"I just thought there was danger in it, that's why I came to you for advice. Do you think my Cao family can make a move, if I can, my Cao family will be alive, if not, my Cao family will give up. ”

Cao Tong said very sincerely.

Kou Ji pouted and said, "If your Cao family doesn't participate in the life, will you really be willing?" ”

Cao Tong said frankly: "What is unwilling, my Cao family is not short of wealth, there is no need to gamble my life on money, my Cao family is not a Shi family." ”

The greed of the Shi family was well-known in Bianjing City, and even in the entire Great Song Dynasty.

It's also a very common thing to fight for money and fight hard.

Kou Ji heard that Cao Yan's words didn't look like a lie, so he said solemnly: "Then I'm telling you very seriously now, it's best for the Cao family not to get their hands on the shop, whoever touches their hands will die."

The officials, the Manchu courtiers, etc., tolerate your greed for money, but they will never tolerate your control of money that can shake the country's capital. ”

Cao Tong nodded heavily when he heard Kou Ji's words.

Kou Ji took a deep breath and repeatedly admonished: "Don't take my words as a deaf ear, don't touch your hands......"

Cao Tong shook his head decisively, "With your reminder, my Cao family will naturally not touch their hands." There's one more thing I'd like to ask you. ”

"You say ......"

"Meng, Qian, and Mu, someone has a part of the forging steel workshop, do you think my Cao family should take over?"

When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned for a moment, glanced at Cao Yan, and said angrily: "This is your fundamental purpose, right?" ”

Cao Tong has been in charge of Yizizipu for a long time, and he will not see the risk of getting his hands dirty.

The Cao family wants to get their hands on the shop, and he won't fail to remind him.

He should have retreated, and he felt unwilling, so he asked himself for advice.

Cao Tong smiled and said, "The members of the one-word Jiaozi shop are far more valuable than the members of the forging steel workshop. The profits in it are eye-catching, and I am naturally a little unwilling, so I asked you for advice.

After getting your affirmative answer, I naturally won't worry about the members of the shop.

However, the members of the one-word Jiaozi shop can't be remembered, but the members of the forging steel workshop can still be remembered. ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Since you have taken a fancy to the members of the steel forging workshop, let's go get it." Why are you telling me? Don't tell me, your Cao family can't afford to come up with money, and they can't eat the shares of the steel forging workshop. ”

Cao Yan said with a smile: "The forging steel workshop was built by you, and there are officials in it, my Cao family wants to intervene, so I naturally want to communicate with you." On the official side, there is no way to open his mouth, so he can only open his mouth to you. ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Gang Smith, your Cao family can interfere, but don't eat too much." In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, after your Cao family eats the share of the forging steel workshop, you must share one to two percent of the profit of the official family.

It's okay for us to do business with the government, but we have to let the government take the lion's share.

In this way, the officials will not be dissatisfied with us.

In this way, the officials will not attack us.

As long as the official family does not make a move against us, in the Great Song Dynasty, no one can stop us from getting rich. ”

Cao Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that Kou Ji's words could be said to be a wise saying.

In the past, they found some good business, and they only thought about taking advantage of the benefits themselves.

But to do so is to bear the stigma and risk.

Now I found out that pulling the official family to do business together and letting the official family take the biggest piece not only makes money, but also does not have to bear infamy and risks.

It's a win-win-win-win-win-

"Good ......"

Cao Tong only thought for a moment, and then agreed to the matter.

Seeing that Cao Tong agreed, Kou Ji asked, "What is your third purpose?" It won't be the interests of Hexi, right? ”

Cao Tong said with a bright smile: "I can't hide anything from you." ”

Kou Ji groaned: "Since your Cao family wants to eat the part of the forging steel workshop, then don't think about the fields in Hexi." The tree is big and easy to be remembered.

Zhu Neng has discovered a huge silver mine in the west of the river, and we can work together to mine it.

The official family accounts for 60%, you, me, and Zhu Neng each account for 10%, and the remaining part is given to the people who are mining as remuneration. ”

When Cao Tong heard this, he nodded with a brighter smile and said, "You are really good to those people......

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "If you do your best, you will die quickly." ”

Cao Tong nodded approvingly.

The two finished discussing business and chatted for a while.

On the occasion of parting.

Cao Yan seemed to remember something, and said to Kou Ji: "By the way, there is one thing I think I should tell you. There is such a group of people in the court, who secretly want to check and balance you, Wang Zeng, Li Di, Lu Yijian and others, so they are ready to persuade the official family and summon the King of Wei to return to Beijing. ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said in amazement: "Summoning the King of Wei back to Beijing is to check and balance us?" ”

Cao Tong nodded heavily.

