Chapter 298: Time is Running Out

Guo Xun, on the eighth day of April, Li Mochou also gave birth to a son for Guo Mo.

This name was chosen by Li Mochou himself, Guo Mo just smiled helplessly and didn't say anything.

He didn't think that his sons would make a situation out of control.

As long as he is there, these boys, there are really people who dare to blow up the thorns, Guo Mo will chat with him well.

The "Marshal's Mansion" is still lively, the spring ploughing has passed, and compared with the same period last year, Guo Mo, the land of the five prefectures in Henan, has increased by nearly 800,000 people.

However, an additional 2 million acres of land were reclaimed, some of which were military tuns, but more were reclaimed by the displaced people who entered the land of the five state capitals.

The issue of grain seeds alone was busy with the pacification of Du Gao by Henan Jingluo, but fortunately, there was no danger, and the last batch of cultivation was completed in the last season.

Guo Xun, the fifth child of the old Guo family, with his birth, like the fourth, it rained hard for a few days.

It was the time when the wheat was jointed, and this rain came just in time.

"Second sister, this Brother Sun's birthday is really good, that is the day of Sakyamuni's birth."

Huang Rong hugged Xiao Guo Xun in one hand, and did not forget to joke about Li Mochou who was lying on the bed.

"Eldest sister, don't you dare to say that, if you collide with the Buddha, how can it be good?"

Li Mochou, who is a mother, is inexplicably less angry, and with a child, there is a real concern in this world.

"What are you talking about?"

Guo Mo walked in with the curtain and moved a stool to sit in front of the bed.

"I just said that Brother Xun was born on the same day as Sakyamuni, and the second sister is worried about blaspheming the Buddha."

Huang Rong gently handed Xiao Guo Xun to Guo Mo.

The child has been born for more than ten days, but it took a lot of twists and turns for him to give birth, but fortunately, Li Mochou has a good physique, and another person may not be able to withstand the toss.

"Shakyamuni is the prince of the Kapila Wei Kingdom, and our Xun brother is also the little emperor and grandson of the Great Song Dynasty, so this status may not be lower than him."

"In the future, no matter how much you learn literature and martial arts, you will always be able to achieve a career, how can my Guo Mo's son be a mediocre person?"

Looking at Guo Mo and Huang Rong, both of them liked Xiao Guo Xun so much, and Li Mochou also showed a pleased smile.

"Daddy, just now Taishi Zhao and Taibao Cheng went to the 'Red Rain Pavilion' to find you, and I asked them to have tea in the front hall first."

At this time, Xiao Guo Xiang ran in from outside, and as soon as he arrived in the house, he stuck to Guo Mo.

Don't look at Guo Mo having so many children, if you count Zhao Simo, he has six sons, but there is only one daughter like Guo Xiang.

originally regarded this little girl as a treasure, but now that there are so many sons, it is even more rare for the little girl.

"Brother Mo, you just go and get down to business first, the two gentlemen are looking for you, thinking about something big happening."

Whether it is Huang Rong or Li Mochou, they are both people who understand righteousness in this regard, and they will never delay Guo Mo's political affairs because of the affairs of the back house.

"Okay, but when this hour comes, even if there is really anything big, I guess I will have to have lunch first."

Guo Mo looked up at the sun outside the window, it was almost halfway through noon.

"Brother Mo, you, just this mouth is not forgiving, go quickly, I will let Tingxiang send a table of banquets over in a while, and I will use it at the second sister's place for lunch."

Huang Rong hurriedly took the little Guo Xun from Guo Mo's hands again, this little guy actually fell asleep all the time and didn't wake up, and he didn't know that he was exchanged.

The fourth and fifth elders of the Guo family are all people with characteristics, and the fourth is the "Lei Zhenzi", who is born to eat.

Now more than eight months old, but it is a lap older than other one-year-old children.

And this fifth child, only one hobby is sleeping, and it is rare to see him eat and sleep every day when he opens his eyes.

Xiao Guo Xiang followed the situation, she was not happy to set rules in front of Huang Rong, and preferred to stay with Guo Mo.

In the turn of the year, the six-year-old little Guo Xiang, as long as Guo Mo is not dealing with special things, likes to stay next to his father, even if it is serving tea and pouring water, he also calls it "a maid for his father".

