It seems that Cao takes advantage of people who have too much power and always like to plan something for their children and grandchildren when they are in power.
Now that Cao Cao has taken control of Jiaozhi, seeing that Kou Ji has no plans for Jiaozhi, he wonders if he can use Jiaozhi as a private land for the Cao family and let the Cao family pass it on from generation to generation.
He proposed marriage to Kou Hui for his grandson in order to use Kou Hui to bring those veterans of the patrol horse guards who really held the military power in Jiaozhi into the Cao family's command, so that the Cao family's power in Jiaozhi would become completely monolithic.
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Then, using Kou Ji's status in the Song Dynasty, he could help him speak a little and completely implement the Cao family's control over Jiaozhi.
Let Jiaozhi completely become the private territory of the Cao family.
However, according to Kou Ji's plan, Jiaozhi was bound to fall under the rule of the Song Dynasty.
Because the Song Dynasty has been in a state of food shortage since the founding of the country.
The rice in Jiaozhi can be harvested twice a year or three times a year.
If it were left to the diligent people of the Song Dynasty to cultivate, the amount of grain produced every year would be a huge amount.
If the Song Dynasty had that kind of food supplement, it would make up for this shortcoming.
By then, the politics, economy, and people's livelihood of the Song Dynasty will have been greatly improved.
Therefore, Jiaozhi was very important to the Song Dynasty.
It was impossible for Kou Ji to let Jiaozhi become the Cao family's private land.
So it was impossible for him to agree to Cao's use.
After listening to Kou Ji's analysis, Liu Heng nodded in agreement, "Cao Li's thoughts are too obvious."
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "Maybe he is just a test. If the test fails, he may have other methods."
Liu Heng raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The people I arranged for in Jiaozhi sent me news that while Cao Li was sending troops to aid the Song Dynasty, he also secretly sent a group of troops to sea."
Liu Heng was slightly stunned.
Kou Ji smiled and continued: "To the south of the Jiaozhi Sea, there is a huge island, just like the Japanese country.
Cao Liang is secretly sending people to conquer that island.
If what I expected was correct, it was his back-up move.
If he cannot get Jiaozhi, he will definitely move some of his children, grandchildren, and soldiers and horses there, break up the territory overseas, seal the territory, and occupy the mountains to become the king."
Liu Heng said with emotion: "Cao Lili made a really good calculation."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "I just saved his life. He has been working hard for me for more than ten years. That's enough. Besides, he plans to leave his life to me and do some small tricks behind his back. As long as he doesn't cause any harm to me, Da Song
Any harm, I can pretend not to see."
"Leave your life to you?"
Liu Heng was stunned.
Kou Ji nodded and said: "He will send his children and grandchildren to leave Jiaozhi, and he will also send some troops there. But he will never leave unless I give him the nod to leave."
Liu Heng thought about it and said, "It seems like his style."
Speaking of this, Liu Heng said unexpectedly: "You actually asked Cao Li to go overseas to break the earth and make the king. If I had known this, we would occupy a place overseas and break the earth to make the king."
Kou Ji laughed and said, "If you really want to do this, then go ahead."
Liu Heng said in disbelief: "This move is betraying the Song Dynasty. Didn't you hate traitors the most before?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "One moment, another moment. Now our army in the Song Dynasty is strong. After taking over Liao Kingdom, Qingtang, Jiaozhi and other places, the territory has basically reached its limit.
If you continue to fight, you can't control it even if you can fight it down, which will only increase consumption.
Rather than doing this, it is better to let our people go out and occupy it.
It is better to take advantage of our own people than to take advantage of others.
In the future, if there is an internal problem in the Song Dynasty, it will be better if the neighbors are all of us, so we can take care of them."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, I have told Zhang Yuan before that if he wants to build a foundation, he will go west with all his strength and do whatever he wants there.
I have given him enough authority and autonomy."
Liu Heng took a deep breath and said: "It's a bit incredible..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's nothing incredible. Whether it's Zhang Yuan or Cao Yili, I raised him to help the Song Dynasty rise.
Now that the Song Dynasty has risen, there is no need for them to stay.
I'm not the kind of person who just kills the donkey.
