I'm a marquis in Datang

Du Qi nodded and said, "After the Gumo Kingdom is taken, there is only the Shule Kingdom to the west. In the Shule Kingdom, there is the Turkic Yazhang. When the Gumo Kingdom is stabilized, they will kill and run away." The Shule Kingdom leads directly to the Turkic Yazhang Qianquan. One of my general direction plans is to stop expanding temporarily after the Western Turkic Yazhang is destroyed."

"At this point, the place we occupy is already extremely vast, and the land is sparsely populated."

"Our background is insufficient."

Du Qi said: "It will take a while to settle down before considering further development. We are now occupying these places at the beginning, even though we have given many preferential treatment, it is not an easy task for everyone to surrender. It takes a long time."

Shangguanyi heard the words and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I actually want to talk about this issue. Expansion is a good thing, but if the foundation is unstable after expansion, problems will easily occur. While expanding, we must start to stabilize the situation. If the foundation is unstable , Even if the territory is vast, it is difficult to achieve a great cause. Now, the king is only in his early 20s, and he has enough opportunities to do things and enough time to arrange development, so there is no need to rush to expand."

Du Qi nodded and said, "What Mr. Shangguan said is true."

When Du Qi, Shangguanyi, and Lai Ji were talking, Huang Shi sat aside from the beginning to the end, like a sculpture.Regarding these government affairs, Huang Shi was a little out of step, and he was not good at it.What Huang Shi is best at is still killing people, and performing tasks arranged by Du Qi, so Huang Shi didn't interrupt.

After Du Qi negotiated with Shangguanyi and others about the arrangement for Gumo Prefecture, he asked Shangguanyi and others to make arrangements.

Shangguanyi, Laiji and Huangshi got up and left.

Shangguanyi still has things to do, because it involves the adjustment of Luo Yansheng, he has to be in charge of delivering orders.At the same time, Shangguanyi arranged for someone to send an order to Yang Buqi, informing Yang Buqi to enter the palace to meet Du Qi.

The news spread that Yang Buqi would soon enter the palace.

Now that Yang Buqi has surrendered, he actually doesn't have much hope for his official position.After all, he was an important minister of Gumo Kingdom and Tian Chen's confidant. Even if he surrendered, he might not be able to gain Du Qi's trust.

Anyway, he is also getting old, so Yang Buqi can take it easy and doesn't think there is anything wrong.

Old age is old age.

Yang Buqi entered the main hall, and when he saw Du Qi, he saluted and said, "My subject, Yang Buqi, pays homage to Your Majesty."

Du Qi waved his hand and said, "Sit!"

Yang Buqi sat down after thanking him, he took the initiative to say: "I don't know if the king has notified the minister to come, what's the matter?"

Du Qi said: "Yang Buqi, you are a very talented person. Although Tian Chen is quite wise and a promising leader, but without your assistance, Yang Buqi, Tian Chen would not be able to stabilize the situation, it would be impossible In a short period of time, the country of Gumo has developed to where it is today. All of this is inseparable from your assistance."

Yang Buqi shook his head, and said very humbly: "Your Majesty has praised you absurdly, and I am ashamed of myself."

Du Qi continued: "Talent is talent. This king governs the country, and the capable ones always go up to the weak. You are capable, so I won't bury you. Although you, Lai Xingyu and others have already surrendered to this king. But Lai Xingyu is entering the army, but you have no arrangements for the time being. Regarding your arrangement, after thinking about it, this king plans to arrange for you to go to Yizhou to serve as the governor of Yizhou."

Ah!

When Yang Buqi heard this, he was shocked.

Governor of Illinois.

This is an extremely important office.

Under Du Qi's command, they can already be regarded as the big officials of the frontier, and they are the ones on the side of Mushou.

important minister.He had just surrendered to Du Qi, but he was going to Yizhou to take up an important position. Yang Buqi couldn't suppress his surprise at this matter.Even if he collapsed in front of the mountain and his face remained unchanged, even if he had a good psychological quality, he never expected it, it was too unexpected.

Du Qi asked: "Why, didn't you think of it?"

Yang Buqi solemnly said: "Your Majesty's arrangement is unexpected, and I really didn't think about it. After all, I have just surrendered, but Your Majesty trusts me so much and uses me so much. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely do my best to live up to your high expectations."

Yang Buqi is a typical Confucian scholar.

