Kou Ji laughed and said: "If Su Xun really does this, I am afraid that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will criticize him." ”

Zhao Zhen said without hesitation: "I protect him!" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The Manchu Dynasty is still difficult to deal with. ”

Zhao Zhen said loudly: "I am a dignified son of heaven, if I can't protect a little Su Xun, what kind of son of heaven should I be?!" ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "The official family has this heart, which is Su Xun's blessing. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed with emotion: "But my blessing, he can't be blessed." After all, he was not arrogant enough to let me bless him. ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled, changing the subject.

"That can only say that the blessing of the official family is temporarily out of contact with Su Xun. The official family should talk about the ministers and other students. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Your other students are much the same, after they found out about the people I sent, they all cooperated with them to get back the right to tax business. ”

Kou Ji frowned slightly, "The people sent by the official family are so careless? ”

The recovery of commercial tax rights was carried out in secret, and being discovered by so many people shows that it was not done secretly enough.

Zhao Zhen said bluntly: "Except for Su Xun, the rest of the people were found when my people kept raising the price of business taxes and tax rights.

They didn't break it when they found out.

It's just that the people who cooperated with me got back the right to tax the commercial tax, which shows that they know the importance of it and will not leak the rumors. ”

Kou Ji's brows slowly expanded when he heard this.

Zhao Zhen continued: "It is precisely because your students are smart enough that I easily took back the right to tax the commercial tax in the land of the Six Mansions.

Now the secret tax department in the land of the six prefectures has been set up.

Fan Zhongyan has also begun to sort out the tax files of the land of the six prefectures.

Now just wait for the fourth brother to get your tax stamp template, and then you can start implementing the new tax. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he said: "After the minister returns home, he will immediately forge the template, and he will send someone to send it over when he returns." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "That's good, I plan to try the new tax collection decree in Bohai Mansion first, what does the fourth brother think?" ”

Kou Ji groaned, "You really should find a place to try first, Bohai Mansion is a good choice." ”

Today, Bohai Province's tax revenue is relatively pure.

In addition to the Ding Kou tax of a very small number of local people, there is only a commercial tax left.

Bohai Prefecture is a newly levied territory that has just been levied for more than a year, and there are tax reduction and other government decrees, and the implementation of some new commercial tax policies will not be too much resistance.

It is indeed a good testing ground.

Zhao Zhen said: "If the new tax policy is feasible in Bohai Province, I will promote it in the other six provinces." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he had doubts in his heart.

Zhao Zhen only mentioned the six mansions, but did not mention other places, could it be that something went wrong in other places.

Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen suspiciously.

Zhao Zhen knew why Kou Ji was looking at him, and said with a long sigh: "Other places...... That's a big deal...... I asked people to pay a high price to get back the right to collect commercial taxes, but the money came out, and before the things could be obtained, they were robbed by the local wealthy families.

False accusations, frame-ups, and collusion between officials and businessmen to rob abound.

If it weren't for me personally presiding over this matter, I wouldn't have known that there were so many capable people in my Great Song Dynasty.

Fourth brother, tell me, what should I do with these people? ”

Zhao Zhen's words sounded full of helplessness.

But Kou Ji heard the strong killing intent behind him.

The local wealthy families are just doing evil and bullying in places that Zhao Zhen can't see on weekdays.

Now under Zhao Zhen's nose, so tossing Zhao Zhen's country, if Zhao Zhen doesn't want to kill them, it will be strange.

Kou Ji persuaded: "The official family is angry, now is not the time to start a war with those wealthy families. Now the new commercial tax policy still needs to be verified, and it can only be implemented in a big way after verification.

So let's let those wealthy families rejoice for a few more days. ”

Zhao Zhen clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Fourth brother, you should come out to help me, if you don't come out again, I'm afraid I can't help it." ”

Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, "It's not that the minister refuses to come out to help the official family, the minister is waiting for Jiaozhi and Qingtang to return to my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said, "Yuanshan and Chen Yaozhi are now leading the army to attack Qingtang, and they sent good news a few days ago, they have broken through Qingtang City in Qingtang, and now they are marching towards the plateau generation.

