The visitor bluntly said: "General Wang, no one can tell what will happen in the future."
"roll!"
Wang Kai yelled angrily.
The visitors were not annoyed, they just smiled dryly and left the city where Wang Kai was.
The lieutenant sighed and said, "This group of guys are crazy about military service. There is no reason to push each other on the battlefield."
Wang Kai gritted his teeth and beat the crenel in front of him, and said angrily: "They are not crazy, they are trying to tell the father of the country that their people are here."
The lieutenant was stunned and looked outside the city in amazement. Except for the Gubeikou's Forbidden Army and the rebels, without seeing the shadow of other soldiers and horses, he looked at Wang Kai suspiciously.
Seeing the lieutenant’s face with confusion, Wang Kai said angrily: “You can see the truth, how could the old guy with the surname Du do not understand. None of those who can climb to the position of the general of the Forbidden Army are simple roles.
He asked me to release the water is fake, and told me that his soldiers and horses are real when they arrive.
He actually wanted to remind me not to embarrass me when he sent it over. "
The lieutenant looked stunned.
Wang Kai said in a deep voice: "Go, carefully select three thousand fine horses, prepare to attack, and lead the team of General Changshan, Zhongmu."
"You weren't..."
"Just now, now is now. Since the surnamed Du has intervened, then we can't enjoy the military merits alone. If we hesitate any longer, I am afraid he will lose all our military merits."
"Humble job right now..."
"Let the soldiers bring enough rations, and there will hardly be anything left to eat where the rebels have raged."
"Here!"
The lieutenant stepped off the top of the city, quickly selected three thousand fine horses, and at the same time ordered General Zhongwu to lead the team.
When the Gubeikou Forbidden Army was torn outside, with the heads of the rebels pinned to the waist and drove the rebel prisoners into Gubeikou, Zhongmu General Changshan immediately led three thousand Jingqi to rush out of Gubeikou.
As expected by Wang Kai, the forbidden army at Gubeikou chased the rebels and rushed out more than fifty miles, and found traces of the forbidden army at Yanmen Pass.
Also the main general of a Forbidden Army, General Wang can mobilize three thousand fine horses to act cheaply, and General Du can also do it.
The two forbidden forces dispatched a total of six thousand fine horses to strangle from both sides.
The rebels were defeated and defeated.
It is also funny, obviously the number of rebels exceeds Jingqi by many times.
But after meeting the Jingqi, they didn't even think about smashing, the only thought in their minds was to escape.
However, whether they are fleeing for their lives or smashing to death, their ending is doomed.
The fine horses of the Forbidden Army are all one man and two horses, and they are all first-class horses.
Only one horse can be allocated in front of hundreds of people among the rebels, and it is still an inferior horse.
In terms of speed, it is not the opponent of the Forbidden Army's Jingqi.
The only advantage of their escape is that they can die a little slower.
Because if you choose to die, you are likely to die on the spot.
The only way to survive is to surrender.
Anyway, they are already at the bottom in Da Song, and their treatment will not change after surrendering.
It's just that neither the Gubeikou nor the Yanmen Pass forbidden army meant to collect too many prisoners.
The imperial order has not been delivered yet, so they have many opportunities to take advantage of.
They are like shepherd dogs, driving the rebels to run wildly in the land.
They chased after them and continued to kill them, neither killing the rebels at once nor giving them any chance to breathe.
The rebels are like sheep who are struggling to run. They can do nothing but run.
Seven days.
The fine cavalry of the Forbidden Army killed more than 30,000 rebels.
At the same time, the imperial court issued a military order and arrived.
Wang Kai led 10,000 elite soldiers and marched out of Gubeikou to annihilate the already exhausted rebels in one fell swoop. Only the rebel leader Lin Wenlong led three hundred cronies and hid into the mountain.
Wang Kai led his army into the mountain for three days and found Lin Wenlong who had been chopped to nine levels by his cronies, and also captured those cronies who had hacked Lin Wenlong to death.
Lin Wenlong is a greedy person, so his cronies are as greedy as him.
