The people who made such rumors were definitely not well-intentioned. How easy is it to suppress bandits? Moreover, in this era, because of the harsh taxes and land annexation, the peasants had a hard time, so there were a lot of household bandits, who just did a vote when they saw it, and ran home when the limelight was not right, such as Chao Gai Chao Tianwang. If you want to eliminate such bandits, it is by no means a simple military issue.

But now the rumor-mongers say that as long as Li Buqi leads the troops away, the problem will be solved, and the expectations of the common people have been inflated, and when they see that Li Buqi has no way to take the bandits, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. This is a detour to ruin the reputation of Li Bu.

Although Li Buqi's new army can be said to have moved the cheese of the nobles, so far no one has been found to have made small moves. So if you think about it with your ass, you can know that it is the unhappy civil officials of the Privy Council, and they have already suggested to the emperor that Li Buqi should go to suppress the bandits immediately. Li Buqi could predict that in a few days, someone would ask the emperor again to let Li Buqi go to suppress the bandits, citing the ardent hopes of the people.

If you want to make a whole person, let him do things, as long as he does things, he will have the opportunity to find faults. This is the only way to do office politics, and now some people are trying to use it to fix him.

This matter is very dangerous for Li Buqi, but it is not without opportunities. Whether it is a danger or an opportunity, in the end, it depends on whether Li Buqi can do a good job in suppressing bandits. This requires Li Zhang's assistance.

But the purpose of Li Buqi's meeting with Yang Shilang today was not for this. He explained his plan to Yang Shilang, Yang Shilang felt that it was feasible, he had the right people to do this, as long as he had money, he was seventy percent sure that he could succeed. So the three of them discussed some more details and quietly left.

In order to deal with the impending crisis, Li Buqi had to help Li Zhang first set up the shelf of the Gyeonggi Capture and Robbery Division. When there are no other suitable people, Lian Guangzhi must be stuffed into the Thief Hunting Division as his eyes and ears.

When Lian Guangzhi came back from the Qinglou drunk again, Li Buqi pulled him into his study: "Brother has something on his mind recently? ”

"Hehe, do you see that?"

"My brother suddenly didn't read books recently, and he lingered in the Qinglou all day long, so he must have something on his mind. It's just that the elder brother doesn't say it, and the younger brother doesn't want to ask. But what are the difficulties in my studies? ”

Li Buqi broke the matter, and Lian Guangzhi simply confided: "It's still the brother who knows the brother." When I was a child, my master calculated a hexagram for me, saying that I didn't rely on Jinshi's materials. I just didn't believe it, and besides, I was afraid of those civil officials, so I had to sit on an equal footing with them, so I came to Bianliang. I really hope to travel in this heyday of writing, and the poems will definitely be beneficial, and I can't say that I can also give it a try. But in recent months, this poem has not improved at all, and it is not as good as Sun Xujiu's who has only been here for a few months. ”

"I'm a person who doesn't know how to write poetry. In this life, it seems that the field is hopeless. I feel uncomfortable. is to be an official, and in the future, it will depend on the faces of those civil officials, it seems that my brother still has to rely on fortune-telling and mixing bowls of rice. ”

"Brother doesn't want to be an official?"

"What's the use of not being a sergeant and being an officer? Maybe when those sour dices will be pitted. ”

Li Buqi found that there was no need to comfort Lian Guangzhi, he must have already planned in his heart. So he went straight to the point and said, "My brother is right. But my brother also has the ability, can he just watch this great country let those sour things go bad? ”

"But what else?"

"There's always a fight. If my brother is willing to help me, I will dig up those sour corners right now. ”

"They are so powerful, what can they do if they dig some corners?"

"Hehe, the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill. What's more, we are not ants, as long as we do the law properly, we will move mountains, dig a little today, dig a little tomorrow, and it won't take many years to dig up their foundations. When the time comes, it will be a skyscraper, and it will fall with a light push. ”

"I know that my brother is a man with great ambitions. I was right! Lian Guangzhi slapped his thigh: "Brother, what do you say?" ”

Li Buqi said his plan, and Lian Guangzhi listened to it: "Brother is so strategic!" It must be fun to do, how can it be without me! ”

With a goal in life, Lian Guangzhi returned to his original appearance, got up early in the morning to clean himself up, read for a while, and followed Li Buqi to see Li Zhang after dinner.