As in the cold today, they marched a little slowly.

Chen Yaozhi said in the report that after the beginning of spring next year, he should be able to win the entire Qingtang.

Therefore, after the beginning of spring next year, Qingtang will completely become the territory of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen paused for a moment and hesitated: "But Jiaozhi is now in the hands of the King of Jiaozhi. The Yongning army is in Qingtang, the Zhennan army is on the river, there are no soldiers and horses to conquer Jiaozhi, how to incorporate Jiaozhi into the territory of my Great Song Dynasty? ”

Kou Ji said frankly: "Change! ”

Zhao Zhen asked suspiciously: "Change?" How to change? ”

Kou Ji said: "As far as the minister knows, the current king of Jiaozhi County is not a Jiaozhi person, but a person from the sea. Although he occupies Cochin, he is not very possessive of Cochin.

And now half of the people in Jiaozhi are Song people who migrated from the Great Song Dynasty.

These Song people had a great influence on his rule.

In this way, he is less possessive of Cochin.

As long as we give him enough benefits, he will definitely give up his hand. ”

Zhao Zhen's face straightened slightly, and he asked in a deep voice: "How much price do I need to pay to make him give up his toes?" ”

As soon as Zhao Zhen's words came out, it filled Kou Ji with extraordinary.

Kou Jihu said suspiciously: "Why does the official family attach so much importance to Jiaozhi? ”

Zhao Zhen said solemnly: "In the past, I didn't know about Jiaozhi in the Great Song Dynasty, and I always felt that Jiaozhi was a barbarian land and very barren. However, in recent years, some of them have migrated to Cochin, and they have frequently written letters back, so that I can see a real Cochin.

Although Cochin is small, the land in that place can really hold oil. ”

Kou Ji stared at him in astonishment, what could be used to get oil out was black soil.

It was the northeast corner of Liaodi.

Zhao Zhen didn't know what Kou Ji was thinking, he continued, "The rice in Jiaozhi is ripened three times a year, and in some places it is even four crops a year. It can be said that it is a season and a harvest.

In the past, the Jiaozhi people did not need to cultivate intensively, they only needed to sprinkle a handful of rice to harvest a large amount of grain.

After the migration of the Song people, they cultivated intensively and produced more grain.

If my Great Song Dynasty gets Jiaozhi and gives full play to the fields of Jiaozhi, then the people of my Great Song Dynasty will no longer have to worry about food.

Not to mention that there are only tens of millions of people in my Great Song Dynasty now, even if the people of my Great Song Dynasty exceed 10,000, we can afford to support them.

I have now carried out indoctrination in the Great Song Dynasty, and I have made all the Ding Kou of the Great Song Dynasty read.

If I fill all of them, then my Great Song Dynasty will far surpass any dynasty.

Even the world of great governance in the mouth of the saint may not be comparable to my Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, I am committed to Jiaozhi, and I will win. ”

The more Zhao Zhen spoke, the more excited he became, and when he said the end, he was almost about to stand up.

I can't help but be excited.

Even emperors like Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Dynasty and Song Zu, who have been praised for thousands of years, no one can fill the stomachs of the people under their rule.

If Zhao Zhen can do it, then he will have the opportunity to look up at the four digits on the number.

What others can't do with all their efforts, he only needs to get a piece of land to do, and he has no reason to give up.

After listening to Zhao Zhen's words, Kou Ji felt that Zhao Zhen's thoughts coincided with his own.

Kou Ji said bluntly: "Since the official family is determined to win Jiaozhi, then they should immediately send someone to negotiate." The sooner I get Jiaozhi, the sooner the people of my Great Song Dynasty will get out of hunger. ”

Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked, "Who should be sent to negotiate?" What if the king of Cochin opened his mouth? He wants money, I can give it, I can give it as much as I want, even if it is to empty my private treasury, he wants a high-ranking official, and I can give it.

I could even divide a fief for him and replace his cochines.

But there are some things I won't agree to.

For example, in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, I will never give away an inch of land.