I also don’t want their descendants to stare at the Song Dynasty.
Then we can only let them go outside the territory to crack the soil and seal the king."
Kou Ji rested his arms behind his head freely and said with a smile: "Just think about it, thousands of years later, all the rulers in this land will have the same skin color and hair color as us.
, the same eyes as ours.
Everywhere we went, we spoke the same thing.
Isn’t it beautiful?”
Liu Heng lay next to Kou Ji and said with slightly blurred eyes: "When the time comes, there will be no need to learn Japanese when we get to Japan, no need to learn Korean when we get to Korea, no need to learn Tubo dialect when we get to Qingtang, and no need to learn Tubo when we get to Dashi.
Learn the food talk...
It's really good...
If future generations follow the example of you and me and fight in all directions, they will not be stumped by the local dialect..."
The two of them admired and longed for each other, and fell asleep in a daze.
Although both of them know clearly that their vision may not be seen until their death.
But people always have to look forward. If they cannot achieve it, there will be future generations to help them achieve it.
The two fell down on the ground and slept all night.
The next morning.
After getting up.
I simply washed up and had breakfast.
Kou Ji sent someone to summon Zhong Shiheng, and the three of them sat together and talked about the ensuing military affairs.
The number of troops at Gubeikou was not small, and with the addition of the Japanese troops led by Liu Heng and the Jiaozhi troops sent by Cao Liang, they were even more powerful.
Zhong Shiheng had some new ideas and discussed them with Kou Ji and Liu Heng.
Most of the time it was Zhong Shiheng and Liu Heng communicating, and Kou Ji rarely participated.
Zhong Shiheng and Liu Heng discussed a relatively appropriate offensive defense method.
Then he began to apply it on the battlefield.
A period of time followed.
The three of them were inside Gubeikou, mopping up the small group of thugs while waiting for the large group of thugs to approach.
During this period, Kou Ji and Liu Heng often got together and told each other about their experiences and past over the years.
Several days passed in a flash.
The three of them did not wait for the large group of murderers to appear, but instead waited for a rumor that made everyone unable to sit still.
"The official wants to be crowned a king? A living king with a different surname?! I heard there is also a fiefdom?"
Inside Gubeikou.
Kou Ji was busy roasting a young cow.
Zhong Shiheng hurriedly rushed into the courtyard where Kou Ji lived, chasing after Kou Ji in disbelief.
While Kou Ji was applying oil to the cow, he looked at Zhong Shiheng with a strange expression, "Do you miss a woman?"
Zhong Shiheng stared and said loudly: "Why do you miss women? I'm not one of those perverts in the court who can't eat anything without eating meat for a few months."
Kou Ji nodded and asked again: "Then why do you have hallucinations?"
Zhong Shiheng said hurriedly: "What I said is true. If an official wants to be crowned a king, or a king with a different surname, the land will be returned to him."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng and was too lazy to talk to him again.
Seeing that Kou Ji ignored him, Zhong Shiheng became even more anxious and shouted: "Why don't you believe me? Do you think I am the kind of person who talks nonsense?"
Kou Ji took the knife, scratched the beef, and said: "I didn't believe it before, but now I kind of believe it."
Zhong Shiheng stared angrily, "What I said is true."
Kou Ji didn't speak again, and he didn't talk to Zhong Shiheng anymore.
Seeing this, Zhong Shiheng stopped Kou Ji who was going to get salt.
Kou Ji lowered his hands and stared at Zhong Shiheng in front of him, "Become a king? Do you think it is possible? In the Song Dynasty, we do not grant the title of living kings with different surnames. This is almost the ancestral system established by Taizu, Taizong and Zhenzong.
Nowadays, this ancestral system is well known to both the government and the public.
Even if an official wants to make him a king, he still has to ask the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty whether they will agree."
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng said without hesitation: "The military ministers will definitely agree."
The reason why Zhong Shiheng is so sure is because the military officials of the Song Dynasty have made great contributions today.
If Zhao Zhen were to be granted the title of king, he would most likely be granting rewards to military officials with outstanding military exploits.
Once a living king with a different surname appears among the military officials.
It will be of great benefit to the status of the military official and his future promotion.