His cronies followed him, not seeing the hope of a great cause together, so they were worried about the money he had searched.
As a result, Lin Wenlong was chopped into nine dans, the money was cut up by his cronies, and he was ready to take the money to escape.
But he did not escape Wang Kai's search and was eventually captured in one fell swoop.
When Wang Zeng drove to Yanmen Pass in an old ox cart day and night, the rebellion had been put down.
Only one corpse and broken walls were left.
There is scorched earth everywhere.
Watching Wang Zenglao burst into tears.
If it weren't for the people of Song Dynasty who came out of the mountains and forests of Yingzhou and other places continuously and appeared on the scorched earth, Wang Zeng would have died of crying.
Wang Zeng brought people to calm down the people, and at the same time ordered Ying Tianfu to mobilize grain from Chang Pingcang to help the victims.
At the same time, Wang Zeng wrote a memorial for participating in Du Yi and Wang Kai, and sent a fast horse to Bianjing.
The memorial of Wang Kai and Du Yi's invitation for merit, and the memorial of the two of them with Wang Zeng's participation, almost entered the city of Bianjing one after the other.
After Zhao Zhen got the three memorials, he couldn't make up his mind, and ordered Chen Lin to invite Kou Ji into the palace to negotiate.
There are two recliners side by side in the Shishitang, and there is a low table next to the reclining chairs, and two Gong'e sitting on the sides of the low table.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were lying on the recliner on the left and right.
Since Wang Zeng left the Zhengshi Hall, Kou Ji, a polished commander, remained in the Zhengshi Hall.
Zhao Zhen currently has no new candidates to discuss political affairs.
So now the Zhengshitang is the office of Kou Ji alone.
Shijitang is the office of the two of them.
Without a group of old masters chatting around their ears, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were much more free and easy.
What the two of them believe is that as long as they can handle government affairs properly, it doesn't matter if they lie down to handle government affairs.
The Manchu civil and military dominance of the Zhengshitang alone against Kou Ji, and the dominance of Shishitang against Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen, has no meaning.
The Manchu dynasty civil servants knew in their hearts that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji had the final say in the current court.
They held Da Song's military power to reason with the Manchu civil and military forces, and no one could tell them.
Anyone who attempts to enter Shijitang to share their power will eventually become their defeat or walk under the door.
Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng are living examples.
So Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji do not go out to bully people now, and no one cares how they work in the palace.
Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and waited quietly for Gong E to feed an apricot to his mouth. While chewing the apricot, he said: "Four brother, things are a bit difficult for Yingzhou.
Du Yi and Wang Kai beheaded more than 30,000 and captured more than 100,000 people. This is my biggest military exploit in the past year or so.
Now the soldiers under their hands are looking forward to the reward.
But Wang Zeng wrote to me and said that Wang Kai and Du Yiming were able to destroy the rebels in one fell swoop, but they have been chasing the rebels, causing the people in many places to be brutally killed by the rebels, and the crimes were extremely heinous. "
Kou Ji refused Gong E to wait for him to eat tea. He picked up the teacup and took a sip, and muttered, "Does the official think that there is nothing wrong on either side?"
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Of course I know that Du Yi and Wang Kai are capable of destroying the rebels in one fell swoop, but our military orders are not available. Even if they act cheaply, they don't have the autonomy of Di Qing.
After all, they can only send six thousand fine knights to defeat the enemy, and they are almost too close to annihilate the enemy completely.
Therefore, they can only run after the rebels, exhausting the mind and physical strength of the rebels, and when our military orders work together, they can quickly lead a heavy army to attack and annihilate all the enemies.
So their approach is not considered wrong.
But Wang once said something. He clearly told me in the memorial that he had captured Wang Kai and Du Yi for greed and drove the rebels to brutalize the people.
I have learned about the tragedies of the people through Wu Desi.
I think both of them are reasonable.
Tell me, since neither side is wrong, who is wrong? "
After listening to Zhao Zhen's words, Kou Ji was silent for a long time before speaking slowly, "No one is wrong."
