Shortly after Lu Qi wrote to King Ji, King Ji really rewarded the 30,000 imperial guards who stayed in Huizhou. To Lu Qi's surprise, King Ji actually made a direct announcement. It was General Lu's suggestion. Shortly after the 30,000 imperial guards who stayed in Huizhou received the reward, he received the military order from the court and set out to Qingtang City, Huangzhou.

Huizhou left behind 50,000 troops under Lu Qi's organization, and the losses were already made up. Shi Zhongfei was promoted to the deputy commander of the commander of the 50,000 Huizhou Army. King Ji was still the prosecutor of many border prefectures and remained in Huizhou. Huizhou's governance was still governed by "Lin Feng".

However, Wang Yansheng, the former governor of Pingliang, was moved to the position of governor of Longxi after leading his army to advance to Hehuang, and was responsible for the military affairs of Hezhou, Weizhou, Minzhou and Guizhou. He commanded 30,000 troops, and changed from dealing with Dangxiang people to dealing with Tubo people. He was named General Jinwu for his military achievements.

The military defenses of Yuanzhou and Qingzhou were led by 20,000 imperial guards stationed in Jingzhao Prefecture and took over the Pingliang Governor's Office, which was under the control of King Ji. Huangzhou, Lanzhou and Guzhou were naturally taken over by 30,000 imperial guards from Huizhou. The Xining Governor's Office was established. After expanding the territory, all promotions and changes seemed normal.

The great victory in the western region naturally made the people of the Zhou State excited. Everyone felt that the Zhou State was stronger and closer to the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the past. However, compared with the rapid progress of the war in the western region, the war in the north was very hard, and it was stalemate with the war in Yan State, while the war in Jiangnan was in a state of lukewarm, with no good news and no loss information.

After dealing with the rewards from the Huizhou army, Lu Qi continued to work hard to sort out everything in Hexi. Not only did he reorganize the army and manage Hexi as soon as possible, but he also stepped up his defense against external troubles. The Dangxiang Ba clan of Xia State could not give up on counterattacking Hexi, and there was also Tubo, who was killed by Lu Qi for more than 10,000 soldiers and generals, and the possibility of revenge was also very high.

While Lu Qiyi ordered to start buying and transporting charcoal from Shizhou, he asked Xiaodie to contact Lin Zhihe as soon as possible, so that Lin Zhihe could come to Hexi to help. By the way, Lin Zhihe bought a batch of porcelain, cloth and tea to Hexi, and opened the trade route between Hexi and Yizhou. After advancing to Hexi, scattered merchants had already come to Hexi, but almost all traded with Liangzhou merchants, and few went west directly.

In fact, Lu Qi knew that the business of Xia and the Western Regions had always existed, but the Xia State had too heavy taxes on business, and the country could consume a lot of money from Zhou State. Therefore, the business exchanges between Xia and the Western Regions were very rare, and they were all private commercial transactions with the Western Regions at high prices.

In his busy schedule, Lu Qi sent the guards to Shazhou to meet the head of the Wang family. The guards led a hundred cavalry to Dunhuang City, Shazhou. After seeing Qiu Lin first, they went to find the head of the Wang family. The head of the Wang family and a young man in robe respectfully went out to welcome the guards, and the guards also respectfully returned the salute.

After entering the hall, the guards raised their salute and said directly: "Master Wang, the general has now obtained the court's permission to establish the Protectorate. The general admires Mr. Wang's talent very much and asks Mr. Wang to serve as the chief of the Protectorate."

The head of the Wang family was stunned and said, "Xiaomin had made a pertinent suggestion to the general, but Xiaomin's ability is normal and he cannot be a good official in the Protectorate."

"Master Wang is humble. Since the general has valued it, it means that Master Wang's ability is sufficient." Konomiya said bluntly.

The head of the Wang family shook his head and said, "Xiaomin still has self-knowledge. Please ask Shangguan to report to the general that Xiaomin is still talented as a businessman, and he dare not accept the official position of the Protectorate."

"Master Wang, this is a rare opportunity. The general set up the Protectorate because he lacked talented people, so he wanted to use Master Wang's." The guard persuaded.

The head of the Wang family smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Xiaomin's ability is really not good at being a high-ranking official. Xiaomin definitely has no confidence to do his duties in the Protectorate Office."

