"Sure enough, the deputy envoy of the seal is going to advance to the Jiedushi." Liu Qi said.

At this time, he was having a drink with Zhang Cheng in the restaurant. The two of them had been to the palace. Zhang Cheng said a few words to people he knew about and came to the restaurant. He had just sat down and had not had a drink, but he heard the news from Zhang Cheng.

"What, have you heard the news?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"I'm not hiding the other person, just before I meet the other person on the road, the deputy envoy summoned me and said that the court sent an envoy to Dashi to ask me to protect him." Liu Qi said.

"We need to send envoys to serve Dashi? This is also necessary. Since the war in Talas last year, we have to send people to serve to investigate the reality of Dashi. It is a bit too late to send envoys now." Zhang Cheng said. But after a pause, he sighed again: "It's just a pity that those comrades who died in vain."

Liu Qi was also depressed for a moment. He was not deeply moved by the Tang army soldiers who died in Talas, but he would often see Zhang Hu sighing from time to time in the more than half a year in Yuluzhou. Even his colleagues occasionally mentioned that battle, he looked sad, and he couldn't help but be infected over time.

"The imperial court is just because the Dashi is remote and should not be able to carry out a war. If the Dashi people dare to invade our Anxi, they will definitely seek death and be destroyed by our army. They can even take the opportunity to enter the Dashi hinterland and destroy it." Liu Qi gritted his teeth.

"It must be like this." Zhang Cheng also said: "If the great cannibals dare to invade Anxi, they will definitely not return."

After talking about this, he said, "Because the Deputy Envoy of Feng came forward to order you to be your guard, so do you guess the Deputy Envoy would take over as the Jiedushi?"

"Yes." Liu Qi said: "But the subordinates still have two doubts. First, the former Gao Jiedu had already been willing to be appointed as the deputy envoy as the governor, which is known to Quan'anxi, but last year, he did not elect the deputy envoy as the governor. I don't understand the reason, but since he was not appointed as the governor at that time, how can he do this again this year?"

"Secondly, the imperial court did not approve the memorial that the deputy envoy said the reward was not approved. How did the vice envoy know that he was about to take over as the Jiedushi? Wang Jiedushi had sent people to the capital to the capital in Jieshan."

"The deputy envoy was not taken over as the governor," Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "It was just that the imperial court ordered the chief censor to hold the imperial court and serve as the governor of Anxi, the governor of the military affairs, the deputy envoy of the military affairs of the military affairs."

"Isn't that just becoming a military governor!" Liu Qi said. The so-called knowledge of military governors meant to be an agent in this era. In the Chinese tradition, as long as there is no mistake, the agent cannot be dismissed. It is just that the factors that hindered Feng Changqing from becoming a military governor were still there, so he was not directly used for the time being.

"As for why the deputy envoy of the seal can know the affairs of the governor, it should be related to General Gao. General Gao was dismissed from the governor and entered the court to become the General of the Right Jinwu. Although he was a free agent, he could also help the deputy envoy of the seal to obtain the position of the governor." Zhang Cheng said again.

"As for the second question," he smiled and said, "Do you not know that the 200-limit expedition? The memorial for asking for merit for the generals is just a regular official document, and it is delivered to the 100-limit expedition every day; but the news of Wang Jiedu's death was delivered to the capital in 200-limit expedition expedition, twice as fast."

"I was neglected!" Liu Qi slapped his forehead. He even forgot about X Baili rushes that have been present in all dynasties!

"Haha." Zhang Cheng smiled.

Then Zhang Cheng talked to Liu Qi about the customs and customs along the way from Kucha Town to Talas, even Kangguo, Shiguo and other places. Although Zhang Cheng has done a different job now and has more administrative work than military work, he also followed his past gubernatorial commanders and governors in battles across the country and north, and basically all the surrounding tribes have fought and have extensive knowledge. At this time, he just introduced to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi listened with relish. The customs of these ethnic groups in later generations have long disappeared, and many of them have never heard of them, or they have never thought that the Jixi ethnic group still has such customs.

