Whether it is Zhu Neng or Li Zhaoliang, they all started with soldiers and horses.

Burning, killing and looting is their old job, and it is impossible to expect them to govern their fiefdoms safely and steadily.

In their eyes, the income from operating in the fiefdom for a year may not be as much as what they get by grabbing a vote.

Anyway, there is Da Song to help them sell the stolen goods, and they don't worry that the things they have robbed have nowhere to go.

Wonsan and Gargamel are not very peaceful people.

One of them had a great cause in his heart, and the other had in his heart the glory of the Caliphate.

The West is where they must conquer.

So after Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang arrived in the Western Regions, they quickly turned Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang, the two violent elements, into their allies, and then invaded the West together to carve up everything in the West.

As for Cao Yun's entry into Tianzhu, it was completely unexpected.

The small dynasties that stood in the middle of Tianzhu and Jiaozhi were not Cao's opponents.

Cao used his family to operate in the southwest for more than ten years, and he held a large number of armaments provided by the Great Song Dynasty in his hands, plus the fire crossbow meteor arrows they had researched themselves, and bullying those natives was like bullying chickens.

After all, at a time when Westerners did not yet know what gunpowder was.

Cao Yu had already ordered the soldiers and horses to be equipped with firearms.

It is conceivable who is strong and who is weak.

Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen and smiled, "They should have sent someone to contact someone from the official family, right?" ”

Zhao Zhen didn't hide it, and nodded decisively.

Kou Ji continued to laugh and said: "They didn't pass me, but went directly to the official family, do they want firearms?" ”

Zhao Zhen said bluntly: "Yes, their people vaguely told me that as long as I can provide them with firearms, Western things, and whatever I like, they will send them to me." ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "They are really thieves. ”

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "They should think that with firearms, their killing speed in the west will be much faster." ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "I can't agree." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "I know, so I refused." Then they offered me to buy a large number of bows and crossbows. ”

Kou Ji groaned: "It is not easy to build a bow and crossbow, and the bow and crossbow of my Great Song Dynasty can be said to be far superior to any other country.

They didn't sink their hearts to make bows and crossbows, but asked for bows and crossbows from my Great Song Dynasty.

It seems that they are planning to use all their forces. ”

Zhao Zhen pondered and said, "Maybe they haven't found a place to really settle down." ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Tianzhu is a good place to stay. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "What does the fourth brother mean, there is a possibility that someone among them will settle in Tianzhu?" ”

Koji nodded.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Who does the fourth brother think it will be?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "It should be the former King of Jiaozhi." ”

Zhao Zhen was puzzled and said: "Why is it the former king of Jiaozhi County?" ”

Kou Ji said bluntly: "Because he is the oldest." It's good that he can fight Tianzhu, and he has no spare strength to fight. So he should settle in Tianzhu and then spend the rest of his life governing Tianzhu. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded thoughtfully.

Kou Ji continued: "He may send someone to my Great Song Dynasty and use all kinds of methods to trick the people of my Great Song Dynasty into going to Tianzhu. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji puzzled.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Because he has already seen the diligence of my Great Song people, he must have fallen in love with my Great Song people." With the help of the people of the Great Song Dynasty to govern Tianzhu, he can completely take root in Tianzhu. ”

Cao Yonghui settled in Tianzhu, and Kou Ji had already calculated it.

Cao is already very old.

can hit Tianzhu, and the ambition is estimated to be almost consumed.

The land of Tianzhu is also very fertile, so he will definitely settle in Tianzhu.

Cao Yu is a Song person, so it is inevitable that he likes to use Song people.

After Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, and Yuan Shan find a place to settle, they will inevitably find a way to absorb the Song people.

Don't look at Yuanshan now using the Black Khan and Uighurs to help him fight, once he finds a real place to stay, he will definitely try his best to attract people from the Great Song Dynasty and replace those Black Khans and Uighurs.

Because in their subconscious, it is far safer to sit on a territory full of Song people and claim hegemony than to sit on a territory full of aliens and claim hegemony.