Therefore, Wu Chen will definitely agree.
What's more important is that the military ministers who remain in the court today are either their subordinates who were fighting abroad, or they are their old friends.
If Zhao Zhen wants to be crowned king, those of them who have made great contributions to the country have the best chance.
Their subordinates and old friends have no reason to stop it.
That's why Zhong Shiheng dared to say this categorically.
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng, "It doesn't matter if the military ministers can agree, the civil servants will not agree, and if there is a fiefdom, the remaining royal family will not agree either.
It’s impossible for the official family to stand up to the civil servants and the remaining royal family and claim the title of king, right?”
Zhong Shiheng hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "But there are rumors that the officials have ordered people to discuss the title of Prince Cao Wei."
After a pause, Zhong Shiheng added, "There is also a fiefdom."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "In both the government and the public, apart from the officials, who is qualified to discuss the title of the king? If the officials really want to make the king, it would be a dictatorship of the Sacred Heart. If they decide the title of the king, how can they let others
People discuss.
Even if the official family really wanted to find someone to discuss it with, the first person they would find would definitely be me.
Now I haven't received any news, so it can be seen that the rumors are just rumors.
As for the fiefdom, it is even more nonsense.
Unless the officials are crazy, it is impossible for them to let a group of military ministers who are good at recruiting and fighting to become princes and kings."
If it were just a rumor about being crowned king, Kou Ji might believe it.
But if the word "fiefdom" is added, then Kou Ji won't believe it even if it is just a punctuation mark.
The enfeoffment system was something that existed thousands of years ago and has long since been eliminated.
How could it possibly be restored?
Zhao Zhen is not a madman, so how could he reverse history?
Only a madman like Mr. Yuan would restore the old system after one system was overthrown and a new system was established.
Zhao Zhen is obviously not that kind of madman.
If he was that kind of madman, the Song Dynasty would not be what it is today.
When Zhong Shiheng heard what Kou Ji said, he said with some reluctance: "I heard that the rumor came from the palace, and I heard that it was the officials themselves who murmured."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes again, "Just now you said that the officials invited people to discuss the king's title, and now you said that the officials themselves were talking blindly.
There are obvious contradictions.
So can the rumors still be believed?"
Zhong Shiheng's face turned purple in an instant.
Kou Ji continued: "Even if the officials murmur privately, so what? If Cao Wei doesn't make you king, and I don't make you king, the officials will make you king? Do you think your surname is Zhao?"
Fight your battles and don't daydream all day long.
It is impossible for me in the Song Dynasty to grant a king with a different surname.
Even if the officials are confused and they really want to seal it, I will not agree."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji stared at Zhong Shiheng and said: "You are also a scholar, and you should understand how much harm the existence of a king with a different surname will bring to the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, you should know more clearly that it is impossible for an official family to grant a king with a different surname.
If he really dares to do this, his incompetent descendants will be able to grant royal titles all over the world."
When Zhong Shiheng heard this, he said with some reluctance: "It's true that I am a scholar, but I am also a military minister. As long as you are a military minister, few people can refuse the temptation of Wang Jue."
Kou Ji sneered and said: "If the officials really confer you a kingship, you will be in two situations. One is to sit and wait for death after receiving the edict of conferring the title of king.
The other is to imitate Li Jing of the former Tang Dynasty, being unable to do anything and not daring to say anything.
When you sleep, you have to sleep in the yard, and you have to open the door so that everyone can watch you."
When Zhong Shiheng heard this, he already understood in his heart that the rumor of being crowned king was just a rumor and it was impossible to realize it. However, he still said stubbornly: "Even if I become Li Jing, I am willing to do so."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "You are so powerful. When I step down as Privy Councilor, I will ask the officials to make you a king. Then I will see if you want it or not."
Zhong Shiheng was so shocked that he was speechless for a moment.
If Kou Ji steps down as Privy Councilor, he will be the most likely person to replace him.
If Kou Ji then asks Zhao Zhen to confer him the title of king, then he will no longer be able to serve as the privy envoy.
The kings and nobles of the Song Dynasty are really not as powerful and high-status as the privy envoys of the Song Dynasty.
