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 said nothing.
He didn't think that his sons would cause an uncontrollable situation.
As long as he is around, Guo Mo will have a good chat with any of these boys who dare to stab them.
There is still a lot of excitement in the "Marshal's Mansion". The spring plowing has passed. Compared with the same period last year, the population of Guo Mo, the capital of the five states in Henan, has increased by nearly 800,000.
However, an additional two million acres of land were cultivated, some of which were military settlements, but most of which were cultivated by refugees who entered the five prefectures.
The grain issue alone was too busy for Henan's economic and political pacification envoy Du Gao. Fortunately, there was no danger, and he was able to complete the last batch of farming in the last season.
Guo Xun, the fifth child of the old Guo family, with his birth, like the fourth child, it rained hard for several days.
It was the time when the wheat was jointing, so the rain came just in time.
"Second sister, Brother Xun's birthday is really good. That is the day when Sakyamuni was born."
Huang Rong held little Guo Xun in one hand while teasing Li Mochou who was lying on the bed.
"Sister, I don't dare to say that. What if I bump into the Buddha?"
After becoming a mother, Li Mochou inexplicably became less violent. After having a child, there was real concern in the world.
"What are you talking about?"
Guo Mo lifted the curtain and walked in, then moved a stool and sat in front of the bed.
"I just said that Brother Xun and Sakyamuni were born on the same day, and my second sister was worried about blaspheming the Buddha."
Huang Rong gently handed little Guo Xun to Guo Mo.
The child has been born for more than ten days, but he has gone through a lot of twists and turns to support him. Fortunately, Li Mochou has a good physique. Another person may not be able to withstand the hardships.
"Sakyamuni is the prince of Kapilavastu Kingdom, and our brother Xun is also the little emperor grandson of the Song Dynasty. This status may not necessarily mean that he is lower than him."
"In the future, no matter whether he studies literature or practices martial arts, he will always be able to achieve a great career. How can my son, Guo Mo, be a mediocre person?"
Looking at Guo Mo and Huang Rong, they both liked little Guo Xun so much, and Li Mochou also showed a happy smile.
"Dad, just now Grand Master Zhao and Cheng Taibao went to the 'Hongyu Pavilion' to find you. I asked them to have tea in the front hall first."
At this time, little Guo Xiang ran in from outside and stuck to Guo Mo as soon as she entered the room.
Even though Guo Mo has so many children, including Zhao Simo, he has six sons, but he only has one daughter, Guo Xiang.
I originally regarded this little girl as a treasure, but now that there are so many sons comparing me to her, I feel even more rare for the little girl.
"Brother Mo, you should go and get down to business first. The two gentlemen are looking for you. It seems like something big has happened."
Both Huang Rong and Li Mochou are people who understand justice in this regard and will never delay Guo Mo's political affairs because of the affairs of the back house.
"Okay, but if you come here at this time, even if there is something big, you probably have to have lunch first."
Guo Mo raised his head and glanced at the sun outside the window. It was almost past noon.
"Brother Mo, you are so unforgiving with your mouth. Go quickly. I will ask Tingxiang to bring a banquet over in a moment. I will have lunch at my second sister's place."
Huang Rong hurriedly took little Guo Xun from Guo Mo's hand. The little guy actually fell asleep and didn't wake up. He didn't know that he had been changed back and forth.
The fourth and fifth sons of the Guo family are all special people. The fourth son is the "Lei Zhenzi" who is very good at eating.
He is now over eight months old, but he is much older than other one-year-old children.
As for this fifth child, his only hobby is sleeping. It is rare to see him open his eyes, and he eats and sleeps every day.
Little Guo Xiang followed the situation. She was not willing to set rules in front of Huang Rong and preferred to stay with Guo Mo.
Years later, six-year-old Guo Xiang likes to stay by her father's side, even if she is serving tea and water, as long as Guo Mo is not dealing with special matters. She even calls it "being a maid for dad".
Guo Mo had seen the level of this "little maid". In a few days, even one of his two beloved tea sets was "broken into pieces" in the hands of little Guo Xiang.
