Chapter 0587 The Great Song Dynasty has big drawbacks in the amount of talent
Wang Zeng got the shares of Yizijiaozipu. After returning to the palace, he discussed it with Lu Yijian, and then spread the news through the inner court that Qian Le had donated the shares of Yizijiaozipu to the official family. go out.
According to the meaning of Lu Yijian, the members of Yizi Jiaozi Pu can be attributed to the imperial court, not Zhao Zhen personally.
But Wang Zeng knew full well that the great changes in Yizijiaozipu were led by Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji behind the scenes. He could easily get the members of Yizijiaozipu from the Qian Mansion because of Zhao Zhen's nod.
Since Zhao Zhen believes in him and is willing to give him the members of Yizijiaozipu, then he must help Zhao Zhen to defend it. He must not let the members of Yizijiaozipu be placed in the court and let the civil and military officials do harm. .
If the civil and military officials cannot win over members of Yizijiaozipu, they will make an issue of the members of Yizijiaozipu who remain in the court.
Whether it was through members of Yizijiaozipu to interfere in the management of Yizijiaozipu, or through members of Yizijiaozipu held by the court, forcing Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji to hand over the remaining money. elements.
They can do it all.
There are not many saints in the court who have no desires and desires. They can't fail to see the huge benefits of Yizijiaozipu in front of them.
As long as you leave a gap for them, they will definitely take action.
Even if they risk their lives to gamble, they are willing to do so.
Therefore, members of Yizijiaozipu must not remain in the hands of the court. Both public and private matters should be held by Zhao Zhen alone.
Lu Yijian was persuaded by Wang Zeng and finally gave up his idea.
After the news about Qian Le's dedicating members of Yizijiaozipu to the officials spread, there was a complete sensation inside and outside Bianjing City.
The people felt that Qian Le's brain might have been kicked by a donkey, for he could actually give away such a large family fortune.
The officials were naturally not as shallow as the common people. What they saw was that Zhao Zhen had already begun to take back the elements in Yizijiaozipu. If they didn't take action, it would be too late.
The battles between civil and military officials became more ferocious.
Wang Zeng used the members of Yizijiaozipu in his hands to attract a group of people and joined the battle.
The three-party competition has become more intense.
Every day, officials are dismissed because of this, and every day nobles are reduced to common people because of this.
At first, only the officials of the seventh and eighth ranks were dismissed, but by the end of the fight, the officials of the fourth and fifth ranks were also involved.
During this period, although Zhao Zhen didn't say much or express his position clearly, he opened his mouth several times and let the officials see what it means to be unpredictable.
Some of the officials who died in the struggle among the officials were framed by them and became unspeakable criminals. The officials thought that Zhao Zhenhui would be furious, dismissed him from office, and sentenced him to death.
But Zhao Zhen did not act according to the wishes of the officials. Instead, he let those officials go lightly and simply sent them from Bianjing City to remote places to serve as officials.
Some officials were only guilty of some minor crimes, but Zhao Zhen was cruel to them. After dismissing them from office, he also pushed them to the guillotine.
Zhao Zhen wants to kill people, but there is almost no common ground between them.
The officials subconsciously ruled out the idea of Zhao Zhen taking the opportunity to eliminate certain officials.
The officials felt that Zhao Zhen probably wanted to take advantage of this wave to show off his presence in front of the officials, so that they could experience firsthand what it means to be unpredictable in the king's heart, so as to gather some power of the king.
Zhao Zhen wanted to gather some royal power, so he dealt heavy blows to some people, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.
The officials were busy competing for the interests of Yizijiaozipu, but they didn't have much time to help them complain about their grievances.
Kou Ji could naturally see what the officials couldn't see.
Among the officials Zhao Zhen dealt with, some were whom Zhao Zhen really wanted to deal with, while others were dealt with deliberately by Zhao Zhen in order to deceive others.
Although the people Zhao Zhen deliberately dealt with were not pedantic officials, they were not good people either.
So Zhao Zhen killed them, and Kou Ji didn't feel unjust at all.
But when an unexpected person was demoted out of Bianjing City by Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji was a little surprised. He hurried into the palace and wanted to understand why Zhao Zhen demoted that unexpected person out of Bianjing City.
When Kou Ji entered the palace, Zhao Zhen was splashing ink.
Zhao Zhen holds a pen and draws a landscape picture on a long piece of Chengxintang paper.
On one side of the paper, a towering mountain peak has been drawn, with a waterfall running through it and slowly flowing out.
On the other side of the paper, there are small ink dots, which look very dazzling on the snow-white paper.