"What? The people of Zhaowu's surname are still in the Water Splashing Festival?" Liu Qi looked at Zhang Cheng in amazement.

"It does." Zhang Cheng said: "There is indeed a Water-splashing Festival for the Sogdian Hu, the Jiu surname of Zhaowu, is indeed the 30th day of the Zoroastrian calendar every year."

"It's really great in the world, and everything is strange." Liu Qi sighed. 'I thought that festivals like the Water Splashing Festival only exist in the ethnic groups in Central and Southern China, but I didn't expect that they also exist among the ethnic groups in Jixi.'

After chatting for a while, it was already noon. Liu Qi's habit of having lunch every day has long been well known among the officials in Luzhou. Zhang Cheng said: "Liu Bie Jiang, I'll treat you to lunch today."

"How can I let you not treat you?" Liu Qi hurriedly said.

"I won't treat you in vain. Please ask you if you have something to do later." Zhang Cheng said with a smile.

"Then you can't let others treat you." Liu Qi said again. After Zhang Cheng's comments and his own understanding, he also understood that he could barely be considered Zhang Cheng's disciple. This relationship is not harmful to him, at least it is not harmful at present. Of course, if you have to maintain it, then as a disciple, he has to take the initiative to treat you.

Seeing Liu Qi say this, Zhang Cheng responded with the flow. The two of them ordered a few cakes, a portion of mutton, and two plates of side dishes, and continued to drink and eat.

Zhang Cheng no longer went around in circles and said bluntly: "Governor Zhu made contributions in this battle and was transferred to the Protectorate's Mansion to be Sima in the upper and lower activities. Now he is 80% sure. Governor Zhu came to the Protectorate's Mansion to be Sima, and then the errands of Governor Luzhou were idle, and I have been working as a different leader for nearly five years..." I didn't say the following words, but the meaning was very clear.

"Yuluzhou is the Central Governor's Office, the third rank of the governor; Sima of the Anxi Grand Protectorate is the fifth rank of the governor. Why did Governor Zhu come to the Protectorate to be the Sima?" Liu Qi asked in confusion.

"How can you just use the grade of the official position?" Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "The deputy captain of the Great Protectorate is only based on the fourth rank, and the Jiedushi does not have the grade. Can you say that these two official positions are lower than the governor of the Governor's Office?"

"It's true." Liu Qi remembered that the Ming Dynasty's officials were the seventh rank, but the strong officials were able to compete with the second rank of the ministers and let out the fourth rank of the prefect. All dynasties had official positions with low power and powerful officials, and it seemed that the same was true for the Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

"What do you need to be a subordinate?" Liu Qi asked. It is normal for Zhang Cheng to be the governor, but what does it have to do with him? No matter how Liu Qi looks at him, he doesn't seem to be someone who can influence Feng Changqing's decision-making.

"Before promoting a subordinate, Deputy Envoy Feng will definitely ask the impression of people who have been in contact with him recently, and most likely will ask you. If Deputy Envoy Feng asks you, you don't have to praise me in vain, just say "true"." Zhang Cheng emphasized his tone on the word "true".

"Don't worry, if the deputy envoy Feng asks, Qi will definitely answer 'true' and will never deceive the deputy envoy." Liu Qi also said those two words heavily.

Zhang Cheng nodded and said no more. At this time, the food on the table had already been eaten, and both of them were full. They paid the bill and left the restaurant. They said a few more words to work on their own affairs.

A few days later, Liu Qi stopped going to the royal palace. He spent most of his time studying in Xingui's small courtyard, mainly memorizing Gao Shi's poems. Yes, he had already found out that the person who was going to serve in the Great Food Festival was the famous frontier poet Gao Shi. Gao Shi is nearly fifty years old this year, and his more famous poems in later generations such as "Farewell to Dong Da" and "Yan Ge Xing" have been made. Liu Qi is preparing to memorize all his poems and use them to flatter him at that time.

Liu Qi himself did not realize at this time that his official position was no longer lower than Gao Shi, and there was no need to flatter Gao Shi at all; Feng Changqing did not let him flatter him.
Chapter completed!