In the second half of the month, the weather in the north was always gloomy, a heavy snowstorm seemed to be brewing, and small-scale battles along the defense line of the Juma River continued. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, it is too late to mobilize the people to repair the river, so he can only prepare relevant tools first, and inspect in the early stage to understand the blockages of the river, and then work after the spring next year.

In early November before the war, when Zhang Yue and Yuan Yan asked for troops, Guo Rong summoned important ministers of the court to discuss, and then made arrangements to send the privy envoy Wang Pu to Heyin to inspect the embankment of the Yellow River and set up a sluice gate at the mouth of the Yellow River.

Because the water level of the Yellow River has dropped due to the dry water in this season, it is impossible to ship without building a gate to store water. Subsequently, he ordered the guards Sima and the infantry army to command Han Tong and Wu Yanzuo, the envoy of the Xuanhui Southern Courtyard, and requisitioned tens of thousands of people from Xu, Su, Song, Shan and other places to dredge the Bianshui. He ordered the Ma army to command Han Lingkun to divert Bianshui from the east of Daliang City to Caishui to open up the grain transportation waterways of Chenzhou and Yingzhou.

He ordered the Zhenning Army to make Zhang Yongde dredge the Wuzhang Canal, pass through Caozhou and Jeju Liangsanbo to the east, so as to open up the grain transportation waterways of Qingzhou and Yunzhou, and requisition tens of thousands of people in the area under the jurisdiction of the capital and Huazhou and Bozhou to carry out these projects.

At the beginning of the month, not long after the construction of various projects began, Wang Pu fell ill again in Heyin, Guo Rong heard that he had to send Fu Yanlin, the general of the right prison guard, to act instead, summoned Wang Pu back to recuperate, gave many famous medicines, and sent the provincial doctor Liang Zhu to visit him.

That is, because he cured the illness of the Zhongshu Sheren Hu Zai, Hu Zai was grateful, and once he heard that the emperor Guo Rong was slightly ill, he recommended to Guo Rong, and Liang Zhi was therefore recruited into the Provincial Medical Bureau of the Palace, with the title of Fengyu, and the rank was under the five grades.

Liang Zhu diagnosed that Wang Pu's disease was stroke, that is, stroke caused by high blood pressure or qi and blood reversal, which is not very easy to cure, but to be alleviated, as long as the medication is symptomatic, it is still effective quickly. Because Wang Pu did not go to the court for more than ten days after returning to Beijing, Guo Rong was worried that once the war in Hebei started, there would be no one around him to give advice.

Even if the emperor goes out of the palace without a guard of honor with a small entourage, but the inner attendant will also be notified in advance, Wang Pu heard that he quickly changed into official clothes and was supported by the old servant to greet him, and just arrived in the atrium, he saw the eldest son Wang Yu open the middle door to greet him, and Guo Rong entered the middle gate surrounded by several inner servants.

"It was an eventful time, and the minister failed to fulfill his duties, but he was so troubled by His Majesty's kindness, I am ashamed!" Wang Pu bowed and saluted.

"Huh...... Wen Bo has a very good complexion! Liang Fengyu really has extraordinary medical skills! What a blessing! It's just that...... Do you need to take medicine again? Guo Rong smiled disapprethoughtly and waved his hand, turning his head to look at the side and back beam.

"Back to Your Majesty! Wang Xianggong's illness has been cured for seven or eight minutes, presumably he went to Heyin to overwork before, and he will be diagnosed again by Weichen later, and it will take about half a year to get rid of the disease. Liang smiled with a confident look, the doctor usually does not say a full word, he is obviously a conservative estimate when he says this.

"Oh so...... The humble house is simple, Your Majesty please ......" Wang Pu saluted, led Guo Rong to sit on the main seat of the middle hall, and while making a look, he motioned to his son Wang Yu to bring the servants to serve with tea.

As soon as Guo Rong entered the middle hall, the entourage of guards guarded everywhere outside the door, and the tea had to be tried a priori before it could be handed in by the inner attendant. Guo Rong frowned when he saw this, waved his hand and sent the attendants out, and then spoke: "The Hebei military situation has passed the Daimyo's Mansion, and it will be in Beijing in a few days, the details are not very clear, but the general situation is that the four prefectures of Win, Mo, Yi, and Ding will be restored, so do you want to set up another section town to redraw the prefecture and county jurisdiction?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty! The festival town is only an expedient measure, and it cannot be set up permanently, otherwise it will one day be a big thing, so it can be restored to the Yiwu Festival, which can also consolidate the front-line defense, and there will be a powerful commander to guard the logistics during the spring war in the next year. ”

"Then the former brother of Sun Fangzhi of Huazhou Jiedu, Sun Xingyou, the assassin of Yizhou, went out of the town, how should the regional state and county and military town be separated?" Guo Rong thought about it and had a candidate, Sun Fangji and Sun Xingyou brothers are both from Mozhou, and they are quite dignified, and in the Later Han Dynasty, they served as the assassins of Yi and Ding, and repeatedly defeated the Liao army in the south.

