Can you tell me what the government is doing? ”

Kou Ji stared at Chen Lin and asked seriously.

"Poof......

Chen Lin just took a sip of the water in his mouth, and instantly squirted out, choking and coughing.

After a while, he regained his strength and glared at Kou Ji viciously.

Chen Lin wiped the water from the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said to Kou Ji angrily: "If others want to talk from our family's mouth, they will give a generous gift, and then talk from our family's mouth, you are good, open your mouth and ask directly, is the news of our family so cheap?" ”

Kou Ji said disapprenously: "If you refuse to say it, even if others offer mountains of gold and silver, don't want to put a word out of your mouth." If you are willing to say, even if others don't give you a penny, you will tell the truth.

So it doesn't matter if you give a generous gift or not, the important thing is that I ask you now, will you tell me? ”

Chen Lin glared at Kou Ji and snorted: "This matter is very important to the official family and the imperial court, and our family will not say a word." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he said thoughtfully: "It seems that the official family really has a way to deal with it, and you really know how the official family can deal with it." ”

When Chen Lin heard this, he instantly realized that he had fallen for Kou Ji's evil again, he pursed his lips, didn't say a word, and glared at Kou Ji viciously.

Seeing this, Kou Ji snorted and said, "Don't look at me like that, and don't think I'm talking to you." Even if you don't say it, you'll know sooner or later. If you say it now, I'll just know it for a while. ”

Chen Lin snorted and ignored Kou Ji.

Kou Ji sighed and said, "Let's talk about it, what other important tasks are entrusted to you by the official family." ”

Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "Our family just came here to deliver the decree." ”

Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin up and down, and said unhurriedly: "If it's just a decree, the official family will send you over?" You are the personal eunuch of the official family, not a cat or a dog. ”

"Can't the personal eunuch of the official family pass on the decree?"

Chen Lin said dissatisfiedly.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The personal eunuch of the official family can naturally pass on the decree, but the personal eunuch of the official family left the official family and ran thousands of miles away to pass the decree, if there is no important task, no one will believe it." ”

Chen Lin gritted her teeth and glared at Kou Ji.

Koji is really winged now.

In the past, how dare Kou Ji talk to him like this.

Chen Lin vaguely remembered that when Kou Ji was a teenager, he stayed in the East Palace, and under his intimidation, he was well-behaved like a mouse.

Today's Kou Ji is like a fierce tiger.

In front of Koji, he was like an old Ao dog.

"After you asked the imperial court to send 10,000 officials to Beijing, it aroused heated discussions among all the officials in the government and the opposition. Now the imperial court can't assign so many officials, so the official family and Lu Yijian discussed it with the three of them, wanting to implement military control in Liaodi outside the Guan.

Although the matter has been decided, the official family is not in a hurry to make an order.

The official family sent us over just to ask your opinion. ”

Although Chen Lin was gritted his teeth by Kou Jiqi, he did not hide it after Kou Ji guessed that he had another important responsibility.

"Military management?"

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "Military management is suitable for Liaotu, and if you are in military management, there are few officials needed." It's just that the number of soldiers and horses needed is very large.

Liaotu is not as good as Xingqing Mansion and other places.

There are still many people in Xingqing Mansion and other places who escaped from our Great Song Dynasty, and there are also many people who plundered from our Great Song Dynasty.

So there is a certain foundation there.

In addition to the prosperous places such as Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Shangjing City in the Great Wall, there are almost no Song people in other places, and the foundation of sinicization is very weak.

Some small tribes are entrenched, and there is almost no foundation for sinicization.

They believe only in the most primitive force, so they can only govern them and conquer them by the most primitive force.

Therefore, in the case of military management, the number of soldiers and horses must not be less. ”

Chen Lin muttered: "If you don't have military control, you don't need soldiers and horses?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Naturally, I need it, but the amount I need is not so much." ”

Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji with a puzzled expression.

Kou Ji sighed and explained, "If military control is implemented, it means that the imperial court will not send too many officials over, and it will not move people here in large numbers.

