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Ignoring the screams and begging for mercy from the Mongolians, Guo Ning slowly rode back to his team.
It only took half a moment for him to go up the slope and then back down. The attendants moved quickly and had already opened the flag gate, laid out simple ceremonial guards, tables and chairs under the flag gate, and even lit the stove, boiled tea, and baked
A few cakes.
Seeing this situation, Guo Ning shook his head slightly, but a smile appeared on his face.
He usually pays little attention to ostentation, and even dislikes excessive ostentation. This is because the pleasure brought to him by any ostentation cannot be compared with the enjoyment he experienced in his dream a few years ago. It is better to be simple and simple. But
When you reach this level, you have to face the opinions of people in the world.
Many people feel that some things are part of the emperor's majesty and are too frugal, which is criticized; there are also many people who simply want to take better care of the emperor out of their closeness and love for the emperor.
"Your Majesty, drink water."
A young attendant came up with a tea cup and said politely.
Guo Ning is the emperor on horseback, and he uses less eunuchs and more military attendants. By now, the number of young attendants nearby has changed to four groups.
The first and second groups have all been assigned to serve in the military. They suffered a lot of losses in the fierce fighting in the past few years. The third group also received training in military schools, and the candidates for the fourth group's followers are no longer limited to military officers or those who died.
The children of soldiers were instead selected from the lonely and poor families in Zhongdu, Shandong, Hebei and other places.
Keeping these children by his side to supervise them to practice literature and martial arts is not only to cultivate the backbone of the army. Guo Ning hopes that their vision and mentality will be similar to his own, and they will not just focus on the land in front of them; perhaps many of them will be able to leave in the future
When you are in politics or in official circles, you can be bold and less restrained, and you will not cling to the meaning of scriptures and poems.
His ideas are good. But the constant rotation also has negative effects. For example, the young people around him are always insufficiently knowledgeable and occasionally act out of proportion.
For example, at this moment, Guo Ning took the tea cup, lowered his head and took a sip, and found that the tea cup was mostly high-quality products from the Southern Dynasties, the tea was fragrant, and the tea leaves that were not allowed to be used were also famous for their good quality in the Southern Dynasties.
Why do you need such treatment in the army?
Guo Ning was from a humble background, so he was originally unable to tell the quality of these tea cups and tea leaves. It was only thanks to Xu Ding's company during this tour of Hebei that he heard Xu Ding analyze the details.
It is said that Xu Ding’s daily favorite was Jian Tea from the Southern Dynasties. When this tea was sold locally in the Southern Dynasties, one tea tree produced three or four cakes, and one cake could be sold for a high price of forty guan. It was a wealthy person in Lin’an.
They compete in the market to show off their special products. However, in Zhongdu, Yidu, Kaifeng and other places, there are nobles who are arty and offer hundreds of dollars for a cake, but they still often get it.
This is the result of the development of maritime trade, the quantity and variety of tea transported northward have greatly increased, and the unit price has declined. In the past few years, this kind of tea was not measured in "cakes", but in square inches.
"Kuao", each hip can be sold for dozens of dollars.
Xu Ding, the king, was a prime minister for both his father and his son, and he had many ways to make money, so he had a bad reputation among the people. He was criticized from the Jin Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty. After Ding was established in the new dynasty, the law was naturally strict and no wanton behavior was allowed. However,
Firstly, Xu Ding could not stand up to his rich family background, and secondly, Guo Ning was somewhat extra generous to such a talented former minister, so Xu Ding's daily necessities were all extravagant.
Of course, this is also because the wealthy families in Zhongdu, including Xu Ding, have always been an important force in promoting business exchanges. Guo Ning did not take advantage of the change of dynasties to cleanse them all because he kept them as a continuous source of wealth.
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The tea leaves used to brew the tea in front of Guo Ning's eyes were probably of the specifications used by Xu Ding on a daily basis.
Guo Ning's life in the palace in Zhongdu was certainly not bad. But he would not indulge in pleasure. Once he was in the army, he would turn prosperity and luxury into murderous intent. He also never remembered that he had given such an order.
