Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's words and said with a faint smile, "The Cao family has already submitted the petition to me, so I don't have to worry about them."
Kou Ji said with a surprised look on his face: "What kind of name-dropping certificate makes you feel so at ease with them?"
"The Iron Scroll of the Alchemy Book..."
Zhao Zhen said quietly.
Kou Ji said in astonishment: "The Cao family took the initiative to return the iron scroll of the Alchemy Book to you?"
Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "We can't talk about handing it over, we just gave it to me for safekeeping temporarily."
Kou Ji clicked his lips and said with emotion: "The Cao family is really... amazing..."
No one knows whether the iron scroll of alchemy can save one's life.
Because whether the Iron Scroll of Alchemy Book is useful or not depends entirely on the mood of the person sitting on the throne.
If he recognizes it, the iron scroll of the elixir will naturally be a life-saving weapon.
If he doesn't recognize it, the iron scroll of the elixir will be a reminder of his life.
The Iron Scroll of Alchemy Book is more of a status symbol and a proof of the promise of staying with the country.
If the Cao family did not have the alchemy scroll as proof, how could they go to the court to fulfill Emperor Taizu's promise to live with the country?
If Zhao Zhen had his heart set on killing them after they handed over the Iron Scroll of the Alchemy Book, they would have no choice but to stand by silently, unable to resist.
The Cao family handed over the iron scroll of the Alchemy Book, which was equivalent to handing over generations of wealth and lives to Zhao Zhen.
No wonder Zhao Zhen believed in Cao Yi so much.
Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's emotion and said with a half-smile: "Did you remind Cao Yi? Otherwise, why would the Cao family not eat such a big bait?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Are you blaming me? I reminded Cao Yi just to help you solve your trouble. If the Cao family gets involved, it's hard to say whether we can win.
Even if you win, the harm to you will far outweigh the benefits.
After you clean up the Cao family, how will you get along with Queen Cao in the future?
If you take care of the Cao family, will Cao Wei still work hard to help you?"
Zhao Zhen said dumbfounded: "I have no intention of blaming you, Fourth Brother. I just discovered through this incident that Fourth Brother has a far more comprehensive and long-term perspective than I do.
If the Cao family gets involved, Wu Xun might really form a group and go against me.
I will most likely lose.
My situation will then be very embarrassing.
I have offended all the warriors, and they will definitely form a group to embarrass me and violate my orders.
My prestige in the court will be greatly reduced, and my ambition to regain Yanyun will probably be wiped out.
Fourth brother should have noticed this a long time ago, so when I started planning, I reminded the Cao family to prevent the Cao family from getting involved."
Kou Ji sighed: "The official family is still young, and it is the first time to make such a big plan. It is normal that there will be omissions. The existence of the minister is to help the official family check for omissions and fill in the vacancies.
There is no need for officials to belittle themselves.
Even if they fail, they can still do what the officials want to do.
We couldn't defeat them with our minds, so we destroyed them with force."
Zhao Zhen said with emotion: "Although their military power has been confiscated, their influence in the military is not weak. In terms of force, their force is far more powerful than ours."
Kou Ji said calmly: "Their influence in the army has been accumulated from generation to generation. Let's just find a way to weaken their influence in the army."
Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "The imperial court has been doing something to weaken their influence in the military. The government order that emphasizes civility and suppresses military force has been secretly implemented. But the drawbacks of this order, fourth brother, you can also see.
The civil servants were ignorant of military affairs and interfered in military affairs at will, which led to the Song Dynasty's foreign wars and successive defeats.
I want to regain Yanyun, but I don't want to repeat the mistakes of my imperial grandfather and defeat Yanyun.
But I can’t think of a way to get the best of both worlds.”
Kou Ji thought about it: "This matter is easy. But now is not the time to say it. Weakening the influence of martial artists in the military will not happen overnight.
It takes a long time.
What we have to do now is to clean up those pedantic ministers in the court.
This is also the main purpose of the official layout.
When the pedantic ministers in the court are cleared away, I will be able to unite the civil and military officials in the court and deal with the outside world as one.
Attack Yanyun at that time.
After we capture Yanyun and achieve unparalleled achievements, it will be much easier whether it is to eliminate the influence of the military heroes in the military or to ruthlessly rectify the bad government."
Kou Ji reminded Zhao Zhen not to forget the real purpose of this layout.
Zhao Zhen slowly came to his senses after being reminded by Kou Ji.
Although this layout included the entire court, it was not designed to deal with Wu Xun.
It was to clean up those pedantic ministers in the court.