Guo Mo can be regarded as having seen the level of this "little girl", and his two sets of beloved tea sets, even one set was not spared in a few days, and all of them were "broken" in Xiao Guo Xiang's hands.

She also said vigorously, "Daddy, why can't your teapot and bowl be made of iron?" ”

"Xiang'er, I'll talk to the two gentlemen about things in a while, and you will obediently eat next to you, and after eating, you will go to Sister Long to playβ€”β€”"

Holding Xiao Guo Xiang's hand, the two walked out of the "Autumn Heart Garden" and came to the "Red Rain Pavilion".

"Your Highness, the old minister didn't bother you, did he?"

After Guo Mo changed from King Yan to the crown prince, Zhao Rushu's attitude changed somewhat, but Lao Cheng Jue still went his own way.

"Haha, how is it possible, I want to drink two glasses at noon, and you came at the right time."

"Hello gentlemenβ€”"

Since the spring of this year, there has also been an additional primary school in the "Marshal's Mansion", and there is only one student for the time being, that is, Xiao Guo Xiang.

If this was in Peach Blossom Island, she would have followed those boys to study, and when she arrived in Luoyang City, it was already a year's delay.

Therefore, as soon as the spring of this year arrived, Huang Rong, the crown princess, personally came forward and invited Zhao Rushu and Cheng Jue to be Xiao Guoxiang's daily lecturers.

Fortunately, Xiao Guo Xiang doesn't go to study every day, he will read for half a day in the primary school every other day, and the rest of the time, he still practices with Xiaolongnu.

Such a naughty little Guo Xiang, now seeing these two, is unusually well-behaved, and respectfully salutes the two old gentlemen.

"Haha, little Xiang'er, is there still your father's best 'hero drunk'? Help the gentleman find some jars to come outβ€”"

Lao Cheng Jue hugged Xiao Xiang'er over, everyone knew that the child Guo Mo cared about the most was the little Xiang'er in front of him, so whoever saw Xiao Guo Xiang had to be closer.

"Haha, Lao Cheng, when did you come to me, didn't care about your drinking? However, the wine hurts your body a lot, so before you practice Daochang Li's set of 'True Avenue Songs', it's better to restrain yourself. ”

Now, on the first and fifteenth days of the new year every month, Li Zhichang will definitely teach everyone the "True Avenue Song" in the central square of Luoyang City.

On the walls on both sides of the square, there is also a simplified version of the complete mantra of "Quanzhen Da Dao Song", and there is even a schematic diagram of the action outlined in stick figures.

Usually, there are many people who practice in the square, but every time Li Zhichang teaches, more people gather.

Guo Mo also went there secretly, of course, almost all of the people in the venue were men, and there were very few people with status and status.

The limitations of the times, even if they are as strong as Guo Mo, there is no way to change them, unlike the square dance of later generations, the scene of the national movement, I am afraid it is difficult to reproduce it in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Two, isn't it just a meal?"

When he was young, two "tiger soldiers" pushed the door, and Tingxiang walked in from outside carrying a large food box.

The 200 "Tiger Ben Army" were already in place in mid-February.

Before the end of March, Guo Mo had completely taught the first four layers of the "Eight Methods of the Great Desert" and the "Wansheng Sword Method" he created.

In particular, the set of "Wansheng Knife Technique" can be practiced by a single person, or by two people, and at most, it can be practiced by eight people.

The people in the army have originally been exposed to simple formations, but in Guo Mo's set of knife techniques, the two of them can be described as the "Liangyi Knife Method", and the eight people are the same envoy as the "Bagua Knife Method".

After all, the strength of these people is limited, and it has become a combined attack technique, which can effectively increase the power of the attack in a short period of time.

Since April, the two hundred people have done a division of labor.

Every day, 100 people stayed in the East Cross Courtyard to practice, and the other 100 people were stationed at various posts in the "Marshal's Mansion".

or for the guards of a certain house, such as "Qiuxin Garden" and "Red Rain Pavilion", each of which has four "Tiger Army" being divided.

There are also some who are dressed as sprinkler gardeners, handymen and so on.

