Kou Ji looked sideways at Wang Zeng, "The prince thinks my method is not good, so do you have a feasible way?" If so, say it. Anyway, the issue of land annexation must be resolved by me and the government.

We will not hesitate to shed thousands of miles for this.

The Great Song is the Great Song of everyone, not the Great Song of a few.

If only a few people occupy everything in the Great Song Dynasty, then the Great Song Dynasty will not last long.

The Great Song Dynasty can allow some people to obtain certain privileges through their own efforts.

But the Great Song Dynasty resolutely did not allow a few people and occupied everything for everyone. ”

Kou Ji paused for a moment, and without waiting for Wang Zeng to speak, he continued: "To be honest, if a few people know how to advance and retreat, and know how to be content, no one wants to make waves.

But a few people don't know how to advance and retreat, and they don't know how to be enough.

And when the people were collecting money for them, they took away the land from the hands of the people, and took away their rations, and crushed them to death.

The people could not live without food to eat.

If you can't live, you will rebel.

The first thing they did in rebellion was to eat and kill the local wealthy first.

And then there was the imperial court.

You should know why the vigorous Wang Xiaobo rebellion in Sichuan Mansion was caused.

At the beginning of Wang Xiaobo's rebellion, there were only 100 people, and in just 10 days, more than 10,000 people were gathered.

His trumpet for rebellion is 'rich and poor.'"

It was with this slogan that he swept Qingcheng and other places.

And one day, when the land in the hands of the people was taken up, someone shouted the trumpet of 'rich and poor.'

Guess if the whole country will rise up?

The Great Song Dynasty Siye, will it be full of wolf smoke? ”

When the king heard this, his face turned pale.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Before the reform of my Great Song Dynasty's military system, there were more than one million soldiers and horses, and seventy percent were in the hinterland of my Great Song Dynasty. What are they doing in the hinterland of my Great Song Dynasty?

to prevent the people from making trouble.

More than one million soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty did not go outside the territory to meet the enemy, did not go outside the territory to recover lost territory, did not go outside the territory to expand the territory, and actually guarded the hinterland to prevent the people from making chaos.

Isn't that ridiculous, you say? ”

Wang Zeng's face turned black like the bottom of a pot.

Kou Ji let out a long sigh and said, "It seems that this matter was caused by your group of scholars. You know why the people are in trouble, but you don't want to think about how to help the people solve their problems.

Rather, it was a vigorous recruitment, a vigorous dispatch of troops to the localities, and a suppression of the people.

In order to protect the interests of the wealthy families behind you.

And it is you who keep shouting from both the government and the opposition to the people to be the masters of the people.

Can you still have a face?

You have forced the people to the point of rehabilitating the unjust case, and you will kneel on the ground and call you the great lord of the sky.

You have driven the people to the point where they will uphold some justice, and the people will sing praises for you for thousands of years.

Are you still complacent about it?

You eat the taxes paid by the people, and you enjoy the wealth that the people have bought for their blood and sweat.

Isn't it right for you to do things for the people? ”

When the king heard this, he was ashamed of himself.

Kou Ji said louder and louder, "Ten people are in rebellion, you can suppress it, 100,000 people are in rebellion, you can also suppress it, but what about 100,000?"

What are you suppressing?

What can you do to calm the grievances that have accumulated over decades and centuries?

Can you suppress it?

Have you recovered? ”

After saying this, Kou Ji closed his mouth, and the two people in the main hall fell silent.

The silence lasted for half an hour.

Kou Ji took a deep breath and said, "I know that your prince is an upright person, and he has done a lot of good things for the people since he became a prince. My words are a little heavier. ”

"Hey......"

Wang Zeng let out a long sigh and said, "Your words are not serious, the things that the old man did for the people are nothing at all.

Compared with the small things that the old man does, land annexation is the big problem.

But the old man never stated this matter to the court, nor did he run for it.

Even when I think about it, I will retreat. ”

Kou Ji hesitated for a moment and said, "I also have feelings, I can't help but say a few more words, don't take it to heart." ”

The reason why Kou Ji suddenly said so much was because when he mentioned the issue of land annexation in the Great Song Dynasty, he always remembered some historical materials of the Great Song Dynasty.

