Zhang Yuan didn't want to admit it with his mouth, nor did he want to admit it in his heart.
But what Kou Ji said was exactly the same as what he did.
He clearly knows that he has the ability to make those horse thieves loyal to him, and he also knows that he has the ability to make those horse thieves willingly die for him.
But he never sincerely recruited those horse thieves, and he never thought of using those horse thieves to help him complete the orders given by Kou Ji.
He felt that he was helping Kou Ji to do things, and Kou Ji was able to provide him with a steady stream of manpower, so he didn't need to bother recruiting horse thieves.
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan coldly, "Do you think that I have been letting the fish swim and the horse patrol guards guarding you? But have you ever thought that I have also been letting the fish swim and the horse guards guarding you?
Yuyou and the patrolling horse guards work together to guard against you.
If you join hands with Yuyou, you can guard against the patrolling horse guards.
You and the patrolling horse guards join hands to prevent fish from swimming."
Zhang Yuan's eyes widened in shock, staring at Kou Ji in disbelief.
Kou Ji sneered: "Are you surprised?"
Although Zhang Yuan was unwilling to admit it, he still nodded stiffly.
Kou Ji continued: "There is nothing surprising. I am a superior person. If I want to use you, I will naturally have to guard against you. It has nothing to do with trust, but a simple means in the field of power.
This is an upright conspiracy, and it is also a method that everyone who has experienced the test of power must master.
Yuyou knew it in his heart, and so did the patrolling horse guards.
Only you don’t know."
Zhang Yuan's face turned pale, he pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "The patrolling horse guards are obviously so loyal to you..."
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuandao with a smile but not a smile: "I will put the biggest secret on you, and give you tyrannical power, and then let you out without any restraints or precautions. What will you do?"
Zhang Yuan said without any hesitation: "Either we are in trouble day and night, or we lead troops to rebel."
Kou Ji was stunned and showed a satisfied look in front of Zhang Yuan for the first time.
"Fortunately, you didn't say anything about being loyal, otherwise I would look down on you."
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan and continued: "I have never doubted the loyalty of the patrolling horse guards, so I put people on guard against them, not to prevent them from rebelling. But I was afraid that they would have random thoughts and be uneasy day and night.
They grew up in the Song Dynasty and have become accustomed to the rules of the Song Dynasty where you guard me and I guard you.
If there are no rules, they will not adapt.
If you don't adapt, you will have random thoughts and waste your willpower.
They are warriors, and warriors should fight on the battlefield instead of being weakened by those scheming things."
Kou Ji stared at Zhang Yuan and asked, "You don't naively think that without you and Yuyou, the patrolling horse guards would not be able to establish a foothold in the Western Regions, right?"
Zhang Yuan shook his head decisively.
The patrolling horse guards who crawled out from the blood sea of corpses were a little more straightforward, but they were definitely not stupid.
It's impossible for a fool to survive repeated fights.
Without him and Yuyou, the Xunma Guard soldiers would still be able to gain a foothold in the Western Regions.
They will make the errands assigned by Kou Ji simpler and purer.
When Kou Ji saw Zhang Yuan nodding, he continued: "I arranged for you and Yu You to enter the Western Region, just to tell all the horse patrol officers frankly that you two are my people, and you will keep an eye on them."
After a pause, Kou Ji said quietly: "The same principle applies to you and Yuyou."
"this……"
Zhang Yuan spoke in disbelief, but was speechless.
Kou Ji sighed, "Yu You understood my thoughts, and so did the patrolling horse guards. So even though they knew that someone was restraining them, they still did not show any dissatisfaction and never mentioned it.
passed this matter.
Because they know in their hearts that these are the rules they are familiar with, and they still live within the rules they are familiar with.
Therefore, they can live together peacefully and happily, and even have a life-long relationship with each other.
They can both do whatever they want as long as it doesn't violate their respective missions."
"But you, Zhang Yuan, are different. In your eyes, an honest conspiracy has turned into a conspiracy, suspicion, and distrust. You have always felt that I was on guard against you, and that I was deliberately targeting you.
You have always thought from your own point of view, but you have never thought from my point of view, nor from the point of view of a patrol horse guard or a fish swimmer.
So you always feel that you are an outsider under me."
"You have always regarded the patrolling horse guards and Yuyou as outsiders, so you have never thought about integrating into them. If you are not willing to treat them as life and death friends and do not trust them, how can they be willing to treat you as life and death friends?
