The morning light shines into the hall from a row of window lattices in Jinxiang Hall. The hall is bright and clear, and the sunlight makes the magnificent and luxurious palace magnificent, as if it is in the fairy world.
The civil and military officials below shouted: My emperor will live forever.
All the ministers are flat.Guo Shao sat on the dragon chaise with his legs spread apart, looking down at the bottom.
Then the eunuchs on duty stepped forward and sang lyrics, and the officials successively submitted comments.
Guo Shao sat, looking back at the Hanlin Academy officials sitting in rows on the left, each of whom was writing hard. On the table covered with yellow tablecloth were jade seals, edicts and other items, and the manpower and cost of issuing orders in the hall.
He felt that this place was like a big ship, and he was the helmman, and every adjustment affected the direction of the entire country.
Some of the ministers praised the emperor's martial arts, and some praised the good weather and good crops in various places.
Guo Shao used his words from time to time to ask officials to persuade farmers; anyway, the imperial court will always pay attention to agriculture.
The Minister of Works submitted a report to build the Yellow River, but Prime Minister Fan Zhi had different opinions, and the two argued in the hall on the spot.
Everything about governing the country is meticulous. Civil servants are prone to different political views and numerous reasons to support their propositions. Moreover, everyone has the issue of taking sides and having a standpoint, so governing is a very complicated matter.
Guo Shao's approach is to issue an order to write a memorial and then make a decision after they write it in their own memorials... In fact, he is to throw the dispute to the government office and continue to argue, and wait until they make a name for themselves. What Guo Shao has to do is to wait until the ministers reach an agreement and give money and food.
He could tell the difference. At this time, the most important thing about the Great Zhou Dynasty still did not get rid of the key (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms), that was military!
Otherwise, no matter how fine the internal affairs are, once the war is facing a situation where the country is shaken, or if there are military generals who hold troops and respect themselves... anything is useless.
No matter what ministers say about moral articles, Guo Shao knew very well: now we must first maintain the military and national system and take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun; then we can adjust the military power system from the fundamental institutional perspective.
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After the dynasty, the cabinet minister Zuo You left the imperial city. Seeing that it was still early, he went to the Huben Military Academy in Beicheng, Tokyo.But there is another situation.
A large group of men stood in a queue on the dusty mud, wearing four pieces of plate armor and leather armor. The brand new armor shone in the sun, and they were sweating all over; they held spears and watched the movements of a big man on the earthen platform, and danced the spears.
Huo!Everyone stabbed out with the spear and shouted loudly.
General Zhou Tong came to Zuo You by horse, and the two followed Guo Shao to fight north and north many times, and they were people they knew.
Zhou Channel: The imperial guards suffered losses when they attacked the Eastern Han Dynasty (Northern Han Dynasty), and the Privy Council recruited elite troops from various places to supplement their troops.
Zuo You is a civil servant, so of course he would not rashly point fingers at the soldiers. He immediately praised: Everyone is a young and strong man with a back and a waist.
Zhou Tong shook his head and said: Most of the elite soldiers in the Central Plains have concentrated on the imperial guards, so it is already difficult to choose someone with martial arts experience and strong.Some of the people here are farmers who have just put down their hoes.
After hearing this, Zuo You said in surprise: Can such a person be used?
Zhou Tong said calmly: No one is born to fight. As long as he has a good foundation, he will be a miscellaneous soldier first and go to battle more experience. One elite soldier will always be left in ten!
Zuo You was silent.
Zhou Tong said again: Apart from the divine arm and hand, other elites are all made of human lives except training!There are 100,000 imperial guards in the court, but more than one million people have been killed or injured on the battlefield in the past few decades?!
At this moment, Zhou Tong frowned and walked to a young man, slapped him on the waist: Your torso can't move, can your arms be strong?
The man's face turned red when he saw the general staring at him, and he stood there at a loss.
Zhou Tong took the spear of a soldier next to him, stabbed forward and demonstrated, pointed at the man and said: Follow my actions!