The phrase 'if it is not my race, its heart will be different' is almost integrated into their bone marrow.

So they can use aliens to help them fight the country, but they will never use aliens to help them sit on the country.

What's more, the dynasties that were bathed in the light of the caliphate were still strong.

These dynasties will become the blades of Zhu Neng, Yuan Shan, Cao Yu, and Li Zhaoliang to eliminate dissent.

Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's words and sighed: "My territory has not yet been filled with the people of the Great Song Dynasty, how can I let the people of the Great Song Dynasty help them." ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded: "The official family is reasonable......

Zhao Zhen got up, glanced at the gate of Kaifeng Mansion a few times, and said: "You and I are here today to see if there are any evil officials bullying the people, and now there is no evil official, which shows that the errand of the prefect of Kaifeng Mansion is not bad."

Run'er is also old, so he will add him to the position of the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture and let him support the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture.

lest the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, a cadre, be bullied by other magnates in Bianjing City. ”

Kou Ji then stood up and said with a smile: "In today's Bianjing City, there are only those who can bully the prefect of the Kaifeng Mansion, and it seems that only the ministers are left."

Is the official family warning the minister? ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "There are a few princes who have been a little carried away recently and have humiliated the prefect of Quan Kaifeng Mansion several times. I have to find a backer for the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture. ”

Kou Ji groaned: "Chen Yaozhi can't stop people? ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly.

"Chen Yaozhi is old, his energy is low, and he can't sit in the government for a long time, so he is not thoughtful enough. In addition, some of them are under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and Chen Yaozhi has no way to manage it. ”

"Then tell Yang Wenguang to keep an eye on it."

“……”

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji took people and quietly left the front of Kaifeng Mansion.

The decree on the division of the land carried out by them was carried out in an orderly manner, and no one was found to oppose the matter, nor was anyone to make trouble.

So they don't need to focus too much on that either.

After the two arrived on the royal street, they parted ways.

Koji went to the government office.

Zhao Zhen quietly returned to the palace.

After entering the palace.

Zhao Zhen sat alone in the main hall and sighed.

"Chen Lin, ......"

"Slaves and maids are ......"

"Do you think I'm too harsh on the fourth brother?"

Chen Lin was stunned, looked at Zhao Zhen in amazement, and said: "The official family has always been kind to Kou Xiang, how can you say harshly?" ”

Zhao Zhen sighed: "The fiefs I give to others almost all have the possibility of expanding outward. Only the fiefdom of the fourth brother has no way to expand. ”

Chen Lin hesitated: "Isn't there still the Cao family?" ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "The Cao family can't expand, the Cao family's daughter is my queen, and the Cao family's nephew is my eldest prince."

If the Cao family sits big, it will be harmful to my Great Song. ”

Chen Lin nodded slowly, understanding what Zhao Zhen meant.

The closer the relatives, the easier it is to influence the royal family.

The Cao clan is also the most likely to be recalled to the Great Song Dynasty among the many vassal kings.

Once Zhao Zhen dies and Zhao Run succeeds to the throne, Empress Cao can easily recall the Cao family through Zhao Run's mouth.

If the strength of the Cao family is too great, it can easily affect the Zhao family's throne.

Whether the Cao family has this intention or not, Zhao Zhen doesn't care, but Zhao Zhen must be guarded.

Zhao Zhen sighed with emotion: "I always thought that my Great Song Dynasty was the world, but now through the eyes of Zhu Neng and others, I took a good look at the world, and only then did I know that my Great Song Dynasty is not the whole world."

The territory of my Great Song Dynasty has been expanded to the extreme.

I don't have the strength to open up more territory, and even if I do, I won't be able to control it.

Therefore, Zhu Neng and others attacked the city and plundered the land outside, and I was not envious at all, and I never thought of taking the land in their hands.

Because I know that even if I send troops to take it, there will not be so many people in my Great Song Dynasty.

It is impossible for me to stretch out my hand so long and hold all the territory firmly in my hands.

Therefore, it is better for me to occupy the land outside the territory than for outsiders to occupy it.

