The envoy didn't believe Kou Ji's words at first, but after listening to Kou Ji's explanation, he believed it in his heart.

Judging from Kou Ji's various performances after entering the office, Kou Ji is indeed a bit like helping Zhao Zhen collect money.

For example, the recognized super money-collecting machine in the Great Song Dynasty was created by Kou Ji, and at the beginning of its creation, Zhao Zhen participated in a single job, and almost didn't care about anything.

It was Kou Ji's busy work before and after running alone, making a big word shop.

Then, after the word Jiaozi shop became bigger, Zhao Zhen took it into his pocket.

Kou Ji, who contributed the most, didn't seem to have even caught a single component.

It can be seen that Kou Ji is indeed helping Zhao Zhen collect money.

Zhao Zhen therefore favored Kou Ji and protected Kou Ji, which makes sense.

Zhao Zhen favored Kou Ji because Kou Ji could help him collect money; Zhao Zhen protects Kou Ji, he is protecting his money bag.

No wonder so many people in the Great Song Dynasty impeached Kou Ji, and Zhao Zhen has always ignored it.

Who is going to have trouble with their money bags?

It's just that Zhao Zhen's money bag now seems to have a little idea of his own.

The Jiaozhi envoy figured this out, and looked at Kou Ji's gaze with a little more eagerness.

With Kou Ji's identity and status, if he is willing to help Jiaozhi, the benefits to Jiaozhi are absolutely unimaginable.

Kou Ji didn't seem to see the eager gaze of the envoy, and he still sighed to himself, "All the wealth I have collected has gone into the inner treasury. The official family didn't say anything generous, and divided me into one or two. And now he has punished me for a year.

There is a large family in the family, and I have no way to support it, so I can only make this decision. ”

The envoy said with a smile: "Kou Shumi doesn't have to be presumptuous, if Kou Shumi is short of money to spend, just say something." There must be a lot of people who send you money to spend. ”

Kou Ji sighed and said, "I want to too!" But my grandfather wasn't happy. If I take someone else's money on the front foot, my grandfather will kick me out of the house on the back foot. I still have to take advantage of my grandfather's shadow to gain a foothold in the court, and I can't offend him. ”

The envoy of Jiaozhi muttered: "The foreign minister heard that Kou Gong has a lot of money every year. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, a trace of anger appeared on his face, "It's okay if you don't mention this matter, but as soon as you mention it, my heart will be on fire." There are a lot of money for each year of his old man's family, but all of them are subsidized to the Wenchang Academy, and he refuses to give half of it to the family.

If he wants to make a name for himself, I naturally dare not stop him.

But he can't watch his grandchildren and great-grandchildren go hungry in order to become famous. ”

When the envoy heard this, the doubts in his heart disappeared, and he sighed and said, "Kou Shumi, the privy envoy, has done a bit of a. ”

Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Who said it wasn't. ”

The Jiaozhi envoy muttered: "You Song people have a saying, which is called convenience with others, that is, convenience with yourself. Since Kou Shumi's head has been found by the foreign minister, it is difficult for the foreign minister to refuse this matter.

It just so happened that my territory in Jiaozhi is now full of disasters and lacks some armaments. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he stared straight at the Jiaozhi envoy and said, "How much do you want?" ”

Seeing this, the cochin envoy was slightly stunned.

Looking at Kou Ji's posture, it seems that he can come up with a lot of armaments.

The envoy of Jiaozhi pondered slightly, and said: "50,000 leather armor, 10,000 iron armor, 30,000 swords and guns......

Koji's eyes widened in vain.

The cross-chin envoy was stunned for a moment, and muttered in his heart, is it less?

Kou Ji stared at the Jiaozhi envoy tightly and whispered, "You want my life?" ”

The cochin envoy was stunned again.

Kou Ji roared urgently: "50,000 leather armor, 10,000 iron armor, 30,000 swords and guns, if I really take out so many weapons, I will definitely be found out." When the time comes, he will definitely be sued to the court.

You should know that in my Great Song Dynasty, selling military armor is a felony of stealing the family and exterminating the clan. ”

The cross-chin envoy opened his mouth, suddenly not knowing what to say.

He thought he was going to be less, but he didn't expect that it was the Great Song Privy Envoy who was too bold.

