Guo Shao remembered that when he was hiding in the cabinet in the peach blossom forest of the Prince Wei's mansion, he accidentally heard Fu Yanqing bragging that when he was young, he had sex with ten women at night and claimed that he could ride, shoot and fight at the age of thirteen. Now Fu Yanqing is about sixty years old, but he actually has only one adult son, Fu Zhaoxu. If the second son had not died of illness, he should have grown up. The third son Zhaoyuan is only a teenager and has not yet married. This time, his eldest brother Zhaoxu went to Luzhou to propose marriage for him.
Guo Shao met Fu Zhaoxu in the main hall behind Jinxiang Hall, where Fu Jinzhan was sitting.
He had seen Zhaoxu in the Prince Wei's mansion. They were not very familiar with each other, but he still recognized him when they met. He saw that Fu Zhaoxu was in his thirties and was very handsome. Anyway, Guo Shao thought he was more handsome than himself, even though Fu Zhaoxu was ten years older than him.
Zhao Xu wore a military uniform and a high crown on his head, which made him look taller. Because he was a military commander, his face, neck and hands were a little dark due to the sun, but you can see that his skin was originally very white; his facial features were quite regular, his eyes were bright, and his facial lines were relatively soft, not at all like Yang Biao's horse-faced and angular face. Although he was a military commander, he was very graceful, but lacked a bit of fierceness.
He behaved very calmly and said little. After Guo Shao kowtowed to the Queen Mother, he clasped his fists and said: "Greetings to Inspector Guo."
Brother Fu. Guo Shao returned the greeting affectionately, saying, "You and I are family, so there is no need to address each other by military rank, just address each other as brothers."
After hearing this, Fu Zhaoxu said: Brother Guo.
Guo Shao suddenly felt that this man was indeed very straightforward. He was not like Shi Yanchao, but he was not too rigid either. He seemed like a free and honest person. At that time in Daming Prefecture, he also heard that the elder brother of the Fu family was loyal and honest. It seems that reputation can sometimes be trusted.
Guo Shao turned around and bent down to say to Fu Jinzhan: My father-in-law actually sent Brother Fu to Luzhou in person. Fortunately, Li Yun chose not to rebel; otherwise, judging from Li Yun's actions, Brother Fu would be in danger.
Fu Zhaoxu said: "My father and I didn't realize that Li Yun was such a cruel person. Fortunately, I managed to handle it. Afterwards, I was a little scared. I don't know what a daughter raised by such a person will be like. It will be a bit difficult to serve my third brother if he really wants to marry her in the future."
Fu Jinzhan's face flushed, she didn't even look at Guo Shao, let alone talk to him, as if they were strangers at all, which made it more obvious. She asked calmly: "Did my brother meet the envoy from the Northern Han Dynasty at Li Yun's residence in Luzhou?"
Guo Shao also wanted to ask about this, but when he heard Jinzhan asking, he just listened in silence.
Fu Zhaoxu said: "My Queen Mother, I haven't seen him. I was placed in the ceremonial hall in front. There were Li Yun's people inside and outside. I couldn't move, let alone ask around."
Jinzhan said: At this time, the Northern Han Dynasty must send people to contact the three Lis, and none of them will be left behind. Li Yun even killed Li Jixun's eldest son, but he didn't just kill the Northern Han envoys as well. He had ulterior motives and ambitions.
After hearing this, Guo Shao bowed with great admiration and said: The Queen Mother is wise.
Fu Jinzhan still ignored him and just looked at Zhao Xu and said: Let's arrange the marriage first. It's hard to say whether you can marry the daughter of the Li family in the future, so you don't have to care what kind of person Li Yun's daughter is.
We all obey the Queen Mother's order.
Guo Shao was inexplicably ignored by Fu Jinzhan and felt a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Zhao Xu would not be hard on him, so he said: Come to my house later. Since Brother Fu is here, I will do my best to be a good host.
Fu Zhaoxu looked at Guo Shao with a smile: Then I'd better obey your command.
