Guo Rong led the army to Yijin Pass in the starry night, and also went to the north of the Desperate Valley, and also found a small group of Liao troops staying in the desperate place, and also found the soldiers of the Zhou army surrounding the first line of heaven.

"Your Majesty, according to the scout's report, General Yue has rushed to Yijin Pass through the Desperate Valley two days ago to help, as for this small force of Liao army......"

Guo Rong listened to the general's report, and his brows that had been frowning for the past two days stretched slightly.

"In this way, this small group of Liao troops are all Han Chinese, and they stayed in the desperate place to prevent my Great Zhou army from passing through the Desperate Valley smoothly, but Yue Fei did not kill them, I knew, gave the order, the army was opened, and the whole army passed through the Desperate Valley and quickly rushed to Yijin Pass."

"Your Majesty, the position of this small Liao army garrison is very unfavorable for the army to pass through the Desperate Valley, General Yue has chosen a more secure method, we ......"

Guo Rong smiled:

"Pengju has already paved the way for us, I am also very curious about this General Han Zhao now, if it is really a pearl covered with dust, not only will I not mind Pengju's approach, but will reward him, go down and act according to the order."

The entire army of the Great Zhou Dynasty approached the Valley of Despair, and this time they did not choose a safe and secure path, but slowly advanced as a whole.

"General, another Great Zhou army is coming, and it is just within our attack range, we ......"

"Without General Ben's military order, no one is allowed to act rashly."

Han Zhao's face sank like water, but in his heart, he already understood Yue Fei's intentions and the intentions of the Great Zhou Emperor who was leading his army through the Desperate Valley.

"General, this is the best time to kill the enemy, and the Luan driver of the Great Zhou Emperor has also entered the valley."

"Brothers, the military order given to us by Marshal Xiao is to block the Great Zhou Warrior Army here, we have completed the task, everyone, listen to General Ben, put down your swords and guns, put away your bows and crossbows, no one is allowed to attack, General Ben promises you that he will definitely take you home."

Who wants to fight if they can go home, but they probably didn't understand what Han Zhao meant to go home.

General Ben will take you back to our Han homeland.

When the Chinese army of the Great Zhou Emperor all passed through the Desperate Valley smoothly, Han Zhao ordered people to send a message to Niu Gao outside the sky:

"Han Zhao led 2,000 Han brothers to ask the Great Zhou Emperor for will, we want to go home, we want to return to the Han hometown......"

When Guo Rong heard this, he laughed and was very happy.

"I am ready, go and tell Han Zhao that I and the people of Great Zhou welcome them home, and let him take his brothers to report to General Yue Fei, and when I discuss the reward for meritorious deeds, I will summon them together."

Guo Rong led the Chinese army to continue to advance, and as soon as he left the Desperate Valley, he received a battle report from the Yijin Pass.

Yue Fei led 130,000 Huzi troops, and 90,000 defenders of Yijin Pass, defeated the Liao army in front of Yijin Pass, and the 300,000 Liao army was annihilated, and the commander of the Liao army was captured alive by Yue Fei's personal soldier Chai Yongsheng.

In the battle, 300,000 Liao troops were killed, 170,000 were killed, 130,000 were captured, and more than 100 Liao troops at all levels were captured alive.

"Didn't the emperor's ministers say a long time ago, these things about the war, you don't need the emperor to work so hard, just hand them over to his generals, your lord, just sit in the Chinese army."

Guo Wanche has been worried about Guo Rong's condition in the past few days as Guo Rong's condition continues to deteriorate, but he can't resist Guo Rong.

Now it's okay, Yijin Pass is safe and sound, not only is it safe and sound, but it also completely annihilates the main force of the 300,000 Liao army.

"I am very relieved, pass on my will, Yijin Pass deputy general Qian Mao guarded the pass, after the arrival of Yue Fei's reinforcements, boldly attacked, cooperated with the Hugh Army to annihilate the Liao Army, made great contributions, and was promoted to the deputy commander of the Hut Army."

"Yue Feichi has made meritorious contributions to the aid of Yijin Pass, and the main force of the Liao Army has made great contributions, and the former division of the special palace has commanded the envoys, and the Hanzi army has been inspected."

Yue Fei's improvement speed for a while can be described as riding a rocket.

"Zhang Yongde, the commander of the Right Route Army, slacked off the military plane, almost caused a catastrophe, remembering that he had merit in desperately defending Yijin Pass, and the merits and demerits were comparable, because Zhang Yongde was seriously injured, it was not suitable to continue to serve as the commander of the Right Route Army, I decided that 50,000 of the Right Route Army would be merged into the Chinese Army, and 50,000 would be returned to the Hustman Army."

