Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

In the small room behind Jinxiangdian's study, Guo Shao turned over the copybooks on the wooden frame into a mess. The eunuch Cao Tai's shrill voice came from behind: "Your Majesty is looking for some files, and this servant please help me."

Guo Shao didn't respond, and finally found a stack of files, took it to the table and sat down to read it for a while, his eyes lit up, and he stretched out his finger to press a name: Feng Jiye.

Guo Shao slapped his forehead and finally remembered this name, which was exactly the person he was looking for.

Who is Feng Jiye? The original Shuofang Jiedushi (Lingzhou) was cruel and warlike by nature. When he was serving in Lingzhou, he often attacked and killed various tribes, and had a very bad relationship with the northwest tribes; he was later dismissed by Guo Shao.

Back then, in order to conquer Youzhou in the north and stabilize the rear of the Northwest, Guo Shao married the Dangxiang people and compromised. One of the conditions negotiated was to kill Feng Jiye... It can be seen that this person is hated by the Dangxiang people! Guo Shao didn't kill that fellow, but dismissed him and let Zhe Dejian replace him.

"Where is Feng Jiye now?" Guo Shao asked.

Cao Tai looked bewildered, thought for a moment and said hurriedly: "I will go to the Ministry of Officials immediately, and ask the officials of the Ministry of Officials to report to Your Majesty."

Not long after, Cao Tai brought Feng Jiye's situation. Bureaucrats of Feng Jiye's level will be noticed by the court no matter whether they are in office or not. After being dismissed and returning to their hometown, local officials usually take up this responsibility.

Cao Taidao: "Feng Jiye returned to his hometown. According to the news at the end of last year, he bought a lot of land and was herding sheep..."

"Tell him not to herd the sheep." Guo Shao said directly, "Tell Wang Pu to order Feng Jiye to be the defense envoy of Lingzhou to command the soldiers in Lingzhou, and then send cavalry from the towns in the northwest to him."

Cao Tai hurriedly said: "The servant obeys the order."

Guo Shao said in a deep voice: "Secretly order Feng Jiye to punish those who have committed unforgivable crimes."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to smell a bloody smell from the vibration of his voice... In a word, sometimes it means blood flowing into rivers.

Realizing the consequences, Guo Shao suddenly thought: Deep down in his heart, how much benevolence and righteousness are there? But what he can be sure of is that he must not be so benevolent, even if he used Xuanren as his reign name.

He is tolerant and benevolent to the people around him, ministers and subjects, but that is only a wise move. Guo Shao believes in one thing, if you go against the interests of the majority and everyone is dissatisfied with you, no matter how powerful you are, you will definitely be doomed.

... A few days later, during the Jinxiangdian Dynasty, under the attention of hundreds of civil and military people, Li Chuyun obtained the military power of the commander of the Western Expedition, and was personally awarded by the emperor with seals, royal orders, and military talismans.

Li Chuyun, Shi Yanchao and other generals are in charge of the army, but they need the assistance of at least four central yamen. At the same time, the "Hexi Qianying Military Mansion" will be established. Wei Renpu, the deputy privy envoy, will serve as the head of the military mansion, Li Gu, the prime minister, will be the transit envoy, responsible for the dispatch of military supplies, and Zan Jurun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, will be the supervisor of the army.

The Hexi Legion is expected to be composed of 50,000 cavalry. The imperial guards in the Central Plains and the northwestern states gather guards. It is estimated that the army will take about a month to organize.

The Military Mansion took the lead in establishing the "Qianying Military Mansion" yamen in the military barracks of the school field to the northwest of Anyuanmen.

In the rough military barracks lobby, Li Chuyun walked into the military mansion with his sword held high and his head held high. A large group of people in the room looked sideways, some clasped their fists in a military salute, and some bowed their hands.

Li Chuyun strode up to the upper position, looked around, raised his hands, dozens of people gradually became quiet.

He first put the big seal on the public case, then took out the imperial edict and asked his followers to take it down and show it to everyone.

Li Chuyun cleared his throat, and said loudly: "By the order of Emperor Daxu, I will be the commander of the Hexi Army! From now on, I have the right to command, mobilize, deploy, and deal with the following armies..."

He read it very solemnly. Although the house is so rough and old, and the place is not big, but this ceremony-like scene made Li Chuyun very excited, "God bless my emperor, life is boundless!"

"God bless my emperor, long life is boundless!" Zhu Wenwu immediately echoed and yelled together, acknowledging that Li Chuyun's military power comes from the emperor's courtesy!

Li Chuyun stood there, looking at the dust flying in the sunlight outside the gate, the familiar sound of horseshoes could be heard endlessly, and his face turned red. Looking back to the left and right, he said: "Da Xu's majesty will surely be spread all over the world with the emperor's iron cavalry."

... The war machine in Tokyo Dailiang is working well. The news of launching a war is not uncommon to the officials and people of the Xu Kingdom. People have long seen it, because it seems that there has never been a year when there has been no war in these years.

No one can tell why the court started the war so smoothly... The common people will not hate Xu Jun's wars, because in recent years the wars have always been in distant places and have not had any impact on the lives of the people. Military generals will not refuse war, they need military merits, military merits bring glory to their ancestors, bring a lot of income, and silver coins from Japan continue to stimulate the desires of soldiers.

