When Chen Lin heard Kou Ji's words, there was a trace of embarrassment on her face.
If Kou Ji was really just sending a message, it would be able to silence the three of Zhong Shiheng.
Ninety percent of those in power in Bianjing are afraid, including Chen Lin.
When Chong Shiheng and others were in the army, they obeyed Kou Jiyan because they were in control of their lives and deaths. Every word Kou Ji said was a military order.
Now Chong Shiheng and others have left the army, and have already sealed the king.
Although the rank is inferior to Kouji, it is only in reputation and does not involve any power.
If this is the case, Chong Shiheng and others can still obey Kou Jiyan's words.
That would be terrible.
Seeing Chen Lin's embarrassment, Kou Ji smiled, "Don't worry, with their current status, it is impossible to obey me. So if you want to persuade them to stop, you can only find them yourself."
When Chen Lin heard this, the look on her face was embarrassed.
"Zhong Shiheng is in his house. His uncle has just arrived from Taiyuan. He is accompanying his uncle these days. Zhu Neng and Gao Weizhao are staying at the Hubuyamen, in the Hubuyamen's class room."
Chen Lin quickly told Kou Ji about the whereabouts of the three of Shiheng Zhong.
Kou Ji groaned slightly, and said, "Then go and see Zhong Shiheng first."
Chen Lin was taken aback, and said in amazement: "Don't you go find Zhu Neng and Gao Weizhao first? The two of them are causing the most trouble now."
Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin and said faintly: "But Chong Shiheng is the most difficult of the three of them. As long as Chong Shiheng stops, even if I don't see Zhu Neng and Gao Weizhao, they will have something. convergence."
Kou Ji briefly explained that before Chen Lin could speak again, he got up and left the study.
Chen Lin hurriedly followed.
Kou Tianci was left alone in the study.
However, Kou Tianci did not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he continued to cast his gaze on the shipbuilding chart laid on the desk.
Kou Tianci had never known about the sea before, nor had he known about ships, or even seen the sea.
So when Kou Ji first asked him to contact shipbuilding plans, he was not very interested.
However, with in-depth understanding, Kou Tianci discovered that building a sea ship is a very interesting thing, and also learned that the sea is a water area that can not be seen at a glance.
In the sea, there are many weird seafood, and many treasures of inexhaustible value are buried.
It is recorded in the archives in Longtu Pavilion that there are unmeasurable kuns living in the sea.
Kou Tianci specially consulted Kou Ji, and he also got some maritime news from Liu Heng.
Kou Ji told him that there are no fish in the sea, but there are many weird things.
Kou Tianci was very curious about this, he wanted to see it at sea.
Kou Ji told him that if you want to go to sea, you must first get acquainted with the ship.
Kou Tianci is now familiar with the ship and the feasibility of applying some firearms to the ship proposed by Kou Ji.
While Kou Tianci was studying the shipbuilding plans in the mansion carefully, Kou Ji and Chen Lin had already left the gate of Kou Mansion.
The horseman in the house had already prepared the carriage, and guards in armor and blades stood on both sides of the carriage.
Kou Ji and Chen Lin got into the carriage, escorted by the guards, rushed to the kindergarten.
Although the kind of family is now a general, but the decoration of the house is very elegant.
Standing outside the kindergarten, you can clearly see the green leaves on the wall of the kindergarten, and there is a faint fragrance of flowers floating in the air.
Kou Ji sent someone to tell him, and Zhong Shiheng rushed to the gate of the mansion to meet him.
Among the rich and powerful, unless they have a particularly deep friendship, they are not suitable for entering the house.
Sending someone to tell the truth is to show respect for the palace lord.
The host greeted the guests personally, showing respect for the guests, and at the same time showing the honor of the guests.
Kou Ji got out of the carriage amid the greet of Chong Shiheng.
After returning the gift to Chong Shiheng, he couldn't help but sighed: "The higher the status, the more etiquette... It's still happy before..."
