Chapter 0243 Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will not kill Kou Ji?
Yelv Angkor is like a ubiquitous ghost, always appearing elusively next to Kou Ji.
When I see Kou Ji, I always say something subtle.
"You hurt me..."
Kou Ji wanted to have a good chat with him, but every time Kou Ji opened his mouth, he would ride away again.
Kou Ji felt the strong malice from the Liao Kingdom from him.
The malice of the Liao Kingdom largely represented the malice of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
From the moment he went on a mission to the Liao Kingdom, he knew that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu had ill intentions towards him, but he did not expect that the ill will would be so strong.
However, he did not think of shrinking from this, but instead wanted to meet Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty.
If the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu wanted to kill him, he would not mind killing the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu with a musket first.
For the sake of those people who still yearn for the Han Dynasty.
It was they who gave Kou Ji the courage to face Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
They were under the rule of the Liao people for eighty-four years and four months, and they still did not forget the Han Dynasty.
Compared with them, the ill will brought to him by Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu was nothing.
When the Song Dynasty envoy arrived not far from Youzhou City, Yelu Angkor once again appeared on horseback next to Kou Ji.
He still looked like a life-seeking ghost, and said in a low voice: "You have hurt me..."
Kou Ji stared at him as usual and shouted: "What did I hurt you for?"
Yelu Angkor finally no longer rode away like before. He stared at Kou Ji angrily and growled: "If you hadn't said those words to frame me in the palace of Song Ting, how could I have done it?"
Will he become a groom?"
When Kou Ji heard this, he was slightly startled. He looked at Yelu Angkor up and down, and said unexpectedly: "You became a groom?"
Yelu Angkor glared at Kou Ji angrily, wishing he could stab Kou Ji to death with his eyes.
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "There's nothing wrong with raising horses. Your Yelv family's ancestors also started their careers by herding horses. You are reviving the ancestral business."
"Shua~"
Yelu Angkor took out the scimitar from his waist and said angrily: "Believe it or not, I will kill you?"
Kou Ji's eyes fell faintly on Yelu Angkor, and he said calmly: "From the moment we met at the border of Youzhou, you have been trying to kill me. You walked towards me again and again, not to talk to me.
, but wanted to kill me.
But you never took action from beginning to end.
Because you have concerns in your heart.
If my guess is correct, you are worried about whether you can bear the consequences after killing me.
If your father wants to see me by name, you will kill me.
Your father will definitely be furious.
You are just a groom now. Once you kill me, maybe your father will turn you into a corpse.
You are afraid of death, so you don’t dare to kill me.”
When Yelu Angkor heard this, he was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and roared: "You are talking nonsense, we Liao people are not afraid of life and death."
Kou Ji grinned and said, "Really? Then follow your heart and kill me. I made you become a groom, and you kill me for revenge. That's what you should do."
When Yelu Angkor heard this, his eyes changed rapidly.
Finally, he stared at Kou Ji angrily and said, "You want to harm me again!"
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "I'm not harming you, I'm helping you. Don't keep it in your heart if you have grudges or grudges. If you keep it in your heart for a long time, you will easily get sick. In fact, you don't need to worry so much.
If you kill me, your father may not kill you.
who I am?
To your Liao Kingdom, I am just a foreign minister.
Not only cannot it be used by your Liao Kingdom, but it will also become an obstacle for your Liao Kingdom to dominate the world.
Who are you?
You are the prince of Liao Kingdom, and the Emperor of Liao is your father.
You should have heard the saying that tiger poison cannot eat its seeds.
How could he kill his own son for a foreign minister?
If you think about it carefully, if such an important matter as your Liao Kingdom's conquest of Xixia was leaked to others, your father would definitely kill all ten of their clans.
But if you leaked this matter, your father only demoted you to be a groom..."
Kouji's words echoed in Yelu Angkor's ears like magic.
Yelu Angkor's expression changed again and again, and he seemed to be seriously considering Kou Ji's words.
His hand subconsciously pulled out half of the scimitar.
"Your Highness, don't be fooled by his lies."
A man wearing Liao costumes who was following Yelu Angkor slowly stepped forward and reminded Yelu Angkor in a deep voice.
Kou Ji glanced at the man unexpectedly and slowly put away the musket in his sleeve.
He also wanted to take the opportunity to provoke Yelu Angkor and make Yelu Angkor do something stupid, so that he could use this opportunity to give Yelu Angkor a hard blow.
