After hearing this, all civil and military officials in the court looked at each other in shock.
They felt that Kou Zhun was bullying others.
You, Kou Zhun, have just finished your show of authority and we are all afraid of you. Now you ask us if we have any doubts?
Do we dare to have doubts?
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty raised their hands and said: "We have no objection..."
Kou Zhun nodded with satisfaction and said: "As for the war matters for our country to send troops to Xixia, it will be supervised by the Privy Council's envoy Cao Ling, in collaboration with the Minister of War Cao Wei.
The food shortage issues in Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as well as Tang, Deng, Dai and other prefectures are under the jurisdiction of three departments in collaboration with various ministries and divisions.
I cannot make any mistakes in sending troops to Xixia.
There is no room for error in the food shortage problem in various places.
We must not cause our military campaign to send troops to Xixia to reach a stalemate because of the food shortage."
"Retreat!"
The indignant dissatisfaction of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty disappeared under Kou Zhun's strong suppression.
Only Kou Zhun could say such strong words in today's court, and only Kou Zhun could do such domineering things.
It would be difficult for Liu E to say such strong words or do such a domineering thing.
This actually has nothing to do with the gender itself.
It's purely because of the different positions we're in, so the way we deal with problems gives people different feelings.
The royal family is the master, and all officials are servants.
If the royal family oppresses all officials, it is an evil master oppressing his servants.
The prime minister suppresses all officials, that is, the big housekeeper teaches the little housekeepers how to behave.
There are always rumors among the people that an evil master bullies his servant, or that a servant bullies his master, but who has ever heard of such a thing as a servant bullying his servant?
Therefore, in the eyes of the common people, Kou Zhun, the great steward of the imperial court, bullied the lesser stewards of the imperial court. It was purely a matter of training, and it had nothing to do with who he bullied.
This is also the reason why when Kou Zhun suppressed hundreds of officials, they didn't dare to let out a single fart.
The officials' joy in fighting against the royal family is called not fearing power.
The officials were very happy to criticize Kou Zhun, which is called unruly.
Is the chief steward of the imperial court someone you can quarrel with if you want?
If every little steward can antagonize the great steward, how can the great steward manage the huge industry of the imperial court?
After going to court.
Zhao Zhen shook his little hands and left Chui Gong Hall happily.
He had seen enough drama in Chui Gong Hall today.
Learned how to peel off the disguise of officials and see their true colors.
He also learned how to suppress hundreds of officials in a domineering manner.
Kou Zhun's domineering, arrogant and unreasonable behavior in the Chui Gong Hall left a deep impression on him.
He will inevitably have to follow his example in the future.
Although he has a kind-hearted temperament, he still has some rebelliousness and some disobedience in his heart.
This is not difficult to see from the Qingli New Deal launched after his personal conquest.
It's just that in the history books, he was trained by Liu E. He has a somewhat soft temper and soft ears.
Therefore, when the officials were admonishing or quarreling, his thoughts would always go back and forth.
But it's different now.
He was not only trained by Liu E, but also taught by Kou Zhun's words and deeds.
The decisiveness he couldn't learn from Liu E, the domineering he couldn't learn, the arrogance he couldn't learn, and the unreasonableness he couldn't learn all could be learned from Kou Zhun.
However, all these changes originated from Kou Ji.
Kou Ji was like the catfish that got into the school of sardines, stirring up the lifeless water of the Song Dynasty and stirring up the sardines that were silent in the lifeless water.
Kou Ji was somewhat aware of this, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
He pushed Kou Zhun out of Chui Gong Hall and returned to Kou's mansion.
When he sent Kou Zhun into the bedroom and was about to leave.
Kou Zhun, who had been silent all the way, suddenly said: "I was impulsive and will make you suffer in the future."
Kou Ji was stunned, thought about it, and understood the meaning of Kou Zhun's words.
Kou Zhun tyrannically suppressed the ministers in the Chui Gong Hall today. His reputation as a powerful official was confirmed, and he was even called a powerful traitor.
Throughout the dynasties, those who can be called powerful officials but are unwilling to seek to usurp the throne will inevitably be liquidated after their death, and the fate of their descendants will not be too good.
Kou Ji grinned and said: "Grandpa is joking. Grandpa will live to be a hundred years old. When you are a hundred years old, I will be almost fifty years old. When the time comes, when facing the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty, it is not certain who will bully whom.
Well. How can I suffer?"
Kou Zhun smiled silently as he listened to Kou Ji's comforting words.
He understands his own body and bones.
He didn't dare to think about living to be 180 years old.
In this era when the average life expectancy is about thirty years, it is rare for someone to live to be seventy or eighty.
Those who can live over a hundred years old are considered lucky.
