The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 490

Volume 480, Chapter [-], Chapter [-], Before Benefits, No Family Affection

The season of July in summer coincides with the beginning of the year with the highest temperature and the most unbearable heat.

At this moment, even in Jiangnan, which has always been mild, the light refracted by the sun cannot be underestimated!

Just after crossing the river, they have already passed through Jiangxia, and they are walking on the road of Jiangling with Qi Jun and his party.

"This year's temperature difference seems to be hotter than in previous years, and Jiangnan, which has always been mild, is also so hot."

At this time, Gao Qi, who was riding on the divine horse Bailongyin, couldn't stop wiping the sweat from his head, looking into the sky, wondering.

Now the Qi army and his party are galloping towards Jiangling in the scorching sun.

In fact, in such a hot weather, Gao Qi, as the king of a country, can completely prop up the imperial chariot and phoenix to cover the scorching sun, so he doesn't have to suffer like this.

However, Gao Qi also voluntarily rejected this idea. After all, although the weather is hot now, it's just that his whole army is walking like this.

To be precise, the whole army should be braving the scorching sun and marching hard. For this, Gao Qi knew that he couldn't be special.

Secondly, although Gao Qi is the king of a country, what he desires in his heart is life on the battlefield.

What he longed for in his heart was also fighting on the battlefield, so he decisively chose to gallop on horseback.

However, although he suffered a lot, the effect was remarkable, because our own army almost worshiped Gao Qi even more.

Gao Qi almost convinced the entire army with such a charismatic personality. As the saying goes: There are no soldiers who are reluctant, but there are no kings who can't get in.

Since ancient times, the king who wins the world immediately has been able to mingle with the generals and soldiers under his command.

However, since the eldest grandson Wugou is a weak woman, Gao Qi also let her ride along with Gao Mu in a special carriage early on.

After a long time, Gao Qi asked He Yuanqing who was at the side: "Yuanqing, our army has traveled for several days, crossed the Yangtze River, and left the border of Jiangxia."

"I don't know how far it is from Jiangling?"

Hearing this, He Yuanqing wiped the sweat from the top of his head, came on horseback with a pair of hammers in hand, and told: "King Qi, you have now reached the outskirts of Qingjiang."

"The general estimates that the distance to Jiangling King City should only be more than a hundred miles."

"The whole army listened to the order, set up tents to rest in place, and waited for the dark to go on the road!"

As soon as the words fell, Gao Qi issued the military order to rest in place. After all, human beings are flesh and blood creatures, and the body must not be able to bear it after a long march.

What's more, this is the hottest season in July and August, so rest is necessary.

Moreover, since Gao Qi and his party were already in the hinterland of the territory at this time, no accidents would have occurred.

With the arrival of this military order, the infantry of the whole army cheered, shouting 'Long live' one after another.

Immediately, they all put down all kinds of materials in their hands and went to cut down trees wantonly to build simple tents to rest.

Seeing this, for Gao Qi, this may be a more correct choice.

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About two days later, Gao Qi and his party finally arrived at the outskirts of Jiangling, gradually approaching the direction of the city gate.

As the city gate got closer and closer, the vaguely seen outline of Jiangling City began to gradually appear in front of my eyes.

At this moment, Liu Bowen, Fang Xuanling and other counselors who were the heads of the civil servants all gathered outside the city with all the ministers, waiting respectfully for the triumphant return of Qi Wang Gaoqi.

Take this Northern Expedition as an example, none of the ministers expected Qi Wang Gaoqi to be able to win the northern battlefield without any disadvantages and kill the Hu Kou.

Therefore, under discussion, Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling greeted the Qi army outside the city in order to create an atmosphere and strengthen the support of the soldiers and the people for the Qi country.

After a long time, because Gao Qi was the king of a country, he was in the middle army and was under the most important protection, so Zhao Yun arrived outside the city first.

"Lord Liu, Lord Fang, King Qi is coming soon, prepare to meet him!"

Following Zhao Yun's words, Liu Bowen waved his hand immediately with the determination of a civil servant.

Suddenly, a burst of sound resounded outside the city, not only the interweaving sound of playing music, but also the joyful sound of many scholars and people in the city.

It can be seen from this that under the leadership of Gao Qi, Qi State is already in a new and prosperous trend.

After all, after Gao Qi went out for several months and did not return, all the civil and military men under his command managed to manage everything in the territory in an orderly manner.

There is no doubt about this, whether it is Gao Qi's prestige or the strength of his martial arts, they are all powerful.

After a long time, the Qi army's follow-up troops arrived at the city gate one after another. At this time, Gao Qi got off his horse and went to the carriage in person.

