"It makes sense to use the name of defeating Xixia to win people's hearts."

Zhu Neng pondered for a moment and hesitated: "But this is a false reputation after all, and there is no substantial benefit. The reason why Qingtang is willing to attack Huangtou Uihe with us is because they can take the opportunity to capture half of Huangtou Uihe.

territory.

You intend to include all the land in Hexi into our territory of the Song Dynasty. Qingtang has no substantial benefits in sending troops to Hexi.

It is impossible for Jiao Si Luo to send troops easily.

If he sends troops to Hexi for his own personal anger, then he is not a qualified lord of Qingtang."

Kou Ji smiled and said: "Qingtang's dispatch of troops to Hexi is certainly not just for fame."

Zhu Neng said in astonishment: "Can you still give part of Hexi to Qingtang?"

Kou Ji shook his head and said: "As you just said, I am determined to win the land west of Hexi and will not give a single cent to anyone."

Zhu Neng frowned in confusion, "Then Qingtang sends troops to Hexi, what else can he plan?"

Kou Ji said frankly: "Qingtang sent troops to Hexi. Although he could not gain the territory of Hexi, he could show his loyalty to our Song Dynasty. As long as he shows his loyalty to our Song Dynasty, our Song Dynasty will naturally not treat him badly."

Zhu Neng instantly understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words. He stared at Kou Ji and asked in a deep voice: "Did you promise other benefits to Qingtang Zanpujiao Siluo?"

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said: "Qingtang intends to form heavy armored cavalry, and I am ready to help them."

Zhu Neng was shocked when he heard this.

"Learn from the past and learn from others. I, the Song Dynasty, have raised a Xixia, which has already given us a lot of headaches. If we raise a Qingtang, how can we still do it?"

In the northeastern border of the Song Dynasty, there was a fierce tiger from the Liao Kingdom.

There is a jackal called Xixia in the north.

If the green pond is fattened again.

This will create a three-sided attack.

Once the Liao Kingdom, Xixia, and Qingtang all marched towards the Song Dynasty at the same time.

The Song Dynasty was not far away from being destroyed.

Kou Ji heard Zhu Neng's words and was silent for a moment. Then he looked at Zhu Neng and said seriously: "I can't think of what you can think of. But have you ever thought about what would happen if we didn't raise Qingtang? Could it be that others

Don’t you know how to raise it?

You know better than me how the Xixia and Liao kingdoms grew bigger step by step.

If it weren't for me, the Song Dynasty would spare no effort to cultivate talents for Xixia and Liao.

If it weren't for me, the wealthy families of the Song Dynasty would spare no effort to sell arms to Xixia and Liao.

Why did the Xixia and Liao Kingdoms become a serious concern for our Song Dynasty?"

Zhu Neng fell into silence for a moment, his face looking very ugly.

He knew that Kou Ji was telling the truth.

The Song Dynasty had no secrets from Liao and Xixia.

Therefore, Xixia and Liao knew very well what kind of talents and weapons the Song Dynasty had.

Talents who were often excluded in the Song Dynasty and who were frustrated in the Song Dynasty were the targets of recruitment by the Liao Kingdom.

The Liao Kingdom would also take the initiative to extend an olive branch to some talents who were extremely famous in the Song Dynasty.

Under the temptation of the high-ranking officials promised by the Liao State, many talented people defected from the Song Dynasty and became high-ranking officials in the Liao State.

Although Xixia was not as domineering as Liao, it secretly recruited many talented people who had defected from the Song Dynasty and entrusted them with important tasks.

There is no need to say much about ordnance.

As long as Xixia and Liao paid the minimum price, they could get drawings and samples of any ordnance from the Song Dynasty.

Hundreds of Tigers Running Together appeared in the Song Dynasty in just a few months.

On the border of Song and Liao, some people had already begun to smuggle such important weapons to the Liao Kingdom.

It can be seen from this.

