The spring breeze in the window was chilly, and the branches in the courtyard of the yamen were faintly green. The two tall martial artists are playing chess in the signing room, but there is no such leisure and elegance, Zhe Deyan knows that the emperor Fang Dingpingxia, there are many things, and if you don't have that heart, how can you get that love?

"Smack!" Hearing the sound of the chess pieces falling on the board, both of them stared at the chessboard, silent. But perhaps none of them are thinking about Go, at least their minds are not on the chessboard at all.

Guo Shao said that he was personally dependent, only knew that the leader did not know the country, and it was very easy to divide the clouds, and he was talking about the Tubo party, but Zhe Deyan heard the sound outside the strings.

Zhe De Yan judged this way not only because of that sentence, he thought about it a lot.

Judging from the general trend of the world, in fact, the situation of weakening the towns and strengthening the weak branches did not start with the Xu Dynasty. Jiezhen grew from the end of the Tang Dynasty, and then the war of the Fifth Dynasty, and to the Zhou Dynasty, the Central Plains court has begun to gradually weaken the local Jiezhen. First, Zhou Shizong withdrew the elite soldiers of Jiezhen and strengthened the forbidden army; Later, he took back the administrative power of Jiezhen, and ordered that Jiedu should not interfere with the decrees of the magistrates.

After Guo Shao came to power, relying on his outstanding military exploits and the deterrence of his elite generals, he further drew salaries from the bottom of the kettle, set up a transfer envoy to the local official position, and directly stripped the financial power of Jiezhen. Now the inland festival town is in vain, there is no money, no food, no soldiers, no power, all the power has been divided up by the central and local officials, and the town is a fart!

However, in this process, the only one who did not move was the border general, because the situation in the frontier was complicated, and he thought that the imperial court would not dare to move, and now it seems that there is no one who Guo Shao does not dare to move!

There are many generals in the frontier, and the five largest border warlords are: Zhe, Wang (Qin Feng, Wang Jing and his son), Yang (Yang Ye), Liu (Liu Renzhan Jiangnan Bing), and Gao (Gao Yan and Shu Army).

Among them, Yang, Liu, and Gao are all surrendered troops, whatever the emperor says, Yang Ye can no longer talk about warlords, he has a former battalion military government, and all kinds of power are dispersed and monitored; Wang Jing is old, and his son is not as good as his father. The most difficult thing is to fold the family.

Now that the military power of the general of the forbidden army is gone, it's time to deal with the border generals?

Guo Shao was also happy, and as soon as he made a move, he first aimed at the Zhe family, the warlord who was least affected by the imperial court.

…… Do you want to ask whether it is better to be a warlord or a national prince? If there is a choice, of course, it is better to be a warlord.

Warlords are more dangerous and are generally watched by the imperial court. But fate is in your own hands, and the court has to negotiate conditions and compromise with you; As for on his own territory, it is almost the same as the emperor, and no one can take care of it. What does the court do, you have to ask you if you agree or not, otherwise it will be a good meeting on the battlefield with a tearing face...... Aren't you playing chess now, that's what it means to discuss with Zhederan.

The prince of the country is different, leading the court's Yulu and asking for food from other people's bowls. What the imperial power and the people in the temple want to do to him, directly order, what fate is it depends on the emperor's attitude, I can't help myself!

But is there a choice?

The emperor didn't want to tear his face. He led more than 70,000 elite soldiers, and the chess move in front of him was by no means in a hurry to expand his territory, but aimed at Lingzhou's folding family; If the forbidden army directly attacks Lingzhou, it has a great chance of winning. But with the cost of casualties and casualties caused by the civil war, how will other towns feel?

In the southern part of the Pingxia region, there are a bunch of small warlords, which used to be a festival town for the defense of the party; Now Pingxia has become the border of the imperial court, and the towns of Guanzhong have become the interior and will be abolished. Whether the retrenchment will go well or not, everyone is waiting to see.

Zhe Deyan sighed secretly, playing chess is a game, and it is indeed a game in front of him!

If there is another emperor, his choice will be bigger, but it is Guo Shao and the tiger and wolf army around him.

…… Guo Shao frowned, and the big dragon in front of him couldn't afford to be a dragon's eye. Zhede is pressing forward step by step, leaving him no chance at all. Seeing that he is going to be surrounded by a piece of chess pieces, the pressure is also very high.

Guo Shao once again confirmed that Zhe Deyan used to play chess with himself, and he was completely allowed to do so. Today is different, the shot is very spicy, so that he has no power to parry at all!

"Smack!" The fold is very casual and goes down very quickly. Guo Shao thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of a solution.

He looked like he was thinking about it, but he wasn't entirely thinking about the chessboard, and more was on his mind.

After a long time, Guo Shao sighed, and laughed again: "This chess saves trouble, such a big piece is gone, no matter the number or the number, there is no power to return to the sky, the victory or defeat has been decided, and I have lost." General Fold is really good! ”

Zhe De clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty agrees." ”

Guo Shao slapped the table and said: "The color is bound to be cashed, I will make an order now, and the general will be named the Duke of Xia Guo." ”

Zhe De hurriedly left his seat and saluted: "How can the minister...... Thank you! ”

Guo Shao stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, and said with a smile: "Don't say it, playing chess is very brain-consuming." Let's play something else. ”

Zhe Deyan bowed and said: "Your Majesty has Yaxing, and the ministers should accompany him." ”

Guo Shao took the folded De Wall, went out of the signing room one after the other, and came to a warehouse. As soon as he entered, he changed color slightly, and there were many weapons and armor inside. It was all real swords and guns on the battle array, and as soon as he put down the elegant things, a solemn aura came to his face here.

