Chapter 0578 Killed Kou Ji, the mana is boundless?
"I now kind of believe what Fourth Brother said in the past..."
Zhao Zhen sighed with emotion.
Kou Ji was stunned and let out a sigh of relief. After thinking for a moment, he understood the meaning of Zhao Zhen's words.
Kou Ji told Zhao Zhen in the past that if Zhao Zhen can sit safely on the throne without worrying about anything, he will help Zhao Zhen bring peace to the world and help Zhao Zhen govern a peaceful and prosperous age.
Now that Zhao Zhen told him, he started to believe what he said. He didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"Didn't the officials trust me before?"
Kou Ji asked, somewhat dumbfounded.
Zhao Zhen shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not that I didn't believe in Fourth Brother before, I just think that it is not that easy to rule a prosperous age and bring peace to the world. Emperor Taizu has the merit to aspire to the throne, so I won't say more for now.
Emperor Taizong and my father ruled the Song Dynasty for decades, but they still failed to bring peace to the world and bring prosperity.
Therefore, I feel that it will probably take decades to bring peace to the world and create a prosperous world."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said with a smile: "What I didn't expect was that the fourth brother kept his word. In just a few years, our Song Dynasty gradually entered a prosperous age. Now our country's national power has risen, and the world is rich.
, no one is making trouble in the southern Xinjiang, the western Xinjiang has been wiped out by the fourth brother, and the Xixia in the northern Xinjiang can only surrender to our Song Dynasty, leaving the Liao Kingdom in the eastern Xinjiang.
As long as the Liao Kingdom is wiped out, the Song Dynasty will be able to achieve peace in the world.
As long as the Liao Kingdom is wiped out, we, the Song Dynasty, can truly call ourselves the Celestial Kingdom, and truly make all the barbarians surrender."
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen in confusion, wondering why Zhao Zhen brought the topic to the Liao Kingdom. Could it be that Zhao Zhen was a little inflated after seeing his achievements in Hexi and was preparing to attack the Liao Kingdom.
After Zhao Zhen felt Kou Ji's doubtful gaze, he probably guessed what Kou Ji was thinking. He smiled bitterly and said: "Fourth brother, don't think too much, I have no intention of attacking Liao immediately.
Even if I want to attack the Liao Kingdom, I have to wait until the Song Dynasty has digested Hexi.
We have to wait until the Song Dynasty develops even stronger with the help of Hexi's money and food.
The reason why I mentioned the Liao Kingdom is to tell you, fourth brother.
Fourth brother, half of what you promised me has been completed.
I believe that the other half, Fourth Brother, you will also complete it.
Fourth brother, you will eventually become my number one hero in the Song Dynasty.
I treat my fourth brother kindly, and I just have to bear it, so I don’t need to think too much about it.”
Kou Ji said dumbfounded: "You do have confidence in me..."
Zhao Zhen said with a serious face: "Of course I have confidence in fourth brother. Because both myself and fourth brother are still young, but Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao is already old. You and I, the emperor and my ministers, even if we do nothing, we will live forever.
Even if it takes time, it can kill Emperor Yelu Longxu of Liao Dynasty.
When the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu dies and the new Liao Emperor ascends the throne, we will take advantage of the fact that the new Liao Emperor's foothold is not stable and swarm forward, and we will definitely take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun."
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen blankly, speechless.
I didn't expect that Zhao Zhen would become so insidious. He couldn't beat the old one, or he was not sure that he could beat the old one, so he was ready to bully the younger one.
And he expressed his sinister thoughts in a high-sounding way.
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, do you think I am too insidious?"
Kou Ji denied: "That's not true. Between countries, there is no insidious or insidious existence. There is only a difference between strong or not."
Zhao Zhen said with a bright smile: "Fourth brother still understands me."
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment and said: "If we have the strength to fight the Liao Kingdom while Yelu Longxu is alive, then we will fight the Liao Kingdom while Yelu Longxu is alive."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji in confusion.
Kou Ji explained: "We can use tricks to deal with the Liao Kingdom. But after we took back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun in a clever way, it will be difficult to deter the Sebari. We can only defeat the Liao Kingdom when they are at their strongest.
, only by defeating them can the four barbarians feel our power, and only then can the four barbarians obediently surrender under our feet."
Zhao Zhen was thoughtful after listening to Kou Ji's words.
After Zhao Zhen thought about it for a long time, he looked at Kou Jida and said: "Fourth brother is planning to compete with the Liao Kingdom when the Liao Kingdom is at its strongest, but is there a way to increase the combat power of our Song Dynasty soldiers and horses?"
