Talented people come out from generation to generation, and each has been in charge for hundreds of years.
The power change in the court has not been hundreds of years.
The power change in the court is only a few decades or even shorter.
The generations of Chen Yaozuo and Wang Zeng are still standing in the court, and only the two of them are left.
They are old.
Regardless of their energy, mind, or body, they are not as good as Bao Zheng, Su Xun, Wen Yanbo and others.
When the generations of Su Shi and Wang Anshi grow up in the future, the generations of Kou Ji and Fan Zhongyan will probably come to an end.
No one can stand upright, even if power is in the hands and the world is invincible, it is impossible to stand up forever.
Time is everyone's greatest enemy.
No one can conquer it, so it is destined to be conquered.
After Kou Ji sent away Chen Yaozuo and Wang Zeng, he was not in the mood to stay in the political affairs hall.
He can understand the feelings of Wang Zeng and Chen Yaozuo.
Because he also felt that he was approaching old age.
A person himself will not feel that he is getting old slowly, and he needs someone to remind him to realize that he has suddenly become old a lot.
The reason why Kou Ji felt old was that he was reminded by Kou Tianci.
A few days ago, Kou Tianci's trustee sent him a letter, asking if he could have sex with Princess Baoqing.
Kou Tianci is already a sound man, but Princess Baoqing is still young.
For the next generation of Kou Tianci and Princess Baoqing, Kou Ji had to remind Kou Tianci to be patient.
After sending the letter to Kou Tianci, Kou Ji realized that he was already old.
In Kou Ji's impression, his greedy body is still yesterday.
But reality is crueler than impression.
Often returning to reality from the impression, it will be cruel to find that the son has begun to be greedy.
Kou Ji had to fumble for his beard, always reminding himself that he was already a grandfather.
Kou Ji also thought that he was about to become a grandfather, but some people had already become grandfathers.
When Kou Ji returned to the bamboo courtyard, he saw a middle-aged man wandering in the bamboo courtyard with a small figure on his neck.
Liu Heng rarely appeared in front of people, accompanied by him.
Kou Ji sighed when he saw the middle-aged man.
Slowly walked forward and whispered at the middle-aged man.
"Cao Yu?!"
Cao Tong heard the call, and his grandson turned his head to see Kou Ji, with a bright smile on his face.
"Four brothers!"
Cao Tong put down his grandson, walked quickly in front of Kou Ji, and gave Kou Ji a big bear hug.
It's really a bit indecent to hug two old men in their thirties.
But neither of them cares.
The two held them for a long time, then slowly let go.
Cao Tong held back the tears in the corner of his eyes and said with a smile, "Fourth brother, I haven't seen you in a few years, you still haven't changed."
Kou Ji patted Cao Tong on the shoulder, and said dumbfounded: "I've reached the age. In a few years, I will be a grandfather."
When Cao Yu heard Kou Ji's words, he thought of his grandson, and hurriedly pulled his grandson to Kou Ji's side, and whispered to his grandson: "It's called Weng Weng..."
The child blinked and yelled, "Weng Weng..."
Kou Ji happily agreed, gave a small object he had with him to the child, and touched the child's head.
Cao Yu quietly watched Kou Ji tease his grandson, and waited until Kou Ji had enough teasing, let the nurse take the child aside.
After the child left, Kou Ji said to Cao Tong: "I told you a long time ago that you can't have sex before the age of eighteen. It's good for you. You will have the eldest son when you are sixteen. I am afraid your parents and children are less than sixteen now? It's all out."
Cao Tong smiled bitterly and said, "My father insisted on having our own way and insisted that we have more children as soon as possible. After I got to Liuqiu, I would like to let our brothers and our sons have more.
Now our brothers and our sons, the biggest thing is to make a son. "
Kou Ji pondered and said, "There is no one on Liuqiu Island?"
Cao Yu said with a smile: "Yes, there are, but they are not good people. Either the sinners who escaped from the Song Dynasty, or the bandits who smashed the sea.
After we arrived on Liuqiu Island, we were fascinated by it.
It took half a year of fighting to clean up the villains on Liuqiu Island.
