atmosphere of enthusiasm and surprise was very strong.

After some etiquette, Li Yuan'er asked the court lady to bring Guo Zhang over to meet his father.

Guo Shao stretched out his rough palm and touched his son's head. He didn't ask about his studies, but said, "Does Zhang'er like spring?"

Guo Zhang was a little afraid of his father at first, so he nodded immediately when he heard this. Guo Shao asked him again why he liked it, and Guo Zhang happily said in a childish voice: "Peach blossoms are very beautiful, and you can dig bird's nests with the emperor!"

"Haha..." Guo Shao laughed out loud, and even Li Yuan'er and the palace staff couldn't help but smile.

Li Yuan'er scolded the child a few words, and said: "Let's go out and play!"

Guo Zhang clasped his fists in a dignified way and said, "My son, I will leave."

Seeing this, Guo Shao laughed again, thinking: If Hong'er would run away, he would feel relieved.

He turned to Li Yuan'er and said, "I think the most important thing about children is not their studies."

"Oh?" Li Yuan'er looked at Guo Shao with great interest, with a round face full of anticipation.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: "The most important thing is to let him love everything in this world, and have goodwill towards people and everything in his heart."

After hearing this, Li Yuan'er said softly: "When the children grow up, they will be as open-minded as His Majesty."

Guo Shao looked at the pink flowers among the sprouts outside the window, and felt a spring breeze blowing in his heart. He felt very comfortable and felt that there were many beautiful things in the world. It's just that he was suddenly moved by such a beautiful scenery and beautiful woman, and he felt a little nostalgic. He turned his head and saw Li Yuan'er's beautiful hair coiled up.

The waiting for the best years, the subtle and bold words, the reluctant eyes on the snow-covered pavilion, one after another flooded Guo Shao's heart.

He couldn't help but whispered: "Yuan'er, I feel sorry for you."

After hearing this, Li Yuan'er's expression changed, and she looked at Guo Shao and pursed her red lips: "Your Majesty treats my concubine well, why do you say that?"

Guo Shao lowered his head in thought. At this time Li Yuan'er said softly again: "Only Your Majesty can say such things..."

Guo Shao breathed out and said, "I've been busy fighting all these years, so I've really neglected you."

Li Yuan'er smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty, the Lord of all peoples, should put state affairs first."

At this time, Guo Shao reached out and took out a silk bag from his sleeve pocket, untied the red string tied around the mouth of the bag with his own hands, put it on the table and pushed it forward: "I brought some small gifts for the imperial concubine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reward." Li Yuan'er happily opened the bag, took out a string of white coins, rubbed them curiously in his hands for a moment, then quickly raised his head and said, "Oh, my concubine has monthly expenses from the internal treasury, so I don't need your majesty to reward me..."

Guo Shao said calmly: "Silver is produced in Japan on the East Island. This batch of silver coins is the first batch, and the imperial concubine is also the first person to spend this kind of coins."

Li Yuan'er had a flattered expression upon hearing this. She groped for the coin with her fair fingers and exclaimed, "The patterns and characters on it are so finely cast...a round?"

Guo Shao smiled and said: "Each silver coin is counted as one yuan, weighs three coins, and is worth two hundred copper coins. After they are cast from Iwami Silver Mountain to the Tokyo workshop, they go to two destinations, one is to enter the inner treasury, and the other is to enter the Haimao Bank. They are like grain, which will inject a steady stream of power into the entire Daxu!"

In fact, Guo Shao really wanted to compare silver coins to fuel and institutions to huge machines.

The inner treasury is the engine of the imperial war machine, and the guards and guards are only loyal to the emperor, because their military expenses and salaries come directly from the inner treasury! The "fuel" that enters the inner warehouse will launch this huge war machine to realize even greater dreams and glory for Guo Shao! With money, running Gears of War is much easier.

The currency of the bank is the driving force for the circulation of industrial and commercial transactions, and the prosperity of commerce will gradually drive the sharp changes and vitality of the economy!

