The civil servants were secretly delighted, and they all bowed their hands to Zhao Zhen and shouted loudly: "The official sage..."
The voices of civil servants were more uniform and loud than ever before.
Zhao Zhen moved his mouth and helped them move a huge boulder that they could not do anything about. Naturally, they felt that Zhao Zhen was wiser than ever before.
The civil servants were secretly delighted.
Among the military ministers, some were happy and some were worried.
Those who are happy are the new martial artists like Zhu Neng, Liu Heng, and Wang Kai, and those who are sad are the old martial artists.
For the new martial artists, Kou Ji is a lucky star. By following Kou Ji, they can not only eat meat, but also be promoted.
What's more important is that with Kou Ji leading them, they don't need to be afraid of being made things difficult or bullied by civil servants, who may even be able to bully civil servants in turn.
To the veteran warriors, Kou Ji was a disaster star.
No matter where Kou Ji goes, he will cause harm.
The yamen where he stayed in the court was brought to ruin by him.
After he finished causing trouble in the court, he ran out of the Song Dynasty to cause trouble again.
He went to the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom lost a queen.
He went to the Western Regions and found that the Yellow-headed Uighurs and Shazhou Uighurs were gone.
When he went to the northwest, his family was gone, and so was Xixia.
If Kou Ji takes control of the Privy Council, and if they don't do things according to Kou Ji's ideas, then they will probably be killed.
In fact, it is not difficult to get them to listen to Kou Ji.
The difficulty is that Kou Ji is obviously the kind of official who takes their interests back to the court or distributes the profits to the people.
They have great differences in their concepts of being an official.
From the beginning, they were in conflict.
Therefore, after Kou Ji takes control of the Privy Council, he will definitely take action against some people among them who drink the blood of soldiers.
There must be one at that time.
Without Cao Wei and Zhao Zhen not supporting them, it would be difficult for them to defeat Kou Ji.
There was only one person in the hall whose face was pale and his legs were trembling, as if he had been greatly frightened.
This person is Zhong Shiheng.
As soon as Zhong Shiheng had the idea of ​​giving in to Zhao Zhen and returning to Bianjing to take up the post of Privy Councilor, Zhao Zhen killed him in the cradle.
Nowadays, there are people in the positions of Privy Councilor and Privy Deputy Councilor.
Even if Zhong Shiheng returned to Beijing, he would not have a suitable position.
So he couldn't go back to Beijing.
But if he doesn't return to Beijing, he will be roasted on the fire.
Zhong Shiheng quietly glanced at where Zhao Zhen was and saw Zhao Zhen's eyes staring at him.
His heart skipped a beat and he quickly avoided it.
He finally understood.
He rejected Zhao Zhen's kindness, thus offending Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen would rather bring in a prime minister of the inner court, but also block him out of Bianjing City, or put him on the fire and roast him continuously.
Zhong Shiheng felt very uncomfortable.
A moment of greed actually landed him in such an embarrassing situation.
He could do nothing but blame himself.
Zhong Shiheng's sorrow was ignored by no one.
After the civil servants saluted, Zhu Neng, Liu Heng and others also followed suit and said: "The official sage..."
It seemed that they were deliberately trying to overpower the civil servants, so the voices of Zhu Neng, Liu Heng and others were particularly loud.
The civil servants felt that Zhu Neng, Liu Heng and others were demonstrating against them, and they all stared.
When the old warriors saw the civil servants attacking the new warriors, they could only sigh secretly. They all raised their hands and saluted: "The official sage..."
Although the old warriors did not want to see Kou Ji serve as Privy Councilor, they also did not want to see military officials being suppressed by civil servants.
Compared with the harm caused by Kou Ji, the harm done by civil servants to military ministers is greater.
Therefore, it is necessary for the old martial artists to speak out and support the new martial artists.
With the addition of Lao Wuxun, the momentum of the military ministers naturally overshadowed the civil servants.
The civil servants looked forward to see if the leading civil servants would come out to give them a few words of reprimand to help them gain prestige.
But after they saw that the leader was Kou Ji, they could only lower their heads secretly.
Damn...
Lu Gong, Wang Gong, and Zhang Gong were all absent, leaving the military officials to act arrogantly.
After returning to the court, we will educate them to be good people.
The military ministers felt very happy when they saw that the civil servants were submissive.
