When two people do things, it is impossible to use one face to others, and some people must sing black faces and some people sing white faces.

With Zhao Zhen's status and status, it's okay to do it once or twice against the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, but it's not a good thing to do it often.

Therefore, on the issue of government affairs, Kou Ji is more suitable for singing blackface than Zhao Zhen.

If Kou Ji often sings blackface, it will inevitably arouse the hostility of the Manchu civil and military.

It is impossible for Zhao Zhen to blindly protect Kou Ji, and when necessary, he must also be punished a little to appease the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen naturally can't really punish Kou Ji, so he needs to have an excuse to avoid the serious and punish him heavily.

Kou Li is undoubtedly the most suitable person to help Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen make excuses.

Kou Ji made a decision in his heart, so he didn't think much about it, he bowed his hand to Kou Zhun and said: "Grandfather has a good heart, I naturally can't refuse, everything depends on my grandfather." ”

Kou Zhun heard Kou Ji's words and nodded with satisfaction.

Kou Ji accompanied Kou Zhun and gossiped for a while and sent Kou Zhun away.

Kou Ji returned to the bedroom by himself, and after seeing his wife and children, he fell asleep.

It's just that he didn't sleep for long, and he was woken up by Kou Tianci.

Kou Tianci was on Kou Ji's bed, crawling around, rolling around, and having a very good time, and it was naturally impossible for Kou Ji to continue to sleep.

After Kou Ji woke up, he played with Kou Tianci for a while.

After washing up and eating some simple things, I went to work in the study.

The military exercise carried out by the imperial court this time is a military exercise by soldiers and horses all over the world.

It's not something that can be done overnight.

There are a lot of trivial things to deal with in it.

After the rumor of martial arts dissipated.

The vigorous and vigorous martial arts performance throughout the Great Song Dynasty officially began.

Except for Kou Ji and Zhu Neng, who were in the capital, the rest of the military ministers, who could be sent, were all dispatched.

went to various places respectively to supervise the martial arts.

Kou Ji stayed in Bianjing City to be responsible for coordinating the overall situation.

Zhu Neng was responsible for supervising the six armies in Bianjing City to perform martial arts.

During the military exercise, the barracks of various armies outside Bianjing City were filled with the sound of soldiers and horses training all day long.

At the end of the exercise, the six soldiers and horses of Bianjing City were still practicing in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces and all the people of Bianjing.

In short, the martial arts exercise in Bianjing lasted for a month and ended at the end of November.

The officials and people in Bianjing City watched the martial arts performance.

But Kou Ji, Zhao Zhen, Zhu Neng and others regarded martial arts as a thorough assessment.

After the end of the martial arts exercise in Bianjingcheng, the results of the assessment also appeared in the hands of Kou Ji, Zhao Zhen, and Zhu Neng.

The three of them looked at the results of the assessment, and the expressions on their faces were very unnatural.

Zhu Neng stared at the qualified number of people, and said with a slight hesitation: "Is the standard we set too harsh?" ”

The two guards of the dragon god, the people who participated in the assessment, there were 100,000 people.

However, only 40,000 passed the assessment.

Only 40,000 people met the standard of forbidden soldiers set by Kou Ji and others.

Although the soldiers of the two guards of the dragon god will be abolished, after they are abolished, they will be assigned to the two armies of Zhuri and Tianwu to make up for the vacancies of the two armies after the streamlining.

Now there are only 40,000 people who have passed the assessment of the second guard of the dragon god, and there are less than 30,000 people except for the reserved 10,000 dragon guards.

With 30,000 people, there is no way to make up for the gap between the Tianwu and Japanese armies.

Because after the end of the assessment of the Tianwu and Zhuyan armies, there were only 60,000 qualified soldiers.

There is still a gap of 7,000 troops in between.

Kou Ji heard Zhu Neng's words, and said in a deep voice: "It's not that the standards we set are too harsh, but that they have lived in Bianjing City for a long time and neglected to train, which led to this result. ”

Zhu Neng hesitated: "The second guard of the dragon god was finally pulled out by me to fight, and I also sorted it out once. The Upper and Lower Tiger Wing Army has been in Bianjing City for more than ten years, and basically has not moved except for the last time the official family went to the northwest to recruit and transfer.

Even the last time I went to the northwest, most of the time I was a guard.

After they completed the examination, only more than 18,000 people passed.

