Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The Red Oriole asked people to send Yang Ye away, and looked at the window for a long time, and sighed faintly.

Suddenly a voice said: "What is the relationship between the lady and Yang Ye?"

The expression on Oriole's face changed, and he smiled: "Friend."

The person who walked into the door was the handsome young man named Yu Liang who came to Tokyo to participate in the imperial examination. He was obviously very upset, and the look on his face was humiliating and angry.

Hong Ying smiled and swept his eyes across his face, thinking of the three words "not sensible" in his heart, but because of this, this scholar is much more interesting than the lavish guests.

Sure enough, Yu Liang held back his anger and said, "Is it more than that?"

Red Oriole didn't quarrel with him, but leaned in softly and said, "If I didn't know those high-ranking officials, how could I find ways for you? Don't get angry, no matter how many people I know, my heart is not yours."

Yu Liang's anger still remained, but he was helpless.

Hongying gave him a white look and said, "No matter how high you are, let's not ask Han Xizai."

Yu Liang sighed "Oh" and said angrily: "I hate officialdom! But only this path can be successful!"

Red Oriole persuaded: "That pair of "Han Xizai Night Banquet" became hot so quickly, Madam Shen didn't take much effort. What do you think Madam Shen is for? Just want to buy it? Madam's famous paintings are more than This is much more expensive. But the biggest difference between those famous paintings and this Night Banquet: the people in the famous paintings are dead, and the people in the Night Banquet are still alive.

A scholar-official may regard money as dung, but who doesn't want to be famous all over Shilin, and wherever they go, people are in awe? This face is big. The kindness of Han Gong to Mrs. Shen knew in his heart.

Now we are asking him to do a little favor and send the poems you usually write to Li Gu, who is the prime minister in the court. Can he refuse? "

Yu Liang heard this and said with mixed emotions: "No matter what, the lady is kind to her."

"It's fine if you know it, without conscience!" Oriole threw a pink fist and punched him in the chest. Yu Liang grabbed it with one hand: "See if I can treat you well!"

Outside the door, night gradually fell.

The warm breeze made the night drunk, and the lights of Tokyo were dazzling at night, and the sound of silk and bamboo orchestra echoed in the long streets and alleys, and the spring was charming.

…Tokyo edge beams are becoming more and more prosperous, and there are already signs of prosperity. But the court did not give up the national policy of war.

The deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Wei Renpu, presented a strategy and sent meticulous work into the Liao State to go to Beijing and Youzhou to find out the internal affairs of Liao. When the country rebelled, he took the opportunity to raid Youzhou.

Guo Shao didn't respond, and he didn't agree with him in his heart, so he summoned ministers such as Wang Pu and Li Gu to ask for advice. (Guo Shao, the minister's official position, has the final say, but if one item is forcibly implemented without the support of the ministers, it will be troublesome to implement specifically, and the power of the prime minister therefore has a delicate balance.)

Wang Pu, also a minister of the Privy Council, also disagrees with this policy. I think Wei Renpu's strategy is no different from the plan of the Northern Expedition at the beginning of this year. The Northern Expedition at the beginning of the year was a sudden northern expedition, and Wei Renpu's strategy was to wait for a favorable opportunity... But the essence is still a surprise attack and a quick fight.

The previous method has proved to be a failure, and it needs to be done again. Wang Pu and the prime ministers did not agree with it. Although the army did not suffer severe damage before the Northern Expedition, it consumed huge military expenditure and civilian power, and it did not get any benefits.

When Guo Shao heard this, he stopped mentioning Wei Renpu's strategy.

A few days later, Guo Shao handled the memorials in Jinxiangdian, and not far away Zuo You and others were also busy sorting out the classification. At this moment Zuo You stood up, walked to the front of the imperial case with a memorial, and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this memorial is a bit unusual."

Guo Shao put down the brush, reached out and took it, took a closer look at the content without punctuation in it, and muttered, "Go to the Rebel Army?"

Zuo You hurriedly said: "The Guiyi army is in the Hexi Corridor, where the Shazhou is governed, and that is on the Dunhuang side. During the Tang Xuanzong uprising, they left Tubo and entered the Central Plains. However, the situation there is complicated and traffic jams, so there has been no exchange for many years. It's really a rare thing that the rebels suddenly appeared."

When Guo Shao heard the familiar names of Hexi and Dunhuang, he immediately became interested and hurriedly asked the **** to find the map.

It is a pity that only the names of Shazhou (Dunhuang) and other places are marked on the largest map, but there is nothing there. Guo Shao stared at the blank paper in a daze, unable to see anything.

Zuo You said: "During the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains got Hexi from the Huns, and army stationed the city to build a city. This was the place. For hundreds of years in the Han and Tang dynasties, the court used Hexi as the foundation, went out of the Western Regions, opened up commercial roads, and all nations came to the dynasty. It's a pity that after the Anshi Rebellion, the Central Plains was turbulent and there was no time to look around."

Guo Shao's fingers stroked the blank space, and a familiar and dazed feeling came to his mind. Most of the Western Regions should be modern Xinjiang; and Dunhuang belongs to Gansu, which are well-known and well-known places. Nearly a thousand years ago, "China" opened up territories to these places, but now in my hands, it is completely blank, and I can't even find a map for a while.

Guo Shao, who has experienced extreme self-confidence swelling, is very emotional at this time. The country today is not as big as imagined.

He subconsciously measured the distance with his palm, and finally turned his gaze to the "Beijing" area to the northeast. Compared to the loss of control in the west, Youzhou is the most threatening loss.

