"The imperial court sending troops is not a trifling matter, nor is it time for you to be angry."
Li Di reminded in a deep voice.
Kou Ji said seriously: "Am I playing my temper? You are obviously oppressing Goodness. In the past, when the imperial court's ordnance control was in prison, why didn't you see that the imperial court defaulted on the payment of ordnance construction.
Not only was there no arrears, but also very happy to give, even more.
Raised a bunch of corrupt officials.
Now that the power of forging ordnance falls to the Ministry of Industry and to the legitimate merchants, why are they not willing to give money
Do you think we are bullied, or something? "
Li Di's cheeks were slightly red, and he gritted his teeth and said: "There is no money in the treasury..."
Kou Ji hummed: "You can ask for the money to build the palace from the official family."
Li Di stared: "Any money can be recovered, but this money is absolutely not to be recovered."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said: "The official inner library is now rich and oily..."
Kou Jiyuan knows better than Li Di how much money is in Zhao Zhen's inner library.
after all.
There was a large part of the money in Zhao Zhen's library, which was carried away from his house.
Li Di snorted coldly: "The official said, you have more money..."
Kou Ji looked stunned.
Zhao Zhen doesn't talk about loyalty.
Kou Ji said angrily: "That's my money, it has nothing to do with other people. In short, the court doesn't give money, don't want to get a hundred tigers."
Li Di said with a grim face: "You can hand over the craftsmen who made hundreds of tigers, and the imperial court will make them all."
Kou Ji was taken aback, curled his lips and said, "I'm afraid it won't work..."
Li Di stared and said coldly: "How can't it? The military weapon, you still want to hide it in your own hands?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "The craftsmen who make a hundred tigers are very busy..."
Li Di said displeased: "A small craftsman, he was called by the court, he dare not come."
Kou Ji calmly shook his head and said: "If the court really wants to be called up, he naturally dare not come. But he is still busy with the official affairs of the officials. He doesn't have much time to help the court make weapons, and he doesn't have time to teach the methods of making weapons. To others."
"bass!"
Li Di stood up abruptly, staring in amazement, with a look of disbelief.
"Hundred tigers running together are you made?"
Kou Ji spread his hand and said lightly: "Otherwise? If ordinary craftsmen made such military weapons, they would have asked the court for credit for a reward. How could they be used by the court for free
That is, I, after creating the military weapon, will give it to the court for free.
After all, the things that the imperial court bestows on the craftsmen are, to me, fly legs. "
Li Di stared at Kou Ji and said angrily: "So... you were playing with the old man just now?"
Kou Ji slumped in the seat and said, "Didn't you tease me first?"
Li Di gritted his teeth and said: "The court can give money, but the court has no money now, so let's take credit first."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Can the craftsmen be hungry first?"
"You can pay in advance..."
"The Kou's private treasury is not the state treasury. How about you go to the Cao family, Gao family, Pan family, etc., and move some money from their private treasury to use?"
"But now the court really has no money!"
"You can find a loan at Jiaozipu..."
"..."
"Good! Loan!"
"..."
Li Di compromised.
Kou Ji smiled and asked Li Di to sit down and said earnestly: "Grandpa Li, the court has rules for doing things. You can't break the rules of the court for doing things."
Today you did not spend any money and took the ordnance from the steel forging workshop.
Tomorrow, others can take other things from other businesses without spending money.
This wind cannot rise. "
Li Di angrily said: "You don't need to preach to the old man. If it is not for the remaining money in the treasury, the old man is unwilling to play tricks on you if you have to support Zhu Neng's expedition.
As an old man, you don’t know the harm of doing this
But Zhu Neng's expedition was imminent, he was in urgent need of money and food, and urgently needed weapons.
The old man can't deduct Zhu Neng's salary, right
If it's because of a part of the food and payment, my brothers and sisters of Song Erlang were buried in the Western Regions.
How can the old man live steadily in the second half of his life? "
Li Di is dishonest.
I said before that there was no money in the treasury, but now I have money again...
Probably it was the advantage that Yizijiaozi had taken before, and he wanted to take advantage of the forging workshop.
The technique is repeated.
Kou Ji muttered in his belly.
Just whispered back to whispered.
Li Di said so sincerely, as if the big Song Erlang who went on the expedition were all his heirs, Kou Ji didn't feel like listening to it.
Groaned for a while.
Kou Ji said: "The hundreds of tigers in Zhu Neng's hands are running, I can give it to him. It will not hinder him from going on the expedition, nor will the sons of the Song Dynasty be buried in the Western Regions because of the shortage of food and grass.
