"Nonsense!"
Li Di jumped angrily, "The imperial court has just subsided, and all places need money and food assistance. The surplus just accumulated in the national treasury has almost been used up, and he also borrowed some money from Yizijiaozipu. Now every penny of the imperial court. That’s all the people’s life-saving money. At this time, your grandfather opened his mouth to the imperial lion. He was plundering the people’s life-saving money. As the prime minister, how could he not stop it?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "How old are you deceiving ghosts? The surplus accumulated in the national treasury for several years, how can there be a lot of money. I took people to confiscate the wealth of those prisoners, and confiscated the wealth of the Royal Palace of Chu, filled with it? The treasury.
Apart from filling the gaps in the Jiaozi shop opened by the Eight Kings, there is a lot left.
Enough for the court to appease the people.
It is clearly you, looking at Yizijiaozipu to make money, but not under the control of the court, so I feel uncomfortable.
A part of the money in the state treasury was charged into the internal treasury of the official family and provided for the official family to spend for three years.
Then he ran to Yizijiaozipu crying poorly, and made a lot of money in Yizijiaozipu on the grounds of tax relief. "
Li Di stared and scolded: "The Yizijiaozipu under your jurisdiction makes a lot of profits every year, but only pays a small amount of taxes. In the long run, not all the money from the court will be scraped away by you. .
The old man did this for the people and the court.
Besides, the king of Chu burned down many palaces in the palace, and now the palace is scorched. The old man allocates some money to the official family to rebuild the palace. What's wrong.
My Dasong is a celestial state. If the envoys of the Fanbang see the scorched earth in my Dasong Palace, they will not laugh at me. "
As soon as Kou Ji was about to return his mouth, he heard Xiang Yan crying and laughing: "Msang Gong, you should go back to the house and rest by yourself. Take Li Gong and sit in the main hall."
Kou Jiyi said rightly: "That's not possible, you are pregnant, you must be taken care of."
Xiang Yan looked at her flat belly and said dumbfounded: "The concubine body is not so delicate, besides, the concubine body is not yet shown, and does not need to be carefully taken care of. It is enough to have two girls sent by grandfather to wait on her.
Xiang Gong, you are now a heavy minister in the DPRK and you are dealing with major affairs in the DPRK, so don't waste time for your concubine. "
Kou Ji pursed his lips, and reluctantly handed Xiang Yan to the maid who was waiting behind him.
Xiang Yan was relieved and hurriedly left the courtyard accompanied by the maid.
Whether it was her mate or her two grandfathers, after learning that she was pregnant, she was too exaggerated and too enthusiastic, and she couldn't bear it.
Where does she know.
What does the little life in her belly mean to Kou Zhun, Xiang Minzhong, and Kou Ji.
For Kou Zhun, that is the inheritance of incense.
For Xiang Minzhong, that is the guarantee for Xiang Jia's future prosperity.
For Kou Ji, it was the soul that really took root.
To a certain extent, the little guy in Xiang Yan's belly represents the lives of the three Kou Zhun.
How could the three Kou Zhun not pay attention.
After Xiang Yan left, Kou Ji took Li Di to the main hall of Kou Mansion dissatisfied.
After sitting down.
Li Di said in a weird manner: "Kou's staff has now been promoted, and his temper has risen a lot? In front of the old man, he is not big or small at first."
Kou Ji pretended not to hear Li Di's words, and said, "Yizijiaozipu has been handed over to Cao Tong. Cao Tong is the uncle of the country, a relative of the official family, and a close confidant of the official family.
The biggest owner of Yizijiaozipu is also an official.
Yizijiaozipu pays no taxes, and how much taxes you pay, go to the official and tell me what to do.
The palace's palace was destroyed and it was necessary to rebuild it. That was a matter for the court.
The official family and the queen gave my grandfather money so that he has enough money to treat those unfamiliar children. That is grace, but you have to stop it.
