When Zhong Shiheng heard this, his face changed slightly, "In this way, the strength of the Forbidden Army will be greatly weakened."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng and said, "After taking Goryeo, our Song Dynasty has almost no enemies worth destroying with a large army. The strength of the Forbidden Army is temporarily weakened, and it will not have a big impact.
The Forbidden Army transformed into local soldiers and stayed here, and its role was greater than staying in the Forbidden Army.
I haven't calculated exactly how many people were captured during this expedition to Liao, but it must be in the millions.
If millions of people riot, it will be a big trouble for me, the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, this place not only needs to be heavily guarded, but also needs strong local soldiers to assist."
Zhong Shiheng's face looked a little better when he heard this.
Kou Ji continued: "I agree to your request, but this matter can only be done, not talked about. If anyone goes out to spread the word for me, don't blame me for being rude.
You immediately lead troops into Goryeo.
Goryeo must be conquered within half a month.
Because in half a month, the extremely poor people who were moved by the government will arrive here.
By then I will let the people see a stable Liao land."
Zhong Shiheng solemnly agreed, and so did Liu Heng.
The two of them left the main hall, took Gao Chugong with them, and left the city lord's mansion.
The next day.
The three men led their troops into Goryeo.
Hundreds of thousands of warriors entered Goryeo.
Goryeo had almost no power to fight back.
In order to clean up Goryeo and avoid future troubles.
Several people used muskets and artillery to wash the past like a floor.
When Kou Ji was reporting to the court, he picked up his pen several times but never failed to write.
Although Goryeo was a country, to the Song Dynasty, it was just a land.
Hundreds of thousands of fierce soldiers who destroyed the Liao Kingdom attacked Goryeo and pushed them almost all the way.
There was really nothing noteworthy about it, and Kou Ji didn't even know how to report it to the court.
Finally, after much hesitation, I wrote a paragraph.
Wang Qin, the King of Goryeo, criticized the surrender of his ministers. He ordered Di Qing to go to Kaicheng, the capital of Goryeo, to hold him accountable. Di Qing led his army to Goryeo but was blocked. Zhu Neng, Zhong Shiheng, Gao Chugong, and Liu Heng successively led troops into Goryeo.
, the fall of Goryeo.'
There was no process of attacking Goryeo.
Because King Wang Qin of Goryeo was disobedient, several great generals of the Song Dynasty led their armies into Goryeo one after another, and then Goryeo disappeared.
After Kou Ji sent out the memorial report, he picked up the jug, sang to the moon in the courtyard of Liaoyang City Lord's Palace, drank heavily, and became very drunk.
He entered the Song Dynasty for more than ten cold and summer days, and after many hard efforts, he finally turned the weak Song Dynasty into an unrivaled and powerful Song Dynasty.
Only he knows the joys and sorrows involved.
"Hahaha……"
Kou Ji laughed heartily in the Liaoyang City Lord's Mansion, and the two soldiers guarding the door of the Liaoyang City Lord's Mansion looked at each other.
One of the pawns couldn't help but turn his head and ask the other pawn.
"Is your father crazy?"
"Your father is crazy."
"..."
Zhao Run raised his head, looked at Kou Tianci helplessly and said, "Slandering my father is a capital crime."
Kou Tianci curled his lips and said, "He doesn't know."
Zhao Run opened his mouth and was about to add something when he heard Kou Tianci sneer, "You don't dare to say that either."
Zhao Run was unhappy when he heard this, "Why don't I dare to say it?"
Kou Tianci snorted and said, "I haven't seen you for a few months. I'm afraid Kou Hui misses you."
When Zhao Run heard Kou Hui's name, he subconsciously shrank his neck, glared at Kou Tianci, and said angrily: "We are considered Paoze now, can you please stop bringing up that rouge tiger to scare me?"
Kou Tianci said calmly: "Then it depends on whether you are obedient or not..."
Zhao Run said angrily: "I, Zhao Run, the Shou King of the Song Dynasty, the eldest prince of the Song Dynasty!"