Therefore, before the people in this place are completely sinicized, there must be soldiers and horses to defend them.

If military control is not implemented, the imperial court will inevitably send many officials over, and some people will also be relocated.

With those people as the foundation, coupled with a huge number of officials, it is inevitable that every captive will be finely controlled.

In this way, the chances of the captives making trouble are laughing.

The imperial court only needs to set up some regular local soldiers and horses on the territory of Liaotu to deal with it, and there is no need to send more soldiers and horses. ”

To put it simply, if there are enough officials, they can control all aspects, and some troubles will be nipped in the bud before they are born.

If the number of officials is not enough to control all aspects, it can only be suppressed by the army.

A spring breeze and rain, a heavy hammer and a drum.

After listening to Kou Ji's story, Chen Lin also understood what Kou Ji meant, and he asked in a deep voice: "If the imperial court implements military management in Liaodi, how many soldiers and horses will it have to equip. ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "A government must be equipped with at least 30,000 local soldiers and horses. ”

Chen Lin frowned and said, "Isn't this no different from the equipment in the hinterland of my Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin and said angrily, "I haven't finished talking yet." ”

Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

Kou Ji continued: "In addition to the regular 30,000 local soldiers and horses, in the northeast, southeast, and northwest of Liaotu, three forbidden armies were also dispatched.

Externally, you can fight for thousands of miles, and internally, you can suppress the rebellious people. ”

Chen Lin raised his eyebrows, "Three forbidden armies? ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Chen Lin lowered his head and was silent.

The three forbidden armies are 150,000 soldiers and horses.

150,000 soldiers and horses with firearms in their hands, and 300,000 soldiers and horses with cold weapons in their hands, will not be left behind.

With 150,000 forbidden troops sitting on the border and guarding Liaodi, it can ensure that nothing goes wrong.

It's just 150,000 forbidden troops, plus local soldiers and horses in Liaodi, I'm afraid the number will exceed about 400,000.

The imperial court added 400,000 soldiers and horses, and the cost required was not always two.

It also has to start with a million dollars.

When all the 400,000 soldiers and horses are built, the cost of the imperial court will exceed 10 million yuan, which is easy.

After all, when the soldiers and horses were first built, some infrastructure costs were relatively large.

Starting from scratch is far more expensive than trading in the old for the new.

In addition, the imperial court has decided to implement Mongolian learning in Liaodi, which is a huge expense.

In two or three years, I am afraid that Liaodi will not be able to pay a penny of taxes to the imperial court.

Therefore, within two or three years, the imperial court needs to subsidize a large amount of money to Liaodi.

Although there is still a surplus in the treasury, it cannot afford to spend so much.

You must know that Zhao Zhen also wants to promote county school, government school, and national culture in the Great Song Dynasty.

The amount of money needed is naturally even greater.

The little money in the treasury is not enough.

Seeing that Chen Lin lowered his head and was silent, Kou Ji roughly guessed the concerns in Chen Lin's heart, and he spoke: "Actually, if the imperial court wants to set up a forbidden army in Liaodi, it only needs to set up two new ones. ”

Chen Lin raised his head and looked at Kou Ji in amazement, "You ...... just now"

Kou Ji said with a smile: "I said that I need three forbidden armies, but I didn't say that three new forbidden armies are needed. Now that the sixteen states of Yanyun have been recovered, there is no need for the two stoppers and two yongs to keep guarding the front line of Yanmen Pass.

Of the four forbidden armies, one can be stationed in the Daimyo's Mansion, one can be dispatched to Datong Prefecture, and one can be dispatched to Juyongguan or Shanhaiguan.

The remaining one can be dispatched to Liaodi.

Therefore, it is enough for the imperial court to set up two new forbidden armies. ”

Chen Lin hesitated for a moment and said frankly: "Even if it is a forbidden army, the imperial court may not be able to afford it. Previously, the local soldiers returned to their hometowns, and the imperial court issued a part of the rewards, which cost a lot of money.

