Kou Ji refused Yang Wenguang's more detailed inspection and said with a smile.
After Yang Wenguang confirmed that Kou Ji was not injured, he let out a sigh of relief. After his eyes fell on the corpse at Kou Ji's feet, his pupils shrank and he exclaimed: "Did you kill Cao Xianshun?"
Kou Ji did not deny it and nodded slowly.
Yang Wenguang stamped his feet and said with a grimace: "You are in big trouble..."
No matter how unbearable Cao Xianshun was, he was still recognized as the leader of the Song Dynasty.
The leader of one department should have the dignity of the leader of another department. Even if he wants to be executed, he must report it to the court and let the court make a decision before making the decision.
Kou Ji secretly massacred Cao Xianshun, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would definitely use this to impeach Kou Ji.
Kou Ji heard Yang Wenguang's words, patted the Emperor's Sword on his waist, smiled calmly and said: "What does the official slaughter have to do with me?"
Yang Wenguang was stunned, glanced at the Emperor's Sword at Kou Ji's waist, and said in a confused tone: "If the officials recognize it, then it makes sense. If the officials don't recognize it, it will be a big trouble."
Kou Ji said disapprovingly: "The official Mr. Xu is in charge of the affairs of the states in the Western Regions, so everything I did in the Western Regions was done under the instruction of the officials. Even if there are mistakes, the officials must bear half of it.
Even if the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty want to use this to impeach me, they must first impeach the officials."
Yang Wenguang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He glanced at Kou Ji and said, "Don't the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty think so?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Then throw money at them until they shut up."
Yang Wenguang stared in shock, "Bribery?"
"Oh?!"
Kou Ji smiled mockingly, "They deserve it too."
Yang Wenguang asked doubtfully: "Then how can we throw money at them to shut them up?"
Kou Ji smiled and explained: "Of course, 70% of what was captured this time was dedicated to the imperial court. The Shazhou Uighurs occupied Shazhou, Guazhou, and Suzhou. For four or five generations, they served as governors of the Guiyi Army for seven or eight years.
The accumulated wealth is countless.
The wealth accumulated by those Uighur nobles in Shazhou was also very rich.
Seventy percent was seized, which should be very rich.
We donated so much money to the imperial court and sent it to the national treasury.
Who do you think the officials, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others who are so poor will speak for?"
Yang Wenguang muttered: "We have donated a huge amount of money, which is naturally a great achievement. But I am afraid that the civil and military officials of the court will not let you go easily."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "Then I will stay in Shazhou for a few years, and when they can easily let me go, I will go back. They can't come to Shazhou to bite me, right?"
Yang Wenguang instantly became speechless.
If Kou Ji really acted according to his bachelor's ideas, the civil and military officials in the court would really be unable to do anything to him.
Go to Shazhou to cause trouble for Kou Ji?
I'm afraid that if I enter the Qingtang boundary, I will be killed.
The Yuanshan tribe warriors in the outer city obeyed Kou Ji's orders very much.
Yang Wenguang speculated that it might be because Kou Ji had a fatal friendship with the leader of the Yuanshan tribe.
Since there is friendship, Kou Ji can use Kou Ji's methods to dispatch the Yuanshan tribe's warriors anytime and anywhere.
Yang Wenguang witnessed with his own eyes how powerful the warriors of the Yuanshan tribe were.
Those powerful warriors became unbelievably strong after putting on the armaments sent by Kou Ji.
To capture them would probably be more difficult than overturning an iron kite.
Kou Ji came from the Western Regions and was protected by such powerful soldiers and horses. No one could do anything to him.
Seeing Yang Wenguang fall into silence, Kou Ji smiled calmly and said, "Don't think so much. Take your people and clean up the palace quickly. Then move the seized money into the palace. After counting the amount, report it to me."
.
From now on, we will handle military affairs in this palace."
Yang Wenguang smiled bitterly, nodded and left the palace.
Then he sent soldiers from the army to clean up the palace.
The corpses in the palace were carried out of the palace. Except for Cao Xianshun's corpse, the other corpses were sent outside the palace and thrown into the raging fire for burning.
The blood stains on the ground were washed away.
A few hours later, the palace was cleaned up.
It's like nothing happened.
Carloads of money were transported to the palace and filled several warehouses in the palace.
When Yang Wenguang walked into the palace hall with the list, Kou Ji was interviewing the belated clerks, counselors, and military supervisors.
A large group of civil servants, holding knives in their hands, stared at Kou Ji sitting on the steps under the throne with complicated eyes.