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen and asked, "What do the officials think of artillery and muskets?"
Zhao Zhen muttered: "Although I have never seen artillery and muskets, I can see from the battle report sent back by the fourth brother that the fourth brother was able to defeat 150,000 Huangtou Uighurs in Huangtou Uighur territory with thousands of people.
elite soldiers, thanks to muskets and artillery.
Fourth Brother's ability to break through the Xixia people's blockade of Shazhou City, and to foil the Xixia people's plots at Yumen Pass and Yang Pass is also related to muskets and artillery.
It can be seen that muskets and artillery should be weapons on the battlefield.
Fourth brother plans to promote it to the entire army?
Use this to enhance the combat power of our Song Dynasty soldiers and horses?"
Kou Ji nodded, then shook his head, "I do have the intention of using muskets and artillery to enhance the combat power of our Song Dynasty troops, but I never thought of extending them to the entire army at once."
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji with a puzzled face and asked: "Since it is a good thing, why not promote it to the entire army at once, but I am afraid that the cost will be too high and it will damage the financial resources of the Song Dynasty?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "That's not true..."
Zhao Zhen became even more confused, "Why is that?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "Firearm warfare is different from weapon warfare after all. The replacement of the two requires a buffering process. Promoting firearms to the entire army in one go will not only fail to quickly enhance the combat effectiveness of our Song Dynasty soldiers and horses, but it will also
It may weaken the combat effectiveness of our Song Dynasty soldiers and horses."
Firearms are certainly powerful.
But it is not suitable for equipping the entire army immediately.
The application of firearms in warfare will change the original way of fighting.
Corresponding strategies, tactics, and combat methods must be adjusted accordingly.
If the combat methods cannot be adjusted, even if all the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty are equipped with muskets and artillery, it will be difficult for them to maximize the power of the muskets and artillery.
The generals of the Song Dynasty were accustomed to commanding soldiers and horses to fight with cold weapons, and they rashly replaced them with firearms. If they were not adaptable, or continued to use cold weapons to fight, then the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty would not be able to fight with cold weapons during the battle.
There will be a huge price to pay for this.
Kou Ji gave Zhao Zhen a brief introduction to the changes that would result from the large-scale application of firearms in warfare.
Zhao Zhen also roughly understood why firearms were not suitable for equipping the entire army as soon as possible.
"Then how does Fourth Brother plan to apply muskets and artillery to the army?"
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and asked.
Kou Ji said without hesitation: "Train the new army!"
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, stared at Kou Ji in astonishment and said: "It was only during the Song Dynasty that we laid off a huge number of soldiers and horses..."
Zhao Zhen’s hidden meaning.
The Song Dynasty had just abolished a lot of Xiang troops, but it had not yet enjoyed many of the benefits brought by the abolition of Xiang troops.
Want to train new troops again?
Isn’t it unnecessary to lay off people and then recruit them?
Kou Ji heard the voice of Zhao Zhen's words and said with a smile: "The new army for the initial training does not need too many numbers."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji doubtfully.
Kou Ji explained with a smile: "I don't hide it from the officials. Artillery and muskets are currently not available in large quantities, so they cannot be deployed in the entire army. The muskets and artillery still need some improvement, and improvement will take some time.
During this period of time, we can first train a small number of new troops to familiarize them with the combat methods of muskets and artillery.
Then find a way to send them out for training so that they can learn how to fight with artillery and muskets.
Only after they learn it can we train a new army on a large scale.
At that time, we can assign them to other new armies, and use them to teach the combat methods of muskets and artillery.
When tens of thousands of people have learned to fight with muskets and artillery, muskets and artillery can be equipped on a large scale."
After Zhao Zhen finished listening to Kou Ji's words, he lowered his head and pondered for a long time.
The reason why he pondered for a long time was not because Kou Ji's words were difficult to understand.
It was because he heard something deeply hidden in Kou Ji's words.
Kou Ji's words did not mention Wu Xun.
This shows that Kou Ji does not intend to let the martial artists participate in this matter.
Once the new army is trained and equipped with muskets and artillery, the new army will rely on the muskets and artillery to achieve success.
Then the new army will become a huge threat to the martial arts.
The greater the achievements of the new army on the battlefield, the greater the threat to the warriors.
If there are one or two powerful people in the new army, they might be able to fight with the martial artists.
If he and Kou Ji were behind this, most of the Wu Xun who relied on the Song Dynasty to eat flesh and drink blood would be eliminated.