, trust you?"
Kou Ji talked a lot.
Zhang Yuan stood there stunned as if he had been struck by lightning.
There was nothing wrong with what Koji said in his accusation.
The three-party checks and balances, the aboveboard conspiracy, and the rules that Kou Ji mentioned all came to his mind in an instant.
He began to carefully recall every moment of his time with Yuyou and the patrolling horse guards.
Everything seems to be exactly as Kou Ji said.
From the beginning.
Kou Ji didn't use any conspiracy or tricks to deal with him, he always used fair and honest schemes.
It's because he thinks too much.
He felt from the beginning that Kou Ji would deliberately target him, so he often speculated on Kou Ji's thoughts with malicious intentions.
When Zhang Yuan was stunned, Kou Ji slowly stood up, walked to Zhang Yuan, patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder and said: "You are very smart, but unfortunately your mind is too narrow-minded, so your cleverness is mistaken for your cleverness.
It's obviously a very simple thing, but you think it's very complicated.
Chen and Kou were sent to you by me.
Do you know what I told them when I first met them?"
Zhang Yuan slowly came back to his senses and said in a daze: "You tell them to guard against me. Once I have disobedience, they can get rid of me at any time."
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "I didn't say anything like that. I just told them to follow you. What they want to do and how they want to treat you all depends on the thoughts of the patrolling horse guards and Yu You.
It was you who took the initiative to be on the opposite side of the patrolling horse guards and Yu You. You were always unwilling to blend in with them, making them think you had different intentions.
Hence their hostility towards you.
Chen and Kou have become hostile to you because of this."
Zhang Yuan opened his mouth in shock.
Kou Ji put his hands behind his back and walked out. As he walked, he said: "Zhang Yuan, you are very smart and talented, but I don't have to use you.
There are thousands of talented people in the Song Dynasty, and there are even more people who are willing to be used by me.
It’s not like there aren’t people who have the ability to replace you.
If I were really afraid that you would harm me when you get older, you wouldn't be alive today.
I didn't originally plan to tell you these words, nor did I plan to tell anyone else.
But my patrolling horse guards have suffered too many losses in the Western Region, and I don't want to see them make unnecessary sacrifices again.
In the past, we did not have strong troops, so we had to use human lives to get rid of the pile.
Now that we have strong troops, we don't need to take human lives anymore.
You still have a chance to integrate into them, and you also have a chance to return to the Song Dynasty.
Don't let me down."
As soon as Kou Ji finished speaking, the figure had disappeared into the main hall of the city lord's mansion.
Zhang Yuan was left alone, standing blankly in the main hall of the city lord's palace.
Kou Ji's words had a great impact on Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan never thought that the actual appearance of things was completely different from what he thought.
He always felt that Kou Ji was guarding him because he didn't trust him.
But he never thought that Kou Ji should guard against him.
Shouldn't a powerful minister, risking his huge connections, send people to amass wealth in the Western Regions, seize horses, kill people, split the soil and seal the territory? Shouldn't he be on guard?
If the news leaks out, or something goes wrong.
So who will suffer first?
he?
Fish swimming?
Patrolling Horse Guards?!
None.
The first to suffer was Kou Ji.
As the mastermind behind Kou Ji, once it was known that he had sent people to commit misdeeds in the Western Regions, tearing apart the soil and sealing off the borders, the imperial palace in Bianjing would be filled with memorials to impeach him.
Even though Kou Ji had a close relationship with the official Zhao Zhen.
Under the general trend, the official Zhao Zhen may be able to save Kou Ji's life, but he may not be able to save Kou Ji's official title.
When it comes to matters in the Western Regions, Kou Ji can be said to have staked his entire career.
Compared with Kou Ji's career, what are they?
People like them, even if they died more than a dozen times in the Western Regions, could not compare to a single step in Kou Ji's official career.
Anyone who understands the situation in the Great Song Dynasty will understand how brilliant Kou Ji's career will be in the future.
With such a splendid career, shouldn't we be careful when betting on them?
Killing people without even a disagreement shows that Kou Ji is very kind.
If someone from Cao, Gao, Pan and other families had replaced Kou Ji, I'm afraid Zhang Yuan's head would have been hung on the flagpole on top of the city to dry.
"My thinking is too narrow-minded..."
"I have always thought that I am far smarter than other people, but I didn't expect that I can't even see through such a simple truth..."
