"The official should be able to sleep peacefully..."
Zhong Shiheng said lightly.
Kou Ji was taken aback.
Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Chong Shiheng took a bite of mutton and chewed: "As long as the official can sleep soundly, it's up to us whether other people can sleep soundly!"
In the end, Chong Shiheng's words were full of disdain.
Kou Jishi smiled and said: "A person like me who has the power and power to overpower the master is still alive, and the one who sleeps the most insecure is the official family, right?"
Zhong Shiheng glanced at Kou Ji and snorted: "It's okay for you to fool others, fool me? Not at all!"
Kou Ji stared at Zhong Shiheng with interest and said, "Why do you think I am fooling you?"
Chong Shiheng chuckled, "Whether you have the power to dominate the ruling power, or the power over the master, the official trust in you has never diminished. If not, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses fighting in the Liao country nowadays, the official also It won't be handed over to you.
You presided over the reform of the military system, and you presided over the selection of soldiers and horses. You even presided over the forging of armaments.
No one can compare to you in terms of familiarity with the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty.
The officials are not stupid, and they obviously know this.
Since he dared to hand these soldiers to you, it shows that he trusts you very much.
Therefore, only when you hold the military power of my Da Song, the officials can fall asleep peacefully.
If someone else holds it, the official can't sleep well. "
Kou Ji stared at Zhong Shiheng without saying a word.
Seeing this, Zhong Shiheng sighed: "I sometimes really don't understand why officials trust you so much. You have the reputation of retrying Bole. The officials you choose, whether they are military ministers or civil servants, will go on to the official career. , All shine.
They are either sitting peacefully on one side, or decisively fighting on the battlefield to build a worldless accomplishment.
They have gradually controlled a large part of the power of the Song Dynasty.
You only need to move a little strangely, and perhaps Da Song will change its color.
Under such circumstances, why would officials still trust you? "
Zhong Shiheng seems to have a taste for food, so at the end of the sentence, there is some pantothenic acid.
Kou Ji heard what Zhong Shiheng said and said with a smile: "I said I don't know, do you believe it?"
Zhong Shiheng snorted coldly, "Do you think I will believe it?"
Kou Ji said with emotion: "Probably the official knows that I have no idea about that position."
Chong Shiheng stared at Kou Ji coldly, "Only the person who sits in that position and abandons that position very disgustingly can make people believe that he has no idea about that position."
Kou Ji put down the lamb in his hand and stared at Zhong Shiheng and said, "Are you going to get to the bottom of it?"
Zhong Shiheng said seriously: "I just want to know if the official family will kill you."
After saying this, without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Chong Shiheng added, "If the officials cut you down, then I will be the next one to be cut down.
After all, the three people with the most victories in my Great Song Army are Cao Wei, you, and me.
Cao Wei is not far from death now, so it doesn't matter whether he is killed or not.
If the officials were jealous of you, they would chop you down.
Then I guess there is no way to live alone. "
Kou Ji sighed and said, "Don't worry... The officials will not cut me, nor you."
Zhong Shiheng stared at Kou Ji without speaking.
Kou Ji wiped his hands, rubbed his eyebrows, and said helplessly: "You are really stubborn, and I have to give you a satisfactory answer."
Zhong Shiheng said solemnly: "There is no answer to rest assured. After playing Liao, I don't have the guts to return to Bianjing."
Kou Ji waved his hand and let the soldiers around him leave.
After he and Chong Shiheng were left in front of the tent, he said faintly: "You have to force me to say it, I have to say it, don't be scared to death."
Zhong Shiheng said disdainfully: "If I can be scared to death, Zhong Shiheng will not live until now."
Kou Ji sighed and sighed: "If my feeling is right, the official has moved the idea of throwing the throne to me more than once."
Chong Shiheng's eyes widened in horror, the mutton in his hand fell to the ground, he stood up suddenly and shouted, "Impossible!"
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng, and said dissatisfied: "What to shout, I haven't said more importantly yet."
Zhong Shiheng suppressed the panic in his heart, stared at Kou Ji, and waited quietly.
