After a pause, Kou Ji smiled softly, "The most important thing is that these fields do not need to pay taxes to the court."
After Kou Ji said this, he stayed aside quietly.
Kou Zhun, Xiang Minzhong, and Wang Zeng sat there with ugly faces and said nothing.
The shortcomings that Kou Ji can see, they can naturally see too.
The wealth of Daxiangguo Temple is obvious to all.
Every year when the Daxiangguo Temple holds the Water and Land Dharma Ceremony, the money donated by devotees for sesame oil is brought into the Daxiangguo Temple in cartloads.
Anyone who lives in Bianjing City knows that Daxiangguo Temple is rich.
It’s just that the Daxiangguo Temple is a national temple appointed by Emperor Taizong, and is protected by Emperor Taizong’s gold-lettered signboard. The Daxiangguo Temple is located in the inner city of Bianjing City. As long as Bianjing City is not captured, no one will care about the money of the Daxiangguo Temple.
Naturally, no one would calculate the money of Daxiangguo Temple.
Therefore, in everyone's impression, Daxiangguo Temple is very rich, but no one has calculated how rich it is.
Now that Kou Ji revealed the property of Daxiangguo Temple, the three of them realized how wealthy Daxiangguo Temple was.
More importantly, Kou Ji mentioned that these properties did not need to pay taxes to the court, which struck a chord in the hearts of Kou Zhun and the others.
"You go down first."
Xiang Minzhong waved to Kou Ji with a dark face and told Kou Ji to leave.
He always likes to kill the donkey, so this time is no exception.
After asking Kou Ji what to say, Xiang Minzhong decisively told Kou Ji to get out.
Kou Ji said speechlessly: "The official is here to see the official family."
Xiang Minzhong said impatiently: "Then let's go with the officials..."
Halfway through his words, Xiang Minli immediately realized something was wrong and decisively shut up.
He glared at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "Then take the officials and leave together."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes.
Xiang Minzhong himself almost said that he was rude, but he actually had the nerve to blame him.
Kou Ji didn't bother to talk to Xiang Minzhong and winked at Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen understood, stood up and bowed to Kou Zhun and the others, "Grand Master, gentlemen, I will leave first."
Kou Zhun stood up and returned the courtesy.
Zhao Zhen trotted to Kou Ji's side and took Kou Ji away from Zishi Hall.
The two of them left.
Wang Zeng said with an ugly face: "Is it really as serious as that boy said? Half of the fertile land in our Song Dynasty does not need to pay taxes?"
Xiang Minzhong sighed and said, "Although that boy doesn't like to abide by the rules and does things outside of the norm, he never lies on such important national matters."
Kou Zhun squinted his eyes and said deeply: "If it is true, we will find out if we send someone to investigate."
Xiang Minzhong looked at Wang Zeng and said: "You are now the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry. The Ministry of Husbandry should have the archives of the previous inventory of the land in the world. You can take it out and review it. You can also use the method that boy used in the Ministry of Personnel.
In the household department.
If we thoroughly inventory the fields in the world, and then compare the annual agricultural tax revenue, we can almost see some clues."
Wang Zeng nodded heavily.
"Hey...it's hard to get back from this."
Kou Zhun let out a long sigh and said quietly: "Let me tell you, when I wanted to reform the system, Ji'er kept admonishing me not to make drastic changes.
Now it seems that Ji'er was right.
The more bad policies of this imperial court are uncovered, the more they are uncovered, and the more they are uncovered, the more terrifying they become.
Each one is more terrible than the other, and each one is the scourge of the country's subjugation.
If it is uncovered by me, I am afraid that the Song Dynasty will be reduced to a scorched earth and the smoke will spread everywhere."
Xiang Minzhong nodded and said with emotion: "The most thorough reform in history is the change of dynasty..."
"..."
Kou Zhun and the other three were talking treasonous words in Zishi Hall.
Kou Ji also said treacherous words outside Zishi Hall.
After he and Zhao Zhen left the Zishi Hall, they found a small garden in the palace and sat side by side on the steps of the garden. Kou Ji opened his mouth and said deceitfully: "Guanjia, I built a wedding for you."
military."
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji with his eyes wide open, obviously frightened by Kou Ji's words.
Establish pro-army?
Can that be built casually?
That was the power that Zhao Zhen could only enjoy exclusively after taking office.
Now that he has no pro-government, if he wants to establish a pro-army, he must not only obtain the consent of Kou Zhun, but also the consent of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
If this word reaches the court, the saliva of the civil and military officials in the court will drown both of them.
