Chapter 0391 Has anyone asked them? (Return to normal tonight and tomorrow
Wang Zeng and Li Di were so shocked that they were speechless.
Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji fiercely, waved his sleeves and left the palace.
Li Di stared at Kou Ji and said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "You really know how to defend the officials..."
Kou Ji said with a smile: "Eat the king's salary and relieve the king's worries..."
Li Di stared and pretended to be angry: "Be careful of becoming a slanderer..."
The smile on Kou Ji's face did not change, and he still said with a smile: "Do you think this kid can do it?"
Hearing this, Li Di had an angry look on his face and pointed at Kou Ji with a dumbfounded expression.
Li Di knew Kou Ji's temperament very well.
Kou Ji occasionally made slanderous remarks and deceived the official Zhao Zhen into doing things according to his wishes.
But Kou Ji never used slander to seek profit for himself.
Instead, he will use the opportunity of slander to work hard for the court and the people.
This alone is enough to show that Kou Ji will never become a slanderer.
As for his slander against the officials, it can be regarded as a kind of wisdom in dealing with things.
Many times, good ministers and slanderous ministers are just a matter of thoughts.
By making slanderous remarks, helping the court to make profits and helping the people make profits, that is a good minister.
Making profit for oneself by making slanderous remarks is slandering an official.
It seems that there is not much difference in the process, but there is a big difference in the original intention and the results.
Although he knew that Kou Ji could not become a slanderer, Li Di couldn't help but give him a few words.
"What your boy said today has many implications and it is not easy for you to interfere. The three of me will discuss it carefully later, and when we come to a conclusion, we will send someone to inform you.
Just don't try to hog the limelight, and don't act like a show-off."
Li Di seemed to be beating Kou Ji, but in fact he was reminding Kou Ji to restrain his sharpness.
The Ministry of Industry presented two new plows today, which were recognized by the official Zhao Zhen, and they also got the opportunity to enter the Ancestral Temple.
It can be said that it is unparalleled in the limelight.
At this time, the Ministry of Industry should keep a low profile.
Kou Ji, the chief official of the Ministry of Industry, should keep a lower profile.
Only in this way can officials from top to bottom of the Ministry of Industry take advantage by offering auspicious contributions.
If you act in a high profile, you will be targeted.
The civil and military ministers will use the method of finding bones in the eggs to cause a lot of trouble for the officials of the Ministry of Works, impeach the officials of the Ministry of Works, and destroy the prestige of the Ministry of Works.
There are so many officials in the court who like to do this kind of thing.
Wang Qinruo, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, is one of the best.
Kou Ji could naturally hear the profound meaning in Li Di's words. He bowed deeply to Li Di and said, "I will take your teachings to heart."
Hearing this, Li Di stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction.
"Come with me and take a bus back to the city, and sit at my house. I have something else to tell you in detail."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows slightly and asked doubtfully: "Isn't it good to sit in a sedan chair?"
Li Di tugged on his beard and said quietly: "It's not suitable to sit in a sedan chair these days..."
Kou Ji looked at Li Di suspiciously.
Li Di put his hands behind his back and sighed: "Get in the car and say..."
Kou Ji nodded and followed Li Di into the carriage.
Just sat down.
Just listen to Li Diba clucking his lips and say: "In recent days, there have been reports of courtiers impeaching officials from the DPRK and the Central Committee sitting in sedan chairs..."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and asked, "Treat humans as animals?"
Li Di was stunned for a moment and said unexpectedly: "You actually know about this?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Someone mentioned this matter during Taizong's reign, but Taizong ignored it. When the late emperor was in power, some people also mentioned this matter. The late emperor decreed that in the Song Dynasty, non-officials were not allowed to ride in sedan chairs.
.
This is nothing new…
Why, someone mentioned this again?"
Li Di nodded slowly and sighed: "It's really nothing new...it's just that these people don't seem to know how to be satisfied. After depriving the people of the right to ride in sedan chairs, even officials will be deprived of the right to ride in sedan chairs."
After a pause, Li Di looked at Kou Ji and asked, "What do you think of this?"
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said: "There are good and bad aspects to this matter..."
"oh?"
Li Di pinched his beard and looked at Kou Ji with slight surprise.
"How to say it?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "The advantage of this move is that after the officials in sedan chairs are abolished, the people of our Song Dynasty will straighten their backs and behave themselves, and they will no longer be treated as cattle and horses.
