"Can you tell me what the officials' response is?"
Kou Ji stared at Chen Lin and asked seriously.
"Puff..."
Chen Lin just sipped the water in her mouth, and it spewed out instantly, coughing straightly.
After a while, he slowed down and gave Kou Ji a ferocious look.
Chen Lin wiped the water from the corners of her mouth with her handkerchief, and said to Kou Ji angrily: "If others want to talk from our mouth, they will also give a generous gift, and then they will talk from our mouth around the corner, you are fine. Just open your mouth and ask, is our news so cheap?"
Kou Ji said disapprovingly: "If you refuse to say, even if others offer Jinshan Yinshan, don't even think of a word from your mouth. If you are willing to say, even if others don't give a penny, you will be truthful. Tell.
So it doesn’t matter whether you give a generous gift or not. What’s important is that I ask you now, will you tell me? "
Chen Lin glared at Kou Ji and hummed: "This matter is of vital importance to the officials and the court. Our family will not say a word."
Hearing this, Kou Ji said thoughtfully: "It seems that the officials really have a way to deal with it, and you really know how to deal with it."
When Chen Lin heard this, she realized that she had been punished by Kou Ji again. He pursed his mouth and stared at Kou Ji viciously without saying a word.
Seeing this, Kou Ji said haha, "Don't look at me like this, and don't think I'm talking about you. Even if you don't say it, you will know it sooner or later. If you say it now, I'm just I knew it for a while."
Chen Lin snorted and ignored Kou Ji.
Kou Ji sighed and said, "Let's talk about it, what important tasks the official has left to you."
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "Our family just came to pass on the decree."
Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin up and down, and said unhurriedly: "If it's just an decree, the official will send you over? You are the official eunuch, not a cat or a dog."
"Couldn't the officials' personal eunuchs preach the decree?"
Chen Lin said dissatisfied.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Of course, the official eunuch can deliver the decree, but the official eunuch left the official house and ran thousands of miles away to deliver the decree. If there is no important task, no one will believe it."
Chen Lin gritted her teeth and glared at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji now really has wings.
The former Kou Ji, how dare to talk to him like this.
Chen Lin vaguely remembered that when Kou Ji was a teenager, staying in the East Palace, under his intimidation, he looked like a rat.
Kou Ji now looks like a tiger.
In front of Kou Ji, he was like an old dog.
"You asked the court memorial to dispatch 10,000 officials after entering Beijing, which aroused heated discussions among all the officials from both the court and the opposition. Now the court can't dispatch so many officials, so the official family and Lu Yijian discussed with them and wanted to stay outside the customs. The Liao region implemented military control.
Although the matter has been set, the officials did not rush to make an order.
The official sent our family here just to ask your opinion. "
Although Chen Lin was gritted by Kou Jiqi, after Kou Ji guessed that he had another important task, he did not hide it.
"Military control?"
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment and nodded: "Military management is suitable for Liaotu. If military management is required, there are fewer officials. But the number of soldiers and horses needed is very large.
Liaotu is no better than Xingqing Mansion and other places.
In Xingqing Mansion and other places, there are still many people who escaped from our Song Dynasty, and there are also many people who looted from our Song Dynasty.
So there is a certain foundation.
Except for the prosperous places such as Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures and Shangjingcheng in the Great Wall, there are almost no Song people in the Liao soil, and the foundation of Sinicization is very weak.
Some small tribes are entrenched, with almost no foundation for Sinicization.
They only believe in the most primitive force, so to govern and conquer them, they can only rely on the most primitive force.
Therefore, the number of soldiers and horses must not be small for military management. "
Chen Lin pondered: "If you are not in charge of the military, don't you need soldiers and horses?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said: "Naturally need it, but the quantity needed is not that much."
Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji with a puzzled expression.
Kou Ji sighed and explained: "If military control is implemented, it means that the court will not send too many officials, nor will it move people here in large numbers.
Therefore, before the people here are completely Chinese, there must be soldiers and horses to guard against them.
If military control is not implemented, the imperial court will inevitably send many officials over, and it will also relocate some people.
With those common people as the foundation, coupled with a huge number of officials, it will inevitably be able to control every prisoner carefully.
In this way, the chances of the prisoners making troubles also laughed.
The imperial court only needs to set up some regular local soldiers and horses on the Liao soil to be able to deal with it. There is no need to send more soldiers and horses. "
Simply put, if there are enough officials, they can manage all aspects, and some troubles will be wiped out to the bud before they are born.
If the number of officials is not enough to control all aspects, it can only be suppressed by the army.
A spring breeze turns rain, a heavy hammer beats the drum.
After listening to Kou Ji's recount, Chen Lin also understood what Kou Ji meant. He pondered and asked: "If the imperial court implements military control in Liaodi, how many soldiers and horses must be equipped."
