Li Di was worried about the situation in the border areas of the Great Song Dynasty, but Kou Ji was not worried at all.

Kou Ji was very sure that before Zhu Neng and the others got the firearms, they would definitely not have the intention of violating the Great Song Dynasty.

Because they have seen the power of firearms, and they also know how powerless the soldiers with cold weapons are in front of the soldiers with firearms.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to send someone to send them to death, let alone send someone to touch Koji's brow.

Kou Ji comforted Li Di and said, "It's impossible for them to have a different heart for my Great Song in a short period of time, so you don't have to worry." What I am doing with the official family now, you can probably see a thing or two.

You should understand that the official family and I will not use troops in the short term.

When the officials and I have done everything we need to do, we will naturally increase our troops to the north, west, and southwest. ”

Li Di hurriedly said: "The old man didn't let you and the official family increase the troops now, the old man just told the old man and the official family about his worries, so that you and the official family could be on guard, so as not to raise tigers." ”

Kou Ji nodded and said: "With Western Xia as a lesson, the official family and I naturally know the disadvantages of raising tigers. ”

Li Di nodded and said: "It's good for you and the official family to remember this matter, there is one more thing that the old man has to tell you and the official family, now Zhu Neng, Gao Weizhao, Li Zhaoliang, and even Yuanshan are quietly stealing the people of my Great Song Dynasty."

The old man in the southwest didn't know, but the old man guessed that the lord of the Eastern Tianzhu Kingdom, who had seen the diligence of the people of my Great Song Dynasty, would definitely be worried about my people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Kou Ji frowned slightly, "How to steal?" Forced grabbing? ”

At the mention of 'forcible seizure', Kou Ji's tone was obviously a little cold.

Li Di shook his head and said: "There is no forcible seizure, but there are many people who lure them with profit. From the middle of last year to now, more than 200 people in Hexi have fled from Hexi under their lure.

The old man sent someone to investigate, and found that they lured the people of my Great Song Dynasty to use it as a stallion in the future.

A man from the Great Song Dynasty married sixteen women of different races.

After the Great Song man went to their rule, he didn't have to do anything.

You just need to talk to those interracial women.

Those alien women not only had to follow them, but they also had to farm to support their families.

As long as those alien women give birth to a child with my Great Song Dynasty man, they can get a full twenty acres of fertile land. ”

After listening to Li Di's words, Kou Ji's face darkened.

This method used by Zhu Neng and others is unknown to others, but Kou Ji knows.

This is obviously the same set of rules as the original Cochin.

Now, in order to expand the number of Song people under their hands, they actually took out the original Jiaozhi set and used it.

Not only that, but he also used the method of Kou Ji rewarding land and property in the Great Song Dynasty to motivate the people.

Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Aren't they afraid of raising those men of the Great Song Dynasty into lazy men?" ”

Li Di smiled bitterly and said: "The blame is that the people of my Great Song Dynasty are diligent, Zhu Neng and others don't let them work, so they start a business with the meager business skills they learned in Hexi."

They don't become lazy people, they just become businessmen. ”

Kou Ji deduced from Li Di's words, "As time goes by, there will be more and more of their heirs, and they will become richer and richer." Not only do they have money, but they also have land.

Eventually, they will occupy all the cities, and they will also occupy a large amount of fertile land.

As long as Zhu Neng and others set up a society in the city, they could cultivate countless officials and generals.

When the officials and generals they cultivated took control of the authority, the Song people would become superior.

They will be able to firmly hold the territory under their hands with the hands of the Song people.

If they were more ruthless, while expanding the Song people's ethnic group, they would also eliminate those aliens through war, maybe a hundred years later, only the Song people would be left in the land they occupied. ”

Li Di nodded heavily.

Kou Ji said faintly: "Now the Song people in their hands are far from enough, they need more Song people......

Li Di said with a heavy face: "Yes, if they want the Song people to dominate the West, two hundred people are simply not enough, two million, or even twenty million, to barely satisfy their appetite." ”

Kou Ji groaned, "They treat the Song people so well, aren't they afraid of the backlash of the aliens?" ”

Li Di said in a deep voice: "As far as the old man knows, all the elites in their hands are Song people. Equipped with sophisticated armor and armed with powerful weapons.

