Usually, as long as the two of them reach a consensus on a matter, it is the time to report to Zhang Chao here. And this time, he also hoped that the two could stand together and persuade the emperor.

It's just that a personal relationship is a personal relationship, and political affairs are political affairs, and this time Lu Su is destined to be disappointed.

It's not that Guo Jia doesn't understand the disadvantages of turning against the Rus Kingdom now, it's just that he knows the emperor in front of him too well. He may tolerate other things, but if someone disrespects his people and tries to challenge his authority, he will not be relentless.

Just like now, the Rus Kingdom has done something to exterminate the Zhangjia Trading Company, which is intolerable. On the contrary, when he looked at Cao Cao in the Central Plains, he did become very honest, and even when Zhang Chao established the Celestial Empire, he also sent people over to congratulate him. Based on this alone, there is no reason to deal with it first, on the contrary, at this time, the Rus' country jumped out, which is tantamount to a provocation.

When Zhang Chao established the Celestial Empire, he sent someone to inform the Rus' State. originally thought that even if it was to look good on face, the other party would send someone to congratulate him, even if it was a lower position, it didn't matter, it was okay when the meaning came. But where did I think that the other party turned a blind eye, as if such a thing had not happened.

This is tantamount to them blatantly looking down on Zhang Chao and the Celestial Empire.

For this matter, Zhang Chao has always been angry in his heart, and now there is the matter of the Zhang family trading company, plus Zhang Liang was killed, how could he not be angry, and he could not say that he would send troops immediately, but ask for advice, which is a rare intention to suppress anger.

Zhang Chao has a fire to start, and Lu Su really wants to put out the fire, isn't that counterproductive? The clever Guo Jia even guessed that even if he stood up against it, the new emperor would also send troops, even so, why should he be that wicked person?

"Your Majesty, I think that we can first report the situation of the matter to the state document, and see what their reaction is saying, and then we can do something in private, at least in the future, we must be famous." Guo Jia did not mention the word war, but he had already begun to think about preparations for war.

This is the wise courtier, who thinks what his master thinks, and what his master can reach.

Lu Su's answer made Zhang Chao feel like he couldn't get angry, but then Guo Jia's words really made him smile with satisfaction, and his face became much better: "Okay, this matter will be left to Fengxiao to do, remember, everything must be fast, the weather waits for no one." ”

Just one sentence that the weather waits for no one shows Zhang Chao's determination to send troops. Because everyone knows that winter is coming to an end, and it is a good time to send troops, if you wait until the end of the winter to come, and you want to use troops against the Rus' country, it will be a lot of difficulties just because of the bad weather.

"Commandment." Holding the wat board with both hands, Guo Jia bowed his head and replied respectfully.

After Guo Jia received the order, he went out of the main hall, and soon after, Lu Su ran after him, and he said before he was still some distance: "Brother Guo, wait for me, wait for me." ”

Guo Jia smiled, he naturally knew what Lu Su was going to say, so he couldn't help but slow down.

After Lu Su caught up, he said with some anger, "Brother Guo, why don't you join me to persuade Your Majesty?" On the contrary, they support the dispatch of troops, what does this mean? ”

Lu Su had a reason to be angry, and he had already said that he would march on the Central Plains. Even he had already started to raise food and grass, but now he really had to change his goal, and he had to use troops against the Rus' country, and all this had to be re-planned, how could he not be angry. Of course, he is not optimistic about the action of the Rus State this time, after all, this country is too strong, and when the princes rise up in the country, the political situation is stable, after all these years of development, it has long been a strong army, and it is so fun to be an enemy of such a person?

Seeing that Lu Su still had to hold himself accountable at this time, Guo Jia couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Brother Lu, can't you see that Your Majesty's decision is to decide, and asking us is just to get support and ourselves, if we all want to oppose it, where is Your Majesty's face?" ”

"Ahh This..."When he heard about Zhang Chao's face, Lu Su showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, as the emperor of a country, authority is indeed not to be provoked.

"Don't want this or that, even if the emperor has already made a decision, what we as courtiers should think of is to cooperate with him like this. This is the first battle after the establishment of our Celestial Empire, and there is absolutely no room for loss. When Guo Jia said these words, his face was much more solemn.

Not to mention that this is the first battle of the Celestial Empire, just to say that the result of defeat is not acceptable to them. There are Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the country, including Sun Jian of Eastern Wu, on the surface, they are a lot more honest, but once the Celestial Empire is hit hard, he believes that these people will pounce like a tiger, at that time, I am afraid that it will not only be as simple as defeat, but also whether the country can continue will be a problem.

