Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 20 Meeting the Emperor
Chengyu in the north seemed to have noticed the situation early on. Halfway through Shi Congyun, soldiers from the Imperial Army came to the horse meeting, telling him to lead Li Xiang directly to see Jia.

Shi Congyun returned to the horse, explained the situation, and took the old man to the north.

Originally wanted to go fast, but seeing that Li Gu was old, he slowed down his horse without a trace. His beloved horse had already died in battle, and now he has another one.

Silent all the way, and soon to Chengyu.

Shi Congyun was nervous and excited, did he want to see the emperor?
Guo Rong's chariot is not very luxurious, it is moved by six white horses like a moving hut.

Gold pattern decoration on four corners, top canopy.

About a dozen steps before Long Nian, Shi Congyun dismounted from his horse and walked over with Li Gu, and many soldiers of the forbidden army gave way.

Before arriving at the chariot, Shi Congyun did not dare to take the liberty to look up, but knelt down on one knee and looked at the sand on the ground: "I have seen the official family, and Mr. Li is here."

"Get up." Guo Rong's voice was not pleasant, low and hoarse.

Shi Congyun glanced at him without a trace by getting up, and stepped aside, to be honest, a little disappointed in his heart.

Guo Rong is famous, but his appearance is nothing special, and he can even be regarded as bad-looking.

The man was wearing a yellow robe with a round neck, and he didn't have time to look at the crown.The eyes are long and narrow, and the face is fading, making Shi Congyun think of a word, aging before age.

It stands to reason that Guo Rong should be in his 30s at this time, in the prime of his life, but he looks like a man in his fifties, with white hair and beard, heavy bags under the eyes, and not that tall, probably because he has worked too much. .

He didn't dare to look at the more detailed appearance.

Li Gu and Guo Rong talked, but did not let him go, so they could only stand on the side.

It turned out that Li Gu went with the army. Later, because of his old age, he could not keep up with the progress of the army, so he fell behind by half a day. As a result, he encountered the Northern Han army suddenly in the south of Gaoping.

There were only a dozen or so people in their group. Seeing that disaster was imminent, luckily they discovered it early and hid in the surrounding woods for two days and one night before they dared to go north to chase the holy car.

Shi Congyun almost laughed when he heard it, but he quickly covered it up, this is the prime minister, he can't laugh, the emperor is still in front of him.

It's just that this old man was really unlucky, and what they encountered might even be the routed soldiers fleeing south.

Guo Rong said a few words of concern, Li Gu thanked him again and again, and then rewarded Li Gu with wine and meat, stopped the motorcade, and asked people to bring tables and chairs, eat next to him, and talk to him.

Guo Rong attaches great importance to the speed of the advance, and now he is taking a taxi for Li Gu, and he must attach great importance to it.

Shi Congyun watched silently from the side, remembering in his heart that Li Gu didn't have much memory, but it seemed that he was definitely a big man. The emperor gave him face like this, giving him food and waiting for him to eat.

But not all watching him eat, and the two of them said a lot during the banquet.

After a while, two big men in armor and swords also came back from the front.

One of them was Xiang Xun, and the other was younger, about 25-[-]. Shi Congyun guessed that it should be Zhang Yongde, Guo Wei's son-in-law, who was the commander in front of the palace.

After a few people were in place, Guo Rong gave them a seat, and a few eunuchs brought cushions and sat down in the field, and then began to talk.

When Xiang Xun saw him, but didn't say hello to him, Shi Congyun wouldn't be so stupid that he almost opened his mouth and stood silently on the side.

At this time, the wilderness was windy, and he listened intermittently, listening carefully.

"This trip to the north is actually in a hurry, and many of us are not prepared.
If we win today, the former army will be able to encircle Taiyuan. I want to take this opportunity to take Taiyuan in one fell swoop and eliminate future troubles forever, but there is a lack of luggage and materials, and it will not last long if it is captured.

Shi Congyun understood, it turned out to be a logistical problem.