Kou Ji continued: "When the official family heir died early, the official family couldn't stand the blow. I once said this in person, but I slapped it back."
Zhong Shiheng exploded in an instant, and he a little lost his mind and shouted: "Impossible! You are lying to me!"
"You actually lied to me with this botched excuse!"
"You are making up a story for me!"
"..."
Where did Zhong Shiheng shout for a long time.
Kou Ji looked at him quietly.
He knew the truth was told, but Chong Shiheng couldn't accept it.
Don't say it's kind of Shiheng, the others in Da Song couldn't accept it, and would not believe it.
But the truth is the truth.
Kou Ji has experienced it and remembers it clearly.
Zhong Shiheng shouted for a long time, and when he was a little relieved, he suddenly sat down and said in disbelief, "Really?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Naturally it is true, but it seems that you don't believe it when I say it. It is estimated that no one will believe it when you say it."
Zhong Shiheng stared and shouted in a low voice: "I'm crazy, take out such a crazy story you have arranged to tell people?! Resign to the emperor, slap the emperor, which one is not earth-shattering
Which one will be said, someone will believe it
If I really said it, the officials from the ruling and opposition parties would have to swallow me raw.
The official family is now the sage of the ancestors.
To discredit the official family is to oppose everyone in the Song Dynasty. "
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "Since you think this is a story, then treat it as a story."
Zhong Shiheng sat there with a gloomy expression. After a long silence, he suddenly said in a low voice, "What does it feel like to slap an official?"
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows in amazement, and said, "Zhong Shiheng, your idea is very dangerous."
Zhong Shiheng coughed dryly and said, "Since it is a story, the editor in chief is more complete."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and said, "My hands are numb, and the official's face is swollen."
Zhong Shiheng stared at his eyes and roared, "Do you really dare to fight?!"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and didn't pay attention to Shiheng.
Zhong Shiheng himself didn't mean to shut up. He hesitated and said, "Are you not afraid that I will tell this matter?"
Kou Ji said indifferently: "You said it too, this is just a story, no one will believe it. I will not admit it at that time, and the officials will not admit it. Your fate is to be swallowed up by the civil and military students of the Manchu dynasty."
Zhong Shiheng took a slight breath and shivered.
Kou Ji asked: "Now I believe that the official will not hurt you or me, right?"
Zhong Shiheng groaned: "Whether what you say is true or false, my eyes are only on you anyway. If you can live, I can live, and if you die, I will run away.
After the conquest of Liao, I will not go back.
I will find a reason and sit on the edge.
I will not go back until the officials have placed you in a proper place, and when you have no worries about your life. "
Kou Ji said incomprehensibly, "You are not the kind of person who is as timid as a mouse?"
Zhong Shiheng rolled his eyes and said, "I am not the kind of moth that fights fire. I can die for the Great Song campaign, but I will definitely not die in Bianjing.
At the beginning, I established Qingjian City in the northwest and stayed in Qingjian City for more than ten years without leaving. The purpose was to protect myself. "
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng and said, "You actually want to learn how to make a home!"
Zhong Shiheng didn’t refute Kou Ji’s words, but generously admitted, “Is there anything wrong with the Zhe family? Listening to the announcement is the only way for Song Wuchen to survive in the imperial court. .
If the Zhe family had followed the example of the Yang family, they moved to Bianjing.
After that, I am afraid that there will be no more generals.
It is difficult to say whether Da Song could withstand the repeated attacks by the Xixia and Liao people.
So Zhejia stayed in Fuzhou, it was good for Zhejia, and it was good for the court. "
Kou Ji said: "The current court is different from the previous court."
Zhong Shiheng nodded and said, "I naturally know that, otherwise I wouldn't know anything about the Privy Council in Beijing."
Kou Ji questioned: "Then you still want to stay on the Liao soil after you conquered the Liao Kingdom?"
Zhong Shiheng said bluntly: "Now is now, and the future is later. The dynasties have done nothing less to kill the donkey. Who knows if the court treats my military ministers favorably to make my military ministers contribute.