My grandfather hadn't eaten for three days because of this anger.
Threatening to cut off the robe with you. "
The corner of Li Di's mouth twitched, and he said fiercely, "Does your Kou Mansion lack that share of money?"
Kou Ji said with a strange look: "Who would think that I have a lot of money? My Kou Mansion's money is not brought by the wind. Every money I have is earned by myself. I want to spend it wherever I want. Own mind.
My grandfather founded the academy also for the court.
Shouldn't the court pay any money. "
Li Di gritted his teeth and said: "The court has no money!"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "I haven't noticed before, you always pick up like this."
Li Di glared, gritted his teeth and said: "Your kid is still going to end? Your grandfather complained that the old man stopped the money given to him by the official and the queen, and that was his complaint.
He is qualified, you are not.
Do you really think the old man dare not treat you? "
Kou Ji grinned suddenly, "Boy just has a mouthful, don't you always be angry."
Li Di snorted coldly: "The old man noticed that your kid was addicted, so he didn't care about you. Otherwise, I would hang you up and beat you. Don't think that you are now promoted to the authority of the official Cao Shangshu. Dare to hit you."
Koti smiled dryly, "You are always the first person in the Song Dynasty. Naturally, you can hit anyone you want."
Li Di stared and scolded: "Nonsense. The official family is the first person in the Song Dynasty!"
Kou Ji hurriedly said: "Yes, the official is the first person in the Song Dynasty, and you are the second person in the Song Dynasty."
Li Di opened his mouth, but was too lazy to argue with Kou Ji again.
Seeing this, Kou Ji smiled and said: "If you always look for my grandfather, I'm afraid you will have to wait until the evening. My grandfather will come back at night."
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "I don't want to find your grandfather, I will find you."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, "Look for me?"
Li Di nodded.
Kou Ji asked suspiciously: "I have handed Fan Zhongyan the errands to the staff. Could it be that what happened to Fan Zhongyan?"
Li Di shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The old man is looking for you because he has two things to tell you. These two things have nothing to do with the officials."
Kou Ji was silent, staring at Li Di, and waiting quietly.
Li Di said in a deep voice: "Defied Hou Li Deming, sent his son Li Yuanhao to raid the Ganzhou Uighurs and occupied Ganzhou, you know. The latest news from the court is that Li Yuanhao did not lead his army back after occupying Ganzhou. .
Instead, he led his army to attack the Shazhou Uighurs.
The Guazhou Guiyi Army was defeated, and Cao Xianshun, the Jiedu Envoy of the Guiyi Army, asked the Gaochang Huihu for help.
The request for help was unsuccessful, and the Guiyi Army Jiedu made Cao Xianshun ask for help from Da Song.
After discussion in the inner court, it was decided to send troops and horses to assist the Shazhou Uighurs. "
Kou Ji felt thoughtful after hearing Li Di's words.
The Shazhou Uighur is next to the Ganzhou Uighur. After Li Yuanhao led his troops to capture the Ganzhou Uighur, he changed hands to fight the Shazhou Uighur, which was also expected.
Now most of the territory south of Xixia has been invaded by the Song Dynasty.
There is a kind of Shiheng, Zhe Weizhong and Zhe Weizhong guarded at the junction of Xixia and Song Dynasty, Xixia invaded south, and it was extremely difficult.
The Liao country in the east now dominates the world, and Xixia can't afford it.
If Xixia wants to rise again, it can only go west and north.
Kou Ji felt surprised that after the Shazhou Uighurs were attacked, the Guiyi Army Jiedu made Cao Xianshun not first ask for help from the Song Dynasty, but instead asked for help from the Gaochang Uighurs.
Gaochang Uighur, also known as Xizhou Uighur.
Some famous cities that were ruled by the Han Dynasty, such as Luntai and Xizhou, are now occupied by the Gaochang Uighurs.
The few Uighurs, such as the Qiuci Uighur, are all Gaochang Uighurs.