It's a pity that the real strongman was accidentally locked up by me, but it was a bunch of rats jumping happy. ”

Chen Lin pondered Zhao Zhen's words and said, "Does the official family not like to trade with Zhu Neng and other courtiers?" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded without concealment, "In the world, except for the fourth brother, who is qualified to bargain with me?" Who is qualified to do business with me?

If it weren't for the fact that the expedition was too expensive, I would have sent my soldiers and horses to ask who was still not their emperor. ”

Chen Lin hurriedly said: "The official family can issue an order to reprimand." ”

Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "Forget it, for the sake of the thousand catties of gold they sent, I will allow them to be presumptuous for a while." Instructed the people of the Ministry of Industry to let them pick one or two of the bows and crossbows that were placed in the warehouse, and let the people of Wudesi send them to the Western Regions, and by the way, transport back the 1,000 catties of gold from me. ”

"......"

“……”

Zhao Zhen was preparing to trade with Zhu Neng and others in the palace, while Kou Ji was thinking about whether to send someone to communicate with Zhu Neng and others.

Zhu Neng and the others crossed him to trade with Zhao Zhen, and he didn't care.

Because he knew a long time ago that sooner or later there would be such a day.

Zhu Neng and others went to the West to establish their own foundation, and Kou Ji didn't care.

Because when Kou Ji left the Western Regions, he clearly told Yuanshan that if Yuanshan wanted to go to the West to establish a country, he would not stop him.

But Zhu Neng and the others were a little carried away, they seemed to have forgotten that they were still the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and they actually dared to cross him and Honglu Temple to negotiate conditions with Zhao Zhen.

Kou Ji talked to Zhao Zhen today, and heard that there was resentment in Zhao Zhen's words.

also understands why Zhao Zhen is resentful.

Zhu Neng and the others are indeed a little overbearing.

After Zhao Zhen conquered and destroyed the Liao State, no one in the whole world could be equal to him.

In addition to the fact that he is qualified to discuss things with Zhao Zhen.

Others are not qualified to talk directly to Zhao Zhen at all.

"It's better to send someone to tell Zhu Neng and the others, don't get carried away. I don't want to take troops to recruit them myself. ”

Kou Ji thought about it for a while, and made a decision, so he summoned the messengers from the palace and ordered them to take the caravan to the Western Regions.

At the same time, they also asked them to urge Gargamel to transport the remaining books in the Baghdad Wisdom Hall to the Great Song Dynasty as soon as possible.

After instructing someone to deliver the message, Kou Ji stopped bothering with the matter.

If Zhu Neng and the others pick it up, they naturally know what to do.

If he didn't pick it up, then it would be necessary for Kou Ji to let Yang Wenguang go to the Western Regions.

After Koji sent someone to deliver the letter, he never paid attention to the matter again.

Some time to come.

Both he and Zhao Zhen continued to pay attention to the matter of dividing the field.

The matter of dividing the land is generally smooth sailing with the implementation of commercial laws.

Nothing hindered.

People choose to borrow more.

Few choose to serve.

Probably because he didn't want the men in the family to suffer on the border.

But even then, more than 100,000 people chose to serve.

Most of the 100,000 men have brothers in their families, so they go to the border without any psychological pressure.

Through their labor, they were more than happy to exchange five acres of subsistence land for their families.

In the hearts of the people, the land is the foundation that can be passed down from generation to generation.

Therefore, they thought that for the sake of their children and grandchildren, they would go to the frontier and suffer.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen discussed for a long time, and finally let 100,000 men join the soldiers and go to Qingtang.

Lu Yijian, who was in Qingtang, almost didn't cry after learning the news.

He guarded Qingtang for two whole years, and for two years, there were only him and his two old servants in the entire Qingtang, as well as a hundred local soldiers to protect his safety.

Other than that, there is no one else in the huge Qingtang.

Neither Li Zhaoliang nor Yuanshan could let their men invade Qingtang to graze or farm.

They knew who Kou Ji was, so it was absolutely impossible for people to enter Qingtang and touch Kou Ji's nerves.