Of course, the people in the "Marshal's Mansion" knew what was going on, after all, it was used to prevent the intrusion of outsiders.

Let them get acquainted with the terrain of the "Marshal's Mansion" as soon as possible and the various characters in the "Marshal's Mansion" as soon as possible, so as to better protect the "Marshal's Mansion."

Lu Guanying, Li Zhichang and Wu Nantian were divided into three waves, each on duty for four hours, to ensure that there were people leading these "tiger army" for twelve hours a day.

"Your Highness, your acceptance of these two hundred disciples is a stroke of genius, from the perspective of old decay, after three or five years, these boys are probably not weaker than the fierce generals in the army."

Zhao Rushu knew how much money he had taken from him in order to cultivate these people, and this investment was not much better than those famous factions.

"There's no way, you should do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, there are really a few seedlings here, and there may be a few good helpers in the cultivation of good students."

"Your Highness, since these two hundred people are already considered your disciples, the old man can't be collectively called the 'Tiger Army', and it should be given another name."

The old Cheng Jue next to him took a sip of wine.

Regarding this issue, Huang Rong also raised it to Guo Mo, but Guo Mo never thought about it.

The name of the institution seems to be very raw, but if it is the name of a sect, it is a little out of place.

"I wonder what the two gentlemen suggest? To tell the truth, I didn't think of a name that was too suitable for the next moment. ”

Guo Mo personally filled the second elder, since these two brought it up in person, maybe they have already made a decision.

"The youngest of them is already twenty-two or three years old, and the oldest is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and if they are trained for a few years, they will be able to serve His Highness for at least twenty or thirty years."

"But all the king's guards are loyal and brave people, and His Royal Highness is a martial arts wizard, and the people who have been personally trained will naturally have an overall strength far beyond their predecessors, so it is not good to continue to use the names of their predecessors."

"When Zhou Tianzi was the son, there was an army of 'Tiger Ben', which has now been used by me. In the Han Dynasty, it was the 'Yulin', the 'Twelve Guards' of the Sui Dynasty, the 'Left and Right Guards' of the Tang Dynasty, and it was renamed the 'Forbidden Army' in this Dynasty. ”

"These are often in large numbers and appear in the form of armies, and these people cultivated by His Royal Highness are even more civil and military people, and the old man has a number to give 'brocade clothes'β€”β€”"

Zhao Rushu adjusted the bookbag for a long time, and finally said the word "brocade".

Guo Mo's eyes suddenly enlarged, "Jinyiwei"?

"Your Highness, don't you think that Lao Zhao's nomination is inappropriate?"

Seeing that Guo Mo had not spoken for a long time, the old Cheng Jue on the side also put down the bowl.

"The gentleman stops, the fox in brocade clothes".

The name "Jinyi" was jointly researched by Lao Cheng Jue and Zhao Rushu, I thought that if I mentioned it to Guo Mo, the other party would accept it, but I didn't expect it to be a long time, and Guo Mo was still hesitating.

Could it be that there is anything wrong with this name?

How could they have thought that Guo Mo was considering the impression and influence of this name on future generations.

"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a name, just follow the arrangement proposed by the two, but the main task of these two hundred people now is to train every day and protect the safety of the entire mansion."

The bad name is also artificially damaged, Guo Mo is confident that the "brocade clothes" are in his hands and he has embarked on an unusual road.

When the day comes, he is going to leave the court, and it is a big deal to dismantle the "brocade clothes", or even directly transform them into a martial arts sect.

"Your Highness, Du An's envoy sent a report, I think His Highness should be very interested."

Old Cheng Jue took out a report from the sleeve of his robe and handed it to Guo Mo with a smile.

This Du Gao is very interesting, originally his official office was in Luoyang City, Guo Mo has been in Luoyang City for two years, but Du Gao rarely stays in Luoyang City.

It is always in the state capitals below, which is called "inspection".

This time, I went out under the guise of "spring planting", and it has been almost two months, and now I have settled in Xuzhou, which is finally attached.

Xuzhou is a very special existence, the vast majority of the people are from the Dajin country, of course, the Zhizhou of Xuzhou is also from the Dajin country, it is Yelu Chucai.

Not to mention, this Yelu Chucai is really a practical master, in just over half a year, he personally ran through more than 130 newly formed villages and towns.

