"When I was in Qingtang, my wife was pregnant, but you urgently summoned me back to Beijing, so I didn't see the child being born..."
Liu Heng said casually.
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and said apologetically: "I didn't expect..."
Liu Heng smiled calmly and said: "Fourth brother, there is no need to feel guilty, and there is no need to have any differences between you and me, brothers. The reason why you urgently called me back to the capital is because big things happened in Bianjing city. I can't abandon these big things because of the love between my children."
in spite of.
If I had not returned to Beijing this time and had not advised my father to hide in the house and not interfere with my aunt's affairs.
I'm afraid that my Liu family will end up with the same fate as the Wang family today."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "That's good..."
"Bring your son over later and let me see him..."
"That's what it should be..."
"..."
Neither of them is a fussy person, nor would they get entangled in such a trivial matter.
After chatting for a while, Kou Ji continued to ask: "So, why did your wife come to Bianjing City with her son who is less than one year old?"
mentioned this matter.
Liu Heng's expression looked a little solemn.
"A few months ago, Li Yuanhao, the son of the disobedient Marquis Li Deming, led 3,000 cavalry and 40,000 servants to raid the Ganzhou Uighurs and conquered Xiliang and Xuanhua. Outside Xuanhua City, they killed the Ganzhou Uighur Khan.
Recover the entire territory of Ganzhou.
This matter spread to Qingtang, and some of the leaders close to Xixia in Qingtang were slightly turbulent.
After Qingtang Zanpujiao Siluo noticed this, he ordered An Ziluo to lead his troops to the border to prevent Xixia from invading Qingtang.
On the one hand, they also sent people to eradicate dissidents in Qingtang.
In order to prevent his wife from being harmed in this fluctuation, An Ziluo sent people to escort her to Bianjing City."
When Kou Ji heard this, he frowned and said in a deep voice: "Li Yuanhao led his troops to raid the Ganzhou Uighurs and killed the Ganzhou Uighur Khan. Why didn't I hear anyone mention this?"
Liu Heng said in a deep voice: "It only took Li Yuanhao three days to conquer Xiliang, and seven days to conquer Xuanhua. He attacked the Ganzhou Uighurs with lightning speed, and the news didn't have time to spread.
And I heard that Li Deming repeated his old tricks. In order to prevent the Ganzhou Uighurs from asking for help from the Song Dynasty, he once again blocked all the main roads from the Song Dynasty to the Ganzhou Uighurs."
Kou Ji frowned and repeated the key words in Liu Heng's words, "Destroy Xiliang in three days...Destroy Xuanhua in seven days...Three thousand iron cavalry...Forty thousand servants...Iron kites?!"
Liu Heng asked, "What is an iron kite?"
Kou Ji said in a deep voice, "A heavy armored cavalry..."
Liu Heng looked very ugly when he heard this.
Liu Heng knew how powerful the heavy armored cavalry were in combat.
This time the Eight Kings rebelled, the Tiger Character Army played a key role in putting down the rebellion.
The combat effectiveness of the Tiger Character Army is obvious to all.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the auxiliary troops can create a battlefield favorable to the Tiger Army, the Tiger Army can defeat one against a hundred.
Xixia's heavy armored cavalry is stronger than the Tiger Army, not weaker.
"Fourth Brother, I know how much money you invested in the Tiger Army when you built it. Xixia had been defeated one after another, frequently lost ground, and compensated the court a lot of money... How could Xixia build a heavy armored cavalry?"
The implication.
Xixia is so poor, how can it have the money to build heavy armored cavalry?
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "It took more than a day or two for Xixia to build the Iron Kites. When the Tielin Army of the Liao Kingdom and the Jingsai Army of the Song Dynasty dominated the battlefield, they had already begun secretly preparing to build the Iron Kites.
When Xixia and I fought against the Song Dynasty, Iron Kites should have only been in their infancy.
After the defeat of Xixia, in order to avenge its previous humiliation, Xixia should have stepped up its preparations to build Tieyaozi.
After the Xixia envoys saw the power of the Tiger Character Army in the Song Dynasty, they returned to Xixia and should have informed Li Deming about this.
Li Deming had seen the Jingsai Army and the Tielin Army.
Coupled with the guidance of the experience of the Tiger Character Army, Iron Kites were quickly born.
Although Xixia has frequently lost land and paid a large amount of money as compensation, Xixia still has enough financial resources to prepare to build Iron Harrier."
Based on the nature of Li Deming, Li Yuanhao and his son, after suffering losses in the Song Dynasty, in order to avenge their shame, even if everyone in Xixia was asked to tighten their belts, they would still plan to establish Iron Harrier.
Liu Heng sighed and said with a worried look on his face: "Li Deming and Li Yuanhao have chosen a good time."
Liu Heng's tone was full of worry and helplessness.
Li Deming, Li Yuanhao and his son never stopped looking at the territory of the Song Dynasty.
Now their father and son have a powerful heavy armored cavalry in their hands, which is a great threat to the Song Dynasty.