After Zhao Zhen figured out the profound meaning, he stared at Kou Ji and sighed: "Fourth brother is still wise. Fourth brother's move not only helped our Song Dynasty soldiers and horses increase their combat effectiveness, but also dug out the foundation of the martial arts.
Let the warriors no longer pose a threat to our Song Dynasty."
After Kou Ji heard Zhao Zhen's words, he was a little stunned.
Zhao Zhen actually became smarter.
It's not easy to lie.
This is not good news.
He did a lot of little things secretly without telling Zhao Zhen.
If Zhao Zhen notices it, can he still be as affectionate to him as now?
I'm afraid not.
You have to be more careful in everything you do in the future.
Kou Ji murmured in his heart and said with a dry smile: "I didn't expect the officials to see it. They are really smart."
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Compared to Fourth Brother, he is far behind."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "Don't tell the officials about this matter. If the officials tell it, I will become the target of public criticism. When the time comes, those martial artists will eat me alive."
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Fourth brother is planning for my country, how can I betray fourth brother?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji followed Zhao Zhen and laughed.
The two deliberately avoided this topic, tacitly hiding the matter in their hearts and chatting about other things.
As we chatted, we got to talking about Mr. Zhang.
When it comes to Zhang, Zhao Zhen doesn't look very good.
"I'm sorry Sister Zhang..."
Zhao Zhen sighed with a somewhat dark expression.
Kou Ji consoled him: "Life and death are unpredictable. Everyone has his or her own destiny. I cannot blame you for Concubine Zhang's death."
Zhao Zhen sighed again and said nothing.
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Have you investigated the death of Concubine Zhang?"
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "I sent people to investigate, but no clues were found."
Kou Ji asked: "Is it an accident?"
Zhao Zhen shook his head, frowned and said, "Whether it was an accident or man-made, I don't know."
Kou Ji became even more confused, "What do you mean?"
Zhao Zhen sighed and said: "I found out that someone has the intention to murder Sister Zhang."
Kou Ji asked: "What then?"
Zhao Zhen said with a bitter look on his face: "There will be no more..."
The look on Kou Ji's face was very strange, and Zhao Zhen's words made him confused.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen explained with a grimace: "The person who wants to murder Sister Zhang is among Sister Zhang's maids."
Kou Ji was slightly stunned.
Then Zhao Zhen continued: "On the day Sister Zhang died, I killed all the people in her palace with a cane."
Kou Ji looked stunned.
Did you personally cut off all the clues?
No wonder you look bitter.
Kou Ji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
I pondered for a long time.
Kou Ji said: "Since there are human traces, there will definitely be clues. As long as you investigate carefully, you will always find some clues."
Zhao Zhen nodded helplessly.
It's his fault, it's hard for him to lose his temper, let alone complain.
After Kou Ji comforted Zhao Zhen, he asked, "How are you going to treat Du Yan?"
Du Yan was completely hit by the gun.
Kou Ji wanted to know how Zhao Zhen would deal with the man who hit the muzzle of the gun.
Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's question and was silent for a long time before sighing faintly: "Let him stay in Hexi for the rest of his life."
Kou Ji said with a surprised look on his face: "You don't want to kill him?"
Zhang is Zhao Zhen’s favorite person.
After Zhang died, Zhao Zhen didn't kill one or two people to express his anger. Kou Ji couldn't understand it.
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth slightly and said with a hint of anger: "I wish I could cut him into pieces with a thousand knives."
Kou Ji was even more surprised, "Then why do you keep him?"
The anger on Zhao Zhen's face instantly turned into helplessness, "Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian guaranteed him, saying that Du Yan was a rare upright minister in the court, and that he would not murder my sister Zhang.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian told me that without conclusive evidence, we cannot kill humiliated ministers like Du Yan without permission."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said: "I can be ruthless when facing other people. But it is difficult for me to be ruthless when facing loyal and good people like Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian who have worked hard for the country.
I don't want to hurt Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian's face for my own selfish desires.
I don’t want to make Zhongliang feel cold because of my own selfish desires.”
Kou Ji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
He felt that Zhao Zhen, the emperor, was really a bit aggrieved.
Zhao Zhen did not observe Kou Ji's expression, but said helplessly: "After all, I can't be hard-hearted..."
Zhao Zhen's eyes fell slightly on Kou Ji and sighed: "Maybe it's because I still have you as my brother."
The corner of Kou Ji's mouth twitched.
I complained in my heart.
So, if you kill me, you will have unlimited power?