Chapter 503 The vibration of the bowstring

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Looking out of the window from the study in Jinxiangdian, you can see dark clouds in the sky, as if they turned into various images, surging in the wind.

Guo Shao withdrew his gaze, put down the border emergency report in his hand, and then placed the brush on the inkstone.Putting down the pen, he got up and took a strong bow, and tried the strength of the bowstring at will.

Zuo You and Huang Binglian, who were helping him handle the memorial in the same room, looked at each other side.

Guo Shao had a blue face, but he didn't say a word, but he unconsciously pulled the bowstring, and the tendons on the back of his hand stretched out in a burst of tension.

Bang, bang... At the rhythm of the bowstring being pulled open and released, it made a monotonous, boring and hostile sound.

Zuo You said: Your Majesty, I think the Liao Kingdom is in a time of internal chaos and it is difficult to gather troops from all over the country to take the initiative. This invasion should be done by the Liao army in Youzhou.There are many strong cities and vassal states in Hebei, and it is difficult for the Liao army in Youzhou to achieve any great achievements; most of them are just going south to plunder, or to encourage those who have ulterior motives within the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Huang Binglian also said: If Your Majesty mobilizes the army to the north, time will be wasted, and the Liao people have already gained a lot and fled to Youzhou in the north.Since the court had no preparations for the Northern Expedition, it was impossible for them to do anything.

I know.Guo Shao responded.

The Liao army was unable to pose a substantial threat to Guo Shao's dynasty at this time, and this was just a border harassment.

But Guo Shao has not been able to achieve complete rationality and indifference so far. He still has an intuitive anger in his heart, and the blood is surging, which is difficult to contain!

Perhaps in a while, each prefecture and county will report a rough figure of population loss, which is an irrelevant loss figure for the entire country... But Guo Shao experienced it from the bottom and on the battlefield, and understood how much darkness and crime are hidden under these cold numbers!

Where did those people go and how did they die?

Now Guo Shao believes that he is the emperor and the king and father of the entire country, so he has no reason to develop a sense of responsibility. He believes that he must be responsible for every citizen under his rule... But the people are billions, how can one person take care of it?

Maybe this is a tragedy for human beings. They are too ambitious and have too great ambitions, but they are not necessarily much stronger than ordinary people.So anger has always troubled Guo Shao, and he can't calm himself down.

One day, all those who provoke Da Zhou will be returned!Guo Shao threw the bow on the imperial desk with a snap.

I thought to myself: There is nothing in this world to restrict me, and I will choose any method to defeat the enemy in the future!

However, we still have to return to rationality now... Just like Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was surrounded and fled quickly; Xinkou Town where Guo Shao saved Shi Yanchao was once the place where Liu Bang escaped.

Unrealistic action will only make you weaker and more likely to fall into useless anger and shame.

Guo Shao walked into the back room, where there were many maps hanging, so he looked for the map to see where.

His emotions had not subsided, and a fire ran around his body, and his mind was a little confused.

The main anger is not because he was beaten, but because he was beaten up and there was no way. He had just ascended the throne and could not start a full war with the Liao Kingdom immediately... He would feel a sense of powerlessness and shame, as if he was slapped in the face, but he could not slapped back because the other party was too tall and could not reach the face.

The long-term troubles of the Central Plains dynasty is this asymmetric war model, and farming countries are forced to consume several times of resource defense.

Moreover, in this era, the efficiency of transforming resources and national strength into force is too low, and many strength cannot be used; even if the separatist regime that unified the entire world is several times richer than the Liao Kingdom, the Central Plains dynasty may not be able to defeat the Liao Kingdom... Many dynasties use this resource to national defense strategy to send money to women to negotiate peace, so as to maintain peace for a period of time; it is also a helpless move, because more wars are spent.

Guo Shao set his sights on Xiangzhou, Hebei, where there was Zhang Guanghan's troops on the left wing of the Long Jie Army, and 20,000 elite infantry and cavalrymen.

If the troops from Tokyo go north and the daylily will be cold when they arrive at the border; if the troops from Xiangzhou can be transferred, at least the Liao army can be forced to retreat as soon as possible... This is also a necessary reaction, showing an attitude, otherwise the border will think that the court will do nothing.

But he couldn't help looking left, Luzhou.

The messenger who delivered the imperial edict has been sent out, and I don’t know when the news will be sent back.

……

The Liao army was just bluffing.

In the Luzhou Prefecture in Hedong, Li Yun looked back and said.

There were only two people next to him, one was his son Li Shoujie, and the other was Zhongli, an aide who helped him divine with a turtle shell a while ago.

Li Yun was unwilling to reveal his inner thoughts in front of others. Even if he was a close confidant, his son was different... Li Yun thought that he had seen through his thoughts for a long time, and it was useless to cover it up.

Zhongli was living in seclusion on Taihang Mountain, and Li Yun personally invited him back. Although this person was suspected of seeking fame, he was really wise.

Li Yun sneered: Xiao Siwen has a good plan, how can he attack the city and the village?Come up and grab a hand, and you can also instigate me to have an internal strife.

Zhongli said calmly: The Liao people learned the Central Plains official system all year round, but did not change their nature.At first glance, he is quite smart but still lacks great wisdom.Ignore the great way and stay in the sea of ​​fire.

