Chapter 339 Convincing people with reason

The cottage next to the dining room was dimly lit, and there were not even a window, with some tables, benches and many ceramic ware on the cabinet.

Fu Jinzhan pulled down her clothes and tidied them up a little. She quickly put a strand of messy black hair falling on her cheeks and gently pulled her ears behind her ears. She looked back at Guo Shao, her cheeks turned red, and she exhaled and said: Go out quickly, I'll arrive later.

After saying that, she looked through the crack in the door and looked at the situation in the dining room.

Guo Shao asked: The second sister hasn’t come back yet?

Fu Jinzhan whispered: She was feeling uncomfortable, so she usually asked the palace maids to give her some hot water to wash her body, and she would change her clothes, so she had to wait for a while.Her face looked strange. She was too impulsive just now. I really shouldn't have done this. We...

Guo Shao was speechless, and opened the door bolt, feeling nervous, and slipped out the door with a little nervousness.

At this moment, I actually felt like a thief... He had never been a thief, but imagine that this was probably the feeling, and he was always worried about being caught.

...When Fu Ermei returned, Guo Shao and Fu Jinzhan were already sitting on the stool in the dining room as if nothing had happened, talking without any sign.

Fu Ermei's eyes swept across her face, as if she felt something was wrong.

Guo Shao paid attention to her gaze from Yu Guangli, feeling that he and Fu Jinzhan seemed to have not exposed any of them now.

Last month, the court sent people to Nanping Kingdom and met King Nanping (named by the Zhou Dynasty) Gao Baorong.The imperial envoy advised him to surrender, but he seemed unwilling to do so.Fu Jinzhan said calmly.

During the festival, she had no intention of talking about the main business, but she mentioned this matter.

Guo Shao felt that Fu Jinzhan deliberately covered up what happened just now. When he saw her expression, he felt dignified and calm.

Not only did she get up and seem to have nothing happened, but she also looked like she should not be desecrated... If it weren't for Guo Shao's kiss just now, she would have been almost fooled now.

I have to admire the performance of Jinzhang at the moment.

Fu Jinzhan continued to whisper: The Nanping Kingdom and Wuyue Kingdom are narrow and have few people. They have always used the strategy of "Serving the Great Master" and serve the country wherever they are strong.If you want to wait for the Central Plains to be unified, you will be able to seek wealth and honor by relying on your great contributions and obedience.But they are still unable to make the general trend, which makes Nanping State eager to contribute land, and Gao Baorong is reluctant.

Guo Shao also said seriously: What the Empress Dowager said is extremely true.However, I believe that the national policy of Wu and Yue is more coherent, and the system formed by the monarch and minister is more formal; the Great Zhou should face up to the diplomacy with Wu and Yue.However, the Nanping State did not have a long-term stable national policy, and it was not even a country. It was just a force... As far as I know, since the Nanping State separatisted the local area, it has relied on important transportation routes and often looted the envoys of various countries and praised all the kings, and was not too obedient.

Fu Jinzhan thought: When you remind me, I remembered the Battle of Huainan.The Wu Yue Kingdom did send troops to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, but the Nanping Kingdom was slow to hold on and kept silent. He also lied about military information many times, but in fact, it just pretended to be a pretentious person and had no actual results.

Guo Shao said: That's right, although Gao Baorong is not as good as the King of Nanping, he is actually not very flexible... Guo Shao pointed to his forehead. He originally wanted to say that he was brainless, but in the end he was quite polite. He left all the big and big things to his brother Gao Baoxu to make decisions. Gao Baoxu didn't seem to be a very clever person.I believe that taking advantage of this attack on Shu Kingdom from the east road, the Nanping Kingdom can be included in the territory.

Fu Jinzhan pondered: It would be a good thing to get that place. Jingnan controls the East Road of Shu Kingdom and is in the upper reaches of the Southern Tang Kingdom, which is a key place to rush.

Guo Shao smiled and said: "The army is never tired of deceitful deception. Since the Nanping Kingdom has been applauded by the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Empress Dowager can issue an order to attack Shu by using the way. As soon as the army arrives, he will not be willing or not.Next year, according to the general advice offered by Wang Pu, we attacked Shu from Hanzhong and Yangtze River, and took down Shu in one fell swoop... The Escort Provincial Department allocated a lot of extra money and grain to forge armor. After taking down the wealthy Shu Kingdom, I will be appointed as the Empress Dowager to get more money.

When Fu Ermei heard about state affairs, her face was a little confused. She didn't know much about these things. When she heard this, she asked: How long will it take for your husband to go to war next year?

Guo Shao said kindly: It must not be more than three months, and there is no need to calculate it. I also know that the imperial treasury is not capable of supporting tens of thousands of elite troops in a long-term battle. It must be decided quickly, otherwise it will mean that the attack will fail.

Fu Jinzhan asked: How many troops does General Guo need?

Guo Shao said: Xiang Gong had 20,000 troops in Fengzhou and Guzhen. He transferred the guards' troops to the side, and Xiang Gong's troops reached 40,000; attacked the Northern Road.I need 20,000 infantry and cavalry to go upstream along the Yangtze River to attack Dongchuan.

General Guo only has 20,000 people?Fu Jinzhan said.

Guo Shao said: Too many people will increase the logistics burden, and the road there is difficult to walk.I need 20,000 elite troops. The most elite and combat-capable part of the troops should be used to add one of the Hu Ben Army and one of the elite troops of the Crane Control Army.

...There are risks to war, no matter which side.

