Because Zhao Kuangyin's face was too dark and his complex expression could not be seen, he walked back and forth on the ground with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he said, "I can't think of a very wonderful method for a while. All I can think of is nothing more than starting from three aspects. First, let Guo Shao face the threat of force from outside, second, internal rebellion, and third, to damage his prestige and reputation."

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly stopped and said, "Li Yun..."

Li Jixun's face suddenly changed. His eldest son Li Shouen's head was cut off by that guy; it would be fine to kill his son, and Li Shouen had good intentions to marry, but he turned his head off by the guy and sent him to Tokyo to ask for merit! Later, in order to stabilize Li Yun and not take the blame, Li Jixun was killed but had to write a letter to apologize, saying that the son was rude and made Li Yun angry... In fact, Li Jixun wanted to tear the guy apart!

Zhao Kuangyin saw Li Jixun's reaction and said kindly: "I know Brother Li is angry, but we have to think about it from the other side: Just like Li Yun, he seems to be a person who can live in the world? If he just accepts his fate so steadily and waits for the court to recover and cut off his military power, maybe Guo Shao thought that he did not rebel at the critical moment and would really let him go and give him a life and a wealthy person. In this way, Brother Li's revenge will not be avenged."

Li Jixun said angrily: "Blacksmith Guo is not a kind gentleman who pretends to seek fame. He is generous to Meng Chang and others, but he just feels that those people are not threatening him. If anyone really wants to threaten him, he will not blink his eyes."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Li Yun is a arrogant and arrogant man. If he loses military power, what threat will there be? Let's find a way to make him rebel, which is to let him take his own life. It will not only avenge Brother Li's revenge, but also make the blacksmith Guo uneasy."

"Last time I raised an army with Li Chongjin, and he wanted to pull Li Yun into the gang, but he was reluctant. Now, let him rise alone, how can I convince him?" Li Jixun frowned.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Last time, you couldn't trust each other. Not to mention that Li Yun, Li Chongjin and Brother Li could not be together. Besides, Li Yun rebelled for self-reliance. At that time, Li Chongjin was promoted to fight with you, and Li Chongjin was more qualified to become bigger... Let's think about another thing. When he raised an army last year, Li Yun dared to kill the eldest son of Brother Li (Li Jixun) and expressed his loyalty to the court, but quietly let the envoys of the Northern Han Kingdom go away. But why?"

Shi Shouxin listened to the two of them and kept nodding at this time, muttering: "Brother Zhao has insight."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Li Yun never gave up on the idea of ​​doing something bigger, but he knew that his territory was small and the army was small, and the Northern Han Kingdom was behind him, and he had always left room for him."

Li Jixun said: "Brother Zhao didn't say before that the Northern Han lord only wanted to protect himself and did not intend to make progress. How could he be willing to send troops to support Li Yun?"

"Without the Khitan looking at the land in Hedong, the Northern Han Kingdom is so arrogant!" Zhao Kuangyin said, "As long as the Khitan puts pressure on it and gives some support, the Northern Hanzhu will obey the Khitan."

Li Jixun suddenly said, "I know Brother Zhao's intention! Although the Liao Kingdom is unstable and unwilling to make progress now, Xiao Siwen, the king of the Southern Court, still holds his grudges."

Zhao Kuangyin sneered: "What Brother Li said is very true. Most of the prime ministers of the Liao Kingdom came from the Xiao family. Xiao Siwen controlled the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and was also a person with deep roots in the Liao Kingdom. Otherwise, he would have been executed if he had lost his troops and generals in Zhuozhou. Now it is not a big deal? In the battle of Zhuozhou, Guo Blacksmith was not ruthless and slaughtered thousands of elite cavalry in one breath. Xiao Siwen was not worried about the blood feud?"

After hearing this, Shi Shouxin praised, "Brother Zhao is not a thing in the pool. Now that we have fallen into friends, you can still make a living in the world, which is comparable to those of you!"

"Oh..." Zhao Kuangyin sighed helplessly when he heard the praise.

He walked to the window, looked out the window with his head raised for a long time, and said without looking back: "Our strategies are all small paths. The road has been lost..."

Li Jixun couldn't help but ask: "What is the so-called great way of Brother Zhao?"

"Great righteousness, people's hearts." Zhao Kuangyin said.

After he said that, he continued to look at the scene outside. The north wind was raging, and the snow on the ground was blowing, like dust and mist; the clouds on his head seemed to surge thousands of miles, which could turn into various images, and were elusive.

...

Outside Jiangning City, Southern Tang Kingdom, Yuhuatai has been occupied by the Zhou army. Guo Shao lives in a temple on the forest. He is writing and painting. The strange circles are like ghost paintings. The words are also sloppy, and only some people's names are roughly clear... Li Yun, Fu Yanqing, Zhang Guanghan, Murong Yanzhao, Zhe Deyan, etc.

Guo Shao is not used to thinking about the situation in general. He prefers the judgments of all parties, and even accurately shows the specific names of people.

There are several types of people here. Except for the direct generals around Guo Shao who are mainly concentrated in the front office of the palace, the others have a complicated position. Some people are in power and whoever gives orders in Tokyo, but they also have some good feelings for Guo Shao and others. Moreover, they have made contributions on the battlefield alone, and they have too slow promotion. After all, the opportunity is limited, and they also have ideas to move closer to Guo Shao. Such people such as Cao Bin, Murong Yanzhao, etc.

