Chapter 0544 Li Di's painstaking efforts, Kou Ji's enlightenment
When Li Di arrived at the main hall of the palace, night had fallen. Liu Heng led people and held torches to open the door of the main hall.
The moment the door opened, a golden light shone in the main hall under the light of the torch.
Li Di's legs trembled and he almost fell to the ground.
The eunuch standing next to Li Di squatted on his butt and fell to the ground.
In their shocked eyes, Liu Heng ordered his men to completely open the door to the main hall.
"This... so much..."
Li Di and others knew that Kou Ji had seized a lot of money in Shazhou.
After all, Kou Ji was equivalent to slaughtering a medium-sized country in the Western Region and emptying a country's wealth.
But Li Di and others did not expect that there would be so many.
The eunuch has been to the Fengzhuang Treasury, and he can be sure that the money in the Fengzhuang Treasury is even less than this.
Li Di often visits the national treasury. He can say responsibly that when the treasury has the most money, it is not worth one-tenth of the money in it.
Li Di and the two eunuchs stumbled into the main hall.
It wasn't until the next day, when the sun was shining brightly, that he came out of it with his eyes wide open.
After the eunuch came out, he fell to the ground and fell asleep.
Li Di, with red eyes, found Kou Ji in the side hall, holding a letter from home and reading it word by word.
After Li Di staggered into the side hall, Kou Ji was startled. He quickly stood up and came forward to help Li Di sit down.
When Kou Ji was supporting him, Li Di grabbed Kou Ji's arm and asked in a trembling voice: "Is the money inside all the money seized during this trip to the Western Regions?"
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "No... According to the rules of the imperial court, 30% of them have been distributed as rewards. In addition, after Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, Yang Wenguang and others led their troops to attack, the cattle, sheep, and horses seized
, the money has not been sent to Shazhou City yet."
Li Di asked: "Have the soldiers and civilians been rewarded?"
Kou Ji nodded.
Li Di continued: "So... all the money stored in the main hall belongs to the imperial court?"
Kou Ji nodded again.
Li Di clenched his fists excitedly, "With this money, the national treasury will no longer have to be empty. Some decrees that the court needs money to implement will finally no longer need to be delayed."
Kou Ji curled his lips and muttered in a low voice, "The Song Dynasty has never been poor, only the national treasury is poor..."
Li Di seemed to have not heard Kou Ji's words and said excitedly: "This money must be transported back as soon as possible to solve the urgent need of the court."
Kou Ji shook his head decisively and said: "No..."
Li Di stared at Kou Ji and asked, "Why?"
Kou Ji said seriously: "If such a huge amount of money is transported back from Qingtang, there is no guarantee that Qingtang will not be evil. To be on the safe side, we can only wait for the imperial troops to capture the entire Hexi and control the entire Hexi.
Then ship them back.
Only in this way can we ensure that nothing goes wrong.”
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Li Di nodded quickly and said: "Yes, you are right. With such a huge amount of money transportation, others cannot believe it. We can only believe in ourselves.
Did you encourage Zhu Neng and Li Zhaoliang to lead large armies to attack Guazhou and other places? Is this the same purpose?"
Kou Ji pondered: "This is just a passing purpose. The more important purpose is the entire Hexi. I, the Song Dynasty, need Hexi."
Li Dis thought about it: "Those fertile fields outside the city?"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "The fertile land is just to attract more people to stay in Hexi. To ensure that our people staying in Hexi can be self-sufficient. To ensure that our soldiers staying in Hexi will no longer starve to death due to lack of food.
The most important reason is that we must capture Hexi and make Hexi our horse herding land in the Song Dynasty.
As long as the Song Dynasty has the horse herding land in Hexi.
From now on, when facing the Xixia cavalry and the Liao cavalry, we no longer have to restrain ourselves.
Planning for Yanyun is no longer a luxury."
When Li Di heard this, he stood there and thought calmly for a long time, and then slowly said: "I didn't expect you to think so far. You are right, with the wealth and fertile land in Hexi,
With the good horses from Hexi, it is no longer an extravagant hope for me, Tu Yanyun, the Great Song Dynasty.
Now that you have made your decision, I will not interfere with your decision anymore.
Whatever you need me to do, just tell me.
In addition, all the documents you send to Bianjing City can be given to me for review first."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and asked: "Why?"
