Kou Ji meditated for three days, came up with more than thirty names for his son, and then wrote a letter, preparing to send someone back for Xiang Yan to choose.

After the letter was written, Kou Ji put it in an envelope, covered it with fire paint, and instructed the officials of the Imperial City Division who were guarding outside the palace to send the letter back.

After taking the letter, he sealed it in the letter, and when he walked away, he seemed to remember something and turned around to remind Kou Ji.

"Kou Officials, the court's reward documents for the meritorious soldiers in the battle of Victorious Sichuan have been sent to your case."

When Kou Ji heard this, he suddenly realized.

He's been so busy naming his son these days that he's forgotten about business.

All the official documents of the imperial court intercepted by Li Di had been sent to him, and he didn't seem to have read a single volume.

Kou Ji casually dealt with a personal servant, picked up the official document on the case, and flipped through it casually.

Seeing that the imperial court had rewarded the soldiers of the Battle of Victory, Kou Ji was very satisfied.

Seeing that the imperial court never mentioned the distribution of the spoils captured in the Battle of Shengchuan, Kou Ji was even more satisfied.

He was worried that the court would pick peaches, but he made two preparations, for fear that the court would pick peaches too hard and lose the soldiers under his command.

But the imperial court did not mention the distribution of the spoils of the Battle of Shengchuan at all.

"Am I living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?"

Kou Jihu muttered suspiciously.

As soon as these words came out, in less than three breaths, Kou Ji sneered at himself: "There is a fart gentleman in the court...... The imperial court never mentioned the distribution of the spoils of war, and eighty percent of them were the contribution of the officials. Only the official family can suppress those hypocrites in the court. ”

After a brief guess, Kou Ji deduced the joints.

Kou Ji continued to look down at the official document happily with the thoughts of the official family or towards him, and after seeing the second half, he was not calm.

Kou Ji slapped the official document and shouted like thunder.

"You shit, you really robbed Lao Tzu's son of the naming right!"

"Lao Tzu knows! Lao Tzu knew that when your son was born, you would definitely not be idle! ”

"Repay the godsend, a gift from heaven?! That's obviously a gift from Lao Tzu, isn't it? ”

"Lao Tzu forgot to sleep and eat for three days! I've been thinking about it for three days! None of them worked! ”

“……”

Kou Ji scolded in the hall for a long time.

After I was tired of scolding, I stopped fighting and weakly accepted this reality.

And comforted himself in his heart that Zhao Zhen named his son, which was nothing.

Even if Zhao Zhen doesn't name his son, I'm afraid that the right to name his son won't fall into his hands.

After all, his son also had a domineering great-grandfather, as well as an unreasonable maternal great-grandfather.

After comforting himself, Kou Ji picked up the official document in disgust and continued to watch.

Regarding the imperial court's attribution of credit to his son, Kou Ji had no objection.

After carefully reading the official document and confirming that there were no omissions.

Kou Ji sent people to convey the official document to the ministries, and ordered the chief officials of the ministries to convey the order of the imperial court to reward the ministries.

Those who should be promoted are promoted, and those who should be given money are given money.

When it comes to rewards, Koji has never liked to drag it out.

After conveying the official letter of reward for the soldiers and men of the Japanese army, Kou Ji took Zhang Yuan's official letter of reward and fell into hesitation.

It's not that the imperial court's reward for Zhang Yuan was too harsh.

On the contrary, the imperial court rewarded Zhang Yuan very richly.

Shooting is a five-grade official.

Catch up with the horns of the year.

At that time, Jiaoguoluo did not complete the unification of Qingtang, nor did he completely grasp the power of Qingtang, but nominally, he was the co-owner of Qingtang.

Nominally controlled a vast territory comparable to that of Western Xia.

Even so, the imperial court only gave him a five-rank official.

Zhang Yuan is different.

Zhang Yuan's Yuanshan Department started from scratch, and most of the clansmen of the tribe were picked up on the road.

The only city under his jurisdiction was also given up on his own initiative at the behest of Kou Ji.

It can be said that the Yuanshan Department, where Zhang Yuan is located, is a three-no tribe.

Even so.

The imperial court was still willing to grant Zhang Yuan a five-rank official.

It can be seen that the imperial court recognized Zhang Yuan's contribution to the Great Song Dynasty on the westward journey.

For Zhang Yuan, with the favor of the imperial court and the recognition of the imperial court, he will save a lot of trouble when he deals with the imperial court in the future.

For Zhang Yuan, for the Yuanshan Department, the gift of the imperial court is definitely a great thing.

But for Kou Ji, it's not a good thing.

The more the imperial court values Zhang Yuan, the greater the chance that Zhang Yuan will come to the stage in the future.