In the Western Regions, the Gaochang Uighur can be regarded as the most powerful among many Uighurs.
Its strength is comparable to the current Xixia.
But even so, the strength of Gaochang Uighurs was a thousand miles worse than that of Da Song.
Cao Xianshun was a Han Chinese. After the attack, the Shazhou Uighurs under his control did not first seek help from the Song Dynasty, but first to the Gaochang Uighurs.
Cao Xianshun believes in Gaochang Uighur, more than believes in Dasong
After failing to ask Gaochang Uighurs for help, did he choose Da Song
Seeing that Kou Ji fell into deep thought, Li Di said in a deep voice, "You also see the problem?"
Kou Ji frowned and said: "Cao Xianshun, I can't believe in Da Song. To be precise, he believes in Gaochang Huihu more than in Da Song."
Li Di nodded and said: "It is precisely because of this that the court decided to agree to Cao Xianshun's request and send troops and horses to help. One is to combat the rise of Xixia, and the other is to give those who are attached to the knees of my Da Song. Fanbang set an example."
Kou Ji suddenly realized: "No wonder you suddenly become so stingy. It turns out that you are preparing for the expedition."
Li Di glared at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji said a little embarrassed: "Yan'er is pregnant, and it is not convenient for me to leave Beijing. Xianggong's health is not well, my grandson-in-law has to stay in Bianjing to take care of him."
Li Di heard the words and said angrily and funny: "The inner court did not intend to send troops to expedition."
Kou Ji let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's good..."
Hearing Li Di said that the imperial court would send troops to assist the Shazhou Uighurs, Kou Ji's first reaction was that Li Di was going to let him join the army and go to the Western Regions.
So he immediately refused to knock on the side.
Li Di stared at Kou Ji and said, "The inner court originally planned to let Zhong Shiheng lead his army to help the Shazhou Uighurs. However, Zhong Shiheng wrote to affirm that this may not be Xixia's plan to move the tiger away from the mountain.
After all, the Song Dynasty south of the Great Wall is more prosperous than the lands in the Western Regions.
The old man and Lu Yijian discussed it, and felt that what Zhong Shiheng said was reasonable, so he dispelled the idea.
now.
Zhu Neng took the initiative to call for battle on the grounds that the two guards of the Dragon God had not experienced wars for a long time, and the soldiers' combat effectiveness was low.
The old man and Lu Yijian, as well as the officials, discussed and agreed to Zhu Neng's request.
Zhu Neng was allowed to lead Longwei to the Western Regions to help the Shazhou Uighurs.
Xue Tian also took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as a supervising army. "
Kou Ji was a little dazed, and said in thought: "Then what did you ask me to do? There is a commander in charge of the army, and a key minister of the supervising army. It is still a political minister, and I don't need me."
"Do not!"
Li Di shook his head and said, "Zhu Neng wrote to the court, saying that you have some extremely lethal ordnance in your hand, which is very suitable for the Xixia cavalry.
Kou Ji raised an eyebrow, "Firebolt? Didn't I equip Zhu Neng with 10,000?"
Li Di stared: "That box with a hundred arrows flying."
Kou Ji stunned: "Zhu Neng is worried that a hundred tigers are running?"
Li Di thoughtfully said: "It turns out that this thing is called Hundred Tigers Qi Ben... The name is pretty good..."
Kou Ji clicked his mouth and said, "Hundred tigers are running, they are made for the court, but it is not impossible for Zhu Neng. It's just that the cost of the thing is not low..."
Li Di raised his eyebrows and asked, "Compared to the first step?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "That's not..."
Li Di said in a magnificent manner: "Then come first one hundred thousand!"
Kou Ji stared, "Are you crazy?"
Li Di rolled his eyes and said, "It's not that the old man is crazy, it's that all the forbidden troops are crazy. Since seeing the power of the hundreds of tigers running, the generals of the forbidden troops stationed in and outside the city of Bianjing have applied to the court to equip them. Things.
