Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "The craftsmen in the palace are naturally extraordinary..."
It's just that most of them are studying some things to play, to smile for the king, which is useless for the country and useless for the people.
**With a clever trick, the craftsmen of Kou Mansion are naturally inferior to those in the palace.
Zhao Zhen laughed, grabbed Kou Ji's sleeves, and walked into the tent, "Go, follow me in the account!"
Kou Ji did not follow Zhao Zhen into the account. Instead, he took a meal and said with a guilty expression: "The minister is at fault, so please ask the official to punish him."
Zhao Zhen let go of Kou Ji's sleeves, the smile on his face narrowed, and he sighed: "I deliberately didn't mention this, but you have to mention it."
Kou Ji handed his hand: "After all, it was the minister who made the mistake first, and the injured official was struggling all the way to the northwest to suffer."
Zhao Zhen lowered his hand and sighed: "It was not your fault... You were assassinated and you were unconscious, and you can't control what happened later."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen's gaze fell on Liu Heng, and said indifferently: "If you really want to make a mistake, it is also Liu Heng's fault. If Liu Heng hadn't found out the truth, I would report it to the court, and I wouldn't do it. Came to the northwest in a hurry."
When Liu Heng heard what Zhao Zhen said, his face was bitter, he bent down, and said, "Chen Liu Heng, guilty..."
Zhao Zhen's eyes hovered over Liu Heng's body, and he said, neither salty nor indifferent: "Your injury is getting better soon..."
Liu Heng looked embarrassed.
Zhao Zhen continued: "I thought you would be more prudent after you were named the Duke of the Country, but I didn't expect you to do things better than before."
Liu Heng lowered his head with a look of shame.
Zhao Zhen said again: "Your title is not easy to come by, so I will not cut your title. I sent someone to blame you. I have been disciplined, and I will not pursue this matter again in the future.
But the Manchu civil and military embarrass you, but I will not help you. "
Liu Heng gave a deep salute to Zhao Zhen and said, "Thank you for your kindness..."
He falsely spread the news and caused Da Song to move up and down. It was a big mistake. Zhao Zhen didn't dismiss him from office or reduce his title. He just gave a small punishment, which is considered to be extremely generous.
Kou Ji, who had been standing by and silent, waited for Zhao Zhen to finish admonishing Liu Heng. He smiled bitterly and said to Zhao Zhen: "Officials, Liu Heng is the minister's subordinate, and the minister naturally has to take responsibility for the mistakes he made."
Zhao Zhen curled his lips and said, "Okay... Your part is wrong. I helped you block it. If anyone doesn't agree, just come to me."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the words.
Zhao Zhen continued: "In order to fear that the accompanying officials would embarrass you, I dispatched them to the herdsmen before you arrived. Within a month or two, they would not be able to come back.
If my Da Song can destroy Xixia, they will probably stay longer. "
Implications.
Zhao Zhen deliberately released the officials who accompanied him.
Probably because I think they are always doing some eye-catching things in Bianjing, so I want to put them in the corner of the corner to make a blind eye.
Kou Ji was moved in his heart and gave Zhao Zhen a salute, "Thank you for the official love..."
Zhao Zhen waved his hand, "Don't mention this matter anymore. Since I have arrived in the northwest with many soldiers and horses, I can't do nothing and go back.
Xixia repeatedly provoked me Da Song, and now he has sent an assassin to assassinate my Da Song Chongchen, which has already offended me.
I can't tolerate it. "
Kou Ji and Liu Heng glanced at each other, and Qi Qi gave their hands together, "The minister was originally a pioneer and wiped out Xixia for the officials."
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, and said, "Go to the tent and speak."
Three people entered a big account.
The furnishings in the big tent are the same as those in Zhao Zhen's small side hall in the imperial palace.
It's probably because Chen Lin moved all the sets from the palace in order to make Zhao Zhen live comfortably.
Entering the big tent, Zhao Zhen sat on the throne with a golden sword.
Since the king of Chu Zhao Yuanzuo split the dragon chair in anger, Zhao Zhen no longer sits in the dragon chair. Instead, the craftsmen in the palace create a chair that resembles a seat.
After Zhao Zhen sat down, he ordered Chen Lin to give seats to Kou Ji and Liu Heng.
The three sat down.
Zhao Zhen opened the mouth and said: "After I left Kaifeng Mansion, I got the news that your fourth brother was safe. After I learned about this, I was relieved, and at the same time, I began to think about what I should do when I get to the northwest.
Duke Kou told me that Xixia is a man of wolf ambition and has to be removed.
When I arrived in the northwest and saw the people who had been poisoned by military disasters all the year round, I felt very impressed.
