The streets of Tokyo's inner city are covered with bricks and stones, and the sound of horse hooves stepping on the road is extra crisp, "Da da da..." Every sound is simply like a pea falling into the plate.

Guo Shao looked at the scene outside and his eyes were quickly attracted by an unfinished building complex. He looked around and asked casually: "This is the Gongde Pavilion that we asked the Ministry of Works to send someone to supervise the construction of?"

Li Chuyun nodded quickly and said yes.

As the carriage moved forward, Guo Shao's head also turned, and his eyes looked at the place for a long time. He withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Chuyun sitting opposite him, who was also busy owing his body.

"After a hundred years, the portrait can be hung inside." Guo Shao said casually.

Li Chuyun clasped his fists and said, "The achievements are all of His Majesty's, and I dare not take credit for it."

Li Chuyun's posture was very reserved, but Guo Shao spoke very directly: "But my portrait cannot be hung in this place, it should be in the Taimiao."

Li Chuyun looked puzzled for a moment, as if this sentence was difficult to respond. Guo Shao then thought... If Li Chuyun agreed, it seemed that since ancient times, the emperor was more taboo to death, otherwise how could he have said that longevity would last forever?

"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Guo Shao waved his hand.

Li Chuyun was busy talking about it and changed the topic.

But Guo Shao's thoughts did not change so quickly. He was thinking about the Xuanren Merit Pavilion I just saw. He suddenly had an idea: most civil and military ministers agreed to the Northern Expedition, and there may be a reason for this Merit Pavilion. They wanted to make achievements as much as possible and seize the opportunity to leave their names... However, Guo Shao issued an order to build this place, which was not the purpose.

Not long ago, the scope of knowledge of the attack on Youzhou was expanded to the Political Affairs Hall (such a big thing must be made known to the prime ministers), and it was opposed by Prime Minister Fan Zhi. Fan Zhi wanted to scold those who supported the Northern Expedition to instigate the emperor to be powerful and bribery. However, this achievement of opening up the territory did have much to do with civil officials.

People who can leave portraits and achievements in it don’t know how many lives there are in their hands. As the saying goes, one general succeeds and thousands of bones are undone. Guo Shao himself doesn’t know how many people have sacrificed their lives.

In front of the ministers, Guo Shao could not say whatever he thought. In the past, Li Chuyun had a good relationship with him and his colleagues, so it was easier to speak, but Guo Shao could not do so after he ascended the throne... I talked a lot with Li Chuyun during this trip, but it can be seen that Li Chuyun was also very cautious in speaking.

Guo Shao also kept silent about what he thought.

After a while, he looked at Li Chuyun and said seriously: "No matter how we do it, we cannot avoid being devastated. What we do is to exchange the lives of the soldiers for the lives of the people. The soldiers are sacrificing for others."

Li Chuyun's expression calmed down and said, "Your Majesty treats the people of the world with kindness, and the people are very lucky."

Guo Shao explained: "The Liao people occupied the land of Youyun. Once they have the opportunity, they will easily lead troops to invade the south. Just like the Youzhou army plundered Yi and Dingzhou last year. If the main force of the Liao army went south, the land of disaster would be wider.

We are not doing what we should do, even if these things require many people to sacrifice their lives.”

Guo Shao was reasoning with Li Chuyun, but seemed to be convincing himself.

However, of course, he did not launch a war just for noble reasons. People have desires or dreams, and Guo Shao is no exception.

...When he returned to the imperial city, Guo Shao did not go to Jinxiang Hall again and went straight into Xuanyou Gate. Because today is a ten-day holiday, and the king and his ministers do not work, so they are just a day off to bathe and change clothes for others, which is equivalent to the weekends of later generations. However, the weekends are from Christianity, and holidays are a traditional custom in ancient times.

Guo Shao didn't want to go to the Zide Hall or Wansui Hall, so he simply went to the Sanqing Hall, the Taoist temple in the imperial palace.

This place was very quiet, and it was a place for Qingxu. He went to visit Qingxu first and talked to her for a while, but he had basically no common language with Qingxu, after all, he was too young.

Guo Shao remembered Concubine Zhang Tai, who became a monk here, and asked her that she was still in the Sanqing Palace. He vaguely remembered a sentence from Concubine Zhang Tai. After she said that, she would see the emperor again for one year or two years or ten years. So Guo Shao decided to visit Concubine Zhang Tai.

Zhang welcomed Guo Shao into the room at the entrance of the Qingxiu Hall. There was only one Taoist nun around, and the etiquette was relatively simple.

Guo Shao immediately asked: "How good is Tai Guifei in Sanqing Palace? What is the cost?"

Zhang said slowly: "Your Majesty and the Queen treat the people in the palace well. I am very good here. Please sit down."

Guo Shao sat down on the futon next to the wooden table in front of a wooden window, and Zhang whispered softly: "A person like me has never asked about it, thank Your Majesty for your concern."

Guo Shao said: "There is no need to thank the concubine Tai. I also think it is very good here and stay away from the world."

Zhang immediately whispered: "If your Majesty wants to be quiet, you can come and sit there often. I don't have anyone to talk to you."

The nun was cooking water and tea inside, and she could be seen from the hall outside. Guo Shao did feel that the atmosphere here was different. Although in the palace, it seemed to be isolated from everything.