The danger of the Zhou army did not come from Shu, and the Shu army could not counterattack the Zhou Dynasty; it came from the country.

The conflict caused by the long-term battle showed weak force and the large consumption of national treasury and civilian resources would cause Guo Shao to suffer an unpredictable backlash.

He naturally had sufficient psychological preparations for these problems before he was in operation.

Guo Shao and his second sister stayed in the palace for a long time and went home that day...

Then he was preparing for the New Year. He was a little busy for a while, so he didn't care about anything else... After New Year's Eve, he was visiting every day.

The Fu family in Hebei is too far away and you don’t have to go. Just write a letter and bring some gifts; Guo Shao and Li Yuaner go to Li Chuyun’s house first, and then there are a few brothers and colleagues in the palace department.

There are more people who have made friends with him next, and he can't go there in person. He just needs to send someone to give gifts and congratulations, and he really can't get through.

Because when you come to the door, you can't sit and leave. At least the owner will prepare a table of wine, food and banquets... You can only meet one person a day and go in the morning. There are many taboos in the world. You have to meet in the morning on good and festive days, and the funeral is only in the afternoon.

He went there in person with his sister, Mrs. Gao's family; the Dong family not only had sister, but Dong Zunhui was also Guo Shao's capable general, and Gao Huaide, the general of the Guards Department, was also Mrs. Gao's younger brother.

Guo Shao gave Dong Zunhui four sets of plate armor as a gift.Compared with the good Western Regions horses that Dong Zunhui gave last time, it is obvious that Guo Shao’s gift is relatively cheap, so that’s all it means.

After working hard, Guo Shao felt both annoyed and tired.

It’s nothing to attend a banquet occasionally, and it’s still very happy, but it’s inevitable that you’re like this every day… I feel restless and my appetite has also decreased, because every day the banquet is full of fish and meat and a lot of wine.

But there is nothing we can do. People in this world live like this. Society has changed a thousand years later, and it is not much worse.

As the saying goes, relatives and friends should also walk around.

If you don’t go through this kind of formality and often contact your relationship, your relationship will become weak after a long time (if you contact me suddenly, others will immediately be wary of you having to borrow money).

Fortunately, I don’t have to go straight. Guo Shao usually comes back early in the afternoon, so he prefers to be with his wife and concubine.

Yulian will make dumplings and make various glutinous rice snacks by herself. Guo Shao and Fu Ermei will help at this time; they are also very interested in the new clothes they have purchased.

...In the spring of the fifth year of Xiande (958 AD), he arrived unknowingly in his busyness.

There was snow everywhere, but the red lanterns in the city and the mess left by the festive banquets made the atmosphere of spring come early.

Inside and outside the capital, it seems that there is no difference from the usual years. The emperor changed one, but it has little to do with the people.

The streets are prosperous, but they still cannot cover up the various problems exposed by the Zhou Dynasty... The population is too small and the army is too large.

In those cold corners, the City God Temple and the foot of the city wall, there are still some hungry and cold people who can't even have enough food during the New Year. They take advantage of the festival to get some rice and porridge... Usually when facing such good days, Kaifeng Prefecture will receive an order to open a warehouse to provide relief to the poorest people, claiming to be happy with the people, but their power is very limited; some wealthy families will set up porridge sheds to provide alms, which is called accumulating good deeds.

Yulian knows the things in the market very well, and in the first month, she hired people to set up a porridge shed at the gate of the outer city to do good deeds.

But Guo Shao didn't care about that... Compared to what he had the power to do, setting up a porridge shed for a few people to have a full meal, which was simply negligible.

He felt that there was a simplest and direct way now. Because there was no war for a long time, Shu Kingdom was too peaceful and stable for decades, with a dense population and very rich population. It could convince them to share the benefits. Since they are all from the same clan, they are blessed and difficult to share, and it is not good to have a huge gap between the rich and the poor.

The Shu people should also be willing to contribute to the northern national defense line, but the Meng Chang regime failed to achieve its goal in separating the mountains and rivers.

After the 16th dynasty of the first lunar month, all government offices opened seals to restore government affairs.In the side hall of Jinxiang Hall, a group of core ministers officially began to discuss how to use reason to convince Shu.

The tall Wei Renpu was reasoning against a map: He ordered Gao Huaide to lead the guards of the Long Jie Army, Zhang Guanghan's troops on the left wing of Zhang Guanghan, to leave Beijing in early February and move to Fengzhou, and cooperate with the Qianzhang to deploy the battle towards Gongzai Road. He must take Hanzhong and enter Jianmen Pass from here.

It is planned to use General Guo, the chief inspector of the Palace Front, as the Grand Marshal of the World and the Eastern Route Army to recruit envoys. He led 20,000 elite troops from the Palace Front, and in early March, he borrowed Jingnan and advanced west along the Yangtze River... Luo Yanhuan, the commander of the Guard Infantry Division, mobilized the left wing of the Hujie Army to march south to station in mid-March; obeying orders to reinforce the East Road.The Long Jie Army's troops were transferred to the three cities in Heyang to station...

The meeting ended at noon, and Guo Shao stepped forward and asked Wei Renpu: Why didn’t the envoy Wang Shumi come?

Wei Renpu said: General Guo doesn’t know yet?The king sent a letter to tell him that he is sick and is now recuperating at home.

Guo Shao hurriedly asked: When did Wang Shumi cause any disease?Wei Renpu said: It's almost ten days, maybe I was infected with the cold first, but it was not cured later.