Now those wicked people have become prisoners and are reclaiming fertile fields and building houses for my Cao family on the island. "
Kou Ji nodded and said, "What's the situation on the island?"
Cao Tong smiled and said, "There are mountains and waters, fertile land, and the sea on the side of the island. There are countless catches. It is a rare and prosperous place, that is, there are a little less people and a little desolate.
I returned by boat this time just to sell some of the island’s specialties and seafood, and then bring back some things I need on the island. "
Kou Ji smiled and said, "So, Liuqiu Island is a paradise for the Cao family?"
Cao Tong smiled and said nothing.
Liuqiu Island is now a paradise.
But for a family that has been in the most prosperous Bianjing city in the world for decades, Liuqiu Island is still too desolate.
People are even less pitiful.
Now, the people Cao Clan on Liuqiu Island has brought over, plus those sinners, are no more than 50,000 people.
Most places on the island are almost undeveloped.
Some people are accustomed to living a life of rich clothes and jade food, and suddenly they arrive in a barren place, and they have to work on their own and reclaim the wasteland by themselves. Some are uncomfortable.
Some people with fragile hearts went crazy and hanged themselves.
Cao Tong will not tell Kou Ji about this, nor will Kou Ji ask.
Although Liuqiu Island is deserted, it is indeed a treasure island.
Zhao Zhen did not owe the Cao family to the Cao family. Whether the Cao family can completely turn Liuqiu Island into a wealthy place, and whether they can establish a habitat like a paradise overseas is the Cao family's own business.
No one will pity them, and they don't need any pity.
The people at the gate are not afraid of bloodshed, they are only afraid of bloodshed that is meaningless.
Kou Ji invited Cao Tong to the side hall. After sitting down, he smiled and asked Cao Tong, "If you need anything, just speak up."
Cao Yu was also not polite, and said frankly: "I need a lot of things, and I don't have enough people, so it will be very slow to purchase, and I need the help of my fourth brother."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Give me the list, and I will let your sister-in-law do it."
Cao Yu took out the list and handed it to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji glanced slightly, then ordered it to be handed to Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yanhui sent someone to prepare everything, and then sent someone to the place where Cao Tong's fleet docked.
After Kou Ji passed the list to the steward, Cao Yu said straightforwardly: "There are still some things to trouble Brother Si."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "You and my brother are not welcome. If you have anything to say, I will definitely agree to it."
Cao Tong nodded and said: "The existing ships of the Cao family are very inconvenient to sail on the sea. Once they encounter strong winds and waves, they will almost always be destroyed and killed.
Nowadays, most of the sea boats in Cao's family are left by the pirates. They are all broken and difficult to use for a long time.
So I would like to borrow the shipbuilding plans of the sea ships kept by the imperial court.
I also want to borrow some pictures of Japanese sea-going shipbuilding from Brother Liu. "
Cao Tong just finished saying this.
Liu Heng said slowly, "The Japanese boats are worse than those used by my Dasong navy. So there is nothing to learn from the Japanese boats.
It is the experience of Japanese wandering at sea, you can learn from it.
The Japanese people have traveled back and forth between the Great Song Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom for thousands of years. Their experience of survival at sea is far more abundant than ours.
I will write a letter to Bo Xu in turn, asking him to send you a few Japanese wives who are experienced in survival at sea. "
Upon hearing this, Cao Tong solemnly clasped his fist and said: "Great grace does not say thank you..."
Liu Heng shook his head and smiled: "Your Cao family's fiefdom and my Liu family's fiefdom are both on the sea. I am afraid that we will have more opportunities to communicate in the future than back to Bianjing. So I help you, that is, help me."
Cao Tong nodded solemnly.
When the two talked freely, Kou Ji didn't interrupt. After the two had finished talking, Kou Ji stared at Cao Yu with a smile and said, "The court's shipbuilding chart is actually pretty normal."
Cao Tong was taken aback.
Kou Ji continued to laugh and said: "Tianci Haier and Bo Xu Haier combined the shipbuilding plans of Korea, Waguo, Jiaozhi, and the imperial court, and invited experienced old shipbuilders from Fuzhou and other places to create a new ship.
