Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan.

Chapter 278 The Eight Tigers of Daizhou
Guo Hao has been the commander of the navy for more than a year. With his abilities, it will be no problem for him to run the Southeast navy successfully.

But Wei Yuan would not worry about this. After all, it was because of him that the Southeast Navy existed.

"Initially, it was me who proposed to set up the navy against all odds and transferred border generals to lead the navy. Since then, Guo Hao has transformed himself into a pillar of the southeast."

"If it were before, I could have written another petition and found a reason to remove Guo Hao from the position of naval commander, but now..."

"The emperor would rather have the commander of the navy come to Suzhou because he is not on good terms with me. However, I don't want the emperor to know that I, who have been dismissed from my post, still have the possibility of getting involved in the navy."

After hearing what Wei Yuan said, the King of Wu probably understood.

"Whether you let the Zhang family go to the navy or let the royal family girl contact him, you are giving him a chance. Don't you want to kill him?"

Wei Yuan raised his wine cup and drank the wine in one gulp. "After all, he is a comrade who has walked through life and death together. It is right to give him a chance."

Not to mention anything else, just look at the brothers who followed him from Daizhou, such as Chen Daniu, Liang Da, Xiao Yuming, Shen Qing, and Xie Wu. Which one of them is not a brother of life and death to Guo Hao?
Killing him is easy, but how to let them see? Kill him for money?
Even if the old men in Daizhou could agree, there are still tens of thousands of people in Daizhou, all of whom are the confidants of their generals. What will those people think?

Killing is simple, but before killing, you must first make him rampant, and the means must not be despicable. It must be upright, and you must make Xie Wu and others firmly believe that Guo Hao deserves to die.

To take a step back, as of now, Guo Hao did not do anything beyond the mark except being greedy for money.

The generals who had been carefully trained for many years were killed without even being put to good use.

The King of Wu nodded and said, "The Marquis of Wei values ​​friendship and loyalty, and I admire him."

Later, he will make further arrangements for inviting Guo Hao.
"Guo Hao should know that you have arrived in Suzhou, and he also knows that you are in Suzhou. If he comes to see you, you may still be able to warn him. If he doesn't come, you will have to consider changing the commander."

"By the way, I have invited Xie Yuying. When Guo Hao comes, I will let her perform. I should let Marquis Wei see the charm of the most famous prostitute in Jiangnan."

Xie Yuying?
Wei Yuan thought for a long time before he found his impression of her in his mind, "Is she the famous prostitute from Jiangnan who likes to write nonsense?"

Yang Wuduan in the world of "The Story of Minglan" has a similar life experience to Liu Yong in Wei Yuan's previous life.

It can be said that Yang Wuduan is Liu Yong.

This person was deeply disliked by Zhao Zhen. If anyone in the court dared to talk about Yang Wuduan's talent behind his back, he would be punished if he found out.

But unfortunately, many famous prostitutes in the Great Zhou liked the lyrics written by Yang Wuduan.

The King of Wu nodded and said, "That's her. She is in her prime. I heard that she likes talented men and heroes the most."

After saying that, he looked at Wei Yuan deliberately.

He asked with a smile: "How does it compare to Wei Ruoning, the famous prostitute in the capital?"

The leader of Wei was named Ruoning.

King Wu said, "It's about the same."

Wei Yuan smiled and said, "It seems that King Wu is studying this subject."

King Wu's face darkened, "You little bastard."

Then, he said seriously, "There is one more thing. I heard that you gave birth to a daughter."

Wei Yuan stood up suddenly, "My Lord, I am tired."

The King of Wu asked, "You've just arrived and haven't even had a drink yet, but you're already tired?"

Wei Yuan asked in return: "How many arms and legs does your precious grandson have?"

The King of Wu was subconsciously shocked, "What does the Marquis of Wei mean by this?"

Wei Yuan said bluntly: "Our two families are not suitable."

He is the emperor's favorite and a future assistant minister. No matter in power or achievement, he will far surpass Zhang Fu.

It might not be a good thing for such a military hero to marry into the royal family.

How could the King of Wu not know?
But if he really becomes a relative of Wei Yuan, his lineage will be guaranteed to last for at least three generations.

In fact, there are more than just his family who have their eyes on Wei Jingshu.
Even Zhao Zhen had thought about it, but considering that the prince had to wait until Wei Jingshu grew up, how long would he have to wait?
It is not impossible to let Wei Jingshu become Zhao Xi's concubine, but Zhao Zhen is really powerless to do such a long-term thing. Moreover, after much thought, it is not appropriate to let Wei Yuan become a relative by marriage.

Of course, what he was most worried about was that Zhao Xi would marry Wei Jingshu as his concubine in the future. With Wei Yuan's power, would he be willing to just let Wei Jingshu be a concubine?
After all this, chaos was inevitable, so I simply gave up the idea.

Two days later.

Fujian Road, Quanzhou.

Wei Yuanding originally decided to make Fuzhou the headquarters of the Danghai Navy, simply because Fuzhou was the first pilot city to go out to sea.

