Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "The craftsmen in the palace are naturally extraordinary......

It's just that most of them are studying some things to play, and they are useless to the country and the people for a smile, which is useless for the country and the people.

With a combination of obscenity and ingenuity, the craftsmen of Kou Mansion are naturally inferior to the craftsmen in the palace.

Zhao Zhen laughed, tugged at Kou Ji's sleeve, and walked into the tent, "Go, follow me into the tent!" ”

Kou Ji did not follow Zhao Zhen into the account, but took a step down, and said with a guilty face: "The minister is at fault, and the official family is also punished." ”

Zhao Zhen let go of Kou Ji's sleeves, the smile on his face narrowed, and he sighed and said, "I deliberately didn't mention this matter, but you had to mention it." ”

Kou Ji arched his hand and said: "After all, it was the minister's fault first, and the injured officials worked all the way to the northwest to suffer." ”

Zhao Zhen lowered his hand and sighed: "It's not your fault...... You've been assassinated, you're unconscious, and you can't control what happens next. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen's eyes fell on Liu Heng, and said lightly: "If you really want to make a mistake, it is also Liu Heng's fault." If Liu Heng hadn't found out the truth and reported it to the imperial court, I wouldn't have rushed to the northwest in a hurry. ”

Liu Heng heard Zhao Zhen's words, made a bitter face, bent down, and said, "Minister Liu Heng, guilty ......"

Zhao Zhen's eyes were on Liu Heng, and he said without being salty: "Your injuries are getting better soon......

Liu Heng looked embarrassed.

Zhao Zhen continued: "I thought that after you became the prince of the country, you would be more stable, but I didn't expect you to do things not as well as before. ”

Liu Heng lowered his head in shame.

Zhao Zhen said again: "Your title is not easy to come by, so I won't cut your title." I sent someone to scold you with a rod, which is considered to have been punished, and I will not pursue this matter again in the future.

However, the Manchu Dynasty is embarrassed by the civil and military forces, but I will not help you. ”

Liu Heng bowed deeply to Zhao Zhen and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the official family......

He falsely spread the news, causing turmoil in the Great Song Dynasty, which was a big mistake, Zhao Zhen did not dismiss him from office, nor did he reduce his title, but only a small punishment, which can be regarded as extraordinarily gracious.

Kou Ji, who had been standing aside without speaking, waited for Zhao Zhen to finish admonishing Liu Heng, and said to Zhao Zhen with a wry smile: "Official, Liu Heng is a subordinate of the minister, and the minister naturally has to take responsibility for the mistakes he makes." ”

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips and said, "Okay...... Your part is wrong, I help you block it, if anyone is not convinced, just come to me. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh.

Zhao Zhen continued: "For fear that the accompanying officials would embarrass you, I sent them to the herdsmen before you arrived, and they couldn't come back within a month or two.

If my Great Song Dynasty can destroy the Western Xia, I'm afraid they will stay longer. ”

Implication.

Zhao Zhen was willing to let out those officials who accompanied him.

Probably because they think they are always doing some eye-catching things in Bianjing City, so they want to stuff them into the corners of the city, so that they can be out of sight.

Kou Ji was moved in his heart, and saluted Zhao Zhen, "Thank you for the love of the official family......"

Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "Don't mention this matter in the future." Since I have arrived in the northwest and come with many soldiers and horses, I can't do nothing but go back.

Western Xia has repeatedly provoked my Great Song Dynasty, and now he has sent assassins to assassinate my Great Song ministers, which has angered me.

I can't tolerate it. ”

Kou Ji and Liu Heng glanced at each other, and bowed their hands together, "The minister was originally the vanguard, and the official family exterminated the Western Xia." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said, "Go to the tent and talk." ”

Three of them entered the big tent.

The furnishings in the big tent are no different from the furnishings in the small side hall of Zhao Zhen in the palace.

Roughly in order to make Zhao Zhen comfortable, Chen Lin moved all the sets in the palace over.

Entering the big tent, Zhao Zhen sat on the throne with a golden sword.

Since Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, angrily split the dragon chair, Zhao Zhen no longer sat on the dragon chair, but asked the craftsmen in the palace to create a chair similar to a couch.

After Zhao Zhen sat down, he instructed Chen Lin to give Kou Ji and Liu Heng a seat.

The three of them sat down.

Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and said: "After I left Kaifeng Mansion, I got the news that the fourth brother is safe and sound. When I learned about this, I breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, I began to think about what I should do when I arrived in the northwest.

Kou Gong told me that Xixia was a wolf with ambition and had to be removed.

When I arrived in the northwest, I saw the people who had been poisoned by the war all the year round, and I thought it was true.

