If Zhang Jieyu knew what Empress Cao was thinking, she probably wouldn't be able to laugh anymore.
Not only can’t I laugh, but I’m afraid I’ll also curse.
Zhang Jieyu's background was not low, but when she was born, the Zhang family was already in decline.
The female teachers who taught her were short-sighted and only gave her some secular etiquette and rules, but rarely mentioned the affairs of the palace to her.
On weekdays, when I gather with the ladies of Bianjing City, I rarely mention the affairs in the palace.
Her horizons are more than one and a half stars lower than those of Queen Cao.
In addition, she had only just entered the palace, and had not seen all the intruders in the palace, so her mind was still very simple and she did things based on her preferences.
Not like Queen Cao.
From the moment she was born, the Cao family had the intention of sending her to the palace, so she was taught by the nuns given by the palace.
In addition to teaching Queen Cao the rules in the palace, those nuns also taught her a lot of skills in observing people's words and expressions.
In addition, the Cao family also invited some famous scholars to teach Empress Cao how to read and write.
The late late emperor's favorite concubine Cao Xianfei, who was also Empress Cao's aunt, would summon Empress Cao into the palace every once in a while and ask her to follow her around. She could feel first-hand the chaos in the palace, and she also taught many people in the palace by words and deeds.
means of survival.
Therefore, at a very young age, Queen Cao knew how to survive in the palace and how to get along with people both inside and outside the palace as a palace resident.
His vision and mind are several times higher than those of his peers.
In the harem, except for Concubine Yang, all other women are younger sisters to her.
Among them is Zhao Zhen’s biological mother Li Taifei.
Less than half a year after Queen Cao entered the palace, she had already conquered Concubine Li with her outstanding cooking skills.
Now Empress Cao is regarded by Mrs. Li as a rare virtuous and virtuous daughter-in-law.
The women in the Sixth Palace gave a thumbs up when they mentioned Queen Cao.
Only Concubine Yang did not show any disdain towards Empress Cao.
He had not been in power for a long time. If he wanted to turn his words into golden words and convince the civil and military officials of the dynasty, he needed to do a lot of things and learn a lot of things.
Government affairs alone were enough to keep him busy every day, so how could he have any thoughts to fall in love with the concubines in the palace?
He had feelings for Queen Cao because Queen Cao was really kind and could always help him deal with things that he found troublesome. She could always appear by his side to comfort him when he needed comfort.
He has feelings for Zhang Jieyu, and it's because of her appearance.
Zhao Zhen first fell in love with Zhang Jieyu because of his appearance.
Before Zhang Jieyu entered the palace, he and Zhang Jieyu had not even spoken to each other, so how could they talk about love?
Zhao Zhen'er heard Zhang Jieyu's refusal, and Empress Cao also agreed with Zhang Jieyu's remarks. She didn't think much about it and nodded slightly, "Then we will discuss this matter later."
Zhang Jieyu and Empress Cao both smiled knowingly when they heard this.
Zhao Zhen rested in the main hall for an hour.
Kou Ji appeared in the main hall again. After saluting Zhao Zhen, he said: "Guan family, the guests invited by Chen's grandfather have arrived. Please come over now."
Zhao Zhen nodded, put his hands behind his back, and took the lead to leave the main hall of the Kou Mansion.
Empress Cao and Zhang Jieyu followed Zhao Zhen on the left and right.
Kou Ji hangs at the back.
Exited the main entrance of the courtyard.
Parked at the door were Zhao Zhen's dragon boat and the guards who guarded the dragon, as well as Queen Cao's phoenix boat and Zhang Jieyu's soft sedan chair.
A huge group of people surrounded the entrance of the courtyard.
After Zhao Zhen appeared at the main entrance of the courtyard, Chen Lin led everyone to bow and salute.
Zhao Zhen, with the support of Chen Lin, took the lead in getting on the Dragon Boat Festival.
Empress Cao, with the support of the female officials in the palace, sat on the Fenghu.
Zhang Jieyu, with the support of the female officer, got into the soft sedan chair.
According to the rules, Zhang Jieyu should ride in a carriage.
It's just that Zhang Jieyu is pregnant and can't stand the bumps of the carriage.
So Zhao Zhen allowed her to ride in the soft sedan.
Regarding Zhang Jieyu's sitting in the sedan chair, no one in the civil or military officials in the court spoke up to impeach her.
It's not that they can't, it's that they don't dare.
If they talk about Zhao Zhen's heirs, Zhao Zhen will definitely make them happy.
No one would be stupid enough to touch Zhao Zhen's brow at this time.
Zhao Zhen was sitting on the Dragon Boat, escorted by a group of majestic Yu Longzhi, and marched toward Wenchang Academy in a mighty manner.
But Kou Ji suffered a lot and followed Long Chu with a pair of long legs.
Chen Lin took small steps, as if in a race, accompanying Kou Ji.
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and whispered: "We think you need to talk to your little brother Liu Heng."
