Both ancient and modern, basic social rules must be followed.

For example, the apology should be religiously exposed, for example, the personal subordinates you just met must be given a meeting gift, money is the most expressive and practical, not necessarily able to buy loyalty, but it must be able to buy goodwill.

Looking at Han Jie and the hundred guards in front of him, Gu Qing smiled, but his eyes were very attentive, he was guessing how many of these hundred people were the eyeliner arranged by Li Longji.

There is no need to exclude eyeliner, keep it for the time being, there is nothing unspeakable about what Gu Qing is doing now, if the eyeliner tells Li Longji about Gu Qing's daily activities as it is, it is estimated that Li Longji will affect his mood when he hears that Gu Qing skips work in the morning and sleeps in the afternoon, and the old man in his sixties should not stimulate him too much.

Each person sent ten runs, and Gu Qing sent out a thousand pieces in one sentence.

The heart twitched, but I still had to keep smiling.

"Thank you, Lord Xie!" The guards bowed and saluted.

The big money has been spent, and the small money doesn't have to care, Gu Qing thought about it, and said: "At noon, I will ask the housekeeper to charter a restaurant, invite the robes to eat and drink, let go of the belly to eat and drink, and then officially respond tomorrow." ”

Han Jie and the guards thanked him again.

After distributing the benefits, Gu Qing carefully looked at the guards.

According to Guo Ziyi, these people are all from the Zuowei Xiao cavalry battalion, and half of them have been on the battlefield, and more than 50 of them have fought bloody battles with Tubo in the Anxi Protectorate, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are veterans of a hundred battles. Later, the capital protectorate changed defenses, and these veterans were able to withdraw from the distant battlefield in the Western Regions and be transferred to the left guard to guard the palace.

Gu Qing slowly looked around at everyone, and found that there were indeed some more mature faces in the guards, some of them were even thirty or forty years old, with dark complexions, indifferent expressions, and an indescribable killing aura in their eyes, and the eye contact with them made people feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts, as if in the eyes of these veterans, all creatures were about to become the souls of their swords.

Gu Qing was in a good mood suddenly.

Only then did he realize that these guards of his were treasures. I couldn't figure out why Li Longji transferred such a precious veteran to himself as a personal guard, but Gu Qing's mentality had changed from resisting at the beginning to accepting it contentedly at the moment.

Gu Qing is very respectful to veterans, this is education from the previous life, for soldiers, especially soldiers who have fought for the country, no matter how high-level courtesy they receive, it is natural.

After mixing in the Zuo Wei Mansion for a long time, Gu Qing led a hundred guards straight to the restaurant.

The restaurant was chartered by Steward Xu, and as soon as Gu Qing and the others arrived, the guys immediately served hot food, wine and meat.

A hundred people soon filled the restaurant, Gu Qing sat on the main seat, and greeted the guards to eat and drink with a smile as the master, and the guards got up to thank them and began to eat, but Gu Qing found that no one had touched the wine on the table, everyone was eating with their heads buried in it, and everyone didn't glance at the eye-catching wine jar on the table.

Gu Qing narrowed his eyes, looked at Han Jie who was sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "They are all your subordinates?" ”

Han Jie put down his chopsticks and said: "Yes, the last general has just been transferred out of the left guard Xiao cavalry battalion, and General Guo ordered the last general to transfer another hundred people from his command to serve as Hou Ye's personal guards, and they are all the robe brothers of the last general." ”

Gu Qing pointed at them and said, "I invited them to drink, why didn't they drink?" ”

"The last general and his brothers have the heavy responsibility of guarding the marquis, and they are worried about drinking and making mistakes, and the generals have had a military order at the end of the early years, and they are not allowed to drink alcohol during the New Year's Festival in the army, and violators will be severely punished."

Gu Qing took a sip of wine and said softly: "There is something I don't quite understand, you and your brothers were transferred to be my personal guards, so from now on, do I have direct command over the personal guards?" ”

Han Jie said: "Yes, since the last general and his brothers are the guards of the Hou Ye, they naturally obey the orders of the Hou Ye and serve the Hou Ye. ”

Gu Qing stared at Han Jie's eyes and said, "Including you?" ”

"The last general is one of the guards of the Hou Ye, and the last general will naturally obey the Hou Ye."

Gu Qing smiled: "Then, I now order that all brothers can drink alcohol today, and this order is for Brother Han to convey it." ”

Han Jie got up without hesitation and shouted loudly: "Everyone obeys orders, Master Hou has orders, drink!" ”

With a bang, a hundred guards reached out to take the wine jar on the table at the same time, and the amber Sanle pulp was poured into the wine cup in front of them, and then a hundred people moved in unison, and at the same time took the wine cup and drank it all, then got up and saluted, and said in unison: "Thank you for the wine." ”

Gu Qing gasped, and a look of surprise gradually appeared in his eyes.

