The people of Honglu Temple were worried that the domineering shown by the Great Song Dynasty would hurt the young hearts of the Jiaozhi people, so they all looked at Kou Ji.

Kou Ji felt Ruman's back, and knew that a group of officials from Zihonglu Temple were waiting for him to speak.

He didn't look back, but just said lightly, "My Great Song Dynasty is the upper state of the Celestial Empire, and when I treat a small country in Fanbang, I naturally want to be domineering." If we grovel to them, then what kind of heavenly state are we?

They can't accept it, that's their business, what do we have to do with it?

If they are knowledgeable, they are in business, and righteousness is in righteousness.

If they are not interested, if they are not interested in buying and selling, they don't want it. ”

The people of Honglu Temple looked at each other a few times when they heard this, and then nodded in agreement.

The Heavenly Empire should have the domineering spirit of the Celestial Empire.

In the past, they had the false name of the Celestial Empire. Be polite to all the envoys.

When others make excessive demands, not only should they not be angry, but they must also greet each other with a smile and pray for a chance to discuss again.

Now it's different, they are the real Heavenly Empire, and they have the strength and confidence to act domineeringly.

There is no need to greet people with a smile, and there is no need to be afraid of taking on the name of ruining the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and groveling to serve those envoys like a servant.

The ministers of the government and the opposition actually don't like Kou Ji very much, and they don't like Kou Ji's grandfather very much.

Their ancestors and grandchildren seemed to be in high positions, but they never brought any benefits to Wenchen.

On the contrary, he didn't take Wenchen's head to stand up.

When Kou Zhun was the regent, he cut off a lot of Wenchen's heads, and at the end, Wenchen stared at him when he saw him, and his legs and stomach trembled.

When Kou Zhun took the initiative to resign on the day of Zhao Zhen's wedding, the ministers were amazed, but also ecstatic.

They did not hesitate to put all the words describing sages in the world on Kou Zhun, and held Kou Zhun high, so that Kou Zhun could be a sage on top of him, and not harm them in the court.

Therefore, after Kou Zhun resigned from his official career, he quickly became a sage, and they had the merit of fueling the troubles.

When Zhao Zhen set up the Zhaoxun Chongde Pavilion, he listed Kou Zhun at the head of the Wenchen, and they didn't stop him.

Now that Kou Zhun is gone, Kou Ji has taken the position.

Although Kou Ji didn't like to kill Wenchen as much as his grandfather, he always liked to work against Wenchen.

He extracted a lot of benefits from the mouths of Wenchen and spread them to the people.

also let nearly dozens of high-ranking officials fall off.

Now Kou Ji went to inspect the yamen where the civil officials were sitting, and the civil officials were also trembling.

They were all afraid of being remembered by Kou Ji.

The people of Honglu Temple are also afraid of Kou Ji.

But in addition to fear, there is also awe.

Koji showed them the attitude of a powerful country towards its vassals.

It also gave them a taste of what it means to be a great country.

Some people in the court may think that Kou Ji's move is a bit bullying.

But in their eyes, the fellowship between nations is like this.

If you don't bully others, others will think you're a bully.

If you blindly tolerate it, others will think that you are a toothless tiger.

Courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame do not play a big role at all when countries intersect with each other.

Only those rotten Confucians who have not seen the hateful face of the vassal envoys who eat people and do not spit out bones will feel that courtesy, righteousness and shame are the foundation of the friendship between countries.

At the forefront of diplomacy, the people of Honglu Temple know better than anyone.

Fists are the last word.

Since the birth of mankind, it has not changed until now.

Kou Ji is not one of those corrupt people who only knows etiquette, righteousness and shame, he decisively showed his fists when he intersected with the envoys of the vassals.

A fist that is bigger than others I don't know how many times, hangs over other people's heads.

The oppression that has been formed on them is easily perceptible.

Honglu Siqing felt that he had been an official for many years, and finally met a person who really understood diplomacy.

He felt that he, the chief diplomat of the Great Song Dynasty, would definitely not be as aggrieved as before if he followed a boss like Kou Ji.