Kou Tianci rolled his eyes disdainfully, "What's the use? Why don't you just guard the door here with me?"
Zhao Run said angrily: "I am the only existing prince in the Song Dynasty who has been on the battlefield!"
When Kou Tianci heard this, he was furious, "You still have the nerve to say that if you hadn't fired your guns randomly in the army and hit General Zhongwu of the Yongxing Army in the butt, we wouldn't be thrown here.
Come and guard the gate."
When Zhao Run heard this, his face turned dark.
Kou Tianci said sarcastically: "When others hold muskets, they are killing the enemy. If you hold muskets, you are killing your own people. If you become the emperor, you will definitely be a coward."
Zhao Run argued angrily: "I was nervous!"
Kou Tianci snorted coldly: "You can hit your own people when you are nervous? What did that guy Chen Datou say when he taught us how to shoot?
When nothing happens, point the gun to the ground. When something goes wrong, raise the gun again. Never point it at your own people. How did you do that?"
Zhao Run couldn't say anything to Kou Tianci, so he could only chop his feet off hard, "Can you not mention this matter?! Now we are talking about your father!"
When Kou Tianci heard this, the cynicism on his face disappeared.
Seeing this, Zhao Run hurriedly changed the subject, "Why do you think your father laughs and sings while laughing? It's like he's crazy."
Kou Tianci was silent for a long time and said expressionlessly: "I don't know...but I have never seen him so happy."
Zhao Run hesitated and said, "You don't know your father?"
Kou Tianci snorted and said, "Do you understand?"
Zhao Run curled his lips and said, "It's not my father."
Kou Tianci stared at Zhao Run and said seriously: "For the sake of your Zhao family, he even ignored his wife and children. He fought east and west, fought south and north for these years, and helped your Zhao family build a huge empire.
Father and you should know him best.
He gave half his life's effort to your Zhao family."
The expression on Zhao Run's face was a little stiff. After being silent for a long time, he solemnly said: "My father will make your father the king."
Kou Tianci smiled sarcastically, "If he really cares about the title of king, would he still want to be granted the title by his father?"
Zhao Run raised his eyebrows and looked at Kou Tianci suspiciously, "What do you mean by this?"
Kou Tianci said casually: "It's not interesting..."
Others don't know Kou Ji's secret, but Kou Tianci knows more or less about it.
The business of the Kou Mansion is very large, so at the end of every year, the accounts must be compiled.
That heartless girl Kou Hui doesn't care about this matter.
Kou Tianci was very curious about this matter, so he took the initiative to find Xiang Yan and wanted to help Xiang Yan share part of the accounting summary.
Xiang Yan did not refuse.
Because in Xiang Yan's view, the future property of the Kou Mansion will be passed on to Kou Tianci, and Kou Tianci should understand the business of the Kou Mansion so that he can master it in the future.
With Xiang Yan's permission, he participated in the compilation of the Kou Mansion's accounts.
In addition to witnessing the huge industry of the Kou Mansion and the massive influx of gold, silver and copper coins into the Kou Mansion, he also discovered that the Kou Mansion received two huge sums of money without any source every year.
The amount is unbelievable.
Kou Tianci secretly checked and found nothing.
Just because nothing was found, he suspected that the Kou Mansion had some unknown 'industries' secretly.
Kou Tianci didn't know what those 'industries' were.
But Kou Tianci knew that those ‘industries’ were related to one word.
That is the word "bing".
In other words, in addition to controlling the imperial army of the Song Dynasty, Kou Ji also secretly controlled two troops that only he could mobilize.
The reason why Kou Tianci deduced that those 'industries' were related to the word 'soldier' was because with the current status of the Kou Mansion, even if it was doing some dirty business, there was no need to hide it.
Considering the current status of the Kou Mansion, the only thing that needs to be covered up is the word "soldier".
After guessing this matter, Kou Tianci never investigated the matter again, nor disclosed it to anyone.
At first, he thought that only the Kou Mansion had secret troops, and he was frightened by this, fearing that his father would do something crazy if he was unhappy.
