In the courtyard filled with the light fragrance of various plants, Guo Shao couldn't help but ask, "Can't you take the pulse yet?" ”

Lu Niangzi, who was sitting opposite, had a red face, her fingers were very unsteady, and she frowned: "Your Majesty, don't worry. ”

Guo Shao had no choice but to shut up, and saw Lu Lan take a deep breath, close his eyes slightly, press his fingertips on his wrist for a long time, and finally said, "Change sides." After a while, she frowned slightly: "Your Majesty's pulse is a little messy, it has been more than a month now, and it can't be delayed any longer, so you should take care of it." ”

Guo Shao said: "Lu Niangzi didn't prescribe medicine to me, how to recuperate?" ”

Lu Lan's little nose sniffed, "Stop drinking." ”

Guo Shao groaned: "In the past few days, there has been a banquet in the imperial court. ”

Lu Lan took a sip and whispered: "Your Majesty is high, even if you change wine to tea, who knows?" She muttered for a moment, "You can't work too hard, the night ...... Night ......" Lu Lan's face turned red when she said this, and her voice became like a mosquito flapping its wings, "Don't be too frequent with concubines......

Guo Shao took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth, coughed forbearantly, and heard Lu Lan immediately stop the topic. She picked up her pen and carefully wrote down the prescription. Perhaps, she thought that Guo Shao was hinting at something, but she really misunderstood.

Looking at Lu Lanhong's fluttering face and serious expression, Guo Shao somehow suddenly remembered Li Yuan'er a few years ago. When she bloomed her feelings in the spring breeze for the first time, she shouldn't think too much, but when she found out that the person that man cared about most in his heart was not herself, would she mind?

After Lu Lan instructed the eunuch Wang Zhong who came with him, Guo Shao calmly left the courtyard. He took the imperial chariot and went straight to the palace of Concubine Li.

There is a kind of tree in the palace of the concubine, and the leaves in spring are also red, mixed with green trees and separated beautifully, but it is not a maple tree, Guo Shao knew that the maple leaves would not turn red until autumn, but he never asked what kind of tree it was. Every time he sees it, he is curious, but he forgets it in a blink of an eye, after all, there are often more things that he cares about.

The arrival of the emperor made the concubine very happy, and she led the eunuchs and maids of the entire palace to greet her, and the atmosphere of warm surprise was very strong.

After some etiquette, Li Yuaner asked the palace maid to bring Guo Zhang over to meet his father.

Guo Shao stretched out his rough palm and touched his son's head, but did not ask about his studies, but said, "Does Zhang'er like spring?" ”

Guo Zhang was a little afraid of his father at first, but he immediately nodded when he heard this. Guo Shao asked him why he liked it, and Guo Zhang said in a childish voice with great interest: "The peach blossoms are very beautiful, and you can dig out the bird's nest with the emperor's brother!" ”

"Haha......" Guo Shao laughed when he heard it, and even Li Yuan'er and the palace people couldn't help but laugh.

Li Yuan'er blamed the child for a few words, and said, "Go out and play!" ”

Guo Zhang also hugged his fists and said, "Erchen retreats." ”

Guo Shao laughed again when he saw this, and said in his heart: If Hong'er is relieved, she will run away as soon as she slips away.

He turned to Li Yuan'er and said, "I think the most important thing for a child is not his studies. ”

"Oh?" Li Yuan'er looked at Guo Shao with interest, and her round face was looking forward to it.

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: "The most important thing is to make him love everything in this world, and have kindness to people and everything in his heart. ”

Li Yuan'er said softly: "When the children are open-minded, they will be able to be as open-minded as Your Majesty." ”

Guo Shao looked at the pink flowers between the new sprouts outside the window, and there seemed to be a spring breeze blowing in his heart, feeling very comfortable, and felt that there were many beautiful things in the world. It's just that he was suddenly moved by such a wonderful scenery and beauty, and he felt a little nostalgic, he turned his head and saw Li Yuan'er's coiled hair, and now he is a mother, and he is no longer the beautiful little lady who fell in love at the beginning.

The waiting of those best years, the subtle and bold words, the reluctant eyes on the pavilion in the snow, all came to Guo Shao's heart.

He couldn't help but whisper, "Yuan'er, I feel sorry for you." ”

Li Yuan'er's expression changed when she heard this, and she looked at Guo Shao and pursed her lips: "Your Majesty treats the concubine very well, why do you say this?" ”

Guo Shao lowered his head and pondered. At this time, Li Yuan'er said softly: "Only Your Majesty can say such a thing......"

Guo Shao exhaled and said, "I have been busy fighting all these years, and I have really neglected you. ”

Li Yuan'er smiled and shook her head: "Your Majesty, the lord of all peoples, should put state affairs first. ”

At this time, Guo Shao reached out and took out a silk bag from his sleeve pocket, untied the red rope tied on the mouth of the bag with his own hands, put it on the table and pushed it forward: "I brought some small gifts to the concubine." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Yuan'er happily opened the bag, took out a string of white coins from it, took it in his hand curiously and rubbed it for a moment, then hurriedly raised his head and said, "Oh, the concubine has the expenses allocated by the inner treasury every month, so I don't need Your Majesty to reward it again......"

