I'm a marquis in Datang

"I obey my orders!"

Ma Zhou was very grateful.

Du Qi stays for another half month, and his ruling in Liaodong will be more stable.

Du Qi waved his hand and said, "Go, by the way, call Cui Yongli."

"I retire!"

Shangguanyi, Ma Zhou and Guan Zhilan all responded.

The three got up to leave, and after leaving the main hall, Shangguanyi asked Guan Zhilan to inform Cui Yongli, then Shangguanyi looked at Ma Zhou, and said with a smile: "Ma Zhou, congratulations. Now you are guarding one side and becoming the frontier of Xia Guo guarding one side Congratulations, big official."

Ma Zhou said: "The head of the cabinet is polite. In fact, it is a great blessing for the head of the cabinet to stay by your majesty's side. With the seniority of the cabinet head, when he is released as an official, he must be a big official in the center of the court. .I'm just a foreigner now, not surprising. I've been in the cabinet all these years, thank you for your guidance."

Shangguanyi said: "You are polite, there is no need to be so polite between you and me. Speaking of which, you and I are both members of the cabinet.

Support is.This is the case in the cabinet. Although they have different positions and are on one side, they should naturally support each other. "

Ma Zhou said: "What the chief of the cabinet said is very true. Those who are in the same cabinet should naturally support each other."

The two chatted with each other, and after talking for a while, they left separately.

After all, Ma Zhou has too many things to do next, and it didn't take long for Cui Yongli to enter the palace.

Cui Yongli had heard the tone from Guan Zhilan before, so he was quite excited.After seeing Du Qi, he cupped his fists and said, "The last general, Cui Yongli, pays homage to His Majesty."

Du Qi nodded and said, "Sit!"

Cui Yongli took his seat after thanking him. At this time, Cui Yongli was quite nervous, sitting upright with a serious expression.

Du Qidao: "Cui Yongli, how long have you been in the army?"

Cui Yongli said: "Eight years."

Du Qi nodded and said: "Eight years is not too short. You are now in the army, and you are a general in the first army. When you came to Liaodong Road, in the battle of Goguryeo, you accurately ambushed Fuyu and Jin. Spring and Autumn, prevent them from evacuating. You are also commanding well in the follow-up attacks to various places, and you are invincible in every attack, which is very good."

Cui Yongli said: "We all rely on His Majesty's sage."

Du Qidao: "It should be your credit, and it is your credit. There is no need to say anything about my sage. No matter how sage I am, you will be responsible at the front line when it comes to marching and fighting."

After a pause, Du Qi said: "I guess Guan Zhilan has already told you that I want to arrange troops to guard Liaodong, and your army will be stationed in Liaodong, and your army will break away from Ma Yuan's army and form an independent Sixth Army. You are the Sixth Army." Commander."

Cui Yongli said: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En."

Du Qidao: "When you were in charge of Liaodong, you only took care of Liaodong's military affairs and did not participate in government affairs. The promotion of your officers and men is entirely up to the imperial court and has nothing to do with the locality. In matters of Liaodong, you have full power to assist Ma Zhou, the governor of Liaodong Road."

Cui Yongli was not an idiot, he immediately understood Du Qi's meaning, and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will not participate in government affairs while I am in Liaodong. Except for the need to mobilize the army, I will do my best to assist the general manager of the foreign horse, and the rest will be handled. Ignore it."

Du Qi said: "It's good that you understand, let's go down."

"My minister retire."

Cui Yongli saluted, then turned and left.

Chapter 1401 Returning to the Imperial Capital

back to imperial capital

Time passed, and it was late February in a blink of an eye.

The weather is getting warmer.

At this time, the weather was sunny every day, and Du Qi set off from the Liaodong Road under such weather.During the period when Du Qi was in charge of Liaodong, Ma Zhou had completed the reform of Liaodong Road, reset the states of Liaodong Road, and arranged the candidates for the governor of each state one by one.

For the time being, the officials of each state are former officials of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje.It's just that the official positions of these people were mutually disrupted, and the local people were not allowed to govern the state to avoid the situation of the local emperor.

As for people like Gao Di, Jin Yuzhen, Sha Qianqiu and Yan Jiu, they all have to leave with Du Qi.So today's Liaodong Road seems to be a little difficult, but it is not particularly difficult.

As long as Ma Zhou manages well, everything will be fine.

Du Qi doesn't care about Liaodong Dao for the time being. What he wants to adjust now is the whole country. After all, the world has been unified, and the previous chaotic situation has disappeared.However, it is easy to conquer the country, but it is difficult to rule the country. Du Qi is very clear about this.

Next, governing the country is the real tough battle.

Even more complicated.

When marching and fighting, if there is an enemy, Xia Guo will kill it directly.After all, Xia Guo's strength is tyrannical, its weapons are advanced, and it has the strength to crush opponents. This is where Xia Guo has the most advantage.But governing the country is a matter of one's own people, of officials and the common people, especially when various situations are intertwined and cannot be resolved in a few words.

The army led by Du Qi left Liaodong and returned to Yuyang County in the middle of March.Now Ma Yuan has recovered from his injuries, he joined Du Qi directly and led his army south to Chang'an.

It was already the end of March when Du Qi's army returned to Chang'an.This way to return to Chang'an in the south is to take a warship to the south and return in a short time with the help of the canal.

The army returned to Chang'an, and the army was temporarily stationed to rest.

Xue Rengui is based in Chang'an, Du Qi did not go to the palace of the imperial city, but directly summoned Xue Rengui in the army to inquire about the situation in the country.Xue Rengui reported the current domestic situation, Su Dingfang in the north has solved the Turkic problem, and all Turkic people belonged to Xia Guo.In addition, Xiao Yuanqi also pacified Qianzhong Road, went north and returned to Chang'an to station.

The return of the three major armies to Chang'an was a very good thing for Du Qi.

The world is finally completely peaceful.

The only regret is that when Li Shimin was dead in Qujiang County, Shaozhou, Li Zhen took Li Zhi to Guangzhou.But when he went south to capture Guangzhou, Li Zhi had already left Guangzhou to go to sea, and he couldn't find where Li Zhen and Li Zhiren were?

After Xue Rengui reported the general situation, he said, "Your Majesty, the whole world has been calmed down to this day. Are we going to prepare to return to the imperial capital?"

Du Qi nodded and said: "I am indeed planning to return to the imperial capital. After all, the entire country of Xia has been largely settled. The next step is to stabilize the domestic situation. After the domestic recuperation is over, other arrangements will be considered."

Xue Rengui said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Du Qi said: "Go get ready, take a short rest, and we will set off to return."

"Yes!"

Xue Rengui turned around and retreated.

After Xue Rengui withdrew, Du Qi called Su Dingfang to inquire again, learned about Su Dingfang's going north to Yunzhou and other places, and after listening to Su Dingfang's report, Du Qi praised Su Dingfang for his achievements in the northern battle.

After some entrustment, Du Qi asked Su Dingfang to go down and reorganize the army in preparation for returning to the imperial capital.

Finally, Du Qi called Xiao Yuanqi over.

Xiao Yuanqi spent most of the year fighting in the south.After all, the southern Qianzhong Road is really difficult to deal with.Even though Xiao Yuanqi claims to have seized the Qianzhong Road, in fact he only has the main cities in his hands, and many other mountainous areas have never been in his hands.

In fact, there is still a long way to go to fully grasp Qianzhong Road and Lingnan and other places.In fact, even the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations were still far from grasping the land of Yunnan and Guizhou, let alone today, after all, there are many dangerous mountains and rivers.

Xiao Yuanqi has lost a lot of weight now.

Much darker.