Others, they are also watching the fire from the other side of the river, but out of jealousy or pure dislike of Guo Shao, they are very happy to see Guo Shao in their bad luck. These people are unwilling to act rashly or take risks when the situation is good, but once Guo Shao encounters an unfavorable situation, they are very likely to take the blame and fan the flames. For example, if Zhe Dewu is in a state of affairs, Guo Shao doesn't think he likes him.

More dangerous ones are like Li Yun, the governor of the Zhaoyi Army in Hedong.

There are more people with power and power in their hands. Most of them are used to fighting for power and profits from the superiors, and they act according to the opportunity. But because they are not familiar with each other, they do not show a more obvious position, and Guo Shao is not sure what those people think.

Guo Shao stopped writing and rubbed his temples. In history, Zhao Kuangyin's Chenqiao Mutiny was quite famous. Guo Shao also wanted to copy it, but he had no way to imitate it... Because Zhao Kuangyin was put on a dragon robe in Chenqiao Post, and then proclaiming himself emperor and establishing a country was just an appearance, and the real deployment considerations must be very complicated; Guo Shao had not learned so much before, so naturally he naturally had no way to know it now. But he could at least be sure of one thing: a person became an emperor "innocently" and had no extremely careful deployment in advance, which was completely impossible. It was so easy to be able to be the emperor and be firmly on the throne? In history, from the death of Chai Rong to the Chenqiao Mutiny, what did Zhao Kuangyin do specifically during this period?

As soon as Guo Shao was distracted, he heard the sound of rain on the roof of the tile. It took him a long time to snow in this place. It didn’t take long for him to rain again.

He got up and walked out of the vegetarian room. Qin Shitou, a veteran in his forties at the door, bowed slightly. Guo Shao ignored him and walked under the eaves outside to watch the rain. The sound of wooden fish in the temple came, and there was a sense of tranquility in the sound of rain.

"Go, Go, Go..." Suddenly, a bird's cry came, with only one cry, lonely and high, and a little ethereal. The sound went from slow to fast, from near to far, and disappeared in just one sound. Guo Shao looked up and looked for it, but he did not see any bird flying.

But I saw a large military camp at the foot of the mountain. The sky was covered with rain curtains, and I saw a lot of "thick huts" in the military camp from afar. It was not thatched huts, but because of the tents covered with thatch. There was a lot of rain in the south. Zhou Jun's oil cloth tent would leak after soaking in the rain for too long, so it turned out to be like this.

At this moment, two umbrellas appeared in the rain on the stone steps. Guo Shao withdrew his gaze from afar and stopped for a while. Qin Shitou and other guards next to him also looked at each other.

A umbrella was raised and Zuo You's face was revealed. Zuo You immediately shouted: "Lord is watching the scenery outside!"

The person next to him also showed his face. It turned out to be the military general Cao Bin. He hurriedly held a tribute to him on the wet steps with Zuo You. Guo Shao said, "Come and talk."

The two of them continued to walk here with umbrellas. Guo Shao was also a little puzzled at the beginning. Zuo You and Cao Bin had nothing to do with each other, so why did these two people walk alone? After thinking about it, they remembered something. Wu Yue's army made progress on the Eastern Front, and Zuo You would intentionally or unintentionally say that Cao Bin made great contributions.

Guo Shao did not think much at first, but then he suddenly realized that Zuo You was recommending someone and winning over his party members.

However, Guo Shao didn't mind this. If Cao Bin had a good relationship with Zuo You, his position would be closer to him... The pros and cons of many supporters are clear at a glance. Who would think that there are too many people who help him do things? Moreover, Guo Shao also wanted to promote Zuo You, but Zuo You's foundation is too weak and the prestige is too small. It is also a good thing that he can have a group of people to support him. Zuo You is a much worse person than Wang Pu, and he has been with Guo Shao for a long time.

Cao Bin walked under the eaves and bowed again: "The Wu Yue army set out from Runzhou, from the north of Tangshan, and advanced west along the river. Now he stationed troops in the northeast of Jiangning City. At the end of the day, the mission of Wu Yue was completed, so he came back to report."

Guo Shao said: "General Cao not only completed his mission this time, but also persuaded Wu and Yue to mobilize a large army to send troops, but also made many strange plans in many battles. He is really a talent!"

Cao Bin hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I am just doing my duty."

Guo Shao nodded seriously: "Mr. Zuo often says hello, and I think General Cao has both virtue and talent, which is good." After he said that, he paid attention to Zuo You's expression, and indeed he saw Zuo You's very useful look.

"Let's go to the vegetarian room and brew a cup of hot tea and talk about it in detail?" Guo Shao said again.

Cao Bin's face flushed and he hurriedly said, "Please, Mr. Guo."

Guo Shao brought two people into the vegetarian room and said directly: "Let's not talk about Wu Yue Kingdom for now. When the king's envoy (Wang Pu) arrives, you can talk about it. He will establish files for the people of Wu Yue Kingdom."

After hearing this, Cao Bin nodded in agreement.

Zuo You said: "The Southern Tang Kingdom has already looked like this, why haven't you surrendered?"
Chapter completed!