The matter of Kou Ji being appointed as the subordinate of Tongzhongshu was decided by Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen early on.

Zhao Zhen's original idea was to set up another position above the two prefectures, ranking above the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

The job title Zhao Zhen has thought about it.

Prime Minister Minister of State, is a product.

It's just that Kou Ji feels that it is too ostentatious, and he has set this precedent, it is difficult to guarantee that future generations will not be able to produce ministers, and he will use this position to tilt the government and the opposition and override the emperor.

All of them vetoed Zhao Zhen's proposal.

The two finally agreed that Kou Ji would be appointed as the Pingzhang of Tongzhongshu and preside over the reform of the literary system, and Zhao Zhen would be in charge of the Privy Council.

In layman's terms, it is a matter of doing things and a killing person.

The division of labor is clear and complements each other.

After Chen Lin learned that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji had a plan, she didn't say much.

If you need to remind Zhao Zhen, he won't hide half a word, and if you don't need to remind Zhao Zhen, he won't say a word.

Zhao Zhen instructed Chen Lin to fork Lu Yijian and the three people out, and fined him for three years.

Lu Yijian and the three of them didn't learn a lesson at all.

After Lu Yijian and the three of them left the palace with a snort, they gathered hundreds of officials and prepared to use the method used by Kou Ji to demonstrate at the gate of Zhao Zhen's bedroom.

It's just that as soon as Lu Yijian and the three of them entered the palace with the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, they bumped into the Empress Dowager Li's Luan.

When Empress Dowager Li met them, she scolded them all the time.

As the Empress Dowager Li, it doesn't matter who you are or how big the official is.

Lu Yijian and the others couldn't raise their heads when they were scolded, and they had no excuse to talk back.

Because Empress Dowager Li's reasons are so big that they can't refute them.

Several nobles in the harem, led by Queen Cao, are about to give birth, and they can't stand any disturbance.

If it is because the officials are noisy in the palace and disturb them, it will be a big sin to make the dragon heir of the official family have problems.

Empress Dowager Li caught Lu Yijian and the others and scolded them for half an hour before letting them go.

They fled from the palace in disgrace, and never dared to demonstrate at the gate of Zhao Zhen's dormitory.

But Lu Yijian and others did not give up easily.

Some people proposed a sit-in demonstration at the gate of Donghua, and some people proposed a boycott of the DPRK.

In short, the courtiers came up with countless ways to force Zhao Zhen to give in and exchange Kou Ji, Chong Shiheng and others back to Bianjing.

Kou Ji, Chong Shiheng and others, who were far away in Gubeikou, didn't know that the hundred officials in Bianjing City were looking for trouble with Zhao Zhen for them.

After the murderers outside the gate mixed with a multiplier of the people, there were many dramatic scenes in various places guarding the pass.

The murderers enveloped the people, rushed to the front of the city with great momentum, and put on a posture of fighting to the death with the Great Song Dynasty.

Then, rushed to the head of the city, and without waiting for the Great Song Dynasty to fight back, some people took the initiative to kneel and ask for surrender.

In the end, the murderers who were coerced by the people to make a rebellion were coerced by the people and voted for the Great Song Dynasty.

The people crowded under the city, kneeling on the ground and asking for surrender, and the murderer standing alone was particularly eye-catching.

The musketeers and crossbowmen who defended the city, when they saw them, fired a fierce shot.

The murderers were afraid of being killed, and then rushed to the city with the people, and after seeing the people descending, they also decisively followed suit.

For a time, countless enemies were killed and countless surrenders were collected at each pass.

When the war report arrived in Kou Ji's hands, Kou Ji looked at his head and hurt.

The main thing is that the results are exaggerated.

Let's take the record of the guerrilla generals assigned to Juyong Pass.

The guerrilla general who insisted on guarding the Yongguan Pass was called Cao Ren, a veteran of the martial arts during the Taizong period, and his subordinates led 5,000 soldiers and horses.

From the time the murderers appeared in front of Juyong Pass to the time when the murderers were all cleaned up, it was a month and a half.

Cao Ren left 2,000 soldiers and horses to defend Juyong Pass, and he led 2,000 soldiers and horses to attack frequently.