In the past, in the court, it was the civil servants who suppressed the military ministers.
Now that the military ministers were overpowering the civil servants, they naturally felt extremely relaxed, as if the resentment that had been pressed in their chests for decades had been dissipated.
"With Privy Council Kou sitting in charge of the Privy Council, we will no longer have to be irritated by civil servants..."
This idea came to the minds of the military ministers at the same time.
Kou Ji saw everything, but didn't say anything. Instead, he cupped his hands and said to Zhao Zhen: "I accept the order, thank you..."
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said with a smile: "It's all over now. Let's all disperse. I have arranged a lot of places to stay in the palace. You dear ladies can go and have a rest and eat something. Later, we will meet again.
Come here to attend the night banquet..."
"Here..."
All civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty saluted him.
Zhao Zhen stood up, put his hands behind his back and left the main hall.
After Zhao Zhen left, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also withdrew from the main hall. They gathered together in small groups, looked for some familiar people, and found a place to stay arranged by Zhao Zhen to sit in.
Kou Ji was dressed in the attire of a civil servant and was surrounded by a group of military ministers. He was naturally very dazzling.
Zhu Neng, Liu Heng and others surrounded Kou Ji and arrived at a very large side hall. After sitting down, they ordered the serving eunuch Gong E to prepare wine and food.
The eunuchs and concubines received the order and naturally obeyed it very obediently.
A bunch of newly promoted princes, marquises, and the ordinary eunuch Gong E can't afford to offend.
If something really happened, the eunuchs and concubines would probably die.
But Kou Ji and others will not hurt Fenhao.
While the eunuchs and maids were preparing the food and drinks, Wang Kai stood up with red eyes and bowed deeply to Kou Ji, "I am here today only because of your help. Please accept my bow..."
For Wang Kai, Kou Ji is the noble person in his life.
He wasted decades but failed to restore the glory of his ancestors.
After following Kou Ji for half a year, he gained Kou Ji's appreciation and helped him many times. He fought in several battles and became a noble prince from a humble emperor.
Everything is a generous gift from Kou Ji.
His current status is somewhat worse than that of his great-grandfather.
But his long-cherished wish to revive the Wang family has come true.
Naturally, he had to respect Kou Ji.
Kou Jisheng accepted Wang Kai's bow.
He can afford it.
It only took Wang Kai half a year to walk the path that others would take a lifetime.
Kou Ji often helped him.
Without Kou Ji's support, Wang Kai would have wasted a long time to achieve what he has achieved today.
After Wang Kai saluted, Kou Ji said with a smile: "Don't stick to these common rituals in the future... Your achievements today are all due to the gifts of the official family. If you want to worship, you should also worship the official family."
Wang Kai was stunned when he heard this, and bowed solemnly, "I understand, I understand that I owe everything I have today to the official family's gift."
Wang Kai can now be regarded as a feudal official who is in charge of one side and holds great power.
It is not a good thing for him to place Kou Ji's support before Zhao Zhen's gift.
It's easy to attract people's attention, and it's easy to be targeted.
If you are politically incorrect, big things will happen.
After being reminded by Kou Ji, Wang Kai also realized the problem and hurriedly corrected it.
Wang Kai is grateful to Kou Ji, just remember it in his heart, there is no need to say it out loud.
"Sit down... You are already a county official... Walking on the streets of Bianjing City, there are all people who are superior to others, and they have some airs... If you don't have airs, others will think you are easy to bully...
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Kou Ji told Wang Kai to sit down and said with a smile.
Kou Ji's words made everyone sitting there laugh.
Zhu Neng said with emotion: "I finally understand why during the Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties, we were able to conquer all the barbarians and surrender, and all the nations came to court."
Wang Kai, Liu Heng and others looked at Zhu Neng in astonishment, not understanding what Zhu Neng meant.
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said nothing, obviously he understood the deep meaning of Zhu Neng's words.
But he didn't explain it, because Zhu Neng could explain it himself.
Sure enough, after Zhu Neng whetted everyone's appetite, he let out a deep breath and said, "Being granted the title of Marquis immediately is really fascinating."
Wang Kai, Liu Heng and others looked stunned.
Zhu Neng stared at Wang Kai and said with a complicated expression: "In just half a year, from a humble official to a county magistrate, I can only fight on the battlefield. If I were promoted step by step, I would probably be promoted in my lifetime."