Of course, he had no intention of killing Yelu Angkor.
But he was still happy to poke a few holes in Yelu Angkor's body with a musket.
Then he could use this to ridicule the Liao people for not knowing etiquette and breaking the rules when negotiating with the Liao people, so as to gain the upper hand in the peace talks.
But he didn't expect that there was a calm person beside Yelu Angkor, who could see through his mind and reminded Yelu Angkor.
Brother Yelu Angkor slowly woke up after being reminded by his servants. He glared at Kou Ji and said fiercely: "You really want to harm me!"
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said, "Then you're going to kill me?"
Yelu Angkor gritted his teeth, snorted heavily, and left Kou Ji on his horse.
Kou Ji looked at Yelu Angkor's back and cursed in a medium voice, "Coward..."
Yelu Angkor obviously heard Kou Ji's words.
He immediately wanted to turn around, draw his sword, and give Kou Ji a hard blow.
But the entourage beside him held him back, so he could only turn around, glare at Kou Ji, and threatened fiercely: "Sooner or later I will kill you!"
Kou Ji smiled mockingly.
Yelu Angkor angrily disappeared in front of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji stopped Xiang Minzhong's carriage and climbed on the shaft.
Got on the carriage.
Xiang Minzhong rolled his eyes and curled his lips and said: "What are you doing to flirt with the fourth prince of Liao Kingdom? If he is interested in you, how can you do well in Liao Kingdom?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes at Xiang Minzhong, sat cross-legged in front of Xiang Minzhong, casually grabbed a heater from Xiang Minzhong, held it in his hand, and said calmly: "I'm not afraid that the tiger is thinking about me.
, would I be afraid of a flea?”
Xiang Minzhong was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "That's right, you are interested in Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu. One more Liao prince is nothing."
Kou Ji held the heater and said to Xiang Minzhong: "When we get to Youzhou City, you have to protect me. If Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao really wants to kill me, you have to help me escape."
Hearing this topic again, Xiang Minzhong finally stopped chatting with Kou Ji, and said seriously: "The two countries are in good relations, and the envoys will not be killed. Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty will not take advantage of you even if he intends to embarrass you.
Life makes a fuss.
You are not just another civil servant of our Song Dynasty.
Your grandfather was Kou Zhun. In our Song Dynasty, he was more than ten thousand people.
If he wants your life, he is provoking a war between the two countries.
In the past, the Liao Kingdom might not be afraid of war.
But now the Liao Kingdom is afraid."
Kou Ji was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Are the Liao people afraid of war?"
Xiang Minzhong nodded and said: "Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty first conquered Goryeo in the north, then went west to conquer Xixia, and then fought fiercely with me in the Song Dynasty for several months. All in all, Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty has been in continuous battles.
It lasted more than two years, and every time they went out, they used heavy troops.
How much financial resources do you think the Liao Kingdom has to support his continuous conquests in the south, north, east and west?"
Without waiting for Kou Ji to ask more questions, Xiang Minzhong continued: "They don't have much financial resources... As the Liao people continue to be sinicized, their way of fighting is also infinitely close to that of our Song people.
In the past, when the Liao people went to war, they would not bring any baggage at all. They could mount a horse and carry a sword to conquer the world. They relied on fighting to support war and mare's milk to survive.
What now?
When the Liao people fought, they not only needed war horses and scimitars, but also a large number of crossbows, catapults, carts and other ordnance. When they went out to fight, they also had to provide enough food for the soldiers and hay for the war horses."
Xiang Minzhong's eyes fell on Kou Ji, and he said faintly: "It is precisely because of this that after seeing the Song Dynasty and the Xixia Dynasty making peace, Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao felt that there was no profit to be gained, so he made a decisive choice.
Let me make peace with the Song Dynasty.
He does not have enough financial resources to continue spending time with Da Song.
I don’t have the financial resources in the Song Dynasty’s treasury to continue to spend time with him, so we have this peace negotiation.
It is precisely because of this that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will not kill you at this time and start a war."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "That's it?"
Xiang Minzhong pondered for a moment, then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said: "Although he does not have the financial resources to spend time with me, Da Song, but I, Da Song, do have the financial resources to spend time with him.
Therefore, he can only negotiate peace with us and cannot confront us, Chen Bing."
Kou Ji was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Didn't you just say that our Song Dynasty treasury has no money?"
