"The imperial court sending troops is not a child's play. It is not the time for you to show your temper."
Li Di reminded in a deep voice.
Kou Ji said seriously: "What kind of temper do I have? You are obviously really bullying good people. In the past, when the imperial armament was under the supervision of the general, why didn't the imperial court default on the payment for the ordnance construction?"
Not only was there no arrears, but the payment was very pleasant, and even more was given.
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Now that the power to cast ordnance has fallen to the Ministry of Industry and legal merchants, why are they not willing to pay?
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Kou Ji hummed and said, "You can get back the money spent on building the palace from the officials."
Li Di glared and said: "Any money can be recovered, but this money cannot be recovered."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said: "The inner treasury of the official family is now extremely rich..."
Kou Jiyuan knows better than Li Di how much money Zhao Zhen has in his internal treasury.
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There is a large amount of money in Zhao Zhen's inner treasury that was taken away from his house.
Li Di snorted coldly: "The officials said you are richer..."
Kou Ji looked stunned.
Zhao Zhen is not loyal.
Kou Ji said angrily: "That's my money, it has nothing to do with anyone else. In short, if the court doesn't give you money, don't even think about getting it."
Li Di said with a stern face: "You can hand over the craftsman who made the Hundred Tigers Running Together, and let the court create the Hundred Tigers Running Together."
Kou Ji was stunned, curled his lips and said, "I'm afraid that won't work..."
Li Di stared and said coldly: "Why not? Do you still want to hide the weapon of the military and the country in your own hands?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "The craftsmen who made hundreds of tigers running together are very busy..."
Li Di said displeasedly: "A small craftsman is called by the imperial court, but he dare not come."
Kou Ji shook his head calmly and said: "If the imperial court really wanted to recruit people, he would not dare not come. It's just that he was also busy with official affairs, and he didn't have much time to help the imperial court make ordnance, nor did he have time to teach the methods of making ordnance.
To others.”
"bass!"
Li Di stood up suddenly and stared in shock, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"A Hundred Tigers Running Together, were you the one who created it?"
Kou Ji spread his hands and said calmly: "Otherwise? If an ordinary craftsman created such a military weapon, he would have asked the court for credit and reward, so how could he give it to the court for free?
That is to say, after I create a military weapon, I will give it to the court for free.
After all, the things the imperial court rewards craftsmen are like fly legs to me."
Li Di stared at Kou Ji and said angrily: "So...were you just teasing me?"
Kou Ji slumped down on the seat and curled his lips and said, "Didn't you tease me first?"
Li Di gritted his teeth and said: "The imperial court can give money, but the imperial court has no money now, so it will be on credit first."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Can the craftsmen be hungry first?"
"You can pay in advance..."
"The private treasury of the Kou government is not the national treasury. How about you ask the Cao family, Gao family, Pan family and other families to move some money from their private treasury for use?"
"But now the court really has no money!"
"You can borrow money from Yizijiaozipu..."
"..."
"Okay! Loan!"
"..."
Li Di compromised.
Kou Ji smiled and asked Li Di to sit down, and said earnestly: "Grandpa Li, there are court rules for doing things in the court. You can't break the court rules just to do things.
Today you took away the ordnance from the steel forging workshop without spending any money.
Tomorrow, others can take away other things from other merchants without spending any money.
This wind must not rise."
Li Di said angrily: "You don't need to lecture me. If it weren't for the remaining money in the treasury to support Zhu Neng's expedition, I wouldn't be willing to make such a fool of you.
Do you think I don’t know the harm of doing this?
But Zhu Neng's expedition was about to begin, so he continued to have money, food, and weapons.
I can't deduct Zhu Neng's salary, right?
If it was because of missing part of the food and salary, our great Song Dynasty heroes would be buried in the Western Regions.
How can I live peacefully for the rest of my life?"
What Li Di said was so tragic, Kou Ji felt bad when he heard it.
He pondered for a moment.
Kou Ji said: "I can give Zhu Neng the hundred tigers running together. It will not hinder his expedition, and it will not let the sons of the Song Dynasty die in the Western Regions due to lack of food and grass."
Li Di's anger dissipated a bit, and he glared at Kou Ji and hummed, "I guess you still have some conscience."
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice and said: "I am also an important minister in the court, so naturally I have to consider important affairs of the country."
When Li Di heard this, he became very angry, "You still know that you are an important minister in the court. I thought you had forgotten your identity and just thought you were a profiteer."
Kou Ji smiled dryly and stopped arguing with Li Di.