The new yamen is short of people, and Li Zhang is very familiar with Lian Guangzhi, so he immediately appointed him as Jiyi Wen.

Lian Guangzhi had worked in the army, and Li Buqi gave an explanation, so he helped Li Zhang to borrow a few people from the Imperial City Division to help select personnel according to Li Buqi's plan.

Let the two of them be busy first, Li Buqi still needs to go and see Zhou Qing who is locked up in Kaifeng County.

Now Zhou Qing's details have been inquired clearly, which is basically consistent with what Guo Dutou said. And Zhou Qing is indeed a bit brave, and he still has some prestige when he is in the army, and he is a person who can be used, so Li Buqi is interested in talking to Zhou Qing.

The death row in Kaifeng County rarely sees sunlight all year round and is full of foul odors. Li Buqi stepped into the prison door and couldn't help but cover his nose with his sleeve.

Li Buqi is notorious among the public people in Kaifeng, and they all know that he is not easy to mess with. The cell boss of the prison handed over two pills in a stammer: "The official plugs this on the nose to get rid of the filth." ”

Li Buqi waved his hand and followed the prisoner into the depths of the prison, the cell opened a cell, pushed a prisoner into another cell, and then nodded and said, "Li Daguan, this is Zhou Qing." ”

Li Buqi only nodded, and casually threw a silver leaf to the prison, and the prisoner handed the oil lamp to Li Buqi with interest, and said: "The little one is waiting at the door, and the official only calls me after asking." ”

Through the dim light, Li Buqi saw a big man leaning on the wall looking up at him, and he couldn't see his face clearly with his unkempt face. He put the oil lamp on the lampstand and squatted down and said, "I am Li Buqi." Guo Dutou should have told you, right? ”

The big man sat up at this time, but he still had a numb expression: "I don't know why the officials came here?" ”

"Guo Dutou asked me to save your life."

"Thank you, official. But for this crime, can those turbans spare me? Can the officials let me out secretly? ”

"This can't. Therefore, if you want to find another way, you have to wait for the opportunity. ”

Dahan finally had some attention: "I don't know what to do?" ”

Li Buqi said: "If you kill a civil official, other civil officials will never let you go." Therefore, if you want to survive, you can only survive in death. I don't know if you dare to go to sea to deal with the Hu people thousands of miles away? ”

Dahan didn't hesitate at all: "Isn't it just going to sea, I didn't go to sea when I was in Cangzhou." Anyway, it's all a death, if the official can give me a chance, my life will be an official. ”

"Aren't you in Cangzhou with troops? How do you go to sea? ”

Dahan got up and said: "In order to make more money, many big turbans in Cangzhou went back to Liao by sea in order to make more money. When they saw that I was a water-savvy man, they let me be a sailor on a ship, and I ran at sea for a year. ”

Repatriation is the trade carried out by the army. In order to make up for the lack of military spending, the imperial court often gave the front-line generals the right to return to the army, and there were often return officials in the army. Cangzhou is located on the border of Song and Liao, so the object of return must be Liao. Moreover, Cangzhou is close to the sea, and you can go directly to Qianzhou, Jinzhou, Chenzhou and Suzhou from the sea, so it is normal to smuggle trade from the sea.

It was a bonus. But Li Buqi still asked: "But the place I want you to go to is unpredictable, and I can't say what I encounter when I get there." It can be said that it is a life of nine deaths, do you dare to go? ”

"If you don't go, you're dead. But I'm not willing to die for a dog official! ”

Li Buqi stood up and said, "Since you recognize the situation, you can try this matter." It's just a matter of being patient and waiting for the opportunity. ”

When he walked to the door of the cell, he asked again: "If another official insults your ancestors on the street, will you still do it?" I want you to be honest! ”

"If you don't hide it from the official, even if the dog official doesn't touch me, he will kill him at night. If there is another dog official who insults the ancestors of my family, I will not do it on the street again, I will definitely wait for the night to kill him, and then clean up the whole thing. Dahan was silent for a while before speaking.

Li Buqi nodded and said, "Not bad." I hope you survive. ”

After getting out of the prison, Li Buqi told the cell boss: "Change that Zhou Qing to a better cell, don't let him suffer." ”

The cell boss promised again and again, not only because of this master's means, but also because of this master's generous efforts.