Chapter 0538 everything is safe, only think about his wife and children
Without comparison, there is no harm.
In the inherent thinking of the Song people, under the rule of officials, if they did not close their doors at night and did not pick up lost things on the road, that would be a state of great governance.
The one who can transform his subordinates into this is a great sage.
But Kou Ji's words opened a door for Fan Zhongyan and his party, allowing them to see a different way of being an official.
When officials manage the local area, they must not only keep the doors open at night and not pick up lost things on the road, but also lead the people to make a fortune, keep them fed, and have money to spend.
When the people have money, the court will become richer.
When the court has money, it can do many, many things.
Build water conservancy, develop education, train soldiers, and conquer barbarians.
When the barbarians are surrendered, the people are rich, the soldiers are brave, and everyone is literate, who dares to say that the country is not strong?
Who dares to stand in the Chui Gong Palace of the Song Dynasty and let go of his lofty words in an arrogant and domineering manner?
Kou Ji watched Fan Zhongyan and the supervisors all salute him, and said with a bitter face: "You don't have to be polite... What I said today has not been confirmed. Wait until the day when Shazhou really becomes rich.
, it’s not too late for you to salute me again.”
Kou Ji didn't want to wipe out the enthusiasm of the supervisors, so he didn't say anything depressing, just a word of evasion.
Fan Zhongyan was the first to speak: "The student union will take them with them to confirm Mr.'s decree."
Kou Ji nodded dumbfounded and said: "In addition to developing Shazhou, I have one more thing to tell you. This matter comes from my mouth and enters your ears. It can only be done, not said, let alone told to others.
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"Sir, please give me your instructions..."
"The Shazhou Uighurs were destroyed this time, and many women were left behind. Even if I gave each of the husbandmen three wives, there would still be many women left.
We cannot leave these women alone, nor can we watch them die alone.
So I hope that you can secretly allow those civilians and soldiers who are unwilling to stay in Shazhou to go find them.
But we must keep an eye on the civilians and soldiers secretly.
A civilian husband and a soldier are only allowed to find one woman.
No messing around.
I hope that when the civilian husbands and soldiers return to Bianjing City, the women who stayed in Shazhou City can successfully become pregnant."
After Kou Ji finished speaking, the supervisors stared at Kou Ji in astonishment.
Kou Ji coughed and said solemnly: "Ten years from now, this place will be all the people of the Song Dynasty."
When the supervisors heard this, they immediately understood what Kou Ji meant.
Ten years later, when the newborns arrived, they all spoke Chinese, had Han blood flowing through them, and were all Han children.
Ten years later, there will be no more Shazhou Uighurs.
There was only Shazhou under the rule of the Han family.
Even though the Song Dynasty could not occupy Shazhou for a long time, the people of Shazhou were still Han people.
The supervisors all agreed.
Kou Ji asked them to go down and make preparations.
After the supervisors left, Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan who was still in the palace, and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Brother Fan, you and I are worthy brothers, why do you have to..."
Before Kou Ji finished speaking, he heard Fan Zhongyan say seriously: "Brother Xian, I call you brother Xian for the last time. I'm not joking with you, I am very serious about recognizing you as my husband.
Your way of being an official and your teachings are exactly what I have been pursuing for many years as an official.
If you can carry forward your way of serving as an official and lead all officials in the world to imitate it, no one in the future will dare to be inferior to me, the people of Song Dynasty.
How dare the Liao Kingdom speak loudly to me, the Song Dynasty?"
Seeing that Fan Zhongyan stubbornly took what he said as truth, Kou Ji could only smile bitterly in return.
Fan Zhongyan is a famous virtuous minister in history books.
Anyone who can become a famous virtuous minister in history books has a somewhat stubborn temper.
What they believe will not change easily.
No one can convince you with just a few words.
Kou Ji tried to persuade Fan Zhongyan, but when he saw that he could not be persuaded, he knew that Fan Zhongyan had made up his mind and took his words as the ultimate truth and could not shake him.
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and sighed.
Fan Zhongyan said with emotion: "When I first entered Bianjing City, you once told me that as an official, you should worry about the world's worries first, and then enjoy the world's happiness. I have always kept this sentence in my heart, and have been working hard.
Come closer to this sentence.
It's just that I have been in the court for a long time and have seen many officials, so my mind is a little shaken.
I always feel that no one in the world can do it.
It wasn’t until I listened to your words today that I understood.
You did it, and you did it well.
I should not waver, I should act accordingly."
Even though Kou Ji was thick-skinned, his cheeks turned a little red with embarrassment when he heard Fan Zhongyan say these words.