Xiang Minzhong clucked his lips and said: "Although the state treasury has no money, the internal treasury still has a surplus. Even if the internal treasury is not enough, we still have a sealed pile treasury that has been accumulated for decades."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Since it is beneficial for us to fight against the Liao Kingdom, why not choose to fight against the Liao Kingdom?"
Xiang Minzhong rolled his eyes and hummed, "It's not all because of you."
Kou Ji was stunned.
I secretly speculated in my mind: What big thing did I accidentally do again?
When Xiang Minzhong saw Kou Ji's look of astonishment, he sighed and said, "You have set off a great event."
Kou Ji thought about it for a moment, then raised his head and stared at Xiang Minzhong, and said: "Baosai Army?"
Xiang Minzhong nodded, "As you asked the court for supplies again and again, the court also realized the corruption of the Xiang army, so it secretly sent people to investigate.
You won’t know if you don’t check, but you’ll be shocked if you check.
I, the Song Dynasty, unknowingly raised millions of Xiang troops.
Their numbers far exceed those of the Imperial Guard.
Including the members of the Forbidden Army, the soldiers and horses we have in the Song Dynasty are beyond everyone’s imagination.”
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "It's not all the fault of you people. When a place is hit by a disaster and there are victims, you don't want to properly resettle the victims, but instead stuff them all into the Xiang Army. Can the Xiang Army not
Is it much?"
When Xiang Minzhong heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched and he glared at Kou Ji fiercely.
The reason why he reacted so strongly was because he had done this before when dealing with disaster victims.
Xiang Minzhong glared at Kou Ji and said fiercely: "Now is not the time to hold anyone accountable. If we really want to hold them accountable, the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty are at fault. Do you still want the civil and military forces of the dynasty to beg for their own bodies?"
It would be unrealistic for the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty to beg for their bodies.
Kou Ji said calmly: "I just said it casually..."
Xiang Minzhong snorted coldly and continued: "If it were in the past, even if the court discovered this kind of thing, they would turn a blind eye and let him continue to develop.
After all, this matter involves too much, and if you are not careful, it will cause turmoil in the government and the public.
But since your grandfather moved some people to the newly added territory of our Song Dynasty, some officials saw a new way.
They felt that they could completely abolish some unnecessary Xiang troops, move them to places with vast land and sparsely populated areas, and turn them into civilians.
This move can not only resolve the corruption of our Song Dynasty's Xiang army, but also add some new good people to our Song Dynasty, allowing our agricultural taxation in the Song Dynasty to reach a new high.
Logically speaking, this is good governance.
But this move touched the interests of some people.
So after the officials of the imperial court raised this matter, some people immediately stood up to oppose it."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Wu Xun?"
Xiang Minzhong nodded and said: "That's right... the warriors have been drinking the blood of soldiers for decades, how could they easily give up the meat on the plate? Although the imperial court has not yet implemented good governance of turning soldiers into people,
But the warriors who had caught wind of the situation had begun to resist secretly.
The imperial court was afraid that the warriors would take the opportunity to cause trouble during the confrontation with the Liao State, so they chose to negotiate peace with the Liao State instead of continuing the confrontation."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "I'm afraid it won't be that easy to deal with this matter."
Xiang Minzhong nodded slowly and said, "It's as difficult as ascending to heaven."
After many years of marriage, the warriors of the Song Dynasty not only became relatives of the emperor, but also became a group of interests.
Digging meat from them will affect the entire government and the public.
If one thing is not handled well, there will be mutinies one after another.
So be cautious and more cautious.
It is really not appropriate to stay with the Liao Kingdom at this time.
Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Minzhong and complained: "Since you know the stakes, why didn't you tell me earlier and made me worry for so long."
Xiang Minzhong grinned and said, "I just like to see you speculating and being uneasy."
For a moment, Kou Ji felt the urge to block this old man again.
If the old man hadn't been sitting comfortably in the carriage, unlike Wang Zeng who had a sore butt when the carriage bumped over, Koo Ji would have left him to find Wang Zeng.
After Xiang Minzhong explained the stakes involved, Kou Ji also knew that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu might not kill him, and he felt a lot more relaxed.
But he didn't let down his guard.
This is when people are impulsive.
What if Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty, after seeing him, remembered that his conquest of Xixia failed because of him, and impulsively had him beheaded?