Chapter 0202 Immediate effect after the dismissal of the Criminal Division
When the two of them expected this, they stopped talking and stood guard by the Jinshui Bridge with their own thoughts.
Not long after, Kou Zhun came out of the palace, without any emotion or anger on his face.
When he arrived at Kou Ji's side, he only said two words.
"Go home!"
Kou Ji wanted to ask Kou Zhun how the conversation with Liu E went, but Kou Zhun obviously had no intention of talking, so he could only follow Kou Zhun to the mansion.
After Kou Zhun's grandparents left, Chen Lin quietly returned to the palace.
He returned to his room, wrote two notes, and handed them over through two elderly nuns.
One was handed to the Dongmen Drug Store, and the other was handed to the Equipment Supervisor.
Kou Ji followed Kou Zhun back to Kou's mansion. As soon as he entered the mansion, Kou Zhun said, "What Liu E means is that it is better to be still than to move..."
When Kou Ji heard this, he laughed angrily, "You're actually willing to watch such a rare opportunity?"
Kou Zhun sighed and said: "Liu E means to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. We will not intervene until they come to a conclusion."
Kou Ji sneered and said: "Liu E probably thinks that when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. When the time comes, he will take advantage of his illness to kill him. But whether it is Xixia or Liao, even if it becomes a sick tiger, it is not the imperial court.
Can be taken easily.
If Xixia is defeated, it will inevitably become a vassal of the Liao Kingdom. When they join forces and go south, who can stop them?
Once the Liao Kingdom is defeated, Xixia will inevitably gain momentum. At that time, it will be inevitable to invade the Song Dynasty and weigh the power of the Song Dynasty.
Once the Song Dynasty is slightly defeated, Xixia can use this to establish a country and establish hegemony.
Therefore, not to intervene while their war is stalemate and to wait until after the war to intervene is simply to seek death."
"Why……"
Kou Zhun sighed again and said quietly: "The military power is in Liu E's hands. If she is unwilling to send troops, there is nothing I can do."
Kou Ji asked: "What do you think about the fact that the Xu Zhezhong family has the power to act expediently?"
Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji and said: "Liu E refused and said that he would wait until the formal war between Xixia and Liao before making a decision."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was not too disappointed.
When Liu E learned that Liao was planning to conquer Xixia, she had such a reaction, which was expected by Kou Ji.
If Liu E was ambitious, she would not slowly watch Xixia grow in power while she was in power.
"It's time to push Minzhong to the top."
Kou Ji said quietly.
He looked at Kou Zhun and said calmly: "After Xiang Minzhong takes office, although he will not follow my grandfather's lead, he will definitely stand with you on this matter."
Hearing this, Kou Zhun nodded slowly.
After a pause, he asked: "How are you going to help Xiang Minzhong plan?"
Kou Ji was stunned, spread out his hands and said, "The article I gave to Xiang Minzhong is enough."
Kou Zhun pondered: "Although the article is good, isn't it too thin?"
Kou Ji said seriously: "That's enough."
Kou Zhun saw that Kou Ji had made up his mind and said no more.
Kou Ji cupped his hands and said: "Grandpa, I will stay in the courtyard first. I will not go to court in the next few days. I will go to court again when the results are out."
Kou Zhun nodded and waved his hand, asking Kou Ji to step back.
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For the next few days, Kou Ji stayed in the courtyard, neither going out nor going to court.
Except for Zhao Zhen who sent three letters urging him to go to court, no one paid attention to him.
Only a few people knew about the Liao Kingdom's intention to conquer Xixia, and it was not widely spread, so most people didn't know about it, and no one paid attention to it.
The attention of all the civil and military officials in the dynasty was attracted by the position of participating in political affairs.
They really want to know who will be the political advisor before the new year.
After several rounds of screening at the court, there were finally three candidates for political office.
Lu Yijian, Xiang Minzhong, Wang Qinruo.
Lu Yijian’s voice was the loudest and loudest.
Followed by Xiang Minzhong.
As for Wang Qinruo, although there are calls, they are not loud.
Except for some officials who secretly took refuge with Zhao Yuanyan, most of the officials in the court did not cheer for him.
This is also his own fault.
When he became prime minister, in order to please Zhao Heng, he often slandered Zhao Heng behind his back and framed the officials. The officials all had grudges in their hearts, so naturally they would not support him.
Just when the competition between the three people to participate in political affairs was at its fiercest, a small story spread quietly in Bianjing City.
It was related to the secrets of the palace, so it spread very quickly.
In just three days, the commotion has already spread to the public.
The content of the story is also simple, and it is a story familiar to the common people. It is just a part of it that is dramatized to make it more touching.
The name of the story is called The civet cat exchanges for the prince.