A mascot with a resounding name, and a big boss with real power, one person is less powerful than ten thousand people.
Everyone knows how to choose.
Obviously, if Kou Jizhen had asked Zhao Zhen to make Zhong Shiheng the king when he resigned as Privy Councilor, Zhong Shiheng would have cried to death.
Zhong Shiheng was speechless and could only say one sentence and fled out of the yard in despair.
"Pretend I haven't been here..."
After Zhong Shiheng left, Kou Ji shook his head and whispered to himself: "After fighting for more than half a year, he is probably tired. Such a flawless rumor can deceive him. It seems that he needs to rest."
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After my master returns to the DPRK, I will find an opportunity to give him a few months' leave."
After Koji muttered for a while, he continued to roast his own beef.
It's just that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.
Not long after Zhong Shiheng left, Liu Heng rushed into the courtyard where Kou Ji was and shouted, "Fourth brother, the official family is going to make you a king. The kind with a fief..."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and almost fainted.
You shouted so loudly because you hated him for not dying quickly enough.
Now he is in charge of the imperial army and all the seals, and he is on the border.
If Liu Heng yelled so loudly, it would definitely arouse the imagination of countless people if it were spread back to Bianjing City.
Some people may doubt that Kou Ji is self-respecting in supporting troops.
Some people may also question whether Kou Ji took advantage of the fact that he had a large army to force Zhao Zhen to make him king.
If Zhao Zhen and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty recognized these two reveries, the most likely possibility would be to immediately issue an edict to make Kou Ji king.
After all, Kou Ji now has a large number of troops and is stationed on the border, and there are serious dangers in the border, so Zhao Zhen and the Manchu Civil and Military Council chose to grant Kou Ji the title of king first as an appeasement.
After Kou Ji dealt with the serious harm and his master returned to the court, he and his whole family perished.
So after Kou Ji heard Liu Heng's yelling, one of them had his head turned on his head.
"Can you please stop yelling, you think I don't die fast enough?"
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng.
Liu Heng said seriously: "I'm not making any noise. The news came from Bianjing City. It is said that after the official returned to the court, he asked the Manchu civil and military officials at a court meeting how to reward Cao Wei.
In the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty, some people proposed to make Cao Wei king.
The officials actually said that Cao Wei had made a great contribution to the restoration of Yan Yun, and that it would avenge the Song Dynasty's previous humiliation. He should consider it.
The civil and military forces of the entire dynasty are now in a state of collapse.
Nowadays, there are two civil and military factions in the Manchu Dynasty. One faction is in favor of conferring the title of king on Cao Wei, and the other is not in favor. The two sides are quarreling with each other.
Just when the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty were about to make a big fuss.
Someone has offered to make you king.
The officials did not speak out, but 80% of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty expressed their approval."
Kou Ji was stunned when he heard this, stared at Liu Heng for a long time, shook his head and said: "Where did you hear these rumors? They are getting more and more outrageous as they spread.
How could an official agree to grant a king with a different surname?
Also, the officials agreed to confer the title of king on Cao Wei, but half of the people in the civil and military dynasties disagreed.
Someone asked me to be crowned king, and eighty people in the civil and military dynasties agreed.
Do they think I don’t have enough authority, or do they want to put me on the fire?
If such a thing had happened, my grandfather would have been brought to court long ago, and he would have allowed this kind of news to spread."
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji and said seriously: "Fourth brother, don't believe it. What I said was told to me by people who came from Bianjing City."
Kou Ji glared and said: "All official documents, big and small, coming from Bianjing City must be delivered to me first for my reading. How can you be more knowledgeable about the news than me?"
Liu Heng saw that Kou Ji still didn't believe it, so he could only tell the truth, "Those people I stayed in Bianjing City, after learning that I returned to the pass, traveled under the stars and night to feel this place.
This is what they told me, do you think they would lie to me?"
Kou Ji was stunned and said in disbelief: "Are these the guys you left behind to protect Liu Boxu?"
Liu Heng nodded solemnly.
Kou Ji pondered and said: "They have entrusted their lives to you, so of course they will not lie to you. So, the matter of being crowned king is not groundless?"
Liu Heng nodded again.