If they really dare to let their subordinates go to Qingtang to graze their cattle unscrupulously.

Koji dared to lead his troops to destroy them.

They have seen Kou Ji's domineering and ruthlessness.

So they would rather bully Westerners than go against Kou Ji.

It is precisely because of this that there are only one hundred and three people in the huge Qingtang.

Now that the imperial court has sent 100,000 young and strong people, plus more than 60,000 young and strong family members to Qingtang to cultivate fertile land, Lu Yijian is naturally very excited.

Before the 100,000 Qingzhuang and 60,000 Qingzhuang families arrived in Qingtang, Lu Yijian used his relationship to release his bold words.

Those who are willing to settle in Qingtang will be divided into 1,000 acres of land, two cattle, 10 horses, and 100 sheep.

If you don't want to settle down in Qingtang, you can work in Qingtang for a year, and you can bring a cow, two horses, and ten sheep when you go back.

In the land of Qingtang, although there are not many people now.

But cows, sheep, and horses ran in herds.

After the Qingtang people and the Black Khan people who invaded Qingtang were dealt with, their cattle, sheep, and horses remained in Qingtang.

It was the spoils of the Great Song Dynasty.

Due to the relatively large number.

The imperial court couldn't digest it for a while, so it stocked those cattle, sheep, and horses all over Qingtang.

After two years of reproduction, the number has become even larger.

So Lu Yijian had the confidence to make such a promise.

He just wanted to attract more people to settle in Qingtang.

His approach proved to be effective.

After the spread of the Great Song Dynasty with the words he released, many people rushed to Qingtang with the large army heading to Qingtang.

Among them, some of them were greedy for Qingtang land and decided to settle in Qingtang.

There are also some who go to Qingtang to work.

Right.

It's a part-time job.

They are not people who go to serve, and they do not want to settle down in Qingtang.

They wanted to go to Qingtang to farm, and they wanted to earn those cattle, sheep and horses that Lu Yi had promised.

Fertile land and cattle were precious to the people.

Although the price of livestock has plummeted today, it is still not affordable for many poor people.

So they wanted to go to Qingtang to work and earn cattle, sheep, and horses.

After a group of people emerged in Xining Prefecture, the number has reached 200,000.

Among them, 100,000 served, 60,000 dependents, 6,000 who were willing to settle in Qingtang, and the rest went to Qingtang to work.

Lu Yijian personally rode his horse to Xining Prefecture to meet them.

Then he took them into Qingtang.

After arriving in Qingtang, Lu Yijian quickly selected many leaders from among them, and organized them into battalions according to the order of the army.

Then they were placed in one of the few cities in Qingtang.

And generously distributed the houses and temples in Qingtang to the people.

They were then given cattle, sheep, horses, and farming tools, and were given areas to be cultivated for good land.

The vast majority of the 200,000 people are farmers.

Therefore, there was no need for anyone to deliberately teach them to farm, and they began to reclaim barren fields and divide grasslands in Qingtang on their own.

Lü Yijian only needed to provide them with seeds, and after telling the people who led them to work, he didn't need to instill them too much.

Lu Yijian himself led those who were willing to settle down in Qingtang and lived in Qingtang City, the most prosperous city in Qingtang.

They were given a big house and a big house.

Not only that, but also allocated 1,000 acres of land and 1,000 acres of pasture to each of their families, and the number of cattle, sheep and horses was doubled.

Then the royal palace in Qingtang and the huge temple next to the royal palace in Qingtang were converted into a school club, so that those children could go to school.

After the news spread, many men who served in Qingtang were moved.

Those people who went to Qingtang to work were also tempted.

There's no way, Lu Yijian gave too much.

So much so that they didn't dare to hope for it when they lived so big.

There are a lot of fields, herds of cattle, sheep and horses, children and books, which is too attractive for them.

As a result, under the temptation of Lu Yijian, more and more people settled down.

With the transfer of the household registration of the local people, the local yamen was not happy.

Especially the several yamen near Qingtang.

