"I'm just a courtyard teacher..."
Kou Ji tried to defend himself.
The officials up and down the Honghe Temple stared at Kou Ji and smiled without saying a word.
Kou Ji saw that his defense was useless, so he stopped to argue, "Since you have to look at me as the leader, then I'm not welcome."
"Everything depends on Kou Yuan's orders."
The officials up and down in Honghe Temple salute Kou Ji together.
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Are you ready to sign the covenant?"
Shaoqing of Hongyou Temple smiled and said: "The Duting Post has been vacated. Everything needed to sign the covenant is ready. Just wait for the day to be set, convene all the envoys, and sign the covenant together."
Kou Ji thought about it, and said, "Tonight and New Year's Eve, you all have to go home to accompany your family, envoys, and go out to watch the fun. I won't scan you Yaxing.
Let's set the date for signing the covenant until tomorrow. "
"Hey..."
The date for signing the covenant was set, and some trivial matters were handed over to his subordinates, Kou Ji left Honghe Temple.
When I returned to the other courtyard outside the city, I saw Xiang Yan instructing his servant to carry a huge lotus lamp onto the carriage.
The fifteenth night of the first month.
The imperial court will put medicine to send puppets in Jinmingchi, and the powerful and powerful will get together to compete with lanterns, which is very lively.
As a member of the rich and powerful, the Kou Mansion naturally cannot be absent.
The huge lotus lamp is used to compare flower lamps.
This matter has been handled by Xiang Yan, so Kou Ji did not pay much attention to it.
Kou Ji stood not far from the gate of the mansion, and waited until the servants put the lantern on the car and pulled it away before slowly stepping into the mansion.
Xiang Yan saw Kou Ji and happily accompanied Kou Ji into the mansion.
In the backyard.
Xiang Yan took out some very gorgeous clothes and asked Kou Ji to try them on.
Kou Ji tried on clothes under the fiddle of Xiang Yan, and asked doubtfully: "Is going to meet a guest tonight?"
"It's not..."
Xiang Yan was busy and said: "Since I entered Beijing, Xiang Gong hasn't celebrated the Lantern Festival in a proper way. Bianjing City has not held a Lantern Festival for several years, so this year's Lantern Festival must be very lively.
At that time, everyone will dress up very luxuriously, and if you dress too shabby, you will be ashamed. "
Kou Jishi smiled and said: "When did you become as vulgar as everyone else?"
Xiang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that the concubine is vulgar, but the people in Bianjing will wear it like this. Xianggong, you don't care about these foreign objects, but others care.
Since my Kou Mansion is rich, we should dress more gorgeously.
Otherwise, some people will always chew their tongues behind their backs, saying that people in Kou Mansion pretend to be upright. "
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled, "Then it's up to you."
Left and right is just a matter of changing one or two clothes, it's not cumbersome, and Kou Ji didn't have the mind to care about it either.
After choosing clothes.
Xiang Yan led some people to make preparations, and Kou Ji went back to the study alone.
It flew into the evening.
Xiang Yan rushed to the study and asked Kou Ji to go out.
The couple took Kou Tianci, dressed in luxurious clothes, rode into the magnificent carriage, and swayed into the city of Bianjing.
There is a box in the carriage, which is heavy.
Kou Ji weighed it and asked, "What's inside?"
"Copper coins!"
Xiang Yan said very naturally.
Kou Ji wondered: "What do you do with copper coins?"
Xiang Yan stared at Kou Ji and said, "Of course it's a reward for the people."
Seeing that Kou Ji was still puzzled, Xiang Yan explained in detail: "Every Lantern Festival, the officials will invite the officials to the imperial city to have fun with the people.
During this period, some money will be sprinkled to pick it up for the people. "
Kou Ji clicked his mouth and said with emotion: "This wind cannot grow."
Xiang Yan smiled bitterly, "Is the Xianggong going to tell the official family and cancel this matter?"
As soon as Kou Ji wanted to speak, he listened to Xiang Yan's words: "My concubine persuades the grandfather not to do this, otherwise the noble ladies in Bianjing will hate you. This is one of the few opportunities for them to publicize. If they are deprived of it, they There will be resentment."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, shook his head and smiled, without mentioning the matter again.
Xiang Yan tilted her head to the side and said with a smile: "Xiangong is now more and more like a grandfather."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xiang Yan suspiciously.
Xiang Yan smiled and said, "Msang Gong is now very much like when his grandfather took office as a political affair."
Kou Ji asked subconsciously: "How can you see it?"
Xiang Yan said with a bright smile: "I always think about national affairs in my heart."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and he sighed: "Really?"
Xiang Yan nodded solemnly.
