Under the cover of Kaifeng night, in the Funing Hall of the Imperial Palace, Zhang Dejun, the head of the inner chamberlain, urged Emperor Zhao Kuangyin to sleep, but Zhao Kuangyin still pinched the letter, from head to toe, and when he was, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he immediately regained his calm.

Under the candlelight, Zhao Kuangyin's dragon eyes were blazing, he stared at the letter and looked at the north thoughtfully, "I didn't admit that this is all a brother, he really remembers the friendship with me back then." Zhao Kuangyin said in his heart.

The past comes to mind, fifteen years ago in Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin was still a general in the eastern and western classes of the forbidden army, and Taizu Guo Wei was still a privy envoy and a party festival envoy at that time.

Zhao Kuangyin still remembers that the man in the past was dressed in cloth and called himself "the man with a belly and a mountain". He looked like a thunderbolt, with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, went to Guo Wei's army, and wanted to consult the military gate and take refuge in Guo Wei.

When Guo Wei saw this person, he instructed the left and right to inquire privately, and after knowing his good name, he started to solicit him, but later after Guo Wei ascended the throne, he wanted to keep this person at the military gate of the museum, but he was blocked by the left and right.

And when he stayed in the capital for these years, Zhao Kuangyin inadvertently befriended this person, and later chatted with him, only to know that he was upright, did not know how to be flexible, and argued with the official in front of Guo Wei, but the official was small-bellied, angry, and said bad things about him in front of Guo Wei.

This person offended the courtiers around Guo Wei for no reason, and Guo Wei did not use it, and it was a great pity that the imperial court lost a talent.

On the ancient blowing stage in Kaifeng, the two hit it off at first sight, and they hated each other...... Zhao Kuangyin remembered the past very emotionally, and later this person left Kaifeng and went to the north, Liu Jun became the ruler of a country after he ascended the throne, Liu Jun got this person, as if he had the talent of a unicorn.

Some time ago, he sent a letter to the mansion of that person in Jinyang, and he was very happy to get this secret letter today, so he was like an eyeliner by Liu Jun's side, monitoring the government of the Northern Han Kingdom anytime and anywhere......

The lights of Funing Hall were flickering, and Zhao Kuangyin felt tired, so he got up and went to rest on the couch.

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In the distant night, under the melting moonlight, a fortified city in the north rises from the ground, under the bright starlight, in the narrow city, in the prime minister's mansion, a middle-aged man in a red single sits in the mansion. He held a small glass of wine in his hand, secretly considered it, and looked at the Kaifeng capital in the south.

Some time ago, the letter had been sent to Kaifeng, and at this moment he must have entered the palace and arrived in the Funing Palace. As he expected, the letter finally arrived at Zhao Kuangyin's desk, and at this moment it seemed as if the two were looking at each other.

This person is Guo Wuwei, when the prime minister of the Northern Han Dynasty, holding heavy power, last month he came to his house a person from the Privy Council Staff, who came with Zhao Kuangyin's secret letter, Guo Wuwei met him in the secret room in the house.

Zhao Kuangyin knew this person's temper, and at present, because of the continuous wars and military expansion in the Northern Han Dynasty, everything is not good...... Although Guo Wuwei held the government of the Northern Han Dynasty and had a certain prestige in the army, it was a pity that the courtiers of the Northern Han Dynasty were like old stubbornness, and the officials of the Northern Han Dynasty thought that the Liao State was strong and had its protection, and it was estimated that there were not many officials who fell to the Song State in their hearts......

But there are always exceptions to everything, since the Song State destroyed the Shu State, the officials realized that the Song State was not weak, but unfortunately the Han State has been suppressed by the Song State militarily, and the vitality has been greatly damaged, and the Liao State has no time to take care of itself because of the civil strife, who can still take care of the small country of the Northern Han, unless the Northern Han really disappears from the map, the Liao State will really realize the thorniness of the matter.

Zhao Kuangyin personally sent people from the Privy Council Staff Pavilion to the Han State to get close to him, Guo Wuwei thought that he had a great friendship with Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao was also a generation of heroes, and now after the destruction of Shu, the territory of the Song State has expanded.

Guo Wuwei patted his thigh, secretly hating why he went to the Northern Han Dynasty, if he was in the Song Kingdom, he would definitely be favored by his old friends and missed many opportunities to make contributions...... At present, Zhao Kuangyin personally sent someone to come, Guo Wuwei was very grateful in his heart, he was not a dead heart, he knew the truth of good birds choosing trees and perching, and immediately replied to a letter, and handed it to the people of the Privy Council Secretariat, so that he could transfer it to Zhao Kuangyin, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and after the people of the Privy Council Pavilions left Jinyang City, they returned to Kaifeng.

Guo Wuwei has also been tired in the past few years, the situation in the Northern Han Dynasty has been good and bad, but now it is not good, and Emperor Liu Jun can only temporarily dispel the southern invasion and recuperate.

Throughout the current harem of the Northern Han Dynasty, Queen Guo has no children under her knees, and Liu Jun has to pass a few, Liu Jien (nephew and adopted son), Liu Jiyuan (Liu Jien's brother), Liu Jiqin, Liu Jiwen and Liu Jiye (later changed back to the original name Yang Ye).

Taiyuan Yin Liu Jien has mediocre qualifications, and Liu Jun often complains to his subordinate Guo Wuwei that Liu Jien has no talent for governing the country; And Liu Jiyuan is brutal, and his wife Duan has always been at odds with Guo Hou; Liu Jiqin and Liu Jiwen's qualifications are mediocre and not enough to take on the role; Liu Jiye (Yang Ye) is a martial artist, the son of Yang Xin, the former assassin of Linzhou, who does not read much, but he is loyal and brave, very resourceful, and he is good at riding horses and archery, but this person does not like government affairs.

