"Everyone, wait here, the old man will go to the officials of the household department to come and count the belongings......"

Wang Zeng said to Lu Yijian and the others very excitedly, turned around and rushed to his carriage.

When Kou Ji was leaving, he said loudly: "There are two boatloads of things in them, which are the family assets of my Kou Mansion......"

Wang Zeng paused slightly, and said without looking back: "The old man knows......"

After saying this, he climbed into his carriage and told the groom to drive it to the location of the Yamen of the Household Department.

There are two boatloads of things that Kou Ji said are the family assets of Kou Fu, and Wang Zeng didn't care at all.

Not to mention that Kou Ji said two boats, even if Kou Ji opened his mouth to say five boats, Wang Zeng would not frown.

The money that Kou Li escorted back was a windfall for the imperial court, and the imperial court had gained such a great benefit for nothing, so it was reasonable to give Kou Fu some profits.

Not only did he have to share the profits of Kou Fu, but he also had to give Kou Li a promotion to show Kou Li's merits.

After all, the imperial court was able to get such a windfall, and on the surface, it was Kou Li's credit.

After Wang Zeng left, Kou Ji looked at Lu Yijian and pouted, "Can Lu Gong repeat what he just said?" ”

Lu Yijian didn't sneer at Kou Ji just now.

Now that things have taken a big turn, Kou Ji naturally wants to get back on the field.

Lu Yijian heard Kou Ji's words, his cheeks were a little blushing, he glared at Kou Ji, snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and left the ferry with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Zhibai pointed at Kou Ji with a smile.

seems to be complaining that Kou Ji shouldn't embarrass Lu Yijian with such a trivial matter.

Kou Ji smiled faintly.

He has always been the kind of person who doesn't take revenge overnight, Lu Yijian didn't block him just now, and now that he has an opportunity, he naturally won't let Lu Yijian go.

His current status is comparable to Lu Yijian's, and his status is also comparable.

From the root point of view, one belongs to literature and the other belongs to martial arts, and it should be a sworn enemy.

He didn't go against Lu Yijian in the court, he was already very benevolent.

Zhang Zhibai could probably guess some of Kou Ji's thoughts, shook his head and smiled, and said: "Duke Lu and the prince have already left, and the old man is not suitable to stay here, the old man will take the first step, and when you turn around, you have time, come to the old man's mansion and sit down." ”

"I will definitely visit ...... another day"

Zhang Zhibai said a kind word, and Kou Ji also replied with a kind word.

After being polite, Zhang Zhibai left the ferry.

Koji returned to the side of the ship.

Looking at the massive amount of property unloaded by the boatmen, Kou Ji's mood was also very complicated.

Although Kou Li was in charge of escorting this batch of belongings, and knew who gave them to him, he did not know where they came from.

Only Kou Ji knew this in his heart.

The property that Kou Li was responsible for escorting did come from the sea, but it was not a tribute from the vassals, but the stolen goods that Cao used to loot overseas with his people.

There are indeed many overseas vassals, but how many people are really willing to offer precious gifts to the Great Song Dynasty?

It's good if you don't come to the Great Song Dynasty to fight the autumn breeze one by one, how can you offer a rich tribute to the Great Song Dynasty.

Cao Yong, with regular soldiers and horses, and the sharpest weapons, has been looting overseas for many years, and the money he has looted is naturally more than that.

A large part of it has been secretly digested.

What was sent to Bianjing City was only a small part of it.

When Cao Yu returned to Beijing by Kou Li, he prepared such a huge amount of property without informing Kou Ji, and let Kou Li escort him back to Beijing, because he was disgusting Kou Ji.

He knew that after these belongings appeared in Bianjing, they would inevitably cause a sensation, so he prepared the tribute documents in advance and asked Kou Li to bring them back.

Anyway, he doesn't know how many small countries he has eliminated on the sea over the years, and it is easy to pretend to be those small countries that he has eliminated.

The reason why he prepared the paperwork in advance was to avoid the reputation of Kou Fu for being greedy for money.

Through Cao's actions, Kou Ji easily deduced Cao's intentions.

Dog's day just wants to disgust him.

Simply disgusting him.