They are required to bring such luxuries with the army.
"Ahem, next time I'll just change to the pottery bowls provided by the army. No need for tea, just boil it with spring water."
Guo Ning took a few sips and said sternly: "When I am in the army, I must be consistent with the officers and soldiers, and there is no need to be extra particular."
The young attendant felt aggrieved: "This is specially arranged by everyone, and the best tea is used..."
It also goes against Guo Ning's wishes. The people around him are treated better than the Mongolians, and they will at least have a second chance.
Guo Ning smiled and said kindly: "We just read the Three Strategies a few days ago, remember? The book said that before the military well is reached, the general will not speak of thirst; before the military curtain is set, the general will not speak of fatigue; the army will not speak of fatigue.
When the stove is not cooked, he will not say he is hungry. He is safe with him, but he is in danger, so he can be together but cannot be separated... Do you remember it all?"
When he said the last few words, his tone was slightly majestic. The young attendant was shocked, and immediately understood what Guo Ning meant, and hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake.
"Okay, okay, I didn't explain it specifically before. From now on, you just do what I want and don't change it. Go ahead and take these things down first!"
Guo Ning patted the young attendant on the head and asked him to bring someone to clean up the tea sets.
The young attendants just bowed and retreated. Guo Ning listened carefully and found that there was no sound of killing on the slope. Shi Mo also went ahead and did things very neatly.
There were eleven Mongolian tribal leaders accused of resisting the emperor. For someone like Shi Moye, who was a veteran in commanding foreign troops, killing these people was as easy as killing a chicken. I could faintly hear some crying.
Sound, it seems that these dead people have some reputation in the tribe?
Guo Ning didn't care about this.
The Great Zhou Dynasty would never invest huge amounts of financial and material resources like the Jin Kingdom and raise batches of white-eyed wolves that would bite back. Therefore, the Great Zhou Dynasty’s control over the Mongolian tribes, on the one hand, constantly encouraged the exchange of materials between the grasslands and the Central Plains.
It provides huge economic benefits; on the one hand, it often uses punishment and death as a threat, which is extremely harsh.
This method of severe punishment and generous rewards is the same as Guo Ning's policy of running the army and the country. In the process of execution, he will never be stingy about the benefits or be soft-hearted.
This is a struggle in which we advance and the enemy retreats. Killings like today have happened several times before.
Kill a group of top Mongolians, and the rest will lower their heads; kill another batch of top Mongols, and the rest will lower their heads again. After killing a few times, you will be rewarded with good wine and meat from time to time. On the grassland,
The wolf slowly turned into a dog,
Now that Genghis Khan has turned his attention to the grassland again, and the time for the Central Plains imperial court to recruit people on a large scale has arrived, perhaps some really smart wolves can take this opportunity to lose their wild nature and become a member of the human race.
At this time, someone hurriedly approached from the high slope. It turned out to be Sukhbalu of the Mongolian Qianhu who had followed Shimo and came here first. He rushed over and knelt down on one knee to salute.
"Your Majesty, kill all those who deserve to die. We will integrate their tribes tonight, and all our troops will be dispatched tomorrow morning. In addition, I am very familiar with Belgutai's branch areas in Helanzhenshatuo and Ulughhuihe.
! Within half a month at most, there will definitely be an uproar and help General Shimo get Belgutai’s head back!"
When Sukhbalu spoke, his narrow eyes shone with eagerness.
Sukhbalu is very tall, more than half a head taller than an ordinary Mongolian, and has very lush beards on his cheeks.
Being able to become one of the ninety-five thousand households founded by Genghis Khan, and immediately switching to the navy when the Great Mongolia lost power, shows that he is a very shrewd Mongolian.
In the past two years, he has been serving in Datong Prefecture in Xijing. Because he only brought a dozen companions with him at first, he started from a senior position and relied on his merits in suppressing bandits in the north of Datong Prefecture. He was slowly promoted to the rank of general. During this period, he received many
The Marshal's Mansion has won several awards for his writings. Last year, when Guo Ning visited Xijing, he even met him and chatted with him for a long time.
