Chapter 287 Not a slave

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The sun is already in the western front and Guo Shao has not stayed in Jinxiang Palace for too long.

Fu Jinzhan thought for a long time, sighed with a sigh, and Cao Tai gave a few instructions.Cao Tai then left Jinxiang Hall.

...More than a dozen riders protected a carriage and left the imperial city from Donghuamen, went to Maxing Street, and soon arrived at the office of the Palace Front Office.

A thin eunuch came down from the carriage, with gray temples, which was Cao Tai. He gave the sign to the guard at the door of the yamen office and took a look.

The guard almost didn't look at the sign and immediately said: Please, please, Cao Gong, please.

Cao Tai said: The family just passed by the Palace Front Office. If you have some private matters, you will not go to the lobby.

Soon Cao Tai arrived at Zhang Yongde's study.

In the past, generals with status like Zhang Yongde always looked arrogant when they saw eunuchs and were not afraid of birds at all.

But now Zhang Yongde looks very humble and speaks very politely.

...Zhang Yongde's current position is really like a fire. The most advanced general of the Imperial Guard stares at countless pairs of eyes, both up and down, inside and outside. He is cautious every day as if walking on thin ice.

Especially not long ago, more than 70 people were cut off from the commander-in-chief of the senior military general, Ma Junsi, to the head of Dutou.

Zhang Yongde really smelled the danger. At that time, he wanted to resign from his military post as the inspector of the palace, but he was still a little unwilling.

Zhou Taizu appreciated him, and he was promoted at that time; although he was only thirty years old, he is almost the earliest qualified imperial guard general since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty... he is indeed a little reluctant to let go of everything he has got now.

He was just one step away from reaching the sky. Although he was afraid, he did nothing and wanted to stay in this position, etc.

At this time, Cao Tai whispered: The Empress Dowager remembered something and wanted to ask Zhang Du in private to check.

When Zhang Yongde heard that it was the Empress Dowager, he hurriedly said: What do the Empress Dowager want to ask?

Cao Tai said: Did Zhao Kuangyin make that dragon robe actually prepare for Zhang Du’s inspection?

Zhang Yongde's face suddenly turned pale, giggling... The ceramic cover on the teacup in his hand suddenly made a sound. He hurriedly put the teacup down and said seriously: I have no idea about Zhao Kuangyin's conspiracy!If I had known, I would have told the late emperor!

Hey, of course of course.Cao Tai said calmly, of course, the Empress Dowager believed that Zhang Du Dian was unaware of it.

Zhang Yongde said in a deep voice: Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion party even had the lowest generals at the top of the capital. If I were a complicitor, could I still survive until now?

Cao Tai said: Zhang Dujian’s statement is reasonable, and the plot of rebellion has nothing to do with you... But the Empress Dowager just speculated that Zhao Kuangyin must have wanted to join Zhang Dujian to participate, but Zhang Dujian went to the Hejun in advance and he did not find anyone.

Zhang Yongde was stunned, it was indeed that way. If he hadn't guessed Zhao Kuangyin's intention at that time, what would he do if he was in a hurry to leave the Palace Front Office?

At that time, Zhang Yongde thought about it again and again, thinking that Zhao Kuangyin was going to raise an army and forcing himself to join him was the most reliable... In this situation, Zhao Kuangyin could not do it alone.

I really don't know this...Zhang Yongde said carefully, maybe he had such a plan, but I would never collude with him.

Cao Tai clasped his fists and said: The Empress Dowager felt so too.The miscellaneous family just asked in private, please don’t blame Zhang Du.This won’t delay you much. The miscellaneous family had something else to do, but they just passed by the office of the front office of the Palace.

Zhang Yongde sent Cao Tai away, hurriedly closed the door of the study, sat on the chair and exhaled a few breaths, reaching out to wipe his chest with his hand exaggeratedly.

After a moment, he stood up and paced back and forth in the room.

Does the Empress Dowager Party feel that the cleanup of the portal a while ago is not enough and is going to attack me?

Every morning when he comes to Shangzhi, he will say goodbye to his wife and children, fearing that he will not return once he leaves.After more than a month of nothing happened, he gradually relaxed a little. He had not had time to look at his family this morning...

