There is a strict process for army procurement, usually the general of the left guard reports to the military department, and the military department reports to the three provinces, requesting the imperial court to allocate funds to purchase according to demand, and the officials of the three provinces and six departments have discussed and approved, and the following is approved by the general of the left guard, and then the general of the left guard will send the official letter of the purchase to the lower-level officials for implementation.

First of all, the principal in charge of procurement, it is necessary to convene businessmen to investigate and bid, and secondly, to understand the sample quality of the purchased substances, and roughly determine the purchase of businessmen and prices, and then report to the general of the left guard, and then the general from top to bottom to approve step by step.

A set of procurement process is very cumbersome and complicated, the middle has to go through the hands of many officials, each level of officials has the power to reject, of course, there is also the power to agree, when the list falls into Gu Qing's hands, this procurement process is actually almost to the end, if Gu Qing agrees, you only need to report the list to the left guard Zhonglang general and the left and right Lang generals, after several Lang generals discussed, report to the general, this matter is completed.

The embezzled money of 100,000 guan was secretly given to Gu Qing 2,000 guan, which can be regarded as in line with the market price, after all, the 100,000 guan stolen money is not swallowed by one person, and there must be many officials who share the spoils together.

According to the price of Datang today, this is a huge amount of money. The mansion Gu Qing lives in now is worth about 200 yuan, and just by signing a name on the list, Gu Qing can earn ten sets of mansions in Chang'an overnight.

Who has ever said that "it is not easy to live in peace"?

has the right in hand, no matter how difficult it is, it is a pity that Gu Qing does not dare to accept this deal, first of all, he is afraid of taking responsibility, he is afraid of the East Window incident, and secondly, he doesn't know who the people behind him are, he is worried that he will be involved in the faction of the court for some reason, under the current situation, it is unwise for Gu Qing to choose which camp he chooses to stand on, and only the appearance of being isolated and helpless without party and faction can attract Li Longji's attention and be reused by him.

Looking at Li Guangbi's expression at the moment, Gu Qing found that he was also a person who had not been bought, otherwise he would not be so angry.

"Uncle Li, this list ...... Do you sign and report? Gu Qing asked tentatively.

Li Guangbi looked hesitant for a while, in terms of being a man and an official, Li Guangbi is not so upright, he still abides by the basic rules of the game, otherwise it is impossible to be a Zuo Lang general, which is equivalent to a deputy commander.

It's just that this time the stakes are too big, the amount is too big, and obviously the rules of the game were first broken by others, and Li Guangbi is hesitant to continue to abide by it.

"Gu Qing, what do you think?" Li Guangbi asked.

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "The little nephew thinks that this matter cannot be agreed. ”

"Tell me."

"First of all, the people behind didn't come out, I don't know which way the gods dared to act so recklessly, if we agreed, it would be easy to be involved in the court faction, and the people who dared to make such an excessive list must be the big people in the court, Donggong, Li Xiang, Yang Guozhong, probably these factions, no matter which faction this person is, it is not a good thing for us......"

"Secondly, there is no secret in the officialdom that can be hidden forever, if nothing happens, once something happens, it is easy to find out if you trace this list, if something happens to the person who made the list, we will be implicated, no relatives and no reason, why should we help him carry this pot? Even if he doesn't have an accident, if we sign it, it means that we will personally give someone a handle, and we can handle it as much as we want in the future, and we will be coerced for the rest ......of our lives."

Gu Qing shook his head, pointed to the list and sighed: "The game shouldn't be played like this. The basic rules are gone, teach people how to play with him? ”

Li Guangbi looked at him, and a smile gradually appeared in his eyes: "I can't see that you are young, but your mind is quite calm and sophisticated, you can see such a long-term thing from a list, Gu Qing, you are naturally suitable to be an official, better than your father and mother." ”

Gu Qing glanced at him and said slowly: "The little nephew heard that most of the people who are officials are shameless, is Uncle Li scolding the little nephew for being shameless?" ”

"Praise you, why can't I hear good words, aren't I also an official?" Li Guangbi glared at him angrily and said.

Putting away the list, Li Guangbi said: "You don't care about this list, I'll take care of it." ”

Gu Qing shook his head: "Uncle Li, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the little nephew to be alone in this matter, the list is in my hands, if I don't sign it, this process will not go on, and the people standing behind Zhu Yan will definitely come to me." ”

Li Guangbi sneered: "Then you let him come to me, just say that I won't let you sign." ”

Gu Qing looked at him and said slowly: "Uncle Li, I am also a man, have I been hiding under the wings of my elders all my life?" Every time something happens, the elders have to help me, how many times can you and my parents' old friendship withstand the wear? ”

Li Guangbi looked at him in amazement, and said in a deep voice: "With what you said, I can help you for a lifetime." ”

Gu Qing smiled: "It's better to ask for others than for yourself, the eagle has the power to fight in the sky, and it doesn't rely on its elders, but on its own strong wings." ”

…………

The list was still taken away by Gu Qing, and he decided to face this trouble alone.

In the next few days, Gu Qing still handled official business as usual, but the list was shelved by him, and he didn't sign or reject it, so there was no such thing.

