The Jinxiang Hall on the high platform is solemn and magnificent, and the large pillars exposed below the roof of the hall make it a little rough.A group of people walked out of the hall gate, and they were talking while walking, and the voices were noisy.
There are many people here, but the square still feels empty, probably because the space around is too wide; there are no extra buildings around Jinxiang Hall, not even a tree, but there are many water tanks next to the houses in the distance.
Most of these important buildings look like this, not for beauty, but the first thing to consider is to prevent assassins and fires.
A group of ministers had just retired from the court and were still discussing the state affairs just now.Under the double-eaves building full of oriental charm, the civil servant in a long robe bows and bows, which has a unique scenery.
Wang Pu casually clasped his fists at the official who bowed to him: Mr. Li asks you to give me a speech later.
After saying that, he turned to Guo Shao and said: Li Chuyun has chosen the right person, and I did not expect his progress so quickly.
What I just paid attention to in the court was what Wang Pu said.
Less than a month after Li Chuyun was away from Beijing, he had crossed the river and captured Lizhou, surrounded Langzhou (Changde), and sent people back to Beijing to report the progress of the war. While besieging Langzhou, he captured the surrounding territory in order to turn Langzhou into an isolated city.
Li Chuyun wrote a letter to cut off his wings first, then make the heart beater. Strategy: I believe that Changsha will send troops to rescue Langzhou; after besieging the city and attacking aid, weaken Changsha's troops, and then further capture Changsha, without rushing to attack Zhou Xingfeng's old nest Langzhou.
After discussing with several core ministers, the Privy Council considered Li Chuyun's ability and granted the former camp arbitrary power to make decisions on the spot.
Guo Shao laughed and said: I have known Li Chuyun for many years, but I still don’t know what kind of person he is?
Wang Pu worshipped.
At this moment, Guo Shao saw a eunuch holding a whisk rushing from the corridor below Jinxiang Hall.
The empty square is really conspicuous once there are people. No wonder it is said that if you don’t plant trees, you can guard against assassins.
Guo Shao has good eyesight and recognizes Cao Tai at a glance.Wang Pu took a look and saw Guo Shao slow down and waited for the eunuch slowly. He said goodbye and went first.
After a while, Cao Tai, who was thin, caught up with Guo Shao, and Guo Shao bowed with his fists: What's the matter of Eunuch Cao's hurrying?
Cao Tai hurriedly replied with a polite gift and took out an envelope from his arms: Guo Du checked and looked at this first.
Guo Shao glanced at Cao Tai and took out the letter paper quietly. He looked at the first line and said that General Gao Yanqiu was written. He immediately turned to the end and looked at the note: Emperor of Great Shu.
He asked: Is it the written by Duke of Qin?
Cao Tai said: That's right.
Guo Shao browsed the content of the letter, and looked at the corner of his mouth, and smiled.After a moment of passing, he raised his head and smiled: This Duke of Qin is really funny.
Seeing this, Cao Tai also laughed with him, looked around and whispered: The Queen Mother’s meaning, Meng Chang doesn’t have to worry about it for now... The sender and the letter have been obtained, so why not just ask the sender to give it to Gao Yanqi?Gao Yanqi has not left Beijing these days.
After hearing this, Guo Shao thought for a while and understood Fu Jinzhan's intention: it was nothing more than distrust of the surrendered generals of Shu Kingdom. Now he asked Gao Yanqi to take charge of the military power of the Shu army. He was not very relieved and wanted to test it.
He was silent for a long time.Cao Tai said: Gao Yanjun is the person recommended by Guo Du Dian. The Empress Dowager also wants to ask you what you mean first.
Guo Shao thought for a while, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief on his face, and finally said: There was something happened before.After the Battle of Qin Feng Cheng's level, the Great Zhou captured some surrendered soldiers of Shu Kingdom. After the late emperor took them in, they transferred them to the Huainan battlefield. As a result, the Shu soldiers were defeated and surrendered at the touch of the attack, and even took the initiative to find the generals of the Southern Tang army to surrender.Later, the first emperor defeated the Southern Tang army and captured the Shu soldiers. The first emperor was very angry and ordered them to be killed.
Cao Tai nodded to show that he was listening.