I originally wanted to send a large army northward, rushed to Xiazhou, cooperate with your soldiers and horses, and force Xixia.
But Kou Gong did not approve of my ideas.
According to Kou, I left the palace and took all the soldiers and horses north of Bianjing to the northwest.
Such a big move, Liao people will certainly be aware of it.
After the Liao people noticed this, they would definitely do something.
In order to prevent Cao Wei from encountering trouble in the land of Yanyun, I need to suspend the conquest of Xixia.
You need to wait until the Liao people have moved in the land of Yanyun before making a decision.
I thought about it, and felt that Kou Gong's words were reasonable, so I did what Kou Gong said. "
After hearing what Zhao Zhen said, Kou Ji slowly nodded and said: "My grandfather has been an official for decades, and he naturally sees more than officials and ministers. He thinks the Liao people will do something, then the Liao people will definitely do something. .
The officials acted cautiously and were indeed proper. "
Zhao Zhen let out a smile, "In front of me, don't talk about these imaginary things. Please tell me what you think."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and looked at Zhao Zhen with a wry smile and said, "The official visit has brought some excitement to the people. Seven to eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses conquer Xixia are like killing a chicken with a knife.
Zhao Zhen laughed and said: "The matter is over, and I can't go back. As soon as I pay for the army and grain, I will allocate a certain amount of money from the internal library and bear part of it, which is the price of my mistakes."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry: "The officials don't need to be like this. All the faults of the Xixia people are caused by the Xixia people. If you want to bear it, they are also responsible."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji, did not speak, and waited quietly for Kou Ji's next words.
Kou Ji continued: "The minister agrees with the grandfather's idea. The soldiers and horses in the hands of the officials should not be moved for the time being. Seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses are not seventy or eighty.
It is very complicated to mobilize.
There is no good commander like Cao Wei in charge at the moment, and other people command soldiers and horses, I am afraid it will be difficult to use the power of seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses. "
Zhao Zhen sighed and said nothing.
Kou Ji knew why he sighed.
There are many military ministers in the DPRK, but there are very few who can really command the three armies.
Once the imperial court uses heavy forces, there is always a sense of powerlessness that no one can use.
No one is available in a great country, whose fault is it
Han Yu gave a standard answer in his article "Horse Talk".
'There are lovers, and then there are thousands of miles. Chollima often has it, but Bole doesn't often have it. '
There are tens of millions of people in the Song Dynasty, and there must be many people who are useful to the court.
The reason why no one is available to the court nowadays is not because Song Dynasty has no talents.
It was Zhao Zhen's father and grandfather who did not discover talents in this area.
They favored the civil servants alone, and spared no effort in order to discover the civil servants.
Only turned a blind eye to the military minister.
The son said the father had passed.
Zhao Zhen naturally couldn't say that his father and his grandfather were not.
Kou Ji knew Zhao Zhen’s thoughts, so he didn’t discuss the matter in detail. He continued: “If we rashly command seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses to enter Xixia, not only will it be impossible to achieve major results, maybe even It will be damaged.
To be safe, we have to wait. "
Zhao Zhen said with a bit of resentment: "Wait...When will it be, when I will find a good general who can command the three armies?"
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry: "That's not necessary... The minister has already dispatched Zhu Neng, Chong Shiheng, and Wang Kai to attack Xixia. The disobedience Hou Li Deming is now sitting in Xingqing Mansion and dare not act rashly.
Zhu Neng and the three people in Xixia will inevitably conquer the city and plunder the land.
When their three soldiers and horses are close to Xingqing Mansion, it is time for our army to attack.
By that time, all the firearms sent by the officials to escort them should have been transported to the northwest.
There are firearms to help, and the only place we need to attack is Xingqing Mansion generation.
Seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses were pushed over in one go. There was no need for too much planning or frequent deployment of troops. The army's dependence on the commander of the three services would be much smaller.
We don't have to lose too many soldiers and horses. "
Zhao Zhen sighed, "So, did I wait for some?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "That's not... The northwest is now stable, and my Great Song soldiers have been pushed outside the Great Wall.
The territory within the Great Wall will no longer have to worry about being attacked by military disasters in the future.
The previous method of governing the people is no longer applicable.
Officials can take this opportunity to sort out the civil affairs in the northwest and sort out the officials in the northwest.
Not to hide from the officials, after the minister led his troops to capture Xiazhou and other places, no one was available in his hands, so he had to exercise military control in Xiazhou and other places. "
Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment. He had heard of the matter a bit, but he didn't go into it deeply.
Now that Kou Ji brought up this matter, he naturally wanted to say something.
