When the time came to go to court, Chen Lin announced, "Go to court."
All the officials bowed down to greet Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun.
After the two sat down, the officials began to salute.
When Zhao Zhen said "flat body", all the officials straightened up and stood still.
Chen Lin announced again, "If there is something to do, we will start to act, but if there is nothing to do, we will withdraw from the court."
The officials began to perform their duties.
No one spoke to impeach Kou Ji.
It is also the rule of the Great Court Meeting that the first thing to be called upon must be the most recent matters that the government and the public are concerned about, and the matter of impeachment must be moved to the end.
If someone made a sound to impeach someone before reporting something urgent, Kou Zhun would definitely ask the palace guards to carry him out.
Regardless of whether he is justified or not, failure to abide by the rules is a big mistake, and dismissal from office is inevitable.
And no one dares to help and plead for mercy.
After the great court meeting begins.
The first person to speak was Xiang Chuanshi, the fourth son of Xiang Minzhong. He took the place of Xiang Minzhong and handed over the memorial requesting the bones.
The reason why the memorial was sent to Minzhong's fourth son, Xiang Chuanzheng, was not to Minzhong's eldest son, Xiang Chuanzheng.
That's because Xiang Chuanzheng is not qualified to enter Chui Gong Hall.
Among the five sons of the Xiang family, only the fourth son of Xiang Minzhong, Xiang Chuanshi, and the fifth son, Xiang Chuanfan, are eligible to enter Chui Gong Hall.
He submitted the memorial to his master, but Zhao Zhen rejected it in court.
He repeatedly appealed to his master and even cried bitterly in court, begging the court to allow Xiang Minzhong to enjoy his old age.
Zhao Zhencai reluctantly agreed to resign to Minzhong.
In addition, Xiang Minzhong was given the position of political counselor in court and was given the title of Taiwei.
At the same time, the five sons of the Xiang family and Xiang Minzhong's son-in-law Huangfu Mi were promoted to official positions.
In addition, Xiang Minzhong's two grandsons also became officials.
As Xiang Minzhong's grandson-in-law, Kou Ji also advanced to the first level.
Promoted to the fourth rank official, Cao Shilang.
Although his official position has risen, Kou Ji's powers have not changed much.
He is still the second person in the official department.
Kou Ji's path to promotion was originally suppressed by Kou Zhun, Li Di, Wang Zeng and others, fearing that he would be promoted too quickly and reach the point where he would have no chance of promotion.
But now Xiang Minzhong is trading his official career for the official career of his family members, and they can't stop him.
We can only let Kou Ji be promoted.
Through this series of promotions, it is not difficult to see that during Xiang Minzhong's reign, his sons were not promoted, which was largely due to him.
Xiang Minzhong also saw this reason, so he repeatedly resigned.
After Zhao Zhen showed his kindness, Xiang Chuanshi, Xiang Chuanfan, and Kou Ji, on behalf of the other promoted people in the Xiang Mansion, thanked Zhao Zhen for his kindness.
Afterwards, there was a discussion about the candidates for political affairs.
Because when Xiang Minzhong resigned from office, he recommended Li Di to serve as political advisor.
Therefore, there was no need for court recommendation. The court directly accepted his recommendation and appointed Li Di to serve as counselor for political affairs again.
Li Di was moved to the post of Chief Minister of Political Affairs, and at the same time he still served as the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Until a suitable candidate is found, he will sit firmly in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
If it were in the past, Li Di could concurrently serve as the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, until he no longer wanted to hold the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Because the Ministry of Accounts had no power in the past.
However, today is different from the past. When the Ministry of Finance was deposed, the Ministry of Revenue more or less seized some power.
Nowadays, the Ministry of Revenue can be regarded as a powerful government office, and it will inevitably be targeted by many people.
I believe that soon, someone will ask Li Di to give up his position in the Household Department and let others take over.
After the discussion about Li Di’s appointment as political advisor.
The imperial court discussed the issue of dismantling the Xiang army on Guangnan West Road and Guangnan East Road for a while.
Since the imperial court abolished the Xiang Army in Northern Xinjiang and Eastern Xinjiang, the dismantling of the Xiang Army in the border areas has become a foregone conclusion. Therefore, when the Xiang Army in the southeastern border was disbanded, although the warriors were struggling, they did not show such strong resistance.
desire.
When the Western Xinjiang Xiang Army is disbanded in the near future, it is estimated that the warriors will not resist much.
Judging from their posture, as long as the imperial army and the Xiang army in other places outside the border are not moved, they are not planning to resist fiercely.
The Xiang army established by the imperial court on the border actually didn't have much to gain.
After all, there are wars happening all year round, and the civil servants on the border are keeping a close eye on them and occasionally trying to make money, so they can't get much from the Xiang troops on the border.