He thought about it for a while, and felt that it was the first time for Kou Ji to do this kind of brainless business, and he was timid and cautious enough, and he should have been.

It's just that the Great Song Dynasty privy envoy was so bold, how did he fight the battle exploits of Pinghexi and the destruction of Western Xia?

Is it because he put the credit of his subordinates on himself?

This kind of thing seems to be very common in the Great Song Dynasty?

Everyone in the Song Dynasty and the opposition knew that the Great Song Dynasty privy envoys did not understand the art of war.

The exploits of Ping Hexi and the destruction of Western Xia are probably really robbing their subordinates.

Thinking of this, the Jiaozhi envoy was a little less afraid of Kou Ji, and a little more contempt in his heart.

The cochin envoy had no fear of Kou Ji in his heart, and the taste of his words changed.

"How much can Kou Shumian come up with?"

The tone of the cochin envoy was very indifferent.

Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said very hesitantly: "Ten thousand leather armor, three thousand knives, one thousand spears, and five hundred bows and crossbows." ”

The cross-chin envoy frowned, "Iron Armor ......"

When Kou Ji heard the word iron armor, he glared at the Jiaozhi envoy and said: "Iron armor is an important armament of my Great Song Dynasty, and some people in the Privy Council are staring at it, as well as the household department, the military department, and the Ministry of Industry. If I dare to sell it to you, I am looking for death. ”

The cochin envoy sighed in his heart.

Iron armor is what he values most.

It's just that Kou Ji obviously didn't dare to resell the iron armor.

Although leather armor and knives and guns were not as precious as iron armor, the armor-making and smelting techniques of the Great Song Dynasty were more than one grade higher than that of Jiaozhi.

Leather armor and swords and guns are also excellent armaments for Jiaozhi.

He couldn't miss it.

What's more, the five hundred bows and crossbows mentioned by Koji.

The bow and crossbow of the Great Song Dynasty is definitely a good thing.

It is not an exaggeration to call it the first in the world.

Definitely not to be missed.

The Jiaozhi envoy had already decided to trade with Kou Ji in his heart, but he said quietly on his face: "The number is too small......

When Kou Ji heard this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Add another five thousand leather armor......

The cross-to-chin envoy raised his eyebrows and muttered, "It's still too little......

Kou Ji widened his eyes and said, "This is already the limit of what I can take." ”

The envoy hesitated: "You are a privy envoy. ”

Kou Ji said angrily: "What about the privy envoy, you don't have to listen to the official's family. ”

Seeing that Kou Ji was already annoyed, the Jiaozhi envoy guessed that Kou Ji had already taken out everything he could and dared to take.

"Then fifteen thousand leather armor, three thousand swords, one thousand spears, and five hundred bows and crossbows."

The cochin envoy spoke.

Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said, "Price!" ”

The cochin envoy gave an offer.

Koji bargained with him.

After a lot of going back and forth, a price was finally set that was acceptable to both parties.

The price is much higher than the market price.

The envoy was able to accept it because he coveted the five hundred crossbows offered by Koji.

After the price was set, the envoy asked, "Where are we trading?" ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Of course you can't be in Bianjing City, there are many people in Bianjing City, and it is easy to be discovered." We trade in Yongzhou, and the local soldiers in Yongzhou are my people.

When the time comes, give him money, and he will give you the armament. ”

Yongzhou is very close to Jiaozhi.

The risk to be taken by the cochin envoys has become smaller, and there is no reason not to agree.

"Then listen to Kou's secret."

The two agreed on the deal, so they didn't talk any more, and after a few words of greeting, they left the restaurant.

Before leaving, Kou Ji also nervously reminded the Jiaozhi envoy that he must not leak the news, otherwise he will definitely retaliate.

Naturally, the envoy agreed to this matter.

When Kou Ji was far away, the Jiaozhi envoy stared at the place where Kou Ji had gone, and a trace of disdain appeared on his face.

"I thought that the world-famous Great Song Privy Envoy was powerful, but it turned out to be just a puppet. The really powerful one is probably the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Through Kou Ji's actions today, the Jiaozhi envoy judged that Kou Ji was very unbearable.