She also said plausibly, "Dad, why can't your teapot and teacup be made of iron?"
"Xiang'er, I'll talk to the two gentlemen later, and you just eat next to me obediently. After you finish eating, you can go play with Sister Long -"
Holding Xiao Guo Xiang's hand, the two of them left "Qiuxinyuan" and came to "Hongyu Pavilion".
"Your Highness, I didn't disturb you, did I?"
After Guo Mo became the prince from King Yan, Zhao Rushu's attitude changed somewhat, but old Cheng Jui still went his own way.
"Haha, how is that possible? I just want to have a drink at noon. You guys came just in time."
"Hello gentlemen——"
Starting from this spring, there will be an additional primary school in the "Marshal's Mansion". Currently, there is only one student, little Guo Xiang.
If she were on Peach Blossom Island, she would have followed those boys to study. When she arrived in Luoyang City, she had already wasted a year.
Therefore, when spring came this year, Princess Huang Rong personally came forward and asked Zhao Rushu and Cheng Jue to be Xiao Guoxiang's daily lecturers.
Fortunately, little Guoxiang doesn't go to school every day. He spends half a day studying in the primary school every other day. The rest of the time, he practices more with Xiao Longnu.
The naughty little Guo Xiang turned out to be extremely well-behaved when she saw these two men, and bowed respectfully to the two old gentlemen.
"Haha, Xiao Xiang'er, do you still have your father's top-quality 'Hero Drunk'? Help Mr. find some jars -"
Old 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 everyone who met Xiao Guo Xiang had to get closer to him.
"Haha, Lao Cheng, when did you come to my place and I didn't care about your drinking? But drinking is very harmful to your health. Before you practice Daozhang Li's 'Quan Zhen Dao Song', you'd better restrain yourself."
Now, Li Zhichang will definitely teach everyone the "Quanzhen Dao Song" in person on the first and fifteenth day of every month 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 formula of the "Quanzhen Dao Song", and there are even schematic diagrams of the movements outlined in simple drawings.
Usually, there are many people practicing in the square, but on the days when Li Zhichang teaches, more people gather.
Guo Mo also secretly visited once. Of course, almost all the people in the venue were men, and there were very few people with status and status.
Even someone as powerful as Guo Mo could not forcefully change the limitations of the times. Unlike the square dances of later generations, the scene of a national movement would probably be difficult to recreate in the Song Dynasty.
"You two, aren't you just here to have a meal?"
When I was young, two "Tiger Soldiers" opened the door and Tingxiang walked in from the outside carrying a large food box.
Two hundred "Tiger Soldiers" were already in place in mid-February.
Before the end of March, Guo Mo had completely taught the first four levels of the "Eight Methods of the Desert" and the "Wansheng Sword Technique" he created.
Especially the set of "Wansheng Sword Technique" can be practiced by one person or by two people together. At most, it can be practiced by eight people.
People in the military have been exposed to simple formations, but in Guo Mo's sword technique, two people using it together can be called "Liangyi sword technique", and eight people using it together can be called "Bagua sword technique".
After all, the strength of these people is limited, so they turned into a combined attack technique, which can effectively increase the power of the attack in a short period of time.
Since April, these two hundred people have been dividing the work.
Every day, one hundred people stay in the East Cross Courtyard to practice Kung Fu, and another hundred people are stationed at various posts in the "Marshal's Mansion".
Or they are the guards of a certain house, such as "Qiuxin Garden" and "Hongyu Pavilion". Four "Tiger Soldiers" are assigned to each place.
There are also some who dress up as gardeners, busboys and so on.
Of course the people in the "Marshal's Mansion" knew what was going on. After all, it was to prevent intrusion from outsiders.
Let them become familiar with the various terrains of the "Marshal's Mansion" as quickly as possible and the various characters in the 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, ensuring that there were people commanding these "tiger troops" twelve hours a day.