The man gestured nervously, but Zhou Tong was furious and strode to the man, patted his chest and roared: Thorn!Follow this place to stab!
The man's face changed and he shook his head quickly, unable to even say a word.
Zhou Tong said angrily: If you ask you to stab, you dare to disobey military orders?No one taught you the rules in the army beforehand?prick!
Zuo You said nothing, stood outside the queue and looked at the general Zhou Tong silently.
Zhou Tong picked up the spear pole and it seemed light, but it made the man scream in pain.
The man finally closed his eyes and stabbed him hard, but Zhou Tong immediately grabbed it with one hand, and the spear was fixed halfway and could not move.
Zhou Tong swept over with another shot, making the man stagger and scream.
Zhou Tong said with a blue face: With just this little strength, if I had a knife in my hand on the battle formation, your head would have been chopped off!There is only one chance to meet, and everyone has no place to hide. They have to stab and pierce the opponent's armor. Either he dies or you die!
He looked around and cursed angrily for a moment: The court asked you to eat and wear a lot, and to give you military pay, not to let you procrastinate here!If anyone is not concerned about it and is busy, he will go to Xiaying to go to farm.Damn, I can't learn such a simple move!
Zuo You looked at it for a while, without saying anything interference. After reading it for a while, he said goodbye to Zhou.
He heard the crackling sound of muskets in the original place, and immediately got on his horse and took the people to visit the place.
The firearm was a man from the Shenhuodu. Zuo You met the military weapon supervisor Zou Jurun there, and the two of them talked for a while.
...There are some new soldiers in the Divine Fire, and some new injuries were found in the Northern Han Kingdom, and some new recruits were recruited.
At this time, Zhao Hu was already considered an old soldier. He had fought in battles, but it was different in the eyes of the new soldiers.
Usually, those soldiers were so pleased with each other, and some even asked him in awe, saying, "I heard that he had killed someone with his own hands?"
Zhao Hu only said that killing people or being killed in the battle formation is not a big deal, and it is inevitable as long as it is in front.
When he asked how he killed someone, he was unwilling to say more... He himself was unwilling to recall those experiences, and he felt that there was nothing to say.
However, after joining the formation, Zhao Hu was really different from the beginning. At least he wouldn't be too confused now. He was very calm in the queue, understood the use of practicing and what he should do.
Prepare!At this time, everyone shouted.
Zhao Hu picked up the musket with his right hand, clamped the wooden handle with his right arm, and raised the fire pot with his left hand and bit the plug with his teeth. His movements were quick and skillful.
When Yu Guangli looked at the soldiers next to him, he saw that he was in a hurry, his left and right hands and mouth were very messy, and he was sweating.
He raised his sword and pointed at the target in front of him, shouting: Let it go!
Bang bang bang... A row of explosions rang out in the smoke.Soon, I heard the loud shouts of generals again. There were always some soldiers in each row that could not successfully launch for various strange reasons.
At this time, the general ordered a rest, and everyone took their own iron cups and scooped water to the water tank on the sidelines to drink.In the scorching sun, everyone will drink water every time they rest.
Zhao Hu took a quick bite and it was still the same taste, a bit salty.
This is boiled cold boiled water, salt is added, so salty... As for why salt is added, only the people above know. It is said that drinking this after sweating is good.
Salt in Tokyo is very expensive, but there is no shortage of salt in the army, because the reason why salt is expensive is because of the official sale.
Someone next to me muttered: Can this thing really kill people?
Another soldier turned his head and looked at Zhao Hu and asked: Brother Zhao, have you killed the enemy soldiers with a firearm?
A scene of the battle formation appeared in Zhao Hu's mind. A row of more than 30 people fired guns, but they couldn't hit ten people. Who knew who hit?He said casually: In a row of volleys, there are always a few shots.
The soldiers were talking about it, thinking it was useless. Someone said: This thing is so strange, how should the imperial guards use it?
Zhao Hu remembered the fact that he was almost killed when he fought with the enemy soldiers, and said: The soldiers in our Shenhuo Capital are not good at martial arts, and they cannot fight against the elite enemy soldiers. You can still get some advantage with this.