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The foreseeable huge amount of currency income made the atmosphere of Daxu Manchu Dynasty a little fanatical. Not only did the six princes and other generals actively support the expansion of territory, but even the views of the civil servants changed somewhat.

The officials of the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall have planned | several national policy strategies, all of which focus on opening up territories.

But Guo Shao is not satisfied with these strategies! Because no matter what the direction of progress, several sets of strategies are too rigid and step-by-step.

Guo Shao said in front of the twenty or so most powerful ministers in Daxu: "If we have to wait to slowly digest the new sphere of influence, the process is too long, often counting as ten years. At this time, I should first let go and draw a big frame, and then it is not too late to gradually manage it!"

Wang Pu held the ceremony and said: "Your Majesty, do you want to enter the Dali Kingdom in the south?"

Unexpectedly, Guo Shao shook his head.

Wang Pu pondered for a moment, then stared tentatively and asked, "Jozhi?"

But Guo Shao still didn't nod, he stood up and walked down, walked back and forth between the ministers on both sides, and everyone got up one after another.

Guo Shao went to stand in front of the big picture on the wooden frame that Wei Renpu had just stood on, stretched out his finger and pointed to the blank space at the bottom of the big picture, "The Strait of Malacca!"

Zhu Wenwu looked at each other in blank dismay, some of them were bewildered, obviously because they had never heard of this place name.

Guo Shao said calmly: "If Dashi and the barbarian nations in the west want to come to the east for trade, they must pass through this mouth by sea. I will control this pass from the south, and the entire East China Sea and South China Sea will be included in the scope of eastern trade. All rules will be made by Daxu!" Guo Shao stretched out his hand and drew a big circle on the map.

While pacing, he pondered his own grand idea, "If you allow the big cannibals to trade in the local area, you may have troubles later. The Jiaolong army should first establish a port in Luzon, let the big Xu merchants go to Luzon; the big food merchants also go to Luzon, and then conduct transactions.

With Malacca as the boundary, the East China Sea and the South China Sea will become the inner lakes of the Daxu Dynasty. Within the sphere of influence, regardless of the products of Dali or the grain trade of Cochin and Champa, they can negotiate with them or persuade them with advantages and disadvantages. "

After listening to the ministers, no matter whether they agree or not, they will praise it first. Yang Biao was aroused when he heard this, and shouted loudly: "If you don't accept Your Majesty, use a sword to convince them!"

Guo Shao seemed to be encouraged by everyone's praises, and then said solemnly, "The harbor city in Luzon is named 'Macheng'."

The ministers were discussing a lot, Guo Shao changed the subject, and turned his attention to the north again, "In the west, we must completely control the passage from the Central Plains to the Hexi Corridor, and include all the land along the way into the territory, and the Tubo, Uyghur and other tribes are not allowed to threaten the road again; through the Hexi Corridor, we can obtain good horse products and trade in the Northwest and Western Regions, and advance Daxu's power to the countries in the Western Regions.

In the east, by fulfilling the promise made before the war against Japan, we will enter Yingzhou, first extend our troops to the west of Liaoxi, and gradually expand to the east of Liaodong..."

Standing in front of the map, Guo Shao couldn't calm down for a long time. This is a grand and great attempt. If it is realized, half of the earth will be included in his sphere of influence!

Malacca doesn't even have a map now, but what does it matter? Many times of successful experience convinced him that the emperor's will was stronger than he imagined, and there must be a way to accomplish his goal.

That blank space on the map is not an untouched place... The big cannibal can reach the coast of the Southern Han Dynasty, and the Age of Sail must pass through the Strait of Malacca.

The sailing capabilities of this era are limited, but all countries are weak at sea. As long as Xu Jun is a little stronger than other countries, he can take the initiative!

The ministers of the Palace of Political Affairs looked shocked and a little dazed. Guo Shao also knows that his thoughts are close to madness, but how will he know how powerful he is in this world if he doesn't try? !

"I, son of heaven, is there any king in the world, and the king's subjects on the coast of the land. As long as the land is known, it should follow the order of the Daxu Dynasty!" Guo Shao looked back and forth calmly, encouraging the confidence of the officials without humility.