The reason is very simple, Cao Yi wanted to establish a country overseas after moving out of Leizhou, and invited Kou Ji to go overseas to be the lord of the country, so that Kou Ji would not stay in Bianjing City and suffer from it.

But he was rejected by Koji.

Cao took advantage of this and wanted to disgust him.

Cao Yu can only disgust him for a while, and he can't do anything for the rest of the things.

Cao used to live a very happy life in Leizhou over the years, and he also made a great name at sea.

But everything that Cao uses is based on Kou Ji's support.

If Kou Ji didn't support him, he would be reduced to an ordinary person in an instant.

Half of the people Cao used in Leizhou were from Baozhou, and half were bandits from Zhao'an.

But whether it is the past of Baozhou or the bandits who were recruited, they are all loyal to Kou Ji, not Cao to use them.

The people of Baozhou in the past were loyal to Kou Ji, needless to say.

The reason why the bandits in Leizhou are loyal to Kou Ji is related to the people in Baozhou's past.

Most of the people in Baozhou in the past were formally trained soldiers.

After those bandits were co-opted, they naturally needed to be reorganized and retrained.

The people in the past in Baozhou, when they trained them, often talked about Kou Ji.

After a long time, those bandits were naturally brainwashed.

One by one, they are loyal to Kou Ji.

In addition, the people of Kou Mansion sent some supplies they lacked from time to time, and a large part of what they ate was provided by Kou Mansion, how could they not be loyal to Kou Ji?

Although Cao Yu led them, it was difficult to rebel against them.

In addition, all the armaments and ships they used were provided by the Koufu, and they were all in the hands of the Koufu people.

Cao Yu just wanted to do something in private, but he couldn't do it.

When Cao Yong first arrived in Leizhou, he also had other thoughts, and fought with Kou Ji a few times openly and secretly, and after losing the fight, he completely accepted his fate and helped Kou Ji work desperately.

In Kou Ji's eyes, Cao Yu is an eagle.

If you can't survive him, you'll be played by him.

If you survive him, he will be loyal to you.

It's just that this war eagle is a little naughty now.

Kou Ji was thinking about whether to pass on a message to the past and let Cao Yu hang up and fight.

A little property, if it is given to the court, it will be given to the court, and Kou Ji doesn't care.

How much money Kou Mansion has now, Kou Ji himself doesn't know, he is not that bad.

What he cared about was Cao Yun's attitude towards him.

Just when Kou Ji was thinking about whether to send someone to clean up Cao's use, Wang Zeng had already rushed to the ferry with a group of officials from the sub-household department.

Kou Ji instructed the boatman and the servants of Koufu to load the goods of Koufu into the cart, and then threw the remaining goods to Wang Zeng, and then led the people back to the Koufu mansion in Bianjing.

The mansion of Kou Mansion was lent to the imperial court twice to store money, and many tables and chairs and other things were piled up in one place.

Koji ordered someone to clean up early.

After Kou Ji returned to the mansion with Kou Li, the mansion of Kou Mansion had been cleaned up.

After the family had a simple light meal, Kou Ji took Xiang Yan and Kou Tianci and left the Kou Mansion mansion.

Before leaving, Kou Li had to give Xiang Yan and Kou Tian the yellow and white things, and Xiang Yan symbolically accepted them.

Out of the house.

got into the carriage, Xiang Yan hugged Kou Tianci, who had already fallen asleep, sat next to Kou Ji, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law...... Seems scared of you? ”

Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Xiang Yan added, "It seems that all of them are afraid of you?" ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Who knows." I didn't do anything to them, and I didn't understand why they were afraid of me. ”

Xiang Yanhu looked at Kou Ji suspiciously.

Kou Ji smiled faintly and didn't explain much.

The reason why Kou Li is afraid of him may be related to Kou Li's experience in Leizhou.

When Kou Ji first sent people to Leizhou, Kou Li always relied on his father's identity to interfere in many affairs.

Then Kou Ji gave an order that the people he sent should not care about Kou Li, and that Kou Li should not exist.

After a while, Kou Li became completely well-behaved and no longer dared to meddle in any affairs.

There is no other reason.

The group of killers sent by Kou Ji began to kill.

Those guys are in the land of half-law, and they are still somewhat restrained.

When they arrived in a land outside the law, they were like beasts of prey.

In order to collect money, in order to grab places, they don't know how many people they killed.