Guo Shao also smiled: My second sister is doing well in Damingfu
Zhao Xu looked at Guo Shao with a complicated expression: I heard from the servants in the mansion that my second sister read Brother Guo's letters several times a day. She was in a state of dismay for a while and had no appetite. Now Tokyo seems to be peaceful. Why don't I send her back to Tokyo after I return to Daming Mansion
Guo Shao pondered for a moment, then bowed and said to Fu Jinzhan: "Brother Fu, when you return to Daming Prefecture, please ask the Empress Dowager to allow me to take a few days off and accompany you to bring my wife back."
Doesn’t the imperial guard need to be reorganized? Fu Jinzhan finally spoke to Guo Shao.
Guo Shaodao: To the Queen Mother, it will take time to reorganize the Imperial Guards. At present, the organizational framework of the Tiger Guards has been determined, and the candidates for the Commander of the Xiangdu have also been appointed. This is the list of the Commander of the Army, the Commander of the Army, the Commander of the Military Guard, and the Deputy Commander of the Army. I am about to submit a report. Next, the generals at all levels can select soldiers and reorganize the troops of each unit within the specific scope of the Iron Cavalry Army according to the plan; these matters can only be presided over by the generals at all levels. I just need to wait for the results, and wait for this period of time to get out of the situation.
The eunuch came down and took away Guo Shao's list. Fu Jinzhan flipped through it and said casually: Leave it with me first, and I will get back to you the day after tomorrow.
Yes. Guo Shao bowed.
Fu Jinzhan said again: Li Yun and Li Jixun broke up, when will Li Jixun and Li Chongjin rebel
Guo Shaodao: In my opinion, we should send people to the southwest of Jinzhou and the border of Northern Han as soon as possible to order Xiang Xun's troops to impose martial law and focus on city defense. I guess Li Jixun and others may raid Jinzhou to open up a passage to Northern Han. As long as Jinzhou is captured, Li Jixun will first have a way to retreat. If things go wrong, he can flee from Jinzhou to Northern Han, saving his life; secondly, he can pass through Northern Han and link up with Li Chongjin's troops in Liaozhou.
Fu Jinzhan said: Yesterday, Fan Zhi wrote a letter to the emperor, advising that we should defend Luoyang, the Western Capital. Li Jixun might go south to attack the Western Capital to increase his power and cut off the east-west water transport of the Yellow River.
Guo Shao hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother is wise. Fan Zhi is a civil servant who does not understand military affairs at all. He is just talking nonsense. Xijing is surrounded by mountains and has important towns. The total strength of the three towns in Heyang is only 20,000. The temporary conscription of able-bodied men does not have much combat power. How can we attack Xijing? Besides, he gave up Heyang and crossed the Yellow River to the south. Is he going to fight a desperate battle? Li Jixun is still very afraid of the strength of the imperial army. The first thing he does is to find a way out. If he doesn't want to design a road to connect with Li Chongjin of the Northern Han Dynasty, but wants to cross the Yellow River, it will really make people laugh.
Fu Jinzhan said: I thought so too, but since someone said it, I just mentioned it.
Guo Shao said: Xiang Xun's troops are weak. He was transferred from Zhen'an Army to Jinzhou to defend against the Northern Han Dynasty, and he only brought 2,000 cavalry. Together with the Jianxiong Army in Jinzhou, there are only 10,000 people. If they are not prepared and caught off guard, they may be defeated by Li Jixun.
Or if Li Chongjin's army of the Northern Han army passes through the Northern Han and attacks together, Jinzhou is also in great danger. Li Jixun has 20,000 soldiers from three garrisons; Li Chongjin has 6,000 soldiers from the garrisons and 20,000 Gan De troops from Huainan who have surrendered. They don't have many elite soldiers, and their soldiers are not very loyal, but their strength far exceeds that of Xiang Xun's army.
Fu Jinzhan pondered for a moment and said: Cao Tai, go to the Privy Council immediately and order Wang Pu to send someone to Jinzhou to remind Xiang Xun.