Can they really be worthy of the name of the two forbidden armies in the east and south of the town? ”

At present, the best armament and the most complete naval army in the Great Song Dynasty is the Tiger Wing Army.

Among the military systems implemented by Kou Ji, there are two naval armies in the east and south of the town.

After the Tiger Wing Army was transferred out of Bianjing, there was no doubt that it would be incorporated into the two armies of Zhendong and Zhennan.

It's just that judging from the current situation in the Tiger Wing Army, there are too few soldiers who have passed the assessment, and I am afraid that they can only barely set up the two forbidden armies in Zhendong and Zhennan, and it is impossible to expect them to really do Zhendong and Zhennan.

Zhao Zhen heard the conversation between Kou Ji and Zhu Neng, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The Tiger Wing Army is nominally one of the most elite soldiers and horses in the Great Song Dynasty.

The two dynasties of Taizong and Zhenzong have dispatched the elites of each army several times to fill them.

Zhao Zhen originally thought that even if the Tiger Wing Army was eroded, it would not be eroded, and at most it would raise one or two thousand moths.

But after some investigation, he learned that there were more than 80,000 moths in the Tiger Wing Army, how could he be in a good mood.

Under his nose, the Tiger Wing Army is still erosive to this extent, and the other armies are far away from the emperor, and they don't know how much they will be eroded.

Zhao Zhen felt at this moment that the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty were eroded to such an extent, it was a miracle that they could take Hexi, take Western Xia, and force the Liao State to be soft.

"Even if I build an army less, I will never tolerate this kind of moth to continue to stay in the army!"

Zhao Zhen said with a little anger.

Kou Ji and Zhu Neng were slightly stunned when they heard this.

Kou Ji sighed: "The officials don't need to be angry, at the moment, we only have the results of the soldiers and horses in Bianjing City, and the results of the soldiers and horses in other places have not yet appeared." After the results of the soldiers and horses from other places were sent to Bianjing, it was not too late for the officials to be angry.

Maybe there are even more unbearable soldiers and horses than the Tiger Wing Army. ”

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said: "If I had known that the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty were rotten to the core, I would definitely not let go of those martial artists easily." ”

Kou Ji smiled and said: "What should be disposed of, the official family has already dealt with it, and it is useless to say these things now." ”

After a pause, Kou Ji said: "The Tiger Wing Army only has 18,000 elite soldiers, so we will use these 10,000 elite soldiers to first set up the two forbidden armies in the east and south of the town."

It's winter, the river is frozen, and there's nothing we can do.

After the spring of next year, we will find a reason to exterminate the bandits, and dispatch the elite of the Tiger Wing Army to Dengzhou.

Then it is divided into two parts, sitting in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

Now we have no strong enemy on the Great Song Sea, so we don't need to make up the number of troops of the two armies in time.

We can gradually fill the lack of troops in the two armies by recruiting people who live by the sea and know how to water in the coastal areas.

During this period, we can instruct the soldiers of the two armies in the east and south of the town to familiarize themselves with the sea routes and how to fight at sea.

There are quite a lot of merchant ships coming and going to our Great Song Dynasty, and there are many pirates on the sea, so you can use them to practice your hands.

After the two armies of Zhendong and Zhennan learned how to fight at sea, their troops were almost replenished.

So, what we have is time, and there is no need to rush it.

When we reform the military system this time, we must do it rather than overuse.

In order to make up for the number of troops, we cannot indiscriminately fill the number.

Others can lie to us.

But we can't fool ourselves. ”

After Kou Ji finished speaking, the look on Zhao Zhen's face looked a little better.

I don't blame Zhao Zhen for being angry.

Anyone in power will be angry when they see their soldiers and horses rotten to the point where they are unbearable.

Zhao Zhen took a deep breath, calmed down, and said, "Now, it's time for us to sit and wait for news from other places......

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

In the following days, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen were both waiting for news from various places.

Every once in a while, there are soldiers and horses to find out the situation and send it to Bianjing.

As Kou Ji expected.

There is no worst, only worse.

One is worse than the other.

Because of the short time, most of the surveys reported a year ago were soldiers and horses near Bianjing.

Among the soldiers and horses near Bianjing City.

In addition to the Tianwu and the two armies of the Japanese.

The number of qualified soldiers and horses in other places is basically less than 40%.

What's more, less than 10 percent.

Zhao Zhen was furious, and he was angry with others.