But the disadvantages are also obvious.”
Hearing this, Li Di stared at Kou Ji and asked: "What's the disadvantage? In the memorials I saw, there are benefits listed everywhere. After carefully reviewing their memorials, I found that what they said was reasonable, and there was nothing wrong with it.
harm."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "They want the court to abolish the use of sedan chairs for officials, so naturally they won't talk about the disadvantages of this move."
Li Di narrowed his eyes slightly and said thoughtfully: "But I don't see any big disadvantages in this move. The only disadvantage is that after the sedan chair is abolished, it may be more difficult for veterans like me to go out in the future.
But this is only the fault that I and others bear, and not too many people are implicated."
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "Then you are wrong."
Li Di stared at Kou Ji with a questioning look in his eyes, but said nothing.
Kou Ji sighed: "If the imperial court really complies with their wishes and abolishes sedan chairs, the only people who can benefit are probably the officials who submitted the letter. They will take advantage of this to gain fame and fortune.
But what about the reality?
After the imperial court abolished sedan chairs, was there really no such thing as treating humans as animals in the Song Dynasty?"
Kou Ji shook his head and asked himself: "I'm afraid not..."
Kou Ji stared at Li Di and continued: "If the imperial court really abolished the sedan chair, except for those who wrote the letter and benefited, everyone else would be victims. Veterans like you, my grandfather, the prince, etc., if there were no
Without the sedan chair, the only way to travel was with the help of carriages and horses.
But you guys are already elderly. If you go out on business and travel by carriage and horse, you will be tired all the way. When you get to the place, you will fall ill before you can do the errands.
How can I still have the energy to do errands then?
The government affairs you are handling are all important matters concerning the lives of tens of millions of people. Just to show mercy to a few bearers, delaying an important matter that affects the lives of tens of millions of people is obviously not worth the gain.
The imperial court abolished sedan chairs, which was not a good thing for the bearers.
The courtiers who submitted the letter only saw that the other courtiers were driving the bearers like cattle and horses, but they did not see that it was precisely because the other courtiers were driving the bearers like cattle and horses that they were given a livelihood.
Let them feed one family after another.
Anyone who can be a bearer of a sedan chair has some strength in his hands, and he also has some unique skills in carrying the sedan chair.
The unique skill of walking as fast as flying and making the water in the cup in the sedan appear calm took a long time to practice.
It may take some people more than ten years to master such a unique skill.
If the imperial court abolished sedan riding, their unique skills would be of no use.
Livelihoods will also be lost.
Without their livelihood, how can they survive?
How can the old, weak, women and children in their family live?
Go to the pier to fight against big bags?
Or go to farm outside the city?
There are tens of thousands of bearers carrying sedan chairs in Bianjing City.
If they flooded into the dock, would the coolies on the dock agree?
By then, I'm afraid it will be one bloody fight after another.
The fertile fields outside the city are all owned by their owners.
Who do you think would be so kind as to give up their fertile land for them to cultivate?"
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Li Di fell into deep thought.
Kou Ji knew that Li Di had listened to his words, so he said quietly, "When the courtiers submitted the letter, did they ask the bearers who carried the sedan chair what they thought?"
Li Di was shocked and looked at Kou Ji in disbelief.
Kou Ji looked stunned.
I don't understand why Li Di looked at him with disbelief. He just said something very ordinary.
Li Di stared at Kou Ji for a long time, which made Kou Ji's scalp numb. When he was about to ask, he let out a long sigh and said seriously: "Boy, you said something very remarkable. With you,
The sentence "Be anxious when the world is worried first, and be happy when the world is happy later" is the same."
Kou Ji blinked and said with a dry smile: "Young man, I have never said anything about 'worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness'."
Kou Ji only said this to Fan Zhongyan, the original author, but never to anyone else.
Li Di suddenly said these words...
Kou Ji felt that Fan Zhongyan had probably betrayed him.
really.
After Li Di heard Kou Ji's denial, he snorted coldly and said: "You kid, don't forget that Fan Zhongyan is now my official. What you said had a great impact on him. He put this sentence
The words were written into a scroll and hung in the main hall to remind myself all the time.
Even if I don’t know, it’s hard for me.”
The lie was exposed.
Kou Ji could only bite the bullet and said with a dry laugh: "I heard this from an old man when I was young."
Li Di stared at Kou Ji with a half-smile and said: "Then...that old man is really a wise man..."