Kou Ji stared at Xiang Yan and smiled: "Time can really change a lot of things. It can also make a lot of people change. The officials are changing, you are changing, and I am changing too."
Unconsciously, under his influence, Da Song has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Unconsciously, under his influence, Zhao Zhen changed from a benevolent monarch to a domineering monarch.
And he himself, under all the influence of the Great Song Dynasty, went from a fraudulent prisoner to a heavy court minister who worried about the country and the people.
When this matter is said, others must find it absurd and bizarre.
But it is Kou Ji's personal experience.
Xiang Yan couldn't understand the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.
But he nodded in agreement.
The carriage went all the way along the official road and entered the Suanzao Gate. After passing the Wuzhang River Bridge, it reached the vicinity of the imperial palace and went straight along the road to Donghua Gate.
In front of Donghua Gate.
Manchu dynasty civil and military, with their family members, gathered together in a carriage.
All of them are gorgeously dressed and exquisitely extravagant.
Xiang Yan was right.
The ladies have a rare opportunity to make public, and they can't wait to wear all the gorgeous clothes on them.
There is no most gorgeous, only more gorgeous.
After arriving outside the Donghua Gate, some noble ladies saw that other people's clothes were better than their own, so they immediately sent the maid back to get a more gorgeous dress.
The clothes worn by the Kou Ji family of three are quite ordinary compared to them.
After the Manchu dynasty civil and military arrived in Qi.
The door of Donghua Gate was open.
The family members of the Manchu civil and military carriers entered the palace together.
The crowd did not go straight to the palace, but went to the top of the city one after another.
After going to the top of the city, I saw that Zhao Zhen and Queen Cao had prepared a banquet that looked like a long dragon.
Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao sat in the middle with a smile, waiting for the courtesy of the Manchu civil and military and their families.
After the Manchu civil and military took their families to give salutes, they took their seats separately.
Kou Ji took a little bit of his son's light and sat down not far from Zhao Zhen.
After sitting down, Xiang Yan dragged the corner of Kou Ji's clothes and pointed to the city gate building behind him.
Kou Ji looked at the past and saw a very exaggerated scene.
Chen Lin took hundreds of eunuchs, guarding hundreds of large boxes, which were full of copper coins.
There is no doubt that these copper coins are rewarded to the people.
"Luxury..."
Kou Ji commented in a low voice. Mrs. Wang Zeng, who was sitting at the table next to Kou Ji, smiled, covering her mouth, without speaking.
Wang Zeng stroked his beard, glanced at Kou Ji, and said faintly: "The officials are already very frugal, and the rewards are only copper coins. When the first emperor was in power, the rewards were gold and silver leaves."
Kou Ji was a little bit speechless.
The co-authors talk about the prodigal, and the official is still one percent less than the Emperor Xian.
Night fell slowly.
Bianjing City was not shrouded in darkness.
Instead, he fell into a sea of lights.
Ten thousand lights are lit up together.
The scene is very spectacular.
The long dragons criss-crossed each other, and the lanterns bloomed with light.
Under the shining lights of thousands of houses, the faintly visible city of Bianjing, like a mirage, is very charming.
The civil and military men of the Manchu dynasty stared at the city of Bianjing with different expressions.
Some people are not used to it.
Some people stare at everything obsessively.
"It's time..."
I don't know who said something.
Zhao Zhen nodded to Chen Lin beside him.
Chen Lin handed the special bow and arrow to Zhao Zhen's hand.
Zhao Zhen held a bow and arrow, and shot an arrow against the sky.
After the arrow was shot, a melodious whistle sounded.
Afterwards, eighty soldiers of the Forbidden Army bent their bows and set up arrows, followed by shooting eighty arrows.
The sound traveled far away.
After hearing the sound of arrows, the navy guards of the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army guarding Jin Mingchi lit the medicine puppet prepared in advance.
Bang bang bang...
An explosion sounded.
Blossoms of fireworks bloom in the sky, drawing out one illusory figure after another.
The dazzling figure appears out of thin air, and disappears out of thin air,
The people screamed again and again.
Next to Jinming Pond was reduced to a sea of sound for an instant.
There were explosions and shouts one after another.
At the Lantern Festival, if the imperial court releases medicine to send puppets, Jinmingchi will always be the most lively place.
In Jinmingchi, there are not only fireworks, but also various juggling, lanterns, and countless snacks on sale.
Unfortunately, Kou Ji, Zhao Zhen and others did not have the opportunity to take a look.
That is where the people have fun, not where they play.
If they go, the people will not have a good time.
When the shouts of the people came.
Both the civil and military people of Manchuria smiled with satisfaction.