"Your Highness, it is a stroke of genius for you to recruit these two hundred disciples. From what I see, in three to five years these boys will probably not be weaker than the mighty generals in the army."
Zhao Rushu knew how much money was taken from him in order to train this group of people. This investment was not much more than that of those famous sects.
"There is no way. In extraordinary times, extraordinary things must be done. There are actually a few seedlings here. If you cultivate them well, you may have some good helpers."
"Your Highness, since these two hundred people are already considered your disciples, I think we can't collectively call them the 'Hu Ben Army'. We should give them another name."
Old Cheng Jue next to him took a sip of wine.
Regarding this issue, Huang Rong once raised it with Guo Mo, but Guo Mo never thought about it.
The name of an organization seems very natural, but the name of a sect seems a bit out of place.
"I wonder if you two gentlemen have any suggestions? To be honest, I didn't think of a very suitable name at the next moment."
Guo Mo personally offered it to the two elders. Since these two people raised it in person, they might have a plan in mind.
"The youngest among them is already twenty-two or thirty years old, and the oldest is only twenty-seven or eighty-years-old. With a few years of good training, he will be able to serve His Highness for at least twenty or thirty years."
"All the king's guards are loyal and brave men, and His Highness is a martial arts wizard. Naturally, the overall strength of those he personally trained will far exceed those of his predecessors, so it is not appropriate to use the names of his predecessors."
"During the reign of Emperor Zhou, there was an army of 'Hu Ben', which is now used by me. It was called 'Yulin' in the Han Dynasty, the 'Twelve Guards' in the Sui Dynasty, and the 'Left and Right Guards' in the Tang Dynasty. It was renamed in this dynasty.
'Custodes'."
"These are often large in number and appear in the form of an army. These people trained by His Highness are all excellent in both civil and military affairs. The old man has a title and is given a 'brocade garment'——"
Zhao Rushu adjusted his book bag for a long time and finally said the word "Jinyi".
Guo Mo's eyes suddenly widened, "Jinyiwei"?
"Your Highness, do you think the number nominated by Lao Zhao is inappropriate?"
Seeing that Guo Mo didn't say anything for a long time, old Cheng Jue also put down his bowl quickly.
"A gentleman wears brocade and fox fur until he reaches his end."
The name "Jinyi" was jointly researched by Old 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 that it had already been a long time and Guo Mo was still hesitating.
Is there anything shameful about this name?
How could they have thought that Guo Mo was considering the impression and influence this name would have on future generations.
"There's nothing wrong with it. It's just a name anyway. Let's follow the arrangements you two proposed. However, the main tasks of these two hundred people now are daily training and protecting the safety of the entire mansion."
Bad names are all caused by people. Guo Mo is confident that he has the "Jinyi" in his hands and will embark on an unusual path.
When the day comes that he has to leave the court, the worst possible outcome is that he will dismantle "Jinyi" or even directly transform into a martial arts sect.
"Your Highness, Ambassador Du Fu has sent a report. I think Your Highness should be very interested in it."
Old Cheng Jue took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Guo Mo with a smile.
This Du Gao is quite interesting. His official office was originally in Luoyang City. In the two years since Guo Mo settled in Luoyang City, Du Gao rarely stayed in Luoyang City.
They always visit the lower state capitals, euphemistically called "inspections."
This time I went out under the guise of "spring planting". It has been almost two months, and now I have settled in Xuzhou, my last attachment.
Xuzhou is a very special existence. Most of the people are from the Kingdom of Jin. Of course, the magistrate of Xuzhou is also from the Kingdom of Jin, and he is Yelu Chucai.
Not to mention, this Yelu Chucai is really a practical person. In just over half a year, he personally visited more than 130 newly formed villages and towns.
The time spent in the Xuzhou government office is incomparable to the time spent in the fields or construction sites in villages and towns.
In this aspect, Yelu Chucai is very similar to the current Du Gao.
Therefore, when the two met on the field in Xuzhou, they were both dressed as old farmers. Of course, they were also secretly guarded by warriors from the "Yue Family Army".