Kou Ji nodded without hesitation.
Li Di did not expose his lies again.
Li Di asked Kou Zhun insinuatingly, who were the great scholars in Huazhou...
Kou Zhun's answer is simple. There are no great scholars in Huazhou, and there are no high-ranking officials who have resigned and live in seclusion in Huazhou.
Then, the saying "worry first when the world is worried, then be happy when the world is happy" could not have come from someone else's mouth.
Ninety-nine percent of it was Kou Ji who said it.
In order to conquer Fan Zhongyan, Kou Ji quoted Fan Zhongyan's famous sayings.
But they have forgotten that the corresponding famous sayings must have corresponding status and corresponding knowledge as the basis before they can be said.
There are no great scholars in Huazhou, and no high-ranking officials have resigned and lived in seclusion.
How can someone say "the world is worried" and "the world is happy"?
Even if there are some leftovers, they will only regard the countryside as their soul, the mountains and rivers as their soul, and the folk customs as their bones.
Rather than the world.
"Go back home..."
Kou Ji's words had an inspiring effect on Li Di.
Li Di's mind is now filled with Kou Ji's words 'what do they want'.
Who has the time to grab Kou Ji and get to the bottom of it.
Those in power have always managed politics according to their own ideas.
The attitude of those in power towards the common people is surprisingly consistent.
I will give you whatever you need...
I think what’s best for you is what you should do...
Even if those in power do not know what the people want, they will not ask the people what they want, but will secretly guess what they want.
No one ever asked the people what they wanted.
The courtiers, who had been well-dressed and well-fed all day long, saw that the bearers were as tired as oxen and horses when carrying the sedan chair, so they wrote to the court and asked the court to abolish riding in the sedan chair.
However, they did not ask the bearers whether it was necessary for the imperial court to abolish the use of sedan chairs.
"There should be nearly 90% of the sedan bearers who will not agree to the imperial court to abolish the sedan chair..."
Li Di sighed inwardly.
Li Di is not one of those people who doesn't understand the sufferings of the people.
In order to avoid the wars of five generations, Li Di's ancestors moved several times, and all their family wealth was consumed. It was not until shortly after Li Di was born that he settled down.
The Li family was not wealthy at that time, and Li Di suffered a lot with his parents and witnessed many sufferings among the people.
So he understands the people's thoughts very well.
Only when a person is alive can he be qualified to pursue dignity.
If you can't survive, what's the point of dignity?
…
The horseman of the Li Mansion drove to the Zhou Bridge in Bianjing City.
Li Di, who had been silent all the way, suddenly asked the coachman to stop the carriage and said to Kou Ji: "Get off the carriage and go back home on your own."
Kou Ji looked at Li Di in astonishment, "Didn't you say you wanted to invite me to your house?"
Li Di glanced at Kou Ji and said in a neutral tone: "I just remembered that there is not much food in the house. When I invite you to the house, I will definitely treat you to a meal and drink. If you eat more, my grandson
My granddaughter will be hungry.
For the sake of my grandchildren, you should go back home and eat.
When I become rich, I will invite you to live in my house."
Kou Ji stared at Li Di in shock.
Li Di forcefully asked him to get off the carriage.
Kou Ji didn't relax until Li Di's carriage disappeared at the end of the street next to Zhouqiao.
A prime minister with an annual salary of tens of thousands of dollars has no food in his house?
Afraid that the guests would eat too much and the grandchildren would have nothing to eat, they drove the guests home halfway. Who would dare to believe this?
Kou Ji stood stunned on the Zhouqiao bridge for a long time.
It wasn't until the boat was passing under the Zhouqiao bridge that he was awakened by the loud chants shouted by the boat bosses.
He looked at the place where Li Di left and said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "This old man's heart has turned dark... He actually left me here alone..."
Kou Ji shook his head.
He walked towards the house with steps.
Take two steps.
Feeling unhappy, he stamped his feet and said, "Qian Ming, I'll ask Kozhong to bring dozens of carts of food to the door of your house and give porridge to the beggars. Let's see if you are shy or not..."
"I'm so angry..."
"When have I, Kou Ji, been treated like this since I entered Bianjing City?"
"..."
"No revenge is enough to appease my anger."
"..."
Kou Ji returned to the house angrily, full of malice.
When I entered the house, I happened to bump into the eunuch who came to deliver the order.