After Yang Jun heard these words, he also understood. Guo Xu, this is Wang Ba's heart is iron-hearted. That being the case, it is better to support than to oppose it. Otherwise, he will make a fuss about the royal conquest, and with his leading talent, nine times out of ten he will return again, and the situation will be even worse at that time. Now I have to support Guo Xu, and Guo Xu's reign is of great benefit to him. If Guo Xu really fell and was re-promoted by Lu Zhongtian to an emperor who obeyed his words, then he would be in big trouble.

Yang Jun offered advice to Guo Xu and asked him to back down on some things, so as not to make Lu Xiang angry. For example, when the three envoys are selected, he can let Lu Tianci take office. Although Guo Xu reprimanded him on the spot when someone proposed to let Lu Tianci serve as the third envoy, it was obviously Lu Zhongtian's mind. He wanted his precious son to have a place in the court, so he instructed his officials to put forward a test for Guo Xu. Then now, the emperor can agree to this appointment and let Lu Zhongtian get what he wants. In some major policies, it is also necessary to accommodate Lu Zhongtian. As the saying goes, you respect me, I respect you, Lu Zhongtian is not stupid, he should no longer oppose the emperor's plan to send troops. If he still opposes it, then it is his fault.

Yang Jun also said that if Lu Xiang still insisted on objecting, the emperor could threaten to abdicate. This will make Lu Xiang bear a huge reputation crisis, just like telling the world that Lu Zhongtian wants to blackmail the emperor and force the emperor to abdicate. Lu Zhongtian would definitely not be willing to bear such a reputation, in that case, he would be a disloyal and unfilial minister. will become the target of public criticism, contemporary Dong Zhuoyunyun.

Guo Xu did it all. Lu Zhongtian was helpless. He was not a person who adhered to principles, and in this matter, he knew that if he insisted on it, he would incur Guo Xu's jealousy, and instead push Guo Xu into Yang Jun's arms. Lu Zhongtian had no choice but to agree to this risky plan, but he demanded that he must make careful arrangements and ensure that he is relatively sure. If things change, the plan must be terminated immediately. For example, when the Jurchens were obviously weak, Da Zhou must immediately withdraw his troops to defend himself, instead of going all the way to the dark, and must ensure the safety of Da Zhou itself.

Guo Xu naturally agreed to all of them. Guo Xu's goal is very simple, the plan is implemented, and after the army goes out, it is a fait accompli, and there is no way to retreat. Guo Xu will not stop this time, he wants to complete his great cause, which is too important to him. When the plan succeeds, he is a generation of saints who are not at the mercy of anyone, and the world is full of praise, and no one blames him. Otherwise, he will not only be subject to the people around him, but also subject to the public opinion attacks of the people in the world, and his throne will never be stable.

After reaching a compromise, Guo Xu, Lu Zhongtian and Yang Jun were not ambiguous. In order to raise enough money and food, Guo Xu issued a holy decree a year ago. In the name of the heavy snow in the north and the ineffective relief of the Beijing and West Roads, a huge amount of 10 million taels of silver was forcibly apportioned to the southern roads.

The southern state capitals complained bitterly, but this was the emperor's strict order, and they could only do it. How do you raise these taels? It can only be a clever name and loot the people's fat and ointment. In the end, all the ten million taels of silver were digested on the people.

That's not all, Guo Xu also extended his hand to the wealthy families in Beijing, and even the royal family. Originally, Concubine Mei, who is now the queen mother, will have a birthday next spring, but Guo Xu insisted on asking the wealthy family in the capital to congratulate him in the name of his mother's birthday. How dare the major wealthy families in the capital disobey, knowing that it was the emperor's blackmail, but they also had to pay out of their pockets to offer expensive gifts. Hundreds of wealthy families offered gifts, equivalent to more than 4 million taels of silver.

These shameless methods came to make money faster than Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu's law-changing measures at the beginning, which made Guo Xu complacent. Guo Xu further believes that the Great Zhou is not without money, and the people are extremely solid, but the people are rich and the treasury is poor, and this situation needs to be changed.

Not only that, Guo Xu also raided the home of Guo Gang, the king of Kangping County, a huge fortune in the capital. Guo Gang, the king of Kangping, was the vassal king of the Guo clan, but there was nothing wrong with him. He usually lives just a dog-and-horse, and he is also very bold and famous. Guo Xuzhi's reason was that he had intended to buy the Grand Theater opened by Lin Jue, and went to watch the play many times, and was suspected of having a relationship with Lin Jue. After Lin Jue rebelled, Guo Gang failed to take the initiative to explain his relationship with Lin Jue, and he had a ghost in his heart.

