Guo Dutou didn't understand what Li Buqi meant for a while, and didn't answer. Li Buqi explained: "Guo Dutou should understand that a military man who has been punished kills a boss who has a grudge in the past, and this matter is intolerable to officials. And the rulers will make a mockery of him. So it is impossible to intercede and spare his life. Therefore, this matter can only be started from other places, and we have to see if there is a suitable opportunity. I can only say that it is up to man to make things happen. ”

Guo Dutou also understood this truth, otherwise he would not have hurriedly come to Li Buqi to find a way without waiting for the Criminal Department to compound the Kaifeng Mansion's verdict on Zhou Qing. He thought for a while and said, "My brother is a good martial artist, and a big knife makes more than a dozen people unable to get close. He also has a good water nature, and he can go in the wind and waves? ”

"Huh? Could it be that he was originally a water army? ”

"He's not a troll. It's just that when he was young, his family was a boat owner on the Yellow River. Later, it was only because of the change that he joined the forbidden army. ”

Born in a boatman! This is an unexpected joy, but Li Buqi needs someone who can go to sea, I don't know if this Zhou Qing dares to go to sea. If he dares to go to sea, then there is a plan that can be implemented in advance. So Li Buqi decided to meet this Zhou Qing.

Li Buqi asked Guo Dutou again, that Zhou Qing is now locked up in the prison of Kaifeng County, and only said that he would do his best in this matter. Guo Dutou also knew that this matter was difficult, and Li Buqi was not a big official, so it was not easy to give him such a promise, so he thanked him for his resignation.

The next day, Li Buqi asked Lu Feng to inquire about Zhou Qing's life experience, and asked Gao Zunyu to inquire about what Zhou Qing was assigned for, but it would take a while to find out everything clearly, but Yang Shilang first found out the cause and effect of Zhou Qing's death.

It turned out that Zhou Qing had only returned to Bianliang from Cangzhou for a few days, and he was entrusting people to join the army, and he had no livelihood for a while, so he followed others to carry water and sell pulp. It was also a coincidence that he was walking on the street that day, blocking the way of two people, and it happened that one of them was the official who sent him. The official happened to recognize him again, hated him for ruining his future and drinking too much lunch, and scolded him on the street, insulting Zhou Qing's ancestors in his words, Zhou Qing was very angry and pushed the man. It was also Zhou Qing's strength was too strong and the thing was too coincidental, and the man crashed headlong into the horse-tethered stake on the side of the road and was killed.

After beating someone to death on the street, Zhou Qing was detained in the Kaifeng County lobby for the tolerance of patrolling the street. It was originally an accident in the midst of the noise, and the words of the deceased person insulted Zhou Qing's ancestors, and Zhou Qing would not be sentenced to death. But after the dead man's companion alleged that Zhou Qing had sent the official to Cangzhou for the crime of inciting soldiers a few years earlier, Kaifeng County sentenced him to revenge murder and put Zhou Qing on death row.

It seems that the head surnamed Guo did not deceive Li Buqi, but Li Buqi still investigated Zhou Qing's past step by step. After all, it took a lot of effort to rescue the individual, and Li Buqi hoped that this person could have a value that could be used. And for the time being, there is no chance to save Zhou Qing from death, such an opportunity is not easy to find.

Before returning to Chunze Prison, Li Buqi handed the sign into the palace as usual and asked the emperor if he had anything to say. There was no surprise, and this time the emperor was called to the Chongzheng Palace. After asking Li Buqi about his training plan as usual, the emperor suddenly asked: "Don't give up, now the court and the court say that you have trained this soldier well, and you have indeed trained a strong army." Therefore, it is said that several giant bandits rampant around Bianliang can only be exterminated by the Zhenwu army. What do you think of this? ”

Is this a killing?

Li Bu gave up a cold sweat, who wants to harm me?

Li Buqi said confidently: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible. His Majesty should remember that it takes two years for the ministers to train the soldiers in the first place, and then they can catch and kill the thieves and three years before they can go into battle. At present, these soldiers have only been training for a year, and they have only learned some formation and techniques for operating military weapons, and they have not carried out either cooperative training or field training. At this time, if you drag them to deal with the bandits, you will be defeated. ”

Li Buqi said this, the emperor remembered, before the training Li Buqi made a training plan, and listed in detail when and what training. Well, it seems, it seems, the above said that it will take at least two years for the new army to be initially trained, and three years before it can go into battle.

