Yelu Angkor is like a ghost everywhere, always appearing beside Kou Ji.
When I saw Kou Ji, I always said something negatively.
"You hurt me..."
Kou Ji had a heart to talk to him, but whenever Kou Ji opened his mouth, he would ride away again.
Kou Ji felt the strong malice from Liao State from him.
The malice of the Liao State largely represented the malice of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
From the moment he left for the Liao Kingdom, he knew that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu had maliciousness towards him, but he did not expect that the maliciousness came so strong.
But he didn't have the thought of shrinking because of this, instead he wanted to meet the Liao Emperor Yelulong Xu.
If the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu wanted to kill him, he didn't mind blasting the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu with a musket first.
For those people who still have a heart for the Han Dynasty.
It was they who gave Kou Ji the courage to face the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu.
They did not forget the Han Dynasty for as many as 84 years and four months under the rule of the Liao people.
Compared to them, the malice that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu brought to him is nothing.
When the Great Song Envoy arrived not far from Youzhou City, Yelu Angkor once again appeared beside Kou Ji across the horse.
He still looks like a life-defying ghost, and whispered in a dark voice: "You hurt me..."
As usual, Kou Ji glared at him and shouted, "What did I harm you?"
Yelu Angkor finally stopped being the same as before, and rode away. He stared at Kou Ji angrily, and shouted: "If you didn't say those words in Song Ting's palace to frame me, how could I? Will he become a groom?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji was taken aback for a while, he looked up and down Yelu Angkor, and said unexpectedly: "You become a groom?"
Yelu Angkor stared at Kou Ji angrily, wishing to poke Kou Ji to death with his eyes.
Kou Ji curled his mouth and said: "There is nothing wrong with raising horses. Your ancestors of the Yelu clan also started their business on horses. You are tantamount to reviving your ancestral business.
"Huh~"
Yelu Angkor took out the scimitar from his waist and said angrily: "Believe it or not, I killed you?"
Kou Ji's gaze fell on Yelu Angkor faintly, and said lightly: "Since we met in the border of Youzhou, you have had the desire to kill me. You walked to me over and over again, not to follow me. Speak, but want to kill me.
But you never did it from start to finish.
Because you have concerns in your heart.
If my guess is correct, you are wondering whether you can afford the consequences after killing me.
Your father wants to see me by name, if you kill me.
Your father will be furious with thunder.
You are just a groom now, once you kill me, maybe your father will turn you into a dead body.
You are afraid of death, so you dare not kill me. "
Yelu Angkor heard this, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and roared: "You nonsense, I Liao people are not afraid of life and death."
Kou Ji grinned and said: "Really? Then you follow your heart and kill me. I made you a groom, and you killed me for revenge. That's right."
When Yelu Angkor heard this, his eyes changed quickly.
In the end, he stared at Kou Ji angrily and said, "You want to hurt me again!"
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "I didn't harm you, I'm helping you. If you have grudges or resentments, don't hold it in your heart. If you hold it in your heart for a long time, you will get sick easily. In fact, you don't need to have so many worries.
You killed me, your father may not kill you.
who am I
For your Liao country, I am just a foreign minister.
Not only can it not be used by your Liao country, but it will also become an obstacle for your Liao country to dominate the world.
who are you
You are the prince of Liao, and the emperor of Liao is your father.
You should have heard the saying that tiger poison does not eat seeds.
How could he kill his own son for a foreign minister
If you think about it carefully, your Liao Kingdom's conquest of Xixia, such an important matter, if it is leaked out by others, your father will definitely punish their ten clans.
But you leaked it out. Your father just degraded you to be a groom..."
Kou Ji's words, like magical powers, returned to Yelu Angkor's ears.
Yelu Angkor's expression changed again and again, and he seemed to be seriously considering Kou Ji's words.
His hand subconsciously drew out a half-cut machete.
"His Royal Highness, don't be fooled by his wicked words."
A man in Liao costumes who followed Yelv Angkor slowly stepped forward and reminded Yelv Angkor in a deep voice.
Kou Ji glanced at the man unexpectedly, and slowly put away the musket in his sleeve.
He also wanted to take the opportunity to provoke Yelu Angkor and let Yelu Angkor do something stupid, so that he could give Yelu Angkor a cruel thing.