The face of Kobaya appeared a pity and said, "Then I've worked so hard."

"I feel guilty as well," said the head of the Wang family apologizing.

"Okay, then I have to go back and report soon." The guard stood up and said.

The head of the Wang family stood up and asked respectfully: "Is it okay for Shangguan, Yaoru to be with the general?"

"Very good, the general likes Mrs. Yaoru very much." The guard replied.

"That's good, thank Shangguan Ming," said the head of the Wang family happily.

"In my opinion, if it weren't for Mrs. Yaoru, the general might not have been able to use Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang shouldn't have missed this opportunity." The guard advised again.

The head of the Wang family shook his head and said, "Xiaomin does not have that ability and dare not make a fool of himself. Please ask Shangguan to thank the general for his attention on Xiaomin."

The guard nodded and said, "I will reply truthfully."

The head of the Wang family nodded and suddenly waved his hand. The young man in the robe immediately held a small cloth bag and respectfully handed it to the guard. The guard looked at it and shook his head and said, "No need for this, I'll leave."

The guard left as soon as he said that, and the head of the Wang family and his family sent it out. He kept watching the guard and his subordinates leave outside the door, and the head of the Wang family and his family returned to the yard.

"Dad, why did you refuse?" said the young man who handed the cloth bag with some resentment.

"If I don't know how to stay calm, I may have gone but returned." The head of the Wang family replied in a low voice.

The young man looked at the head of the Wang family in surprise and said in disbelief: "That general, do you want to kill your father?"

"Eighty percent of the time, that general is a hero. Even if he employs people, he will also use people he can trust. If a local prominent family like us serves as a high-ranking official in the Protectorate's Office, it will be easy to take the opportunity to rise. The chief of the Protectorate's Office is a powerful official in politics. As a military general, that general will inevitably go on a war often in the future. Do you think, will he dare to hand over the fundamentals to those who may rebel?" The head of the Wang family whispered.

The young man nodded, and the head of the Wang family smiled and said, "Don't be disappointed. Since the girl Yaoru has become a famous lady, then our Wang family will definitely be able to gain wealth and honor in the future. We have money and power. We cannot ask too much. Being a wealthy and noble family in Shazhou is better than going out to take risks."

"What Dad said is reasonable." The young man said in agreement.

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The guards returned to Zhangye, and when they saw Lu Qi, they reported, and finally said: "General, he refused to leave Dunhuang, so his subordinates could only leave empty."

Lu Qi smiled and thought for a moment, and said, "This army wanted to return to the people of Shazhou as soon as possible, so he wanted to kill him. Since he knew the tact, then forget it. You go and take a break. Go and go again tomorrow and send the official documents of serving as the Dunhuang County Magistrate to Qiu Lin, and let the head of the Wang family serve as the county magistrate to assist Qiu Lin."

"No!" Kobaya responded, then turned around and left.

Lu Qi shook his head and stood up, walked outside the house and looked into the distance. He had a murderous intention towards the head of the Wang family, and indeed he was concerned about the wisdom of the head of the Wang family. Zhang Yichao, a hundred years ago, was a generation of powerful rulers who rose from Shazhou. When Zhang Yichao was launched, there were only a thousand people, but he was able to dominate the Western Regions step by step. What did he rely on? Of course, he was the wisdom of being good at building power.

Lu Qi is not a narrow-minded person. The head of the Wang family did not dare to make great use of Hexi, so he became a murderous intention. But since the head of the Wang family knew it, he didn't want to continue to deal with it. However, he is really worried now because he couldn't find a suitable person. After serving as the chief of the Protectorate, he could only let Zhexiangyue take the place, and Yao Ru was assisting.

Lu Qi planned to reuse Lin Zhihe as the chief secretary, but after thinking carefully, he dismissed the decision. Those who served as the chief secretary of the Protectorate must be loyal to him, followed by the ability to govern. Lin Zhihe was not suitable, and those who Lu Qi could trust were almost all military generals and lacked the ability to govern.

After standing outside for a moment, Lu Qi shook his head helplessly. In the past, he was in Jin State, and rarely worried about the lack of civil servants, because Xin Qiner, the superiors, took charge of the power of governing the country on his behalf, and Xiao, the subordinates, recommended a large number of civil servants to him. Now he is in Zhou State, but he cannot obtain political talents.
Chapter completed!