The people in the palace, the officials in the court, did not dare to speak loudly during this period.

It's just that none of this has anything to do with Koji.

Because Kou Ji has not been to court for many days.

Because when the New Year was approaching, Kou Li returned to Beijing with his warblers and swallows.

Out of courtesy.

After Kou Ji learned the specific time of Kou Li's return to Beijing, he waited with people at the ferry of the Bianhe River early in the morning, but his face was not very good-looking.

The reason why his face is not good-looking is not because he is sick, but because Kou Li is causing trouble again.

Kou Ji felt that Kou Li, a cheap father, was definitely a natural pit person, the kind who had no teacher.

Kou Li didn't do anything big, but when he returned to Beijing, he brought more luggage.

There wasn't much luggage, just more than 50 large boats and more than 300 small boats.

There wasn't much value on board either.

It's stuffed with spices, jewelry, jade, sea treasures and the like.

By the way, a dismembered whale was dragged on a raft.

Because of Kou Li's identity and the fact that he brought too many things, he had to send someone to escort the yamen in various places.

Then his team grew even bigger.

It's so big that when it appears on the river, you can't see the end at a glance.

After Kou Zhun learned the news, his face darkened for a day, confessed his mistake to Kou Ji, ran to the Wenchang Academy, and never came out again.

That's right, Kou Zhun admitted his mistake to Kou Ji.

For the first time in his life, he pulled down his face and confessed his mistake to Kou Ji.

There is no other reason.

He originally wanted to help his grandson, but he didn't expect to end up becoming a pit grandson.

By the way, I also pit myself.

Good fellow, I haven't been a sage for long.

You returned to Beijing with a large number of gold, silver, jewelry, and precious spices.

People in the world still don't regard me Kou Zhun as the kind of two-faced person who pretends to be a sage on the surface and relies on power to make a lot of money behind his back?

If it weren't for Kou Zhun taking care of Kou Ji's face, he would definitely carry a knife and slaughter Kou Li with a knife, and kill his relatives with righteousness.

Kou Ji took three of them, took his servants, and stood at the ferry of the Bianhe River for a short time.

A fleet of ships appeared before their eyes.

Then, there is no end in sight.

The huge fleet naturally attracted the attention of everyone in Bianjing.

When the fleet approached, the people were shocked when they saw the spices in the open air on the fleet and the dismembered whale.

They quickly spread the news, and the entire Bianjing City was a sensation.

Then, on both sides of the ferry, there were crowds of people, which was even more exaggerated than Zhao Zhen's travel.

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai, who had just returned to Beijing, all rushed over after hearing the news.

Is it an exaggeration?

Not an exaggeration at all!

The dismembered whale alone was enough to catch the eyes of all three of them.

And that's not even counting the sheer amount of wealth.

After Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai arrived, they naturally came to the edge of Kou Ji.

Looking at the endless fleet, Lu Yijian said with some pantothenic acid: "The old man often hears that Kou Shumi has a way of collecting money, but I didn't expect your father to have a higher means of collecting money.

Your father hasn't been in Leizhou for a few years, right? ”

Don't wait for Koji to speak.

Lu Yijian continued: "In just a few years, you have collected wealth that others can't collect in several lifetimes, or even dozens of lifetimes, your father is really powerful." ”

When Lu Yijian said this, he was not pantothenic, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his words, as if he was waiting to see Kou Ji's jokes.

Kou Ji's face darkened when he heard this.

Wang Zeng gritted his teeth on the side and said, "How many people's fat and people's ointment do you have to scavenge here......"

The corners of Kou Ji's mouth twitched.

Zhang Zhibai said a few fair words, "You all know what the situation is in Leizhou. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and the people are miserable, how can there be such a huge amount of wealth for Kou Li to loot.

Leizhou is near the sea, if the old man's guess is right, eighty percent of Kou Li's money is obtained from business. ”

Wang Zeng glanced at Zhang Zhibai and felt that Zhang Zhibai was a little unpopular.

What a good opportunity to fight local tyrants, if you don't take the opportunity to knock a sum of money into the treasury, it is a great sin.

Lu Yijian pouted on the side and said, "What kind of business is so profitable?" So much money has been collected in just a few years. If he really earns money, the old man will resign from the position of Pingzhangshi under the Tongzhongshu Sect and go to Leizhou to do business. ”

Lu Yijian said it very casually, and Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and Kou Ji didn't take it seriously.