After all, these hundreds of thousands of people came from the Kingdom of Jin. If anything goes wrong, you will regret it.
Guo Mo took the memorial handed over by old Cheng Jue, and it turned out that the end of the memorial was the joint signature of Du Gao and Yelu Chucai.
In fact, Guo Mo tried his best to avoid involving Yelu Chucai in matters related to the Kingdom of Jin. This was not a distrust of him, but a complete protection.
Many people, to a greater or lesser degree, always have some emotional ties to their homeland.
The Kingdom of Jin is going to have a grain shortage again. Last year's winter wheat was not planted. I planned to replant other grains during spring plowing. Even planting some vegetables can alleviate the problem.
It's a pity that during last year's great famine, the people even ate all the grain seeds, so what else could they use to sow seeds?
The old method is to continue asking Guo Mo in Luoyang City for help.
In the "Marshal's Mansion", he was waiting for Li Mochou to give birth and was busy training the two hundred boys. How could Guo Mo care about such things? He just left it to Du Gao, the envoy of Henan Economic Strategy and Comfort.
Du Gao was also in a dilemma. As the saying goes, a clever woman cannot make a living without rice. He himself was still worried about the extra land he had reclaimed for food. How could he have the spare energy to help the Kingdom of Jin?
In this way, the Kingdom of Jin perfectly missed the spring plowing again.
The family is almost out of food, and there is no hope for the autumn harvest in a few months. What do you want these people to do?
As a result, two major flows emerged.
The five state capitals under Guo Mo's command were in one place, and many people from the Great Jin Kingdom had already brought their only food and brought their families and families with them to the west.
This is the focus of Du Gao's report. The current level of farming is far behind that of later generations, and there are no high-yielding food crops.
The most productive one should be considered rice, which is harvested three times a year. The climate and moisture in Henan are not suitable for this.
Last year, nearly 800,000 hungry people were admitted, which is already the limit for the five states of Henan. If hundreds of thousands more people come, not only will the vitality of the Jin Kingdom be severely damaged, but Guo Mo will also be extremely uncomfortable.
The second flow direction is Caizhou and Yingzhou in the southern part of the Jin Kingdom.
Last year, there were deserters in Daikin's army due to food shortages.
Emperor Wanyan Shouxu of the Jin Dynasty took the opportunity to lay off some more soldiers. These people gathered in the forests of Xiaoshan Mountain and became bandits on the grass, lingering in the mountainous areas of Caizhou and Yingzhou in the south.
Wanyan Shouxu also sent troops to conquer, but he sent more troops. He was worried that there would be problems with the defense of Bianliang City, so he sent fewer troops, but it did not help.
After going back and forth three or five times, the two sides did not really start fighting. After all, they were all former colleagues, and some of them had a superior-subordinate relationship, or even relatives and friends.
After several campaigns, the Jin army that gathered in Xiaoshan Forest abandoned the grass bandits and instead "obtained" some extra food, and the team actually grew a lot.
Just like this spring, there were more than 30 grassroots bandits, large and small, in Caizhou and Yingzhou, and the three largest ones all had more than a thousand troops.
Some of them even secretly sent people to contact Yelu Chucai, who was the magistrate of Xuzhou.
Guo Mo's feat of exchanging 300,000 shi of grain for a piece of Yelu Chucai has been spread throughout the world.
I don’t know how people in other places would evaluate this matter, but many people in the Kingdom of Jin gave Guo Mo a thumbs up secretly.
Now, the food shortage is about to happen again, and many people have begun to fend for themselves in advance, and even called away the children who served as soldiers in the Jin army.
There is chaos everywhere, and there are always safety risks for those who travel long distances, even if there are old people, women and children.
As a result, the children of the army fled in twos and threes, and even took away the distributed food, weapons and horses.
The generals in the army were powerless and could only report to the top level by level, but eventually it fell into the hands of Wanyan Shouxu.
"Snapped--"
There was another sound of something being broken.
