"The officials should be able to sleep peacefully..."

Zhong Shiheng said lightly.

Kou Ji was stunned.

Before Kou Ji could speak, Zhong Shiheng took a hard bite of the mutton, chewed it and said, "As long as the official family can sleep peacefully, it's none of our business whether other people can sleep peacefully!"

At the end of the sentence, Zhong Shiheng's words were full of disdain.

Kou Ji laughed and said: "A person like me, who has great power and great achievements, is still alive. The people who have the most uneasy sleep are the officials, right?"

Zhong Shiheng glanced at Kou Ji, snorted and said, "It's okay to fool others with your words, but it's not okay to fool me? It's not okay at all!"

Kou Ji stared at Zhong Shiheng with interest and said, "Why do you think I'm fooling you?"

Zhong Shiheng twitched his lips, "Whether you have power over the government or the public, or whether you have great achievements, the trust of the officials in you has never diminished. If not, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses currently fighting in the Liao Kingdom would not be the same as the officials."

It won't be given to you.

You are responsible for the reform of the military system, you are responsible for the selection of soldiers and horses, and even the forging of armaments is your responsibility.

In terms of familiarity with the current military forces of the Song Dynasty, no one can compare with you.

Officials are not stupid, so they obviously know this.

Since he dares to hand over these soldiers and horses to you, it means that he trusts you very much.

Therefore, if you hold the military power of the Song Dynasty, the officials can sleep peacefully.

If someone else is holding it, the official family will not be able to sleep peacefully."

Kou Ji stared at Zhong Shiheng, speechless.

Seeing this, Zhong Shiheng sighed: "Sometimes I really don't understand why the officials trust you so much. You have the title of Bole again, and the officials you choose, whether they are military ministers or civil servants, will become officials after they enter the official career."

, all shine brightly.

They are either sitting on one side calmly, or they are fighting decisively on the battlefield and establishing unparalleled achievements.

They have now gradually taken control of a large part of the power of the Song Dynasty.

As long as you change your mind a little bit, maybe the Song Dynasty will change its color.

Under such circumstances, why would the officials still trust you?"

Zhong Shiheng seems to have written about the taste, so at the end of the sentence, it was a bit sour.

Kou Ji heard what Zhong Shiheng said and said with a smile: "I said I didn't know either. Do you believe it?"

Zhong Shiheng snorted coldly, "Do you think I will believe it?"

Kou Ji sighed: "Maybe the officials know that I have no idea about that position."

Zhong Shiheng stared at Kou Ji coldly, "Only a person who sits in that position and abandons it with great disgust can make people believe that he has no idea about that position."

Kou Ji put down the mutton in his hand, stared at Zhong Shiheng and said, "You insist on getting to the bottom of it?"

Zhong Shiheng said seriously: "I just want to know if the officials will kill you."

After saying this, before Kou Ji could speak, Zhong Shiheng added, "If the officials behead you, then I will be the next one to be beheaded.

After all, the three people with the greatest military exploits in the Song Dynasty are Cao Wei, you, and me.

Cao Wei is not far from death now, so it doesn't matter whether he is killed or not.

If the officials are afraid of you, they will kill you.

Then I probably won’t be able to live alone.”

Kou Ji sighed and said, "Don't worry... the officials won't kill me, and they won't kill you either."

Zhong Shiheng stared at Kou Ji without saying a word.

Kou Ji wiped his hands, rubbed his eyebrows, and said helplessly: "You are such a stubborn person. You have to give me a satisfactory answer."

Zhong Shiheng said solemnly: "There is no reassuring answer. After defeating the Liao Kingdom, I don't have the courage to return to Bianjing."

Kou Ji waved his hand and asked the soldiers around him to leave.

When he and Zhong Shiheng were left in front of the tent, he said quietly: "If you insist on forcing me to say it, I'm going to say it. Don't be scared to death."

Zhong Shiheng said disdainfully: "If I, Zhong Shiheng, could be scared to death, I wouldn't be alive until now."

