"Yes, among the people Kou Ji killed were many officials from the imperial court.
Killing an official of the imperial court without authorization is a capital crime.
How can I explain to the world if I don't take heavy responsibility?"
Ding Wei, who had been living in seclusion for a year, reappeared in the court.
When Wang Qinruo attacked Kou Ji, he decisively chose to add insult to injury.
When the two of them finished speaking, some in the hall nodded, while others remained silent.
Most of the people who nodded were their partisans, while those who remained silent were all Kou Zhun's people.
Zhao Zhen was a little embarrassed for a while. He wanted to protect Kou Ji, but he didn't dare to speak up and cheer for Kou Ji.
He is no longer the unreasonable child he used to be.
He is two years older, and his temperament has also grown a lot.
Under the guidance of Kou Zhun and Liu E, he already knew what to say and what not to say.
Zhao Zhen glanced at Liu E, who squinted and said nothing.
Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun nodded imperceptibly, and then said: "There has always been a reason for killing people. I don't think Kou Ji would kill someone for no reason.
Since other people are in the hall, let’s listen to what they have to say.”
"Kou Ji, tell me, why did you kill someone?"
Kou Ji cupped his hands and said: "Go back to the official home, go back to the grand master. It turns out that I have no intention of hurting anyone's life.
It's just that they regard the things belonging to me as their own and insist on robbing them from me.
In order to protect my own things, I had to confront them."
"Nonsense! Who would snatch something from a fifth-rank official like you? When they came to find you, everyone had documents from the court in their hands.
You ignored the imperial court's order and hurt people's lives. This is a heinous crime."
Ding Wei snorted coldly.
Kou Ji said calmly: "Looking for Ding Xiang's explanation, then their death has nothing to do with me.
The imperial court ordered them to rob people and their belongings, but in the end they lost their lives. The fault lies with the imperial court."
Wang Qinruo shouted: "Are you saying that we are unfair?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "If you are fair in dealing with things, why would you issue documents to let those people commit thieves and steal other people's things?"
"Those horses were given to the imperial court by Emperor Liao. When did they become your private property?
The things belonging to the imperial court are only temporarily placed in your hands, but you keep them as your own?
People’s lives were hurt because of this.”
Wang Qinruo shouted sharply.
Kou Ji sarcastically said: "Wang Shangshu is telling me a joke? If those horses were given to the court by the Emperor of Liao, they would naturally have credentials as proof. Please take them out and show them to me."
If there are words about horse delivery in the credentials of the two countries, I would be willing to hand it over."
Wang Qinruo was stunned and speechless.
Kou Ji coldly snorted: "Since there is no certificate of credentials, those horses are my private property. What I want to do with them is my business. It is not anyone else's turn to tell them what to do."
And anyone who wants to seize my private property, I have the right to arrest them and deal with them."
Ding Wei curled his lips and said: "Even if it is your private property, you should dedicate it to the imperial court. You know clearly that the imperial court is short of horses, but you take the good horses for yourself instead of dedicating them to the imperial court.
How can such a selfish person serve as an official in the court?"
Kou Ji laughed angrily, stared at Ding Wei and said sarcastically: "The court is not only short of horses, but also short of money and land.
Prime Minister Ding’s family is extremely wealthy, and his family has hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, so why doesn’t Prime Minister Ding offer it to the court?”
Ding Wei argued: "How can land and money be compared with horses?"
Kou Ji sneered and said: "Why not? If the court has more financial resources, it can support one more elite soldier. If the court has more wealth and hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land from Ding Xiang's family, it can support an army.
Can an army of powerful soldiers be no match for a group of horses?
After all, the battle is fought by men, not horses."
Ding Wei gritted his teeth and said, "Boy, don't be so glib! You have killed so many people, you must give an explanation to the court."
Kou Ji squinted, stared at Ding Wei, and asked: "Then you tricked tens of thousands of soldiers to death, do you have to give an explanation to the court?"
Ding Wei was stunned and shouted: "Boy, stop talking nonsense. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were defeated in Huaizhou. That was Li Zhaoliang's fault and had nothing to do with me.
The court has already reached a conclusion on this matter, so don’t bite me at will."
"Really? But why is what I heard different from what Ding Xiang said?"
If you don't wait for Ding, you will be able to do it anyway.
Kou Ji straightened his clothes, stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Kou Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Chief of the Concierge Court, please punish Ding Wei!"
The civil servants in the court looked stunned.
It was supposed that the officials were denounced by Kou Ji, but now it was Kou Ji who was denounced by Ding Wei.
Ding Wei slapped the table and stood up, yelling, "Little brat, I will let you know the consequences of offending your superior today."
"Here comes someone!"
"snort!"