Lu Yijian just took the opportunity to ridicule Kou Ji.

If he really gave up his position as a subordinate of Tongzhongshu for money, it would be unless his head was donkeyed.

Apparently, he had not been kicked in the head by a donkey.

Lu Yijian saw that no one answered his words, so he pouted at Zhang Zhibai and said, "Brother Yong, if you want to accept Kou Tianci as a disciple, I'm afraid it will come to naught." After this incident, the whole Song Dynasty knew that Kou Fu was the richest man in the Great Song Dynasty.

You have always been poor, how can you be a gentleman for the son of the richest family in the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Implication.

After the news of today's events spreads, the reputation of the people of Koufu who are greedy for money, and who are greedy for a lot of money, will probably spread all over the world.

Zhang Zhibai has always been upright.

If he is a gentleman to the eldest son and grandson of Kou Fu, I am afraid that he will be tarnished and his name will be cleared.

Zhang Zhibai understood the meaning of Lu Yi's words, but he didn't show any worried look, but smiled: "The disciple was chosen by myself, how can I go back on my word." What happens to his family has nothing to do with me. I just need to teach him to learn and teach him to be an upright person. ”

Lu Yi looked at Zhang Zhibai with a little surprise.

But there are not many literati, especially those who are already in the center, who do not cherish their reputation.

Even traitors such as Ding Wei and Lint occasionally cherish their feathers.

Zhang Zhibai was still willing to have a relationship with Kou Mansion when he was about to become infamous, and Lu Yijian was naturally surprised.

Zhang Zhibai seemed to see Lu Yijian's thoughts, and smiled at Lu Yijian: "There are some things that are enough for you to have a clear conscience, and you don't need to deliberately do it to anyone." ”

Implication.

I am honest because I abide by my heart, and I don't do it deliberately for the sake of pursuing any false name.

When Lu Yijian heard this, he was slightly moved.

While they were talking, the first big ship had already arrived at the ferry.

The big ship is huge, with two floors of flowers on it.

Standing on the side of the big boat, the man looked a little small.

So when the big ship docked, it caused the people next to it to exclaim.

After all, looking at the big ship from afar is just a small point.

It was only when the ship approached that they realized how big it was.

After the ship stopped.

Kouli was the first to disembark.

Not seen for a few years.

Kou Li looked a lot more mature and stable, and he didn't get older, but he was a lot richer, his belly was bulging, and he looked like a rich man.

After Kou Ji got off the boat, he took his wife and children to meet him.

Just when Kou Ji was about to take his wife and children to give a gift.

Kou Li actually has a tendency to take the lead in giving gifts.

Kou Ji saw fear in Kou Li's demeanor.

Yes, fear.

"Daddy......"

Kou Ji let out a soft cry, waking up Kou Li, who was about to give a gift.

Kou Li's body shook slightly when he heard Kou Ji's shout, as if he realized that he had lost his temper, and hurriedly stopped his actions.

Kou Ji took his wife and children and gave a gift to Kou Li.

"The child has seen his father's ......"

"My daughter-in-law has seen my father-in-law's ......"

Kou Ji and Xiang Yan gave salutes one after another.

Kou Tianci stared at Kou Li without blinking.

For Kou Tianci, Kou Li is a stranger.

A very strange person.

He is not yet sensible, and he can't tell the relationship between himself and this stranger.

Even if his father is giving a gift to this person.

Kou Tianci can call people, but it doesn't mean that he knows what every name he shouts represents.

After Kou Ji and Xiang Yan saluted, Kou Li said a little crampedly: "Okay...... Good ......"

Kou Li groped around his body in a little panic, but didn't find anything.

He said with a little guilt: "I came back in a hurry, I didn't bring anything of value with me, and when I go back and wait for the things on the ship to be unloaded, I will get you ......."

Xiang Yan didn't care about the money, she found out from the short contact that the relationship between Kou Ji and Kou Li's father and son was very delicate, very delicate.

Xiang Yan hugged Kou Tianci and taught Kou Tianci to call his grandfather.

Kou Tianci shouted in confusion.

Then, Kou Li, who claimed to have nothing to do just now, forcibly groped out an ivory carving from his body and sent it to Kou Tianci.

After a family of three gave a gift to Kouli.

No further words.

Kou Ji didn't ask about the origin of the ship's belongings.