When you conquer the Liao Kingdom, the reward you need at that time is probably a shocking number.

The imperial court has issued your rewards, and then built local soldiers and horses and Mongolian schools on the vast land, and the treasury is probably empty. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he fell into Chen Lin.

Chen Lin's words are not alarmist, but a fact.

This time, the forbidden army fought three major battles in the strict sense.

The first is the battle to defend the river.

The second is the battle for Yanyun.

The third is the battle to destroy the Liao State.

Although the great war to destroy the Liao State is still underway, its outcome can already be predicted.

Under the attack of the strong soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, the chances of the Liao State turning over are not great.

Three earth-shattering battles.

There are countless heroes who have been born.

At that time, the duke may have dozens, the marquis must have hundreds, and the earls may have more than a thousand.

With such a large meritorious group, if the imperial court wants to reward it, it will have to spend a lot of money.

Not to mention anything else, just to give a house, you have to prepare a thousand.

The house cannot be given casually, it must be the house of Bianjing City, and a house of a considerable scale must be given according to its title.

It is well known how expensive the land price in Bianjing City is.

Dozens of dukes' mansions were given, and tens of millions of guan went out.

The mansions of other marquis and earls add up, and I am afraid that they will have to be tens of millions.

If the imperial court did not have the corresponding reserves, it would have to spend money to sell them from the people.

After all, the Zhao and Song royal families are still very kind to the people, and it is absolutely impossible to take advantage of the people.

Therefore, after the Zhao Song royal family rewarded the house they had hoarded, they had to ask the people to buy it.

Today's land prices and housing prices in Bianjing City are not ordinarily high.

If the imperial court buys a house, I am afraid it will cost more.

Therefore, after all the meritorious heroes have been rewarded, I am afraid that seventy or eighty percent of the money left in the treasury will be consumed.

So Chen Lin's worries are not unreasonable.

Who made Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng not fight, and they didn't win the battle, which led to Zhao Zhen's hands, and the reward for winning the battle rose linearly.

The starting point of the reward is too high.

Now that the military ministers have established world-class feats, the cost is naturally large.

Seeing that Kou Ji was silent, Chen Lin stared at Kou Ji with a somewhat bitter face and said, "Obviously, my Great Song Dynasty is now unprecedentedly strong, why did I become so poor?"

Could it be that my Great Song Dynasty is now the kind of reckless military force that people often say? ”

Kou Ji raised his head, glanced at Chen Lin, and said lightly: "You think a little too much." My Great Song has become stronger, there is no doubt about it. There is no doubt that my Great Song is richer than before.

The money in the treasury is not enough, not because I am reckless in the Song Dynasty.

It's because we want to make Da Song better, so we need more financial support.

It's like a person, when he is poor, he only has one acre and three points of land, and he eats one meal a day and is satisfied with a piece of tile to cover his body.

When he became rich, he would have to live a better life, so he would have to sell land, build a large house, and wear silk and satin.

Doesn't it cost any money? ”

When Chen Lin heard Kou Ji's words, he felt a little better, he stared at Kou Ji and asked, "So I'm selling land, building a big house, and tearing cloth to prepare to make silk and satin?" ”

Kou Ji nodded, pointed to the soil at the foot of the mountain, and said, "After my Great Song Dynasty has thoroughly digested this place, it will be time for my Great Song Dynasty to harvest."

By that time, how rich and rich I will be in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Hearing this, Chen Lin stared at the vast land that Kou Ji was referring to, and nodded firmly.

Kou Ji asked without a trace, "Why does the official keep his private money?" ”

"Sealing ......"

Chen Lin subconsciously opened his mouth, just said a word, immediately closed his mouth, and then glared at Kou Ji viciously.

"The private money of the official family was spent when I was fighting Yanyun."

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "When I was fighting against Yanyun, I didn't even spend the money in the sealing warehouse, so how could I use the money from the official family."

If my speculation is correct, the current private money of the official family is probably calculated in tens of thousands. ”

Others don't know if Zhao Zhen is rich, but Kou Ji knows it clearly.