Li Di said sternly: "Many of the things you did in the Western Regions have violated many of the court's rules. If the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty do not understand the details, they will definitely impeach you.
Your official career is still very long, and you cannot be dismissed from office due to impeachment.
My official career has come to an end, so I am not afraid of being impeached.
Once your document passes through my hands, is stamped with the official seal given to me, and is returned to the court, all the officials will think that it is what I meant.
If they want to impeach me, they will also impeach me, not you.
You can free your hands and feet to do things in the Western Region.
I can help you block all the infamy and impeachment."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "So you stopped the documents I handed to the court, and you also stopped the documents handed to me by the court. Your purpose was to get in the middle and help me solve all the troubles."
Li Di nodded without hesitation.
Kou Ji's face darkened and he said solemnly: "With your current status and status, if you take on all these troubles, the end may not be good. Why are you doing this?"
After all, Kou Ji was a confidant of the official family, and he had another grandfather who had become a sage.
As long as he does not rebel, no matter how much trouble he causes, the court will not execute him.
Li Di is different. He has separated from the center and lost his authority. He helped Kou Ji solve all the troubles. It is very likely that he will lose his only remaining salary officer under the impeachment of hundreds of officials. If he goes further
, it is very possible to lose your life.
After all, when Li Di left the center, he did so with an infamy.
Now Zhao Zhen has not helped him wash away his infamy, and he still carries the reputation of causing harm to the country and the people.
A smile appeared on Li Di's face and he said: "For the people, for Yan Yun."
Kou Ji looked confused.
Li Di smiled and said: "There are not many people in the court who really work for the people and seek benefits for the people, and you are one of them. The only one in the court who has the ability to plan Yan Yun, and who has the hope of getting Yan Yun back, is you.
You can enrich the country and strengthen the army.
Although he is not skilled in military affairs, he can achieve shocking victories.
As long as you remain standing in the court, we have hope of regaining Yanyun."
After a pause, the smile on Li Di's face faded, he grabbed Kou Ji's arm and said, "If you leave the court, then the court may never have any hope of regaining Yan Yun."
When Kou Ji heard this, he didn't know what to say.
He couldn't help but think of Lu You's poem.
Wang Shibei set the Central Plains Day, and he never forgot to tell Nai Weng about the family sacrifices.
Presumably Lu You was in the same mood as Li Di when he was writing this poem.
It's just that Li Di can see hope, but Lu You can't.
Li Di might have been able to witness Master Wang's feat of regaining the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun during his lifetime.
As for Lu You, he was buried in the soil until his death, and his body rotted into dust, and he never saw the day when Wang Shibei settled in the Central Plains.
Kou Ji probably understood some of the problems.
I understood the reason why I had not rebelled yet after seeing those stupid people in the Great Song Dynasty Hall.
I understand that I obviously had the opportunity to raise my arms, but I never thought about the reason why.
That's because although the halls of the Great Song Dynasty were filled with flies and dogs, there were still people who were brave and loyal, worked hard for the country and the people, sacrificed their lives, and worked hard.
He couldn't bear to let their loyalty go to waste.
He has plenty of opportunities and means to kill those bastards.
But if their daring loyalty is destroyed, it will be gone.
Seeing that Kou Ji was lost in thought, Li Di held Kou Ji's arm a little tighter. He excitedly said to Kou Ji: "You have not experienced the Battle of Chanyuan, but you have been on a mission to the Liao Kingdom.
You should know how miserable those people lived under the iron heel of the Liao Kingdom.
If you want to live comfortably in the Liao Kingdom, you have to abandon your ancestors.
If you want to remember your ancestors, you have to be enslaved, exploited, and live a life worse than a dog.
They shouldn't be like this.
Every bit of suffering they suffer is our fault.
In Shazhou, tens of thousands of our people of the Song Dynasty died. You slaughtered the nobles of the Uighurs in Shazhou and the royal family of the Uighurs in Shazhou to avenge them.
In the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the number of people who have died in the past few decades has already exceeded tens of thousands.
Don’t you plan to help them take revenge?”
Kou Ji slowly came to his senses amidst Li Di's excited voice, and he said decisively: "Of course I will rescue them and avenge them, but I don't need you to help me get blamed.
If the imperial court tolerates me, I will naturally lead the imperial army to take back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.
If the imperial court cannot tolerate me, then I will use my own methods to take back the Sixteenth State of Yanyun."
