After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he stared directly at Kou Ji. He didn't know if the answer he gave was what Kou Ji wanted.
Kou Ji smiled softly, "The minister is very thankful that the official didn't say anything about withdrawing troops."
Zhao Zhen's heart loosened slightly.
But Kou Ji said again: "But the minister wants to help Zhu Neng hold back."
"what for?"
Zhao Zhen questioned.
Kou Ji sat upright and said frankly: "I have not been out of the border for a long time. I have not gone out to fight in the past 20 years. I know very little about wars outside the territory. I know better how to fight outside the territory less.
Soldiers to Xixia, soldiers to Liao.
I still have experience to follow.
If you can send troops to the Western Regions, experience is very scarce.
The officials should be very clear about how many years I have not set foot in the Western Regions.
Therefore, this time Zhu Neng led his army to the Western Regions, not only to help, but more importantly to hone.
In the process of tempering oneself, one or two defeats are inevitable. "
Zhao Zhen frowned, "Fourth brother is not optimistic about the war in the Western Regions?"
Kou Ji shook his head, "It has nothing to do with not being optimistic, it is purely a truth derived from experience. Our ancestors exhausted their efforts to extend my Chinese territory to the Western Regions.
It's a pity that future generations can't hold it.
In the days when we lost the Western Regions, the Western Regions have changed beyond recognition.
Some of the things the ancestors mentioned in the book have disappeared.
To look at the Western Regions based on the knowledge in the book alone is like sitting in a well and watching the sky.
Zhu Neng led his army to the Western Regions, actually helping us explore the Western Regions.
Let us re-recognize the Western Regions.
Let us see the Western Regions clearly. "
Zhao Zhen still frowned, "Over the years, there have been countless members of the Western Regions who have come to my Da Song Dynasty. I, Da Song Dynasty, can learn the whole picture of the Western Regions through their mouths."
Kou Ji said with emotion: "The Western Regions among the population of the Western Regions are not real. They split their territories in the Western Regions and dominate the kings. In order to cover up their power and achieve certain ulterior purposes, they will always use all kinds of lies. Come to deceive us.
Therefore, the Western Regions that we learned from them are not the Western Regions we really want to know. "
Zhao Zhen pondered: "Why are they deceiving us? Since they have chosen to pay tribute to my Da Song, it means that their own strength is far less than my Da Song.
The strength is smaller than ours. I, Da Song, don't plot anything against them. Why do they conceal or cheat. "
Kou Ji was silent for a while, and instead of answering Zhao Zhen's question, he asked Zhao Zhen instead.
"Does the official know about Xixia?"
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji in amazement, feeling that Kou Ji was insulting him.
Xixia has been a member of the Song Dynasty for many years, and everyone in the Song Dynasty knows everything. As the first person of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen doesn't know how.
Kou Ji didn't seem to see Zhao Zhen's strange eyes, and he didn't need Zhao Zhen to answer, so he continued to say: "The official knows what Xixia was like ten years ago.
Twenty years ago, what was Xixia like
What was Xixia like thirty years ago. "
Before Zhao Zhen could answer, Kou Ji said solemnly: "In the past, Xixia was not called Xixia, but the party ministers. They need to beg for my life in order to survive.
But now
They seem to have become a malignant tumor of my Da Song.
If it hadn't been the beginning of the official's ascension, my grandfather would have rejected all opinions and brazenly sent troops to Xixia.
Xixia will become stronger.
Xixia sits big step by step, who has its fault? "
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji blankly, not knowing how to answer.
Kou Ji sighed, "If you ask the ministers of civil and military affairs in the court, they will definitely tell your majesty that it is the result of Xixia's hard work. But is it really the case?"
Kou Ji asked and replied, "It’s not... Xixia can grow up step by step, and a large part of it is because of me. In the past years, after Li Jipeng, the old lord of Xixia, attached to me, Li Jiqian led his army to rebel and resisted the Song Dynasty. Self-reliance.
What did I do
The army was stationed on the border to resist Li Jiqian's invasion of the south, but he never sent troops outrageously, and defeated Li Jiqian in one fell swoop.
After seeing Li Jipeng's attachment to the Song Dynasty, Li Jiqian reaped great benefits and sent envoys to Beijing to pay tribute.
I, Da Song, not only did not deal with him with excuses, but blindly treated him with tenderness.
A generous reward in return.
Seeing Li Jiqian grow up in the northwest step by step.
After Li Jiqian passed away.
Li Deming succeeded.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when our Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom constrained each other, we first proclaimed our ministers to our Song Dynasty and gained tremendous benefits.
Turning around, he claimed to the Liao State to seek more benefits.
The two ends of the snake and the mouse are both right and left, and there is no loyalty at all.
My Da Song's reward to him has become more abundant every time.