Who knows whether the court will kill the donkey after our military minister has wiped out the enemy. "
Kou Ji opened his mouth, thinking of answering Chong Shiheng's confusion.
Only when he was about to speak out, he dispelled the idea.
Zhong Shiheng is totally two styles in dealing with the court and dealing with battles.
When facing the court, Chong Shiheng was more cautious.
When fighting, Chong Shiheng was cautious, but occasionally he would make unexpected moves and would not be so cautious.
When Cheong Shiheng faced the court, why he was cautious and outrageous, Kou Ji could probably guess a little too.
It's nothing more than that the imperial court prioritized the suppression of military affairs and suppressed the military ministers too harshly.
Youdao was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years.
Although Zhong Shiheng had never been bitten by a snake, he saw numerous people bitten by a snake.
In order to protect himself, he can only proceed with caution.
Kou Ji said a lot of taboo things, but he couldn't make Zhong Shiheng completely give up his caution.
It can be seen that Chong Shiheng remained vigilant to the court.
If it was before, Kou Ji would definitely beat Zhong Shiheng.
Now, Kou Ji didn't have the idea of hitting Zhong Shiheng.
It is not that Kou Ji has any other thoughts.
But Kou Ji felt that Chong Shiheng had fought many battles in the Southern and Northern Wars for the Great Song over the years, and he was worthy of respect for his outstanding military exploits against the Great Song.
Therefore, he was unwilling to beat Chang Shiheng.
Since Zhong Shiheng was wary of the court, he could only use time to prove everything.
Kou Ji firmly believes that Zhao Zhen will not kill the donkey, so Zhong Shiheng must see a perfect ending.
After the two said these words, they didn't speak any more.
Instead, he ate some mutton in silence.
After eating.
Zhong Shiheng arranged for someone to take Kou Ji to rest in the tent, and he rode his horse to patrol the battlefield by himself.
Kou Jiping calmly rested in the tent for two days.
On the third day, there was finally a little movement.
Chong Shiheng's scouts encountered the Tuoba Scouts ten miles away from the ravine, and the two sides fought a battle.
The scout under Zhong Shiheng lifted the head of the scout from the Tuoba Department, and at the same time told Zhong Shiheng a piece of news.
"The seven tribes including the Ayan tribe and the Tuoba tribe have announced that they have officially separated from the alliance of the nine Khitan tribes, and are preparing to send their troops to the south?"
Inside Zhong Shiheng's tent, Kou Ji asked suspiciously.
Zhong Shiheng nodded his head and said solemnly: "That's what my scout said."
Kou Ji groaned: "How many soldiers and horses does the opponent have?"
Zhong Shiheng spread out his palms and said: "It is five times ours, of which only 30% of the regular horses, and the rest are a group of mobs."
Kou Ji asked: "Can you win?"
Cheong Shiheng said frankly: "You can win if you win, but I can't guarantee that I can stop all their soldiers and horses. If they run south in a swarm, even if we lead the soldiers and horses to kill day and night, it will be a moment and a half. Can't finish it.
There are bound to be some slippery fish escaping. "
Kou Ji frowned slightly, "Now most of our soldiers and horses are fighting, and the places we fought are basically in a state of emptiness.
It would be a trouble for us if they divide into small shares and make a mess at the back. "
With the current strength of the Great Song Soldiers and Horses, they are not afraid of fighting the opponent head-on, but afraid that the opponent will fight guerrilla with them.
It is a very unwise choice to fight guerrillas on the grassland with a group of people who grew up on horseback.
There will be some damage in the early stage, and it will take a lot of time.
Kou Ji is not afraid of injury, but mainly because of time-consuming.
Zhong Shiheng said solemnly: "Di Qing will be there in half a day. After he arrives, the soldiers and horses under his command will have to rest for at least one day.
After the soldiers and horses under his command rested, they could cooperate with the soldiers and horses under my command.
I'm afraid the enemy won't give him time to rest. "
Di Qing can fight endlessly for days and nights, but his soldiers can't.