Aside from the Great Song Dynasty inherited by Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen has obtained money from his accession to the throne to the present, which has made Zhao Zhen the richest man in the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen is now holding a word Jiaozi shop, and he can get a very large number of dividends every year.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji cooperate in several businesses, each of which is a daily income, and it can also provide Zhao Zhen with a large amount of income every year.

In addition, the people of Wu Desi have quietly excavated gold, silver and copper for Zhao Zhen in the mountains in the southwest for ten years, and the money they helped Zhao Zhen get back is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Not only that, but now the largest and largest trader transporting ivory, spices, gemstones, jade and other things to and from the southwest is backed by Zhao Zhen.

Also, Liu Heng led the soldiers and horses to the Wa Kingdom to grab a large ticket, in addition to helping Zhao Zhen dig a silver mountain, he also quietly transported some captured gold, silver and jewelry from the Wa Kingdom to Zhao Zhen.

When others get rich, they use their brains to make money.

Zhao Zhen is different, if he sees that place is rich, he will directly and secretly send soldiers and horses all the way over, and use the most arrogant posture to rob people cleanly.

In this way, the wealth in Zhao Zhen's hands is not growing exponentially.

Zhao Zhen's food and clothing are all allocated from the treasury, and he doesn't need to use the private treasury, so his money can only go in and out.

Over the years, it has been accumulated in tens of thousands.

Zhao Zhen originally saved up this money to fight the Liao State.

It's just that before he could ruthlessly fight a war of attrition with Liao, Liaoguo was defeated.

Naturally, his money was useless.

Chen Lin was exposed by Kou Ji's lies, pursed her lips and did not speak.

Kou Ji said lightly: "The entire Great Song Dynasty belongs to the official family, and the official family gives an order, do you want anything?" There's no need to save that much.

You go back and talk to the official family, and let him take out the money generously and use it for the construction of Liaotu.

With the money of the official family, it will be much easier for us to digest the soil. ”

Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "I'm afraid that the wealth of your Kou Mansion is already rich enough to rival the country, why don't you see you take out the money of Kou Mansion generously?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "The little property in my Kou Mansion can't compare to the official family, and it can't compare to the Cao family." Besides, if I really want to donate my family wealth, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will not agree. ”

Zhao Zhen is now the richest man in the Great Song Dynasty.

The Cao family was the second richest man in the Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji was the third richest man in the Great Song Dynasty.

Although Kou Ji has a way to collect money, he can't make money like Zhao Zhen, and he can't just go in and out like Zhao Zhen.

Although the speed at which the Cao family accumulates wealth is not as fast as Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, they are official eunuchs and families, and the accumulation of hundreds of years is far from comparable to the accumulation of Kou Ji in more than ten years.

If Kou Ji gave away all his family wealth generously, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military would naturally not agree.

With Kou Ji's current status, if he generously donated all his family wealth, then the other ministers of civil and military affairs would also have to vomit some of their blood.

The most important thing is that Kou Ji is suspected of buying people's hearts by helping the public with his own interests.

Kou Ji's current identity, status, and merits have already made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military frightened and unable to sleep.

If he buys people's hearts again, then the Manchu civil and military forces will probably be scared to death.

Chen Lin couldn't say anything about Kou Ji, so he could only glare at Kou Ji and said, "The official's money is useful." ”

Kou Ji sighed: "Money, only moving is money." If it doesn't move, it's a batch of scrap copper. The official family holds a word Jiaozi shop in his hand, and he should understand this truth.

Besides, spending money on Liaotu is also for the sake of the official family's country, and it is also for the official family to make more money in the future.

If you are willing to give up, you will get if you are willing to give up. ”

Chen Lin snorted and said, "You can tell the official family yourself, and our family will not help you spread the word." ”

Kou Ji let out a long sigh and asked, "How does the official family plan to make the king?" ”

Chen Lin rolled her eyes and said, "Naturally, it is sealed with a holy decree!" If you still want to trap our family, do we look so stupid?! ”

Kou Ji pouted and said, "I have your words?" I'm asking openly. ”

Chen Lin snorted coldly and gave Kou Ji a 'our family has seen through you' look.

