why is that!
It's because today's Great Zhou Dynasty, although it is a powerful country in the Central Plains, is not enough to be desirable!
Guo Rong even took the lead in calling for thrift and diligence, but how many people can actually implement it after they are in high positions. Guo Rong also gave orders forcefully, and officials from various places set an example, and even controlled and suppressed it. The effect of Buddhist and Taoist temples in the territory was not obvious.
However, these Taoist and Buddhist temples not only accumulated a large amount of wealth, but were also far from being able to meet the material and financial needs of the conquest of the world.
Shuzhong, which was close to him, was originally Guo Rong's best choice. Unfortunately, for the Northern Expedition and the control of the Northern Puppet Han, he could not spare any additional energy and financial resources.
What's more, the difficulty of the Shu Road in Shu has been an obstacle to battles since ancient times. Before I am fully sure, I really can't easily mobilize troops.
This is like a beggar holding a golden rice bowl in his hand, but he cannot beg for food. He was damn hungry, but he could only watch helplessly as his eyes were filled with food and money.
Therefore, taking advantage of the best season, I want to launch my own army to give the Liao Kingdom and the Puppet Northern Han Dynasty a show of strength, and then turn around to deal with Shuzhong or the Southern Tang Dynasty. Not only can it subsequently replenish the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but it can also serve as a warning to others and frighten the regimes in various places.
Guo Rong saw hope!
But is this really an opportunity?
Suddenly, I regretted that I shouldn’t have led the expedition in person this time! It's not that I'm afraid of death, but I feel that this invisible net is slowly closing in on me.
A trap that has been designed for a long time, waiting for you to quietly get into it.
First, he confuses his own vision and lets Zhang Yongde, who has always been at the forefront of the storm, come forward to make himself think that he is operating everything. The other party has even shrewdly thought about the consequences of his complicated relationship with Zhang Yongde. Guo Rong understood better than anyone else. He knew from the beginning that it would not be Zhang Yongde. No matter how the other party misled everyone in the opposite direction, he made himself think that it was Zhang Yongde's trick. Still constantly putting pressure on Zhang Yongde, Zhang Yongde developed a real resentment towards himself.
Zhang Yongde was smarter than he thought. When he led his team to the north, he didn't even return home and followed him directly. He obviously wanted to avoid suspicion. Guo Rong understood this better than anyone else. As the biggest threat to him from the Zhou royal family, he didn't want to hide anything.
Especially in last night's report, although Zhang Yongde did not name anyone or point out who was more suspicious, there was no doubt that Guo Rong knew that something was wrong with the people around him.
Guo Rong sent more than ten cavalry squads and asked them to return to the capital! The information received made Guo Rong unable to help but be angry. Sure enough, someone intercepted and killed these cavalry teams.
Luring the snake out of its hole with one move, it really made the other party have no scruples!
Although he found out that there was indeed someone plotting around him, it made Guo Rong extremely angry. Although Chen Shouyuan repeatedly reminded him not to be angry, Guo Rong still couldn't control himself.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of the people of the world, please take care of your dragon body!" The palace maid who had been standing by looked at Guo Rong worriedly! Although he stood up straight, his voice was still gentle.
"Don't worry, Luquan County Master! Your Majesty can vomit out the accumulated blood at this moment, which is good for the hidden toxins in the body!" Chen Shouyuan still didn't open his eyes, standing there with the old god, as if he knew the worries in the palace maid's heart, and was very logical. said slowly.
A smile appeared on Guo Rong's face, and he looked at the palace maid aside, his eyes filled with gratitude. Since he went to war, he could not bring his concubine with him, but this woman came to take care of him without hesitation.
He actually took a breath quietly while sitting there, and the blush on his face became much lighter. Looking at the palace maid, she said softly: "Lu Quan, thank you for your hard work. You have been with me all the way during this Northern Expedition. Although there has been no war until now, you have not rested to accompany me. If you return to the capital, how will I communicate with the Queen and Xuan?" Yi explained!"
Because this woman was not a woman in his palace, but only came to take care of him for others, Guo Rong felt a little more respectful in his heart. What's more, this woman is of noble birth, and many people can't even imagine that she can take care of herself.
Chen Shouyuan actually opened his eyes. He naturally knew the identity of this woman. Even though he was usually extremely conceited, he was still somewhat aloof and aloof. But knowing that the woman dressed as a palace maid, even the status of many concubines in the palace, was far inferior to her. And she had no inhibitions about what she did when she came to Guo Rong's side, and she couldn't help but think highly of her.
The woman dressed as a palace maid also glanced at him and felt that Chen Shouyuan's expression was normal. She couldn't help but whisper quietly: "Sir, of course, he knows the toxins on His Majesty's body well. Sister Xuanyi also knew His Majesty's temperament well! Now the Queen of the capital My sister is worried about His Majesty again, so what does it mean for Luquan to spend so much time on Your Majesty’s behalf!”
"Okay, okay!" Guo Rong's face actually showed a glow, but his eyes suddenly turned gloomy. He seemed to have remembered something, and said loudly: "I am so lucky to live up to the Wei King family!"
It turned out that the woman dressed as a palace maid was actually a woman from Wei Wang Fu Yanqing's clan. Her name was Fu Diqing, and she was the sister of Guo Rong's two Fu queens. Because she was a daughter of a concubine of the Fu family, but in the Fu family with two queens, she was also named the county head by Guo Rong.
A faint smile! There was a touch of warmth in Guo Rong's eyes. Although he had lofty ideals and ambitions, Guo Rong knew better that because he had a bad temper since he was a child, he had always been able to suppress his temper with outsiders. Later, he followed an expert to do business abroad. Although he learned a lot more forbearance and discovered his own shortcomings, as the saying goes, it is easy to change the situation, but it is hard to change the nature, and Guo Rong still could not completely control himself.
Looking at this erect palace maid, Guo Rong seemed to be in a trance, as if he saw her shadow. Although she is not as noble and beautiful as her, her persistence and gentleness are very similar to her.
Looking at her figure, although it was not as plump and moving as hers, the image he saw in a trance seemed to be her standing next to him.
That is the eternal pain in Guo Rong's heart, but for his own ambition, Guo Rong knows that there must be a lot of reluctance and pain in life. Occupying the highest position in this era, people say that it is too cold to be at high places, but Guo Rong knows that there is a farewell at this high place.
It was the third year after he ascended the throne that Guo Rong personally led troops to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty. Queen Xuanyi believed that the area south of the Yangtze River was not suitable for imperial conquests and tried her best to dissuade Guo Rong. But how could Guo Rong listen, because he knew that the Central Plains had no supplies at all due to years of war.
As a teacher of justice, Guo Rong must have a reputation. Although everyone knows what is going on, they cannot pierce this film to the outside world. Looting the land and materials of the Southern Tang Dynasty could not only replenish the empty treasury of the Central Plains, but also prepare for the next conquest.
