"Everyone, please wait here while I go find officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to come over and count the belongings..."
Wang Zeng said something to Lu Yijian and others very excitedly, turned around and rushed to his carriage.
When Wang Zeng left, Kou Ji said loudly: "There are two boats of things in them, which are the property of my Kou Mansion..."
Wang Zeng paused for a moment and said without looking back: "I know..."
After saying this, he climbed into his carriage and ordered the coachman to drive the carriage to the location of the Hubu Yamen.
Wang Zeng didn't care at all about what Kou Ji said about the two shiploads of things that belonged to the Kou family.
Let alone Kou Ji talking about two ships, even if Kou Ji opened his mouth to say five ships, Wang Zeng would not frown.
The money that Kou Li escorted back was an unexpected windfall for the imperial court. The imperial court received such a huge benefit for nothing, so it was necessary to share some of it with the Kou government, both emotionally and rationally.
Not only did it have to be distributed to Kou's government, but Kou Li also had to be promoted to honor Kou Li's achievements.
After all, the fact that the imperial court was able to obtain such an unexpected fortune was obviously due to Kou Li.
After Wang Zeng left, Kou Ji looked at Lu Yijian, curled his lips and said, "Can Lu Gong say what you just said again?"
Lu Yijian was quite sarcastic about Kou Ji just now.
Now that things have taken a turn for the worse, Kou Ji naturally wants to regain his place.
When Lu Yijian heard Kou Ji's words, his cheeks turned red with embarrassment. He glared at Kou Ji, snorted coldly, shook his sleeves, and left the ferry with his hands behind his back.
Zhang Zhibai pointed at Kou Ji dumbfounded.
He seemed to be complaining that Kou Ji shouldn't embarrass Lu Yijian over such a trivial matter.
Kou Ji smiled faintly.
He has always been the kind of person who never waits for revenge. Lu Yijian just caused trouble for him. Now that he has an opportunity, he will naturally not let Lu Yijian go.
His current status is the same as Lu Yijian's, and his status is also the same.
Fundamentally speaking, one belongs to literature and the other belongs to martial arts, so they should be mortal enemies.
He did not confront Lu Yijian in the court, which was already very benevolent.
Zhang Zhibai could probably guess what Kou Ji was thinking, so he shook his head and smiled, saying: "Lv Gong and Wang Gong have already left, and it is not suitable for me to stay here. I will go ahead. When you have time, come to my house."
Sit down."
"I will definitely visit you someday..."
Zhang Zhibai said a kind word, and Kou Ji also said a kind word in return.
After being polite, Zhang Zhibai left the ferry.
Kou Ji returned to the side of the ship.
Looking at the massive amount of property unloaded by the boatmen, Kou Ji also felt very complicated.
Although Kou Li was responsible for escorting this batch of property and knew who gave it to him, he did not know where it came from.
Only Kou Ji knew this in his heart.
The property that Kou Li was responsible for escorting did indeed come from the sea, but it was not a tribute from the vassal, but the stolen goods that Cao Li led his men to plunder overseas.
There are indeed many overseas vassals, but how many of them are really willing to offer precious gifts to the Song Dynasty?
It would be nice if each of them came to the Song Dynasty to fight the autumn breeze. How could they offer generous tributes to the Song Dynasty?
Cao Liang led regular soldiers and horses and the sharpest weapons to plunder overseas for many years, and the money he plundered was naturally more than this.
A large part of it has been secretly digested.
What was sent to Bianjing City was only a small part of it.
When Kou Li returned to the capital, Cao Li prepared such a huge amount of property without informing Kou Ji and asked Kou Li to escort him back to the capital. This was out of intention to disgust Kou Ji.
He knew that these properties would definitely cause a sensation when they appeared in Bianjing City, so he prepared the tribute documents in advance and asked Kou Li to bring them back with them.
Anyway, he has destroyed countless small maritime countries over the years. It is easy to pretend to be those small countries that he has destroyed.
The reason why he prepared the documents in advance was to prevent the Kou government from being known as greedy for money.
Kou Ji easily deduced Cao Lili's intentions through Cao Lili's actions.
I just want to disgust him.
I just feel disgusted with him.