At the beginning of Guangshun, Sun Xingyou repeatedly wrote books, saying wildly: I am willing to have 3,000 soldiers, and it is easy to pacify Youzhou. Because Guo Wei had just established the country at that time, the situation was not in line with the internal adjustment, and the land of Yi and Ding was gained and lost, and now it has been recovered, but Sun Fangji has died of illness, although Sun Xingyou has the name of Yizhou Assassin History but is no longer in office, the most suitable candidate is Sun Xingyou.

"Zhang Yuanzhen should have made up for this matter in the military report, and the minister did not go to the front line and did not understand the truth, so it was inconvenient to make a conclusion. Although the war is now going on in advance, there is no need to recruit the forbidden army prematurely, so as not to make the people in Beijing uneasy, and the logistics grain should be transported to the front line to be assembled in Cangzhou in the east, and the west can be moved to Renqiu, and the forbidden army can go out to fight only when the waterway is dredged. "Wang Pu thought about it more comprehensively, although the war was unpredictable, but the preparations must be in place.

"It's just that in this way, the Liao army also has plenty of time to deploy defenses, and even has the wealth of the Linhuang Mansion. There is no way to beat this battle, and it is destined to be a big war! Guo Rong seems to be emotionally and expectant, but in fact, he is quite worried in his heart.

Although the Great Zhou now has nearly 100,000 war horses, 50,000 elite iron cavalry, and the total strength of the forbidden army has been expanded to 100,000, there is still a huge gap with the elite of about 400,000 in the Liao State. If it is a small war, it will be just a small war, and now it seems that it will obviously be a national war showdown, and the winner will have the danger of Youzhou and the solidity of mountains and rivers; The loser will face endless trouble.

Moreover, in the decades since Shi Jingjiao cut Youzhou, the Liao army has invaded the south almost every year, and the war of the Hebei domain against the Liao army is more defeated and less victorious, although the city has not been lost again, but the Hebei defense line has always been very unsafe.

Although Guo Rong set the general policy of unifying the world first in the north and then the south in the second year of Xiande, except for a handful of two or three important ministers who have unwavering confidence, the others are just the same people, if the Northern Expedition is publicly announced, I am afraid that many courtiers will be prepared with both hands, and even the forbidden army will cause chaos before leaving Beijing.

"This is a major event in the annals of history, whether it succeeds or fails will be commented on by future generations, in any case, this is also the efforts of the whole country of the Great Zhou, Your Majesty only needs to do his best, and there is no need to worry too much." Wang Pu seemed to see Guo Rong's inner thoughts, spoke out to explain, and said after a moment of silence: "Your Majesty! The preparations for the Northern Expedition are about to be accelerated, so please register the princes as kings to stabilize the country, and then set up the prince to supervise the country before the expedition, so that you don't have to worry about it! ”

If other ministers said this, Guo Rong couldn't help but be suspicious, but Wang Pu was a close minister, Guo Rong was stunned, and nodded in agreement.

A few days later, Hebei arrived in Beijing, in order to boost the morale of the people, Guo Rong instructed Fan Zhen to take the lead, and led the ministers of the court to collectively write a letter to celebrate. Guo Rong specially issued an edict to add a dynasty on the twentieth day of the lunar month, and all the civil and military forces above the seventh grade in Beijing participated.

Guo Rong drove the Chongyuan Palace to accept the congratulations and officially issued an edict: the emperor's eldest son Zong Xun was appointed as a special advance, a general of the left guard, and the king of Liang; The second son, Zong Rang, was the general of Zuo Xiaowei and was named the Duke of Yanguo. In addition, the third son Xijin and the fourth son Xiyu were young, and they were also crowned as county dukes.

In addition, the Southern Tang Dynasty gave Li Congshan 20,000 pieces of money, 20,000 horses of silk, and 10,000 taels of silverware; He gave Wu Yanfu 3,000 pieces of money, 5,000 horses of silk, and 30 taels of silverware.

At the same time, a new round of festival commanders was carried out to move the town, and the famous generals who knew the military affairs were transferred to the northern border to ensure the safety of the border in the next year's war. And the meaning of the reserve is very obvious, and to a certain extent, it does play a role in stabilizing people's hearts.

However, if the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, it will be beneficial to the country and will be detrimental to some people, and some people with ulterior intentions are anxious and fearful, and quietly step up planning and arrangement.