Whether the Song Dynasty could raise green ponds and fatten them was not up to Kou Ji and Zhu Neng.

As long as Qingtang can promise huge profits, there will always be people who take desperate risks and sell to Qingtang what Qingtang needs.

Seeing that Zhu Neng fell into silence, Kou Ji continued to sigh: "Since we can't stop this, we should find ways to guide and control this. We will hand over the things to Qingtang, and we will earn the money."

While we earn money from Qingtang, we can also control the number of sharp weapons of Qingtang military strategists and learn about Qingtang’s military aircraft.

After all, wars are fought by people, not weapons.

As long as we can learn everything we want to know.

When the war with Qingtang actually begins, what do we have to fear?"

Kou Ji slowly raised his chest and said proudly: "Although I don't know much about military affairs, I also know that if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles."

Zhu Neng frowned even more when he heard Kou Ji's words.

He is a warrior after all.

He is very proficient in things like marching and fighting.

He is also not weak in terms of human nature and sophistication.

But he is actually not good at intrigues.

If he was good at intrigues, he wouldn't need to be affiliated with Kou Zhun.

General Kou Ji's teachings are very simple and he can understand them.

But the secret plan made him confused and confused.

Kou Ji looked at Zhu Neng and roughly guessed why Kou Ji frowned. He smiled and said: "To put it simply, we control the way to trade with Qingtang. We use the weapons in our hands to exchange a large amount of money from Qingtang."

Money. And then use Qingtang’s money to make us stronger.

The point is that money is in our hands and can be used to enhance national strength.

If the money falls into the hands of those profiteers, it will either be buried in the soil or stuffed into the Goulan Courtyard, and will be of no use to the country."

Zhu Neng thought about Kou Ji's words carefully and felt a little bad, so he rubbed his brows and stopped thinking about it, "I don't know about plotting against people. I don't know about how to enhance national power either.

I know how to fight, I know how to fight.

I will fight wherever the court tells me to fight.

I don’t want to think too much about other things, because thinking too much will give me a headache.

But there is one thing I must remind you.

Your boy helps Qingtang forge heavy armored cavalry. It seems that you are making money from Qingtang and helping me, the Song Dynasty, to strengthen its national power.

In fact, he is seeking skin from a tiger.

Jiao Siluo is not a simple character, and he will never be satisfied with his current situation.

Once his strength increases greatly, he will definitely covet me, the Song Dynasty.

The world is vast, but few places can compare with the wealth and prosperity of our Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the surrounding neighbors are all thinking about our territory of the Song Dynasty.

There will be no exceptions.

Because no one likes to be in a place where birds don’t poop.”

Kou Ji heard Zhu Neng's instructions and said with a smile: "So I buried a nail behind Qingtang early."

Zhu Neng was stunned and happy.

"Motoyamabe... I actually forgot about them."

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Qingtang can use money to exchange for craftsmen, iron materials, and armaments with the Song Dynasty. The Yuanshan tribe can do the same. In fact, as long as the Yuanshan tribe pays money, we can exchange the complete armaments

Send it to them, saving them the time of tossing in the middle.

As long as we capture Hexi, we don't need to pass through Qingtang and can transport armaments to the Yuanshan Department.

If Qingtang wants to attack Song Dynasty with me, we have to ask the Yuanshan tribe if they agree."

"It's really..."

Zhu Neng relieved his worries and had more smiles on his face. After casually echoing a sentence, he seemed to have remembered something and joked: "I wonder when the Ministry of Civil Affairs was promoted to the post of Chief Minister?"

Kou Ji was stunned when he heard this.

Zhu Neng continued to joke: "When was I promoted to Privy Councilor?"

Kou Jili was happy, he understood the meaning of Zhu Neng's words.

If you are not in your position, you will not pursue your political goals.

Although the two of them are already important ministers in the court, they are still some distance away from the real center of power.

The topics the two talked about and the things they were worried about were obviously things they shouldn't worry about.
To be continued...