Kou Ji hoped that Chen Lin could find out a result after returning to the palace so that he could rule out Zhao Zhen's suspicion.
Only an hour after Chen Lin entered the palace, there was no movement.
Instead, Zhao Zhen hurried to the bamboo courtyard in a carriage.
When Zhao Zhen rushed to the bamboo courtyard, Kou Ji was checking the groom's injuries.
After the groom exploded in Changxinglong Artillery, he was kicked off by the shocked horse and disappeared.
Kou Ji ordered the Five Cities Soldier Ma Si and the people in Kaifeng Mansion to search for him.
Less than half an hour after Kou Ji returned to the mansion, the groom was sent to the bamboo courtyard by the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion.
The groom had multiple bruises all over his body, and the bleeding blood had formed a streak of blood scabs on the wound. One leg was broken and his arms were dislocated, looking very miserable.
The doctor who accompanied the army in the Five Cities Soldiers, Ma Si Nei, helped the groom with a rough technique.
After the groom returned to the mansion, Kou Ji immediately asked the doctor in the mansion to help the groom again.
When the doctor was helping the groom, the groom grinned in pain, but seeing Kou Ji standing in front of him intact, he sucked in air-conditioning and smirked.
"Master is fine..."
After the groom had survived the most painful process of diagnosis and treatment, he gritted his teeth, stared, and said with a smile.
Kou Ji sighed secretly, "When your injury heals, I will send your family to Handi."
The sweat from the groom's forehead flowed into the corner of his eyes. He blinked, inhaled, and whispered: "Just let the kid at home go. The villain is not old, and he hasn't reached the age of enjoying the blessing. Now he goes to Handi to enjoy the blessing and he will lose his life. "
Kou Ji glanced at the groom and said angrily: "After that, I will stay at the mansion to watch the door."
The groom grinned and said with a silly smile: "People say that you are a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door. Master, your official position is higher than that of the prime minister.
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, and he saw that the groom could still laugh with himself, and he knew that the groom's life was safe.
After instructing the doctor and servants to take care of the groom, Kou Ji left the wing.
After leaving the yard where the wing room was located, Zhao Zhen hurriedly passed the moon gate and appeared in front of him.
Zhao Zhen was full of people around, with lanterns in his hands, illuminating the surroundings of the moon gate.
"Four brothers?"
With the light of the lantern, Zhao Zhen saw Kou Ji at a glance.
After Zhao Zhen rushed to the front of Kou Ji, he dragged Kou Ji to look around carefully before taking a sigh of relief.
"Four brother is okay?"
After Kou Ji bowed and saluted, he smiled and said, "Thank you for the official's care. The minister just fell, and there was a bruise on his body, but it was not a serious problem."
Zhao Zhen hurriedly said, "Have you ever sought a doctor's treatment? I brought an imperial doctor."
While speaking, Zhao Zhen shouted at the group of people behind him.
"Imperial doctor, come here quickly to diagnose and treat my fourth brother."
The imperial doctor hurried out of the crowd and approached Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen. After Shili, he reached out two fingers and touched Kou Ji's neck, followed by his forehead, and finally his wrist.
A prudent doctor, the pulse diagnosis will never only examine the pulse on the wrist, but also on the neck and forehead.
After the imperial doctor carefully diagnosed Kou Ji's pulse, he said to Zhao Zhen: "Officials, Kou Gong's pulse is stable and there is no major problem."
Zhao Zhen completely let go of his hanging heart, and exhaled a suffocating breath, "Fourth brother is fine, I'm relieved."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and smiled bitterly, "I was reviewing the memorabilia in the Council Chamber and heard the explosion of Bianjing City, and immediately sent someone out to inquire about the news.
Before the people I sent out came back, I saw Chen Linti slip into the palace with a bloody hand.
I was taken aback.
After carefully inquiring about Chen Lin, I realized that the situation was very dangerous.
I immediately brought people to see the fourth brother. "
After Kou Ji thanked Zhao Zhen for his concern again, he asked, "How about Chen Lin?"
Zhao Zhen said frankly: "The imperial doctor has already seen it, it's just some skin trauma."