What I believe in is truth, and the king treats me as a scholar of the country, and I should repay him as a scholar of the country.Du Qi's trust in Yang Buqi made Yang Buqi attach great importance to it. Given this opportunity, Yang Buqi could not live up to Du Qi's high expectations.The past is over, although he used to belong to Tian Chen, now he is only Du Qi's.

Du Qi laughed and said: "My king has always employed people without suspicion. Since I use you, I trust you. When you arrive in Yizhou, just let go and do it without worrying about anything."

Yang Buqi said: "The minister will definitely live up to His Highness' high expectations."

Yang Buqi was very excited to gain Du Qi's trust, and as a big official of the frontier.

This is his chance.

He must grasp it, because compared to following Tian Chen, following Du Qi now has a brighter future, and there are more and greater opportunities.After all, Du Qi now dominates the Western Regions, and even Tong Yehu has been wiped out.

Chapter 881

Luo Yansheng takes office

Time passed, and it was September in a blink of an eye.By mid-September, the army led by Xue Rengui and Ma Yuan had swept across the entire territory of Gumo Kingdom.Because Luo Yansheng hadn't arrived yet, Du Qi temporarily presided over the government affairs of Gumo Prefecture to maintain the operation of government affairs.Although it was said that Du Qi was in charge, Shangguanyi and Laiji were actually there, so Du Qi didn't worry about government affairs at all.

On this day, when Du Qi was dealing with government affairs, it was Shangguanyi who hurried in.

Shangguanyi entered the palace and saluted Du Qi respectfully.

Du Qidao: "What's the matter?"

Shangguan Yi said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is good news. The lord of Shule Kingdom, Mahaduo, has arranged for envoys to deliver the message. The whole Shule Kingdom has already rushed to Diaochang City, and is ready to submit the whole country to Your Majesty. This Shule Kingdom surrendered without a fight."

"That's a good thing!"

A smile appeared on Du Qi's face.

Now Du Qi's strength, with Yizhou, Gaochang Prefecture, Yanqi Prefecture, Qiuci Prefecture, and Gumo Prefecture, is already the strongest force in the Western Regions.In particular, Du Qi fought fiercely against the Tang Dynasty to destroy Hou Junji's army, and then caused more than [-] Tang troops to retreat without a fight, which further boosted Du Qi's momentum.

Therefore, Du Qi became famous in the Western Regions.

When Du Qi was in the Western Regions, although he was strong in combat, he also gained a reputation.In fact, many people may not really take Du Qi to heart, that is, now, Du Qi retreated from Datang's army, which made Du Qi famous.After all, the strength of Datang was well known to everyone. Du Qi was able to make the army of Datang retreat, which showed his strength.

Du Qi thought for a while and ordered: "Mr. Shangguan, when Mahaduo arrives, you will personally lead the team to the gate of the city to meet him."

"Yes!"

Shangguanyi responded immediately.

Du Qi continued: "According to the information we got before, the Shule Kingdom believes in Buddhism, right?"

"Yes!"

Shangguanyi nodded and said: "The entire Shule Kingdom believes in Buddhism. Even the name of the lord Mahata comes from Buddhism. But Mahata is over fifty years old, quite old. He is gone. Fighting spirit, so when the king heard that the Turks were destroyed and Gumo was taken down, he directly chose to surrender."

Du Qi said solemnly: "Since this is the case, the king understands and knows how to deal with it. After Mahaduo arrives, we will arrange for Xue Rengui to lead troops to Shule Kingdom and control all parts of Shule Kingdom."

Shangguanyi said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Shangguanyi said something else, then turned around and went down to make arrangements.After all, although Mahata is on his way, it will take some time to arrive.

In the blink of an eye, it was September [-]th. On this day, Luo Yansheng came from Yizhou and arrived in Diaochang City.Yang Buqi had already gone to Yizhou before, and Luo Yansheng also left his post early and came here.After Luo Yansheng entered the city, he went straight to the palace to have an audience. He stood still and bowed: "My minister, Luo Yansheng, pay homage to the king."

Du Qi waved his hand and said, "Chairman Luo, sit down!"

Luo Yansheng thanked him and took his seat.

He sat down and looked at Du Qi who was on the main seat, feeling even more emotional in his heart.It was absolutely correct for him to follow Du Qi's move, because Du Qi had laid a foundation in a short period of time.The current strength of the Great Xia Kingdom is already extremely tyrannical.In addition, Du Qi retreated to the Tang Dynasty, making the Great Xia State as stable as Mount Tai in the Western Regions.