Chapter 0543 Those who carry the Song Dynasty forward
Now that there is a granary in the Western Region, the court will definitely have less trouble in the future, and the people will also be less likely to starve to death.
Li Di knew very well what Kou Ji did in the Western Regions.
Because he had read all the documents that Kou Ji sent to the court, and also read all the documents that the supervisory army sent to the court, and he had also heard many people extol what Kou Ji had done in the Western Regions.
Li Di still had some opinions about Kou Ji killing all the Uighurs in Shazhou.
I felt that Kou Ji was too murderous and a little unkind.
But now that he saw the fertile fields as far as the eye could see, all Li Di's views on Kou Ji had completely disappeared.
As long as there are endless amounts of fertile farmland, then the problems that Kou Ji is involved in will not be a problem.
What happened to too many murders?
How can we occupy this huge amount of fertile land without killing people?
What happened to forcing Xue Tian to death?
With a large army in hand, he forcefully forced his soldiers to starve to death.
Look at Kou Ji, how long has he been in the Western Regions?
The soldiers under his command not only had food to eat, but also meat every meal, and some even solved the problem of being single.
What happened to Xixia?
If we don't attack Xixia, how can we hold on to this huge amount of fertile land?
Almost instantly.
Li Di thought of countless excuses for helping Kou Ji get into trouble.
Li Di slowly got off the carriage, put his hands behind his back, stared at the diligent land reclamation scene, stared at the countless fertile fields, and said faintly: "You brat, you are risking your career for the sake of the people. I have lost my career, and now
There is only one life left.
I will risk my life to protect you."
Li Di ordered his followers: "Alu, go back and ask your wife to send my favorite grandson to the palace and hand it over to the officials. Then ask your wife to tell the officials that I will stay forever in this life."
Shazhou.
Whatever the bandits did in the Western Regions, I can guarantee it with my life.
If someone impeaches the bandits, I am willing to die to remonstrate with him."
The personal attendant named A Lu almost fell to his knees on the ground when he heard Li Di's words. He trembled and exclaimed: "Master..."
Li Di said decisively: "No need to say more, I have made up my mind."
A Lu immediately cried, "Master, if you stay in the Western Region, what will happen to your wife and young masters?"
Li Di was stunned, closed his eyes in pain and said: "If they are willing to come to the Western Regions, then let them come to the Western Regions. If they are not willing to come to the Western Regions, then let them stay in the other courtyard in Bianjing City.
.
I spent the first half of my life in the imperial court and made great achievements, so I left them with enough shadow. As long as they don't act recklessly, the officials will never treat them badly.
I will leave the rest of my life to the people."
"master?!"
"No need to say more! The people use their flesh and blood to support me for half my life, and support my children for a lifetime. I promised the second half of my life to the people, and I earned it."
"..."
After Li Di finished speaking, he walked to the edge of the fertile fields, and then walked step by step along the ridges on the edge of the fertile fields towards Shazhou City.
His steps were steady.
The width between steps is equal.
He is measuring the fertile land that has been cultivated.
Although the number may not be accurate, by the time he reaches Shazhou City, he will more or less have an estimate in his mind.
Alu fell to his knees on the ground with a pop, with tears in his eyes, watching Li Di walk away step by step.
What Li Di had done reached Kou Ji's ears in a very short period of time.
Kou Ji now has very little control over Shazhou.
As long as there is something happening in Shazhou, there are very few things that can be hidden from him.
What Li Di said in public was even more impossible to hide from Kou Ji.
Inside the palace.
After listening to Liu Heng repeating what Li Di said on the edge of the farmland in a very dull voice, Kou Jier let out a long sigh.
"After all, there are still people who risk their lives for the sake of the people in the world..."
"It's just that there are too few such people..."
"One by one, we must make ourselves into saints... Isn't it better to be a mortal?"
"..."
Kou Ji muttered a lot, stood up slowly, and walked out.
Liu Heng stared blankly at Kou Ji as he walked to the door of the side hall, and then asked: "Fourth brother, what are you doing?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said angrily: "What else can I do, of course, to greet the new sage from our Song Dynasty."
Liu Heng said in shock: "Didn't you say you wanted to keep him cold for a few days?"
Kou Ji said helplessly: "I don't want to be written down in the history books as a villain, used to highlight Li Di's greatness."
Liu Heng's mouth twitched, feeling that Kou Ji's words were a bit exaggerated.