The alien servant army they had recruited had nothing but leather armor and a sword.

There are no war horses.

Everywhere they went, they filled all the local men into the servant army, and drove the servant army into battle, leaving only the women and children under the age of six. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Once the number of servant troops is too large, it will be a storm to resist, what will they carry?" ”

Li Di shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Kou Ji thought about it for a moment, and probably guessed how they would deal with the counterattack of the servant army.

Cao Yong and Yuan Shan left the Great Song Dynasty for the longest time.

When Cao Yong was in Leizhou and Jiaozhi, he did not gather the fugitives and prisoners of the Great Song Dynasty, as well as the people of the Great Song Dynasty who were adrift at sea, or emigrated to the villages on isolated islands overseas.

The descendants of the group of prisoners he first recruited in Leizhou may have grown into young men now.

Therefore, the number of Song people in his hands is very large.

It should be able to make up a force of 60,000 or 70,000 Song soldiers.

Yuanshan was good at management, and after he accepted Zhu Neng's old ministry and the people sent by Kou Ji, the number of Song people under his command reached 100,000.

After more than ten years of reproduction, it should be able to make up a 100,000-strong Song army.

On the contrary, Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng are weaker, and there are not many people who are brought out by the two, and the two of them together should be able to make up an army of 10,000 Song people.

If the four of them form an alliance, they will be able to put together a force of 1780,000 Song soldiers and horses.

The 178,000 well-armed Song soldiers and horses, under the guidance of four famous generals, were still easy to deal with a rabble several times their size.

As long as they can effectively control the number of servants, and do not let the number of servants exceed the danger line, they can always press the servant army to fight for them.

More importantly, in addition to controlling the number of servants, they only need to kill the nobles first, leaving only the commoners and slaves, and treat the commoners and slaves better than the nobles.

Even if those servants were tricked into sending them to death, there was a good chance that they would not resist.

Most of the states in the West today are damn slave societies.

Those nobles and slave owners treated slaves far more cruelly than the common people of the Great Song Dynasty treated prisoners.

In other words, Zhu Neng and others treated those slaves as prisoners of the Great Song Dynasty.

It is very likely that those slaves will treat Zhu Neng and the others as heroes.

"The slave society is really likely to be cheaper than Zhu Neng's group of people......"

Kou Ji couldn't help but mutter.

Li Di looked at Kou Ji in amazement, "What slave society ......?"

Kou Ji sighed and said, "Most of the countries in the West today still pursue the slavery system that was even more brutal than the pre-Qin period in China.

Under the tutelage of the Western aristocracy, slaves were highly loyal.

Whip them twice and give them a cookcake, and that is the benevolent slave owner. ”

Li Di looked stunned, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

"I ...... My Great Song Dynasty is not whipped now......"

Kou Ji cried and laughed: "Yes, it's worse than my Great Song Dynasty's crimes, but my loyalty is higher than my Great Song Dynasty's crimes." ”

Li Di said in astonishment: "No wonder Zhu Neng and others want to lure the people over from my Great Song Dynasty." The kind of person who is servile to the marrow will not be able to stand up at all if he does not train three or five generations.

As long as the people of the Great Song Dynasty are literate and literate, they can immediately stand upright. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Li Di's face sank and said, "But in this way, wouldn't the people of my Great Song Dynasty be more dangerous." The people of my Great Song Dynasty, and my Great Song Dynasty themselves are not enough, how can I let them abduct them. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "This matter is not easy to stop, after all, it is impossible for my Great Song Dynasty to cast a Great Wall that encircles all the territories of my Great Song Dynasty.

So as long as someone is tempted, they will definitely find a way to escape. ”

Li Di said in a deep voice: "Then warn them, otherwise my Great Song is likely to suffer a heavy blow because of this." ”

Kou Ji sighed with emotion: "They are now far away from the emperor, and the deterrence has no effect at all. Unless I can lead hundreds of thousands of troops to kill them in front of them and scare them myself. ”

Li Di gritted his teeth and said, "Then the old man went to them in person and said." ”

Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "No need...... When you go, they'll hold you high, but they'll still dig when it's time to dig people.