He saw Go on the table, and then he looked down at the chess game above.

Seeing this, Zhang smiled and said, "If your Majesty is interested, let's play the Goji you taught me last time?"

Guo Shao said: "The game is too simple, it's boring to play it all the time. How can the concubine teach me how to play Go?"

Zhang looked at Guo Shao's face: "Your Majesty really can't play chess?"

"To be honest, I used to be a pure martial artist, how could I do these elegant things?" Guo Shao said without any pressure. He found it was really easy to be in this place. "But I understand the most basic rules. If I siege, I will eat the flag and the place, and then count who occupied the larger territory."

A nearly forgotten concubine of the former dynasty would always be imprisoned in the palace. Guo Shao really felt that she could not have any impact on the government.

After hearing this, Zhang explained several strategies in detail, and then asked Guo Shao to practice chess with her.

After a long time, the Taoist nun around Zhang brought the tea. Everything was very slow. The simple hall room was filled with a faint tea fragrance. From time to time, a gentle "pop" sounded, and time seemed to pass even slower.

The furnishings in this place are very simple. Even the tables they play chess are just ordinary wood and they don’t even have paint. However, it makes Guo Shao feel relaxed in the atmosphere and there are not so many decorations to affect people’s mood.

Guo Shao said: "I heard that when playing chess, I have to meet opponents. Will Concubine Tai Guifei play chess with an opponent like me feel boring?"

Zhang looked at Guo Shao with a smile on his face and shook his head without hesitation.

The two continued to play chess silently. The two people who had only met one time did not understand each other and did not seem to have much to say.

Zhang took advantage of the gap and lifted the teapot with a thin mouth and poured a cup of tea into a small cup, handed it to Guo Shao, and said softly: "This is a place where you are pure and have few desires. There is no particularity in the tea set, and there is no good tea. Your Majesty should not be disgusted."

After hearing this, Guo Shao looked at her and felt that a person who is truly pure and has no desires would not care about these things outside. Zhang is indeed not like a real practitioner. She is too beautiful, with black hair, white skin, red lips, charm between her eyebrows and eyes, and lines between her plump breasts, which destroys that temperament.

He calmed down and said, "As long as the teapot does not leak, it is worth hundreds of coins and a few cents of money."

Zhang looked at him thoughtfully.

Guo Shao also said: "The valuable things are just because people agree with their value. As long as we both agree with these things, they are good tea."

Zhang gently raised his sleeves to cover his mouth and smiled, "Your Majesty's words are really interesting."

There was another silence, leaving only a sound of making moves, and the two of them were talking in a mess. Guo Shao suddenly asked again: "Does Tai Guifei believe that there will be ghosts in this world after death?"

Zhang stopped his smile and his face changed. Guo Shao suddenly realized that what she might have thought of was Taizu who had passed away.

Her eyelashes trembled in the streaming light from the window, and she pursed her lips and pretended to be relaxed: "I am a Taoist priest, and I shouldn't be afraid of ghosts."

Guo Shao looked up at her: "What I thought of is that after fighting so many battles over the years, I can't figure out how many people have killed me."

"Since ancient times, great achievements have been made up of corpses." Zhang changed his words.

Guo Shao nodded: "This Go is also very interesting. The person who invented it back then must be the ones who participated in the battle for the world. Both sides of the game are trying their best to occupy the territory. The more people they occupy can win. They want to compete for more territory, and they want to be bigger and stronger, and they can't stop."

Zhang said: "Although Your Majesty is just beginning to learn chess, he immediately understands the artistic conception."

Guo Shao showed a reluctant smile: "I can't help but think about everything now, maybe it's not a good thing. Recently, I feel more and more that I have lost the spirit of moving forward before. Even though I have decided, I often look back and forth."

Zhang pondered for a moment and said kindly: "Your Majesty captured Jinyang, a powerful city in half a month, and shocked the world. You have long been a wise ruler. However, it is inevitable that people on the throne will think a lot."

"Oh?" Guo Shao finally felt that this person who had been a concubine had really seen the world.

At this time, his body and mind were relaxed, and the emotions accumulated in his heart also emerged. When he was in front of others, even if he had any emotions, he would be upright and confident, so that he could stabilize people's hearts.

Guo Shao really felt that his mood was not good these days. Now he has more and more things, his situation is getting better and better, and his mood is getting worse. I really don’t know what’s going on.

The two played several games in a row, but because they didn't meet the opponent, they played very quickly. Seeing that it was almost noon, Guo Shao got up and said goodbye.

Zhang said: "If Your Majesty doesn't bother with simple food, you can also have lunch in Sanqing Hall."

Guo Shao immediately smiled and said, "I'm here to visit the elders of the royal family. It's not appropriate to stay for too long and have to eat. Concubine Tai takes care of her health and I'll come and greet you later."

He then said, "I will remember the conversation with Tai Guifei."

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(Recommended Meng Yishang's new book "The Sword Master of Burning Heaven". In the vast world, heroes stand together, all races compete for hegemony, how can we count the grudges and grudges of swords and swords, invading creatures outside the domain be miserable, asking where is the passionate man? The young man crossed the Fire Spirit Continent, scattered the world and enjoyed his grudges, fought against heroes of all races, and killed monks outside the domain, with a sword in his hand, and asked who is the master of ups and downs in the world?
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