Hearing that Guo Ning was planning to dispatch six thousand Mongolian families to attack Belgutai deep into the grasslands, Sukhbalu immediately understood what Guo Ning meant.
Obviously, just as Genghis Khan was gaining strength in the Western Regions and began to look back at the grasslands, the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty had also finished recharging his energy and focused his attention on the grasslands.
Now the emperor has begun to make plans, hoping to defeat the backbone of the Mongols remaining in the grassland before the Mongol Khan returns. This move can not only weaken the strength of the Golden Family, but also truly use the six thousand households in the eastern grassland for his own use.
, kill two birds with one stone.
No, it can even be said that it kills three birds with one stone. Because whether such a commotion succeeds or not, it will cause a large number of Mongolians to be dissatisfied with the Golden Family, making the rule that the Golden Family has barely maintained in the past few years shaky.
What's more interesting is the two missing people. Sukhbalu can bet that the impatience on Guo Ning's face is not fake. The identities of the two missing people are very special. In other words, if these two people
If people are really in trouble, if Zhou Dynasty's troops and horses are fully mobilized, there will be no excuses.
Sukhbalu had long felt that even if he had ten more ambitions, he would not be able to match the Han'er in the Central Plains, so he had consciously followed instructions in the past two years.
Anyway, there were many Jurchens, Khitans, Wanggu or various foreign races in the Zhou Dynasty. The superiors did not care about these and would not treat him differently.
With this understanding, Sukhbalu was the most prosperous among the Qianhu who had taken refuge in the Zhou Dynasty. His tribesmen were well taken care of, and he also had a military position, which he could pass on to his children.
He knew that he could not farm, and the households assigned to him were all good at managing the fields. Last year, Sukhbalu discovered that the output of a hundred acres of fields is probably more than a hundred times of grass.
Of course, he also knew that this kind of treatment meant a lot of money to buy horse bones. Following the example of Sukhbalu, many other Mongolians, including tribes who had fled from the grasslands in recent years and were merged into various places behind the Monan Mountains,
Leaders will feel much more at ease.
Of course, those who are too stable and have no self-awareness will be killed mercilessly by Zhou. Sukhbalu has long known this, but like Guo Ning, he doesn't care at all.
Among the eleven fools who dared to speak out, four of them were cut in half by Sukhbalu.
He bowed his head and reported to Guo Ning, but received no answer from Guo Ning.
He felt his shoulders sink as Guo Ning patted him and hurried to the back of the military tent.
After a while, footsteps sounded again. It was Guo Ning returning.
"This, look at this!" Guo Ning said proudly as he walked away.
Sukhbalu raised his head in confusion, and Guo Ning thrust a thin bamboo square box in his hand and said, "Take it!"
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
"Open it and take a look!"
Sukhbalu followed his instructions and opened the thin bamboo square box. Inside was a small box made of vermilion lacquer. When he opened the small box made of vermilion lacquer, inside was a small piece wrapped in layers of yellow silk.
"This is the tea enjoyed by the emperor of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty every mid-spring. It has a name called 'Beiyuan Testing New Tea', which is very rare in the north."
Guo Ning closed the small red lacquer box and said with a smile: "I remember the last time I saw you, I heard you say that you are more fond of tea than wine, which is quite rare among Mongolians. It just so happened that this time I went north, I took him with me.
I bought some good tea, take it and try it...if it doesn't taste good, tell me; if it tastes good..."
At this point, he shook his head and said: "Drink it if it tastes good. Don't expect more. Because I only have these. No matter how much I have, I have to ask people in the Southern Dynasties to buy it."
Sukhbalu put the small red lacquer box back into the square box and put it into his arms solemnly.
He saluted Guo Ning again and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please sit back and watch the grassland become chaotic."
Two days later, the six Mongolian families who had joined the Zhou Dynasty mobilized more than 5,000 elite cavalry and marched into the depths of the grassland. Along the way, they denounced Belgutai with great fanfare. This move broke the fragile stability in the eastern part of the grassland for several years, and many tribes were in a state of chaos.