"Kou Xiang, since the matter of the big ship and supplies has been finalized, shouldn't we go to the imperial court and prepare as soon as possible. As far as Xia Guan knows, Wang Xiang and Cai have been coveting each other for more than three or two days.

The official family must also salivate over Jiaozhi.

The sooner this matter is decided, we will be able to control Jiaozhi as soon as possible. ”

Honglu Temple Qing returned to Honglu Temple and immediately came to Kou Ji to admonish.

As soon as Kou Ji sat down, when he heard Honglu Siqing's words, he felt that Honglu Siqing's attitude towards him had changed, and he nodded with satisfaction: "It's up to you to decide this matter." Tomorrow, it is up to you to negotiate the armament with the Jiaozhi people. I'm not going, you just need to remember one thing. I have already told them the conditions that I can agree to.

If they agree, we will have to talk, and if they don't, then you can send them back. ”

When Honglu Siqing heard this, his satisfaction with Kou Ji rose to another level.

A boss who understands him and is willing to delegate power to him deserves his respect and support.

Honglu Siqing nodded without hesitation, "Xia Guan understands...... The lower officials must handle this matter properly. ”

"Alright, the rest will be up to you. I'll just wait for news here. ”

Kou Ji ordered Honglu Temple Qing to go down.

As soon as Honglu Siqing left, Kou Ji pouted and said, "I never thought about buying people's hearts from beginning to end. I can't control this kind of personality. ”

Kou Ji was almost certain that as long as he gave Honglu Siqing a little diplomatic support and encouragement, Honglu Siqing would immediately fall under his command.

Diplomacy has been a top priority in all dynasties.

All dynasties and dynasties had diplomatic yamen similar to Honglu Temple.

It's just that all dynasties have not handed over diplomatic power to a diplomatic yamen like Honglu Temple.

When it comes to diplomatic events, basically an important minister will be sent to parachute into a diplomatic yamen like Honglu Temple to serve as the director, and sometimes three or five people will be parachuted.

The Honglu Temple-like yamen seems to be a diplomatic yamen.

But more often than not, it acts as a translation department and a miscellaneous yamen.

The yamen of all dynasties rarely handed over diplomatic affairs to a diplomatic yamen like Honglu Temple to deal with independently.

As a result, when many important ministers were parachuted into a diplomatic yamen like Honglu Temple, the first thing they did was not to study diplomatic events, but to study the states to be negotiated.

A man who does not know about other states, presides over diplomatic affairs with other states.

You can imagine how many jokes will be made in the middle.

There is a problem of rice that crops three times a year and four crops a year, if it weren't for Kou Ji's revelations, I'm afraid that no one in the Great Song Dynasty would have deliberately paid attention to this matter at all.

From the founding of the Great Song Dynasty to the present, there has been no less interaction with Jiaozhi.

But why did only Kou Ji bring up this matter, but not the other courtiers?

Didn't the other courtiers understand?

No.

Other yamen Kou Ji can't say well, but Kou Ji is sure that the people of Honglu Temple definitely know about the rice in Jiaozhi and the yield of rice.

But why didn't the people of Honglu Temple tell the court about this?

It's not that they don't want to tell the court, but their thousand words can't match the words of those bigwigs in the high-level 'Jiaozhi, barbarians'.

In the eyes of the bigwigs, barbarians, what good things can there be?

How can the barbarian land be compared with the rich Central Plains.

Such pedantic and ignorant prejudice has become the mainstream of the government and the opposition because it came out of the mouths of the bigwigs of the DPRK and the central government.

The voices made by the people of Honglu Temple couldn't stir up at all.

It is precisely because of this that Kou Ji showed his understanding of diplomacy and delegated power to Honglu Siqing, which made him completely recognize Kou Ji.

Kou Ji showed a little more, and Honglu Siqing didn't fall under his door?

After Kou Ji handed over the rest of the affairs to Honglu Temple, he set up a home in Honglu Temple and temporarily rested in Honglu Temple.

There is no way to go back.

Kou Ji was almost sure that as soon as he returned to the Bamboo Courtyard, Wang Zeng and Cai Qi would inevitably come to the door.

He had to look like he was working day and night at the temple.

Those two old guys won't come to the door.

Kou Ji stayed at Honglu Temple.