Because someone got off the boat.

A bunch of warblers, warblers, swallows.

The leader is Aunt Qiao, whom Kou Ji is most familiar with.

Not seen for a few years.

There are a few more people in Kouli's concubine group.

Kou Ji took a closer look, two of them were dressed as Japanese people, and one was dressed as a Korean person, and there were a few clothes on their bodies, Kou Ji was a little unclear where it was, but without exception, they were not Han.

Those warblers and swallows not only got off the boat by themselves, but many of them were holding children in their hands, holding children in their arms, and some were pregnant.

Kou Ji looked at the corners of his mouth twitching, and looked at Yan dumbfounded.

Everyone in Bianjing City knows that there are few people in Koufu.

But after seeing this scene, no one can say that there are few people in Koufu.

The corners of Kou Ji's mouth twitched, and he saluted those warblers and Yanyan with Xiang Yan.

"Kou Ji has seen your aunts ......"

"My daughter-in-law has seen your aunts ......"

Those warblers and Yanyan are very well-behaved when facing Kou Ji.

Some people still have fear in their eyes.

After the Kou Ji salute, they returned the salute one after another.

"Polite ......"

After they returned the salute, they also asked the children who could call people to salute Koji.

They all call Kou Ji the eldest brother.

After seeing each other.

Kou Ji said to Kou Li: "Grandfather placed you in the mansion in Bianjing City, you and your aunts, just live in the mansion." ”

Kou Li agreed, and did not say anything superfluous.

The family stood on the shore and watched as the boatmen unloaded a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, spices and other goods.

At the time of unloading.

Kou Li got together with his own warblers and swallows.

Kou Ji took Xiang Yan and Kou Tianci to stand on the other side.

Kou Li and his own warblers and Yanyan were laughing happily.

Kou Ji's family of three stood on the side, but they looked a little lonely.

It's been a long time.

Xiang Yan whispered to Kou Ji: "They ...... Seems to be more like a family than we ......"

Kou Ji smiled and nodded, and hummed lightly.

Xiang Yan suddenly felt that Kou Ji seemed to be very lonely, and a trace of sourness inexplicably appeared in her heart.

Kou Ji seemed to feel Xiang Yan's emotions, he sighed slightly in his heart, and didn't say anything.

Koji stood on the shore and watched the boatmen unload the boat, and after watching for a while, he found Koli.

"Dad, do you have any paperwork for me?"

Kou Ji didn't say anything to Kou Li, and went straight to the point.

Kou Li heard Kou Ji's question, and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, but there are documents to bring to you......"

Kou Li hurriedly instructed the servant to go and get the paperwork.

Not long after, the servant brought a scroll of paperwork and a private letter and handed it to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji took the private message and put it away, then took the paperwork and walked to Lu Yijian and the three of them, who were standing on the shore and watching.

When Lu Yijian and the three of them saw that Kou Ji had arrived, Lu Yijian said with a smile: "What...... Running over to show off to the old man that you have money in Koufu? ”

Kou Ji glanced at Lu Yijian, didn't pay attention to him, but handed the document to Wang Zeng, and said, "The things on the ship are all tributes from some overseas vassals of Leizhou, dedicated to my Great Song Dynasty.

My father was in Leizhou, and I didn't often see some of Leizhou's vassal ships passing by.

After they learned of the strength of my Great Song Dynasty, they sent tributes and prayed for friendship with my Great Song Dynasty.

So my father told me, and I also had a few paperwork with Honglu Temple.

It's just that none of us took it seriously.

The tributes sent by the vassals were also temporarily left in the Yamen of Leizhou Zhizhou.

When someone takes over as the governor of Leizhou, my father will escort him back to Beijing.

I thought it was just some vulgar things, but I didn't expect the overseas vassals to be so rich. ”

"Tribute?!"

As soon as Wang Zeng heard that hundreds of ships of things were all from the imperial court, he was instantly excited.

He couldn't wait to take the paperwork in Kou Ji's hand and read it carefully.

After a long time, he raised his head and said with a blazing gaze: "It's really a tribute......

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Whether the things that Kou Li escorted were tribute or not, only Kou Ji and Kou Li knew in their hearts.

It's just that now it can only be given as a tribute.

While Kou Ji was offering tribute, he was also scolding his mother in his heart.

Cao of the dog day takes advantage of it, you actually pit Lao Tzu!