Zhong Shiheng greeted Kou Ji entering the mansion, and said dumbfounded: "We have spared our lives for half of our lives, isn't this what we want
If there is no etiquette, what is the difference with ordinary people? "
In implication, etiquette represents their distinctive identity.
Kou Ji smiled and said nothing.
Although he has the notion that everyone is equal, in this era of distinct class, he has to make concessions and adapt to the times.
Otherwise, he will be treated as an outlier by the times and excluded.
Everyone in this era will also push the tomb together.
It's like the emperor Wang Mang of the new dynasty.
In an era when a great family dominates the world, implement a set of cross-era government orders.
The end result is that the family and the big family have joined hands to push him into the abyss.
Emperor Liu Xiu of Guangwu of the Han Dynasty was the son of destiny, but he could rise strongly and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty without the support of the family.
Without the support of aristocratic families, Liu Xiu would have to pray to heaven if he wanted to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty.
Under the guidance of Zhong Shiheng, Kou Ji entered the House of Zhong.
As soon as I entered the yard, I saw a crowd of people.
Some people are from the kind of government, wearing the black clothes that are unique to the servants of the kind of government.
Some are not from the Chongfu. They drag their families and stand in the courtyard of the Chongfu, waiting for the steward of the Chongfu to settle them.
Kou Ji glanced slightly, and smiled at Zhong Shiheng: "This has only been a few days, have you collected so many people?"
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng smiled brightly and said, "This is only a part..."
It can be seen that he is very satisfied with the number of craftsmen he has collected and the quality of the craftsmen.
Kou Ji said with emotion: "That's a bumper harvest."
Zhong Shiheng smiles brighter.
Kou Ji faintly said: "Just staring at Bianjingcheng, isn't it a bit wrong? I have craftsmen everywhere in the Song Dynasty, and many of them are skilled craftsmen. You can search for craftsmen from all over the Song Dynasty. There is no need to just search for Bian. A craftsman in the capital, right
You are also the commander of the three armies, you should understand.
If a battalion draws a soldier, it will not have any impact on the military's combat power.
But if one battalion draws a hundred soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the army will drop drastically.
If you searched for craftsmen from all over the Song Dynasty, it would not affect my Song Dynasty at all.
But if you only collect craftsmen from the city of Bianjing, there will be no craftsmen available for a long time in the future. "
The smile on Zhong Shiheng's face narrowed slightly, and he stared at Kou Ji and said, "Recruiting craftsmen, but you can give us some suggestions."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "But I didn't let you just stare at Bianjing City? The officials haven't troubled you until now. That's because you have done a lot to Song Da Song and tolerated you.
Do you really think that the officials can't help you
Let you mess around
If the official family gets angry, you will have to pay back how you got it. "
Zhong Shiheng smiled stiffly, "No... it's not that serious, right?"
Kou Ji said irritably: "The official family has a great cause, and the number of people under the rule is as many as tens of millions, and I am afraid that there are as many as a million craftsmen.
If you recruit one or two thousand to take away, the officials won't care about you at all.
After all, compared with your contribution to Da Song, that artisan is nothing at all.
But if you recruit artisans, just recruit artisans.
What does it mean to always recruit from under the eyes of officials
Think officials are bullied
If you don't give face to the officialdom, can the officialdom not be popular? "
Speaking of this, Kou Ji stared suspiciously at Chong Shiheng, "You are not a stupid person. You won't be clear about this. Are you deliberately touching the official house, or that you have been the king of the county for a few days," I think the county prince is boring, planning to return it to the official
Zhong Shiheng pouted, "Everyone knows the truth, but time does not allow. The official family gave us one month to clean up, and we must leave after one month.
So if I send people to recruit craftsmen in various places in the Song Dynasty, it will be too late.
So I can only take the risk to recruit artisans in Bianjing. "
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng and said: "It's too late to recruit now, you can continue to add. You can also recruit along the way to Dongyang."
Chong Shiheng glanced behind him and saw Chen Lin staying far behind them, so he approached Kou Ji, lowered his voice and said, "Along the way, I want to recruit some people to take it. After I get to Dongyang, I will Order the Tribe and the Old Ministry to train them into soldiers and horses.