Kou Ji glanced sideways at Chen Lin, and then at Long Chu who was moving forward beside him.
"Is this your intention or the official's intention?"
Chen Lin said calmly: "Don't care who means it, anyway, you have to talk to your little brother."
Kou Ji glanced at Long Chu again and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Chen Lin said calmly: "In recent days, there have been countless memorials to impeach Liu Mei, and some people even revealed that when Liu Mei was in charge of the Imperial City Division, she took advantage of her power to accept bribes and murder others."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, "So?"
Chen Lin smiled lightly and said: "The official family intends to remove Liu Mei from her position as an official in the Imperial City Company."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "This matter is entirely up to the officials. If the officials think Liu Mei should be dismissed, Liu Mei should be dismissed."
As early as after Liu E was burned to death in the palace by Zhao Yuanzuo, Kou Ji knew that Liu Mei would not be able to do business in the Imperial City for a long time.
Now that Liu Mei was impeached, Zhao Zhen intended to depose Liu Mei, which was expected by Kou Ji.
Kou Ji didn't think there was anything incomprehensible about this matter.
Chen Lin nodded and said with a smile: "The official family intends to let Liu Heng succeed Liu Mei and take up the official position of Huangcheng Company."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, then laughed in a low voice: "The son inherited his father's legacy. It seems that the officials trust Liu Heng very much."
When Chen Lin heard this, she shook her head and said: "The official family does not trust Liu Heng, the official family trusts you. You are the person the official family trusts most. If you can trust Liu Heng, the official family will naturally choose to trust Liu Heng."
Kou Ji laughed and said, "Are you saying that Liu Heng was favored by the officials, or is it because of me?"
Chen Lin shook her head and smiled: "It's not all you...Liu Heng did a good job in all the errands during the period when he was in charge of the Imperial City Division, and he has the ability to take charge of the Imperial City Division."
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully and asked: "Since the officials have decided on this matter and just issue the decree, why do you still want me to talk to Liu Heng?"
Chen Lin smiled calmly and said: "That's because the officials plan to divide the Imperial City Division into two."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What do you mean?"
Chen Lin smiled and said: "The official family plans to borrow the personnel of the Imperial City Division to reestablish the Wude Division to supervise all officials and monitor the world."
Kou Ji frowned even more tightly.
Chen Lin continued: "From now on, the Wude Division will be in secret, supervising all officials and monitoring the world. The Imperial City Division will be in the Ming Dynasty, arresting and spying on all countries."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, stared at Chen Lin and said, "Are you going to be the person in charge of Wude Division?"
If Chen Lin didn't get any benefit from this matter, there was no need for him to go to Kou Ji himself and let Kou Ji go to Liu Heng to talk things over.
Therefore, after hearing Chen Lin's words, Kou Ji immediately reacted.
The person in charge of the reinstated Wude Department is probably Chen Lin.
Facing Kou Ji's inquiry, Chen Lin nodded with a smile and said, "Thanks to the trust of the officials, let me add Ren to the post of Governor of the Wude Department."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "What do you think, Wu Desi will be controlled by eunuchs in the future?"
Duzhi, Duduzhi and other official names are only used by eunuchs.
For a moment, Kou Ji felt that after the Wude Division and the Imperial City Division were established together, it would feel like the Dongchang and Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Lin smiled and said: "Not bad..."
Kou Ji's face darkened.
From the bottom of his heart, he was very resistant to eunuchs and interference in politics in the harem.
Chen Lin saw that Kou Ji's expression was wrong, so the smile on her face faded a little, and she narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at Kou Ji.
That's it.
Zhao Zhen opened the curtain of the carriage on the dragon boat and said to Kou Ji: "If I want to hear some truth, some truth, I have to use some people who are loyal to me and obey my orders."
Zhao Zhen suddenly interrupted.
Neither Kou Ji nor Chen Lin were surprised.
Chen Lin obviously got Zhao Zhen's instruction before she approached Kou Ji and asked Kou Ji to talk to Liu Heng.
From the beginning, three people were discussing this matter.
When Chen Lin mentioned this matter, Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen's Long Hu several times, because he already knew that Zhao Zhen had participated in the discussion of this matter.
Otherwise, why would Chen Lin talk about this matter next to Zhao Zhenlong?
Kou Ji bowed his hand to Zhao Zhen and said sternly: "The officials want to hear the truth and hear the truth, so naturally I dare not stop them..."
Zhao Zhen and Chen Lin stared at Kou Jijing and waited for the next step.
Kou Ji continued: "It's just that I don't agree with two points."
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and did not speak.
Chen Lin narrowed her eyes and said, "Are the officials afraid that our family will sideline Liu Gong's affairs?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said calmly: "I just don't agree with letting a eunuch serve as the head of the Wude Department, and I don't agree with giving the Wude Department too much power."
Chen Lin raised her eyebrows slightly and said coldly: "Do the officials have any objections to our family?"
