"You don't need to explain to me. If you really had rebellious intentions, you wouldn't wait until now..."
Kou Zhun sighed and waved his hand.
Kou Zhun could still guess why Kou Ji raised troops.
If Kou Jizhen really wanted to usurp the throne, he would have no reason to raise an army, nor would he need to raise an army.
During the two mutinies in Bianjing that year, Kou Ji and he took action at critical moments to turn the tide.
If their ancestors and grandchildren had not taken action, or even stepped back from behind, the Zhao royal family might have been gone long ago.
The Zhao royal family disappeared.
There will be chaos in the world.
Ambitious people will definitely take advantage of this to use various slogans and openly raise armies.
It would be easy for Kou Ji to take advantage of the situation and raise his troops.
So Kou Zhun believed what Kou Ji said.
Kou Ji let out a long breath and said, "Grandpa, it's good that you believe in me. I'm really afraid that you, grandpa, will destroy your relatives out of righteousness."
Kou Zhun was silent for a moment and said frankly: "If you really do something to harm the Song Dynasty, I might really kill my family out of justice."
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and had no words.
Kou Zhun lamented, "With your current status, if this matter is exposed, I'm afraid there will be no place for you in the Song Dynasty, and there will be no place for my Kou family."
Kou Ji nodded.
If this matter is exposed, Zhao Zhen may not be able to tolerate him.
Kou Zhun gritted his teeth and said, "It would be great if he wasn't your father..."
If Kou Li hadn't been Kou Ji's biological father, Kou Zhun would have killed him long ago to avoid future troubles.
Kou Ji pondered and said, "How does grandfather plan to deal with this matter?"
Kou Zhun stood there, silent. After a long time, he slowly spoke, "I will take them and rush to Handi first."
Kou Ji looked astonished and said, "Grandpa, your body and bones cannot bear the fatigue of traveling a long distance."
Kou Zhun shook his head and said with a smile: "I am reluctant to leave Bianjing City, but I can't do it without leaving."
Kou Ji hurriedly said: "How could it be? You are a living sage from the Song Dynasty."
Kou Zhun said with emotion: "I am a member of the Kou clan and also your grandfather. With my contribution to the Song Dynasty, the official family can naturally accommodate me.
But being able to accommodate the officials does not mean that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty can tolerate them.
You and I are the foundation of the Kou family.
If you don't leave, I won't leave either.
Then what’s the point of the official making you king and asking my Kou family to move away?”
Kou Ji opened his mouth, unable to explain.
Kou Zhun continued: "At that time, the Liu family has moved, the Zhu family has moved, the Gao family has moved, and the Zhong family has moved, and only I, the Kou family, will be left. Then won't I, the Kou family, become a living target?
Are the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty still impeaching you and me every day?
Although your and my ancestors' and grandchildren's contributions are great, their status is stable.
But we must also avoid selling money by talking about it.
After all, this country belongs to the Zhao family, not the Kou family.
The benevolence and righteousness of officials did not drive us away and kill us when our ancestors and grandsons were so successful.
He also gave me a fiefdom and allowed me, the Kou family, to retire with the country.
We can no longer cause trouble to the officials, let alone make things difficult for them.
Nor can we leave any trouble to the Song Dynasty."
Speaking of this, Kou Zhun said with a smile: "As the saying goes, a gentleman is a friend but not a party, but there is no gentleman at all in the court. When I was in court, I formed a party of my own. Ding said that he formed a party of his own. The same is true for Wang Qinruo
, Liu E is even worse.
Although there are no Ding Dang, Wang Dang, or Liu Dang in the court today.
But the bandits are still at the top of their game, even a little bit stronger than before."
Kou Zhun's eyes fell on Kou Ji and sighed: "It's already very dangerous, so we can't go any further. The officials are benevolent to us, and we must also be benevolent and righteous to the officials.
As soon as I leave, those old friends who used my name to have a relationship with you will also be gone.
Li Di, Wang Zeng and others no longer need to give you face.