The great victory of Yijin Pass, coupled with the surrender of the original Yijin Pass guard Zhong Tinghui, captured a total of 160,000 Liao troops.

These Liao soldiers, all of whom were Han Chinese, Yue Fei was directly included in the Hutzi Army, and he believed that with the iron-blooded discipline of the Hught Army, these people would soon grow up.

In this way, Yue Fei's Fierce Army now has 220,000 people.

As for the Liao people's surrender, at least it is not suitable to use it when recovering the land of Yanyun.

Regarding this point, Emperor Guo Rong also arranged it a long time ago.

"All the Liao people surrendered to the army, sent to Kaifeng in batches, and handed over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for distribution."

Guo Rong believes that the prince will deal with it properly.

Yijin Pass has been a big victory, Guo Rong's Chinese army has no need to go to the rescue, this place is already in Ningzhou, Guo Rong after reading the map, timely adjusted the attack strategy.

"Ordered Yue Fei to lead the Hanzi Army to recover Ningzhou immediately, and then go north along the line of Ningzhou, go straight to Youzhou, I led the army to Waqiao Pass, and ordered the left road Zhao Kuangyin's army to converge with the Chinese army, Zhao Kuangyin resigned from the post of commander of the left army, and was reappointed as the deputy marshal of the Chinese army, alongside Li Chongjin."

Li Chongjin is still in Yingzhou, and after receiving Guo Rong's order, he will also lead his army to Waqiao Pass to join Guo Rong's Chinese army.

Regarding Guo Rong's move to change his strategic deployment, whether it is Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde, Zhao Kuangyin, or Yue Fei, they all raise their hands in favor and absolutely obey.

vigorously promoted Yue Fei, and promoted Li Chongjin and Zhao Kuangyin, which is equivalent to Guo Rong playing a balance in the Great Zhou Forbidden Army.

Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to be dissatisfied, with Guo Rong's strong suppression, Yue Fei's rise in the Great Zhou Forbidden Army was already unstoppable.

The crown prince Shaobao, the former commander of the special palace, the left general of the Hanzi Army, and the Hanzi Army were all checked, and these titles were put on Yue Fei's body, and the emperor's intentions were simply not too obvious.

The most important thing is that the real commander of the Hugh Army, the general of the Hut Army, is the crown prince Guo Zongxun.

Yue Fei led the army to the city of Ningzhou, and the king of Ningzhou, Hongjucheng, surrendered.

Guo Rong led the Chinese army to Mozhou, and Liu Chuxin, the assassin of Mozhou, surrendered to the state.

Guo Rong led the army to Waqiao Pass, and the Waqiao Pass guard Yao Neibin surrendered to the city.

So far, less than two months have passed since Guo Rong's expedition, and the Great Zhou army has collected three passes and three continents, a total of 17 counties.

After Yue Fei recovered Ningzhou, he went all the way north and experienced several battles, but the Hanzi Army not only did not reduce its personnel, but gathered 30,000 Han soldiers to surrender.

The 250,000 soldiers of the Great Zhou finally arrived at the city of Youzhou, surrounded the city, and waited for the emperor Guo Rong to lead the Chinese army.

Youzhou City, at this time is the Tokyo of the Liao State, where 100,000 Liao troops are stationed, and the general who commands the army is called Yelu Chili.

Yelu Chili is a Liao royal family, and he will never surrender.

Moreover, the city of Youzhou is thick and thick, and it is not so easy to conquer Youzhou.

However, at this time, Guo Rong, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was no longer in good health.

"Your Majesty, why don't we go back, let's go back to Kaifeng."

Li Tongjie wiped his tears and pleaded.

"Imperial Doctor Guo, can my body still insist on returning to Kaifeng?"

In the big tent, there were only Guo Rong, Li Tongjie and Guo Wanche, Guo Rong's face was sallow, and his breath was weak.

"Your Majesty, as long as you don't worry about the war anymore, the old minister still has a way to help the emperor continue his life as much as possible."

At this time, Guo Wanche didn't have too many taboos, and the emperor could face it normally, not to mention that he was a doctor.

"Then if I continue to go north and recover Youzhou, there is still a chance."

"Your Majesty, if you have made up your mind, the old minister will think of a way to let the emperor ascend to the head of Youzhou City."

Li Tongjie poked Guo Wanche with his fingers vigorously, but Guo Wanche pulled him away.

"Manager Li, you have been by the emperor's side for many years, don't you still know the emperor's thoughts?"

Guo Rong waved his hand and motioned for both of them to stop talking.

"Li Tongjie, pen and ink are waiting, and I want to make an edict."