Kou Ji said with a heavy voice: "The other party did a little too much this time."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, the anger in his heart rose, and he said angrily: "I have ordered the people of the Five Cities Soldiers to block the three streets where the Chang Xinglong Artillery is located, and let them arrest all the suspicious people.
I also instructed Yang Wenguang to take the maneuvering documents and go to the camp outside the city, and dispatched five thousand elite troops to block the main roads outside the city of Bianjing.
As long as we catch people, I will delay them. "
Kou Ji hesitated and said, "The court hasn't used Ling Chi's punishment for a long time..."
Zhao Zhen stared and asked, "When did the fourth brother become so soft-hearted? If the fourth brother had encountered such things before, he would never give up without killing a person.
Now actually deliberately persuade me not to use the punishment of Ling Chi
I tell you that I will not only use Ling Chi's great torture, but also bring a group of vicious dogs from the hunting ground and swallow their flesh. "
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "It's not that the minister is benevolent, but there is no such simple thing behind the matter. It is better not to kill people until the matter is found out.
After the investigation is clear, it will not be too late to kill slowly.
When the time comes, I'm afraid that the officials will be reluctant to do it. "
Zhao Zhen's face sank, he knew what Kou Ji's words meant.
The explosion of Chang Xinglong Artillery was obviously inextricably linked to the palace. In the end, if someone in the palace was found on the head, it would be a question whether Zhao Zhen could attack him or not.
"I will never condone!"
Kou Ji lit and said, "If there is an official, it will do."
Zhao Zhen still needs to speak.
Kou Ji spoke again, "The official should return to the palace as soon as possible. The palace people in the palace have a connection with Chang Xinglong Artillery. No one knows whether they brought gunpowder into the palace.
The most important thing the officials need to do now is to send someone to check the palace carefully to see if anyone is hiding gunpowder. "
After a pause, Kou Ji added, "The empress dowager, the queen, the prince, and all the princes and princes are the hearts and minds of the officials, and there is no room for loss."
Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment, and solemnly said, "I will ask Chen Lin to send you the soldier's seal tomorrow. You can transfer troops to Beijing if necessary."
Kou Ji refused, "The soldier seal is the country's important weapon, and it is related to the dispatch of the Song Dynasty's more than one million soldiers. Since the minister has retreated from the position of the Privy Council, he definitely can't hold the soldier seal anymore.
If the officials were not at ease, Xu Chen would just shoot thirty-three arrows. "
Zhao Zhen thought about it.
"According to your… "
Kou Ji handed over and sent Zhao Zhen away.
As soon as Zhao Zhen and Zhao Zhen's people disappeared at the moon gate, Liu Heng appeared beside Kou Ji and asked in a low voice, "How many percent?"
Kou Ji put his hands on his back and gave a pertinent answer.
"Four percent… "
Liu Heng raised his eyebrows and sighed: "40%... Not a lot... Is it really made by officials?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "The others are 60%."
Liu Heng was taken aback, and said with a laugh: "That means the officials have the least suspicion."
Kou Ji nodded.
Liu Heng suppressed the smile on his face slightly, and whispered to Kou Ji: "I have dispatched people from the three services to Beijing..."
"Three services?"
Kou Ji looked at Liu Heng suspiciously.
Kou Ji had a thorough understanding of Da Song and Liu Heng. He hadn't heard of the three military divisions of Da Song.
Liu Heng saw Kou Ji's puzzled face, and he explained in a low voice: "Some of the people I stayed in the Song Dynasty were on the river transport. I called them the navy army, and some of them were carrying camels for business in the Western Regions. , And the rest are scattered all around Bianjing City. I call them the infantry army.
Together, it is the three armies. "
Kou Ji said amusedly: "How do you make the bells and whistles? You plan to follow the example of Imperial City Secretary and Wu Desi, and also give Bo Xu a yamen that can't be on the stage."
Liu Heng didn't conceal it, nodding his head and said: "Some dirty and shameful things need these people to do."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "In this way, you have not been idle during the years you have been with me in Bianjing."