Everyone sighed.
At this time, everyone came over and drank water while saying a few words to the soldiers.Seeing that the general was in a good mood, Zhao Hu asked: May I ask the general, should we attack Youzhou from now on?
Du said with a smile: You call me General, but I have no choice but to speak in the court. How can I know where Your Majesty wants to fight?
He paused and said: However, according to the brothers' speculation, he should attack Youzhou.The only ones left in the south is Wu Yue and the Southern Han Kingdom. Wu Yue followed the Great Zhou Gong. The Southern Han was so far away and the force was not good. Is it because our imperial guards went to fight?
After all, the Divine Fire is also the troops of the Tiger Ben Army's left wing. If you want to fight, you will probably follow the emperor to personally fight.
At this time, another ten generals came and echoed: The official must want to collect the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.
When Zhao Hu heard this, the flames in his heart immediately ignited again!
He seemed to see the burned house, the unrecognizable father, the broken women's clothes in the straw shed in the Xu family's yard, and the blood stains on the thatch... It was the little lady he worked hard to prepare for marriage.
Zhao Hu was embarrassed and angry, clenched his teeth tightly, and his fists turned white.
The ten generals looked at Zhao Hu in surprise: What's wrong with you?
Zhao Hu came to his senses and hurriedly said: When you attack Youzhou, I will definitely rush forward and will never be afraid of death!
The ten generals clapped Zhao Hu on the shoulder: The army wants you as brave as a man like you.
Zhao Hu said again: General Wang must have good martial arts skills, and teach us when you have time.I think the firearm is still too stupid and will always be rushed to the front and fight.
The ten generals smiled and said: Don’t worry, let the newly recruited soldiers learn firearms, and I will teach you to use other weapons.Our divine fire is originally used to use firearms, so we cannot put the important things on hold. We will blame you for going up the peak.
Zhao Hu said: As long as I can kill the Khitans in Youzhou, I will have no regrets if I give up my life.Kill all the Khitan thieves in Youzhou!
The civil and military officials below shouted: My emperor will live forever.
All the ministers are flat.Guo Shao sat on the dragon chaise with his legs spread apart, looking down at the bottom.
Then the eunuchs on duty stepped forward and sang lyrics, and the officials successively submitted comments.
Guo Shao sat, looking back at the Hanlin Academy officials sitting in rows on the left, each of whom was writing hard. On the table covered with yellow tablecloth were jade seals, edicts and other items, and the manpower and cost of issuing orders in the hall.
He felt that this place was like a big ship, and he was the helmman, and every adjustment affected the direction of the entire country.
Some of the ministers praised the emperor's martial arts, and some praised the good weather and good crops in various places.
Guo Shao used his words from time to time to ask officials to persuade farmers; anyway, the imperial court will always pay attention to agriculture.
The Minister of Works submitted a report to build the Yellow River, but Prime Minister Fan Zhi had different opinions, and the two argued in the hall on the spot.
Everything about governing the country is meticulous. Civil servants are prone to different political views and numerous reasons to support their propositions. Moreover, everyone has the issue of taking sides and having a standpoint, so governing is a very complicated matter.
Guo Shao's approach is to issue an order to write a memorial and then make a decision after they write it in their own memorials... In fact, he is to throw the dispute to the government office and continue to argue, and wait until they make a name for themselves. What Guo Shao has to do is to wait until the ministers reach an agreement and give money and food.
He could tell the difference. At this time, the most important thing about the Great Zhou Dynasty still did not get rid of the key (Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms), that was military!
Otherwise, no matter how fine the internal affairs are, once the war is facing a situation where the country is shaken, or if there are military generals who hold troops and respect themselves... anything is useless.
No matter what ministers say about moral articles, Guo Shao knew very well: now we must first maintain the military and national system and take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun; then we can adjust the military power system from the fundamental institutional perspective.
