Looking out of the window from the study in Jinxiangdian, Tokyo, you can see dark clouds in the sky, as if they turned into various images, surging in the wind and clouds.

Guo Shao withdrew his gaze, put down the border emergency report in his hand, and then placed the brush on the inkstone. Putting down the pen, he got up and took a strong bow, and tried the strength of the bowstring with all his strength.

Zuo You and Huang Binglian, who were helping him handle the memorial in the same room, looked at each other side. Guo Shao had a blue face, but he didn't say a word, but he just unconsciously pulled the bowstrings. The tendons on the back of his hand were stretched out as he tried hard.

"Bang, bang..." At the rhythm of the bowstring being pulled open and released, it made a monotonous, boring and hostile sound.

Zuo You said, "Your Majesty, I think the Liao Kingdom is in a time of internal chaos and it is difficult to gather troops from all over the country to take the initiative. This invasion should be done by the Liao army in Youzhou. There are many strong cities and vassal states in Hebei, and it is difficult to achieve any great achievements with the Liao army in Youzhou alone. Most of them are just going south to plunder, or to encourage those who have ulterior motives within the Great Zhou."

Huang Binglian also said: "If your Majesty mobilizes the army to go north, and the time is wasted, the Liao people have gained a lot and fled to Youzhou in the north. Since the court has no preparations for the Northern Expedition, there is no way to do anything to them."

"I know." Guo Shao responded.

The Liao army was unable to pose a substantial threat to Guo Shao's dynasty at this time. This was just a border harassment. However, Guo Shao was unable to achieve complete rationality and indifference so far. He still felt an intuitive anger in his heart, and blood was surging and it was difficult to curb!

Perhaps in a while, each prefecture and county will report a rough figure of population loss, which is an irrelevant loss figure for the entire country... But Guo Shao experienced it from the bottom and on the battlefield, and understood how much darkness and crime are hidden under these cold numbers! Where did those people go and how did they die?

Now Guo Shao believes that he is the emperor and the king and father of the entire country, so he has no reason to develop a sense of responsibility. He believes that he must be responsible for every citizen under his rule... But the people are 100 million, how can one person take care of it?

Maybe this is a tragedy for human beings. They have too big hearts and too big ambitions, but they are not necessarily much stronger than ordinary people. So anger has always troubled Guo Shao, and he can't calm himself down.

"One day, I will return all those who provoke the Great Zhou!" Guo Shao threw the bow on the imperial case with a snap. He thought to himself: There is nothing in this world to restrict me. In the future, I will choose any method to defeat the enemy!

However, we still have to return to rationality now... Just like Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was surrounded and fled quickly; Xinkou Town where Guo Shao saved Shi Yanchao was once the place where Liu Bang escaped. Unreal action will only make himself weaker and more likely to fall into useless anger and shame.

Guo Shao walked into the back room, where there were many maps hanging, so he looked for the map to see where.

His emotions had not subsided yet, a fire ran around his body and his mind was a little confused.

The main anger is not because he was beaten, but because he was beaten up and there was no way. As soon as he ascended the throne, he could not start a full war with the Liao Kingdom immediately... He would feel powerless and embarrassed, as if he was slapped in the face, but he could not slapped back because the other party was too tall and could not reach the face.

The nomads have long troubled the Central Plains dynasties, which are asymmetrical war models, and farming countries are forced to consume several times of resource defense. Moreover, in this era, the efficiency of transforming resources and national strength into force is too low, and many strength cannot be used; even if the separatist regime that unified the entire world is several times richer than the Liao Kingdom, the Central Plains dynasty may not be able to defeat the Liao Kingdom... Many dynasties use this resource to national defense strategy to send money to women to negotiate peace, so as to maintain peace for a period of time; it is also a helpless move, because wars cost more.

Guo Shao set his sights on Xiangzhou, Hebei, where there was Zhang Guanghan's troops on the left wing of the Longjie Army, and 20,000 elite infantry and cavalry. If the troops were transferred from Tokyo to the north and the daylily was cold when they arrived at the border; if the troops were transferred from Xiangzhou, at least they could force the Liao army to retreat as soon as possible... This is also a necessary reaction, showing an attitude, otherwise the frontier would think that the court would do nothing.

But he couldn't help but look left, Luzhou.

The messenger who delivered the imperial edict has been sent out, and I don’t know when the news will be sent back.

...

"The Liao army was just bluffing."

In the Luzhou Prefecture in Hedong, Li Yun looked back and said. There were only two people next to him, one was his son Li Shoujie, and the other was Zhongli, an aide who helped him divine the turtle shell a while ago. Li Yun was unwilling to reveal his inner thoughts in front of others. Even if he was some of his confidants, his son was different... Li Yun thought that he had seen through his thoughts for a long time, and it was useless to cover it up. Zhongli was originally living in seclusion on Taihang Mountain, and Li Yun personally invited him back. Although this person was suspected of seeking fame, he was really wise.

Li Yun sneered: "Xiao Siwen has a good plan. How can he attack the city and take the siege? Come up and grab it, and you can still be cowardly. "

Zhongli said calmly: "The people of Liao have been learning the Central Plains official system all year round, but they do not change their nature. At first glance, they are quite smart, but still lack the wisdom of people. They ignore the great way and are in the sea of ​​fire."

