The Jinxiang Hall on the high platform is solemn and magnificent. The large pillars exposed below the roof of the hall have made it thicker. A group of people walked out of the hall gate. They were talking while walking, and the voices were noisy.

There are many people here, but the square still feels empty, probably because the space around is too wide; there are no extra buildings around Jinxiang Hall, not even a tree, but there are many water tanks next to the houses in the distance. Most of these important buildings are like this, not for beauty, but the first thing to consider is to prevent assassins and fires.

A group of ministers had just retired from the court and were still discussing the state affairs just now. Under the double-eaves building full of oriental charm, the civil servant in a long robe looked like a bow and bowing, which made him look unique.

Wang Pu casually clasped his fists at the official who bowed to him: "Please give me a gift, I'll talk about it later."

After saying that, he turned to Guo Shao and said, "Li Chuyun has chosen the right person, and I didn't expect his progress to be so fast."

What I just paid attention to in the court was what Wang Pu said. Li Chuyun had crossed the river and captured Lizhou, and his troops surrounded Langzhou (Changde), and sent people back to Beijing to report the progress of the war. While besieging Langzhou, he captured the surrounding territory in order to turn Langzhou into an isolated city. Li Chuyun wrote a letter to "cut the wings first, then hit the heart" strategy: he believed that Changsha would send troops to rescue Langzhou; after besieging the city and attacking aid, weaken Changsha's troops, and then further conquered Changsha, without rushing to attack Zhou Xingfeng's old nest Langzhou.

After discussing with several core ministers, the Privy Council considered Li Chuyun's ability and granted the front camp arbitrary power to make decisions.

Guo Shao laughed and said, "I have known Li Chuyun for many years, but I still don't know what kind of person he is?"

Wang Pu worshipped.

At this moment, Guo Shao saw an eunuch holding a whisk rushing from the corridor below Jinxiang Hall. The empty square was really conspicuous when there were people. No wonder he could prevent assassins without planting trees.

Guo Shao had good eyesight and recognized Cao Tai at first sight. Wang Pu took a look and saw Guo Shao slow down and waited for the eunuch slowly. He immediately said goodbye and went first.

After a while, Cao Tai, who was thin, caught up with Guo Shao, and Guo Shao bowed with his fists: "What's the matter of Eunuch Cao's hurrying?"

Cao Tai hurriedly returned the gift politely and took out an envelope from his arms: "Guo Du checks out this first."

Guo Shao glanced at Cao Tai, took out the letter paper quietly, first looking at the first line "General Gao Yanqiu", and immediately turned to the end to see the note: Emperor of Great Shu. He asked, "Is it the Duke of Qin's handwriting?"

Cao Tai said: "That's right."

Guo Shao browsed the content of the letter, and looked at the corner of his mouth and smiled. After a moment, he raised his head and smiled, "This Qin Duke is really funny."

Seeing this, Cao Tai also laughed, looked around and whispered: "Meng Chang doesn't have to worry about the meaning of the queen mother... He has obtained the sender and the letter, so why not just ask the sender to give it to Gao Yanqi? Gao Yanqi has not left Beijing these days."

After hearing this, Guo Shao thought for a moment and understood Fu Jinzhan's intention: it was nothing more than distrust of surrendered generals in Shu Kingdom. Now he asked Gao Yanqi to take charge of the military power of the Shu army. He was not very relieved and wanted to test it.

He was silent for a long time. Cao Tai said: "Gao Yan is the person recommended by Guo Du. The Empress Dowager also wants to ask you what you mean first."

Guo Shao thought for a while, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief on his face, and finally said, "There was something in the past. After the Qin Feng Chengzhe Battle, the Great Zhou captured some surrendered soldiers of Shu Kingdom. After the first emperor took charge of them, he transferred them to the Huainan battlefield. As a result, the Shu soldiers were defeated and surrendered at the touch of the touch, and they even took the initiative to find the generals of the Southern Tang army to surrender. Later, the first emperor defeated the Southern Tang army and captured the Shu troops. The first emperor was very angry and ordered them to be killed."

Cao Tai nodded to show that he was listening.

Guo Shao said again: "I remembered the battle of Gaoping again. After the Xiaodi Army was disbanded, my brother Luo Mengzi was summoned by other generals and continued to pursue the Northern Han army. Luo Mengzi said that if it was not the soldier of the general, he would just call everyone up as a livestock and drive everyone up to die... It can be seen that even his own people do not trust unfamiliar generals, let alone the Shu army surrendered, how could it be easy for him to trust the generals sent by the Great Zhou?

This is why I want to use Gao Yanqi. He was originally a surrendered general of the Shu army. The soldiers of Shu Kingdom are familiar with him and trust him. Only in this way can the Shu Kingdom soldiers be able to fight. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to take them in. What is the use of food and military pay for in vain? Gao Yanqi is a capable and smart general, but there are also many capable generals within the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he had not been from the Shu Kingdom military general, I would not have to use him as the commander of the Jiannan Army."

Cao Tai said: "So that's the case. The miscellaneous family remembered it. When they go back, they will tell the Queen Mother."

Guo Shao said: "I don't think there is any need to give this letter to Gao Yanqi. We gave it to him, and I wonder how he dealt with it? First of all, he would never obey Meng Chang's words and take risks. Gao Yanqi is not a fool. He was originally going to be destroyed by the demise of Shu Kingdom. Now he can save everything and get more valued. He will not do a good general of the Zhou army and join forces with Meng Chang? Meng Chang is not like a person who has accomplished things, and now he has nothing to do. As long as Gao Yanqi is not stupid, he will not die with him.