It's better to be blocked than to be sparse. ”

Li Di looked at Kou Ji and asked, "What do you want to do?" Send my Song people to them as stallions? Help them sit big? ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "It's not enough to help them sit big." But it is still feasible to help them strengthen the ethnic group of the Song people. ”

Li Di frowned and said, "Isn't that helping them sit big?" ”

Kou Ji pouted and said, "When I was about to die, I personally led the troops over to break their backbones, right?" ”

Li Di pursed his lips and did not speak.

Kou Ji said bluntly: "The place they occupy has countless gold and silver, and they are willing to give up gold and silver, we can't stop them forever."

The longer we block, the more harmful it will be when we open the portal.

So we should help them strengthen the Song people, and then teach them the sages and sages. ”

Li Di interjected: "Don't teach the art of war strategy? ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Not bad! The art of war and strategy are not taught. ”

Li Di stared at Kou Ji and said, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Let them pay for it, and ask my scholars from the Great Song Dynasty to help them teach and educate people." Expand the business dealings of our Great Song Dynasty with them in their territory.

Every year, there should be 100,000 businessmen who travel back and forth between the Great Song Dynasty and their territory.

Businessmen don't get attached to the West, so they can come back if they go.

The only thing that can be left is the Song people born to them and those alien women.

In this way, Zhu Neng and others had to spend twenty years cultivating those newly born Song people.

When the newly born Song people completely helped them build a court framework, it would take another twenty years.

Two or twenty years later, Zhu Neng and others may have already become a handful of loess.

Even if their heirs are ambitious, their eyes will be on the more Western, not on the Song Dynasty.

If they have a different heart, and I am still alive, I will lead my troops to beat them.

If I were already dead, the successors of the Great Song would also send troops to beat them.

Because I and the official family will leave an unimaginably rich family foundation to the successor. ”

Li Di pursed his lips and wanted to speak, but he didn't say.

Kou Ji saw Li Di's thoughts, and said to Li Di faintly: "None of us can guarantee that the rivers and mountains of the Great Song Dynasty can be passed down from generation to generation.

But we can support Zhu Neng and others, so that my Song people can always be high.

Even if there is a shocking war in the future, it will be my Song people who fight the Song people, not the aliens who fight my Song people. ”

Li Di stared at Kou Ji with his mouth open, and said in disbelief: "It's hard for the old man to understand your words. But there is one sentence that the old man agrees with, that is, it is better for the Song people to beat the Song people than for the aliens to beat the Song people.

It's too big, you can do it.

Anyway, the old man can't see that day, the old man is now nine out of sixty, and he doesn't know how many years he can live.

Surely you can't see what you're talking about.

The old man only needs to confirm that decades after the old man's death, the Great Song Dynasty can be safe and sound.

The old man doesn't have that much ability, and he doesn't dare to have such extravagant hopes. ”

Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said, "I don't necessarily see it. ”

Li Di said solemnly to Kou Ji: "The old man doesn't care about this, the old man only has one thing to tell you." That is, no matter who takes over the old man's position in Hexi in the future, he must stick to the matter of controlling sand in Hexi to the end.

The wild sand has taken away too much fertile land from my Great Song Dynasty.

If left unchecked, one day it will swallow up most of Hexi, or even more.

Therefore, we must treat him, and it is best to turn all the wild sand in Hexi, and even Yanshan Mansion and other places, into fertile land. ”

Speaking of this, Li Di said with some sadness: "One more acre of fertile land, one less person will starve to death in my Great Song Dynasty." One less acre of fertile land, one more person will starve to death in my Great Song Dynasty.

It will take more than ten years to see a little bit of success in the control of the wild sand.

But it only takes a moment for it to devour the fertile land. ”

Kou Ji bowed his hand to Li Di and said, "The kid understands ......."