Ding said he was greeting people, and Kou Zhun snorted coldly.
Ding Wei froze on the spot.
Liu E said: "Does Kou Aiqing intend to condone Kou Ji's mischief?"
Kou Zhun said calmly: "Whether it is nonsense or not, you will know after reading it.
I, as well as everyone in the world, want to know the true thoughts of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who were defeated in Huaizhou."
Liu E gritted her teeth and said, "This matter has already been decided by the DPRK and the Central Committee."
"That's Ding's one-sided statement..."
When Ding Wei saw this, he stared and said, "Okay, okay, you Kou family's descendants are planning to use your power to suppress others, and you want to kill me!"
"You are trying to eliminate dissidents. Your ancestors and grandchildren are plotting evil!"
Kou Ji stared at Ding Wei coldly, "I hope you can say these words again soon."
"Your Majesty, Cao Wei, please kill Ding Wei!"
Under everyone's astonished gaze, Cao Wei slowly stepped out of the queue and held his hands in greeting.
"I respectfully ask you to kill Ding Wei!"
Hearing this voice, Kou Ji looked over subconsciously.
Then I saw an old man older than Cao Wei appearing in the main hall.
Although he is older than Cao Wei, he looks much more energetic than Cao Wei.
The old man fought in Xixia and showed his majesty as a general.
If he hadn't inherited his father's title and had reached the point where he could no longer be ennobled, the imperial court would definitely give him a title.
Although the old man's campaign in Xixia failed to advance his title further, his son was awarded the title of Marquis.
Cao Wei and Gao Chugong were both insiders who knew about Huaizhou's defeat.
Now that Kou Ji is attacking Ding Wei, they will naturally come out to support him.
And as the two of them came out, other martial arts heroes also stepped forward to support Kou Ji.
Nearly 90% of the martial artists came out to ask Ding Wei to behead him.
Ding Wei's face turned purple.
The imperial court has been emphasizing culture and restraining military force, suppressing military generals, but it also follows the ancestral system and treats military honors favorably.
Therefore, although the strength of the warriors has been reduced.
But when the warriors unite, they are a huge force.
A force that the imperial court cannot tolerate.
The warriors joined forces to invite Ding Wei to behead,
It made the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty smell something was wrong.
Some people who were good friends with Ding Wei took the opportunity to stand up and yell, "Kou Ji, are you planning to unite Wu Xun against Prime Minister Ding?"
The reason why he said this was to use the civil-military dispute to get other civil servants to unite to help Ding Wei.
However, no civil servants spoke to Ding Wei.
As long as they are not stupid, they can see that Kou Ji and others are well prepared.
They dared to unite in the court to ask Ding Wei to behead, which means that they pinched Ding Wei's painful foot and will definitely kill him.
So no one spoke to help Ding Wei.
Even Cao Lili, who was on good terms with Ding Wei, didn't say a word.
As a martial artist, if he helped Ding Wei speak for Ding Wei when the martial arts collective asked him to behead Ding Wei, it would be tantamount to severing himself from the martial arts collective.
It would be easy for the warriors to kill him, much easier than asking Ding Wei to behead him.
Ding said that when he saw the warriors collectively asking him to behead him, he knew that Li Zhaoliang was still alive and had arrived in Bianjing without thinking too much.
Except for Li Zhaoliang, no one could make the warriors collectively ask him to behead him.
"Queen Mother..."
He asked Liu E for help without any hesitation.
Liu E also guessed that Li Zhaoliang was still alive and had already appeared in Bianjing.
She immediately said: "Nonsense! You and a bunch of relatives of the emperor are asking to behead the important ministers of the court. It is really nonsense.
The Ai family refused and retreated from the court."
Kou Zhun said calmly: "Everything happens for a reason. It is better for the Queen Mother not to interfere at will and wait for the result."
"Kou Zhun?!"
"Your Majesty, please respect yourself."
"Queen Mother..."
Ding Wei looked at Liu E nervously and shouted.
Liu E knew in her heart that once Ding Wei fell, he would definitely betray her.
She must protect Ding Wei.
But in the current situation, she was completely powerless to intervene.
"Aijia...Aijia..."
Liu E shouted twice and fainted on the seat.
This was the only solution Liu E could come up with.
First, he pretended to be stunned to force Kou Zhun to withdraw from the court, and then tried every means to find and get rid of Li Zhaoliang, so that Ding Wei could be saved.
"Queen Mother! Queen Mother!"
Guo Huai shouted and rushed towards Liu E.
Zhao Zhen also looked at Liu E nervously.
"Grand Master, do you see?"
Zhao Zhen saw Liu E fainting and looked at Kou Zhun with a worried look.
Kou Zhun sighed, "Retreat from the court..."