The ship is tall, can hold cargo, and can also carry armor.
There is also a set of sailing methods that do not get sick after several months of sailing at sea.
I think you can think about it. "
Upon hearing this, Cao Yu was overjoyed at first, and then he couldn't laugh or cry: "My nephew's things, it's not easy for me to be an uncle to take it.
The fourth brother is going to make me bleed heavily. "
Kou Ji laughed and said, "It must be a good thing for you, and it won't pit your money. The officials will use it to the two navy forces in Zhennan and Zhendong, and they also spent a lot of money to buy it.
Cao Yu said with a bitter face: "The problem is that the shipbuilding skills have always been mastered by the two of them. As an uncle, don't I have to be pressed by them on the ground for a lifetime?"
Kou Ji Yangtian laughed and said: "No way, the two little guys treat this as a business, and I can't take things out of their hands for nothing.
It is a one-shot deal to manage sea ships and how to avoid illness when sailing on the sea.
So you only need to pay once.
In the case of a sea boat, you need to go out at least twice.
No less than ten each time.
After two times, if you still can't figure out how to build a ship, then I will ask God to give you the shipbuilding plan, and by the way, send a few familiar craftsmen to teach you. "
Cao Tong hesitated and said: "Looking for a lot of land and sparsely populated, but very poor."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "This can fool others, but not me. Although there are few people overseas, many islands are rich in products.
There are treasure islands full of spices and gems, and there are treasure islands with hidden gold and silver.
There is a sea boat that can withstand strong winds and waves.
The treasures of the sea are not at your disposal.
Do you have any reason to pretend to be poor. "
Cao Tong sighed: "I also know that there are countless treasures, but if you go out to the sea, 30% of the people who are lucky enough to go with the ship die, and the whole army is wiped out if you are not lucky.
My Cao family didn't have many people on Liuqiu Island, and couldn't stand the sea dragon king swallowing.
Therefore, treasures are exchanged for life.
There are not many people on the island now, so my Cao family is ready to multiply on the island, hoping to enrich the population as soon as possible.
Except that we will send ships to the Song Dynasty to exchange goods and pay tribute, we are not going to other places.
So there won't be much treasure. "
Hearing what Cao Tong said, Kou Ji thought about it for a moment, then looked at Cao Tong with a smile, and said, "You are entering the hinterland of the Central Plains this time not just to purchase goods. 80% of them have to attract some people to ask for it.
I can open one eye and close one eye on this matter, and let the Zhennan Army open one eye and close one eye. "
When Cao Yu heard this, he said with emotion: "I really can't hide anything from Brother Si."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's not that you can't hide it from me, but that everyone is doing this. It's just that I don't want anyone in Korea. I only need to have learned scholars, smart craftsmen and smart business people.
You don’t care about meat and vegetables, as long as you are from the Song Dynasty, as long as you are willing to settle down with you in the fief, you will all. "
Cao Yu said with a wry smile: "From a glance, there are dozens of times more beasts than people. I can only find a way to get people."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Actually, you can follow Liu Heng's method and invite the Zhennan Army and Zhendong Army to stay as guests. You can also invite Da Song merchants and the poor girls on the Qinhuai River.
It may take 20 to 30 years for your artificial children to be effective.
With the help of merchants, the speed will be much faster. "
Cao Qi looked at Kou Ji in amazement, and then at Liu Heng in amazement, exclaiming: "Can I still invite the Zhennan Army and Zhendong Army to Liuqiu?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "Why not? Your Cao family needs someone to help you grow your ethnic group. The Zhennan Army and the Zhendong Army need to be familiar with how to sail at sea, and they also need to be familiar with how to fight at sea.
Each takes what it needs. "
Cao Yu was shocked, and asked: "But the Zhennan Army and Zhendong Army are all men..."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "The heads of the former Jiaozhi County King who killed in Jiaozhixi are rolling. From Jiaozhixi to Tianzhu, almost all the males are about to be killed.
Now I am trying to coax the people of Song Dynasty from Jiaozhi Mansion to save seeds.
He also organized countless business pairs composed of women from Tianzhu and other places to go to various places in the Song Dynasty to do the nasty things that Japanese women did in Bianjing.
