On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Jiangning Province. The snow had stopped, and the sun had come out, shining brightly on the snow. Some trees in the south of the Yangtze River do not lose their leaves in winter, and the snow covers the treetops, and the white and green complement each other, adding a bit of bright and beautiful color.

Guo Shao was standing on a dirt bag, watching the scenery of Xueqing. This is a village, and the houses in the vicinity are all blue-tiled and earthen walls.

Excellent view under clear and clean skies. Guo Shao looked west, and could roughly see the outline of Yuhuatai, which was a commanding height in the south of Jiangning City, the Zhou army had not yet launched an offensive, and that place was still in the hands of Nan**.

Looking south, the rolling mountains and forests over there are Niushou Mountain. Niushou Mountain is very close, here you can already see the ancient temples and pavilions in the forest, in the woods half-covered and half-hidden looming, quite a bit of artistic conception.

But in the direction of the river in the east, the scene has no artistic conception. A large area of military camps is being constructed, with fluttering flags, swords and guns, and various ordnance, full of noise and irritability.

After all, the Great Zhou army traveled along the river by land, and after all, Jiangning City, the sailors also carried baggage from the river; Then there is a small river that joins the Yangtze River, and the supplies on the river are towed directly from the river to the barracks. The shallow river, which Guo Shao is not yet known, has become an inland river for the military camp, and several pontoon bridges have been built on it to connect the north and south.

On the road at the foot of Niushou Mountain, the carts are crawling slowly like long snakes, which are the wood that is being cut down from the mountain; In the camp, the sound of shouting and clanging can be heard from afar, countless people are digging and repairing the village, and craftsmen are building equipment.

Wang Pu once said that Jiangning City is vulnerable. But that's just from the perspective of the situation and people's hearts, and with the confidence to attack the city, it is impossible to actually take the city overnight. Jiangning City not only has tall and strong city walls, but also hoards at least more than 100,000 troops, of which the main force of the Southern Tang State Forbidden Army is here; To fight such a heavily garrisoned capital, it is a joke that there are only tens of thousands of people.

Now the military government of the former camp in Jiangnan under Guo Shao has been implementing the siege plan, sending people to persuade him to surrender with interests and disadvantages, and preparing to attack the lonely city on the other.

In the early stage, the town soldiers and township warriors who fought in various places were successively mobilized and gathered in Jiangning City, plus the two naval divisions and Wu Yueguo's army under the Guard Division, Guo Shao roughly calculated that the total strength of the siege of Jiangning City was between 200,000 and 300,000.

It will take time to get these horses together and deploy; But there was nothing the Southern Tang could do about it, because they had already lost all the territory around the capital.

At this moment, Qin Shi walked quickly to the bottom of the mound, hugged his fists and said: "My lord, General Li, General Luo, and Zuo Shaoqing have arrived, and the last general will take them to the hall first." ”

Guo Shao withdrew his gaze from the distance, turned straight down, and said, "I'll go see them." Around the yard, you ask people to watch, don't let idle people get close. ”

"Whoa." Qin Shi responded.

Guo Shao walked on the road between the houses, and there were guards standing guard everywhere around, but there was not a single person in sight. The people of this village, when they saw the tide coming, almost fled when they heard the news of the war; Although the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty strictly forbade indiscriminate killing and looting several times, the people were still afraid of martial arts. After the Zhou army requisitioned the village, the few remaining old and weak were also resettled elsewhere, and the village became a complete line.

He walked into the courtyard gate, and Qin Shi gently closed the door. Guo Shao subconsciously glanced back, and there was no one else around. He walked alone under the eaves, bypassed the patio in the middle of the courtyard, and came to the entrance of the hall.

The three people sitting inside immediately stood up from the bench, clasped their fists together, and said, "Meet the lord." ”

Guo Shao also returned the salute with his fists and stepped into the hall.

This place is the house of a relatively wealthy peasant family, with old earthen walls, simple furniture, not even a decent chair, and the place is not very spacious. Guo Shao walked up and sat down on a round bench on the top. It's a bit strange to think about it, a few people are going to talk about the secret matter of trying to win the world today, and there are countless mansions in the picture, but they are discussing in such a broken village.

Guo Shao looked back left and right, and they also turned their heads to look at themselves. If you want to be the emperor, you can't do it alone; But at the beginning of the step, too many people are involved and it is easy to change.

The few people present were all carefully considered by Guo Shao. Whether it is the civil official Zuo You or the military general Li Chuyun Luo Yanhuan, they are not promoted by the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, and they rely on themselves to make their careers; Participating in major events, in the future, it is not difficult to support the great achievements of the dragon, the founding father, and the king and the prime minister, there is really no reason to be unwilling...... In fact, Guo Shao felt that they were more anxious than himself, and what he had been looking forward to was doing this kind of thing.

There are also two sworn brothers, who are also trustworthy people, but Yang Biao and Luo Mengzi are in Tokyo and cannot be contacted at this time.

Guo Shao spoke first: "Mr. Zuo has also persuaded me many times, but I am a little hesitant, after all, I was a general under the command of the first emperor, and I was favored by the first emperor, and now I can't protect his young son, and I am ashamed." ”

Guo Shao said, even he felt panicked, if he really hesitated, he didn't need to gather a few henchmen to sit here and discuss how to rebel...... But to say so is to show a kind and humble attitude; Even in the face of your own people, you can't show a look of impatience. Those who want to succeed to the throne in the name of righteousness have to be persuaded by others three times before they can barely ascend to the throne.