Anyway, every time they return from going to sea, they are full of blood.

After smelling the blood on their bodies, Korry didn't dare to care about them anymore.

Coming out of this generation and being an official, Kou Li has seen dead people, and he has also seen many murderers.

But the worst people he had ever seen, and he didn't smell as much blood as they were.

A killer, Kou Li is not afraid.

But a group of killers, Kou Li is really afraid.

Not only Kou Li is afraid, but also the family members around him.

That's why.

Kou Li and the others were afraid of Kou Ji, a person who could suppress a group of talented people thousands of miles away.

Kou Ji didn't want to tell Xiang Yan more about this, so when Xiang Yan asked about it, Kou Ji could only laugh it off.

Xiang Yan didn't ask about it, but thought of something else, "Father-in-law doesn't seem to be close to you?" ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "When I was young, he went out to study. After I arrived in Bianjing, he was kept on ground, and later he was sent to other places.

Although he is my father, we don't get along for long.

It's not very close, that's normal. ”

Xiang Yan felt a little uncomfortable in her heart and said: "But the concubine is very uncomfortable when she sees her father-in-law getting close to other children, but she is not very close to you." ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "I like to be alone, and I'm used to being alone. ”

"You are not lonely, you have a concubine ......"

"And ...... child"

“……”

Koji laughed, "yes, I still have you and God. So you don't have to feel sorry for me. I didn't feel bad at all anyway. ”

Xiang Yan nodded heavily, holding Kou Tianci and leaning on Kou Ji's shoulder.

After the family of three left Bianjing City, they never went to the Koufu mansion again.

After Wang Zeng took a large amount of money from Kou Ji, he immediately wrote the matter down and handed it to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen sent people from Honglu Temple to include several vassals mentioned in Kou Ji's offering documents into the list of states that could be exchanged, and promoted Kou Li to an official.

Kou Li was promoted to the Ministry of Rites and served as a chef.

An idle official position does not need to go to work often, nor does he need to go to court.

Kou Li gave a thanksgiving note.

The matter is over.

In order to avoid the notoriety of the Kou Mansion, the imperial court also sent a special report to clarify the matter of the tribute.

After the matter was completely calm, it was already the New Year's Day.

This year's New Year's Festival is particularly lively.

Before the New Year's Festival approached, Zhao Zhen issued an order that Jin Wu couldn't help it.

Last year's New Year's Festival, Zhao Zhen was not in Bianjing, so this year's New Year's Festival, we must make up for last year's excitement.

From the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month.

Bianjing City has entered a strong New Year's atmosphere.

Lights are everywhere in Bianjing City, and the sound of firecrackers is a day after a day, so it is not lively.

The most lively is the 28th day of the lunar month.

The twenty-eighth day of the lunar month.

The envoys of the Liao State escorted the New Year's coins given to the Great Song Dynasty into Beijing.

Morning.

The people flocked to both sides of the street where the Liao envoy was going to pass.

The Great Song Dynasty has sent more than ten years of New Year's coins to the Liao Kingdom, and now it is the turn of the Liao Kingdom to send the New Year's coins to the Great Song Dynasty.

The people stood guard on both sides of the street for a long time, until the sun was shining, and then they waited for the team of the Liao envoys.

The leader was Yang Shenxing, an important minister of the Liao State, and the accompanying officials and soldiers were all Han Chinese.

Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu seems to have expected that the people of the Great Song Dynasty would gather around to watch the envoys he sent to the Great Song Dynasty, so it is useless for one Liao person, and all the people sent are Han Chinese.

When the people saw the Liao envoy appear, they looked excited one by one, ready to shout some words to express their feelings.

But after seeing that the Liao envoys were all Han Chinese, his eyes were full of disappointment.

What they want to see is that the Liao people bow their heads, not their own people who once bowed to them.

The people didn't see the Liao people, and they lost their minds to shout.

When Yang Shenxing led people through the people, he saw a strange scene.

The people on both sides of the street stared at them one by one, but none of them spoke.

Everywhere I went, quietly.

Yang Shenxing was actually a little numb by the people.

A group of people passing by the state bridge.

Someone spat at their ranks.

Then everyone started spitting at them.

Yang Shenxing endured the humiliation and burden, and when he arrived at the gate of the palace with people, everyone had already been baptized with spit.

