The afterglow of joy was like the damp sweat on her face, sticking a few messy green strands to her face. Mrs. Blossom's tone was slightly complaining: "It's just a hot pain now." ”

Guo Shao stroked her smooth and round shoulders with his palm, and joked with a smile. Sure enough, between men and women, as long as there is skin to skin, they can get close to each other, and the difference in identity will be eliminated to a large extent.

Madame Blossom blushed and whispered, "Since I arrived in Tokyo, I have never had sex with him, probably not ...... for too long"

Guo Shao pondered for a long time after hearing this, and said: "It's not a good thing to wander left and right in this matter, I will send a trustworthy person to reward Meng Chang with a glass of poisoned wine, and then declare that he died of a violent illness." ”

After Guo Shao finished speaking, he felt that his consideration was very reasonable.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Hua Rui's face suddenly turned pale, and her body trembled: "Your Majesty, for the sake of the concubine's face, please spare his life......

Her reaction was very strong, Guo Shao was also stunned, and said suspiciously: "Things are already like this, instead of being in a dilemma, it is better to take advantage of the situation and simply take advantage of it." There is nothing to hesitate about, what is picked up is meat, and what is lost is bones. ”

Madame Blossom looked pitiful and wept.

Guo Shao felt at a loss when he saw this, and was busy comforting: "Don't cry yet, I haven't done anything yet, if you have any ideas, I don't want to force it." ”

Madame Hua Rui choked up and said, "Even if the Duke of Qin Guo is not in every way, the concubine body can't harm him. Back then, the concubine was humble in her own right, and she was favored by the Duke of Qin...... He also built a crystal hall for me by the Mohe Pool, and he was very gracious. How can a concubine take revenge? ”

Guo Shao followed her words and thought about it: It seems that Meng Chang is indeed better to her. I didn't do anything, I just saw her beautiful before, and then I was lucky; As for the small care after the fall of Shu, it is for the sake of Jing Niang, and those help are nothing in comparison.

He asked himself if he really couldn't spoil her so much as Meng Chang. Specializing in the Crystal Palace? Although the treasury of the Zhou State is not short of money now, there is a war between the north and the south, and it is impossible to spend a lot of money on this kind of thing.

For a while, Guo Shao really felt very subtle, as if he should be better to Mrs. Hua Rui than Meng Chang......

Guo Shao couldn't help but speculate about Mrs. Hua Rui's thoughts, and shook his head slightly. He said in his heart: No amount of excuses can hide the fact that Madame Blossom does not weigh enough in his heart.

The hardest person to get is probably because that person has someone in his heart.

Guo Shao was silent for a while, and said, "Then Mrs. Yi, I won't touch Meng Chang." You can rest assured, I said that I wanted to kill him because I felt that my wife was in an embarrassing situation...... Kill Meng Chang, everything will be simple. ”

Madame Blossom lost her joy just now, and sighed faintly.

After a while, she said with a sad face: "It's just that I didn't meet Your Majesty earlier." ”

After that, she struggled from Guo Shao's arms and began to dress in a hurry.

Guo Shao asked, "What did Madame do when she got up?" ”

Mrs. Hua Rui said: "While it is not yet dark, the concubine has to hurry back." ”

"Does that work?" Guo Shao said casually, he was referring to a cover-up.

Madame Hua Rui's delicate and helpless appearance: "The concubine doesn't know what to do...... If you don't stay overnight, it will always be better, right? The concubine thanked His Majesty for his mercy, but the words were terrifying. ”

Madame Hua Rui sighed faintly, cleaned up, and curtsied at the door: "Please ask Your Majesty to leave the concubine." ”

Guo Shao sat up and said, "Madame, if you need anything, tell Jing Niang." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lady Blossom said. She withdrew from the bedroom, and the skirt quickly disappeared by the door.

Guo Shao looked at it in a daze, and there was still an afterimage of her figure in his mind for a while. He couldn't resist the temptation, and it seemed that there was no need to resist the temptation in his current situation, but he suddenly felt that the joy of this afternoon left only emptiness.

He thought about what had just happened...... Killing Meng Chang, it is not possible to ask Mrs. Hua Rui to agree, she cannot agree. He has to bear this responsibility. But he was really sad to look at Madame Blossom, and somehow he always felt that it was not easy to start now.

At this time, the sun is setting, and it is not yet dark. According to Guo Shao's usual routine, he didn't sleep so early.

At this moment, Yulian walked to the door and said, "The beautiful woman has left, does Your Majesty want to get up for dinner?" I serve you to change your clothes. ”

Guo Shao heard her sour tone, and observed her face again, as if she was angry.

Yulian stepped forward to dress Guo Shao, and said sullenly: "I made dinner, I'm not so particular, I don't know if it can enter His Majesty's mouth." ”

Guo Shao said: "The meal at noon is indeed delicious, but what I want to eat every day is Yulian's meal." ”

Yulian said: "Thank Your Majesty for your kindness, you don't want to say bad things in front of us." ”

Guo Shao reached out and held her hand: "Yulian ......"

Yulian looked down at her grabbed hand and answered softly, "Huh? ”

Guo Shao pondered for a moment, but carefully touched the cocoon left on her palm, and said softly: "Every bit is true." ”

Yulian pursed her lips and bowed her head silently.