"The unruly people, the idiots, they are all a bunch of cowards who don't care about Daikin's interests——"
"Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible, cough cough cough..."
Another year passed, and Shi Anshi became one year older. I don't know whether it was because of old age or worries about state affairs. In the past six months, Shi Anshi's health had been getting worse and worse.
Now, standing in Longde Palace, Shi Anshi's hair is not as thick as last year, his body is even more stooped, and he keeps coughing.
"Teacher, please take care of yourself. If you fall down, who should I ask for advice from now on?"
Seeing Shi Anshi's pitiful look, Wanyan Shouxu also felt heartbroken.
He came over in person, pulled over an embroidered pier, and helped Shi Anshi sit down.
"Haha, Your Majesty, my old minister's health is still good. I'm afraid he won't be dead for a while. However, my current situation, Dajin, is really worrying."
Wanyan Shouxu's attitude towards Shi Anshi moved the old minister for a moment, but he knew in his heart that the Great Jin Kingdom might be just like his own body, and its time was running out.
Wanyan Shouxu thought for a while and waved the servants and maids serving in Longde Palace to go out.
"Teacher, in your opinion, how can we exchange for food now?"
Wanyan Shouxu also pulled out an embroidered pier and sat down next to Shi Anshi.
"In exchange for food? I don't understand what your majesty means?"
Shi Anshi looked at Wanyan Shouxu in front of him in confusion.
"Teacher, during the food shortage last year, we used one Xuzhou and one Yelvchu material to exchange for 300,000 dan of grain, and released nearly 800,000 hungry people."
"Today, we still have the four prefectures of Weizhou, Caizhou, Yingzhou, and Xuzhou, as well as the two prefectures of Kaifeng and Guide, as well as the civil servants and generals of the DPRK. From the teacher's point of view, who and where can have the Xuzhou and Xuzhou last year?
The value of Yelu Chucai."
When Yelu Shouxu finished speaking, the dim-eyed Shi Anshi was completely stunned.
"Your Majesty, you?——"
The old man pointed at Wanyan Shouxu, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Teacher, I also know that doing this is a bit poisonous to quench thirst, but if we don't overcome the current difficulties, the Kingdom of Jin will have no future at all."
"Whether it's the state capital or the civil and military ministers, I can't bear to do anything. But if I don't do this, I won't be able to get food. How can I feed the 80,000 Jin Kingdom warriors?"
"Oh, according to the report that Privy Councilor Wanyan Saibu brought over yesterday, there are no longer 80,000 people, only just over 60,000."
"This is good, it can also save some food, and the troops will be better than too many..."
Wanyan Shouxu was still talking to himself, but Shi Anshi's heart had sunk to the bottom.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty can decide all military and national affairs with just one word. The old minister is dim-sighted and weak, so he went back first."
"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself——"
Shi Anshi struggled to stand up from the embroidered pier and bowed deeply to Wanyan Shouxu.
Then, he turned around and left Longde Palace.
The midday sun shone on Shi Anshi's body, but he shivered for no reason.
...
"Your Highness, look at what they said, should we have a charter?"
Is it finally time to close the net?
"You two, the people of Dajin have no food. The 300,000 dan given to them last year may only be able to support them for another month or two at most."
"There are more than 60,000 Jin troops left, but there are more than 10,000 people. They are in the hands of Cui Li on the north bank of the Yellow River."
"Since the last war in Hebei, General Cui Li has been guarding Weizhou City. Even the Emperor of Jin issued several edicts, but he did not return to Bianliang."
"It seems that what we really have to deal with is the more than 40,000 troops guarding Bianliang City. It is enough to dispatch 50,000 Yue Family Army."
So far, the number of the "Yue Family Army" has reached 80,000. In Guo Mo's eyes, the only ones who are truly well-trained are the original 50,000.
"Zhao Changshi, first write a 'Letter to the People of the Kingdom of Jin', and be sure to distribute at least five hundred copies in each of the six prefectures of the Kingdom of Jin."
