Chong Shiheng and Zhu Neng colluded, singing and harmonizing, not only depriving Li Zhaoliang of the right to participate in the Dali war, but even depriving Li Zhaoliang of his intention to participate in other foreign wars.

Li Zhaoliang is naturally angry.

Li Zhaoliang shouted to Zhao Zhen in a deep voice: "The three generations of the official family and the minister's family have fought for the country, and I dare not say that they have made great contributions, but they have also made great achievements. The minister has studied the art of war since he was a child and practiced martial arts diligently, in order to help me expand the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Now, the minister is in charge of the military department, but he can't participate in the foreign war of our Great Song Dynasty, and the minister is very unwilling.

The minister is willing to die for the official family, and asks the official family to give the minister a chance. ”

Li Zhaoliang was in a hurry, and moved out of his grandfather's three generations to talk about things, and Chong Shiheng and Zhu Neng opened their mouths, but they couldn't say anything.

Li Zhaoliang's grandfather was Li Chuyun, the founder of the Great Song Dynasty, and was posthumously named King of Feng after his death.

Li Zhaoliang's father is Li Jilong, a general of the Batu Dynasty, a generation of famous generals, ranked in the Zhaoxun Chongde Pavilion.

Chong Shiheng still has a family background and a Confucian uncle.

Zhu Nengzu is not a capable person.

Compared with their family background, the two of them can't compare to Li Zhaoliang.

Zhao Zhen heard Li Zhaoliang's words, and his face became a little solemn, "The three generations of the Li family are all the ministers of my Great Song Dynasty, how can I forget it." At present, the matter of the use of troops by Dali in the Great Song Dynasty is still being discussed, and it has not been decided. ”

Zhao Zhen's eyes fell on the three of them, and said solemnly: "The three Aiqing are loyal, I feel it." After I and the fourth brother discussed how to use troops against Dali, it was not too late for the three Aiqing to compete for the position of commander. ”

When the three of them heard this, they bowed to Zhao Zhen and no longer competed for the position of crusading against Dali.

Seeing this, Kou Ji said with a smile: "Official, this time my Great Song Dynasty used troops against Dali, and it must be one of the three of them who is in charge. It's better to leave the matter of how to use troops against Dali to the three of them.

It was up to the three of them to decide how to use troops against Dali, and then write down their strategy and report it to the Privy Council.

When the time comes, the ministers and officials can choose a well-planned person to take charge.

In this way, the ministers and officials also saved a trouble.

The three of them will also deduce a war against Dali in advance.

This is a very beneficial thing for those among them who will crusade against Dali in the future. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and the three of them were also stunned.

Only Lu Yijian and the others pinched their beards and nodded very approvingly.

The talents of Chong Shiheng, Zhu Neng, and Li Zhaoliang have all been verified on the battlefield.

So let them prepare a strategy in advance, and there will be no such thing as talking on paper.

Three people, three kinds of plans, there must be strengths and weaknesses, if you learn from each other, maybe you can work out a better strategy.

Although the battle situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, you need to be improvised.

But it's better to be prepared than to be prepared.

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a moment and understood the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.

Immediately, Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Fourth brother is reasonable......

Zhao Zhen looked at the three of them: "One of you prepares a strategy and sends it to the Privy Council." Whoever can impress me and the fourth brother at the same time, then I will appoint whoever is in charge.

It's up to each of you to do it.

In the middle, it can also save you time to quarrel, and it can also prevent you from arguing with real anger and hurting the peace. ”

When Chong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang heard this, they almost did not hesitate to give up their hands and answered: "The minister obeys the order......

Zhu Neng showed a bitter gourd face, and hesitated where to stand.

Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhu Neng and said, "Zhu Aiqing has a problem?" ”

Zhu Neng said with a bitter face: "Although the minister is literate, he is not good at writing and ink. Although there are a few staff members in the house, they are more than a star and a half worse than the two of them.

The minister felt that this matter was unfair to the minister. ”

Zhao Zhen pursed his lips, "If the pen and ink are not fine, then go find a few people who are good in pen and ink to help you." You are responsible for dictating, and others will write for you, and I will recognize it. ”

Zhao Zhen's words were all said about this, and Zhu Neng had no choice but to shirk it, so he could only agree angrily.