Yang Shenxing and his entourage arrived in front of Donghua Gate and saw a person standing on the Jinshui Bridge in front of Donghua Gate.

The man stood with his hands folded, staring at them.

After Yang Shenxing carefully identified it, he found that it was Kou Ji, and hurriedly shouted: "But the Great Song Dynasty's privy envoy Kou Changsheng? I am the ...... of the Great Liao."

Yang Shenxing wants to be close to Kou Jitao.

Kou Ji didn't mean anything close to him.

Kou Ji stared coldly at Yang Shenxing and his party, and said, "Who are you?" ”

Yang Shenxing was slightly stunned, and guessed that Kou Ji might have to embarrass him, so he didn't get close to it anymore, he bowed his hand and said, "I am Yang Shenxing, the envoy of the Great Liao......"

Kou Ji snorted coldly and said, "Da Liao? Fanbang vassal country, dare to be big in front of my Great Song Dynasty? ”

When Yang Shenxing heard this, he sighed secretly in his heart, and said again: "I am Yang Shenxing, the envoy of the Liao State......"

Kou Ji asked coldly: "What is the matter with the envoys of the Liao State entering my Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Yang Shenxing hurriedly said: "On the orders of our emperor, I will send a tribute to His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty......

Kou Ji snorted coldly: "Since it is to send New Year's tribute, why did you bring sword soldiers into the city?" ”

Yang Shenxing looked at Kou Ji blankly.

Kou Ji said coldly: "I am the new law of the Song Dynasty, but all the envoys of Fanbang are not allowed to bring swords and soldiers when they enter Beijing." ”

Yang Shenxing immediately wanted to refute.

I heard Kou Ji continue: "That Fanbang does not comply, you can return the same way and wait for my Great Song soldiers and horses to come." ”

Yang Shenxing immediately closed his mouth, and very humiliatingly ordered the casual soldiers and horses to hand over their swords, guns, swords, and halberds, and let people leave Bianjing City with them.

Some were packed up later.

Yang Shenxing stared at Kou Ji and said, "That's okay, right?" We can enter the palace to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, right? ”

Kou Ji glanced at Yang Shenxing and said lightly: "Can you enter the palace to meet the official family, what does it have to do with me?" I am the privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, not the Great Song Honglu Temple.

I'm just passing through here to see that you don't obey the laws of my Great Song, so I'm just going to warn you. ”

Yang Shenxing's face flushed for a moment.

Kou Ji ignored him, stepped across the Jinshui Bridge, and walked towards the palace.

Yang Shenxing finally went to the post house to change his clothes under the reception of the officials of Honglu Temple, and escorted his belongings into the palace with people.

After Yang Shenxing entered the palace, the Great Song Dynasty Wenwu had all gathered in the vertical arch hall.

In addition to Kou Ji, the civil and military forces in the vertical arch hall, one is counted as one, and when the Liao envoy entered the palace, his chest was straight and straight.

Even Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai are not exempt from vulgarity.

They pretended to be grandsons in front of the Liao people for many years, and finally turned over and became grandfathers, so they naturally had to put on a show.

Yang Shen walked into the vertical arch hall and respectfully saluted Zhao Zhen.

"Yang Shenxing, the envoy of the Liao State of Xiabang, see His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty......"

The word 'Xiabang' in Yang Shenxing's mouth exited, and the civil and military forces in the vertical arch hall were a little moved.

Da Song has really become stronger.

Become stronger than ever.

The three dynasties of Taizu, Taizong, and Zhenzong failed to turn the Liao State into a lower state.

When the official family ascended to the throne, the Liao State became a lower state, and the Liao State bowed to the Great Song Dynasty.

The Liao State has bowed its head.

Then all the countries in the world, who would dare to raise their heads and talk to Da Song.

From then on, the Great Song Dynasty will become a true Heavenly Empire.

And not the kind of heavenly kingdom that was bought with money.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were full of emotion in their hearts.

Yang Shenxing did not stop because of this, he handed over the credentials to Zhao Zhen after giving a salute to Zhao Zhen.

After Zhao Zhen got the credentials, he put them on the dragon case and said to Yang Shenxing: "Yang Shenxing, you represent the Liao State to envoy my Great Song Dynasty, the civil and military of our dynasty, I originally wanted to embarrass you."