The time when he appeared in the Xuzhou Mansion was nothing compared to the fields, or the construction sites of villages and towns.

In this regard, Yelu Chucai is very similar to the current Du Gao.

Therefore, when the two met in Xuzhou, they were dressed as old farmers, and of course there were warriors from the "Yuejia Army" secretly guarding them.

After all, these hundreds of thousands of people have come from the Dajin Kingdom, and if there is a slight mistake, they will regret it.

Guo Mo took the report handed over by Lao Cheng Jue, and it turned out that the end of this report turned out to be the joint name of Du Gao and Yelu Chucai.

In fact, in response to the affairs of Dajin Kingdom, Guo Mo tried his best to avoid involving Yelu Chucai from the bottom of his heart, not because he didn't trust him, but because it was completely a kind of protection.

When many people face their homeland, to a greater or lesser extent, there are always some emotional bonds in them.

Dajin is about to have a grain shortage again, and last year's winter wheat was not planted, and when I planned to plant other grains in the spring, even if I planted some vegetables, it could alleviate some of it.

It's a pity that in the great famine last year, the people even ran out of food, so what else could they use to sow seeds?

The old way, continue to ask Guo Mo in Luoyang City for help.

In the "Marshal's Mansion", he was waiting for Li Mochou to give birth, and he was busy training those two hundred boys, how could Guo Mo have the heart to take care of this matter? He casually threw it to Du Gao, the pacification envoy of Henan Jingluo.

Du Gao is also embarrassed, the so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, he himself is still worried about the more land and grain that has been reclaimed, how can he have the spare strength to help Dajin Guo?

In this way, Daikin once again perfectly missed the spring ploughing.

The family is about to run out of food, and in a few months of autumn harvest, there is no hope, what do you want these people to do?

As a result, there are two major flows.

The land of the five state capitals under Guo Mo is one, and many people from the Dajin Kingdom have already brought their only grain and dragged their families to the west.

This is the focus of Du Gao's report, the current level of cultivation is too far behind that of later generations, and there are no high-yield grain crops.

The highest yield should be regarded as rice that crops three times a year, and the climate and moisture in this Henan land are not yet adaptable.

Last year, nearly 800,000 hungry people were accepted, which is already the limit of the five states in Henan, and if hundreds of thousands of people come, not only will the vitality of Dajin Country be greatly damaged, but Guo Mo's side will also be uncomfortable to death.

The second direction of flow is Caizhou and Yingzhou in the south of the Dajin Kingdom.

Last year, because of the food shortage, there were deserters in Dakin's army.

Emperor Dajin took the opportunity to lay off some soldiers, and these people gathered in the mountains and forests of the Wuxiao Mountains and the grass as a coward, and entrenched themselves in the mountainous areas around Caizhou and Yingzhou in the south.

Wanyan Shouxu also sent troops to the past to recruit and suppress, and he sent more soldiers, he was worried that there would be problems with the defense of Bianliang City, and he sent fewer soldiers, but it was useless.

After going back and forth three or five times, the two sides didn't really fight, after all, they were all former comrades, and some of them used to have a relationship between superiors and subordinates, or even relatives and friends.

After a few rounds, the Jin army in the Wuthering Mountains and forests abandoned the grass and cowards, but instead "obtained" some extra food, and the team actually grew a lot.

Just like in the spring of this year, there are more than 30 large and small grass bandits in Caizhou and Yingzhou, and the three largest ones have more than 1,000 troops.

Among them, some even secretly sent someone to contact Yelu Chucai, who was the governor of Xuzhou.

Guo Mo's feat of exchanging 300,000 stone grain for a Yelu Chucai has already spread all over the world.

People in other places don't know how to evaluate this matter, but there are many people in Dajin Country who give Guo Mo a thumbs up behind their backs.

Now, the food shortage is about to happen again, and many people have also fended for themselves in advance, and even called away the children who served as soldiers in the Jin army.

There are only the elderly, women and children, and there are always safety hazards when traveling long distances.

As a result, the children of the army fled in twos and threes, and even took away the rationed food, weapons, and war horses.

The generals in the army were also powerless, so they could only report up one level at a time, and finally fell into the hands of Wanyan Shouxu.