After a long period of fierce fighting, soldiers and horses must rest and rest.
Kou Ji groaned: "Can you assign some people out, set up some obstacles for them, and stop them for a day or two?"
Zhong Shiheng frowned and said, "Outside the ravine, there is a horse. We can't stop them unless we dispatch all the soldiers and horses."
Kou Ji suggested: "Send people to plant some landmine cannons to see if they will throw rat traps and slow down the march."
Zhong Shiheng thought for a while, and said, "You can try this."
"Then quickly send someone to do it."
"Ok… "
Zhong Shiheng nodded his head, got out of the tent, and ordered his scouts to take some cavalry out to lay mines on the only way to Ayan and other seven.
It didn't take long for Zhong Shiheng to get out of the tent.
The official Kou Ji hurried into the tent and shouted: "Private Secretary, Di Qing and his soldiers and horses have arrived."
Hearing the news, Kou Ji hurried out of the tent and ran down the mountain.
I ran all the way to the south side of the ravine below the mountain, and saw Di Qing led his soldiers and horses galloping on the grass.
More than 80,000 people ran wildly on horses, with great momentum.
Behind them, there is a billowing smoke and dust.
Di Qing and the others rushed to the front of the ravine, reined in their horses, and let out a sigh of vain breath.
Di Qing saw Kou Ji from afar, and when he was approaching Kou Ji, he jumped off his horse.
"Brother!"
Di Qing rushed to Kou Ji and gave a solemn salute.
Kou Ji glanced at Di Qing up and down, and said, "I heard you were injured?"
Di Qing opened his shoulder armor with a brilliant smile, revealing a bandaged wound, and said: "I was bitten by a vulture archer when he was destroying a real mature woman's ground. It doesn't get in the way."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Fortune telling you, as far as I know, the archery skills of the archer is three points better than the average marksman.
There are not many people who can escape from the hands of the archer. "
Di Qing smiled and said, "I'm not a vegetarian either. The eagle archer is amazing, but I saw him when he opened his bow.
I dodged in time, so his arrow just scratched my shoulder. "
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's fine if you don't get in the way. You quickly take your soldiers and horses down to rest. The enemy has arrived in the past two days. You don't have much time to rest."
When Di Qing heard that there was a war, his face immediately became straight, "Okay!"
Kou Ji waved his hand to indicate that Di Qing can go down, but Di Qing did not move, but smiled at Kou Ji: "Brother, I ran into someone on the way here. He came to you, so I took him. coming."
Kou Ji looked suspicious.
Di Qing looked at the place where the soldiers gathered not far behind him.
Kou Ji also looked over.
Then I saw an old figure, slowly riding away from the soldiers.
Kou Ji was taken aback when he saw the figure, "Chen Lin?!"
Chen Lin rode up to Kou Ji and said, "It's our house!"
Kou Ji suspiciously asked, "What are you doing here?"
Chen Lin did not speak, but got off her horse and tidyed up her clothes.
Seeing this, Kou Ji raised his eyebrows.
Di Qing bent down decisively.
After finishing finishing her clothes, Chen Lin took out a roll of imperial decree from her cuff.
Kou Ji saw the imperial edict and bent over.
The other soldiers all bent over to salute.
Although the soldiers sitting on horsebacks did not dismount, they arched their hands and bent down.
Chen Lin unfolded the imperial edict and slowly read the imperial edict.
Aside from those gorgeous words, the message conveyed in the imperial edict has only one meaning.
Xu Kouji opened the mansion and built the office, and the three divisions of Yitong.
In the Song Dynasty, the opening of the mansion and the three divisions was often a false name, and not many people actually went to open the mansion and build a government office.
Even if a mansion is opened and a government office is established, he still has to act in accordance with the laws of the Song Dynasty.
If it is opened, it is not opened, and if it is built, it is not built.
There is no other reason, because the starting point for the establishment of the government of the Song Dynasty was too high.
The first mansion of the Great Song Dynasty Kaifu was called the Overlord Mansion.