Even though he had no official title and was just an ordinary person, Zhao Zhen, an official, would still treat him politely when he saw him.
With Kou Zhun's smile on his face, Kou Ji cupped his hands and left Kou Zhun's bedroom.
The next few days are still during the New Year festival.
Except that Kou Zhun occasionally went to the palace to pay attention to the war in the northwest and the food shortage problem in Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Kou Ji, a doctor who was away from home during the imperial court, did not go out much.
The imperial court's war against Xixia did not require his intervention.
The imperial court did not need to intervene in the wars in Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
To be precise, it was not his turn to intervene.
On the night of the Yuan Dynasty.
Liu Heng, Cao Yi, and Fan Zhongyan arrived at the Kou Mansion and invited Kou Ji to visit Bianjing City, enjoy the lantern festival, go to the poetry show, guess lantern riddles, and take a look at the charming ladies raised by the wealthy families in Bianjing City.
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Kou Ji did not refuse and nodded in agreement.
Kou Ji filled his purse with gold and silver elm leaves, hung them around his waist, and followed Liu Heng and the others out the door.
Kou Ji was not like Liu Heng and Cao Yi who brought three or five wealthy servants with them when they went out, carrying copper coins on their backs for them to spend.
Although gold and silver were not legal tender in the Song Dynasty, they could be used as currency, so Kou Ji did not have to fight with copper coins.
Kou Ji is not short of money now, and is even gradually moving towards having more money than he can spend all.
A few days ago, when Kou Zhong was helping Kou Ji manage the two hundred food towns in Jiangling, he asked Kou Ji if he wanted to build three or two coin minting workshops where the two hundred food towns in Jiangling were located.
Kou Ji was shocked when he heard this suggestion.
Are you even bringing your own money to play?
Seeing that Kou Ji didn't understand this, Kou Zhong immediately gave Kou Ji a scientific introduction to the laws of coinage in the Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji only found out about it after Kou Zhong's popular science.
Privately minting copper coins in the Song Dynasty was not legal, but it was not illegal either.
Therefore, privately minted copper coins became common among the people, resulting in different copper coins from different places. Copper coins from different places all have the characteristics of copper coins from different places, so that the exchange prices of gold for copper coins and silver for copper coins are also different.
In Bianjing City, one tael of silver can be used as one and a half guan of money, but in Qinchuan and other places, one tael of silver can be used as ten guan of money.
It's not because the local copper is worthless, but because the locals use iron money.
In Kou Ji's eyes, the monetary policy of the Song Dynasty was worse than a pot of rotten porridge.
So far, the imperial court has remained indifferent.
Kou Ji felt that if he started a currency war, he could get half of the Song Dynasty's money into his own hands.
This idea is a bit sorry for Zhao Zhen.
So Kou Ji decisively killed the idea shortly after he came up with it.
Then he happily approved Kou Zhong's establishment of a mint workshop in Jiangling, and with a wave of his hand, he asked Kou Zhong to build ten.
He also wrote a plan to Kou Zhong on how to cast beautiful, durable copper coins that everyone would love while cutting corners.
After Kou Zhong got the plan, he went to the craftsmen in his house to discuss it.
He felt that if Kou Ji's plan was implemented in the family, it would be enough to increase the family's money by 10%.
It is precisely because of this that Kou Ji no longer needs to save money, nor does he need to find ways to make money.
What he has to do now is learn how to spend money.
Why spend so much money?
Kou Ji's purse was bulging, holding two colorful mandarin ducks plump.
It is very dazzling under the illumination of various lanterns in Bianjing City.
Liu Heng, Cao Yi, and Fan Zhongyan accompanied Kou Ji. They had already seen the mandarin duck purse on Kou Ji's waist, but they chose not to ask Kou Ji about the matter in a tacit understanding.
The four of them walked out of the alley where the Kou Mansion was located and wandered around Ma Xing Street, feeling a little bored.
Liu Heng complained: "Compared with Shangyuan Night in previous years, this year's Shangyuan Night is particularly deserted."
Fan Zhongyan said calmly: "During the great funeral of the late emperor, we still have to abide by the rules."
Liu Heng said unhappily: "Even if we are not allowed to release drugs and create puppets, and we are not allowed to let Jinmingchi's naval forces practice for the common people to watch, we still have to hold a lantern show for people to guess lantern riddles."
Fan Zhongyan pointed to the lantern riddle stall with wooden signs instead of lanterns and said, "Isn't that right?"
Liu Heng looked at the stall owner who was wearing a starched white robe and curled his lips and said: "A poor man, with three or five copper coins as reward, but an ignorant woman and child is okay, how can he deceive me?
The lantern festivals held by the imperial court and those held by other governments are more profitable."