Li Yun responded casually: It’s the truth to win.If you can't beat them on the battlefield, what's the use of the avenue?

Zhongli said disapprovingly: How powerful was the Huns in ancient times than the Khitans?Where are the Huns now?

Li Yun said: Mr. Zhong has thought too far, it has nothing to do with us.

Li Shoujie listened to the side with a confused look on his face for a while, and then he said: The Tokyo envoy is already waiting in the lobby. Should my father see him?

You go in first and put away the things.Li Yun said, Mr. Zhong and I went to see the envoy... to keep the chastity, what is the name of the envoy?

Li Shoujie said: Lu Duosun.When the Great Zhou and Southern Tang were in Jiangnan, this man volunteered to enter the enemy camp to persuade him to surrender.

Li Yun sneered: If you send such a person to come, the people in Tokyo really regard my place as a tiger's den.

Li Shoujie bid farewell to him, first entered the inner room, and hid the spiritual positions of Taizu and the late emperor.

Old man Zhongli and Li Yun went to the lobby and saw a young civil servant standing in the hall, with many civil and military officers from Luzhou around him.

Li Yun stepped forward and bowed: Lu Lang has been waiting for a long time. The general just learned that the court had sent officials down, so he hurried out to meet.

Lu Duoxun first bowed his hand and then walked straight to the north to stand still, coughed and raised his head and said seriously: Li Yun, the governor of Zhaoyi Army, received the order, and saw the imperial order as if he was facing the Emperor of the Great Zhou.

Li Yun was stunned. Since he was like the Emperor of Great Zhou, he had to kneel down on the ground and bow to the civil servant who was much younger than him... on the hand of the imperial edict in his hand, shouting: My emperor has no boundaries!

Lu Duosun did not read the content, but just stepped forward and handed over a volume of imperial edict with both hands.When Li Yun took the thing, he observed that Lu Duosun's face was obviously relaxed, as if he was greatly relieved.

Li Yun also knew in his heart that he had just knelt down in front of everyone and called his emperor, and had clearly expressed his recognition of the new emperor of Tokyo, and he had to accept the imperial edicts and government orders of the new court... After all, he could not act like a villain who was two-faced and backfired in front of his subordinates.

Lu Duosun said: Your Majesty is graceful and appointed Duke Li as the governor of Tianping Army and governing Yunzhou.Mr. Li has something to ask his official to bring back to the court?

Li Yun said: I thank Your Majesty for your kindness.

Lu Duoxun nodded and hurriedly reached out to help him: Mr. Li, please get up quickly.

...Li Yun invited Lu Duosun and had a banquet to host that day.

Lu Duosun used the excuse of going back to the ceremony hall to change his clothes, and immediately found a follower, wrote a memorial and put it in a bamboo tube with a wax seal, and added a seal to the melted red wax.

He reminded: Change horses on the post road, and people will not rest day and night, report to Tokyo immediately!

Lu Duosun's messenger left Luzhou without stopping, crossed the Yellow River that night, and arrived in Tokyo in the early morning.

The city gate had not opened yet. After he showed the seal, he took a hanging basket into Tokyo because of an urgent report.But the urgent report was still put on hold outside Xuande Gate, and it would not be sent to the center of the Privy Council in the imperial city early the next morning.

At this time, the agency that sent and received various memorials and memorials was still the Privy Council... The Privy Council during the Tang Dynasty was dedicated to this work.

Later, the power grew stronger and stronger. In order to facilitate the emperor to take charge of the army, the Privy Council evolved into a yamen involving the core military and political power.

As the genius was dawn, Xuande Gate finally opened.The Privy Council branch outside Xuande Gate immediately submitted the urgent report received last night to the Imperial City.

So when Guo Shao had just arrived at Jinxiang Hall for the morning court, he received Lu Duosun's urgent report from the eunuch... The whole process was very short. Benefiting from the military-state centralization system since this period (Five Dynasties), the power of the central government was very concentrated and there were few intermediate procedures.

Of course, this system is not conducive to balance. The Privy Council has too much power. At that time, Taizu Guo Wei was almost controlled by the Privy Councilor.

After reading the report, Guo Shao walked onto the imperial throne.The officials below kowtowed one after another. After saying that, Guo Shao turned his head straight and said to the people from the Hanlin Academy next to him: Issue an order.

After hearing this, the ministers lined up on both sides and did not rush to speak.

Guo Shao said in public: He ordered Fu Zhaoxu (the eldest son of Fu Yanqing) to be the Qianying Capital of Hebei, and Zhang Guanghan (the commander of the left wing of Long Jie Army) to recruit soldiers and horses from the front camp, leading Xiangzhou troops to the north, coordinated the troops of Yi, Xiong, Ba, Ding and Mozhu Towns, drove the Khitan troops into the invasion, and strengthened the defense in the north.

Guo Shao breathed a sigh of relief after saying that the Liao army had not long since invaded, and the court quickly mobilized the army northward. It was already very active in dealing with it. It gave the towns and the people in Hebei and barely maintained the prestige of the court.

While he relaxed, his face felt a little forbearing.

The sun shone in from doors and windows everywhere, and Guo Shao's yellow robe was shining with golden light. His expression was very different from when he was a general.

The impulse and energy were deeply pressed into the body, but the twenty-four-year-old face had a little more mature things.

The location of a person seems to be able to change many aspects of a person very quickly.