The Lord of the Overlord Mansion is called Zhao Kuangyin.
It is the Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty.
The officials in the overlord's mansion are almost all the founders of the Song Dynasty.
The first office of the Great Song Dynasty Jianya was called Nanya.
The first person in Nanya was called Zhao Guangyi.
Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty.
The officials who came out of the Nan Ya almost all became important ministers in the court in the end.
There is one government office in front.
Others set up government offices, and naturally there is no way to surpass them.
More importantly, those two became emperors.
Others have to be cautious when opening a government and building a government office.
After other people set up government offices, they will only recruit some assistant officials to assist them in conducting government affairs.
They don't want to enjoy other powers, and they don't want to enjoy them.
For fear of being missed, for fear of being framed.
Kou Ji didn't think so much. After taking the will from Chen Lin, he bowed and thanked him.
After thanking you.
Kou Ji told Di Qing to take the soldiers down to rest first, and then he walked up the mountain with Chen Lin himself, and asked: "Why are you here? And what does it mean for the official to open a mansion and build a government office?"
Chen Lin said frankly: "The reason why the official sent our family here is to let our family see if you are injured. You were almost assassinated in the Xixia campaign before, and the official was frightened.
So every time you go abroad, officials will worry about your safety. "
Kou Ji sighed: "The official family really loves..."
Chen Lin curled her lips, "Don't say those scenes in front of our family, our family doesn't want to listen."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes.
Chen Lin continued: "The reason why the officials allow you to establish a government office is to appease people's hearts. In recent days, the atmosphere in Bianjing is not right. Many people think that your credit is too great. The officials were invited to change you, and some even asked the officials to use some means to check and balance you.
The officials were afraid that when the soldiers in the front got the news, the hearts of the people would float.
Therefore, Xu gave you the authority to establish a government and establish a government, so that the officers and soldiers know that the government trusts everyone who goes there. "
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry: "So my authority to build a government and build a government is just for the support of the soldiers in front of me?"
Kou Ji did not expect that Zhao Zhen would actually use him as a tool man.
It hurts a bit.
Chen Lin said with emotion: "The officials went to Beijing twice and participated in the war twice. Although they did not intervene in the war, they learned a lot through the war.
Officials are well aware of the importance of the morale and hearts of the soldiers ahead.
The officials were afraid that some rumors in the rear would affect the soldiers in front, so they tried to calm people's hearts. "
Kou Ji sighed sincerely, "The official family is becoming more and more like an emperor..."
Chen Lin subconsciously said, "Who said no..."
Just after saying this, Chen Lin realized that something was wrong. He stared at Kou Ji and shouted: "How can you and I criticize the officials?!"
Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin, and said indifferently, "I'm not criticizing either?"
Chen Lin snorted and didn't talk to Kou Ji again.
Kou Ji did not speak to him either.
Kou Ji took Chen Lin to the tent on the top of the mountain and ordered someone to prepare some food for Chen Lin.
After Chen Lin had eaten and drank enough, Kou Ji said: "You just came here, I have something to ask you."
Chen Lin took a sip from the water bowl and said, "You ask!"
Kou Ji asked: "What do the officials think about the king?"
Chen Lin was taken aback, put down the water bowl, and said faintly: "A servant in our family, how do you know what the officials think..."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "The official family really wants to be crowned king?!"
Chen Lin didn't hide it, nodded and said: "This is natural."
Kou Ji asked: "The officials are not afraid of the influence of the living king of the different surname on my Da Song?"
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and said frankly: "Nature is not afraid."
Kou Ji was taken aback, nodded and said: "In this way, the officials should already have a complete set of countermeasures."
Chen Lin took another sip while holding the water bowl, without words.
Kou Ji can guess that Zhao Zhen has a complete way to deal with the existence of a different surname, and Chen Lin is not surprised.
After all, Kou Ji can be regarded as watching Zhao Zhen grow up.
The two people often conspired to harm others behind their backs, and they ended up quite deeply.
It was common for Kou Ji to guess some of Zhao Zhen's thoughts.