Chapter 40: The Zoo of Beasts

Li Chongjin was the most depressed, Emperor Guo Rong went hunting, took advantage of the excitement, and returned with the excitement, except for the four princes who were stained with some wolf blood, the father and son were unscathed.

There was no incident of a group of beasts attacking Guo Rong in the hunting ground, not only that, Yue Fei also captured a tiger alive, Zhao Kuangyin shot a black bear, the emperor was happy, and rewarded Guo Zongxun, Yue Fei and Zhao Kuangyin on the spot.

And Xiao Zhuge who Li Chongjin values and has high hopes for the most is still gone, and there are still those fierce beasts that have been domesticated for four or five years......

"Isn't it that the tiger captured by Yue Feisheng is one of them?"

Li Chongjin now wants to twist off Xiao Zhuge 's head and kick it as a ball, it is simply too disappointing for him, this time the plan to stab Guo Rong is not successful, and it is becoming more and more difficult to make other detailed and careful plans.

Guo Rong has been in power for six years, and he is already a man of his word in the court, and even more so in the army, and he Li Chongjin was driven out of the center of power, and now he is just a Huainan military envoy who wants to turn the sky upside down, but the sky is getting farther and farther away from him.

Li Chongjin also had no intention of participating in the celebration, and he didn't want to be monitored by Guo Rong all the time, so he simply told Guo Rong about his illness, saying that he was not feeling well, and asked to return to his home in advance to recuperate, and he would return to Yangzhou in a few days to guard against the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Li Aiqing saw that there was no hope of victory, so he died down in advance, Li Tongjie, you go and send a message to Li Aiqing, there is no need to rush to Yangzhou to go, let him return to the mansion to recuperate and wait for my will with peace of mind."

After the beginning of spring, Guo Rong will lead the army to attack the Northern Han Dynasty and the Liao State, and people like Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongde who do not let him rest assured, Guo Rong must take with him.

That night, Guo Rong ordered a camp banquet to celebrate today's hunting and capture of tigers, which was the first time in Guo Rong's six-year reign.

"All Aiqing, all the soldiers, today I am very happy, my Great Zhou warrior Yue Fei Yue Pengju on the hunting ground with extraordinary courage and extraordinary martial arts, in the face of the colorful tigers, when the war horse withered and fell to the ground, Yi Ran was not afraid, bravely stepped forward to fight with the tiger, and finally successfully subdued the tiger, highlighting the courage of my Great Zhou generals, and also indicated that my Great Zhou will play a triumphant song in the battle to open up the territory, in order to comfort the spirit of Emperor Taizu in the sky, I am today, for Taizu He, for Da Zhou, for me, for my Great Zhou Wenchen military generals to congratulate."

"All Aiqing, all the soldiers, come, drink this cup, I am mighty."

"Congratulations for Taizu, congratulations for Da Zhou, congratulations for the emperor, long live the emperor, Da Zhou is mighty......"

"Long live the emperor, the mighty ...... of the Great Zhou"

Guo Zongxun stood beside Guo Rong proudly with a shy chest, my good Chinese man has gone through a hundred years of battle, and the iron-blooded military soul and iron will forged by him must be carried forward for a long time, Zhao Kuangyin, this prince will never give you a chance to play any glass of wine to release military power.

"Okay, very good, I have added another tiger general to my army, I am very relieved, my emperor's sect recommended Yue Fei for meritorious service, it is my favorite unicorn, come, everyone, congratulations for my unicorn, congratulations for General Yue."

"Congratulations for the four princes, congratulations for General Yue."

Wang Liang, Tian Daxi, and others, the leaders of the Guards Division, were all allowed by Guo Rong to participate in the camp banquet, and Zhang Tieniu could have come, but this guy was beaten by forty military sticks, and he was still lying on his stomach in the barracks.

Now, the Hustle Army has officially established a number, but it was assigned to the front division of the palace by Guo Rong, and it has expanded into a 10,000-person army array, Wang Liang and they don't know if they will also go to the front division of the palace.

"Brother Liang, General Yue has now become the commander of the front division of the palace, will we also rise and be promoted?"