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Didn't you say that it was to prevent the heirs of the official family from becoming difficult?" ”

Cao Tong said with a smile: "In order to win over other people, someone persuaded the official family to recall the King of Wei's lineage, and deliberately said so. Those who are worried about the difficulty of prospering the heirs of the official family naturally fall for the tactics of others. ”

Kou Ji's brows furrowed even tighter, "They are so stupid, so easy to fall for the scheme?" ”

Cao Tong smiled bitterly: "That's Yangmou...... There are examples of the first emperor's heirs not prospering, and some important ministers who attach great importance to this matter, even if they know that it is someone else's strategy, they have to fall for it. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Why did they expect that the heirs of the official family would be difficult to prosper. ”

Cao Yan's smile was even more bitter, "The reason is on you." ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Erysipelas? ”

Cao Tong nodded and said: "You exposed the poisonous elixir and told everyone that the heirs of the first emperor are difficult to prosper, and it is directly related to the poisoning of the elixir." When the official family was young, they also served Dan.

Although you have cured the official family, some people are still worried about accidents. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "When I left Beijing, wasn't the Zhang family already pregnant?" Could it be that the child in Zhang's belly can't dispel their worries? ”

Cao Yan's face was a little bitter and said: "During the reign of the first emperor, there were not a few pregnant concubines. Few can be born, and even fewer can be fed. ”

Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said, "If I am an official family, I will send the pregnant concubine to your people's mansions." If the concubine successfully gives birth to the prince and the princess, she will give you a promotion and a knighthood.

If you can't give birth to the prince and the princess smoothly, you will be cut down by all nine of you. ”

After a pause, Kou Ji added: "If you can't feed it, you can cut it." I still don't believe it, the whole country can't protect a few babies in swaddling clothes. ”

When Cao Tong heard this, he was taken aback, "Don't talk nonsense. Whether the princes and princesses can live or not has nothing to do with us. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Cao Tong with disdain.

Who believes?

Those who have the ability and means to do this kind of thing.

Eight achievements are the daughters sent to the palace by the nobles.

Seeing Kou Ji looking at him with disdain, Cao Tong said decisively: "I can assure you that the people of my Cao family who enter the palace will never do such a thing." ”

Kou Ji's face turned cold, "That means that how many other girls who entered the palace have done it?" ”

How could Cao Tong answer this kind of proposition, Cao Tong shook his head almost without hesitation, "I don't know." ”

Kou Ji sighed, "My Great Song is thriving now, and all of us should work hard in one place, use our strength in one place, and strive to make my Great Song richer and stronger."

The official family should have both children and daughters, and my Great Song Dynasty should fight the four Yi to surrender, and all countries will come to the court.

There are always some idiots who jump out to find trouble at this critical time.

I'm tired of fighting with them.

In the future, I will use thunderous means to cut down all those who stand in the way. ”

When Cao Tong heard this, his face was shocked, and he was slightly frightened.

In the past, Kou Ji said that no one would care about cutting people.

Now it's different.

Kou Ji had just cut hundreds of thousands of people in the Western Regions, and if he cut a few more, he wouldn't have many concerns.

He said to cut it, I'm afraid it will really cut.

Kou Ji didn't care about Cao Tong's thoughts, after he finished speaking, he stared at Cao Tong and asked in a deep voice: "If I really cut people in Bianjing City, will your Cao family help me?" ”

Cao Yan's heart jumped, he hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and asked, "If you cut people in Bianjing City, who will help you?" ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Official, my grandfather, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian, Li Di, Li Zhaoliang, Zhu Neng, Liu Heng, Yang Wenguang...... That's about it. ”

The corners of Cao Yan's mouth twitched.

What Kou Ji mentioned in his mouth was the name of the person, but what Cao Tong saw was the force behind the human life.

Among the ministers, those who can do things basically belong to those who support Kou Ji.

Among the military ministers, although they are weaker, Li Zhaoliang and Zhu Neng are both newly promoted princes, red and purple, and their reputations are not bad.

Coupled with the words of the Cao family, it is enough to win the court, let alone cut people in Bianjing City.

So, those who can't see the general trend clearly and jump out, what are they trying to do?

Don't die fast enough?

The ministers are all fighting for the Great Song Dynasty to become stronger.

The backbone of the military ministers is also struggling for the Great Song Dynasty to become stronger.

