"I don't know it's the prince, and I ask the prince to forgive me!" The chief of the guard immediately dismounted and knelt on one knee.

"General, please get up, those who don't know are not guilty." Guo Qi smiled and helped the chief of the guard up, and said very politely; "Please also ask the general to help this king call Gonggong Liu."

"Lord Wang, don't scream, the old slave has already heard it." Father-in-law Liu lifted the curtain road.

"Father-in-law Liu has worked hard all the way." Guo Qi clasped his fists and saluted to Gonggong Liu.

"The prince is serious, this is the duty of the old slave." Liu Gonggong said with sincerity and fear.

"It's cold outside, so let's go into the city with this king! The king has already arranged a reception banquet for his father-in-law in the city. ”

"Then there is Lord Lao."

When Guo Qi was talking to Liu Gonggong, more than 100 cavalry who followed Guo Qi out of the city also rushed over, and Guo Qi led more than 100 cavalry to personally open the way in front of him, and escorted Guo Qi and Liu Gonggong back to Yongcheng with the forbidden army escort cavalry; After entering the city from the east gate, Gonggong Liu has been looking at everything outside through the car window, and there are basically no people on the street, which seems to be extremely deserted.

After returning to King Yong's Mansion, Guo Qi immediately ordered someone to prepare an incense case in the lobby to receive the order.

Gonggong Liu asked for a holy decree, stood in front of the incense case and read: "His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qi Shengyu: King Yong Guo Qi broke the bandits and defended the frontier, which is indispensable; Add the rank of general of Zhenxi, give the capital a palace, and the king of Yong appoints and dismisses the officials of the palace by himself, and the recovered places are all fiefdoms of the king of Yong, and they are here. ”

"Erchen commands, long live my emperor, long live, long live...... Guo Qi knelt down to receive the order.

"Hurry up, prince!" Gonggong Liu personally stepped forward and helped Guo Qi up; "Lord Wang, don't you know, Your Majesty is so happy when he heard that you pacified Yongzhou, and praised the prince in front of hundreds of civil and military officials!"

Guo Qi smiled and said: "This king's ability to make such a meritorious feat is all due to the drag of His Majesty's blessing; The banquet is ready, let's talk while eating! ”

"The prince is so enthusiastic, but the old slave is disrespectful." Gonggong Liu said with a smile.

After entering the dining room, all the wine and food have been put on the table, in order to show closeness to Guo Qi, a large round table is still prepared, originally Guo Qi wanted to let Liu Gonggong sit in the first place, but Liu Gonggong did not dare to hold it up, resolutely refused, and Guo Qi was not easy to force.

Guo Qi asked Gonggong Liu while drinking: "Father-in-law, this king gave his father a fold some time ago, and implored his father to send the western army to Yongzhou to garrison and assist this king in guarding Yongzhou, but I haven't seen my father's approval!" ”

"The old slave doesn't know much about this matter, after all, the old slave doesn't serve by His Majesty's side every day."

"So that's the case, but this king is abrupt." Guo Qi said with a smile: "I don't know if Gonggong Liu knows who this Guanzhong Daotai has been replaced by since Rongzheng was beheaded, this king has no news in Yongzhou, and he doesn't know much about the situation in the outside world." ”

"Lord Wang, the old slave is a eunuch, but he doesn't dare to discuss the government." Liu Gonggong shirked.

"How can you talk about the government in vain! This king is to inquire, after all, the king's Yongzhou belongs to Guanzhong Dao, and in the future, this king will inevitably deal with Guanzhong Daotai. ”

"This ......" Gonggong Liu was silent for a while and said: "The old slave can only tell the prince that this newly appointed Guanzhong Daotai is the former imperial historian Yang Shousu, Lord Yang. ”

"How could Yang Shousu be him?" Guo Qi frowned and said.

"This person was recommended by His Royal Highness King Wei, and that's all the old slave knows."

……

During the banquet, Guo Qi learned a lot of things about the imperial court from Gonggong Liu, but these things did not have much impact on Guo Qi now.

"What, Lord Wang, you actually captured Huangyuan City and destroyed several Xirong tribes." Gonggong Liu exclaimed.

"This king is also purely self-defense and counterattack, Xirong bullied me too much, and repeatedly detained the border to kill my people of Daqi, this king really couldn't bear it, so he sent troops to Huangyuan City." Guo Qi said with a face full of resentment: "After the capture of Huangyuan City, this king learned a news from the mouth of the Xirong captive, and Xirong will attack Guanzhong Road in the spring of next year, intending to occupy Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and even enter the Central Plains in the east. ”

"This, this, this ......" Gonggong Liu was a little stupid and didn't know what to say.

"This matter has been stated by the king in his reciprocal statement to his father, which is why this king asked his father to send the western army to Yongzhou to garrison; In addition, in order to prevent Xirong from advancing eastward, the king has established a defense line in the west of Yongzhou, built Huangyang Pass and strengthened Chencang Pass, but there are not many soldiers and horses under the command of this king, once the Xirong army attacks on a large scale, this king is afraid that he will not be able to hold out for too long! Guo Qi said very helplessly: "So this king wants to ask Gonggong Liu to return to Beijing, on behalf of the king to explain to his father, in addition, all these things will be explained by the king in the twists and turns, and I also ask Gonggong Liu to present it to his father for this king." ”

"That's nature, please rest assured." Liu Gonggong said.

After the banquet, Guo Qi immediately returned to the study to write a recital, writing how serious the whole thing should be, after writing the recital, Guo Qi took the recital and handed it to Liu Gonggong together with the thousands of taels of silver that bribed Liu Gonggong, after seeing the silver, Liu Gonggong patted his chest and assured Guo Qi that this matter must be done for Guo Qi.

Due to the importance of the matter, Gonggong Liu did not stay in Yongcheng too much, and set off to return to Luodu the next day, and Guo Qi personally sent him out of the border of Yongzhou before returning to the palace of Yongcheng.

In the Yongwang Mansion Council.

The civil and military officials of Yongzhou were on both sides, and Guo Qi sat on the throne.

"The Emperor's decree is known to all the big guys; Officials of King Yong's Mansion, my father allowed me to appoint them on my own. Guo Qi looked at everyone and said, "Song Yiming obeys orders." ”

"Humble duty."

"This king ordered you to be the governor of the palace and the commander of Yongcheng."

"Commanded by humility."

"Ling Jing obeys."

"Humble duty."

"This king has ordered you to be the commander of the palace Sima and Cangcheng."

"Commanded by humility."

……

In addition to Changshi and Sima, there are also many other official positions in the palace, such as engaging in Zhonglang, consulting to join the army and Peng's subordinates, Zhonglushi, Zhongji, Zhongzhibing, etc.

Guo Qi has made arrangements for these official positions one by one, but most of them are suspended, such as Hu Qiong, Tang Bi, Sun Guoqing, Zhuo Yidao and others are also suspended in the palace, that is, when the time comes, they will receive an extra salary, and they are not specific stewards, after all, they each have their own affairs, and the reason why this phenomenon occurs in the final analysis is because there are too few talents under Guo Qi's hands.

On the day when Guo Qi wantonly appointed the officials of the royal palace, in Shancheng, the capital of the Xirong Khanate in the west, in the palace of the Xirong Khanate, Murong Fuyun, the Khan of Xirong, was furious in front of the civil and military officials of the Xirong Khanate.