Guo Song looked back at a group of officials walking away, then urged his horse forward and asked, "Who are they?"
"From the Ministry of War!"
Li Ji said coldly: "Come and give us an ultimatum!"
Guo Song frowned, "What ultimatum?"
Li Ji sighed, "Let's talk about it when we go to the station! It's not clear here."
Guo Song and Li Ji came to the station and walked into their tent. Guo Song sat down and asked, "Tell me! What are they doing here?"
Li Ji took out a transfer order and handed it to Guo Song, "This is the transfer order given to me by the Ministry of War. Chief Shi, please take a look!"
Guo Song opened it and was immediately surprised, "Going to Lingnan?" The transfer order actually transferred Li Ji to the rank of Captain of Leizhou, removing him from the post of Captain Guo Yi, the scout of Shuofang Army, effective immediately!
Leizhou is today's Zhanjiang, Guangdong, close to Hainan. It was an extremely desolate and remote place in the Tang Dynasty.
"Where are the other soldiers?" Guo Song asked again.
"Liang Wu was transferred to Yunnan and still served as brigade commander. Except for the two of us, the other soldiers were dismissed on the spot. Within three days, all the armor and military cards were handed over to the Ministry of War. The list they gave was very interesting. It was actually the entire list.
, including the fallen soldiers, were also disbanded.”
Guo Song nodded, completely as he expected, this morning two officials from the Ministry of War came over, it was Yuan Zai's arrangement, and Yuan Zai had already started to attack him.
Li Ji asked: "Has Chang Shi resigned?"
Guo Song nodded, "I have resigned from all positions."
After a pause, Guo Song said calmly: "But today at noon, the emperor secretly received me again!"
Li Ji perked up and asked, "What did the emperor say?"
"The Emperor knew what had happened, and persuaded me to be patient, and allowed me to organize a guard of 300 people."
Speaking of this, Guo Song's heart moved. Li Yu's permission to form an army obviously meant something. Did he already know that the Ministry of War was going to disband his own army?
Li Ji was also stunned. The emperor actually allowed an individual to form an army. How much trust does this require?
Guo Song smiled slightly, "Maybe it was strictly forbidden in the past, but now! Don't you think there are not many vassal towns all over the world? Who doesn't form his own army? Including Yu Chaoen, didn't he also form a 100,000-strong Shence Army?
?My three hundred people are nothing, not even a drop of rain!"
Li Ji disagreed in his heart. This was the capital. An army continued to assemble after being disbanded. To put it harshly, it was suspected of rebellion.
Guo Song said that he met the Emperor at noon, which made Li Ji realize that the Emperor's special approval came very timely. It was obviously a pacifying measure for the Ministry of War to disband their army.
Li Ji also sighed in his heart, no wonder the emperor said that he must be patient. Even the dignified emperor could not cancel the decision of the Ministry of War, but only changed a different response strategy. It seemed that the complexity of the court situation was far beyond their imagination.
Li Ji said slowly: "The imperial court actually transferred me to Leizhou. I don't care if I don't want to be the captain! I will also go to the Ministry of War to resign tomorrow. Chang Shi, I will continue to follow you."
Guo Song was not pretentious and said to Li Ji: "Although the emperor asked me to form a temporary army, I believe that one day there will be a turnaround in the near future. You go and talk to the brothers. If you want to go home, I, Guo Song, will help you."
Three hundred taels of silver, if you don't want to go home and continue to follow me, Guo Song, I will never treat you badly and let you make your own choice."
Li Ji nodded, "I'll go now!"
At this time, the sound of running footsteps came from outside. Guo Song looked and saw that it was Xiaodao Tong Qingfeng.
Guo Song walked out and asked, "Qingfeng, what's wrong?"
Qingfeng Fuer said a few words to Guo Song, and Guo Song nodded, "I'll go right away!"
He gave Li Ji a few more words, and then walked quickly to the Sanqing Hall in front.
Walking into a room in the side hall, this is where the master of the temple, Gan Feng, is doing his homework. However, he sees senior brother Gan Feng pacing back and forth anxiously like an ant on a hot pot. Guo Song walked into the room and asked: "Senior Brother
,What happened?"
Gan Feng sighed and said: "The county government called me today and said that we changed the land use behind the old Taoist temple, knocked down the forest without authorization, and built the Jinshen Pavilion. The county government gave us ten days to restore it to its original state. If we exceed the deadline,
If I don’t want to demolish it, they will come and demolish it. I argue that it is not forest land in the first place, but the county magistrate’s attitude is quite tough.”
Guo Song nodded. Yuan Zai's revenge had already begun to affect his relatives and friends. Needless to say, Zhang Lei must have also encountered trouble.
