Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhun, who had a serious face, smiled lightly and said, "Grandpa was joking..."

Kou Zhun had a gloomy face and said in a deep voice: "Does this old man seem to be joking with you?"

Kou Ji slowly put away the smile on his face, stared at Kou Zhun and said seriously: "If my grandfather really planned to hand me over to the Liao people to vent his anger, he wouldn't have called me here for questioning. He would have definitely sent someone first.

Take it down and let me talk."

The gloomy look on Kou Zhun's face gradually dissipated, and he sighed: "I knew I couldn't scare you, kid."

Kou Ji was also happy when he heard this.

Kou Zhun looked at Kou Ji and asked, "It's great that you can stay at home without any problems. Why do you go out to tease the Liao people?"

Kou Ji said frankly: "I also happened to meet the Liao people going to Daxiangguo Temple. I didn't want to pay attention to them at first, but they sealed the gate of Daxiangguo Temple and didn't let people from Honglu Temple accompany them. I think there is something wrong with them.

There was probably something fishy about it, so I rushed in recklessly to test it out."

Hearing this, Kou Zhun nodded slowly and said, "What was the result of the test?"

Kou Ji pondered: "I found something out. I found not only Liao people but also Tubo people in Daxiangguo Temple?"

Kou Zhun was stunned and frowned: "Why did the Tubo people get involved with the Liao people..."

Kou Zhun muttered, looked at Kou Ji and asked: "The Tubo part?"

"Qingtang!"

"Qingtang?!"

Kou Zhun looked surprised and thought for a moment.

After a while, he stared at Kou Ji solemnly and asked: "What are the Qingtang people doing with the Liao people? Could it be that they want to abandon me, the Song Dynasty, and take refuge with the Liao people?"

Kou Ji slowly shook his head, "Xixia repeatedly invaded Qingtang. The Qingtang people came to the Liao people in order to join forces with the Liao people to deal with Xixia."

Hearing this, Kou Zhun frowned and muttered: "Xixia repeatedly invaded Qingtang, and I know that. The Qingtang people came to the Liao people and wanted to unite with the Liao people to deal with Xixia. I can also understand.

But Qingtang is a vassal of the Song Dynasty. Instead of looking for the Song Dynasty, he went to the Liao people. Why is this?"

Hearing this, Kou Ji hesitated and asked, "The Qingtang people are really looking for me, Song Dynasty. Will Song Dynasty help me?"

Kou Zhun was stunned and slowly shook his head.

Qingtang and Xixia were both vassals of the Song Dynasty.

In terms of status, Xixia is far above Qingtang.

The titles given to them by the Song Dynasty court alone are enough to explain everything.

Li Deming, the leader of Xixia, was granted the title of King of Xixia.

Qingtang Zanpujiao Siluo has not yet been canonized by the Song Dynasty.

In terms of strength, Li Deming is naturally stronger and Jiao Siluo is weaker.

If the Song Dynasty wanted to win over Xixia, it would naturally have to win over Xixia first.

However, Xixia is obviously an ignorant white-eyed wolf.

Kou Ji saw Kou Zhun shaking his head and said in a deep voice: "Even if you think that the court will not help the Qingtang people, then naturally other people in the court will not agree to help the Qingtang people.

The Qingtang people must also know this, so they went to the Liao people to discuss it."

Kou Zhun was one of the few war-fighting factions in the court. Even he felt that the court would not help the Qingtang people, so those war-fighting factions in the court would probably not even think about this matter.

Kou Zhun asked: "Did they come up with the result of their discussion?"

Kou Ji shook his head.

Kou Zhun nodded slowly, "That's good..."

Kou Ji looked confused.

Kou Zhun explained: "This may be a strategy of Xixia."

Kou Ji said in astonishment: "The Qingtang people asked the Liao people to borrow troops, what does it have to do with Xixia?"

Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji for a while, and then said: "You should pay more attention to the situation in Qingtang, Xixia, and Liao. If my prediction is correct, the one who approached the Liao people should be the protagonist of Qingtang.

Are you from Luo?"

Kou Ji nodded.

Kou Zhun continued: "Although Jiao Siluo is the master of Qingtang, half of the power of Qingtang is in the hands of Qingtang Lunbu Wen Buqi, who secretly colluded with Xixia.

Jiao Siluo sent people to conspire with the Liao people, and there must be Wen Buqi's people watching behind him.

The Liao people were right in not agreeing to conspire with Jiao Si Luo.

If you really agree to conspire with Jiao Siluo, you will definitely fall into a big trap."

