Gao Xianzhi was unaware of what Gu Qing did at Yumen Pass, and he had already returned to Chang'an at that time.

However, Li Longji's expression at this time made Gao Xianzhi a little frightened, and his tone of praise and then criticism made Gao Xianzhi feel unpredictable, and he could not guess whether Li Longji's next words were sweet or thunder.

"I... I don't know that Gu Qing had caused such a big disaster." Gao Xianzhi lowered his head and said.

Gao Xianzhi felt a bit complicated. He admired Gu Qing's ability to govern the city, and was somewhat jealous of him robbing his position as a governor. In general, he still appreciated it. Especially after he was told thoroughly with Gu Qing when he was in Anxi, Gao Xianzhi suddenly realized the mistakes he had made in Anxi over the years, and his hatred for Gu Qing gradually became less deep.

But at this moment, Li Longji was clearly dissatisfied with Gu Qing. Gao Xianzhi had almost no need to hesitate and immediately decided to turn the gun head and stand decisively on Li Longji's side.

"Gu Qing is talented, but she is young and energetic, and acts decisively but does not care about the consequences. Using someone like using a double-edged sword can have both advantages and disadvantages." Gao Xianzhi commented.

Li Longji snorted coldly and said, "I know Gu Qing's character better than you. When he was in Chang'an, he caused many troubles, robbed prisons, and killed the governor, and was lawless. But I didn't expect that after he went to Anxi, the disaster became even worse. He actually dared to privately allocate 20,000 troops and attacked the Hexi army at Yumen Pass. How bold is this! Is there any emperor in his eyes?"

Gao Xianzhi said in panic: "Your Majesty calms down your anger, Gu Qing dispatches troops privately. This is a serious crime. Your Majesty can punish the sages and severely to serve as a warning to others."

After Li Longji was angry, his tone suddenly became calmer and said, "I just heard your plan to manage Anxi, and I still want to hear you talk about how Gu Qing managed Anxi."

Gao Xianzhi hesitated for a moment? Decided to tell the truth? He had no deep hatred with Gu Qing, and the position of Anxi Jiedushi was not taken away by Gu Qing? It was the appointment and removal of the emperor? Seeing that Li Longji seemed to be very dissatisfied with Gu Qing, Gao Xianzhi was still worried that Gu Qing would be severely punished.

So Gao Xianzhi said slowly after speaking: "Gu Qing? The manager of Anxi is more experienced than Chen. He seems to attach great importance to merchants? The first thing he did after taking office was to expand Kucha City? Build a new market and reduce taxes to attract caravans from all over the country to Kucha City to do business."

"He also built many shops and relied on the money of selling shops. Kucha City became rich almost overnight? Gu Qing used this money to reward soldiers, formed the Modao Camp and the Sharp Shooting Camp. When practicing soldiers every day, all the top ones were rewarded? The soldiers worked very hard for Gu Qing's rewards? The combat power was much higher than before. Last time, they wiped out more than 20,000 Tubo? It was also because the soldiers were strong and easily defeated."

Li Longji was expressionless? Listening carefully without saying a word? Gao Xianzhi talked endlessly for a long time? They were all about Gu Qing's advice on Anxi. Li Longji never interrupted him from beginning to end.

Until Gao Xianzhi finished speaking, Li Longji nodded and suddenly laughed: "Gao Qingzhuo is accurate and unique, I admire him very much."

After saying that, Li Longji stopped continuing this topic, picked up the wine cup and smiled, "Today, you, my king and ministers are drinking and talking to each other. Gao Qing has been away from Chang'an for many years. In his spare time, he can wander around Chang'an City for some time to see the changes in the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and talk about the pain of guarding the border for many years."

Gao Xianzhi hurriedly thanked him.

At a banquet, the king and his ministers were all happy. Gao Xianzhi was tactful and said, and Li Longji personally sent him out of the hall gate with a smile.

When he turned around, Li Longji's eyes were a little gloomy.

Gao Lishi lowered his head behind him. He had been tacit understanding of the master and servant for many years. He knew without looking at Li Longji's expression that the emperor was in a bad mood at this time.

"General Gao, do you still remember how you evaluated Gu Qing when you first met him?"

Gao Lishi said without hesitation: "Stable, intelligent, talented, but ruthless in his heart, ruthless in his heart is inevitable that he is unfaithful."

Li Longji looked at him unexpectedly and smiled: "It's hard for you to remember."

Gao Lishi bowed and said, "The old slave also attaches great importance to Gu Qing, just because His Majesty attaches great importance to him, so the old slave remembers everything about Gu Qing."

Li Longji's face was gone and he sighed: "Now I still want to hear your evaluation of Gu Qing and want to know if it is the same as before."

Gao Lishi thought for a while and said, "Stable, intelligent, talented, and affectionate in his heart, but he may not be loyal."

Li Longji said unexpectedly again and said, "If you have feelings in your heart, you should know your loyalty and righteousness. Why are you not loyal but not loyal?"

"Gu Qing's feelings are in his subordinates, and in his people's lives, but he may not necessarily have feelings for His Majesty."

Li Longji said lightly: "In just a few years, why did Gu Qing go from ruthless to affectionate?"

"It's so difficult in the world, and the favors and disgraces are close relatives. Gu Qing is now a powerful governor of Anxi. He is no longer the wild boy who just left the mountain village in Shuzhong and had a bad fate. He has been like meditation for the past life. Once he understands it, he will naturally have feelings in his heart."

