What Wang Zeng said is correct, Kou Ji is now incredibly powerful.
If the people of Wudesi want to stand in front of others, the best way is to take down Kou Jikou Tiger, and use Kou Jili's power to completely become a bloody yamen standing in front of the stage.
Both Wang Zeng and Kou Ji have been in the officialdom for many years, so they naturally know how attractive power is.
Once you support the people of Wudesi on the stage and let them feel the pleasure of having power, they will never let go.
And if they want to stand in front of the stage, they must let the officials see their amazing usefulness, and they must also shock the civil and military officials of the court and shut up all those who want to stop them.
The simplest and fastest way is to forge evidence of Kou Ji's rebellion, so as to bring Kou Ji down.
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said, "Do I care about their threats?"
Wang Zeng's expression changed completely, and his old face was full of bitterness, "Just do it, don't bother Song Dynasty anymore."
Wang Zeng knew that Kou Ji was telling the truth.
Kou Ji didn't care about those people who framed him for rebellion.
Because when it comes to that, Kou Ji will either kill a mountain of corpses or a sea of blood, or he will really rebel.
How to do this depends on whether Zhao Zhen will believe those people's false accusations.
If Zhao Zhen doesn't believe it, then the people from Wude Division will undoubtedly die.
If Zhao Zhen believed it, the brotherhood between him and Kou Ji would completely disappear.
Without the ties of friendship, Kou Ji would really dare to rebel.
If Kou Ji rebelled, the Song Dynasty would not be able to bear the consequences.
Kou Ji's power is now astonishing, but no one dares to accuse Kou Ji of having rebellious intentions, because no one can bear the consequences.
Whether Zhao Zhen believed it or not, a killing was inevitable.
Kou Ji saw that Wang Zeng looked very ugly, so he smiled and said: "Okay, I won't scare you anymore. We don't need the people from Wude Division, just let the inspectors work harder and run around more."
Just watch carefully.
Although there will be some omissions, under the shock of today's mass killings, local officials will be obedient and stable for a while.
During this period, we can slowly make up for the shortcomings of local officials."
Wang Zeng sighed, nodded and said: "That's all it can do."
After Wang Zeng and Kou Ji finished talking about business, Wang Zeng left the political hall.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the Political Affairs Hall, I saw Chen Lin rushing towards the Political Affairs Hall.
Wang Zeng saw Chen Lin appearing in the political hall and realized that something big might have happened.
Immediately followed Chen Lin into the political hall again.
"Prime Minister Kou, something big happened!"
Chen Lin entered the political hall and said in a deep voice.
Seeing Chen Lin's solemn expression, Kou Ji asked, "What happened?"
Chen Lin said in a deep voice: "The governor of Yingzhou, disobeying the iron rule of the government, gathered the big families in Yingzhou, released the criminals privately, and led the criminals to raise the flag of rebellion.
The criminals who had been working peacefully in Huanzhou, Yunzhou and other places suddenly broke out one after another. After killing their masters and local officials, they rushed to Yingzhou to seek refuge with the magistrate of Yingzhou.
Now Yingzhou Zhizhou is leading the rebels towards Gubeikou, preparing to break out of Yanyun and go to Liao to release more criminals.
The crime records in other places in Yanyun are now also becoming uneasy.
Once Zhizhou Yingzhou captures Gubeikou, they will probably start an uprising as well.
The news was sent back by people from Wude Division. In two days, the Eight Hundred Mile Express will arrive in Beijing."
Wang Zeng had just entered the house, and when he heard Chen Lin's words, his expression changed drastically.
Kou Ji seemed to have expected that something like this would happen. He sat there calmly and said: "I thought that the rich and powerful people from the hinterland of the Central Plains would jump out to rebel, but I didn't expect that they were so cowardly and no one rebelled.
In the end, it’s not as bloody as a group of criminals.”
Chen Lin said with a bitter face: "Kou Xiang, is now the time to discuss this?"
Wang Zeng couldn't help but said: "Send people quickly to quell the rebellion."
Kou Ji said faintly: "It has only been so long since I killed mountains of corpses and seas of blood in Liao, and these people have forgotten their fear. They are really overestimating their own capabilities to rebel on the edge of the Forbidden Army."