For example, the Great Song Dynasty was bullied in terms of using soldiers.

I always think about training new soldiers and building a new army, and I am ashamed.

But it rarely succeeds.

Occasionally, one or two people who risked their lives to train recruits and establish new armies were almost pinched to death by the bigwigs in the court.

From beginning to end, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty did not mention that the soldiers in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty would be pulled out to train the soldiers in battle.

Those soldiers and horses have been staying in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, and they have been guarding the people.

In addition, the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's reform of the law experienced by the Great Song Dynasty were reformed twice, and a basket of laws on land annexation was proposed, but no one proposed to take down the knives on the necks of the people first.

The knife was held around the necks of the people, and it was the powerful and the wealthy who held the handle of the knife.

What have you changed?

And why is it successful?

Do you dare to take away the knives around the necks of the people and let the people make a scene?

Then look at the peaceful and prosperous era under your rule, what kind of peaceful and prosperous era is it?

In the history books, there are a lot of capable ministers and virtuous people in the Great Song Dynasty.

There are all dynasties.

As long as it can be named, the evaluation in the history books is virtuous.

What kind of virtuous is it to put a sword on the neck of the people and rule over the people?

A truly virtuous person is one who can be generous when the king is in his humble state.

The true virtuous is the one who can assist the king in governing the prosperous era with the name of the era.

For example, Zhenguan, Kaiyuan, Hongwu, Yongle and so on.

What is the era name that the Great Song Dynasty can call?

Wang Zeng didn't know what Kou Ji was thinking, he only felt deeply about Kou Ji's words.

Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji solemnly, "The old man saw you alone this time, just because he wanted to tell you." Now that I have listened to your remarks, I should tell you all the more. ”

Kou Ji said: "The prince said bluntly! ”

Wang Zeng put his hands in front of him and saluted Kou Ji respectfully, "You and the official family deal with the issue of land annexation, please count the old man." Although the old man is old, he can still contribute to the people.

If you and the official family feel that the old man is in the way, you can send the old man to the place, and the old man also wants to be like Li Di, and then manage a granary for my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Seeing this, Kou Ji was startled, and hurriedly rushed to Wang Zeng, "Prince, you will torture me." The prince was willing to take the risk of offending the world's magnates and wealthy families, and accompanied me and the officials to solve the problem of land annexation.

It's too late for me and the officials to welcome us.

How can you be in the way? ”

Wang Zeng straightened up, stared at Kou Ji, and said seriously: "Although the old man took the initiative to join the gang, there is also a condition. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Prince, what we are doing is for the benefit of the people, and we are not pulling the flag to set up a mountain and joining the gang?"

Do you guess if the official family will curse when they hear this? ”

Wang Zeng was not amused by Kou Ji's witticism, but stared at Kou Ji Zhengse and said, "If you can not use the sword soldiers, try not to move the sword soldiers." If you have to use swords, you and I can both kill people and bear notoriety, but the officials cannot. ”

Kou Ji sighed and nodded, "I'm not new to the court, and I know the importance of maintaining the reputation of the official family. ”

Wang Zeng sighed, "We bear the notoriety, if we make a big trouble, the official family can still find a way to hold it." But if the official family bears the notoriety, then no one can hold it. ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "I understand, I understand......"

Wang Zeng sighed: "The old man has been a gentleman for most of his life, but in the end he was educated by your boy." I used to think that you kid didn't know how to learn. Now I know that your kid has great wisdom and has a university question. But your wisdom and learning are not in the book. ”

Kou Ji cried and laughed: "Don't flatter me, what knowledge do I have." ”

Wang Zeng smiled, shook his head again, and did not speak.

Whether there is wisdom or not, it is not difficult to see through Koji's achievements.

Whether you have knowledge or not, just look at what Kou Ji has done.

Kou Ji is obviously wise and learned.

What is even more commendable is that he has a heart for the well-being of the people, and there is no self-interest in it.

