I’m Marquis in Great Tang

Du Qi and Liu Zhengxi returned to Pingxi Palace, and Liu Zhengxi went straight to his room to rest. Du Qi was also a little tired from running all the way, so he first took a rest between return to house.

In the evening, Du Qi woke up. After Du Qi woke up, Liu Jian had prepared the evening meal and delivered it directly to Du Qi’s room. The evening meal is rice, roast pork with soybeans, and old duck soup.

This is a relatively simple recipe.

At present, there are no vegetables or greenhouses in Jiuquan County. Because it is difficult to grow vegetables in these places, even if Du Qi wants to cultivate greenhouses, he can’t do it for a while.

Nowadays, the main vitamins and so on are provided by tea and some melons and fruits from Cháng’ān.

Du Qi had dinner and told Liu Jian to inform Guo Xiaozheng to come.

Not long after, Guo Xiaozheng entered.

Guo Xiaozheng is now working for Du Qi and has changed his mindset, considering Du Qi everywhere. After seeing Du Qi, Guo Xiaozheng respectfully bowed and sat down aside.

Du Qi said: “Mr. Guo, the invitation to you is about your arrangement. I have only established a foothold in Jiuquan County because I have just arrived in Suzhou. My foundation is shallow, and many things have never happened. When there is, I need to make arrangements one after another.”

paused, Du Qi continued: “Before you worked for me, Liu Zhengxi was my adviser. He had taken over the overall situation before and had to take care of many things. Now that you are here, you will share one or two for him.”

Guo Xiaozheng said: “The humble duty must do everything possible to live up to the entrustment of your highness.”

Du Qi said:” For the time being, your arrangement is just one thing.”

Guo Xiaozheng sat up straight and said, “His Royal Highness, please.”

Du Qi said: “The present In Jiuquan County, chaos has been set aside, and everything is recovering quickly. However, although it has recovered now, there may still be many unreasonable situations, and even corruption of officials, whether it is local or in the county.”

“So your task is to form a team that is responsible for picking out corruption and investigating unreasonable policies, and then summarize them and report together.”

Du Qi said: “These things are in my hands and I will handle them myself.”

“Humble duty!”

After Guo Xiaozheng heard it, he didn’t hesitate, so he responded directly. For him, as long as it is Du Qi’s arrangement, there is nothing to refuse, just respond.

After Guo Xiaozheng agreed, he asked: “His Majesty, there is a question about the humble position.”

Du Qi said: “But it doesn’t matter if you have a question, just say it if you have a problem, don’t go around the circle. You are just following me and don’t know my habits. Let me remind you that there is no need to worry about anything here. Just talk about things and do business. I will not deal with you just because of your opinions. “

Guo Xiaozheng said: “Remember your humble position.”

After he answered a sentence, he said: “His Royal Highness is the King of Pingxi appointed by the Imperial Court, so it is only Therefore, he did not hold any other official positions. For example, Chief Manger of Longyou Road, or Provincial Governor of Suzhou, or the other governor positions. The Nobility Rank of King Pingxi alone is actually not at all positions. His Royal Highness intervenes in the local government affairs, whether the Imperial Court will mind. Once the news returns to Cháng’ān, whether His Majesty will be furious because of it.”

A prince is indeed prominent.

In the Imperial court, it is the highest Nobility Rank of the First class, but Wang Jue does not mean that it is powerful, and it does not mean that it can deal with local officials. Because local officials are professional officials, this is another system.

This is Guo Xiaozheng’s worry.

Du Qi nodded and said with a smile: “When you ask about this, this king will tell you about it. Now the Longyou Road, in name and face, has been subordinated to the Imperial Court, but in fact it has its own way. I didn’t listen to the Imperial Court’s dispatch.”

“His Majesty asked me to come to Longyou Dao to take charge of the situation in the west of Longyou Dao.”

“This Areas, including Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou.”

“The land of the three states, I have full control.”