Li Di sat on the seat and snorted coldly for a long time. After the anger in his heart dissipated a little, he said: "I came to you this time, except to discuss things about Hundred Tigers Running Together.
There is one more thing I want to ask you for."
Kou Ji cupped his hands and said, "Grandpa Li, just ask."
Li Di snorted coldly: "Ever since you entered Bianjing City, the executioner's sword has not been sealed, and the people who have been killed one by one are all officials of the DPRK. The imperial court has abolished the punishment department, generals and prisons, and various officials.
The palace envoy abolished the three divisions.
Some officials were transferred, but there were still not enough.
So after discussing with the officials, the three of me are planning to add Enke."
Kou Ji was a little confused when he heard Li Di's words.
In the Song Dynasty, which had serious redundancy of officials and personnel, there were times when there were not enough officials?
This is simply a miracle!
Li Di seemed to have read Kou Ji's thoughts and snorted coldly: "After your boy entered Bianjing City, he exposed the erysipelas case. Thousands of officials were implicated, and each of them was either beheaded or exiled.
Zhou Huaizheng's rebellion also implicated hundreds of officials.
When Lu Yijian inspected Daitian, he killed many people.
When your boy was in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he tricked hundreds of officials to death.
When there was a flood in Bianjing City and Chang Pingcang was investigated and dealt with, I and Wang Zeng killed hundreds of people and exiled thousands of officials.
There were rebellions in various places and they were killed by the rebels. There were thousands of officials dismissed by the court for dereliction of duty.
The Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan rebelled, and countless officials were implicated.
The imperial court has beheaded people for several years, how many officials from both the government and the public are left?"
After listening to Li Di's words, Kou Ji felt a little guilty.
Li Di's above-mentioned killings of officials almost all have his shadow behind them.
"The officials involved in the erysipelas case brought it upon themselves. It would be better for me to expose the matter in advance than for it to continue to brew. If the official family is in trouble because of this matter, when the case is discovered, they will surely
More people will be killed.
When I was in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I also acted according to the wishes of the officials.
How many people died during my tenure as a civil servant has nothing to do with me.
All benefited from the official family..."
The more Kou Ji spoke, the softer his voice became.
Because Li Di's face was full of sarcasm.
Kou Ji stopped trying to excuse himself and said with a dry laugh: "Isn't there an unwritten rule in the imperial court that states that a doctor cannot be punished?"
Li Di snorted coldly: "Wang Qinruo was cut into more than a dozen pieces by the officials. Do you think the court still has rules for punishing doctors? You hung the heads of Li Shen, Yan Shu and others on the market entrance for public display. You
Do you think the rule that punishing a doctor is not worthy of punishment still exists?"
Kou Ji smiled dryly, "Let's talk about business... Let's talk about business... If the official wants to recruit Enke, what does it have to do with me?"
Li Di curled his lips and said: "This encore will be hosted by you, Zhang Zhibai, and Zhang Shixun."
Kou Ji looked suspicious.
He has already recruited a batch of students, and logically speaking, he should not be appointed to preside over the imperial examination so soon.
Kou Ji asked uncertainly: "Did you recommend me?"
Li Di rolled his eyes, "I can't let you serve as examiner for two consecutive terms."
Kou Ji was even more confused, "Why is that?"
Li Di hesitated for a moment, then let out a deep sigh, "Who said your grandfather was so famous?"
Kou Ji blinked, still not understanding what Li Di meant.
Li Di explained: "The number of Jinshi scholars that the imperial court wants to recruit this time will reach the highest level in history. In order to attract more talented people, the imperial court intends to borrow your grandfather's name.
It's just that your grandfather is currently busy running a school and has no intention of being an examiner.
So you can only be the examiner.
You are your grandfather's only grandson.
If you serve as an examiner, it is equivalent to your grandfather serving as an examiner."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it because you blocked the official family and the queen gave my grandfather money, but my grandfather didn't want to talk to you, so you just settled for the next best thing?"
Li Di was exposed and said angrily: "I'm just asking you if you agree?!"
"Promise! Promise! This is a good thing, how can you not agree!"
Kou Ji said hurriedly.
The imperial court insisted on recruiting disciples to his disciples, why didn't he agree?
"Hmph! In autumn, a decree will be sent to you for you to serve as the examiner of Kaifeng Prefecture's Qiu Wei."
Li Di dropped these words, waved his sleeves and left the main hall of the Kou Mansion.
Exited the main hall.
A proud smile appeared on Li Di's face, and he muttered: "If you are as cunning as a ghost, you still have to drink my foot-washing water. If you have two thousand tigers running together, you can get a lot of money."
I have saved the court another fortune."
