When Cao Yi arrived at Kou's house, Kou Ji was eating alone.
There were only two people in Kou's mansion who could sit at the same table with Kou Ji for dinner.
One is Kou Zhun and the other is Xiang Yan.
Kou Zhun is now very busy for his great educational cause. Every day he is either working on the construction site or entertaining in his study the officials who have resigned and self-recommended scholars who come to see him.
Xiang Yan went to Xiang Mansion.
After autumn, Xiang Minzhong fell ill again.
As the granddaughter, Xiang Yan naturally has to take care of her.
I don’t know which deity Xiang Minzhong is worshiping. Every autumn, he always looks like he is about to die, but he never dies.
It's been another year of confusion.
Kou Ji felt that he probably really wanted to see his great-grandson before leaving.
Kou Ji also worked hard for this.
But Xiang Yan could never get pregnant.
The couple secretly consulted a highly skilled imperial doctor.
Neither of them had any symptoms.
But I just can't get pregnant.
Cao Yi entered the dining room and saw Kou Ji eating alone, so he was not polite.
He looked at the table and asked the servant of the Kou Mansion to bring him a pair of bowls and chopsticks and add a bowl of rice.
Then he held his rice bowl and sat across from Kou Ji, imitating Kou Ji's example and wolfing down the food.
The two have a close relationship now, and there is no need to be polite.
If Kou Zhun is willing to have a close relationship with Cao Wei, then the two families can go one step further and form a family relationship.
If Kou Ji is a traitor and goes to the Cao Mansion to ask for one or two of Cao Yi's concubines to bring back to the house to play with, or if he takes another daughter of the Cao family, the two families can go one step further and form a single family.
Kou Ji went to Cao Mansion to ask for Cao Ji's concubine, so he didn't need to worry about Cao Ji being unhappy at all.
The custom of giving concubines to each other first came from the families of generals.
After eating, Kou Ji slumped on the chair like a salted fish, took a cup of tea and tasted it.
Cao Ji followed Kou Ji's example and collapsed beside Kou Ji.
"My fourth uncle agreed..."
"Um……"
Cao Yi sat up and said in surprise: "Don't you think it's strange?"
Kou Ji put down the tea, turned around and said to the servant behind him: "It feels a little bitter, go down and change it for me."
The servant carried the tea bowl and left the dining room.
Kou Ji glanced at Cao Ji and said: "What's so strange? The money saved by Yizijiaozipu has exceeded people's imagination, and it has become another household department of the Song Dynasty.
There is no reason not to agree to the exchange of the lives of several people for the management rights of Yizijiaozipu."
Cao Yi said in astonishment: "Have you calculated it long ago?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Is this even necessary?"
Cao Yan sighed and asked, "Am I too stupid?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "It's not that you are stupid, it's that you haven't understood the nature of honor yet."
Tilting his head and thinking for a while, Kou Ji added: "In other words, you are not greedy enough."
When Cao Yi heard this, he smiled bitterly.
"Now that my fourth uncle has agreed, tell me what you plan to do. I can go back and tell my fourth uncle."
Kou Ji turned sideways, looked at Cao Yi and said, "The imperial court has issued an order to disband the Xiang army in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Do you know?"
Cao Yi said dumbfounded: "Except for my Cao Mansion and the Li Mansion, other mansions have already started making trouble. How could I not know about it?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Your Cao Mansion has secretly submitted a letter of surrender to the imperial court, which is equivalent to abandoning the Xiang Army in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Some generals who command the Xiang Army cannot get the support of your Cao Mansion.
I will definitely be dissatisfied with your Cao Mansion, right?"
Cao Yi nodded and said: "That's true...someone has already broken up with me in the Cao Mansion. My fourth uncle is worried about this matter."
Kou Ji said with a smile: "Then you go back and tell your fourth uncle that there is no need to worry about this matter. The reason why they are making trouble is that they lack a backer. Now your Cao Mansion is not willing to let them rely on you, but you can help them find a more reliable one."
A big backer.”
Cao Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Who are you looking for? Although every family is making trouble, they are all ready to be cut off by the imperial court. Once the imperial decree to abolish the Xiang army in the hinterland of the Central Plains is implemented.
Then each family will have to throw away some of the generals who command the Xiang army.
Each family can’t even place their own generals in the Xiang army, so how can they accept others?”
Kou Ji smiled and said, "What do you think of the Eighth Prince's Mansion?"
Cao Yi was stunned and stared in astonishment, "Give the person to the Eighth Prince's Mansion... I'll be a good boy. Then the Eighth Prince can still be willing to sit on the same throne... He still hasn't..."
Cao Yi didn't say the last half of the sentence.
But his meaning has been clearly revealed.