As the saying goes: If you are not of my race, their hearts must be different.
Before I completely control Dongyang, I wouldn't use Japanese as a pawn.
Don't you want to recruit some people to bring them over, train them into soldiers and horses, and suppress the Korean land? "
Kou Ji glanced at Zhong Shiheng, and said indifferently, "Princess Baoqing and Tianci are about to get married, and the official family has given three thousand scholars to dowry.
Three thousand soldiers, plus two thousand guards that our prince can equip, plus the trilogy and old tribe of our mansion.
Barely able to gather seven or eight thousand people. "
When Zhong Shiheng heard this, his envious eyes were red.
Whether it's the armor bestowed by Zhao Zhen, or Kou Ji's selection of guards, as well as the trilogy and old ministry on Kou's mansion, they are not weak.
They get together and can be pulled out to fight immediately, without training and running-in at all.
Kou Ji put together any more, and a force of 10,000 soldiers came out.
With the firearms removed, their combat effectiveness must not be weaker than that of Da Song's same number of imperial troops.
In the Han land where the soldiers and horses have been cleaned up, 10,000 soldiers with sturdy combat effectiveness are enough to allow the Kou Mansion to quickly control the land.
Chong Shiheng said in a somewhat acidic voice: "There are only seven or eight thousand people, and they are distributed all over Goryeo, not many people."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "So I plan to write back to Di Qing, asking him to move the camp of the Jingsai Army, as far as possible to the Yalu River."
Chong Shiheng gritted his teeth and said, "Even if Di Qing moved the Jingsai Army barracks to the edge of the Yalu River, he would not be able to lead his army into Goryeo to help you."
The Forbidden Army is now the heaviest public weapon of the Song Dynasty.
Unless there is a big battle, it cannot be easily transferred.
It is even more impossible for public devices to be used privately.
Therefore, even if Di Qing moved the camp of the Jingsai Army to the bank of the Yalu River, he could not lead his army into Goryeo to help Kou Ji.
Even if Goryeo was destroyed, Di Qing could only watch.
Unless he has the Privy Council’s military dispatch document in his hand, as well as the document that Kou Jizou asked the court to rescue him, the court promised to rescue him.
Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Di Qing only needs to get rid of the Yalu River, and those Koreans who can be overwhelmed can't breathe. There is no need to lead troops across the Yalu River.
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng felt a little powerless in his heart.
He knew he couldn't say anything about Kou Ji, so he restrained his expression and sighed, "I can't compare with you, your fief is close to Da Song, and there is a forbidden army stationed by the side.
My fief is on the sea, so I can't use any power at all.
You can only rely on yourself. "
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "You can definitely help Liu Heng with Liu Heng."
Zhong Shiheng said without hesitation: "The soldiers and horses under Liu Heng's hands will definitely have Japanese men. I can't believe in Japanese men."
Kou Ji sighed and said, "Out of Bianjing City, you can do whatever you want. In Bianjing City, you'd better stay back and stop recruiting craftsmen.
If there is too much noise, it will not end well.
You don't want you, Dongyang County King, to be cut into a first-class father after only a few days of doing it? "
Zhong Shiheng glanced again at Chen Lin, who was standing far behind them, and turned his gaze back to stare at Kou Ji, "Are you here to pass a message to the official family?"
Kou Ji bluntly said: "The officials are too lazy to talk to you. But if the Manchu civil and military riots, he needs to give the Manchu civil and military an explanation.
Zhong Shiheng groaned for a moment and nodded: "I understand, please tell the official, Zhong Shiheng will never make it difficult for him."
Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "That's good..."
After saying this, Kou Ji was about to leave.
Just listen to Chang Shiheng said: "Don't sit more? My uncle is in the backyard, don't plan to meet?"
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "I neither believe nor practice writing. What do I see your uncle? Are you uncomfortable?"
Zhong Shiheng solemnly said: "My uncle's strategy of war is not lost to me."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "I don't know much about the strategy of war. Did you forget that I am the only one who is not learned and skillless among the many important officials of the Song Dynasty."