“His Majesty edicts me as the King of Pingxi and also said that I After bringing the three states out of chaos, if I have spare capacity to take down the territory to the west of the sandbar, it will be my country.”

Du Qi continued: “Now in Suzhou, Guazhou, and the land of sandbanks. Tossing, on the one hand, is to correct the chaos and adjust what was unreasonable before. On the other hand, it is to build a foundation and build up its own strength so that it can move westward in the future.”

“The goal of this king is To the west of Shazhou.”

“That is my destination.”

“The big moves in Jiuquan County, and even Suzhou, Guazhou, and Shazhou, even Into the Imperial court, even if the emperor knows about it, it is impossible to dispose of me.”

Du Qi said: “In the heart of the emperor, I wish I could dispose of officials who did not follow the orders. So at this point, you don’t have to worry about it. , Just let it go.”

Guo Xiaozheng was shocked when he heard it.

Didn’t expect Du Qi to come to the Western Regions to rehabilitate the three states of Suzhou, Guazhou and Shazhou. He didn’t even think that Du Qi’s vision was so huge that he wanted to establish a country in the west, which was equivalent to Du Qi’s own system.

After Du Qi became independent in Western Regions, he still belongs to the Imperial Court in name. But Du Qi’s strength has increased and he is far away from the Central Plains. It is completely possible to listen to the announcement and not to listen to the orders of the Imperial Court.

Guo Xiaozheng no longer has any worries in his heart, seriously said: “The humble position has been clear and knows what to do. Please rest assured, the humble position will take care of everything.”

Du Qi said: “It’s good if you understand. In short, the Suzhou I need is a government and people, and I will not close the door at night. This is one of the goals of this king.”

Guo Xiaozheng said: “The humble position will live up to the high hopes of your Highness.”

He knew what to do.

What we need to do now is to kill the corrupt officials. For these people, Guo Xiaozheng is extremely hostile, and a group of borers should naturally be killed.

Du Qi nodded, arranged for someone to call Liu Zhengxi, let Liu Zhengxi and Guo Xiaozheng meet, and also told Liu Zhengxi what Guo Xiaozheng was going to do and the division of labor between the two.

Liu Zhengxi said that he would fully assist Guo Xiaozheng. As long as it is Guo Xiaozheng, Liu Zhengxi is bound to do all he can to help. In a word, Liu Zhengxi and Guo Xiaozheng must work together to get things done by Du Qi.

Guo Xiaozheng nodded in agreement.

Liu Zhengxi is an old man next to Du Qi. Liu Zhengxi’s goodwill is helpful to Guo Xiao.

After the two sides got acquainted, Du Qi called Liu Jian and took Guo Xiaozheng to rest. Today Guo Xiaozheng lives directly in the palace. On the one hand, there are enough vacant rooms in the palace. On the other hand, Guo Xiaozheng living in the palace is good for Du Qi to call people to arrange things.

After Guo Xiaozheng went down, Liu Zhengxi looked solemn and said: “His Royal Highness, the things Guo Xiaozheng is responsible for are extremely important. Even so, it is very easy to happen. Excessive killings may cause a series of events. Consequences.”

Du Qi said: “without destruction there can be no construction, anyway, Jiuquan and even Suzhou are a mess. At the moment, if you want to reshape Jiuquan County and even Suzhou, you can only let Guo Xiaozheng is here to do things.”

paused, Du Qi said: “At the moment Guo Xiaozheng is doing things, because few people know him, so he has a low reputation. But as his arrests and disposals increase There will be more and more people knowing that he is the king’s counselor. When the time comes, many people may flatter him, or even give him money and gifts. That’s the time to test him. I hope he can stick to this Heart, don’t be confused.”

Liu Zhengxi smiled and said: “Since your Royal Highness praises Guo Xiaozheng, this person will certainly not let His Highness down. Moreover, Guo Xiaozheng is indeed somewhat capable. “

Du Qi said: “Wait and see.”

Liu Zhengxi also nodded in agreement with Du Qi’s words, and can only take one step at a time and see what happens next.