Later, with the opening of sea transportation and the prosperity of commerce, Fuzhou gradually became unsuitable for the development of the navy due to its topographical restrictions.

Guo Hao wrote a letter to Wei Yuan, planning to establish the Danghai Army Camp in Quanzhou, and Wei Yuan agreed to it.

It was also from this moment that a rumor spread throughout the Great Zhou.
[The world's navy comes from Quanzhou]

This means that if the naval officers and soldiers do not hone their skills in Quanzhou for a period of time, they cannot be considered as formal naval forces.

Later, in order to express their gratitude for the navy's protection, the people of Quanzhou specially built a huge statue in the city of Quanzhou, which was the "Statue of Wei Yuan".

Now, in the naval camp, Guo Hao received a secret letter from the King of Wu, inviting him to go to Suzhou.

In the tent, three of Guo Hao's confidants, Feng Xing, Xiang Yunchu, and Jiang Suiyun, were standing beside him. After reading the contents of the letter, they discussed one after another:

"It should be that Marquis Wei has arrived in Suzhou, but why did Marquis Wei invite General Guo to Suzhou?"

"Yes, wouldn't it be better if the Marquis of Wei came directly to Quanzhou? All of us brothers in Daizhou want to see the Marquis of Wei."

"The Marquis of Wei is the backbone of our Daizhou generals. When we learned that the Marquis of Wei was coming to Jiangnan, it was reasonable for us to go and pay him a visit. How could we let the Marquis of Wei take the initiative to come to our Quanzhou?"

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The person who said the last sentence was Jiang Suiyun.

The other two thought it made sense.

These three confidants of Guo Hao were all from Daizhou. Among them, Jiang Suiyun and Feng Xing had followed Wei Yuan to defend Yanmen Pass, and now, they both held important positions in the navy.

Guo Hao burned the letter, looked at Jiang Suiyun deeply, and said with a smile: "Suiyun is right. I should take the initiative to meet the Marquis of Wei."

"But the Marquis of Wei came so suddenly. What do you think is his purpose?"

Feng Xing and Xiang Yunchu didn't dare to say much.

Jiang Suiyun hesitated for a moment, then suddenly half-knelt on the ground and bowed, saying, "General Guo, Marquis Wei asked you to go to Suzhou, probably just to make you admit your mistake. We are all comrades who have walked out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood together. We have friendship here, and General Wei will never do anything to sever the brotherhood."

Hearing this, Guo Hao's face darkened, but he suddenly smiled and helped Jiang Suiyun up, saying:
"Why are you so nervous? Marquis Wei is my elder brother. How could my elder brother harm me?"

"Besides, what have I done wrong? There are at least dozens of brothers from Daizhou who followed me to the southeast, if not hundreds, right?"

"They are our dearest relatives in Daizhou, brothers who can be trusted with life and death. I just want to make their lives easier. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Now, with Wei Yuan's development over the years.

Daizhou is no longer just Daizhou.

The military generals guarding the border all knew that serving as a soldier in Daizhou was even better than serving as a soldier in Beijing.

Why? It was because when Wei Yuan, Guo Hao, Xu Changzhi and others hired people, they would give priority to generals from Daizhou, who would be regarded as their confidants.

In the eyes of Wei Yuan and others, Daizhou is no longer a simple region, but an extremely complex network of relationships.

Including Guo Hao, there were eight generals in Daizhou who were highly valued by Wei Yuan. These eight people were also called the Eight Tigers of Daizhou by some border troops or people in the underworld. They were Xu Changzhi, Guo Hao, Shen Qing, Xiao Yuming, Chen Yuanzhi, Lin Zhaoyuan, Liang Da, and Xie Wu.

This is Wei Yuan’s team.

But what about those below the eight? There are countless Daizhou veterans, such as the three confidants in front of Guo Hao. How many confidants from Daizhou are under the command of these three people?
As time goes by, Daizhou has become a huge network of relationships for everyone.

Not to mention anything else, if Wei Yuan became emperor one day, then people like Guo Hao would either be a king of a different surname or a duke, and people like Jiang Suiyun would at least be a marquis or an earl.

Whether Wei Yuan wanted to kill Guo Hao or Guo Hao wanted to rebel against Wei Yuan, before doing something, they had to consider the network of relationships in Daizhou.

Having said that, Guo Hao knew that Wei Yuan had also done favors for Jiang Suiyun and others, so why did he still use them?

Because it has to be reused.

We all come from the same place and know each other well. Not making use of them would be unacceptable and would cause trouble.

The brothers who came from Daizhou must be his confidants without a doubt, but Wei Yuan not only has Daizhou, but also Zhong Yan and Peng Sun from Yanbian, Yang Huairen from the capital, and even Huyan Zhong, the current deputy commander of the navy, are all Wei Yuan's people.

These people already have close ties with the Daizhou network.

If you want to kill someone who is closely related to you in a network of relationships, it is not as simple as just being ruthless enough to kill him.

At this moment, Guo Hao saw that the three people were silent, so he simply stopped talking about this matter.