Among them, the governor of Xining Prefecture shouted the worst.

Under the temptation of 1,000 acres of fertile land and 1,000 acres of grassland opened by Lu Yijian, half of the poor people in Xining Prefecture ran away.

Because they are in the border area and the people are strong, they don't care about the constraints of the local yamen at all, and they just run.

The governor of Xining Prefecture was furious when he saw that many textile workshops in Xining Prefecture were closing, and that the number of pedestrians on the streets was gradually decreasing.

Participating in Lu Yijian's recitals, they were handed to Bianjing City one by one.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji pretended not to see it.

No one in the DPRK and China mentioned this matter.

After all, compared to Lu Yijian, the governor of Xining Prefecture is a minion in the DPRK.

Although Lu Yijian left the center, he had a lot of old protégés, most of them were in the court, and his son also served as a squire in the court.

The governor of Xining Prefecture does not have so many protégés, let alone the son of a waiter.

Therefore, after the governor of Xining Prefecture participated in Lu Yijian's performance and entered Beijing, it was clear who to help and who not to help.

Lu Yijian's approach is very much in line with the minds of Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.

The two of them chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the twists and turns of the Zhizhou of Xining Prefecture naturally sank into the sea.

After Lu Yijian went crazy in Qingtang for two months, two weighty recitals appeared in the court.

Zhao Zhen took the two copies of the fold, and said with a smile: "Lu Yijian is too much......"

Kou Ji's expression was similar to Zhao Zhen's, he nodded and said, "Digging the foot of the wall and digging into Li Di and Du Yan, they are naturally not happy." ”

The two weighty recitals came from Li Di and Du Yan respectively.

Li Di unceremoniously scolded Lu Yijian for being shameless in the performance.

Du Yan sharply accused Lu Yijian of being a traitor who brought disaster to the country and the people.

Li Di even threatened in the twists and turns that if Lu Yijian did not restrain himself, he would bring a knife into Qingtang and go to fight with Lu Yijian.

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "Even if Lu Yijian digs people from the hinterland of the Central Plains, he even digs people from Hexi. Li Di and Du Yan are still counting on the people of Hexi to accompany them to control the sand.

Lu Yijian frantically dug the foot of the wall, and the two of them jumped to their feet naturally. ”

Kou Ji sighed with emotion: "There is no way, Qingtang has a vast area, and on the plateau of Qingtang, only Hexi people can barely adapt. The people who migrated from the hinterland of the Central Plains had no way to gain a foothold on the plateau of Qingtang.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Lu Yijian to dig the foot of the wall from Hexi.

What's more, Lu Yijian did give too much.

Today, the population of Hexi has almost tripled under the governance of Li Di and Du Yan.

Li Di, the old man, deceived the Zhenxi army for those men in Hexi to plunder women as wives and concubines from outside the territory.

He even asked the imperial court to let the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army stay in Hexi.

Nowadays, men in Hexi, if they don't marry one wife and two concubines, they will be looked down upon.

Under these circumstances, the population of Hexi is growing rapidly.

Naturally, the land is not enough.

Lu Yijian offered such generous conditions, they would naturally run to Qingtang.

During his years in Hexi, Li Di studied how to turn the desert into an oasis.

Now it has taken nearly hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land from the desert in Shazhou and other places.

He also counted on the people to follow him and turn the desert into an oasis once and for all.

Lu Yijian drew his blood, and he would naturally scold his mother. ”

After listening to Kou Ji's words, Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Li Gong turned the desert into an oasis, which can be said to be the merit of the community and the benefit of the future.

I remember that when my Great Song soldiers and horses first entered Hexi, most of Hexi was an endless barren beach.

Now, more than a decade has passed.

Those barren beaches have either been turned into forests, fruit groves, or fertile fields.

The desert, which used to have no grass, has now been governed by Li Gong into patches of forests.

My Great Song Dynasty also has a lot of fertile land that can be relied on by future generations.

Li Gong's merits in Hexi need to be maintained.

I should give an order to Lu Yijian and let him rein in one or two. ”