Everyone in Honglu Temple was worried that the tyranny displayed by the Song Dynasty would hurt the young hearts of the Jiaozhi people, so they all looked at Kou Ji.

Kou Ji felt a light on his back and knew that a group of officials from Zihonglu Temple were waiting for him to speak.

He didn't look back, but said lightly, "We, the Song Dynasty, are a state of heaven, and we naturally have to be domineering when dealing with other small countries. If we grovel to beg them, then what kind of state are we?

If they can't accept it, that's their business, what does it have to do with us?

If they know their interests, they will have business and benevolence and righteousness.

If they don't know what's interesting, they won't be able to buy or sell, and they won't even want to think about it."

The people in Honglu Temple looked at each other a few times after hearing this, and then nodded in agreement.

If the Celestial Empire is superior, one should have the domineering power of the Celestial Empire.

In the past, they used the false name of being a sovereign state and were polite to all envoys.

When others make excessive demands, not only should you not get angry, but you should also greet them with a smile and pray for a chance to discuss things further.

It's different now. They are the true imperial state. They have the strength and confidence to act domineeringly.

There is no need to greet everyone with a smile, and there is no need to be afraid of being a bad name for the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and to serve the envoys like a servant.

Civil servants in both the government and the public did not actually like Kou Ji very much, nor did they like Kou Ji's grandfather very much.

Their grandfather and grandson seemed to be in a high and powerful position, but they never brought any benefits to the civil servants.

On the contrary, he often used the heads of civil servants to establish his power.

When Kou Zhun was the regent of the country, he chopped off the heads of many civil servants. At the end of the attack, the civil servants stared at him and trembled in their calves.

When Kou Zhun took the initiative to resign from his post on Zhao Zhen's wedding day, the civil servants were amazed and even more ecstatic.

They did not hesitate to use all the words in the world to describe saints and sages on Kou Zhun, hold him up high, and let Kou Zhun be a sage from above, so as not to harm them in the court.

Therefore, after Kou Zhun resigned from his official career, he quickly became a sage, and they contributed to the situation.

When Zhao Zhen established the Zhaoxun Chongde Pavilion, he ranked Kou Zhun first among the civil servants, and they did not stop him.

Now that Kou Zhun is gone, Kou Ji has taken over.

Although Kou Ji did not like killing civil servants as much as his grandfather, he always liked to confront civil servants.

He extracted a lot of benefits from the mouths of civil servants and distributed them to the people.

It also caused the dismissal of nearly dozens of high-ranking officials.

Now Kou Ji went to inspect the yamen where the civil servants were in charge, and the civil servants' calves were trembling.

Each one of them was afraid of being noticed by Kou Ji.

The people in Honglu Temple were also afraid of Kou Ji.

But along with fear, there is also awe.

Kou Ji showed them the attitude a powerful country should have towards its vassals.

It also allowed them to appreciate what the magnanimity of a great country means.

Some people in the court may feel that Kou Ji's move is a bit bullying.

But in their eyes, this is how countries interact with each other.

If you don't bully others, others will think you are easy to bully.

If you just tolerate it, others will think you are a toothless tiger.

Etiquette, justice and integrity do not play a big role in the relationship between countries.

Only those rotten scholars who have never seen the abominable behavior of vassal envoys eating people without spitting out their bones will feel that propriety, justice and integrity are the foundation of the relationship between countries.

Being at the forefront of diplomacy, the people at Honglu Temple know it better than anyone else.

Fists are the last word.

It has not changed since the birth of mankind until now.

Kou Ji was not one of those rotten scholars who only knew etiquette, justice and integrity. When he interacted with the vassal envoys, he decisively showed his fists.

A fist that was countless times bigger than others was hanging on top of other people's heads.

The oppression created on them can be easily detected.

The Minister of Honglu Temple felt that after many years of service as an official, he finally met someone who truly understood diplomacy.

He felt that as the chief diplomat of the Song Dynasty, working with a boss like Kou Ji, he would no longer be as aggrieved as before.

"Prime Minister Kou, now that the ship and supplies have been finalized, should we report to the court and get ready as soon as possible. As far as I know, Prime Minister Wang and Cai Xiang have been coveting Jiaozhi for more than three days.