The reason is very simple. After Cao Yong moved away from Leizhou, he wanted to establish a country overseas, and invited Kou Ji to become the leader of the country overseas, so that Kou Ji would not stay in Bianjing and suffer from cowardice.
But Kou Ji refused.
Cao Li wanted to make him sick because of this.
Cao Lili could only disgust him, but couldn't do anything else.
Cao used to live a very happy life in Leizhou these years, and he also made a big name at sea.
But everything Cao used was based on Kou Ji's support.
If Kou Ji doesn't support him, he will become an ordinary person in an instant.
Half of the people Cao used in Leizhou had come from Baozhou, and the other half were bandits who had been recruited.
But whether they were gangsters from Baozhou or those who were recruited, they were all loyal to Kou Ji, not Cao Li.
The people of Baozhou in the past were loyal to Kou Ji, needless to say.
The reason why the gangsters in Leizhou are loyal to Kou Ji is related to the people from Baozhou's past.
Most of the people in Baozhou in the past were formally trained warriors.
After those gangsters were recruited, they naturally needed to be reorganized and retrained.
People in Baozhou in the past often talked about Kou Ji when training them.
As time went by, those gangsters were naturally brainwashed.
Everyone is loyal to Kou Ji.
In addition, people from the Kou Mansion sent some supplies that they lacked from time to time. Most of what they ate and used were provided by the Kou Mansion. How could they be disloyal to Kou Ji?
Although Cao used to lead them, it was difficult to instigate them to rebel.
In addition, all the armaments and ships they used were provided by the Kou government and were all in the hands of the Kou people.
Even if Cao Lili wanted to do something privately, he couldn't do it.
When Cao Li first arrived in Leizhou, he also had other thoughts. He fought several times with Kou Ji overtly and secretly. After losing the fight, he completely accepted his fate and worked wholeheartedly to help Kou Ji.
In Kou Ji's eyes, Cao Lili was an eagle.
If you can't stand him, you will be played by him.
If you can survive him, he will be loyal to you.
It's just that this war eagle is a little naughty now.
Kou Ji was thinking about whether to send a message and have Cao Li hanged up and beaten.
A few belongings were given to the court, and Kou Ji didn't care.
Kou Ji himself doesn't even know how much money the Kou family has now, but he is not short of that.
What he cares about is Cao Liang's attitude towards him.
Just when Kou Ji was thinking about whether to send someone to deal with Cao Yiliang, Wang Zeng had already led a group of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and rushed to the ferry in a hurry.
Kou Ji ordered the boatman and the servants of the Kou Mansion to load the Kou Mansion's belongings into the cart, then threw the remaining belongings to Wang Zeng, and then led the people back to the Kou Mansion mansion in Bianjing City.
The mansion of the Kou Mansion was lent to the imperial court twice to store money, and many tables, chairs and other items were piled up in one place.
Kou Ji ordered people to clean up in advance.
After Kou Ji brought Kou Li back home, the Kou Mansion's mansion had been tidied up.
After the family had a simple meal, Kou Ji left the Kou Mansion with Xiang Yan and Kou Tianci.
Before leaving, Kou Li insisted on giving Xiang Yan and Kou Tian something yellow and white, so Xiang Yan accepted it symbolically.
Out of the house.
After getting on the carriage, Xiang Yan hugged Kou Tianci who had fallen asleep, sat next to Kou Ji, and whispered: "Father... seems to be very afraid of you?"
Before Kou Ji could speak, Xiang Yan added, "It seems that all of them are afraid of you?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said, "Who knows. I didn't do anything to them, and I don't understand why they are afraid of me."
Xiang Yan looked at Kou Ji suspiciously.
Kou Ji smiled faintly and didn't explain much.
The reason why Kou Li is afraid of him is probably related to Kou Li's experience in Leizhou.
When Kou Ji first sent people to Leizhou, Kou Li always intervened in many affairs based on his identity as his father.
Then Kou Ji issued an order, telling the people he sent not to care about Kou Li, but to pretend that Kou Li did not exist.
After a while, Kou Li became completely obedient and no longer dared to interfere in any affairs.
There is no other reason.
The group of killers sent by Kou Ji started killing people.
Those guys are still restrained in the semi-dharma land.
When they reach a place outside the law, everyone is like a scourge.
In order to make money and seize space, they killed countless people.