After all, when the envoys of my Great Song Dynasty went to the Liao State, they were embarrassed by the nobles of the Liao State.

But I stopped it.

As long as you obey the laws of my Great Song Dynasty and follow the rules of my Great Song Dynasty.

I, Da Song, will not embarrass you in the slightest.

I'm not the kind of bully. ”

Yang Shenxing heard Zhao Zhen's words, and was secretly bitter in his heart.

Zhao Zhen's words can be regarded as quietly stepping on the Liao Emperor and praising himself.

Yang Shenxing couldn't answer Zhao Zhen's words.

If you agree, today's scene will be transmitted back to the Liao State, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will inevitably settle accounts with him.

If you don't approve, don't give Zhao Zhen face.

If you don't give Zhao Zhen face, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no courtiers who will wear small shoes for him in order to pat Zhao Zhen's ass.

Yang Shenxing thought about it again and again, and could only bow deeply to Zhao Zhen without saying a word.

He was silently begging for mercy, begging Zhao Zhen to let him go.

Zhao Zhen did not embarrass him, and after ordering him to calm down, he asked him some recent situation of the Liao Emperor and some recent situation of the Liao State.

After the conversation, he was taken away from the Vertical Arch Hall.

After Yang Shenxing left, Zhao Zhen ordered someone to carry the Sui tribute sent by the Liao State into the palace.

Zhao Zhen instructed someone to open the box full of gold and silver, so that the Manchu civil and military forces could look at it, and then said: "I heard that after my Great Song Dynasty sent New Year's coins to the Liao State every year, the Liao Emperor will distribute the silk cloth sent by my Great Song Dynasty to the Manchu civil and military as a reward.

He wants the Liao Kingdom to go up and down, wear the silk cloth sent by my Great Song Dynasty, remember the wealth of my Great Song Dynasty, and worry about the territory of my Great Song Dynasty.

Today, I will distribute the New Year's coins sent by the Liao Kingdom to you.

I want you to remember that my Great Song Dynasty can have today, not by virtue of peace talks, but by the desperate efforts of the soldiers.

In every territory of my Great Song Dynasty, there are white bones buried.

So I can't lose an inch of land.

Later, when I met the war again in the Great Song Dynasty, whoever mentioned peace talks, I would send him to the border.

I asked him to fight for my big song with real knives and guns.

After fighting hard, come back and tell me if you want to talk peace. ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand to Chen Lin, and Chen Lin led the eunuchs to start giving money to the Manchu civil and military forces.

In the process of distributing money, Zhao Zhen said to the Manchu Dynasty: "I believe that if you take the New Year's coin sent by the Liao State, you will be reluctant to spend it, and you will definitely put it in the most eye-catching position at home, and remind yourself all the time." ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, after getting the reward, answered in unison without hesitation.

Then he waited with Zhao Zhen until the New Year's coins were distributed.

Zhao Zhen said again: "Among the tributes sent by the Liao State, there are twelve Eastern Pearls, and I keep three of them. The rest were rewarded to Cao Wei, Kou Ji, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai and other nine people. ”

Kou Ji and the others didn't understand Zhao Zhen's move, and they didn't understand why Zhao Zhen became so generous.

But he still smiled at Zhao Zhen's reward.

After appreciating the Manchu Dynasty's Wenwu, Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "From now on, there will be no more money to you on Chinese New Year's Eve." As soon as it should be rewarded, it will be subject to the New Year's coin sent by the Liao State. ”

When the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty heard this, they were in an uproar.

Zhao Zhen didn't take care of the Manchu Dynasty anymore, and the next dynasty didn't announce it, so he threw up his sleeves and left the vertical arch hall.

Although the coins sent by the Liao Kingdom were rich, they were not worth mentioning at all compared to the money given to the courtiers in the palace for the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet.

Zhao Zhen seems to have become more generous, but in fact he has become stingy.

As a result, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military lost a large amount of year-end bonuses, which is naturally quite complaining.

After Zhao Zhen left, they talked in a whisper.

When Kou Ji was talking about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, he suddenly smiled and said, "I think that the official family's move is very good...... You are going to make a fortune in the future, so thank you to the officials. ”