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Kaifeng City, Yue Fei led the army to annihilate the main force of the Liao State, and the people of the city were boiling again.

"Have you heard, General Yue has made a great contribution again, annihilating 300,000 Liao dogs."

"Yes, in order to celebrate the victory of the Great Zhou Heavenly Soldiers over there, all the special treasured fruit wines will be 20% off."

"Also, I heard that the emperor has ordered 200,000 captives to be taken to Kaifeng and beheaded."

"You're stupid, why do you have to escort back if you cut off all the beheadings, just cut off the heads over there and send them back."

"What do we want those 200,000 heads in Kaifeng, feed the dogs, don't talk nonsense, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he will definitely treat these Liao people with kindness."

"Why be kind? How many Han Chinese did the Liao kill us, I am against ......"

"How old are you, you are against it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, this is called national unity, and we will build a beautiful homeland in China......"

The streets and alleys of Kaifeng City are filled with the laughter and laughter of the people, and those reliable and unreliable discussions.

In Sanqingguan on the outskirts of Kaifeng, Liu Bowen is receiving the invisible boss of the Daomen, the Venerable Mai.

"Immeasurable Tianzun, poor Dao Mai, Dao Chang Liu is polite."

"Mai Daoist, Liu represents not me today, but the prince of the Great Zhou, so I won't greet you according to the Taoist etiquette."

According to the number of Taoist etiquette, Liu Bowen is still a fake bull nose, and he doesn't even have the qualifications to claim to be a person in the Daomen.

"Poor Dao participates in His Royal Highness the Prince."

Liu Bowen showed the prince's seal letter, and the Mai Venerable was surprised in his heart, the prince actually handed over the prince's seal letter to Liu Bowen, which shows that he trusts this person very much, if we can win this person into the Daomen, then ......

"Mai Dao Chang is exempt from courtesy, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a noble status, it is impossible to condescend to the Taoist Temple to see you, the matter of Daomen Chen Tuan is not settled, and it is also inappropriate for the preacher to meet the prince in the East Palace, so there is Liu Mou to work on his behalf, saying that he knows with the Taoist chief."

"Poor Dao understands, my Daomen has made a big mistake, fortunately His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not kill and sit in a row, it is my Daomen who is lucky, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is merciful, and he was summoned by His Royal Highness the Prince, and Poor Dao came to visit."

"Mai Daoist, don't talk nonsense, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince called you here, there are a few things to explain."

"On behalf of the Central Plains Daomen, the poor Dao listens to the decree of His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Huashan, you can move out and go to Luoyang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince allows the Daomen to use Luoyang as a base to set up Taoist temples in major cities and preach and preach."

Venerable Mai came this time, originally preparing to bleed heavily, in exchange for the tolerance of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Huashan must not be able to keep it, that is the emperor's will, and the Venerable Mai only begs His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not to kill the Daomen.

Unexpectedly, the first condition proposed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was to let Daomen go to Luoyang for development.

Although it is not a quiet place, it is easier to preach and preach, and the more believers, the more donations, and the ...... Isn't it more moisturizing than in Huashan?

"Mai Dao Chief, don't be too happy, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means that all the land and properties of the Daomen outside the city will be recovered, and from now on, it is forbidden for the Daomen to own any more land and properties outside the city."

Venerable Mai slumped on the chair and looked at Liu Bowen with a fierce look in his eyes.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the same as driving out my Daomen to exterminate them? Isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince worried about my Daomen fighting back desperately? ”

The loss of all the land and property outside the city was equivalent to the loss of a large number of tenants available for them to exploit, which was equivalent to cutting off the source of income for nothing.

There are only a few Taoist temples in the city, relying on a few incense money to support a group of Taoist priests......

It's just impossible.

"Mai Daoist, don't worry, don't want Liu to say a word, you can reply, what are you doing in such a hurry, wait for Liu to finish."

Mai Venerable also realized that there was something wrong with his attitude, and quickly changed back to a humble look.

"It's the poor Dao who is anxious, presumably His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will leave a glimmer of life for our Daomen."

"It's not just a glimmer of life, as long as you cooperate well, you will find that in the future, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has left you is simply a grand avenue."

"I am ashamed of the poor road, and I ask Mr. Liu to continue."

Liu Bowen continued, the more Venerable Mai listened, the more frightened he became, and at the same time, the more he listened, the more excited he became.

Daomen handed over all the land and land outside the city, and the imperial court allowed Daomen to establish Taoist temples in the major cities of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the number of Taoist temples was determined according to the size of the city.

In addition to the normal incense, Guo Zongxun also handed over the right to sell books to Daomen.

