Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The eunuch Cao Tai waited for Wang Pu inside the Xihua Gate, went up to greet him, said a few words of nonsense, and gently reminded him: "For the matter of the Western Expedition, why didn't Prime Minister Wang stand up and recommend someone?" Wang Pu also asked in a casual tone, "Who do you recommend?"

Cao Tai threw Fuchen into the crook of his arm, freed his hands and said, "You are the prime minister, of course you can recommend whoever you want."

The two left after a while, looking from a distance, it was as if two acquaintances met by chance in the imperial city, and they just greeted each other for a few words.

Wang Pu was confused for a while. At first, he thought that the eunuch Cao Tai was asking for favors for the queen or some honorable person, but he was thinking that it would be difficult to let a mediocre man through the back door. Besides, even if he wants to be a joke, it’s not up to him, Wang Pu, to decide the Privy Council alone, even if everyone in the Privy Council agrees, such a major matter must not be approved by the officials?

But the eunuch said that you can recommend whoever you want. Wang Pu was confused all of a sudden.

Since it is according to my idea, why is the eunuch saying this?

However, Wang Pu was only in his thirties, and his mind was not slow, so he quickly understood the key point of the eunuch's words: what they meant was not who to recommend, but who to recommend... Only in this way, did the eunuch need to say the two sentences just now.

Wang Pu thought, "I'm here to recommend someone." According to my opinion, Xiang Xun is not bad, he is cautious and considers the overall situation.

Thinking of this, Wang Pu suddenly realized that the mystery is here!

Among the military generals, Xiang Xun and Wang Pu walked the closest, and also won his appreciation the most; if Wang Pu came to recommend someone, he would almost certainly recommend Xiang Xun... and Xiang Xun might ask for someone from the Privy Council, asking Guo Shao, the governor of Yu, the inner palace!

Others didn't know that because Wang Pu had some contacts with the Queen's people, he happened to pay attention to some small actions of the Queen outside the court, such as rewarding the Fu family's other courtyard in Tokyo to a general: Guo Shao, the Marquis of Yu in the inner palace. This military general happened to be recommended by Wang Pu in front of the officials, so I have an impression.

The two sides pondered together, and sure enough, the eunuch Cao Tai came through the back door today! The person who most wanted to help was Guo Shao.

It's just that this favor was arranged ingeniously, no one said who it was, and everything was arranged in the end... It was definitely the queen's intention. Wang Pu didn't think the eunuch Cao Tai had such thoughts.

There was a smile on Wang Pu's face, and he felt that it was a favor that went along with the flow, and there was nothing embarrassing about it.

...Then Cao Tai returned to the palace and wandered into the queen's palace. He was exactly the same as usual, there was nothing unusual, because he was always walking in front of the queen, and everyone in the palace knew that this old eunuch had defected to the queen a long time ago, it was quite normal.

The queen received concubines, female officials, eunuchs and attendants in a large hall, and listened to reports on all matters in the harem. The queen seemed to be absent-minded, but everyone dared not to be absent-minded, and they were all serious.

Cao Tai didn't care what those people were saying, and walked up the steps as if no one else was there. He leaned down in front of the couch, and whispered in Fu's ear: "The servants have already met Prime Minister Wang. They also met the eunuch Wang Jinzhong at Xihua Gate. Wang Jinzhong said that there is a Taoist temple next to the Daxiangguo Temple. The Taoist temple master Jing Niang and Guo Shao have a close relationship. It seems that they will get married. Jing Niang is suspected to be Zhao Kuangyin's righteous sister, but the slave family thinks, maybe not, even Zhao Kuangyin would not recognize her, otherwise how could he have fallen here."

He made it clear in a few words, and usually added some of his own opinions to make the Queen feel at ease. This eunuch speaks clearly, without being wordy, he handles things very neatly, and his ideas are clear and logical; no wonder he is deeply relied on by Fu Shi.

As soon as Fu Shi heard this, he stood up with a flick of his sleeves: "Everyone is scattered, and everyone is responsible."

"Respectfully send off the queen." The people in the front and back, some bowed their knees, some knelt down, and saluted one after another.

Cao Tai tactfully followed the queen, and rushed into a side hall behind. Then the queen screened everyone back.

She glanced at Cao Tai, and said: "You are too eye-catching, let Wang Jinzhong go, and see Brother Shao."

"Here." Cao Tai hurriedly bowed and said, "Wang Jinzhong met Guo Shao, what should I say? Please tell me."

So Fu called Cao Tai over and whispered a few words.

The old eunuch took the order to go, and while he sent someone to call the eunuch Wang Jinzhong, he wrote a letter with a pen and sealed it with lacquer. When Wang Jinzhong came over, Cao Tai ordered him to deliver the letter himself.

...

The meaning of the letter is very simple and overbearing, there is no room for bargaining at all. Guo Shao is not allowed to marry Jingniang as his wife, and he is not allowed to marry in the past one or two years, until the queen thinks the time is right, she will arrange it herself.

There is no seal, and I don't know whose handwriting it is. Anyway, it doesn't look like it was written by a woman, so it shouldn't be a letter written by the queen.

Fortunately, Guo Shao has a good memory. The last time the queen visited the house, she sent an eunuch to point out the place. That eunuch had a white, fat and round face; this time it was he who delivered the letter. It can be confirmed that this letter was sent by someone close to the queen... and it seems that those eunuchs dare not, and there is no need to forge such things to fool a general of the imperial army.

Guo Shao saw the tone of the above, it was completely an order from his superiors or elders, and the elders felt more, because he even took care of his family's marriage. At first, he felt inexplicably resistant, but after thinking about it for a while, he resigned himself to it.

I have no foundation, no backing, and no parents or relatives in these five generations and ten countries. Confused, he was taken aback by the talisman. This is also a coincidence, the chance that the "young man" planted with his life. Without this very mysterious opportunity, it's hard to say what it would be like now.

Most likely because of meritorious service, he will be promoted to the top of a hundred generals. Then slowly build up military qualifications, go through countless battles for another ten years, depending on luck and opportunity, whether you can't die every time, and then you will have a certain chance to be a mid-to-high-ranking general... If you keep going like this, why don't you want to be ambitious with Zhao Kuangyi in the future? It's fine if you don't die.

Because at that time, even if he shot Zhang Yuanhui to death with one arrow and made some meritorious deeds, without Zhang Yongde's name and surname in front of the officials, he would not be famous, let alone get ahead;

Why did Zhang Yongde speak for himself? It was obviously because of the queen's face. The queen was already respected by the generals... and Xiang Xun's appreciation for Guo Shao.

Guo Shao has already figured it out: being able to stand out depends entirely on one person, and that is Empress Fu.

Isn't it a good thing for the queen to take care of herself now? !

But what made him more puzzled was that he didn't care about anything, just his own marriage... Could it be that the queen wanted to find a candidate for herself? It's fine if this is the case, as long as the candidate you find is not too ugly, anyway, it's a marriage, and Guo Shao didn't intend to pick and choose.

He still had more doubts in his heart, what the "young man" did was just not running away in times of crisis, and went to die. For an extremely noble person like Fu, does it need to remember such a long-term kindness and repay it again and again?