Zhao Zhen asked back: "How do you explain the tragedy of the people?"
Kou Ji sighed and said: "The official clearly knows in his heart, why ask the minister?"
Zhao Zhen sat up and stared at Kou Ji earnestly and said, "I want to hear the opinions of the fourth brother."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and said: "In order to prevent the generals from making chaos, the imperial court has laid down the iron law, and the generals shall not attack without authorization. In order to preserve the family, the country and the world.
It is a great gift for the officials to give the commanding power of the army to the generals, and to grant the generals the right to do things cheaply, and even hand over the 150,000 imperial army to Di Qing, who is in charge of Di Qing alone.
At least Taizu, Taizong, and Xiandi couldn't do such a feat as an official.
So the official family is right.
Wang Kai and Du Yi were right to follow the order.
It was right that Wang had impeached them.
Because what Wang said was right, they had enough troops to quickly suppress the rebellion, but sitting at the gate waiting for orders, harming the people in Yingzhou and other places. "
Zhao Zhen slowly lay down and said with a self-deprecating look: "It's all right? Is it the fault of those innocent people? I am not the kind of person who likes flattery, nor the kind of person who deceives others.
It is my problem, I will not deny it. "
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen, "The officials think this is their own fault?"
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth, "If I give them more rights to do things cheaply, the people will not suffer."
Kou Ji sighed, and said: "The Forbidden Army is now the strongest soldier in the four seas. There is nothing to be seen by thousands, but once it exceeds 10,000, it is a very tyrannical force.
If they are a disaster, the harm is far greater than the rebels.
Officials can tolerate them dispatching three thousand elite soldiers to act cheaply, it is already very good.
Therefore, officials need not blame themselves.
If the officials promised them too much right to do things cheaply, it would certainly protect the people of one party, but they would also hang a knife over everyone in the Song Dynasty.
It is inevitable to choose to sacrifice a small part for the heads of most people in the Song Dynasty. "
Zhao Zhen said quietly: "I think that under my rule, the people will live and work in peace, all people have things to do, all children have books to read, and everyone can live in peace.
But now it seems that I still have a lot to do. "
Zhao Zhen turned his head to look at Kou Ji, and said seriously: "Kou Gong told me that the fourth brother is a god-given person. Since he is a god-given person, there is no way to let the people do things cheaply without increasing the power of local generals. Do you live and work in peace and contentment
Is there no way to get the best of both worlds? "
When Kou Ji heard Zhao Zhen's words, he lay on the recliner for a long time.
He couldn't think that Kou Zhun would actually take his guess as a fact, tell Zhao Zhen, and let Zhao Zhen identify himself as a gifted person.
Could it be that Zhao Zhen trusted himself and gave him a lot of power over the years because he believed Kou Zhun's words and believed that he was a gifted person, not because of his friendship
Kou Ji wanted to ask this question very much, but in the end he didn't ask it out. He just chuckled and said: "You and my rulers have long believed that there are no ghosts and gods in this world.
That being the case, how can someone from the heavens say it
What the minister has learned is the result of the teachings of famous teachers.
It's just that the teacher is the idle cloud and wild crane in the mountains, who hasn't shown up for a long time, so no one knows it. "
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Did Gong Kou deceive me?"
Kou Ji raised his brows and said, "Don't the officials ask where the master is?"
Zhao Zhen shook his head and said bluntly: "I have a lot of idle clouds and wild cranes. I am hidden in the mountains and forests. I don't want to use it for me, and I don't force it. I am very satisfied with your assistance.
No matter how greedy, I am afraid that more is a curse.
Now Da Song is slowly moving forward according to our plan and yours. Although the road ahead is not very clear, you and I already have goals.
If you ask an expert to intervene again, I am afraid it will completely destroy our plan and yours.
When the time comes, the many years of hard work between me and you will probably be worthless. "
Kou Ji praised: "The officials are really contented and happy."
Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "I am also greedy, but I know. A person's thinking is different from that of another person. It is impossible for me to make everyone's thinking agree with me.
