Guo Shaodao: "That Zhao Kuangyin was in the Northern Han Dynasty, unscrupulously slandering and insulting the imperial sister-in-law, and when I destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, I arrested him to apologize to the imperial sister-in-law." ”

Fu Jinzhan listened to him easily, and smiled cooperatively at the moment, and looked at Guo Shao's copper-colored face with flowing eyes: "Isn't it like catching Meng Chang?" ”

"Zhao Kuangyin is different from Meng Chang, I can't forgive him." Guo Shao was also relaxed, and his face gradually showed indignation as he spoke, "He used to be my mortal enemy, and he greatly threatened my life, family, and everyone around me. I will get rid of it soon! At the beginning, the situation in Tokyo was urgent, and victory and defeat were flicked, and at that time, it was impossible to deploy the net of heaven and earth, so this guy ran away, and now it has become a great disaster.

He instigated and stirred up hidden dangers in the country and insulted the royal family. Last time, a spy infiltrated Tokyo in an attempt to steal a military plane for an enemy country, and I suspect that he did it as well. Although this man has failed, his hatred has never been removed. ”

Second Sister Fu persuaded her beside her: "Husband, calm your anger." ”

Guo Shao was silent for a moment, his anger retreated slightly, and he said: "I have asked the Privy Council to send someone to infiltrate the Northern Han Dynasty and grasp Zhao Kuangyin's whereabouts." If you can catch him this time, you have to let him taste humiliation and fear before he dies! ”

Fu Jinzhan faintly felt Guo Shao's brutal side, and he was also not merciful when he dealt with Zhao Kuangyin and the rest of the party before. However, he is still a very generous person, and I heard that there is also an evaluation of "women's kindness" in the army.

Second Sister Fu also seemed to feel that the atmosphere was wrong. The three of them fell silent and ate slowly.

Guo Shao finished eating, put down the chopsticks, then eased his tone, and muttered: "Where to go now, I have also thought a lot." In fact, we have enough, and I decided not to use troops against the Northern Han and Khitan for ambition and great success......"

"What else?" Fu Jinzhan asked softly.

Fu Jinzhan is quite willing to listen to Guo Shao pour out his thoughts, that is the emperor's mind, maybe he has no one to say what is in his heart except himself...... However, Fu Jinzhan also really felt that the position between himself and Guo Shao had been reversed. Trust and affection have not changed, but now she is no longer in the active position; Guo Shao is no longer a subordinate of her and the Fu family, he has become the master.

"Safety." Guo Shao's voice brought Fu Jinzhan back to his senses, who was a little distracted.

Guo Shao said: "What can pose a threat to our security is nothing more than two types of forces. The first is mortal enemies with hatred, such as Zhao Kuangyin, and the Northern Han (descendants of the Later Han) who have always regarded the Great Zhou as their enemy at the national level and believed that the Zhou Dynasty robbed them. The second is the forces that are stronger than us, such as the Khitan, who can oppress us when they are strong, and even blackmail us. Therefore, if I stop there, my heart will not be at peace. ”

……

At the south gate of Jinyang (Taiyuan), Zhao Kuangyin turned back to Li Jixun and said: "Guo Shao will attack the Northern Han Dynasty." ”

Li Jixun rode up and said, "Why is Brother Zhao so sure? Blacksmith Guo has just usurped the throne, why don't you govern the country first and dominate the world? ”

By this time they had reached the gate of the city, and a group of soldiers defending the city was standing at the gate. Zhao Kuangyin didn't say anything, turned over and dismounted, led the horse and a group of subordinates to the city gate. He walked into the doorway and couldn't help but take a closer look at the gate.

The city wall is very thick, and the bottom of this city wall in the door hole is at least twenty steps thick (more than twenty meters thick), so Zhao Kuangyin walked in, as if he had entered a tunnel! The light in the cave is a little dim, and the bright light outside the city gate is in front of him, and at this time, Zhao Kuangyin seems to be about to see the light of day from the cave.

"Jinyang City is a Xiongcheng!" Zhao Kuangyin praised casually.

After walking for a while, they went out of the city gates. After walking on the post road, there were not many people on the main road, and they did not know them. Zhao Kuangyin said: "The Northern Han Kingdom has always been the sworn enemy of the Great Zhou, and the terrain hangs over the head of the Central Plains; Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, several dynasties and generations, the new monarch who replaced the previous dynasty has been the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and Tokyo must regard Jinyang as a major trouble. Moreover, the danger of Jinyang lies in Xiongcheng, the first emperor (Chai Rong) attacked the Northern Han Dynasty, and returned in vain, that is, he could not capture Jinyang City. Blacksmith Guo thought he was attacking the city sharply, he didn't want to try? ”

Zhao Kuangyin paused and said: "Of course, it is important to unify the world, but since the two great powers of Shu and Southern Tang have been destroyed, it is no longer difficult to unify the world; Other small countries can't threaten and restrain Da Zhou's belly, and those small countries can't hold back the footsteps of Guo Blacksmith's Northern Expedition. As for governing the country? Brother Li thinks, how else to govern? ”

Li Jixun groaned, and couldn't answer for a while, after all, he was just a military general, and he might rarely think about those things.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "The current Jiezhen, the power to interfere in the government affairs of local officials has been withdrawn (the edict of the Chai Rong period strictly prohibits the Jiedu envoy from interfering in the state and county government affairs), and all the elite soldiers have been withdrawn. Jiezhen has no strength, and its sphere of influence is only a city that governs; If it is to be weakened, only the financial power is left, and the transfer envoy can be set up to further recover the power to collect wealth, and then the temperance envoy will really become an empty shell.

