Chapter 196: Digging Dong Zhuo’s corner

Li Jue was hugged by Li Qin and the generals into the lobby. Li Qin asked him to sit in the upper seat, and the generals were with the Prime Minister.

Facing the whole hall full of people who were older than him, Li Jue was dizzy and could no longer tell the difference between the east, west, south and north. He had never received such respect in his life and had never been valued like this. He could hardly believe that this was true, especially when Li Qin shouted at his clan brother, which made him in a fog and he didn't respond. Of course, he didn't dare to really call Li Qin a clan brother, that was just a stingy person.

Several times, Li Jue wanted to open his mouth to apologize for Dong Zhuo, asking Li Qin not to take what happened last time to heart. For the sake of being an official in the same dynasty, he forgives Dong Zhuo's behavior. However, every time he opened his mouth and did not say a few words, Li Qin was distracted from it, not talking about official affairs, but only talking about personal affairs.

Li Qin asked, "Brother, you were from Fuping, but why didn't you plan things in Fuping, but you wanted to go to Bingzhou? You went to Bingzhou first and then to the Western Regions?"

Li Jue nodded and said, "When Li Lang said that when he was young, he always wanted to make achievements. But his hometown was poor and difficult to survive, so he left Fuping with a team of people who moved south. He wanted to make a living in the Central Plains, but he encountered robbers halfway. I had a few stupid strength to fight off the robbers. When I was seen by an official passing by, he accepted me as an entourage. He was an official in Bingzhou, so I followed him to Bingzhou. Later, the official retired and returned home. Before leaving, he recommended me to others. After several twists and turns, he changed several errands. Finally, he followed General Dong. Now he came to the Western Regions with him, with 400 elite soldiers, and was in charge of arresting bandits on the Silk Road."

"So that's it!" Li Qin smiled and said, "It seems that my family's career in the first half of my life was still quite bumpy!"

The generals here nodded. Seeing that Li Jue was not young anymore, he had been with him for so many years and had only brought 400 soldiers. He was not a county magistrate, let alone being a soldier in the Western Regions, with a bright future. He said that the bumps were good, but it was useless.

Of course, except for Li Qin, no one in the lobby knew what Li Jue would be like in the end. Judging from Li Jue's current official position, it was indeed a bit miserable, and it should be considered that this is the case in this life.

Zhang Jie said: "General Li, if you want to tell me how many soldiers I have led, I actually don't have many soldiers, but I am an official in Liangzhou and the chief general of a county. I am also free and easy. With Li Lang's help, I might be able to walk up again in the future..."

Li Qin laughed and said, "Brother Zhang, you are polite. With your ability, you can still move up even without my help. I will soon see that the errand of the Beidi County Captain will fall on your head in a few days. It is the thing in your palm. We will call you Captain Zhang in the future!"

When it comes to the official position of the Beidi County Captain, there are some generals in the Fujiao Army who can take responsibility. However, after Li Qin comes, he will take them to the Central Plains to fight. Secondly, he has to use Zhang Gu to set an example for others. As long as someone close to him, Li Qin, even if he is not a direct subordinate, he can be promoted. Only in this way can other generals learn from Zhang Gu and become Li Qin's help. The power of role models is endless, and Zhang Gu is just one.

Li Qin's words were not even hints, but in fact it was like making it clear in public that Zhang Jing was the next captain of Beidi County. After hearing this, the generals were quiet for a moment, and then cheered, saying that Zhang Jing had made great contributions and could have become a captain. Liu Jiu's big banner was seized by him. With this credit, becoming a captain was completely expected!

Zhang Qi was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth. He had no big hope in his life. He was satisfied with being able to treat the head general of a county as soon as he retired from office. However, he did not expect that he came to support Li Qin this time, but he was just thinking of repaying his kindness, but unexpectedly wanted to be promoted and become the head general of a county. How could he not be happy to go out?

Zhang Qi thanked repeatedly and kept claiming that he was unwilling to be promoted, and only hoped to follow Li Qin's horse, kill more Xiongnu soldiers and do more good deeds for the people, which was enough!

Of course, he is polite. Who doesn’t want to be promoted? Everyone wants to, but he is the first one!

Amid the laughter in the hall, Li Jue also felt a little excited. The atmosphere here was completely different from that in Dong Zhuo. Li Qin was generous and very easy-going to the generals. He was able to make great contributions and become a high-ranking official. This is a good boss that all officials hope to meet. As the saying goes, it is called meeting but hard to come by!

Li Jue remembered Dong Zhuo again. Dong Zhuo wanted to be promoted, but he did not make any contribution. Of course, he also had some contributions. However, Dong Zhuo focused more on gaining Shangguan's belief, hoping to become He Jin's confidant and spend money to clear it up, and took this promotion route. But no matter how hard Dong Zhuo tried, he was just a lieutenant in the Western Regions. He was afraid that he would not be promoted for a long time, and he had to worry about not being promoted and not being able to please Shangguan. There were so many things he was worried about, and he himself was worried about.

