"When I was in Qingtang, my wife was already pregnant, but you rushed to call me back to Beijing. I didn't watch the baby born..."
Liu Heng said casually.
Kou Ji froze for a moment, and said apologetically: "I didn't expect..."
Liu Heng smiled calmly and said: "Four brothers don’t have to be guilty, and you and my brothers don’t need to have a share. You urge me to return to Beijing because of the great events that happened in Bianjing. I can’t abandon these great things because of my children’s love. Regardless of.
If I didn't return to Beijing this time, I didn't advise my father to hide in the house and not to interfere with my aunt's affairs.
I'm afraid that my Liu Mansion will end in the same way as the Wang Mansion today. "
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "That's good..."
"Bring your son back and let me see..."
"That should be..."
"..."
Neither of them is a caregiver, nor will they get entangled in this little matter.
After chatting for a few words, Kou Ji continued to ask: "So, why did your wife come to Bianjing with her son under one year old?"
Mention this.
Liu Heng's expression seemed a bit solemn.
"A month ago, Li Yuanhao, the son of Li Deming, the disobedience Hou, led an army of 3,000 cavalry and 40,000 servants. He raided the Uighurs of Ganzhou, and defeated Xiliang and Xuanhua. Outside the city of Xuanhua, he killed the Khan of Uighurs of Ganzhou. Regain the entire territory of Ganzhou.
The incident spread to Qingtang, some of the heads in Qingtang who were close to Xixia were faintly moved.
After Qingtang Zanpu Cape Siluo noticed the incident, he ordered An Ziluo to lead the people to the frontier to prevent Xixia from invading Qingtang.
On the one hand, they sent people to eradicate dissidents in Qingtang.
In order to prevent Neizi from being injured in this fluctuation, An Ziluo sent Neizi to escort him to Bianjing. "
Kou Ji frowned when he heard this, and said solemnly: "Li Yuanhao led the crowd to raided the Ganzhou Uighur Khan and killed the Ganzhou Uighur Khan. Why didn't I hear anyone mention this?"
Liu Heng said in a deep voice: "It took Li Yuanhao only three days to break through Xiliang and Xuanhua in seven days. He attacked the Ganzhou Uighur with lightning speed, and the news was too late to spread.
And I heard that Li Deming repeated the old tricks, in order to prevent the Ganzhou Uighurs from asking for help from Da Song, he once again blocked all the main roads leading from the Da Song to the Ganzhou Uighurs. "
Kou Ji frowned and repeated the key words in Liu Heng's words, "Break Xiliang in three days... Break Xuanhua on the seven days... Three thousand cavalry... Forty thousand servants... Iron Harrier?!"
Liu Heng asked, "What is an iron harrier?"
Kou Ji solemnly said, "A heavy armored rider..."
When Liu Heng heard this, his face was very ugly.
Liu Heng knew how tyrannical the fighting power of the heavy armor was.
This time when the Eight Kings rebelled, the Tiger Army played a key role in countering the rebellion.
The combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army is obvious to all.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the auxiliary troops can create a battlefield that is beneficial to the Tiger Army, the Tiger Army can have one enemy and one hundred.
Xixia's heavy armor, compared to the tiger army, will only be stronger, not weak.
"Fourth brother, when you built the Tiger Army, how much money you invested in it, I know. Xixia had been defeated one after another, lost ground frequently, and also compensated the court for a lot of money... How could Xixia build a heavy armored horse?"
Implications.
Xixia is so poor, how can he have the money to build heavy armor.
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "Xixia is planning to build the Iron Harrier. It's not a day or two. When the Tielin Army of the Liao Kingdom and the Jingsai Army of the Song Dynasty ruled the roost on the battlefield, they had already begun secretly preparing to build the Iron Harrier.
When Xixia was fighting with me in the Song Dynasty before, Iron Harrier should be just a rudimentary form.
After the defeat of Xixia, Xixia should have stepped up the time to build the Iron Harrier in order to be ashamed.
The Xixia envoy returned to Xixia after I saw the power of the Tiger Army in the Song Dynasty, and should inform Li Deming of the matter.
Li Deming has seen the Jingsai Army and the Tielin Army.
Coupled with the experience of the Tiger Army as a guide, the Iron Harrier was born quickly.
Although Xixia frequently lost ground and compensated a large amount of money, Xixia still has enough financial resources to prepare for the establishment of Iron Harrier. "
With the attributes of Li Deming and Li Yuanhao and his son, after suffering a loss in the Song Dynasty, for the sake of shame, even if everyone in Xixia tightened their belts, they would plan to build an iron harrier.
Liu Heng sighed and said with a worried look: "Li Deming, Li Yuanhao, I have picked a good time."
Liu Heng's tone was full of worry and helplessness.
Li Deming, Li Yuanhao, father and son, have never stopped peeking into the territory of the Song Dynasty.
Now that their father and son had a powerful heavy armored horse in their hands, it was a great threat to Song Dynasty.
But Da Song has nothing to do with them for the time being.
