Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Watching the sunset slowly sinking from the stretched eaves, another day is about to pass.

Under the oppressive Jinxiang Hall, Guo Shao lifted the hem of his yellow satin robe and walked onto the yellow-covered imperial chariot. A large group of people around him immediately bowed down and respectfully faced it. Good clothes, good food, respected, glamorous and gorgeous, after obtaining all of these, Guo Shao is already used to it, and he can't feel much anymore.

"Get up!" the eunuch shouted loudly, with a sense of ceremony. From aristocratic families to eunuchs and servants, they hope that the emperor who holds great power can bring them favor. Guo Shao is also willing to give, because giving to others can also give him a sense of self-satisfaction.

Sitting in the car, Guo Shaoduan inadvertently thought that it would be great if he could share all this with his humble sister in the previous life, so that she, who had suffered humiliation and helplessness, could see and feel it!

In an instant, Guo Shao felt blocked. Sometimes he feels that he owns the Son of Heaven and is omnipotent, but sometimes he feels that he is still so small that such a simple wish cannot be fulfilled.

Perhaps, treating Jinzhan well and being kind to more people can make up for his regret a little bit.

Sitting in the car, walking along the straight long street for a while, he suddenly recalled what he had done in these years, launched countless wars|wars, and killed countless people, but he asked himself that he had never treated the world with hostility in his heart; compassion and sympathy are the way of humanity, but death and elimination are the way of heaven, and people can only follow the way of heaven. But no matter what he does, all he thinks of is the expectation of improvement... Just like Jinzhan's crooked eyes like the moon when he smiled, melted Guo Shao's anger and hatred.

The imperial chariot stopped outside the Zide Hall, and Guo Shao walked to the entrance of the main hall. Seeing a group of concubines coming out of the hall to welcome them, they squatted down and saluted, "Your Majesty, live forever."

Guo Shao made a supporting movement and said, "Let's all get flat."

Standing in front, Fu Jinzhan stood up first, she turned her head slightly to face Guo Shao, her gaze lowered humbly, her neck and shoulders were straight, her graceful and noble temperament did not show a sense of arrogance. Guo Shao glanced at it, and the beauty of Xindao Fu Jinzhan was not only in appearance and figure, but even inadvertently small movements were quite charming.

Guo Shao stretched out his hand and took Fu Jinzhan to sit together on the throne in the north, surrounded by a group of concubines who were all his wives and concubines.

Guo Shao was also confused by this situation at first. But now, his heart has been relieved. Everything has a background of the times. If this kind of thing is unreasonable in modern society, because men and women are equal; but at this time, the royal family is the norm, and the status of women at this time is a relationship of dependence. The monarchy system and the reproduction of royal heirs are more necessary for the country... Just like the matrilineal society where husbands and wives did not exist in primitive times, and the father of the children did not know who it was, it is difficult for people today to accept; and in the farther future, people may still think that the relationship between husband and wife is against human nature.

Jinzhan's voice said slowly: "What did Concubine Zhang say about Cao Bin just now?"

Zhang's upper body leaned forward slightly, and her tone was very gentle, "Cao Bin said, when the emperor was appointed by heaven, he won the hearts of the people, and he was more kind to our family than the previous dynasty. He advised me to be loyal to the emperor and empress. I thought he was long-winded..."

"Oh?" Jinzhan smiled slightly.

Mrs. Zhang said with a smile: "The empress treats me like this, why do you want him to meet me specially to say these things?"

After hearing this, Jinzhan covered his mouth and laughed out loud, and the women around him also laughed along with him. Guo Shao sat there without interrupting, but he understood everything in his heart.

Jinzhan turned to Guo Shao again, Guo Shao casually said a few words in public about Cao Bin's recent memorial.

In his words, he inadvertently saw Zhou Jiamin in the crowd, and the two seemed to be greeting each other... Guo Shao recalled that night when Zhou Jiamin went to bed, and thought that she was unwilling and just forced to do so, but later found out that was not the case. There are still some problems in their verbal communication, but Guo Shao can guess some thoughts from her words. Zhou Jiamin said a word: I am not afraid of officials, I am only worried that you will make me hurt. I didn't expect to worry too much.

A group of people stayed in the hall for a while, and they all retired knowingly. Only Lu Lan was left, and she came to feel the second prince's pulse.

Guo Shao followed her, waited for her to come out of the room, and asked about her condition. Lu Lan's expression was relatively relaxed, and she said: "The second prince is naughty, and he caught cold playing in the water in the cold weather, and he will be fine after ten days of recuperation."

Guo Shao heaved a sigh of relief.

At this time, Lu Lan looked sad, and suddenly said in a low voice: "I used to think that your majesty took pity on me, so I didn't touch me for a long time. Now I understand that your majesty thinks that I am not young and beautiful enough..."

"Why did you say that?" Guo Shao asked differently.

Lu Lan lowered her head and bit her lips and said, "Your Majesty treats Zhou Zhaoyi's younger sister very well, even flirting in front of so many people!"

Guo Shao was stunned for a moment, thinking that these young girls were really meticulous in their thoughts, and they couldn't escape even one or two glances. He thought no one would notice that he had looked at Zhou Jiamin a few more times. But he couldn't help laughing a few times.

