Yelu Angkor is like a ubiquitous ghost, always appearing haunting beside Koji.

When I saw Kou Ji, I always said something suspiciously.

"You've hurt my ......"

Kou Ji wanted to have a good chat with him, but whenever Kou Ji opened his mouth, he would ride away again.

From him, Kou Ji felt a strong malice from the Liao State.

The malice of the Liao State largely represents the malice of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.

From the moment he sent an envoy to Liao, he knew that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu had ill will towards him, but he didn't expect that the malice would come so strongly.

But he didn't have the intention of retreating because of this, but had the intention to meet with the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.

If the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu wanted to kill him, he wouldn't mind slamming the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu with a musket first.

For the sake of the people who still have their hearts set on the Han family.

It was they who gave Kou Ji the courage to face the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.

They were under the rule of the Liao people for as long as eighty-four years and four months, and they still did not forget the Han family.

Compared to them, the malice brought to him by Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu is nothing.

When the Great Song envoys arrived not far from Youzhou City, Yelu Angkor once again appeared beside Kou Ji on horseback.

He was still the same as a ghost, and whispered in a dark voice: "You hurt me......"

Kou Ji, as usual, glared at him and shouted, "What did I hurt you?" ”

Yelu Angkor finally rode away as before, he stared at Kou Ji angrily, and roared: "If you hadn't said those words in the palace of the Song court to frame me, how could I have become a groom?" ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji was slightly stunned, he glanced up and down at Yelu Angkor, and said unexpectedly: "You have become a groom?" ”

Yelu Angkor glared at Kou Ji angrily, eager to poke Kou Ji to death with his gaze.

Kou Ji pouted and said, "There's nothing bad about raising horses." Your ancestors of the Yelu clan also started by herding horses. You're reviving your ancestral business. ”

"Huh~"

Yelu Angkor pulled out the scimitar at his waist and said angrily: "Believe it or not, I killed you? ”

Kou Ji's eyes fell on Yelu Angkor, and said lightly: "Since we met on the border of Youzhou, you have killed my mind." You've come to me again and again, not to talk to me, but to kill me.

But you didn't do it all the time.

Because you have concerns in your heart.

If my guess is correct, you are worried about whether you can afford the consequences after killing me.

Your father wants to see me by name, and if you kill me.

Your father will be furious.

You're just a groom now, and if you kill me, maybe your father will turn you into a dead body.

You're afraid of death, that's why you don't dare to kill me. ”

When Yelu Angkor heard this, he was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and roared angrily: "You are talking nonsense, my Liao people are not afraid of life and death." ”

Kou Ji grinned, "Really? Then you will follow your heart and kill me. I turned you into a groom, and you killed me to take revenge, that's as it should be. ”

When Yelu Angkor heard this, his gaze changed rapidly.

In the end, he stared at Kou Ji angrily and said, "You want to harm me again!" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "I didn't harm you, I was helping you." If you have a grudge or a grudge, don't hold it in your heart, if you hold it in your heart for a long time, you will easily get sick. Actually, you don't need to worry so much.

If you kill me, your father may not kill you.

Who am I?

As far as you Liao are concerned, I am just a foreign minister.

Not only can it not be used by your Liao State, but it will also become an obstacle to your Liao State's domination of the world.

Who are you?

You are the prince of Liao, and the Liao Emperor is your father.

You should have heard the saying that tiger poison does not eat children.

How could he kill his own son for the sake of a foreign minister?

If you think about it carefully, if such an important matter is leaked by someone else, your father will definitely exterminate their ten clans.

But you leaked it, and your father just belittled you as a groom......"

Kou Ji's words, as if magical, echoed in the ears of Yelu Angkor.

Yelu Angkor's expression changed again and again, and he seemed to be seriously considering Kou Ji's words.

His hand subconsciously pulled out a half-cut scimitar.

"Your Highness, don't be fooled by his fallacies."

A man dressed in Liao costumes, who was following Yelu Angkor, slowly stepped forward and reminded Yelu Angkor in a deep voice.

Kou Ji glanced at the man in surprise, and slowly put away the musket in his sleeve.

He also wanted to take the opportunity to provoke Yelu Angkor, so that Yelu Angkor could do something stupid, so that he could give Yelu Angkor a ruthless one.