Although it was a little painful for them to abandon the support of the Xiang army on the border, it did not break their bones.
After the discussion on the dismantling of the Xiang Army in the southeastern border was completed.
The Minister of Rites came out and said: "I impeach Kou Ji, the Minister of Civil Affairs, for abusing his power, using power for personal gain, and fooling the world."
Kou Zhun sat on the royal steps and asked in a nonchalant manner: "Do you have any proof?"
The Minister of Rites immediately listed Kou Ji's crimes such as disrupting the Qiu Wei scientific examination with unusual test questions and playing tricks on the scholar Lin Su.
After listening to his narration, Kou Ji seemed to have turned into a heinous person.
Kou Zhun didn't react at all.
Zhao Zhen was not happy. He stood up and said loudly: "The Kaifeng Prefecture Qiuwei imperial examination questions were given by me and have nothing to do with Kou Ji. The crimes you mentioned about Kou Ji were all based on the imperial examination questions.
You are impeaching Kou Ji here and there, and you are clearly scolding me by impeaching Kou Ji."
The Minister of Rites bowed and said: "I dare not... but it is a fact that Kou Ji disrupted the Qiu Wei imperial examination."
Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "You are impeaching me by criticizing Sang Huai."
The Minister of Rites gritted his teeth and said: "Guan family, it is well known who wrote the Qiu Wei examination questions of Kaifeng Prefecture. I know that the official family is very close to Kou Ji, but the official family should not stand up for me."
After a pause, the Minister of Rites cupped his hands and said, "I will impeach Kou Ji for the grave crime of framing the king."
Zhao Zhen said displeased: "Everyone knows? I would like to ask, besides you, who else knows?"
After Zhao Zhen's words came to light, some low-ranking officials, as well as some officials whose disciples had failed in the autumn election, all spoke out to impeach Kou Ji.
However, what is surprising is that none of the important officials in the court spoke out to help.
Zhao Zhen, Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng and others were all surprised.
The Minister of Rites frequently glanced at the Minister of Rites, the Imperial College's minister of wine and other important ministers.
But it was as if people didn't see him.
This surprised him.
Obviously the day before yesterday, these two people were shouting at Kou Ji to kill him when they were gathering in private. Why did they suddenly stop talking?
No important minister spoke, and a group of low-ranking officials shouted for a long time, but to no avail.
Not to mention that Kou Ji's grandfather, who was a grand master, had not spoken yet, but the official Zhao Zhen was not something they could deal with.
Just when the Minister of Rites and others were scratching their heads in anxiety.
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji without any trace.
He thought that Kou Ji was just talking casually when he was in Jinmingchi, but he didn't expect that he would act so quickly and actually bribe the important officials in the court.
Others take money as bribes, but he comes to give favors.
There is no shortage of money and important ministers in the court.
But they had to owe me the favor of helping them write books and novels.
Kou Ji finally caught the weakness of the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.
Li Di coughed and said, "Kou Ji, do you really plan to sell the craftsmanship created by your craftsmen that is of great national merit?"
Kou Ji slowly left the class and said: "I would like to dedicate it to the imperial court."
The Minister of Rites and others were stunned when they saw this.
We were obviously trying to impeach Kou Ji, but why did we turn into asking Kou Ji to present the treasure?
However, before they could speak, Li Di took the lead and said: "Then tell the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty what exactly is the craftsmanship worth ten million yuan created by the craftsmen in your house."
Kou Ji did not hide anything and immediately told him about the movable type printing technology.
He also explained in detail the convenience of movable type printing.
After Kou Ji finished talking about movable type printing, the whole court was in an uproar, both civil and military.
Those who knew about movable type printing and got it cheaply were secretly happy.
Those who don’t know about movable type printing are shocked in the dark.
After listening to Kou Ji's description, the Minister of Rites and others all looked bitter.
They knew that there was no hope of success in today's impeachment of Kou Ji.
As long as Kou Ji dedicated his movable type printing technology and promoted it throughout the Song Dynasty, then all the scholars in the Song Dynasty would benefit from him.
After receiving favors from others, you still say bad things about them?
Except for some people who like to camp, most people would not do such an ungrateful act.
The Minister of Rites and others also knew why the Minister of Rites, the Imperial College Jijiu and other important ministers did not speak up.
They either knew the inside story of movable type printing, or they were favored by movable type printing.
In the end, the Minister of Rites was fined three months for slandering the superior official.
Kou Ji was promoted to a level just now, one level higher than him.
If he fails to impeach Kou Ji, he will naturally be punished.
He is not an imperial censor and has no qualifications to make decisions.
If it had been before, he would have failed to impeach someone and would not have been punished in any way.