Li Di was stunned and his eyes widened in astonishment, "You can't think like that... This idea of yours is very dangerous..."
Li Di said in a deep voice: "There used to be countless people who had the same thoughts as you, but after they went to the Liao Kingdom, they never came back. They were either killed or ranked above the Liao Kingdom."
Kou Ji frowned and said: "The court of the Liao Kingdom cannot accommodate me, and I cannot tolerate the court of the Liao Kingdom."
Li Di's eyes widened even more, a terrifying thought came into his mind, and he looked at Kou Ji with a horrified expression.
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "Don't think blindly. I won't do anything that risks the disapproval of the world. If the court really can't tolerate me, I will set up a trading place in the city-state closest to the Liao Kingdom.
Spend money to hire those women from the Liao Kingdom to come over and give birth to babies for our people in the Song Dynasty.
When they became pregnant, they were sent back to the Liao Kingdom.
If this goes back and forth, one day, the people of the Song Dynasty will be everywhere in the Liao Kingdom.
You always know that I have no other abilities but my ability to make money is better than the average person.
As long as I pay enough, maybe those princesses and ladies from the Liao Kingdom will take the initiative to crawl into my bed."
Li Diqiang suppressed the frightening thoughts in his heart, glared and cursed: "Nonsense... How can I, the Great Song Dynasty, not tolerate virtuous ministers, and need you to do such a despicable thing?"
My Han family bloodline is noble.
How can it be revealed so easily?
Every year, there are countless Japanese women who come to the Song Dynasty to seek breeding.
How many people have you seen handing over their bloodline easily?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "That's not to say that the women of the Japanese country have made themselves look like ghosts, and you can't stop talking about them. If they look like gods, how can you hold back?"
As you just said, I was on a mission to the Liao Kingdom.
I have seen the virtues of your people when they arrived in the Liao Kingdom."
When Li Di heard this, he yelled angrily, "It must be Xiang Minzhong, the shameless old man, who did something embarrassing in the Liao Kingdom and let you see it, right?"
"Okay, okay, don't talk about him. Most of the officials in the court are the same as him."
"I'm different from them."
"..."
Kou Ji made a joke and ended the heavy topic they were talking about. Li Di was filled with indignation and asked Liu Heng to send someone to send Li Di down to rest.
After Li Di left, Kou Ji ordered Liu Hengdao: "Send someone to intercept our documents from Li Di and send them back to the court as quickly as possible."
Liu Heng followed Li Di into the palace just now, so he heard clearly what Li Di said.
After hearing Kou Ji's instructions, Liu Heng hesitated and said: "Fourth brother, since Mr. Li is willing..."
Kou Ji didn't wait for Liu Heng to finish what he said, and glared at Liu Heng, telling Liu Heng to shut up.
"Of course I have to bear the trouble I cause. I don't need others to help me take the trouble now."
"Even if the imperial court deposes me from my title because of the trouble I caused in the Western Regions, I will have to pay it back in a decent manner."
"They can do things without conscience, but the people of the world can't do it, and neither can the officials."
"Capturing Hexi, opening up trade routes, opening up tens of millions of acres of fertile land, and amassing millions of fortunes are all great achievements that can shock the Song Dynasty. Who can hide it? Who can close their eyes and pretend not to see it?
?”
"..."
Kou Jixu talked a lot, dispelled Liu Heng's petty thoughts, and asked Liu Heng to go down and do some work.
There was one thing he didn't tell Liu Heng.
He just discovered something.
He found that he held in his hand an unsolvable weapon of victory.
That is the years.
He is still young.
Zhao Zhen is still young.
Those who can stand in the Chui Gong Hall in the court are already old.
Even if he is dismissed from office because he gets into trouble, he can be reinstated quickly and rise to the top of the court.
But those veterans can't.
If they fell, they really fell, and they couldn't get up even if they thought about it.
With the domineering Zhao Zhen is showing now, how can he let those eyesores that have left his eyes appear again?
As long as Zhao Zhen is still an official, as long as the love between the two of them remains unchanged.
Kou Ji seems to be in an invincible position.
If you like being fought by officials, just fight with officials.
I don't like to fight with the officials, I just want to sit back and watch them die, and watch the tide rise for me.
Who in the world can rival the passage of time?
Why do you care about them?
Why do you care about official titles?
Those things are not as important as the little bird in his son's crotch...
By the way, it looks like my son’s name hasn’t been chosen yet?!