He took advantage of the money rewarded by my Song Dynasty to develop Xixia step by step. "
Zhao Zhen's face was ugly and said: "Raising tigers...for trouble..."
Kou Ji nodded, "Yes, raising tigers is a problem. With Xixia's example ahead, the rest of the family will naturally follow suit. Every New Year's Day, they will send envoys to Beijing to send tribute to my Song Dynasty, and then again. Go back in exchange for a more generous gift.
After they return to their territories, they will use my Da Song's money to make their soldiers stronger. "
Zhao Zhen's face was slightly blue, and a little weakly said: "Gentlemen said, my Dasong is a celestial state, and I should have the grace of a celestial state."
Kou Ji asked curiously: "Are you a celestial state that you bought with money?"
Zhao Zhen's face was even more ugly.
Kou Ji continued: "The Liao country dominates the world, and the four barbarians who fought have surrendered. After the envoys of the various envoys arrived in the Liao country, the tribute they contributed was ten times that of the Song Dynasty.
Can you see that the Liao Kingdom repaid rich gifts
Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, give them a smiling face, and they will be so happy that they can't find North.
We are true to the celestial dynasty.
But with the Liao Kingdom in front, how can we be called the Shangbang
An Shangbang will pay other people's money? "
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth, his face was calm and silent.
Kou Ji tore off all the disguise on Da Song and placed a real Da Song in front of him. He was very aggrieved.
Kou Ji ignored Zhao Zhen and continued: "Since those fanatics recognized the Liao Kingdom as the sovereign state, why did they go to my Great Song Dynasty and recognize another suzerain state
Last year, the Goryeo prince was humbled into the dust in front of you.
But what he offers to you is only a few centuries-old wild ginseng, which is not very precious.
And what he dedicated to the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu was several thousand-year-old ginseng.
You gave him 200,000 yuan, a thousand pieces of silk and satin, and a hundred boxes of porcelain.
For this, he secretly revealed his dissatisfaction to the officials of the Concierge.
And what about the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu
After rewarding him with a whip, he licked his face and said that the Liao Emperor was comfortable. "
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen, "Heaven’s state is not bought with money, but actually printed out. Officials can try it. Starting from this year, the gift will be reduced. You will wait until next year. , There are a few other subordinates, who will call me Da Song Yisheng Heavenly Kingdom."
Zhao Zhen didn't want to admit it, but had to admit it. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid there are not many..."
Kou Ji nodded, "There are countless slacks and horses in the hall. Officials should not be confused by them. They must see the reality clearly all the time."
Zhao Zhen nodded stiffly.
Kou Ji said again: "It's easy for people to deceive yourself, but it's difficult to bear the evil consequences. I'm not a fool, let alone a fool for self-deception."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and sighed, "Fourth brother is probably the only person in Chaotang who is willing to tell me the truth."
Kou Ji said calmly: "Officials feel that there are too few people who tell the truth, and they can cultivate a group of people who tell you the truth."
Zhao Zhen said seriously: "I know what to do."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Returning to the topic, the Western Regions that I learned from the Western Regions of the Song Dynasty are ultimately one-sided. So we need Zhu Neng, Xue Tian and others to help us take a good look at the Western Regions.
In this process of understanding, some people must be sacrificed.
This cannot be avoided.
During the Han Dynasty, there were countless Han children who died in the Western Regions to conquer the Western Regions.
My Dasong has now re-entered the Western Regions, in fact, it is no different from the Han's expansion of the Western Regions.
The only difference is.
During the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions were surrounded by powerful enemies.
But now, the Western Regions have few enemies of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, the life I have to make ends meet will be very small.
In this process, officials must strengthen their beliefs.
Even if Zhu Neng suffered a defeat in the Western Regions, or because of the astronomical phenomena, the officials should not change their generals.
Not only were officials unable to change generals, they had to send a large number of officials who knew the languages of the Western Regions to the Western Regions to record everything in the Western Regions with the army. "
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Zhao Zhen sat there and was silent for a long time, staring at Kou Ji's question, "Understanding the Western Regions is far more important than helping Shazhou?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Understanding the Western Regions, it is for my Da Song myself. To help Shazhou, it is for the Shazhou Uighurs. The Shazhou Uighurs are named as my Dasong fan, and they send people to pay tribute to my Da Song every year.
But Shazhou and other places are not my Da Song's territory after all, and Cao Xianshun is not close to me.
He was just imitating Li Deming's style and wanted to be a big player in the Western Regions.
While he was proclaiming his minister to Song Dynasty, he proclaimed his minister to the Liao State, and even confided with Xixia secretly.
Li Deming slowly rose up with the support of Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom.
He wanted to take advantage of the support of our tripartite forces, Da Song, Liao, and Xixia.