So the eyes should not only be on Wu Xun, but also on other people.
You have to eat the rice one bite at a time.
Eat as much food as you want.
If you eat too much, you will easily become stuffed to death.
Zhao Zhen came back to his senses and smiled bitterly at Kou Ji, "I thought too much..."
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "The officials are joking. They just saw that I, the Great Song Dynasty, was seriously ill and wanted to cure all the illnesses in one go. The officials' intentions are good, but they are a bit too big."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he smiled bitterly.
"Why did fourth brother enter the palace this time?"
After Zhao Zhen relaxed, he realized that Kou Ji had not yet revealed the purpose of entering the palace, so he asked.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Qian Le came to the door. I guessed that there was something wrong with the person you placed in the Qian Mansion, so I wanted to go into the palace to remind you. Since you already know, I don't need to say more.
What happened?"
Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "It's my people who can't do the job well, which makes Fourth Brother worried."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "It should be..."
After saying this, Kou Ji stood up and bowed slowly to Zhao Zhen, "I have already finished what I have to say. I will stay here since I am not in the palace..."
Before Kou Ji finished speaking, Zhao Zhen interrupted him.
"Fourth brother finally made it to the palace. Please accompany me for some meals before leaving."
Kou Ji thought for a moment and nodded in agreement to Zhao Zhen's invitation.
The monarch and his ministers chatted and laughed as they arrived at the dining area.
The people in the imperial dining room have already prepared meals.
The two were chatting and laughing, eating and drinking.
After having enough wine and food.
Kou Ji asked to resign again.
Zhao Zhen did not stop him and sent someone to escort Kou Ji out of the palace.
thereafter.
The two of them did not meet again and did not make any move. They just watched quietly as the dignitaries in Bianjing City entered the game one by one.
Qian Le was accused and Qian's mansion was sealed.
Qian Le was taken to Kaifeng Mansion and confronted with the person who sued him.
The other people in the Qian Mansion were not implicated, and they all stayed in the house and stayed behind closed doors.
After Meng Weizhong and Mu Chong learned that Qian Le had been sued and brought to Kaifeng Mansion, they realized that Zhao Zhen had taken action against them.
They were very puzzled that Zhao Zhen had no reason to arrest them all and beheaded them in public.
But I didn’t think too much about it.
When their lives feel threatened, what they consider most is how to save their lives.
The two of them went to the Kou Mansion to visit Kou Ji without saying a word.
Kou Ji fell ill again, and it was a very serious illness, and he could not see guests.
So the two of them were rejected in front of the Kou Mansion.
When Kou Ji didn't see them, they both panicked.
The two of them got together and discussed it, planning to use their hidden secrets in Yizijiaozi Shop to resist and force Kou Ji to come out to see them.
If Zhao Zhen can be forced out, that would be even better.
However.
When they returned to the house and privately sent people to contact the secret hands they had buried in Yizijiaozi shop, they found that all the secret hands had been cut off.
It became a luxury for them to rely on the hidden hands hidden in Yizijiaozi Shop to resist.
Two figures who were astonishing in the business world of the Song Dynasty realized how stupid it was to go against a king of a country and a powerful official.
Resist, unable to resist, unable to resist.
Then find a way to beg for your life.
Kou Ji refused to see them.
Zhao Zhen and the others could not see each other again.
Then they can only find other ways to beg for their lives.
The two discussed for a long time, and finally found the way to Zhang Shixun through some acquaintances.
Under the introduction of Zhang Shixun, he entered the Wei Palace again.
The two of them each paid 10% of their contribution to Jiaozipu and successfully joined the Prince of Wei's palace.
The Prince of Wei's Mansion immediately sent people to Kaifeng Mansion, and forced the big salt merchant away arrogantly.
The big salt merchant invited his own clan brother to reason with the people in the Wei Palace, but he was beaten up.
The reputation of the Wei Palace for being domineering suddenly spread throughout Bianjing City.
The memorial to impeach the royal family of Wei floated into the palace like snowflakes.
The same is true for the memorial to safeguard the lineage of the Wei Palace.
Zhao Zhen's attitude towards this is very thought-provoking.
Don't care, don't ask, don't listen, don't look.
It was as if Zhao Zhen had not seen the memorial to impeach the Wei royal family.
When the courtiers asked him, he would always tell the right and left.
Annoyed by the courtiers' questions, he also imitated Kou Ji and began to pretend to be ill.
Zhao Zhen's actions made everyone in the civil and military dynasties feel that Zhao Zhen was protecting the lineage of the Wei Palace.
