Mu Chong's expression was bitter as if he had eaten Huanglian, "But it's impossible for that person to appear on this occasion. I can't always say to everyone, that is our Jiaozipu's big boss?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Who said that one can't appear on this occasion?"
Mu Chong smiled bitterly: "If he appears in our Jiaozipu, full of court officials, he can block the gate of our Jiaozipu. There is an unwritten rule in the court that the heavenly family will not compete with the people for profit."
Kou Ji hummed: "How do I remember that there are also sayings in the DPRK that those who eat money do not compete with the people
Mu Chonggan smiled and said, "How can those who are officials control themselves? They restrain the heavenly family, but when they do business underneath, they rely on their power and authority."
Kou Ji sneered and said, "Then this rule is a fart. As long as they set fire, the officials are not allowed to light the lamp?"
Mu Chong smiled dryly and didn't speak any more.
Kou Ji is qualified to criticize the imperial court in front of others, but he does not.
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "I want to kill their evil spirits. If they are acquainted, they will shrink their heads obediently and make a fortune. If they dare to jump out, then don't blame me and the official. They all turned upside down.
If it is found out that they are competing for profit with the people, I will ask them to write down on paper the saying that the eater does not fight for profit with the people. "
Kou Ji looked at Mu Chong and hummed: "Just do it with confidence. On the opening day, I will invite the official to come and sit down. I want to see who jumps out first."
Seeing Kou Ji's decision to go his own way, Mu Chong did not dare to stop him.
Just nodded and agreed.
Kou Ji told Mu Chong again, so he didn't stay in Jiaozi shop.
Back at the house, rested for half a day.
The next day.
After going to the early court, he did not rush to leave the palace, but went to the Shishitang and waited for Zhao Zhen.
After seeing Zhao Zhen, he took Zhao Zhen out of Shishitang under the pretext.
Anyway, both Li Di and Wang Zeng were not there, and Kou Zhun was the only one in charge of the Shishitang.
Kou Zhun was a little busy, so he didn't bother to talk to them two little guys.
After leaving the Shishi Hall, Zhao Zhen proposed to go to that hidden side hall.
Kou Ji nodded and agreed, and arrived at the side hall.
Chen Lin chased up quietly.
As soon as he entered the side hall, Zhao Zhen couldn't wait to say to Kou Ji: "You did a good job of arranging the refugees, and helped me swell up. I originally wanted to be promoted to the post of the Ministry of Engineering. I can only help you ask for a title.
Wait for me!
After I take charge, you will definitely be promoted to the rank of official. "
Kou Ji bowed his hand in a salute, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "I thank the officials for their love."
Zhao Zhen waved his hand carelessly: "Between you and me, you are not allowed to say so many polite words."
Kou Ji nodded.
Zhao Zhen pulled Kou Ji and sat down on a chair in the side hall, feeling Chen Linyin's gaze, and listening to Zhao Zhen's eagerly said: "Quickly tell me, how do you settle the refugees
I heard that the refugees almost started to make trouble.
In order to suppress those refugees, Mr. Li killed many people. "
"Ahem..."
Chen Lin coughed twice.
Kou Ji pretended not to hear, he thought about what Zhao Zhen said, and said, "Li Xiang killed someone?"
Zhao Zhen said unexpectedly: "You don't know?"
Kou Ji shook his head.
Zhao Zhen hurriedly said: "On the second and third days when our Baozhou people arrived in Bianjing, every time Mr. Li entered the palace, he came here in blood.
Chen Lin said that as Mr. Li, it is impossible to kill people by herself.
His clothes can turn blood, indicating that many people have been killed.
Why did he kill so many people
Could it be that the refugees outside the city are in trouble? "
Hearing this, Kou Ji groaned slightly, and glanced at Chen Lin.
He understood what Zhao Zhen said.
On the second and third days after the Baozhou people arrived in Bianjing, some of the refugees accepted outside the Nancheng Gate had eaten something that shouldn't be eaten.
Li Di should have killed those people.
Chen Lin only told Zhao Zhen that Li Di killed someone, but didn't tell Zhao Zhen who Li Di killed.
That means that there are some things that shouldn't be said, and Chen Lin doesn't want Zhao Zhen to know.
Chen Lin saw Kou Ji's gaze, her face was stern, and she coughed heavily.
Kou Ji knew, and said to Zhao Zhen: "There are small groups of refugees out of the city who are making trouble. Li Xiang should have killed those people."
Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji bitterly, and said dissatisfied: "Are you still a nine-year-old child? You and Chen Lin are winking, when I can't tell
It's fine for others to fool me with this set, even you use this set to fool me? "
Kou Ji curled his lips, glanced at Chen Lin, and shrugged.
Roughly telling Chen Lin that the official family is too big to be fooled.
Chen Lin glared at Kou Ji.
Roughly reminding him, don't talk nonsense about what shouldn't be said.
Zhao Zhen angrily said, "You two are still winking?"
Chen Lin hurriedly bowed to accompany the crime.
Kou Ji clicked his mouth and said with emotion: "There are some things that Gonggong Chen won't let his ministers say."
Zhao Zhen glared at Chen Lin and yelled: "Chen Lin, I order you not to stop Kou Ji from telling me the truth."
Chen Lin sighed helplessly, glared at Kou Ji, and said humbly: "The slave and maid followed the order..."
Seeing that Chen Lin had agreed, Zhao Zhen immediately said to Kou Ji: "Say quickly..."
Kou Ji coughed and said, "The reason why Li Xiang killed people was probably because those people were too hungry. They ate something that shouldn't be eaten."
Zhao Zhen questioned: "Should not be eaten? Soil?"
Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Zhao Zhen frowned and muttered to herself: "I have heard from gentlemen that when the folks have nothing to eat, they use soil to satisfy their hunger.
In some places, eating raw soil has become a custom. "
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said, "But... Eating soil is not a sin. If you really want to talk about it, it is also the court's sin. The court didn't deliver the food to them in time, which made them starve."
Koti smiled dryly and said: "Eat soil is naturally innocent. The minister is talking about other things... such as yourself..."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback first, and said in confusion: "You are teasing me, how do you eat by yourself..."
Halfway through the conversation, Zhao Zhen suddenly widened his eyes, looked at Kou Ji, and said in astonishment: "You mean they eat..."
Zhao Zhen shook his head in horror.
"How can this work..."
"How can this work..."
"..."
Zhao Zhen was not an emperor who didn't know anything. He wouldn't say why the people didn't have food to eat, so why didn't they eat meat.
He has seen the allusion of Yi Zi and Shi in many books.
So after Kou Ji reminded him, he knew.
But he couldn't accept it.
Where is Zhao Zhen talking to himself in horror.
Kou Jichang sighed.
Chen Lin glared at Kou Ji complainingly.
Kou Ji opened his hands and said, "This kind of thing is inevitable, and the official will know it sooner or later. Instead of letting the official live in the dream that everyone weaves, it is better to let him accept the reality quickly."
Chen Lin gritted her teeth and said: "What you said is correct, and our family understands this. But our family just doesn't want to look at the officials uncomfortable."
Kou Ji said seriously: "Excessive indulgence is not a good thing. He is the son of destiny and is destined to rule the world in the future. The better you protect him, the greater the blow will be when he knows the truth.
Instead of this, it is better to tell him as soon as possible, let him take a warning, and use this to motivate himself to be a good emperor in the future. "
Chen Lin looked at Zhao Zhen, who was still thinking about it, and sighed.
"Fine... Our family will allow you to be presumptuous again..."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and looked contemptuous.
Chen Lin was just playing prestige in front of him.
If he dared to say this to Kou Zhun and Liu E.
Kou Zhun and Liu E will definitely hang him on the flagpole to dry.
Zhao Zhen himself had been talking for a long time, then suddenly grabbed Kou Ji's sleeve and said, "Is it my fault?"
Kou Ji shook his head indifferently, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with the official family and is purely a natural disaster. Although the court has dragged its feet in this disaster relief, it has not affected the distribution of food.
In other words, the court has already done what should be done, and I have done it on behalf of the court.
It is also the fault of natural disasters that such things happen.
Officials need not blame themselves. "
When Zhao Zhen heard this, his heart relaxed a lot, but he still looked ugly, "Is there no way to avoid this? I don't even dare to think about that kind of thing. I live together, how can I get a mouthful?"
Kou Ji pondered for a while, and said, "Perhaps only when there is too much food in the world to eat, that kind of tragedy will not happen."
Zhao Zhen's expression was bitter, "I have been short of food every year in Song Dynasty, so how can there be a day when there is too much food to eat."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "There are still ways."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji in amazement, and hurriedly asked, "What is the solution?"
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice, "As long as there is enough land for the people to cultivate."
