Born in a prosperous era is a blessing for the poet.

Gu Qing often wonders, if a poet like Li Bai was born in a chaotic world with the tragic life, will there be so many classic poems passed down from generation to generation in a thousand years?

Will the poet who was unruly and unruly throughout his life, loved freedom very much, was incompatible with the world but had amazing talents still write countless poems that were amazing in the troubled times?

Is there still a beautiful mountain and river, a dreamlike romance, and a wild and elegant passion in his poems?

In the troubled times, Li Bai can only be a mortal who is exhausted and busy. He cannot change the world, and even those poems that have been passed down through the ages will gradually disappear from the war.

Li Bai came to find Gu Qing tonight.

He was over fifty years old, but he was still ignorant of the worldly love. The news of An Lushan's rebellion reached Chang'an, and Li Bai was at a loss. He didn't understand why good ministers wanted to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and why there were still people who were not satisfied in the prosperous era where food and clothing were food, clothing and clothes were needed to break all these beautiful things.

Li Bai didn't drink tonight, but his mind was more confused than when he was drunk in the past, and he came to Gu Qing's mansion like a sleepwalking.

Gu Qing invited him into the mansion. In the front hall, the kabuki stood quietly in the corridor, waiting for Gu Qing's orders.

Gu Qing looked at Li Bai and waved his hand to order Kabuki to retreat.

"Wine comes!" Gu Qing suddenly said loudly.

Li Bai has such charm. Gu Qing became bold and unconsciously unrestrained when he is with him.

The maid brought the wine in. Gu Qing opened the mud seal and handed Li Bai a jar. He also held the jar without using a glass. He picked up the jar and raised his head and poured it.

After pouring half a jar, Gu Qing found that Li Bai had not dripped in wine. He was a little surprised. This did not conform to Li Bai's character.

"I am worried about it, and I have no intention of drinking." Li Bai shook his head with a loss.

Gu Qing sighed: "Brother Taibai likes to travel around the mountains and rivers and likes freedom and romance. It is better to leave Chang'an as soon as possible and go south, as it is still peaceful there."

Li Bai looked up at him and whispered: "You are better than me, you can write poetry, but you know better about governing the world. You are in your twenties and have been named the marquis of the county, and I am very strong."

Gu Qing smiled bitterly and said, "But I envy your life very much. You are transcendent from the world and never want to bow your head. You can leave when you want, drink when you want. When others get drunk, you make primary school students worry thousands of years later..."

Speaking of life, both of them feel that they are walking a path they don’t want to take, like the marriage of middle-aged people.

"Listen to the rumors in Chang'an, Brother Gu was named the governor of Anxi by His Majesty. He will set off west soon?"

"Yes, I led the Anxi army into the pass to quell the rebellion."

Li Bai sat upright and said earnestly: "Can you bring me with you? I am willing to serve you and eliminate thieves on the battlefield of the country. Brother Gu, you should trust my skills."

Gu Qing looked at his eyes and shook his head slowly: "I'm sorry, Brother Taibai, I can't bring you with me."

Li Bai was anxious: "Why?"

"Because that is the army, the military rules are extremely strict and violate any one, at least the military sticks, and at worst, beheading. Brother Taibai's unruly nature may not be able to obey the military rules at all. I'll just say one thing, drinking is strictly prohibited in the army. Can you do it?"

Li Bai was speechless and sighed with a depressed expression.

Gu Qing smiled: "I regard Brother Taibai as a respected person. I really can't bear to harm your life. I am the commander of the first army and I can't let you make an exception alone. Otherwise, I will find it difficult to convince the public. Brother Taibai, let's dispel the idea of ​​joining the army. Your temperament is not suitable for the army."

Li Bai sighed and said, "I want to do something, not only for the court, but also for myself... I am in my fifties this year, but I have never stopped thinking about becoming an official. It is not the kind of official who likes a favored minister, but an official position that can truly benefit the country. I was born as a merchant and my journey to the scientific examination has been cut off. I can only rely on killing enemies on the battlefield to gain military merits and enter the officialdom. However, this path cannot be done..."