He believes that the reason why Kou Ji has today's reputation is probably because of Zhao Zhen.

He felt that Kou Ji was not only a tool for Zhao Zhen to collect money, but also a mouthpiece for Zhao Zhen.

The Cochin envoys were full of contempt for Koji.

Kou Ji did the same for him, and after getting out of the sight of the Jiaozhi envoy, a faint sneer appeared on Kou Ji's face, "You still want iron armor?" It's not that easy. ”

Kou Ji personally went to the scene and made a deal with the Jiaozhi envoys, not to sell armaments.

After all, he is a privy envoy, and he is not enough to personally act for a little arms deal.

The reason why he personally ended up was mainly to create a rare illusion of iron armor for the Jiaozhi people, so as to raise the price of high iron armor.

The dignified envoys of the Great Song Dynasty did not dare to sell iron armor, which shows that the Great Song Dynasty was very strict with iron armor.

If someone risked their lives and put the iron armor in front of them, it would definitely sell for a very high price.

Koji was paving the way for future deals.

With the help of the Jiaozhi people, he raised the price of iron armor.

At the same time, through their mouths, the news that someone was selling the Great Song Iron Armor was spread.

Those who have long been thinking about the Great Song Dynasty Iron Armor will definitely not miss this opportunity.

Although the number of Great Song Iron Armor is not large, it is not enough to meet everyone's needs.

But as long as there is a huge profit to be made, Da Song can completely build a few more ironclad forging workshops to cater to the market.

As long as the war between the neighbors does not stop, the Great Song Dynasty can take advantage of this to draw blood from them frantically.

As for whether the neighbors would wear the iron armor forged by the Great Song Dynasty to offend the Great Song Dynasty, Kou Ji was not worried at all.

Wait for the neighbors to have the courage and strength to dare to argue with the Great Song.

Koji could consider selling them firearms.

When the time comes, beat them hard with firearms, so that they can see how powerful firearms are.

Then by reselling the iron armor, continue to draw blood from them.

"Am I being too cruel to them?"

Kou Ji sighed heartily after combing through his overall plan.

Kou Ji's exclamation just fell.

The carriage in which he was sitting suddenly stopped.

Before he could ask, a figure slipped into the carriage.

Kou Ji fixed his eyes, "Prince? ”

Wang Zeng got into the carriage, sat down with the golden sword, and said, "How much has it been sold?" ”

Kou Ji pretended to be stupid and said, "What was sold and how much?" ”

Wang Zeng glared and shouted: "Don't pretend to be stupid in front of the old man, you are acting with the official family in the vertical arch hall, and the purpose of the old man is clear." You just look at people's stupid families, so you want to cheat people hard. ”

Kou Ji Zhengse said: "I don't dare to agree with the prince's words. People are also envoys of a country, how can they be fools? ”

Wang Zeng rolled his eyes, not wanting to talk to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji continued: "People are also our guests, we are a country of etiquette, we should treat each other with courtesy, how can we say that people are stupid? ”

Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji, "Don't pretend with the old man, say it quickly." ”

Kou Ji suddenly closed his mouth and stopped talking.

Wang Zeng shouted: "Do you think the old man is willing to know these dirty things? The old man came to inquire about this matter, also to facilitate the records of the household department yamen and the military department. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he didn't sell Guan Zi anymore, and said dryly: "Fifteen thousand leather armor, three thousand knives, one thousand spears, and five hundred bows and crossbows." ”

Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji in a daze, and shouted, "Are you crazy? ”

Kou Ji said unhappily: "I'm not crazy! ”

Wang Zeng shouted: "It's not easy to catch a wronged boss, and you only sold such a thing?" Just such a little thing, it is also worth your privy envoy to end up in person, and you are not afraid of being embarrassed? ”

Kou Ji said dissatisfiedly: "I naturally have my intentions in doing this. ”

Wang Zeng scolded: "You have a bullshit intention, do you know that the armaments replaced by the two armies of the Dragon God and the Tiger Wings are about to rust when they are placed in the arsenal?"

You finally caught a wronged man, and you didn't know how to sell them more expensive iron armor, but instead sold them a little worthless leather armor. ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "I'm here to put a long line and catch big fish." ”

After saying this, Kou Ji told Wang Zeng about his idea of lifting the iron armor.