Zhao Zhen said unhappily: "The court's fertile land has been distributed to the people, and there is not enough fertile land to distribute to the people. Before the flood, I accompany Mr. Li in governance in the Shishitang.
Mr. Li told me that the population of my Da Song Dynasty has grown from more than 30 million in the reign of Emperor Taizu to more than 60 million.
My fertile land in Song Dynasty has already been allocated.
The population has been growing, but the fertile land has never grown.
Some of them still have fields uploaded by their ancestors to grow.
There are also some people who have to rely on farming or work for others to have a meal. "
Kou Ji smiled and said: "We don't have extra fertile land, others have it."
Zhao Zhen immediately asked: "Who?!"
"cough!"
Chen Lin coughed heavily and stared at Kou Ji with a black face.
He felt that Kou Ji, a slanderous official, was afraid that he was going to give the official family confused soup again.
For example, inciting officials to start a war and so on...
After Kou Ji heard Chen Lin's cough, he kept silent.
Zhao Zhen's eyes fell on Chen Lin, and he said straightforwardly: "Chen Daban, you go out first."
Chen Lin didn't obey Zhao Zhen's words out of anger, but said with a bitter face: "Officials, let the servants and maids stay with you in the temple. The servants promised that there would be no more movement."
Zhao Zhen snorted coldly and looked back at Kou Ji.
When Kou Ji saw that Chen Lin, an old man, had not been driven out, he knew that he had something inconvenient to say.
After all, it doesn't matter if Chen Lin heard it.
But if it spreads to the court and lets the officials of the main and political parties know, he will inevitably be impeached.
Immediately, he thought for a moment and said with a smile: "The minister heard that Guangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road have vast land and resources, but the population is very sparse. The court can move some people over."
Zhao Zhen frowned upon hearing this, and said: "The Taishi mentioned this, but Guangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road are mountainous and forested and smoky. Except for the local fanatics, other people can't work anywhere."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "The land of Guangnan is full of mountains and forests and smog. But there are still a lot of flat lands. These flat lands can only be planted by the families of the prisoners who moved in the past, and they cannot be planted.
Those local genus mostly feed on mountains and forests, even if they are farming, they do not occupy much space.
Therefore, the imperial court can move part of the people over.
Cultivate other fields that no one has planted.
In addition, the miasma is not impossible to prevent.
If the miasma is unsolvable, how do the local people survive
Those who say that the land of Guangnan is smoggy and unable to survive, most of them cannot stand the mosquito bites of the land of Guangnan.
But compared to Yizi, a bit of mosquito bites, what counts? "
Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and said: "Then I will turn around and let the Taishi send someone to Guangnan to investigate the matter."
Chen Lin kept opening her mouth from the side, but did not dare to make a sound.
Zhao Zhen looked a little strangely uncomfortable, and said with a straight face: "If you have anything, just say it."
Chen Lin heard the words and hurriedly said: "Of course the words of the Kou Industry Department are true, it is just a remote place in Guangnan. If people move rashly in the past, if they can't stand the local mosquitoes, riots will inevitably occur.
The folklore is different, and the local vassals are also prone to friction with the people who migrated in the past.
When the time comes, not only the people who migrated over will be rioted, but the vassals will also join forces to cause chaos.
If Guangnan is in trouble because of this, it will be a big trouble for the court.
Instead of causing this big trouble, it's better to do nothing. "
After hearing these words, Zhao Zhen frowned and looked at Kou Ji.
He wanted to know how Kou Ji would defend.
Kou Ji said indifferently: "There are tens of thousands of Xiangjun soldiers under the streamlined court. It was just right to relocate them to Guangnan. They did not cause chaos under the frequent squeeze of corrupt officials. How could it be caused by some mosquitoes? Bites messed up
As for the friction with the vassal, it is inevitable.
They stayed in the mountains all year round and refused to obey Wang Hua.
Once one's own interests are impacted, chaos is inevitable.
But precisely because of this, it is even more necessary to relocate those streamlined Xiangjun soldiers.
They have enough power to live in peace with those vassals.
At the same time, it can guide those vassals out of the mountains.
By then, under the same stream, those vassal subjects will inevitably become the subjects of my great Song Dynasty.
If things go on like this, the Song Dynasty will not only solve the trouble of the Guangnan tribe, but will also provide a large piece of fertile land to support the people.
In addition, my Da Song will have an extra treasure. "