Just looking at the neat actions just now, it can be seen how strict the discipline of this 100-person pro-guard army is, which is breathtaking. Take a peek and see the whole leopard, this pro-guard team is definitely the elite level in the Tang army, if they are ordered to rush into battle, they will be able to use one as ten under the formation.

Guo Ziyi transferred this group of elites from the army to be his personal guards, I am afraid it was not his idea, but from Li Longji's instructions, these people are treasures in the army, and no general is willing to give their treasures to others as personal guards.

So the question is, why did Li Longji allocate such an elite personal guard to himself? What is his purpose?

If you think about this question far-reaching, it may be traced back to ten years ago An Lushan sent a dead soldier to assassinate Zhang Jiuling, this matter was not a secret at the time, but Li Longji selectively ignored it at that time, and now, Li Longji is somewhat wary, An Lushan sent a dead soldier to assassinate the courtiers, he can do it the first time, it is possible to do it the second time, so Li Longji transferred the elite as a personal guard to protect Gu Qing's safety?

Everything is just Gu Qing's speculation, Gu Qing can't be sure, people are in the court, and every little thing around him has a deep meaning and insider story, if you don't think about it carefully, then you will laugh and don't take it seriously, if you think about it, you can't actually change anything, you can only do it in your heart.

Han Jie next to him didn't know that Gu Qing was thinking so far in that short moment just now, at this moment he only knew that the young Hou Ye in front of him was not as simple as he imagined, this Hou Ye seemed to be approachable, and his attitude was also very kind and gentle, if he didn't wear an official uniform, he was just an ordinary teenager who looked harmless to people and animals.

However, in the short conversation between Han Jie and him just now, he saw Gu Qing's edge hidden under the surface.

With a few words of questioning without the slightest smell of gunpowder, as well as an order, Gu Qing easily accepted the command of the guard, smiling from beginning to end, but the undoubted resoluteness in his tone told Han Jie very clearly that the person who gave orders to the guards in the future was him Gu Qing, and it was no longer Han Jie.

Han Jie couldn't help but be secretly vigilant, he was knighted by His Majesty at a young age, and it was really not a simple role, Gu Qing's ability was not just to save His Majesty's life on Lishan.

At this time, Han Jie suddenly realized his position, so while the guards were drinking, Han Jie got up to toast Gu Qing and apologized in a low voice.

Gu Qing blinked and said with a smile: "It's okay, in the future, I will have to work hard to protect Brother Han and my brothers, you will know that I have been with me for a long time, I was born in a poor peasant household, I have never forgotten my roots, and I have never put on a show, my brothers will not treat you badly if they follow me, as for the rules, I don't set rules, you just look at it, just don't delay the right thing." In my eyes, you are not guards, and you don't need any humility in front of me, and I invite you to drink today to celebrate my 100 more friends. ”

Han Jie was stunned for a moment, then moved to maintain a bowed posture and drank the wine in the cup.

Gu Qing smiled again: "Brother Han, what exactly does the personal guard do?" For example, if I am bullied on the street, will you help me beat him? ”

Han Jie said without hesitation: "Naturally, I want to beat him, with the last general and his brothers, I will never let Hou Ye be bullied." ”

Gu Qing said again: "What if I want to take the initiative to beat others? Do you also help me with the beating? ”

Han Jie hesitated for a moment and said, "Naturally...... Naturally, he will also obey the orders of the Hou Ye. ”

"If I take a fancy to a woman from a good family on the street and ask you to help me snatch it home as a wife, and by the way, beat up her family, what are you doing?"

Han Jie was stunned: "Robbing a woman from a good family? And beat up her family? This ......"

After only a few hours of acquaintance, Han Jie's three views began to falter.

"Haha, I'm kidding you, with my uprightness, how could I beat someone else's family for no reason?" Gu Qing laughed.

Han Jie didn't smile.

He found that Gu Qing missed a joke, so beating other people's family members is a joke, and robbing a woman from a good family is not a joke?

Is this a mine planted in advance?

…………

In the afternoon, Jingzhao Mansion Yin entered Xingqing Palace.

After checking for three or four days, the real culprit of Lishan arson was caught, and the case was not as complicated as the court monarchs and ministers thought, that is, three evaders who escaped from forced service used a trick to divert the officers and soldiers guarding the mountain to set fire to the mountain, it was so coincidental that Li Longji and Gu Qing happened to be on the mountain at the time, so they were besieged by the fire, and more than 100 people were almost burned to death.