The throne of Guo Blacksmith is to pick the fruit of the first emperor! Since Taizu and Emperor Xian, he has been restricting and weakening local festivals and implementing the strategy of strengthening cadres and weak branches; In the current Central Plains, the local towns could not threaten Tokyo at all, and the central monopoly had already become a trend during the time of the first emperor. After Blacksmith Guo usurped the throne, the local area did not have the strength, and there was no need to rush to move them. ”

Li Jixun said: "In this way, Brother Zhao already knows that Li Yun can't achieve great things? ”

"Of course it can't be done, but he is an arrogant person who is so obedient and obedient this time, I can't be sure at the beginning." Zhao Kuangyin said.

Knowing that he couldn't do it, why did he still incite Li Yun, so everyone stopped mentioning it...... Because Zhao Kuangyin and others were very dissatisfied with Guo Shao and resentful!

Zhao Kuangyin sighed: "It is also because Guo Shao destroyed the two kingdoms in a row and was powerful by force, it is estimated that Li Yun is also a little afraid of this person who is too capable of fighting." Therefore, from the perspective of Guo Shao's regime, the current position of the state is not to weaken the locality, but to further enhance the prestige; These are the reasons why I judged that Guo Shao would continue to attack the Northern Han Dynasty. ”

He thought for a while, and muttered: "Guo Shao's threat is not the local festival town, but the military general of the forbidden army!" ”

Li Jixun nodded yes after hearing this.

Zhao Kuangyin said coldly: "Guo Shao usurped the throne of the son of the first emperor as the general of the forbidden army; The forbidden army is dominant, and the power of the generals is still strong. If there is a threat to the throne, there is only the general of the forbidden army. Guo Shao is probably not staring at the place now, but the generals around him. ”

Li Jixun said: "At present, I haven't heard the rumors, and the Zhou court wants to weaken the generals of the forbidden army." ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "I estimate that guy (Guo Shao) is already carried away, maybe he will want to collect the sixteen states of Yanyun." ”

"Tsk." Li Jixun said, "The ambition is really not small. ”

Zhao Kuangyin snorted: "I'm just guessing, but the most likely thing to see is that Guo Shao will think of ways to weaken the general of the forbidden army." As the emperor, can you rest assured of those who may take his place? He also had to think about how he had usurped the throne. ”

After talking for a long time, they rode their horses to a pass, and saw some Northern Han soldiers looking at a few dusty people. One of the round-bellied men saw Zhao Kuangyin and hurriedly shouted: "Lord! Lord! ”

"Li Dutou is back." Zhao Kuangyin responded.

Li Dutou said: "I have a seal on my body, but the people of the Northern Han Dynasty don't listen to my accent correctly, so they don't say that I am a spy." was sent here, just waiting for the lord to come and relieve the siege. ”

Zhao Kuangyin stepped forward to negotiate with the Northern Han military general, and showed the name of the seal letter. The Northern Han military general looked at him and immediately believed it, because Zhao Kuangyin had been the No. 2 general of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army after all, and his reputation was still quite good.

got out for Li Du and the others, and Zhao Kuangyin left with him. He observed that Li Du's first three people were his own personal soldiers, and one middle-aged man was a stranger, so he asked, "Is this person a craftsman who is proficient in armor-making?" ”

Li Dutou's face darkened when he heard this, and he sighed "sigh" and recounted the process of the trip. how to encounter an accident in Tokyo, how to be surrounded and intercepted; I almost couldn't cross the Yellow River, so I had to find a broken boat to force the crossing......

"That night there was a strong wind and waves, and the child was in my hands, and I almost didn't get thrown into the river, and accidentally dropped the child into the water. The guy was in a hurry, broke free and was lying on the side of the boat trying to catch people, but he was also swept into the river by the waves...... The water of the Yellow River was muddy and urgent, and it drowned people in a blink of an eye! We only have one broken ship, how can we save it? When they reach the other side, the person who fell into the water will probably drown long ago, and there is nothing to be done. The Zhou army and officials on the south bank chased after them tightly, and they didn't dare to turn back, so they had to rush back. ”

The look in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes was very ugly when he heard this, but his face couldn't change because it was too dark. He kicked the stirrup and immediately said, "Now we have another account to be settled!" ”

Li Dutou hurriedly said: "The humble position should be damned, and it will ruin the lord's affairs...... But at that time, I was really forced to do so. ”

"I'm telling you to sneak into Tokyo and take your time looking for opportunities. You're good, it's been less than a month! You martial artists are just too impatient. It's ......," Zhao Kuangyin said, "It's not something that can collapse the sky." Anyway, our enmity with Blacksmith Guo has long been concluded, and there are not many more of them, and there are many of them. Remember, Blacksmith Guo will never give our gang a way to live! Think about the brother who stayed in Tokyo that year, what happened to him? ”

All the people had sad expressions on their faces.

Zhao Kuangyin pointed to the man who was being detained in the middle at this time, and asked again: "What did you bring back this person for?" ”

Li Dutou's expression was almost crying: "He works as a handyman in the workshop......"

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Li Dutou seriously: "Bringing such a person back thousands of miles away, are you serious?" ”

Shi Shouxin next to him said: "Cut that guy on the spot!" ”

The craftsman surnamed Lu was in a hurry and said, "I've seen something that makes armor, and I know what it looks like!" ”

Zhao Kuangyin gave a look, and the next general stepped forward to ask, but he didn't know anything, and that guy couldn't even read a word!