The chances of exposure become greater.

What's more, once the official document of the imperial court gave Zhang Yuan and sent it to Zhang Yuan, then Zhang Yuan would never turn back.

The same is true of Koji.

Once it was dug up, there was a master-servant relationship between Kou Ji and Zhang Yuan.

Then Kou Ji's guilt of concealing the imperial court, splitting the territory outside the territory, and plotting against him is impossible to refute.

Even if Zhao Zhen was friendly to Kou Ji, it was impossible to tolerate Kou Ji's extraterritorial fissellation and captivity.

That's why Koji is hesitating.

Before the official document was delivered to Zhang Yuan, he could still find a way to turn back.

Once the official document was delivered to Zhang Yuan, there was no turning back.

Kou Ji hesitated in the hall for a long time.

A long sigh.

"I'm sorry for you, brother...... There is no turning back from the bow...... Things have come to this point, retreat is trouble, not retreat is trouble, it is better not to retreat......"

"It's always a chess piece set up for your Zhao family, not a chess piece set up for my own selfish interests, at this point, I am worthy of you."

"I won't blame you about the name you gave my son, I will take it as compensation for you."

“……”

Kou Ji made a decision, so he no longer hesitated, and immediately sent someone to send the official document to Zhang Yuan to Huangtou Huifu as soon as possible.

After the issue with the bounty has been resolved.

Kou Ji watched other official documents one after another, most of which were things that were not nutritious.

Kou Ji saw it and threw it aside.

What he did in Shazhou City, the written transcript has not yet been handed back, and the imperial court has not yet received accurate news from Shazhou.

Therefore, the imperial court did not know about a series of things such as he forced Xue Tian to death, slaughtered the Uighurs in Shazhou, and beheaded the superintendent of the army.

After dealing with official business.

Kou Ji left the side hall, went to the gate of the main hall, chatted with Li Di who was blocking the gate of the main hall for a while, and then left the palace and went to the tile market in the city to hang around.

met Mu Chong, Qian Le, and Meng Weizhong.

After the three of them met Kou Ji, they vaguely proposed to Kou Ji that they would sell the members of several major workshops such as forging steel workshops and textile workshops.

For the members of the one-word Jiaozi shop, the three of them never mentioned it.

on this.

Kou Ji didn't say much.

Just told the three of them that he would find a way to find someone with financial resources and eat the shares of the three of them in several major workshops such as steel forging workshops and textile workshops.

Mu Chong and the others thanked them for this and invited Kou Ji to eat in a new tavern in Shazhou City.

Kou Ji politely refused.

After leaving Wazi City, Kou Ji went out of the city again and wandered around the fertile fields that had been reclaimed outside the city.

The speed of more than 100,000 people clearing the wasteland is very fast, and it has been carved out from the gate of Shazhou City to a location not far from the desert.

The line drawn by Kou Ji is five miles.

At an oasis five miles from the desert, stop exploring.

In the five miles of barren grassland, trees must be planted in the future to prevent wind and sand fixation.

When the trees have grown, they gradually expand into the desert, eventually turning the desert into a forest.

This is a long-term process, and it will not take decades to complete.

The saplings are not yet in place.

So there is no need to plant trees on it for the time being.

The huge team that reclaimed the wasteland was divided here.

Some people will continue to stay in Shazhou and open up land north of Shazhou City and west of Shazhou City.

To the east of Shazhou City, there are demarcated grasslands and forests.

The other part of the team will rush to Guazhou in the near future to plant trees and open up wasteland in Guazhou.

Plant trees first, then open up wasteland.

The situation in Gua is different from that in Shazhou.

There are large oases in Shazhou, but not in Guazhou.

Guazhou is very barren.

Although it has not become a desert, it is not much different from a desert.

Because of the existence of Yumen Pass, every time there is a war in the Western Regions, Guazhou is bound to be a place of chaos.

The trees in Guazhou have basically been cut down.

Only a few dwarf shrubs and scattered wild grasses wander lonely around Guazhou.

If you want to develop Guazhou, you have to plant trees first, and then open up wasteland.

For the governance of the land west of the river, Koji has a clear plan.

Kou Ji made a round tour of Shazhou and spent three days.

Participated in a unique wedding, and it took another day.

After everything is arranged in Shazhou.

Kou Ji handed over everything in Shazhou to Fan Zhongyan, and he took Li Di, the patrol guards, and the Japanese soldiers to Guazhou.

The scouts of Chong Shiheng, outside Qingjian City, found traces of Western Xia soldiers and horses.

Yeli Wangrong, the patriarch of the suspected Yeli tribe, led 50,000 Western Xia elite horsemen, marching along the line of the Great Wall.