Li Longji was silent for a long time after hearing the report, and his expression was unpredictable.

The three real murderers are in the prison of the Criminal Department, after severe torture, the three of them have never been able to say who is behind the scenes, and they are only begging for mercy in pain when they are tortured by torture instruments, and after most of the trial, Jingzhao Mansion Yin came to the conclusion that this case is a simple evasion and arson, and no one is involved.

If they must be implicated, the prison officials will be negligent in their duties, tyrannical and cruel to the forced laborers, causing the laborers to flee and almost causing a catastrophe, and the prison officials will not be able to escape the blame for the unjustified disasters suffered by Li Longji and Gu Qing.

In Xingqing Palace, Li Longji asked carefully several times, especially after asking several times whether Fu Yin was implicated in the case with the crown prince, and then read the confessions of the three again and again, and then agreed with Jingzhao Fu Yin's conclusion with suspicion.

Needless to say, the fate of the three evaders is that they will be beheaded on the street and abandon the city, and they don't have to wait for the autumn queen to ask for beheading. As for their families, they were also exiled for thousands of miles, and in the end, the officials who would be imprisoned could not escape, one prisoner was beheaded by Li Longji's order, several officials below the prison were dismissed and exiled, the expansion project of the Huaqing Palace in Lishan was suspended, and all the officials and laborers serving forced labor were screened one by one to see if there were any fish that slipped through the net.

The dignified Ninety-Five, the Son of Heaven in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, was almost burned to death by three runaways who could not bear the suffering of forced labor, and the truth of the matter is really a bit ironic.

…………

The shopkeeper of Longji Porcelain Store in Chang'an East City is surnamed Liang, and he is a distant relative of Hou Liang Guodong in Yiling County.

There are many powerful industries in the Tang Dynasty, and the magnates and officials cannot come forward to do business in person, and the way of businessmen has been despised by the world since ancient times, and the powerful officials are self-deprecating when they do business, and they will be laughed at, and they will even be impeached by the imperial history and accused of "competing for profits with the people". Therefore, the powerful have always avoided businessmen, whether they agree with businessmen or not, they must show disdain on the surface, and if they do not disdain businessmen, they are unsociable.

But there are so many industries under their names, the powerful want to make money, and the industry needs to be taken care of, what should I do?

So the distant relatives of the powerful became their fig leaf. Everything is done by relatives, and I have nothing to do with it, I am still the same middle-aged, without the slightest change, the green onion and white fingers only turn the book, and never touch the copper smelly thing.

In the evening, Shopkeeper Liang walked into the Yiling Marquis Mansion.

The property of the Hou Mansion was handed over to several shopkeepers, and the shopkeeper Liang was one of them, and he controlled about one-third of the Hou Mansion's income.

Sadly, the shopkeeper Liang, who provided one-third of the Hou Mansion's income, was not welcomed in the Hou Mansion, and the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion was very indifferent to him, and he was far away from him when he led him into the side hall, for fear of getting close to the mercenary spirit of the merchants.

Liang Guodong, Marquis of Yiling, met with Liang's shopkeeper in the side hall.

Liang Guodong's attitude towards the shopkeeper Liang was even more indifferent, and his expression was quite impatient.

Shopkeeper Liang is a businessman in the end, the thickness of his face is absolutely qualified, and he is still full of smiles when he is so indifferent, and he looks like he is spitting on his face.

"Disturbing Hou Ye's tranquility, the sin of villains, please don't blame Hou Ye."

Liang Guodong closed his eyes and recuperated, didn't even look at him, and said lightly: "There is something to say." ”

Liang shopkeeper said with a smile: "Yes, yes, it's just a trivial matter, two months ago Dongshi opened a porcelain shop, selling porcelain from Shuzhou Qingyao, Hou Ye Mingjian, last year our Tang Dynasty and the Great Food Country fought in Talas, a draw, but the trade routes in the Western Regions have been lost in the hands of the Great Food, the Hu merchants in the Western Regions were blocked by the road, and the number of people is much smaller than in previous years, so this year's trading of our porcelain store is quite difficult to do......

The shopkeeper Liang was endless, and Liang Guodong said impatiently: "What do you mean by telling me about the sale?" Do you want me to worry about this? ”

The shopkeeper Liang hurriedly apologized for his sins, and said: "The villain is just afraid that Hou Ye will not understand, so he will talk about the cause and effect, so he will be verbose, Hou Ye, this year's porcelain business is difficult to do, and suddenly a Shuzhou green kiln appeared, our porcelain shop is becoming more and more difficult to do, this year's payment of the Hou Mansion's silver income, I am afraid that it will be less than three percent less than in previous years......