If the people lived happily enough and laughed loudly enough, it means that under their governance, the Song Dynasty was in peace and prosperity, and everything was peaceful.
This is their credit, and they are naturally happy.
"Let's have a banquet..."
Zhao Zhen announced with a smile, and the banquet officially began.
The ladies became active in an instant.
There are rare opportunities for presumptuous and publicity, and they naturally no longer have to abide by etiquette and sit restrained.
Empress Cao took the lead, and a group of ladies quickly gathered together, happily talking and playing games.
Of course, they didn't get together.
Their status is different, so they form a few circles.
The ladies left, the Manchu dynasty, civil and military men naturally got together and began to talk.
There are those who recite poems and make fus, some who do wine orders, and some who talk about official affairs.
Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, Wang Zeng, and Lu Yijian got together to discuss business affairs.
When the other ministers of civil and military affairs saw the four of them get together, they left them wisely.
As soon as the four of them got together, Zhao Zhen said quietly, "There is movement over the Liao people."
Kou Ji, Wang Zeng, and Lu Yijian glanced at each other.
Lu Yijian said solemnly: "The people of Liao had already planned to use troops against me?"
How long did the envoys of the Liao State leave Bianjing? It was only fifteen days.
Fifteen days is not enough for them to send the news to the upper capital of Liao State.
Therefore, the Liao people had movement, indicating that the Liao people had long planned to use troops for the Song Dynasty.
Wang Zeng's face was a bit unsightly and said, "Fortunately, we prepared early, otherwise the Liao people will suddenly go south, and we will be in a hurry to deal with it."
Zhao Zhen questioned: "Why did the Liao people use soldiers against me for no reason?"
Kou Ji opened the mouth and said: "Eighty percent is related to the war in Hexi. My Da Song is the most threatening enemy to Liao.
My Da Song won Hexi, showing my Da Song's military front and enterprising spirit.
They defeated Huangtou Huihe and Xixia Heavy.
And let Qingtang bow his head to us.
Liao Guo felt the threat, so naturally he couldn't just watch my Da Song sitting in the big seat.
Moreover, my Da Song has become stronger, and has been shaken to the hegemony of the Liao Kingdom.
In order to consolidate its supremacy, the Liao Kingdom must rejuvenate the Song Dynasty. "
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "In this way, even if we do not take the initiative to provoke the war between Song and Liao, Liao will provoke the war between the two countries
Kou Ji nodded solemnly.
Zhao Zhen pondered and said: "The war between the two countries is inevitable. We are a step ahead of Song Dynasty. It is always possible to take advantage of it. It seems that we have done nothing wrong when we took the initiative to start the war."
Kou Ji said seriously: "We are all right from all to the end."
Wang Zeng said on the side: "According to the Liao people's previous southward invasion, the Liao State Soldiers and Horses Association appeared on the border of our Song Dynasty during the spring season. We still have more than a month to prepare."
Lu Yijian solemnly said: "Cao Wei has already taken the first step and arrived at Zhending Mansion. Among the 300,000 soldiers and horses dispatched by the court, 150,000 soldiers and horses have arrived at Yanmen Pass, Feihukou, Baozhou and other places.
The old man will meet Li Zhaoliang and Yang Wenguang tomorrow, leading another 150,000 soldiers and horses to Zhending Mansion.
I will definitely arrive at Zhending Mansion before the beginning of spring. "
Wang Zeng nodded and said: "The imperial court took the 50 million tons of grain brought back by Kou Ji to Zhending Mansion on the grounds of enriching the regular warehouses in various places. 50 million tons of grain, enough to feed 300,000 soldiers and horses for a long time. ."
Lu Yijian added: "In this battle against Liao, we did not recruit civilians, but mobilized several army troops around Zhending Mansion to serve as civilians. The purpose is to prevent the small soldiers from Liao from entering our university. In Song territory, destroy our grain and grass."
"Everything is well prepared, are there any omissions?"
Zhao Zhen questioned.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian shook their heads together.
Kou Ji stared at Lu Yijian and said: "Gong Lu is sitting on his back this time. Remember to keep an eye on it. Don't let any one of the three armies greedily advance. It is best to restrain the supervising army in the army and let them Don't influence the generals who lead the troops, and advance for the sake of merit."
The vast majority of Da Song's previous foreign wars were defeated by greed and adventurous advancement.
And behind the vast majority of defeats that are greedy for meritorious merit, there is an unscrupulous supervising army who is gesticulating.
Lv Yijian nodded and said: "The old man knows the importance. This time, all the reasons in the army are in charge of Cao Wei. The old man is only responsible for the maintenance and staring at them, so as not to let them have the opportunity to make trouble."