The reason why he hesitated and refused to agree to this matter.

But it's not just because of the lack of pen and ink.

The main reason is to compare the two of them, Chong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang, who do not have an advantage in this matter.

Chong Shiheng was born as a literati, and he danced and wrote, which was his strength.

Li Zhaoliang's family is rich, and his family has accumulated countless capable people and righteous people for three generations, who can help him come up with many ideas.

Zhu Neng has also recruited some people in recent years, but the quality is not high.

So it's not as good as others.

After Zhao Zhen decided on this matter, he didn't say anything more.

Everyone left the Mengxue in Beiyu Street together and went to several other Mengxue to inspect it.

Then he returned to the palace and discussed some minor problems that arose in the promotion of Mongolian studies.

After discussion, a solution was proposed.

Zhao Zhen announced, and everyone left the palace one after another and went back to their homes.

Kou Ji got out of the palace, got into a carriage, swayed across the royal street, and was stopped when he passed by the Jinshui River.

It was Zhu Neng who stopped Kou Ji.

Zhu Neng sat on horseback, standing in the middle of the avenue like a crab, and Kou Ji's carriage was difficult to pass.

Kou Ji got out of the carriage, glanced at Zhu Neng, and said, "Looking for me?" ”

Zhu Neng nodded solemnly.

Kou Ji glanced left and right and said, "This is not a place to talk, find a place where you can talk." ”

Zhu Neng pondered for a moment and said, "Go to the west of the city, I have a courtyard in the west of the city." ”

After saying this, Zhu Neng rode his horse to lead the way, and Kou Ji got into the carriage and followed Zhu Neng all the way to the west of the city.

Zhu Neng's courtyard in the west of the city is not large, and it is only the size of more than ten acres of land.

The interior is exquisitely furnished.

It's just that Zhu Neng obviously doesn't know how to appreciate, he rode his horse all the way into the courtyard, and the horse's hooves trampled on some precious flowers and plants, and he was indifferent.

Arrived in the annex courtyard.

Zhu Neng invited Kou Ji to sit down and ordered someone to serve a table of wine and food.

Then he took the wine glass and said to Kou Ji: "We are a family, you have to help me." ”

Kou Jihu stared at Zhu Neng suspiciously: "You want to go to Dali so much?" ”

Zhu Neng glared, "You don't want to go?" ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned and said, "Why should I go?" ”

Zhu Neng shouted: "Dali is full of gold, silver and jade, and there are many copper mines. Such an astonishing wealth can't attract your attention? ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Dali's wealth is indeed amazing. But I'm a privy envoy, and I don't need to do it myself for some money. Moreover, the imperial court has now set its sights on Dali's wealth.

No matter who goes to Dali, the Manchu civil and military will keep an eye on it.

Even if you make money, you won't make much. ”

"And there's a credit ...... that"

Zhu Neng said solemnly.

Kou Ji pouted and said, "What do I want to do?" Crowned king? I dare to ask for it, but the question is whether the court dares to give it? ”

Zhu Neng gritted his teeth and said: "You are not rare to ask for the credit of Dali, but I am rare." ”

Kou Ji hesitated for a moment and said, "What do you want so much credit for, aren't you afraid of high merit?" ”

Zhu Neng stared at Kou Ji and said, "As long as my credit doesn't overshadow you, I'm not afraid of anything." ”

Kou Ji opened his mouth, wanting to curse.

"You, Chong Shiheng, and Li Zhaoliang, I'm afraid they're all the same idea, right?"

Zhu Neng nodded without hesitation.

Kou Ji glared and said, "I'll just say it." You have already made a lot of contributions, and you are still rushing to go to Dali to make contributions, and you are not afraid of high achievements.

It turned out that I had this spear in front of you. ”

Zhu Neng smiled, "You can't say that." With such a privy envoy like you, who can be civil and martial, we dare to go out and work hard with confidence. In other words, someone else serves as a privy envoy, and we must stay in Bianjing City without moving our feet. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Zhu Neng, "If you don't flatter people, don't flatter." ”

Zhu Neng smiled and didn't speak.