Some thoughtful people speculated on another matter based on Zhao Zhen's actions.
Zhao Zhen didn't seem to be disgusted with the members of the Wei Prince's family who got Yizijiaozipu.
Ever since.
People from the Wei Prince's family became even more domineering.
The couple who sued Meng Weizhong were set on fire at night and burned to death.
No more suffering masters.
In addition, people from the Wei Prince's family were involved.
The case against the defendant Meng Weizhong has been settled.
The people thought everything was over.
People who are interested find that everything has just begun.
Gao Chugong, Shi Yuansun, and Pan Weiji didn't care whether the Cao family was preparing to be an oriole behind the scenes, so they started to go into battle shirtless.
Shi Yuansun led the clan brother of the great salt merchant, Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War, to the court hall and cried out for him.
He said that Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War, was his father's old subordinate. Now he was wronged and he had to take charge of it.
Gao Chugong also took his uncle, who had lived in seclusion for many years, to the court to complain.
They mobilized the martial arts attached to their sect and angrily denounced the Wei royal family in the court.
The royal family of Wei felt that Zhao Zhen was favoring them behind their backs, so naturally they were unwilling to be outdone.
The two sides started a scolding war in the court.
The noise continued for the whole day.
Finally, amidst Zhao Zhen's furious scolding, all activities ceased.
Gao Chugong and others failed to seek justice in the court, so they began to commit evil acts outside the court.
The two sides began to expose each other's shortcomings and impeach each other's officials.
The first person to fall in the fight between the two sides was Liu Ping.
Liu Ping was the backbone of the force who petitioned Zhao Zhen to recall the Wei royal family.
Naturally, Gao Chugong and others regarded him as someone from the royal family of Wei.
As a result, Gao Chugong and others concentrated all their firepower on frame-up and conspiracy.
Liu Ping was eventually convicted of twelve crimes, dismissed from his official position, and sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to wait for next year's autumn trial.
When Liu Ping was sentenced to Autumn Judgment.
Many people who had been watching the excitement could not sit still.
The first people who couldn't sit still were the civil servants at the Yushitai.
If a censor or official was impeached by military honors, how could he still do it?
The censors began to concentrate their firepower to find trouble for the martial artists.
Wai Lang, a member of the military department who was attached to the Shi family, was instantly overthrown.
The civil and military struggle became more and more fierce and fierce.
Officials were dismissed one by one and sentenced to autumn.
Just one month.
More than 20 Beijing officials were sacked.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian tried to mediate many times, but to no avail.
After the two discussed it for a while.
Wang Zeng approached Kou Ji.
When Wang Zeng went to the other courtyard of Kou Mansion, Kou Ji was eating hotpot mutton with Xiang Yan.
Boil mutton in clear soup.
Freshly slaughtered mutton, rinsed in clear soup and topped with some sauce, tastes very delicious.
Even with the non-stick sauce, the taste is very fresh and tender.
After Kou Ji saw Wang Zeng, he took Wang Zeng to sit down and had a meal of boiled mutton together without waiting for Wang Zeng to speak.
After having enough wine and food.
Xiang Yan took the maids, cleaned up the leftovers, and returned to the backyard.
Kou Ji and Wang Zeng went to the hall of the Kou mansion together.
The two of them sat down.
After the maid brought the fragrant tea, she tasted it.
Wang Zeng said with a resentful look on his face, "Aren't you sick? Or is it the kind of serious illness that can't be cured in three or two years? I see that your face is rosy and your voice is thick, so you don't look like you are sick?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "You're not a doctor, how do you know if I'm sick?"
Wang Zeng glanced at Kou Ji and said disdainfully: "You are ignorant and have no skills. You have no idea what a scholar is."
Kou Ji looked at Wang Zeng strangely.
Wang Zeng snorted coldly: "The scholars of the past were not like the scholars of today. The scholars of today can be called scholars if they can read the Five Classics. The scholars of the past not only had to know the Five Classics, but also had to learn astronomy and geography.
.Martial arts, driving, horseback riding, etc., all have to be dabbled in a little bit.
Scholars from poor families still have to learn some medical skills.
Because in the eyes of the common people, scholars are smart people, and smart people should know everything.
Therefore, when many people get sick and cannot find a doctor for a while, they first go to a scholar.
I am not very talented, but I have read a few medical books in my spare time, so I can tell whether you are sick or not."
Kou Ji looked at Wang Zeng in astonishment.
Wang Zeng hummed and said: "Nowadays, the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty are making a big fuss. Why are you and the officials pretending to be sick at the same time?"