For example, since Yelu Longxu bowed down in front of me, it was impossible for me to let anyone be above me. ”

Kou Ji Zhengse said: "Just send someone to talk about it." If we can afford what he wants, then give it. If you can't afford it, the minister will personally take someone to rob it. ”

"How many soldiers and horses do you want?"

Zhao Zhen spoke almost without hesitation.

When Kou Ji heard this, he knew that Zhao Zhen's greed for Jiaozhi had reached the point of impatience.

If it weren't for the fact that the kings had just been divided and the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty had been weakened, Di Qing and others who could fight well would have to defend Liaodi.

Zhao Zhen is afraid that he would have sent someone to rob it a long time ago.

Reasonable?

Speaking of benevolence?

Da Song didn't talk about it a long time ago, okay?

The current Da Song Dynasty, if he can do it, he will definitely not be noisy.

Kou Ji said with some tears and laughter: "Official, when the king of Jiaozhi County attacked the Liao State in my Great Song Dynasty, he sent soldiers and horses to make a contribution.

It is also benevolent and righteous to my Great Song.

It is really inappropriate to raise troops rashly.

In addition, some people in Jiaozhi have migrated from our Great Song Dynasty.

If we raise an army, there is no guarantee that they will not become protons.

It is possible that for the sake of Jiaozhi's fields and food, he will help the king of Jiaozhi to deal with us.

The people regard food as the sky, and the people will work hard for the sake of land and food.

So now we can negotiate, and if we can't negotiate, it's not too late to fight. ”

In fact, Kou Ji is also the kind of character who tries not to be noisy when he can fight.

It's just that the cochin was beaten down by Cao Yun.

Cao used to help Kou Ji and Da Song do a lot of things openly and secretly.

For the Great Song Dynasty, it can be regarded as a high level of hard work.

Kou Ji was reluctant to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

That's why they didn't raise troops, but chose to replace them.

Kou Ji believed that Cao Yong knew the severity, and he also believed that Cao Yong would not hold on to Jiaozhi at his request.

After all, for Zhao Zhen, there are not many granaries to choose.

But for Cao Yu, who has already broadened his horizons, he has too many options.

There is no reason for him to choose to fight with Da Song for the sake of a toe.

Cao Yong is also a person who has served as the privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, and he has also experienced many big scenes.

How can you not understand today's Da Song and Jiaozhi, who is strong and who is weak.

It is precisely because of this that Kou Ji is willing to give Cao some things and let Cao take the initiative to give up Jiaozhi.

Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's words, and laughed dryly, "It's me who lost my temper......"

Kou Ji saw that Zhao Zhen gradually calmed down, so he smiled and said, "The minister recommended Liu Heng to talk about this matter, what does the official family think?" ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Why is it Liu Heng, not the people from Honglu Temple?" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Because Liu Heng knows the soldiers, and his previous status is not low." After he went, he could let the king of Jiaozhi see the sincerity of the official family.

What's more, if the king of Jiaozhi does not agree to replace us.

Then Liu Heng can also help us touch the low toe, and it will be easier for us to play toe. ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he groaned and said, "If I take the liberty of using Liu Heng, I'm afraid that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will gossip." ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Will the official family still care about the gossip of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs? Besides, this matter can be done in secret, and there is no need to make a big fuss. ”

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "That's right...... Then let Liu Heng go and talk about it. ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "I will discuss this matter with Liu Heng after I go back." The official family just sent some people to accompany Liu Heng on a trip. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded solemnly.

Kou Ji was also relieved when he saw that Zhao Zhen had agreed to let Liu Heng go as the main envoy.

Kou Ji insisted on pushing Liu Heng, both public and selfish.

There is no need to mention the public heart.

Selfishness is to disguise Cao's identity.

If someone from Honglu Temple served as the chief envoy to negotiate with Jiaozhi, he discovered Cao's identity.

Then he, the biggest mastermind behind the Great Song Dynasty, is afraid that he will be dug up.

When the time comes, they will be angry at each other.

It wasn't easy for the two of them to get to where they are today.