Not going up."
After Zhu Neng finished speaking, Wang Kai nodded solemnly.
Because he understood Zhu Neng's words deeply.
He has been an official for more than ten years and has been in Bianjing City for more than ten years. Although his official position has changed, his grade has not changed from the beginning to the end.
Now that he has been out of Beijing for half a year, he already has a high position of authority.
It can be seen that the words "immediately becoming a marquis" make countless people crazy, and it is not unreasonable.
One person's hard work and three generations of wealth are enough to drive all the ambitious people in the world crazy.
When Zhu Neng and others expressed their emotions, Kou Ji laughed softly and said: "There will be more opportunities in the future to build greater achievements. By that time, you will find that this achievement is nothing."
"More opportunities?"
"This achievement is nothing now?!"
Zhu Neng and others looked at Kou Ji in shock.
Good guy, among the people here, three of them are about to reach the top. Even if they don't establish any achievements in the future, they can still reach the highest first-class level by virtue of their qualifications.
Just this, does Kou Ji still think it is a small achievement?
"Now that Xixia is at peace, Liao has surrendered, and there are no strong enemies outside the four fields, what chance do we have?"
Zhu Neng shouted loudly.
Kou Ji said with a smile: "Although the Liao Kingdom has surrendered, the Liao Kingdom has not been destroyed, and we have not taken back all the sixteen states of Yanyun. This peace negotiation is out of necessity.
But if there is an opportunity in the future, we will inevitably have to fight against the Liao Kingdom."
Zhu Neng frowned and said: "That's just one chance. There are so many of us, how can we share the little credit of the Liao Kingdom? Besides, we have already reached the top. No matter how great our achievements are, there is no room for promotion.
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Kou Ji smiled and said: "You only saw the Liao Kingdom, but nothing else? Don't you want to go to Dali and see the countless jade, gold, copper and stone buried underground in Dali?
Don’t you want to go to Jiaozhi and see the rice that is harvested three times a year, as well as the countless gold, silver, agate, jade, ivory, spices and other things hidden in the mountains of Jiaozhi?
There is a big silver mountain in the Japanese country overseas. It is a real silver mountain, not the kind we usually refer to.
To the northeast of the Liao Kingdom was Goryeo, which was rich in ginseng, beauties, and countless copper mines.
In the West, there are cities made of gold, huge Buddha statues made of gold, and roads paved with gold.
The world is so big that it is beyond your imagination.
You just established some achievements in our country, the Song Dynasty, and you think your achievements are already overwhelming?
Only deeds that benefit eternity can be regarded as deeds worthy of heaven.
If you can move all the gold, silver and copper underground in Dali back to the Song Dynasty, and let the people of the Song Dynasty take advantage of it, make the people of the Song Dynasty completely rich, and let the people of the Song Dynasty build immortality tablets for you, that would be called merit.
If you are really capable, occupy Jiaozhi, drive away those men in Jiaozhi who do not engage in production and only rely on women to farm and support their families, and let the hard-working people of Song Dynasty move there.
From now on in the Song Dynasty, I will probably have endless food.
When the time comes when the people will regard you as gods and build shrines and temples for you, then it will be considered a great achievement.
If you are really capable, move the golden cities, golden Buddha statues, and golden roads in the west back to our Song Dynasty, let everyone in the world know about our Song Dynasty, and let all nations under the sun shine with respect to our Song Dynasty, then that would be a supreme achievement.
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If you are poor, you can only benefit yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world.
It’s understandable that you seek your own benefit when you speak softly.
But when you hold high positions and hold great power, you should look at the world and seek benefits for the people of the world."
When Kou Ji spoke out his bold words, Zhu Neng and others were dumbfounded.
After a long time, there were several sounds of swallowing saliva.
"I don't care about the people of the world. I just want to know whether those countless gold and copper nuggets you mentioned buried underground are really there? Are the silver mountains, golden cities, golden Buddha statues, and golden roads real?
existence?"
Zhu Neng stared at Kou Ji without blinking and asked.
Liu Heng hesitated for a moment and nodded. He had the same doubts as Zhu Neng.
Wang Kai stared straight at Kou Ji, his eyes filled with words.
Privy Kou, what's to the north?
What's to the north?
