Guo Hong came back after dark. He first heard a clang outside. The maid hurried out to take a look and came back to report: His Highness threw a stone and broke the porcelain bottle.
Fu Ermei stood up hurriedly and frowned, saying: This child is getting more and more mischievous as he grows up. He is so troublesome and is not as well behaved as when he was a child.
She walked out and shouted: Come here
When Guo Shao followed him out, he saw the child making faces at Fu Ermei. Fu Ermei looked angry, but the child was not afraid of her. She said: "See if your father doesn't take that thing away."
Guo Shao was very calm. What little boy had done some naughty things when he was a child? But he just stood there and did not get angry. Guo Hong actually looked at him with some fear.
It was strange. Guo Shao had never beaten him, but this child was afraid of him for some reason.
It was you who broke the bottle, Guo Shao pointed at the pieces on the ground.
Guo Hong first hid the bamboo spear behind his back and muttered:
Guo Shao was not angry but praised: "Very good, you dare to admit your mistakes. Now you sweep up the debris and clean up your own things. After you clean up, I won't beat you."
The prince actually did the cleaning, but this was Guo Shao's idea, and the palace servants did not dare to help. Guo Hong hid the bamboo spear in his clothes and obediently took the broom from the eunuch, and the palace finally quieted down for a while.
After dinner, Guo Shao asked his son what he had learned. Immediately, the palace was filled with childish chanting: The sky and earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast and boundless. The sun and the moon wax and wane, the stars are in full bloom.
Guo Shao was delighted and asked what it meant. This time Guo Hong looked confused.
After the palace maids put the child to sleep, Guo Shaocai went to sleep and rest in his second sister's palace.
After Guo Shao returned to Beijing, although he had a lot of things to do, his daily routine gradually returned to normal.
The emperor was like the common people, working from sunrise to sunset and resting from sunset to sunrise. In fact, he had to go to Jinxiang Palace before the sun rose. He did not hold court today, but read the memorials first. An official from the Privy Council submitted a memorial suggesting that the small state of Goryeo would not dare to be an enemy of Daxu, and that the navy could be sent to occupy Jeju Island directly to establish a naval port.
But Guo Shao immediately accepted this suggestion. He was not very good at playing Go, but he had some experience in this kind of game. Jeonra Island was just a base for advancement. If the first step was so ugly, it would not be a good start.
The Goryeo royal family at this time was different from that in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Lee family of the later Joseon Kingdom was completely dependent on the Central Plains, but at this time it was more independent, otherwise the Wang family would not have had the ambition to expand.
At the moment, Guo Shao did not want to break up with Goryeo at all, as it would not do any good. First of all, the old land of Bohai was not a contested territory. Daxu did not even have the strength to occupy the Liaoxi region at this time, so how could it compete for the Liaodong region with a weak foundation, which was separated by the Liao Kingdom? According to the strategy of ancient strategists: make friends with distant countries and attack nearby ones, it is not a rush to make enemies with a non-bordering country like Goryeo.
Secondly, although Daxu's military strength is stronger than Goryeo's, it is difficult to transport from Jiangning Port to Jeonra and Dongdo. If they fight with Goryeo for Jeonra, Goryeo is close and Daxu is far, so the Xu army may not be able to gain an advantage; if they march to Dongdo in the future, there will be threats on the sea route. In short, it is not a wise move.
At this time, the eunuch Cao Tai came forward with a stack of memorials in his arms, and carefully placed them on the imperial desk, making almost no sound. This was because Guo Shao was writing and drawing on paper while reading the memorials, looking very attentive.
However, Guo Shao noticed it immediately and asked without raising his head: Have the ministers seen it
Cao Tai hurriedly said: Your Majesty, I have just looked at these on the desk. They were sent to the West Palace from the Privy Council and the Ministry of Public Administration early in the morning. This is one of the stacks.
Guo Shao reached out and flipped through it. There were slips of paper on the leather surface, with a line of words indicating the content. One of the slips read: Khitan envoys have arrived in Beijing.
Guo Shao took it out immediately, looked up at Cao Tai, and said calmly: I wonder if you are here to redeem Xiao Siwen's daughter again.
After hearing this, Cao Tai's face turned red and he almost laughed.
Guo Shao first read the contents of the memorial, which was a letter from an official at the post station. It only mentioned the reception of Khitan envoys along the way, and it seemed that the Khitan had not yet arrived in Tokyo.
Minister Lu Guo Shao shouted directly at the screen. Lu Duosun, who was also the cabinet minister, was reading the memorial in the same room.
Sure enough, Lu Dosun came over after a while, bowed and said, "What do you want, Your Majesty?"
Guo Shao handed over the memorial in his hand: Minister Lu should have read it.
Yes. Ludoson bowed.
Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: No matter what the Khitan envoys come for, you should personally lead people to receive them with state etiquette, make a big fuss, and let the envoys pass by the inn where the Koreans live.
Lu Duosun said respectfully: "I obey your majesty's order and want the Koreans to be aware of our exchanges with the Liao Kingdom.
Guo Shao nodded and said: "That's right. Didn't we invite the Khitans to stay at the Liao Posthouse in Tokyo before? If the Liao people are willing, it would be best to do it before the Goryeo envoys return home."
Guo Shao thought: If I were in power in Goryeo, what I would like to see most is the two great powers of Xu and Liao fighting each other. No one would have time to look east, and everyone would want to win over Goryeo to stabilize it. What I fear most is the two countries making peace. What future does it have for the sea and land to be sandwiched between two superpowers that have ceased fighting
The grasslands were lush and green in the Liao Dynasty. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, the clouds were white, and the land was green. It was a good time of the year. However, Xiao Siwen was a little unhappy and worried.
He stood in the courtyard of the mansion, looking at the peach trees, and felt very lonely. Xiao Siwen had other children, but he loved Yanyan the most. Now that things have changed, wouldn't he feel lost
Now he holds great power, but he is still unhappy with his official duties. After returning to Beijing, Yang Gun had been stripped of his military power and official position. If it were not for Xiao Siwen's protection, his life would not be avenged. Xiao Siwen was not unhappy about Yang Gun, nor was it just because of the heavy losses in the Pingxia War, but after listening to Yang Gun's description, he was worried about the future.
The nobles in the court were not worried, perhaps because Pingxia was far away, or because their vision was too close.
How can I sleep peacefully when my old enemy becomes so difficult to deal with
Xiao Siwen recalled the frequency of external attacks in the Central Plains in recent years. After the first Northern Expedition, the Central Plains invaded Youzhou again in the same year, and occupied the entire Pingxia area the following year. Xiao Siwen learned that Xu's army was getting stronger and stronger, and now Yang Gun's Liao army was on the verge of collapse.
It's only the middle of the year, will there still be war
When the Liao Kingdom was at war, if it could not win in a frontal field battle, it would be in a very passive position. The Liao army dared to carry out harassment in Hebei, where important towns were numerous, and even went straight to Tokyo during the Jin Dynasty, because they were not afraid of field battles.
Yang Gun's defeat made Xiao Siwen very worried. After losing Youzhou, the former emperor Yelu Jing and his gang were overthrown and made scapegoats. The defeat in Pingxia was not serious. If the Liao Dynasty lost the Northeast in the future, the foundation of the Liao Dynasty would be shaken. Who would be qualified to bear the responsibility