Upon hearing Kou Zhun's call, Wang Shu hurriedly stepped forward and responded: "My son-in-law is here."
Kou Zhun stared at him and said in a deep voice: "I haven't treated you well in recent days, do you have any complaints?"
Wang Shu shook his head hurriedly, "I don't dare... I don't dare..."
Kou Zhun said coldly: "Whether you dare or not, only you know in your heart. The reason why I don't want to see you is to make your memory long. Although Kou Ji is not my biological grandson, he is adopted in my name.
That is my grandson.
I don't even dislike him, how dare you and your wife dislike him?
How dare you bully him based on your status?"
Wang Shu said sadly with a sad face: "Yuan'er is just confused for a moment."
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "You are confused for a moment? You don't even consider whether you have the qualifications to be confused. You want to expel Kou Ji from the house? Who gave you the courage? Who gave you the qualifications? When did the Kou House discuss the Wang family?
The person who made the decision?"
Wang Shu hung his head guiltily under Kou Zhun's scolding.
Kou Zhun continued to reprimand: "When I was an official away from home, I neglected to discipline my daughter. By the time I wanted to discipline her, she had already reached the age of marriage.
When I marry her to you, besides entrusting her to you, I also want you to teach her the rules.
But what about you?
Let her continue to be domineering.
If you let her be domineering by herself, I may think that you do not dare to discipline her just for my sake.
But you let Yuan'er go along with him and let Yuan'er run amok in Bianjing City.
Now Yuan'er's reputation as a playboy has become well-known in Bianjing.
You have truly become a good husband and a good father."
Wang Shu knelt on the ground with a bang and wailed: "My son-in-law is so ashamed..."
Kou Zhun frowned and scolded: "How can a grown man cry and cry unbecomingly?"
Wang Shu quickly wiped away his tears and knelt upright in front of Kou Zhun.
In the past, Kou Zhun would have asked him to get up, but today he didn't.
Kou Zhun stared at Wang Shu and continued: "I hope you can keep in mind what I said today. Cultivate yourself, harmonize your family, govern the country and bring peace to the world. How can you govern the country and bring peace to the world if you are restless and your family is uneven?"
Wang Shu hurriedly said: "My son-in-law has remembered..."
Kou Zhun pointed at Kou Ji standing aside and said: "Remember to live in harmony with Kou Ji from now on. If I hear someone wants to expel Kou Ji out of the house again, I will break his legs."
When Wang Shu heard this, he felt very aggrieved, but he agreed: "My son-in-law knows..."
In the past, Kou Zhun regarded him as a confidant and would sit with him to discuss government affairs whenever he had nothing to do.
Although the two are husband-in-law, they are actually more like close friends.
I don’t know what kind of ecstasy soup Kou Ji poured into Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun suddenly distanced himself from him and got close to Kou Ji instead.
How did he know that the reason why Kou Zhun got close to Kou Ji and distanced himself from him was all because of one sentence.
Without comparison, there is no harm.
In the past, when Kou Ji did not appear, if Kou was unsure about anything, he would consult Wang Shu.
Although Wang Shu cannot give perfect ideas, he can give some suggestions.
With Wang Shu's advice and his own determination, Kou Zhun could only barely support himself in the court.
But his position has always been in turmoil.
After having Kou Ji, things were different.
Kou Ji rarely gave him advice, but Kou Ji was always doing things behind his back.
With the accumulation of small things that Kou Ji did, Kou Zhun's status began to become more stable step by step. Not only that, he also rose to the position of chief regent of the country, an unshakable position.
It stands to reason that Kou Ji could have stopped since he pushed Kou Zhun to the position of general regent.
But Kou Ji didn't. Instead of stopping, he was still planning step by step.
This idea and approach of being prepared for danger in times of peace made Kou Zhun feel at ease and at ease.
Kou Zhun doesn't know how far Kou Ji will go in the future, but Kou Zhun can judge from Kou Ji's current status and current actions that Kou Ji will definitely be able to stand firm in the court in the future.
Even without him as a big tree to support...
In comparison, Wang Shu is a bit unsatisfactory.
Wang Shu's ability to achieve his current status in the court was all due to Kou Zhun's support. Without Kou Zhun, he would fall at any time.
In the past, Kou Zhun had no choice but to support Wang Shu again and again. Now that Kou Zhun has a choice, he naturally has to choose the best one.
Kou Zhun looked at Wang Shu who was kneeling on the ground, frowned slightly and said, "Get up and talk."
Wang Shu quickly stood up.
Kou Zhun knocked on the table in front of him, and Wang Shu and Kou Ji sat down at the table.
Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "Wang Shu, isn't it hard to stay in the Ministry of Personnel these days?"
Wang Shu almost stopped crying when he heard this.
It's hard for him to stay in the Ministry of Civil Affairs these days.
It was clearly on pins and needles.
I don’t know what happened, but Liubu, which is usually no one to see, has become the focus of the Yushitai’s impeachment during these days.
From the moment rumors of "six stars hanging upside down" appeared in Bianjing City, dozens of officials in the Six Ministries were impeached and fell.
After these officials fell, the focus of Yushitai's impeachment fell on Wang Shu.
If it weren't for Kou Zhun, a powerful man like Lao Taishan, Wang Shu might have been expelled from the Sixth Department long ago.
Now Kou Jizou asked to depose the six departments and lit a fire under his butt. He felt that he could no longer sit in the official department.
Wang Shu lamented: "Father-in-law...I..."
Kou Zhun looked at Wang Shu's dejected look and became increasingly unhappy. He waved his hand to interrupt Wang Shu's words and said, "I know you can't sit down in the official department anymore. It's time for you to move your position."
Wang Shu was stunned for a moment, put away his sorrowful expression, and whispered: "My father-in-law plans to let me..."
Kou Zhun said calmly: "Go to the Ministry of War."
Wang Shu's face changed, and he said stiffly: "The Ministry of War is not as good as the Ministry of Personnel..."
Kou Zhun waved his hand to Kou Ji and said, "Tell him your plan."
Kou Ji nodded and told Wang Shu everything about how he helped the six tribes seize power.
After Wang Shu heard this, he was stunned, "This...all the things that happened in the Sixth Department these days were all planned by you?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Yes..."
Wang Shu said blankly: "This is too..."
Kou Zhun took over the topic and said: "It's incredible, isn't it? When I first heard about his plan, I thought it was incredible. But he really did it."
Wang Shu looked at Kou Ji and said with a complicated expression: "I really underestimated you..."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Uncle, I was joking."
Wang Shu suppressed the shock in his heart and said: "So, it is false to ask the Sixth Ministry to quit, but it is true to help the Sixth Ministry to seize power?"
Kou Zhun and Kou Ji all nodded.
Wang Shu said in a deep voice: "If the Sixth Department has the power, then the Sixth Department is no longer Qingshui Yamen?"
This time, Kou Zhun and Kou Ji didn't react at all.
Wang Shu obviously said nonsense.
Wang Shu looked at Kou Zhun and Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "My father-in-law invited my son-in-law to come over. Is there something you want me to do?"
Kou Zhun nodded and said: "I'm afraid that the wind will blow it askew and prevent the fire from burning where it should, so I need you to guide it."
Wang Shu pondered: "My father-in-law wants my son-in-law to remind the officials of the Sixth Ministry and make them want to seize power?"
Kou Zhun closed his mouth and said nothing.
Kou Ji smiled at the side and said: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome. My uncle only needs to file a petition asking for the dismissal of the Criminal Division. The officials of the Sixth Ministry did not focus on the Criminal Division. It is just a blindfold. My uncle only needs to help them uncover it.
Just the leaf in front of you."
Wang Shu pondered and nodded, saying: "I understand..."
Afterwards, the three people chatted about the details in the room, and then Wang Shu cupped his hands and left the Kou Mansion.
Standing outside the gate of Kou Mansion.
Wang Shu looked back at Kou Mansion with a confused look on his face.
He found that the current Kou Mansion was very strange to him.
It was so strange that he couldn't figure out the depth of Kou Mansion.
The former Kou Mansion had no secrets in front of him, but the current Kou Mansion was full of secrets in front of him.
These secrets were all created after Kou Ji appeared.
When he learned that Kou Ji had planned so much behind his back, he suddenly felt inferior to Kou Ji.
After this feeling emerged, it slowly turned into a trace of jealousy.
"I have been an official for decades, but in the end I am no better than a baby... Haha..."
Wang Shu laughed at himself, shook his sleeves, and left in front of the Kou Mansion.
Although he was jealous of Kou Ji in his heart, he had no intention of harming Kou Ji.
He is an adult, an adult who has been an official for many years, and he values official title and interests more.
He would not harm Kou Ji because of a dispute of temper.
He and the Kou Mansion were both prosperous and devastated.
Kou Ji left the Kou Mansion and was able to live a very prosperous life.
But he can't.
Kou Mansion.
In the main hall.
After Wang Shu left, Kou Zhun and his grandson did not leave, but sat at the table and continued talking.