Kou Ji knew exactly why Zhao Zhen put ink dots in the blank space.
Because Zhao Zhen told Kou Ji privately.
Those ink spots are some of the ministers in the court that Zhao Zhen wants to clean up.
Zhao Zhen was afraid that he would miss someone during the cleaning process, but he couldn't follow Kou Ji's method of making a clear list at the house, so he could only replace names with ink dots.
Although the palace is much cleaner than before, it is still not airtight.
Zhao Zhen was afraid that if he wrote a list, someone would discover it and leak it, so he could only use ink dots.
Zhao Zhen picked up his pen and turned an ink dot into a small tree. After the small tree blocked the ink dot, he put down his pen with satisfaction.
After washing his hands, he walked over to Kou Ji with a smile.
"Chen Kouji..."
Just as Kou Ji was about to bow and salute, Zhao Zhen grabbed him enthusiastically and pulled him to the table. He pointed at Kou Ji happily and said, "Fourth brother, look, my painting skills are much better than before."
Zhao Zhen was painting just now. After Kou Ji entered the palace, he did not disturb him, did not salute, and stood quietly aside.
Zhao Zhen stopped writing, and Kou Ji naturally had to follow the etiquette and salute Zhao Zhen.
It's just that Zhao Zhen obviously doesn't care if Kou Jishi doesn't show courtesy.
After he stopped writing, he asked Kou Ji to criticize his paintings.
Kou Ji lowered his head and looked at Zhao Zhen's paintings carefully, clicked his lips, and said insincerely: "The painting skills of the officials are just average..."
After Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's words, he burst into laughter.
Chen Lin, who was helping Zhao Zhen hold the painting, curled her lips when she heard Kou Ji's words.
You can be a little more fake...
Kou Ji's expression of insincere words was not concealed at all.
Zhao Zhen and Chen Lin naturally saw it clearly.
Kou Ji was also helpless. He, a person with a fake background, spent much longer on painting than Zhao Zhen.
But the paintings he produced were more than a little bit worse than Zhao Zhen's.
Kou Ji was unwilling to admit that his skills were inferior to others, nor was he willing to praise Zhao Zhen, so he could only give an average evaluation.
The people of the old Zhao family are as good as emperors, but they are far more talented than ordinary people in calligraphy and painting.
Kou Ji was not sure what the greatness of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was in calligraphy and painting.
But Kou Ji knew very well what special qualities Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi had in calligraphy and painting.
Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi was very accomplished in calligraphy, and his hands were so white that hundreds of officials rushed to imitate him.
Leaving aside the fact that some people imitated him in order to flatter him, the civil servants did not criticize him for this, and the historians did not criticize him for this, which is enough to show that his calligraphy attainments are not low.
Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng was not weak in calligraphy. In order to show off his calligraphy to the officials, he wrote poems when he had nothing to do, and wrote down his poems when he had nothing to do and passed them on to the officials for appreciation.
Emperor Zhenzong, Zhao Heng, wrote three hundred volumes of poems in his lifetime, which were compiled into volumes by the imperial court and included in the palace library.
Zhao Zhen obviously inherited the excellent genes of his grandfather and father, and was very talented in calligraphy and painting.
At a young age, he has already shown his talent in calligraphy.
My hands are white and the writing is very beautiful.
Even Kou Zhun, who didn't like to praise the emperor very much, once praised Zhao Zhen's calligraphy in private.
Zhao Zhen did not spend too much time on painting.
But even so, the paintings he painted already have some charm.
If Kou Ji imitates Zhao Zhen's paintings, he can imitate them exactly the same, and he can also draw some charm.
But if Kou Ji paints by himself, he won't be able to draw any charm at all.
He was used to imitating. He could imitate everyone's paintings and imitate the charm of everyone's paintings, but he could not create his own charm.
After Zhao Zhen laughed, he stared at Kou Ji with a joking look on his face and said, "I finally found out that I have a place where I can surpass my fourth brother."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said with a dry smile: "I am not a god. It is impossible for me to know everything and be good at everything."
Zhao Zhen was in a good mood after hearing this and did not chase and beat the drowned dog.
Zhao Zhen asked Kou Ji to sit down, told Chen Lin to collect the scroll, and smiled at Kou Ji: "Why did the fourth brother enter the palace this time?"
Seeing that Zhao Zhen had no intention of beating the drowned dog, Kou Ji felt a little relieved and said with a smile: "Can't I come and visit the official's house if I have nothing to do?"