Seeing that everything they hoped for was about to come true.

He didn't want to go wrong with such a trivial matter and ruin everything they had been doing for years.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji chatted happily.

But Fan Zhong drowned.

God unknowingly heard such a big secret.

I don't know if these two big guys, who can influence all the situations in the world, will kill people.

After Fan Zhongyan sorted out the dossier in his hand a little, he got up and arched his hand at Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, and said with a smile: "Official, sir, the two of you have discussed such a big secret, should I avoid one or two?" ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at Fan Zhongyan, smiled indifferently, and said nothing.

Kou Ji stared at Fan Zhongyan and said with a smile: "Since the official family handed over the tax department to you, it is when you are your own person." In front of my own people, I and the official family naturally spoke freely.

Besides, if the official and I dare to say this in front of you, then I am not afraid of you hearing it. ”

Fan Zhongyan arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your trust." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "How do you read the commercial tax files of the six mansions, do you have eyebrows?" ”

Fan Zhongyan put down his hand and said: "Among the six mansions, four of them are newly levied, and the commercial tax revenue is almost blank.

Therefore, no matter what the tax department does, as long as the local yamen cooperates, there will be no major problems.

The more troublesome are Shaanxi and Sichuan.

The ministers of Shaanxi are familiar with it, and the ministers are confident that they will take the Shaanxi Mansion.

But in the Sichuan Mansion, the minister is not too sure.

Sichuan has always been a big house for silk, and there are many wealthy families.

Although it has been rectified before, there are still many wealthy families.

They are accustomed to the previous way of collecting taxes by the imperial court, and some famous families in Sichuan have children who are officials in the court, so it will be very difficult to implement the new commercial tax law. ”

Zhao Zhen was silent and speechless.

Kou Ji spoke: "You can first let Han Qi try to implement the method of unified collection of commercial tax in Sichuan Mansion, so that the wealthy families in Sichuan Mansion can adapt to the new commercial tax law first."

If we encounter a problem, we can solve it in time.

After the tax stamps are implemented in Bohai Province for a period of time and confirmed to be feasible, they can be implemented in Gumeng Mansion, Langxie Mansion, Linheng Mansion, and Liaoyang Mansion.

Subsequently, it was promoted to Shaanxi and Sichuan.

What we have is time, and there is no need to rush it.

So you can do it as you think it is, how you can come. ”

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he nodded and said, "I and the fourth brother came here today to give you a reassuring pill." You just let it go, if there is a problem, I and the fourth brother will bear it for you.

Don't be afraid of getting into trouble.

In this Great Song Dynasty, there is no trouble that I and the fourth brother can't solve. ”

When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he once again bowed deeply to Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.

Fan Zhongyan knew in his heart that the implementation of the new commercial tax law was definitely a matter of offending people.

Once one day he turns from darkness to light, he will immediately become the object of envy of many.

He's not afraid of being remembered.

It's just that I'm afraid that some people will target him at that time, so that he can't enforce the commercial tax law.

Now that Zhao Zhen said this, he can rest assured.

He believed what Zhao Zhen said.

The Great Song Dynasty did not have troubles that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji could not solve.

After all, the two of them held all the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty in their hands.

It is enough to tear down the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty and rebuild.

He also knew the methods of Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.

Others only saw that the imperial court was moving people in recent years, but they did not pay careful attention to the whereabouts of the people who moved out of the imperial court.

Fan Zhongyan noticed.

Those people who migrated out went to the four sides of the Great Song Dynasty.

They were the beneficiaries of the Great Song Dynasty's foreign wars, and they were also the beneficiaries of the various decrees implemented by the Great Song Dynasty.

They absolutely support Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.

In this way, no matter how much trouble the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty is, the four sides will not be chaotic.

And the four sides are not chaotic, even if there are flowers in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, they cannot subvert the Jiangshan Society of the Great Song Dynasty.

After Fan Zhongyan's salute, Zhao Zhen slowly got up and said to Kou Ji, "It's time for me to go back to the palace...... He Jieyu is still waiting for me to visit her. ”

After saying this, Zhao Zhen added without a trace, "He Jieyu still has eight months to give birth......"

