The name Li Siye is very familiar. Gu Qing didn't study much history in his previous life. In this life, he can only rely on intuition.

The names that make him feel familiar must be those who have left their names in the history books. Such characters are usually extraordinary people, famous ministers and generals, and have a lot to learn from history. Their lives passed by in a short period of time, and they finally left behind

trace.

Although he had never met Li Siye, Gu Qing immediately decided that this famous general must be included in his trap.

The transfer order was written by Gu Qing himself. As the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, Gu Qing has the power to mobilize any soldiers and generals in the four towns of Anxi. With Gu Qing's slightly strong character, this transfer order does not even need to be discussed with Gao Xianzhi. After it is written,

Immediately order someone to rush to Shule Town.

Talents are rare, and those who train Mo Daoshou are even rarer. This Li Siye, Gu Qing is determined to do.

As for the money needed to train Mo Dao Shou, it is not difficult for Gu Qing. Gu Qing may be a little reluctant to command the battle. His first command can only be regarded as an average novice, but when it comes to making money, Gu Qing does his best.

While issuing the transfer order to Shule Town, Gu Qing immediately ordered the plump Li Sima of the Jiedu Envoy to speed up the expansion of the city. The strategy Gu Qing was going to use now was to use business to raise troops, and the wool should come from the merchants.

After the bazaar was built, Qiuci City became the most prosperous city in the Western Regions. It was a cargo transfer station for the east and west regions. The flow of materials and funds would be extremely huge. As the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, Gu Qing only had to deal with merchants in the name of the government.

To levy a small amount of tax, provide them with a good business environment and safe warehousing, and collect some fees from it is an astronomical sum.

The taxes paid by merchants are used to train and raise troops, expand troops, purchase grain and grass, and build ordnance. The elite troops created will then protect the rights and interests of merchants. The virtuous cycle formed in this way will repeat itself. Kucha City will become more and more prosperous, and Gu Qing

The power will also become stronger and stronger.

With the remaining power of commanding the annihilation of 20,000 Tibetan troops, Gu Qing has gradually gained prestige among the government and people in Kucha City. He has become the most powerful figure in Kucha City after Gao Xianzhi. Gao Xianzhi is now very knowledgeable. Except during wartime, he is

He was hiding in the back house and barely doing anything, so now the actual leader of Kucha City is Gu Qing.

With an order, the officials of the Jiedushi Mansion and the civilian laborers who were recruited began to work day and night, and the outlines of new urban areas and new markets were slowly taking shape.

On the third day, Li Siye, the envoy of Shule Town, led several followers and rushed to the garrison camp outside Qiuci City.

Gu Qing was overjoyed when he heard the news, and personally escorted him out of the city with his bodyguards. His ecstatic look was very much like the end of a long-distance relationship.

The standards for welcoming Li Siye were very high. Gao Xianzhi had never received such a high standard before when Gao Xianzhi came to inspect the camp. But for Li Siye, Gu Qing had to show sincerity and win over this famous general.

Leading a group of guards out of the camp gate, he saw a burly general wearing armor and a helmet standing outside the camp gate from a distance. He looked like a towering mountain and remained motionless. His beard covered most of his face, and his eyes were indifferent and indifferent.

God is like a sharp sword that can pierce people's hearts.

Gu Qing couldn't help but admire. According to the weights and measures of later generations, this military commander was about two meters tall. Just looking at his stature alone, he was a fierce general. If the offensive and defensive capabilities of the army could be expressed in specific numerical values, if this fierce general could

With the income account, the attack value of the entire army can be increased by more than a hundred points. It is simply a peerless magic weapon.

How can the famous sword fall into the hands of others? This person must belong to Gu Qing.

"Brother Fierce General!" Gu Qing stepped forward and held his hands in joy.

Li Siye was confused:???

"Brother Li, we have been friends for a long time. It is a great honor to meet you today! Haha!" Gu Qing quickly changed his words and laughed.

Li Siye didn't seem to be accustomed to Gu Qing's style, and he saluted Gu Qing with his sword: "Li Siye, the last general of Shule Town, pays homage to Gu Houye, the deputy envoy of Jiedu."

As soon as Li Siye moved, several of the followers behind him also saluted, their movements were uniform, and a sense of killing arose spontaneously. There were only a few of them, but with every move they made, it was as if thousands of troops were coming towards them, which was quite suffocating.

feel.