Kou Ji thought about it and said: "A government must be equipped with at least 30,000 local soldiers and horses."
Chen Lin frowned and said, "Isn't this the same as the equipment in the hinterland of Da Song?"
Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin and said angrily: "I haven't finished talking yet."
Chen Lin was taken aback, and smiled awkwardly.
Kou Ji continued: "In addition to the conventional 30,000 local soldiers and horses, in the northeast, southeast, and northwest of Liaotu, three bans were also assigned.
You can conquer thousands of miles outside, and suppress chaos inside. "
Chen Lin raised her brows, "Three Forbidden Army?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Chen Lin dropped her head and was silent.
The three bans are 150,000 soldiers and horses.
One hundred and fifty thousand soldiers and horses holding firearms and three hundred thousand soldiers and horses holding cold weapons will not fall to the bottom.
One hundred and fifty thousand forbidden troops are sitting on the border and guarding the Liaodi, but it can be guaranteed to be foolproof.
Only 150,000 forbidden troops, plus the local soldiers and horses in Liaodi, the number may exceed 400,000.
The imperial court added 400,000 soldiers and horses, and the cost required was not consistent.
It takes a million to start.
When all four hundred thousand soldiers and horses are built, the cost of the court will exceed ten million, which is easy.
After all, when the soldiers and horses were first built, some infrastructure was relatively expensive.
Starting from scratch is much more expensive than replacing the old with the new.
In addition, the imperial court has decided to promote enlightenment in the Liao region, which is another huge expense.
I am afraid that there will be no way to pay a penny of tax to the imperial court within two or three years in Liao.
Therefore, within two or three years, the imperial court needs to subsidize a large sum of money to the Liao region.
Although there is still some surplus in the national treasury, it cannot support such a large expenditure.
You know, Zhao Zhen is still thinking about promoting county school, government school, and Chinese culture in the Song Dynasty.
The money needed is naturally even greater.
The little money in the treasury is not enough to look at.
Seeing Chen Lin lowered his head and remained silent, Kou Ji roughly guessed Chen Lin's concerns. He opened his mouth and said: "In fact, if the imperial court wants to establish a forbidden army in the Liao region, only two new ones are enough."
Chen Lin raised her head and looked at Kou Ji in amazement, "You just..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "I said that three forbidden troops are needed, but I did not say that three new forbidden troops are needed. Now that the sixteen states of Yanyun have been restored, there is no need to stay on the front line of Yanmen Pass for the two forever.
Of the four forbidden forces, one can be stationed in Daming Prefecture, one can be deployed to Datong Prefecture, and the other can be deployed to Juyongguan or Shanhaiguan.
The remaining one can be dispatched to Liaodi.
Therefore, the imperial court only needs to establish two new bans. "
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment and said frankly: "Even if a forbidden army is less powerful, the imperial court may not be able to afford it. Before the local soldiers returned to their original places, the imperial court issued part of the rewards, which cost a lot of money.
When you conquer the Liao Kingdom, the rewards you need will probably be a shocking number.
The imperial court issued your rewards and built local soldiers and horses and Mongolian schools on the Liao soil. I am afraid that the treasury will be empty. "
Hearing this, Kou Ji fell into Chen Lin.
Chen Lin's remarks are not alarmist, but a fact.
In the strict sense, the Forbidden Army has fought three battles.
One is the river defense war.
The second is the battle for Yanyun.
The third is the battle to destroy the Liao State.
Although the war to destroy the Liao Kingdom is still in progress, the results can already be predicted.
Under the tyrannical front of the Song Dynasty, the chance of Liao Kingdom turning over was not great.
Three earth-shattering battles.
The heroes that have spawned are countless.
At that time, there may be dozens of dukes, hundreds of marquises, and counts may exceed a thousand.
For such a huge meritorious group, if the court wanted to grant a reward, it would cost a lot of money.
Not to mention other things, just to give the house, you have to prepare thousands of seats.
The house cannot be given casually. It must be a house in Bianjing City, and a house of considerable scale must be given according to its title.
It is well known how expensive the land price in Bianjing City is.
Dozens of dukes’ houses were given away, and tens of millions went out.
The houses of other marquis and earls add up to tens of millions.
If the imperial court does not have a corresponding reserve, it will have to spend money to sell it from the people.
After all, the Zhao Song royal family is still very kind to the people, and it is absolutely impossible to snatch it from the people.
Therefore, after the Zhao Song imperial family had given out the rewards for the house they had stocked, they had to ask the people to buy it.
Land prices and housing prices in Bianjing are not generally high today.
If the imperial court buys a house, I am afraid it will cost more.
So after rewarding all the heroes, the remaining money in the treasury will probably be consumed 70% to 80%.
So Chen Lin's worries are not unreasonable.