Anyway, every time they return from the sea, their bodies are filled with the smell of blood.
After Kou Li smelled the smell of blood on their bodies, he no longer dared to interfere with their affairs.
Coming from this generation and being an official, Kou Li had seen dead people and many murderers.
But the most evil people he has ever seen are not as strong as the smell of blood on them.
Kou Li is not afraid of a killer.
But Kou Li was really afraid of a group of killers.
Not only Kou Li was afraid, but the family members around him were also afraid.
It is precisely because of this.
Kou Li and others felt fear towards Kou Ji, a man who could suppress a group of killers from thousands of miles away.
Kou Ji didn't want to tell Xiang Yan more about this matter, so when Xiang Yan asked about it, Kou Ji could only laugh it off.
Xiang Yan didn't ask about this, but thought of other things, "My father-in-law doesn't seem to be close to you?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "When I was young, he went out to study. After I arrived in Bianjing City, he has been under grounding, and later he was sent to other places.
Although he is my father, we don't get along for a long time.
If you're not very close, that's normal."
Xiang Yan felt a little uncomfortable and said, "But I feel very uncomfortable seeing my father-in-law being close to other children but not being close to you."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "I like someone, and I am used to being alone."
"You are not alone, you have a concubine..."
"And Ci'er..."
"..."
Kou Ji laughed loudly, "Yes, I still have you and Tianci. So you don't have to feel bad for me. Anyway, I don't feel bad at all."
Xiang Yan nodded heavily, hugged Kou Tianci and leaned on Kou Ji's shoulder.
After the family of three left Bianjing City, they never visited the Kou mansion again.
After Wang Zeng took the massive amount of money presented by Kou Ji, he immediately wrote a memorial about the matter and handed it to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen sent people from Honglu Temple to list several vassals mentioned in the document submitted by Kou Jixian as states that could communicate with him, and then promoted Kou Li to an official position.
Kou Li was promoted to the Ministry of Etiquette and served as a member of the food department.
A leisurely official position, where you don't have to go to work often and don't have to go to court.
Kou saluted with a memorial of thanks.
This matter is settled.
In order to prevent the Kou government from getting a bad reputation, the imperial court also issued a special newspaper to clarify the issue of tribute.
After the matter was completely calm, it was already the New Year's Day.
This year’s Chinese New Year is particularly lively.
Before the New Year approached, Zhao Zhen issued an order that King Wu could not help but do.
Last year's New Year's Eve, Zhao Zhen was not in Bianjing, so this year's New Year's Eve must make up for last year's excitement.
Starting from the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Bianjing City has entered into a strong New Year atmosphere.
Bianjing City is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the sound of firecrackers gets louder every day, making it very lively.
The busiest day is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.
The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
The Liao envoys escorted the coins sent to the Song Dynasty to Beijing.
Early in the morning.
The people gathered on both sides of the street where the Liao envoy was passing.
The Song Dynasty has sent New Year coins to the Liao Kingdom for more than ten years. Now it is the turn of the Liao Kingdom to send New Year coins to the Song Dynasty. The people of the Song Dynasty naturally felt that mentioning it, and naturally wanted to gather together to take a look. In the past, the aloof Liao people,
What will it look like this year when I give out New Year coins?
The common people stood guard on both sides of the street for a long time, and it was not until the sun was shining that they finally arrived at the Liao envoy's team.
The leader was Yang Shenxing, an important official of the Liao Kingdom, and the officials and soldiers accompanying him were all Han Chinese.
Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty seemed to have expected that the people of the Song Dynasty would watch the envoys he sent to the Song Dynasty, so not a single Liao person was used, and all the people sent were Han people.
After the common people saw the Liao envoy appearing, they all looked excited and prepared to shout something to express their feelings.
But after seeing that all the Liao envoys were Han Chinese, my eyes were full of disappointment.
What they want to see is the Liao people bowing their heads, not their own people bowing to them.
The common people did not see the Liao people, so they lost the intention to shout.
When Yang Shenxing led his people through the people, he saw a strange scene.
The people on both sides of the street stared at them, but no one spoke.
Everywhere you go, it's quiet.
Yang Shenxing was actually made numb by the sight of the common people.
A group of people were passing by Zhouqiao.
Someone spat at their team.
Then everyone started spitting at them.