Liu Heng looked at Kou Ji with a bright smile, without speaking.
Kou Ji said to himself: "Bo Xu sits in Xiyang, and his family is thinner. If you don't help him dig a wall from the Song Dynasty, it will be very slow for him to gain a foothold in Xiyang completely.
You finally look like a father. "
Liu Heng smiled and wanted to speak, but listened to Kou Ji said: "However, there is no need to send them to Beijing. We stay in Bianjing and there is no danger. It is not easy for you to manage some people. If it is put on the surface, those people will be in the Song Can't stay any longer."
The smile on Liu Heng's face froze, staring, "It's not dangerous yet? If the thief lights the artillery again when you arrive at the gate of Changxinglong Artillery, then you will be gone.
The culprits first attacked the concubine, then the artillery, and there might be muskets and artillery in the future.
You made the artillery. You don’t know how powerful it is when you blast it out? "
Kou Ji's face sank and frowned.
"If someone really needs to use guns and artillery, that's death. No matter who it is, it will die miserably."
For Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, Chong Shiheng and others, guns and artillery were something they couldn't ask for.
For the Song Dynasty, especially the Song people who were at the top of the ruling class, that thing was not something to ask for.
As long as they are willing to spend their money, there will be people in the army who will take risks.
Like those nobles in the palace, it is easy to buy the hearts of one or two forbidden military generals.
You can get firearms if you buy the imperial army generals.
In recent years, there have been many cases of gun theft in the army, and no fewer than a hundred soldiers beheaded.
"The human heart is complicated, it can't stand temptation, and can't stand the test. So I will never watch you put your life in the hands of others.
I can't believe in others. "
Liu Heng's words are straightforward.
His attitude towards people's hearts has never changed.
Kou Ji knew that he did this because Liu Congmei killed a member of the Liu Mansion.
Kou Ji also knew that it was not appropriate to put his life in the hands of others, but he was still unwilling to put his hands on the surface, giving people an ambitious posture.
He is already a minister of power, and he has to be cautious in his words and actions.
A slight difference will cause the people under your hands to misunderstand and do something angry and grievous.
Kou Ji said to Liu Heng: "I will carry a gun, and you will also carry a gun when you look back. People don't need to be dispatched."
Liu Heng raised his voice higher and asked, "What are two guns for?"
Kou Ji sighed inwardly. He felt that he had to show Liu Heng some background before he could let Liu Heng give up his thoughts of sending people to Beijing.
Kou Ji said angrily to Liu Heng: "Do you think that you are the only one who can manage the manpower? Do you think that you are the only one who can Tibetans? When I managed the manpower and crossed the Western Regions, you were still in the Imperial City.
When I hid, you were still a dude. "
Liu Heng was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly he smiled, "I knew that the fourth brother would not do things honestly."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Then you still dispatch people to Beijing?"
Liu Heng grinned dryly and said, "I'm not afraid that you will be dazzled by your sentiment and give up some methods that are not on the stage."
Kou Ji asked: "I am that kind of person?"
Liu Heng said, "Cao Utilization and Zhang Yuan, those two people who have no conscience are yours? They used your people and your guidance to lay a huge territory.
You missed the old feelings and didn't clean up them.
One by one, they forget your kindness like white-eyed wolves.
Nowadays, one by one cracks the earth and is the king, not to mention that the benefits of the profit sharing point will be given to you.
You are affectionate and righteous to Cao Liuli and Zhang Yuan, but they are not affectionate and righteous to you.
You are affectionate and righteous to the officials, but what do you think in the hearts of the officials, do you know
It is said that the emperor’s mind is the most complicated and ruthless.
So you can't put your wealth and life on the emperor. "
Kou Ji glared at Liu Heng, "I have love and righteousness to you, too."
Liu Heng braced his chest boldly and said, "I can lay down my life for you! They can't!"
Kou Ji waved his hand, "Okay, go and tell those people to you quickly, let them do what they should do."
Liu Heng did not leave, but chased Kou Ji and asked, "Fourth brother, where are your people?"
