"Ding said that he has been executed, and now the position of Counselor for Political Affairs is still vacant. My grandfather can preside over the court recommendation and recommend Wang Zeng, the Minister of Punishment, to serve as Counselor for Political Affairs."
Kou Ji bowed his waist and expressed his inner thoughts with a smile.
Ding said Fu was executed, and the post of political advisor was vacant, but there was no fight over it like before after Li Di resigned as prime minister.
Kou Ji could probably guess some of the reasons.
Although the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were eager to get involved in political affairs, in front of them, Li Di, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian, and Wang Qinruo stood in their way. They all knew in their hearts that based on their resumes and contributions to the court, it was difficult to compare with them.
Pass these four people.
Therefore, they gave up all thoughts of competing for the position of participating in political affairs.
This led to the fact that several days after Ding Wei was executed, no one mentioned the matter of nominating candidates for political affairs.
It's not that they don't want to recommend it, it's that the candidate is already clear and they don't need to recommend it.
Kou Zhun was now in sole control of the court, and it was impossible for Wang Qin to stand out in Kou Zhun's hands, so he had no chance of being involved in political affairs.
Although Lu Yijian is qualified to run for political office, he is responsible for patrolling the world. He has only visited less than eight roads, and half of them still need to be patrolled.
Since he has done half of it, he will definitely not give up halfway and will definitely finish it consistently.
Therefore, he will not participate in this election to participate in political affairs.
Then the candidates for political affairs fell on Wang Zeng and Li Di.
Both Li Di and Wang Zeng were on good terms with Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun was the person in charge of the imperial court, so in the eyes of the officials, whether it was Li Di or Wang Zeng who was the candidate for political affairs, they actually had little to do with them.
Therefore, the officials were not very enthusiastic about this matter.
Kou Ji proposed that Kou Zhun recommend Wang Zeng to participate in political affairs. His intention was to divert the attention of the officials from the civil and military competition and divert some of their attention to the competition for official positions.
This will alleviate the pressure Kou Zhun has to bear.
Once Wang Zeng serves as the Councilor for Political Affairs, he will have to consider relinquishing his concurrent post of Minister of Criminal Affairs.
The Ministry of Punishment is not as good as before. Today, the Ministry of Punishment is the only yamen with full power among the six bureaus. It is also an important yamen in the imperial court. The Minister of Punishment can be said to be a high-ranking official.
Once it becomes vacant, it will inevitably cause hundreds of officials to rush for it.
All officials who have the opportunity to compete for the chancellery of the Ministry of Punishment will form cliques to support themselves, or they will find various ways to seek official positions for themselves.
In this way, the attention of a large number of officials in the court will be attracted by this matter, and they will temporarily put aside the civil and military disputes.
Kou Zhun tapped the armrest of Kou's bus with his fingers, carefully considered Kou Ji's words, and then grinned and said: "It's a clever move... I will do as you say, although this method cannot completely solve the civil and military problems in the court.
It’s a struggle, but it can relieve it for a while.”
After speaking, Kou Zhun stood up holding on to the armrest of Kou's bus, clasped his hands behind his back, walked around twice, and sighed, "Li Di will be wronged if this happens."
Kou Ji smiled lightly and said: "Grandpa Li is not a fool. He will definitely understand his grandfather's good intentions."
Kou Zhun walked up to Kou Ji and said, "You kid is very good at guessing people's hearts..."
Kou Ji shook his head decisively, "I didn't..."
Kou Zhun laughed and scolded: "No shit...get out of here...remember to go to the Ministry of Personnel to report in the future. You have been holding the title of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel for almost half a year. If you don't go to the Ministry of Personnel to report, the civil and military officials of the whole dynasty will complain."
Already."
"knew……"
Kou Ji agreed, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Is there anything else I want to ask my grandfather?"
"Tell me about it..."
"How do you plan to deal with Liu Mei, the Imperial City Secretary?"
Kou Zhun looked Kou Ji up and down, and said in a neutral tone: "Are you asking for that boy Liu Heng?"
Kou Ji nodded, then shook his head, "Yes and no..."
"What's the meaning?"
"Half of it is because of Liu Heng, and half of it is because of curiosity."
Hearing this, Kou Zhun laughed and said: "What are you curious about? I see, you are just here for that boy Liu Heng. Speaking of which, you have a good relationship with that boy Liu Heng. As close friends, it is reasonable to care about his father's current situation.
middle.
I won’t hide it from you, Liu Mei is fine for the time being.”
"How come there's nothing wrong?"
Kou Ji looked confused.
It is already a well-known fact that Liu Mei sent people from the Imperial City Division to assassinate Li Zhaoliang.