"The general meaning is that I, the Song Dynasty, cannot bear to see the suffering of the people of the Jin Kingdom, and will launch a war of overthrow against the Jin Kingdom in one and a half months, on the first day of June."
"I advise the people and the army of the Jin Kingdom to persuade their own children to return from the army before the first day of June. When the Song Dynasty unifies the Jin Kingdom, they can bring weapons, armor, war horses and military tokens in exchange for the three
One hundred catties of grain or thirty acres of Yongye field.”
"Anyone from the royal family of the Great Jin Kingdom who captures a person alive and delivers him alive will be rewarded with two hundred kilograms of grain. Of course, whoever can deliver the Emperor Wanyan Shouxu of the Jin Kingdom will be rewarded with one thousand kilograms of grain."
"Your Highness, you are too... a majestic emperor of the Jin Kingdom is worth only one thousand dan, which is far from the Qing of Jin, hahaha——"
Old Cheng Jue also knew that Guo Mo was burying people, so he stood up without any dissuasion, and with Guo Mo's pen and paper, he swiped a few dots and finished it with one wave.
Old Cheng Jue had been the Minister of Rites for many years and was considered a professional diplomat. The things he wrote were more harsh and harsh than what Guo Mo said.
"In addition, send an order to Yue Ao, asking him to assemble the 50,000 strongest "Yue Family Army" now and conduct continuous drills at the Xuzhou border."
"Let's go two days in advance. On the evening of May 28th, we will cross the border and go directly to Bianliang City."
"Inform the Tingfeng people in the Kingdom of Jin to move all combatants to Bianliang City to prevent Wanyan Shouxu from escaping. Even if he escapes, he must be caught as soon as possible."
"Your Highness, you just said it was the first day of June, and now..."
Zhao Rushu also felt that Guo Mo's betrayal would damage the reputation of His Highness the Crown Prince of the Song Dynasty?
"Haha, Lao Zhao, how can you be so honest with your enemies? This is called a war that never tires of deceit."
"Besides, even if someone criticizes him, the worst he can do is accuse Yue Ao of 'disobeying orders', and he can just add a self-defense statement of 'the general is out, and the king's orders are not accepted'."
Zhao Rushu thought about it and realized that this was also the case.
It seems that it is better than being resourceful and shameless. Well, that is also part of being resourceful.
A "notification letter" and a military order were sent out in two ways: one overt and one covert.
Suddenly, there was a frenzy in the remaining six states of the Great Jin Kingdom.
"Bastard, this damn Zhao Hao, what does he mean? Am I only worth a thousand stones of food?"
Wanyan Shouxu became angry again in Longde Palace.
None of the important ministers standing in the palace dared to speak, but they were secretly cursing in their hearts.
"How long has it been? Why is Your Majesty still concerned about your own worth?"
"Privy Councilor, what is Cui Li's attitude now?"
Wanyan Shouxu had long been extremely dissatisfied with the general he had released personally, not only for Cui Li himself but also for himself.
Wanyan Sai did not hesitate and said through gritted teeth.
"Your Majesty, Cui Li wrote a letter the day before yesterday, asking for one hundred thousand shi of food. He said, 'The emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers.' You can't let his people come to the king hungry, right?"
"Haha, his people? When did Daijin's sergeant become his Cui Li's people?"
"Where is Wanyankang? Has Wanyankang sent someone to contact him?"
Wan Yankang was released by the previous emperor of the Jin Kingdom.
After Wanyan Shouxu succeeded to the throne, he had no contact with the other party at all. Now that he was facing the danger of annihilation, he remembered Wanyan Kang who was far away in Xixia.
"Your Majesty, I sent five waves of messengers in succession, but they never came back. I don't know whether it was not sent out, or whether Yan Kang received the message and did not reply."
Wanyan Sai was even more helpless. He had persuaded Wanyan Shouxu to formally send someone to canonize Wanyan Kang. Regardless of whether you canonize Wanyan Kang or not, the facts about the other King Zhao still exist.
If you canonize it, you might be able to use it in the future.