Kou Ji said indifferently: "Half of the people in the forging workshops and equipment workshops were born in the infantry camp. The people in the heavy camp are now in charge of the two piers in Bianjing City. The fire-head army people are now operating foot shops and Tea shed.
The scout campers are now serving as postmen in various post stations outside the city of Bianjing. "
Liu Heng's eyes lit up and he smiled brightly and said, "There are people on land and water, just like I thought."
Kou Ji waved his hand, "Now don't worry? Go down and find yours."
Liu Heng nodded hurriedly, and walked away.
After walking for two steps, I suddenly had a meal and turned around and reminded: "Fourth brother, when you go out in the future, bring a few more guards."
Kou Ji nodded.
Liu Heng stepped out of the yard where the wing room was located.
Kou Ji let out a foul breath.
In fact, there are far more people Kou Ji planted in Bianjing than he said.
It was impossible for Kou Ji to count with Liu Heng for a while, so he picked out a few important ones and said them out.
Like Chen Datou, who was once the number one sharpshooter in Kou's Mansion, now he is the captain of Yulinwei.
There is also a deeper person who is now the custody of the imperial firearms warehouse.
Of the two forbidden forces stationed outside the city of Bianjing, there were two generals who were willing to die for Kou Ji.
In addition, there are many more.
The Kou Mansion has a big business, and it has been in business for many years, and for many years, there are countless people who have benefited from the Kou Mansion, and there are countless people willing to work for the Kou Mansion.
After Kou Ji left the yard where the wing house was located, he returned to the backyard. After being pulled by Xiang Yan to examine the bruises on his body, he fell asleep.
The next day.
The sun is shining brightly.
Before Kou Ji awoke, a horse stepped through the gate of the bamboo courtyard.
When Kou Ji opened his eyes amidst the sound of jumping, he saw a man walking and stalking, wearing armor, carrying a knife, carrying a grab, and carrying a musket, appeared in front of him.
"Brother..."
"You think I didn't die fast enough?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, sat up swayingly, and yelled outrageously.
Di Qing approached Kou Ji with a sweaty smell, and after carefully looking around Kou Ji's body, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother is fine."
Kou Ji stared at Di Qing and looked around carefully. Seeing Di Qinghu standing there with a short beard on his back, with a short beard at the corner of his mouth, he smiled and said, "You have matured a lot..."
The ignorant young man he used to be brought out of the Criminal Division has now become a big man exuding a mature and stable atmosphere.
Kou Ji was very emotional.
Di Qing smiled and said, "It's already over thirty..."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Aren't you teaching Wutang in Mangshan?"
Di Qing said frankly: "After midnight last night, Shu Mi sent someone to the Wutang Hall to tell me that you were attacked, and I rushed back overnight."
Kou Ji pointed to Di Qing's attire, and said dumbfounded: "That's not allowed to dress up, right? How can you be the commander of the imperial army, in charge of hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in Song Dynasty, your identity is very sensitive.
I am the first minister of Song Dynasty again.
If you dress up in my house in this way, others will think that I'm plotting wrong. "
Di Qing said sternly: "I know how serious it is, so I didn't take it alone. I came to visit my elder alone, and punish my elder brother, it is a filial act.
Anyone who dares to make irresponsible remarks, I will take him to the Suigong Temple to have a good theory. "
At the end of Di Qing's speech, his voice was unconsciously louder, very hard.
Kou Ji nodded in satisfaction.
This is how the general of Song Dynasty should be.
You must be hard-hearted when you speak, and domineering when you do things.
He could no longer be ridden on his head by Wen Chen, let alone watch Wen Chen slaughter his lieutenant, but he didn't dare to say a word, he could only cry to himself.
You dare to kill my lieutenant without edict or reason.
I dare to hold your head to meet the official.
This is the real general.
Kou Ji believed that with Di Qing's hard-heartedness now, even if Han Qi sat in the position of participating in the political affairs compound, he would not dare to touch Vice General Di Qing's hair.
"How did Mangshan talk about Wutang's promotion to Chinese Studies?"
Kou Ji asked with a smile.