It's just that he is not Li Deming after all, and he has not learned the essence of Li Deming's style, so he has never been a big student in the Western Regions.
I, Song Chi, assisted him, mainly for the purpose of showing them to those Fanbang countries.
But there is no need to fight for him. "
After a pause, Kou Ji continued: "The purpose of Li Gong and others is to let Zhu Neng play the prestige in the Western Regions, to help Shazhou to relieve the siege, and to let my Da Song show his power in front of the Siyi. The idea is good and the practice is good.
But officials, you have to remember that the land under the rule of the Shazhou Uighurs is not the territory of my Song Dynasty. When it is not absolutely beneficial to my Song Dynasty, my Song Dynasty has no need to fight to death.
What I want to do now is to see clearly the situation in the Western Regions and the strengths and weaknesses of many forces in the Western Regions.
By the way, suppress Xixia's desire to re-emerge.
The rest, don't need to care. "
Zhao Zhen felt a little bit and asked in a low voice, "After we find out the strengths and weaknesses of many forces in the Western Regions, what should we do?"
Kou Ji smiled indifferently, "Of course I put them in my bag, and let the Western Regions become my Song Territory."
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "Listening to the words of my fourth brother is better than reading a million for me."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji, and said with emotion: "There are some things that I used to feel very confused. Now that I have heard what the fourth brother said, Mao Sai suddenly started."
Kou Ji smiled brilliantly: "The minister said that the official just sits firmly on the throne, and the minister will help the official to build a real celestial state."
Zhao Zhen nodded, and solemnly said, "If there is a day, I will definitely thank the fourth brother."
Kou Ji rubbed his chest and said, "Okay, I've finished talking about it. Why haven't the imperial doctors yet? Chen's chest hurts."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, and asked nervously, "Did I hurt my fourth brother?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "That's not..."
Zhao Zhen stepped forward, looking at Kou Ji, while saying: "I know my fourth brother is not good at martial arts, so I kept a little bit of strength. It will only make the fourth brother feel pain, and will never hurt the fourth brother."
Kou Ji said helplessly: "Pain is also hurt..."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, unable to cry or laugh, and shouted to the outside of the Royal Garden: "Chen Lin! Chen Lin! Why haven't the royal doctors arrived yet?"
"It's here..."
Chen Lin heard Zhao Zhen's call, led the doctor, and ran to the pavilion.
Zhao Zhen immediately asked the doctor to examine Kou Ji's injury.
After the imperial doctor checked Kou Ji's injury, he handed Kou Ji a candy bar with weird eyes.
For an instant.
Zhao Zhen and Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji with weird eyes.
Old Kou Ji blushed, laughed dryly, cheeky, took the candy, stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "The royal doctor's medical skills are really brilliant... The medicine is good... The medicine is cured..."
Zhao Zhen, Chen Lin, and the imperial physician all twitched at the corners of their mouths.
The reason why the doctor handed Kou Ji a candy bar was because he felt that Kou Ji was humiliating himself.
The doctor checked Kou Ji's body and found that Kou Ji was not injured, his pulse was very strong, and he did not appear to be sick at all.
Only on the chest and the eye sockets, there is a faint red mark.
It is estimated that before night, it will fade away completely.
Kou Ji's behavior is like a child who has been fighting with others and has suffered some trivial skin injuries. It is like pulling the doctor to treat himself for internal injuries.
So the doctor gave Kou Ji a candy bar and mocked him.
But he didn't expect that Kou Ji actually picked it up, and even ate it, boasting that the medicine was effective.
The doctor didn't know what to say about him.
"The minister retires..."
After the imperial doctor confirmed that Kou Ji was not in serious trouble, he took the first step.
Kou Ji waited for Chen Lin to pack up the things Zhao Zhen gave him. After sending them, he took the things generously and left the Imperial Garden.
One out of the imperial garden.
Kou Ji opened his mouth and spit out the remaining sugar lumps, and sighed, "Shame... shame..."
In the imperial garden.
Chen Lin bowed and stood in front of Zhao Zhen, and said in a low voice: "Officials, Gaoli Ambassador Xu Ne has just sent a message, saying that the Korean envoy is preparing to return to the court. Xu Ne is already old and I am afraid that I will not be sent to Song Dynasty again. Do you want to give Xu Na a generous personal gift in accordance with the usual practice."
"Give me..."
Zhao Zhen almost blurted out a curse.
After realizing that his identity was not suitable for speaking vulgar words, he coughed dryly, "Now that the treasury has no money, how can I give it generously? Moreover, in the first year of Tiansheng, Goryeo has already been transferred to the Liao State and changed to the Liao State Reign. There is also a tendency to interrupt communication with me.
I'm not crazy, why should I give a bunch of white-eyed wolves? "