Now it's time for Lu Lan to look at him puzzled.

Guo Shao shook his head with a smile, and looked at Lu Lan again. She is indeed not as delicate|tender and beautiful as Zhou Jiamin, but her petite and graceful figure is not so beautiful. Her watery eyes and skin have a kind of aura that contains mountains and rivers.

Lu Lan asked softly, "Your Majesty, what's so ridiculous?"

Guo Shao didn't know how to explain it, so he said, "I'm going to leave the palace in two days, you can go with me...I'm going to see the queen now."

When it came to Jinzhan's bedroom, it was still dark, Guo Shao sat with her, and confessed casually: "Yang Shiliang said earlier that he would tell Cao Tai, Jinzhan should know, and I want to live in the old house for a few days, so that we can talk about things when we meet. For a while, I asked Jinzhan to come to the front hall to help me with government affairs."

Fu Jinzhan said softly: "If there are important military affairs, I will send someone to ask His Majesty first, and then make a decision."

Guo Shao heard what she said immediately, and then realized that Cao Tai should not have been mentioned just now. Jinzhan is so smart, how can he not think too much? Guo Shao hurriedly said: "You can decide everything. Jiangshan also belongs to Jinzhan. I am willing to give you whatever you want."

"Your Majesty..." Jinzhan looked at Guo Shao with wandering eyes.

Guo Shaodao: "What I say is sincere, Jinzhan understands."

... Two days later in the early morning, it was still dark because the winter days were short. However, officials on duty on Royal Street have lit a string of lights, and shops selling soup, cakes and pastries have also opened on the street. The Donghua Gate of the Imperial City was also opened at this time, and a group of imperial cavalry surrounded the carriage and left the city.

Guo Shao took Yulian, Princess Jinsuo, and Lu Lan to the old house.

The mansion has always been guarded, and when Guo Shao walked in here a few years later, a sense of intimacy emerged spontaneously. Somehow, he felt like he had only just been out here, rather than years.

Guo Shao and Yulian walked into the lakeside house without a name. Just like before, he opened the back door of the hall, and the lake and water in the morning glow came into view in the fresh cool breeze, and the surroundings were peaceful. The dreamy orange light seemed to open the door of memory, and Guo Shao had the illusion of going back in time.

Yulian took out two wooden benches, and the two sat outside the back door, looking at the lake.

"How long has it been since I and Your Majesty sat together like this?" Yulian murmured.

After a while, she turned her head and said: "In the beginning there were only the two of us here, and later there were more and more people..." She continued, "I never dare to hope to monopolize Your Majesty, I only hope that people like myself can stay by His Majesty's side. This is exactly what I want now. Your Majesty is still very good to me after so many years..."

Guo Shao stretched out his hand to hold her hand, the back of the delicate hand seemed to have less calluses. He can't let everyone get what they want, but he tries to be tolerant and gentle to those around him.

He also casually chatted with Yulian, and said, "It's really unexpected. Back then when I was sitting here, all I really wanted was to have this house and a military post. What makes me dissatisfied?"

In addition to greed and desire, all kinds of desires, including the desire to be close to Fu Jinzhan, also have a very important mentality: safety.

"At that time in the Great Zhou Dynasty, fate was in the hands of others, and it didn't mean that abiding by laws and regulations would ensure safety." Guo Shao recalled, when his life and the family members he cared about were in danger, what else could he not do?

He pondered, "If there is a set of reasonable concepts and rules for governing the world, so that the wicked will be punished, those who are responsible can be protected, and the talented can compete fairly, and those who can work will get more; instead of unscrupulous bullying, will there still be so much hostility | hatred and instability in the world?"

Guo Shao gradually fell into deep thought.

…It is obviously inappropriate to forcefully implement democracy and the rule of law regardless of the foundation of the times. Roughly distributing the land and property of the rich to the poor will lead to chaos. As early as Wang Mang's period, Wang Mang used practical actions to deduce the process of failure.

When Guo Shao was here, he suddenly felt that there must be more than one of the countless rulers in the past dynasties sitting in a place in the hinterland of the Central Plains, thinking like himself. Perhaps the answer to their thinking is that the clan and the culture of loyalty and filial piety should not be ignored, and the implementation of the imperial examination system may be the answer. It's just that the content of the imperial examination should perhaps be slightly reformed.

The order of the world should be a huge system. There is no one medicine that can cure all diseases. Only through countless tinkering can it be gradually improved and improved.

Whenever Guo Shao calmed down, he was thinking about what specific methods he could select to adapt to reality from the experience and lessons of thousands of years later. The imperial examinations, the allocation of land to the mu, the development of industry and commerce and the collection of business taxes, etc., seem to be places where you can move your mind; but each of them is not simple, even if it is out of good intentions, the rules of heaven may still punish insignificant people.

But he is willing to try his best at these enterprises, which serve no good for his own interests and desires. Because in the distant past, there was a person who made him truly feel the kindness and sincerity in the world. What she wanted was not only a return, but also a person who wanted him to be useful to the world.

If that person knows what Guo Shao has done, he will be very happy.