Kou Ji ignored them, but stared at Fan Zhongyan, who was pale and with cold sweat on his forehead, and said quietly: "Didn't I tell you to recuperate in the camp?"
An ugly smile appeared on Fan Zhongyan's face, "You have summoned all the clerks, counselors, and military supervisors. Naturally, the subordinate officials will not dare to neglect."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "The matters that need you to deal with here have been almost dealt with. I will handle the rest. I have arranged a room for you in the palace, and you will recuperate in the palace from now on.
The craftsmen in my house will go back to your room to help you check your injuries, but you are not allowed to run around."
Fan Zhongyan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much for the imperial envoy's generous gift."
Kou Ji waved his hand, and Fan Zhongyan held his hand again and walked out of the hall.
After taking two steps, he heard Kou Ji's voice behind him, "Does your meat taste good?"
Fan Zhongyan paused, turned around, and laughed softly: "It melts in your mouth, very sweet..."
Kou Ji sighed and warned: "Don't do stupid things anymore...remain useful and do great things...If you really go to the point of eating meat and drinking blood, then you should also eat the flesh of the enemy and drink the blood of the enemy."
Blood……"
Fan Zhongyan cupped his hands and said, "The imperial envoy's teachings should be remembered by your subordinates."
"Go down..."
"Here..."
Fan Zhongyan responded and exited the hall.
Kou Ji's eyes fell on the supervisors, clerks, and counselors, and he curled his lips and said: "It's easy for you... You can leave..."
When one of the supervisors heard what Kou Ji said, he opened his eyes and gritted his teeth: "Envoy Kou called us here late at night, gave us swords, and didn't ask us to do anything. Now he wants to drive us away. He's just kidding.
Us?
Don’t you think that Commissioner Kou needs to give us an explanation?”
Kou Ji was happy when he heard this, "Who gave you the courage to ask me to give an explanation? What qualifications do you have to ask me to give an explanation to you? Are you worthy?"
"Kou Qin sent us here, and everyone knows why. You are obviously resentful that we are preparing to impeach you, so you are secretly seeking public benefit for your own benefit, and want to kill us through the hands of the enemy.
We have seen through your methods, shouldn't you give us an explanation?"
The supervisors questioned Kou Ji loudly.
Hearing this, Kou Ji sneered, "I want to kill you, so why bother with the help of others?"
"Come here, take them out together and execute them on the spot."
"The crime...collaborating with the enemy and treason..."
When the supervisors, clerks, counselors and others heard this, their eyes widened in horror.
Someone stared at Kou Ji and roared angrily: "Kou Ji, we are the imperial officials, how dare you kill us privately?"
"Bang!"
Kou Ji slapped the table and stood up, snorting coldly: "You still know that you are the official of the imperial court? Since you are the official of the imperial court, why do you contradict the official? Since you are the official of the imperial court, why do you dare to speak nonsense in front of me? Since you are the official of the imperial court, then I did it
Order, what qualifications do you have to question it?
The officials promised me to take charge of the affairs of the states in the Western Regions and gave me the emperor's sword.
Officials below the fifth rank can be executed on the spot without asking for instructions.
You can only obey my orders.
I don't have the qualifications to say more.
Even if I ask you to die, you have to die."
Kou Ji glared at the supervisors, clerks, and counselors angrily, and sneered: "I'm afraid the officers and soldiers in the army have made you so complacent that you have forgotten that I am a civil servant.
If you join hands to deal with those soldiers, your mentors in the court will naturally help you.
But if you join forces to question me and despise the imperial power, no one can help you."
"Come here, drag them out and chop them all."
"Plop..."
There was a document and he immediately collapsed on the ground.
They were used to being domineering in the army, and even Zhu Neng, as a general, had to show courtesy to them when he saw them.
They thought that after Kou Ji forced Xue Tian to death, he would restrain himself. If they were tougher, Kou Ji might even give them many benefits and silence them.
But he didn't expect that Kou Ji would still be tough.
Kou Ji's words are not wrong. As civil servants, they fight against and suppress military generals. Even if they make mistakes, the people behind them will protect them.
But they were fighting against Kou Ji, especially Kou Ji who was holding the Emperor's Sword.
The people behind them can't protect them either.
Kou Ji's orders were issued through the Emperor's Sword, which were official orders.
It is not uncommon for people in the court to dare to disobey official orders.
But they are not included.
Kou Ji beheaded them for the crime of defying the imperial power, and their death was considered to be in vain.
The supervisors, clerks, and counselors collapsed to the ground one after another.
Some people were wailing and begging for Kou Ji's life.
