Two days later, Zhu Xiu and Xue Juzheng took separate carriages and went to Xingtang Palace to attend the Tang Dynasty meeting.

After getting up too early, Zhu Xiu began to doze off as soon as she got into the carriage.

The crimson uniform and gauze hat were worn by Wu Youdi personally when it was just dawn.

Hu Guangyue usually takes care of these trivial matters, but Wu Youdi said that since she was going to the palace to meet the emperor, she didn't dare to be careless, so she, as a mother, had to do it for her with her own hands so that she could feel at ease.

Zhu Xiu couldn't resist her and asked Hu Guangyue to guide him. Wu Youdi awkwardly dressed him in official attire.

When those rough and warm hands tied his belt, Zhu Xiu saw a smile on her deeply wrinkled cheeks.

Wu Youdi said that every time Zhu Xiu went to the palace to see the emperor in the future, she would personally dress Zhu Xiu in official uniform until he married a wife and started a family.

Xue Ju was sitting in the last carriage.

During the two days they stayed at Honglu Temple, the two of them were inseparable.

Zhu Xiu asked Xue Juzheng for advice on law and history, and Xue Juzheng asked him for advice on the development model of commercial society.

This is a grand issue covering various disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, history, and economics, and Zhu Xiu’s own understanding of it is also very simple.

However, it is more than enough for ideological enlightenment. Xue Juzheng and Zhu Xiu discussed it for two days and realized that they gained a lot.

Uncle Guo originally asked Xue Juzheng to give him a good scolding, but perhaps because of the happy conversation between the two, Xue Juzheng chose to ignore this order.

Xue Juzheng vaguely reminded Zhu Xiu that Guo Wei was slightly dissatisfied with what he did in Jiangning.

It was not that he was afraid of Tang's military attack, but that there was internal unrest in the Zhou Dynasty. Uncle Guo did not want to antagonize Tang at such a moment, and even trigger a war in the Jianghuai area.

For this reason, Zhu Xiu could only smile bitterly, face Kaifeng and bow his hands to apologize.

Xue Juzheng also asked the same question as Wang Lingwen, why he broke into Jujingyuan and kidnapped Li Hongji.

Zhu Xiu could only ramble and make vague remarks.

Anyway, we can't let Uncle Guo know that he broke into the Forbidden Garden and kidnapped Li Hongji just for a young lady from the Tang Dynasty...

Fortunately, Xue Juzheng and Wang Lingwen got along well with him. Even if they knew the inside story, they would probably cover it up for him in front of Uncle Guo.

From Xue Juzheng's words, Zhu Xiu also learned about the current domestic situation in the Zhou Dynasty.

Just like the historical trajectory, Liu Chong of Taiyuan knew that he was unable to fight against the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he decisively surrendered to the Khitans. While raising troops and horses in Hedong, he was ready to move, and at the same time he tried his best to invite the Khitans to go south.

Meng Chang of Chengdu proclaimed himself a minister and congratulated Guo Weiding on establishing a new dynasty.

Li Yiyin of the Dingnan Army changed his banner as usual and surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty.

No matter who is in charge of Kaifeng, as long as it does not infringe on the interests of Dangxiang people in Yinxia territory, Dangxiang Li will not even bother to take a second look.

Murong Yanchao of Yanzhou surrendered verbally, but secretly stepped up preparations for war. Even the people of Yanzhou knew his treacherous intentions.

Uncle Guo completely lost his patience and ordered Cao Ying to serve as Yanzhou's camp commander and secretly responsible for preparing troops and horses. He only waited for Murong Yanchao to take the lead in raising a rebel flag, and then sent troops to annihilate them.

Although this decree was not made explicit, Cao Ying had already begun selecting generals for the expedition and counting troops and horses in the Guards and Military Department. Anyone who was interested could guess it with a little inquiry.

Uncle Guo did not intend to hide his intention to attack Murong Yanchao. He just wanted to use a high-pressure situation to force Murong Yanchao to jump out.

Zhu Xiu declined to comment.

When Murong Yanchao and Liu Zipo were defeated and fled, Zhu Xiu asked Guo Wei to send troops to pursue him.

Uncle Guo deliberately spared Murong Yanchao's life in order to show his magnanimity and inspire the leaders of other feudal towns to surrender voluntarily.