Kou Ji stepped out of the side hall and saw the soldiers guarding the palace adding huge rocks and trees to the entrance of the main hall, so he sighed: "Just withdraw..."
The soldiers were stunned.
Then Kou Ji continued to give instructions: "By the way, remove all illegal things in the palace. From now on, this will be the new Sage Mansion."
When the soldiers heard this, they looked confused.
They couldn't understand what Kou Ji was saying at all.
Kou Ji didn't explain. He walked to the place where he slept with his head down. After putting on his official uniform, he left the palace.
Liu Heng led his men, holding the king's command flag and other items, and followed closely behind.
Arrived outside the city.
Kou Ji and his entourage dismounted and waited at the city gate for a whole day.
It wasn't until the evening that I saw Li Di and his party walking unsteadily in front of Shazhou City.
Kou Ji took the initiative to greet Li Di and bowed deeply, "Kou Ji, have you met Li Gong..."
Kou Ji was carrying the Emperor's Sword and could not salute Li Di with the court ceremony. He could only salute Li Di in an unofficial capacity.
Li Di walked around for a day without any equipment at all. His eyes were bright and he looked very energetic.
After seeing Kou Ji giving him a gift, he said with a surprised look on his face: "You have changed your gender? Why are you so arrogant at first and respectful at the other?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Naturally, one would not dare to be arrogant in front of sages."
Li Di was stunned and sighed: "Do you know everything I said on the ground? Your kid's eyes and ears in Shazhou have spread to this extent?"
Kou Ji cupped his hands and said, "Your arrogance is soaring to the sky. Even if I don't want to know, it's hard for me."
Li Di smiled and cursed: "Bullshit!"
After scolding him, he curled his lips and said, "Don't you blame me now for blocking your family letter?"
Kou Ji sighed and shook his head, "No wonder..."
Li Di continued: "Once I take charge of Shazhou, I will have nothing to do with you in Shazhou. Even if Shazhou has great achievements, it has nothing to do with you. Don't you have any complaints about this?"
Kou Ji still shook his head and said: "The credit should be mine, and the officials will not take it. As for the kind of credit that needs to be shown to the civil and military officials of the dynasty, I don't care."
Li Di couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this and said: "Others are afraid that they won't be able to take credit for their achievements and go to show off to the civil and military officials of the dynasty, but you kid did the opposite. It's really strange."
Kou Ji said frankly: "When an official reaches my level, I only need to let the official know what I do, and other people don't need to care. Even if I put the credit in front of them and let them praise me to the sky, there is nothing they can do."
Help me get promoted. The only people who can help me get promoted are officials."
Hearing this, Li Di nodded and said with a smile: "You are the one who sees things clearly. When the late Emperor was in power, if I had seen things as clearly as you do, I would not have let traitors like Ding Wei occupy a high position."
"I heard that your boy seized a large amount of gold and silver from the Shazhou Uighur nobles, as well as hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep... Take me to see it quickly..."
"You have been tired from traveling all the way. You should wash up, eat and rest."
"I don't have time to rest. The court is almost at the end of its rope and is waiting for money to save its life."
"..."
Li Di urged Kou Ji to take him to see the seized gold, silver, cattle and sheep.
As Kou Ji led Li Di towards the palace, he curled his lips and said, "There is a lot of gold and silver, which is kept in the palace. There are not so many cattle and sheep. The cattle and sheep seized from the Shazhou Uighurs,
Less than one hundred thousand.
The remaining cattle and sheep were all captured by the Yuanshan tribe in Huangtou Huihe."
Li Di said dissatisfiedly: "Since it's in our hands, it's ours. I'll write a letter to the officials and ask them to give the leader of the Yuanshan tribe a high official.
Let the leader of the Yuanshan tribe donate cattle and sheep to me, the Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji said angrily: "You are always taking it by force."
Li Di said confidently: "My soldiers and horses from the Song Dynasty are helping the Yuanshan tribe to capture cities and territories in the Huangtou Huihe territory, and we are taking some of their cattle and sheep as rewards. What's wrong?"
Kou Ji glared and said, "That's the reward I promised to let the people from the Yuanshan tribe help us cross the Huangtou Huihe territory."
Li Di said disdainfully: "That is your business and has nothing to do with the imperial court. Who told you to easily make heavy promises to others without asking the imperial court for instructions? The imperial court did not agree to the heavy promises you made, so naturally they cannot be counted among the
On top of the imperial court.”