When Kou Ji saw that Wang Zeng was laughing and shaking his head, he knew that Wang Zeng believed in his heart that he was wise and learned.

He didn't bother to quibble.

Because it didn't work.

After Kou Ji laughed for a while, Kou Ji suddenly asked: "Prince, tell me, the official family suddenly sent you to Liaoyang Mansion, and asked you to pass the decree on his behalf, and gave us the prince's guard of honor, but not others, what kind of medicine is sold in the official gourd?" ”

When Wang Zeng heard this, he smiled and said, "When you arrive in Baozhou, you will know." ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Is the official family going to ......?"

Wang Zeng didn't wait for Kou Ji to finish speaking, and said faintly: "People can't be too smart, it's easy to waste a piece of hard work of others if they're too smart." ”

Kou Ji smiled awkwardly and hurriedly changed the topic, "When will the prefects of Liaoyang Mansion and other places sent by the imperial court arrive?" When will the soldiers and horses recruited by the official family arrive? ”

Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji without speaking.

"If they don't arrive in June, they won't be able to grow a grain this year." When the time comes, the court will raise them. ”

By Koji's words, they were referring to the horses.

Of course, the officials had to be in place before the soldiers arrived.

Otherwise, there is no ruler over the people.

The soldiers of the forbidden army assigned to various places can be temporarily managed.

It's just that they don't know how to govern the people as well as the shepherd officials.

Wang Zeng pondered for a while, and sighed slowly: "You have given the court a big problem." The imperial court is now devoid of officials.

In order to gather enough officials for this place, the official family took time out of the students in the Wenchang Academy.

Your grandfather went into the palace to find trouble with the officials for this reason.

Officials avoided it.

Your grandfather went to Taixue and Guozijian to rob the students.

But anyone who performed a little better in Guozijian and Taixue was forcibly tied up by your grandfather and sent to the Wenchang Academy.

Taixue sacrificial wine and Guozi priest sacrificial wine dare not be angry.

I can only go to the official's house every day to cry. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he smiled and said: "The official family is really good at picking people, the students of the Wenchang Academy, after they become officials, they are much easier to use than the students of Taixue and Guozijian." ”

Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji and said, "The official family not only transferred the students of the Wenchang Academy, but also transferred some officials from the DPRK and China. ”

After a pause, Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "Zhang Zhibai is among them. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "Zhang Gong? The official family dismissed him for participating in political affairs? ”

Wang Zeng shook his head and said, "The official family revealed to the three of us that after you returned to the dynasty, they intended to let you move into the political affairs hall. When you enter the political hall, one of the three of us will have to make room for you.

Lu Yijian will definitely not give way to you.

The old man is now leaving the political hall, and he is a little unwilling.

But Zhang Zhibai is free and easy.

After he learned about this, he took the initiative to ask the official family to resign.

The official family agreed to his resignation from the official position of governor of the government, but did not let him die.

Instead, he was appointed as an inspector of the Northeast Prefectures, sitting in the capital, and supervising the civil affairs of the Northeast. ”

"Inspectors?"

Kou Ji was a little surprised, "How many officials, what is the function?" ”

Wang Zeng said with a smile: "The official pardon will not be set up for a long time, but will only be set up when it is used." Zhang Zhibai should be regarded as the first and only patrol stationed in one place, an official of the second grade, inspecting civil affairs in various places and putting things in order. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

It's a little more powerful.

There are many prefectures under the current governance of the Great Song Dynasty, and the farthest place is thousands of miles away from Bianjing.

It is inevitable that there will be times when the imperial court is beyond the reach of the whip, and there is a real need for such a position, and from time to time he will patrol the localities.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "With Zhang Gong sitting here, then I will rest assured." ”

Wang Zeng said angrily and funny: "Zhang Gong is good to you, and even better to your cub." You snatched his place, and you can still laugh? ”

Kou Ji smiled faintly: "I may not be robbing him of his position." ”

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment, and his eyes widened slightly.

Kou Ji chuckled under his breath.

Neither spoke.

But both sides understand each other's minds.

Since the position of the governor of the government cannot accommodate Kou Ji.