Gu Qing became even more happy. It could be seen from the smallest details that Li Siye was very good at leading troops. You can see this by looking at the performance of his followers.

"Brother Li, no courtesy is required. We are all members of the Anxi Army. Don't use false courtesy. You and I can treat each other as brothers." Gu Qing said enthusiastically.

Li Siye said stubbornly: "The etiquette in the army cannot be abolished. How can a humble soldier like the last general dare to be worthy of the marquis brothers?"

Gu Qing shook his head. This guy was too serious, and he seemed to know nothing about official etiquette. He was really just a dull soldier.

Then Gu Qing warmly invited Li Siye to enter the camp and enter the commander's tent. Gu Qing ordered the food and wine to be served. As soon as he said the words, Li Siye suddenly stood up and clasped his fists and said: "My lord, please forgive me for not knowing how to promote. You are not allowed to drink alcohol in the army."

You cannot break the precepts, otherwise you will not be able to convince others."

Gu Qing was stunned.

A very upright person must be lacking friends in his life.

"Uh,...yes, drinking is not allowed in the army. I just deliberately tested you, but I didn't expect you to withstand the test."

Gu Qing's face turned red, and the more he talked, the more he felt embarrassed and cancerous.

Li Siye's uprightness was an eye-opener for Gu Qing. Before he could say a word of nonsense, Li Siye stood up and said, "I wonder if there are any military orders from the Marquis to come to Kucha City? If there is a war, the general will ask for a fight."

"Brother Li, don't be anxious. There has been no war in Anxi recently. I have summoned you to ask for something else."

"Master Marquis, please give me your instructions."

"I want to transfer Brother Li to the garrison camp in Kucha City to train me an elite Modao Battalion. What do you think of Brother Li?"

Li Siye was stunned for a moment and then said seriously: "Please forgive me for not being able to do it."

Now it was Gu Qing's turn to be shocked. After all, I am the deputy envoy of the Fourth Town of Anxi and the second-in-command in Anxi. How can I be so disrespectful?

"Why can't it be done?"

"Master Marquis, the official position of the last general is 'Shule Town Envoy', which is appointed by the imperial military department. If the Marquis wants to transfer the last general to Qiuci, he also needs the appointment document from the imperial court. Otherwise, how can the generals from Shule Town be in Qiuci?"

Holding office in the town? It cannot be justified by reason and law."

Gu Qing suddenly felt a lump of suffocation in his chest.

Li Siye is not only upright, but also stubborn. The Jiedushi is in charge of the military and town power in a place. Regardless of the appointment of civil and military officials, the Jiedushi can basically have the final say. The court usually does not interfere. This is also the reason for the formation of vassal and town separatism in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Important disadvantages of power.

Li Siye was undoubtedly a clean figure in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He only recognized the imperial appointment documents and did not recognize the Jiedushi envoys, let alone the deputy Jiedushi envoys.

It's so shameless. If it weren't for his proficiency in practicing Mo Dao Shou, such an upright and stubborn guy would have been driven out by Gu Qing with random sticks.

Gu Qing couldn't help but wonder to himself, is he now monopolized by intellectual property rights? Can someone who has mastered a unique technology really be so tyrannical?

Facts have proven that it is really that bad.

"Brother Li, when military commanders are appointed in military towns, they can be appointed by Jiedushi with a piece of paper. You don't understand this rule, right? If you think that I, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, are not senior enough, I will ask Gao Jiedushuan to write a letter for you.

How about the transfer order?" Gu Qing's smile was a little forced.

Li Siye said firmly: "Forgive me, Lord Marquis, even if it is a transfer order from a high-ranking commander, the general must report to the court before he can be transferred. In short, the general must see the transfer document from the Chang'an Military Department, otherwise he will not be able to take office. In the army,

No matter how small it is, I don’t want to be taken advantage of by villains, and I will fall into disloyalty and unrighteousness.”

Gu Qing frowned: "I personally gave the order. I will be responsible for the accountability in Chang'an. What does it have to do with you? What villain dares to frame you?"

Li Siye was silent for a long time, then bowed and clasped his fists: "Please forgive me, Lord Marquis, I really dare not transfer you away from Shule Town. Besides, the Modao team that I personally trained are all in Shule Town. I will share life and death with the robes. In fact, I will share life and death with the robes.