Honglu Temple did not rest because he stopped, but was busy.

Since taking over the burden from Kou Ji, Honglu Siqing has shown unprecedented attention.

Honglu Temple is busy up and down.

In Kou Ji's eyes, it would take at most a day to negotiate with the Jiaozhi envoys about armaments.

But the people of Honglu Temple spent four days.

After countless verbal battles, the people of Honglu Temple stubbornly pressed the number of ordnance and craftsmen raised by the Jiaozhi envoy to an extremely low number.

Jiaozhi asked the Great Song Dynasty to provide Jiaozhi with 1,300 craftsmen who were proficient in the manufacture of bows and crossbows, as well as 30,000 bed crossbows, 35,000 heavy crossbows, and more than 60,000 other heavy crossbows.

In the past, this was a lion's mouth.

After all, the cost of the Great Song bow and crossbow is not low, and the cost of the heavy bow and crossbow is even higher.

Important crossbows, such as bed crossbows, are not only expensive but also extremely time-consuming, usually measured in years.

The number of these heavy bows and crossbows required by Cochin is calculated in tens of millions if converted into copper coins.

But when compared to what Jiaozhi has to pay, their requirements are not so demanding.

After all, it is not too much for people to pay for the entire country, and it is not too much to ask for some armaments.

The people of Honglu Temple went through four days of negotiations.

The craftsmen who will make the bow and crossbow, consisting of three thousand three hundred people, spoke of three hundred.

The number of bed crossbows and heavy crossbows was almost halved.

The other heavy crossbows didn't change much.

In four days, Honglu Temple saved millions of dollars for the imperial court.

Kou Ji listened to the people below say that a Honglu Siqing, a senior member of the court, in order to let the Jiaozhi people reduce the share of some bed crossbows, dragged the sleeves of others, and told people the great truth for a full night.

In the end, the Cochin people failed to survive him, and on the basis of the original reduction, another 300 were reduced.

In fact, whether it is Kou Ji or Honglu Siqing, they all know it in their hearts.

Honglu Temple can halve the number of bed crossbows, which is enough to give the imperial court.

He then dragged the Jiaozhi people to stay up all night, purely voluntarily.

But it was his willingness that saved a lot of money for the imperial court.

When Kou Ji watched Honglu Siqing put a temporary additional reduction document in front of him with bloodshot eyes, Kou Ji wanted to grab him and ask.

Why?

But in the end, he didn't speak.

Because he knew what Honglu Siqing was working so hard for.

To say that it is for the country and the family is all a lie.

Honglu Siqing did this for the sake of Kou Ji's negligible trust.

Kou Ji gave him full authority over the armament, and he wanted to give Kou Ji a satisfactory answer.

After Kou Ji collected some documents, he stared at the Honglu Temple official who was staring at him with red eyes, and said, "I will ask the official family for merit......

All the officials up and down the Honglu Temple stared at Kou Ji without saying a word.

Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, and then added, "In the future, I will try to leave all foreign affairs to you to deal with." ”

The officials of Honglu Temple, who were not moved when they heard Kou Ji wanting to ask for credit for them just now, were completely moved when they heard Kou Ji's words.

Honglu Temple Qing took the officials of Honglu Temple and saluted Kou Ji together.

"Thank you, Kou, for believing in Ren."

Kou Ji nodded and said, "I hope you are worthy of my trust." I'm in the center, and I'm too busy to keep an eye on you all the time.

I have only one thing to ask of you.

That is, when you intersect with your vassals, don't weaken my name as a Great Song.

The big deal is just World War I.

If they dare to shout, you must dare to declare war.

The number of forbidden troops raised by the imperial court is about to exceed 900,000.

The purpose of their existence is to raise the prestige of our country.

When it's time to fight, you need to pull it out and fight.

Otherwise, it will be raised for a long time, and it will be easy to be wasted. ”

When the officials of Honglu Temple heard Kou Ji's remarks, they raised their heads and looked at Kou Ji in shock.

They didn't expect that in this era when the world was about to be peaceful, Kou Ji was willing to take the initiative to fight.

After Kou Ji finished speaking, he didn't pay any more attention to them, he took the paperwork and walked out of the main hall of Honglu Temple.