"Grandpa Li, don't forget the 30% tax exemption for steel forging workshops you mentioned before. Otherwise, the two thousand Hundred Tigers Gallop given to Zhu Neng will have to be exchanged for real gold and silver."
Kou Ji's voice sounded behind Li Di.
The smile on Li Di's face froze and he stamped his feet angrily.
"Shuzi! Don't even think about it."
"Hehehehe... Not only do I have a hundred tigers galloping together, but I also have Firebolts, Meteor Arrows, Divine Arm Crossbows and other useful weapons. Unless the imperial court doesn't want these weapons."
(Note: The divine arm crossbow was invented by a craftsman named Li Hong in Xixia during the Shenzong period of the Song Dynasty.)
"..."
Li Di was so angry that he was so angry that he left the Kou Mansion without looking back.
Kou Ji appeared outside the main hall of Kou Mansion with a smile on his face.
In fact, with Kou Ji's current financial resources, he could completely give away weapons such as Hundreds of Tigers and Firebolts and Meteor Arrows to the court for free.
But he didn't do that.
Because things given away for free will not only not be cherished, but will also encourage the greed of some people in the court.
Over time.
Some people in the imperial court regarded the steel forging workshop as a place where wool was collected.
Whenever something happens, I will take a handful of it.
Until the steel forging workshops are reduced to non-existence.
Kou Ji has a deep understanding of the principle of promoting rice and fighting against rice and hatred.
Not long after Li Di returned to Bianjing City.
The tax exemption document for the steel forging workshop was sent to the Kou Mansion.
After Kou Ji got the tax exemption document, he generously asked people to send the stock of Hundred Tigers Running together, as well as the Hundred Tigers Running in the hands of the Tiger Character Army, to the military camp where the Dragon Guard Army was stationed.
Anyway, to Kou Ji, Hundred Tigers Running Together is just a manufactured and overused thing.
After handing it over, the Tiger Character Army will have something better.
Three days later.
Outside Wansheng Gate (West Gate of Bianjing City).
Zhu Neng led the 30,000-strong Dragon Guard Army and embarked on the journey with great courage.
Xue Tian sat on a carriage and followed the army led by Zhu Neng with a sad look on his face.
Obviously, going to Shazhou was not what he wanted.
It was probably because the three chief ministers in the inner court couldn't decide who should supervise the army, so they chose to draw lots.
Xue Tian unfortunately won the lottery.
Then there is no way to refuse.
That's why he took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as a supervisor in the court.
In fact, when Zhu Neng asked the court for a battle, he deliberately took the two Dragon God guards out to train them.
It's just that I didn't get permission from the court.
The imperial court felt that an expedition to Shazhou and the dispatch of the Dragon Guards would be enough.
The two guards of Dragon God came out together, some of them mobilized troops and mobilized the crowd.
and.
This trip to Shazhou was to fight in deserts, Gobi deserts, vast grasslands and other terrains, which was a great test for the transportation of baggage.
The more troops and horses there are, the more baggage is needed.
Not only is it not conducive to combat, it can sometimes become a burden.
Although the imperial court did not allow the Dragon God and the two guards to come out together.
But the imperial court also gave Zhu Neng a certain degree of autonomy.
When necessary, Zhu Neng could ask for help from Zhong Shiheng on Xiping Road or the defenders of Xining Prefecture.
At the same time, you can also recruit civilian husbands to escort the baggage to fight.
When we went to Shazhou, there were only 30,000 Long Guard troops fighting, but there were 60,000 civilians who could be recruited.
Some of them were common people, and some were surrendered soldiers who had followed the Eighth Prince Zhao Yuanyan to cause rebellion before the imperial court had time to assassinate his wife.
Kou Ji jumped on his horse and sent Zhu Neng twenty miles away.
In order to make Zhu Neng's life more comfortable while fighting in Shazhou, Kou Ji prepared many small things for Zhu Neng.
These include steel kettles, compact compasses and other items.
And some small items for survival in deserts and swamps.
Zhu Neng has been fighting for many years. He knows a little about how to fight in various terrains and how to deal with problems that arise in various terrains, and he has prepared some things himself.
But when Kou Ji gave him some small items, he accepted them happily.
Because that was Kou Ji's heart.
Moreover, Zhu Neng looked at compasses, steel kettles and other items that were new to him, and he couldn't help but pick them up and play with them.
After Zhu Neng accepted Kou Ji's things, he promised Kou Ji that after he helped rescue Shazhou from the siege, he would find Cao Xianshun, the governor of the Guiyi Army, and ask for some gold and beauties to send back to Kou Ji.