Kou Ji's face darkened and he said, "Old man, you are being a little unreasonable."
Li Di jumped to his feet and said: "Good guy, half of the Huangtou Huihe was almost taken down by them. Why do you have to reason with them for taking some cattle and sheep? If they feel that they are at a disadvantage, they can take the cattle and sheep back and Huangtou."
Give me the territory of Huihe back to the Song Dynasty."
After saying this, Li Di looked at Kou Ji with disdain and said: "Are you my servant of the Song Dynasty? How can you speak for outsiders and take advantage of them?"
When Kou Ji heard this, he did not panic, but said with a very shameless face: "I promised a huge profit and persuaded them to risk their lives to escort me across Huangtou Huihe territory.
The promises made must be fulfilled, otherwise how will the people of the Song Dynasty gain a foothold in the Western Regions in the future?"
When Li Di heard this, he didn't doubt him. He frowned and said, "Then they took too much advantage..."
"If you risk your life, you will naturally get a big advantage."
"Then take half of their cattle and sheep."
"Old man, you have gone too far. Do I still want my reputation?"
"Bah, I don't even want to have a good reputation, and you still want a bad reputation. You killed so many people in Shazhou City, do you think you still have any good reputation? Do you know that people in the Western Regions are calling you people now?"
Demon, I say you are more cruel than Tu Baiqi, a man from the Qin Dynasty.
Eating human flesh, drinking human blood, eating the sun is the heart of a child..."
"Slander! Absolutely slander!"
"..."
Kou Ji and Li Di quarreled and entered the palace.
As soon as he entered the palace gate, Kou Ji couldn't stop.
Just now, he was outside the city and there were so many people there. He was too embarrassed to ask for news about his wife and children.
Now that he is in the palace, he naturally does not need to be embarrassed anymore.
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji and guessed what Kou Ji was thinking. He took out a letter from his sleeve and threw it to Kou Ji.
"Take it... That girl from the Xiang family gave birth to a big fat boy weighing nine pounds... The most important thing is that you are safe... You are a lucky boy... I have never seen such a big boy before.
A woman who gives birth to a fat boy weighing nine pounds can still survive..."
Kou Ji didn't listen to Li Di's words at all. After he took the letter from Li Di's hand, he couldn't wait to open the letter and read it carefully.
Then he grinned and laughed loudly.
"Hahaha... I have a son!"
"I have a son!"
"..."
Kou Ji was so proud that he laughed wildly.
Li Di watched Kou Ji go crazy from the side with a smile, but did not slap him because Kou Ji called himself "I" in front of him.
Kou Ji shouted proudly for a long time, and then said very boldly: "Quickly, get a few boxes of the precious gold and silver jewelry seized this time and send them back to my wife so that she can play with them.
Then I polished the edges of the gold knives and precious stones seized this time and sent them back to my son to play with.
I ordered you to go down and kill ten thousand sheep and distribute them to the people to celebrate me together."
Li Di was still laughing just now, but when he heard this, his face darkened, "That's something belonging to the imperial court. You can give it away if you want, and you can kill it if you want."
When Kou Ji heard this, he snorted at Li Di and said disdainfully: "I haven't touched the imperial share. It has been sealed. What I touch is my own share."
After leaving these words, Kou Ji said boldly: "Go down and kill another thousand cows and distribute them to the people. Send people to tell Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, and Yang Wenguang that I have a son, and ask them to
The gifts are all ready.
As long as they can come across any good things, bring them back to me.
I want to carefully choose gifts for my wife and children."
When Li Di heard this, he stamped his feet angrily, "From now on, this Western Region will not be decided by just one person."
Kou Ji hugged the family letter excitedly and said to Li Di: "You have no idea what it means to me that I have a son."
Li Di snorted coldly, "I want to see where the seized gold and silver is. If I find out that you have embezzled a penny from the court, I will make you look good."
Kou Ji waved his hand decisively and said: "Liu Heng, take Duke Li to the main hall and let him see the results of our trip."
Li Di glared at Kou Ji, put his hands behind his back, and urged Liu Heng to lead him to the main hall.
Kou Ji stood alone at the gate of the palace, holding a letter from home, jumping excitedly.
The reason why he was so excited was because he knew.
He has roots.
He has roots in the Song Dynasty.
He is now qualified to call himself a Song Dynasty person with dignity and dignity.