Kou Ji wrote a letter to Di Qing and Yang Wenguang, took the letter out of the study, and prepared to ask Kou Zhong to send someone to Baozhou.

As soon as I left the room, I saw a figure wandering under the moon gate outside the yard.

A closer look revealed that it was his grandfather Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun put one hand behind his back and held on to his beard with the other as he kept pacing at the entrance of the courtyard.

He stepped into Kou Ji's yard several times and retreated several times.

He seemed to be hesitating and hesitating.

"grandfather?"

Kou Ji took the initiative to come forward and looked at Kou Zhun with a questioning look on his face.

Kou Zhun paused, retracted his hand that was holding his beard, and said brightly: "There are a few things I can't figure out about what you just said, so I wanted to come to you and ask for clarification."

Kou Ji was in Kou Zhun's study just now and didn't talk clearly.

There were several questions that Kou Zhun couldn't figure out no matter how hard he tried, so he came to Kou Ji to ask for clarification.

"Please come to Grandpa's house..."

Kou Ji made an audience reception and followed Kou Zhun into his study.

After sitting down, Kou Ji asked: "Grandpa, what are your doubts?"

Kou Zhun sat steadily on the chair, stroking his beard, frowning, and said in deep thought: "I still can't figure out why you said that the property in temples and Taoist temples is the most difficult to recover, but the property of the Confucius family in Qufu is the most difficult to recover.

Can it be taken back?"

Kou Ji did not rush to answer Kou Zhun's question, but asked: "What does grandfather think of these two?"

Kou Zhun said seriously: "I think that temples and Taoist temples cannot influence the situation of the government. If we deal with them, they will not be able to cause any big trouble. On the contrary, the Kong family in Qufu has a close relationship with the scholars. Once we deal with them, all the scholars in the world will be destroyed."

I’m afraid I won’t agree.”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "My grandfather was wrong. The reason why scholars in the world have a close relationship with the Confucius family is because they studied the saint's articles, and all the civil and military officials in the court also studied the saint's articles.

As long as they get involved with the Kong family, they can gain a good reputation among scholars.

In the future, whether you are participating in the imperial examination or pursuing an official career, you can use this to show your closeness to your officials.

In the final analysis, what scholars want is an official career.

Grandfather has already opened Enke for three more years, so why not open it for another three years?

As long as you, grandpa, are willing to open Enke, even if you turn Qufu upside down, the scholars will only focus on preparing for Enke, and how can they bother to care about the Kong family's affairs."

"But the officials in the court..."

Kou Zhun still had concerns.

Kou Ji grinned and said: "The officials in the court cannot protect themselves, so how can they have the time to take care of the Kong family."

"Can't you protect yourself?"

Kou Zhun looked suspicious and thought to himself for a while, then stared at Kou Ji and suddenly realized, "You and the officials are secretly plotting against Baiguan? Are you two going to cause trouble for Baiguan?"

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Kou Zhun raised his finger and pointed at Kou Ji. He really didn't know what to say.

He had some doubts that the current changes in the court were planned by Kou Ji.

First, by exposing the corruption of the military system, the court was prompted to start disarmament.

Then when the imperial court encountered difficulties in disarmament, issues of land annexation and land occupation arose.

If the imperial court wanted to solve the problem of land annexation and land occupation, it could not bypass officials.

Faced with hundreds of officials blocking the way, the imperial court had not yet come up with a countermeasure, so Kou Ji made plans in advance and plotted against the officials.

One ring within another, like a trap.

"It makes me feel so tired to have such a grandson in my stall!"

Kou Zhun sighed in his heart, stood up slowly, put his hands behind his back, and walked out.

He originally wanted to ask Kou Ji why temples and Taoist temples were the ones with the greatest resistance?

I don't want to ask now.

Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhun leaving his study with a strange expression.

He was a little confused as to what Kou Zhun meant by pointing at him and sighing before leaving.