Seeing that Zhu Neng didn't let go of his intentions, Kou Ji sighed and said, "Let's talk about it, how do you want us to help you." ”

Zhu Neng immediately said: "The notes handed over by the three of us are judged by you and the official family. As long as you recognize my stuff, the other two don't stand a chance. ”

Kou Ji said angrily: "You also said that the notes handed over by the three of you will be judged by me and the official family." That means I'm not alone in this matter.

The official family is the king, and I am the minister. If the official insists on taking one of the two of them as the commander. Even if I bite you to death, it won't do anything. ”

Zhu Neng hesitated for a moment and said, "Then you can help me come up with a note that can pass the test." ”

"Don't even think about it!"

Kou Ji shouted: "Although we are close, but Chong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang are also their own people now. If I do my best to help you overwhelm the two of them, what will the two of them think of me? ”

Without waiting for Zhu Neng to speak, Kou Ji continued: "I'll give you some ideas at most. The rest is up to you. ”

Zhu Neng was a little depressed when he heard this.

Kou Ji continued to himself: "I won't say much about the attack on Dali. You're a veteran on the battlefield, and you know more about war than I do. I'll tell you how to find an excuse to attack Dali and how to hollow out Dali's money. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Neng took a deep breath and stared at Kou Ji, waiting for Kou Ji's next words.

After some explanations by Kou Ji, he also understood.

Li Zhaoliang and Chong Shiheng are now their own people.

As the leader, Kou Ji can't help him too much.

Otherwise, Li Zhaoliang and Chong Shiheng will inevitably feel uncomfortable.

In the long run, Li Zhaoliang and Chong Shiheng may break away from them.

Now that Kojken opened his mouth to help him with ideas, he was already favoring him, and he couldn't be greedy.

Kou Ji said under Zhu Neng's gaze: "It's easy to find an excuse to attack Dali. You can send people to disguise Dali's soldiers and horses, or instigate Dali's soldiers and horses, plunder border markets, or passing merchants.

When the time comes, put on a hat like an imperial merchant for the merchants, and you will be able to use this to enter Dali logically.

Or throw a few cannons or muskets at Dali, publicize these things as stolen by Dali, and then wave troops into Dali.

In short, the excuses for attacking Dali are easy to find, and there are many them.

You just need to remember one thing, that is, I, Da Song, must stand on the side of reason.

It must be the people of Dali who provoked my Great Song Dynasty, and my Great Song Dynasty sent troops to recruit Dali.

My soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty, after arriving in Dali, are the righteous army. ”

Zhu Neng quietly listened to Kou Ji's description.

Kou Ji continued: "As for how to make money after entering Dali. It depends on how you fight. If you kill too hard, you will directly rob in a brutal way.

If you don't kill hard enough, you can use some gentle policies.

Support some Dali people, act as your dog's legs, and help you collect money.

You can also make some of Dali's captives into hard labor to help you dig copper mines, gold mines and other things under Dali.

But no matter how you fight, you don't need to go too fast. ”

"Soldiers and nobles ...... quickly"

Zhu Neng frowned.

Before Zhu Neng's words were finished, he was interrupted by Kou Ji.

"It's true that you're fast, but it depends on the situation. That place in Dali is easy to attack and difficult to treat. Maybe you only need a year to take Dali, but if you want to digest Dali, it will take a long, long time.

You can't digest Dali, and all you can loot is some floating wealth.

The gold, silver and copper mines underground are difficult to get hold of easily.

There are a lot of twists and turns in between.

Only by steadily and slowly encroaching can all the money and wealth of Dali, as well as all the territory, be included in my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhu Neng said in a deep voice: "If you don't win Dali in one go, it will be sideways and add many variables." ”

What Zhu Neng is worried about is that if Dali is slowly encroaching, Dali will have a lot of time to breathe.

The soldiers are very fast, and if they can take down the enemy in one go, they will never let the enemy live until two drums.

When you can crush the enemy, give the enemy time, and the enemy may come back or turn over completely.

