After Kou Ji sent his soldiers and horses out, he sat in the iron smelting office and waited for news.

Little did he know that the biggest crisis of his life was quietly coming.

A team of 1,000 people passed through Dijinze and appeared in Xiazhou when the Tiemen Pass regiment was practicing to attack Xiazhou.

After they arrived in Xiazhou, they found the chief officer of the Left Wing Divine Warrior Division of Xixia in Xiazhou, and after showing a waist card, they lived in the tent prepared by the chief officer of the Left Wing Divine Warrior Division of Western Xia.

They are nocturnal and mysterious.

Most of those who had seen them rested on their strong and powerful arms, and on the special strong bows that hundreds of them carried.

Those strong bows were all strong bows of more than four stones, and they were different from all the strong bows in the army.

Among them, there is a high probability that there will be a five-stone strongbow, or even a six-stone one.

You must know that most of the ordinary soldiers in the army shoot a one-stone bow, and those who are a little more powerful only open a two-stone or three-stone bow.

Only those with excellent arm strength and great courage can open a four-stone strong bow.

But whoever can shoot a four-stone strong bow will not have a low status in the army.

A group of people who can shoot four stones, or even more than four stones, get together, naturally not to learn archery.

There's a good chance they'll have something earth-shattering to do.

After they arrived in Xiazhou, they went out day and night, and remained unknown for several days.

Until the night when the stars were scarce for a month, they all disappeared in Xiazhou.

……

"Bang!"

In the iron smelting business, Kou Ji slapped a document in his hand on the desk and scolded loudly.

"A group of fools, I can't see Da Song getting stronger. I always like to stand up and help the enemy when it is critical. The officials killed a number of people, but they did not kill these people to the cold. ”

Liu Heng got up, took the document from the desk, and after scanning it, he frowned and said, "Someone impeached Cao Shuai for wasting national wealth in the land of Yanyun and delaying the military plane. He also impeached us for arson, destroying the harmonious relationship between our Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia. ”

Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said, "If Cao Wei can compete with Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, why wait until now?" They also don't want to think about what kind of impact the war in the land of Yanyun will have on our Great Song Dynasty after they are defeated. I only saw Cao Wei leading his troops outside, and he had been consuming money in the treasury.

The army of 300,000 has been in the land of Yanyun for more than half a year, and the money spent has not reached tens of millions.

Cao Wei had obviously started to save money between his teeth, and they were not satisfied.

What are they?

What money did they plan for the court?

The money was planned by Lao Tzu for the imperial court, and Lao Tzu didn't feel distressed, they felt sorry for a hammer. ”

The 300,000 troops, plus the auxiliaries, were very numerous, and they were fighting abroad, and every day they ate and chewed horses, and all they consumed was a huge number.

The 300,000 army, from rushing to Yanyun, has passed more than half a year until now.

However, it cost nine million yuan, which was only three times the amount of money that Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng originally promised to Liao, and some people in the court complained of pain.

Nine million guan, distributed to each soldier, I'm afraid it will be more than 20 copper coins (not that the author is not good at arithmetic, but also take into account horses and auxiliaries).

More than 20 copper coins, after eating for more than half a year, what they ate, you can imagine.

Each soldier eats two meals a day, and each meal eats a little bran, just about the same.

The soldiers' salaries must have not been paid.

The soldiers have no military salaries, and they are willing to fight in Yanyun, what qualifications do those pampered people in the court have? !

Liu Heng said with a gloomy face: "Cao Shuai may have already realized that he and the Liao people will spend a lot of money, and it will cause some people in the court to be dissatisfied, so as soon as the war began, he began to save money."

The imperial court should not reduce the taxes of Zhuozhou, Shuozhou, and Huanzhou, and with the support of these three states, it should be able to help Cao Shuai relieve some pressure. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said: "The people of Zhuozhou, Shuozhou, and Huanzhou have been oppressed by the Liao people, and after nearly a hundred years, they are not rich. They need to cultivate and be angry, and the way the court did it was right.

The court was not generous enough.

The soldiers are on the front line, fighting with the Liao people with their lives.

The court shouldn't pick and search, so that the soldiers are hungry. ”

Liu Heng's face was a little bitter and said: "It's not all in the court. Lu Yijian and Cao Wei don't cry poor, and the official family is not good at swiping a big pen and sending them a lot of money.

Every time the official family sent someone to ask them if there was enough food and grass, they said that it was enough.

The officials wanted to send money, but they couldn't send it. ”

Kou Ji said with a dark face: "It's not that they don't want it, but they don't dare to open their mouths." 300,000 soldiers and horses, plus auxiliaries and horses, if they were to eat enough every day, it would cost at least 13 million yuan in half a year. If you add in the military salary and the reward for meritorious service, it is likely to be more.