Kou Ji coughed dryly and said, "Then I won't ask." ”

After saying this, Kou Ji muttered: "Did the official family give you any important tasks?" ”

Chen Lin nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin.

Chen Lin said decisively: "The official family said that he promised to let Yelu Zongzhen have a way to live, on the condition that he left the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and returned to Liaotu, he would not be called the emperor.

Nowadays, in the whole world, except for the official family, no one is qualified to be the emperor.

It's just that Yelu Zongzhen obviously didn't take the official's words seriously, and after he returned to Shangjing, he immediately ascended the throne and became the emperor.

The official said, after you break through the capital, let our family take off his head and bring it back. ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "When did the official family become so domineering?" ”

Chen Lin said dissatisfiedly: "The official family has always been very domineering. ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "If you want Yelu Sect's real head, then I'm afraid you'll have to wait until next year." Not this year, it's almost winter, and the weather in the north is cold, maybe there will be a heavy snowfall in the next few days, blocking all the roads.

At that time, even if we have three heads and six arms, we will not be able to take the real head of Yelu Zong. ”

It's cold in the north, and the farther north you go, the colder it gets.

The farther north you go, the earlier winter begins.

In the poem, it is said that 'Hutian will snow in August', although it will not snow in August.

However, snow falls around October, which is a common occurrence.

It's the end of October.

Kou Ji and the others live on a cliff and already need to be wrapped in sheepskin jackets.

If there was a sudden heavy snowfall here, Kou Ji would not be surprised at all.

Once the heavy snow closed the road, the war in the Liao land completely stopped.

"Next year, next year, our family can afford to wait!"

Chen Lin snorted.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "It's good to wait." ”

Speaking of this, Kou Ji stared at Chen Lin and said, "Since you are here, and you plan to stay here until next year, then let the people under your command move and go to the capital to help me see the movement." ”

Chen Lin frowned slightly, "Isn't the Wude Division spy hidden in Liao Di under your control now?" ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "It's been three days since I arrived here, and they haven't sent any news back, I'm afraid they are trapped in Shangjing."

It's okay for the scouts to spy on the army, but it's a bit worse to spy on the intelligence.

You send your people to take a look, and see if you can contact the spies in Shangjing and send back specific news in Shangjing. ”

Chen Lin hesitated for a moment and said, "Our family will order us to go down in the evening." ”

Kou Ji pouted and said, "Isn't it possible now?" ”

Chen Lin said unceremoniously: "What kind of people in our family can't let you see." ”

"Who is rare......

Kou Ji said disdainfully, leaving Chen Lin alone in the tent, he stepped out of the tent.

As soon as I got out of the tent, I heard the faint sound of horses' hooves.

Chen Lin came out almost the moment Kou Ji appeared outside the tent, he stared at the north and said in a deep voice, "There is an enemy?!" ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "It should be the coalition of seven departments, including the Ayan Department and the Tuoba Department." They had previously decided to recapture places such as Jingnan Province and Jingdong Province in Liaoguo.

Now that the road is about to be closed by heavy snow, they naturally have to rush back to Jingnan Road and Jingdong Road as soon as possible.

I thought they would give us an extra day.

Now it seems that the other party is not willing to give more for a day. ”

Just as Kou Ji was speaking, Chong Shiheng had already ridden his horse up the mountain, and when he was close to Kou Ji and Chen Lin, Chong Shiheng jumped off the horse and said to Kou Ji in a deep voice: "The soldiers we sent out to bury mines have only been out for half a day. I'm afraid there aren't many mines. Even if the enemy stepped on it, there would not be too many casualties.

I am afraid that our idea of using ground fire and mines to stop the enemy will be shattered.

Then we may have an uphill battle to fight. ”

Kou Ji nodded solemnly.

Chong Shiheng asked, "Do you want to inform Di Qing?!" ”

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