Yang Shenxing endured the humiliation and arrived at the palace gate with his people. Everyone was already showered with spit.
When Yang Shenxing and his party arrived in front of Donghua Gate, they saw a person standing on the Jinshui Bridge in front of Donghua Gate.
The man stood with his hands folded and stared at them.
After Yang Shenxing carefully identified it, he found that it was Kou Ji and quickly shouted: "But Kou Changsheng, the Privy Councilor of the Song Dynasty? I am the Liao Dynasty..."
Yang Shenxing wants to get close to Kou Jitao.
Kou Ji had no intention of getting close to him.
Kou Ji stared at Yang Shenxing and his party coldly, and said, "Who are you?"
Yang Shenxing was stunned for a moment, guessing that Kou Ji might be trying to make things difficult for him, so he didn't try to get too close. He bowed his hands and said, "I am Yang Shenxing, envoy of the Liao Dynasty..."
Kou Ji snorted coldly and said: "Da Liao? Fan is a vassal country. How dare you claim to be great in front of me, Song Dynasty?"
When Yang Shenxing heard this, he sighed secretly in his heart, and once again cupped his hands and said: "I am Yang Shenxing, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom..."
Kou Ji asked coldly: "Why did the envoys from the Liao Kingdom come to our Song Dynasty?"
Yang Shenxing hurriedly said: "By the order of our emperor, I will send annual tribute to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty..."
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "Since you are here to pay annual tribute, why did you bring swords and soldiers into the city?"
Yang Shenxing looked at Kou Ji blankly.
Kou Ji said coldly: "We have a new law in the Song Dynasty. Whenever envoys from foreign countries enter the capital, they are not allowed to bring weapons with them."
Yang Shenxing immediately wanted to refute.
Then Kou Ji continued: "If the foreign country doesn't comply, you can go back the same way and wait for my troops from the Song Dynasty to arrive."
Yang Shenxing immediately shut his mouth, and with great humiliation, ordered the soldiers and horses to hand over their swords, guns, swords and halberds, and had people take them away from Bianjing City.
After some things are sorted out.
Yang Shenxing stared at Kou Ji and said, "Is this okay? Can we enter the palace to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty?"
Kou Ji glanced at Yang Shenxing and said calmly: "Can you enter the palace to meet the officials? What does it have to do with me? I am the Privy Envoy of the Song Dynasty, not the Minister of Honglu Temple of the Song Dynasty.
I was just passing through this place and saw that you did not obey my laws of the Song Dynasty, so I just reminded you."
Yang Shenxing's face turned red for a moment.
Kou Ji ignored him and walked across the Jinshui Bridge towards the palace.
Yang Shenxing was finally received by the officials of Honglu Temple, went to the post house, changed his clothes, and escorted his belongings into the palace.
After Yang Shenxing entered the palace, all the civil and military personnel of the Song Dynasty had gathered in Chui Gong Hall.
Except for Kou Ji, every civil and military officer in Chui Gong Hall had his chest straight when the Liao envoy entered the hall.
Even Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai are not exempt from vulgarity.
They had been pretending to be grandsons in front of the Liao people for many years, and finally became grandfathers, so naturally they had to show off.
Yang Shen entered the Chui Gong Hall and bowed respectfully to Zhao Zhen.
"Yang Shenxing, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, met with His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty..."
When the word "Xia Bang" came out of Yang Shenxing's mouth, the civil and military personnel in Chui Gong Hall were a little moved.
The Song Dynasty has really become stronger.
Become stronger than ever.
The three dynasties of Taizu, Taizong and Zhenzong failed to turn the Liao Kingdom into a lower state.
After the official ascended the throne for several years, the Liao Kingdom became a subordinate state and the Liao Kingdom surrendered to the Song Dynasty.
The Liao Kingdom has surrendered.
Then among all the nations in the world, who dares to raise his head and talk to Song Dynasty?
From then on, the Song Dynasty would become a truly great state.
It is not the kind of heavenly kingdom that is bought with money.
The civil and military officials throughout the dynasty were filled with emotion.
Yang Shenxing did not stop because of this. After saluting Zhao Zhen, he submitted his credentials to Zhao Zhen.