Therefore, Liu Jun does not have an outstanding heir behind him, and this matter is also a dilemma, after all, it is not good for him to meddle in the internal affairs of the royal family.

Guo Wuwei thought of the past again, when he once wanted to take refuge in Guo Wei, who was still a privy envoy, and later when Guo Wei became emperor, Guo Wei also planned to hire him as a military advisor, but unfortunately because of the officialdom, Guo Wuwei did not have the money to bribe high-ranking officials in Beijing, and he looked fierce and vicious, because of an incident that contradicted his boss, and the boss lost Guo Wei's trust after slandering in front of Guo Wei.

Even in the later years, Guo Wuwei fortunately met Zhao Kuangyin, who was still a member of the forbidden army at that time, and the two became friends and had a very good private relationship. In Kaifeng, the capital, Guo Wuwei stayed for a long time, and at that time, Zhao Dezhao had also seen this Uncle Guo who looked like Lei Gong, Zhao Dezhao didn't know who this person was, so he didn't think much about it.

Guo Wuwei saw that he was not reused by the emperor of the dynasty, so he stood alone, his cloth clothes fluttering, like a hidden person, and returned to Wudang Mountain in obscurity.

How can he be willing to fall, hide in the mountains all his life, die in the mountains and forests, and live a life like idle clouds and wild cranes......

After that, Guo Wuwei left Wudang Mountain, all the way north, then went to Taiyuan to wander, after Liu Chong's death, Liu Chong's son Liu Jun is the emperor, I heard that this person boasted of Zhuge , a total, the Northern Han Dynasty is the time to employ people, so he was invited to the court like a thatched house, doubly favored, and later Liu Jun recruited Guo Wuwei as a doctor, and soon, with it as a phase, in charge of national affairs.

Guo Wuwei became the minister of the Northern Han Dynasty who controlled the real power, he hated Guo Wei, and once wanted to enter the Son of Heaven Hall, but he didn't expect that King Xiang was intentional, and the goddess had no intention. Back then, he was full of spirits, but he was sent away like a beggar who asked for food, thinking that this was a humiliation to himself.

After becoming the prime minister, Guo Wuwei rectified the dynasty, drilled the army, and was ready to invade the south all the time, first defeated in Jinzhou, and then defeated in Gaoping in the seventh year of Qianyou, in the first battle of Jinyang, the Zhou State besieged Jinyang for more than several months, Jinyang was almost captured by the Zhou State, and the Northern Han Dynasty was defeated repeatedly, and had to rely on the help of the Liao State.

After Liu Jun succeeded to the throne, he was diligent in government and loved the people, respected the scholars, appointed Guo Wuwei as the prime minister, and reduced the southern invasion, formed Liao as the aid, and served the Liao Emperor as his father and emperor. Therefore, the territory is relatively stable. However, the Northern Han Dynasty was barren and poor, with only 11 prefectures, not much tax, and weak national strength.

Most of the Han state's finances were used in the war...... After Zhao Kuangyin replaced Zhou, Guo Wuwei heard the news, and befriended his brother Zhao Kuangyin and became the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty. The Song State frequently attacked the Northern Han, and the Northern Han was weakened, and it was able to survive by relying on reinforcements from Liao soldiers......

Jinyang City, Taiyuan Prefecture, because it has the Yellow River, Fen River, Taihang Mountain, is known as the "Mountains and Rivers in the Surface", easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the north is the Mongolian grassland, which is easy to replenish the war horse. The Northern Han Dynasty was placed under the wing of the Liao Empire, and the Liao State used it as a strategic buffer with the Central Plains regime, sheltering it in every possible way, and the Northern Han itself was indeed tenacious enough.

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In recent years, the battle between the Song State and the Northern Han Dynasty has become more and more fierce, and the Northern Han Dynasty has lost more and won less, Guo Wuwei is the number one person in the army, and naturally the weakened side of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Guo Wuwei and Zhao Kuangyin have been friends for many years, and he respects Zhao Kuangyin as a man, who does what he says and is eloquent. However, he thought about it again, in order to make the Northern Han ministers completely surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, the local resistance forces such as the Liu royal family and the courtiers loyal to the Liu family were still deep-rooted, which was the most difficult thing.

For Liu Jun, Guo Wuwei has the wisdom of this monarch, the heart of employing people, and he is grateful to Liu Jun. Liu Jun was not as respectful as his father who served the Liao State, so that the Liao State gradually reduced its aid, and now the Liao State is in civil strife, the war is not endless, he is too busy to take care of himself, and it is difficult to protect himself, and how much can he protect the Northern Han Dynasty.

"I'm not a traitor, I'm doing it for the people of the world...... Those who achieve great things do not hesitate to stick to small sections......" Guo Wuwei muttered, and after struggling in his heart for a while, he calmed down.

Guo Wuwei Fang ...... It was already late at night, so he got up and left the study and went back to his room to rest.

is in the Han camp, and the heart is in the Great Song Dynasty.

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At that time, a bright moon hung high, and the bright moonlight reflected into Zhao Dezhao's room from the window, and Zhao Dezhao also found out that Guo Wu was a person from the Changchun Hall under his hand. Guo Wuwei's contribution to history is of great significance, he is a chess piece placed by his father Zhao Kuangyin next to the ruling faction of the Han State, in the words of later generations, it is the "underground party", it is because of this person in history that the pattern between the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty was gradually broken. All Zhao Dezhao had to do was secretly protect Guo Wuwei's life and add fuel to the fire......