Who caused Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Heng to lose their temper, and didn't have much to win the battle, which led to the straight increase in the reward for winning the battle in Zhao Zhen's hands.
The starting point of the reward is too high.
Today's military ministers have established a world-famous feat, and the cost is naturally large.
Seeing Kou Ji's silence, Chen Lin stared at Kou Ji with a bit of bitter expression: "Obviously, my Da Song is now unprecedentedly tyrannical, why have I become so poor
Could it be that my Da Song is now the kind of brutal warfare that people often say? "
Kou Ji raised his head, glanced at Chen Lin, and said faintly: "You think a little bit. My Song has become stronger, no doubt. My Song is richer than before, no doubt.
The money in the national treasury is not enough, not because I am so aggressive.
But because we want to make Da Song better, we need more financial support.
It's like a person. When he was poor, he only had one acre of land. One meal a day was enough to cover his body with a tile.
When he gets rich, he wants to live better, so he sells more land, builds a mansion, and wears silk satin.
Don't these cost money? "
Chen Lin felt better when he heard Kou Ji's words. He stared at Kou Ji and asked, "So now I am selling land, building a mansion, and pulling cloth to make silk and silk?"
Kou Ji nodded, pointed at the Liaotu at the foot of the mountain, and said: "After my Da Song has completely digested this place, it will be time for my Da Song to harvest.
By that time, how rich I will be, how rich I will be. "
When Chen Lin heard this, she stared at the Liaotu Kou Ji was referring to and nodded firmly.
Kou Ji asked without a trace, "Why do the officials keep their private money?"
"Seal..."
Chen Lin spoke subconsciously, only to say a word, and immediately closed her mouth, and then gave Kou Ji a vicious look.
"The official's private money was spent during the Yanyun campaign."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "During Yanyun's battle, I didn't even spend the money in the lock-up library, so how could I use the money from the private house of the government?"
If my guess is correct, the official's current private money is probably calculated in tens of thousands. "
Others don't know if Zhao Zhen has money, but Kou Ji knows it clearly.
Throwing away the great Song dynasty inherited by Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen has obtained the money since he became the throne and has made Zhao Zhen the richest man in the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Zhen now holds Yizi Jiaozipu in his hand, and he can get a huge number of dividends every year.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji have cooperated in several businesses, each of which is a daily gain, and each year can provide Zhao Zhen with a large amount of income.
In addition, Wu Desi's people have been quietly excavating gold, silver and copper for Zhao Zhen in the mountains in the southwest for ten years. The money recovered for Zhao Zhen is unimaginable for ordinary people.
Not only that, but Zhao Zhen is the largest vendor who transports ivory, spices, gems, and jade to and from the southwest.
Also, Liu Heng led his troops to the country to grab a large ticket. In addition to helping Zhao Zhen unearth a silver mountain, he also quietly transported some seized gold and silver jewelry from the country to Zhao Zhen.
When others get rich, they use their brains to make money.
Zhao Zhen is different. If he sees that the place is rich, he will send troops and horses directly and secretly, using the most arrogant gesture to rob them cleanly.
As a result, the wealth in Zhao Zhen's hands is not growing exponentially.
Zhao Zhen's food and clothing expenses are all allocated from the national treasury, and he does not need to use his private treasury, so his money can only go in and out.
After so many years of accumulation, it is naturally huge to calculate in units of tens of thousands.
Zhao Zhen originally saved up the money to fight Liao.
It's just that he hadn't been cruel to fight the war of attrition with Liao, and Liao was defeated.
His money is naturally useless.
Chen Lin was debunked by Kou Ji's lie, her mouth was pouted and she didn't speak.
Kou Ji said lightly: "The entire Song Dynasty belongs to the official family. The official family gave an order, do you want anything? There is no need to save so much money.
Go back and talk to the official, asking him to take out the money generously and use it for the construction of Liaotu.
Known as the money of the officials, it will be much easier for us to digest the Liaotu. "
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "I'm afraid your Kou Mansion's wealth is already rich in the enemy's country. Why didn't you take out Kou Mansion's money generously?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "My family property in the Kou Mansion is no better than the official family, no better than the Cao family. Besides, if I really donate my family wealth, the Manchu civil and military will not agree."
Zhao Zhen is now the richest man in the Song Dynasty.
The Cao family is the second richest in the Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji is the third richest in Song Dynasty.
Although Kou Ji has a good way of making money, he can't make money like Zhao Zhen, nor can he just get in and out like Zhao Zhen.
Although the Cao family did not accumulate money as fast as Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, they belonged to a family of officials and aristocrats. The accumulation of hundreds of years is far from comparable to that of Kou Ji's more than ten years.
If Kou Ji generously dedicate all his wealth, Manchu civil and military would naturally not agree.