Wang Zeng listened to Kou Ji's words and was stunned for a long time.

"So, the old man has wronged you?"

Kou Ji said angrily: "Otherwise? You're in a hurry to sell the iron armor in our arsenal, what about the leather armor? What will I do when the cloth armor comes? Isn't it a waste?

Let's start by creating an atmosphere that is rare for them in iron armor.

Then we fished them with iron armor and made them eat our leather armor and cloth armor willingly.

When our leather and cloth armor are sold out, we will sell the iron armor. ”

Wang Zeng pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I have a lot of leather armor and cloth armor in the Great Song Dynasty arsenal, can I eat Jiaozhi?" After they ate my Great Song Dynasty's leather armor and cloth armor, can they still eat my Great Song Dynasty's iron armor? ”

Kou Ji said lightly: "Jiaozhi is richer than you think. ”

Wang Zeng snorted, "But there aren't that many of them. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Wang Zeng, "Old and young go into battle together, isn't there any?" ”

Wang Zeng said disdainfully: "Your heart is really black......

Kou Ji rolled his eyes.

Wang Zeng ignored Kou Ji's eyes, and after despising Kou Ji, he thought about it for a while, and said to Kou Ji: "If Jiaozhi really goes into battle together, the Annan army may not be able to withstand it.

As a privy envoy, you should help a group of Annan troops and help them get more people. ”

Kou Ji glared at Wang Zeng and said, "You are even more black-hearted......"

Wang Zeng said righteously: "The Annan army is my Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses, and the old man, as a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, is it not right to speak to my Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses?" ”

Kou Ji suddenly didn't want to talk to Wang Zeng, the old guy did bad things and did it righteously, he was really speechless.

After Wang Zeng understood the details of the transaction, he did not stay in the carriage for long.

After Wang Zeng left, Kou Ji returned to the mansion in a carriage.

Not long after Kou Ji returned to the house, the leather armor and other things that Kou Ji wanted to sell to Jiaozhi were transported out of the arsenal and quietly transported to Yongzhou.

Everything is going on quietly.

With the exception of a few insiders, the rest were kept in the dark.

……

During the New Year's Festival.

Bianjing City is as lively as ever.

The hustle and bustle of the city and around the city is as usual.

The Manchu civil and military forces were as lazy as ever.

After the New Year's Festival, the Jiaozhi envoy left Bianjing, and when he left, Kou Ji sent a man to follow him out of Bianjing and rushed to Yongzhou.

When he arrived in Yongzhou, he handed over the money and could take away the ordnance he bought.

The arms transaction between the Great Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi was only carried out in private, so no one paid attention to it on the surface.

People from the Song Dynasty and the opposition, after the beginning of spring, were attracted by another thing.

That is the matter of the imperial court's implementation of simplified characters.

After the news spread.

Inevitably, the reader made a fuss again.

It is rumored that the simplified characters are newly arranged characters by the imperial court, which are completely different from the original characters, and the characters that the scholars are learning now will become useless after the implementation of the simplified characters.

Although when the imperial court issued the Di Bao, the news of how to arrange the simplified characters, how to promote the simplified characters, and the parallel of the simplified and traditional characters was spread.

People who read books don't believe it either.

They would rather believe rumors than the newspapers of the imperial court.

They didn't know where they learned that Kou Ji was the culprit in the implementation of simplified characters, and they ran to Kou Mansion and Kou Mansion to make a fuss outside the Kou Mansion.

There are denunciators, there are those who insult, and there are those who write articles to criticize.

Kou Ji sat in the study, listening to the condemnation outside the courtyard, and said to Lu Ming not far away: "How many people are gathered outside?" ”

Lu Ming bowed and said, "More than 400 people ......"

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "That's not much, it's not enough for the firearms battalion to kill in one round." ”

The corners of Lu Ming's mouth twitched, "Young Master, among those scholars outside the door, many of them are famous, and if you kill them well, it will not be good for your reputation." ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "I'm a privy envoy, what do I want a good reputation for?" ”

Lu Ming said with a bitter face: "But if other scholars know about it, they will definitely spread you as a heinous person." Once you have a heinous reputation, you may not be able to behave badly. ”

Kou Ji thought for a moment and said, "That's what you said......"