"Those idiots all know the truth, but I don't understand..."
"..."
"Plop..."
"Hahaha……"
Zhang Yuan collapsed on the ground, laughing loudly with tears on his face.
He always felt that Kou Ji was a villain, a villain who had been deliberately targeting him.
Only now did I realize that Kou Ji was not a bad person.
Not only is he not a villain, he is actually much kinder than the average villain.
He felt that heaven had played a big joke on him.
Kou Zhong actually held a weak spot in his hand.
But that is a weakness in the eyes of others, but in Zhang Yuan's eyes, it is not a weakness.
Zhang Yuan is sure that Kou Ji has never regarded that as a weakness.
Kou Ji had threatened him with that weakness.
But that's just words.
Because Koji never threatened him with that weakness and asked him to do something he didn't want to do.
It's more of a scare, and maybe a bit of a bad taste.
…
When Kou Ji left the city lord's mansion, he saw the leader of the horse patrol arriving in front of the city lord's palace, telling the other men of the horse guards about his feat of punishing his unfilial nephew.
As soon as I saw Kou Ji appear.
The leader of the patrolling horse guards took the initiative to step forward, glanced at the city lord's palace behind Kou Ji, and said to Kou Ji doubtfully: "Young master, what did you say to that guy Zhang Yuan? Why is he so happy?"
Kou Ji did not answer the question from the leader of the patrolling horse guards, but ordered: "Don't deliberately target Zhang Yuan in the future, he just has a gloomy temper."
The leader of the patrolling horse guard laughed dryly and said: "Young master, please don't embarrass the little people. Although Zhang Yuan is somewhat capable, he is unwilling to talk to his brothers. He is very much like the supervisors in the army in the past.
In order to avoid being stabbed in the back by him, brothers should be on guard against him."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "I was a little unsure about this person before, but now I can more or less figure it out."
The leader of the patrol horse guard hesitated for a moment, "I will go back and talk to the other brothers. But I cannot guarantee that the other brothers will accept him. The minds of the brothers are all open, and no one can deceive them."
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said no more.
Just as the leader of the patrolling horse guards said, the patrolling horse guards are very smart and it is difficult for anyone to deceive them.
If Zhang Yuan is not willing to have a heart-to-heart relationship with them, it will be difficult for them to accept Zhang Yuan.
This cannot be forced.
I hope Zhang Yuan can repent after his reminder.
"Let's get out of the city... People outside the city should be waiting impatiently..."
Kou Ji gave an order.
The leader of the horse guards mounted his horse, took the other men of the horse guards, and followed Kou Ji out of the city.
What Kou Ji said to Zhang Yuan today was completely different from what he said to Liu Heng.
What Kou Ji told Zhang Yuan was true, but what he told Liu Heng was half-truth and half-lie.
It's not that he deliberately lied to Liu Heng.
But he was unwilling to let Liu Heng learn his own way of doing things.
From a long time ago, Kou Ji discovered that some of Liu Heng's ways of doing things were learned from him.
Liu Heng's father, Liu Mei, was a half-baked politician.
There wasn't much he could teach Liu Heng.
There is only one way to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
If Liu Heng pursues a serious official career, the methods Liu Mei teaches him will be enough for him to protect himself.
But now Liu Heng is not pursuing a serious official career.
Liu Heng is now walking the path of an eagle and a dog.
The methods Liu Mei taught him were obviously not enough.
Taking the path of the eagle and the dog is not suitable for seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, nor is it suitable for conspiracy.
Otherwise, you will die miserably.
Kou Ji didn't want Liu Heng to die early.
It was most correct for Liu Heng to learn the layout from him and how to use intrigues to survive among the many hawks and dogs.
Liu Heng's opponent is different from Kou Ji's opponent.
Kou Ji's opponents are all visible, they are all visible and tangible, and they can be used for conspiracy and conspiracy.
Liu Heng's opponents are all guys who are hiding in secret, and all of them are people with dark minds.
For example, Chen Lin, for example, the Wude company official whom I have never met before.
Chen Lin, that old guy, can easily trick people to death while talking and laughing.
Although Kou Ji has never met Wude Company, the fact that Wude Company has not shown his true face since he took office till now is enough to show that he is a guy who is good at using conspiracy and tricks.
Neither of them are easy characters to deal with.
If Liu Heng didn't know some tricks and tricks, he would be played to death by Chen Lin and Wude Company.