The officialdom will be safe."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "The official family's empire has always been safe."
Kou Zhun smiled and shook his head.
"Not everyone is loyal to the government."
After saying this, Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and said with a smile: "Now that I have left, the big things you and the official family will do will be much smoother. Besides, I have gone to Han, so I can help you keep an eye on your father.
It can also help Tianci manage the fiefdom.
That is a place that only belongs to me, the Kou family.
For the sake of my descendants of the Kou family, I must do my part."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Grandpa, if you can't leave me, it won't have any impact on what I and the official family want to do."
Kou Zhun smiled and shook his head and said: "You, you, are still too young. I am not alone in Bianjing City. I still have many old friends and students behind me.
If they use my name to fight against you and the officials.
What can I do?
Go out every day to clarify?
Or expel them from the portal?
It would be easy for me to expel them from the house.
But years of friendship will be destroyed in one day.
Many of them have worked with me and have gone through difficulties with me.
There are also some who have been running up and down for several years to restore my old man's health.
I have to consider some sentiments."
Kou Ji hesitated and said: "Grandpa, you are not the kind of person who likes to pursue personal relationships."
Kou Zhun shook his head and said with a smile: "I am a human being, not a stone. How can I not have seven emotions and six desires? In the past, I used harsh methods, because I dealt with outsiders, not my own people.
If you really attack one of your own, I will hesitate for a long time."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows slightly and asked tentatively: "So you don't regard my father as one of your own?"
Kou Zhun's face turned dark instantly.
"In short, you can do everything possible, but I must leave a lasting feeling. So I must leave Bianjing City."
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and shouted in a stiff tone.
Kou Ji sighed and said, "But your body and bones cannot withstand the long journey. Wenchang Academy is your hard work, and you should be reluctant to leave it behind."
Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji and said calmly: "My body and bones are fine."
Kou Ji didn't believe it.
Kou Zhun snorted and said: "My illness is half in my body and half in my heart. It's not like you don't know what kind of temper I am. In the past, I was framed by others and had intrigues with others. I was angry every day and it was hard to get rid of my depression.
, you will naturally become sick over time.
Now that I have escaped from the prison, I am concentrating on teaching and cultivating my character.
The bones in your body will be healed naturally.
Although it is not as good as when I was young, it is much better than when I was Tianxi."
Speaking of this, Kou Zhun pulled off a bunch of hair from his temples, selected a strand from it, and waved it in front of Kou Ji.
"Don't think that as I age, my body and bones are no longer good."
Kou Ji stared at the strand of hair that Kou Zhun revealed with a look of astonishment.
"Black?!"
Kou Ji stared at Kou Zhun and said in disbelief: "Are you a boy again? How did you do it?"
Kou Zhun had gray hair a long time ago.
Now, among the white hair, black hair actually appeared. Of course Kou Ji found it unbelievable.
Kou Zhun said calmly: "Didn't I just say that? Half of my illness is in my body and half in my heart. After I got out of the cage, I taught and educated people every day, cultivated my moral character, and my heart disease was completely cured, and black hair sprouted out.
"
Kou Ji said in disbelief: "I thought you had taken some magic pill."
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji, "Do you think I still dare to take the panacea now?"
Ever since the erysipelas case broke out, no one in Bianjing City has taken erysipelas anymore.
Kou Ji said with a surprised look on his face: "According to this situation, maybe you will have black hair in the near future and live for a long time?"
Kou Zhun said dissatisfied: "Are you hoping that I will die so that you can inherit my family business?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "I really haven't cared about your family fortune."
Kou Zhun stared, "Do you think I'm useless because I didn't help you fight for a piece of land?"
Kou Ji waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't dare..."
Kou Zhun snorted.
Kou Ji put away the smile on his face and said: "Grandpa, although you are not afraid of the long journey, are you willing to go to Wenchang Academy?"
Kou Zhun said calmly: "All my old friends are almost dead. Wenchang Academy has also established a firm foothold in Bianjing City, and can continue to operate even without me.