Of course, Guo Gang refused to admit it, in fact, Guo Gang and Lin Jue only had one side relationship, that is, they drove with them at last year's Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and they didn't even say a word between the two. But being targeted by Guo Xu, does that make sense? Although Guo Gang refused to admit it, a large number of punishments and a large group of accusations from insiders who appeared out of nowhere stared at him. In the end, Guo Gang agreed to take out all his family wealth to forgive his sins. Guo Xu took out more than six million taels of silver from Guo Gang's hand so stubbornly. A Guo county king, the extravagant and rich suddenly became a poor egg. Not only is the king gone, but all the possessions are gone.

Guo Xu was smug and boasted about his various effective means to raise military spending, but he forgot that he, who was already infamous, even hated him within the royal family. Because Guo Xu simply doesn't recognize his six relatives, he has no bottom line. Such a person is no longer worthy of support within the royal family.

Guo Xu was full of confidence in the plan, otherwise he would not be so desperate. He knew in his heart that doing so would arouse the resentment of the people and the royal family, but he bet everything on the matter of destroying Liao. He believes that as long as Liao can be destroyed, all complaints and dissatisfaction will disappear. It's all worth it. After the Liao people were finished, the Great Zhou Dynasty did not worship themselves as gods, and no one dared to challenge their divine power again.

Guo Xu did rack his brains for this, and he promised the Liao people to send 100,000 troops to help them destroy the Jurchens, which was actually part of the conspiracy. He wanted to support the Liao people to paralyze their carelessness, let the 100,000 army carry out a surprise attack, and catch the Liao people by surprise. Even Yang Jun and Lu Zhongtian had to admit that his hand was poisonous and vicious, and if it really worked, it would be extremely destructive, and it was very likely to achieve unimaginable results. Maybe it can really bring disaster to the Liao people.

In this way, the problem of military spending is solved. How can more than 20 million military expenses be enough to support a period of time? Once the money and food are in place, Yang Jun will no longer have to worry about logistics supplies. This is tantamount to laying a solid foundation for victory.

The next thing to solve is the problem of the army itself. Yang Jun didn't dare to hold it up this time, this was a battle to destroy the country, and he had to go all out to succeed. Yang Jun knew the current situation of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the Yanyun border, so he proposed a plan to select elite soldiers. 300,000 soldiers and horses were selected from the 780,000 soldiers and horses on the Yanyun border, and these 300,000 soldiers and horses were the elite of the border army. Not only that, Yang Jun demanded that in terms of armor and weapons, these 300,000 soldiers and horses must be on par with the forbidden army. For a while, even if you can't get together so much armor and weapons, then you have to get it together even if you pick it up on the forbidden army. All kinds of advanced siege equipment, the best war horses of the Great Zhou, and the most famous generals in each army who are good at leading the army must also be requisitioned at any time.

This is actually a bit excessive, this is to create 300,000 soldiers and horses that are more elite than the forbidden army, and these people will fully accept Yang Jun's command. Ordinary people who make such a request will be immediately impeached like a target, because doing so will give rise to bad associations and think that there are bad intentions. However, after Yang Jun proposed it, Guo Xu agreed without any hesitation. Because it is very simple, Guo Xu must win the war, and there must be no mistakes. Compared with the danger of Yang Jun making such a request, the danger of defeat is even more unacceptable. Yang Jun wanted to concentrate all the best resources on the 300,000 army, and his purpose was also to win the battle with the Liao State. At this moment, if Guo Xu is suspicious of Yang Jun again, it is actually a self-destruction of the Great Wall. Guo Xu was actually very aware of this, and he clearly understood which was more important, so even if someone muttered these things in his ear, he still resolutely agreed to Yang Jun's request.

In the nearly three months after the New Year, Guo Xu spent almost all his energy on sending troops to the Liao State. And up and down the Great Zhou, I also faintly felt a sign of mountain rain coming. Even though this matter was an absolute secret throughout the imperial court, many unusual actions were unexplained.

In the past three months, Guo Xu successively sent three groups of people to confirm the alliance with the Jurchens again and again, and confirmed some details of the combat coordination between the two sides. On the bright side, Guo Xu swore to the Liao State, telling them that the Great Zhou and the Liao State were brotherly countries, and he would definitely send troops to help them quell the rebellion. When the weather is warm and the snow melts, and the climate is suitable, it is time for him to send troops to help them.

Three months is not a short time, but it is not a long time. Watch the snow melt and the weather warm. When the willows on both sides of the Bianhe River were faintly green, and the ships had become dense, Yang Jun, the privy envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, also led his pro-army battalion soldiers and horses on a journey to the north. There was no large-scale farewell, no warm pledge meeting, Guo Xu only summoned Yang Jun into the palace the night before and had a home-cooked dinner with his newly recruited Yang Guifei. At the dinner, Guo Xu didn't say a few words about the battle, but at the end of the family banquet, he toasted Yang Jun with three glasses of wine, and all the instructions, expectations and words of encouragement were in these three glasses of wine.