Guo Shao said again: I remembered the battle of Gaoping again. After the Xiaodi Army was dispersed, my brother Luo Mengzi was summoned by other generals and continued to pursue the Northern Han army. Luo Mengzi said that if it was not the military general's soldier, he would just call everyone up as a livestock and drive everyone up to die... It can be seen that even his own people do not trust unfamiliar generals, let alone the Shu army surrendered, how could it be easy for him to trust the generals sent by the Great Zhou?
This is why I want to use Gao Yanqi. He was originally a surrendered general of the Shu army, and the soldiers of Shu Kingdom were familiar with him and trusted him. Only in this way can the soldiers of Shu Kingdom be combat-effective, otherwise it would be difficult for us to accept them in, so what would we do to waste our food and military pay? Gao Yanqi is a capable and intelligent general, but there are many capable generals within the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he had not been from the Shu general, I would not have to use him as the head commander of the Jiannan Army.
Cao Tai said: So that's it. The miscellaneous family remembered it. When they went back, they would repost the empress dowager.
Guo Shao said: I don’t think there is any need to give this letter to Gao Yan.We gave it to him, how did he deal with it?First of all, he would never obey Meng Chang's words and take risks.Gao Yanjun is not a fool. He was originally going to destroy his family because of the destruction of Shu Kingdom. Now he can save everything and get more valued. If he doesn't do a good general of the Zhou army, he will join Meng Chang in the process?Meng Chang is not like a person who has accomplished things, and now he has nothing to do. As long as Gao Yanqi is not stupid, he will not die with him.
Gao Yanjun can only react in two ways.
First, hand over this letter to show his loyalty, so that he will bear the ruthless self-reproach and public condemnation of his old master (Meng Chang); let alone this proves his loyalty?
No one can force a person to think in his heart, and people can only look at his superficial words and deeds.
Trust each other can only be managed, not forced.
Second, pretending not to know, and quietly burned the secret letter as if it had not been received.
In this way, he can do his best to his old master.
But since we test him, will we find out that he will be suspicious for his whole life if he does that?
Gao Yanqiu felt that we were suspicious of him, so he would be wary of it.
With such speculation, we can conclude that if he does not get any benefits, he can only destroy a little mutual fragile trust.So I think it is a useless act, so I should ask the Empress Dowager not to test it.The ancients said, "If you don't doubt people, don't doubt people." Perhaps it's because you doubt him, it's useless, right?If I thought Gao Yanqi was unreliable, I would not have recommended him before.
After hearing this, Cao Tai nodded quickly: Guo Du ordered the inspection and told the zodiac to suddenly understand. Thinking about it, that's the case.
Guo Shao smiled confidently and said: Even if Gao Yanqi wanted to rebel, he could not defeat me in Shu Kingdom at the beginning; now that he has lost the barrier of mountains and rivers, I can still deal with him for the second time.Don't worry too much.
Cao Tai looked up and saw Guo Shao's face. Cao Tai looked at Guo Shao's calm and confident smile, and after hearing this, he looked respectful: The Za Family has never convinced many people in his life, but the Za Family is really convinced by Guo Du's inspection.There is Guo Du in court, and the family and others feel very peaceful!
Guo Shao patted Cao Tai on the shoulder: Eunuch Cao is also a good person with both moral integrity and talent... I gave this letter to me.
Cao Tai said excitedly: Zajia and Guo Du’s inspection have been through life-and-death struggles, Zajia has always remembered your good deeds.How does Guo Du check-in plan to deal with the secret letter?If the empress dowager asks, it is easy for the miscellaneous family to answer.
Return it to Meng Chang.Guo Shao said, if I want to kill him, I don’t need this thing.
Cao Tai was thinking about something, as if he was thinking about Guo Shao’s intention of this move, but he was not a talkative person and did not ask any more questions.
Guo Shao said: If it's okay, I'll leave first.
Cao Tai said with courtesy: The family members are also rushing back to ask the Empress Dowager to report this matter and say goodbye.
Guo Shao was not in a hurry, and stayed home with the letter for a long time, chatting with Jing Niang in the living room of the front yard while waiting for Zuo You.
Zuo You talks nonsense almost every day, so he usually does it himself.
Sure enough, before waiting for a long time, Zuo You entered the yard. No one stopped him and there was no need to inform him. He entered Guo Shao's house as easily as entering his own house.
The two first communicated about the latest news for information sharing.Guo Shao then took out the secret letter and handed it to Zuo You: Take the time to go to the Duke of Qin’s mansion and return the letter to Meng Chang.
Zuo You took the letter first and took a look, and his shoulder twitched: This... is so funny, it's not like this when seeking death.