On the evening of the fourth day, as soon as Gu Qing returned home from Zuowei, Steward Xu greeted him and told him hesitantly that a guest had been waiting for him all afternoon and had been sitting in the front hall waiting for him to come back.

Gu Qing was quite surprised, entered the door and went straight to the front hall, and saw three people sitting in the front hall, two of them were Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing, and the two shopkeepers accompanied the guests.

He was about forty years old, with a sallow complexion, sinister eyebrows, and two whiskers on his lips, giving him a treacherous appearance.

This is the first time that Gu Qing has seen someone's face clearly write the word "bad guy" on his face, and he can't help but be amazed, and at the same time, for the first time, he feels that his unhappy appearance is simply a handsome guy in an empty alley compared to him.

Seeing Gu Qing come in, Hao Donglai and Shi Daxing retired after greeting, and only the guests and Gu Qing were left in the front hall.

This person was sitting in the front hall, wearing regular clothes, Gu Qing didn't know the details, but he still politely stepped forward to salute.

The attitude of the guests is also polite, smiling and getting up to salute and introducing themselves.

"The surname is Ji, the name is Wen, the household is Langzhong, and I will meet Gu Changshi."

Gu Qing's face did not change, but the alarm bell sounded in his heart.

Ji Wen, a famous cool official in the Tianbao period, is ruthless, cruel and murderous, in short, four words can summarize this person, that is, "by no means good".

This person's official position is not important, but his resume is very alarming, he was originally just a small county minister, and later attached himself to the right minister Li Linfu, promoted to Jingzhao Mansion Shicao, became Li Linfu's pawn, under the command of Li Linfu, participated in many conspiracy to frame courtiers and eliminate dissidents.

Li Linfu's political enemies fell into his hands, often life is worse than death, together with another cool official named "Luo Xizao" in the world, the two were jointly called "Luo Xi Ji Net" by the government and the opposition, which means that Luo Xi Zheng took people and choked him like a crab's pincers, while Ji Wen was like a big net, and any enemy was targeted by him, like a fish in a net, and he couldn't escape if he wanted to.

Such a ruthless person took the initiative to come to the door, and Gu Qing couldn't help but respond with 120,000 points.

"It turned out to be Ji Langzhong, looking up for a long time." Gu Qing saluted and smiled.

Ji Wen smiled: "Gu Changshi has heard of me? ”

Gu Qing shook his head and nodded again: "I haven't known Jing, but I've heard of it." ”

Ji Wen smiled: "I'm afraid what Gu Changshi heard is not a good reputation, right?" ”

Gu Qing frowned, this person spoke so sharply.

Ji Wen smiled indifferently: "The world misunderstands me too much, there are always people in the court who scold me for being a cool official, saying that I am black-hearted and unscrupulous, I have been used to it over the years, and I am even more lazy to justify, the clear person is self-purifying, why bother with idlers?" ”

Gu Qing's smile remained unchanged. He heard the flavor of these words, which means, I am a ruthless person and very cruel, so I asked you if you are afraid.

The first show is powerful, and then the understanding will be smoother.

Coincidentally, Gu Qing has lived two lives, and he is also a black-hearted person, everyone's attributes are basically the same, so Gu Qing has never been afraid of how cruel and vicious others are.

took out the long-standing list from his arms and gently placed it on the table, Gu Qing stretched out two fingers to hold it down, and slowly pushed it forward.

"Let's get straight to the point, Ji Langzhong came here today, presumably for this matter."

Gu Qing had heard of Ji Wen's reputation, he was sinister towards others, but he still cared for himself.

This person is very greedy, very greedy, and the fate of history is ultimately due to corruption.

Ji Wen was quite surprised by Gu Qing's uprightness, officialdom spoke subtly, it was rare for Gu Qing to put things on the table so bluntly, Ji Wen didn't even look at the list, Gu Qing's attitude he already knew.

"Gu Changshi is a happy person, so the official won't go around in circles. Gu Changshi shouldn't have signed this list, right? ”

"I didn't sign it."

Gwen stared into his eyes and said, "Why?" Do you think you're getting too little? Gu Changshi can say a lot, and the official has nothing to say, and he offers it with both hands. ”

Gu Qing's smile was a little cold: "No, I'm just afraid of death." ”

Ji Wen's eyes were cold: "Gu Changshi is afraid of an accident?" The official can guarantee that nothing will happen, this list ...... Not for me. ”

This sentence is still very subtle, but the meaning is very straightforward, Jiwen is not the person in charge, there are big people behind him, you can imagine how powerful it is, and a small purchase will never happen.

Gu Qing knew who the person behind Ji Wen was.

When Jiwen was just a county magistrate, he started by clinging to Li Linfu, so the biggest beneficiary of this list is naturally Li Linfu.

Secretly smiled bitterly, Gu Qing really wanted to resign and go home.

Why is it that every time something happens, Li Linfu is always involved in the back? Could it be that he is not compatible with his natural eight characters?

It is said that Li Linfu is terminally ill, why is he still angry? Not only is he constantly angry, but he is also constantly doing things.