Of course, he didn't have the heart to kill Yelu Angkor.

But he was still happy to poke Yelu Angkor a few times with a musket.

Then he can take advantage of this to ridicule the Liao people for not knowing the etiquette and breaking the rules when he talks with the Liao, and take the opportunity to gain the upper hand in the peace talks.

But he didn't expect that there were calm people around Yelu Angkor, who saw through his mind and reminded Yelu Angkor.

Yelu Angkor slowly sobered up under the reminder of the servant, he glared at Kou Ji, and said viciously: "You really want to harm me!" ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Then you kill me?" ”

Yelu Angkor gritted his teeth, snorted heavily, and straddled away from Kou Ji's side.

Kou Ji looked at Yelu Angkor's back, and scolded in a low voice, "Cowardice ......"

Kou Ji's words, Yelu Angkor clearly heard.

He immediately wanted to turn around and draw his knife and give Kou Ji a ruthless blow.

But the entourage beside him pulled, he could only turn around, glared at Kou Ji, and threatened viciously: "I will kill you sooner or later!" ”

Koji smiled mockingly.

Yelu Angkor disappeared in anger before Kou Ji's eyes.

Kou Ji stopped Xiang Minzhong's carriage and climbed the wheel to sit on.

Got into the carriage.

Xiang Minzhong rolled his eyes and pouted, "What are you doing to provoke the four princes of Liao?" was remembered by him, can you be good in Liao? ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes back at Xiang Minzhong, sat cross-legged in front of Xiang Minzhong, casually snatched a stove from Xiang Minzhong's hand, held it in his hand, and said lightly: "The tiger is worried about me, I'm not afraid, I'm afraid of a flea?" ”

Xiang Minzhong was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "That's right, you were remembered by the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, and one more prince of the Liao Kingdom is nothing." ”

Kou Ji held the stove and said to Xiang Minzhong: "When you arrive in Youzhou City, you have to protect me, if the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu really wants to kill me, you have to help me escape." ”

Hearing this topic again, Xiang Minzhong finally stopped playing haha with Kou Ji, but said seriously: "The two countries intersect, don't cut it." Even if the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu has the intention to embarrass you, he will not make a fuss with your life.

You are not a casual civil servant of my Great Song Dynasty.

Your grandfather is Kou Zhun, in my Great Song Dynasty, that is above 10,000 people.

If he wants your life, he's provoking a war between the two countries.

In the past, the Liao State may not be afraid of war.

But the current Liao State is afraid. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "Will the Liao people be afraid of war?" ”

Xiang Minzhong nodded and said, "Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu first conquered Goryeo in the north, then conquered Western Xia in the west, and then fought with my Great Song Dynasty for several months. Added up, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu has been fighting continuously for more than two years, and every time he goes out, he uses heavy troops.

How much financial resources do you think Liao has to support him to fight in the south and the north, and to fight in the east and west? ”

Without waiting for Kou Ji to continue to ask, Xiang Minzhong continued: "I don't have much financial resources...... With the continuous sinicization of the Liao people, the way they fought was infinitely close to our Song people.

In the past, when the Liao people were fighting, they would not carry any baggage at all, and they could fight the world by stepping on horses and carrying knives, and they all relied on war to feed the war and live by mare's milk.

What now?

To fight a war, the Liao people not only needed war horses and scimitars, but also a large number of bows, crossbows, catapults, building carts and other ordnance. When they went out to fight, they had to have enough food for the soldiers and hay for the horses. ”

Xiang Minzhong's eyes fell on Kou Ji, and said faintly: "It is precisely because of this that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu felt that it was unprofitable after seeing my Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia make peace, so he decisively chose to make peace with my Great Song Dynasty."

He doesn't have enough financial resources to continue to spend it with me.

I don't have the financial resources in the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty to continue to spend with him, so there will be this peace talks.

It is precisely because of this that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will not kill you at this time and start a war. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "That's all? ”

Xiang Minzhong groaned for a moment, the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, and said: "Although he doesn't have the financial resources to spend it with my Great Song, my Great Song has the financial resources to spend it with him."