Kou Ji's eyes fell on Chen Lin and ordered: "Go back and ask the officials to take out the military seal and ask Yang Wenguang to give orders to Wang Kai who is guarding Gubeikou to quickly lead the troops to put down the rebellion.
At the same time, someone was sent to stop Babaili who was coming to Beijing to deliver the battle report.
Let them return to the original route without causing panic in the local area.
If you tell the officials again, I will send a letter to Wang Kai so that he does not have to hold back."
Wang Zeng couldn't help but ask: "Rebels are wreaking havoc in a government. Is one Wang Kai enough?"
Kou Ji sneered and said: "Our Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army has the power to sweep across the world. With 50,000 Forbidden Army, we can fight against the enemy's 200,000 army. A group of improvised rebels cannot threaten them.
If you are worried, you can go to Gubeikou and have a look.
It can also be used to appease the people."
Wang Zeng did not hesitate and nodded decisively: "I'll go there..."
Kou Ji put away the coldness on his face and said: "Since you are going, then I have to go to the palace to talk to the officials about this matter."
Wang Zeng nodded and said: "I will go and settle the affairs of the Punishment Department now, and then return home to pack my bags."
After saying this, Wang Zeng decisively left the political hall.
Kou Ji and Chen Lin rushed to the palace together.
When they arrived at the palace, they saw Zhao Zhen playing with his little son in his arms.
Kou Ji entered the palace and after saluting, he asked with a smile: "There are rebels in Yingzhou and other places. Are the officials not worried at all?"
Zhao Zhen put down his youngest son and smiled at Kou Ji: "Isn't the fourth brother worried too?"
Kou Ji said with a smile: "If there is chaos in other places, I will be worried. But if there is chaos in Yingzhou and other places, I am not worried at all."
Zhao Zhen ordered Chen Lin to take his youngest son out, then asked Kou Ji to sit down and said: "The entire mansion where Yingzhou is located is surrounded by the Great Wall and Xiongguan.
The rebels inside were the turtles in the urn from the beginning.
More importantly, there are forbidden troops stationed on both sides, and I don’t think they can break through the forbidden troops’ blockade.”
We have to admit that the stronger the country, the more powerful and confident the emperor will be.
In the past, rebels were raging in several states.
The emperor will immediately fall into panic, and the whole government and the public will be uneasy.
The civil and military officials discussed this matter for a long time.
In the end, a strategy of suppressing rebellion and recruiting surrender will be devised.
But it's different now.
The Song Dynasty had millions of soldiers, each of whom was a warrior in hundreds of battles.
He also had firearms in hand to support him.
The most important thing is that the place of rebellion is still under siege.
It would not cause major turmoil to the Song Dynasty at all.
It's pretty easy to destroy.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji easily decided on the strategy to counter the rebellion without even convening hundreds of officials.
Kou Ji repeated to Zhao Zhen what he had said to Chen Lin before.
Zhao Zhen immediately sent someone to summon Yang Wenguang, and at the same time ordered Yang Wenguang to lead troops into the palace.
As soon as Yang Wenguang arrived, Zhao Zhen immediately drafted a counter-rebellion document. After it was sealed, he sent someone to quickly send it out of the palace.
Just as we were on our way to Gubeikou, there was already a military incident at Gubeikou.
Lin Wenlong, the magistrate of Yingzhou, after raising a flag to rebel in Yingzhou, he fought out of Yingzhou under the pretext of repaying his crimes and returning wealth to the rich and powerful.
There are thousands of followers.
A small number of them are from wealthy families, and the vast majority are criminals.
Sin Ji is a person who grew up on a horse. He has a ferocious nature in his heart and is usually suppressed by the soldiers and horses around him.
Now Lin Wenlong let them go, stimulating their ferocity.
A group of people burned, killed and looted all over Yingzhou, going very crazy.
Crime records from other states also followed suit.
Lin Wenlong knew that if he entered the hinterland of the Song Dynasty, he would die, so he led the rebels to fight at Gubeikou, hoping to break through Gubeikou, trigger more criminals to rebel, and seek a way out.
He didn't dare think about splitting the soil and sealing off the country.
Because he witnessed with his own eyes the great army of the Song Dynasty led by Kou Ji, which brought a huge and powerful Liao Empire to its destruction.
If he breaks the soil and seals the country, I am afraid that when Kou Ji arrives, he will be shattered into pieces in an instant.