In a month and a half, more than 40,000 enemies were killed and more than 280,000 prisoners were taken.

Such a record, in the past, it was a big victory, and it was worth using 800 miles to expedite, all the way to Bianjing City to send good news.

However.

Such a record is nothing at all at the various passes of the Great Wall.

Not to mention other places, as far as Gubeikou, where Shiheng sits, has been captured, more than one million prisoners have been captured.

"Lao Tzu has fought all his life, and he has never captured so many people."

Looking at the Gubeikou, those Liao captives who were timidly looking at everything in the Gubeikou with bare buttocks, Chong Shiheng sighed sincerely.

Kou Ji glanced at Chong Shiheng, "You can't get them a pair of pants...... It doesn't matter how strong the men and women are, those old people should get a pair of pants. ”

Chong Shiheng said speechlessly: "I have scavenged the extra pants of the soldiers in the camp." If you take the pants again, you can only pick them up from the soldiers. ”

Kou Ji rubbed his eyebrows, sighed and said, "The group of people from the Immortal Sect are also black enough, even if they take away their cattle, sheep, horses and tents, they don't leave a pair of pants for people. ”

Chong Shiheng's eyes wandered around the crowd for a moment or two, and said, "It's not necessarily that the people of the Immortal Sect ripped off their pants, maybe some of them haven't had pants to wear all along." ”

Kou Ji knew what Chong Shiheng's words meant, and sighed.

Chong Shiheng took a deep breath and said, "When I came out of Qingjian City, there were one hundred and thirty-six households in Qingjian City. More than 280 people, only about 40 pairs of pants, were still ripped from dead people.

There were almost no belts and ropes, and they used straw ropes made of wild grass to tie their trousers. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "There are still some family backgrounds in the Liao Kingdom......

Chong Shiheng sneered, "What about Song who is older than me?" ”

Kou Ji glanced at Chong Shiheng and said dissatisfiedly: "Naturally, I am not as rich as the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Chong Shiheng snorted and said: "My Great Song Dynasty is several times richer than the Liao Kingdom, and there are still people who can't afford to wear pants." It is very common for some Liao people to be unable to wear pants.

During the reign of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, he didn't have to say anything good about the Khitan eight tribes.

But for the other small tribes, it is very fierce.

If you can't squeeze it, you will squeeze it hard.

In the past, we saw all the nobles among the Liao people, so we couldn't see the poor side of the Liao people.

Now that the Liao country is in turmoil, the Liao people have been driven to our Great Song Dynasty together, and some of the poor side has naturally been exposed to us. ”

"Hey......"

Kou Ji sighed, "I've already sent a letter to the textile workshop in Baozhou, and they will send a batch of sewn pants over soon." ”

Chong Shiheng hesitated for a moment, looked at Kou Ji and said, "You have already sent sixteen letters to the textile workshop in Baozhou, and the number of clothes you have asked for has exceeded one million.

There are also a lot of thick clothes, which are not cheap. ”

Kou Ji looked sideways at Chong Shiheng and asked, "Something?" ”

Chong Shiheng gritted his teeth and said: "If you continue like this, you will hollow out the family foundation of the Baozhou textile workshop." This matter should be played to the court and let the court do it. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "This matter was played to the imperial court, and then the imperial court gave approval, and then the cloth was transported here and processed into ready-to-wear clothes, which took two months.

In two months, winter will begin, and they will freeze to death. ”

Chong Shiheng frowned and did not speak.

A young general behind Chong Shiheng suddenly muttered in a low voice, "It's just a Liao ......."

Kou Ji was annoyed all of a sudden, "Liao?!" Take a closer look! ”

Kou Ji threw himself in front of the young general, grabbed the young general's collar, pointed to an elderly woman among the captives, and asked sharply, "Do you think she looks like a Liao?" Look at her situation among the Liao people, does it look like the situation that a Liao woman should have? ”

The young general stared at Kou Ji with a shocked expression, and then looked at the old woman, he didn't see anything unusual at all, he didn't understand why Kou Ji was so angry.

The young general looked at Chong Shiheng blankly.