However, this treasury is very small, and it is clear at a glance, there are no ambushes, only Guo Shao and Zhe Deran.

Guo Shao picked up a firearm and complicated things, and skillfully fiddled with them as if no one was around, from loading lead bullets ** to releasing priming medicine, the movements were very skillful. It's possible that the soldiers are not as fast as him.

After he installed it, he handed it to Zhe Deran: "Try it?" ”

Zhe Deyan's expression was complicated, and he hurriedly said: "The minister doesn't dare to hold a weapon in front of the Son of Heaven!" ”

Guo Shaodao: "If you believe in me, I will believe in you, what dare you dare?" ”

Zhe Deyan bent down and took the firearm from Guo Shao's hands with both hands. Guo Shao said: "After aiming, the primer pot has been opened, and it can be launched by knocking on this mechanism." Let's go out and try. ”

Guo Shao said and walked straight out of the door, with his back to Zhe Deyan, who was holding a firearm.

Zhe Deyan hurriedly followed, looked around, pointed to a bowl twenty or thirty steps away and didn't know where it was placed, and said, "The minister takes the bowl as the target." ”

Guo Shao nodded.

Zhe De Yan picked up the firearm, and Guo Shao personally stepped forward to adjust his posture, so that the wooden handle was against Zhi De Ran's shoulder.

"Bang!"

The two walked out of the smoke, only to find that the bowl was there. Guo Shao laughed "haha", and said embarrassedly: "If you get this weapon, the minister can only bow to the wind and make a fool of yourself!" ”

Guo Shao raised his head and felt the direction of the wind, "Even if I hit that bowl, I may not be able to hit it, it depends on luck." ”

Zhe Deyan said in surprise: "Chen Su asked His Majesty for divine shooting, and it was only twenty or thirty steps. ”

Guo Shao shook his head and said: "This thing can fight seventy or eighty steps away, but if there is wind, it is not accurate, and the deviation is still elusive." ”

Zhede Mo groaned.

Guo Shao said again: "But above the battle array, there is a whole row of salvos, and there is more than one person on the opposite side. General Zhe understands? ”

Zhe Deyan suddenly said: "I see! ”

Guo Shao said: "General Zhe has to understand these weapons, and the guards of the forbidden army use the equipment in the house. Plate leather armor, swords, spears, firearms, bows and crossbows, everything has a use. ”

Fold the German wall thoughtfully. Because those equipment are not for the soldiers of Jiezhen.

Guo Shao said: "The imperial court is not only composed of generals. There are only so many high-ranking people, they are all acquaintances, and they are easy to talk about. ”

The family background is thick, noble, and involved, so generally don't do too ugly things. This is also the reason why Guo Shaona has his back to Zhede and is calm, not only courageous.

He added: "But what is really difficult to control are the middle and low-level generals and soldiers. ”

Zhe Deyan nodded and said, "Your Majesty knows that there is a lot of work. ”

Guo Shao smiled: "I'm talking about the Wei Army. If it was in Jiezhen, there would be no such problems, and each military general's subordinates would be a string, like a family, and they would have been cleaned up a long time ago. ”

Zhede bowed and bowed, speechless.

Guo Shao suddenly said: "I want to temporarily lead Pingxia Xing as the governor of the province with the Duke of Xia, are you willing?" ”

Zhe De Yan first said without hesitation: "The minister is the minister of His Majesty, and he only listens to His Majesty's orders!" ”

Guo Shao nodded with satisfaction, and greeted Zhede Fen with great interest to re-enter the signing room, asked someone to take out the map, pointed to the name of the city on the map, and said: "Starting from Wuding Fort, along the Wuding River, and then to Youyou Prefecture in the south, each state will build Liuhua Fort, and the guards will be stationed." There are two large forts, Wuding Fort and Xiazhou Fort, each with 2,000 people, and the rest of the small forts each stationed one to command the men.

Don't think there are few people. Even if Xia Zhou rebelled, they would definitely not be able to break through these fortresses. The forts were extended to the interior, and the imperial court had enough time to send reinforcements and obtain barriers and supplies along the fortress complex.

I will also send a long history and a transfer envoy to assist Zhe Gong in setting up the former camp military government in Xiazhou Dabao to jointly govern the military administration in the Pingxia region. ”

Zhe Deyan looked serious and said, "Your Majesty is strategizing and surrendering." ”

Guo Shao glanced at him, "Pingxia is wide, and I have high hopes." Zhegong not only had to use Han officials to manage the states, but also to win over the local party clans and confer official positions. In the early stage, we should not exploit too much, and stabilize the local government with benevolence. Choose good officials, teach those party nobles the way of Confucius and Mencius, and the Ministry of Rites will confer fame. Party members who are willing to move to the interior will be dispersed and resettled, and given seeds and farm tools. Hermes-Epitek who are willing to go to Hengshan to buy farmland should also be supported; Han people, who were exiled by the imperial court, were initially given official land for cultivation.

When this place is assimilated, the province will no longer exist, and the prefecture and county will be established according to the interior. ”

Guo Shao said again: "If the Duke can live up to my expectations and return to the dynasty in the future, I will not be treated badly." ”

Zhe De Yan saluted and said: "The minister must bow and die with all his might!" ”

Guo Shao said: "The generals of Shuofang Town, the imperial court will also treat them well." The good ones were elected to the forbidden army, and the rest were given arable land money and grain in Guanzhong and Longyou, and they were registered in the army, which was under the jurisdiction of the Patriotic Army. ”

Zhe De Mo pondered for a moment and said, "The minister has something to do. The minister has a feud with the Li family. ”

Guo Shao nodded and said, "I already know. If you capture Li Yiyin and his family, I will definitely have a reward. ”