Li Di's anger dissipated for a few minutes, staring at Kou Ji, and humming: "You guys still have some conscience."
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "I'm also an important minister in the DPRK anyway, so naturally I have to consider the important affairs of the country."
Li Di didn't get angry when he heard this, "You still know that you are an important minister in the court, and the old man thought you had forgotten your identity, and just treated yourself as a profiteer."
Koti smiled dryly, and stopped quarreling with Li Di.
Li Di sat in the chair and snorted for a long time. After the anger in his heart dissipated a little, he said: "The old man came to you this time, except for discussing things about a hundred tigers running together.
There is one more thing to find you. "
Kou Ji arched his hands and said, "Grandpa Li, just give your orders."
Li Di snorted: "Since your kid entered the city of Bianjing, the executioner's knife has not been sealed, and it is the central government officials who beheaded one by one. The palace envoy, abolished the three divisions.
Some officials have been transferred, but they are still not enough.
So after the three of the old men discussed with the officials, they planned to increase Enke. "
Kou Ji was a little dazed when he heard Li Di's words.
In the Song Dynasty, when there were too many officials, there were times when there were not enough officials
This is simply a miracle!
Li Di seemed to see Kou Ji's thoughts and snorted coldly: "After your kid entered Bianjing, the erysipelas case was exposed. Thousands of officials were implicated. All of them were either beheaded or exiled.
Zhou Huaizheng's rebellion also implicated hundreds of officials.
When Lu Yijian made a patrol on behalf of the sky, the killing heads rolled even more.
When your kid was in the staff department, hundreds of officials were killed.
During the floods in Bianjing, the old man and Wang Zeng beheaded hundreds of them and sent thousands of officials into exile.
There were thousands of officials who were rioted in various places, beheaded by the rebels, and ousted by the court because of their negligence.
The eight kings Zhao Yuanyan rebelled, and the officials involved were even more numerous.
The court has been cutting its heads for several years. How many officials do you think are left? "
Kou Ji felt a little guilty after hearing Li Di's words.
Almost all of Li Di's above-mentioned killing of officials has his shadow behind it.
"The officials involved in the erysipelas case are responsible for their own sake. I exposed the matter in advance, and it is better than continuing to deliberate on this matter. If the officials will have a hard time prospering because of this matter, after the case is discovered, they will definitely Will kill more people.
During my tenure in the staff department, I also acted in accordance with the minds of the officials.
How many people died during my tenure in the staff has nothing to do with me.
All are instructed by the officials..."
The more Kou Ji said, the lower his voice.
Because Li Di's face was full of sneers.
Kou Ji no longer justified himself, and said with a dry smile: "Didn't the court have an unwritten rule that the doctor should not be sentenced to the doctor?"
Li Di snorted: "Wang Qinruo was cut into a dozen yuan by the official, do you think the court still has rules for not being tortured by a doctor? The heads of Li Zi, Yan Shu and others were hung by you in the market. You Do you think there are still rules for not being tortured by the doctor?"
Kou Ji smiled dryly, "Talk about business... Talk about business... What does it have to do with me if the government wants to add Enke?"
Li Di curled his lips and said, "This Enke will be hosted by you, Zhang Zhibai, and Zhang Shixun."
Kou Ji looked suspicious.
He has already recruited students for one term, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't have been assigned to preside over the imperial examinations so quickly.
Kou Ji asked uncertainly: "The me you recommended?"
Li Di rolled his eyes, "I can't make you an examiner for two consecutive terms."
Kou Ji was even more puzzled, "Why is that?"
Li Di hesitated, and sighed faintly, "Who calls your grandfather so famous?"
Koti blinked, but still didn't understand Li Di's meaning.
Li Di explained: "The number of Jinshi to be taken by the court this time will be the highest in history. In order to attract more talented people, the court intends to borrow your grandfather's name.
It's just that your grandfather is now busy running a school and has no intention of being an examiner.
So you can only serve as the examiner.
You are the only grandson of your grandfather.
If you serve as an examiner, you are equivalent to your grandfather as an examiner. "
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it because you blocked the official family and the queen from granting my grandfather money, and my grandfather didn't want to take care of you, so you just stepped back?"
Li Di was pierced by his thoughts, and said angrily: "The old man asked if you could answer?!"
"Promise! Promise! This is a good thing, how can I not agree!"
Kou Ji hurriedly said.
The imperial court insisted on giving him a protégé, why didn't he agree
"Humph! In the autumn, I will send you your own will to serve as the examiner of Kaifeng Mansion Qiuwei."
Li Di dropped these words and left the main hall of Kou Mansion with his sleeves.
Out of the main hall.