Kou Ji said calmly: "Zhao Yuanyan is not satisfied with the throne, what does it have to do with us?"
Cao Yi said anxiously: "How can it be okay? If the eight kings raise armies, Bianjing City will definitely be in great turmoil."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "Isn't it just right to send troops to quell the rebellion, so as to show loyalty and take credit?"
Cao Yi stood up with a groan and stared at Kou Ji in horror.
"You...the opportunity you mentioned before to show your loyalty is to counter the rebellion? Do you already know something?"
Kou Ji did not hide anything and nodded: "The Eight Kings are plotting to usurp the throne. Not only do I know it, my grandfather also knows it, and the Queen Mother also knows it."
"This...this...this..."
Cao Yi was stunned and couldn't say a complete sentence for a while.
After a long time.
Cao Yan asked in disbelief: "Why didn't you stop it?"
Kou Ji said with a strange look on his face: "The Queen Mother wanted to use this opportunity to return to the court, so she put a lot of civil and military officials under Zhao Yuanyan to supplement his wings. I want to use this to give the Queen Mother a painful blow and make her forever
Keep it in the palace and don't come out, so I also want to put some people under Zhao Yuanyan's hands so that he can start trouble as soon as possible."
Cao Yi clenched his fists, trembling all over, and growled: "You are playing with fire!"
Kou Ji said unhurriedly: "Zhao Yuanyan's biggest supporter is Wang Qinruo, who belongs to the Queen Mother. The four personal guards with high martial arts skills are the masters of equipment supervision sent by the Queen Mother.
Among the officials under her command, 50% were trash stuffed into her by the Queen Mother.
The few generals they recruited only had 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they were also filled with spies from the Imperial City Division.
Tell me, how can Zhao Yuanyan win?"
Cao Yi stood there in a daze, unable to say a word.
Kou Ji continued: "If I borrow some people from your Cao family and stuff them in, the water under Zhao Yuanyan's feet will become even turbid. Tell me, how can he win?"
Cao Yan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "We can't bet on that! Once Zhao Yuanyan succeeds, it will be a disaster for us."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "The soldiers of the Dragon God Guards guarding the imperial city have been replaced by well-trained Liangjiazi. My tiger-character army has been secretly dispatched to the capital.
The two armies of Tianwu and Pengri are both under your control.
More than 100,000 elite soldiers are waiting for Zhao Yuanyan to lead a group of soldiers and generals to start an uprising. Tell me, how can Zhao Yuanyan win?"
Cao Yi's mouth grew inch by inch.
Even before Zhao Yuanyan got into trouble, Kou Ji and Liu E had clearly arranged the way forward.
He was no longer worried that Zhao Yuanyan would win, and instead felt full of pity for Zhao Yuanyan in his heart.
If Zhao Yuanyan really gets into trouble, the soldiers who want to kill him may not be the only ones Kou Ji said.
The imperial troops surrounding Kaifeng Mansion can kill King Qin at any time.
Veteran soldiers from various martial arts families can join forces at any time to form a powerful army.
Previously.
When Zhou Huaizheng rebelled, he ended up in the army pulled together by various martial arts families.
Zhou Huaizheng rebelled, holding official military talismans and mobilizing the elite of the Forbidden Army.
It's completely different from the motley crew that Zhao Yuanyan put together.
Zhou Huaizheng was able to lead the elite imperial army to the imperial city.
It is hard to say whether Zhao Yuanyan can lead his troops to break through the outer city.
No martial arts master would follow Zhao Yuanyan to cause trouble without the jade talisman or imperial edict to recruit him.
Back then, when Taizong Zhao Guangyi launched a coup in the palace, the martial arts of the various families did not move.
Similarly, if Zhao Yuanyan wants to cause chaos, the martial arts masters will not follow him.
It's not that the warriors are not loyal enough.
Rather, the warriors tacitly chose to be loyal to the person on the throne.
No matter who it is, no matter what method is used, sit on the throne.
All warriors will choose to be loyal.
Unless the person sitting on the throne will threaten their lives.
Otherwise they will never move.
This is how the martial artists managed to survive the turmoils one after another.
"Gudu..."
Cao Yan froze on the spot for a long time, swallowed secretly, suppressed the shock in his heart, and said in disbelief: "The situation is so unfavorable to Zhao Yuanyan, will Zhao Yuanyan really cause chaos?
Could he be that stupid?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Isn't it stupid to start recruiting people to prepare for usurping the throne without the support of any of you?
If I want to cause trouble, I will first bring in your Cao family, then the Li family, and then the Yang family.
Only in this way can I dare to recruit people behind my back.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t even have the thought of causing trouble.”