So I want to seek talents, but I don't like them to impose their ideas on me, or impose them on Da Song.
I'm Da Song, just one idea is enough.
As long as we follow an idea, we will build up our merits sooner or later.
If there are two ideas, three ideas, or even more ideas.
There are more choices, and I don't know which way to choose.
More importantly, I'm afraid that I won't be able to leave too many ideas.
Going this today and that tomorrow will make Da Song completely different.
So it's better to walk one path from beginning to end. "
After listening to Zhao Zhen's words, Kou Ji sighed sincerely: "The official has understood people alive."
Zhao Zhen didn't discuss this thought with Kou Ji. He stared at Kou Ji and asked, "Quickly tell me why Kou Gong told me that you are a god-given person."
It is not difficult to tell from Zhao Zhen's words that Zhao Zhen is close to Kou Ji.
Because after Kou Ji explained the matter, Zhao Zhen decisively chose to believe in Kou Ji, decisively thinking that Kou Zhun was lying to him, not Kou Ji.
Kou Ji saw Zhao Zhen's thoughts and said with emotion: "Grandfather should be afraid that we will lose trust between our monarchs and his subjects. That's why we used this lie to bind us firmly together, so that we can support each other, single-mindedly. Help Da Song."
Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "You said so, I can understand. When the father was in the court, he lost his trust in Gong Kou three times and dismissed Gong Kou three times.
It made a gang of traitorous officials in a high position, poisoned the people of Song Dynasty, and caused my Song Dynasty to be devastated.
If the father can trust Kou Gong. As always, maybe my Da Song will become better than ever.
Duke Kou probably didn't want you and my rulers to become like him and my father, so he used such a lie to bind us together. "
Kou Ji got up, saluted Zhao Zhen, and said: "My grandfather is also a white lie, please don't blame the officials."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "It's okay, it's for you, my monarchs, and my Dasong Sheji. As long as it is beneficial to my Dasong Sheji, I don't mind being deceived."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry, "The official should not let people deceive, lest the traitor take the opportunity to climb to the top."
Zhao Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, and said quietly: "In this court, it is loyal or traitor. I actually don't care at all. As long as he can contribute to my Song Dynasty, and can comply with my requirements, I can tolerate it. ."
Zhao Zhen said this.
Kou Ji pursed his lips and didn't know how to speak.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen asked, "Could it be that what I said was wrong?"
Kou Ji smiled bitterly: "Whether we can make meritorious deeds for the time being, but anyone who can strictly abide by the requirements of the officials will not be able to become a traitor.
Therefore, the official statement is very inappropriate. "
Zhao Zhen pretended to be taken aback, "Really? I think it's pretty good."
Kou Ji shook his head and said nothing.
Zhao Zhen told him very generously that he could tolerate loyalty and traitor.
But the demands he made for being an official were obviously made in accordance with the standards of loyal ministers.
If a traitor can strictly abide by the standards set by him, then what kind of a traitor
So Zhao Zhen seems to be generous enough to accommodate treacherous officials, but there will never be treacherous officials in the court.
Because Zhao Zhen would use his own standards to break all the treacherous ministers in the court into loyal ministers abruptly.
Kou Ji lay down again at Zhao Zhen's sign.
Zhao Zhen said with emotion: "I firmly believe that you are a god-given person. I have believed it for more than ten years. Now that I found out that it was Gong Kou's lie, not only did I not feel lost, but I also felt a little fortunate.
Are you strange? "
Kou Ji bluntly said: "The officials probably think that the merits that you and my monarchs have worked hard to build should not be divided into half by the ethereal God."
Zhao Zhen laughed and said, "Yes! Yes!"
He and Kou Ji jointly established the present Great Song Dynasty, established the supreme merit, and let God take a share for no reason, he is indeed a little unhappy in his heart.
Now that God has not participated in the process of the two of them building their merits, Zhao Zhen is naturally very happy.
Perhaps he had already given birth to the idea of'God is nothing but this' in his heart.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The officials invited the ministers to enter the palace to weigh how to deal with the affairs of Yingzhou and other places, but now they have been chatting for a long time.