"Daxi, I advise you not to think too much, the emperor gave the four princes a team of 1,000 people, that is, it is specially used to protect the four princes, we have all been transferred, who will protect the four princes?"

"Brother Liang, don't you want to go into battle to kill the enemy?"

"Yes, of course I do, but I think it's more important to protect the four princes."

"Yes, it's faster to be promoted with the fourth prince."

"Daxi, you don't want this kind of idea, General Yue deserves it, if you have the strength to capture the tiger alive, the four princes will also recommend you to the emperor."

"Hey, I'm just talking about it."

There are not a few people like Wang Liang and Tian Daxi who whisper, today, the real rising general in the army is Yue Fei, but in the minds of the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou State, the rising future king is undoubtedly Guo Zongxun.

Except for a little pride, Guo Zongxun was not overly ostentatious, sitting honestly beside Guo Rong, he couldn't drink when he was young, and he couldn't eat much of those wild boar, wolf meat and roast horse meat, what he was thinking about was the tiger that was captured alive.

These are all rare and protected animals in later generations, and one less is killed.

"Father, what are you going to do with the tiger captured today?"

"Why does Xun'er have this question, after capturing the tiger, it is natural to slaughter it, peel off the tiger skin to make ornaments, or give it to meritorious soldiers to strengthen the army, is it because Xun'er you want this tiger skin?"

Guo Rong smiled slightly, he originally wanted to give the tiger skin to Guo Zongxun.

"Father, can this tiger be raised, make a beast park outside Kaifeng City, specializing in raising tigers, black bears, wild wolves and other beasts, Erchen really wants to see the little tiger cub, what the little bear cub looks like."

"It turns out that Xun'er has this in mind, but this tiger only has one head, and there is no way to give birth to tiger cubs."

"Father, I have a lot of people in the Great Zhou, Mr. Baiyun Chen Shu is a hermit's power, and there are many heroes in the rivers and lakes, if my father can put a reward for the living beasts, I think there will be a harvest."

"This is a good idea, my father is approved, go back and let the Ministry of Industry do it, and the site selection will be handed over to you, and you can choose the available places outside Kaifeng City, and the beast park will be built and handed over to you to manage."

"Son-in-law, thank your father."

"Speaking of this Mr. Baiyun, my father has always had some regrets, my father gave him the official position of consulting doctor, but he refused, and only received the title of Mr. Baiyun, as well as thousands of acres of fertile land at the foot of Huashan Mountain......"

Guo Zongxun said in his heart, Chen Tuan, this old bull nose is smart, and entering the court as an official is equivalent to betting his head to the court and betting it to the emperor......

How many people need to cultivate thousands of acres of fertile land in this era, Guo Zongxun has no idea, it is estimated that it will not be less, this is actually equivalent to increasing the food of Daomen, I don't know how many ordinary people will become tenants of Daomen.

Taoism, Buddhism, Guo Zongxun didn't have a deep impression in the 2020 era, he only knew that it was a kind of religion.

In 959 A.D., Guo Zongxun knew that his father Guo Rong had adopted a policy of suppression of Buddhism, and the current Buddhism in the Zhou State could be said to be surviving, while the Taoism was very valued by Guo Rong.

It is about the boundless sea of suffering that Buddhism pays attention to, and purifies all sentient beings, which does not conform to Guo Rong's mind, and the Taoist ...... Until the emperors in history were completely desperate for the idea of immortality, the Daomen seemed to have always been a good mix.

Don't care so much about it first, since you want Liu Bowen to continue to pretend to be a fake bull's nose, and ask Guo Rong for the right to build and manage the beast garden, the first director of the beast park will let Liu Bowen do a good job and transform the Sanqing Temple, the beast park is not only the prince's industry, but also the industry of Daomen, presumably Daomen will not have any opinions.

Just when Guo Zongxun was thinking wildly, Shi Shouxin, the commander of the front division of the palace, came over with a military report and presented it to Guo Rong.

"The Liao people tried to harass our border, but they have been repelled by the border soldiers, this is also good news, let them run rampant for a while, I will definitely lead a large army to level their ......"