Although Lin Wenlong boldly rebelled, he was not so arrogant as to think that he could break the soil and become king under the army led by Kou Ji.
He just wanted to fight his way out of Gubeikou, trigger more criminals to rebel, and then wreak havoc on the entire Liaodong, take revenge on the imperial court, and then take the looted and looted goods to the sea or go north to escape for his life.
Unwilling to give up his belongings, Lin Wenlong chose to become a desperado.
Lin Wenlong led the rebels out of Yingzhou and went all the way north, passing through prefectures and prefectures, liberating criminals, killing officials in rebellion, burning, killing and looting.
By the time he led his men to Gubeikou, the number of people behind him had exceeded 200,000.
Most of them were convicted of working as slaves in various places, and some were enslaved common people.
Lin Wenlong and those who followed Lin Wenlong in rebellion only occupied a small part.
There is no discipline and no rules at all.
Two hundred thousand people rushed to Gubeikou.
On the Gubeikou section of the Great Wall.
Wang Kai, wearing heavy armor, stepped on top of the Great Wall, looked at the surging rebels, and let out a long sigh.
"A group of rabble dared to attack Gubeikou. Do they think I, Wang Kai, are easy to bully?"
"General, you have been underestimated."
Wang Kai turned around and glared at the lieutenant, scolding: "Do you want to talk too much?"
The deputy general chuckled and didn't say anything back.
Wang Kai stared at the surging rebels and snorted coldly, "If you want to rush through Gubeikou and cause trouble in Liaodi, you won't have to worry about breaking your teeth.
The Duke of my country is not a kind person, and the Duke of Di is not a soft persimmon.
The most important thing is that there are no wealthy families in Liaodi.
There is no soil for you to cause trouble."
The lieutenant general nodded in agreement and smiled: "Most of the people who moved to Liao are poor people. They are kind-hearted, so they treat criminals very well.
The sinners lived a very miserable life under the rule of the Liao Kingdom.
Now, following my hard work, the people of the Song Dynasty can not only have enough food and clothing, but also have houses to live in, and their children can also study.
Not to mention how comfortable they were, it was impossible for them to cause trouble.
Nowadays, in the Liao land, in addition to some remaining nobles of the Liao Kingdom who still have the intention to cause rebellion, other crimes are more related to the early removal of citizenship and the early life like the common people of the Song Dynasty.
Who has the intention to cause trouble with others?"
Wang Kai also laughed when he heard what the deputy general said, "Previously, a Xiao family was involved, hiding among the people and plotting evil. Only when he revealed his thoughts, his legs were broken by other criminals, and he was sent to the home of the head of the household.
If Lin Wenlong leads the rebels out of Gubeikou, he may not face the crime of thousands of people coming to help them rebel.
But thousands of hungry wolves who want to kill them and then use their heads to get rid of the country."
In the Song Dynasty, there were only two ways to get rid of one's nationality.
First, if the children at home are successful in studying, help them get out of the country.
The second is military merit.
The children of sinners are far less spiritual than the children of ordinary people. When they study, they are as solid as wood.
The sinners always beat their children when they are angry.
Now Zhang Zhibai, who is in charge of Linheng Prefecture, has begun to order people everywhere to strictly supervise and prevent criminals from beating their children.
It can be seen how much the sinners want their children to succeed in school and take them out of the country.
The criminals are eager to see through the household registration of the people of the Song Dynasty.
A group of rebels rushed in front of them. What do you think they would do?
Just look at the old events in Xingqing Mansion.
They can be so cruel that the rebels regret coming into this world.
Zhang Zhibai and Di Qing probably couldn't stop him.
"Although I really want to see the criminals eating the rebels alive, I can't let them pass, and I can't let them destroy the order that I, the Song Dynasty, have just established in Liao."
Wang Kai said solemnly.
The deputy general said with a smile on the side: "My lord is worried that if the rebels break the barrier, he will be beheaded, right? Breaking the barrier is a serious crime in our Song Dynasty, and it will kill the Yi tribe."
Wang Kai kicked the deputy general hard.
He was still cursing, "My benefactor has become the first civil servant, why don't you let me be civilized for a while? Are you going to expose me?"
Wang Kai used to be a polite person, but since he took charge of the army and his status increased, he has become much more heroic.