I have nothing to miss.
Besides, learning is something that needs to be spread and learned by others. This is called learning.
If it belongs to a high court, no matter how good your knowledge is, what is the use?
The people of Bianjing City and even the Song Dynasty no longer need me to teach them knowledge.
But in Korea, I need an old man to impart knowledge.
People who migrated later needed me to teach them knowledge."
When Kou Zhun said this, he said with a proud face: "After all, I am the only living sage in the world. The knowledge in my family's fiefdom still needs to be taught by others. How shameless is it for me?
In the future, students who come out of their own land will be overwhelmed by students from other places.
Then how can I have the dignity to be praised as a sage?"
When Kou Ji heard this, he sighed and said, "Are you really willing to give up?"
Kou Zhun said with a smile: "So what if you can't bear to leave? We, the Kou clan, will settle down in Han in the future, and our descendants will all live in Han."
As an ancestor, I can't just ignore them, right?
We can't let them be assimilated by the Korean people and learn Korean culture, right?
I want them to learn my knowledge from the Song Dynasty.
I want them to speak Chinese, wear Chinese clothes, and guard the Han territory."
Kou Ji let out a long sigh and said, "Grandpa has made up his mind?"
Kou Zhun nodded and smiled: "Don't stop me, otherwise I will have no choice but to sneak away."
Kou Ji smiled bitterly, "Since grandpa has made up his mind, I naturally don't dare to stop him."
You can't even stop it.
He couldn't tie Kou Zhun alive.
Kou Zhun smiled and said, "You know what I mean."
Kou Ji pondered and said, "When does grandpa plan to set off?"
Kou Zhun glanced at the Kou Mansion and said, "Of course, the sooner the better. That stupid dad of yours spoke so stupidly and said such stupid things. Now everyone in the Kou Mansion knows that you have a big secret.
So the longer you delay, the worse it will be for you."
Kou Ji hesitated and said, "Are you too hasty to come back?"
Kou Zhun shook his head and said, "There's no rush at all. I'll take some of the people and leave first, and then Tianci will come over with the rest of the people and things."
Speaking of this, Kou Zhun seemed to have remembered something, and said again: "You don't have to ask the officials to separate us from the people of Huazhou.
Then let Tianci take them to Han.
God cannot suppress them, but I can.
After leaving the Song Dynasty, I wanted to see what other methods they could use to threaten me.
If they are sensible, I will let them continue to be rich.
If they don't know what to do, I'll let them build bridges and pave roads.
I won’t hurt their lives, but I didn’t say I won’t let them suffer.”
Hearing this, Kou Ji said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "They will definitely make trouble."
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "If we really want to make trouble, I will break their legs, tear apart Kou's family, and throw them to the ground, so that they can feel at ease and spread the branches and leaves for my Kou family."
Kou Ji laughed and said, "Grandpa still plans to enfeoff the feudal lords in Han?"
"Princes? They have a good idea. It's enough to be a commoner with peace of mind. Give them wealth and honor, but they don't want it. If they have to go against us, then they will no longer be able to enjoy wealth and honor.
When the time comes, it’s time to pay taxes and serve, and no one is exempt.”
Kou Zhun snorted coldly.
After saying this, Kou Zhun added, "Don't forget, there are only six people in our family tree now."
Hearing this, Kou Ji nodded, "Even so, everything in Han will be left to my grandfather."
Kou Zhun curled his lips and said: "If you don't leave it to me, who can I leave it to? I am the regent of the Song Dynasty, how can I not govern a small Korean land?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "You know that's not what I meant."
Kou Zhun snorted and asked, "Don't you have anything to tell me?"
Kou Ji coughed dryly and said, "I will dispatch some troops to Korea later. Grandpa, just watch and arrange them."
Kou Zhun asked curiously: "Approximately how many are there?"
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, then laughed in a low voice: "It should be one hundred thousand..."