Li Yun responded casually: "It's the reason to win. If you can't beat them on the battlefield, what's the use of the avenue?"

Zhongli said disapprovingly: "How strong the Huns in ancient times were than the Khitans? Where are the Huns now?"

Li Yun said: "Mr. Zhong is thinking too far, it has nothing to do with us."

Li Shoujie listened to the side with a confused look on his face for a while, and then he spoke: "The Tokyo messenger is already waiting in the lobby. Should my father see him?"

"Go in first and put away the things." Li Yun said, "Mr. Zhong and I went to see the envoy... to keep the rituals. Who is the envoy called?"

Li Shoujie said: "When Lu Duosun, when the Great Zhou Dynasty and Southern Tang were in Jiangnan, this man volunteered to enter the enemy camp to persuade him to surrender."

Li Yun sneered: "Send such a person to come here, the people in Tokyo really regard my place as a tiger's den."

Li Shoujie bid farewell, first entered the inner room, and hid the spiritual positions of Taizu and the late emperor.

Old man Zhongli and Li Yun went to the lobby, and they saw a young civil servant standing in the hall, and there were many civil and military officers from Luzhou around him. Li Yun stepped forward and bowed: "Lu Lang has been waiting for a long time. I just learned that the court sent officials down, so I came out to meet him quickly."

Lu Duoxun first bowed his hand and returned the gift, then walked straight to the north to stand still, coughed and raised his head and said seriously: "Li Yun, the governor of Zhaoyi Army, received the order, and saw the imperial order as if he was facing the Emperor of Great Zhou."

Li Yun was stunned. Since he was like the Emperor of Great Zhou, he had to kneel down on the ground and bow to the civil servant who was much younger than him... in his hand, shouting: "My emperor has no limits!"

Lu Duoxun did not read the content, but just stepped forward and handed over a volume of imperial edicts with both hands. When Li Yun took the thing, he observed that Lu Duoxun's face was obviously relaxed a lot, as if he was relieved.

Li Yun also knew in his heart that he had just knelt down in front of everyone and called "My Emperor". He had already clearly expressed his recognition of the new emperor of Tokyo and had to accept the imperial edicts and government orders of the new imperial court... After all, he could not act like a villain who had two sides and had to go back on his word in front of his subordinates.

Lu Duosun said: "Your Majesty is graceful to you, and you will be appointed as the governor of Tianping Army and govern Yunzhou. Does Mr. Li have any questions to let the official bring him back to the court?"

Li Yun said: "I thank Your Majesty for your holy grace."

Lu Duoxun nodded and hurriedly reached out to help him: "Mr. Li, please get up quickly."

...Li Yun invited Lu Duosun to host a banquet on the same day. Lu Duosun immediately found a follower on the excuse of going back to the ceremony hall to change his clothes, wrote a memorial and put it in a wax seal in a bamboo tube. He also added a seal on the melted red wax. He reminded: "Change horses on the post road, and report them to Tokyo immediately without resting day and night!"

Lu Duosun's messenger left Luzhou without stopping, crossed the Yellow River that night, and arrived in Tokyo in the early morning.

Before the city gate was opened, he showed his seal and entered Tokyo City because of an urgent report. However, the urgent report was still put on hold outside Xuande Gate and could not be sent to the center of the Privy Council in the imperial city early the next morning.

At this time, the organization that sent and received various memorials was still the Privy Council... The Privy Council in the Tang Dynasty was dedicated to this job. Later, the power grew stronger and stronger. After the late Tang Dynasty, in order to facilitate the emperor to take charge of the army, the Privy Council evolved into a yamen involving the core power of the military and political affairs.

As the genius was dawn, Xuande Gate finally opened. The Privy Council branch outside Xuande Gate immediately reported the urgent message received last night to the imperial city.

So when Guo Shao had just arrived at Jinxiang Hall for the morning court, he received Lu Duosun's urgent report from the eunuch... The whole process was very short. Benefiting from the military-state centralization system since this period (Five Dynasties), the power of the central government was very concentrated and there were few intermediate procedures. Of course, this system was not conducive to balance. The power of the Privy Council was too great, and the Taizu Guo Wei was almost controlled by the Privy Council.

After reading the report, Guo Shao walked up to the imperial throne. The officials below kowtowed one after another. After saying "flat", Guo Shao turned his head and said to the people in the Hanlin Academy next to him: "Issuing an order."

After hearing this, the ministers lined up on both sides and did not rush to speak.

Guo Shao said in public: "I ordered Fu Zhaoxu (Fu Yanqing's eldest son) to be the Qianying Capital of Hebei, and Zhang Guanghan (the commander of the left wing of the Longjie Army) to be the Qianying Commander, led the troops of Xiangzhou to go north to coordinate Yi, Xiong, Ba, Ding, and Mozhu Town, expel the Khitan army into the invasion, and strengthen the defense in the north."

Guo Shao breathed a sigh of relief after saying that, not long after the Liao army invaded, the court quickly mobilized the army northward, which was already very active in dealing with it. It was a way to give Hebei towns and the people and barely maintain the prestige of the court.

While he relaxed, his face felt a little forbearing.
Chapter completed!