"Since Big Brother wants to see me, then of course he should meet me. It just so happens that I can also let Big Brother see what his future brother-in-law is like."

After a pause, he looked at Jiang Suiyun and said, "Come with me and prepare some generous gifts to make Big Brother happy."

The latter said seriously: "Please rest assured, General Guo."
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Three days later, Bian Jing, the Imperial City, the Secretariat.

Just like in the past, Fan Chunren was dealing with some government affairs and some difficult issues that the two prime ministers had not had time to hand over.

Suddenly, an official came running over, bowed and said, "Prime Minister Fan, the loyal and brave Marquis Baili is here to help you."

Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery?
Hearing this, Fan Chunren asked curiously, "Didn't he go to Jiangnan to travel?"

As he said this, he took the letter handed to him by Wei Yuan and looked at it carefully. The more he read, the more shocked he was. Without any hesitation, he immediately went to the palace.

Now the crown prince is still the regent, but the crown prince is young and ignorant of state affairs, and Fan Chunren is absolutely loyal, so Zhao Zhen handed over most of the government affairs to him.

By the time Fan Chunren saw Zhao Zhen still lying on the bed, a full hour had passed.

Zhao Zhen looked sleepy, and it was obvious that he had just woken up.
"Why are you in such a hurry to see me?"

Fan Chunren handed Wei Yuan's letter to Zhao Zhen again.

How could Zhao Zhen have the heart to read it? He simply asked Zhu Zongguan to read out everything.

After listening to this, Zhao Zhen frowned, "This brat is so nosy even after being fired."

"In the past two years, Liao and Xia have suffered serious disasters. How could they have the time to go south to attack our Great Zhou? You are worrying for nothing."

"Tell him that if he wants to travel, he should have fun."

Fan Chunren said quickly: "Sir, you must pay attention to this."

Zhao Zhen snorted impatiently, "Wei Yuan has been dismissed from his post and is no longer an official in the court. You are the head of all officials. He made you feel like you were facing a great enemy just by saying a few words. How can you be a good prime minister?"

On this point, Fan Chunren didn't dare to say much.

Zhao Zhen added: "Let's not talk about whether Liaoxia is likely to go south. Even if it does, the soldiers guarding the capital can go north to support Daizhou at any time."

After saying that, he waved his hand, signaling Fan Chunren to leave.

Even the emperor said so, what could he do?

He didn't want to be removed from the position of prime minister by the emperor before he had even had a few days' comfort in the position.

Fan Chunren agreed with Wei Yuan's opinion.

The Liao and Xia countries must be on guard.

During a trip to the southeast, he and Wei Yuan, one in charge of internal affairs and the other in charge of external affairs, managed the maritime transport affairs very well, and thus forged a relatively deep political friendship.

But he really tried his best.

He also understood what Zhao Zhen was thinking at the moment.

My health has deteriorated and I have to sleep about nine hours a day, and the time I am awake is getting less and less.

Such a large-scale deployment of troops will inevitably cost a lot of money and food.

Zhao Zhen no longer had the energy to pay attention to or deal with this matter. He only wanted to be safe and sound in the last years of his life.

Without any major construction projects, huge amounts of money, or manpower, the country will be politically stable and safe.

At this moment, in the Mansion of the Loyal and Brave Marquis.

Zhang Guifen is taking care of Zhuangge'er and Jingjie'er.

Suddenly, a servant came to report that a scout from Daizhou, ordered by Kou Zhuang, was coming to see her.

She knew Kou Zhuang, who was deeply trusted by Wei Yuan.

So she invited the visitor to the main hall.

When the scout saw Zhang Guifen, he knelt on one knee without saying anything and said:
"I pay my respects to the mistress."

"Half a month ago, when the Marquis left the capital, he sent someone to Daizhou and asked us to send someone to secretly bring General Guo's parents to Bianjing. Now that the person has set off, I have come to inform the mistress first."

Guo Shuai’s parents?

Guo Hao's parents?
Zhang Guifen suddenly remembered that night, when Wei Yuan said he was going to Jiangnan to relax, he specifically mentioned that he wanted to invite Guo Hao's parents to live in Beijing.

"When will Guo Hao's parents arrive in Bianjing?"

she asked.

The scout clasped his fists and replied, "Seven days at most."

Seven days
It would take enough time to build a house and select a few attentive servants to serve it.

Zhang Guifen winked at Baozhu.

Baozhu immediately helped the scout up.

Zhang Guifen said, "You've worked hard along the way. Go down and claim your reward."

The scout clasped his fists again, "Thank you, Madam, for the reward!"

Zhang Guifen nodded and said no more.

Wei Yuan kept the matter of inviting Guo Hao's parents to the capital very secret, even hiding it from Xu Changzhi and others.

The purpose was to give Guo Hao a surprise.

Guo Hao did not bring his parents to the southeast because he did not know whether the situation in the southeast was stable at that time.

After taking over the navy completely, he thought that Daizhou was their base camp and his parents were accustomed to living in Daizhou, so he did not take them to live in the southeast.

(End of this chapter)