Li Di shook his head and said: "The old man has been worried about the affairs of the Western Regions for more than half a year, and he has traveled thousands of miles to Bianjing City to solve this trouble.

But after talking to you, the old man found out that the old man was too worried. ”

Kou Ji Zhengse said: "Your merits will be remembered by future generations." ”

Li Di shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The old man doesn't want them to remember the old man, the old man only hopes that they will lose a little bit." It is not easy to pass on this family intermittently. Underneath every inch, there are piles of white bones. ”

When Kou Ji heard Li Di's words, he also became sad.

Li Di didn't know the history after the Great Song Dynasty, but Kou Ji did.

This family was almost defeated.

In order for it to be passed on, more bones and more blood and tears will be buried underground.

There is no end.

"Don't say these unpleasant things. Let your wife prepare some delicious food and drink for the old man. Then prepare more than a dozen cars of good things in Bianjing City for the old man, and the old man will take them with him when he goes back. ”

After Li Di cleared the sadness in his heart, he spoke very loudly.

Kou Ji was not stingy, and said with a smile: "How can a dozen cars be enough." In the future, I will send someone to send you a dozen cars every year. ”

Li Di pointed at Kou Ji's nose and scolded with a smile: "Big dog! ”

Kou Ji responded with a smile: "You don't dare to eat other big households." ”

Li Di nodded approvingly: "Other big households are all people's fat and people's ointment, and the old man eats his teeth." As far as you kid is a big family, he is clean, he never stretches out his hand to the people, and the old man eats without stuffing his teeth. ”

Kou Ji laughed, and immediately ordered the steward to find Xiang Yan and ask Xiang Yan to prepare some good things for Li Di in Bianjing City.

Li Di was not polite, and stayed in the bamboo courtyard to eat and drink for three days.

It wasn't until Zhao Zhen found the door that he stopped.

Li Di entered the palace at the invitation of Zhao Zhen, and Kou Ji also entered the palace.

Li Di told Zhao Zhen about his worries.

Kou Ji also told Zhao Zhen his solution.

Li Di and Kou Ji had a very tacit understanding and did not say some rebellious words.

After listening to the two of them, Zhao Zhen felt that the solution proposed by Kou Ji was good, so he adopted it.

After chatting about business, Zhao Zhen invited Li Di to eat and drink in the palace for three days.

For three days, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji didn't do anything, just accompanied Li Di to eat and drink.

Three days later.

Li Di took the things looted from the palace and the things looted from the Kou Mansion, refused Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji's retention, and resolutely embarked on the road back to Hexi.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen sent Li Di out of the territory of Kaifeng Mansion before parting ways with Li Di.

Seeing Li Di sitting on the ox cart, bending over, with an old back, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "The old ministers on the four sides are all the pillars of my Great Song Dynasty."

With them helping me to sit on the border, if I still can't govern the Great Song Dynasty, it will be my sin. ”

Kou Ji said faintly: "After they die, I will make a biography for them, and you will compose a preface for them, so that future generations will always remember their merits." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded solemnly and said, "I still have to erect a monument for them......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen suddenly couldn't say any more.

Kou Ji was also in no mood to speak.

After a long time, Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said: "They have always been helping me do things, but there are very few things I can do for them......"

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were full of emotion.

rode back to Bianjing.

……

The 16th National Congress of the first month.

After the carnival on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, everyone in Bianjing City had a trace of joy on their faces.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military standing on the vertical arch hall also had a hint of joy on their faces.

Zhao Zhengao sat in the middle of the main hall, facing the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and said lightly: "Chen Aiqing, you begging bones are sparse, I have ...... it."

As soon as these words came out, the smile on the faces of the civil and military forces in the hall froze.

Without waiting for them to react, they saw Chen Yaozuo laughing and leaving the train, and saluted Zhao Zhen respectfully, "Since November last year to now, the old minister has been on the sixteenth to the sixteenth year.

The official family was finally willing to let the old minister go, and let the old minister go back to the house to tease his grandson and share the family.

The old minister thanked the official family for their love. ”

After Chen Yaozuo said this, he already knelt on the ground, waiting for the eunuch to take off his official hat.

