As for whether this battle will be lost, Koji is not worried at all.

As long as the soldiers and horses sent out by the imperial court took advantage of the war between the Liao and the Tanguts, waited for an opportunity to move and invaded the territory of the Tanguts, it was easy to bite a piece or two of meat from the Tanguts.

The Western Xia was not a large place and had limited troops.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu led 500,000 elite Liao troops to attack Western Xia, and Western Xia wanted to protect themselves in this war, in addition to relying on the advantage of occupying the northwest for many years and being familiar with geography, it also needed at least 300,000 troops to invest in order to barely parry the Liao army.

The 300,000 troops almost drained nearly seventy percent of the troops of Western Xia, and the remaining thirty percent were not very strong in combat effectiveness.

The Datong Army and the Yongxing Army, which have guarded the border for many years, are the first-class and first-class armies in the imperial court that can fight well, and the German army is not weak in combat effectiveness under the training of Li Zhaoliang.

Coupled with the help of the Zhe family and the Zhong family, it was easy to win against the defenders of Western Xia who were not strong in combat.

When the Tangut people and the Liao people stopped fighting, they freed up their hands and wanted to oppose the imperial court.

The imperial court has long since made the occupied places impregnable.

At that time, the Tangut people could only admit it.

If it was because of the intervention of the Great Song Dynasty, the Western Xia people were defeated by the Liao people, then the Great Song Dynasty could even share the Western Xia with the Liao people.

At that time, the territory gained will become even more.

"Our ancestors and grandchildren have been planning for a long time, but they were preempted by Liu E."

Kou Ji sighed and said helplessly.

Kou Zhun looked at Kou Ji, who was not greedy enough, rolled his eyes and said, "Boy, you are only sixteen years old, and you are already in the fifth grade, what do you want?" Do you want to take the opportunity to make a little military merit and rise one more liter? ”

Kou Ji smiled dryly: "Who would dislike a big official position? Ganluo is a twelve-year-old official who worships Shangqing, and I am sixteen years old, and the official residence is five-grade, which is nothing. ”

Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji up and down, and said disdainfully: "Just you, are you embarrassed to compare yourself to Ganluo?" ”

When Kou Ji heard this, his handsome face drooped, and he said with a dark face: "Why can't I compare to Ganluo?" Gan Luo was a twelve-year-old official who worshipped Shangqing, but before he paid homage to Shangqing, he spent a lot of time planning.

What about me? In less than a year, from a white body, mixed with a fifth-grade official body, how can he not compare to him? ”

"Phew!"

Kou Zhun was disgusted by Kou Ji's shamelessness and spat in front of him.

Kou Ji took two steps back with a look of disgust.

Kou Zhun glared angrily.

The grandparents and grandchildren seem to be bickering, and they seem to be scolding each other.

In fact, this is a way for their grandparents to exchange feelings.

Liu E is now one step ahead and has dispatched people, and Kou Zhun and Kou Ji have no military power in their hands, so they can't interfere, and they can't share the credit, so they can only sit and wait for the results.

So on the topic of sending troops, it will be in vain for them to continue to talk about it.

The grandfather and grandson fought for a while.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Grandfather, in the next few months, I'm afraid you will have to help Liu E wipe her ass." Liu E sent troops without discussion in the inner court, and was inevitably impeached by hundreds of officials.

Now there is a food shortage in Huainan and other places, and the people are unstable.

If this thing gets out, it will inevitably take a lot of effort to appease people's hearts. ”

Kou Zhun's old face turned red, and he blew his beard angrily and said: "Wipe it, wipe it, as long as you can bite off a piece of meat from Xixia, the old man is willing to wipe it." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he said with admiration: "What I admire most is your father's character of distinguishing between public and private. ”

Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "Do you think that slapping the old man's ass can make the old man forget your crime of resisting the old man?" This is at home, if this is in the court, you dare to contradict the old man like this, the old man will make you unable to get a salary for the rest of your life. ”

Kou Jiba smacked his lips and said, "I don't lack that little money......

Kou Zhun glared and reprimanded: "The old man knows that you have made some money in business, but it is earned in business, not by you as an official." If you are an official, you have to take it, if you don't take it, what kind of official are you? ”

Kou Ji cried and laughed and said, "My grandson knows that I am wrong. ”

Kou Zhun snorted coldly and said, "When the old man left the palace today, he bumped into the deputy envoy of the Third Division, and he told the old man that you have never been to the Third Division to receive the Yulu. After a while, I went to the third division to get Yulu.