There was a smug smile on Li Di's face, and he muttered: "Let your kid be cunning like a ghost, you don't have to drink old man's footwash. Two thousand tigers run together, that's a lot of money.
The old man saved the court again. "
"Grandpa Li, don't forget the 30% tax reduction or exemption for the steel forging workshop you mentioned earlier. Otherwise, the two thousand tigers that you gave to Zhu Neng will be exchanged for real gold and silver."
Kou Ji's voice sounded behind Li Di.
The smile on Li Di's face stiffened, and he stomped his feet angrily.
"Vertical! Don't even think about it."
"Hey hey... Not only do I have hundreds of tigers running in my hand, but I also have handy weapons such as firebolt arrows, god arm crossbows, and so on. Unless the court is unwilling to ask for these weapons."
(Note: The God Arm Crossbow was invented by a craftsman named Li Hong in Xixia during the Song Shenzong period.)
"..."
Li Di's Qi orifices gave birth to smoke, and he left Kou Mansion without looking back.
Kou Ji appeared outside the main hall of Kou Mansion with a smile.
In fact, with Kou Ji's current financial resources, it is entirely possible to give ordnance such as Hundred Tigers and Fire Arrows to the court for free.
But he did not do so.
Because the things that are given out for free will not only be cherished, but will also encourage the greed of some people in the DPRK.
Over time.
Some people in the imperial court regarded the steel forging workshop as a place to gather wool.
If there is nothing to do, it will be a pinch down.
Until the forged steel workshop is smashed to the point that it doesn't exist.
Kou Ji has a deep understanding of the principle of Sheng Mi En fighting Mi Qi.
Not long after Li Di returned to Bianjing.
The tax documents in the forging steel workshop were sent to the Kou Mansion.
After Kou Ji received the tax reduction and exemption documents, he generously let the stock of hundreds of tigers run along, and the hundreds of tigers in the hands of the tiger army, to the military camp where the Dragon Guards were stationed.
For Kou Ji, a hundred tigers rushing all the way is just an overused thing produced.
After handing it over, the Tiger Army has something better.
Three days later.
Outside Wansheng Gate (West Gate of Bianjing City).
Zhu Neng led the finely compiled Thirty Thousand Dragon Guards and embarked on the journey with great vigour.
Xue Tian was sitting in a carriage and followed behind the army led by Zhu Neng with a sad expression on his face.
Obviously, going to Shazhou is not what he wanted.
Eighty percent, when San Jae in the inner court couldn't decide who should be sent to supervise the army, he chose to draw lots.
Xue Tian was unfortunately drawn.
Then there is no way to refuse.
That's why he took the initiative to invite Ying in the court to serve as the supervising army.
In fact, when Zhu Neng invited the court for battle, he deliberately pulled out the two guards of the Dragon God to practice.
It just didn't get permission from the court.
The court felt that the expedition to Shazhou and the dispatch of the Dragon Guards were enough.
The Dragon God and the two guards came out together, and they were a little excited.
and.
When I went to Shazhou, I was fighting in deserts, Gobi deserts, vast grasslands, and other terrains. It was a great test for the transportation of luggage.
The more soldiers and horses, the more baggage required.
Not only is it not conducive to combat, it can sometimes become a burden.
Although the court did not allow the Dragon God and the two guards to come out together.
But the court also gave Zhu Neng a certain degree of autonomy.
When necessary, Zhu Neng can ask for help from Chong Shiheng on Xiping Road, or from the defenders of Xining Prefecture.
At the same time, you can also conscript escorts and escorts to fight.
When I went to Shazhou, there were only 30,000 Dragon Guards fighting, but 60,000 people could be recruited.
Some of them are the common people, and some are the soldiers who had been in trouble with the eight king Zhao Yuanyan before the court had not had time to stab them.
Kou Ji crossed the horse and sent Zhu Neng out twenty miles away.
In order for Zhu Neng to fight in Shazhou more comfortably, Kou Ji prepared many small things for Zhu Neng.
Including steel kettles, small compasses and so on.
And some small objects for survival in the desert and marshland.
Zhu Neng has been fighting for many years. He also knows how to fight in various terrains and how to deal with problems that arise in various terrains.
But when Kou Ji gave him some small things, he still accepted them with joy.
Because that was Kou Ji's heart.
Moreover, Zhu Neng looked fresh at the compass, steel water bottle and so on, and he had to hold it in his hand for a while.
After Zhu Neng accepted Kou Ji's things, he promised Kou Ji that after he helped Shazhou clear the siege, he would find Cao Xianshun, the Jiedu ambassador of the Guiyi Army, to ask for some gold and beauty, and send Kou Ji back.