Guo Shao stood up and said, "I'll do something more, and Yulian will sleep at night." ”

Yulian whispered, "Your Majesty's body is important. ”

Guo Shao laughed and walked out of the bedroom.

He continued to read through the strategies presented by the ministers, and there were various ways to deal with the Liao State. Although the imperial court's national policy has begun to adjust and temporarily abandon the Northern Expedition, the Northern Expedition is still a long-term priority.

He is constantly thinking about it these days. The impetuous turmoil of his state of mind was only temporary, and now he gradually calmed down again.

Sometimes, things are just a circle. After a big turn, you will still return to the original point.

Guo Shao picked up last year's idea again: the competition with the Liao State is still about the strength of force; And force must be transformed through national strength.

At the time, he remembered that he had jotted down the idea, but he had kept too many books and scribbled. Now he didn't want to rummage through the archive anymore, so he reimagined it from memory.

The Great Zhou has a large number of people, arable land, and materials. Now after occupying the two great powers of Shu and Southern Tang, the overall national strength should surpass that of Liao, which has Bohai, Liaodong, and Youyun.

But there is a disadvantage to force. The number of troops that the Great Zhou can fight can be counted, and the combat strength of the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops is relatively strong, plus the Southern Tang Army, the Southern Army of Shudijian, the Hedong Army, and the remaining troops of some feudal towns. And mostly infantry.

The Liao State had a large number of cavalry and herdsmen who were easy to become cavalry.

The Han Dynasty's military method to deal with the Xiongnu was to raise a large number of horses and expand the cavalry...... There were no stirrups.

Guo Shao felt that it was difficult to completely copy the Han Dynasty's method of transforming force, and the Central Plains at this time may not have the cohesion of the Han Wu Emperor's period, and may not be able to withstand decades of tossing.

With the help of crossbows and firearms, the fastest way to convert population and national strength into military strength is to do so.

Because of the use of crossbows and firearms, it hardly takes too long to train. A group of strong men can learn to use this weapon in half a month; It can be an army in a few months. Among them, the cost of the crossbow is high, but the range is much longer, and the crossbow soldiers are more combative; At this time, the distance between killing and injuring the armored enemy soldiers was only twenty or thirty paces, and the range was too close, but the bronze guns were much cheaper than making crossbows.

A group of soldiers armed with crossbows and firearms, clad in armor, if not elite, are quite combative. As for how the infantry fought the cavalry, it was a matter of tactics...... As long as there are enough of them.

Whether this road will work, Guo Shao is not sure now. Otherwise, he would not have launched the Northern Expedition earlier this year.

A whole set of ideas quickly took shape in Guo Shao's mind, and he hurriedly picked up the brush and wrote down some ideas.

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Early the next morning, Guo Shao proposed his strategy to Zhu Wenwu in the council hall. First, to the northwest to requisition a number of war horses to expand the cavalry horses of the forbidden army. Second, to launch a war against the Southern Han Kingdom.

To conquer the Southern Han Kingdom, Guo Shao's idea was that there was no need to mobilize a large army from the north. Instead, he asked all over the country to recruit young and strong, build a new camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and conquer the Southern Han Kingdom with a new army.

The ministers were puzzled, but no one immediately objected. After all, it was the emperor himself, not the minister's opinion.

It's just that there are still some people who have a lot of complaints. There was no army capable of fighting in the Southern Han Kingdom, and it took too long to fight such a country and reorganize and train the army; In addition, although the Southern Han Kingdom is all made up by a group of people, it is difficult to destroy the country.

Guo Shao pondered, such a big national policy, from making weapons to mobilizing materials and people's power, requires the participation of the entire imperial court, and it is impossible to keep it secret from the ministers. All the central ministers present were there, and he said: "The Southern Han State is not a problem, and the main goal of waging war against it is not to destroy the country and recover the land; It's about military training. ”

Everyone almost held their breath.

Guo Shaozheng said: "The Northern Expedition needs more troops, and the burden on the treasury is heavy and insufficient by recruiting soldiers (professional soldiers) alone. I would like to try to restore the military system of the Tang Dynasty and replenish the troops through the states. These soldiers were mainly infantry armed with crossbows and firearms.

First establish a large battalion, train and equip it, and then go south to attack the Southern Han State, and one can test the combat power of the government soldiers; The second is also military training. The best way to get elite soldiers is to have fought and fought often. ”

After all, it was a major matter involving the change of the military system and alarming various localities, and people also had some doubts and exhortations, mainly because it would increase the burden on the people and prevent popular uprisings and uprisings.

Someone admonished, Guo Shao was not angry, and said: "The strategy I just thought about must be imperfect, if you have any ideas, you can write and say things later." ”

Then they bowed together, saying, "Your ministers obey." ”

Guo Shao is full of expectations for this strategy, and currently feels that it is a new path to find. As long as you get the support of the civil and military ministers after a while, you can try to do it...... Although the emperor is arbitrary, he still has to rely on various yamen to carry out everything; If too many people don't support it, it won't go smoothly to implement. Therefore, Guo Shao still hopes that the ministers can really agree with his strategy.

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