"Can't the Xixia officials recruited be used?"
When Kou Ji heard the words, the smile on his face disappeared, "I Da Song cannot use them, most of them defected from my Da Song. They are unfaithful to my Da Song, so naturally we can't treat them with kindness and righteousness.
I can use corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but I can never use national thieves. "
Zhao Zhen thought about Kou Ji's words, and said in deep thought, "Fourth brother seems to hate the country thief very much?"
Kou Ji said loudly and loudly: "The great thief of the country, everyone gets it and punishes him."
Zhao Zhen pursed his mouth and said, "I heard that there are also many people with lofty ideals among them. It was just that I was unhappy in my great Song Dynasty, so I voted for Xixia."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "I don’t have ten thousand people who have no ambitions in Song Dynasty, but eight thousand. Why don’t others defect and flee to Xixia, but they escape to Xixia? If they only fled to Xixia for a living, they would serve as idlers. Officials, I can also tolerate it.
But even if they fled to Xixia to make a living, they actually helped the Xixia people in the border disaster.
Not to mention many rat generations who wantonly slandered my Song Dynasty in Xixia, and what they said was not true. "
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, and said with a grim expression: "If this is the case, then I can't tolerate them. I, Song Dynasty, failed to reuse them. It was the court's fault and my fault.
Even if they fled to Xixia and helped Xixia people do things, I can understand them one or two.
But they slandered my Da Song and criticized my Da Song with some inaccurate and false remarks, and I couldn't tolerate it. "
"This kind of people, forget their ancestors, they should be killed!"
Chen Lin suddenly chipped in, her face gritted her teeth.
Zhao Zhen looked at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin hurriedly said: "The servant is guilty, and the servant should not interrupt at will."
Zhao Zhen squinted his eyes and said, "I think what you said is reasonable, they should cut them all."
Chen Lin accompanied the smiling face and said, "It's good that the officials don't blame the slaves and maids."
Zhao Zhen shook his head, looked at Kou Ji, and asked, "What else can I do?"
Kou Ji thought about it and said with a smile: "Look for Xixia to rip off!"
Zhao Zhen looked stunned.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The officials' soldiers and horses are attacking Xixia. The officials brought hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to the northwest, but did not move Xixia. The Xixia people may think that the officials are deterring them. As long as they beg for mercy, the officials The family will let them go."
Zhao Zhen suspiciously asked: "Are they so stupid?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's always a ray of life. Even if Xixia people don't believe it, they will find a way to catch it. After all, I have seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and soldiers in Xixia, and Xixia may be destroyed at any time.
Under these circumstances, the officials showed them that as long as they begged for mercy, they would let them go.
They will definitely try their best to subdue the officials. "
Zhao Zhen thought for a while, looked at Kou Ji, and smiled: "Knock it on, maybe there will be surprises?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded.
The smile on Zhao Zhen's face was even stronger, and he said with emotion: "I finally feel a little bit as the emperor of the suzerain country."
In the past, the Song Dynasty, even though it was a suzerain state, the vassals also recognized that the Song Dynasty was the suzerain state.
But when Da Song faced his vassal, he always accompanied his smiling faces and gave generous gifts.
Even so, those vassals were not respectful to Song Dynasty.
Many feudal vassals also made double-sided swordsmanship, and while attached to the Song Dynasty, they also attached to Liao.
Now it's different. Da Song no longer treats the tribes favorably, but instead entertains the tribes with soldiers.
The vassals were very respectful to Da Song.
In order to show their sincerity to Song Dynasty, some vassals also cut off contact with Liao.
Such as Qingtang.
After Qingtang really felt that Song Dynasty really regarded them as allies and vassals, he decisively cut off contact with Liao.
Qingtang is not afraid of Liao at all.
Not because Qingtang is strong enough not to fear Liao.
But Qingtang is too far away from the Liao State. Qingtang Zanpujiao Siluo sent a letter every day to greet the family of Liao Emperor Yelulongxu, who could only stare at him.
Because of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, it is impossible to bypass the territory of Song Dynasty, bypass the territory of Xixia, and attack Qingtang.
Kou Ji heard Zhao Zhen's sigh, and said with a smile: "My Da Song is naturally the sovereign state."
The monarch and the minister looked at each other and smiled.
After laughing, Zhao Zhen invited Kou Ji to have a meal.
During the banquet, Zhao Zhen revealed to Kou Ji intentionally or unintentionally that Kou Ji found a way to take him to the battlefield.
Kou Ji pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not dare to agree to him.
When Kou Ji went to rest, Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and sighed a long sigh, "I have been practicing martial arts for many years, but there is nowhere to use it. It's sad and sad."