entered Liaoyang Mansion.

Chong Shiheng and the others were driven down by Wang Zeng to pack up their respective honor guards, and Kou Ji took Wang Zeng into the Liaoyang Mansion City Lord's Mansion alone.

After settling down, refreshments were served.

Wang Zeng suddenly spoke, "Boy Kou, did you discuss with the official family in advance, is it your idea to divide the kings among the official family?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Prince, you think too highly of me. The matter of dividing the kings is the exclusive authority of the official family, and I can't interfere with it, let alone discuss it with the official family, and the official family will not discuss it with me.

Besides, I've been fighting abroad for a year and a half, and I've not seen the official family as many times as you.

How can I have time to discuss with the officials. ”

Wang Zeng said disdainfully: "You are a three-year-old child when you are an old man? If you hadn't discussed it with the officials, why did you let that kid Xie Lao Fu just now? ”

Koji confessed: "Others may not know, but you should know. The official family and I still have big things to do, and it is impossible for the official family to let me leave until the big things are done.

Therefore, I, the prince, I am afraid that it will fall on my son. ”

When Wang Zeng heard this, he fell into silence, and after a long time, he stared at Kou Ji and said, "Your kid has really won the trust of the official family. Now, you and the official family don't need to breathe, you can guess what the other party is thinking.

The old man was very impressed. ”

Kou Ji pursed his lips and said helplessly: "What is there to admire?" I have worked hard for more than ten years, in exchange for a prince, but I can't sit for a day, so I have to pass it on to Kou Tianci's kid.

There's no way to even snatch it back from that kid in the future.

I felt like I was the kid's hired laborer.

Help him make money, help him accumulate family business, and help him make contributions.

In the end, he doesn't have to do anything, he can enjoy the wealth of the family and enjoy the feeling of being a prince.

Do you think I'm at a loss? ”

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment, and laughed out loud, "You say that, it's true." You still have the truth that Kou Tianci hired that kid to hire a long worker. ”

At this point, Wang Zeng seemed to realize something, and the smile on his face was gone.

"Are you kidding the old man?"

Wang Zeng asked with a glare.

Kou Ji was stunned and said, "Why did the prince say this? ”

Wang Zeng snorted coldly and said: "Your more than ten years of work is called hard work, and the old man's decades of work are useless?!" ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he smiled and said, "Prince, you have misunderstood. ”

Wang Zeng snorted: "The old man didn't misunderstand. Your kid has been in office for more than ten years, and he is already a prince, and the old man has been in office for decades, and now he can't sit in the position of governor and political affairs.

You kid complained in front of the old man, didn't you secretly accuse the old man of being a useless person and doing useless work for decades? ”

Kou Ji sighed and said seriously, "I really didn't mean that. ”

Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji and said, "That's what you mean!" ”

Seeing that he couldn't explain clearly, Kou Ji could only shrug his shoulders and say, "Okay...... That's what I mean......"

Wang Zeng got up suddenly and shouted: "Soldiers can not be killed, go, go out and compare." ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said faintly: "Prince, can we talk about business?" ”

Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji and sat down again.

Kou Ji sighed and said, "I know that your heart is unbalanced, but our prince is exchanged for merit, not for nothing."

So no matter how unbalanced your heart is, it's useless.

If you can use your life to help the Great Song Dynasty fight for a territory of 10,000 miles, I believe that the official family can also give you a king.

Moreover, the official family gave us the title of king, not only to reward us, but also to have some other meanings.

You should know it well in your heart.

A group of military generals with high merit and mastership, thrown in Siye and left to fend for themselves, is far more beneficial to the imperial court than to stay in Bianjing City to interfere in the government affairs. ”

Wang Zeng heard Kou Ji's words, sighed and said, "The old man doesn't feel unbalanced in his heart. The old man just felt that being an official for decades was like doing decades of useless work, and he was just uncomfortable. ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Zengjing waiting for the next step.

Wang Zeng did not sell Guanzi, and said frankly: "When the old man came out, his long-cherished wish was to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun, so that I could make the Song Kingdom rich and the people strong."

After the old man came out, he worked hard for decades.

But the country is rich, but there is no money in the treasury, and there are even arrears.

The people are strong, but there are only the old man's hometown and Bianjing City.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun not only did not take it back, but also almost lost the Hejian Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion.

If it weren't for your kid to appear, the old man's lifelong wish would probably be difficult to complete in this life. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji and said: "You are still a great kid, after you came out, there have been countless tosses in big and small things, not only the country is rich, but the money in the treasury is piled up." The people are also rich, not only the old man's hometown and Bianjing City, but also many cities and villages in the Great Song Dynasty, all of which have become rich because of your boy.

Even Hexi, which used to kill all over the sky, has now become a huge granary in my Great Song Dynasty.

As for recovering lost land, you kid will do better.