Opening the curtain, Gao Qi bowed to pay his respects, and said, "Mother, Jiangling, my son's royal city has arrived, get out of the car!"

Immediately, Gao Qi and his eldest grandson Wugou, one left and one right, slowly helped the elderly mother out of the carriage, and then walked towards the city gate.

Seeing the arrival of the King of Qi, Liu Bowen led all the civil and military personnel to pay homage on their knees and said, "Your Majesty is waiting to welcome you back!"

Hearing this, Gao Qi flicked his sleeves and said: "Everyone who loves you is welcome!"

After all the civil and military ministers got up, Gao Qi officially led the guards into the city, and then announced at the top of the city: "Everyone, this is the birth mother of the orphan."

"In the future, Gu's mother will be my Daqi's mother, do you have any opinions?"

Hearing that, how could all the ministers object to Gao Qi's arbitrariness on such a trivial matter, they couldn't help agreeing.

Afterwards, after some mobilizing words, Gao Qi ordered the servant who had already left the city to prepare a hall for Gao Mu.

"Zheng He, it's up to you to prepare a palace for the orphan mother and let her live there!"

"No, I would like to obey King Qi's order."

Hearing the order, Zheng He accepted the order without any consideration, and then arranged for the rest of the servants to carefully support Gao Mu to leave.

As for the rest of the soldiers, Gao Qi also asked Guo Jia, the minister of the Ministry of War, to let them rest in the barracks first, and wait for follow-up to deal with them.

For a while, Gao Qi was riding a good horse on the second hip, and under the protection of the personal guards, he led the ministers slowly into the city, and his elder grandson Wugou looked around.

Along the way, the Jiangling City at this time was really lively, not only the sound of playing music on the way was non-stop.

Even the people on both sides of the street were in an endless stream, standing on both sides one after another, lining the road to welcome, happy as usual!

Although Xiangzhou is located in the south, and has no contact with the foreign tribes outside the Great Wall, and does not know their ferocity, there are also many barbarians in the south of Xiangzhou.

Therefore, the scholars and people in the south of the Yangtze River can also know the ferocity of the alien race outside the Great Wall from the barbarians.

So, now that the news of Gao Qi's great victory against Hu in northern Xinjiang comes, how can it not be exciting?
As time slowly passed, Gao Qi had already returned to the palace first, and Jiangling City gradually returned to calm.

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A few days passed, Gao Qi was dealing with government affairs in the study at this time, after all, he was going on an expedition for several months, although there are many ministers in the territory to deal with, there is no need to worry about it!

However, there are also some official documents that need to be personally approved by Gao Qi, the king.

Therefore, it can be seen how many official documents have been squeezed in the past few months.

Suddenly, in the reply to the official document, Gao Qi found an interesting memorial, and couldn't help but slowly look down.

"Prince Qi personally confided that the subject is Yu Chenglong, the governor of Wuling County. In recent days, there have been many officials and noble families colluding with officials in the surrounding areas of Wuling."

"Then they connected with each other and oppressed the local people together, which led to the hopelessness of the people everywhere to report to officials, and caused many officials to have cracks in the court and the government."

"At this moment, many people no longer support Daqi as much as before, and there are already factors of distrust."

"If it goes on for a long time, this will definitely cause great disasters. Therefore, I hope that King Qi can find out the truth as soon as possible and deal with it as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, in the future, there will be endless troubles!"

For a while, Gao Qi read the official document written by Yu Chenglong wholeheartedly, forgetting to sleep and eat.

After seeing it, Gao Qi's face became extremely gloomy in an instant, and his angry expression began to gradually brew.

"Dian Wei, pass on Gu's order, hurry up and tell Li Yuanfang to come see Gu!"

"promise!"

Although Gao Qi's face was unkind and his tone was sharp for a while, Dian Wei still obeyed the order seriously and went to report.

After a long time, following the steady and windy steps, Gao Qi already knew about Li Yuanfang's arrival.

Entering the mansion, he first saluted Gao Qi, and then slowly asked: "I don't know if King Qi summoned Gu, but what's the matter?"

Hearing this, Gao Qi still looked unhappy, and said coldly: "Li Yuanfang, do you know what your job is?"

"Similarly, do you know what your own responsibilities are?"

Immediately, Li Yuanfang also heard Gao Qi's bad words from Gao Qi's words, and couldn't help but feel a lump in his heart.

As an internal supervisor, he is responsible for collecting information on officials and wealthy families in various places.

Li Yuanfang didn't know about the occurrence of wealthy families, officials and officials protecting each other, colluding with wealthy families, and oppressing the people together in Xiangzhou area?
Immediately, Li Yuanfang thought for a while, and said slowly: "King Qi, I know this."