But Song Dynasty has nothing to do with them for the time being.
The Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan rebelled, causing turmoil in the city of Bianjing and throughout the Song Dynasty.
Before the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty were properly handled, it was impossible for the imperial court to send troops and horses to fight against Xixia.
Kou Ji said solemnly: "The father and his son probably picked this right time and chose to take action."
Kou Ji turned his head and looked at Liu Heng, "Compile this matter into a book as soon as possible and hand it to the inner court. Then send someone to the Xixia border to check out the Imperial City Division's spies in the northwest. Why did Qingtang already know the news?
, I don’t know until now in the Song Dynasty. We still have to rely on the people of Qingtang to tell us. I will write to my grandfather and ask him to issue an order to the two major managers of Dongping Road and Xiping Road to prevent Xixia from invading the border.
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Liu Heng nodded and left the street.
Kou Ji did not return home, but went to Yizi Jiaozipu and handed over the documents that Kou Zhun gave him to Mu Chong and the other three, who would come forward to cooperate with the court in solving the troubles in Jiaozipu.
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After explaining the matter.
Kou Ji returned to the house alone.
Rested for two days.
The memorial Liu E submitted to the inner court was quickly approved by Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun ordered Liu Heng to temporarily take charge of the entire Imperial City Department as the second-in-command of the Imperial City Department, and secretly monitor all movements in Xixia.
besides.
There was no other reaction.
Now that the Song Dynasty was in turmoil, it was hard for Kou Zhun to send troops to conquer Xixia without consulting Li Di and Lu Yijian.
Although when the Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan rebelled, the two armies of Dragon God, Tianwu, and Pengri were not injured.
But as the Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan led a heavy army to rebel, some hidden problems also came to light.
There are serious problems with the city defense of Bianjing City.
When Zhou Huaizheng rebelled, he led his troops to attack the imperial city. It can be argued that Zhou Huaizheng dispatched elite soldiers from the Song Dynasty.
But the eighth king Zhao Yuanyan led a group of soldiers and generals and attacked the imperial city, so there was no way to escape.
Therefore, before the rearrangement of the city defense in Bianjing City is completed, the Dragon God Guards, Tianwu, and Pengri armies cannot attack without authorization.
It would be terrible if Xixia could rise again.
But Bianjing, as the capital of the Song Dynasty, was like paper. It was attacked twice, which was even more terrifying.
must be resolved.
Kou Ji had known this result for a long time, so he did not dwell on this issue any longer.
With the assistance of Xue Tian and Liu Heng, he sent people to capture Xia Song.
After spending half a month, there was still no trace of Xia Song.
After Xia Song left Bianjing City, he was like a mud cow entering the sea, and there was no trace of him.
Kou Ji felt that unless Xia Song jumped out in the future, it would be difficult to catch Xia Song.
It is worth mentioning that.
This person is Yan Shu.
He was not burned to death in Liu E's palace.
When Zhao Zhen stole the dragon and turned into a phoenix, Yan Shu was abandoned by Liu E and did not follow Liu E.
When Zhao Yuanzuo led his troops to chase Liu E, Yan Shu found an opportunity to escape and escaped from Liu E's palace.
He was like a mouse in the palace, hiding for two days.
He was eventually captured by Chen Lin's men and delivered to Kou Ji.
This person is a celebrity whose name will go down in history.
It's a pity that Kou Ji has no intention of rescuing him.
He was involved in such things as rebellion and was named a repeat offender. It was difficult for Kou Ji to rescue him.
It's not like there aren't celebrities who have gone down in history who died at the hands of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji doesn't mind one more.
In mid-April.
As soon as possible, the family members of the criminal officials who had been killed by the nine tribes were all escorted to Bianjing City.
Kou Ji put on his official uniform and rushed to Caishikou.
Accompanying the Minister of Punishment, he beheaded the prisoners and their family members.
Dozens of executioners slashed and killed for ten days before killing all the prisoners and their family members.
After Kou Jijian finished beheading him and returned to Kou Zhun, he was sent on another mission by Kou Zhun.
Kou Ji led the entire Ministry of Industry to preside over the reconstruction work after the military disaster in Bianjing City.
Early May.
The important ministers who went to various places to suppress rebellions all returned in triumph.
A grand celebration was held in the palace to celebrate them.
at the same time.
After discussing with Li Di and Lu Yijian, Kou Zhun made major changes to the court system.
The two Dragon God Guards who originally guarded the Imperial City were dismissed from their duties of guarding the Imperial City and moved from the Imperial City to the military camp outside the city.
The heavy responsibility of guarding the imperial city fell on the heads of Tianwu and Pengri armies.
The Tianwu and Pengri armies began to guard the three gates of Bianjing City.
Some positions in the Tianwu and Pengri armies also made major changes.
also.
After Li Zhen was executed.
The three divisions are leaderless.
Kou Zhun, together with the two chief ministers of the inner court, deposed the third division after deliberation, and distributed the power of the third division to the six divisions.