Guo Shao said calmly: "The silver is produced in Dongdao and the country, this batch of silver coins is the first batch, and the concubine is also the first person to spend this kind of coins." ”

Li Yuan'er was a little flattered when she heard this, her white fingers groped for the coin, and exclaimed, "The patterns and characters on it are really fine...... A circle? ”

Guo Shao smiled and said: "Each silver coin is recorded as a yuan, weighs three coins, and is worth two hundred copper coins. They went from Iwami Silver Mountain to the Tokyo workshop, and after they were cast, they went to two places, one was to enter the inner treasury, and the other was to enter the sea trade bank. They are like food, they will inject a steady stream of power into the whole Daxu! ”

In fact, Guo Shao is very interested in comparing silver coins to fuel oil, and institutions to huge machines.

The Neku is the engine of the Imperial War Machine, and the Forbidden Army and Guards are only loyal to the Emperor because their military expenses and salaries come directly from the Neku! The "fuel" that enters the inner library will unleash this huge war machine and realize greater dreams and glory for Guo Shao! With money, running a war machine will be incredibly easier.

The currency of the money village is the driving force for the circulation of industrial and commercial transactions, and the prosperity of commerce and trade will gradually lead to sharp changes and vitality of the economy!

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The foreseeable huge amount of monetary income made the atmosphere of the Manchu Dynasty a little fanatical, and not only the six princes and other generals actively supported the opening up of the territory, but even the views of the civil officials also changed somewhat.

The officials of the Privy Council and the Government Council have drawn up several national strategies, all of which are mainly aimed at opening up territories.

But Guo Shao is not satisfied with these strategies! Because no matter what the direction of progress, several sets of strategies are too rigid and step-by-step.

Guo Shao said in front of more than 20 of the most powerful ministers in the council hall: "If you want to wait for the new sphere of influence to be slowly digested, the process is too long, and it can easily take ten years. At this time, it is not too late for me to let go of my hands and circle a big frame, and then gradually operate! ”

Wang Pu saluted: "Your Majesty's intention, to the south to enter the country of Dali?" ”

Unexpectedly, Guo Shao shook his head.

Wang Pu pondered for a moment, glared tentatively, and said, "Jiaozhi? ”

But Guo Shao still didn't nod, he stood up and walked down, pacing back and forth between the ministers on both sides for a few steps, and everyone got up one after another.

Guo Shao walked to the wooden frame big picture that Wei Renpu was standing on just now and stood still, stretched out his finger and pointed to the blank space at the bottom of the big picture, "Strait of Malacca!" ”

Zhu Wenwu looked at each other, and some people looked dazed, obviously because they had never heard of this place name.

Guo Shao said quietly: "Da Shi, as well as the barbarian countries further west, want to trade in the east, and they must pass through this water mouth by sea. If I control this pass in the south, I will bring the entire East China Sea and the South China Sea into the scope of eastern trade, and all the rules will be formulated by Da Xu! Guo Shao stretched out his hand and drew a large circle on the map, "When the countries in the west arrive, commercial taxes and ports can be formulated by the imperial court after weighing the pros and cons of all parties." ”

As he paced, he pondered his grand idea, "Allowing the Great Cannibals to trade in the land may lead to consequences." The Jiaolong army should first establish a port in Luzon and let a large number of merchants come to Luzon; The big food merchants also went to Luzon and then traded.

With Malacca as the boundary, the East China Sea and the South China Sea will become the inner lake of the Daxu Dynasty, and within the sphere of influence, regardless of Dali's products and the grain trade of Jiaozhi Zhancheng, they can be discussed with it, or persuaded by the advantages and disadvantages. ”

After listening to it, whether they agreed or not, they first praised it. Yang Biao heard this, and shouted loudly: "If you don't obey Your Majesty, you will use your sword to convince them until you are convinced!" ”

Guo Shao seemed to be inspired by everyone's singing and praise, and immediately said solemnly, "The harbor city of Luzon is named 'Horse City'." ”

The ministers were discussing, Guo Shao changed his words, and then set his eyes to the north, "In the west, we must completely control the passage from the Central Plains to the Hexi Corridor, and include all the lands along the way into the territory, and no more threats will be made by the Tibetans, Uighurs and other tribes; Through the Hexi Corridor, he obtained the trade of good horse products in the northwest and the Western Regions, and advanced his power to the countries of the Western Regions.

In the east, by fulfilling the promise made before the war, he marched into Yingzhou, first extending his forces to western Liao, and gradually expanding to eastern Liao......"

Guo Shao stood in front of the map, and his mood could not be calmed down for a long time, this is a grand and great attempt, if realized, half of the world will be included in his sphere of influence!

Malacca doesn't even have a map right now, but what does it matter? Many successful experiences convinced him that the emperor's will was stronger than he imagined, and there must be a way to accomplish his goal.

The blank space on the map is not untouched...... The Great Cannibal was able to reach the coast of the Southern Han Kingdom, and the sail era must have passed through the Strait of Malacca.

The seafaring ability of this era is limited, but the strength of all countries at sea is very weak, and as long as Xu Jun is a little stronger than other countries, he can grasp the initiative!

The ministers of the Council Hall looked shocked and a little dazed. Guo Shao also knows that his thoughts are close to madness, but how can he know how powerful he is in this world without trying?!

"I, the son of heaven, is not the king's land under the whole world, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. As long as you know the place, you should follow the order of the Great Xu Dynasty! Guo Shao calmly looked back left and right, and did not humbly encourage the confidence of his ministers.