Chapter 3

The sky in May is always bright and fast, and the sky is covered with glow, which is a thousand times more beautiful than the most brilliant silk in the palace, and a round of red sun is sprayed out in this beauty, and the thin glow is reflected on Lin Su.

Lin Su's black prince's court dress is also dyed very eye-catching, the Great Zhou Dynasty is beautiful to Xuan, although most of the costumes of the court officials are red, but the royal costumes are mainly Xuan, and Lin Su's prince's clothing is also Xuan, decorated with gold thread.

Under the colorful glow, Lin Su, who was dressed in a dark robe, was like the Eastern Emperor traveling to the east, and he was a fairy descending to earth, which was dazzling.

Gonggong Liu looked at Lin Su, who was dressed in a dark robe, like a fairy, and inexplicably felt a little strange, he had been serving by Lin Su's side since he was a child, and he had always been very close to Lin Su. He felt that today's Lin Su was very different from the past, although his words and deeds were the same as on weekdays, but he always felt that something was wrong, but Gonggong Liu couldn't express it better, and he always felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was more dazzling than before!

When he arrived at the Wenxuan Palace, Gonggong Liu couldn't enter this place, after all, it was a place where His Majesty discussed military affairs, Gonggong Liu snorted, and then watched Lin Su go in.

Lin Su naturally didn't know what Gonggong Liu thought, in his eyes, his young self was indeed different from his self after he died, Gonggong Liu, as a personal person, was naturally the first to notice this change, if he didn't find out, Lin Su would have doubts about Gonggong Liu!

Entering the Wenxuan Palace, Lin Su found that there was almost no difference between the Wenxuan Hall more than ten years ago and the Wenxuan Hall more than ten years later, but the owner of the temple had changed.

Lin Su saluted respectfully, there are not many people in the hall now, but one by one is full of weight, if half of the people in this hall die, I am afraid that half of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty will collapse.

The emperor saw Lin Su coming in, and before Lin Su finished saluting, he laughed and said: "Ziqing, you can be counted as coming, Concubine Shu said that the magpie has been calling at the gate of her palace these days, but I didn't expect it to be a happy event for Concubine Shu, but a happy event for Da Zhou!"

Ziqing is Lin Su's nickname, but even the emperor rarely calls Lin Su like this, seeing the emperor like this, he must be happy!

Lin Su was a little confused, when his father was in power, he didn't do much good things, and he lost a lot of face, but he didn't know what made him so happy.

Lin Su looked around and saw that everyone around him was smiling, and even Shen Shoufu, who was praised by his former imperial grandfather for being stable and old, had a little smile on his face. The entire court was full of joy, which surprised Lin Su, after all, the courtiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all masters who could fight in front of the emperor if they didn't agree with each other.

Such a happy harmony is not common, but in my memory, such a scene seems to have appeared.

Shen Shoufu said with a smile: "Gu Lang, you still don't tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about the situation! Could it be that someone who has been on the battlefield, is it possible that he is still showing cowardice here?"

"Yes, I know!"

When Lin Su heard Shen Shoufu call Gu Lang, his heart was shocked, and he looked up at the person.

Could it be that Gu Lang?

Seeing that the person was about the age of a weak crown, dressed as a military attaché, with auspicious clouds on the crimson official robe, he did not have four grades, and there was no other decoration on the official uniform, but his appearance was really outstanding, like a peony, bewitching and frightening, although it was a bit of a boy and a woman, but there was a sinister anger in his eyebrows, but the charm of the boy and woman was removed a lot, glamorous but not demonic.

Lin Su rarely pays attention to the appearance of his subordinates on weekdays, and the Gu Lang that Lin Su remembers the most is the scene of Gu Lang lying in his arms covered in blood, the blood is wrapped around his body like a rope, and the spear in his hand is only an inch away from his neck.

Seeing Lin Su looking at him, a thin red flew on Gu Lang's face.