It was written by Kou Ji and transmitted by Xiang Minzhong.
Kou Ji cut out part of the original story about a civet cat exchanging for a prince, and put it together into a new story, which he spread to the people.
As soon as this story came out, the call to abolish Liu E began again.
The officials of the Six Ministries and the Yushi Yanguan, who were still immersed in the secret joy of seizing the power of the Punishment Division, finally came to their senses.
They had previously planned to abolish Liu E's impeachment for forty-nine days when Liu E was keeping vigil for the late emperor, but they had not yet listed it on the list.
As a result, the officials' memorial to impeach Liu E floated into the palace like snowflakes.
Liu E was impeached by hundreds of officials and was very distressed.
The crisis he had just escaped from was stirred up again, and Liu E fell into crisis again.
Not only that, Lu Yijian, as a member of Liu E's party, also suffered disaster.
Originally, he was the most popular person to serve as the counselor of political affairs, but when the story of the civet cat for the prince spread throughout Bianjing City, the officials impeached Liu E and also disliked him. His voice dropped to the lowest point, even worse than that of Wang Qinruo.
Not as good as.
The call for Xiang Minzhong to take up the post of political advisor immediately overshadowed him.
The last court meeting before the end of the year.
When deciding to consult on political candidates.
Kou Zhong hunched over and knocked on the door of the courtyard where Kou Ji was.
"Young master, are you up?"
Kou Zhong knocked on the door and called in a low voice.
"Get up..."
Kou Ji's voice came from inside the door.
Kou Zhong was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "The master said that you should change into court clothes and go to court with him."
"Are the results coming soon?"
Kou Ji's faint voice came from inside the door.
"Just wait until I change into court clothes."
After the words fell, Kou Ji's voice was no longer heard from the door.
Kou Zhong stood waiting outside the door respectfully.
After a long time.
Koji opened the portal.
He put on his scarlet official uniform and walked out.
When they arrived at the door of Kou's mansion, Kou Zhun was already waiting at the door.
Kou Ji bowed to Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun nodded and said: "Follow me to go to court."
Afterwards, Kou Zhun led Kou Ji out of Kou Mansion and walked all the way to Donghua Gate.
When they arrived in front of Donghua Gate, there were already many people gathered in front of Donghua Gate.
Today is the last big court meeting before the New Year, and all the civil and military officials from the court have arrived.
They gathered together in small groups and loudly discussed how to impeach Liu E, as if they were afraid that others would not know.
Kou Ji ignored this and pushed Kou Zhun to the edge of Jinshui Bridge.
The guards guarding the Jinshui Bridge automatically moved out of the way, and Kou Ji pushed Kou Zhun across the Jinshui Bridge and directly entered the palace.
After arriving at Chui Gong Hall, Zhao Zhen and Liu E had already arrived.
Zhao Zhen wore a twelve-chapter Gong uniform and sat on the dragon chair.
Chapter 12 Gongfu is the standard imperial clothing.
It is rarely worn on weekdays and is only worn on important occasions such as court meetings.
Gun clothes are divided into Xuanyi and Shang. Among the twelve chapters, eight are on clothes, which are about sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, Chinese insects, fire and Zongyi; four chapters are on clothes, which are about algae, rice and rice.
黼,黼.
Liu E wore a phoenix robe and sat under Zhao Zhen.
After Kou Zhun's ancestors and grandson entered the palace, they briefly saluted.
Zhao Zhen asked Kou Zhun to sit on the second step of the royal stairs. After Kou Zhun was seated, he ordered Guo Huai to ring the bell and go to court.
After the bells in the imperial city rang, all the officials filed in and entered the palace. Then they stood in groups and entered the Chui Gong Hall.
After Guo Huai read out his speech, all the officials saluted Zhao Zhen, Liu E and Kou Zhun.
The ceremony is over.
Guo Huai did not declare as usual, "If there is something to do, we will start to report, but if there is nothing to do, we will withdraw from the court."
Instead, Kou Zhun said: "Today's court meeting is the last court meeting before the end of the new year. The candidates for political affairs should be discussed first, and then all ministries, departments, and yamen will summarize and report this year's incomings and outgoings, and finally discuss everything.
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"Here!"
All the officials preached in unison.
Seeing that the officials agreed, Kou Zhun nodded and said: "After the officials recommended, the candidates for political affairs were selected from Lu Yijian, Xiang Minzhong, and Wang Qinruo.
The officials were young and could not personally decide on the candidates for political affairs.
After discussing with the Queen Mother, I decided to carry out the trial."
Court recommendation is to recommend candidates for political affairs in court.
Similar to voting elections in later generations, the one with the most votes wins.
Once the court encounters something that is difficult for the officials to decide, or something that the officials will not come forward to decide, there will be court referrals.