But when he went to visit the deceased soldiers, he learned from them that almost all the martial artists in Bianjing City had some soldiers hidden in secret, and the Kou Mansion was not a special case at all.
The remaining soldiers not only told Kou Tianci that almost all the martial arts soldiers in Bianjing City had secretly hidden soldiers, but also told Kou Tianci that those were caves the martial arts warriors had set up for themselves.
The Cunning Rabbit's Three Cave Cave.
That is the last resort for warriors.
That was a method used by the martial artists to prevent the officials of the Song Dynasty from killing their donkeys.
After Kou Tianci learned this, he let go of his worries.
Kou Tianci knew that his father had soldiers, and he also knew that his father had a lot of money.
So if his father wanted a prince, it would not be difficult at all.
But Kou Tianci had no way to tell Zhao Run about this matter.
Zhao Run didn't know what was going on in Kou Tianci's mind. Seeing that Kou Tianci refused to discuss it in detail, he muttered: "If your father doesn't care about Wang Jue, then why is he working so hard for it?"
Kou Tianci hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe he cares about his family, country and the world."
Zhao Run shook his head decisively.
Kou Tianci was a little surprised.
Zhao Run said seriously: "This is what the gentlemen said during the lecture. They said that most talented people have the world in mind.
But I asked my father.
My father said that there are people in the court who care about their family, country and the world, but there is not one who is selfless.
My father also said that in addition to caring about the family, country and the world, the courtiers in the court also have other selfish motives. Some are greedy for power, some are greedy for money, and some are greedy for fame.
Even your great-grandfather, who was known as a sage, once had a greed for power."
Kou Tianci frowned and said, "Are there no people in the court who care about their family, country and the world, and are also selfless?"
Zhao Run muttered: "My father said that he has only seen two people in his life. One is Zhang Zhibai and the other is your father."
Kou Tianci raised his brows and curled his lips and said, "That's no more."
Zhao Run said seriously: "But I don't think your father is that selfless."
Kou Tianci's eyes widened for a moment.
"Then tell me why my father is not a selfless person. If you can't explain why, I will write your words intact into the letter and send it to Bianjing City for Kou Hui to see."
A trace of bitterness instantly appeared on Zhao Run's face, "Can you not mention Kou Hui?! Also, don't you dislike your father?"
Kou Tianci snorted coldly, "Just because I don't like him doesn't mean others can slander him in front of me."
Zhao Run glared at Kou Tianci and gritted his teeth and said: "Your father is obviously very knowledgeable and proficient in various arts, but he refuses to teach these to others. Isn't he selfish?"
Kou Tianci was glared at by Zhao Run angrily, "We are talking about political matters."
Zhao Run solemnly said: "I am political affairs, and I am his student. It has been so long since I arrived in Liaoyang, and he has taught me nothing."
Kou Tianci was too lazy to continue talking to Zhao Run.
Zhao Run asked, "Am I wrong?"
Kou Tianci was silent for a long time and sighed: "In addition to teaching me the principles of life, he didn't teach me anything else."
Zhao Run also sighed, "I don't know when he will be willing to teach me."
Kou Tianci and Zhao Run said this and said nothing again.
The two of them listened to Kou Ji singing over wine in the city lord's palace, and quietly stood guard outside the door.
They didn't understand why Kou Ji was so happy.
Kou Ji also wouldn't understand the sorrow in their hearts.
A night of silence.
The next day.
Zhong Shiheng, Di Qing, Gao Chugong, Zhu Neng, Liu Heng and others returned in triumph.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses escorted the huge captives, and returned home loaded with gold and silver, which were loaded onto horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts.
Kou Ji held a celebration banquet for them at the Liaoyang City Lord's Mansion.
Zhong Shiheng and others happily carried their capture into the city lord's mansion.
Among them, Zhu Neng was the most unusual. Zhu Neng not only brought the captured soldiers with him, but also brought several young Korean women with him.
As soon as they met, before Kou Ji could speak, Zhu Neng laughed loudly and said to Kou Ji: "Privy Councilor, didn't you say that you fell in love with the daughter of the King of Korea? I brought her back to you.