Zhong Shiheng was taken aback, frowned and said, "That's just a fool's prejudice."
Zhong Shiheng and Kou Ji have worked together for a long time, even Kou Ji is a man of pedigree.
It's definitely not the kind of ignorant people who are rumored in Bianjing.
For some people, learning in books is learning.
But for others, insight into the world is also knowledge.
The former narrowed the road.
The latter is going to Tongtian Avenue.
Zhong Shiheng felt that Kou Ji belonged to the latter.
Kou Ji heard what Zhong Shiheng said and shook his head with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether you have a clear view or prejudice. It can't affect my status, nor can it change my merits.
What do you care about? "
After Kou Ji said this, he stepped away from the kindergarten.
Shortly after Kou Ji left, an old man with white hair and white beard dressed in a Taoist robe appeared next to Zhong Shiheng, with a pair of bright eyes, looking at where Kou Ji had left.
After seeing the old man, Zhong Shiheng couldn't help but said, "Uncle, how about this person?"
The old man was silent for a moment, and said faintly: "Wizard of Heaven..."
Zhong Shiheng was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "I know he is great and he is talented. It can be described by Tianzong Wizards, isn't it a bit exaggerated?"
The old man's gaze fell on Chong Shiheng, and asked faintly: "Are you saying that is a fool's prejudice?"
Zhong Shiheng was suddenly speechless.
Because the old man used his words to refute him.
After Chong Shiheng fell into silence, the old man said with emotion: "How can you be an ordinary man if you can stand under one person and above ten thousand people in the peaceful and prosperous age?"
You are not a bit worse than him. "
"How about kind of ancient?"
"The difference between cloud and mud..."
"What about the kind?"
"Slightly worse than you..."
"Uncle, those are your most beloved grandnephews, can't you say something nice?"
"Do you like to lie to yourself?"
"..."
Kou Ji didn't know what Zhong Zhong and his uncle and nephew said about him, nor did he know Zhong Shiheng's comparison with himself and his two sons.
After Kou Ji left the government, he rushed to the Humen Yamen.
Zhu Neng and Gao Weizhao, who were drinking together, were found in the class room of the Office of the Ministry of Households.
The two people sat cross-legged on the hot kang in the class room for the household officials to rest. There was a square table in front of them, and the square table was full of wine and vegetables.
The clerk, Wai Lang, stood by the side with a bitter face and poured wine for the two of them.
Kou Ji entered the classroom and couldn't help but speak: "You two are so big..."
Zhu Neng and Gao Weizhao met Kou Ji and had mixed reactions.
Zhu Neng warmly greeted Kou Ji to accompany him to drink and eat meat.
Gao Weizhao looks like a kid who has done something wrong, with a look of embarrassment.
Kou Ji walked over, sat on the kang, grabbed a pair of clean chopsticks to eat, and said, "Are you two going too far?"
When Kou Ji talked to Zhu Neng and Gao Weizhao, he didn't speak euphemistically when talking to Chong Shiheng, but directly asked questions straightforwardly.
Zhu Neng heard Kou Ji's words and yelled: "It's not that we are too much, but the people in the household department are too much. Let's ask them to open a border market. They refuse to let them be tax-free, but they also refuse.
After we arrived in the fief, we sold cattle and sheep to the Central Plains at a low price. The court and the people benefited.
What we made was only a few petty profits.
We are doing meritorious service for the Song Dynasty, and the people in the household department refused to agree.
You said they couldn't be too much? "
The household member Wailang heard Zhu Neng's yelling, and his face was even more bitter. Before Kou Ji could speak, he took the lead and said: "His Royal Highness Xiyi County, the lower officials can't be the masters of this matter. The senior officials of the lower officials, Nowadays, there are also important things in the body."
Zhu Neng stared, and asked, "Where is Shang Shu?"
The household member Wai Lang hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, even if Chen Shangshu comes forward, he can't be the master. This matter needs to be reported to the Zhengshitang, and the three ministers in the Zhengshitang can make a decision after discussing with the officials."