Chong Shiheng slowly closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "You have been following me for a long time, you have seen the capture army of Western Xia, and you have also seen the capture army of Western Xia capture the people of my Great Song Dynasty."

You have also seen what happened to those Great Song women who were captured by the Tangut people. ”

The young general's face changed instantly, and he couldn't say a word anymore when he looked at the old woman who was driven out of the crowd, covered in dirt and with blank eyes.

Kou Ji tightly tugged on the collar of the young general, gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for the incompetence of my Song boys, they wouldn't have to suffer like this." For every share of their suffering, we have one more share of sin.

I still don't dare to see any of them because I don't have that face.

One of the captives who had entered the city a few days ago had not been tortured and had gone mad, and she dragged me and asked me if she was worth half a loaf of bread in one night. ”

The youngster's eyes turned red in an instant.

Kou Ji's eyes also turned red, "Do you say it's worth it?" ”

The young general's tears rolled down in an instant.

Kou Ji pointed to the group of people in Gubeikou, "They are staying in the middle of that group of people now and refusing to come out, and I don't have the face to use force."

I can only do my best to keep them fed and clothed.

If it weren't for the fact that there were their descendants among the captives, I would have put all the captives to death from the moment I saw them.

I, Koji, am not afraid to commit murder.

I am afraid that I will kill the captives and die with them. ”

The young general hung his head with a crying voice.

Seeing this, Kou Ji took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and reminded the young general: "Not many people know about this matter at present, and most of the soldiers in the army don't know about it, so don't spread it." ”

Xiao Zhu choked and nodded.

Koji patted him on the shoulder and told him to go down and rest.

After the young general left, Kou Ji put away his emotions and asked Chong Shiheng: "Why haven't the people from Shuntian Mansion and Datong Mansion to settle the captives have arrived?" ”

Chong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "Before and after, we have captured more than three million prisoners at various passes. Among them, there are only about 800,000 murderers, and the rest are almost all ordinary people of Liao.

With three million people, Shuntian Mansion and Datong Mansion can not be digested.

Together, they digested 800,000 captives, and they could no longer digest them.

Now they will temporarily put the surplus captives they brought back together, and they will be given a bowl of gruel every day, barely hanging for their lives. ”

After a pause, Chong Shiheng added: "It's the gruel that the captives drink, or we vacated it from the military rations." ”

Kou Ji groaned: "The murderers outside the gate have almost dealt with the people, and the rest are no longer able to turn over the big waves. Tell them to count the number of soldiers and horses in the place, and report to me their military exploits, and I will distribute the reward to them with the money and wealth that I have taken.

When they had received their reward, they were to return home.

The food provided to them by the imperial court was enough for them to eat until March next year.

When they return home, they should be able to free up a large amount of food. ”

Chong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "If this matter is reported back to the imperial court, I am afraid that the people in the household department will have a complaint. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Chong Shiheng, "What if there are whispers?" I have already written a note and sent someone to send it to the official family, and if they have a complaint, they have to pass the official family first. ”

Chong Shiheng nodded and said, "Then I'll send someone to do what you ask." ”

Kou Ji didn't wait for Chong Shiheng to leave, and continued: "Send someone to tell the prefects of Shuntian Mansion and Datong Mansion again, and let them secretly investigate when they settle the prisoners."

Those who are suffering, let them find out as soon as possible.

Then I will find a reason to restore their citizenship and give them a share of land and labor, so that they can enjoy their old age in peace. ”

Chong Shiheng was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "What you say, the prefects of Datong Mansion and Shuntian Mansion will listen to some of them, but they may not listen to what I say." ”

Kou Ji sighed and said, "The prefect of Shuntian Mansion and the prefect of Datong Prefecture are also rare officials, in order to digest the 800,000 captives we allocated to them, they even donated their own family resources to buy food.

I can't see them again, I can't see them again, and I can't be sure they won't say anything in front of me.

When the time comes, they will have to break their teeth and swallow in their stomachs.

We don't have many good officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and we finally met two, and we can't use them to death.

I'm different from those black-hearted guys in the court, I won't use the excuse of training people to pit people to death. ”

Chong Shiheng sighed and said, "I'll try ......"