Kou Ji still shook his head, "Eunuch Chen is loyal to the government. I don't doubt Eunuch Chen's loyalty. If Eunuch Chen is in charge of the Wude Division, he will definitely make the Wude Division a great help to the officials.
However, the eunuchs selected within the palace walls were mixed in quality.
There are loyal people like Eunuch Chen.
There are also sinister villains like Guo Huai.
Eunuch Chen is in charge of Wude Division, so there is no problem.
But if an insidious person were to be in charge of Wude Division, he would definitely become a disaster to the Song Dynasty."
Chen Lin's face softened a bit and she frowned slightly.
Zhao Zhen looked thoughtful.
Kou Ji continued: "Don't talk about the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, let's take our dynasty as an example. During the Taizong dynasty, Wang Jien caused trouble and caused great harm to our Song Dynasty.
At the beginning of his disaster, he knew that he was not strong enough, so he made friends with foreign ministers.
Using the power of foreign ministers to cause disaster.
It was precisely because the foreign ministers he attracted were not of the same mind as him that he showed his flaws when he caused trouble and was accused by Taizong.
If he had Wude Si in his hands, why would he need to win over foreign ministers?
The Wude Division monitors all officials and monitors the world. He can use the Wude Division to collect the secrets of all officials and control any official he wants to control.
During the reign of the late emperor, Zhou Huaizheng caused trouble.
If he holds the Wude Division, why would he need to go out and mobilize troops?
All you need to do is replace Wu Desi's Yiying with a eunuch, and then use the eunuch to start a rebellion in the palace.
Eunuchs do not interfere in politics, but they can still shake up the country.
If eunuchs interfere in politics, how can they be repaid?"
Chen Lin gritted her teeth and said, "We slaves are not as bad as the Kou officials said."
Chen Lin spoke up to defend the eunuchs.
But his voice was very weak, and he seemed a little lacking in confidence.
Chen Lin is a eunuch, so he understands eunuchs better than Kou Ji.
Some insidious eunuchs do bad things that are far more terrifying than what Kou Ji said.
Chen Lin can ensure that she will always be loyal to Zhao Zhen, but she cannot ensure that his successor will be as loyal to Zhao Zhen as he is.
Notice.
When Guo Huai entered the palace, Chen Lin felt that Guo Huai was smart and intended to promote Guo Huai and let Guo Huai stay with her.
When Guo Huai was following Chen Lin, Chen Lin was very kind to Guo Huai and reminded Guo Huai of many things.
Chen Lin also intends to train Guo Huai as his successor.
But since Guo Huai fell in love with Liu E, he immediately broke up with Chen Lin and became Chen Lin's enemy.
With Guo Huai in front of him, Chen Lin really didn't dare to say so brazenly that when he resigned, he would choose a eunuch who was loyal to the official family to take his place.
Kou Ji heard Chen Lin's words and said calmly: "Among the eunuchs, there are naturally many loyal people like Eunuch Chen, but there are more sinister people. As far as I know, when Taizu was in power, he often sent eunuchs
Serve as a supervisor in the army.
The same was true for Taizong and the two previous emperors.
Countless generals were framed by eunuchs.
There were also many generals who were controlled by eunuchs.
If there are eunuchs who take control of Wude Si and at the same time control some leading generals with the help of Wude Si's power and authority, the harm will be even greater."
Chen Lin immediately fell silent.
Because Kou Ji successfully convinced him.
Chen Lin likes power, but she is not greedy for it.
Once his interests touch Zhao Zhen's, he will decisively choose to give in.
Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "According to your opinion, I shouldn't reestablish the Wude Division?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji muttered: "It's not that Wudesi can't be reinstated. Officials want to hear the truth and know the real story, which is a good thing. It's just that Wudesi's power needs to be restrained. Wudesi should not be
Controlled by eunuchs."
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "What suggestions do you have?"
Kou Ji said thoughtfully: "I agree with the idea of an official family being in the dark and one in the dark. The Wude Division is in the dark, and the Imperial City Division is in the light. The Wude Division is responsible for supervising all officials and monitoring the world, but it can only see and listen.
, can’t say, can’t do.
They are just wooden people, responsible only for collecting information and sending it to the officials.
If you exceed the limit even slightly, you should be killed.
The Imperial City Secretary was in the Ming Dynasty, and he was responsible for helping the officials do some things that the yamen could not do, and helping the officials to spy on the enemy situation in the countries surrounding the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Zhen pondered and said: "You mean, if I want to deal with a corrupt official, I have to go through the local government offices first?"
Kou Ji cupped his hands and said: "We, the Song Dynasty, have our own national laws, and we should abide by them. If the officials want to deal with a corrupt official, they can first find someone to sue the government.
If the yamen doesn't care, or if the officials are protecting each other and colluding with each other, it won't be too late for the officials to send people from the Imperial City Department to take action."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Then who do you think is the most appropriate person to serve as the company's director of Wude Company?"