Kou Ji smiled: "So you have to master the proportions of attacking Dali." When you arrive in Dali, after making a good excuse, pick a few of the fattest Dali cities to occupy first.

Then while looting the money, he sent someone to negotiate with Dali, so as to squeeze a sum of money from the Dali royal family.

When the money is in hand, push them to the court and let them talk to the court.

When the time comes, the officials and I will take another step in and extract another sum of money from them.

When they transport the money out of the capital of Dali, you can send some Dali people who are subservient to you to intercept the money.

Then use this as an excuse to take a few more cities in Dali, force Dali to talk to you again, and ask the court for peace talks.

In this way, the floating wealth in the Dali royal family was almost squeezed out.

Maybe we will have to make some money from the people to supplement it.

And in the meantime, you can send someone to keep an eye on Dali.

Whoever has soft bones and can surrender, and who has hard bones and is unwilling to surrender, you can see it clearly.

After you reach the capital of Dali, you can cut off those hard bones, and leave those soft bones to help you loot Dali's money.

Whether it is to recruit the people to mine, or to increase the tax and silver to the people, it can be conveyed through their mouths.

If the people make trouble because of this, you can put an end to it by cutting off two or three of his sons.

In this way, it won't take too long for the people of Dali to get used to being squeezed by you.

When appropriate, you give them some tax relief, give them some power to speak, and allow them to attack the soft bones who are watching them do things.

They will be grateful to you. ”

Kou Ji's words were very thorough.

Zhu Neng was dumbfounded when he heard this, and after a long time, he said a little embarrassedly: "Or, do you write on paper?" ”

Kou Ji looked at Zhu Neng in amazement.

Zhu Nenggan smiled: "You said a bit too much, I can't remember everything." ”

Kou Ji sighed and glanced at Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng smiled and ordered people to prepare pen and ink.

After the pen and ink arrived, Kou Ji picked up the pen and wrote down his own set of ideas.

After Zhu Neng gets it, he will get a treasure.

After Kou Ji finished writing, he didn't stay in the Zhufu Courtyard for long, and took a carriage out of Bianjing City.

……

Seven days later.

The recitals of Chong Shiheng, Zhu Neng, and Li Zhaoliang were sent to the Privy Council.

After Kou Ji got the notes of the three of them, he didn't read them directly.

Instead, he got it to the Shishitang and reviewed it with Zhao Zhen.

After Kou Ji arrived at the Shishitang, he found that Lu Yijian and the three were also there.

After Kou Ji's salute, he sent the recitals of Chong Shiheng, Zhu Neng, and Li Zhaoliang to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen carefully looked through the recitals of the three of them, and after reading them, he looked strange.

But he didn't say anything, but instructed Chen Lin to hand the song to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji got the note, and then flipped through it.

Three people, three parts, each with its own characteristics.

In the war against Dali, Chong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang have similar attitudes and methods.

They all use heavy soldiers, thunder to sweep the holes, and directly lie down after going up.

The two gave detailed strategies for using troops, as well as data on troop deployment and troop distribution.

Kou Ji speculated a little, and felt that the method given by the two of them to attack Dali was very feasible.

On the issue of Dali's money, Chong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang have different attitudes.

Li Zhaoliang's attitude is somewhat popular.

He thought about overturning Dali with a hand, and then grabbed a ticket and left.

Before leaving, you can support a puppet emperor to ascend to the throne so that you can grab it again next time.

Chong Shiheng's attitude is also somewhat popular.

He thought that after overturning Dali, he would include Dali in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and then slowly govern, digest, and slowly loot.

Zhu Neng's performance is completely different from the two of them, and he is a bit maverick.

The matter of arranging troops and dispatching troops was written by him with great care, and for other things, he almost copied Kou Ji's set of rhetoric.

The performance of Chong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang is very different in the use of troops. The strategy proposed in terms of accumulating wealth is also very much in line with the ideas of the Song people.

So it's hard to jump to conclusions about which of the two of them is higher or lower.

Zhu Neng's recital, maverick, very eye-catching.

It doesn't quite conform to the usual thinking of the Song people, but after careful consideration, you will find the beauty of Zhu Neng's strategy.

