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Chapter 117: Rebellion

Guo Rong, Li Gu and others finalized the strategy of the western expedition, discussed civil affairs for a while, waved their hands and asked Li Gu and them to retreat, leaving Wang Pu alone.

Seeing Li Gu and them retreating, Guo Ronghe stood up from the throne, twisted his waist, and shook his neck. Listening to the government, although the emperor sat and the ministers stood, in order to reflect the majesty and the rules of this rule, the courtiers stood with their hands down and did not dare to move, and the emperor also sat upright, unwilling to lose his dignity. In this way, the deliberations have been held for a long time, and it is also a test for the emperor's dragon stock and tiger waist.

"Wang Aiqing, time is running out. I took over these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains from my father's hands, and I must make them into iron buckets. Guo Rong said, waving his hand fiercely: "Collect the elite soldiers of the feudal town, An Yizhao Limin, this is my father's last wish, even when I sleep, I don't dare to forget it." In the past, Du Duguanzhong, I didn't think there was anything rare in governing the world, but now that I am the emperor, I read one book at this time, and I know that it is difficult to govern. ”

Wang Pu glanced at Guo Rong, all the confident smiles on his young face, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor may not be embarrassed when he says it is difficult in his heart.

Guo Rong looked at the bright world outside the hall and said with a smile: "Since I ascended the throne, some people have been constantly persuading, saying that I am too impatient and too anxious. Hmph, what do they know, the world is in danger, I don't fight to get up, I'm afraid my Da Zhou will be reduced to someone else's meal. But this is not to blame them, it can't be that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all enterprising people. Aiqing, have you thought of the answer to my question a few days ago? ”

Since Guo Rong ascended the throne, he has not had any outstanding strategies to pacify the people. This is not a matter of ability, firstly, because the succession time is short, and secondly, because the previous emperor did a good job in internal affairs, and it is not a shameful thing to follow the rules. The Great Zhou is stormy, and it can be said that stability is overwhelming. Therefore, the only thing that could make Guo Rong carry out drastic reforms was the military aspect, and in this regard, the battles of Bianjing and Gaoping had accumulated enough prestige for him to have the confidence to control the army. Therefore, for Guo Rong, between pacifying the world and governing the world, he first chose the proposition of "pacifying the world".

The so-called "question of the previous days" asks how to calm the world. At that time, Wang Pu replied directly: "To sweep the Sihe, we must avoid the strong and the weak, and accumulate a lot." He proposed to "go west", in order to make the "westward expedition" more acceptable to the imperial court, the two of them inevitably took a long time to have today's "throwing bricks and attracting jade".

"Your Majesty, the minister is still from that point of view, to avoid the strong and the weak. The westward expedition is only the first step, and it will take one or two years to take Qilian Mountain. Now in the south and north, there are a total of four opponents, of which Taiyuan is the weakest, basically negligible, after taking Qilian Mountain, we will use a large number of cavalry, when the time comes, wave the army to Longyou, seize Chengzhou (now Chengxian County, Gansu), Jiezhou (now Wudu, Gansu), Qinzhou (now Qin'an, Gansu), Fengzhou (now Fengxian County, Shaanxi), these four states are the north gate of Shu, related to the security of Shu, the Shu army will inevitably fight hard, as long as we defeat the enemy, then Shu will not be troubled. The remaining Khitans are greedy by nature, if we seize the area of Qilian Mountain, have horse farms, and well-trained cavalry, and put pressure on the Khitan on the Western Front, then the chances of the Khitans going south will be getting lower and lower, they are nothing more than greedy for the wealth of the Central Plains, as long as we are strong, and then send people to lobby them, the Khitan trouble can naturally be eliminated. The only thing left is the state of Chu. Wang Pu said unhurriedly.

Guo Rong nodded, slapped his forehead with his hand, and said with a wry smile: "I was a little kid who was careless back then, but I didn't expect that now he has become our number one enemy." Ay... Guo Rong's tone was more or less regretful.

Wang Pu smiled: "Your Majesty, if you want to say regret, I think Ma Yun regrets it more than Your Majesty." Back then, in Tangzhou, His Majesty personally entered the Chu camp, and if he had detained His Majesty at that time, the situation today would be different. ”

"Uh... Hahaha. Guo Rong smiled, he knew what Wang Pu meant, what was the use of regretting, he was just a person who smuggled cloth in Bianjing back then, who would have thought of today's things. He let out a sigh of relief and said, "For the Chu State, we can only fight to the death, and there is no other way." The strength of the Chu State is not weak, and this battle is not easy to fight. ”

The two of them were chatting, and a eunuch hurriedly walked to the door of the main hall and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the military department Langzhong Ding Kezhong sent an urgent recital from Zhang Yongde and Zhang Dashuai, the head of the southeast camp. ”

Guo Rong was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but have a shadow in his heart, what do you mean? Zhang Yongde sent an urgent official document, could it be that Ma Yun was ashamed of his failure and raised troops again to take revenge? No, it's going to be the New Year soon, it's freezing this day, it's a good time to fight, even if you want to take revenge, isn't it good to wait for the next spring?

Wang Pu's heart sank and said, "Could it be that there are changes in Sizhou and Suzhou?" Seeing that Guo Rong was silent, he turned his head and said to the eunuch, "Go, tell Dink to come in again." ”

The eunuch didn't move, glanced at Guo Rong, and saw Guo Rong nodding, so he ran back in a panic. Not long after, a middle-aged man in an official uniform walked in, this person is burly, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a three-inch short beard, a neat official uniform, and looks radiant, but there is always a little worry between his eyebrows. He lowered his head slightly, walked quickly in front of Guo Rong, knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent official letter from the Huainan front that I just received. ”

According to the rules of etiquette, there should be a little eunuch beside Guo Rong who took the official document from Ding Kezhong's hand and made a special trip to Guo Rong, but Guo Rong was an anxious man, he reached out and took it, opened it and took a look, sure enough, Suzhou was lost, Sizhou was also in danger, Zhu Yuanbu of Huainan had already divided his troops into Suzhou and Sizhou, Zhang Yongde went to the imperial court, whether the army was crusading. It is worthy of an urgent official document, and the reasons for the loss of Suzhou and Sizhou are also summarized in a few simple words: the people rebelled, and the door was opened to welcome the thieves.

Guo Rong casually handed the official document to Wang Pu, and he asked Ding Kezhong: "Who did Zhang Yongde send to report the news, do you know how Suzhou and Sizhou were lost?" "For an urgent military document like this, looking at the content is one thing, and asking the sender is also an essential item, after all, the official document is to be archived, and some words are not good to write directly on it.

"The minister inquired carefully about the messenger, and it was said that ... It is said that it was because of the tax problem that the people of Suzhou and Sizhou took the risk and rebelled against the Celestial Empire! Dinkzhong said.

Taxation? Guo Rong immediately understood. The Great Zhou tax was heavy, the Chu tax was light, Sizhou and Suzhou were originally the territory of the Chu State, and they had always been light and thin taxes, but under the rule of the Great Zhou, the taxes were doubled, and some people couldn't stand it.

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