Kou Ji's face darkened slightly, "If everything that happened in the court was like what you said, it would be bad."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng and said, "How did my grandfather and Cao Wei react when they found out about this?"
Liu Heng shook his head and said: "It seems not..."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "It's impossible...Cao Wei is already on his deathbed, and someone is blocking him from being crowned king. If he takes the opportunity and doesn't make a big fuss, he won't be called Cao Wei.
After all, with Cao Wei's body and bones, even if he were to be a living king with a different surname, he would not pose a threat to the imperial court.
And I am in my prime, and to be crowned king now is equivalent to ending my official career.
The officials and I still have a lot to do.
It is impossible for the officials to agree to grant me the title of king.
My grandfather still expected me to be in charge of the court like him.
Now if he is made a king, he will be completely nailed to the rank of military minister.
If he knew about this, wouldn't he rush to the court and slap those nonsense-talking courtiers in the face?"
Liu Heng thought for a while and said: "Maybe my people came in a hurry and didn't see the reaction of Kou Gong and Cao Gong."
Kou Ji frowned slightly, "No... I, the Song Dynasty, do not seal living kings with different surnames. This is an ancestral system for three generations and cannot be broken.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty may have other agendas to make a fuss about the title of king."
When Kou Ji thought about this, his face turned slightly dark and he said, "Is it possible that some naughty person wants to harm me? Does he want to put me on the fire?"
When Liu Heng heard this, he thought deeply and said: "At first when I heard about this, I was really happy for the fourth brother. But now after listening to the fourth brother's analysis, I think what the fourth brother said makes sense.
It's possible that the traitor really took the opportunity to harm you.
You made great contributions in the two wars in Hexi and Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures.
Someone took the opportunity to ask the officials to make you king, probably because they wanted to remind the officials and the civil and military officials of the dynasty that you have reached the point where you have achieved great achievements."
Kou Ji frowned and said: "There is no need to discuss this matter. You go down and block the news. Don't let anyone spread this news. I will write a letter and send it back to Bianjing City to ask what is going on."
"What if someone really framed you?"
Liu Heng asked.
Kou Ji sneered, "Then when my master returns to the court, I will personally go to his house and chop him down. Based on my merits, if the merits and demerits are balanced, there should be no damage at all if I destroy one sect."
Liu Heng heard this and said solemnly: "Remember to take me with you when the time comes."
Kou Ji nodded solemnly.
Just when Kou Ji and Liu Heng were speculating about the matter of being crowned king.
Bianjing City.
Cao Wei sat in a gorgeous sedan and was carried up the mountainside where Wenchang Academy is located.
He didn't stop slowly until he arrived at Kou Zhun's residence.
Kou Zhun was fertilizing the flowers and plants in the flower garden. When he saw Cao Wei sitting in the sedan, he frowned and shouted: "I thought you would die in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, and your body would stink when you come back.
I didn't expect you to come back alive and make such a big fuss after you came back.
Now people in Bianjing say that your contribution as Cao Wei is greater than that of all the military officials before me in the Song Dynasty, and the imperial court should make you a living king with a different surname.
Zizzi... The living king with a different surname is so majestic."
Cao Wei opened the sedan curtain, forced a smile on his face, and said feebly: "My merits are nothing, and I am more than one and a half stars behind your grandson.
Nowadays, 80% of the people in the government and the public, including officials who are not under your Kou family, agree to make him king.
I barely managed to get it to 50%.
How can it be compared?”
Kou Zhun snorted coldly, "They are so evil. When Kou comes back, I will definitely deal with them."
Speaking of this, Kou Zhun glared at Cao Wei and asked, "Why did you come to me? Do you think you are about to die and want me to write you an elegiac couplet?"
Cao Wei stared at Kou Zhun and said in a low voice: "Kou Gong, do you still remember the agreement I made with Kou Gong when I left the capital?"
Kou Zhun was stunned, "Block the door?!"
Cao Wei nodded, "You and I will block the door together. We will block the Donghua Gate where the courtiers pass up and down."
Kou Zhun raised the corners of his mouth slightly and laughed loudly: "They make us unhappy, and we also make them unhappy!"