Of course, he didn't have the thought of killing Yelu Angkor.
But he was very happy to poke Yelu Angkor a few times with a musket.
Then he could use this to ridicule the Liao people for their lack of manners and rules, and to take the opportunity to gain the upper hand in the peace talks with the Liao people.
But he didn't expect that there was a calm person around Yelu Angkor, who saw through his mind and reminded Yelu Angkor.
Under the reminder of his servant, Yelu Angkor slowly became sober. He glared at Kou Ji and said viciously: "You really want to hurt me!"
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "Then you killed me?"
Yelu Angkor gritted his teeth, snorted heavily, and crossed the horse away from Kou Ji.
Kou Ji looked at the back of Yelu Angkor, and cursed in a low voice, "Counsel..."
Kou Ji's words, Yelu Angkor clearly heard.
He immediately wanted to turn around and draw his sword, giving Kou Ji a ruthless one.
But the entourage by his side pulled him, he could only turn his head, stared at Kou Ji, and threatened viciously: "Sooner or later I will kill you!"
Kou Ji smiled mockingly.
Yelu Angkor angrily disappeared before Kou Ji's eyes.
Kou Ji called Wushengqu to stop Xiang Minzhong's carriage, and climbed onto the shaft of the carriage.
Get on the carriage.
Xiang Minzhong rolled his eyes and curled his lips and said, "What are you doing to tease the four princes of the Liao Kingdom? He is thinking about it. How can you be well in Liao?"
Kou Ji returned Xiang Minzhong with a blank eye, sat cross-legged in front of Xiang Minzhong, grabbed a heater from Xiang Minzhong's hand, held it in his hand, and said faintly: "The tiger is thinking about me, I'm not afraid. , Would I be afraid of a flea?"
Xiang Minzhong was taken aback and said with a laugh: "That's right, you are missed by the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, and one more Liao prince is nothing."
Kou Ji held the stove and said to Minzhong: "When you arrive at Youzhou City, you have to protect me. If Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu really wants to kill me, you have to help me escape."
Hearing this topic again, Xiang Minzhong finally stopped playing haha with Kou Ji, but seriously said: "The two countries are intersected, don't cut them. Even if the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu wants to embarrass you, he won't take you. Life is a fuss.
You are not a casual official of my Da Song.
Your grandfather is Kou Zhun. In my Da Song, that is above 10,000 people.
If he wants your life, he is provoking a war between the two countries.
The Liao country in the past was probably not afraid of war.
But now Liao State is afraid. "
Kou Ji was taken aback, wondering: "Will the Liao people fear war?"
Xiang Minzhong nodded and said: "Liao Emperor Yelulongxu first fought North Korea, and then west Xia, and then fought fiercely with my Song for several months. Together, Liao Emperor Yelulongxu has already fought continuously. It has been more than two years, and every time I set out, I used heavy soldiers.
How much do you think the financial resources of the Liaoning State support him? "
Without waiting for Kou Ji to continue to ask questions, Xiang Minzhong continued: "I don't have much financial resources... With the continuous sinicization of the Liao people, their way of fighting is also infinitely close to us Song people.
In the past, when the Liao people fought in battle, they didn't carry any luggage at all. They stepped on their horses and carried their swords, and they were able to conquer the world. They all depended on fighting to feed the war and making a living with horse milk.
What now
The Liao people needed not only war horses and scimitars, but also a large number of ordnances such as crossbows, catapults, and carts. When they go out to fight, they have to be equipped with enough food for soldiers and hay for war horses. "
Xiang Minzhong's gaze fell on Kou Ji and said quietly: "It is precisely because of this that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu felt unprofitable after seeing my Da Song and Xi Xia's reconciliation, so he chose decisively. Stop making peace with me.
He did not have enough financial resources to continue to consume Da Song with me.
I don't have the financial resources in the Treasury of Song Dynasty to continue to consume him, so this time there will be peace talks.
It is precisely because of this that Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will not kill you at this time and start the war. "
Kou Ji frowned and said: "That's it?"
Xiang Minzhong groaned for a while, and a smile was raised at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Although he has no financial resources to spend with me, Da Song has the financial resources to spend with him.
So he can only negotiate with us, not with us. "
Kou Ji was taken aback, and said in doubt: "Didn't you just say that my Da Song Treasury has no money anymore?"