The printing of books was arranged by the imperial court, and the most important thing was the sales channel.

In other words, all Daomen Taoist temples will become the only bookstore designated by Da Zhou to legally sell books in the future.

This has invisibly greatly improved the status of Daomen in society.

These Taoist priests no longer have to cheat money by pretending to be gods and ghosts, and they no longer have to rely on refining any bullshit elixir to fool people.

The most important thing is that the Taoist temple and the bookstore are combined into one, and once they find that there are other places selling books, they can come to the door without the help of the imperial court, and a group of Taoist priests from the Taoist sect can come to the door to do the Tao for the heavens.

Guo Zongxun's move is tantamount to saving the Daomen.

Buddhism and Taoism, there is no prejudice in Guo Zongxun, if you have to say that there is, that is, Taoism originated in China, but eventually gradually declined due to the deviation of more and more.

Therefore, if there is a chance to save the Daomen, Guo Zongxun is naturally very willing to do it.

The Taoist Gate and the bookstore merged, and the Taoist priests were faced with all kinds of books every day, so you just thought, if you read these books every day, maybe you will be able to emerge some miscellaneous talents from the Taoist Gate.

Regarding the fact that chemists can be produced in the Daomen, Guo Zongxun doesn't care about this, this kind of research is similar to looking for a needle in a haystack, for thousands of years, what has been invented, and what can be taken seems to be only gunpowder.

Gunpowder is not a difficult thing for Guo Zongxun.

Guo Zongxun thought about what to do with oil once it was discovered.

People without common sense will say that this thing can be burned directly, and Guo Zongxun will tell them that if the crude oil is burned directly, there is a 99% chance that it will poison people.

The use of oil for war was not Guo Zongxun's purpose.

In ancient wars, it was definitely not science and technology that was fought, but cold weapons, and Guo Zongxun did not have the ability to immediately rely on the development of science and technology to promote the improvement of the art of war.

Daomen should still return to their mainstream and become the inheritor and disseminator of academics.

There is another thing that Guo Zongxun did not expect, and it can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.

The review of all published books is now in the hands of a group of court bigwigs headed by the prince's East Palace, and these books cannot be published without the prince's decision.

It is said that the number of people who want to publish books and dare to publish books will be greatly reduced.

Who knows, these days, the number of applications to declare to the imperial court for publication has more than doubled compared with before.

Why is that?

Later, Guo Zongxun also figured it out, these literati are really cute and hateful, in the past, their books could only rely on the circulation of the people to gain fame, but now they ......

Now it is the imperial court that personally audits it, and the prince makes the decision.

It's a royal gift...... You don't say that's the truth.

Once a book is valued by the prince and delivered for publication, this kind of influence and dissemination is simply not very good.

Becoming famous with a book is the dream of 2020 million online writers, and in Da Zhou, the same is true.

Guo Zongxun has a supportive and welcoming attitude towards this, anyway, not all books must be reviewed by him, and there are not Fan Zhen, Wang Pu and Wei Renpu, who are members of the imperial court.

Fan Zhen came back from Huainan and got a guilty plea and asked for a beggar for bones.

This is Fan Zhen who feels that he can't hold his face, and wants to be coquettish with the court, the emperor and the prince.

Guo Zongxun didn't give him a chance to be hypocritical at all, he said directly, if you want to come back, you will immediately give it to Gu Shangchao, if you don't want to come back, don't beg for bones, just dismiss you directly.

As a result, Fan Zhen honestly came back to the court.

This is the power in the hands of Guo Zongxun, the prince of the Great Zhou, how can it be compared to those ordinary traversers.

Guo Zongxun wants to do something, it is indeed much easier than those people.

Because he is the one who commands and uses the most.

After coming back to Daomen, after listening to Liu Bowen's relay, Venerable Mai bowed again and again, and thanked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his kindness and gave Daomen the opportunity to completely defeat Buddhism.

"On behalf of the Daomen, I would like to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his kindness, and I hereby swear that the Great Zhou Dynasty is the orthodoxy of the world, and will never betray it, if there is a violation, God will punish it, the earth will abandon it, and the gods and ghosts will hate ......it."

"Mai Daoist, Liu hopes that Daomen will remember your oath, and it is best to engrave it on the stone tablet and hang it on the plaque when you go back, always look at it, remember it from time to time, and don't forget it."

Liu Bowen handled the affairs of Daomen on behalf of Guo Zongxun, and the Sanqingguan outside Kaifeng City ended its mission, and it will also be requisitioned by the imperial court.

The plan for the zoo never started.