Its purpose is self-evident.

Obviously coming to the west of the river.

After the Great Song Dynasty occupied the Great Wall in the south of Western Xia, the soldiers and horses of Western Xia wanted to rush to Hexi, so they could only follow the edge of the Great Wall and go all the way west.

To the south of the Great Wall, it was guarded by heavy soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty.

To the north of the Great Wall, there is only a small section of oasis, and the rest is a vast desert.

The Tengger Desert and the Badain Jaran Desert are connected together, occupying most of the western border of Western Xia.

Unless the Western Xia soldiers and horses were stupid enough to a certain level, it was impossible for them to march in the vast desert.

Along the Great Wall all the way to the west, you will arrive at the Hongshui River outside Xiliang, and cross the Hongshui River to the south, you can reach Xiliang.

The first foothold of the Western Xia reinforcements was undoubtedly Xiliang.

Since the Western Xia reinforcements are already on the way, Kou Ji can't continue to nest in Shazhou.

Kou Ji and his entourage rode eastward, crossed Sanwei Mountain, arrived at Changle City, rested in Changle City for a day, and crossed the Solid River.

After crossing the Solid River.

The group felt like they had entered a wasteland zone.

What catches your eye is a vast, flat ground.

On the ground, there are only scattered yellow plants and trees.

The breeze blew and rolled up a puff of dust.

If you want to see a little green, you have to remove the yellow grass and trees to see the dotted green shoots that emerge from their roots.

Li Di sat on horseback, looking at the barren land, and fell into self-doubt.

"This ...... Can it be turned into a fertile field? Can it be turned into a green space? ”

Kou Ji rode to Li Di's side and smiled indifferently: "Of course you can...... As long as the river does not dry up, as long as our people work it, cultivate fields, and plant trees, one day, this place will become a green world. ”

"That's ...... How long? ”

"Ten years...... Twenty years...... It is possible to have a lifetime...... It is possible that it will take several generations to complete ......"

When Li Di heard Kou Ji's words, he couldn't say a word.

Although he has decided to die in Hexi, he has decided to dedicate the rest of his life to Hexi.

But in the face of a series of barren land with no edge in sight, I don't have any bottom in my heart.

How many trees will be planted to turn such a barren land into fertile land and into a forest?

How many people are invested?

Li Di didn't dare to calculate it, because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to do it.

Kou Ji looked at the boundless land and said with emotion: "The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade, and there will be rewards only if you pay."

We can't just take the land under our feet and not know how to give it back.

If you just take it, one day, the desert will swallow everything. ”

Kou Ji's words, Li Di understood the first half of the sentence, but Li Di didn't understand the second half of the sentence.

Li Di pondered secretly, pondering the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.

Kou Ji had already ridden his horse and rushed to Guazhou City.

Guazhou City is an earthen city, the city walls are not high, and there are no tall buildings to be seen.

The whole city is a mud color, and all the buildings are made of earth.

Hundreds of banners stand on the top of the city, adding a different color to the city.

After Kou Ji and his entourage arrived in Guazhou City.

Cao Xiong, the guard who stayed in Guazhou City, took the initiative to greet him.

into the city.

I washed up briefly.

Cao Xiong invited Kou Ji and his party to the City Lord's Mansion and prepared a table of wine and food to entertain Kou Ji and his party.

In the city of Guazhou, everything that can be seen was either looted by the Western Xia soldiers and horses, or burned by the Western Xia soldiers and horses.

Therefore, the tables and chairs that Cao Xiong used to entertain Kou Ji and his party were very simple.

Kou Ji and his party did not feel dissatisfied with this.

Instead, he pulled Cao Xiong to sit down with a smile, eating and drinking, and asked about the war at Yumen Pass.

Cao Xiong knew everything about the war at Yumen Pass.

"Gong Li, Kou Qincha, since General Zhu and General Li combined their troops to take Guazhou, the troops were divided into two ways again. Attack Yumen Pass all the way, and attack Yangguan all the way.

Li Yuanhao stationed heavy troops at Yumen Pass, so General Zhu led his army to attack Yumen Pass several times, but failed to take Yumen Pass.

On the contrary, it was General Li's headquarters who broke through Yangguan, drove all the way in, took Suzhou, and is now heading to Ganzhou.

In order to cooperate with General Li in the battle, General Zhu besieged Yumen Pass and adopted the method of besieging but not attacking. ”

"Inside the Yumen Pass, what is Li Yuanhao's movements?"

"Li Yuanhao has been stubbornly guarding the Yumen Pass, and when he encounters the siege of our army, he will send his elite iron cavalry out of the pass to fight for a while, and when our army retreats, he will retreat to the Yumen Pass."

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