Kou Ji instructed Lu Ming: "You go out and tell those scholars that the implementation of simplified characters is the official's idea, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

Lu Ming's face changed slightly, and he said with a bitter face: "Aren't you trapping the official family in injustice?" ”

Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "The official family won't care." ”

Lu Ming's face became even more bitter, "The official family really doesn't care?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and shouted, "That's a lot...... I went out to guard the door, and if someone broke into the house, I beat them out, and I thought about countermeasures. ”

Lu Ming agreed and left Kou Ji's study.

After Lu Ming left, Kou Ji said with a smile: "Silly boy, the official family regards this matter as an opportunity to brush up their reputation, how can they care?" The official family now wishes that everyone in the world would stare at him and scold him. ”

The implementation of simplified characters is certainly hated by others.

Can we promote Mongolian learning and promote education?

The imperial court can obviously throw out the matter of promoting Mongolian learning first, weakening the resistance of scholars.

But now he first threw out the matter of promoting simplified characters and scolded him.

For what?

In order to slap the face happily.

Just think about it, when the readers were the most fierce, Zhao Zhen was ruthless next time and cleaned them up.

When Shilin made a sensation about it and was ready to make a big fuss.

Zhao Zhen threw out the matter of promoting education in the world and promoting Mongolian learning.

The scholars who are ready to make trouble in Shilin will fall apart in an instant.

Not only will they not make trouble, but they will also hold high the banner of Zhao and praise Zhao Zhen.

Why?

Is it because of Zhao Zhen's great education?

No.

It was because Zhao Zhen gave them a job with a very good salary.

There are not many people who read in the Great Song Dynasty.

There are many gentlemen needed for this great education.

If you catch it in a net, more than half of the scholars will be incorporated into Mr. Mengxue by the imperial court.

After eating Zhao Zhen's reward one by one, how could he say bad things about Zhao Zhen.

The final result is that the first readers who were ruthlessly cleaned up by Zhao Zhen, as well as some readers with bad intentions, became victims.

No one will pity them, and no one will run for them.

Why did Koji know about the whole plan?

Because this whole plan was planned by Kou Ji.

Zhao Zhen wanted to brush up his reputation, and Kou Ji helped him.

It's just that all plans are afraid of accidents.

The plan made by Kou Ji this time also had an accident.

According to the plan that Kou Ji made for Zhao Zhen, when the readers were about to make a fuss, Zhao Zhen stood up to clarify the matter, took all the infamy, and then found an opportunity to clean it up ruthlessly.

In the beginning, everything was going according to Koji's plan.

When Zhao Zhen stood up to clarify the matter, an accident happened.

When Zhao Zhen had more than a thousand scholars at the gate of the Koufu Courtyard, he made a decree and clearly told the whole world.

It was his idea to implement simplified characters.

The purpose of his introduction of simplified characters was to facilitate education.

However.

No one believed.

Not only was no one believed, but the ranks of those who denounced Kou Ji grew stronger.

……

Inside the Shikudo.

Zhao Zhen stood in front of the dragon case in disbelief, "Wang Aiqing, you mean that no one in the world believes me?" ”

Wang Zeng stood at the bottom and nodded with a wry smile.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Why?" ”

Lu Yijian, who was standing beside Wang Zeng, said quietly: "Scholars think that the official family took this matter in order to protect and protect Kou Ji. ”

Zhang Zhibai added: "Not only that, but some people say that it was Kou Ji who bewitched the official family and asked the official family to come forward and help him replace the infamy. Scholars now believe that Kou Ji bewitched the official family and trapped the official family in injustice, but he was a slanderer and a traitor.

Some people who claim to be righteous are now joining the readers in denouncing Kou Ji. ”

Zhao Zhen sat on the chair weakly, sighed and said, "What's going on?" ”

Wang Zeng and the three of them glanced at each other and smiled bitterly.

Lu Yijian arched his hand and said: "The official family doesn't have to worry about this, although the official family can't use this to accumulate fame, but the official family can see the people's hearts through this."

The people and scholars are willing to blame all the faults on Kou Ji, rather than let the official family bear a little stigma.

It can be seen that the official family has won the hearts of the people. ”