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen's blank eyes and said again: "There are not many people, only two thousand people..."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at Kou Ji and complained: "I was almost scared to death by you..."
There are only two thousand pro-army troops, so that's not a big deal.
There was not much else in the Song Dynasty except that there were many soldiers and horses. Whenever the troops were mobilized, raising their hands or stamping their feet, there would be tens of thousands of them.
With two thousand soldiers and horses, few people would take it seriously.
If the news really reaches the court, the civil and military officials in the court will only think that this is Kou Ji messing around with Zhao Zhen. At most, they will criticize the two of them a few words, but they will not hold on to it.
After understanding the seriousness of the matter, Zhao Zhen asked: "Where is the person?"
Kou Ji immediately said: "I am in Baozhou!"
"Baozhou?"
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, then lowered his face, stared at Kou Ji dimly, and complained: "Kou Ji, am I easy to deceive?"
Kou Ji secretly thought about why Zhao Zhen had this idea, but said: "No..."
Zhao Zhen stared and said: "You think I don't know anything? You are paying attention to Baozhou, and I am also paying attention to Baozhou. The two thousand young men who have withdrawn from the Baosai Army have obviously gone to raise horses for you, and they are with you.
What does it have to do with me?
You still have the nerve to say that they are my personal soldiers.
If they are truly pro-army, they are your pro-army, not mine.
If I believe you and help them find a reputation as pro-military, then I will be the biggest fool in the world."
Kou Ji was a little stunned when he heard this. He did not expect that Zhao Zhen paid so much attention to the Baosai Army in Baozhou and actually knew all the changes of the Baosai Army.
It's not easy to fool...it's hard to persuade now.
Kou Ji put on a bitter face and said: "You have wronged me as an official. As a civil servant, why should I join the army? Besides, they are helping me raise horses, and they are not helping you raise horses.
Others don't know, and you don't know, those horses are not shared by you and me."
Zhao Zhen said blankly: "There are still my horses in those horses?"
Kou Ji immediately said: "That's not true...is there anything in the world that doesn't belong to you?"
Zhao Zhen pondered and said: "You are right to say that. Mr. Li once said that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers. The people and things in the Song Dynasty belong to me."
Kou Ji nodded immediately.
Zhao Zhen thought about it for a moment, frowned and said, "But I still feel something is wrong."
"What's wrong?"
"They quit the Bulgarian Army to help you raise horses. Their allegiance from the beginning was you, not me. If I help them get a reputation as pro-military, what if you lead them to do bad things in the future?
, don’t you want to blame me?”
"What kind of person am I?"
"The Grand Master once said that as a king, you must always be on guard against your ministers to avoid being deceived by them. I know that you will not lead them to do bad things, but what about the others? You and I are both in Bianjing City, which is thousands of miles away from Baozhou.
They are so far away, and if they are used by bad people, you and I are beyond our reach."
"Then... how about asking Yang Wenguang to recruit two thousand more people when he recruits troops? Let them swear allegiance to the government together, and then let them raise horses together?"
"That's it!"
Zhao Zhen decided happily.
Kou Ji, however, froze on the spot in astonishment.
He really thought that Zhao Zhen was taking care of the people below him to cause trouble and deceive him.
After working on it for a long time, this guy just couldn't catch the rabbit.
If you don't get any benefit, you won't agree to anything. After you get the benefit, you agree immediately.
"Guan Jia, you've learned too much..."
Kou Ji clicked his lips and sighed.
Zhao Zhen smiled brightly and said: "I also learned from you..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows suspiciously.
Zhao Zhen explained: "I bumped into Liu Congmei in the Queen Mother's palace the day before yesterday. He told the Queen Mother an interesting story. He said that his younger brother was responsible for the trouble. The whole Liu family was anxious and worried, but there was no way to solve it. The people of the Liu family found it.
You asked Liu Mansion for a debt of 100,000 yuan and helped them solve the problem.
The Queen Mother said you were only interested in profit.
But I think you are taking people’s money to help them eliminate disasters.”
After Zhao Zhen said this, he looked at Kou Ji with a smile and asked, "Am I right?"
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen in disbelief, and then his eyes fell suspiciously on Chen Lin, who was not far behind Zhao Zhen.
How did this kid become so smart all of a sudden? Who gave him the initiation?
Chen Lin saw the meaning of the inquiry in Kou Ji's eyes and said lightly: "The officials have not been idle these days. Since you handed over the list of officials who need to be transferred to the officials, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty agreed.
After promoting those people, the officials asked their servants to send people to check their details."
Chen Lin explained this.
Kou Ji will understand.
There is no doubt about it.