I originally thought that I would immediately send a large army north to Xiazhou, and cooperate with the soldiers and horses in your hands to forcibly conquer Western Xia.

However, Kou Gong did not approve of my idea.

Gong Kou said that I left the palace and took all the soldiers and horses north of Bianjing City to the northwest.

With such a big move, the Liao people will definitely be aware of it.

After the Liao people noticed this, they would definitely take action.

In order to avoid Cao Wei's troubles in the land of Yanyun, I need to postpone my conquest of Western Xia.

You need to wait until the Liao people have made a move in the land of Yanyun before making a decision.

I thought about it for a while, and felt that Kou Gong's words were reasonable, so I did what Kou Gong said. ”

After listening to Zhao Zhen's words, Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "My grandfather has been an official eunuch for decades, and he naturally sees it longer than the officials and ministers. He thinks that the Liao people will make a move, so the Liao people will definitely make a move.

It is indeed appropriate for officials to act cautiously. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled silently, "In front of me, don't talk about these nonsense." If you have any ideas, please let me know. ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment, looked at Zhao Zhen and said with a wry smile: "The official family's trip has made some moves. Seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses conquered Western Xia, like a knife killing a chicken. ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "The matter has come to this, and I can't go back on my word." As soon as the military salary, grain and grass are paid, I will allocate a sum of money from the inner treasury and bear a part of it, which is the price of my mistakes. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The official family doesn't have to be like this. Yiying's faults were all caused by the Tangut people. To bear, that is also their bearing. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji, did not speak, and waited for Kou Ji's next words.

Kou Ji continued: "The minister agrees with the idea of the minister's grandfather, and the soldiers and horses in the hands of the official family should not be moved for the time being. Seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses, not seventy or eighty.

Mobilization is complex.

At present, without a good commander like Cao Wei in charge, and others commanding the soldiers and horses, I am afraid it will be difficult to give full play to the power of seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed and didn't say much.

Why he sighed, Kou Ji knew in his heart.

There are many military ministers in the DPRK and China, but there are very few who can really command the three armies.

Once the imperial court uses heavy troops, there is always a sense of powerlessness that no one can use.

Whose fault is it that there is no one to use in a big country?

Han Yu gave a standard answer in the article "Ma Said".

'There is Bole, and then there is Maxima. Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have. ’

There were tens of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty, and there must have been many people who were useful to the imperial court.

The reason why there is no one available in the imperial court now is not because there are no talents in the Great Song Dynasty.

It was Zhao Zhen's father and grandfather who did not discover talents in this area.

They favored Wenchen alone, and spared no effort to discover Wenchen.

Only turned a blind eye to the military ministers.

The son speaks of the father.

Zhao Zhen naturally couldn't say that his father and his grandfather were not.

Kou Ji knew Zhao Zhen's thoughts, so he didn't bring up the matter in detail, he continued: "If we rashly command seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses to enter Western Xia, not only will it be impossible to achieve major results, but we may also suffer some damage.

To be on the safe side, we'll have to wait. ”

Zhao Zhen said with a slight resentment: "Wait...... When, when I find a good general who can lead the three armies? ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "That's not necessary...... The minister had already sent Zhu Neng, Chong Shiheng, and Wang Kai to attack Western Xia respectively. Disobeyed Hou Li Deming, now sitting in Xingqing Mansion, does not dare to act rashly.

Zhu Neng and the three of them are in the territory of Western Xia, and they will inevitably attack the city and plunder the land.

When their three soldiers and horses are close to Xingqing Mansion, it will be the time for our army to attack.

By that time, all the firearms sent by the ministers to escort should have been transported to the northwest.

With the help of firearms, and the only place we need to attack at that time is Xingqing Mansion.

Seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses will push over in one go, and there is no need for too much planning or frequent deployment of troops, and the army's dependence on the commanders of the three armies will be much smaller.

We don't have to lose too many soldiers. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed, "So, I've waited?" ”

Kou Ji smiled: "That's not the same either...... The northwest has now been stabilized, and the soldiers and horses of my Great Song Dynasty have been pushed outside the Great Wall.

The territory within the Great Wall will no longer have to worry about being invaded by military disasters in the future.

The previous set of methods for governing the people is no longer suitable.

Officials can take the opportunity to sort out the civil affairs in the northwest and sort out the officials in the northwest.

did not hide from the officials, after the minister led his troops to seize Xiazhou and other places, there was no one available in his hands, so he had to implement military management in Xiazhou and other places. ”

Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned, he had heard about this matter a little, but he did not delve into it.

Now that Kou Ji mentioned this matter, he naturally wanted to say a thing or two.

"Can't the Western Xia officials who surrender be selected?"