"Don't be in a hurry to leave ...... yet"

Chong Shiheng was about to step away, but was stopped by Kou Ji.

Kou Ji stared at Chong Shiheng and asked, "Where is Liu Heng?" ”

Chong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "Liu Heng's people have already met Yang Wenguang. Li Si also went to Shanhaiguan. ”

"How's the war going outside the gates?"

"The New Khitan Nine Clans have been besieging Shangjing for more than half a month. Yelu Zongzhen led the remnants of the Yelu clan and the Xiao clan to resist.

Among the other six Khitan tribes, four tribes rebelled out of Shangjing and went north to other parts of the Liao State to split the soil and seal the king.

The other two clans voted for the New Khitan Nine Clans.

It is said that discussions are being made with the New Khitan Nine Tribes to replace one of them and become one of the New Khitan Nine Tribes. ”

“……”

Kou Ji snorted coldly, "One by one, they are good calculations, and I didn't ask if I would agree." ”

Chong Shiheng hesitated for a moment and said, "They probably think that with the help of the people and murderers, they can still stop us for some days." ”

Kou Ji said coldly, "We don't have that much time for them to get their wish. After the order was given, the whole army took the initiative to attack and cleaned me up of the murderers and civilians outside the gate.

A month later, the soldiers went out of the customs.

I need to take the entire territory of the Northwest Road, the entire Jingnan Road, and the entire Jingdong Road of Liaoguo before the winter to settle the prisoners. ”

Chong Shiheng groaned and said: "You can think clearly, once we get out of the customs, our battle will not be easy to fight, and there are a lot of opponents." We were able to survive the scourge of the murderers outside the customs smoothly this time, all because of the birth of the New Khitan Nine Clans, which absorbed a large part of the murderers.

If we get out of the customs, I am afraid that we will face a new Khitan nine clan soldiers and horses that have gradually transformed from murderers to official soldiers and horses.

Around the leaders of the nine clans of the New Khitan, there are many strategists who are proficient in my Great Song Dynasty soldiers and horses.

They have advisers, and they are too numerous to deal with. ”

Kou Ji stared at Chong Shiheng and asked coldly, "I just want to know, can I win?" ”

When Chong Shiheng heard this, he said in a deep voice: "You can win, but you have to pay a certain price." ”

Kou Ji asked again, "At what cost?" ”

Chong Shiheng said solemnly: "Twenty percent!" ”

What he meant was that the battle loss could reach 20%.

Kou Ji heard Chong Shiheng's answer, and said in a deep voice: "Within a month, if they can't take the upper capital, after winter, the heavy snow will close the road, and they won't be able to threaten us for half a point."

It is best for us to attack quickly in half a month, and take half a month to take the land of the three roads of Liao.

After the land of the three roads is taken, the road should be closed by heavy snowfall.

They won't be able to show up to us until the spring of next year.

Until then, we can quickly replace our armaments.

From the middle of last year to the present, the Bianjing City Instrument Workshop and the Xiazhou Iron Smelting Department have forged a lot of muskets and artillery.

There are also a number of other firearms armaments.

Barely should be able to equip 100,000 people.

When the time comes, I will gather all these firearms here and equip them with the armies.

Can the battle damage be reduced to 10%? ”

Chong Shiheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "How many general cannons and sky-shaking cannons are there?" ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Since we took Dali, we have mined a lot of copper mines. The supply of copper mines was open, and there was naturally more artillery.

At present, it is 3,000 gates reported to me.

By the time winter comes, it should be able to increase a bit. ”

Chong Shiheng's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly asked, "How many gunpowder packs are there?" If there is enough gunpowder, I can lead the soldiers and horses to push it sideways. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "How much is enough?" ”

Chong Shiheng said: "It is enough to blow up the gunpowder bag of all the cities of Liao. ”

Kou Ji's face darkened, "No! ”

The expression on Chong Shiheng's face was a little stiff.

Kou Ji said with a dark face: "What are you as gunpowder, a stone in the mountain?" You can take as much as you want? ”

Although Koji has expanded several firearms workshops on the basis of the original firearms workshop.