The deputy general seemed to be used to being kicked by Wang Kai, and he was hiding and laughing at the same time.
After the two men fought for a long time, the deputy general suddenly said: "Sir, the rebels are about to rush to Gubeikou. If we don't deploy our troops, I'm afraid we will suffer a loss."
Wang Kai withdrew his feet and straightened his face, "Send the order, the heavy artillery is on the crenel, the gunmen are loading, the cavalry are in armor and ready, follow my orders!"
The deputy general immediately stood up straight and said solemnly: "Here!"
They were no older than they were when they were playing around, and after the war broke out, they were very disciplined.
As Wang Kai's orders were conveyed layer by layer.
All the soldiers in Gubeikou were on alert.
The heavy artillery was pushed onto the crenel, and the shells entered the chamber immediately.
The spearmen carried knives and muskets, and quickly formed a military formation on the top of the city.
Inside Guancheng, the cavalry wore iron armor, mounted their horses, carried muskets on their backs, and held long knives, ready to rush out of Guancheng at any time.
Although the number of rebels outside the city had already exceeded them many times.
But not a single soldier in Guancheng was afraid.
On the battlefield that destroyed the Liao Kingdom, they did not face soldiers and horses that were several times their number.
Nowadays, the Song Dynasty has gradually attached great importance to military merit, and countless people have been awarded kings and dukes based on military merit.
Shocking wealth can be obtained from horses, and they dare to break through even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead.
What's more important is that the Song Dynasty is now invincible. There is no opponent anywhere. Military merit is rare. Countering the rebellion may be their only chance to get military merit.
So they will never be timid because of the large number of rebels.
Instead, they worried that the rebels would not be killed without mercy.
I'll vote if I get the chance.
Then they will cry to death.
Everyone in Guancheng hopes that the rebels will be braver and more durable, and it is best to fight them bloody for three days and three nights, so that they can gain enough military glory.
With the expectation of all the soldiers in Gubeikou.
Lin Wenlong led the rebels and rushed to Gubeikou.
Wang Kai watched the rebels rushing down the Gubeikou city wall without making a sound.
None of the soldiers at Gubeikou had any complaints.
Instead, they were full of gratitude to Wang Kai.
Because they knew that Wang Kai brought the enemy closer in order to hold them back and create favorable conditions for them to win military glory.
Although they have to take some risks, they don't care.
Wang Kai waited until the rebels rushed to the city and began to attack the city with crude engineering chisels, before he issued the military order.
"kill!"
Give an order.
The military flags are flying and the war drums are roaring.
The sound of artillery sounded immediately.
Hundreds of artillery fired in unison, blasting flowers of flesh and blood among the rebels.
The gunmen were divided into three rows, constantly loading and shooting.
The rebels outside the city fell like wheat.
Those sinners watched their companions fall in front of them, watched the lives passing by before their eyes, watched them try their best and could not climb the high pass of Gubeikou.
The fear of being killed by the Song army finally came to mind.
Someone in the rebel rear decided to escape.
The decisiveness of his actions is astonishing.
Lin Wenlong rode on horseback, leading a team of supervisors he selected, frantically killing those who had defected, but there were too many and he couldn't kill them all.
Some people who were supervising the battle team were even pulled off their horses by Sin Ji and beaten to death.
The war has been over since it began.
After the rebels tried to attack Gubeikou once, they decided to escape.
Wang Kai was very angry, and his eyes widened with anger.
"I know you are a mob, but you are too inexperienced, right? I just moved around a bit, and you ran away for me."
The deputy general saw Wang Kai scolding his mother, with a look of dumbfounding on his face.
The deputy general agreed with Wang Kai's statement because the group of rebels under Guancheng were the worst rebels he had ever seen since joining the army.
They were worse than the refugees who stormed the Great Wall when the Song Dynasty destroyed the Liao Kingdom.
"I really want to rush out and kill them all."
Wang Kai roared angrily.
The lieutenant general said quickly: "My lord, please don't do anything stupid. We are the imperial army. We are not allowed to leave the station without authorization from the Privy Council."
Wang Kai pointed at the rebels outside the city and shouted to the deputy general: "There is a war now, I can do things easily."
The deputy general said dumbfounded: "According to military regulations, you can only mobilize three thousand troops."