Cao Yi laughed and said: "Guessing charades is an elegant thing, how come you have become so philistine?"
Liu Heng hummed and said, "In order to induce others to guess riddles, they also use benefits to lure them. Why don't you call them philistines?"
Fan Zhongyan's face darkened slightly and he whispered: "Vulgar, vulgar..."
Liu Heng said disdainfully: "I know you are a serious scholar and look down on those of us with noble backgrounds. But you are not a gentleman either. After you got drunk in the Kou Mansion a few days ago, you kept clamoring to find a girl.
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When Fan Zhongyan heard this, his face turned red.
Just as he was about to retort, he saw Kou Ji approaching the crossword puzzle stall, throwing down a silver leaf and taking away all the crossword puzzle signs hanging on the stall owner's shelf.
Then, with a confused look on his face, the stall owner waved his hand and said, "Go back... I want this stall."
The stall owner looked at the silver leaves thrown on the table. The two taels of silver leaves were very dazzling.
Even though he wanted it in his heart, he didn't reach out to get it.
Instead, he bowed his hand to Kou Ji and said seriously: "I, as scholars, do not eat food that comes from outside."
Kou Ji paused while picking up the sign and curled his lips disdainfully: "If I give you the food I bought, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it. Take the money and get out of here, or the people from the inspection department will catch you and eat the food."
Threats are always more convenient than soft words.
When the stall owner heard what Kou Ji said, he gritted his teeth, took the silver leaves on the table, and decisively left the place.
After the stall owner left, Fan Zhongyan walked to Kou Ji and praised: "Brother Kou Xian is really kind-hearted."
Cao Yi nodded at the side and said: "Brother Kou probably saw that the stall owner was wearing thin clothes and was afraid that he would freeze, so he bought his stall and asked him to go home early to spend time with his family."
Kou Ji took off all the lantern riddle signs on the stall, threw them into Liu Heng's arms, and muttered: "I couldn't bear to see you bickering, so I simply bought this stall and gave you the riddles for you to guess.
Pity him?
There are so many pitiful people in the world, why don't you see me pity others?
When we left the Koufu alley just now, those beggars squatting and shivering at the entrance of the alley, why didn't they see me pity them?"
Fan Zhongyan asked in confusion: "Didn't Brother Kou Xian tell people to go back to the house and ask the housekeeper to give them a hot meal?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Every year during the holidays, my family will distribute some rice to beggars."
Cao Yi nodded at the side and said: "The same is true for our Cao Mansion."
Liu Heng said from the side: "My father also ordered me to do this when he left Beijing. I had already sent it to them when I went to find my fourth brother."
Fan Zhongyan sighed: "The wine and meat of the Zhumen are stinky, and the bones are frozen to death on the road..."
Kou Ji stared at him and said quietly: "When your court clothes change to vermilion, your Fan family will also be a vermilion family."
Fan Zhongyan shut his mouth knowingly.
Four people stood in front of a bare crossword puzzle stall, saying nothing.
After a long time, Cao Yan suddenly said: "I heard that many people are holding a poetry gathering in the garden of the outer city tonight, why don't we go and have a look?"
Fan Zhongyan nodded slowly.
Liu Heng curled his lips and said nothing.
Kou Jiba clicked his lips and said, "What should I do if I can't compose poetry?"
Cao Yan said hurriedly: "We went to the poetry meeting, not to write poems. We just went to see the girls from various prefectures."
Fan Zhongyan raised his head proudly and said to Kou Ji: "Brother Kou Xian, don't worry, I will take care of everything."
Kou Ji was stunned and nodded slowly.
Fan Zhongyan promised to tell the truth, and Kou Ji no longer cared about it. Someone at the poetry meeting would invite him to write poems.
Kou Ji has no doubt about Fan Zhongyan's talent.
After all, the poems written by this guy must be memorized even a thousand years later.
Fan Zhongyan agreed to help Kou Ji write the poem, and Kou Ji thought of the scene where Fan Zhongyan finished reciting a poem and claimed that it was Kou Ji's work.
If this guy still has the chance to write that piece of "Yueyang Tower" in the future, after finishing it, shout out that this poem was written by Kou Ji and recited by Fan Zhongyan.
That scene was absolutely enjoyable.
Seeing that the other three people agreed, Cao Ji took Kou Ji and the other three people all the way to the outer city.
We arrived in front of a garden next to the street pavilion in the outer city.
After Cao Yi handed over a greeting card, the host went out in person and welcomed them in.
To Kou Ji's surprise, the garden turned out to be the garden of Pan Su, who was familiar with Kou Ji.
To be precise, it was the garden of the Pan Mansion that was given to Pan Su.