After today, the three divisions will close the accounts. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "Wasn't my Yulu confiscated?" ”

Kou Zhun said with disdain when he heard this: "You hold two positions, even if you are punished, you will only be punished for one position, not all of them." There are not a few people who are fined by the imperial court every year, and if they are all punished, then they will not starve to death? ”

Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "There is still this statement? ”

Kou Zhun snorted: "I have time to take a look at the Taizu system, this is the rule set by Taizu." ”

Kou Jiba clicked his mouth and sighed in his heart.

The two brothers, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, in order to win over Wenchen, really invested a lot of money.

"I'll go to the third division to get the ......"

Kou Ji said a word, and walked out.

Kou Zhun shouted at Kou Ji's back: "The old man asked you to go today, but he didn't let you go now, what are you anxious about?" ”

Kou Ji said loudly: "I'm afraid it's too late, those guys are greedy for my money." ”

When Kou Zhun heard this, he laughed angrily, pointed to Kou Ji's back and scolded with a smile: "With the old man's status today, others give you a fortune, and I can't wait to give you as much as possible, who dares to embezzle your fortune." ”

Kou Zhun didn't hear what Kou Ji said, because he had already left the courtyard.

He was in a hurry to get it.

As the saying goes, if you are not active in receiving money, you have a problem with your brain.

No one is disgusted that they can't spend enough money.

Although the money issued by the imperial court to Kou Ji is not as much as the Vientiane pawnshop has earned in the past half a year.

But the money made by the Vientiane pawnshop was not enough for Kou Ji to ignore his money.

……

In fact, the three divisions have a service to send Yu Lu to the door, like Kou Zhun Yu Lu, every season there will be people from the three divisions to personally deliver to the door.

After all, Kou Zhun has so many money, and when the court issued it, it was copper coins and grain, and with Kou Zhun's figure, it was impossible to carry it back by himself.

The main reason why the people of the Third Division had to let Kou Ji go to the Third Division was that Kou Ji's situation was somewhat special.

What kind of special law?

Promoted too quickly.

It only took Kou Ji more than half a year to climb a green cloud ladder that others might not be able to climb in their lifetime.

So whenever the three divisions accounted for the money, Kou Ji was promoted.

The people of the three divisions who were harmed had to help him calculate again.

Of course, the people of the third division can also send him the money according to the rank before he was promoted.

But the people of the Third Division did not do this.

They always use Kou Ji's rank and official position after promotion to help Kou Ji calculate his income.

They also did this to form a good relationship with Kou Fu.

lest Liu E fall in the future, Kou Zhun will liquidate them together.

Kou Ji arrived at the yamen of the three divisions, accompanied the deputy envoys of the three divisions, and calculated his own income together.

I don't know if I don't calculate, and I was startled by an accounting.

Kou Ji held two positions, and when the third division gave him an account of the salary, the fine was calculated on his low-level official position, and the salary was issued according to his highest official position.

He has 35 yuan a month, but this is only a small part.

The rest of the miscellaneous items, such as clothing, millet, tea, wine, and kitchen materials, charcoal, salt, clothing and food for the retinue, horses and corn, additional expenses, office money, minister's money, and so on, are calculated to be 70 yuan per month.

Calculated as a month's worth of Kou Ji, it is about one hundred and five.

Kou Ji was awarded the official by Zhao Heng at the end of April, and the third division calculated a full moon for him in April, and the total calculation was that he was nine hundred and forty-five years old.

Coupled with the year-end bonus, Kou Ji's fortune exceeded 1,000.

Kou Ji didn't expect that Da Song actually had a year-end bonus.

Since some of the food was silk, cloth, brocade, and rice grain, in order to facilitate Kou Ji's carrying, the three divisions all folded it into a silver judgment for him.

Fifty-one silver sparkling silver judgments were put into a cloth bag sent by the third division by Kou Ji, and walked to the mansion on his back.

These fifty-one silver glittering silver judgments were obtained by him after he had been busy for the imperial court for more than half a year.

Kou Ji returned to the mansion with the silver judgment on his back, and threw it to the craftsmen in the mansion to make silver leaves together.

Then he nested in his yard and waited for the New Year's Festival.

However.

It's Chinese New Year's Eve.

He couldn't sit still.

Early in the morning, Aunt Qiao took a few maids to his room, woke him up from the bed, and then helped him put on new clothes, step on new shoes, wrap jade belts, and tie gold crowns.

If it weren't for Kou Ji's insistence, Aunt Qiao would still want to paint him some powder and bring him a plum blossom.

After getting dressed neatly, Aunt Qiao led Kou Ji to the main hall of the mansion.

After arriving at the main hall, Kou Zhun and Kou Li had already changed into new clothes and sat inside.

In front of each of them was a chest full of gold and silver leaves.