I don’t want to leave them behind and come to Kucha to serve.”

Gu Qing understood. Li Siye had concerns. Maybe there was a villain in Shule Town who didn't get along with him and was waiting for him to show his flaws and take advantage of him. That's why Li Siye was so determined to see the transfer order from the Chang'an Military Department before he dared to leave.

It is difficult to guard against villains hiding in the dark. It is not a matter of high or low officials. If a memorandum of accusation against Li Longji is delivered to Chang'an, it will be a catastrophe if there is any official, high or low, in front of Li Longji.

Today's first meeting with Li Siye was quite unexpected by Gu Qing. Gu Qing originally thought that if he wrote a transfer order in his own hand, Li Siye would happily go to Kucha City to take up the post and train him an elite Modao Battalion without saying a word.

Unexpectedly, it ended up like this, with even the basic transfer issue not being resolved.

The only way now is for Gu Qing to immediately write a memorial and send it to Chang'an, and then wait for Li Longji's approval and the Ministry of Military Affairs to issue a formal transfer document. It will take at least three months to transfer Li Siye to Kucha City reasonably and legally.

Gu Qing couldn't afford to wait for three months.

"Haha, okay, since Brother Li doesn't want to, just pretend that I didn't say it. It's rare to come to Kucha City. Brother Li might as well spend some time before going back..." Seeing Li Siye opening his mouth to speak, Gu Qing suddenly turned cold and said:

"Brother Li, this is my military order. Stay here and have some fun before going back. Do you have any objections?"

Li Siye opened and closed his mouth for a long time, and said dejectedly: "General, I have no objection. I will obey the military order of the Marquis."

Gu Qing ordered Chang Zhong to be called in, introduced Chang Zhong to Li Siye, and then ordered Chang Zhong to take Li Siye to Qiuci City for a stroll. The focus was to show Li Siye Gu Qing's political achievements, such as the city expansion project and the two stores he had smashed.

The scenic spots and historical sites gave Li Siye some intuitive impressions of Gu Qing, who was pragmatic and diligent, prospering business and enriching the people, but he had a bad temper.

Calling Chang Zhong aside, Gu Qing asked him in a low voice to do more ideological work on Li Siye and promote the image of Lord Marquis's glorious justice in front of Li Siye. The publicity can be exaggerated, the harder the better, and then gave him a piece of

Silver cake, let Chang Zhong take Li Siye to a brothel for some fun.

In short, black and white, light and dark, righteous and evil, all are tried on Li Siye. What if there is a chance to seduce this upright and heartless person and lead him into the abyss of depravity?

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After Chang Zhong and Li Siye retired, Han Jie, who was standing next to him, suddenly sighed: "Master Marquis, this General Li is really a man, upright and upright. It is rare to see such a person in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty..."

Gu Qing's heart moved, and he smiled and said, "I heard that you were so virtuous in Zuowei before?"

Han Jie seemed to recall the dusty past, and sighed with an expression recalling the vicissitudes of life: "Yes, at that time, General Mo was too upright in the left guard, which offended many colleagues, and he was often accused secretly by villains.

, Shangguan who didn’t know the truth often scolded me, but I couldn’t defend myself. There was a time when the general really didn’t want to be in the army anymore and wanted to go back to his hometown to work in the countryside..."

Gu Qing also sighed: "Fortunately, I rescued you from the sea of ​​suffering and gave you a new lease of life. Look at what you look like now. You are glib and meaner than me. It seems that you have opened the door to a new world. Han Jie, just rush

On this point, you should bow down to me every time you see me..."

Han Jie pursed his lips a few times and couldn't help but said: "Master Hou, I really don't want to be like this, but I have become such a virtuous person unknowingly by staying with Master Hou. Sometimes I am deeply ashamed of myself.

I was slapped on the face more than once when I was alone, and I even wanted to draw a knife and wipe my neck..."

Gu Qing smacked his lips, always feeling that what he said was actually scolding him, but he couldn't find any evidence...

After pondering for a long time, Gu Qing discovered the essence of the matter. He was his immediate superior. When his immediate superior suspected his subordinates of scolding him, he did not need any evidence, he would just be severely punished.
To be continued...