Guo Shao looked back at Jing Niang and said calmly: The Empress Dowager didn't say she wanted to kill him.Zuo You went to send the secret letter back, and took the opportunity to observe Meng Chang's attitude, and let's talk about it.
Zuo You stopped his smile and said: Meng Chang really cannot rebel, but he should still beware of his random words and affecting the hearts of the people of Shu.
Guo Shaopin said: Mr. Zuo is becoming more and more thoughtful, and he has a vague talent as a prime minister.
Zuo You hurriedly shook his head and said: I dare not, I am too experienced.
After saying a while, Zuo You stood up and wanted to see Meng Chang immediately.The so-called "those who are close to the red and those who are close to the ink" are black. Guo Shao always has the same style, and the people around him are more or less affected.
At this time, Jingniang said: Alang, I want to go with Mr. Zuo and see Mrs. Huarui.
Guo Shao smiled and said: OK, you can do whatever you want, I didn’t tie your feet.
...Zuo You was riding in a carriage, and Jingniang wore a hat to cover the sun. She was even more straightforward than a man, and she rode her horse directly with her.
The Duke of Qin was located in the east of the inner city, not too far from Guo Shao’s mansion. The carriages and horses could not walk along the street for a long time, and it took less than half an hour to walk slowly.
The group handed over a prayer letter at the Duke of Qin's Mansion, but the person who went out to greet a tall and fat civil servant.Zuo You said: Zuo You, the young minister of Taichang Temple, wants to pay homage to the Duke of Qin, I hope you can recommend it.
The civil servant hurriedly said: Please, please come in.
Zuo You came to the door with Jingniang.
The civil servant was much lower than Zuo You's grade. He only dared to walk behind and guide the direction with his fingers, and did not dare to walk ahead.
Zuo You vaguely heard a scholar behind him whisper: Zuo Shaoqing often enters the gate of Guodu's inspection office.
Zuo You ignored their whispers and didn't care. He thought to himself: I am Guo Shao's aide, so there is nothing to cover up; if it weren't for this identity, could I be the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple?
However, the civil servant nodded and bowed, becoming more respectful.
Zuo You saw it, it was no wonder that he had seen too many such things; when colleagues from the middle and low rank in the court heard about his relationship, they were mostly like this.
There are many people here, but the square still feels empty, probably because the space around is too wide; there are no extra buildings around Jinxiang Hall, not even a tree, but there are many water tanks next to the houses in the distance.
Most of these important buildings look like this, not for beauty, but the first thing to consider is to prevent assassins and fires.
A group of ministers had just retired from the court and were still discussing the state affairs just now.Under the double-eaves building full of oriental charm, the civil servant in a long robe bows and bows, which has a unique scenery.
Wang Pu casually clasped his fists at the official who bowed to him: Mr. Li asks you to give me a speech later.
After saying that, he turned to Guo Shao and said: Li Chuyun has chosen the right person, and I did not expect his progress so quickly.
What I just paid attention to in the court was what Wang Pu said.
Less than a month after Li Chuyun was away from Beijing, he had crossed the river and captured Lizhou, surrounded Langzhou (Changde), and sent people back to Beijing to report the progress of the war. While besieging Langzhou, he captured the surrounding territory in order to turn Langzhou into an isolated city.
Li Chuyun wrote a letter to cut off his wings first, then make the heart beater. Strategy: I believe that Changsha will send troops to rescue Langzhou; after besieging the city and attacking aid, weaken Changsha's troops, and then further capture Changsha, without rushing to attack Zhou Xingfeng's old nest Langzhou.
After discussing with several core ministers, the Privy Council considered Li Chuyun's ability and granted the former camp arbitrary power to make decisions on the spot.
Guo Shao laughed and said: I have known Li Chuyun for many years, but I still don’t know what kind of person he is?
Wang Pu worshipped.
At this moment, Guo Shao saw a eunuch holding a whisk rushing from the corridor below Jinxiang Hall.
The empty square is really conspicuous once there are people. No wonder it is said that if you don’t plant trees, you can guard against assassins.
Guo Shao has good eyesight and recognizes Cao Tai at a glance.Wang Pu took a look and saw Guo Shao slow down and waited for the eunuch slowly. He said goodbye and went first.
After a while, Cao Tai, who was thin, caught up with Guo Shao, and Guo Shao bowed with his fists: What's the matter of Eunuch Cao's hurrying?