"Okay, since you understand your responsibilities, then you don't need to be reminded of your negligence?"

However, Gao Qi, who hadn't gotten angry a second ago, had a big change in attitude ahead of time, and suddenly flew into a rage.

"Li Yuanfang, Gu remember that you are Di Renjie's student, when your teacher recommended you to Gu."

"Gu trusted you so much and let you be the leader of the shadows, but I didn't expect you to disappoint Gu so much"

For a while, even though Gao Qi had a very good self-cultivation, he was also out of breath.

In fact, it is inevitable for officials to protect each other.

After all, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are interests, and where there are interests, there will be fights.

If it was just ordinary corruption and bribery, Gao Qi would not be so angry, at most he would let Li Yuanfang deal with it in private.

However, the current situation is beyond Gao Qi's expectations, because the rich family and the officials colluded with each other, and Li Yuanfang, who has been monitoring all the time, did not report directly.

Therefore, for a while, Gao Qi felt the seriousness of the matter, and also knew that it would never be that simple at this time.

After all, the shadow is Gao Qi's eyes in the dark, but at this time, the eyes are blinded. It is conceivable that the interior of Qi State has already begun to corrupt.

It may not be so serious now, but Gao Qi knows that if he continues to indulge in this way, sooner or later, more serious consequences will definitely occur.

Moreover, there is a saying that is very good, no matter in a strong fortress, the best way to break through is to break through from the inside!
It can be seen that maintaining the core interior is a necessary condition for victory.

Just think about it, if Gao Qi doesn't care about this incident of officials protecting each other and oppressing the common people, he won't deal with it for now!

Over time, a butterfly effect will be formed, and officials in other places will surely follow suit.

Afterwards, the people in the territory will definitely renounce their virtues, rebel one after another, and raise their flags to stand on their own.

At this time, no matter how elite the Qi army is, so what if it is invincible?
Internally unstable, without a solid rear, sooner or later there is only one way to perish. At this moment, following Yu Jackie's letter, Gao Qi is actually thinking about the future form.

For Gao Qi, it may be easier to unify the world, but how to govern the world, how to pass on the country that he has built with his own hands to future generations, so that it can continue forever, is the biggest problem.

After all, even in the later generations where Gao Qi lived, the laws were relatively strict, but they couldn't completely prevent officials from interacting with each other.

It is also very common that business leaders from all over the world cooperate with government departments to oppress the people.

Corruption and bribery are even more prevalent!
In fact, this is the question that should be considered the most. If these problems cannot be solved, even if they can unify the whole world, there is nothing they can do!
Therefore, at this time, Gao Qi was so angry that Li Yuanfang actually hid himself in it.

Hearing this, Li Yuanfang immediately cupped his hands and explained: "King Qi, it's not that I don't want to tell you."

"Actually, as early as when King Qi was still fighting against the Hu in northern Xinjiang, Wei Chen had already learned about this matter. It was only after in-depth investigation that he learned that the chain of interests behind this matter is very deep."

"That's why I didn't dare to deal with it arbitrarily. I wanted to wait for King Qi to come back and report to him personally."

"It's just that before the minister had time to take the initiative to come to meet King Qi, King Qi took the initiative to summon the minister."

For a while, with Li Yuanfang's explanation, Gao Qi's angry expression was slightly relieved.

Pausing for a moment, Gao Qi said slowly: "Benefit chain, who is involved behind this, that makes you so afraid?"

Gao Qi knew Li Yuanfang's disposition well, and knew that he was definitely not the kind of person who bent the law for personal gain.

After thinking about it, it turns out that the interest relationship behind this is by no means as simple as it appears on the surface, and there must be big figures manipulating all of this.

"Yuan Fang, tell Gu the situation here in detail, how complicated is it behind it?"

Hearing this, Li Yuanfang understood, and immediately stepped forward, and said in a slightly low-level manner: "King Qi, according to the investigation of Weichen, the officials and officials are protecting a small remote county in Wuling."

"Because the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, the local county magistrates joined together to oppress the common people."

"As for the collusion with the powerful clan, it is because these powerful clans have too many influences in the local area, and the humble minister has been afraid to do anything because he is afraid of making trouble."

|"Not only that, but even King Qi's fiancée, the Yang family, also participated in this incident."

"boom!"

Suddenly, Gao Qi felt a thunderbolt coming from the blue sky. Following Li Yuanfang's report, Gao Qi finally understood why he didn't dare to tell the truth about himself.

Because the chain of interests involved is really extraordinary!
Gao Qi never expected that even his relatives' family would be involved.

This is really no family affection in front of interests!
(End of this chapter)