Your kid not only took back Yanyun, but also took back Dali, Xingqing Mansion, and even the entire Liao Kingdom and Goryeo.

Let my Great Song Dynasty territory increase by 16%.

You kid is the first hero since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

When Kou Ji heard that Wang Zeng held himself up so high, he was alarmed, and he stared at Wang Zeng suspiciously: "Prince, what you said is not right. The fact that the Great Song Dynasty can have today is the credit of everyone, not me.

If it is my own credit, it is enough for the official family to crown me as the king, so why should I be named someone else?

The official family is ready to confer so many princes, which shows that the Great Song Dynasty can have today, which is the credit of all of us. ”

Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji and said, "But these kings are either pulled by your kid, or they are mixed with your kid." ”

Kou Ji said decisively: "Cao Gong is ...... with his own strength."

Before Kou Ji finished speaking, Wang Zeng interrupted him, "If you didn't innovate the military system, and if you didn't make muskets and artillery, even if Cao Wei lived for another twenty years, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun would only be able to look at it." ”

Kou Ji shook his head slowly, "The musket and the cannon are just happening, this thing has already taken shape, even if it is not for me, it will be made sooner or later."

As for the reform of the military system, that is also the credit of the officials for their hard work.

I'm just helping. ”

Wang Zeng glanced at Kou Ji, "Say that your kid is meritorious, your kid is meritorious, what's the point of being humble?" Do you think that if you give away all the credit, people won't know what you have done and what you have done? ”

Kou Ji pursed his lips and did not speak.

Wang Zeng bluntly said: "Meritorious service is meritorious service, and there is nothing to shirk." ”

Kou Ji stared at Wang Zeng and said, "Prince, from what I know about you, you are not the kind of person who likes to flatter. Now that you are saying such flattering words, do you have something to ask me for? ”

"Ahem!"

Wang Zeng coughed dryly and said indifferently: "The old man is just telling the truth. ”

Kou Ji stared at Wang Zeng suspiciously.

Wang Zeng coughed dryly again, and changed the topic: "By the way, the official family is recruiting troops on a large scale, do you know?" ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and confessed: "I asked the official family for this matter. Now I, the Great Song Dynasty, have taken Liaodi and Goryeo. All of a sudden, the territory was nearly doubled.

Now that we have taken these territories, we cannot afford to waste them.

It is necessary to send people to govern.

It's just that there are many captives here, and if you want to govern this place, you must have heavy troops.

The forbidden army is the most important weapon of the country, and it cannot be stored here.

Therefore, it is necessary to recruit some local soldiers to sit here. ”

Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "This matter is really your request to the official's family." ”

Kou Ji asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said: "Then do you know that the official family wants to recruit two million local soldiers in one go?" ”

Kou Ji's eyes widened in astonishment.

"Two million?! Can the imperial court afford it? ”

You must know that the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are all professional soldiers, and they have to be paid when they enter the military camp, and if they do not have money, they will not be able to contribute to the imperial court.

It is precisely because of this that before the reform of the military system, there was often a fuss about the unpaid distribution in the army, or the above embezzled military salaries, resulting in the change of lieutenant generals and soldiers.

Two million soldiers and horses, just equipped with ordnance, will require a lot of money.

If you add in the salary, the expenses are even greater.

The existing forbidden army and local soldiers in the imperial court have exceeded one million.

If you add two million soldiers, that's three million.

With 3 million soldiers and horses, the annual cost of food and wages will be more than twice as high as before.

More than twice the military salary, plus the expenses for Mongolian schools in various places, as well as the expenses for county schools and government schools to be established subsequently.

The annual harvest of the imperial court is simply not enough.

That is to say, once two million soldiers and horses enter the camp, the county school and the government school will be opened at the same time.

Then the imperial court will immediately fall into a situation where it will be unable to make ends meet.

Officials' salaries are not necessarily rich.

So Zhao Zhen recruited two million soldiers and horses at once, which was a bit crazy.

But Kou Ji was only briefly stunned before he understood Zhao Zhen's thoughts.

The recruitment of troops is fake, but the disguised relocation of the people is real.

As long as the imperial court survives the first year, the money will flow into the imperial court in the future.

Kou Ji's previous suggestion to Zhao Zhen was one million, but he didn't expect Zhao Zhen to double it directly.

Kou Ji admired Zhao Zhen's courage a little.

Wang Zeng saw Kou Ji's expression change from shock to calmness, so he spoke: "It seems that you don't know the true number of soldiers recruited by the official family, but you know the purpose of the official family recruiting so many soldiers and horses. ”

Kou Ji smiled and didn't speak.