The appearance of the other people is similar to the three of them.
Kou Ji sighed deeply in his heart, feeling like he was playing the piano to a cow.
It is too difficult to expect people like Zhu Neng to "set up their minds for heaven and earth, establish their lives for the people, and create peace for all generations."
Sure enough, all great principles are pale and powerless in the face of interests.
Even if you talk to Zhu Neng and others for a day, they won't have much reaction.
But if you tell them that there is a gold mine outside Xingqing Mansion, they may dare to go out and check it out at the risk of resisting the order.
In the expectant eyes of Zhu Neng and others, Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "Of course it is true... With your current status, arrest a few people from the country for interrogation, or send someone to send a letter to Jiaozhi, which is near Dali.
Let’s go to the local government office and ask them to send someone to investigate, and then we’ll know, right?”
There was no such thing as diplomatic immunity in the Song Dynasty.
The Liao Kingdom had surrendered, and the Song Dynasty was now truly the supreme state of the Celestial Empire.
Among the surrounding neighbors, only those who were threatened by the Song Dynasty could not be threatened by the Song Dynasty.
Not to mention arresting a few Fan Bang people behind their backs, even if they kidnapped Fan Bang envoys on the street and brought them back to the mansion to beat them up, those Fan Bang vassals would still have to endure it.
Not convinced?
Are you going to start a war?
Anyway, there is an example of Wang Kai immediately becoming a prince. Anyone in the army who is utilitarian is now looking forward to war.
Whenever the foreign envoy behaved misbehaving in Bianjing City, or insulted Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen showed displeasure.
Without the civil servants of the court opening their mouths, the military ministers would be the first to step forward and ask for Zhao Zhen's tassel.
For example, if the Japanese country saw that the Song Dynasty was powerful, and in order to flatter Zhao Zhen, they offered one or two Japanese girls to Zhao Zhen, and the following dialogue would generally occur...
"The Japanese girl presented by the Japanese envoy was like a ghost, and it almost scared me to death..."
"What? Since the Japanese country dares to send people to assassinate the official family? They simply don't know whether to live or die. The official family, give me a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and I will help you pacify the Japanese country."
"The officials and ministers only need fifty thousand..."
"The official family, giving me three thousand soldiers and horses is enough..."
"The official family, I don't want soldiers and horses..."
"I only said that the Japanese girl presented by the Japanese country scared me, but I didn't say that I would fight against the Japanese country."
"If you scare the officials, it's their fault. If you beat them, you think highly of them."
"..."
All in all, the emergence of a group of new martial arts heroes will naturally bring about the martial arts trend in the Song Dynasty.
If there is a war again, I am afraid that no one with military honors will ask for peace.
Xinwuxun started his career through war. He knew that he could get huge benefits from war, so he would spare no effort to fight.
Seeing the rise of the new Wuxun, the old Wuxun naturally felt the pressure. They needed to consolidate their position through war.
In other words, civil servants would use various reasons to obstruct the war before it started.
Because the more wars there were in the Song Dynasty, the more military honors emerged.
The more military honors, the higher the status of military officials, their status will naturally be affected, and they naturally do not like war.
Zhu Neng and others did not know what Kou Ji was thinking. After hearing Kou Ji's proposal, Zhu Neng pondered: "Can you believe what those local officials say? Can you believe what those barbarians say?"
Kou Ji glanced at Zhu Neng and said: "If you can't trust them, you can choose one or two confidants and send them out to have a look. You can write an official document about their food and clothing expenses along the way and hand it to me. I will give it to you.
You approve."
When Zhu Neng and others heard this, their hearts were filled with excitement.
It is good if one of your own is the leader, and if public funds are given, approval will be given at the request of the government.
Zhu Neng said very boldly: "I have some disabled old troops and can send them to have a look."
Kou Ji suddenly stared.
When Zhu Neng heard that he could reimburse the food and clothing expenses, the people sent out began to follow the instructions.
Kou Ji clearly remembered that when Zhu Neng opened his mouth to mention the old tribe in Shazhou, there were tens of thousands of people.
After Zhu Neng finished speaking, Liu Heng said with a look of shame: "I have only been in the army for a short period of time, and I haven't accumulated much wealth. There are only a few hundred people at home that I can use. However, if necessary, Qingtang will send someone to
I can borrow the 10,000 horses from Song Dynasty for a while."
