When Guo Shaogang returned to Tokyo, he heard about Li Jixun’s proclamation and raised an army. The governor of Huaizhou “defected” and ran back to Tokyo with his son on the eve of Li Jixun’s rebellion to report. In this world, civil officials are easy to control as military servants, and most civil officials will listen to whoever sits on the throne in the capital.

In the ceremony hall in the south of the imperial city, Guo Shao met with the governor of Zezhou.

"Two months ago, Li Jixun released prisoners from three cities, interfered in local government affairs in prefectures and counties, and recruited craftsmen and men everywhere. He collected money, grain, iron tools, saltpeter, sulfur..."

"Saltpetri, sulfur?" Guo Shao immediately noticed this detail. He was more sensitive to these things, because gunpowder was rarely used by the government except for Taoist priests and firework merchants.

The "gulp powder" used by Taoists and the gunpowder used by fireworks were all things made by the ancients themselves. The formula was very crude. Although it was used for military affairs in the late Tang Dynasty, it was basically useless. Li Jixun used gunpowder to do something... Guo Shao immediately thought of Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin knew the gunpowder formula for bombing the city! Only the gunpowder prescriptions that Guo Shao tested in Shouzhou have some military value. The gunpowder that was originally used in this era is a scary thing.

After the Battle of Shouzhou, Chai Rong forced and tempted Guo Shao to offer the Fangzi, but the Fangzi did not spread, but Zhao Kuangyin was the core member of Chai Rong's side. Zhao Kuangyin knew... Therefore, when Zhao Sanlang instructed the assassin to assassin in the inn, he drew gunpowder to blow Guo Shao to death.

At that time, Guo Shao had no choice but to face Chai Rong's pressure, but he also kept a move. A few years ago, he thought about whether Zhao Kuangyin could be an emperor and would be an enemy of him in the future, so there were a few details that were not revealed...

First, the method of purifying saltpeter in middle school chemical experiments. Dissolve and filtration, steam and crystallization methods remove impurities, and then use a sieve to roughly sieve sodium nitrate crystals of different sizes and shapes. Without purification methods, the gunpowder mastered by the court further affects the mixing ratio of raw materials, and the power will be reduced.

Second, the classification experiment method is to find the mixing ratio of raw materials. The prescription is dead, but the method is alive. Others only get fish, but not "fishing".

Third, the gunpowder is pelleted, pounded and sieved. Guo Shao personally tested it that the pelletized gunpowder is more than three times higher than the powder-like combustion rate... The power of burning without pelletization is several times lower.

Fourth, airtightness. Gunpowder is burning and explosion, without extra attention to being closed and compacted, and the explosion power is very small.

If all four details are not achieved, it is almost impossible to blow up the city wall... When Guo Shao exploded Shouzhou City, he used modern insights and knowledge that he could use in his memory and tried his best to overdose the medicine. An ancient man, even if Zhang Liang was reincarnated, had no such methods, and wanted to blow up the city wall at once with gunpowder, Guo Shao thought it would be impossible to do it.

...The news from the governor, the most important role, made Guo Shao guess: Zhao Kuangyin voted for Li Jixun!

The governor of Zezhou was still talking about various news, but Guo Shao basically didn't listen... He could guess what Li Jixun wanted to do. The person Guo Shao is most concerned about now: Zhao Kuangyin!

Zhao Kuangyin almost completely failed after the Tokyo Mutiny, and the world no longer cared about him. But Guo Shao had a special persistence and could not ignore this person... The symptoms caused by modern historical knowledge. Who doesn't know about Tang Zong and Song Zu?

Guo Shao thought for a long time, but now he has no way to deal with Zhao Kuangyin unless he destroys Li Jixun first. However, he remembered another person who is still in Tokyo: Zhang Yongde.

It is no exaggeration to Zhang Yongde for Zhao Kuangyin to have the kindness of his understanding. Zhao Kuangyin was trusted by Chai Rong, but Guo Shao knew very well about the things before and after the Battle of Gaoping that year... Without Zhang Yongde, Zhao Kuangyin was not even an imperial commander, and he was also an official in Kaifeng Prefecture. Without Zhang Yongde spared no effort to ask for credit for Zhao Kuangyin in front of the emperor many times, Chai Rong didn't even know who Zhao Kuangyin was, so why would he talk about reuse and promotion?

Zhang Yongde's kindness to Zhao Kuangyin is no less than that of the ten brothers in the Yishe Society.

However, Guo Shao also thought: During the Tokyo Mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to force Zhang Yongde to wear a long robe. Should he use and harm him, or should he repay Zhang Yongde's kindness?

Moreover, Zhang Yongde ran away very cleverly.

… “It doesn’t matter what a person says, it doesn’t matter what he thinks.” Guo Shao suddenly said, “The most important thing is to see what he did at the critical moment.”

The governor of Zezhou was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer Guo Shao's words.

Guo Shao immediately determined that Zhang Yongde did nothing wrong at critical moments, at least when he had power, he should give his glory and wealth to Zhang Yongde.

What did Zhang Yongde think about, whether he wanted to be an emperor; Guo Shao had no idea. But a person's idea is innocent, because people often think about many things, maybe they thought about being a very evil sin, maybe they thought about winning the lottery, maybe they thought about letting someone's beautiful wife sleep with them... Who hasn't thought about what shouldn't be their own? Just think about it, most things will not be done.