Then it can only be a flat chapter under the door of the same book.

Kou Ji wants to rob it, and it is Lu Yijian's position that is robbed.

After the two finished chatting about business, they talked some more private words.

After dark.

Kou Ji held a reception banquet in the city lord's mansion of Liaoyang Mansion to catch the wind and wash the dust for Wang Zeng.

invited Chong Shiheng and others to participate in the banquet together.

And all the people were happy, so they got drunk.

During this period, Wang Zeng recited a poem.

Chong Shiheng improvised a song.

The poems made by Shiheng are too vulgar.

Both sides moved their fists and feet.

In the end, Zhu Neng and others were also dragged in.

Koji was not spared.

And so.

Next.

After waking up.

Kou Ji stared at a panda eye and appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Who hit it?!"

Kou Ji faced Chong Shiheng and the others and asked sharply.

No one answered, and they pretended to be deaf and dumb.

"Well, everyone was very drunk last night, and there were no servants there, and no one else was serving, so no one knew.

As long as people don't admit it, you will never catch the murderer.

Pack your things and get ready to go.

The official family can wait for you in Bianjing City. ”

Wang Zeng came out to make peace, and Kou Ji gave up tracking down the real culprit who beat him, and ordered Chong Shiheng and others to go down to rectify the soldiers and horses, and prepare for the return of the class.

In addition to the war, Chong Shiheng and others sacked Liaodi and Goryeo.

Therefore, when they returned to the court, they carried a lot of goods.

I can't count how many chariots, all sorts of valuable things, and how many gold and silver treasures there are.

The only ones I could count were the soldiers who escorted those things.

Fifty thousand.

A full 50,000 soldiers.

With more than 30,000 captives, they barely loaded all those things into the truck and escorted them on the road.

Wang Zeng looked at the long convoy with no end in sight, and muttered to himself, "We are still worried about the empty rats in Bianjing City, but you have already grabbed enough money to break the treasury." ”

Liu Heng was talking to Kou Ji, and when he heard Wang Zeng's words, he couldn't help but say: "The money I looted in Shangjing City before has already been transported back to Bianjing City, otherwise it would be more." ”

Wang Zeng glanced at Liu Heng and said lightly: "The money was collected by the old man himself, and the old man naturally knew about it." ”

When Liu Heng heard this, he didn't speak again.

Kou Ji stared at Wang Zeng with some surprise and said, "The money in the treasury has been spent?" ”

Wang Zeng rolled his eyes, "You hundreds of thousands of people are fighting outside, how much food is consumed every day, don't you know in your hearts?" The official family has spoken, even if it hollows out Bianjing City and hollows out the Changping positions in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty, it can't make any of you hungry.

For this reason, he also asked some eunuchs in the palace to rush to various places to supervise this time.

and to report to him at all times.

We can only take money from the treasury with a hard head, and when the treasury is emptied, we will dig out the pile vault.

The pile sealing warehouse was emptied, so I went to Yizipu to borrow money.

Now the treasury is empty, the pile sealing warehouse is also empty, and the positions are often closed in various places.

still owes a word Jiaozi shop 4 million.

In order to deal with the war this time, the imperial court emptied all its family funds. ”

Kou Ji said solemnly: "But Yanyun we got it back, and the Liao Kingdom is also ours, and the same is true of Goryeo." ”

Wang Zeng nodded and said with emotion: "Yes! Yanyun got it back, and the Liao Kingdom and Goryeo were also destroyed. Their territory is now our territory.

The territory of my Great Song Dynasty is more than that of the Tang Dynasty, and I don't promise more.

Today's Great Song Dynasty can be called the state of the Celestial Empire.

Today's Great Song is what the Great Song should look like. ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded.

He has been in the Great Song Dynasty for more than ten years.

He could understand the Song people's desire for power.

I can also understand how proud the Song people are after they become stronger.

Da Song has suffered enough, and now that he has the sweetness, he knows how sweet the sweetness is, and how charming the sweetness is.

After Kou Ji and Wang Zeng finished speaking, they took people to pack their bags.