If they dare to shout out a number of more than 10 million, the government and the opposition will be shaken.

By that time, there will be more people who will impeach them.

What's more, they weren't sure how long they would spend with Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao, so they would be able to save it. ”

Kou Ji's words, Liu Heng understood.

If Cao Wei spent more time with Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, the more money he would spend.

Cao Wei led 300,000 soldiers and horses, and spent 9 million in half a year.

It costs 18 million a year.

The imperial court allocates military salaries to all forbidden troops, box troops, regimental training, and township soldiers every year, and the total amount is 30 million yuan.

The 300,000 soldiers and horses led by Cao Wei cost three-fifths of all military expenditures of the Great Song Dynasty in one year.

However, the soldiers and horses led by Cao Wei did not have three-fifths of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty.

Cao Wei's expenses are huge overspending.

Although the soldiers and horses led by Cao Wei are fighting, it belongs to a special period.

But some of the hammers in the court, it doesn't matter if you are in a special period.

They only cared if their annual distribution would be reduced according to the normal expenses of the imperial court.

In terms of the use of troops, the imperial court spends a lot, and the expenditure on political affairs will be reduced accordingly.

Naturally, some officials would not agree.

After all, the Great Song Dynasty treated officials favorably.

Officials can do whatever they want with public money.

The court reimbursed the expenses of food and clothing, the expenses of hiring servants, the expenses of carriages and horses, the expenses of business trips, and even the expenses of prostitutes.

The imperial court spent a huge amount of money on the use of troops, and some of the expenses for the officials will naturally be sharply reduced.

Naturally, the officials would not agree.

Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, set a high amount of money for the officials of the Great Song Dynasty, the purpose of which was to raise salaries and support the incorruptible.

But his goal was never achieved.

Instead, he raised a group of insatiable people who drank blood on the court.

Li Di just moved the idle duties on them, and was almost forced to death by them.

Now that Cao Wei is fighting in the land of Yanyun, it may affect their food and clothing, and they will naturally not sit idly by.

Cao Wei's war in the land of Yanyun has been inconclusive for a long time.

If it drags on for three years and five years.

There is a high probability that the money in the treasury will be depleted, and they may live a hard life, so naturally they will not agree.

Although Zhao Zhen, Kou Zhun, Li Di, Lu Yijian, and Kou Ji have cleaned up a lot of moths in the court, they have not been able to remove all the officials in the court and the opposition.

Although they all know the maladministration of the government and the opposition.

But if all the officials are cleared in one go, the world of the Great Song Dynasty will be in chaos.

They also seldom touch the collective interests of all officials.

The only time is that Li Di moved all the officials in the government and the opposition to idle their posts, and what happened to Li Di now is obvious to all.

It can be said that Cao Wei's spending money in the land of Yanyun is likely to affect the interests of all officials in the government and the opposition, and all officials in the government and the opposition will naturally not sit idly by.

Corrupt officials cannot be killed.

The insatiable will not be able to kill them all.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji killed many people, but they still didn't stop their greed.

Liu Heng saw that Kou Ji's face turned dark, thinking that Kou Ji was worried about Cao Wei's battle in Yanyun, so he comforted him in a low voice: "You don't have to worry about Cao Shuai, didn't the official family secretly send someone to take out five million pieces from the inner library to give to Cao Shuai?"

With the secret support of the officials, even if the court does not send much money to Cao Shuai on the surface, Cao Shuai will not change anywhere. ”

Kou Ji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

An emperor gives a courtier military expenses, and he has to give it secretly.

"Cao Wei should be glad that he met such a good emperor from the official family......"

Kou Ji was silent for a long time and sighed.

If Zhenzong Zhao Heng was in power, the 300,000 army led by Cao Wei was estimated to starve to death in the land of Yanyun.

With Zhenzong Zhao Heng's temperament, it was impossible for him to take the initiative to share the money in the inner treasury, and he even wanted to move some from the treasury to fill his inner treasury.

If you don't have money, don't fight if you don't have money.

Find the Liao people to come and talk, give them three million guan, and let them not fight with my Great Song Dynasty in the future.

Zhenzong Zhao Heng, if you pay the enemy, you will have money, and if you pay your own soldiers and horses, you will have no money.

If Taizong Zhao Guangyi is in power, Cao Wei is estimated to cry to death.

Taizong Zhao Guangyi will not be stingy.

However, if he sent someone to send grain and grass to Cao Wei, Cao Wei estimated that after the defeat and retreated to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, he could only see it.

is still Zhao Zhen benevolent and does not cheat people.