Kou Ji frowned and said: "Since Qingtang Lun Bu Wen Bu Qi has colluded with Xixia, why did Xixia continue to invade Qingtang? Logically speaking, they should wear the same pair of trousers."

Kou Zhun said quietly: "Perhaps Qingtang and Xixia were just acting. They worked together to dig a big hole, just to see if the wrongdoer would fall in. Then they took the opportunity to bring down the wrongdoer and eat all at once.

support."

Hearing this, Kou Ji muttered: "The key to the conspiracy between Qingtang and Xixia lies in Qingtang Lun Bu and Wen Buqi. If we support Jiao Siluo, we can overthrow Wen Buqi.

Then we will have one less opponent and one more friend."

Kou Zhun pondered for a moment, shook his head, and sighed: "That would offend Xixia. Although Xixia is a vassal of my Song Dynasty, it has already grown into a towering tree and has escaped the control of my Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty adopted a gentle and win-over strategy towards Xixia.

I don't want to anger Xixia, let alone start a war with Xixia.

If we, the Song Dynasty, start a war with Xixia, the Liao people will definitely not sit still and wait for death."

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Huairou, there is a limit to wooing, right? Li Deming has violated the imperial system and established a palace in Xingqing, Lingzhou. He obviously wanted to betray the Song Dynasty and establish a country.

Can we tolerate this?"

Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Zhun and sighed, "I have known this for a long time. The Queen Mother means to turn a blind eye and let him go. As long as he does not invade our Song Dynasty, we will do whatever he wants."

No one stops it.

The Queen Mother also said that the late emperor had just passed away, the officials had just ascended the throne, and the court had suffered from Zhou Huaizheng's rebellion. Now the government's policy is unstable and it is not appropriate to use weapons."

When Kou Ji heard this, he said angrily: "When did my grandfather learn to listen to the Queen Mother?"

"Bang!"

Kou Zhun slapped Kou's car and said angrily: "I don't want to hear it, and I don't want to hear it. When I found out that Li Deming violated the imperial system and built a palace in Xingqing, Lingzhou, I wanted to send troops immediately to help him

A lesson.

But the military power is not in my hands, and the vast majority of civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty advocate peace as the most important thing.

What can I do?

Do you think I, the Grand Master who is in charge of regent of the country, can really cover the sky with one hand?

If I want to use any troops now, I need Liu E's approval.

I feel aggrieved too."

Kou Ji heard the helplessness in Kou Zhun's words, and the fire in his heart was gone. He said in a deep voice: "Are we going to watch Xixia become powerful?"

Kou Zhun gritted his teeth and said: "I don't want to just watch, but I have no choice. If we move, the Liao people will definitely move. Then it will be an earth-shaking war. The imperial court cannot withstand such an earth-shaking war now."

After a pause, Kou Zhun said in a heavy voice: "The Xixia people made a good calculation. They used the Liao people to contain us, and they also used us to contain the Liao people. Then while we were restraining each other, they became stronger step by step."

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and said in deep thought: "Step by step, we are growing stronger in the cracks..."

Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji and sighed: "Your metaphor is very clever. This is how Xixia became powerful."

Kou Ji thought for a moment and said seriously: "Then we should support Jiao Si Luo and Qing Tang."

Kou Zhun looked at Kou Ji with a surprised look on his face and said thoughtfully: "You want to help Qingtang become bigger and break through the current three-party check and balance situation."

Kou Ji nodded heavily.

Kou Zhun sighed again and said: "The method is indeed a good one, but how can you be sure that after the Qingtang people become powerful, they will not join forces with Xixia to deal with me, the Song Dynasty?

In the past, the reason why our Song Dynasty allowed the Dangxiang people to establish a foothold in the northwest was to train them so that they could become a weapon for our Song Dynasty to deal with the Liao people.

But now?

Not only did they fail to help us hurt the Liao people, but they might hurt us at any time.

I watched the co-leader of Party Xiang rise from a tribal leader to the position of King of Xixia.

We have already raised a King of Xixia, and we cannot raise another King of Qingtang."

Kou Ji frowned and said: "Qingtang is different from Xixia..."

Kou Zhun frowned slightly, stared at Kou Ji and said, "Have you accepted the benefits of the Qingtang people?"

Kou Ji shook his head.

Kou Zhun asked: "Then why do you always say good things to the people of Qingtang?"

Kou Ji said seriously: "I just don't want to watch Xixia become powerful again. As you said just now, you watched the co-leader of Party Xiang change from a tribal leader to the king of Xixia.
To be continued...