The emperor remembered that he had asked why it had to take three years for the new army to go into battle, and Li Buqi said at that time that all the backbones had no experience in battle formations, but if this batch of new troops was supplemented as the backbone, it would only take less than two years for the next new army to drill and fight.

Since Li Buqi had a word first, in view of Li Buqi's good reputation, the emperor did not mention this matter: "I am in a hurry." In that case, go back and step up your practice. ”

Li does not give up training for the purpose of fighting, and it is also good to be able to train the bandits with scum in combat power to cultivate their morale before they really go into battle. Therefore, Li Buqi actually does not exclude the extermination of bandits, but he must not be called around by civilian officials, so no matter how careful he is, he will inevitably fall into the pit and carry the black pot to others.

Therefore, Li Buqi wanted to strive for the greatest initiative, he said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the minister thinks that it is not necessary to have a strong army to exterminate the bandits. The key to this is intelligence. As long as the whereabouts of the bandits can be ascertained, it only takes a squad of soldiers to bring them to justice, but if the whereabouts of the bandits are not known, no matter how strong the soldiers are, it will be in vain to waste money and food. If Your Majesty is worried about the bandits, please inquire about the whereabouts of the bandits around Gyeonggi first, and then catch the bandits after the new army is trained. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Okay, I also have this intention. In that case, you prepare in advance. ”

Hehe, the emperor is happy, but Li Buqi didn't dare to stretch his hand too long, otherwise the emperor would suspect Li Buqi's motives if he felt that something was wrong one day. Therefore, Li Buqi said: "Ah, Your Majesty, the ministers still have to worry more about the things of the test ground, and it is inevitable that they will be distracted if they collect information about the bandits. The minister thought that it would be better to let Li Gongming (Li Zhang) take charge of this matter, and in order to save Li Gongming's actions from being hindered, he would be allowed to take up a position under the Imperial City Division, which would be justified. ”

The emperor had great trust in his cousin, and he wanted Li Zhang to experience his experience, so he did not dislike Li Bu's idea of beating the Imperial City Division at all, but readily agreed: "This method is very good." Or is it thoughtful. ”

Out of the palace, Li Buqi wiped the cold sweat on his forehead again - the fool emperor is really unreliable, fortunately he was prepared, otherwise he would have been pitted this time, and he should be careful in the future. However, it was an unexpected joy to be able to let Li Zhang hang up with the Imperial City Division, and he should get a lot of information through Li Zhang in the future.

At this time, Li Buqi didn't know that he was actually making people miserable, and a lot of chaos that would soon appear was related to the killing of him by civilian officials.

The emperor wants to let his cousin work part-time as a spy, who dares to disagree? What do you think about the disagreeing one? Are you afraid that the emperor will have multiple eyes and ears?

No one was willing to touch this kind of thing, and the appointment of Li Zhang was soon sent to Chunze Prison. Li Zhang took the appointment document and turned his face into a bun, pulled Li Buqi aside and asked, "Zhongzheng." This thief hunt is a local matter, but what should this Gyeonggi pirate ambassador do? ”

Li Buqi had already thought about it, so he fooled Li Zhang: "This capture of thieves is indeed a local matter, but recently, more and more giant thieves across states and counties are powerless in the local area. The first thing my brother needs to do now is to collect information about the Gyeonggi bandits, know the situation of the bandits well, and once the imperial court decides to eliminate them, he can immediately find and recognize the bandits. ”

"It's as simple as that?"

"Hehe, it's not easy. I've made a list of items that need to be gathered, so my brother can take a look. ”

After reading dozens of entries densely written on a thick stack of paper, Li Zhang's head was big: "Zhongzheng, this job is not easy to do." ”

Li Buqi smiled and said: "Actually, if my brother is a responsible person, there are more important things to do." If it is done well, my brother's official position in the coming day may not be lower than that of the captain. ”

Li Zhang asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Li Buqi sold a pass: "I'll go and see how the cotton is grown, and I'll tell you more in the evening." ”