The spring breeze in the window was chilling, and the branches in the yamen yard were faintly green. Two tall and big martial artists were playing chess in the signing room, but they didn’t have that kind of leisure and elegance. Zhe De knew that the emperor Fang Ding Pingxia had a lot of things, and without that kind of heart, how could he have that kind of love?

"Bang!" Hearing the sound of the chess pieces falling from the board, both of them stared at the board, silently. But perhaps they didn't think about Go, at least Zhe Deyi's mind was not on the board at all.

Guo Shao said that he only knew the leader but not the country, and he was very likely to be divided. He was talking about the Tubo Dangxiang, but Zhe De heard the implicit sound.

Zhe Deyi made such a judgment not only because of that sentence, he thought a lot.

Judging from the general trend of the world, the situation of weakening Jiezhen, strong, weak branches did not start from the Xu Dynasty. Jiezhen once grew stronger from the end of the Tang Dynasty, and then there were five wars. By the Zhou Dynasty, the Central Plains court had begun to gradually weaken local Jiezhen. First, Zhou Shizong drew away the elite troops of Jiezhen and strengthened the imperial guards; then he took back the administrative power of Jiezhen and issued an order to prevent Jiezhen from interfering in the local officials.

After Guo Shao took office today, with his great military achievements and the deterrence of his elite soldiers and the powerful generals, he further removed the firewood from the bottom of the firewood and established a transfer official position assigned by the central government to the local government, and directly stripped off the financial power of the town. Now the towns in the mainland are useless, with no money, no food, no soldiers, no power, and all the power is divided up by the central and local officials, and it will be a waste of money!

However, the only thing that did not move in this process was the generals of the border. Because the situation in the border was complicated, Zhe De thought the court did not dare to move. Now it seems that there is no one who did not dare to move in Guo Shao!

There are many generals on the frontier, and the five largest border warlords are: Zhe, Wang (Qin Feng, Wang Jing, son), Yang (Yang Ye), Liu (Liu Renzhan Jiangnan Army), and Gao (Gao Yan and Shu Army).

Among them, Yang, Liu and Gao were all surrendered soldiers, and whatever the emperor said was what he said, Yang Ye could no longer be a warlord. He had a former military palace under his command, which dispersed all kinds of powers and monitored them tightly; Wang Jing was old and his son was not as good as his father. The most difficult thing was to be considered the Zhe family.

Now that the military power of the Imperial Army General is gone, should I deal with the border general?

Guo Shao was very happy. As soon as he took action, he first focused on the Zhe family, the warlord who was least influenced by the imperial court.

...If you want to ask whether it is a warlord or a duke? If you have a choice, of course it is a warlord.

Warlords are more dangerous and are usually guarded by the court. But fate is in their own hands, and the court has to negotiate conditions with you and compromise with you. As for your own territory, it is almost the same as the emperor and no one can control it. What the court does, you have to ask whether you agree or not, otherwise it is just a breakup and meet on the battlefield... Isn't it just playing chess now, it means discussing with Zhe Dezhen.

The Duke of the State is different. He takes the salary from the court and wants to eat from other people's bowls. The imperial power, what the people in the temple should do to him, and directly order it. What kind of fate depends on the emperor's attitude, and he has no choice but to do so!

But is there a choice?

The emperor was unwilling to tear his face. He brought more than 70,000 elite soldiers, and the chess move in front of him was definitely not in a hurry to expand his territory, but aimed at the Zhe family in Lingzhou. If the imperial guards directly attacked Lingzhou, they would have a great chance of winning. However, the civil war brought about the cost, no matter how the other towns would feel?

In the southern part of Pingxia, there were a bunch of small warlords, who used to be a town to defend Dangxiang; now Pingxia has become the border of the imperial court, and the towns in Guanzhong have become the mainland and will be sacked. Whether the sack will be successful or not, everyone is waiting and watching.

Zhe Dejian sighed secretly, playing chess is a game, and there is indeed a game in front of him!

If another emperor was replaced, his choice would be great, but it was Guo Shao and the tiger and wolf army around him.

...Guo Shao frowned, and the big dragon in front of him could not afford to be a longan. Zhe De pressed step by step, leaving no chance for him. He was about to be surrounded by a piece of chess pieces, and the pressure was also very high.

Guo Shao made it again that Zhe Dejiu, a guy who used to play chess with him, was completely giving in. Today, it was different. It was very hard to take action, which made him not have the power to resist!

"Ba!" Zhe Deyi made a very casual move and quickly. However, Guo Shao had to think about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out a way to resolve it.

He looked like he was thinking hard, but he was not completely thinking about the chessboard, and more things were in his mind.

After a long time, Guo Shao sighed and laughed loudly, "This chess is easy to deal with. It's so big. No matter how many numbers or numbers, there is no power to turn the world back. The winner is decided, and I lost. General Zhe is really good!"

Zhe De held his fist and said, "Your Majesty will give in."

Guo Shao slapped the table and said, "The lottery must be fulfilled. I will issue an order now to grant General Zhe the Duke of Xia."

Zhe De Shu hurriedly left his seat, held a ritual and said, "What kind of virtue is me?... I thank the emperor for his kindness!"

Guo Shao reached out and rubbed his forehead, and smiled and said, "Don't say it, playing chess is very brain-consuming. Let's play something else."

Zhe De bowed and said, "Since Your Majesty has a good mood, I will definitely accompany you."

Guo Shao took Zhe Deyi out of the sign-in room one after another and came to a warehouse. As soon as he entered, Zhe Deyi changed color slightly, and there were many weapons and armors inside. They were all real swords and guns on the battle formation. As soon as he put down the elegant objects, a solemn aura came to his face.

