[There will definitely be two more today. The next watch is before twelve o'clock. Ask for red tickets, collect]

Guo Kui is still in the capital. Within twenty days, he had been summoned by the Son of Heaven to the palace four times to inquire about the affairs of the Northwest Frontier, and each time he had said at least one hour. Generally speaking, the vassals who enter Beijing to meet are usually returned after one or two faces, and the resignation of the officials who are released is just to thank Tian'en and say a few useful and useless words at the court meeting.

And Guo Kui has entered the court three or four times as a local vassal, which has never been a favor since Zhao Wei ascended the throne. The world thought that he was transferred out of Yanzhou because of a dispute with Han Jiang, and he lost his holy favor. But now, the Son of Heaven's trust in him remains the same. The guests who came to visit came to visit one after another, and it was as lively as Zaizhi's house.

However, Guo Kui was a little impatient, stood on the steps outside the hall door, and sent away the first batch of guests today. He sat down in the hall with a gloomy face, picked up the tea that had been cooled at hand, and poured it down. But the herbal tea still couldn't suppress the irritability in his heart, and the heat after the hot summer sunset kept rushing into the hall.

Inside and outside, Guo Kui was irritable. Turning around, he snatched the slowly fanning silk fan from the handmaid behind him, and he grabbed the handle of the fan like this, and shook it vigorously.

Guo Kuixiang is known for knowing people and things, and his foresight is similar to that of a crow's mouth. He said that Han Qixing's strategy of rushing forward and ordering Ren Fu to rashly send troops was that "the land is far away and the food cannot continue, the city is large and there are not many soldiers, and he has not seen its benefits", and then there is a fiasco of Haoshuichuan; in front of everyone, he said that Ge Huaimin is a person who is "happy with his achievements and fortunate, and he is brave and has no strategy", and "he will lose the court affairs one day", and no one believed it at that time, but he turned his head and said that Ge Huaimin died in Dingchuan Village.

Therefore, Zhao Ji's thoughts are very clear from Guo Kui's eyes. This is just the way the Son of Heaven appeases his ministers. He is an important minister who sits firmly in the top position among the military generals released today, and he has been in power, not comparable to idle ministers. Now several lieutenants in charge of the army in the Sanya are all below him in terms of fame. Soon after he used Yanda to defeat the party in Yanzhou, he was forced to leave by Han Jiang, and of course the Son of Heaven had to appease one or two about this.

However, the Son of Heaven has more such appeasement, and Guo Kui can see that there is a little caution in it. He also said something serious about the first and second faces, and when he reached the third and fourth times, he was basically playing with the emperor in the Wuying Palace.

Although it is indeed a glorious thing to explain his past achievements to the Son of Heaven on the sand table, but the Son of Heaven did this, most of them were worried that he would be angry after he arrived in Qinzhou, and on the other hand, he should also want to leave a little time for Wang Shao, who was preparing for the pacification division of the edge.

If the Son of Heaven did it, it was not someone who gave him a trick in the back, it means that the young Emperor His Majesty has experienced enough city government and scheming after sitting in the Dragon Court for a few years - both situations are equally bad, which means that in the mind of the Son of Heaven, he Guo Kui is an intolerant and narrow-minded person.

The more Guo Kui thought about it, the more irritable he felt in his heart. He is now the governor of Qinzhou, Wang Shao is his subordinate, and Wang Shao should listen to him. As long as Wang Shao is willing to obey his orders, how can he Guo Kui be embarrassed by him. But the Son of Heaven was not at ease, so he insisted on keeping him and making way for Wang Shao.

That is the case, it is better to let Wang Shao be the governor of the state, and he will go to the edge of the fate to appease!

The fan in Guo Kui's hand fanned faster and faster, and the whirring sound was like the anger in his heart burning, and the pattern embroidered on the surface of the silk fan was blurred. When Guo Kui's son Guo Zhongxiao came in, he saw the fan in his father's hand snapping, the handle of the bamboo branch fan was broken, and the fan flew out of the door and fell to Guo Zhongxiao's feet.

Guo Zhongxiao sighed softly and leaned over to pick up the fan. It's not the first time he has seen Guo Kui feel like this.

His father, who is good at military affairs, is especially good at formations, knows the name of the soldiers, and also passes it on to the world. But in the evaluation of the world, there is no one that says that he is easy to get along with.

On the contrary, Guo Kui is impatient, resolute, and even close to rigid. He has always relied on his vision and precision, and has rarely made mistakes or omissions in his actions, and rarely adopted the words of others. And with the rise of his status, his dictatorial style has become more and more tough, and there is no room for anyone to say anything.

He was in charge of the Yanyan military in Yanzhou, so he kicked the seed man with a similar personality to him to the side and stood, and he directly controlled the strategy of entering Hengshan. And when Han Jiang served as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi as the deputy privy envoy, it became a situation where one mountain could not tolerate two tigers. If he could back down a little in front of Han Jiang, he wouldn't be driven out of Yanzhou.

It's just that the country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, Guo Zhongxiao doesn't expect his father to change his consistent style of acting at this age.

"My lord, the child is back." Guo Zhongxiao saluted beside Guo Kui.

"Come back......" Guo Kui threw the bald fan handle at his feet and asked, "What did that staff member in Li Shizhong say?" He was also like a strict gentleman at home, treating his son like an officer and soldier under him, and speaking straightforwardly.