After Kou Ji arrived, he glanced at the box in the hands of the two of them, and said with a smile: "Today, the three of us ancestors and grandchildren are sitting here?" ”

Kou Zhun said slowly: "There are many people in the house, some people visit us every day, and some people don't see us once or twice a year. We have to sit here and let them see and recognize people, lest after a long time, they don't even know the old and young masters in the house. ”

The servants of the Kou Mansion had already sent a batch home a few years ago.

But there are still many more people who remain in Khao Fu.

They either signed a long-term contract with the Kou Mansion or were rewarded by the palace.

Life is a person of Koufu, and death is a ghost of Koufu.

If the Koufu does not fall, they will have to stay in the Koufu forever.

Although the imperial court clearly stipulated that it was not allowed to sign a deed of sale, it still could not prevent such things from happening.

There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below.

If you are not allowed to sign a deed of sale, it is the same if you sign a 50-year contract or a 100-year contract.

It's no different from selling yourself.

Therefore, most of these servants and maids who are still staying in the house are homeless, or they have no way to return home.

The three generations of the Kou family sat in the main hall and let them see, not so much to let them recognize people, but to give them a requiem.

They are a group of homeless people who can't return home, and their souls need a place of sustenance.

This place is Koufu.

The three generations of Kou's ancestors and grandchildren represent the Kou Mansion.

As long as they see that the three generations of the Kou family are in good health and free of illness and disaster, they don't need to worry about eating and drinking in the future.

There is no need to worry about the need for a different place for the soul.

They will regard the Kou Mansion as their home, and the three generations of the Kou family as their family.

Kou Ji didn't understand this, and he hadn't experienced this, so he was very ignorant in this regard, and he was also at a loss about what Kou Zhun and Kou Li did.

But he still accompanied Kou Zhun and Kou Li, and sat in the main hall for a day.

When night falls.

The servants lit a bunch of firecrackers at the gate of the house, in the front yard, in the middle yard, and in the backyard.

With the sound of firecrackers in Bianjing City, everyone knows that the New Year is coming.

The reason why firecrackers can be set off in Bianjing City is because in ancient times, the function of firecrackers was not to celebrate, but to ward off evil spirits.

Therefore, setting off firecrackers does not conflict with Zhao Heng's funeral.

Kou Zhun sat on the first seat of the main hall like Zhao Zhen sat on Jinluan.

The servants, maids, and guards in the house, like the civil and military officials who met in the court, slowly entered the main hall.

They all saluted Kou Zhun together, "I have seen the master, I wish the master a happy and healthy new year." ”

Kou Zhun nodded slowly, "Reward!" ”

Kou Zhong held the box in front of Kou Zhun, walked to the servants, maids, and guards, and began to distribute the reward.

When everyone received the reward, they saluted Kou Li in unison, "I have seen the young master, I wish the young master a prosperous new year." ”

Kou Lile smiled and said, "Look at the reward! ”

He felt that at this moment, he looked like a real young master.

So he was very happy in his heart.

After the reward of the Kouli is distributed.

They saluted Kou Ji in unison, "I've seen the little young master, I wish the little young master a prosperous new year." ”

Kou Ji looked at the empty desktop in front of him, and really didn't know whether to shout a word of appreciation.

No one informed him, and he didn't prepare in advance.

Just when he was in a dilemma, Kou Zhong walked up to him with a plate.

Kou Ji took a look, a plate of pearls.

In ancient times, this thing was a very valuable thing.

"Reward!"

Looking at the plate of pearls in front of him, Kou Ji shouted magnificently.

The servants, maids, and guards saw the pearl, and their eyes lit up.

They have been from Koufu all their lives, so they don't need to share the money with others.

On weekdays, when they go out of the house at leisure, the maids can take the money and add a little rouge gouache, and the servants can sneak away to the land of fireworks and willow lanes.

In short, money is very important to them.

After the reward.

Kou Zhong ordered the kitchen in the mansion to serve wine and food, and everyone began to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together.

Although it is a little early to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner now, there is no way to do it.

Because of Kou Zhun and Kou Ji, it is impossible to keep the New Year in the mansion tonight.

According to the usual practice, their ancestors and grandchildren will enter the palace tonight and accompany the official family.

Kou Zhun simply ate two bites, and was about to go back to the room to change into official clothes, seeing that Kou Ji was still staring at a stewed bear's paw on the table, his old face suddenly turned dark.

"Go change your clothes!"

Being able to enter the palace to accompany the official's family for the New Year is also a kind of grace.

Not all officials are eligible to enter the palace to accompany the official's family for the New Year.

The official uniform on the body must be red, or a person above red, to be eligible.

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