Guo Shao put the memorial separately and said: "We must actively respond to the memorial of the Guiyi Army."

This matter has received unprecedented attention. Both the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council have consulted many previous files and probably figured out the situation in Hexi over the years.

After the mid-Tang Dynasty, the Han people in the Hexi Corridor were out of the control of Tubo. They were very powerful and owned eleven states. The above table regarded the Tang Dynasty as Zhengshuo, and Zhang's family as the Guiyi Army Jiedu Envoy.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Guiyi Army suffered civil strife and its strength declined, becoming a vassal of the Ganzhou Uighurs. The Cao family of the Shazhou tribe regained the return to the rebel army, and has occupied Sha and Gua states until now.

Recently, the person from the Central Plains dynasty is from the Cao family, named Cao Yuanzhong.

There is too little content in the memorial, the Central Plains has no time to look around these years, and has little understanding of the specific situation in the far west. Most of the ministers' discussions were speculation.

The ministers believed that the reason why Cao Yuanzhong sent people to contact Tokyo was because of the continuous expansion of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the acceleration of the world's unification, and the reputation has begun to spread to distant places; Cao Yuanzhong was in a difficult situation in the complicated Hexi region and wanted to take the name of the Central Plains dynasty. , To establish an orthodox reputation locally.

For a time, officials rushed to praise the emperor, and his fame spread all over the world, and they were recognized by all quarters.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Guo Shao had to admit that one thing was easy to be swollen by his courtiers. But he still knows the facts in his heart: even the capital of later generations, Beijing, has not been taken back.

The monarch and his ministers hit it off, generously responded to the Guiyi Army and gave Cao Yuanzhong the official titles: Hexi Jiedu Envoy, Western Region Protector...

No one objected, because Zhou's forces could not reach Hexi at all, and essentially could not control it. The locals took the initiative to come to Fengzhengshuo without money and soldiers. Of course, they were very generous.

The attitude of the imperial court, Cao Yuanzhong not only managed Hexi in name, but also used the identity of the Central Plains dynasty to communicate with the tribes of the Western Regions.

Guo Shao decided to send an envoy and an envoy of the Guiyi Army to Hexi, bring the imperial edict, to find out the situation.

At this moment, Lu Duoxen, an official of the Imperial Academy, took the initiative to ask for help.

During the Battle of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Lu Duoxun risked his death and went to Jiangning to persuade him to surrender, but the credit did not contribute much to the Southern Tang War. In addition, his qualifications were too low and he was still not reused after returning to the court.

This time he asked Ying again, and Guo Shao agreed to his request. He also asked the Privy Council to order Wang Jing of Qinzhou to receive the imperial envoy and send troops to **** him.

...Tokyo Hakka Envoy had close contacts with Wu Yue State, hoping that Wu Yue State could accept the land and return; Han Xizai, who was highly respected and respected in Jiangnan, was also trying to persuade the Qian family. But progress was not great. Wu Yueguo was respectful and paid tribute every year, but still maintained a large amount of military force in the country. Da Zhou could not find a reason to mobilize troops against Wu Yue State. On the one hand, he also felt that Wu Yue State was not very good at fighting. The southern Tang State had not destroyed it after several decades of war.

Last year, the Great Zhou also sent messengers with edicts to the Southern Han Dynasty to make contact. Unexpectedly, the Lord of the Southern Han Dynasty responded to the imperial court by calling himself "I" and "Emperor of the Han Dynasty". This Guo Shao Junchen was very angry.

At the beginning of this year, people were sent to talk, asking the Lord of the Southern Han Dynasty to give up the title of emperor and proclaim him to the Zhou Dynasty... The ministers thought this was a reasonable request. Today, the Great Zhou Dynasty sits in the Central Plains and annexes Shu, the Southern Tang Dynasty, and a separatist regime. It is already the largest country; while the Southern Han Dynasty is a corner of the country, it is natural and wise to be a minister to the Central Plains.

Unexpectedly, just a few days after Lu Duoxun left Tokyo, he suddenly received a report from Jiangnan: The Lord of the Southern Han Dynasty did not agree with the envoy of the Great Zhou, and he killed him in anger!

When Qunchen heard the news, the whole court was in an uproar.

People can’t understand why the Lord of the Southern Han Dynasty did that. UU Reading www.uukanshu. com Wang Pu said directly: "The Lord of the Southern Han Dynasty is a faint emperor!"

All the officials discussed and immediately launched a war against the Southern Han Dynasty. The generals also asked to bring a soldier and horse to destroy the Southern Han Kingdom... The generals were very active. They saw that the Southern Han Kingdom was relatively weak and the interior was very dark. This was an obvious opportunity for military merit.

But Guo Shao did not immediately express his position. Although he was as angry as the courtiers, he couldn't disrupt the battle. Observing the ministers such as Wang Pu and Li Gu, he did not rush to scream.

Guo Shao couldn't help but ponder, the specific considerations...the transfer of troops is too far, and there are no soldiers in Jiangnan now. After the fall of the Southern Tang State, the elite soldiers were drawn away and the military power was divided. The main reason was to guard against Wu Yue State and internal rebellion, and the offensive force was insufficient. .

Secondly, it takes time to launch a war of annihilation thousands of miles away. The general strategy before the Great Zhou was "North and South", establishing prestige through the Northern Expedition, and then taking advantage of the opportunity to regain the remote areas in the south; now to launch a war in the south again is to change the strategic direction, and you cannot do it lightly.

Guo Shao now needs an adjusted overall strategy.

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