Xiang Bao was in Beijing at this time, Dou Shunqing was in Beijing at this time, and the family who gave Li Shizhong a front station had just entered Tokyo City. Just as the Son of Heaven wanted to ask every of the ministers of Yique about local affairs, since he was about to become the principal of Qinzhou, Guo Kui had no reason not to ask them about the inside of Qinzhou. And Yao Fei, whom Guo Zhongxiao invited today, is the most effective staff member under Li Shizhong.

Guo Zhongxiao said: "What Yao Fei said is no different from Dou Shunqing and Xiang Bao. But Wang Shao is cunning, and his subordinate Han Gang is especially good, if you want to deal with Wang Shao, it is best to cut off his wings first. ”

"Humph!" Guo Kui sneered: "This is what Li Shizhong asked Yao Fei to say on his behalf." Do you want me to avenge him? was driven out of Qinzhou by his subordinate officials, and he still has the face to beg for help! ”

Guo Kui did not hide his disdain for Li Shizhong in front of his son, Guo Zhongxiao was a little surprised in his heart, "Isn't this what adults want to hear?" ”

Guo Kui said coldly: "What I want to hear is the news that can be useful in all matters inside and outside Qinzhou, not Li Shizhong, Dou Shunqing, and Xiang Bao's resentment against Wang Shao. If Wang Shao is honest and obedient, why should he be embarrassed by his father? If Wang Shao wants to fight with his father, I have my own means to deal with him, so why use the bad idea of a group of lost dogs! ”

"What about Han Gang," Guo Zhongxiao asked again, "He is the eagle claw under Wang Shao's tent, but he has a lot of ideas......

"Wizard Hangang!" Guo Kui interrupted his son's words, and his evaluation of Han Gang surprised his son even more, "Just for the merit of setting up a sanatorium in the army, Han Gang is qualified to be transferred to an official." A soldier who can recover in time after an injury and has less worries is much more useful than a group of timid people. If he is under my account, how can my father put him in the position of a capital official? After his father arrived in Qinzhou, he presided over the extension of the border river and mobilized swords, and he had to be used. ”

Guo Zhongxiao blinked and looked at his father in disbelief. For as long as he could remember, he had hardly heard such words of praise for a young man from Guo Kui's mouth. Even himself, who reads well, was praised by Mr. Xixi, but in exchange, it was just a little nod on Guo Kui's head. Guo Zhongxiao frowned imperceptibly, and a little jealousy spontaneously appeared.

The son was jealous of Han Gang, but Guo Kui was still praising him: "And Han Gang also created military chess and sand tables, which were used to deduce past battles or arrange troops, which is much more intuitive than talking about troops on paper." Ordinary people can make one of them, which is enough to leave a name for future generations, but he easily took out two or three. ”

In front of his son, the famous Taiwei Guo shook his head and sighed, "Han Gang's talent is rare among the younger generation. Being able to enter the captive tent alone at night and persuade Yu Longke is a heroic act of wisdom and bravery, which is no worse than entering Baozhou alone for his father and persuading the rebels to surrender. The three of Li Shizhong only saw Han Gang's scheming, but they didn't see his true great wisdom. ”

Guo Kui sighed at what Han Gang had done. As a famous general who knows the soldiers and knows the people, he feels a hundred times stronger than those civilian officials by Han Gang's exploits since he became an official. Whether it is a sanatorium that reduces the mortality rate of wounded soldiers to less than 10%, or a sanatorium that makes the Son of Heaven - and even himself - almost indulge in sand table military chess, it has an immeasurable role in military affairs - it is ten or a hundred times stronger than beheading the first thousand children and eight hundred.

And Han Gang is also deeply favored. In the course of Guo Kui's four visits to the Chongzheng Hall to face the Holy Court, the Son of Heaven mentioned the name Han Gang at least a dozen times, and on two of them when he was brought to the sand table model of the side hall of the Wuying Palace, he mentioned it even more often.

Guo Kui didn't intend to get along with Han Gang, on the contrary, he wanted to promote him well: "Such a talent should be used by me, instead of cutting him off as Wang Shao's wings." ”

Wang Shao has been silent in Qinzhou for more than a year, and since he recruited Han Gang into his account, he has been a blockbuster, not to mention two great victories in a row, and he also drove out the three chief officers of the Qinzhou army together. Although Li Shizhong's transfer essentially reflects the tendency of the Son of Heaven, it can make the Son of Heaven make a decision, Wang Shao ...... Maybe it's Han Gang who is hiding behind him...... It took a lot of effort to do it.

And the reason why he himself was transferred from Yanzhou to Qinzhou was that between him and Shaanxi Xuanfu Han Jiang, the Son of Heaven chose Han Zihua, who had never led troops, and let him preside over the Hengshan strategy. Han Jiang is eager to make meritorious contributions, and the seeds he relies on are also greedy for merit, and their ideas are completely contrary to the strategy he implements.

At present, the Hehuang Kaibian that is being implemented in Qinzhou has all the strategies that Guo Kui can agree with. In that case, he also wanted to intervene in it...... No, it's total control.

Doesn't the Son of Heaven like to open up territory?

What Wang Shao can do, he Guo Kui can do the same, and he can do it better...... Because he is Guo Kui!

Two days later, Guo Kui entered the palace for the fifth time to face the saint, completed his majesty's speech, and finally set foot on the road to Qinzhou, and with him, there was also an angel who went to Qinzhou with a holy decree and more than a dozen cars of rewards to award a reward for the victory of Guwei - not Wang Zhongzheng who issued the previous edict, but another person

- Li Xian.