Such a young and even embarrassed simple boy would raise an army to rebel in the future, and even kill in front of him, if it weren't for Liu Jin learning some kung fu, plus Gu Lang fought too much outside and ran out of strength, I don't know if I could escape at that time.

Shen Shoufu laughed when he saw this: "This little baby is actually still shy, Gu old ruffian, this doesn't look like your species!"

Everyone present also laughed, and the emperor tried to maintain his majestic appearance, but the smile on the corner of his mouth revealed his inner feelings.

"Old man Shen, get out of here!" Another white-haired general jumped up! Although his hair was gray, he was still old and strong, and it could be seen from the scolding between him and Shen Shoufu that Lin Su had a good impression of Old Man Gu.

In the Battle of Mubao, if it weren't for Old Man Gu's desperate battle, I'm afraid my father wouldn't be able to come back, although that time really made Da Zhou lose a big face, but it was better than the Song Dynasty even the emperor was taken captive!

Speaking of which, in the Battle of Mubao, his own emperor father brought half of the people in the court, but less than half of the faces that survived, and almost all the fierce generals and nobles like Old Man Gu were lost on the grassland.

The Great Zhou Dynasty almost died because of this incident, and it was no less than the so-called Jingkang shame! How many literati wrote poems to scold the court for being mediocre, and the prestige of the Great Zhou Dynasty for many years plummeted!

Thinking of this, Lin Su's heart moved, and he asked, "Could it be that the Northwest Barbarians have made a change?"

Before everyone could speak, a voice said: "Third brother, guess accurately, the secret report of the Ministry of War has just informed everyone here, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will know!"

As soon as these words came out, the originally happy court became quiet again, and it was Lin Rui, the prince of the dynasty, who spoke, but the meaning of these words was that Lin Su was spying on the affairs of the court in private.

The eldest prince and His Royal Highness the crown prince have been at odds for a long time, but now the people in the court, which one is not a human spirit, it is impossible to lightly get involved in the battle between them, after all, it is not yet known who killed the deer.

If you bet on the wrong treasure, the future of the family's century-old foundation will be ruined.

Therefore, the old ministers in the court did not make much noise, but the court hall was strangely quiet, and the emperor sat on the high seat, the smile on his face was gone, and his brows were furrowed.

"Back to the eldest prince, it must be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince saw his subordinates, saw that the ministers were from the border pass, and guessed that there must be something big at the border pass, so let's ask!" Gu Lang smiled at the eldest prince, and then turned to Lin Su and said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, there is indeed an accident at the border pass, but what comes out is a good thing, the Northern Yuan on the grassland is split into thorns and Tatars!"

As soon as Gu Lang finished saying this, Old Man Gu's brows furrowed, and seeing that the emperor didn't seem to have any intention of stopping Gu Lang, he didn't say anything!

The eldest prince looked at Gu Lang, the expression on his face was very calm, but no one knew what was surging under his calm face!

Lin Su frowned, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was originally the remnants of the previous dynasty, after the death of the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty ruled the entire land of China, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, the Yuan people were tyrannical, and the Yuan Dynasty adopted hierarchical rule, dividing people into four classes, the Yuan people were the highest, and the Han people were divided into the third and fourth classes, and it didn't take long for the tide of uprisings to sweep the whole world, and the rule of the Yuan Dynasty collapsed, and a part of the remnants fled to their base grasslands and established the Northern Yuan.

Although they still call themselves the Yuan Dynasty and the lord of the country calls them the king, the entire Great Zhou Dynasty calls them the Northern Yuan! And today, this extremely powerful dynasty has also lost its last rays, replaced by the Tile Thorn and the Tatar and the rest of the dozen or so tribes, large and small.