The Eighth King Zhao Yuanyan rebelled and had already made the movement in Bianjing City disturbed, and Da Song was also disturbed everywhere.
Before the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty were properly handled, it was impossible for the court to send troops and horses to fight against Xixia.
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Their father and son probably chose this opportunity before choosing to do it."
Kou Ji turned his head to look at Liu Heng, "You can sort this matter into a book as soon as possible and hand it to the inner court. Then send someone to the border area of Xixia to check the spies of the Imperial City Department in the northwest. Why Qingtang already knows the news. , I don’t know until now. I have to rely on people from Qingtang to tell us. I will write to my grandfather and ask him to decree two major strategies on Dongping Road and Xiping Road, so that they will guard against Xixia’s infringement. ."
Liu Heng nodded and left the street.
Kou Ji did not return to the house, but went to Yizi Jiaozipu, and entrusted the paperwork Kou Zhun gave him to Mu Chong and the three of them came forward to cooperate with the court to solve Jiaozipu's troubles. .
After confessing the matter.
Kou Ji returned to the house alone.
Rested for two days.
The notes Liu Heng handed over to the inner court were quickly approved by Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun ordered Liu Heng to temporarily supervise the entire Imperial City Division as the second-in-command of the Imperial City Division and secretly monitor all the movements of Xixia.
In addition.
There was no other reaction.
Now that the Song Dynasty is in turmoil, it is difficult for Kou Zhun to send troops and horses to conquer Xixia without discussing with Li Di and Lu Yijian.
Although when the eight kings Zhao Yuanyan rebelled, the two armies of the Dragon God and the Second Guard, Tianwu, and Peng Japanese, did not hurt their bones.
But as the eighth king Zhao Yuanyan led a heavy rebellion, some hidden problems were also revealed.
The city defense of Bianjing City has serious problems.
When Zhou Huaizheng rebelled, he led his people to attack the imperial city. It can also be said that Zhou Huaizheng dispatched the elite of the Great Song Dynasty.
But the eight king Zhao Yuanyan led a gang of shrimp soldiers and crab generals and attacked the imperial city, so there was no way to shirk it.
Therefore, before the rearrangement of Bianjing City's defenses is completed, the Dragon God Second Guard, Tianwu, and Pengri cannot attack without authorization.
When Xixia has re-emerged, it is certainly terrifying.
But Bianjing, as the capital of the Song Dynasty, was like a piece of paper. It was breached twice, which was even more terrifying.
Must be resolved.
Kou Ji had known this result a long time ago, so he didn't dwell on this issue anymore.
With the assistance of Xue Tian and Liu Heng, he sent someone to arrest Xia Wei.
After spending half a month, there was no trace of Xia Wei.
After Xia Yu left the city of Bianjing, he was like a mud cow entering the sea, without a trace.
Kou Ji felt that unless Xia Yu voluntarily jumped out in the future, it would be difficult to catch Xia Yu.
It is worth mentioning that.
Yan Shu this person.
He was not burned to death in Liu E's palace.
When Zhao Zhen stole the dragon and turned the phoenix, Yan Shu was abandoned by Liu E and did not follow Liu E.
When Zhao Yuanzuo led the team to chase Liu E, Yan Shu found a chance to escape and escaped from Liu E Palace.
Like a mouse in the palace, he hid for two days.
Eventually, he was captured by Chen Lin's men and sent to Kou Ji's hands.
This person is a famous person in history.
It is a pity that Kou Ji did not intend to rescue him.
Contaminated with things like rebellion, he was still named a repeat offender, and it was not easy for Kou Ji to rescue him.
It's not that there aren't no famous celebrities who died in the hands of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji doesn't mind one more.
In mid-April.
All the families of the prisoners who had to be banished from the nine tribes were escorted to the city of Bianjing.
Kou Ji dressed in official uniform and rushed to Caishikou.
The attendant who accompanied the criminal department cut off the prisoners and their families together.
Dozens of executioners slashed and killed a group of prisoners and their families for ten days after the operation.
After the execution of Supervisor Kou Ji, after returning to Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun sent another errand.
Kou Ji led the Ministry of Industry up and down, and presided over the reconstruction work after the military disaster in Bianjing.
Early May.
The important ministers who went to various places to suppress the rebellion returned triumphantly.
A grand celebration was held in the palace to celebrate them.
Simultaneously.
After discussing with Li Di and Lu Yijian, Kou Zhun made major changes to the court system.
The two guards of the Dragon God who originally guarded the imperial city were dismissed from guarding the imperial city and moved from the imperial city to a military camp outside the city.
The heavy responsibility of guarding the imperial city fell on the Tianwu and Peng Japanese armies.
The two armies of Tianwu and Pengri began to guard the triple gate of Bianjing.
Some positions in the Tianwu and Peng Japanese armies have also undergone major changes.
In addition.
After Li Zi was sentenced.
The three divisions have no leader.
Kou Zhun had two slaughters with the inner court. After discussion, he dismissed the third division and assigned the power of the third division to the sixth division.