Li Longji nodded and said slowly: "General Gao, I have seen many people in the world, but you are the one who lives the most transparent."

Gao Lishi was tactful and didn't say anything.

Li Longji sighed again: "Does every military governor who transfers foreign military towns change, become unfaithful and unrighteous, and become obscene to the court?"

This question is too sensitive and Gao Lishi dared not answer it.

Li Longji stared at a golden ginkgo tree outside the hall in a daze, his eyes confused and deep.

After a long time, Li Longji suddenly said: "Short after Pei Zhounan's memorial entered Chang'an, Yang Guozhong came to plead with me, saying that Gu Qing had no choice but to say that he was young and energetic, but it was just an impulse. The young man didn't know the severity of the matter, and he was a little wronged and ignored the consequences..."

With a sarcastic smile, Li Longji whispered: "Gu Qing is already twenty-one years old this year? Is he still a young and energetic young man? Did he really not think about the consequences when he was dispatching troops? If he had not thought about the consequences, why did Pei Zhounan's report and Yang Guozhong's plea appear in front of me almost at the same time?"

"To put it nicely, he is both able to cause trouble and knows how to deal with the aftermath. To put it nicely, he has been planning for a long time and intends to test my bottom line of tolerance..."

Gao Lishi couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, the policy of pacifying Tubo is the critical moment. Only Gu Qing can control the overall situation. The treasury has allocated nearly 500,000 trump card to implement this policy. If Gu Qing rashly removes it..."

A trace of hesitation flashed across Li Longji's face.

Compared to Gu Qing's lawlessness, Li Longji cared more about the eternal achievements of pacifying Tubo. If this strategy is successful, it will be famous in history. He will surpass Emperor Taizong and Gaozong in his lifetime. From then on, he will be glorious in the temple and benefit the country for generations.

If Gu Qing is replaced and transferred at this time, it will be difficult for this policy to continue to be implemented. Only Gu Qing, the world, can clearly know how to implement this policy, how to grasp the temperature, and how to moisten things and silently cut off the vitality of Tubo.

The dignity of an emperor and the achievements of the ages were repeatedly entangled and struggled in Li Longji's mind.

After a long time, Li Longji sighed and said, "The policy of pacifying Tubo must continue to be implemented, but Gu Qing privately dispatched troops to initiate trouble, so this matter must be investigated, otherwise why should the national law be used?"

After pausing, Li Longji said in a gloomy tone: "I sent an order to severely scold Gu Qing for his actions, and seized the title of Prince Shaobao and Guanglu Dafu. I took back the purple goldfish bag and changed it to a silverfish bag. I was fined for one year. I also ordered Pei Zhou's southern border to closely monitor the Anxi army. If there was no imperial court's order to transfer a tiger rune, Gu Qing would not be allowed to move one army or another."

"The old slave received the order."

Li Longji's face was still gloomy. He looked at the ginkgo outside the hall and murmured: "It's too much power, and it's hard to be loyal and righteous. After pacifying Tubo, it's better to transfer Gu Qing back to Chang'an. There is an An Lushan in the world, which is enough."

…………

An iron pipe was repeatedly looked at Gu Qing's hand, looking from one end to the other, deep and distant, like a black hole in the universe.

In advance, a butt-shaped thing made by the carpenter in the city was combined with the iron pipe into one. In an instant, Gu Qing was a little dazed, as if he saw two time and space overlap instantly.

The replacement of hot weapons to cold weapons caused this ancient and hardworking nation to suffer a lot of humiliation and suffering. Countless officers and soldiers holding swords, guns and sticks rushed towards the enemy one after another, but fell into the sound of smoke-filled guns and cannons.

The people at that time were ignorant and arrogant. They did not know what was happening in the outside world. They even thought that peeing on the blade would be able to resist foreign guns and cannons. However, they still fell in front of the enemy's formation and could not move forward no matter how much casualties they had.

Poor and ridiculous tragic.

Now there is one more Gu Qing in this world, and he brings something different and he is about to change the world.

So, can the humiliation and suffering seen in historical books in previous lives also change so that they will not happen again?

Perhaps, it still cannot be changed.

If the heart is decayed and corrupted, no matter how powerful the guns and cannons are, they cannot save their fate of failure. What Gu Qing brought is just a flash in the pan.

Han Jie stood behind Gu Qing and had been observing for a long time.

Seeing Gu Qing clamp the iron pipe in the groove of a strange-shaped thing and fix it, then something that became more strange-shaped was born.

Han Jie became more and more confused as he looked at it, and he said curiously: "Mr. Marquis, what are you fiddling with? Is this... a weapon?"

Gu Qing didn't look back: "That's right, a very powerful weapon."

Han Jie said inexplicably: "This thing has no blade or sharpness. How can it take the enemy's life?"

"It depends on the anger towards the enemy and the firm belief that we can't defeat with our Tang Dynasty Kings." Gu Qing was caught off guard and gave him a mouthful of chicken soup.

Han Jie said bitterly: "Don't make trouble for the marquis. I'm so shallow. I really don't know what the marquis has made. I ask the marquis for advice."

Gu Qing photographed the first hot weapon that appeared in this era and smiled: "Its range is higher than the range of the crossbow, and its accurate head is more accurate than the crossbow. If there is enough quantity, it can influence the outcome of a war."

Han Jie was shocked and said, "It's so powerful? How to use it?"
Chapter completed!