After everyone talked for a while, Xiang Xun felt that he could swept the northern land to fill the army. To put it bluntly, it was looting on the spot, anyway, it was the northern Han territory.

Guo Rong thought for a while and shook his head, "There is some truth to this statement, but I can't blame myself on the people.

Coming to Japan to exterminate the Northern Han Dynasty, the people of Hedong are also the people of the Zhou Dynasty, and An You has the principle of invading his own people. "

"The official family has the world in mind, but the minister is not thoughtful." Xiang Xun hurriedly handed over.

Zhang Yongde is young and seems to have no opinion.

Listening to the conversation between Xiang Xun and Guo Rong, this person said that he also nodded, and the other said that he also nodded, which seemed to be reasonable.

After a while, there is still no specific solution.

Li Gu, who had eaten almost the same, said, "The old minister may be able to share the worries of the official family."

The crowd looked at him.

Li Gu said: "It is feasible to take it from the people, it depends on how to take it, and it can be taken from the government and government offices.

The puppet Han states are not of the same mind, and the lord of the state is the emperor of his nephew, who is begging for mercy and serving the Liao state from the north, and many people with lofty ideals are very disdainful of it.

The minister thought that as long as he conquered the surrounding cities, he would use it as an example to inform the officials and people of the various states that I was destined to return in Dazhou, and as long as I surrendered, I could save my life.

In this way, many prefectures and counties will look down on the wind and take their treasuries to charge the three armies.

At the same time, the army was strictly ordered not to disturb the people, and in the name of the government, the people were charged the annual tax that should be handed over to the pseudo-han.

For those who have the ability to pay more, there are more incentives.

Able to pay five hundred dendrobium grains, five hundred bundles of forage, and he was granted an official position.It can pay one thousand dendrobium grains, and one thousand bundles of hay are awarded to state and county officials.

In this way, the army can continue, attack the puppet dynasty, and pull Taiyuan. "

Li Gu talked eloquently, and everyone nodded.

After he finished speaking, Guo Rong was overjoyed, and immediately said: "The public statement is very true, this time the army will be entrusted to Li Gong!"

Afterwards, Li Gu was ordered to go north first to allocate military rations, and two battalions were dispatched from the front of the palace to return to Li Gu to be dispatched to protect Li Gu's safety.

Shi Congyun listened beside him, feeling that Li Gu was a practical person, otherwise Guo Rong wouldn't rely on him so much and hand over the raising of the army's provisions to him.

He said that those words are already very capable, but it is really difficult to do them.

And Li Gu did not refuse, Guo Rong also seemed to think that he was the only one.

It's a servant of the stock.

Shi Congyun came to a simple conclusion to Li Gu.

On the other side, Guo Rong, Xiang Xun and Zhang Yongde were still talking about things, and he couldn't walk away, so he was in a dilemma.

Just as he was about to find an opportunity to retire, he heard the official family suddenly say, "Is this the son of the historian?"

Shi Congyun was stunned for a moment, and realized that the official's family was actually talking about him, and quickly agreed: "If you go back to the official's family, it's someone."

Guo Rong had just solved the food and grass problem and was in a good mood, but there was no obvious expression on his face, so he said to him: "Xiang Qing has already mentioned you to me twice.

I also saw clearly on the mountain that day, that you were the first to gather the remnants of soldiers into the battle, and you had the style of your father. "

"Thank you for the praise." Shi Congyun didn't really know how to answer, he just tried to be decent.

After Guo Rong finished speaking, he just nodded and was speechless, as if he didn't want to say more.

He invited the eunuch next to him and gave him a jade belt and a beautiful brocade robe.

After Shi Congyun received the reward, the official family didn't give any orders, he just waved his hand and let the eunuch lead him back, without saying a word to him.

After leaving the car driving circle, Shi Congyun was very excited. A jade belt and a red brocade robe were all extremely valuable things. The official reward should be a favor.

Maybe Guo Rong has already valued him, and he is just around the corner to reach the pinnacle of his life!

But after slowly reacting, he suddenly became silent, and his heart was half cold.

(End of this chapter)