Chapter 249: Three Birds with One Stone

Being generous to others, Yang Guozhong has no pressure to do it.

War horses, weapons, grain and grass belong to the state treasury, and five thousand taels of silver bread are their own, so what is there to hesitate about? Can't you afford this thing in the Tang Dynasty? What's more, Gu Qing is on the order to go out of Beijing, and the Son of Heaven has high hopes for him, as Yang Guozhong, who is about to worship the right minister, what's wrong with giving more war horses, weapons, grain and grass? Maybe His Majesty will not only not blame him when he finds out, but will praise him for coming to trouble.

Since he happily agreed, Yang Guozhong is no longer embarrassed, Yang Guozhong is still quite open about being a man, as long as his personal interests are not involved, Yang Guozhong is like a person most of the time.

"How much?" Yang Guozhong asked bluntly in the front hall of his house.

"It's a lot." Gu Qing said politely.

"How much is a lot?"

"For a team of 10,000 people, I want fifteen thousand war horses, the road is far away, and the war horses are also consumables, which can be replaced at any time on the road, so that the war horses can take a breath."

Yang Guozhong's cheeks twitched a few times: "Brother Xian, you can't help it...... It's too much. ”

Gu Qing sighed gloomily: "Yang Xiang, you eat and drink spicy food in Chang'an, poor foolish brother, I led the army to brave the scorching heat and cold wind and sand outside the plug, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is really a drop of blood step by step......"

Yang Guozhong smiled bitterly: "Brother Xian, don't be joking, it's not that serious, it's just a hard journey...... Fifteen thousand horses are too much, and I can't afford to do that, any less. ”

"Thirteen thousand." Gu Qingmian bargained without changing his face.

"A little less......" Yang Guozhong struggled.

"Yang Xiang, the war horse is under the control of the Ministry of Martial Affairs, the foolish brother wants to ask, how is the relationship between the officials of the Ministry of Martial Arts and Yang Xiang? Is it worthy of the friendship between the foolish brother and you? ”

Yang Guozhong blurted out: "Nature is incomparable. ”

"Does Yang Xiang want to sacrifice his friendship with my foolish brother for the sake of that little friendship with the officials of the Ministry of Martial Affairs? It's just more than 10,000 war horses, you can't eat them, you can't sell them, why is Yang Xiang saving so much? ”

Yang Guozhong was shocked by Gu Qing's logic, this nonsense sounded ...... It makes sense.

A serious nonsense just caters to the values of idiots and extraordinary people, Yang Guozhong thought about it carefully and felt that it was right.

Give it to you, anyway, it's not my own thing, as for whether the imperial court will have a shortage because Gu Qing took away a large number of war horses......

What the hell is going on with me? Have I used it to enrich myself? Did I sell it for money? Giving it to Gu Qing is also an upright gift, it is all the needs of the country, why can't it be given to him?

"Okay, thirteen thousand horses, here you go!" Yang Guozhong said happily.

Gu Qing smiled: "As for the weapons, I want all the standard weapons in the Tang Army, in addition to one set of 10,000 soldiers and horses, I also want 10,000 sets of more sets alone, including crossbows, bows and arrows, horizontal knives, Mo knives, halberds, hooks and sickles, etc., all of them, as for arrows and crossbow arrows, I want 500,000 each." ”

Compared with war horses, weapons are not so valuable, and Yang Guozhong also said happily: "Okay, here you go." ”

Yang Youxiang, who is so happy, is sorry for his five thousand taels of silver cakes if he doesn't scavenge a little.

Gu Qing then said: "I still want grain and grass, and I want 20,000 stones." ”

Yang Guozhong was finally not so generous, he was stimulated by Gu Qing's lion opening his mouth and trembled, and said in an unkind tone: "Brother Xian, it's almost done, don't go too far, do you know how many catties of 20,000 stone grain are?" ”

Gu Qing silently calculated, in the weights and measures of the Tang Dynasty, one stone was equivalent to more than fifty kilograms in later generations, 20,000 stones of grain added up to almost 1,000 tons, and a team of 10,000 people carried 1,000 tons of grain, this ......

"It's not too much at all, I still think it's too little, if it weren't for the fear that Yang Xiang would be embarrassed, I would have planned to ask for 50,000 stones." Gu Qing's face did not change his color.

Yang Guozhong's face became more and more ugly: "Brother Xian, the treasury can't get so much food, Brother Xian, don't make me embarrassed." When the Tang Dynasty Wang Division went on the expedition, it was customary to allocate grain and grass in batches, and there was no reason to march with tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass at a time. ”

Gu Qing blinked, suddenly leaned over and lowered his voice: "Yang Xiang, foolish brother will give you another idea, if you do what I say, I guarantee that I can not only meet my needs, but also be praised by His Majesty, maybe you can make the Son of Heaven more and more fond of you, is Yang Xiang willing?" ”

Yang Guozhong was immediately tempted, he now has dozens of official positions, and he is about to be worshiped as the right minister, and the title is also named the Duke of Weiguo, so Yang Guozhong's current status as a very popular minister, in addition to making money, is only left to let the Son of Heaven praise and favor, and there is no other pursuit.

"Virtuous brother and say, foolish brother listens to him." Yang Guozhong smiled expectantly.

Gu Qing whispered mysteriously with a mysterious expression: "The matter of that secret letter has not passed yet, and Your Majesty is probably already suspicious of An Lushan......

Yang Guozhong nodded and smiled: "Brother Fool received news from the palace, Your Majesty has secretly sent the palace provincial official assistant Bao Lin to secretly go to the three towns to investigate the true situation of the three towns of Fanyang, it can be seen that Your Majesty has indeed been suspicious of An Lushan, and Brother Gu Xian's idea is really clever...... "Weishu."