However, the warehouse is very small and clear at a glance. There are no ambushes, only Guo Shao and Zhe Dejian.

Guo Shao picked up a firearm and complicated things, and skillfully fiddled with them as if no one was around. From loading lead bullets and gunpowder to releasing medicine, he was very skillful. Maybe the soldiers were not as quick as him.

After he put it in, he handed it to Zhe Dejian: "Try it?"

Zhe Deyan's expression was complicated and he hurriedly said, "I dare not hold weapons in front of the emperor!"

Guo Shao said: "If you believe me, I believe you. What are you afraid of?"

Zhe Deyi bent down and took the firearm from Guo Shao's hand with both hands. Guo Shao said: "After aiming, the medicine pot has been opened. Hit this mechanism and it can be fired. Let's go out and try."

After saying that, Guo Shao walked straight out of the door, facing away from Zhe Deyi, who was holding a firearm.

Zhe Dejiu quickly followed, looked back and pointed to a bowl that was placed there twenty or thirty steps away, and said, "I use the bowl as the target."

Guo Shao nodded.

Zhe Deji picked up the firearm, and Guo Shao personally stepped forward to adjust his posture, letting the wooden handle press against Zhe Deji's shoulder.

"Bang!"

The two walked out of the smoke of gunpowder, but found that the bowl was there. Guo Shao laughed "haha" and Zhe De said in shame: "If you use this weapon, I can only give up on the disadvantage and make a fool of yourself!"

Guo Shao looked up and felt the wind direction, "Even if I beat that bowl, I may not be able to hit it, it depends on luck."

Zhe Dejian said in surprise: "I asked Your Majesty for the shooting, and it was only twenty or thirty steps."

Guo Shao shook his head and said, "This thing can take seventy or eighty steps away, but it is not accurate if there is wind, and the deviation is elusive."

Zhe De pondered endlessly.

Guo Shao said again: "But there were a whole row of shooting in a row, and there were more than one person on the other side. Does General Zhe understand?"

Zhe Deji suddenly said, "So that's it!"

Guo Shao said: "General Zhe must understand these weapons. The imperial guards all use the equipment in the house, such as leather armor, swords, spears, firearms, bows and crossbows, and each one is useful."

Zhe De was thinking about it because those equipment were not used by the soldiers in the throne.

Guo Shao said: "The military power of the court is not only composed of generals. There are only a few people with high positions and power, all of whom are acquaintances, and everyone is easy to talk to."

He has a strong family, a noble family, and has many involvement, so he usually doesn't do too ugly things. This is also because Guo Shao turned his back to Zhe De and was calm and composed, not only because he had courage.

He said again: "But what is really difficult to control are middle and low-level generals and soldiers."

Zhe Deji nodded and said, "Your Majesty knows the army well."

Guo Shao smiled and said, "I am talking about the guards. If it were in the town, there would be no such problem. Every military general was in a string of subordinates, like a servant, and he had already been dealing with it."

Zhe De bowed and bowed, speechless.

Guo Shao suddenly said: "I want to temporarily lead the governor of Xia Xing to the provincial governor, are you willing?"

Zhe Dejian said without hesitation: "I am your minister, and I will only obey your order!"

Guo Shao nodded with satisfaction, and greeted Zhe Dejian with enthusiasm and then entered the sign-in room. He asked someone to take out the map and point to the name of the city on the map and said: "Starting from Wuding Fort, along Wuding River, and then to Yuyouzhou in the south, each state built Liuhua Fort, and the guards settled in. Two big forts, Wuding Fort and Xiazhou Fort, each stationed two thousand people, and the rest of the small forts stationed one commander.

Mr. Zhe didn't think there were few people. Even if Xiazhou rebelled, they would definitely not be able to break these fortresses. The fortress extended to the mainland, and the imperial court had enough time to mobilize troops to reinforce, and could get barriers and supplies along the fortress group.

I will also send a chief minister and a transfer envoy to assist Zhe Gong in establishing a front camp military office in the Xiazhou Fort to jointly manage the military and political affairs of Pingxia."

Zhe Deyan looked serious and said, "Your Majesty is planning and I will submit to you."

Guo Shao glanced at him, "The land of Pingxia is wide, I have high hopes. Mr. Zhe not only needs to use Han officials to manage the states, but also win over the local Dangxiang tribe and grant official positions. In the early stage, we cannot exploit too much, and stabilize the local government with benevolent government. Select good officials and teach those who are noble of the Dangxiang people. The Ministry of Rites will grant fame and honor. Dangxiang people who are willing to move to the mainland will be placed in a scattered manner and give seeds and farm tools. Han people who are willing to buy cultivated land in Hengshan must also support them; Han people who are exiled by the court will be given official land to farm at the beginning.

When this place is assimilated, the provinces will no longer exist, and prefectures and counties will be established according to the mainland."

Guo Shao said again: "If Duke Zhe can live up to my expectations and return to the court in the future, I will not treat you badly."

Zhe Dezhe held the military salute and said, "I will definitely devote myself to my whole life until I die!"

Guo Shao said: "The generals and soldiers in Shuofang Town will be treated well by the court. The good ones are selected as the imperial guards, while the rest are in Guanzhong, and Longyou are granted farmland, money and grain, and military registration, and are under the jurisdiction of the Wei State Army."

Zhe Deyan pondered for a moment and said, "I have something to report to you. I have a feud with the Dangxiang Li family."
Chapter completed!