Officials must also covet Cochin.

If this matter is settled as soon as possible, we can take control of Cochin as soon as possible."

The minister of Honglu Temple returned to Honglu Temple and immediately went to Kou Ji to advise him.

Kou Ji just sat down and heard the words of Honglu Temple Qing. He felt that Honglu Temple Qing's attitude towards him had changed. He nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's up to you to make the decision on this matter. We will negotiate with the Jiaozhi people tomorrow.

It's up to you to decide the matter of ordnance. I won't go. You just need to remember one thing. I have told them today the conditions that I, the Song Dynasty, can agree to.

If they can agree, we will have to talk. If they don't agree, then you will send someone to send them back."

When the minister of Honglu Temple heard this, his satisfaction with Kou Ji rose to another level.

A boss who understands him and is willing to delegate power to him deserves his respect and support.

The minister of Honglu Temple nodded without hesitation, "I understand... I will definitely handle this matter properly."

"That's good. I'll leave the rest of the matter to you. I'll just wait for news here."

Kou Ji ordered the minister of Honglu Temple to go down.

As soon as the Minister of Honglu Temple left, Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "I have never thought about winning people's hearts from the beginning to the end. I can't control things like personality charm."

Kou Ji was almost certain that as long as he gave Honglu Temple Qing a little diplomatic support and encouragement, Honglu Temple Qing would immediately fall under his command.

Diplomacy has been a top priority in all dynasties.

There have been diplomatic offices similar to Honglu Temple in all dynasties.

It's just that no diplomatic power has been handed over to a diplomatic office like Honglu Temple in all dynasties.

When diplomatic events are involved, an important minister will basically be sent to a diplomatic yamen like Honglu Temple to be in charge, and sometimes three or five others will be parachuted in.

The yamen looks like Honglu Temple and seems to be a diplomatic yamen.

But more often than not, it serves as a translation department and miscellaneous office.

The yamen of the past dynasties rarely left foreign affairs to be handled independently by the diplomatic yamen like Honglu Temple.

This also led to the fact that when many important ministers were parachuted into a diplomatic office like Honglu Temple, the first thing they did was not to study diplomatic events, but to study the countries they wanted to negotiate with.

A person who does not understand other countries presides over diplomatic affairs with other countries.

You can imagine how many jokes there will be in the process.

There is a problem of three crops and four crops of rice a year in Jiaozhi. If Kou Ji hadn't exposed it, I'm afraid no one in the Song Dynasty would have paid any attention to this matter.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, I have had frequent contacts with Jiaozhi.

But why was it that only Kou Ji raised this matter, but not other courtiers?

Don’t the other courtiers understand?

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Kou Ji from other yamen couldn't say for sure, but Kou Ji was sure that there was definitely someone in Honglu Temple who knew about Jiaozhi's rice and its yield.

But why didn’t the people at Honglu Temple tell the court about this?

It's not that they are unwilling to tell the court, but that their thousands of words are no match for the words of "Jiaozhi, you are a barbarian" from the big guys at the top.

In the eyes of the big guys, what good things can barbarians have?

How could a barbarian land be compared with the wealthy Central Plains?

Such pedantic and ignorant prejudices, because they came from the mouths of big shots in the DPRK, have become the mainstream in both the government and the public.

The noise made by the people of Honglu Temple did not stir up any waves at all.

It is precisely because of this that Kou Ji showed his understanding of diplomacy and delegated power to the Minister of Honglu Temple, which made him completely recognize Kou Ji.

If Kou Ji showed just a little more, wouldn't Honglu Temple Qing fall under his sect?

After Kou Ji handed over the rest of the affairs to the minister of Honglu Temple, he settled down in Honglu Temple and rested there temporarily.

Zhuyuan has no way to go back.

Kou Ji was almost sure that as soon as he returned to Zhuyuan, two old guys Wang Zeng and Cai Qi would definitely come to his door.

He must show that he is working day and night at Honglu Temple.

Those two old guys won't come to your door.

Kou Ji stayed at Honglu Temple.
To be continued...