Gu Qing shook his head. If Li Bai's personality really became an official in power, he really didn't know whether it would benefit one person or harm another. This person is very talented, but he is very confused about his basic human relationships and worldly styles. He is addicted to alcohol and has a very casual personality. If he handles official duties, he will harm many people.

After pondering for a long time, Gu Qing slowly said, "If Brother Taibai wants to gain military merit, I will show you a clear way..."

Li Bai's eyes lit up: "I hope to hear the details."

"You should know Li Shier Niang, right? If you go to find her tomorrow, she will do some destruction to the rebels behind the enemy. If you are willing to do this with Li Shier Niang, after conquering Hebei tomorrow, I would like to recommend you to the court as an official."

Li Bai thought for a moment, then said happily: "Okay, Taibai agreed. Thank you Brother Gu for your advice. If you can make meritorious and be granted an official position in the court in the future, Taibai will not be considered a waste of his life."

Gu Qing sighed, "You didn't come in vain, really, you didn't come in vain."

Under the bright candlestick, looking at Li Bai's sometimes confused and sometimes excited face, Gu Qing couldn't help but sigh.

It is said that historians are unfortunate and poets are lucky. However, when troubled times really come, are poets really "lucky"?

Apart from some poems that have been passed down through the ages, poets are still displaced by war and no one can escape from the smoke of war.

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The next morning, an eunuch who proclaimed the imperial edict came to the palace.

The content of the imperial edict was as expected. Gu Qing was appointed as the governor of Anxi and deputy governor of Anxi Protectorate. He was granted the title of Prince Shaobao and Guanglu Dafu, and was given a purple goldfish bag, and a house in Qinrenfang, as well as a thousand acres of fertile land in Jingyang County outside Chang'an. Qin ordered to set off immediately and rectify the troops and horses, leading his army to Yumen Pass to quell the rebellion.

Gu Qing received the order, and the butler and his subordinates in the mansion were cheering and came forward to congratulate the head of the family for reinstatement. Gu Qing smiled indifferently. The mansion and the fertile land now seem to be some false things. If the rebels invade Chang'an, these things will become the rebels in a blink of an eye. The only useful one is the official position.

Gu Qing called Butler Xu aside and told him seriously that he would immediately dismiss the subordinates in the mansion. Butler Xu was shocked and knelt down and begged Gu Qing not to abandon him. He was already old and if he was dismissed from the mansion, the world would be so big that there was nowhere to go.

Gu Qing hesitated for a moment, but finally felt soft-hearted. So he asked Butler Xu to pack all the valuable things in his home, load them up and transport them to Shiqiao Village, Qingcheng County, Shuzhong. He still has a house in Shiqiao Village. If Butler Xu doesn't mind, he might as well settle down in Shiqiao Village now and return to Chang'an after the war is pacified. In short, Chang'an City can't stay now and must leave immediately.

Butler Xu was too busy to answer. As long as he could stay, he would be willing to go anywhere.

Gu Qing also asked him to bring the Kabuki gifted by Li Longji and the music band back to Shiqiao Village to live. After all, it was given by the emperor and could not be thrown away anywhere. Kabuki is also a miserable person.

After arranging the family affairs, Gu Qing immediately went out to visit Yang Guozhong.

As usual, Yang Guozhong gave him a heavy gift, and even said that he had always been honest as an official, but he was really honest. Gu Qing's move was a bad reputation.

The official polite words were just farts. Gu Qing advised him to accept it with great care, but he just had a personal recitation and had no idea of ​​using power to seek personal gain.

Yang Guozhong accepted the gift in a happy mood, and was even more polite to Gu Qing.