Kou Ji sighed and sighed: "If my feeling is correct, the official family has considered giving me the throne more than once."

Zhong Shiheng's eyes widened in horror, the mutton in his hand fell to the ground, he stood up suddenly and shouted: "Impossible!"

Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng and said dissatisfied: "Why are you shouting? I haven't said anything more important."

Zhong Shiheng suppressed the panic in his heart, stared at Kou Ji, and waited quietly for the next sentence.

Kou Ji continued: "When the heir of the official family died young, the official family could not bear the blow. He once said this personally, but I slapped him back."

Zhong Shiheng exploded in an instant. He lost his mind and shouted: "Impossible! You are lying to me!"

"You actually used such a poor excuse to lie to me!"

"You're making up a story for me!"

"..."

Zhong Shiheng shouted somewhere for a long time.

Kou Ji looked at him quietly.

He knew that Zhong Shiheng couldn't accept it if he told the truth.

Not to mention Zhong Shiheng, other people in the Song Dynasty could not accept it and would not believe it.

But the truth is the truth.

Kou Ji has experienced it and remembers it clearly.

Zhong Shiheng shouted for a long time, and when he was exhausted from shouting, he suddenly sat down and said in disbelief: "Really?"

Kou Ji said calmly: "Of course it's true, but it seems like you don't believe me when I say it. If you tell me, no one will believe it."

Zhong Shiheng stared and shouted in a low voice: "Am I crazy to tell others such a crazy story you made up?! Abdication of the throne or slapping the emperor, which one is not earth-shattering to tell?

Which one thing will anyone believe if you tell it?

If I really tell the truth, all the officials in the government and the public will eat me alive.

The official family is now a sage who is the ancestor of the clan.

To smear officials is to go against everyone in the Song Dynasty."

Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "Since you think this is a story, then treat it as one."

Zhong Shiheng sat there with a gloomy expression. After being silent for a long time, he suddenly whispered, "What does it feel like to slap an official?"

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows in astonishment and said, "Zhong Shiheng, your idea is very dangerous."

Zhong Shiheng coughed twice and said: "Since I am making up a story, I should make it more complete."

Kou Ji thought for a moment and said, "My hands are numb and the official's face is swollen."

Zhong Shiheng stared at his eyes and growled: "You really dare to fight?!"

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and ignored Zhong Shiheng.

Zhong Shiheng himself had no intention of shutting up. He hesitated and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will tell this matter?"

Kou Ji said calmly: "You also said that this is just a story. No one will believe it. When the time comes, I will not admit it, and the officials will not admit it. Your end will be to be eaten alive by the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty."

Zhong Shiheng took a breath and shuddered.

Kou Ji asked: "Now do you believe that the officials will not hurt you and me?"

Zhong Shiheng muttered: "Whether what you say is true or false, my eyes are only on you anyway. If you can live, I can live. If you die, I will run for my life."

After this expedition against the Liao Kingdom is completed, I will not go back.

I will find an excuse to sit on the border.

I will not go back until the officials have settled you properly and you no longer have any worries about your life."

Kou Ji said incomprehensibly: "Aren't you, Zhong Shiheng, the kind of person who is as timid as a mouse?"

Zhong Shiheng rolled his eyes and said: "I am not the kind of moth that flies into the flame. I can die fighting for the Song Dynasty, but I will never die in Bianjing City as a coward.

When I established Qingjian City in the northwest and stayed there for more than ten years, my purpose was to protect myself."

Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng and said, "You actually want to learn from Zhejia!"

Zhong Shiheng did not refute Kou Ji's words, but instead admitted openly, "Is there anything wrong with breaking up the family? Listening to the instructions but not the propaganda is the only way for me, the great military official of the Song Dynasty, to survive under the suppression of the imperial court.

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If the Zhe family had followed the example of the Yang family and moved to Bianjing City.

After defeating Yu Qing, I'm afraid there won't be many generals left.

It is hard to say whether the Song Dynasty could withstand the repeated invasions of the Xixia and Liao people.
To be continued...