Should we get to the point? "
Zhao Zhen was not in a hurry. He stared at Kou Ji and said, "Fourth brother really doesn't have the best of both worlds to solve this kind of embarrassment that is happening right now?"
Kou Ji had no words.
Zhao Zhen continued self-consciously: "Taizu, Taizong, are my father, guarding against martial artists like guarding against thieves. The oppressive warriors can't hold their heads up in the court.
It is precisely because of this that I was insulted by the four barbarians in Song Dynasty, and the civil servants were sitting high. On the surface, all of them were loyal and virtuous, but behind the scenes were all flies and dogs.
I have raised up the martial artist now, and watched the martial artist help me expand the territory of the Great Song Dynasty and establish the supreme accomplishment.
There are many things in my eyes that are different from Taizu, Taizong, and my father.
I think it's not just a warrior or a literati.
It's like two legs of a person, one is indispensable, one is long and the other is short.
We should combine civil and military forces and go hand in hand.
In this way, the literati stared at the martial artist, and the martial artist stared at the literati.
As long as I control the balance, I won't let any one of them sit big.
Then I don't have to worry about the literati and the warriors will be a disaster.
Only in this way can I gather strength to do whatever we want. "
Zhao Zhen's words are very long, and Kou Ji understands the meaning inside.
Zhao Zhen told Kou Ji that he had given all the freedom he could give the martial artist.
Now that civil and military can just check and balance together, he can also settle in the atrium with peace of mind.
But there are some things that Zhao Zhen didn't say, but Kou Ji guessed it.
That is, Zhao Zhen really wants to give the warrior some more power, so that the warrior can maintain the local law and order so that the people will not suffer.
But he was also afraid that the martial artist would sit down, and suppressed the literati, making Song a deformity again.
Today, he is competing with the people for his throne.
On one side is the ancestor's foundation, on the other side is the safety of the people.
Zhao Zhen is indeed a bit difficult to choose.
Kou Ji pondered over and over again, and said to Zhao Zhen: "In fact, officials don't always put their ideas on power. The biggest problem with this embarrassment comes from the transmission of information.
As long as officials find ways to speed up the transmission of messages, they can greatly avoid this embarrassment.
Now it takes seven days to pass orders from Bianjing City to Gubeikou.
Once a war broke out at Gubeikou, news would come and go on the 14th.
If officials can find ways to speed up the transmission of messages and cut the time by half, the danger to the people will be reduced by half.
If the officials can figure out a way to make the news arrive, no matter where a rebellion occurs, the imperial court will quickly send troops and horses to annihilate it.
At that time, as long as it is not for us to bring harm to the country and the people, the people will rise up and attack.
The Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Song Dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai. "
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, and after thinking about what Kou Ji had said, he sighed: "It turns out it can be like this..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Officials should learn to jump out of the problem, and then look at the problem, there must be different gains."
Zhao Zhen nodded in agreement, "When I turn around, I will let the people below find ways to speed up the delivery of the news. If I can shorten it, the people will be less dangerous. I feel better in my heart.
Kou Ji praised: "The officials are worthy of being the king of benevolence and justice."
Zhao Zhen said dumbfoundedly: "Come on. The folks now call me Emperor Wu, and I can't even associate myself with benevolence and righteousness."
Kou Ji let out a laugh.
A well-known emperor Ren in history has become Emperor Wu, which really makes people laugh.
Zhao Zhen continued: "I plan to beat Wang Zeng, Du Yi, and Wang Kai each to 50 boards. What do the fourth brothers think?"
Kou Ji stared at Kou Ji and made a listening state.
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "The king interfered in the military affairs of the Privy Council and was fined half a year. Wang Kai and Du Yi lied about their military merits, and the rewards were halved. The captives plowed the fields.
Two thousand soldiers were dispatched as supervisors every half-time at the two gates, and they were replaced back and forth until the 50,000 imprisoned soldiers had all been rotated, and the supervision period expired. "