When Kou Ji's figure appeared outside the main hall of Honglu Temple, the people in Honglu Temple reacted.

Honglu Temple Qing took the lead in bowing down, followed by Honglu Temple Shaoqing.

Then all the officials up and down the Honglu Temple bent down in unison.

It seems to be sending off Kou Ji, and it seems to be worshipping.

After taking all the paperwork, Koji rode into the palace in a carriage.

Zhao Zhen waited in the capital hall early.

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi were also there.

They are always watching this matter.

So after the results of the Honglu Temple were discussed, they already knew.

Kou Jiyi entered the capital office.

Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng, and Cai Qi got up one after another.

Kou Ji bowed to Zhao Zhen, "See the official family......"

Zhao Zhen hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't be polite, how about talking to me?" ”

Kou Ji got up and bowed his hand slightly to Wang Zeng and Cai Qi.

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi immediately returned the salute respectfully.

Koji offered to salute them, and that was because they were older.

They respectfully returned the salute, and that was because Koji was above them.

Above the court, there will be humility from top to bottom.

There is up and down, and there is also dignity and humility, not only humility.

After Kou Ji gave the salute, he straightened up, took out the documents arranged by Honglu Temple from his cuffs, and handed them in the direction of Zhao Zhen, and said: "Basically, it has been negotiated, but there are a lot of things that the Jiaozhi people want, and we can't raise them for a while." ”

When Zhao Zhen and Wang Zeng heard this, their faces sank.

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "As long as they can obediently hand over Jiaozhi, I will empty the treasury, and I will let them get their wish." ”

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi nodded approvingly.

Kou Ji handed over the paperwork.

Chen Lin handed it over on his behalf.

After Zhao Zhen got the paperwork, he quickly flipped through it.

It's just that after reading the documents carefully, my expression changed.

"That's it...... That's it? ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji with the paperwork in disbelief.

Zhao Zhen was ready for the cochin lion to open his mouth.

It was only after I got the paperwork and read it carefully that I found out.

According to common sense, Cochin is indeed a lion's big mouth this time.

However, the matter of this negotiation is very reasonable.

Not only is there not much to cross, but also to make Zhao Zhen feel incredible.

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi saw that Zhao Zhen's expression was wrong, and the two of them scratched their hearts and wanted to hurry up and take a look at the documents in Zhao Zhen's hand.

It's just that due to the etiquette, they can only wait anxiously on the sidelines.

Kou Ji faced Zhao Zhen's question and nodded: "That's it!" ”

Zhao Zhen let out a breath and couldn't help but say, "Incredible......"

Wang Zeng and Cai Qi couldn't help it and spoke one after another.

"What the hell is going on?"

“……”

Zhao Zhen handed the document to Chen Lin and motioned for Chen Lin to send the document to Wang Zeng and Cai Qi.

He stared at Kou Ji and said, "I thought that the cochin would open its mouth, but I didn't expect them to just ask for some ordnance, big ships and supplies.

With just some ordnance, big ships and supplies, I bought a huge granary for my Great Song Dynasty.

I made a lot of money in this transaction. ”

Just as Zhao Zhen was speaking, Wang Zeng and Cai Qi had already gathered together and finished reading the document carefully.

They looked at Koji with a look of disbelief on their faces.

After Zhao Zhen's voice landed, Wang Zeng hurriedly asked, "How did you force Jiaozhi to give up firearms and manpower?" ”

Kou Ji said with a frank smile: "I just told them the truth, I told them that it is impossible to sell the firearms of the Great Song Dynasty, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty are not goods."

It is not possible to trade the two.

If they force it, they will have to fight. ”

Wang Zeng opened his mouth, and he wanted to reprimand him for 'nonsense', but when he saw the official seal of Jiaozhi used by the Jiaozhi envoy on the paperwork, he couldn't say a word.

It doesn't matter whether Kou Ji's move is nonsense or not.

Anyway, Cochin has been threatened by Koji, and they have already relented.

After Cai Qi finished speaking, he couldn't help but say: "I took a closer look just now, and there are three thousand big ships requested by Jiaozhi, and there are countless supplies.