How could Liu Mei be fine?
Kou Zhun explained: "Liu Mei sent people to assassinate Li Zhaoliang, which was purely under the instruction of the Queen Mother. In terms of guilt, the Queen Mother is the culprit. Although the Queen Mother is now imprisoned in the palace, she has not admitted this crime.
Although the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty impeached Liu Mei, there was no evidence.
Since there is no evidence, how to deal with Liu Mei?"
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.
I couldn't help but admire Liu E in my heart. Liu E cut off her wrist with a strong move, not only getting herself out of the crisis, but also helping Liu Mei get out of the crisis. It was really amazing.
"That being the case, I'm relieved..."
Kou Ji bowed his hands to Kou Zhun and left Kou Zhun's study.
When he returned to his yard, he saw Liu Heng and Cao Yi holding wine bottles and drinking wine. He patted their shoulders and said with a smile: "You two don't have to worry. I asked my grandfather just now and he said
In a few days, the civil and military disputes in the court will ease.
He also said that although Uncle Liu was impeached by hundreds of officials, the officials had no evidence and nothing would happen to Uncle Liu."
When Liu Heng and Cao Yi heard this, they put down their wine bottles, their eyes widened like bells, and asked, "Really?"
Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "Of course it is true. With my grandfather's current status, does he still need to lie to me?"
Liu Heng grabbed Kou Ji's sleeve and said eagerly: "Then tell me carefully, what is going on?"
Kou Ji shook his head calmly and said, "It's a secret of the DPRK. You two are of too low a rank and I can't tell you."
Liu Heng and Cao Yi were both stunned.
Then the two looked at each other and stood up at the same time.
Liu Heng asked Cao Yi, "What do you think we should do?"
Cao Yan said with disgust: "Let's break up our relationship..."
Liu Heng nodded.
Then the two of them looked at Kou Ji and said seriously: "Let's break off our relationship..."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, then smiled calmly and said: "Since we want to break up our friendship, you two have to leave the hems of your clothes. If you don't cut off your robes, how can you break up your relationship?"
The two of them rolled their eyes together and glared at Kou Ji.
"What a beautiful thought..."
Before Kou Ji could speak, the two of them had already walked out of the house.
Kou Ji stared at the two people's leaving figures, shook his head, and smiled.
After settling the concerns of Liu Heng and Cao Yi, Kou Ji turned around and went to the yard where the craftsmen were.
I stayed in the yard all afternoon and tinkered with a few small things.
The next day.
He took the little thing he had tinkered with and left the Kou Mansion.
Go straight to the Orchid Garden outside the city.
When we arrived at the entrance of Orchid Garden.
The servants of Xiang Mansion who were guarding the entrance of Orchid Garden saluted Kou Ji respectfully.
Kou Ji nodded casually.
They did not stop Kou Ji and allowed him to enter the Orchid Garden.
Kou Ji walked around in the orchid garden and finally arrived at the place where he met the beautiful woman.
But after arriving at the place, when I looked up, I felt a little embarrassed.
There are two annoying little goblins beside the beauty.
When one of the little goblins saw Kou Ji, he immediately put his hands on his hips, glared, and yelled: "Stop! You are not allowed to come over! Do you allow you to enter our Xiangjia Villa?"
"Sister, don't be rude."
The second sister of the Xiang family scolded the younger sister of the Xiang family.
Then she gave a faint salute to Kou Ji and said: "I have met the Kou family brother..."
"Second sister is polite..."
Although Kou Ji and Xiang Yan did not speak to each other, they gave each other a distant salute.
Xiang Yan showed a helpless look to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji guessed that these two annoying little goblins came here to pester Xiang Yan, not that Xiang Yan wanted to bring them here.
When the little girl from the Xiang family saw that the bad guy Kou Ji was exchanging greetings with her second sister and her eldest sister, but ignored her, she suddenly became even more angry.
She put one hand on her waist and pointed to the door with the other, glaring fiercely at Koji.
Kou Ji said calmly: "Leave immediately, but before leaving, I have something to give to my second sister."
The three Xiang Yan sisters were all stunned when they heard this.
The second sister of the Xiang family and the younger sister of the Xiang family looked confused.
Xiang Yan's eyes lingered on the second sister and the younger sister for a moment, and then looked at Kou Ji. She seemed to have thought of something, and gave Kou Ji a slightly angry look.
Ko Ji reached into his sleeves and took out a wooden frog. He roughly twisted the butterfly button on the side of the frog a few times and placed the frog on the ground.
Then I saw the frog jumping towards the second sister of the Xiang family.
After the second and youngest Xiang sisters saw the wooden frog moving, they never took their eyes away from the wooden frog.