Now it seems that it does have some effects and many disadvantages.

If he had directly announced that Murong Yanchao was stubbornly resisting, sent pursuers to annihilate him, and used the power of thunder to frighten the rest of the Xiaoxiao family, it would have also been able to win people's hearts.

Unfortunately, it is useless to say this now. The rut of history is stubbornly following its original trajectory, and Murong Yanchao is still going to rebel.

On the east side of Hedong, Guo Wei has sent Wang Jun to lead his army to help Jinzhou's defense envoy Wang Yan.

I heard that it was Wang Jun who took the initiative to request to lead his army on the expedition.

Uncle Guo originally doubted his ability, but couldn't stand Wang Jun's repeated attempts to ask for help, so he had to let him lead the troops to try.

In the eyes of Uncle Guo, Liu Chong was nothing more than a clown, and sending Wang Jun, a former singer, to deal with him was considered a mismatch. No one should look down on the other.

The historical trend seems to be moving in the established direction, but some changes have also occurred.

Wang Shou'en, a stayer in Xijing who had just been granted the title of Duke of Ju, fell ill and died within two days after taking in his nth concubine.

Guo Wei issued an order to present him as the crown prince and grand master, and ordered the Wang family to carry the coffin to Kaifeng for burial.

Li Congmin, Duke of the State of Qin and Yin of Henan Prefecture, took charge of the remaining affairs.

This old guy Wang Shouen has done evil all his life. Although he has made some small achievements, it is by no means enough to offset his sins.

It was an advantage for him to die of illness and return to the west. Countless people in Pizhou whose families were ruined by him all celebrated when they heard the news of his death.

Another matter attracted Zhu Xiu's attention. Hou Chai Rong of Taiyuan County repeatedly reported that he wanted to visit Guo Wei in Beijing, but Guo Wei refused on the grounds that Chanzhou affairs could not be entrusted to others.

Chai Rong is now the only legitimate prince. He wants to visit the capital, but Uncle Guo repeatedly refuses to do so.

There is a lot of information revealed here~~

As she was leaning against the carriage, closing her eyes and thinking wildly, something smashed open the window of the carriage, and a small bamboo tube rolled to Zhu Xiu's feet.

"It's Wang Lingwen, he's gone." Pan Mei's voice came from outside the car.

Zhu Xiu opened the car window and took a look, and saw a figure wearing a hat hurried away among the pedestrians on the roadside.

Ignoring complaining about Mr. Wang's ghost-like whereabouts, Zhu Xiu picked up the bamboo tube, pulled out the stopper, and took out a silk book filled with text.

This is an important piece of information about the progress of the Tang Army's war in Hunan.

Zhu Xiu hurriedly read it word by word, and summarized the following points: Liu Yan, the surrendered general of Southern Chu, surrendered and then rebelled. He led his army out of Changsha and went straight to Langzhou. Bian Hao's army besieged Hengzhou. The king of Hengshan, Ma Xichong, was under his command.

Under coercion, Xu Wei and others attempted to retreat to Yongzhou.

"Very good!"

Zhu Xiu pumped his fists excitedly, and the Tang army's war in Hunan was indeed repeated again.

Now most of the soldiers of the Chu army were detained in Changsha. Bian Hao left his trusted generals to guard him while he attacked Hengzhou with all his strength.

Only by capturing or forcing Ma Xichong to surrender could the Tang army completely appease the people of Chu.

But Bian Hao made a fatal mistake and detained tens of thousands of Nanchu soldiers and civilians in Changsha, which was equivalent to planting a bomb behind him.

If it is accidentally ignited by a spark, chaos will break out in Changsha in an instant.

If Changsha is lost, the Tang army's front will be cut off in the middle, and Bian Hao will be in danger of being attacked from both sides!

This is the situation Zhu Xiu has been waiting for!

Now Bian Hao was eager to win. He couldn't wait to settle the soldiers in Changsha, so he led his army to besiege Hengzhou.

The situation in Changsha, an important town that had just been captured by the Tang army, was in chaos, which gave Zhu Xiu a lot of room for maneuver.

He wants to find a way to detonate the chaos in Changsha and make the resentful Chu soldiers take up arms again...

"But where did this spark come from..."
Chapter completed!