"Smack-"

There was another sound of something being broken.

"Diao Min, **, they are all a bunch of miscreants who don't care about the interests of Dajin-"

"Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible, cough cough cough ......"

After another year, Shi Anshi was a year older, I don't know if it was because of old age and decay, or because he was worried about state affairs, Shi Anshi's health has deteriorated in the past six months.

Now, Shi Anshi, who is standing in the Longde Palace, has less hair than last year, his body is even more slumpy, and he keeps coughing.

"Senior Elder, you have to take care of your health, if you fall, who will I ask for advice in the future?"

Seeing Shi Anshi's pitiful appearance, Wanyan Shouxu was also distressed.

walked over in person, pulled over a pair of embroidered piers, and helped Shi Anshi to sit down.

"Hehe, Your Majesty, the old minister's body and bones are okay, I'm afraid he won't be able to die for a while. However, the situation of my Dajin at this time is really worrying. ”

Wanyan Shouxu's attitude towards Shi Anshi moved the old minister for a while, but he knew in his heart that this Dajin Kingdom was probably the same as his body, and time was running out.

Wanyan Shouxu thought about it, and waved his hand to let the waiters and palace maids who were waiting in the Longde Palace go out.

"Senior Elder, in your opinion, how can we exchange food now?"

Wanyan Shouxu also pulled the deputy embroidery pier and sat down next to Shi Anshi.

"Food? The old minister didn't understand what His Majesty meant? ”

Shi Anshi looked at Wanyan Shouxu in front of him a little confused.

"Senior Elder, when there was a grain shortage last year, we exchanged 300,000 stone of grain for one Xuzhou and one Yelu Chucai, plus released nearly 800,000 hungry people."

"Today, we still have Weizhou, Caizhou, Yingzhou, and Xuzhou in our hands, as well as Kaifeng and Guide, as well as these civil and military generals in the DPRK. From the perspective of the elders, who and where can have the value of Xuzhou and Yelu Chucai last year. ”

After Yelu Shouxu finished speaking, the old-eyed and dizzy Shi Anshi was completely stunned.

"Your Majesty, you? ——”

The old man pointed at Wan Yan Shouxu with his hand, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Senior Elder, I also know that this is a bit of a drink to quench my thirst, but if I don't get past the current difficulties, there will be no future for Dajin Country at all."

"Whether it's the state capital, or the civil and military ministers, I can't bear it, but if I don't do this, I won't be able to get food, how can you let me feed the 80,000 warriors of the Golden Kingdom."

"Oh, according to the report brought by the Privy Envoy of Wanyan Saibu yesterday, there are no more than 80,000 people now, only more than 60,000."

"It's good to do this, you can also save some food, and the soldiers are good and not too many......"

Wanyan Shouxu was still talking to himself, but Shi Anshi's heart had sunk to the bottom.

"Your Majesty, military affairs, Your Majesty can completely decide in one word. The old minister was dizzy and sickly, so he went back first. ”

"Your Majesty, take careβ€”"

Shi Anshi struggled to stand up from the embroidery pier and gave a deep salute to Wanyan Shouxu.

Then, he turned around and left the Longde Palace.

The noon sun shone on Shi Anshi's body, but he shivered for no reason.

......

"Your Highness, look at what they played, should we have a charter?"

Is it finally time to close the net?

"Two, the people of Dajin have no food, and the 300,000 stones given to them last year may be able to support another month or two at most."

"There are more than 60,000 left in the Jin army, but more than 10,000 are in the hands of Cui Li on the north bank of the Yellow River."

"Since the last Hebei War, this General Cui Li has been guarding Weizhou City, and even the Emperor of Jin has issued several edicts, but he has not returned to Bianliang."

"It seems that what we really have to deal with is only more than 40,000 people guarding the vicinity of Bianliang City, and it is enough to dispatch 50,000 'Yuejia troops'."

Up to now, the number of the "Yue Family Army" has reached 80,000, and in Guo Mo's eyes, it is still the original 50,000 people who are really well-trained.

"Zhao Changshi, first write a 'letter to the people of the Jin Kingdom', and be sure that the six state capitals of the Jin Kingdom must be disseminated in each place of more than 500 copies."