When Xiang Yan saw the wooden frog moving, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes.
But she was not obsessed with carving wooden frogs like her second sister and younger sister.
Kou Ji took advantage of the fact that the second sister and the youngest sister of the Xiang family were obsessed with carving wooden frogs, and said a few words to Xiang Yan silently.
Xiang Yan understood what Kou Ji meant and nodded slowly.
Then the two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
The wooden frog jumped up and down to the feet of the second sister of the Xiang family. The second sister of the Xiang family stared and stretched out her hand in confusion, but when she was about to touch the wooden frog, she quickly retracted her hand.
Then she stared at Kou Ji in astonishment and asked in disbelief: "Did...give it to me?"
Kou Ji nodded seriously.
The second sister of the Xiang family carefully picked up the wooden frog and held it to her chest as if she had found a treasure. She asked Kou Ji with a slightly trembling voice, "Why doesn't it move?"
Kou Ji smiled and told the second sister of the Xiang family how to play.
The second sister of the Xiang family tried it, and the wooden frog moved again, and she shouted with joy.
The younger sister of the Xiang family looked at the wooden frog in the hands of the second younger sister of the Xiang family with envy on her face.
But she wanted to come over and play with it, but she knew it was given to her second sister by that bad guy Kou Ji, and she couldn't bear to beg for it.
She hoped that Kou Ji could conjure up another running frog from his sleeves to please her.
But Kou Ji stood there without moving.
The little girl from the Xiang family stared at Kou Ji and stamped her feet fiercely.
She didn't even say anything to ask Kou Ji to leave quickly. She wanted Kou Ji to conjure up another wooden frog from his sleeves for her to play with.
Seeing this, Kou Ji just smiled indifferently, then cupped his hands and said, "Farewell!"
In the disappointed eyes of Xiang's little sister, Kou Ji walked away from the Orchid Garden.
The little sister of the Xiang family saw the second sister of the Xiang family having fun with the wooden frog, and said to Xiang Yan with some amusement: "Sister, did that bad guy fall in love with the second sister, so he gave the second sister something, but he didn't give it to her?
Your stuff?"
Xiang Yan scratched the nose of Xiang's little sister and laughed softly: "How could he forget me with such an interesting thing?"
"Where is it?"
Xiang's little sister looked around.
Xiang Yan chuckled and said, "He won't let me tell others."
Xiang's little girl's face suddenly fell, she turned around and ran out.
When she ran out of the yard, she couldn't stop crying.
She obviously hated Kou Ji, but when Kou Ji gave things to her, he gave them to his eldest sister and his second sister, but he didn't give them to her.
She felt aggrieved.
Inexplicable grievance.
After Xiang's little sister escaped, Xiang Yan shook her head and smiled bitterly.
When the second sister wasn't paying attention, she stepped forward slightly and walked to the bush where Ko Ji was standing just now. She reached out and took out a few things from the bush.
A sleeping beauty lying on the bed seems to be made of copper, with a base underneath and a butterfly button on the base.
There are also several wood-carved frogs.
She didn't need to talk to Kou Ji to know how to distribute the things he made.
The sleeping beauty lying on the bed was obviously given to her.
Those wood-carved frogs were obviously given to her younger brothers and sisters.
There was obviously a copy of the Xiang family's little sister, but the Xiang family's little sister treated Kou Ji viciously, so Kou Ji didn't give it to her.
Not only that, but he also used a method similar to killing three people with two peaches to take revenge on the little sister of the Xiang family.
Xiang Yan put away a few things and laughed softly: "I really don't want to suffer any losses..."
"..."
After putting away her things, Xiang Yan waved to the second sister of the Xiang family, "I'm back home..."
The second sister of the Xiang family held the wooden frog like a baby and said, "Didn't you say we would continue visiting the garden today?"
"We have seen this garden no less than a hundred times. There is nothing new. Let's go back home."
"..."
Xiang Yan led her two younger sisters back home.
Kou Ji also returned to the house.
Although he didn't say anything to Xiang Yan today, the things he wanted to send to Xiang Yan had already been sent out.
He returned to his house and spent the whole day there.
The next day.
He was woken up by Kou Zhong from his sleep. Kou Zhong personally led people to change his clothes and reminded him: "Young Master, today is your first time to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to order mao. Don't be late, or you will offend the superior officer.
"
Kou Ji said confusedly: "Isn't my Shangguan the bad old man Wang Qinruo? I'm afraid of what he will do."
"But according to your rank, you still have to attend the morning court."
"What's there to do in the morning..."
"The master said that this morning I will recommend someone to participate in political affairs."