Gu Qing frowned, and secretly wrote down the matter, as well as the person named Fu Baolin.

Then Gu Qing continued: "There is such a big thing, An Lushan must be panicked in Chang'an, and he is trying to figure out how to make His Majesty trust him again, I heard that the household department has to send a large number of grain and grass weapons to the three towns in batches every year, this year has just started spring, it stands to reason that the first batch of grain and grass weapons to the three towns should be loaded, Yang Xiang, do you think that An Lushan still dares to ask for this batch of grain and grass weapons of the household department?" ”

Yang Guozhong was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Gu Qing frowned, hasn't this thing reacted yet? It's really tiring to talk to idiots.

Just as he was about to say it more thoroughly, Yang Guozhong suddenly slapped his thigh and said happily: "Wonderful! An Lushan is now difficult to protect himself, and he is trying to avoid suspicion everywhere, even if the household department sends grain, grass and weapons under his nose, he doesn't dare to ask for it, if he accepts it, wouldn't it be more confirmed to confirm the rumors of his bad intentions? Since he didn't dare to ask for them, I intercepted them and gave them to the virtuous brother as a favor, haha, the virtuous brother's idea is wonderful! ”

Gu Qing smiled, not bad, the reflex arc was a little slower, but the IQ happened to be on the passing line, and Datang was very lucky.

A national minister who has just passed this has been floated to the top of the day, for Tang Shou, for Li Longjishou.

Gu Qing immediately took the cup, and saluted in the direction of Xingqing Palace, with a solemn and solemn expression, like sacrificing heaven and earth.

Yang Guozhong was confused by Gu Qing's actions, and didn't understand why the conspiracy of the good traitor suddenly changed to such a righteous and dignified painting style, but Yang Guozhong was still ignorant and followed the cup, and toasted in the direction of Xingqing Palace like Gu Qing, with the same solemn and solemn expression.

After drinking it all, Yang Guozhong couldn't help but ask, "Uh, Brother Xian, this is ...... just now"

Gu Qing Zhengse said: "Datang Sheji and the Holy Son of Heaven have Yang Xiangfuguo, it is a rare luck for Datang and the Son of Heaven to meet in a hundred years, the foolish brother can't help but feel agitated, so he is the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, I hope that my Datang will take another step forward in the prosperous era under the governance of the Son of Heaven and Yang Xiang, and the Son of Heaven and Yang Xiang can also go down in history and live forever." ”

This sycophant was quite heavy, and Yang Guozhong's whole body was comfortable, up and down, and he couldn't help but moan comfortably, his face was already radiant, and he only felt that the whole world was pleasing to the eye, except for a little disorientation.

Slammed the table, Yang Guozhong was dumbfounded and shouted: "Here you go, it's all for you!" Grain, grass, weapons, and horses are all given to you! An Lushan didn't even think of a hair! Not only this time, as long as Yang is still in the position of prime minister, he will not want to get a single hair every year in the future! There is no hair! Does he have hair? No! ”

Gu Qing was taken aback by his sudden excitement, and then reacted that his fart just now should have hit his high point.

"Thank you Yang Xiang for your generosity, the foolish brother will be rewarded in the future." Gu Qing got up and saluted gratefully.

Yang Guozhong waved his hand and said, "I will give you 15,000 war horses, 20,000 stones of grain and grass, and weapons according to the number you said, which is enough." If you still don't feel enough when you go to the four towns of Anxi, give the foolish brother a letter and send it to you immediately, and the overall planning of the household department should be changed. ”

Gu Qing was overjoyed, got up and saluted again.

After sitting down, Gu Qing lowered his voice again and said, "Yang Xiang, in fact, Yang Xiang only makes money and doesn't lose money this time......

Yang Guozhong was puzzled: "How can you say this?" ”

"Yang Xiang, you might as well take your eyes off the three towns of Hubu and Fanyang, and then look into the distance, for example, to guess Your Majesty's intentions......"

"What do you mean......"

"Your Majesty is now suspicious of An Lushan, so the grain and grass weapons allocated by the household department, Your Majesty must be unwilling to allocate them again, Yang Xiangruo intercepted them in advance before His Majesty opened his mouth to intercept them, and when His Majesty knows in the future, he will feel that Yang Xiang is a confidant person, and he will appreciate and praise you more and more, a capable, talented and knowledgeable minister, how can Your Majesty not use your favor more and more?"

Yang Guozhong pondered carefully for a long time with the IQ level that he had just reached, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

"High! Kill two birds with one stone, virtuous brother is clever! Yang Guozhong praised.

"It is three birds with one stone, one of them, intercepting the material of the three towns, and taking revenge on An Lushan, the second is to please His Majesty, and the third is to send a big favor to the foolish brother, and the foolish brother will definitely have a good reward in the future, if the foolish brother is transferred back to Chang'an from Anxi, he will definitely help Yang Xiang in the court from now on, charge into battle for Yang Xiang, and solve problems." Gu Qing smiled.

Yang Guozhong was in a happy mood, looking up to the sky and laughing.

The guests and hosts of the banquet were happy, and Gu Qing said goodbye and left.

Yang Guozhong was very enthusiastic this time, and actually personally sent Gu Qing out of the mansion, and he didn't turn around until he saw Gu Qing get into the carriage with his own eyes.

Gu Qing sat in the carriage, and the smirk on his face gradually dissipated.

Before leaving Chang'an, you must make a lot of money, and you must take away everything you can take away, even if you look ugly, even if you have a grudge against others, you can't take care of it.

Gu Qing needed a lot of materials, food, grass, weapons and war horses, and he used his connections to make as much money as he could, and took them all on the road.

Because the next time he returns to Chang'an, Gu Qing doesn't know what identity he will change, and how his mentality will change.