Kou Zhun stared at the door quietly and asked calmly: "Ji'er, what do you think of your uncle?"
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you telling the truth?"
Kou Zhun withdrew his gaze, fell on Kou Ji's face, and said seriously: "Of course you have to tell the truth."
Kou Ji thought for a while and said: "He is actually not suitable to be an official in Bianjing City. Not only him, Grandpa Li is not suitable to be an official in Bianjing City."
Kou Zhun looked surprised, "Why?"
Kou Ji clicked his lips and sighed: "My heart is not dirty enough."
When Kou Zhun heard this, he was unhappy, "According to you, there is no room for people with a clean heart in the court?"
After a pause, Kou Zhun said angrily: "According to your statement, since I am now at the top of the hundred officials, I should be the one with the most evil heart in the court?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "My grandfather's heart is naturally clean, but my grandson is the one with the dirtiest heart in the court..."
When Kou Zhun heard this, he wanted to curse.
But when the words came to his lips, he didn't say them out.
Kou Ji said quietly: "I don't know if the court could accommodate people with a pure heart in the past; I don't know if the court can tolerate people with a pure heart in the future. I only know that now, no one can be tolerated in the court.
A person with a clean heart.
Liu E, Ding Wei, Xia Song, Cao Lili, Lin Te, plus Wang Qinruo who just returned to the court, which one of them is a pure-hearted person?
It just so happened that they were the ones who held the power of the imperial court.
To deal with a group of heartless people, you can only be more heartfelt than them.
If your heart is too pure, you will only be bullied to death by them.
A gentleman can be bullied, but what about a villain?"
Kou Zhun was silent when he heard this.
This is inconsistent with his philosophy of dealing with people.
It is also inconsistent with the righteous way he taught Kou Ji before.
But it fits well with the current situation in the court.
He wanted to tell Kou Ji righteously that evil could never prevail against good.
But in the end, he didn't say it out loud.
Kou Zhun was silent for a long time, then looked at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "So you plan to use the villain's method to deal with the villain?"
Kou Ji nodded without hesitation.
Kou Zhun sighed and said: "The villain's methods are used too much, and if they are spread by others, it is easy to get a reputation. As scholars, what we seek is to be famous before and after death."
Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhun and said suspiciously: "Isn't it true that you should cultivate your moral integrity, harmonize your family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world?"
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and shouted: "I want both."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
"Bang!"
Kou Zhun patted Kou's car and said angrily: "Are you deliberately trying to find trouble for me?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "I just think that people are more important than reputation."
Kou Zhun snorted coldly.
Kou Ji continued: "Besides, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit... If I defeat all the villains, the history books will not be written with me. If I win, I can follow Emperor Taizong's example and make a golden alliance with the officials.
Something like that, to help yourself clear your stigma."
"Get out!"
Kou Zhun was completely annoyed when he heard "The Alliance of the Golden Chamber" and pointed at the door and roared loudly.
When Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, there was no edict, which aroused a lot of discussion among the people.
In order to prove the legitimacy of his accession to the throne.
Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi and the prime minister Zhao Pu at the time joined forces to create the Golden Chamber Alliance.
Roughly speaking, when Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was in power, when his biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhaoxian Du, was dying, she handed him and Zhao Guangyi to her bedside and told Zhao Kuangyin to pass the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi.
The purpose was to prevent someone from following Zhao Kuangyin's example and taking advantage of the new emperor's youth to seize the Zhao family's empire.
Zhao Kuangyin agreed on the spot, wrote the edict, and sealed it in a golden cabinet in front of Du family.
This is the origin of the Golden Chamber Alliance.
However, when the Golden Chamber Alliance spread to the people, it did not achieve the results that Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu expected.
Not only did the common people not recognize the Golden Chamber Alliance, but they spread it around as a joke.
Some people even secretly claimed that Zhao Guangyi was too hypocritical.
If he really had this thing, why didn't he take it out when he ascended the throne? Instead, he took it out long after he ascended the throne.
It's obviously a cover-up.
It is precisely because of this that the Golden Chamber Alliance not only failed to help Zhao Guangyi clear his reputation, but instead became a stain and a shame for Zhao Guangyi.
Zhao Guangyi was the first emperor that Kou Zhun served, and he also appreciated Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun wanted to maintain his image to some extent, so when Kou Ji brought up this shameful matter, he would get angry and drive Kou Ji out.
Not long after Kou Ji ran out of the main hall, when Kou Zhun was sulking, Kou Ji stuck his head in from the door and asked: "Grandpa, you just mentioned Xia Song, and then I remembered that when I was in the court today, it seemed that