Luo Yanhuan immediately persuaded: "The lord doesn't need to be ashamed, several dynasties and generations have their own sayings, in fact, they all do this." Change someone else in your position, and you won't hesitate at all! ”

Li Chuyun said: "The previous dynasties were still in the world of great chaos, but now the situation of people's minds and the unification of the world, the lord will open the great cause of eternity, how can it be compared with the previous dynasties?" ”

Guo Shao said busily again: "It's serious, I am afraid, I wanted to be a loyal minister of Da Zhou, but I know that the brothers have such thoughts, and I don't want to disappoint everyone, so I am really in a dilemma." ”

Luo Yanhuan looked anxious...... Guo Shaozhi looked at it, and although this person was brave and strategic, he was still much worse than Li Chuyun's weight.

Luo Yanhuan hurriedly said: "The lord is right, if you don't sit up, the brothers will definitely not agree!" Everyone is under your command, but the name is the minister of the Great Zhou, it is difficult to say that kind of contradictory words easily, in fact, I am looking forward to the lord in my heart. ”

Zuo You said: "The power of the world, the virtuous live in it." Today, the lord swept away the two major kingdoms of Shu and Southern Tang, and expanded the territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom more than doubled. ”

Luo Yanhuan nodded and agreed: "That little emperor, who cares about him?" If it wasn't for the lord who brought everyone to help him fight in the north and south, he would have been driven down a long time ago, and the lord himself fought down the world, and there was no reason to make wedding dresses for others in vain. ”

"And the Queen Mother, if it weren't for the Queen Mother, how could I have today's military power and meritorious service?" Guo Shao said quietly. This sentence is not all face-saving words, but heart-to-heart words...... Guo Shao did not have the idea of loyalty to the ancients, he never wanted to be loyal to the first emperor, but the queen mother's grace of cultivating trust cannot be denied regardless of the times.

Li Chuyun opened his mouth and said: "Brother Luo, don't be impatient, the lord is very worried. Not only the Queen Mother, but also many more people in the Great Zhou, many of whom are loyal to the imperial court, are not necessarily under the command of the lord; Maybe for the time being, it will be taken by the lord's martial arts and force, but if it is not handled properly, it will be difficult to win people's hearts. We have to think of a name and a name as early as possible. ”

Zuo You also said: "The lord is a military general of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army, he has received royal favors, and the strength he relies on is also the Zhou Forbidden Army...... Once he ascends the throne, he will be said to have usurped the throne and gain power in the future, and no matter how he gets it, it is difficult to justify whether he won the country. ”

Luo Yanhuan slapped his palm on the broken wood case and said: "Isn't the lord's surname Guo, and the royal family has the same surname." That's a lot of trouble, the country name doesn't need to be changed, the little emperor was originally the surname of which family, let him change it back to recognize his own son, Taizu has no queen, what's wrong with returning the throne to the Guo family? ”

"Hey......" Guo Shao felt that Luo Yanhuan's words were not all right, but it was really a good way to ask Guo (Chai) Zongxun to change back to his original surname.

He pondered again that it was not good to attach his life experience to Guo Wei's family...... Although he is a time-traveler, he has never gotten along with his biological parents who died early here, and he has no family affection at all; But what the ancients said about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, and faith, filial piety is still very important. If you don't even recognize your parents in order to be an emperor, and find someone else to recognize you, I'm afraid you will be treated as a laughing stock...... It is useless to find "evidence", and it can only give the good deeds more room for reverie.

At this time, Zuo You frowned and said: "If you still recognize the Zhou Dynasty as Zhengshuo, the lord will not be able to be the founding emperor......

Guo Shao glanced at Zuo You, and said in his heart: You can't be too greedy, now that the emperor has not become an emperor, he wants to be a Taizu? Now the most important thing is how to sit firmly, usurpation itself is risky, once you don't do a good job in the world, it is like a prairie fire, how to end?

Li Chuyun also seemed to have the same opinion as Guo Shao, and said: "The Spring and Autumn Period of the Lord is like the scorching sun, and he will establish greater achievements in the future, and it is not difficult to leave the virtuous name of the Ming monarch in the green history." ”

Guo Shao had already expressed his humble attitude before, and he didn't bother to pretend in front of a few people at this time, so he immediately said: "After Taizu called himself 'Uncle Yu' (the uncle of King Wu of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou was sealed in Dongyu, and was awarded the title Duke of Dongyu, and was named Duke of Dongyu), I naturally ......recognized it."

He pondered his life experience in this era, a native of Yanzhou, Hebei Province, from a poor family, and his parents died early; The local area has been repeatedly attacked by military disasters, and many times the rooms are empty, and the people have changed a few times, and there is no way to inquire about it...... He only remembers his grandfather's name now, and he can't remember who his great-grandfather was.

Even Taizu Guo Wei was a person from a humble background, his father's generation began to be displaced, and Guo Wei himself went to warlords everywhere as a tooth soldier. He said that the emperor and queen recognized the above generations, and what branches they had, I am afraid that even he himself could not figure it out.

Guo Shao immediately said seriously: "Not only that, but my father also told me the name of my deceased great-grandfather, who is Emperor Yishun (Guo Yun)...... Taizu (Guo Wei)'s grandfather. Counting up, my generation is a generation later than Taizu. ”

Guo Shao's expression was as if it was real. The people around were stunned when they heard this, and Li Chuyun took the lead in saying: "It turns out that the lord is indeed the ancestor of the Great Zhou, so in this way, it will be okay to tell the world the real life experience in the future!" ”

The other two quickly chimed in.