Liang Guodong finally opened his eyes.

I can't help but open my eyes, Liang's shopkeeper's words have directly touched the income of the Hou Mansion and touched the money bag, and Liang Guodong has to pay serious attention no matter how impatient he is.

"What do you mean? Why is it less than three? What do you do in charge of the porcelain shop? What shall I leave you to do with such incompetence? Liang Guodong's tone was not good.

The shopkeeper Liang hurriedly said: "Master Hou, you can't blame the villain, the villain has tried his best to take care of the porcelain shop, but the quality of the porcelain sold by Shuzhou Qingyao is indeed better than ours, and Hu Shang is not a fool, so he is naturally more inclined to good porcelain......

Liang Guodong said coldly: "Is the porcelain sold in the Shuzhou Qingyao really better than ours?" ”

Shopkeeper Liang sighed: "The villain has been compared, and it is indeed much better than ours." ”

Liang Guodong snorted coldly: "Then eat the shops in Shuzhou Qingyao and turn them into our shops, do you still need me to teach you how to do this?" ”

Shopkeeper Liang said with a bitter face: "Master Hou, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it......"

"Why?"

"Shuzhou Qingyao bought a total of four shops in Dongshi, and the shops are taken care of by two Shuzhou businessmen, but the people behind the shops have a background."

"Who is it?"

"The villain has inquired, it is a young man who has just been named the Marquis of Qingcheng County by His Majesty, named Gu Qing."

Liang Guodong's eyes widened.

Gu Qing, he has heard of this name, especially in recent days, it is said that this young man saved His Majesty's life in Lishan Palace, and he was deeply favored by Yang Guifei, and he can be described as a celebrity in Chang'an City recently.

"How could it be him......" Liang Guodong sat on the futon, scratching his hair irritably.

Everyone is a county marquis, but the gold content of the county marquis is different, Liang Guodong, the county marquis, is handed down from his ancestors, these two generations have gradually become obscure and have no achievements in the Chang'an court, and Gu Qing is a rising officialdom star, in terms of saints and momentum, they are much stronger than him, the marquis of Yiling County.

To put it simply, this new county marquis may not be able to be provoked.

The shopkeeper Liang quietly made up for Liang Guodong again: "Master Hou, the villain knows that this Hou of Qingcheng County is a celebrity in the eyes of today's son, and if he can't afford to provoke him, he can't afford to provoke it, but our family's business has really been swallowed up by Gu Qing's shop one bite at a time, and the villain can't bear it anymore, so without hurting the harmony, he fought with them for half a month, and lost a lot of money, who knew that they suddenly didn't fight with us yesterday, they changed their methods......"

Liang Guodong was stunned: "What method?" ”

The shopkeeper Liang showed a puzzled look and said: "They brought the price of porcelain back to its original position, and made a lot of flags, which were full of 'learn from Longji', 'Datang porcelain shop, Longji is the head', etc., all of which are good words for us, those flags were planted all over Chang'an East City, and now everyone knows it, all the merchants in East City and Hu merchants from afar know that our Longji is famous, and everyone also knows that there is a newly opened porcelain shop that worships us like a little brother......"

Liang Guodong was stunned, what kind of operation is this? Is Gu Qing's shopkeeper crazy?

"Are you sure it was someone from the Shuzhou Qingyao porcelain store who did it? Isn't it someone else who borrowed a knife to kill someone? Liang Guodong asked.

Shopkeeper Liang nodded heavily: "The villain is not mistaken, in order to confirm this, the villain specially sent people to follow the people who planted the flag, and those people are all shop buddies of Shuzhou Qingyao Porcelain Shop." ”

"Did Gu Qing take the wrong medicine? actually said good things about the opponent all over the street...... Invitation? Killing? None of them are right! Liang Guodong muttered.

Shopkeeper Liang said with a bitter face: "So the villain has to go into the mansion to ask for benefits from the Hou Ye, what should we do next?" ”

Liang Guodong's eyes showed a little coldness, and he said slowly: "There is a first come and first come in everything, even if I can't mess with Gu Qing, but the trade is bought and sold, he swallowed my gains, if I don't say a word, how can I raise my head and be a man in the future?" ”

"Hou Ye means ......"

Liang Guodong gritted his teeth and said: "Continue to lower prices, grab customers, beat Gu Qing's shop, and beat him until he closes, everyone is a county marquis, and the officials will not make a fuss, which is not good for everyone, but the businessmen will rely on their own abilities, if he dares to use the government by despicable means, I am not a vegetarian, and I will take advantage of the lawsuit in front of the Son of Heaven." ”

Shopkeeper Liang bowed down.