He used what Fan Zhongyan said to conquer Fan Zhongyan.
But he never expected that one day Fan Zhongyan would use his own famous sayings to praise himself.
"Brother Fan..."
"Sir, from now on, just call students Xiwen."
"..."
Kou Ji couldn't resist Fan Zhongyan, so he could only say in a dumbfounded voice: "Xiwen... there is a place where you need to go and take charge in person..."
Fan Zhongyan was stunned for a moment and said thoughtfully: "The place you mentioned is the Thousand Buddhas Cave?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Those monks are hostile to us and are very powerful and extraordinary. If we let them reclaim wasteland and farm, I'm afraid they won't compromise easily.
So I need you to guide me."
Fan Zhongyan nodded slowly and said seriously: "Just leave it to the students..."
After a pause, Fan Zhongyan asked: "Sir, there were a lot of people just now, so there are some things that are inconvenient for students to say. Now that you and I are left, the students want to ask sir."
Kou Ji gestured: "But it doesn't matter..."
Fan Zhongyan mused: "Tens of tens of thousands of people are opening up wasteland and farming. According to the requirements, it is necessary to cultivate tens of millions of acres of fertile land. There is not so much fertile land in Shazhou."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. It will be settled when our army takes Guazhou."
Fan Zhongyan nodded slowly and continued: "If the cultivated farmland exceeds the number, how should we distribute it? Migrate the people from the Song Dynasty, or..."
Kou Ji continued to smile and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I'll take care of it myself."
Seeing that Kou Ji knew what was going on, Fan Zhongyan didn't ask any more questions.
He cupped his hands and said, "Then the student will resign first..."
Fan Zhongyan bowed his hands and bowed, then exited the palace.
Kou Ji stood alone in the hall and sighed quietly, "What the hell is this..."
After sighing, Kou Ji sent someone to summon Liu Heng.
After Liu Heng arrived.
Kou Ji ordered Liu Heng to divide the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Shazhou City into teams of hundreds and send them to various parts of Shazhou.
Clear out those Shazhou Uighur fugitives and deserters who are entrenched in various parts of Shazhou, and drive away those wolves, insects, tigers and leopards.
Prevent them from becoming a stumbling block on the road of pioneering wasteland.
After Liu Heng agreed, he went down and made arrangements according to Kou Ji's instructions.
Fan Zhongyan, Supervisor of the Army, Liu Heng and others were busy for two full days before they properly distributed the civilians and soldiers and then took them out of the city.
The more than 10,000 civilians left in the city, under the instructions of the supervisory army, began to clean up the ruins in the city.
Some of them are proceeding in an orderly manner according to Kou Ji's orders.
When Kou Ji left Bianjing, it was winter.
After Kou Ji had arranged everything in Shazhou City, early spring had already arrived.
The severe cold in Shazhou ended much later than the severe cold in Bianjing.
So when the earth recovers, the cold wind in Shazhou is still biting.
While Kou Ji was supervising the civilians clearing the ruins inside the city and the civilians outside the city reclaiming the wasteland, he was waiting for news from Bianjing City.
Counting the days, Xiang Yan should have given birth long ago, but he hasn't received any news yet.
He felt a little anxious, vaguely worried about his children and Xiang Yan.
As for the military situation of Yang Wenguang, Zhu Neng, and Li Zhaoliang, Kou Ji didn't care at all.
Yang Wenguang went to Huangtou to return to Hehe, which was a bargain.
Huangtou Huihe's heavy troops were now inexorably fighting against Qingtang's Jishi Army. Those left behind in Huangtou Huihe's territory were all tribal private soldiers who were not very well-equipped and had average combat effectiveness.
The Dragon God Second Guards led by Yang Wenguang are armed to the teeth.
Coupled with the cooperation of the horse thieves in Zhang Yuan's hands, it was easy to deal with the private soldiers of those tribes.
The people of the Western Regions are not very attached to the city, and when fighting, they do not care about the gains and losses of one piece of territory.
Therefore, the defenses of many cities in the Western Region are not very comprehensive, and the walls are very low.
The walls of some cities may not be as high as the inner city of Shazhou City.
Yang Wenguang doesn't need to formulate too many tactical strategies, he just needs to push through all the way.
So Yang Wenguang returned to Hehe from Huangtou and went to pick up the city.
At least before he reaches the hinterland of Huangtou Huihe, he won't encounter too powerful Huangtou Huihe soldiers and horses.
