Tokyo's decree took a long time, and it took several times to reach Jiaozhou, and the transmission of news from the imperial city to the southernmost part of the dynasty was already a little difficult, and Feng Jiye was ordered to return to Beijing to report on his work.

Feng Jiye went to Guangzhou and went to Cao Bin's Chinese army to ask for a meeting, but he was told that the marshal had gone out. And left a message, saying that General Feng was ordered to report on his work, and he should rush to Tokyo as soon as possible, and not stay on the way for no reason.

Since he left a message, he knew that Feng Jiye was back, this was deliberately missing!

Feng Jiye was depressed, and as soon as he got out of the city gate, he heard the sound of firearms coming from the suburbs. He immediately rode his horse and followed the sound to find a school yard.

But seeing that many foot soldiers were training on the school ground, it was crackling and the smoke was heavy. Feng Jiye wandered around in the distance for a while, and with sharp eyes, he saw that there were many guards and flags near the houses on the side of the school field, and he thought that Cao Bin might be patrolling here.

He patted his horse over, and as expected, he vaguely recognized Cao Bin who was hugging him a mile away. Feng Jiye immediately cheekily went up and shouted to see Cao Gong.

The guards finally allowed Feng Jiye to step forward, but saw that Cao Bin was busy pointing at the school as if he didn't see him, and only cared about talking to the generals. Feng Jiye apologized and shouted loudly: "Feng Jiye, the forward of the Jiaozhou Army, meet Cao Gong!" ”

Everyone around looked sideways, and Cao Bin turned his head to look at him, his face was very unhappy, and he had other complicated emotions, looking like a quarrelsome person; A little complaining, but no resentment and hostility...... Cao Bin seems to have found a way to clean up the mess.

Feng Jiye hurriedly said: "The last general knew that he was reckless, and he annoyed Cao Gong, so he passed by Guangnan this time and came to make amends. ”

Cao Bin frowned and said, "No excuses, go in and talk." With that, he threw the whip in his hand to the guard, turned over and dismounted, and walked into the barracks house behind. Feng Jiye hurriedly followed.

The two went to a simple and rough house, and then Lu Duan also walked in.

Feng Jiye said with a grim face: "The people on the school field are very sparse, dare to be a new recruit from Cao Gong?" ”

Cao Bin said angrily without warning: "It's not a good thing that General Feng did, it has caused a lot of chaos to Ben Shuai!" Otherwise, why bother? ”

"This ......," Feng Jiye said embarrassedly.

Cao Bin took a deep breath to calm his emotions and said bluntly: "Those people are all criminals in the prison cells and mines in the prefectures and counties of Guangnan. After the training was completed, he went to occupy the city and Malacca with the dead soldiers recruited by the guards. ”

"I see." Feng Jiye said thoughtfully.

Lu Duan finally spoke at this time: "General Feng rushed to Luocheng, burning, killing, looting, and plundering, which seems to be a great achievement, but in fact, it has damaged Cao Gong's strategy and lost the high hopes of the officials. Cao Gong wanted to find another way to make up for his mistakes. ”

Cao Bin said: "The official family has long mentioned that the Malacca sea route far away in the South China Sea is used as the boundary to demarcate a large number of maritime forces; It's just that it's too far away by sea and has not been able to carry it out. Now that the military government in the south occupies the stronghold of Jiaozhou, I have repeatedly weighed it with the princes, thinking that starting from the 'Taiping Fort', along the coast to the Champa City, it is like taking things from the bag, and then going south to Malacca, choosing a place to build the big and small Liuhua Forts, which can help the officials to complete the general plan. ”

Cao Bin muttered: "This time I went south to make a merit or a demerit, I think I can still fight for it." ”

Feng Jiye hurriedly said: "The last general knows that he is wrong!" If Cao Gong has a useful place, the last general is willing to make up for it! ”

"General Feng smashed Luocheng directly, what's the difference?" Cao Bin sneered.

Feng Jiye said: "The last general is ashamed, just because he is anxious and greedy......"

Cao Bin sighed at this time: "It's not that I don't need you, the holy decree summons you back to Beijing, and General Feng will return to Beijing first...... However, General Feng still thinks that if someone dares to use you in the future, he will have to change his original temper. Xu is no longer than when the Central Plains was in the middle of the war, and everything must be important and small. Before General Feng set out on the expedition, did I clearly state the intention of the imperial court and the general deployment? If you think about it again, what are the benefits of what you did in Jiaozhou this time? ”

Seeing Feng Jiye away, Cao Bin was also busy asking Lu Duan to write a recital, asking him to be allowed to continue southward.

Please add three provinces, Cochin in the province, Champa in the province, and Mabao (Malacca fort) in the province. With the exception of Jiaozhou, the strategy in other places was to build harbor forts, win over local lords, and canonize the governors of the provinces.

With this strategy, Lu Duan came up with a lot of ideas. Cao Bin was very appreciative and proposed to recommend Lu Duan as a privy councillor in return.

At that time, the situation in Jiaozhou was out of control, and the reason why Cao Bin was stunned was not that he was afraid of being punished, but that the great opportunity to fight for the position of the protector of the country was lost! But now he has thought of a new way, and he suddenly claimed to increase the three major provinces and expand his power, and this credit is also very exciting to put on the table!

The trend of Jiaozhou cannot be finalized, who will be the flower? Cao Bin felt that he could still fight for it.

While he was preparing, he decided to send a fast horse north to deliver the concerto.