Cao Tai hurriedly replied with a polite gift and took out an envelope from his arms: Guo Du checked and looked at this first.
Guo Shao glanced at Cao Tai and took out the letter paper quietly. He looked at the first line and said that General Gao Yanqiu was written. He immediately turned to the end and looked at the note: Emperor of Great Shu.
He asked: Is it the written by Duke of Qin?
Cao Tai said: That's right.
Guo Shao browsed the content of the letter, and looked at the corner of his mouth, and smiled.After a moment of passing, he raised his head and smiled: This Duke of Qin is really funny.
Seeing this, Cao Tai also laughed with him, looked around and whispered: The Queen Mother’s meaning, Meng Chang doesn’t have to worry about it for now... The sender and the letter have been obtained, so why not just ask the sender to give it to Gao Yanqi?Gao Yanqi has not left Beijing these days.
After hearing this, Guo Shao thought for a while and understood Fu Jinzhan's intention: it was nothing more than distrust of the surrendered generals of Shu Kingdom. Now he asked Gao Yanqi to take charge of the military power of the Shu army. He was not very relieved and wanted to test it.
He was silent for a long time.Cao Tai said: Gao Yanjun is the person recommended by Guo Du Dian. The Empress Dowager also wants to ask you what you mean first.
Guo Shao thought for a while, and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief on his face, and finally said: There was something happened before.After the Battle of Qin Feng Cheng's level, the Great Zhou captured some surrendered soldiers of Shu Kingdom. After the late emperor took them in, they transferred them to the Huainan battlefield. As a result, the Shu soldiers were defeated and surrendered at the touch of the attack, and even took the initiative to find the generals of the Southern Tang army to surrender.Later, the first emperor defeated the Southern Tang army and captured the Shu soldiers. The first emperor was very angry and ordered them to be killed.
Cao Tai nodded to show that he was listening.
Guo Shao said again: I remembered the battle of Gaoping again. After the Xiaodi Army was dispersed, my brother Luo Mengzi was summoned by other generals and continued to pursue the Northern Han army. Luo Mengzi said that if it was not the military general's soldier, he would just call everyone up as a livestock and drive everyone up to die... It can be seen that even his own people do not trust unfamiliar generals, let alone the Shu army surrendered, how could it be easy for him to trust the generals sent by the Great Zhou?
This is why I want to use Gao Yanqi. He was originally a surrendered general of the Shu army, and the soldiers of Shu Kingdom were familiar with him and trusted him. Only in this way can the soldiers of Shu Kingdom be combat-effective, otherwise it would be difficult for us to accept them in, so what would we do to waste our food and military pay? Gao Yanqi is a capable and intelligent general, but there are many capable generals within the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he had not been from the Shu general, I would not have to use him as the head commander of the Jiannan Army.
Cao Tai said: So that's it. The miscellaneous family remembered it. When they went back, they would repost the empress dowager.
Guo Shao said: I don’t think there is any need to give this letter to Gao Yan.We gave it to him, how did he deal with it?First of all, he would never obey Meng Chang's words and take risks.Gao Yanjun is not a fool. He was originally going to destroy his family because of the destruction of Shu Kingdom. Now he can save everything and get more valued. If he doesn't do a good general of the Zhou army, he will join Meng Chang in the process?Meng Chang is not like a person who has accomplished things, and now he has nothing to do. As long as Gao Yanqi is not stupid, he will not die with him.
Gao Yanjun can only react in two ways.
First, hand over this letter to show his loyalty, so that he will bear the ruthless self-reproach and public condemnation of his old master (Meng Chang); let alone this proves his loyalty?
No one can force a person to think in his heart, and people can only look at his superficial words and deeds.
Trust each other can only be managed, not forced.
Second, pretending not to know, and quietly burned the secret letter as if it had not been received.
In this way, he can do his best to his old master.
But since we test him, will we find out that he will be suspicious for his whole life if he does that?
Gao Yanqiu felt that we were suspicious of him, so he would be wary of it.
With such speculation, we can conclude that if he does not get any benefits, he can only destroy a little mutual fragile trust.So I think it is a useless act, so I should ask the Empress Dowager not to test it.The ancients said, "If you don't doubt people, don't doubt people." Perhaps it's because you doubt him, it's useless, right?If I thought Gao Yanqi was unreliable, I would not have recommended him before.