But there are not enough firearms to be squandered by the kind of Shiheng.

In addition, due to the need for strict secrecy, almost all the craftsmen involved in the production of firearms can be said to be carefully selected.

Only those who have been in the last three generations, have a clean family background, and are loyal to the Great Song Dynasty are eligible to enter the firearms workshop.

If you quit the firearms workshop because of an injury, you will also be monitored by the yamen.

It is precisely because of this that the number of craftsmen involved in the production of firearms is small.

You must know that in the Great Song Dynasty, which was like a sieve, the production methods and firearms of firearms have not flowed out from abnormal channels.

It can be seen how much work Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen have done behind the scenes in order to keep their work confidential.

Because of this, production has been limited to a certain extent.

The requirements put forward by Chong Shiheng were not met by Kou Ji at all.

Chong Shiheng stared at Kou Ji and said with burning eyes: "If you can provide me with enough gunpowder packs, I can not only push the Liao Kingdom sideways, but also reduce the battle damage to less than one percent." ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "If you say no, you won't have it, if there is, I won't give it to you?" ”

Seeing that Kou Ji didn't seem to lie again, Chong Shiheng's expression darkened slightly.

Seeing this, Kou Ji said angrily: "You can be content." If you don't have firearms, you won't fight? ”

Chong Shiheng smiled dryly, "That's not it. ”

Kou Ji commanded, "Do something." ”

Chong Shiheng agreed.

The two of them went down to the city and went about their official business.

Although Kou Ji dumped the errand of placing the prisoners to the prefects of Datong Mansion and Shuntian Mansion, he was not completely in charge.

Three million captives are not something that the prefects of Datong Mansion and Shuntian Mansion can properly place.

Even the current Great Song Dynasty could not properly accommodate the sudden extra three million captives.

Three million captives, eating, drinking, and lazing, every day is a huge number.

Kou Ji is now feeding them with some family funds and food from the army.

But Koji couldn't keep them going.

The rest of the Great Song Dynasty also has no extra place for them to settle down for the time being.

The northwest and southwest roads of the Liao Kingdom in the Great Song Dynasty are vast enough and enough to accommodate them.

However, the northwest and southwest roads of the Liao Kingdom in the Great Song Dynasty were not stable, and only those guys who were more vicious than bandits could stand firmly on them.

It is impossible for these unarmed people from Liao to gain a foothold in that place.

In addition, it is a long way from Gubeikou to the northwest and southwest roads of Liaoguo.

By the time Kou Ji migrates people over, I'm afraid it's the middle of winter.

At that time, there will be a lack of food and clothing, and the weather will be cold.

These thinly clothed people have passed, and they can't bear it at all.

After a winter, I don't know how many people have to die.

If there weren't those special people among the captives, Kou Ji probably wouldn't have bothered so much.

It is precisely because there are some special people that Kou Ji is very attentive to them.

You can't go to the north, and the imperial court can't take care of so many prisoners for a while.

So Kou Ji thought about it, and he could only start from Liao.

The New Khitan Nine Clans robbed the people and drove them to the Great Song Dynasty, leaving all the consequences to the Great Song Dynasty.

Then Koji had enough reason and motive to kill them, to take back from them what they had belonged, and then distribute it among the people.

Once it comes and goes, Da Song will not have any big losses.

On the contrary, there will be an additional 3 million soldiers and civilians, and a large area of territory.

What Kou Ji needs to do now is to plan as soon as possible how to properly resettle the people, how to reasonably distribute grain, cattle, sheep and horses, and how to manage three million captives after the Liao State Sandao Land is captured.

And how to get the three million captives back to production and self-reliance as soon as possible?

As for whether the Great Song Dynasty can take the land of the Three Roads of the Liao Kingdom, Kou Ji is not worried at all.

After the winter, after the second batch of firearms was equipped in the army, the firearms in the army were matched with the cold weapons of the nine tribes of the New Khitan, and they could almost be crushed one-sidedly.

If you lose in this case.

That can only prove that the two famous generals Chong Shiheng and Di Qing, who are famous in history, are parallel goods.

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