I almost, almost killed Ding Wei, the traitor.
But Liu E fainted and disturbed the matter abruptly.
Cao Wei and others looked particularly complicated after seeing Liu E fainting.
Kou Ji was the only one who stared coldly at Liu E who pretended to have fainted.
Do you think that if you fainted, the matter would be over and the matter could be postponed?
What a beautiful thought!
You can influence the court, but you cannot influence the ancestral system.
"Dong dong dong dong dong..."
Just when everyone thought the matter was going to be dragged out, the Dengwen drum set up at the palace gate was beaten.
The sound of the drum spread throughout Bianjing City, and all the people in Bianjing City gathered in front of Dengwen Drum.
From the time Denwen Drum was established until now, it has always been like a decoration.
Almost no one went up to ring it.
It's not because the drums don't sound, but because there are a hundred Forbidden Army soldiers guarding in front of the drums.
Almost no one can survive a hundred killing sticks in their hands.
When Kou Ji suggested that Li Zhaoliang go and play the Dengwen drum, Li Zhaoliang refused immediately.
He felt that Kou Ji had accepted the benefits of Liu E and Ding Wei, otherwise how could he have been allowed to die by beating the Dengwen drum.
Until Kou Ji said to him contemptuously: "The people guarding Wengu are either your nephew or your nephew's men, or they are your cousin's men. They dare to kill you?"
Kou Ji's words awakened Li Zhaoliang, and Li Zhaoliang chose to beat the drum.
In these years in Bianjing City, Wu Xun was not only marrying the royal family, but also marrying each other.
It is precisely because they have many marriages with each other that it is easier for them to form a community of interests and that they are always in a situation of common advancement and retreat when facing the court.
And once the heirs in their family became officials, almost all of them worked as servants in the palace.
It can be said that most of the guards in the palace are children of Wu Xun's family.
They might kill ordinary people who went to beat the drum, or civil servants who were wrongly accused.
But how could they dare to kill their uncles and brothers?
If he really wanted to be cruel, there was no guarantee that he would not be beaten to death by his aunt, grandmother and other female relatives when he returned to his house.
Therefore, when others beat the Dengwen drum, they are going to die, but Wu Xun is different.
It's just that when Wu Xun had troubles on weekdays, they were resolved privately with the royal family, and no one bothered to beat the drum.
"Someone beat the Dengwen drum?!"
In an instant, the faces of all civil and military officials in the court changed.
Once the Dengwen drum is sounded, no matter what important matters Zhao Zhen, an official, has at hand, he has to come forward to deal with it.
Don't say Liu E fainted, even if Liu E is dead.
Zhao Zhen also had to show up.
This is the only privilege that Zhao Kuangyin gives to the people, but the people have no life to use it.
Although Zhao Zhen has never seen anyone beat the Dengwen drum, he also understands the ancestral system.
On the one hand, he heard the call of the drum, and on the other hand, Liu E fainted, making Zhao Zhen a little embarrassed.
After Ding Wei saw Liu E fainting, he felt a lot more relaxed and his face softened a lot. But when Deng heard the sound of drums, his face turned purple again.
His eyes were filled with hatred, and he stared at Kou Ji unabashedly.
Kou Ji had to kill him, how could he not hate him.
Wang Qinruo glanced at Kou Ji, his expression a little gloomy.
He originally thought that Kou Ji had been in officialdom for a long time and would be restrained by the rules of officialdom.
He could also take this opportunity to deal with the little fox Kou Ji and move him to Kou Zhun.
But he didn't expect that Kou Ji would still be the same Kou Ji, the same Kou Ji who was merciless and would hit with every hit.
Moreover, it seems to be more ruthless than before.
In the past, Kou Ji was somewhat restrained in doing things, or he would act in other people's names.
Now Kou Ji is sharp and shows his sharpness without restraining himself at all.
He no longer even pretends to be someone else and chooses to go into battle shirtless himself.
Kou Ji didn't understand Wang Qinruo's thoughts. If he knew Wang Qinruo's thoughts, he would tell Wang Qinruo without hesitation.
Go to the Liao Kingdom and meet the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu and you will understand.
With such a powerful enemy on its side, and more powerful enemies in the making, the Song Dynasty did not have much time left.
Once the tigers and wolves rise, the Song Dynasty will only become the rations of the tigers and wolves.
Kou Ji used to think about subtly changing the Song Dynasty, but after his trip to the Liao Kingdom, his thoughts changed.
Although the subtle changes to the Song Dynasty would cause the least damage to the Song Dynasty, it would also take a long time.
Even after his death, there will be recurrences.
Rather than doing this, it is better to make drastic changes and make changes openly and honestly.
If a problem does arise, it can be dealt with in time.
Chapter completed!