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and nodded with a smile.

Others may not understand the meaning of Zhao Zhen's words, but Kou Ji does.

Zhao Zhen is reminding Kou Ji that he is always guarding against He Jieyu, and he knows that He Jieyu has bad intentions when he enters the palace.

Fan Zhongyan was still thinking about the deep meaning of Zhao Zhen's words, but saw that Zhao Zhen had already stepped out of the door of the main hall of the Tax Department.

Before going out, Zhao Zhen told Fan Zhongyan: "The fourth brother knows more about the business tax law than me. If you have any questions, please ask the fourth brother for advice. ”

After saying this, without waiting for Fan Zhongyan to answer, Zhao Zhen had already left the main hall.

Fan Zhongyan reacted only after Zhao Zhen had taken a few breaths, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "Congratulations to the official family......"

Kou Ji stepped forward and patted Fan Zhongyan's shoulder with a smile, "Think more about what you should think, don't think about what you shouldn't." Than how Jieyu...... Unless you want to participate in the future succession, don't pay attention to everything about He Jieyu. ”

Fan Zhongyan turned his head and said with a wry smile: "What qualifications does the student have to participate in the ...... of winning the heir?"

Kou Ji smiled and said, "If you don't have it now, it doesn't mean that you won't have it in the future." ”

Fan Zhongyan said decisively: "As long as the official family does not abolish the heirs, the students will not participate in this matter." ”

The concept of the eldest son inheriting the unification is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

If the eldest son inherits the throne, it can also avoid the royal family.

It is precisely because of this that many people in the government and the opposition maintain the concept of the eldest son inheriting the unification.

This is also the reason why Zhao Run won more than half of his birth by birth.

Kou Ji smiled but didn't say anything.

Fan Zhongyan hesitated and asked, "Sir, what do you think about the official family's inheritance of the throne?" It stands to reason that even if he doesn't make King Shou the crown prince now, he has to change the title of King Shou, right?

Even if you don't change your title, you have to add a position as the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture and set the orthodox title of King Shou, right? ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "You think too much. The official family has its own considerations, so you don't have to think about it. Just do your thing.

The official family is now in the prime of life, if you let the official family set up a prince, or get a sign of establishing a prince, can the official family feel comfortable?

You don't know the character of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs.

Once the official family made a sign of establishing a prince, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not climb the pole smoothly, and frequently played this matter.

The official family will definitely have a headache at that time. ”

When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he hurriedly said, "It's the student who thinks too much." ”

Kou Ji continued: "The matter of the tax department will be handed over to you, and the official family should have shown you the specific regulations." If you don't understand anything, you can come back to my place and look for me.

I'll send someone to bring you a tax stamp template when I get back.

There are also some tax details that you can refer to when the time comes. ”

Speaking of this, Kou Ji paused for a moment, and then said: "Su Xun, you go and write a letter to him, so that he will not be silent in the future."

He has no mouth to hide, and the officials will not care.

But that doesn't mean others don't care.

If someone catches a sore foot, some of them will suffer.

Now that he is married, he has a wife and children, and it is difficult for me to write to reprimand him. ”

"Students understand ......"

Kou Ji was silent for a moment, stared at Fan Zhongyan, and said in a deep voice: "If you encounter someone making trouble when you are implementing the commercial tax law, don't be soft when you should use force."

If the local soldiers can't do it, I can ask the officials to send the forbidden army. ”

Fan Zhongyan stared at Kou Ji in astonishment.

Kou Ji said: "Don't be surprised, you also heard what the official said just now." Some people just don't have a face. Since they are shameless, then we don't need to save face for them.

They can take their lives if necessary.

For the future of my Great Song Dynasty, for the livelihood of tens of thousands of Li people in the future.

Kill a few people, and neither I nor the official family will feel distressed.

You don't have to feel distressed. ”

Fan Zhongyan hesitated for a moment, and was just about to speak, when he heard Kou Ji say again: "It's better to kill a few people now than the enemy to kill millions of us in the future." ”