And Liu Bowen will also take off this robe and officially enter the prince's East Palace and become the prince's staff.

Just when Guo Zongxun was in high spirits and showed his strength around Kaifeng City, the news that Emperor Guo Rong was seriously ill finally came back.

It was Li Tongjie, the chief eunuch who secretly passed the news back, and this old man was also looking for a way out for himself.

"The emperor is critically ill, refuses to return to Beijing, insists on recovering Youzhou, the matter is big, changing rapidly, the old slave is worried about the emperor's dragon body, worried about the prince's filial piety, and takes the risk to inform, please ask His Royal Highness the prince to make a plan as soon as possible."

What else can you plan, the emperor is dying, the prince hurry up and grab the power and prepare to ascend the throne smoothly.

Guo Zongxun has never slackened his grasp of power, and he is not worried about the smooth accession to the throne, what he really has to worry about is how to deal with a group of Zhao Kuangyin who are determined and suspected of wanting to rebel after ascending the throne.

What shocked Guo Zongxun was that in June 959, there was no major turning point, and the Great Zhou Emperor Guo Rong still came with the news that he was critically ill.

However, when my father learned that he was not in good health, why didn't he return to Beijing?

Shouldn't he go back to Beijing to arrange everything?

Guo Zongxun thought carefully for a long time, and finally figured it out, and he was very moved in his heart.

"Father, you have already made a decision, in fact, from the day you drove the expedition, you have already handed over the court of the Great Zhou to me."

Although he was sad in his heart, Guo Rong's death seemed inevitable, but Guo Zongxun thought more about how he should inherit Guo Rong's legacy.

"Father, you are seriously ill but do not return to Beijing, and you insist on leading the army to capture Youzhou, do you want to use Youzhou as your last battlefield?"

"Father, what the child can do now, what must be done, is to try his best to stabilize the Great Zhou court, so that the father and the emperor have no worries ahead, but our father and son really have no chance to meet again?"

Guo Zongxun originally planned to let Liu Bowen find a way to design a series of anti-theft measures for Guo Rong's mausoleum, in exchange for the lives of those craftsmen.

Now it seems that it is too late.

At this time, Guo Zongxun could not ask Guo Rong for permission and abolish the funeral system.

On the one hand, filial piety is the most important in Chinese culture, Guo Zongxun dared to ask Guo Rong for pardon or even abolish the funeral system, which is tantamount to leaving Guo Rong's mausoleum stolen, which is a great unfilial piety.

On the one hand, the lives of hundreds of outstanding craftsmen in the Great Zhou Dynasty must also be saved by Guo Zongxun.

Now, we can only take one step at a time.

"Wei Banban, ordered Dongchang Jinyi Guard, pay close attention to the recent turmoil in Kaifeng City, and focus on monitoring the situation of the families of the Jiedu envoys in Beijing."

"The slave obeys the order, master, the slave has good news here, the Jinyi guard has found the ironclad evidence that the former division of the palace commanded Shi Shouxin to corrupt the law and deduct military salaries."

It is indeed good news that Shi Shouxin has found ironclad evidence that he has corrupted the law and deducted military salaries.

"How did Jin Yiwei find out?"

"Master, in fact, this is not difficult, the brocade guards are all drawn from the guard division, and the guards are selected from the front of the palace and the border guards, and the servants let them go to catch up with the old friends of the front of the palace, and they found out the news after a few drinks."

"It's not enough to just find out the news, you have to get real evidence."

"It's a little difficult to do it with real evidence, the slaves used some means, but they can't be put on the table, so the minions won't say much, when dealing with these people, just a few people will deal with them separately."

Guo Zongxun understands that nine times out of ten, Wei Zhongxian has bought someone in Shi Shouxin's family, and such a person who betrays the Lord and seeks glory is still very welcome by Guo Zongxun this time.

"At that time, Gu can forgive the sins of these people, give them a new identity, and let them leave Kaifeng."

"The minions thanked their masters for them."

"How to arrest Shi Shouxin, have you thought about it in Jinyiwei, Dongchang?"

Wei Zhongxian was happy in his heart, all along, the main duty of Dongchang Jinyiwei was to spy on news, and he had no substantive power at all.

It is said that the arrest of a court official like Shi Shouxin is still a military bigwig, and he is currently the highest commander of the Kaifeng garrison, which must be cautious.

The most formal process is to hand it over to the Criminal Department, but I am afraid that the Criminal Department does not have that ability.

Now, Guo Zongxun handed over the task of capturing Shi Shouxin to Dongchang Jinyiwei, and the first time was to catch a big tiger, doesn't this mean that Dongchang Jinyiwei will soon come to the front of the stage?