After Zhao Zhen got the credentials, he placed them on the dragon case and said to Yang Shenxing: "Yang Shenxing, you are representing the Liao Kingdom as an envoy to the Song Dynasty. The civil and military officials of our dynasty originally wanted to embarrass you.
After all, when our envoys from the Song Dynasty were sent to the Liao Kingdom, they were often embarrassed by the nobles of the Liao Kingdom.
But I stopped this.
As long as you obey the laws and rules of our Song Dynasty.
I, Da Song, will not embarrass you in the slightest.
I'm not the kind of person who bullies the weak."
Yang Shenxing heard Zhao Zhen's words and felt secretly bitter in his heart.
Zhao Zhen's words were like stepping on Emperor Liao's body and giving him a pat on the back.
Yang Shenxing couldn't accept Zhao Zhen's words.
If you agree, today's scene will be reported back to the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will inevitably want to settle accounts with him.
If you don't agree, don't give Zhao Zhen face.
If you don't give Zhao Zhen face, it's hard to guarantee that some courtiers won't put on small shoes for him in order to flatter Zhao Zhen.
Yang Shenxing thought about it again and again, and could only bow deeply to Zhao Zhen without saying a word.
He was silently begging for mercy, begging Zhao Zhen to let him go.
Zhao Zhen did not embarrass him, and asked him to ask him about the current situation of the Liao Emperor and the Liao Kingdom after he recovered.
After the chat, he was taken away from Chui Gong Hall.
After Yang Shenxing left, Zhao Zhen ordered people to carry the annual tribute sent by the Liao Kingdom into the palace.
Zhao Zhen ordered people to open the box filled with gold and silver, and let the civil and military officials of the court look at it. Then he said: "I heard that after I, the Song Dynasty, send coins to the Liao Kingdom every year, the Emperor of Liao will send me
The silk cloth sent by the Song Dynasty was distributed to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty as rewards.
He wanted everyone in the Liao Kingdom to wear the silk cloth sent by the Song Dynasty, remember the wealth of the Song Dynasty, and miss the territory of the Song Dynasty.
Today I will distribute the coins sent by the Liao Kingdom to you.
I want you to remember that the Song Dynasty is what it is today, not because of peace talks, but because of the hard work of the soldiers.
Everywhere in our Song Dynasty, there are bones buried.
Therefore, I, the Song Dynasty, cannot lose even an inch of land.
In the future, if we, the Song Dynasty, encounter war again, I will send anyone to the border who proposes peace talks.
I asked him to fight for my Da Song with real swords and guns.
After you risk your life, come back and tell me whether you want peace talks."
Zhao Zhen waved to Chen Lin, and Chen Lin led the eunuchs to start distributing money to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
In the process of distributing money, Zhao Zhen said to the Manchu civil and military officials: "I believe that when you take the annual coins sent by the Liao Kingdom, you will be reluctant to spend them. You will definitely put them in the most conspicuous place in your home to remind yourself of them all the time.
"
After receiving the reward, all civil and military officials in the court responded in unison without hesitation.
Then he waited with Zhao Zhen until the New Year coins were distributed.
Zhao Zhen said again: "Among the annual tribute sent by the Liao Kingdom, there are twelve Eastern Pearls, and I have kept three. The rest will be given to Cao Wei, Kou Ji, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai and other nine people."
Kou Ji and others did not understand what Zhao Zhen did and why Zhao Zhen became so generous.
But he still accepted Zhao Zhen's reward with a smile.
After Zhao Zhen rewarded the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, he said with a smile: "From now on, I will not reward you with money on New Year's Eve. Once you receive a reward, it will be based on the annual coins sent by the Liao Kingdom."
When the civil and military officials of the whole court heard this, they were in an uproar.
However, Zhao Zhen paid no more attention to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and did not announce the upcoming court. He rolled up his sleeves and left Chui Gong Hall.
Although the coins sent by the Liao Kingdom were rich, they were nothing compared to the money given to the ministers at the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace.
Zhao Zhen seems to have become more generous, but in fact he has become stingy.
As a result, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty lost a large sum of year-end bonuses, and naturally they complained a lot.
After Zhao Zhen left, they started talking quietly.
When the civil and military officials in the court were talking a lot, Kou Ji suddenly laughed and said: "I think this move by the officials is very good... You will make a fortune in the future, so you should thank the officials properly."