Civilian officials no longer prevent wars, and dividends from banks come quickly, which is much easier than collecting land rents; compared to deploying a large number of troops to defend the frontier, attacking makes the officials in power feel that national defense is a lot easier, and the land wealth they own can be guaranteed. Under the rising national power, the increasingly prosperous life made officials not want to hinder the emperor's ambition.

Just like this Western Expedition, the ministers did not know how it happened. Teams of soldiers gathered towards the northern city of Tokyo, and people realized that the war was about to start again, and everything seemed like an absurd dream. The militaristic national policy is so smooth, it seems to have gradually deviated from the teachings of ancient sages.

The privy envoy Wang Pu once played chess with Guo Shao in Yangde Palace, and he mentioned this, "The old minister can't tell what's wrong, but occasionally he feels restless. Xu Wenzhi martial arts, the image of a prosperous age, but it shouldn't be like this in a prosperous age."

Guo Shao asked, "What does Wang Shijun think should be done?"

Wang Pudao: "For example, in the time of Zhenguan, the world was prosperous and peaceful, Datong ruled the world, and the emperor was wise through the ages."

"Staying old doesn't necessarily lead to stability." Guo Shao put a pawn on the chessboard, "I asked Wang Shijun, why the peaceful and prosperous times can't last, and will eventually lead to chaotic times?"

Wang Pu frowned and said, "Your Majesty's question may be unclear in one or two sentences, it must be tens of thousands of words."

Guo Shao shook his head and said: "I think the most fundamental reason is that there is not enough land and resources to bear the growing population; so wars and plagues have caused the population to drop sharply and restore balance. No matter the East or the West, all countries in the world are like this."

Hearing this, Wang Pu felt very novel and was stunned for a moment.

Guo Shao glanced at him: "The "Tao Te Ching" says that the world is not benevolent and treats everything as a humble dog. The rules of the world are similar to those of birds, beasts and ants. I am afraid there is no way to achieve the Datong rule of the world and the paradise on earth that the sages said.

I'm also thinking about what to do... But until now, I still feel that a country that expands its space and expands is more likely to survive. When the population of Daxu is too large, they will migrate to other places to relieve the pressure.

In the past two years, a method has been found, which is to exile all the prisoners who violated the law, the implicated population, and the rebels to the province. It is also a kind of rebirth for criminals to atone for their sins in remote places. "

Wang Pu could not refute Guo Shao.

Guo Shao knew that Wang Pu was very intelligent, but even a genius is subject to knowledge. Obviously, Wang Pu had no way to refute Guo Shao with ancient knowledge... Wang Pu didn't dare to argue, after all, he was facing the emperor.

But Wang Pu remained silent and did not agree with Guo Shao's remarks.

Guo Shao somewhat understood Wang Pu's feelings...

I remember hearing a sentence in my previous life, some people said that Chinese people have no religious belief since ancient times, and it is difficult to understand how it can last for so long. Guo Shao feels that people have another kind of belief, which is similar to what Wang Pu feels now; that kind of belief is not a belief in a specific god, but a very mysterious concept: the heart of awe.

Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are all like this. People in the world are not very religious about anything, but scholars will do some things to build roads and bridges to accumulate good fortune. Even a Buddhist monk would not dare to curse the gods in the Temple of the City God at will.

But now Guo Shao completely disregards the path of the ancient sages and does everything he believes. No wonder people with knowledge are worried.

After a long time, Wang Pu said, "Feng Jiye should be arriving in Lingzhou soon, what will he do there?"

Guo Shao and him looked at each other, speechless.

"I only do the right thing." Guo Shao said suddenly. There was a trembling sound in his voice, maybe he himself was not sober at this time, but as an emperor, he shouldn't show lack of confidence.

Regardless of previous life or present life, Guo Shao is just a young man, and he still doesn't even understand the "Book of Changes", and his understanding of the world is really limited...but he thinks he is a practitioner.

"Wang Shijun has seen the world of great harmony? We don't have to describe a dream, there is another way, which is to go down and try." Guo Shao said.

He stood up, took out a glass bottle from a drawer, and handed it to Wang Pu.

Wang Pu took it and looked at the gray powder inside, and asked, "Your Majesty, what is this?"

"Limestone and volcanic ash are mixed together, burned in a brick kiln, ground into ash, and mixed with water and sand to make clay." Guo Shao said, "I spent several months trying to make clay with various minerals."

Wang Pu pointed the bottle at the light from the window, looked at it carefully for a while, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty wants to use this to build a fort on the battlefield?"

Guo Shaodao: "Exactly. Iwami Fort has proved the defensive power of Liuhua Fort. I am trying to strengthen this kind of fortress and build a more stable defense organization; after it is completed, no one will be able to capture it."

His eyes sparkled, and he said a little excitedly: "I will build fortresses everywhere I can reach, and let the guards guard the vast territory!"

Guo Shao couldn't restrain the idea of ​​mastering the operation of the world in his heart. Whether it was a simple mixture of gunpowder, a ship made of wood with sails, or a fortress made of clay made of coal ash, and earth rammed bricks, he felt that the entire world could be ruled by the simplest technology.

After the human heart grows bigger, everything is hard to restrain.