Zhang Yongde raised his courage to think about it for a long time, but he felt it was unlikely... He was the brother-in-law of the late emperor and the uncle of the new king. He did not make any moves to threaten them at the critical moment of the mutiny, so there was no need to do anything too extreme!

Zhang Yongde took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Suddenly, he realized that in the world, power may not be the most important thing, and enjoying family happiness with his wife and children is a precious day... He gradually became a little open-minded.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yongde felt that it was too dangerous to inspect the location in front of the palace and could never sit still.

Immediately I picked up the pen and wanted to write my resignation. After thinking about it, I felt that it was the most sincere way to lie at home and say that I was sick. I couldn’t even get out of bed. How could I become a general?

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Guo Shao came out of the imperial city and went to the left garrison of the Hujie Army.

The military discipline in the afternoon was very loose. In addition to the people who went to the city gate and wall to guard the camp, there were piles of garrisons on the camp. Sometimes there were soldiers building a place to cuju on the school ground.

The largest group of people was not far from the camp gate. They were still yelling just now when they suddenly saw cavalry coming in protecting the carriage. They knew that it was a general, and they stood up and stopped the noise.

At this time, Guo Shao got out of the carriage, and the soldiers clasped their fists and said, "Greetings to the lord."

Guo Shao touched his shoulder and asked casually: What are you making noise?No one spoke, so he smiled relaxedly: I used to be the same as the soldiers.

A big man with round face said: Everyone is talking about Youzhou, we are all from Hebei.

Your name is Zhang Ying.Guo Shao pointed at the man and said.

The man named Zhang Ying said happily: I didn’t expect that the lord still remembers the humble position.

Guo Shao said: You were originally a rancher in Youzhou, who raised horses for the Khitans. He led the crowd to join him during the Northern Expedition. I was right?

That's right.Zhang Ying said hurriedly.

Guo Shao walked forward, patted his shoulder, stroked his back, and pondered for a moment and said: Remember, the Han people will never be slaves.

After hearing this, Zhang Ying's expression condensed. The simpler the words, the more they could make the generals understand. Sure enough, he immediately turned around and raised his arms and shouted: The Han people will never be slaves!The troops were suddenly indignant and shouted together, and their voices shook the military camp.

The sentence that Guo Shao thought of temporarily had unexpectedly worked out.

Only then did he realize that this sentence was indeed appropriate... In this era, there was no distinction between ethnic groups, only the distinction between Chinese and foreigners. The word Han people had a very important frontier characteristics. Only in areas where they interacted with foreign races, they called Han people Han people in order to distinguish them, and the mainland was basically not said; it was a derogatory term mentioned by foreign races at the beginning, but now it is just a neutral word.

So when talking about Han people, everyone naturally thinks of those who were enslaved by the Liao Kingdom in Hebei.

More than a hundred strong men in Youzhou shouted together, and the momentum was also quite spectacular, which attracted many soldiers in the military camp to watch sideways.

The shouts outside called out many generals to come out and naturally came forward to pay their respects when they saw Guo Shao.At this time, the people in Youzhou Capital had not calmed down and were still shouting.

Guo Shao looked back at the generals in the left wing of the Hujie Army, and everyone looked at him.

He said: Should ‘China’ continue to enter turmoil and repeat the mistakes of the Jin Dynasty who cedeed the land and paid tribute to the surrender, or should we seek long-term stability and avenge our previous shame?

The generals bent down and bowed, and spoke in a mess.

Guo Shao thought about Li Jixun's affairs and said casually: Shi Chonggui of the Jin Dynasty also wanted to get rid of the oppression of the Liao Kingdom, but his civil strife and strength were not enough to die and destroy the country. Now the country is divided and internally fouled, and the relatives can only hurt the enemy and the enemy!

All the generals agreed.

Although Guo Shao said so, he believed that Li Jixun would not take the initiative to reconcile because of some great reason. The fact is that Huaizhou, on the north bank of the Yellow River, is recklessly preparing for war... Any general will have a civil war in his position, and will not be moved by a few righteous words; only those soldiers in front of him who are originally their own people believe Guo Shao's words.