Xiang Minzhong clicked his mouth and said: "Although the national treasury has no money, the inner treasury still has a surplus. Even if the inner treasury is not enough, we still have a closed pile warehouse that has been accumulated for decades."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Since we are profitable to consume with Liao, why not choose to consume with Liao."
Xiang Minzhong rolled his eyes and hummed, "It's not all because of you."
Kou Ji was stunned.
Secretly speculate: What did I accidentally do
Seeing Kou Ji's stunned expression on Xiang Minzhong, he sighed: "You have started a great event."
Kou Ji thought for a moment, then looked up at Xiang Minzhong, and said, "Guarantees?"
Xiang Minzhong nodded, "As you ask for supplies from the court again and again. The court is also aware of the corruption of the Xiang army, so it secretly sent someone to investigate.
I don't know if I don't check it, I am surprised when I check it.
My Da Song unexpectedly raised millions of Xiang troops in captivity without knowing it.
Its number far exceeds that of the Forbidden Army.
Counting what the Forbidden Army belongs to, the soldiers and horses I raised in Da Song's captivity are beyond everyone's imagination. "
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "It's not all of you who are the victims. A place has been affected by a disaster, and there are victims. You don't want to properly arrange the victims, but instead put them all into the Xiang army. Can the Xiang army? Is it too much?"
When Xiang Minzhong heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched and he gave Kou Ji a ferocious look.
The reason why he reacted so strongly was because he had done the same when dealing with disaster victims.
Xiang Minzhong glared at Kou Ji, and said cruelly: "Now is not the time to hold someone accountable. I really want to investigate it. The Manchu civil and military are all wrong. Do you still want the Manchu civil and military to ask for their own bones?"
It is unrealistic to ask the civil and military people of the Manchu dynasty to ask for their bones.
Kou Ji said lightly: "I'll just say it casually..."
Xiang Minzhong snorted coldly and continued: "If it were before the change, even if the court had discovered this kind of thing, it would have closed one eye and let him continue to develop.
After all, this matter is too involved, and a little carelessness will cause the ruling and the opposition to move.
But since your grandfather moved some people to the territory of Song Xintian, some officials have seen a new way.
They feel that it is entirely possible to abolish some unnecessary Xiang troops and move them to places with large areas and sparsely populated areas and turn soldiers into people.
This move can not only resolve the erosion of our Great Song Xiang army, but also add a part of the good people to our Great Song Dynasty, and make our Great Song's agricultural tax increase to a new high.
It stands to reason that this is a good governance.
But this move has touched the interests of some people.
So after the court officials raised the matter, someone immediately stood up to oppose it. "
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Wu Xun?"
Xiang Minzhong nodded and said, "Yes... The Wuxuns have been drinking the blood of soldiers for decades. How could they easily let go of the meat on the plate? Although the court has not implemented the good governance of turning soldiers into people, The Wuxuns who smelled the wind had already begun to resist behind their backs.
The imperial court was afraid that when it was opposing the Liao State, the Wuxuns took the opportunity to make trouble, so they chose to negotiate with the Liao State instead of holding on to it. "
Kou Ji squinted and said, "It's not that easy to deal with this matter."
Xiang Minzhong nodded slowly and said: "It's as difficult as climbing to heaven."
The martial arts of the Song Dynasty, after years of marriage, have not only become relatives of the emperor, but also a group of interests.
Digging meat from them will affect the whole ruling and opposition parties.
If one is not handled well, it is a mutiny after another.
So be cautious and more cautious.
At this time, it is indeed inappropriate to continue with the Liao State.
Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Minzhong and complained: "Since you know the stakes, why didn't you tell me so early that it made me worry about it for so long."
Xiang Minzhong grinned, and said, "I like to see you guessing and uneasy."
For an instant, Kou Ji had an urge to block the old man again.
If it weren't for this old man to sit comfortably in the carriage, unlike the person with Wang Zeng's carriage butt hurts, Kou Ji would definitely have left him to look for Wang Zeng.
After Xiang Minzhong said the stakes involved, Kou Ji also knew that the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu might not kill him, and he was relieved a lot.
But he did not put down his vigilance because of this.
It's when people are impulsive.
What if the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, after seeing him, remembered that because of him, his conquest of Xixia was defeated, what if he was impulsively cut off