Gao Yanqi can only react in two ways. First, hand over this letter to show his loyalty, so that he will have to bear the ruthless self-reproach and public condemnation of his old master (Meng Chang); let alone prove his loyalty? What does a person think in his heart? No one can force him, and people can only look at his superficial words and deeds. Trust each other can only be managed, not forced.

Second, pretending not to know, he secretly burned the secret letter as if he had not received it. In this way, he could do his best to his old master. However, since we test him, will he find out that he will be suspicious for his whole life? Gao Yanqi felt that we were suspicious of him, and he would be wary of it.

After such speculation, we can conclude that if he does not get any benefits to test him, he will only destroy his mutual fragile trust. So I think it is a useless act, so I should tell the Empress Dowager not to test him. The ancients said, "Don't doubt people, don't doubt people." Perhaps it's because it's useless because it's useless? If I think Gao Yanqi is unreliable, I wouldn't recommend him before."

After hearing this, Cao Tai nodded quickly: "Guo Du ordered the inspection and asked the zodiac to suddenly understand. Think about it, that's the case."

Guo Shao smiled confidently and said, "Even if Gao Yanqi wants to rebel, he couldn't beat me in Shu Kingdom at the beginning; now that he has lost the barrier of mountains and rivers, I can still deal with him for the second time. Don't worry too much."

Cao Tai looked up and saw Guo Shao's face. Cao Tai looked at Guo Shao's calm and confident smile, and after hearing this, he looked respectful: "The Za Family has never been convinced by many people in his life, but the Za Family is really convinced by Guo Du's inspection. With the Guo Du's inspection in court, the Za Family feels very peaceful!"

Guo Shao patted Cao Tai on the shoulder: "Eunuch Cao is also a good person with both moral integrity and talent... I'll give this letter to me."

Cao Tai said excitedly: "The Zajia and Guo Du check-in have been through life-and-death struggles. The Zajia has always remembered your good deeds. How does Guo Du check-in plan to deal with the secret letter? If the empress dowager asks, the Zajia will also be able to answer the questions."

"Give it back to Meng Chang." Guo Shao said, "If I want to kill him, I don't need this thing."

Cao Tai was thinking about something, as if he was thinking about Guo Shao’s intention of this move, but he was not a talkative person and did not ask any more questions.

Guo Shao said: "If it's okay, I'll leave first."

Cao Tai said with courtesy: "The family of the zodiacs are also going back to ask the Empress Dowager to report this matter and say goodbye."

Guo Shao was not in a hurry, and stayed home with the letter for a long time. He chatted with Jing Niang in the living room of the front yard while waiting for Zuo You. Zuo You talked nonsense almost every day, so he usually did it himself.

Sure enough, it didn't take long to wait, Zuo You entered the yard. No one stopped him at all, and there was no need to inform him. He entered Guo Shao's house as easily as entering his own house.

The two first exchanged the latest news for information sharing. Guo Shao then took out a secret letter and handed it to Zuo You: "You take the time to go to the Duke of Qin's mansion and return the letter to Meng Chang."

Zuo You took the letter first and looked at it, his shoulder twitched: "This... is so funny, it's not like this when seeking death."

Guo Shao looked back at Jing Niang and said calmly: "The Empress Dowager didn't say she wanted to kill him. Zuo You went to send the secret letter back. He took the opportunity to observe Meng Chang's attitude and figured it out before we talk."

Zuo You stopped his smile and said, "Meng Chang really cannot rebel, but he should still beware of his random words and affecting the hearts of the people of Shu."

Guo Shaopin said: "Mr. Zuo is becoming more and more thoughtful, and he has a vague talent as a prime minister."

Zuo You hurriedly shook his head and said, "I dare not, I am too experienced."

After saying a while, Zuo You stood up and wanted to meet Meng Chang immediately. The so-called "those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to Mo" are black. Guo Shao usually has the same style, and the people around him are more or less affected.

At this time, Jingniang said, "Alang, I want to go with Mr. Zuo and see Mrs. Huarui."

Guo Shao smiled and said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want, I didn't tie your feet."

... Zuo You was riding a carriage, and Jing Niang wore a hat to cover the sun. She was even more straightforward than a man, and she rode her horse directly with her. The Duke of Qin was in the east of the inner city, not too far from Guo Shao's mansion. The carriage and horses could not walk along the street for a long time, and it took less than half an hour to walk slowly.

The group handed over a prayer letter at the Duke of Qin's Mansion, but went out to greet a tall and fat civil servant. Zuo You said: "The young minister of Taichang Temple Zuo You, I want to pay homage to Duke of Qin, I hope you can recommend it."

The civil servant hurriedly said, "Please, please come in."

Zuo You came to the door with Jing Niang. The civil servant was much lower than Zuo You. He only dared to walk behind and guide the direction with his fingers, but did not dare to walk in front. Zuo You vaguely heard a scholar behind him whisper: "Zuo Shaoqing often enters the gate of Guodu's inspection."

Zuo You ignored their whispers and didn't care. He thought to himself: I am Guo Shao's aide, so there is nothing to cover up. If it weren't for this identity, could I be the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple?
Chapter completed!