Cao Ji opened his mouth, wanting to refute Kou Ji.
But after much thought, I couldn't think of anything to say to refute Kou Ji.
Just as Kou Ji said.
If you don't have Wu Xun's support, it's best not to make any crazy thoughts.
Because it is impossible to succeed.
Wu Xun represents more than just Wu Xun.
It also represents the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty.
Without Wu Xun's participation in the rebellion, it would have been impossible to mobilize the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.
You cannot mobilize the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty. Even if you succeed, the warriors are unwilling to support you and can overthrow it at any time.
Although Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin took away the power to directly mobilize the imperial army of the Song Dynasty from the military heroes.
But it did not prevent the children from Wu Xun's family from holding important positions in the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.
now.
The children of Wu Xun's family have infiltrated all parts of the Song Dynasty's Forbidden Army.
On weekdays, due to the restrictions of the imperial court, the warriors could not unite and show their strength.
But once there is a turmoil, the disciples placed by the martial arts in the major Forbidden Forces can instantly control the entire Forbidden Army. Mobile version::
Kou Ji saw that Cao Yi was deep in thought, so he continued: "Even if Zhao Yuanyan discovers some clues, he can't stop usurping the throne. The Queen Mother doesn't want to see him stop, and I don't want to see him stop, so
He just couldn't stop.
Taizu can be blessed with a yellow robe, and Zhao Yuanyan can also be blessed with a yellow robe."
Cao Yi sighed and said in a low voice: "Zhao Yuanyan is too miserable..."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "What's so miserable about him? If he doesn't think about usurping the throne and can be his virtuous king with peace of mind, who can plot against him? Flies don't bite seamless eggs.
In the final analysis, it was his evil intentions that caused the trouble.
You can’t blame anyone else.”
Cao Yi didn't know that the reason why Zhao Yuanyan had the intention to usurp the throne and the reason why he dared to usurp the throne was ultimately due to Kou Ji's influence.
If he knew, he would definitely slap Kou Ji in the face.
Cao Yi slowly sat down, took a deep breath, and said: "In this way, Zhao Yuanyan's rebellion is indeed a good opportunity for my Cao family to show their loyalty."
Kou Ji suddenly narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "You have forgotten my contribution..."
Cao Yi was stunned for a moment and said with a wry smile: "My Cao family will naturally remember the kindness of fourth brother."
Kou Jixiao asked: "Then how can your Cao family pay back?"
Cao Yan said generously: "Whatever the fourth brother wants, as long as our Cao family can get it, I will definitely give it to you." : :
Kou Ji said quietly: "Are the Imperial Guards under your Cao family's control also willing to give?"
Cao Yi's expression changed and he laughed dryly: "Fourth brother is kidding me?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "What if it's not a joke?"
The smile on Cao Yi's face disappeared instantly, "Fourth brother, without the imperial army, my Cao family will not be able to gain a foothold in the Song Dynasty. You are trying to kill my Cao family."
Kou Ji continued to laugh and said: "What if I exchange for two percent of the iron forging workshop?"
Cao Yi was stunned and said with a dry smile: "Why didn't you say that you are a member of Yizijiaozipu? If you are a member of Yizijiaozipu, then my Cao family is willing to change."
Kou Ji said with a bright smile: "Yizijiaozi Shop has been established for nearly a year. It has a main store, seven branch shops, and sixteen shops under construction. It is expected that within three years, Yizijiaozi Shop will
Jiaozipu will be laid in every prefecture and city.
In fact, Yizijiaozi pavilion can be laid faster.
It's just that there are relatively few manpower to manage Yizijiaozipu, which hinders the development of Yizijiaozipu.
But this does not prevent Yizijiaozipu from attracting depositors.
Today, in Kaifeng, Jiangning, and Sichuan, there is no trace of copper coins in the above-mentioned buying and selling transactions.
Everyone is already accustomed to using Jiaozi to trade directly.
What do you think it will be like three years from now when Yizijiaozi pavements are everywhere in every city?
At that time, I will give you the members of the Cao family's Yizijiaozipu, will your Cao family be able to hold on to it?"
Cao Yi secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.
Most people in Bianjing City know how profitable Yizijiaozipu is.
If it is true, as Kou Ji said, it will be laid out in every city.
The money stored in the Yizijiaozi shop will exceed the amount that anyone can imagine.
The money that Yizijiaozipu can mobilize will exceed everyone's imagination.
Just move your fingers with the word "Jiaozi", and the mountains will roar and the tsunami will roar.
Only one person in the Song Dynasty could control such power.
For the rest, looking into it is simply seeking death.
Seeing Cao Ji's stiff expression, Kou Ji grinned, "I'm just kidding you, do you really believe it?"