Wang Kai said very seriously: "My great-grandfather and grandfather have left me thousands of old soldiers. Although they are scattered all over the country, they can be used by me as long as I need them."
Guo Yi said with an honest face: "I used to serve in the Xiang Army. The life in the Xiang Army was really hard. Some of the soldiers had families to take care of them. I really couldn't bear to see them and their families suffer with me.
, so many people were secretly released from the military camp.
If I use them, they can also help me with some small help."
Zhu Neng said with great disdain: "Don't talk so much nonsense, just tell me how many people you can produce."
Guo Yi smiled dryly, "For decades, their fathers beget sons, and sons beget grandchildren. Counting the three generations of father and son, there must be thousands of people at least."
Zhu Neng and others immediately stared.
Zhu Neng sighed: "I didn't expect your family to be so rich."
Guo Yi chuckled and said: "I don't have much wealth... I just helped them with some small favors, and they are willing to repay the favor..."
Zhu Neng waved his hand, "Okay, okay, let's not talk nonsense in front of our own people. The total number of people in our hands can form an army at least. It should be no problem to go out to explore the road."
Liu Heng and others nodded in agreement.
Kou Ji stared at them with a dark expression, "Are you sending people to explore the road? Are you sending people out to rob!"
A bunch of black-hearted guys.
Everything hidden under your hands can be beaten.
Anyone who can be retained by the martial arts as a family asset is not a strong soldier in the army, or a warrior picked out of ten or even a hundred.
Those soldiers who have no hope of promotion in the army and are unwilling to settle for the ordinary will eventually choose to follow Wu Xun and become his subordinates or personal soldiers.
Or he could simply hide and help Wu Xun protect some shady family property.
A group of people who can fight, go out to explore the road with the sharpest weapons in the Song Dynasty?
Who believes it?
Just go out and kill people and buy goods.
Zhu Neng heard Kou Ji's words and smiled dryly: "What you said is wrong. We really sent people to explore the road. We are just afraid that the enemy will be too strong, so we just prepare more people."
Kou Ji glared at Zhu Neng fiercely.
"Are you preparing more manpower? Privately deploying troops in our Song Dynasty is a serious crime of beheading!"
Zhu Neng pursed his lips and said nothing.
Others smiled dryly.
The reason why Zhu Neng had different reactions from others was because Zhu Neng knew some of Kou Ji's little secrets.
For example, the Wonsan Kingdom established by the Wonsan tribe.
Kou Ji has already sent people out to establish a country. It is not a big deal for them to send people out to rob.
Compared with Kou Ji, he really pales in comparison.
When Kou Ji saw that everyone was silent, he shouted: "Each person can send out no more than ten people."
“What can ten people do?”
Guo Yi muttered quietly.
Kou Ji glared at him, and Guo Yi quickly shut up.
Kou Jileng snorted and said: "After the investigation is clear, you are not allowed to stay and return quickly. If you really want to move the gold and silver, you have to give an order from the officials. The officials eat meat, and we drink soup."
Zhu Neng and others were stunned and instantly understood what Kou Ji was thinking.
As long as they keep enough of the official share and are protected by the official family, they can run rampant outside.
Even though they have gathered enough wealth, they can only gather a small number of people.
If there are officials protecting them, there will be millions of troops standing behind them.
You will never be weak against anyone.
After reminding Zhu Neng and others, Kou Ji continued: "You can just send people to keep an eye on this matter. Don't think of taking action for three or two years. You must first help the officials to transfer the territory of Xixia and the land obtained from Liao."
It can only be digested by the five states."
Zhu Neng and others nodded solemnly.
Seeing this, Kou Ji regained his smile and chatted with them, talking about some interesting things outside the territory.
The reason why Kou Ji threw out Dali, Jiaozhi, Japan and other places at this time was not that he was doing nothing in vain.
But it doesn't have a deep meaning.
He is preparing for the subsequent military reform.
With the huge amount of money from outside the territory attracted, Zhu Neng and others will not be blinded by the small benefits brought by drinking the blood of soldiers.
Zhu Neng and Liu Heng had the interest of sharing the profits from their various businesses, so they would not covet the small money.
But Wang Kai, Guo Yi and others are not sure.
So Kou Ji had to give them a vaccination in advance.
Chapter completed!