Under the guidance of Kou Ji, a turbulent wave has gradually formed.

Unless Zhao Zhen repeats, what will those people do to fight Kou Ji?

Will Zhao Zhen repeat?

Unless Zhao Zhen is suddenly stupid, it is impossible to repeat.

Because under the guidance of Kou Ji, everything in the Great Song Dynasty is advancing rapidly on the good side.

In terms of cultural governance,

The Great Song Dynasty abolished many Qingshui yamen, dismissed the vast majority of loose officials and idle personnel, and changed some of the laws.

The efficiency of the yamen at all levels under the rule of the imperial court has not been weakened, but has become faster and faster at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

In the past, errands that could be completed in a month can now be completed in half a month, or even about ten days.

Errands that used to take three or five people can now be done by one person.

The control of the imperial court over the local area, as well as the governance of the local area by the imperial court, has been significantly strengthened.

Commercial and agricultural taxes are rising in a straight line.

The emergence of Yizizipu has changed the mode of business transactions and promoted the development of commerce.

As a result, businessmen's buying and selling transactions have become faster, and the commercial taxes generated have naturally increased.

The emergence of steel forging workshops has created many agricultural tools that are conducive to cultivation and promoted the development of agriculture.

Last year, the imperial court added as many as 10 million acres of land.

The amount of new grain is as high as 13 million stones.

If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court had to fully support hundreds of thousands of people to fight abroad, the surplus of the imperial court would have caught up with the peak period since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty.

In terms of martial arts.

Expanded the land twice and obtained more than ten states for the Great Song Dynasty.

The territory of the Great Song Dynasty was expanded again, adding a lot of fertile land to the Great Song Dynasty.

It can be said that he has made outstanding contributions.

The most important thing is that the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty have undergone a streamlining, which has not only made the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses decrease, but has made the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses stronger.

The Battle of Hexi is the most obvious example.

In the past two years, the martial arts of the Great Song Dynasty can be said to be very significant.

The Great Song Dynasty was advancing on the bright side.

Unless Zhao Zhen is stupid and does not want to see the Great Song Dynasty become stronger, it is impossible to support those who make a stumbling block for the development of the Great Song Dynasty.

Cao Tong analyzed everything thoroughly in his heart, and made a decision in his heart, he stared at Kou Ji and said, "The Cao family can support you...... However, the Cao family has one condition......"

Kou Ji looked at Cao Tong with some surprise and asked, "Why don't you go back and ask your fourth uncle?" ”

Cao Yan shook his head and said, "As long as you can agree to my Cao family's conditions, I can convince my fourth uncle." ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned for a moment, and muttered, "What conditions?" ”

Cao Tong said in a deep voice: "If one day, the queen gives birth to a dragon son, when you take the heir, you must support the queen." ”

Kou Ji was silent for a moment, and then pondered: "Your Cao family is already very rich, do you still want to compete for wealth by seizing the heir?" ”

Cao Tong shook his head slightly and said: "Winning the heir is not a profitable deal, on the contrary, in order to win over more supporters, it takes a lot of money." ”

Kou Ji said faintly: "But once your nephew sits on the throne, your Cao family will receive countless rewards. ”

Cao Tong smiled silently, "Do you think the current Cao family can go further?" ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned and muttered, "If you go any further, it will be a threat to the throne." ”

Cao Tong nodded and said, "So, even if my nephew sits on the throne, he won't give our Cao family anything in return." After all, he is not a member of the Cao family, and it is impossible to watch our Cao family sit big and threaten him. ”

Kou Ji groaned: "Then what are you Cao family trying to do this?" ”

Cao Tong smiled indifferently: "Spend money to buy peace." ”

Kou Ji was stunned.

Cao Tong explained: "As long as my nephew sits on the throne, he will bless my Cao family." Even though my Cao family can't get anything in return from him, there is still no need to worry about the safety of the three generations. ”

Kou Ji looked stunned, and had to admire Cao Yan's wisdom.

It is not for nothing that a large family can be passed down from generation to generation.

Empress Cao really gave birth to a prince and really sat on the throne, which can really protect the three generations of the Cao family from infringement.

"Then we have to wait for the queen to give birth to a prince......"

Kou Ji said quietly.

Cao Yan smiled and said, "As long as you agree, the rest will be handed over to God." If God gives us the peace of the Cao family for three generations, then the queen will definitely give birth to a dragon son, if God doesn't give it, then we can't do anything.

Manpower is difficult to shake the will of heaven. ”