Wang Zeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you and the official family going to do something to the wealthy families, or are you going to solve the problem of land annexation?" ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Prince, you have been an official for decades, and you don't know how many people's interests are involved in land annexation. Almost nine percent of the magnates and big families of the Great Song Dynasty are included, who dares to move? ”

Wang Zeng said unceremoniously: "You and the official family dare to move!" ”

Kou Ji smiled dryly: "The prince said carefully, if you say this, it will kill people." ”

Wang Zeng squinted his eyes and said: "If the soldiers and horses are like today, ninety percent of them are from you and the official family, and ninety percent of them have received favors from the imperial court." When you and the government reformed the military system, you strengthened the local military forces.

With them to help you keep an eye on it, who would dare to be disobedient? ”

"Hehe......"

Kou Jigan laughed twice.

Wang Zeng continued: "If you ask the official family to recruit soldiers, I am afraid that the number is not small. The official family wants to recruit two million soldiers and horses in one go, although it exceeds your expectations, but you don't think this matter is wrong.

It means that those recruited soldiers and horses are not here to guard this place at all.

When a large part of them arrives here, they will inevitably turn into soldiers.

You and the officials are clearly recruiting troops, but behind the scenes, they are moving the people. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he groaned for a moment and said, "What's the matter, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Zeng bluntly said: "Once those people take root in this place, they will inevitably take over the fathers and elders of the family, and the purpose of you and the official family will be exposed."

Guess what the powerful and the big guys will do? ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "What can they do?" Troublemakers, or rumors? Can't afford a rebellion? If they rebelled, it would be more worry-free. ”

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "What if they boycott the market and refuse to pay taxes? ”

Kou Ji stared at Wang Zeng with a smile and asked lightly, "The prince is negotiating on behalf of those powerful and big households?" ”

Wang Zeng's face was straight, and he said disdainfully: "They are also worthy of driving the old man?" What are they? ”

Kou Ji asked, "Then what do you mean by these words?" ”

Wang Zeng said bluntly: "The old man just told you what might happen next." ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Then the prince doesn't need to worry. If they really boycott the market, then the court can take some of the business back to the official camp.

If they don't want to make money, then let the court make it.

When the Cao family has left the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, they should have left behind a large number of businesses and people who are proficient in business.

Subsequently, my Kou family, as well as the Zhu family, the Chong family, the Liu family, the Gao family, etc., will leave the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty one after another.

When the time comes, there will be more people who have left behind the business and are proficient in doing business.

There will definitely be a business in all walks of life.

If the imperial court uses these people to run various businesses, it should be barely able to operate.

You also know that in my Great Song Dynasty, those who sell cloth must have mulberry fields, and those who sell wine must have workshops for making wine.

The business we left behind must be sound, and it is difficult to restrain the imperial court from the source of the business.

As for the words of some people who want to embarrass the court from the official face.

I'm sure the officials wouldn't mind sending them here.

Anyway, there are a lot of officials needed here.

Unless they can form a group, but from what I know of the powerful, they rarely do.

Even if it is temporarily formed, if the official family kills it in one go, it will collapse in an instant. ”

Speaking of this, the Kou family paused for a moment and continued: "As for tax resistance? Welcome. Since the reform of the military system, the imperial court has not recruited civilians on a large scale for many years.

The officials were sympathetic to the people, so they let the local soldiers act as the people's husbands and the captives as coolies.

But the officials never said that they would no longer be recruited for hard labor.

Nowadays, the official family has migrated from our Great Song Dynasty to millions of destitute and impoverished people.

More when they find out.

At that time, there were not many poor people who served hard labor for them.

When the official family is concerned, they will be forced to do hard labor again, and the poor people in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty will be emptied.

Do you think those powerful and big families have the courage to stare at the sword of the imperial court to resist taxes?

Do you have the courage to refuse to allow your children to serve in hard labor? ”

Wang Zeng's face changed drastically, and he stared at Kou Ji in dismay.

Kou Ji continued: "The imperial court also has a one-word jiaozi shop, and there is also a large granary in Hexi, as well as Xingqing Mansion and other places that will soon become a big granary, as well as Liaoyang Mansion and Bohai Mansion.

At that time, the people were in hard labor, and they had food and money.

How many people will make trouble during hard labor? ”

Wang Zeng said word by word: "No one ......"

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Yes, no one." Since the people who are serving hard labor will not make trouble, and the knife is on the necks of the powerful, the big, and the rich, do you guess whether they dare to fight against the court again? ”

Wang Zeng took a deep breath and said: "I have 35 million Ding, of which 70% are poor, can you get it?" ”

By Ding, Wang Zeng refers to an adult man between the ages of 20 and 60.

The actual population of the Great Song Dynasty is about 80 million.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen will definitely not be able to finish the campaign.

Kou Ji said frankly: "It will definitely not be finished. But there are some places where we don't need to levy. For example, Zhending Mansion, the biggest wealthy family in Zhending Mansion is the Cao family, and now the Cao family has moved, and the rest of the Zhending Mansion are just some big landlords who are not wealthy.