When Kou Ji heard this, the smile on his face disappeared, "My Great Song can't use them, most of them defected from my Great Song." They are disloyal to my Great Song Dynasty, and we naturally can't treat them with benevolence and righteousness.

I can use corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but I must not use national thieves. ”

Zhao Zhen pondered Kou Ji's words and muttered: "The fourth brother seems to hate the national thief very much? ”

Kou Ji said loudly: "The great thief of the country, everyone will be punished." ”

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips and said: "I heard that there are many people with lofty ideals among them, but they were depressed in my Great Song Dynasty, so they voted for Western Xia." ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "I don't have 10,000 people who can't be aspired to in the Song Dynasty, but there are 8,000. Why didn't the others defect to Western Xia, but they fled to Western Xia? If they fled to Western Xia just to make a living and became idle officials, I would have tolerated it.

But even if they fled to Western Xia to make a living, they actually helped the Western Xia people to cause trouble on the border.

There are not many rats who wantonly slandered my Great Song Dynasty in Western Xia, and what they said and wrote was not true. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, and said with a cold face: "If this is the case, then I can't tolerate them." My Great Song failed to reuse them, it was the fault of the imperial court, it was my fault.

Even if they fled to Western Xia and helped the Western Xia people, I would be able to understand them.

But they slandered my Great Song Dynasty, took some untrue words, and criticized my Great Song Dynasty, and I couldn't tolerate it. ”

"This kind of people, forget their ancestors, they should be killed!"

Chen Lin suddenly interjected, gritting her teeth.

Zhao Zhen looked at Chen Lin.

Chen Lin hurriedly said: "The slave is guilty, and the slave should not intervene at will." ”

Zhao Zhen squinted his eyes and said, "I think what you said is reasonable, they should cut it with a thousand knives." ”

Chen Lin said with a smile: "It's good that the official family doesn't blame the slaves." ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head, looked at Kou Ji, and asked, "What else can I do?" ”

Kou Ji thought about it for a moment and said with a smile: "Looking for Xixia to knock on the bamboo!" ”

Zhao Zhen looked stunned.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The soldiers and horses under the ministers are attacking the Western Xia, and the official family has brought hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to the northwest, but they have not moved the Western Xia. The Tangut people may think that the official family is intimidating them, and as long as they beg for mercy, the official family will let them go. ”

Zhao Zhenhu was suspicious: "Will they be so stupid?" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "It's always a glimmer of life, even if the Xixia people don't believe it, they will find a way to catch it." After all, seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty are coming to Western Xia, and Western Xia may be destroyed at any time.

In this case, the official family revealed to them the feeling that as long as they begged for mercy, they would let them go.

They will definitely try their best to give in to the officials. ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a while, looked at Kou Ji, and said with a smile: "Knock it, maybe there will be a surprise?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded.

The smile on Zhao Zhen's face was even better, and he sighed with emotion: "I finally have a little bit of the feeling of being the emperor of the suzerain. ”

In the past, although the Great Song Dynasty regarded itself as the suzerain, the vassals also recognized the Great Song Dynasty as the suzerain.

But when facing the vassals, the Great Song always accompanied a smiling face and gave generous gifts.

Even so, those vassals were not respectful to the Great Song Dynasty.

Many vassals are also two-faced, and while they are attached to the Great Song Dynasty, they are also attached to the Liao State.

Now it is different, the Great Song Dynasty no longer treats the vassals favorably, but uses soldiers to entertain the vassals.

The vassals were very respectful to the Great Song Dynasty.

In order to show their sincerity to the Great Song Dynasty, some vassals also cut off their contacts with the Liao State.

For example, Qingtang.

After Qingtang really felt that the Great Song Dynasty really regarded them as allies and vassals, he decisively cut off his contacts with Liao.

Qingtang is not afraid of Liao at all.

It's not because Qingtang is so strong that he is not afraid of Liao.

But Qingtang is too far away from Liao, and Qingtang Zanpu Jiaoluo goes to a letter every day to greet the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu Xu's family, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu can only stare dryly.

Because of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, it is impossible to bypass the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and the territory of the Western Xia Dynasty to attack Qingtang.

Kou Ji heard Zhao Zhen's exclamation and said with a smile: "My Great Song Dynasty is naturally the suzerain. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled.

After laughing, Zhao Zhen invited Kou Ji to dine together.

During the banquet, Zhao Zhen intentionally or unintentionally revealed to Kou Ji that he asked Kou Ji to find a way to take him to the battlefield to swing.

Kou Ji pretended to be deaf and dumb, and did not dare to answer him.

When Kou Ji went down to rest, Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and let out a long sigh, "I have practiced martial arts for many years, but there is no place for it, it's sad and sad." ”