Chen Lin got down the imperial steps, slowly walked in front of Chen Yaozuo, bowed, and took off Chen Yaozuo's official hat with both hands.

Chen Yaozuo got up, and after bowing to Zhao Zhen three times, he shouted, "Minister Chen Yaozuo knocks to thank the official's family......"

After Chen Yaozuo shouted, he laughed and saluted.

Zhao Zhen got up slowly and watched Chen Yaozuo leave the Vertical Arch Palace.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty bowed to Chen Yaozuo's back.

After the Manchu Dynasty civil and military re-established, Wang Deyong, a member of the Privy Council, suddenly stood outside the train and asked: "Old minister Wang Deyong, please transfer to Liaodi, replace Di Qing, and wish to Yongzhen Liaodong." ”

Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned, obviously not talking about Wang Deyong's sudden appearance to ask for this matter.

Zhao Zhen stared at Wang Deyong and asked solemnly, "What does Aiqing mean by this?" ”

Wang Deyong said with a smile: "Li Di Zhen Hexi, Wang Sui Town Yanshan, Cai Qi Town Jiaozhi, Zhang Zhibai Town Liaodi." All of them have gained great fame.

The old minister is not talented, and he is willing to compete with them for fame.

Lao Chen didn't want to look at Wenchen in front of him.

I don't want the people to think that only Wenchen has the backbone. ”

Zhao Zhen stared at Wang Deyong with a solemn face, without words.

Wang Deyong immediately knelt on the ground, hugged his fists and said: "Please complete the official family!" ”

Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "It seems that you have made up your mind?" ”

Wang Deyong said again: "Please make the official family complete!" ”

Zhao Zhen lamented: "That's it, you just go to Liaodong." Take a good look at Liaodi for me, if there is a disobedience, you can cut it first and then play. ”

Wang Deyong raised his head, hugged his fists and said: "Old minister Wang Deyong obeys the order!" ”

After saying this, Wang Deyong got up and laughed at the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu: "What? Chen Yaozuo left the court, you all gave it to each other, and when the old man left the court, you just stared at it with wide eyes, do you think the old man is not as good as Chen Yaozuo? ”

Kou Ji took the lead in bowing to Wang Deyong, and other civil and military officials followed suit.

Wang Deyong also laughed and left the vertical arch hall.

Zhao Zhen got up and watched.

After Wang Deyong left, there was no joy in the civil and military affairs in the hall.

Among the only two old ministers left in the court, Chen Yaozhi's face was as usual.

Song Yi was very embarrassed.

Obviously, no one looked at him, but he always felt that the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty were all on him, and he felt uncomfortable.

If he is in the position of Kou Ji, he can be as stable as Mount Tai.

But he was in Shangshu's position, so he was very embarrassed.

Zhao Zhen didn't care about Song Qi's reaction, he said lightly: "Yang Aiqing......"

Yang Wenguang came out of the class and said: "The minister is in the ......"

Zhao Zhen said: "Since Wang Aiqing has decided to go to Liaodi to replace Di Qing, then the Privy Council will go to the clerk to send Di Qing back, and I will then send the will together." ”

Yang Wenguang said respectfully: "......"

Zhao Zhen waited until Yang Wenguang returned to the train, and continued: "I am ready to promote Ouyang Xiu and Ouyang Aiqing to be the middle of the imperial history, what do you think Aiqing thinks?" ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty bowed in unison and said: "The ministers have no objection......

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "In this way, Fan Aiqing will be appointed as the middle of the imperial history." ”

Ouyang Xiu came out of class, "Minister Ouyang Xiu thanks the official family......"

Zhao Zhen waited for Ouyang Xiu to return to the train, and slowly spoke, "I am going to merge the Great Song Qianzhuang into the household department, which will be under the jurisdiction of the household department.

Let's discuss it. ”

Hanyang, the head of the household, almost jumped up with joy.

Da Song Qian Zhuang immediately saved a large amount of money in Da Song.

If the household department gets the Great Song Qianzhuang, it will be able to steadily press on the heads of the other five departments.