But since Kou Ji entered the court, this trend has been ruined.
Nowadays, let alone ordinary officials, even censors and officials will be punished if they maliciously impeach others without any evidence.
The Minister of Rites failed to steal the chicken, but also lost a handful of rice.
In the complicated eyes of the Minister of Rites.
Kou Ji promised to present the movable type printing technology to the imperial court, and in the spring of next year, he would pass on the craftsmanship of movable type printing to the generals and supervisors, and then from the generals and supervisors to the world.
The reason why I chose to offer my craftsmanship at the beginning of next spring is also to allow the printing workshop of the Kou Mansion to print articles and books for those important ministers in the court.
If you immediately offer your skills, how can you make the important officials in the DPRK feel superior?
Without a sense of superiority, wouldn't the favor he just obtained become less important?
Kou Ji presented movable type printing, something that was of great benefit to the country, and the imperial court also gave him a certain reward.
He rewarded Kou Ji with some money and made him the governor of Baozhou.
In the Song Dynasty, the title of governor was just a false title, starting from the fifth rank. He had no jurisdiction over the local area, no corresponding yamen to manage politics, and no need to answer to anyone.
Cuncui just found an excuse to give Kou Jidong an extra salary.
In the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty, there were countless people with the title of governor.
I don't see anyone looking at the name of the governor to govern the place.
Bi Sheng, the creator of movable type printing, only got a position as a supervisor, with a reward of one hundred thousand yuan from the eighth rank.
At Kou Ji's strong request, the imperial court finally decided to spread movable type printing under the name Bi's movable type printing.
Kou Ji failed to help Bi Sheng get the same treatment as a Jinshi, nor did he help Bi Sheng get a large amount of money as a reward. The only thing he could help Bi Sheng was his reputation.
After the imperial court rewarded Bi Sheng, it stands to reason that the imperial meeting should have ended.
Just when Kou Zhun was about to announce the disbandment of the dynasty, an old voice sounded.
"I, the King Qinruo, have something to report."
I saw Wang Qinruo, who had not been in court for a long time, walking out of the train with tears streaming down his face, wailing: "I sincerely ask the officials to punish me..."
In an instant, the appetites of all civil and military officials in the court were whetted by him.
This old guy hasn't been to court for a long time, and he hasn't gone to the Yamen to do errands. What crime can he have committed?
When Kou Ji entered Chuigong Hall just now, he saw this old guy.
It's just that this old guy has been pretending to be sick for almost half a year, and he doesn't care about this old guy.
Now when the old guy opened his mouth, Kou Ji felt something bad.
Zhao Zhen stared at Wang Qinruo and said with confusion: "Aiqing has been ill at home for half a year. I have never heard of anything wrong with Aiqing?"
Wang Qinruo cried loudly: "This year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has verified that there are tens of thousands of officials in both the government and the public, and there are less than a hundred people who have been promoted."
As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials in the whole court were in an uproar.
Less than a hundred people have been promoted?
Is this good enough?
Except for Kou Zhun and others who knew what was going on, the remaining officials kept asking, "How could this happen?"
Wang Qinruo said sadly: "It's my fault. It's all because of my poor health and being sick at home all the time. That's why I'm not strict with you. Please punish me."
Wang Qinruo's words sounded like he was trying to take credit, but in fact he had a hidden meaning.
The officials were not fools, so they naturally understood the meaning of his words.
In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Kou Ji.
In front of everyone, Kou Ji smiled dryly and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me..."
"How come it has nothing to do with you? Wang Shangshu has been ill at home for half a year, and you are in control of all the officials. You are also responsible for the verification of political performance and reputation. If something goes wrong, it is naturally your fault."
An official shouted on the spot.
Some important ministers who had benefited from the movable type printing technology also frowned at this time and said: "Shilang Kou, what you have done is a bit excessive. At a small scale, you are acting wantonly, at a big scale, you are causing trouble for the imperial court. ” Computer version::/
Kou Ji spread his hands and said: "This matter really has nothing to do with me. The reason why hundreds of people in the government and the public have been promoted this year is not my fault, but the fault of all of you."
When the Imperial College Jijiu heard this, he was annoyed, "The political performance and performance evaluation and verification of officials from both the government and the public are in the hands of your officials, not in our hands."
Kou Ji said calmly: "Do you remember that the official list was handed over to you in the Chui Gong Hall before?"
The officials were stunned when they heard this.
Kou Ji continued: "Whether those officials can be promoted or not is decided by you all together."
"Even if we and others rule together that some officials cannot be promoted, that does not mean that all officials can't be promoted."
"Yes, yes, yes, I remember that the list of officials that the government gave us for decision was only a thousand people."