Kou Ji didn't bring much with him when he went out, but when he went back, he seemed to have a lot of things.

His subordinates always love to offer treasures in front of him, and when they have captured rare treasures, they always have to take them to Kou Ji for a while, or take the initiative to offer them to Kou Ji.

Kou Ji was not polite, and it was all in his pocket.

But it's not that he's greedy for money, it's mainly that he's got a lot of good things, and he's never seen them.

After all, although later generations are developed, although the information is wide, and there are many things that can be seen, some things that have long disappeared in the long river of history cannot be seen at all.

For example, the Wang Seal of the Bohai Kingdom that has died in the collection of the East China Sea Nuzhi tribe, and the gold medal given to the lord of the Bohai Kingdom by the Empress Wu Cao of the Tang Dynasty, as well as a Tang knife used by Li Zhi.

And what else is the mask of the king of Silla, the portrait of Yelu Abaoji, etc., etc.

There are so many things that have been lost.

Kou Ji was fortunate to see it, so he naturally wanted to collect it well.

Of course, Kou Tianci received more than what Kou Ji received.

Kou Ji receives things, there is a risk of accepting bribes, and the person who sends things is also at risk of bribery.

But Kou Tianci is different.

Those bigwigs in the army are either his uncles or uncles, or they are grandparents.

There is no possibility of bribery and bribery.

No one else can find anything wrong.

So they got good things, and when they saw the juniors, they naturally stuffed them into their arms unceremoniously.

If there is an excessive gift, it is a whole car.

So Koji's things, two boxes were full.

Kou Tianci's things were loaded with five carts.

When Kou Ji watched Kou Tianci beckon his relatives to come over to help him move things, he felt very uncomfortable.

"Damn, I'm a part-time worker!"

Fortunately, there was one person who was worse than him.

Otherwise, Kou Ji really had to consider using the excuse of helping Kou Tianci save pocket money, and confiscated Kou Tianci's 'bribes' income.

The most miserable person is Zhao Run.

Although his status is noble, no one in the army has sent him anything.

Because the generals in the army sent him things, the meaning was different.

Even if he doesn't have any thoughts, he can't just send something to Zhao Runle.

If some people with bad intentions knew about this, they would definitely interpret it very sinisterly.

It is easy to frame a slander to Zhao Run to make friends with a lieutenant general in the army, and to frame a lieutenant soldier in the army to deliberately befriend the eldest prince, and to plot misdeeds.

It's a big deal, if you have to kill people to settle down.

It is the officers and men of the army who are definitely killed.

Because unless Zhao Zhen is crazy, it is impossible to kill the eldest prince.

Even if he was really crazy and had to kill, the Manchu civil and military would not agree.

It is precisely because of this that it is impossible for the officers and men in the army to send things to Zhao Run.

In the end, Kou Ji saw that Zhao Run was pitiful, and gave an ancient inkstone from the Tang Dynasty, which is said to be one of the national gifts given by Tang Gaozong Li Zhi to Queen Joan of Arc of Silla.

After Silla was destroyed by Goryeo, it was collected by the king of Goryeo in the Goryeo Imperial Palace.

This item was one of the gifts given to Kou Ji when Goryeo sent people to Liaoyang Mansion to negotiate peace.

Kou Ji is Zhao Run's husband, and he gave Zhao Run an ancient inkstone, and others can't make mistakes.

Zhao Run stood at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion of Liaoyang Mansion, looking at Kou Tianci's carts full of carts of things, and then at the inkstone he was holding in his hand, and fell into deep doubt.

Am I a false prince?

"Why don't I share your car?"

After Kou Tianci packed his things, he saw Zhao Run standing there alone in a daze, so he stepped forward, patted Zhao Run's shoulder, and said generously.

Zhao Run came back to his senses and pouted disdainfully: "It's just some mundane things, I want as many as I want, and I don't need you to send them." ”

Kou Tianci nodded and said with a smile: "Since they are all mundane things, can you give me this inkstone?" ”

Zhao Run's eyes widened instantly, and he held the inkstone tightly in his arms with both hands, "You want to be beautiful!" ”