"hiss……"
Kou Zhun took a breath and stared at Kou Ji in disbelief, "One hundred thousand? One hundred thousand?! You are so cruel."
One hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and one hundred thousand people.
Those are completely two concepts.
Moreover, the soldiers coming out of Kou Ji's hands are not weak.
There must be one hundred thousand elite soldiers.
One hundred thousand elite soldiers can do a lot.
If he hadn't known about Kou Ji's character, Kou Zhun would probably have started to exterminate his relatives out of righteousness.
In other words, Kou Ji held a hundred thousand elite soldiers and had no idea about the Song Dynasty.
If it were anyone else, I'm afraid he would have already been thinking about the Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "I didn't do anything."
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji, "What else do you want to do? Raise another hundred thousand?"
Kou Ji smiled dryly.
Kou Zhun asked: "Is there anything else you want to explain?"
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment and said: "At that time, a large amount of money will be transported to Korea by land and water. In addition, there will also be some things needed for the reconstruction of Korea."
Kou Zhun raised his eyebrows and asked: "How many?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "In terms of copper coins, it's probably 40 to 50 million coins."
Kou Zhun nodded and said, "You have made so much wealth in just ten years of business, which really surprises me."
"Um... if there are gold bricks and silver bricks, there will be about a dozen ships..."
Kou Ji whispered.
Kou Zhun's eyes widened in vain, "Wupeng boat?!"
"Five-toothed ship..."
"You robbed the treasury?! No, the treasury doesn't have that much money."
"..."
Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and asked in a trembling voice: "Where did you get so much money?"
Kou Zhun has seen the big world.
It can make his voice tremble, which shows how amazing the amount of money is.
When the national treasury is at its most abundant and the most money is saved, I am afraid it is not so much.
Kou Ji confessed: "Part of it was earned by Yijiaozipu. When I was in charge of Yizijiaozipu, I built three treasure houses.
One of them is where I use to store my bonuses from Yizijiaozi Shop.
Another part is earned by casting money.
By converting old money into new money, you can make a lot of money by spending a lot of money in the process.
Some of it was robbed by the soldiers and horses I raised.
Grab those from small overseas countries.
Another part was earned from the Kou Mansion's business.
There is also part of the income from previous property disposals.”
Kou Ji said something in general, but did not go into details.
Because to put it into detail, I couldn’t finish it in a day or a night.
After all, the business of the Kou Mansion is quite complex and complicated.
It takes a lot of words to clarify the relationship, how to make profits, and the profit and loss of each year.
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Kou Zhun said in a daze: "You have emptied the entire Song Dynasty..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Grandpa is joking. I, the Song Dynasty, have more money than you can imagine. Although the treasury is empty now.
But the official's private treasury has already accumulated more than tens of millions of dollars.
The savings of Yizijiaozipu have probably reached 500,000,000 yuan."
"impossible!"
Kou Zhun spoke almost without hesitation.
Kou Ji spread his hands and said with a smile: "Nothing is impossible. Yizijiaozipu has now integrated into the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, 50% of the wealthy households and businessmen kept their money in Yizijiaozipu.
The same is true for the common people.
Although there is always money circulating in the market, more money remains untouched in Yizijiaozi Shop.
Nowadays, some large-scale private transactions are almost always done with Jiaozi from Yizijiaozipu.
Therefore, no matter how large-scale transactions are conducted in the market, the money is always placed in Yizijiaozi Shop.
You can naturally save more money in Yizijiaozipu.
In addition, I, the Song Dynasty, successively conquered Hexi, Xixia, Dali, Liao, and Korea, and almost emptied all their money and treasures.
Such a huge amount of money entered the Song Dynasty and entered Yizijiaozipu.
The imperial court distributed almost all Jiaozi to soldiers, courtiers, and common people.
Can you tell me how much money can be saved in Yizijiaozi shop?
In a few years, the imperial court's savings will probably be even greater.
Because the gold, silver and copper mines discovered by the imperial court in Dali were mined day and night.