……
After the dynasty, the cabinet minister Zuo You left the imperial city. Seeing that it was still early, he went to the Huben Military Academy in Beicheng, Tokyo.But there is another situation.
A large group of men stood in a queue on the dusty mud, wearing four pieces of plate armor and leather armor. The brand new armor shone in the sun, and they were sweating all over; they held spears and watched the movements of a big man on the earthen platform, and danced the spears.
Huo!Everyone stabbed out with the spear and shouted loudly.
General Zhou Tong came to Zuo You by horse, and the two followed Guo Shao to fight north and north many times, and they were people they knew.
Zhou Channel: The imperial guards suffered losses when they attacked the Eastern Han Dynasty (Northern Han Dynasty), and the Privy Council recruited elite troops from various places to supplement their troops.
Zuo You is a civil servant, so of course he would not rashly point fingers at the soldiers. He immediately praised: Everyone is a young and strong man with a back and a waist.
Zhou Tong shook his head and said: Most of the elite soldiers in the Central Plains have concentrated on the imperial guards, so it is already difficult to choose someone with martial arts experience and strong.Some of the people here are farmers who have just put down their hoes.
After hearing this, Zuo You said in surprise: Can such a person be used?
Zhou Tong said calmly: No one is born to fight. As long as he has a good foundation, he will be a miscellaneous soldier first and go to battle more experience. One elite soldier will always be left in ten!
Zuo You was silent.
Zhou Tong said again: Apart from the divine arm and hand, other elites are all made of human lives except training!There are 100,000 imperial guards in the court, but more than one million people have been killed or injured on the battlefield in the past few decades?!
At this moment, Zhou Tong frowned and walked to a young man, slapped him on the waist: Your torso can't move, can your arms be strong?
The man's face turned red when he saw the general staring at him, and he stood there at a loss.
Zhou Tong took the spear of a soldier next to him, stabbed forward and demonstrated, pointed at the man and said: Follow my actions!
The man gestured nervously, but Zhou Tong was furious and strode to the man, patted his chest and roared: Thorn!Follow this place to stab!
The man's face changed and he shook his head quickly, unable to even say a word.
Zhou Tong said angrily: If you ask you to stab, you dare to disobey military orders?No one taught you the rules in the army beforehand?prick!
Zuo You said nothing, stood outside the queue and looked at the general Zhou Tong silently.
Zhou Tong picked up the spear pole and it seemed light, but it made the man scream in pain.
The man finally closed his eyes and stabbed him hard, but Zhou Tong immediately grabbed it with one hand, and the spear was fixed halfway and could not move.
Zhou Tong swept over with another shot, making the man stagger and scream.
Zhou Tong said with a blue face: With just this little strength, if I had a knife in my hand on the battle formation, your head would have been chopped off!There is only one chance to meet, and everyone has no place to hide. They have to stab and pierce the opponent's armor. Either he dies or you die!
He looked around and cursed angrily for a moment: The court asked you to eat and wear a lot, and to give you military pay, not to let you procrastinate here!If anyone is not concerned about it and is busy, he will go to Xiaying to go to farm.Damn, I can't learn such a simple move!
Zuo You looked at it for a while, without saying anything interference. After reading it for a while, he said goodbye to Zhou.
He heard the crackling sound of muskets in the original place, and immediately got on his horse and took the people to visit the place.
The firearm was a man from the Shenhuodu. Zuo You met the military weapon supervisor Zou Jurun there, and the two of them talked for a while.
...There are some new soldiers in the Divine Fire, and some new injuries were found in the Northern Han Kingdom, and some new recruits were recruited.
At this time, Zhao Hu was already considered an old soldier. He had fought in battles, but it was different in the eyes of the new soldiers.
Usually, those soldiers were so pleased with each other, and some even asked him in awe, saying, "I heard that he had killed someone with his own hands?"
Zhao Hu only said that killing people or being killed in the battle formation is not a big deal, and it is inevitable as long as it is in front.
When he asked how he killed someone, he was unwilling to say more... He himself was unwilling to recall those experiences, and he felt that there was nothing to say.