During the rebellion, the military envoys did not perform their duties. Except for Jingling Palace and Yanfu Palace, all other military envoys were deposed.
The power was assigned to six.
The power of the six departments has been unprecedentedly strengthened.
Except for the Ministry of War, the other five departments have become a complete and complete government office.
The Sixth Department became the largest government office with real power except for the inner court and the Privy Council.
In addition to the changes in the imperial court system.
The changes in officials are also huge.
The eight king Zhao Yuanyan rebelled, and many officials were implicated in it.
Liu E was planning secretly, and many officials were involved.
After these officials were cleared, many vacancies were left over the court.
Under the auspices of Kou Zhun, the officials in the court made a major change.
Gao Chugong, who was awarded the Secret Envoy for Gong, took over the position used by Cao.
Xue Tian picked up a bargain, made it up to the inner court, and became a political affair.
Zhang Zhibai was transferred from Nanjing to Bianjing City, where he served as the Book of Etiquette.
Kou Ji was transferred to the staff department and served as the right official Cao Shangshu.
The former official secretary Wang Qinruo was cut off, and the official official did not have a scholar, so Kou Ji, the right official, Cao Shangshu, can be regarded as the largest official in charge of the official department.
Wang Zeng still served as the Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry.
The post of Hubu Shangshu was held by Zhang Shixun, the former prefect of Jiangning and the scholar of Jixiandian University.
The post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry was assumed by Wang Yunsheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
To Kou Ji's surprise, great changes have taken place in the Shangshu of the Ministry of War.
Kou Ji is willing to believe that Cao Wei will remain in the post of Shangshu in the Ministry of War.
Unexpectedly, the court promoted Cao Wei to the position of deputy privy envoy and hung up high.
The Ministry of War Shangshu was appointed by Li Zhaoliang.
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and understood the imperial court's intention.
After Cao's family showed their loyalty, Kou Ji strongly recommended that Cao Tong took the position of being in charge of affairs.
At the recommendation of Kou Zhun, Queen Cao became the rightful Lord of the Sixth Palace.
The Cao family's power suddenly became very large.
The court naturally needs to take action to restrict it to avoid the Cao family from becoming too powerful.
Zhou Huaizheng rebelled first, and then the eighth king Zhao Yuanyan rebelled. The officials of the ruling and opposition parties have become very sensitive in their hearts, and naturally they don't want to see similar things happen.
After years of hard work, Kou Ji was also very pleased to see the results.
So I asked the imperial court for a two-month holiday, intending to relax.
Kou Zhun did not leave the palace in a hurry, and dealt with government affairs for a long time in the palace.
Zhao Zhen, comforted by Kou Ji and Empress Cao, felt much better and reappeared in the court.
Kou Zhuncai took the pick, returned to the outside of the city, and continued to set up his own school.
But not long after Kou Zhun returned to the house, Li Di found the door.
Li Di arrived at Kou Mansion, and as soon as he entered the door of the Kou Mansion's courtyard, he saw Kou Jizheng supporting Xiang Yan while walking his legs.
A chubby, chubby fat guy, on all fours, followed behind Kou Ji and two, crawling in a naive manner.
Li Di saw Kou Ji carefully supporting Xiang Yan, and said with a slight dissatisfaction: "Kou's staff, Yan girl has been pregnant with a child for less than two months, and she hasn't shown her conceit. You just do it like this. Isn't it a fuss? "
Since I learned that Liu Heng had a son, Cao Yu's two concubines were also pregnant.
Kou Ji's hard work, not to be outdone, succeeded in getting Xiang Yan pregnant with a child after a lot of hard work.
After Xiang Yan became pregnant, the people in Kou Mansion and Xiang Mansion were agitated.
Kou Zhun had to come back to see after finishing the trivial matters on the school site every day.
Only a sigh of relief was left in the hungry Xiang Min, clamoring, and moved to Kou’s Mansion. Every day, he had to look at Xiang Yan’s flat belly to help Xiang Yan diagnose her pulse and confirm that it was Xi pulse. , Will fall asleep.
Kou Ji became very nervous under the infection of the two old men.
In daily leisure time, I always support Xiang Yan for a walk.
Kou Ji helped Xiang Yan, heard Li Di's dissatisfied voice, and curled his lips and said: "You care about me... My grandfather is staring at the craftsmen building houses in the middle of the mountain, you find my grandfather, go to the mountain..."
Now Kou Ji can be regarded as a member of the court.
Qualified to speak loudly to Li Di.
Li Di heard Kou Ji's words, blowing his beard and staring: "Smelly boy, he lost his temper as soon as he was promoted. You don't have to say anything about etiquette. Is that how your grandfather taught you?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "My grandfather said, when I saw you, don't give you a good face. He also said that if it weren't for you to stop, the money given by the official and the queen would be enough for him to train thousands of poor students for the court. .
He said that you are obviously from a poor family, but you are not willing to make good for the poor students, and your conscience is broken, so I don't associate with you. "