Zhao Zhen put away the smile on his face and said slightly resentfully: "If you really have this intention, you should stay in the palace and stay with me all the time."
After Chen Lin finished collecting the scrolls, she heard Zhao Zhen's words and whispered with a smile: "If Duke Yong Guo is willing to enter the palace, our family can retire and return to our hometown, and give up all the titles in our family to Duke Yong. "
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin with his scalp numb, and yelled: "Get out!"
Chen Lin chuckled, not angry, and stood aside very wisely.
Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin again, then looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "It's better for me to stay outside the palace. When I am outside the palace, I can help the officials keep an eye on the civil and military officials of the dynasty."
A smile appeared on Zhao Zhen's face again, he nodded and said: "I have fourth brother watching for me outside the palace, so I can rest assured."
Kou Ji nodded, hesitated, and said, "I have something unclear, and I would like to ask the officials to clarify it."
Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji and said, dumbfounded: "You said you didn't enter the palace just because of something?"
Kou Ji smiled dryly and didn't explain much.
Zhao Zhen did not chase Kou Ji and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with fourth brother?"
Kou Ji pondered: "The official family wants to use Jia Changchao?"
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji with some surprise and said, "Fourth brother cares about Jia Changchao?"
Jia Changchao's official title was not high, and to Kou Ji today, he was just a small role.
Zhao Zhen did not expect that Kou Ji would pay attention to Jia Changchao.
I never expected that Kou Ji would personally visit the palace for a small role.
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "It's not that I care, but the government should be more cautious if they want to use this person."
Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment and said: "After I ascended the throne, this person has been serving as the minister of Tianzhang Pavilion. I have been in contact with this person several times and heard him explain the Ming Sutra.
This person is not old, but his knowledge is not as good as his.
When I was reading the Ming Sutra, I came across something that I didn't understand, so I asked this person for advice.
This person explained everything clearly at once, much more clearly than when Xiang Gong, Wang Zeng and others gave lectures to me.
I think this person is a talented person and want to reuse him, so why doesn’t Fourth Brother take a fancy to this person?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "This person's attainments in Ming Jing Dao are indeed not weak. If he can gain some reputation, it would not be an exaggeration to be called a great Confucian. But learning is learning, and being an official is being an official.
When officials look at people and select officials, they cannot just rely on knowledge.
A person with good knowledge may not necessarily be a good official."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he fell into deep thought.
Kou Ji continued: "Although our dynasty selects scholars based on knowledge, we cannot appoint officials based on knowledge. The purpose of selecting scholars based on knowledge is only to select good talents from the many scholars for the use of the court.
But among these talents, who can take on big responsibilities and who cannot take on big responsibilities can no longer be judged by knowledge.
The reason why there are so many pedantic people in the court and so many mediocre people is because they judge their talents based on their knowledge.
Knowledge only represents a bachelor's degree, not ability.
If the imperial court blindly evaluates talents based on knowledge.
Officials in both the government and the public will put more emphasis on knowledge than ability.
If things go on like this, officials will only think about how to improve their knowledge, and will not think much about how to help the officials govern the world and how to make the place they are responsible for rich and clear.
When all the civil and military officials in the dynasty pursue knowledge, who can help the officials govern the world?"
After Zhao Zhen heard what Kou Ji said, his brows furrowed into the character "Chuan".
Kou Ji's words were contrary to the talent selection methods he had seen and felt since childhood.
But he did not refute Kou Ji, but listened to Kou Ji continue to speak.
When Kou Ji saw Zhao Zhen frowning, he knew that it would be difficult to convince Zhao Zhen by talking about it in vain, so he had to give some convincing examples.
Kou Ji thought for a moment, stared at Zhao Zhen and asked, "What do the officials think of Ding Wei?"
When Zhao Zhen heard this, his brows furrowed even more tightly and he said in a deep voice: "This person is a treacherous person who deceives his superiors and conceals his actions from his subordinates."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Do the officials know that when Ding Wei first entered his official career, he was not an official who deceived his superiors and deceived his subordinates?"
Zhao Zhen was stunned and said in an uncertain tone: "I have heard a little bit about this person's past, but I hate this person very deeply, so I haven't studied it in depth."
Kou Ji sighed: "The officials should study this person carefully."
Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows and stared at Kou Ji without saying a word.
Kou Ji didn't let him pay attention to those loyal ministers and good generals, but asked him to pay attention to a treacherous minister. He was a little puzzled.
In Zhao Zhen's puzzled eyes, Kou Ji continued: "The officials should not focus all their attention on those loyal ministers and good generals, but should also pay some attention to those traitors."