Kou Ji turned a deaf ear.
Seeing this, Yang Wenguang hurriedly entered the palace, reached Kou Ji's side, and reminded: "Brother Kou Xian... you have caused enough trouble, so don't cause trouble for yourself."
Kou Ji stared at the supervisor, and the clerk and others sneered: "Killing them is considered troublesome? I killed nearly 90% of the officials in Xining Prefecture, and the court did not hold me accountable."
Yang Wenguang, the supervisor, the clerk, the counselor and others heard this and their hearts trembled.
"Drag out!"
"..."
"Spare my life!"
"..."
The supervisors, clerks, counselors and others were dragged out of the palace wailing.
After a long time.
The captain of the Long Guard Army who was guarding the palace entered the palace and reported to Kou Ji, "I am reporting to the imperial envoy that according to your order, all of them have been executed."
When Yang Wenguang heard this, he felt very complicated.
Kou Ji killed the supervisors and others who usually rode on top of them and did whatever they wanted without blinking an eye.
Really...
"Have you finished counting the seized money?"
Just when Yang Wenguang was thinking wildly, Kou Ji asked.
Yang Wenguang nodded quickly, "The inventory has been completed..."
Kou Ji asked: "How much..."
Yang Wenguang took a deep breath and said: "There are 583,000 taels of gold, 131,110 taels of silver, 7.43 million taels of copper coins... 130,000 horses and 13,000 oxen.
Thirty-one thousand sheep and 160,000 dans of grain..."
Yang Wenguang was very satisfied with the seized property.
It can be said that he has never seen such a huge seizure since he joined the army.
However.
After hearing this number, Kou Ji frowned.
Seeing this, Yang Wenguang asked, "Brother Xian, do you think something is wrong?"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Of course it's not right... As far as I know, one hundred and seventy years have passed since the first generation of the Guiyi Army Jiedushi Zhang Yichao occupied this place and established the Jinshan Kingdom.
During this period, it expanded its territory and plundered money everywhere. At its peak, it controlled eleven states.
The amount of money plundered was huge.
In addition, each generation of Jiedushi envoys of the Guiyi Army discovered gold mines in Shazhou, Guazhou, and Suzhou.
The Shazhou Uighurs have controlled dozens of gold mines.
There must be countless amounts of gold mined in gold mines.
The Shazhou Uighurs never dominated the world, nor did they sweep across the Western Regions with heavy troops.
You can’t spend all that gold, how can you only have this little money?”
Yang Wenguang was stunned for a moment, then muttered: "Maybe other Shazhou Uighur nobles took the gold away..."
Kou Ji shook his head decisively, "We have captured all the Uighur nobles in Shazhou this time. How can we give them the opportunity to take away the gold?"
Yang Wenguang raised his eyebrows, "You mean, that large amount of gold is still hidden somewhere in Shazhou City?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Send someone to search carefully. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find it for me."
Without saying a word, Yang Wenguang bowed his hands, left the palace, and led his people to look for gold.
If it is true, as Kou Ji said, that the Shazhou Uighurs have a huge amount of gold, then they will make a fortune.
According to the court's practice, the amount of gold awarded to them will definitely not be small.
And if they offer gold to the imperial court, if they offer a huge amount of gold, the imperial court will definitely give them promotions and titles.
After Yang Wenguang left, Kou Ji let out a long sigh, "You're too reckless... You're too reckless... You should first force out the whereabouts of the gold from Cao Xianshun, and then kill him..."
Kou Ji was blaming himself secretly, but he couldn't be blamed for this.
He had dug out the treasure house in the Buddhist temple from Cao Xianshun's mouth, and subconsciously felt that all the wealth of the Shazhou Uighurs might be hidden in the treasure house.
Unexpectedly, the Jiedu envoys of the Guiyi Army in the past dynasties would hide the gold elsewhere.
If Kou Ji hadn't known about the past of the Shazhou Uighurs and the Guiyi Army, he might have actually believed the number reported by Yang Wenguang.
When Zhang Yichao, the first governor of the Guiyi Army, occupied Shazhou, what was Shazhou called?
Jinshan Kingdom.
Being named after Jinshan means that there are gold mines in Shazhou and other places, and there are quite a lot of them.
Since there are gold mines and there are a lot of them, how can it be possible that there are only more than 500,000 taels of gold in deposits.
None of the military governors of the past dynasties had any great ambitions.
I never thought about building a super empire in the Western Regions.
There was no huge war with superpowers like Song and Liao.
Although there were coups during this period, they were mostly coups from the upper levels and did not involve major wars.