But he didn't think too much about it.

After Kou Zhun left, he left the study and looked for Kou Zhong.

As soon as he left the courtyard gate, he saw Kou Zhong trotting up to him.

Before he could speak, Kou Zhong took the lead and said, "Young Master, Zhang Yuan is back."

"Zhang Yuan is back?"

When Kou Ji heard the news, a joyful look flashed across his face.

"Take me to see it quickly."

Kou Zhong took Kou Ji to a side courtyard in his house.

Zhang Yuan was sitting at the table in the side courtyard, eating haphazardly.

He was dressed in coarse linen clothes, holding a fat chicken in his hand and chewing it. He had no scholarly temperament about him.

More like a very hungry beggar.

After Kou Ji entered the side courtyard, Zhang Yuan took a firm bite of the chicken breast, left behind the half-eaten chicken, walked quickly to Kou Ji, bowed and said, "Little man

Zhang Yuan, I have met the young master."

Zhang Yuan had chicken breast in his mouth and his speech was a little slurred.

Kou Ji did not blame him for this, but asked: "How did things go?"

Zhang Yuan bared his teeth, his greasy mouth formed into a horoscope, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, young master, the matter has been settled."

Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction and asked with a smile: "Aren't those bandits in Fotou Mountain difficult to deal with?"

Zhang Yuan said with a puzzled look: "It's easy to deal with them. Those people have been spoiled by the Xinping County Magistrate and have become lawless. The villain just revealed a little bit, saying that in order to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday, the officials appointed Qingliang

The Yingfu Temple at the foot of the mountain is called Qingshou Temple, and one hundred thousand guan of money was allocated to Yingfu Temple to repair the temple.

When the bandits heard the news, they suspected something was wrong, and howled and killed them towards Yingfu Temple.

Now Yingfu Temple has been reduced to a scorched earth."

Hearing this, the smile on Kou Ji's face faded, and the corner of Kou Zhong's mouth twitched.

The two looked at each other.

Kou Ji took out two letters from his arms, handed them to Zhang Yuan, and said, "Have a rest for one night and go to Baozhou tomorrow to deliver these two letters to Yang Wenguang and Di Qing.

After the letter was delivered, I stayed in Baozhou for a while.

After Yu You recovers from his injuries, you and Yu You will return to Beijing together."

When Zhang Yuan heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he accepted the letter from Kou Ji without asking any questions and agreed.

Kou Ji patted him on the shoulder, let out a long sigh, and left the courtyard without saying anything.

Not long after leaving the side courtyard, Kou Zhong trotted to catch up with Kou Ji and said with a bitter face: "Zhang Yuan is really brave. He dared to touch the Qingshou Temple that was celebrating the Queen Mother's birthday.

Once the news reaches Bianjing City, the government and the public will definitely be shocked.

At that time, not only the officials will send people to investigate, but also people from the Imperial City Department will probably come out in full force.

There’s no guarantee that he won’t be traced.”

Kou Ji nodded and said: "I also have this worry, so I sent him to Baozhou to avoid trouble. As long as he is not in Bianjing City, there will be no trouble.

Liu Mei owes me a big favor, and he will never see this kind of thing being implicated in my family."

After a pause, Kou Ji smiled and said: "Although he caused a little trouble during this trip, he perfectly completed the task I assigned. I was also worried that the noise he made was not big enough...

Now that Qingshou Temple has been destroyed, no one can hide the news.

No one dares to hide this news."

When Kou Zhong heard Kou Ji's words, he breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slowly and said, "Young master, it's good that you have an idea."

"It's time to have a couple of drinks to celebrate."

"Aren't you going to see the lady of Xiang Mansion?"

Kou Ji turned his head, stared at Kou Zhong for a long time, and said with a dark face: "I want you to take care of it!"

Kou Zhong was stunned, shook his head and smiled.

…

The next day.
To be continued...