At this moment, the eunuch Cao Tai walked to the door of the hall, shook the whisk, and bowed: "The Empress Dowager summoned General Guo and entered the palace immediately."

After hearing this, Guo Shao said to the governor of Zezhou: "Envoy Zhang is loyal and does not join forces with the rebels, which has brought important news. The court will definitely appreciate the merits and reward Zhang."

The governor of Zezhou was long and worshipped: "I dare not mention rewards for the sake of the king's fortune."

"Eunuch Cao, didn't you come to the palace to discuss matters at the time of Si (9:00 to 11:00 in the morning)?" Guo Shao asked casually.

Cao Tai said: "The Empress Dowager must meet General Guo alone in advance."

"I'm sorry, Eunuch Cao lead the way." Guo Shao said.

Cao Tai seemed to remember the squinted "politeness" that Shi Yanchao received when he saw Shi Yanchao in front of the palace, and hurriedly said, "General Guo is so polite."

Guo Shao entered Xuande Gate, Daqing Gate, and to Jinxiang Hall, and entered the back hall from the corridor on the side of the high stone steps.

When I arrived at the palace where I saw Fu Jinzhan a few times before, I looked in through a thin wall of wooden frames, silk-mounted silk like a screen, and saw Fu Jinzhan wearing a yellow robe and walking in front of the carved window.

Guo Shao came in, and the women retreated one after another, and stood at the palace gate.

"I bow to the Empress Dowager." Guo Shao performed the bowing ceremony according to etiquette.

Fu Jinzhan turned around, and her snow-white and beautiful face was more noble by the bright yellow silk. But her face seemed not very good and said, "Get up... Li Chongjin and Li Jixun are too shameless!" She threw a piece of paper on the table.

"Is it Li Jixun's manifesto?" Guo Shao asked calmly, "I have read it."

Fu Jinzhan said in a deep voice: "They made up rumors and said that I and you..." Speaking of this, his face was mixed with complex emotions, ashamed, and anger.

In the past, now, Guo Shao has never seen Fu Jinzhan show much emotion in front of others. She is a person who can control her emotions. Her calm demeanor even praised Zhou Taizu, which is better than the heroes at that time... But this does not mean that she has no feelings and can see everything.

In the past, she just had no one to say, and she had to rely on herself. Now, she was willing to express her emotions in front of Guo Shao, which was rare. Guo Shao knew that all she wanted was a few words of comfort to make her feel better. There were no one in the world who was qualified to comfort her.

Just as in the last conversation, Fu Jinzhan finally made it clear: I just want to hear your sweet words, but what are you talking about with me?

However, for a smart person like Fu Jinzhan, it is impossible to comfort her if he doesn't make any sense. Guo Shao thought hard for a while before he spoke: "Has the Empress Dowager passed through Luo Binwang's "Emperoration for the Anti-War"?"

"Readed." Fu Jinzhan looked at him with anticipation.

Guo Shao said: "When Wu Zetian saw it, he didn't arouse but laughed, praising Luo Binwang's articles for being very literary."

Fu Jinzhan said quietly: "I am not Wu Zetian, I am not that big-bellied. I get angry and feel very humiliated when those people scold me! And..." She whispered, "You know too... I can't have a clear conscience."

Guo Shao said: "Everyone in the world believes in such a swearing, so what does the empress do? There is no need to be ashamed. Even if we treat each other with courtesy and abide by etiquette, Li Jixun will still scold him like this because he rebelled, so there is no need to worry about angering the empress dowager; it is not to take responsibility for swearing, but to rebel.

On the contrary, even if we are really as dirty as the manifesto says, the sequel to the sequels of gods and men, and the heaven and earth are not tolerated, the people in the world will not scold them. First of all, people do not know what is happening in the palace, and secondly, they will bear serious responsibility if they scold them.

So nothing we do or not do is useless. The enemy does not care about the facts, just say it; others do not care about the facts, because they do not matter to their business, nor do they affect their interests. Unless they do it too obvious, and there are those who are good at catching things and reflecting unofficial history, then admitting it is not harming the truth. What kind of gods and men are not tolerant of this?"

Guo Shao said kindly again: "The ancients said that guarding the people is more important than guarding the rivers. Others cannot prevent anything they say, and they cannot care about it. There is no real distortion of rumors, only stupid people will believe it. The Empress Dowager doesn't have to care too much."

Guo Shao himself has also created rumors about the rape and murder case of Zhao San, but he did it carefully and there is a lot of real and false evidence to prove it... Of course, the biggest "evidence" is that Zhao Kuangyin failed. This kind of thing is a matter of position, just that.

Fu Jinzhan looked a little relieved after hearing this. She pondered for a moment and looked at Guo Shao and said, "You said it's okay, I seem to be much better..." She said softly, "General Guo is a general, why are the people around you so comfortable?"

Guo Shao whispered: "Because I treat the Empress Dowager with my heart. Will Zhao Kuangyin, Li Jixun and others feel comfortable?"

Fu Jinzhan was amused and smiled and said, "Li Jixun is afraid that he will hate you now."

"Maybe they didn't hate me, thinking I was just a tool; the person they hated was the queen mother." Guo Shao said, "Now people in the world are very afraid of the queen mother. The queen mother's regent is quite artistic."

"My government measures are still acceptable?" Fu Jinzhan asked softly.
Chapter completed!