With Kou Ji's current status, if he generously donates all his wealth, the other ministers of civil and military affairs will have to vomit some blood.
The most important thing is that Kou Ji is suspicious of buying people's hearts with his own selfishness.
Kou Ji's current status, status, and credit have made the Manchu civil and military scared to sleep.
If he buys people's hearts again, the Manchu civil and military will probably be scared to death.
Chen Lin couldn't say that Kou Ji could only stare at Kou Ji and said: "The official money is of use."
Kou Ji sighed: "Money is money only when it moves. If it doesn't move, it's a batch of scrap copper. The official hand holding the word Jiaozipu should understand this truth.
Besides, the money spent on the Liaoning soil was also for the official family's landscaping community, and also for the official family to make more money in the future.
To be willing to be willing, to be willing to have a gain "
Chen Lin snorted: "You can tell the official about this. Our family won't help you spread the word."
Kou Jichang sighed and asked, "How does the official family plan to be crowned king?"
Chen Lin rolled her eyes and said, "Naturally, it was sealed with imperial edicts! If we still want to use our family, does our family look so stupid?!"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "I have something to say about you? I am asking honestly."
Chen Lin snorted coldly and gave Kou Ji a look of "Our family has seen you through".
Kou Ji gave a dry cough and said, "Then I won't ask."
After saying this, Kou Ji pondered: "Is there any important task that the official has entrusted to you?"
Chen Lin nodded and said: "Yes!"
Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin said decisively: "The official said, he originally promised to let Yelv Zongzhen a way of life, on the condition that he left the Yanyun Sixteen Prefecture and returned to the Liaotu, not to be an emperor.
Nowadays, in all the world, no one except officials is qualified to be an emperor.
However, Yelvzong really obviously didn't take the official's words seriously. After he returned to the capital, he immediately ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.
The official said, after you break the upper capital, let our family take off his head and take it back. "
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "When did the officials become so domineering?"
Chen Lin said dissatisfied: "The officials have always been very domineering."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "If you want Yelvzong to have a real head, then you may have to wait until next year. This year will definitely not work. It is almost winter and the weather in the north is cold. Maybe there will be a heavy snow in the next few days. All the way.
At that time, even if we have three heads and six arms, there will be no way to get the true head of Yelv Zong. "
It is cold in the north, and the colder it goes north.
The farther north it enters the winter, the sooner it enters.
In the poem, it is said that'Hu Tian is snow in August', although the capital will not snow in August.
But snow is common in October.
It is now the end of October.
Kou Ji and others live on the cliff and need to be wrapped in sheepskin jackets.
If there was a sudden heavy snow here, Kou Ji would not be surprised at all.
Once the road was blocked by heavy snow, the fighting in Liaodi ceased completely.
"Next year will be next year, our family can afford to wait!"
Chen Lin snorted.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Just wait."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji stared at Chen Lin and said: "Since you are here, and you plan to stay here until next year, let the people under your hands move around and go to the capital to help me see what's going on."
Chen Lin frowned slightly, "The Wu Desi spy hidden in the Liaodi, isn't it now under your control?"
Kou Ji bluntly said: "I have been here for three days, and they haven't heard anything from them. I'm afraid they are trapped in the upper capital.
The scouts are okay to spy on the army, but the spying on the intelligence is a little bit worse.
You send your people to see and see if you can get in touch with the spies in Shangjing and send back specific news in Shangjing. "
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment and said, "Our family will order to go down tonight."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Can't it work now?"
Chen Lin said unceremoniously: "We can't let you see people in our family."
"Who is rare..."
Kou Ji said with disdain, leaving Chen Lin alone in the tent, he stepped out of the tent.
As soon as I got out of the tent, I heard the looming sound of horseshoes.
Chen Lin almost came out the moment Kou Ji appeared outside the tent. He stared at the north and said in a deep voice, "Is there an enemy?!"
Kou Ji nodded and said, "It should be the coalition forces of the seven forces including Ayan and Tuoba. They had previously decided to retake Jingnan Road and Jingdong Road in Liao.
Now that the road is about to be closed by heavy snow, they naturally have to rush back to Jingnan Road and Jingdong Road as soon as possible.
I thought they could give us an extra day.
Now it seems that the other party is reluctant to give more a day. "
Just as Kou Ji was talking, Zhong Shiheng had already rode his horse to the top of the mountain. When Kou Ji and Chen Lin were approaching, Zhong Shiheng jumped off his horse and said solemnly to Kou Ji: "We send out to bury mines. The soldiers only went out for half a day. I'm afraid there are not many thunders. Even if the enemy steps on it, there won't be much casualties.
Our idea of using ground fire to block the enemy, I am afraid it will be shattered.
Then we may have a tough battle to fight. "
Kou Ji nodded solemnly.
Zhong Shiheng asked, "Should you notify Di Qing?!"