You send someone to find him, spend some money, and ask for some women from Tianzhu and other places to Liuqiu? "
When Cao Yu heard this, his eyes lit up.
Seeing that Cao Tong had understood his intentions, Kou Ji stopped mentioning the matter.
"Our brothers finally got together, and today we are not allowed to get off the table if we are not drunk."
Kou Ji greeted with a big smile.
Cao Tong hurriedly said: "You order people to prepare meals first, and I will come as soon as I go."
Cao Tong dropped these words and left in a hurry.
Probably I went to find my own person, and went to Tianzhu to contact Cao to use it.
After Cao Tong had left, Liu Heng rolled his eyes and said, "Xiyang and Liuqiu are about to be made into the flower boat of the Zhennan Army and Zhendong Army."
Kou Ji said angrily: "In order to let you grow as quickly as possible, I, the prime minister of a major country, acquiesced to this nasty thing, which is already very embarrassing.
I didn't complain, you were ashamed to complain about me.
Don't forget, the benefits are all taken up by you. "
Liu Heng said dumbfoundedly: "Although we are indeed taking advantage of it, we always feel unhappy."
Kou Ji glared: "The tens of thousands of people who let you take the past are born desperately, when will they be born to give birth to a huge ethnic group
Forget about Cao's side.
Xiyang has to develop and grow as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, after you and I die, the kinder will definitely domesticate the Dongyang people.
At that time, they will definitely lead the army to the west.
If you don't develop Xiyang into a place with only me Song people as soon as possible, how can you use the power of the ethnic group and the righteousness of the ethnic group to contend with the cultists
More importantly, when Xiyang is full of Song people, and they are all the children of Zhendong Army and Zhennan Army, if there is any danger in Xiyang, Zhendong Army and Zhennan Army will be facing you.
If someone wants to cut the feudal clan after the middle of the court, the first thing to deal with is not Xiyang, but Zhennan Army and Zhendong Army.
You have taken all the advantages, and you still feel that you are at a loss. "
Liu Henggan laughed, without saying a word.
Not long after they finished speaking, Cao Tong appeared in front of them again.
When the three people arrived in the dining hall, they sat on the large table in the dining hall, ate meat and drank a full meal, and only went back to their rooms to sleep when they were drunk.
The next day.
Kou Ji and Cao Tong had already got up while Liu Heng was still asleep.
Kou Ji put on his own big purple robe, and Cao Tong put on his own clothes that symbolized the status of the son of the world, and entered the court together.
As Zhao Zhen's uncle and Zhao Run's uncle, Cao Yu entered the city of Bianjing, so he naturally had to go to the pilgrimage.
Otherwise, it is easy to be criticized by others, and it is easy to weaken the sentiment.
After Cao Yu entered the dynasty to pay homage to Zhao Zhen, he gave the letter of credence that his father asked him to pass on.
Please set up a border city in Fuzhou to facilitate communication.
Zhao Zhen agreed on the spot.
Today, among the major vassals, except for the Cao clan, the remaining fiefs of the vassals have established border markets with the court.
Even the two families of Jing and Liu, who are also far away overseas, have set up border cities in Bohai Prefecture and Dengzhou to communicate with each other.
Several large border cities frantically extracted massive taxes for the court.
Therefore, Cao Jiazou asked to open a border market, and Zhao Zhen had no reason not to agree.
After Cao Yu submitted the credential for the opening of the border city, he invited the Zhennan Army and Zhenbei Army to visit Liuqiu Island from time to time.
Zhao Zhen did not refuse either.
The Manchu civil and military also did not oppose.
In the view of Zhao Zhen and the Manchumen and Martial Arts, the Zhennan Army and Zhenbei Army to patrol Liuqiu Island was a process of getting acquainted with the sea and finding out whether the Cao family was unwilling to submit.
As long as the Cao family has the power to rebel, or has the ambition to rebel, the court can quickly send troops and horses to suppress it.
So there is no reason to refuse.
If Kou Tianci's letter asked Di Qing to lead his army to visit Korea, the court would not refuse.
After all, it was a very dangerous move for the court to entrust the vassal vassal.