For this reason, there must be no loss in this battle, and no defeat is allowed to be won.

Under Guo Jia's reminder, Lu Su also knew that this matter could not be changed, for the future of the country, for his own destiny, what he needed to do at this moment was how to make preparations for the use of troops, at least there must be no problems in logistics.

"Okay, I'll mobilize the whole country's grain and grass." Lu Su finally made up his mind. Although the weather was not good last year, the grain production was reduced, but fortunately, the previous savings were still there, and now it is only necessary to transfer the prepared grain and grass to the Central Plains and send it to Goryeo, which is not too troublesome.

Guo Jia and Lu Su went to do business, and soon after, a document stamped with the seal of the First Emperor of Zhang Chaotian came out of Jinyang City and headed towards the Rus Kingdom.

At the same time, there was a wave of remarks on the land of China talking about Zhang Chao's greatness, which was roughly the same as last year's voice, saying how domineering this emperor was, how he attached importance to human rights, and emphasized that once someone under his command was wronged, he would inevitably take revenge.

This kind of discussion spread widely, until the news was known to the people, and the news about the destruction of the Zhangjia trading company in the Rus' country, and even the killing of Zhang Liang and other people who worked in the Rus' country were also spread.

The news finally reached the ears of Zhang Chao, who was in the palace, and when he heard it, he just laughed. "Heh, I'll just say that they won't be so kind to promote me, it seems that they have dug a hole for me a long time ago, hum!"

When Zhang Chao's attitude was heard in the ears of Guo Jia and other ministers, they didn't just smile. This news should be what Cao Cao and Liu Bei meant, they were afraid that Zhang Chao would really use troops against them, so they had to roast them on the stove. But they still have to miscalculate, because even if there is no such discussion, Zhang Chao will not stop there. On the contrary, the appearance of these remarks will be publicized on the side, so that more Chinese people will know the ruling ideas of the First Emperor of Heaven, and at the same time, the use of troops against the Rus' state will also get more people's support.

Some legends of Zhang Chao are still circulating in the land of China, and more people are looking at this newly established Celestial Empire, wanting to see what kind of decisions and what kind of actions the Zhangjia Trading Company will make after being hit by such a blow to the Rus' Kingdom this time.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei, including Sun Jian, were also paying close attention to Zhang Chao's every move, and they really wanted to see if this character who was playing tricks in front of them could be so strong in the face of the powerful Rus' State.

In everyone's eyes, Zhang Chao seems to be in a dilemma.

If you use troops against the Rus' country, you can get the support of public opinion, but the victory or defeat depends on two things. More importantly, Cao Cao was given time to develop with Liu Bei and Sun Jian.

If you don't use troops against Rus, you will inevitably be labeled as bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and even some people who work hard for the Celestial Empire will lose a trace of confidence in this new emperor, and this will easily lead to civil strife.

It is precisely because of this dilemma that for a while, domestic voices arose, pushing Zhang Chao to the cusp.

As in the land of China, on the other side of the Great Rus City, a document with a large seal was also sent, and Yaxiong Fuqiang also called the ministers and generals to discuss this matter.

On the top of the main hall, the powerful emperor of Yaxiongfu sat high, and his tiger eyes were wide open, so that anyone who saw those eyes couldn't help but have a trembling heart.

Yaxiong Fuqiang is not yet sixty years old, and when he was young, he was very good at war, and the countries adjacent to him in Europe knew that this person was powerful.

Now that he is older, he is not as belligerent as he was when he was younger, but still no one dares to underestimate him. But now, the letter of accountability of the Celestial Empire was placed in front of him, which made his face very ugly.

Three years ago, the Rus' Kingdom had fought a war with the Celestial Empire, but unfortunately failed.

This matter has also become taboo, and no one will talk about it. It's just that if you don't say it's not happening, this incident has actually become a thorn in the heart of many people, which can be seen from the fact that Lev, one of the five tiger generals, is now demoted to an idle general.

As one of the Five Tigers, Lev, what a proud figure, his parents' name means stone, which translates to stone in Chinese. Think about it, what kind of expectations did you have?

In fact, Lev did not disappoint his parents, he performed very well from childhood to adulthood, and became one of the five tiger generals of the Rus' country by virtue of his bravery, enjoying supreme dignity, but after the battle with Zhang Chao, he was defeated, and even defeated and captured, since then there has been a big turning point in his life, and he has been idle since returning to the dynasty, until now, if you don't mention the battle against the Celestial Empire, I'm afraid everyone can't remember this character.