Not only was he helping Cao Wei fight for military salaries on the surface, but he also secretly took out a sum from the small treasury and sent it to Cao Wei.

Liu Heng heard Kou Ji's words, nodded decisively and said, "The official family is naturally a good emperor......

Speaking of this, Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji and said, "Don't worry about Cao Shuai, with the secret help of the official family, Cao Shuai's side will be fine." You should worry about yourself, now that someone in the DPRK and China has begun to impeach you, you are not ready to take care of it? ”

Kou Ji squinted at Liu Heng and asked, "Is the official in charge?" ”

Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "With the relationship between the official family and you, how can you listen to the slander of those people and condemn you." ”

Kou Ji pouted and said, "Since the official family will not condemn me, then what should I do with them?" Love impeachment even if impeachment goes, I have to care about them, I go with their surname. ”

Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji in amazement.

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and said nonchalantly: "I am different from Cao Wei, Cao Wei is afraid of their impeachment, so he is restrained. I am not afraid of their impeachment, and if they like it, they will be impeached.

Cao Wei fell and would not stand up again, because he was already old and had reached the pinnacle of martial arts, and it was impossible for him to be reinstated.

I'm young, I fall today, and tomorrow I will recover.

If I recover, they will be the first to die, so what am I afraid of them for? ”

Liu Heng was stunned by Kou Ji's words, and he was speechless.

Thinking about it carefully, what Kou Ji said is really reasonable.

With the relationship between Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, it is not that it will fall today and recover tomorrow.

Even if he doesn't rely on Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, Wang Yunsheng, and even the voices of the people can push Kou Ji back to the court.

The protégé is old, that's not just a casual thing.

Kou Ji not only has his own political resources, but also has the huge political resources that Kou Zhun has accumulated throughout his life.

As long as Kou Zhun doesn't die, all the protégés who have the slightest connection with Kou Ji have to help Kou Ji speak.

So Kou Ji really doesn't have to worry about impeachment.

If you really want to step Kou Ji into the quagmire, you must first clean up the old days of Kou Zhun and Kou Ji's protégés in the court.

The question is, is it clean?

The one closest to Kou Zhun and Kou Ji is now sitting on the highest throne in the Vertical Arch Palace, who can pull him off the horse?

So Koji wasn't worried at all.

Kou Ji saw that Liu Heng was stunned and didn't speak, so he muttered: "You send someone back to Beijing and help me send a few private messages, these sticks really think that I am not in Bianjing, so I can't clean them up." ”

Liu Heng slowly came back to his senses and asked, "What kind of letter?" ”

Kou Ji squinted his eyes and said, "Two letters, one for Xiang Yan and one for Empress Cao." Let the two of them take the lead in donating cotton clothes to the soldiers who are far away in the land of Yanyun. ”

Liu Heng was stunned and said: "It's still early in winter......"

Kou Ji sneered: "The cotton clothes are donated, how can you lack the quilt...... A complete set of items for the winter will take a lot of time to collect donations and prepare. ”

Liu Heng pondered: "Are you planning to let the queen and his sister-in-law take those noble ladies to donate cotton clothes, quilts and other things?" ”

The smile on Kou Ji's face was even colder, "Not only that, but I am also going to ask the Empress and Xiang Yan to write the list of donations into a palace newspaper and distribute it to the entire Great Song Dynasty." ”

Hearing this, Liu Heng gasped.

"You're taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle?!"

Kou Ji smiled coldly: "As long as we set the number a little higher, those officials who are well fed and supported will have to follow the heavy bleeding." ”

Liu Heng said in a deep voice: "If they don't want to bleed, they will be scolded by the people in the world." ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The eyes of the people are bright, and they will help us find out how much property those officials who are well fed and supported." They will also know who is not contributing to this donation.

Don't those officials who are well fed and supported often like to use public opinion to impeach others?

Then I'll let them see the real public opinion. ”

Liu Heng groaned: "Our family is rich and there are many people who know about it, and if we set a high number, it may not work." ”

Kou Ji glanced at Liu Heng and said with a smile: "So I'm going to write to Zhang Zhibai and ask him to sell the mansion given to him by the imperial court and donate it 10,000 cotton clothes." ”

Liu Heng's eyes widened in horror and gave Kou Ji a thumbs up, "You are ruthless!" ”

Can you not be ruthless?!

Zhang Zhibai, a clean official who is honest and honest to the point of eating chaff and vegetables, sold the house given by the imperial court, and also donated 10,000 pieces of cotton clothes.

The other officials who ate with fat brains did not produce more blood.

If you don't come out, you won't be scolded.

Once the people's insults come out, there is no doubt that the annual review of the officials will become inferior.

Promotion?

Dream on!