Zhu Neng shouted: "Then you can play it..."
The household member Wailang smiled bitterly: "But you don't have the corresponding paperwork, and the subordinate officials and others can't play it. This matter requires you to send someone to Honghu Temple to negotiate after you arrive in Xiyi. After you have concluded the paperwork, you will hand it over to me. The household inspection will be performed after the inspection."
Zhu Neng was not angry when he heard this. He pointed to the household member Wailang and said to Kou Ji: "You can see it. We have been in the household department for several days, and they are talking back and forth.
I want this and that again, where can I get it for them.
When I finish all these things, I am afraid it will be the end of the year.
If they let me take other things then, wouldn't it be necessary to delay it again? "
Kou Ji was familiar with the dodge words of the household member Wailang.
He originally wanted to persuade Zhu Neng and Gao Weizhao to leave as soon as possible.
But after hearing the evasive words from the household member Wai Lang, he immediately changed his mind.
Kou Ji waved his hand to Zhu Neng, "Don't be restless."
Zhu Neng snorted at the household member Wai Lang, without saying a word.
Kou Ji set his sights on Wai Lang, a member of the household department, and asked faintly: "I understand that the Ministry of Household does not issue tax exemption documents to the King of Xiyi County and the King of Yanshan County.
This matter involves imperial taxation, which requires the Ministry of Household to report to the Zhengshitang, which will determine the decision.
Or the King of Xiyi County and King of Yanshan County directly submit the letter to the Zhengshitang, and the Zhengshitang directly decides.
But the opening of border markets has always been dominated by my Dasong, and my Dasong is also in charge of border markets everywhere.
The head of the household department has certain discretionary powers on this matter.
Although this matter requires some paperwork, opening a border market and preparing paperwork can be done at the same time.
Why did the Ministry of Households push and delay this matter? "
Hearing Kou Ji’s questioning, Wai Lang, the household member, was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Tax-free..."
The household member Wailang only said two words and was interrupted by Kou Ji. "The opening of a border market and tax exemption are completely two things. Don't tell me about tax exemption.
Agreeing to open a border market does not mean that it must be tax-free. "
Seeing this, the household member Wai Lang felt a little sweat on his forehead.
If the Ministry of Households pushes and refuses to do it, it is nothing more than fear of trouble.
Although the imperial court is very lenient in the decree on the opening of the border market.
However, once a new border city is to be opened, the Ministry of Households must send a person with a position no less than a member of the foreign lang to rush to the border area to monitor, record, and communicate the matter.
When necessary, it is necessary to negotiate with the other party and formulate the management rules of the border market.
Often stay for more than a year and a half.
Both Zhu Neng and Gao Weizhao's fiefs were far away, and they were both poor and remote areas. No one in the household was willing to go to the northwest to eat sand and burn cow dung, so they evaded this matter.
Kou Ji knew the trickiness, but didn't break it. After seeing the household member Wai Lang fell into silence, he said coldly: "I hope you can play the matter of opening the border market as soon as possible. It is not just the fief of the two of them. I need a border market, and so do my fiefdom.
As for tax exemption, you don’t need to be in charge of your household.
I will let them go to the book government office on this matter. "
When the household member Wai Lang heard this, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, you can't be the master in this matter."
In the Great Song Dynasty, except for a few people such as Zhao Zhen and Lv Yijian who knew that Kou Ji would stay in Bianjing city, everyone else did not know about it.
That's why the household member Wailang dare to bite the bullet and say this in front of Kou Ji.
After all, Kou Ji was in his eyes a prince who was about to go to Fanfan.
Once he went to the fief, he would have nothing to do with Bianjing, nor would he be able to suppress and target all officials in Bianjing and even the Song Dynasty.
So he only needs to dodge it, and when he gets to Kou Ji, he won't be afraid of Kou Ji anymore.
Where is the status of Kou Ji, he just respects him.
Kou Ji can't control them in the future, so he is not afraid to offend Kou Ji.