However, after joining the formation, Zhao Hu was really different from the beginning. At least he wouldn't be too confused now. He was very calm in the queue, understood the use of practicing and what he should do.
Prepare!At this time, everyone shouted.
Zhao Hu picked up the musket with his right hand, clamped the wooden handle with his right arm, and raised the fire pot with his left hand and bit the plug with his teeth. His movements were quick and skillful.
When Yu Guangli looked at the soldiers next to him, he saw that he was in a hurry, his left and right hands and mouth were very messy, and he was sweating.
He raised his sword and pointed at the target in front of him, shouting: Let it go!
Bang bang bang... A row of explosions rang out in the smoke.Soon, I heard the loud shouts of generals again. There were always some soldiers in each row that could not successfully launch for various strange reasons.
At this time, the general ordered a rest, and everyone took their own iron cups and scooped water to the water tank on the sidelines to drink.In the scorching sun, everyone will drink water every time they rest.
Zhao Hu took a quick bite and it was still the same taste, a bit salty.
This is boiled cold boiled water, salt is added, so salty... As for why salt is added, only the people above know. It is said that drinking this after sweating is good.
Salt in Tokyo is very expensive, but there is no shortage of salt in the army, because the reason why salt is expensive is because of the official sale.
Someone next to me muttered: Can this thing really kill people?
Another soldier turned his head and looked at Zhao Hu and asked: Brother Zhao, have you killed the enemy soldiers with a firearm?
A scene of the battle formation appeared in Zhao Hu's mind. A row of more than 30 people fired guns, but they couldn't hit ten people. Who knew who hit?He said casually: In a row of volleys, there are always a few shots.
The soldiers were talking about it, thinking it was useless. Someone said: This thing is so strange, how should the imperial guards use it?
Zhao Hu remembered the fact that he was almost killed when he fought with the enemy soldiers, and said: The soldiers in our Shenhuo Capital are not good at martial arts, and they cannot fight against the elite enemy soldiers. You can still get some advantage with this.
Everyone sighed.
At this time, everyone came over and drank water while saying a few words to the soldiers.Seeing that the general was in a good mood, Zhao Hu asked: May I ask the general, should we attack Youzhou from now on?
Du said with a smile: You call me General, but I have no choice but to speak in the court. How can I know where Your Majesty wants to fight?
He paused and said: However, according to the brothers' speculation, he should attack Youzhou.The only ones left in the south is Wu Yue and the Southern Han Kingdom. Wu Yue followed the Great Zhou Gong. The Southern Han was so far away and the force was not good. Is it because our imperial guards went to fight?
After all, the Divine Fire is also the troops of the Tiger Ben Army's left wing. If you want to fight, you will probably follow the emperor to personally fight.
At this time, another ten generals came and echoed: The official must want to collect the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.
When Zhao Hu heard this, the flames in his heart immediately ignited again!
He seemed to see the burned house, the unrecognizable father, the broken women's clothes in the straw shed in the Xu family's yard, and the blood stains on the thatch... It was the little lady he worked hard to prepare for marriage.
Zhao Hu was embarrassed and angry, clenched his teeth tightly, and his fists turned white.
The ten generals looked at Zhao Hu in surprise: What's wrong with you?
Zhao Hu came to his senses and hurriedly said: When you attack Youzhou, I will definitely rush forward and will never be afraid of death!
The ten generals clapped Zhao Hu on the shoulder: The army wants you as brave as a man like you.
Zhao Hu said again: General Wang must have good martial arts skills, and teach us when you have time.I think the firearm is still too stupid and will always be rushed to the front and fight.
The ten generals smiled and said: Don’t worry, let the newly recruited soldiers learn firearms, and I will teach you to use other weapons.Our divine fire is originally used to use firearms, so we cannot put the important things on hold. We will blame you for going up the peak.
Zhao Hu said: As long as I can kill the Khitans in Youzhou, I will have no regrets if I give up my life.Kill all the Khitan thieves in Youzhou!