I can't say how many gold and silver mines there are in Dali.
But the amount of copper mines is staggering.
After they are all mined, they will still be stored in Yizijiaozipu.
Therefore, the money saved in Yizijiaozi Shop will increase more and more.”
After a pause, Kou Ji added in a low voice, "The government sent Liu Heng to the Japanese country because someone discovered a silver mountain in the Japanese country.
That is a real mountain of silver.
Liu Heng had been in Japan for several years and had mined a lot of silver.
Now it is being shipped to our country in a steady stream.
Therefore, the current savings of Yizijiaozi Shop are really not much, because there will be more in the future.”
Kou Zhun opened his mouth and fell into shock, unable to say a word.
once Upon a time.
The poor treasury of the Song Dynasty could run away with rats.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would often quarrel in the court for several days over the direction of a hundred thousand guan of money.
But what about now?
The Song Dynasty was actually so rich.
Incredibly rich.
Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhun with a shocked face and said nothing.
Kou Zhun couldn't understand how wealthy Song Dynasty was now.
But Kou Ji can understand.
In the past, the Song Dynasty looked poor because most of the money was either hidden in the fields or circulated quickly in the market.
Nowadays, Jiaozi has begun to gradually replace copper coins, and the reserves of copper coins have naturally increased linearly.
In addition, when the Song Dynasty conquered enemy countries, they dug up almost three feet of ground wherever they went.
Naturally, a huge amount of money was seized.
More importantly, once the Song Dynasty conquered an enemy country, most of the people in the enemy country would become criminals.
There is no private property in criminal records.
In other words, when the Song Dynasty conquered a country, it almost completely plundered it.
Such a huge amount of money is constantly flowing into Yizijiaozipu, and the savings in Yizijiaozipu naturally rise sharply.
In addition, the imperial court now uses Jiaozi in terms of rewards, pensions, etc.
Jiaozi replaced copper coins.
The copper coins were naturally saved.
Kou Zhun stood there in shock for a long time before asking Kou Ji blankly.
"Since we, the Song Dynasty, have become so wealthy, why haven't prices risen much?"
Although Kou Zhun was not proficient in economics and had not studied it systematically, as the former chief regent of state affairs, he still knew something about economics.
Kou Ji explained: "That's because the officials and I are suppressing it. In fact, prices in the Song Dynasty have already risen, but it's just not that obvious."
After all, for the poor, as long as they are not the necessities of life.
Its value has little impact on them.
Because most poor people almost live a self-sufficient life.
Some of the daily necessities they need are government-owned. As long as Zhao Zhen keeps a close eye on them, there will be no way to increase prices.
For the rich, there is no difference whether a sesame seed cake costs one penny or five cents.
The people who really feel deeply are those people in the middle class.
It's just that this kind of people accounted for a minority in the Song Dynasty.
Of course.
More importantly, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen made a tacit understanding and chose not to release Yizijiaozipu's money.
In addition to borrowing money from the imperial court, Yizijiaozipu does not lend money to the private sector.
Once the private loan is released.
Then the price of goods in Song Dynasty will increase exponentially.
Kou Zhun was silent for a long time and gave a wry smile, "I have only resigned from the official position for a few years. I can't understand the current Song Dynasty."
Five hundred thousand yuan.
The numbers were so huge that Kou Zhun was suffocated.
In the past, when Kou Zhun was in court, no one in the Song Dynasty dared to think of the figure of ten million guan.
Now it has quietly exceeded fifty times.
Crazy?
Kou Zhun was a little suspicious that he had been a fake prime minister for more than ten years.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "If you don't understand, just read slowly..."
Kou Zhun shook his head and whispered: "Don't worry about it, don't worry about it... I have done everything I should do for the Song Dynasty. From now on, I can just run the Korean land with peace of mind."
Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and said with a complicated expression: "The Great Song Dynasty is now the place where your monarchs and ministers show their strength."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "It's just passing the torch from generation to generation."
Kou Zhun was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a bright smile.