"The approximate meaning is that my Great Song Dynasty can't see the people of the Jin Kingdom suffering a disaster, and will launch a war against the Jin Kingdom on the first day of June a month and a half."

"I advise the people and army of the Jin Kingdom to persuade their children from the army to return to their own families before the first day of the sixth lunar month, and when the Great Song Dynasty unifies the Jin Kingdom, they can bring weapons, armor, war horses and tokens in the army in exchange for 300 catties of grain or 30 acres of Yongye land."

"The royal family of the Dajin Kingdom, whoever captures one person alive and sends it will be rewarded with two hundred catties of grain. Of course, those who can send the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom Wanyan Shouxu will give 1,000 stone of food. ”

"Your Highness, you are too ...... A dignified Jin Emperor is only worth a thousand stones, which is a hundred and eight thousand miles worse than Jin Qing, hahahaβ€”β€”"

Lao Cheng Jue also knew that Guo Mo was burying people, and he didn't dissuade him, he stood up directly, borrowed Guo Mo's pen and paper, brushed a little bit, and waved it.

Lao Cheng Jue has been working in the Ministry of Rites for many years, and he is a professional diplomat, and what he writes is more bitter and mean than what Guo Mo said.

"In addition, send an order to Yue Ao, so that he can gather the 50,000 strongest 'Yue Family Army' now and conduct non-stop drills on the border of Xuzhou."

"Two days in advance, on the evening of May 28, I will kill across the border and go directly to Bianliang City."

"Then notify the people who are 'listening to the wind' in the territory of Jinguo, and move all the fighters to Bianliang City, to prevent Wanyan Shouxu from escaping, even if he escapes, he must bite it as soon as possible."

"Your Highness, you just said that it was the first day of the sixth month, and now you are ...... again"

Zhao Rushu also thinks that Guo Mo's reversal like this will damage the reputation of His Royal Highness the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty?

"Haha, Lao Zhao, how can you be so sincere to the enemy? This is called never tired of deceit. ”

"Besides, even if someone criticizes it at that time, it's a big deal to treat Yue Ao's kid for the crime of 'not obeying orders', and he will have to defend himself with 'will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected'."

Zhao Rushu thought about it, and it was also the same truth.

It seems that it's okay to be more than Gambit itself, more shameless than it, well, that's part of Gambit too.

A "notice" and a military order were sent out in two ways: one bright and one dark.

Suddenly, in the only remaining six states of the Dajin Kingdom, a frenzy was set off.

"Bastard, this hateful Zhao Hao, what does he mean? Am I worth a thousand stone of grain? ”

Wanyan Shouxu was angry again in the Longde Palace.

Several important ministers standing in the palace did not dare to speak, but they were secretly slandering in their hearts.

"When is it, why is Your Majesty still thinking about his worth?"

"Privy envoy, what is Cui Li's attitude now?"

For this leading general who was released by himself, Wanyan Shouxu had long felt extremely dissatisfied, not only for Cui Li himself, but also for himself.

Wan Yan Sai didn't hesitate for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said.

"Your Majesty, Cui Li came to write the day before yesterday and asked for 100,000 stone of grain. He said, 'The emperor doesn't send hungry soldiers', so he can't let his people come hungry to the king, right? ”

"Haha, his people? Daikin's sergeant, when did he become his Cui Li's person? ”

"What about Yan Kang? Did Yan Kang send someone to contact him? ”

Wan Yankang was released by the previous emperor of the Dajin Kingdom.

After Wanyan Shouxu succeeded to the throne, he had no contact with the other party at all, and now he is facing the danger of destroying the country, so he remembers Wanyan Kang, who is far away in Western Xia.

"Your Majesty, the old minister sent five waves of messengers in a row, but they sank like a stone into the sea and never returned. I don't know if I didn't send it out, or if Yan Kang received the message after saying it, but there was no reply. ”

Wan Yan Sai is even more helpless, he persuaded Wan Yan Shouxu at the beginning, and officially sent someone to canonize Wan Yan Kang, anyway, if you canonize it or not, the fact that the other party King Zhao exists.

If you go to canonize it, you may still need to use each other in the future.

The present world newspaper, it's coming so fast-