But look at Li Qin, he didn't worry about anything, and the generals who followed him didn't have to worry about anything. Li Qin could do everything for them. He didn't have to spend money to pave or welcome the way for promotion. As long as he made contributions, he would be successful. But following Li Qin, making some contributions was the easiest.

Li Jue was envious. Although he had no intention of surrendering, he thought how great it would be if he could follow a boss like Li Qin!

Just as if he understood his thoughts, Jia Xu, who was also a fellow villager of Li Jue, spoke. He sat next to Li Jue. Everyone was talking to Zhang Jun, but he whispered to Li Jue: "General Li, when it comes to relationships, we are still relatives, and we are all fellow villagers. We can be considered to be a family member or not. We all grew up drinking Fuping water!"

Of course, Li Jue knew Jia Xu's identity. He was the military chief of Fujiao Army and Li Qin's brother-in-law. He not only had close relationships, a large official position, but also had a considerable speaking position.

Li Jue hurriedly whispered: "Jia Juncheng, I had known your name before, but I had never met you before. This time I came to Dunhuang, and I specially prepared a gift for you. After the banquet, I would send it to your mansion."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "I have no mansion here, and we, the Fujiao Army, don't offer gifts. However, since it is General Li's friendship, I can't refuse. When you leave, I will also give you a gift, and I hope you can accept it with a smile!"

Li Jue was shocked and hurriedly said, "No need to return the gift, Jia Juncheng, you are too polite."

Jia Xu waved his hand and stopped talking about gifts. He said, "General Li, we are our own people, and we don't speak two families. Although there are many powerful generals in my Fujiao Army, there are no such people as General Li. As the saying goes, whether to be close to the hometown or not, they are brothers in war, and father-son soldiers in battle. We treat you as brothers because we are brothers, but then Dong Zhuo may not treat you as a brother, right? Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to send you this time!"

Li Jue's face was gloomy. Jia Xu's words had just touched him. Usually he thought Dong Zhuo was pretty good to him, but people were killed by others, and goods were thrown away. Today, he saw how Li Qin treated the generals to whom he belonged to. After comparing with Dong Zhuo, he immediately felt that Dong Zhuo was too indifferent to him. Not to mention the distance, he couldn't remember the ones that were close. Before this mission came, everyone thought it was a very shameful thing to look up, but none of his colleagues said a word for him, but Dong Zhuo had to send him to let him play with Li Qin's relatives. For a military general, this was indeed a very cheap thing.

Li Jue said: "Jia Juncheng, what you said is reasonable. I, Li Jue, wandered for half a lifetime and never met a wise master!" He felt that he was very capable, but he was not yet developed. Of course, he was not lucky and had not met a good boss.

Jia Xu said: "The wise ruler does not know the ruler, and we never value this in our Fujiao Army. If you don't believe in General Li, please see. Everyone calls Aqin Li Lang, but there is no one who calls him official position. Also, I am his brother-in-law, and even Li Lang doesn't need to call him, just call him Aqin. We are different from other places, and the word "love" is everywhere. Do you think this is the case?"

Li Jue looked around and saw the generals fighting with Li Qin. Everyone was talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was harmonious. What was even more rare was that no one looked at them, which was just convenient for him to whisper to Jia Xu. He didn't feel that everyone didn't look at them. There was anything wrong with them. Maybe it was because everyone was very excited, especially Zhang Jun, who was about to be promoted, so he was very excited. He was sipping wine, and everyone was watching him.

Li Jue did not doubt it, and then whispered to Jia Xu: "What Jia Juncheng said is very true. Being able to follow Li Lang and make achievements with him is a great pleasure in life!" He was extremely eager for Jia Xu to recruit him for Li Qin, but he was embarrassed to speak out, so he could only show his yearning as much as possible, hoping that Jia Xu could take the initiative to ask.

Jia Xu is such a good person. He actually brought up this matter on his own initiative. He whispered: "General Li, if you have no future with Dong Zhuo, why bother to be angry with him? You will do all kinds of dirty and tiring work. You are the brother of Aqin and I am a relative. Why do you have to build a bridge? You should quit your official position in the Western Regions and go back to your hometown! Wherever you serve in the army, you can eat food for fighting. Why do you suffer? Even if you want to join the army, you will defend your own hometown. There is no reason to defend other people's hometown, let alone others do not regard you as your own person!"

Li Jue was silent for a moment and said, "I was just thinking that I just felt that I had followed Dong Zhuo for a while. If I just left like this, I would be a little sorry for him. Although he was not very good to me, he was not too bad."

Jia Xu snorted and said, "It's not bad for him to send you here this time? What should I do if it's too bad? Can't I send you to Liu Jiu to kill? Well, that's it. This time, Aqin sent troops to drive Liu Jiu away. Even if you completed the mission and saved Dong Zhuo's life, don't say that you didn't owe him anything. Even if you owe him, you have to clear it up this time. He owed you a favor in turn!"
Chapter completed!