Lin Su didn't care about the Northern Yuan being divided into more than a dozen large and small tribes, he was a little curious, why Gu Lang would relieve himself, after all, Gu Lang was just a rebellious general in Lin Su's image, although he was not afraid of the eldest prince, but offending the eldest prince like this was not good for Gu Lang's future, could it be that he was flattering himself?

Lin Su threw this thought out, Gu Lang's affairs are not in a hurry now, his current official position is not even four grades, he is just a small soldier, and now Lin Su is concerned about another matter.

"Father's intention is to raise troops to attack the grassland!!" Lin Su said urgently.

Shen Shoufu explained happily: "Now that there are endless battles on the grassland, and the tribes are constantly conquering, it is the time for us to take advantage of the Great Zhou!"

Everyone nodded yes, and even a fierce general like Old Man Gu said: "Now that there is chaos in the northwest grassland, it is a good time to fish in troubled waters, and if they wait for their foundation to be stable, it will be difficult to start!"

At this time, the Great Zhou was still the Great Zhou that had not experienced a major defeat, and the treasury was abundant enough to support a campaign, besides, the previous two □□ were good at conquest, and the DPRK and China were not resistant to the conquest, and now that there was nothing to do in the country, they turned their attention to the outside of the country.

Tribe of the steppe, it's the best place to vent your energy!

It's just that everyone here didn't know that Da Zhou was about to usher in his calamity, and no matter how much Lin Su made up for it later, he couldn't save the damage caused by the Battle of Mubao to Da Zhou.

The nobles and military ministers were suppressed with all their might, and the ministers were powerful, and even later, the emperor had to rely on the eunuchs around him to compete with the ministers □□.

There is even a Wenchen who said: "The son of the Holy Tomorrow, hang down his clothes and rule the world." "This is to make the emperor a clay carved wood sculpture, which Lin Su absolutely cannot tolerate!

And all these results are basically found in the failed battle of his father, Lin Su will never let these things repeat themselves in front of him!

Seeing that all the ministers basically agreed to go to war, the emperor was also very happy, and put aside the small unhappiness before, the emperor looked at Lin Su lovingly and said: "All the ministers do have the intention of the Northern Expedition, but it is only the beginning of summer, and it is not suitable to start a war!"

At this time, it is the busy farming season, and it is really not suitable to start a war, otherwise if it affects the tax, it will be a big deal, but Lin Su looked at the emperor with a regretful look, and knew that he couldn't wait to wave his troops north now!

"My son is willing to be the pioneer and expand the territory for my Great Zhou!"

The expression on Lin Su's face was not a smile! If he knew that after the Battle of Mubao, the eldest prince led his soldiers and horses back to the capital division, losing all the royal face, and what he said now would be water in his brain in the future!

It's just that the bigwigs in the court basically support the Northern Expedition, and Lin Su is not good at fighting them, so he has to secretly think of some ways, the situation on the grassland is unclear, and in the previous life, the Northern Expedition will also be after the autumn harvest next year.

The emperor was coaxed away happily by the eldest prince, and the ministers in the court also dispersed, this is not a court meeting, but there are not so many rules.

Old man Gu walked to Gu Lang's side, slapped Gu Lang on the head with one hand, and saw that Gu Lang was still looking at Lin Su's background, looking through the autumn water, and he was angry!

"This is the palace! You know the rules!"

When Gu Lang saw that it was Old Man Gu, he still looked at Lin Su's back, as if he wanted to engrave his shadow in his heart.

When Old Man Gu saw Gu Lang's stupid appearance, his heart was even more angry.

"After you return to Beijing and finish your duties, you will go back to Datong for me immediately!" Old Man Gu made a louder voice, and the officials walking around noticed them, but when he saw that Old Man Gu was teaching his son a lesson, no one came up to stop him.

Seeing that the people around him had noticed this, Old Man Gu dragged Gu Lang back, "If it shouldn't be yours, it must not be yours, don't think about what you can't get!"

Gu Lang stared at the place where Lin Su disappeared, and the expression on his face was uncertain.