The military envoys of each palace did not perform their due duties during the rebellion. Except for the envoys of Jingling Palace and Yanfu Palace, all other military envoys were dismissed.
Power was divided among six departments.
The power of the six ministries has been unprecedentedly strengthened.
Except for the Ministry of War, the other five departments have become complete yamen with real power.
The Sixth Department became the largest government office with real power besides the inner court and the Privy Council.
In addition to the institutional changes in the imperial court.
The changes in officials are also huge.
The Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan rebelled, and countless officials were involved.
Liu E was planning behind the scenes, and many officials were involved.
After these officials were eliminated, many empty seats were left in the court.
Under the auspices of Kou Zhun, the officials in the court made a major change.
Gao Chugong, who was awarded the title of Privy Envoy for his meritorious service, took over Cao Lili's position.
Xue Tian found an advantage and joined the inner court and became a political advisor.
Zhang Zhibai was transferred from Nanjing to Bianjing and served as Minister of Rites.
Kou Ji was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel and served as the powerful official Cao Shangshu.
Wang Qinruo, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, was beheaded, and there was no Shangshu in the Ministry of Personnel. Therefore, Kou Ji, a powerful official named Cao Shangshu, could be regarded as the biggest person in charge of the Ministry of Personnel.
Wang Zeng still serves as the Minister of Punishment.
The post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs was held by Zhang Shixun, the former magistrate of Jiangning and a bachelor of Jixian Palace.
The position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry was held by Wang Yunsheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
To Kou Ji's surprise, there were great changes in the Minister of War.
If Kou Ji is willing to do so, Cao Wei will continue to sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.
Unexpectedly, the imperial court promoted Cao Wei to the position of deputy privy envoy and held him in high esteem.
Li Zhaoliang was appointed Minister of War.
Kou Ji thought about it carefully and understood the court's intention of doing this.
After the Cao family expressed their loyalty and Kou Ji strongly recommended it, Cao Yi took the position of manager of Yizijiaozipu.
Empress Cao, recommended by Kou Zhun, became the legitimate ruler of the Sixth Palace.
The power of the Cao family suddenly became very huge.
Naturally, the imperial court needed to put some restrictions in place to prevent the Cao family from becoming too powerful.
First there was Zhou Huaizheng's rebellion, and then there was the Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan's rebellion. Officials in both the government and the public had become very sensitive, and naturally they did not want to see similar things happen.
After several years of hard work, he finally saw the results, and Kou Ji was very happy.
So I asked the court for a two-month leave and planned to send it off properly.
Kou Zhun did not leave the palace in a hurry, and stayed in the palace for a long time to handle government affairs.
Zhao Zhen was comforted by Kou Ji and Empress Cao, and he felt much better and reappeared in the court.
Kou Zhun gave up his choice and returned to the outside of the city to continue to establish his own school.
But not long after Kou Zhun returned to the house, Li Di came to the door.
Li Di arrived at Kou Mansion. As soon as he entered the gate of Kou Mansion's courtyard, he saw Kou Ji supporting Xiang Yan while walking his legs.
A chubby, round fat guy was crawling on all fours behind Kou and Ji in a naive manner.
Li Di saw Kou Ji carefully supporting Xiang Yan, and said slightly dissatisfied: "Kou Libu, Yan Yatou has been pregnant for less than two months and has not yet shown her pregnancy. You act like this. Are you making a fuss out of a molehill?"
"
Ever since I learned that Liu Heng had a son and Cao Yi's two concubines were also pregnant.
Kou Ji worked hard not to be outdone, and after a lot of hard work, he successfully got Xiang Yan pregnant with a child.
After Xiang Yan became pregnant, the people in Kou Mansion and Xiang Mansion were extremely excited.
Kou Zhun would come back and take a look every day after finishing the trivial matters on the school construction site.
With only one breath left, Xiang Min was in mourning. He made a fuss and moved to Kou's house. He insisted on taking a look at Xiang Yan's flat belly every day and asked someone to help Xiang Yan diagnose her pulse. After confirming that it was a happy pulse
, will fall asleep.
Under the influence of the two old men, Kou Ji also became very nervous.
In my free time every day, I always support Xiang Yan for a walk.
Kou Ji supported Xiang Yan and heard Li Di's voice of dissatisfaction. He curled his lips and said, "You care... My grandfather is watching the craftsmen building houses on the middle of the mountain. You can find my grandfather and go to the mountain..."
Now Kou Ji can be regarded as a high official in the court.
I am qualified to speak loudly to Li Di.
When Li Di heard Kou Ji's words, he blew his beard and glared: "You brat, you lost your temper just after you got promoted. You don't have any etiquette at all. Is this what your grandfather taught you?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "My grandfather told you not to look down upon you when he saw you. He also said that if you hadn't stopped him, the money given by the officials and the queen would have been enough for him to train tens of thousands of students from poor families for the court.
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He said that you obviously come from a poor family, but you are unwilling to seek benefits for students from a poor family. You have a bad conscience and asked me to stop interacting with you."