Di Qing smiled and said, "It's going well, but the school is not allowed to be located in Bianjing City."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Jingwu Hall is a martial arts school, and it involves many military secrets. It really shouldn't be set up in a busy city. You should choose a more remote place outside the city of Bianjing."
Di Qing nodded and said, "I have already selected it, and it's at the Wuli of the Tianwu Army and Peng Japanese Army Camp. Now it is building a school according to the appearance of the Mangshan Jiangwu Hall."
Kou Ji pondered and said: "After the new martial arts court is on track, you should immediately return to the Privy Council and handle government affairs with peace of mind."
Di Qing was stunned for a moment, "I preside over the martial arts school, and I will be jealous."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't say that anyone suspects you. I just want to tell you, don't waste all your time on the martial arts institute. You also have to take care of the military affairs department.
You are the chief envoy of the Imperial Army, and you don’t bother to take care of the affairs of the Imperial Army. Once your subordinates do something wrong, you will be the one who bears the blame. "
Di Qing hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let me serve as the head of the mountain in the new martial arts school."
Kou Ji glared at Di Qing, "That will have to wait until you are sixty years old. In principle, the three-institute compound envoy cannot be in power for more than ten years. In other words, in a few years, Yang Wenguang will retreat.
At that time, you will have to go up to replace Yang Wenguang. "
Kou Ji and Di Qing are not worried about whether Di Qing can successfully succeed Yang Wenguang.
Kou Ji told Di Qing a long time ago.
Di Qing's outstanding meritorious service is enough to be crowned king.
Zhao Zhen didn't give Di Qing the title of king, but kept Di Qing as the privy envoy.
Yang Wenguang was appointed as the privy envoy just to build a ladder for Di Qing.
However, Yang Wenguang was quite capable. After taking up the post of privy envoy, he kept the privy council in order and did many important things silently.
It is precisely because of this that both Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen hope that Yang Wenguang can sit in the position of privy envoy for ten years.
Ten years later, Yang Wenguang will be of his age. By that time, it will be a good choice whether he is out of town or the head of the Martial Arts Academy.
Ten years later, Di Qing will be in his forties.
Just right in the golden age of a general.
Art of war, strategy, government affairs, etc. are all at their peak.
Just can take on the big responsibility.
However, Di Qing has his own ideas. He doesn't like to take it around in Bianjing.
"Brother, I want to fight on the battlefield, I want to find an enemy to teach me."
Di Qing stared at Kou Ji earnestly.
Now that Di Qing has reached middle age, what he has learned is rapidly climbing to the top.
He really hopes to find an enemy to sharpen himself and verify what he has learned.
Kou Ji glanced at Di Qing and said, "Who do you want to fight? The Lord of Eastern Tianzhu? Zhu Neng? Li Zhaoliang? Gao Weizhao? Or is it the God-given Han Di?"
When Di Qing heard this, his face drooped, and he sighed long.
The lord of the East Tianzhu Kingdom gave a huge Jiaozhi to Da Song. After nearly two years of business, Da Song has turned Jiaozhi into a big granary.
Every three or four months, new grains from Jiaozhi will flock into the Song Dynasty, pushing the price of grain in the Song Dynasty to an extremely low level.
Plus two granaries in Liaodi and Hexi.
Food prices have reached a low point in the history of the Song Dynasty.
People of the Song Dynasty, as long as they are not eating, drinking, and gambling themselves, basically they will not starve to death.
Although there are still some people at the bottom who cannot eat enough, they will not starve to death.
It is precisely because of this that, from officials to the common people, the Song Dynasty had a good impression of the Lord of Eastern Tianzhu.
Even those grain merchants who scolded their mothers in their hearts had to say good things about the Lord of Eastern Tianzhu.
Therefore, if Di Qing wanted to fight the Eastern Tianzhu Kingdom, it was impossible.
The officials and the people would not agree.
As for Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang, and Gao Weizhao, they are all kings of the Song Dynasty. As long as they do not rebel, they are their own.
Unless Zhao Zhen wanted to find an excuse to cut the Fan, there was no way for Song Dynasty to trouble others.
As for Kou Tianci's fiefdom, Handi, that's even worse.
Can Di Qing bully his nephew