They don't have the courage to go against the court.

The imperial court is now the largest landlord in Zhending Mansion, and the imperial court has a way to make the big landlords in Zhending Mansion obediently lie on their stomachs.

Kaifeng, Datong, Shuntian, Hexi, Xingqing, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places also do not need to be recruited.

Because they are either under the nose of the imperial court and are being stared at by the imperial court, or they have long been combed out, and there are no wealthy families for a long time.

The southwest province, where Leizhou and Yongzhou are located, does not need regular meetings at all.

Most of the Taiyuan Mansion are soldiers, the Folded Family is silent, the Yang family is silent, Di Qing is silent, and they can't make trouble.

And where the forbidden army is located, there is no need to pay attention.

If they dare to make trouble under the noses of the Forbidden Army, I will admire their courage.

Therefore, the imperial court has to deal with several prefectures in Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Hedong and Hexi.

Therefore, when the imperial court subsequently levied hard labor, it was enough to directly levy it from Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Hedong and Hexi. ”

Wang Zeng said solemnly: "The prefectures in Jiangnan, Jiangbei and Hedong and Hexi are the richest and most populous, and you still can't finish the collection."

Recruit more soldiers.

When the soldiers and horses settle down here, their families will inevitably move with them.

When their families move away, people in those places will make trouble.

When the time comes, some more hard labor.

Then two naval armies, Zhendong and Zhennan, were dispatched to inspect the river and the river, focusing on the Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Hexi, and Hedong prefectures.

What are they messing with? ”

When the king heard this, he could no longer speak.

Kou Ji took a long breath and said: "Those wealthy families are afraid of death one by one, so if there is anything that harms their interests, they all like to use rumors to encourage the poor people, or secretly force the poor people to make trouble.

Most of the livelihoods of those poor people are in their hands.

So I had to make trouble under their persecution.

But I take some of it, and then deter some of it, what do they do to mess with me? ”

Wang Zeng hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The heritage of a wealthy family should not be underestimated. Even if you recruit some of them, and recruit some of them, it will not be possible to hollow out the poor people in those places.

They can still stir up some of the poor people to make a stir.

When the time comes, once you send troops to suppress it, it will still be the poor people who will suffer. ”

The combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, equipped with firearms, was beyond doubt.

The entire Liao country was pressed down and put down some people's rebellions, which was captured.

It's just that once the forbidden army is dispatched, it means that countless people will die.

Those are the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

When Kou Ji heard this, he sighed and said, "The people are good people, and they should not be injured without permission, and they should not be injured without permission. Do you think they're afraid of the rebels?

Are they afraid of a large-scale rebellion or rebellion?

Or maybe there is a thief army who wants to do the right thing for heaven and kill the wealthy, are they afraid? ”

"Poof!"

Wang Zeng seemed to have received a needle in the buttocks, and suddenly stood up, staring at Kou Ji with a look of horror.

"Are you crazy?"

Kou Ji spread out his hand and said lightly: "I'm not crazy, it's them who are crazy." They are against the imperial court, and the imperial court will never let them, right?

If the court is afraid that they will make trouble, let them and obey them.

What kind of court is that?

What use does the court want from us?

Just hand over the court to them. ”

Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji, gritted his teeth and said, "The imperial court naturally can't let the wicked people. But I cannot implicate innocent people in order to punish the wicked. ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "I won't implicate the people, I will only let those people kill the wealthy and the big, and divide their money, grain and land." ”

Speaking of this, Kou Ji said with a bright smile: "There are forbidden troops blocking the waterway, and there are local soldiers in other places, and they have nowhere to escape." ”

Wang Zeng shouted angrily: "You are such a madman! There are also many pure people among the wealthy families! ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Don't worry. They won't make a fuss, and what they will pay most attention to at that time will definitely be their business.

After all, the imperial court did their business, and they couldn't do business.

When it comes to bullying and dominating the market, can they compare to the imperial court? ”

Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji and shouted, "Even so, you shouldn't have crazy thoughts. What we have is time to slowly cut the flesh off them. ”

Kou Ji put away the smile on his face and said in a deep voice, "We don't have that much time. We must not only save the poor people from the hands of the wealthy and the big, but also completely solve the problem of land annexation.

More importantly, after we have solved the problem, we need to perfect the law and keep it firmly in the hearts of the people.

In this way, land annexation will not sprout.

In this way, there is no way for the latecomers to take away the land in the hands of the people and give it to a few.

It's easy to solve a problem, but it's often harder to get it back from the same way than to solve it. ”

Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji, "You can solve the problem no matter what, but you can't set up troops to commit murder?" The soldiers and horses attacked, killing not only the wicked, but also countless pure people.

We cannot do evil for the sake of getting rid of evil.

Otherwise, apart from the old evil, we will be the new evil. ”