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It's getting colder in Tokyo, and it looks like the first snow of the year isn't far away. Winter is the last season, and the year is fleeting.

The Imperial City Yangde Hall is still warm, and the evergreen plants growing in pots make this place a little less bleak in autumn and winter, and it looks full of vitality. Which plant has withered a branch and leaf, Guo Shao knows it in his heart, and watering them from time to time has become one of Guo Shao's interests.

Between the greenery, there are maps on the walls and tables, as well as files and pieces that have been temporarily moved in.

Guo Shao stood by the wall, looking at the rough and inprecise lines below the map, he suspected that the shape of those islands was also drawn incorrectly, but there was no other way now, and it was good to have a little understanding of distant places.

Now he can only rely on these drawings and words to master his own territory.

The big thing is like this, one cannot grasp every place on the ground, but can only rely on others and these pictures and texts; And what can really be mastered is only the small things, such as the growth of those flowers and plants in the temple, which can really be seen and touched.

On the table there was an open piece of music describing Jiaozhou Province, Zhancheng Province, and Mabao Province, but Guo Shao could only look at the extremely abstract and simple lines on the map, and try to use his imagination to figure out what they were.

Champa should be located in the southern region of "Vietnam|South", and Champa rice is very famous; The entire southern part of Vietnam has abundant sunlight and water sources, and grain production is very high, and from the perspective of resources, there are tangible benefits to occupying this area.

Yesterday, Guo Shao asked the Ministry of Rites that the lord of Zhancheng had sent people to pay tribute during the (later) Zhou Dynasty. Da Xu replaced the Zhou Dynasty to establish the country, and there was no large-scale civil war at all during the change of dynasty, and even a large number of officials in the court were also officials of the Zhou Dynasty, so the damage was very small, and the time for Da Xu to establish the country was not long, so the record of the tribute of the lord of the city was very clear, and even the performances in boxes made of precious wood and some bottled gifts were still in the official warehouse.

The civilization and technology of the Cham people are definitely not as developed as the Central Plains, and they can reach the Central Plains, so Guo Shao can conclude that the Jiaolong army warships have better sea ships and technology, and they will definitely be able to easily reach the Cham City.

Based on Cao Bin's description and the rudimentary map he obtained, Guo Shao guessed that the location was not the Strait of Malacca he mentioned a few years ago, but the Singapore Strait.

This place is a bit far away, the last time the Great Xu Jiaolong Army sent a fleet to reach the area of about India, and lost most of the warships and men. Guo Shao had to consider the experience, technology and cost to achieve a rough plan.

At this moment, Guo Shao heard someone behind him, and he turned around from the direction facing the wall and saw that it was the eunuch Cao Tai holding a clay pot. Cao Tai saw Guo Shao turn around, bowed down and said: "Pingzhou Jiedu made Liu Renzhan send the queen a human-shaped ginseng, and the queen personally cooked some in the chicken soup and asked the slave maid to send it to the official family. ”

"Oh? I have to taste it. Guo Shao said happily, not that he thought the humanoid ginseng was unusual, but that he heard that Fu Jinzhan personally cooked it.

Cao Tai also smiled happily: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, the slave and maid haven't taken the bowl and spoon yet." ”

Guo Shao sat down on the chair, picked up the brush on the inkstone, and wrote a few paragraphs on a blank piece of paper. Yang Ye and Cao Bin were instructed to estimate the annual expenditure of the state treasury in the northwest and south. It was decreed that the government affairs hall should budget the various taxes for the next three years, the income from the production of silver and coinage in the province, and the budget for the expenses of the imperial court.

Zhun Cao Bin set up the province of Zhancheng; Whether to make an enterprising Marburg or not, wait for the spring of next year to answer...... Guo Shao must first calculate whether the income and expenditure can support these practices.

And last month, a local official wrote a book to sing praises of virtue, saying that Guo Shao had no ancients before and no one after him, and asked the emperor to seal Mount Tai and inform God of his great achievements, Guo Shao directly threw the chapter into the paper basket at that time.

When Cao Tai came back with the dishes and spoons, he scooped a little and put it on the plate, drank it himself, and then put the soup in the bowl.

Guo Shao drank all the can of chicken soup, took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and then pointed to the paper on the case with his finger and said, "Take it to the study and hand it over to the cabinet assistant." ”

Cao Tai hurriedly said: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Guo Shao temporarily made up his mind and said, "Call Yang Shiliang over again." ”

He turned his head and glanced at the pictures that Cheng Ri faced, and thought in his heart, it was too unsafe for Weifu to visit privately, and it was too laborious and costly to tour the south and north, but it was only in Tokyo to leave the imperial city, so there was nothing to do...... Tokyo is the capital of Daxu, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and the law and order are good.

Not long after Cao Tai went out, Yang Shiliang entered the hall to pay a visit.

Guo Shao glanced at the tall eunuch and said, "You discuss with Jing Niang, and send someone from the Imperial City Division to clean up my old mansion a little, and I want to go there to live for a few days." ”

"Yes." Yang Shiliang replied first, and then said, "The slave maid will first check the population of each household on the street, set up secret posts in various places nearby, and then arrange the inner temple direct forbidden army in the courtyard opposite the mansion. When I think of something else, I'll arrange it separately. ”

In the blink of an eye, the eunuch had a plan, Guo Shao was very satisfied with him after hearing this, nodded and praised: "Your business has always been done well." ”

Yang Shiliang bowed and said: "The slave and maid will retire, and tell Gonggong Cao about this in a while." ”