After the generals of the Forbidden Army in other places knew about this thing, they wanted to look like the court and wanted to equip it.
One hundred thousand, although there are many, can be divided into various places, there are not many.
It is a miracle that a battalion of crossbows can be equipped with one or two. "
Kou Ji stared at Li Di in amazement, questioning: "When did the imperial court become so generous? Did you, Lu Yijian and Xue Tian, have their hearts changed? Did the imperial court's strategy of emphasizing literature and restraining martial arts secretly be given to you? changed?"
Li Di said indifferently: "Suppressing martial arts requires one to relax, not blindly suppressing. The inner court has simplified the ownership of all Xiang forces in the Song Dynasty, and has divided hundreds of thousands of Xiang forces, town soldiers, and vassal soldiers. Streamlined to hundreds of thousands.
He severely cut meat on the Wuxuns, and naturally needed compensation. "
Hearing this, Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "I thought your conscience discovered it."
Li Di stared instantly.
Kou Jigan smiled and said, "One hundred thousand tigers running all the way can't be built in a short while. Even if the steel forging workshop outside the city and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry work together, only one thousand can be produced in a month. .
If Zhu Neng wants to go out to fight, I can first sell more than one thousand tigers in the hands of the tiger army, as well as one thousand hundreds of tigers stored in the forging steel workshop, to Zhu Neng.
Others can only be sold while making them.
The imperial court must give a certain reward to the craftsman who makes a hundred tigers rushing, and the craftsman who makes the fire arrow. "
Li Di frowned and said, "If you are rewarding the craftsman, you can go directly to discuss with Wang Yunsheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. As long as Wang Yunsheng submits the relevant reward documents, the old man and the three will decisively sign it."
Kou Ji nodded with a big smile.
Li Di continued: "The next thing is about North Korean and Chinese officials."
Kou Ji stared in amazement, "Where is the money?"
Li Di pretended to be stupid: "What's the money?"
Kou Ji shouted: "The court buys the money from a hundred tigers."
Li Di frowned and said, "The inner court is the master, reducing or exempting 30% of the tax for the steel forging workshop to pay off the debt of hundreds of thousands of tigers. What money do you want?"
Kou Ji was immediately unhappy.
"Hey, do you always plan to empty the white wolf?"
Li Di yelled: "Is there anything you don't like about the 30% tax reduction or exemption for forging workshops."
Kou Ji slapped the table and said angrily: "Forging steel workshops, there are also officials from the officials. Why don't you tell the officials about this, but you came to tell me. You must have found the officials first, the officials Didn't promise you, so you came to fool me, when I was stupid
Since the officials did not agree, why should I agree
If the official is held accountable, how can I explain it to the official
Moreover.
Once the steel forging workshop undertook the task of helping the court to forge a hundred tigers.
All the craftsmen in the steel forging workshop will help the court to build a hundred tigers in the next few years.
They want to eat.
They want wages.
The court does not give money, want to watch their family starve to death? "
Li Di felt weak when he heard this.
The craftsmen in the steel forging workshop are basically ordinary people of the Song Dynasty, and they hold the innocent Song Dynasty household registration.
It's not a slave contract.
People not only have to eat, but they also have to pay.
If the court wants to use others, it has to give money. There is no reason.
The imperial court could conscript them for military service, but they only had three or two months, and they could not be used for nothing for a long time.
The imperial court can also send someone to take over the steel forging workshop.
But that is the property of Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji and others, and it is still private property.
Li Di can bully Kou Ji and Mu Chong, but they can't bully Zhao Zhen, the big owner of the Forging Workshop.
Li Di planned to come out to fool Kou Ji because he didn't negotiate the wages with Zhao Zhen, but Kou Ji was exposed on the spot.
Li Di said with an ugly face: "The court has no money now!"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "There are no tigers in that workshop."