Therefore, he can only negotiate with us, not with us, Chen Bing. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Didn't you just say that my Great Song Treasury has no money?" ”

Xiang Minzhong smacked his lips and said, "Although the treasury has no money, the inner treasury still has a surplus. Even if the inner library is insufficient, we still have a pile sealing library that has been accumulated for decades. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Since it is beneficial for us to consume with the Liao State, why don't we choose to consume with the Liao State." ”

Xiang Minzhong rolled his eyes and snorted, "It's not all because of you." ”

Kou Ji was stunned.

I secretly wondered in my heart: What did I accidentally do again?

Xiang Minzhong saw Kou Ji's stunned face, so he sighed and said, "You have opened a great matter." ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment, looked up at Xiang Minzhong, and said, "Baosai Army? ”

Xiang Minzhong nodded, "As you ask the court for supplies again and again. The imperial court was also aware of the erosion of the Xiang army, so it secretly sent someone to investigate.

I don't know if I don't check, and I'm shocked when I check it.

My Da Song actually unknowingly raised millions of van troops.

Their numbers far outnumbered the Praetorian Army.

Counting the forbidden army, the soldiers and horses raised in captivity in my Great Song Dynasty are beyond everyone's imagination. ”

Kou Ji pouted and said, "It's not all you people who are harmed. When a place is affected by a disaster and there are victims, you don't want to properly resettle the victims, but instead stuff all of them into the Xiang Army, can there not be many Xiang Army? ”

When Xiang Minzhong heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he glared at Kou Ji viciously.

The reason why he reacted so much was because he had done the same thing when dealing with the victims.

Xiang Minzhong glared at Kou Ji and said fiercely: "Now is not the time to hold anyone responsible. If you really want to investigate it, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all at fault, do you still want the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty to beg for their bones? ”

It is unrealistic to let the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty invite themselves to beg for bones.

Kou Ji said lightly: "I'll just say it casually......"

Xiang Minzhong snorted coldly and continued: "If it was before, even if the imperial court found out about this kind of thing, it would turn a blind eye and let him continue to develop.

After all, this matter involves too much, and the slightest carelessness will cause turmoil in the government and the opposition.

But since your grandfather moved some people to the newly added territory of my Great Song Dynasty, some officials have seen a new way.

They felt that it was entirely possible to dismantle some unnecessary van troops, relocate them to those vast and sparsely populated areas, and turn them into soldiers.

This move can not only resolve the erosion of our Great Song Dynasty Army, but also add a new part of the good people to our Great Song Dynasty and add a new high to my Great Song Dynasty's agricultural taxes.

It stands to reason that this is a good governance.

But this move has touched the interests of some people.

Therefore, after the officials of the imperial court raised this matter, some people immediately stood up to oppose it. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Wu Xun? ”

Xiang Minzhong nodded and said, "Not bad...... The warriors have been drinking the blood of soldiers for decades, how can they easily let the meat out of their plates? Although the imperial court has not yet implemented the good governance of turning soldiers into people, the martial artists who smelled the wind have begun to resist behind their backs.

The imperial court was afraid that when it was in a confrontation with the Liao State, the martial artists would take the opportunity to make trouble, so they would choose to negotiate peace with the Liao State instead of holding it on. ”

Kou Ji squinted his eyes and said, "This matter is not so easy to deal with, but I am afraid it will not be so easy." ”

Xiang Minzhong nodded slowly and said, "It's as difficult as climbing to the sky." ”

The martial artists of the Great Song Dynasty, after years of marriage, have not only become relatives of the emperor and the country, but also become a collection of interests.

Digging meat from them will affect the entire government and the opposition.

If one is not handled well, it will be a mutiny.

So be cautious, and be cautious.

At this time, it is really not appropriate to stay up with Liao.

Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Minzhong and complained: "Since you know what is at stake, why didn't you tell me earlier, it made me worry for so long." ”

Xiang Minzhong grinned and said, "The old man likes to see you speculate and be uneasy. ”

For a moment, Kou Ji had an urge to block this old man again.

If it weren't for the fact that this old man was sitting comfortably in the carriage, not like Wang Zeng's buttocks hurting in the carriage, Kou Ji would definitely leave him to find Wang Zeng.

With Xiang Min Zhong explaining the stakes, Kou Ji also knew that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu might not kill him, and his heart relaxed a lot.

But he didn't let his guard down.

It's when people are impulsive.

What if after seeing him, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu remembered that because of him, he made his conquest of Western Xia a failure, and impulsively let people cut him?