Guo Song said calmly: "If they want to demolish it, let them demolish it. No matter how they demolish it, they have to build it for me intact. If there is even a tile missing, I will cause trouble for them. In addition, senior brother has removed the big sign of Sanqing Palace."
Hanging it on the Golden Body Pavilion, I would like to see how they smash this sign."
Gan Feng was shocked. He actually posted the emperor's handwriting. This was an idea, but was it too bold?
Guo Song saw the flinch in Gan Feng's eyes, and said directly: "Senior brother, even if you listen to my arrangements, a small county magistrate, even if you give him a thousand hearts and courage, he will not dare to act rashly!"
"Okay! I will listen to my junior brother's arrangement." Gan Feng finally made up his mind, stretched out his head and slashed his head with the same slash, and he simply took the risk.
After appeasing his elder brother, Guo Song immediately rushed to the West Market. Yuan Zai would not let go of Qingxu Guan, and he would certainly not let go of the West Market Liquor Shop. This was a rhythm that would completely trample him to death.
This is also in line with Yuan Zai's style, full suppression, without giving the opponent any breathing space.
Guo Song had just arrived at the gate of the West Market when he saw Zhang Lei running out on horseback. "Third brother!" Guo Song shouted.
Zhang Lei also saw Guo Song and quickly reined in his horse. He said anxiously: "Lao Wu, I'm going to find you!"
Guo Song urged his horse forward and said calmly: "Is the government making things difficult for you?"
Zhang Lei was startled, "How do you know?"
Guo Song sneered, "The county government has already taken action against Qingxu Palace and asked Qingxu Palace to demolish the Jinshen Pavilion. I think Yuan Zai will definitely not let Meishou Hotel go."
Zhang Lei nodded. Just as he was about to speak, he looked to both sides warily, pointed to the God of Fortune Restaurant next to him and said, "There are too many people here. Let's go sit down in the restaurant and talk."
The two handed the horse to the bartender and went up to the second floor to find a seat by the window. Zhang Lei poured a glass of wine for Guo Song and said: "Two City Department officials came this afternoon and told us that the City Department decided to stop renting to us.
The store is closed and we have three days to move it out."
"The attitude is very bad?" Guo Song asked.
Zhang Lei shook his head and said: "The attitude is very good. We usually have a good relationship. I often drink with them. The officials from the city department told me that they have nothing to do. This is a task pressed down by the superiors. The Meishou Hotel must be driven out."
When we leave the West City, the orders from above are very strong and they can only obey."
Speaking of this, Zhang Lei whispered: "There are rumors in the West City that you and Prime Minister Yuan Zai are at odds, that you publicly humiliated Yuan Zai, and that you two are incompatible. Is this true?"
Guo Song nodded, "Yuan Zai hated our master, he hated Wujiwu, and he also hated me. He kept wearing small shoes for me. At the birthday banquet of the Zhao family, I fell out with him in front of everyone.
To be honest, Third Brother, I have resigned from all official positions."
"Ah! How can you defeat Yuan Zai?"
"It's hard to say! There are people behind me who support me, so it's not certain who will die in the end?"
"But what about the liquor store?"
Zhang Lei said worriedly: "The city department only gave us three days, where are we going to find a store?"
Guo Song thought for a while and said: "Third brother, don't worry, I have a plan to deal with it."
Zhang Lei quickly said: "Say it!"
"You first find a place to store wine. I think the underground palace under the new house you bought can store wine. Then you go to open in-store stores in the top ten restaurants. Each restaurant opens a small Meishou shop, specializing in small bottles of Meishou wine.
, and then open a main store in Pingkang Mansion, ask Uncle An to help you find a place, he will help."
Zhang Lei thought for a while and realized that this was a good idea. Selling alcohol in restaurants has always been a tradition, and the top ten restaurants should not object.
"It's just that our customers all know Xishi Liquor Shop. If we move away, we will lose many old customers."
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Drinkers are very loyal. As long as you put a notice at the door of the store to explain it clearly to everyone, and arrange a waiter to explain this matter at the door of the store."
"I'm afraid that the City Council will rent the shop to someone else and pretend to be a Meishou Liquor Shop." This is what Zhang Lei is most worried about.
Guo Song smiled faintly, "You don't have to worry about this. Just tell the city department officials that the three words 'Mei Shou Jiu' were inscribed by the Emperor's imperial pen. Let's see who among them dares to pick up this sign and who dares to transfer it."
A sign?"
Zhang Lei nodded, "I guess if this sentence is released, no one will dare to have an idea of Meishou Liquor Shop."