It stands to reason that on craftsmen and crossbows, they also have lion mouths, why are there so few of them. ”

Kou Ji smiled: "At first, the Cochin people did open their mouths. But after the unremitting efforts of the officials of our Great Song Honglu Temple, the Jiaozhi people were finally forced to relax.

This time, Honglu Temple not only helped me leave a thousand skilled craftsmen in the Great Song Dynasty, but also saved millions of dollars for my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"The people of Honglu Temple are so hard-working?"

Cai Qi was a little incredulous.

You know, this transaction is very important.

After Jiaozhi gave up firearms and manpower, the other conditions proposed by Jiaozhi were actually met by the imperial court.

On this basis, the people of Honglu Temple risk the collapse of the negotiation with the Jiaozhi people to save transaction costs for the imperial court, but it is very dangerous.

Once the talks collapse, if Kou Ji pushes three, five or six, then someone from Honglu Temple will have to come out and bear the consequences.

With Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng and Cai Qi's attention to Jiaozhi, they inevitably went to the guillotine.

But now they not only risked going to the guillotine, talked to the Jiaozhi people, but also handed over a satisfactory answer to the imperial court.

Facing Cai Qi's questioning, Kou Ji said with a smile: "I have always felt that the people of Honglu Temple are capable. More importantly, they knew more about their vassals and neighboring countries than the vast majority of officials in the Great Song Dynasty.

They knew the weakness of their vassals and neighbors.

Therefore, they presided over foreign affairs, and they were better than most of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty.

The results will also far exceed the expectations of the imperial court.

In the past, the imperial court always sent important ministers to foreign affairs, but ignored whether the important ministers knew about their vassals and neighbors.

even ignored Honglu Siqing, who was also one of the important ministers of the court.

The officials of Honglu Temple are responsible for presiding over foreign affairs.

But I've always dealt with chores.

In the future, should the imperial court try to let Honglu Temple preside over foreign affairs? ”

Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng, and Cai Qi fell into silence when they heard this.

The three of them are rare sober people in the court.

They knew that there had always been a big problem in the court.

That is, the higher the status, the more likely it is to appear arrogant and arrogant.

People with high status always feel that they can do anything, and they always like to point fingers at various things.

is obviously a layman, but he has to pretend to be a person who is more expert than an insider.

For example, the Ministry of Industry.

Before Kou Ji appeared, the Ministry of Industry was not a yamen.

Nearly half of the officials at the top and bottom of the Ministry of Industry could not draw, and the vast majority of them could not read precise drawings.

However, when the imperial court was building water conservancy and other projects, they always liked to point fingers and teach those who were really proficient in water conservancy and other projects the experience of building water conservancy projects.

That is, the Ministry of Industry had no power, and the power was in the three divisions.

Otherwise, the vast majority of water conservancy projects built by the Great Song Dynasty may not be usable.

"We'll talk about that later."

After contemplation, Zhao Zhen slowly spoke, "Since the conditions for getting back the toe have been negotiated, let's prepare quickly." Make a deal with the king of Jiaozhi as soon as possible, and get Jiaozhi back as soon as possible.

For the sake of the King of Jiaozhi, I made a promise to him.

I am outside the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, let him take it.

When he establishes another state, I grant him the seal of the lord of the kingdom. ”

Don't look at Zhao Zhen as a simple promise.

The portion is not light.

You must know that among the neighbors of the Great Song Dynasty today, none of the forces dare to claim the country.

Now the four neighbors of the Great Song Dynasty are all kings.

The whole of the kingdom was taken down.

Zhao Zhen gave many seals to the lord of the Jiaozhi County Kingdom, which is considered a generous gift.

The king recognized by the Great Song Dynasty and the lord recognized by the Great Song Dynasty are completely different things.

"The official family is benevolent, I believe that after the king of Jiaozhi County knows about this, he will definitely be grateful."

Kou Ji bowed and said.

Cai Qi walked out of his seat, bowed down and said, "Minister Cai Qi has something to play." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, and Wang Zeng all fell on Cai Qi, and they didn't understand what Cai Qi was going to do.

Zhao Zhen asked: "What does Aiqing want to play?" ”

Cai Qi said with a solemn face: "Minister, please go to Jiaozhi!" ”