Look, the oldest is twelve and the youngest is three.
You want that?
Or do you plan to accept them all?”
Kou Ji glared at Zhu Neng fiercely, "Go away, I was just making a joke, and you took it seriously."
Zhu Neng smiled and said: "Go out and ask, here, who dares not to take your words seriously?"
Kou Ji said angrily: "Why don't you let the generals take you out?"
Zhu Neng chuckled and ordered people to take the Goryeo princesses down.
After the Princess of Koryo was detained, Koji asked: "Didn't the King of Koryo be captured?"
Zhong Shiheng and others shook their heads.
Zhong Shiheng said: "The Goryeo was seriously ill. After we entered Kaicheng, he was so angry that he vomited blood and died. When we entered the Goryeo Palace, all we saw was a corpse."
Kou Ji sighed: "After all, he is the leader of a country, but he is so small-minded."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "It's not that he is short-tempered, but that he is too ill."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "He is a corpse, can he restrain himself?"
Liu Heng nodded, "It has been restrained and has been sent to the storage of the corpses of other Liao royal families and nobles, as well as the heads of various tribes."
Kou Ji nodded, "That's good. Let's select some more members of the Goryeo royal family so that when our master returns to the court, we can present prisoners to the officials."
After saying this, Kou Ji waved his hand and asked Zhong Shiheng and others to sit down.
Zhong Shiheng and others were not polite either.
After sitting down, Kou Ji slowly spoke, "Goryeo has been destroyed, and our war in the north has been completely ended. This time, our Song Dynasty was able to win consecutive battles and defeat Black Khan, Qingtang, Liao Kingdom, and Goryeo. It's all thanks to you."
The general fought to the death.
Now that the war is over, I invite you to have a drink."
Everyone raised their glasses, bowed from afar, and drank it all in one gulp.
Kou Ji put down his wine glass and continued: "I have already reported all your merits to the officials. When our class teacher returns to the court, the officials will definitely reward you for your merits."
"Thank you, Privy Council..."
"..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Okay, we've pretty much covered the scene. Let's talk about some common sayings. After decades of hard work, after this battle, we have completely succeeded. After we die, we will have the honor to see our ancestors.
But don’t take credit for it and be arrogant. It’s also at this time that you need to be humble.
I don’t want you to get a decree to hold someone accountable for committing a crime before the reward from the imperial court is delivered to you.”
Zhong Shiheng and others looked straight.
Zhong Shiheng said: "Before the master returns to the court, we will stay here and not go anywhere. This way we will not make any mistakes."
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "There is no need to be so restrained. Don't take credit for yourself and deliberately provoke the law. And if you are going to be used later, it won't work if you stay here and don't move."
"Please also give me the Privy Council's instructions..."
"..."
Kou Ji said bluntly: "The place has been conquered. We can't defend it, and we can't just watch it become desolate. The people who were moved by the imperial court have already passed through the sixteen states of Yanyun.
We expect to arrive here in half a month.
Within this half month, I hope you will select the soldiers under your command who have married a Korean woman and must stay in the Liao Kingdom.
I will place them in various prefectures according to their number.
The prisoners were then redistributed and put under their control.
When the relocated people arrive, they can rush directly to where they are, collect prisoners, farm tools, mules and horses, and houses, and start working.
When they started to drive the prisoners to work, the place temporarily settled down.
At that time we can return to the imperial court."
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng and others nodded, indicating that they had no objection.
Kou Ji smiled and continued: "There is one more thing, that is, the candidates to stay here need to be selected from among you."
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng and the other three people had different expressions.
No one wants to miss the opportunity to go to Bianjing City to present prisoners and praise their merits.
They could not care less about recovering Hexi, overthrowing Xixia, and overthrowing Dali. They did not offer prisoners to praise their achievements when they returned to the court.
However, they must go back to Bianjing City to praise their achievements in overthrowing the Liao Kingdom and wiping out the Song Dynasty's former humiliation.
The most glorious time for a general is when he praises his merits.
None of them want to miss it.