Previously, court reasoning mostly appeared in the inner court, that is, when the three prime ministers each held their own opinions, court reasoning was often used.
Now Kou Zhun and Liu E have brought this to the court.
Officials are no strangers to the court process.
So Kou Zhun didn't explain much.
Kou Zhun waved his hand, and Guo Huai led a group of young eunuchs, each carrying a bag, and walked to the officials.
The bag contains beans.
Each of the officials stretched out their hands, reached into the bag, took out a bean, and pinched it in their hands.
Later, the eunuchs brought a table and placed it under the imperial steps. Three bowls were placed on the table, with the names of Xiang Minzhong and three people written on the sides of the bowls.
This is how voting works.
As long as the officials throw the beans in their hands into the bowl with the corresponding person's name, it means supporting that person.
Some people may question the use of such a simple voting method for such an important matter.
However, the simpler the method, the more effective it is.
After everything was ready, Kou Zhun said calmly: "Go ahead!"
The officials are holding the beans in their hands. You look at me and I look at you. No one wants to be the first to vote.
There are three candidates, but only one bean. If you vote for one person, you will definitely offend the other two people.
Whoever is the first to stand out will be most likely to be remembered.
Kou Zhun frowned slightly when he saw that no one among the officials was willing to move.
Seeing the deadlock, Kou Ji took a step forward, cupped his hands and said, "I would also like to ask the official, the Queen Mother, and the Grand Master for permission. Please ask Lu Yijian, Xiang Minzhong, and Wang Qinruo to avoid this."
Kou Zhun was stunned when he heard this and looked at Liu E.
Liu E nodded slowly, and Kou Zhun said: "Yes!"
Xiang Minzhong bowed his hands and exited the hall.
After the three of them left, Kou Ji went up and threw all the beans in his hand into the bowl with Xiang Minzhong's name written on it without saying a word.
He was not afraid of offending Wang Qinruo, nor was he afraid of offending Lu Yijian.
He is not afraid of standing out and being retaliated by these two people.
Although Xiang Minzhong and the other three had already avoided it, the fact that he was the one in the spotlight was bound to reach the ears of Wang Qinruo and Lu Yijian, but he didn't care.
The reason why he is willing to take the lead is to give a signal to those who are still hesitant.
Let them follow him to Minzhong.
Because he is the grandson of Taishi Kou Zhun, his attitude also represents Kou Zhun's attitude to a certain extent.
With Kou Ji taking the lead, the people behind him also started to vote.
Half an hour later, the officials in Chui Gong Hall walked around and threw the beans in their hands into the corresponding bowls.
As for the more officials outside the palace, no one paid them any attention.
Their official positions are too low and they do not have the right to vote.
Liu E looked at the three bowls, her face darkened, and she said nothing.
Kou Zhun glanced at it and waved his hand, asking Guo Huai to take the things away.
There was no need to count the beans in the bowl, because half of the beans fell into Xiang Min's bowl.
Lu Yijian and Wang Qinruo could barely catch up with Xiang Minzhong just by adding up the beans in their bowls.
After Guo Huai removed his things, Kou Zhun said calmly: "Call the three of them into the palace."
Xiang Minzhong and the others appeared in the Chui Gong Hall again after being summoned by the Xiaohuang Gate.
Kou Zhun announced in public: "The vacancy in the position of counselor of political affairs in the inner court will be filled by Xiang Minzhong."
When Xiang Minzhong heard this, the joy on his face could not be concealed.
Wang Qinruo just frowned.
Lu Yijian looked unwilling.
The candidates for political office were settled, and Xiang Minzhong became the biggest winner.
If he hadn't been in the Chui Gong Hall, all the officials would have come up to congratulate him.
Then, starting with the Sixth Department, the report was made on the comings and goings of the Sixth Department this year, then the Three Divisions, and finally the Three Yamen.
Wait until all ministries, offices, and departments have finished reporting.
Ding Wei concluded with a complicated expression: "I have reported to the officials, the Queen Mother, and the Grand Master. After calculations by the various government offices, the imperial court will accept and support you this year."
As soon as these words came out, except for a few insiders, the rest of the officials were in an uproar.
Since Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne, the imperial court's expenditures have exceeded every year.
Now that the collection is suddenly flat, the officials are still a little uncomfortable with it.
At this time, Li Di held the imperial hut in his arms and went out to announce: "The official family, the Queen Mother, and the Imperial Master, have been counted by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The biggest reason why the imperial court is able to support the government this year is because of the appointment of the Criminal Division."
Deposed.
More than a month has passed since the dismissal of the Criminal Division.
The imperial court spent a small amount of salary for the various levels of punishment bureaus, which just made up for the overspending of the imperial court this year."