Wang Kai stood up and kicked the wall.
He had the confidence to send 3,000 troops to charge into battle, but he was not comfortable taking risks.
Because if the enemy uses a trick to lure the enemy, the troops and horses he sends will definitely suffer heavy losses.
He was unwilling to gamble with the lives of these soldiers who had followed him for many years.
He was reluctant to part with it and felt it was not worthwhile.
It really doesn't make sense to use three thousand elites to compete with a group of people who are worse than refugees.
After Wang Kai got angry inexplicably, he said to the deputy general: "Let the soldiers in Guancheng prepare to go out of the city to chase and kill. Each person only needs to chase once. If you chop off the rebel's head or capture the rebel prisoner alive, hurry up."
Return to the city quickly, don’t be too lazy to fight, let alone delay other soldiers from obtaining military honors.”
The deputy general looked at Wang Kai in astonishment.
Wang Kai shouted: "The soldiers on the top of the city have all made gains. If the soldiers in the city have not made gains, why can't they curse my Wang Kai's ancestors?"
The deputy general carefully looked at the rebels outside the city, and after confirming that the soldiers would not suffer too much damage after leaving the city, he respectfully agreed.
"Here!"
The deputy general went down and quickly delivered the order.
The soldiers in Guancheng who had already been ready to go rushed out of Guancheng howling.
After leaving the gate of Guancheng, they were stunned when they saw a group of rebels who looked like refugees.
After a brief daze, they quickly chased and killed him.
The soldiers were frantically chasing the rebels.
Cries of death and begging for mercy were heard outside Guancheng.
The criminals learned nothing else while working hard in the Song Dynasty.
Begging for mercy is like learning a mastery.
Seeing the killers behind him swinging their blades and roaring to kill from behind, the timid and decisive man knelt down on the ground and touched his head to the ground.
It’s not that they don’t have bloodiness, it’s not that they don’t have viciousness.
But the gap is too big and they don't want to die.
The number of rebels is large enough, but there are only about 10,000 or 20,000 people armed with weapons.
The others were carrying miscellaneous iron tools and farm tools.
Facing the Imperial Guards who are armed to the teeth, there really is no chance of winning.
If there is a chance of winning, they will definitely dare to give it a try.
With no chance of winning, they gave in decisively.
Because when they were farming in various places in Yanyun, whenever the head of the household got angry, they would kneel down and beg for mercy, and they would be spared a severe beating. At most, they would just curse.
The Forbidden Army soldiers roared past them on horseback, chasing other rebels who were running away.
The Forbidden Army rarely killed surrendered soldiers unless there was a clear military order telling them not to take prisoners.
Wang Kai stood on the top of the city and watched his soldiers chasing the rebels. From time to time, he reminded the lieutenants around him to give more instructions to the soldiers who were going out to fight, where to go and what matters to pay attention to.
Just when Wang Kai was about to rise, a shout sounded from the top of the city.
"The sword will save you! The sword will save you!"
When Wang Kai heard this, he immediately became angry.
"who?!"
Wang Kai raised his head, shouted angrily, and saw a man in armor running towards him in a hurry.
The deputy general reminded Wang Kai: "The armor is different from ours. It belongs to the armor of the forbidden army entrenched in Yanmen Pass."
Wang Kai had a dark face and cursed in a low voice, "What are the dog thieves from Yanmen Pass doing here?"
As soon as Wang Kai finished speaking, the people from Yanmen Pass were already at his side.
"General Wang, my general said, please keep your hand and leave some soup for him."
After the people from Yanmen Pass arrived at Wang Kai's side, they hurriedly told Wang Kai what General Du had told him.
Wang Kai frowned after hearing what he said, "On top of the battle formation, how could anyone spare the chance to say whether the person named Du drank too much?"
The visitor said decisively: "My general said that as long as you leave some soup for the brothers, the brothers will remember your kindness."
Wang Kai glared and said, "Am I tired of living? To win over the hearts of the Forbidden Army?"
The visitor hurriedly added: "My general said that if there is a war later, he will definitely share a piece of your pie."
Wang Kai said angrily: "You think I am a three-year-old child? I have been in Gubeikou for almost two years, and I have encountered such a war. Once this war is settled, I don't know how long we will have to wait for the war.
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I can’t say for sure whether it will be ten or eight years.”