As for Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang, they are both veteran generals who have fought on the battlefield for many years. They lead twice as many elite soldiers as Li Yuanhao. All the supervisors in the army have been transferred by Kou Ji. They can
Deal with Li Yuanhao at will. If they lose, they should commit suicide by swallowing feces.
Kou Ji waited anxiously for several days, but did not receive any news from Bianjing City.
In a few days, the people in the city have cleaned up the inner city, and the people outside the city have cultivated and sown 100,000 acres of fertile land (of which 50,000 acres of fertile land for planting trees do not need to be cultivated, but are counted in the word count)
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The fine seeds were all seized from the warehouses of the Uighur nobles in Shazhou.
Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang sent messengers back to report the military situation twice.
The two of them have arrived in Guazhou and are discussing how to break the city.
Yang Wenguang and Zhang Yuan sent messengers to report back military information.
They had already entered the territory of Huangtou Uihe, and within one day, they captured three cities at the junction of Huangtou Uihe and Shazhou.
News that Kou Ji didn't care about came one after another, but there was no news that he cared about.
Time flies.
It’s the first day of February.
Early in the morning.
A fast horse broke through the silent Shazhou City and rushed into the palace.
The soldiers on horseback shouted loudly as they rushed into the palace.
"Guazhou City has been destroyed... Guazhou City has been destroyed... Li Yuanhao led his army to retreat to Yumen Pass..."
When Kou Ji got the news, he was also stunned.
He didn't expect that after waiting for a long time, he didn't get the news about his wife and children, but he first got the news that Guazhou had been conquered.
Kou Ji asked people to welcome the soldiers into the side hall of the palace. After the soldiers were out of breath, he asked: "How was the war in Guazhou fought?"
The soldiers hurriedly reported: "Five days ago, General Li and our General Zhu joined forces to attack Guazhou City. Li Yuanhao led his troops to resist on the walls of Guazhou City for a full day and night.
Our army broke through the city wall of Guazhou City several times, and the last time, it even broke through the entire western wall of Guazhou City.
Li Yuanhao knew he was outmatched, so he led Tie Yaozi to break out of our army's encirclement, and led other servants to retreat to Yumen Pass.
Guazhou City was occupied by our army."
Kou Ji nodded slowly when he heard this. It was within Kou Ji's expectation that Guazhou could be captured so quickly.
In terms of military strength, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty had an absolute advantage.
In terms of armaments, the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses also had an absolute advantage.
Li Yuanhao's iron kite has been beaten to a semi-invisible condition and will not recover for a while.
The combat effectiveness of the servants under Li Yuanhao is not weak.
But it was difficult to compete head-on with the huge number of soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty.
There weren't many favorable terrains in Guazhou where he could ambush. He couldn't count on the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses, and he couldn't compete head-on with the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses. After a fight, a strategic retreat was inevitable.
Except after the Song Dynasty, the surrounding countries did not care about the gains and losses of a city when fighting.
Often in order to win a big victory, they can give up a lot when fighting.
For example, when Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi conquered the Liao Kingdom.
Brother Yeluxiu, the great king of the Southern Court of Liao, once gave up most of the sixteen states of Yanyun in order to invite the king to the urn.
The successful attack led the Song army into the ambush circle and defeated it.
Therefore, strategic retreat is definitely not a shameful thing in Xixia and Liao countries, but is a manifestation of wisdom.
After Kou Ji learned about the war in Guazhou, he asked: "What are the casualties of our army? Are the losses heavy?"
The soldier took a sip of water and continued: "Our army has suffered no casualties. We are protected by infantry armor. If the iron kites do not come out, few Xixia soldiers and horses can hurt our soldiers.
However, many civilians accompanying the army were injured, and a lot of food was burned."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, with a question on his face.
Seeing this, the soldiers hurriedly said: "Taking advantage of the cavalry, the Xixia soldiers and horses are constantly harassing our army's escort team. Most of our army's soldiers and horses are on foot, and the two newly formed cavalry are no match for the Xixia soldiers and horses.
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Therefore, a lot of food and grass were burned, and many civilians suffered casualties."
Kou Ji pondered for a while and said: "As for food and grass, I will send someone to replenish it for you as soon as possible. Regarding the war, I can't say much. Go back and tell Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang that they should fight steadily and don't rush forward.
If you are not 60% sure, proceed with caution.
Tell them that now that Guazhou has been taken, the situation has opened up.
Even if the imperial court doesn't let us take Hexi, it's still impossible.
So they don't need to take risks.
Tell them that we have plenty of time to spend it with Li Yuanhao.