Zhao Zhen saw the words "taking people's money to eliminate disasters for others" in those officials.
The governor of Binzhou took the money given to him by the Xinping County Magistrate, so he whitewashed his merits and demerits during the memorial.
The same is true for officials in Jingzhao Mansion.
Half of the people in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty nodded and approved of Zhao Zhen's promotion of those people, also because there was a stake in their interests.
Kou Ji suddenly sympathized with Zhao Zhen.
At such a young age, he saw so many dirty things and saw the human nature behind the transactions of power and money. He didn't know how much suffering his little heart would suffer.
"After seeing so much, what do you think?"
Kou Ji asked out of nowhere.
But after he said the words, he felt a little regretful.
He felt like adding salt to Zhao Zhen's wounds.
Zhao Zhen raised his little face, stared at Kou Ji, and said seriously: "You should be the emperor of me."
Kou Ji's heart skipped a beat and he didn't understand why Zhao Zhen suddenly had such an idea.
Although this idea is exciting, it is also very dangerous...
Under Chen Lin's sinister gaze, Kou Ji asked bravely: "Why do the officials have such an idea?"
Zhao Zhen folded his hands on his chest and sighed like a little adult, "I wanted to deal with them, but I found that I couldn't do anything. It would be different if it were you. I believe you can definitely deal with those people."
Very miserable."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, then laughed dryly and said: "Maybe..."
Zhao Zhen asked seriously: "Do you know why I want to keep two thousand men and horses in Baozhou?"
Kou Ji immediately guessed Zhao Zhen's thoughts and said with some surprise: "It can't be..."
Before Kou Ji finished speaking, Zhao Zhen nodded seriously and said, "I just want them to pretend to be bandits and kill all those corrupt officials for me."
When Kou Ji heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched.
He knew very well that the reason why Zhao Zhen had such thoughts was entirely forced by those corrupt officials.
Although Kou Ji also sent people to investigate those corrupt officials, not much was found, and most of them came from undercover visits.
It is far less clear than the professionals under Chen Lin.
Kou Ji didn't know what Chen Lin's professionals found.
But Kou Ji can be sure that what Chen Lin's professionals found out is absolutely unsightly.
Otherwise, Zhao Zhen, who is simple-minded, would not be forced to the point where he wants to have people pretend to be bandits and kill people.
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment and then suggested: "Chen Lin has many assassination masters under his command, so we can send them out."
Zhao Zhen turned around and looked at Chen Lin with a suspicious look on his face.
Chen Lin coughed dryly and said with a dark face: "The assassination was not done by Mingjun. Kou Ji, what crime should you be guilty of for bewitching officials?"
Kou Ji curled his lips, "I just said it casually, don't take it seriously."
"snort!"
Chen Lin snorted heavily.
Zhao Zhen seemed to feel that something was inappropriate and waved his hand: "Forget it, I'll just say it casually."
Kou Ji sat side by side next to Zhao Zhen and laughed in a low voice: "The officials don't have to be angry for those villains. Isn't our plan just halfway through? When it is done, how can such villains suffer?"
Zhao Zhen nodded heavily, with a bright smile on his face.
Kou Ji urged: "Guan Jia, I still need a handwritten letter from you about the four thousand troops in Baozhou."
The smile on Zhao Zhen's face suddenly disappeared, and he glanced at Kou Ji resentfully.
"The imperial concubine is watching you in the Shishi Hall. After I return to the palace, the imperial concubine is watching you. I can't write to you. After a few days, when no one is around, I will quietly write you a handwritten letter and send someone.
Send it to you."
Kou Ji patted Zhao Zhen on the shoulder with satisfaction.
Feeling a pair of fiery eyes staring at him from behind, he quickly retracted his hand and showed a bright smile to Chen Lin.
Chen Lin gave Zhao Zhen a cold look.
Zhao Zhen looked at Chen Lin and Kou Ji for a moment, then suddenly took Kou Ji's hand and put it on his shoulder.
Kou Ji was stunned.
Chen Lin was also stunned.
Only Zhao Zhen showed a bright smile again.
After Kou Ji saw the smile on Zhao Zhen's face, he didn't say anything, and his hand on Zhao Zhen's shoulder tightened slightly.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen talked for a long time in the small garden.
Zhao Zhen said that he wanted to see the Zhang family daughter and asked Kou Ji if there was anything he could do.
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and shook his head.
The two chatted for a while.
Chen Lin stepped forward and whispered to Zhao Zhen that it was time to go back to study. Zhao Zhen waved to Kou Ji and followed Chen Lin out of the small garden.
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen's leaving figure, sighed, and left the palace.