Several people looked at each other for a long time, but no one asked to stay.
Kou Ji said bluntly: "One person among you, and three under you. The person left behind among you will be temporarily in charge of the military affairs here. The people left behind under you will lead three forbidden armies and sit in the capital city.
Wei Shi, Kaicheng.
Three Forbidden Army forces, plus the remaining Forbidden Army soldiers, are enough to guard this place.
You must stay here until the two newly established imperial armies and the local troops recruited by the imperial court arrive."
As soon as Kou Ji said this, several people recommended their own lieutenants, but no one was willing to take the initiative to stay.
Seeing this, Kou Ji could only sigh and said: "Since none of you are willing to stay, then I can only assign them."
Zhong Shiheng and others looked nervous when they heard this.
Kou Ji did not show off, his eyes fell on Di Qing, and he said directly: "You can stay."
"elder brother?!"
When Di Qing heard Kou Ji's words, he stopped calling his brother and directly called him brother.
Kou Ji stared at Di Qing and said, "There's no point in calling me brother. If I ask you to stay, you can stay. I'll explain it to you in detail later."
Di Qing grimaced and closed his mouth.
Kou Ji also selected three lieutenants, Zhong Shiheng, Gao Chugong, and Zhu Neng, to stay here.
Liu Heng, on the other hand, was not named from the beginning to the end.
Liu Heng seemed to know how it would end, so he didn't say much from beginning to end.
After discussing the business, several people got together to eat and drink.
Then they each left the city lord's mansion.
Kou Ji left Di Qing and Liu Heng behind before they left.
After Gao Chuanggong and others left, Kou Ji said to Di Qing and Liu Heng, "You two are my brothers. I won't hide anything from you."
After saying this, Kou Ji's eyes fell on Di Qing and said frankly: "You don't have to be depressed. Among the few people, you are the only one who can stay, and I can only keep you."
Di Qing stared at Kou Ji in confusion.
Kou Ji continued: "The official family made Cao Wei the king of Nanhai County, and gave Liuqiu as a fiefdom. The Cao family has now arrived in Fuzhou, and they should be boarding the ship to prepare to cross the sea.
This matter has become a foregone conclusion and cannot be reversed.
Therefore, when our class teacher returns to the court, most of the officials will also grant us the title of king, and then divide us into four places.
And among us, you, Di Qing, are the least likely to be crowned a king.
You should know the specific reason."
Di Qing smiled bitterly and nodded. Kou Ji had told him the specific reason before.
Liu Heng said with emotion: "Fourth brother and the official family want to keep you as the privy envoy. It's a pity that you have made such contributions. You are obviously qualified to be crowned king, but you can only pass by the king."
Di Qing smiled bitterly and said, "If it weren't for my brother's guidance and uncle's teachings, I would be nothing now."
Liu Heng patted Di Qing on the shoulder and said: "It's important to have someone to support you, but you have to work hard yourself. If you don't work hard yourself, even if the officials support you, you will be nothing more than a puddle of mud.
So you don't have to be so modest."
"I don't……"
Di Qing retorted.
Liu Heng said carelessly: "Okay, we are all brothers, so don't be so hypocritical."
Di Qing glanced at Liu Heng and wanted to refute, but did not speak.
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng and said to Di Qing: "Don't think too much, don't think that all your hard work has been wasted. If the official can make others kings, they can make you king.
Your contribution will definitely be remembered by the officials.
So it’s only a matter of time before you become king.”
Di Qing took a long breath and nodded.
Kou Ji's eyes fell on Liu Heng and asked seriously: "It's you, where do you think the officials will seal you?"
Liu Heng said helplessly: "I have been in Japan for many years, and I have long been tired of it. I really don't want to go to any remote place anymore.
It doesn't matter what those people from the backwoods want, it's hard to even meet you."
Kou Ji said bluntly: "You cannot disobey the official's will."
Liu Heng scratched his head and said: "How about you tell the officials and let them seal us brothers in one place. I think the Japanese country is good.
When the time comes, you will be the king of the country, and I will be your general."