The prince actively invited the court's soldiers and horses to monitor him, but the court couldn't ask for it.
After Zhao Zhen agreed to the two things Cao Yu asked, Cao Yu didn't play any more.
Manchu dynasty civil and military all find it strange.
Because the people of Cao's family saw it this time, they didn't even ask for firearms.
When many vassals sent people to see them this year, only the two vassals Cao and Kou did not ask the court to sell them firearms.
Kou's naturally needn't say much.
The firearms were made by their family. They wanted to use them. The court couldn't stop them, and there was no way to stop them. No one used this as an excuse to say that the Kou family was not a minister.
There are a lot of Kou disciples in the court nowadays.
To trouble Kou is to find yourself uncomfortable.
Either he was drowned by Kou's disciples with saliva, or he was slapped to death by Kou Ji.
So it's not worth it.
The Kou family had firearms, so there was no need to worry about firearms. The Cao family didn't have firearms. They didn't care about firearms. The Manchu civil and military officials naturally found it strange.
When Zhao Zhen and the Manchu Civil and Martial Arts had finished discussing the business, after the next dynasty, someone who was familiar with him approached Cao Tong and asked about it.
Cao Tong's answer is simple.
'The Cao clan on Liuqiu Island plus the original people on Liuqiu Island. Even if it is full, it will be 50,000. Even Liuqiu Island is dissatisfied with it. Why do you want firearms? To be a mallet? Liuqiu Island is surrounded by sea, and there are no enemies, so there is no need. '
Cao Tong's words were very angry, and the Manchu civil and military also recognized it.
Only Kou Ji knew that the Cao family did not continue to ask for firearms because the people of the Cao family knew that the court would not sell firearms to the Cao family at this stage.
The more Cao asked for firearms, the more it would make people feel that Cao was ill-intentioned.
Because the Cao family is different.
Cao’s daughter is now a queen, and his nephew is the most likely birthday king to become a crown prince.
If the Cao family feels unruly, the status of the Cao family's daughter and nephew will be shaken.
Although the Cao family is now considered to have broken away from most of the system of the Song Dynasty.
But there is always a lot of benefit to have a daughter who is a queen and a nephew who is a prince irradiated.
After Cao Yu was in the next court, he was invited into the harem by Empress Cao.
Zhao Run is also there.
The three blood relatives confided in each other's thoughts and said many private words.
When leaving, Empress Cao took out some personal money, as well as a large sum of money raided from Zhao Run, and handed it to the housekeeper Chen Lin, and purchased a large number of goods needed by the Cao family, so that Cao Yu was leaving Bring it in time.
Only Empress Cao was able to subsidize her natal family so generously.
Changing to a few other girls, she would never dare to send things out so blatantly.
The husband will not agree, and people who know him well will also be quite criticized.
As long as it's not the royal family, subsidizing the natal family is a kind of behavior that makes people scolded.
Cao Yu entered the palace, and Empress Cao searched Zhao Run clean.
Zhao Run couldn't get fair treatment from Empress Cao, and the same with his father, so he could only go to the bamboo courtyard to find Kou Ji.
Hope Kou Ji can give him some comfort.
After Zhao Run arrived at Kou Ji's study, he lingered for a long time, until Kou Ji was left alone in the study.
Zhao Runcai said to Kou Ji with a sad face: "I don't like my uncle."
Kou Ji sighed faintly when he heard Zhao Run's words, and said, "What you said is a bit ungrateful! You should know that your uncle paid his life in order to send you to my door.
Although the original intention has some utilitarianism.
But at least they will never harm you.
I just took some money from you.
You don't like them anymore
Then, when someone fights for the throne one day, and they bleed for you, how should you face them? "
Zhao Run clenched his teeth and lowered his head, "The student knew it was wrong."
Kou Ji sighed and said: "You are not to blame for this. You haven't been together for long, haven't cultivated a strong friendship, and there is a wall in your heart, which is normal.
Royal heirs, especially the eldest son of the prince, can hardly feel affection.
This is determined by your identity.
As your husband, you should help you fill in the shortcomings.
After you go back and tell your mother, your brother will talk too, so please send me to study later. "