Seeing that he accepted the gift, Gu Qing was not polite to him and asked for money, food, war horses and weapons. Yesterday, Li Longji personally agreed and fed Yang Guozhong again. There was no obstacle in this matter. Yang Guozhong immediately made the decision and immediately allocated 200,000 stagnants of money and 20,000 war horses. As for weapons, arrows, crossbows, etc., he was even more generous.

Even though the rebels were about to attack Chang'an, Yang Guozhong was still calm and did not care about the things in the imperial treasury and gave them as soon as they were told.

Yang Guozhong only had Li Longji and Yang Guifei in his eyes. As long as Li Longji was not dead, everything else would be external objects, so he would give it to him, and there was nothing to regret.

Such a person can actually be the prime minister, which shows how stupid Li Longji was in his later years.

After implementing the transfer of war horse weapons, Gu Qing and Yang Guozhong farewell with each other. Their acting skills were very thoughtful and their eyes turned red. Yang Guozhong personally sent him out of the door. While crying, he found a weeping willow tree from the door and picked a piece of willow branch from the tree for him. Gu Qing almost laughed in his crying scene.

This guy is really a typical villain, and he is too lazy to even do the scene skills. Others send them to the side of Ba Bridge outside the city to fold willows. This guy directly folds willows from his doorstep. It is so hasty to say goodbye, but his true feelings are revealed and a few tears are shed.

I'm afraid even if Yang Guozhong was killed, his life had actually entered the countdown... It's a pity that this disaster is still good for Gu Qing himself. Only when the imperial court has corrupt officials can take advantage of loopholes.

After saying goodbye to Yang Guozhong, Gu Qing felt a little regretful. This should be the last time he had gained benefits from the imperial treasury. When Chang'an was lost, the imperial monarch and ministers fled in panic. The troops of the local kings and officials could only find supplies from the local area and could no longer expect the imperial court to allocate them.

When he thought it was the last time, Gu Qing suddenly had the urge to go back and talk to Yang Guozhong for another round. If he could make a little profit, he would have to give him more gifts.

At noon, he came to Zhang Jiuzhang's mansion and had dinner with the Zhang family. Zhang Jiuzhang was the Minister of the Honglu Temple. Before Li Longji escaped, he would definitely not be able to leave, but Gu Qing still advised him to make plans early and let his family members leave Chang'an first. When the emperor escaped Chang'an, he also asked Zhang Jiuzhang not to make any unnecessary actions of the city and the army of the king would sooner or later recover Chang'an. After the recovery, will you feel in the midst of the nine springs?

The Zhang sisters were mentally prepared for Gu Qing's departure, and Zhang Huaiyu was about to leave Chang'an, and she wanted to return to Shiqiao Village. Gu Qing instructed her to select a few capable people from Shiqiao Village to send them to the south to be responsible for purchasing grain from various regions and states to supply the future Anxi Army.

What Gu Qing is most worried about now is not the combat power of the Anxi Army, but the logistics.

Gu Qing was a businessman in his previous life and was used to looking at problems from an economic perspective. For him, war was actually money and logistics.

Zhang Huaijin's expression was very disappointed. Gu Qing hurried back to Chang'an and had to leave in a hurry after a few days. These days she came to find Gu Qing almost every day, hoping to be with him all the time, but what should be gone will eventually leave.

The meal was boring. After the meal, Gu Qing said goodbye to the Zhang family. Zhang Huaijin grabbed Gu Qing's sleeve and followed him out while crying, unwilling to let go.

Gu Qing also felt very uncomfortable and opened his mouth to make something to her. However, the troubled times were coming, and no one knew what accidents would be tomorrow, so he didn't dare to make some promises lightly.

Later, Zhang Huaiyu was still standing in front of her sister's ear and muttered something. Zhang Huaijin was stunned for a while, and finally let go of her hand and let Gu Qing leave.

In the afternoon, in front of the Gu family’s mansion.

Han Jie led his personal guard to stand outside the door, Gu Qing cleaned up and turned over the horse.

"Go back to Anxi!"

The guards responded with a loud bang and rode their horses toward the outside of the city.
Chapter completed!