Zhao Zhen also noticed some of the subtleties in Zhu Neng's strategy.

That's why I look weird.

Kou Ji finished reading the three notes, looked at Zhao Zhen and said: "The official family thinks that who is better than the three of Chong Shiheng, Li Zhaoliang, and Zhu Neng?" ”

Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "If it weren't for Zhu Neng's slack, I would have chosen Shiheng." ”

Zhao Zhen was the ruler of an ancient dynasty.

As the ruler of an ancient dynasty, he is definitely very concerned about the territory under his rule.

Chong Shiheng proposed to include Dali in the Great Song Dynasty and become a place in the Great Song Dynasty, which was very in line with Zhao Zhen's thoughts.

Kou Ji asked: "Did the official family choose Zhu Neng?" ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head slowly, "Zhu Neng's performance is unique, there are many wonderful points in it, and there are many things that I can't think through. I can't tell if his strategy is good or bad, so I shouldn't make a decision. ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them listened to the conversation between Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, and their hearts were slightly itchy.

Who is Zhu Neng in their eyes?

Big old and thick one.

A big old man, when he was trying to dance and ink, he actually faintly suppressed Chong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang, and they were naturally curious.

You must know that the ability to make ink with a kind of Shiheng dance is not weaker than that of ordinary Jinshi.

The same is true for Li Zhaoliang.

Don't look at Li Zhaoliang as a general, I feel that Li Zhaoliang is not fluent in literature and ink.

Li Zhaoliang's talent is actually not weak.

It's just that people from Jiangmen were born in the past, and there was no way to use talent to enter the house.

In addition, the civil and military competition was fierce before.

Li Zhaoliang rarely reveals his knowledge in front of people.

Zhu Neng is actually not a big boss.

He can be attached to Kou Zhun's door, and he still has some talent.

It's just that compared to the family history of Chong Shiheng, and the hidden Li Zhaoliang, it is a little weak.

Compared to Lu Yijian and others, it is even less worth mentioning.

Therefore, Lu Yijian and others think that he is a big boss.

When Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were discussing, Lu Yijian couldn't help but interject: "Zhu Neng is a big old man, what good things can he write?" ”

When Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji heard this, they all stopped discussing.

Zhao Zhen said to Lu Yijian: "Although Zhu Aiqing's writing style is average, some of the strategies he proposed make me feel refreshing, so I will hesitate." ”

Lu Yijian pondered for a moment and said, "Can you show the minister?" ”

Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai also nodded curiously: "The minister also has a heart. ”

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a while, and instructed Chen Lin to show the three copies of the music to Lu Yijian and the three of them to watch.

After Lu Yijian and the three of them got the song, they carefully reviewed it.

After reading the three notes, the faces of the three people also became strange.

Wang Zeng stroked his beard, stared at Kou Ji with a calm face, and said, "Kou Ji, what benefits did Zhu Neng give you?" ”

Koji said dryly, "I don't know what you're talking about. ”

Wang Zeng pursed his lips and said, "The old man has to admit that Zhu Neng's strategy is more than a star and a half higher than that of Chong Shiheng and Li Zhaoliang. ”

At this point, Wang Zeng was silent.

Lu Yijian took over the conversation and said, "It's just that with Zhu Neng's brain, he will definitely not be able to think of such a clever strategy." If he can come up with such a clever strategy, the old man's position in ordinary affairs should be given to him. ”

Kou Ji coughed dryly and said, "Lu Xiang's words, isn't it a bit exaggerated......

Lu Yijian snorted coldly and did not speak.

Zhang Zhibai slowly spoke: "Lu Gong's words are not exaggerated at all. Kou Ji, you do have the talent to go to the Privy Council, it's a pity. ”

Zhao Zhen said with emotion after Zhang Zhibai's voice landed: "I also feel that there is a familiar atmosphere in Zhu Neng's recital. It's just that I didn't think about the fourth brother for a while.

Now listening to the reminders of the three Aiqing, I understand.

In Zhu Neng's recital, there is an atmosphere of not taking the usual path.

The fourth brother is best at not taking the usual path. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said with a smile: "Zhu Neng's recital, it was ghostwritten by the fourth brother, right?" ”