After hearing this, Cao Tai nodded quickly: Guo Du ordered the inspection and told the zodiac to suddenly understand. Thinking about it, that's the case.
Guo Shao smiled confidently and said: Even if Gao Yanqi wanted to rebel, he could not defeat me in Shu Kingdom at the beginning; now that he has lost the barrier of mountains and rivers, I can still deal with him for the second time.Don't worry too much.
Cao Tai looked up and saw Guo Shao's face. Cao Tai looked at Guo Shao's calm and confident smile, and after hearing this, he looked respectful: The Za Family has never convinced many people in his life, but the Za Family is really convinced by Guo Du's inspection.There is Guo Du in court, and the family and others feel very peaceful!
Guo Shao patted Cao Tai on the shoulder: Eunuch Cao is also a good person with both moral integrity and talent... I gave this letter to me.
Cao Tai said excitedly: Zajia and Guo Du’s inspection have been through life-and-death struggles, Zajia has always remembered your good deeds.How does Guo Du check-in plan to deal with the secret letter?If the empress dowager asks, it is easy for the miscellaneous family to answer.
Return it to Meng Chang.Guo Shao said, if I want to kill him, I don’t need this thing.
Cao Tai was thinking about something, as if he was thinking about Guo Shao’s intention of this move, but he was not a talkative person and did not ask any more questions.
Guo Shao said: If it's okay, I'll leave first.
Cao Tai said with courtesy: The family members are also rushing back to ask the Empress Dowager to report this matter and say goodbye.
Guo Shao was not in a hurry, and stayed home with the letter for a long time, chatting with Jing Niang in the living room of the front yard while waiting for Zuo You.
Zuo You talks nonsense almost every day, so he usually does it himself.
Sure enough, before waiting for a long time, Zuo You entered the yard. No one stopped him and there was no need to inform him. He entered Guo Shao's house as easily as entering his own house.
The two first communicated about the latest news for information sharing.Guo Shao then took out the secret letter and handed it to Zuo You: Take the time to go to the Duke of Qin’s mansion and return the letter to Meng Chang.
Zuo You took the letter first and took a look, and his shoulder twitched: This... is so funny, it's not like this when seeking death.
Guo Shao looked back at Jing Niang and said calmly: The Empress Dowager didn't say she wanted to kill him.Zuo You went to send the secret letter back, and took the opportunity to observe Meng Chang's attitude, and let's talk about it.
Zuo You stopped his smile and said: Meng Chang really cannot rebel, but he should still beware of his random words and affecting the hearts of the people of Shu.
Guo Shaopin said: Mr. Zuo is becoming more and more thoughtful, and he has a vague talent as a prime minister.
Zuo You hurriedly shook his head and said: I dare not, I am too experienced.
After saying a while, Zuo You stood up and wanted to see Meng Chang immediately.The so-called "those who are close to the red and those who are close to the ink" are black. Guo Shao always has the same style, and the people around him are more or less affected.
At this time, Jingniang said: Alang, I want to go with Mr. Zuo and see Mrs. Huarui.
Guo Shao smiled and said: OK, you can do whatever you want, I didn’t tie your feet.
...Zuo You was riding in a carriage, and Jingniang wore a hat to cover the sun. She was even more straightforward than a man, and she rode her horse directly with her.
The Duke of Qin was located in the east of the inner city, not too far from Guo Shao’s mansion. The carriages and horses could not walk along the street for a long time, and it took less than half an hour to walk slowly.
The group handed over a prayer letter at the Duke of Qin's Mansion, but the person who went out to greet a tall and fat civil servant.Zuo You said: Zuo You, the young minister of Taichang Temple, wants to pay homage to the Duke of Qin, I hope you can recommend it.
The civil servant hurriedly said: Please, please come in.
Zuo You came to the door with Jingniang.
The civil servant was much lower than Zuo You's grade. He only dared to walk behind and guide the direction with his fingers, and did not dare to walk ahead.
Zuo You vaguely heard a scholar behind him whisper: Zuo Shaoqing often enters the gate of Guodu's inspection office.
Zuo You ignored their whispers and didn't care. He thought to himself: I am Guo Shao's aide, so there is nothing to cover up; if it weren't for this identity, could I be the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple?
However, the civil servant nodded and bowed, becoming more respectful.
Zuo You saw it, it was no wonder that he had seen too many such things; when colleagues from the middle and low rank in the court heard about his relationship, they were mostly like this.