The jade pendant represents a remnant army, and Kou Zhun did not say much about the details.
Kou Zhun only told Kou Ji that when Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied, he led his army into Bianjing City and encountered stubborn resistance.
Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had the troops to capture them, but because of his loyalty and bravery, he sent people to recruit them and promised to spare the lives of the soldiers who resisted.
The general who led the army did not want to see all his soldiers killed, so he was forced to agree to the surrender of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.
But they betrayed their old masters and had a reputation of being unkind, unjust, loyal and unfilial.
They did not accept the high-ranking officials and titles awarded by Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. Instead, they disappeared silently in front of people and became a military force secretly guarding Bianjing City.
During Taizu's reign, they were occasionally used.
After Taizong ascended the throne, he did not use them, stopped paying their food and wages, and left them to fend for themselves.
After Zhenzong ascended the throne, he treated them as if they did not exist.
Zhao Zhen generally regarded them as common people who had integrated into Bianjing City, so he generously awarded the jade medal to Kou Tianci.
The armor in the other courtyards of Prince Wei's palace belongs to them.
Zhao Zhen gave a special courtyard containing soldiers and armors to the royal family of Wei, which can be said to be full of malice.
It can be said that when the Wei Prince's family came to Beijing, Zhao Zhen took the lead in laying a surprise for the Wei Prince's family.
The thunder was planted by Zhao Zhen, probably to prepare for emergencies.
Kou Ji just detonated the thunder that Zhao Zhen planted.
Zhao Zhen would not have any doubts that Kou Ji would know that there were armors hidden in other courtyards belonging to the Wei Prince's family.
Because only Zhao Zhen, Chen Lin, and Kou Zhun were the only ones in the court who knew that the armor was hidden in that courtyard.
Zhao Zhen and Chen Lin knew that it was because of inheritance.
The reason why Kou Zhun knew this was because Kou Zhun privately read out the decree to stop the payment of food and pay to the remnant army on behalf of Taizong.
If Kou Ji knew about this, Kou Zhun must have told him.
The reason why Kou Zhun told Kou Ji about this in the first place was because he was afraid that Kou Ji would get into trouble on this matter, so after Kou Ji returned to the court, he specially explained it to Kou Ji.
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Liu Heng took away the steward of the Kou Mansion from the Kou Mansion, and after appeasing the people who asked for orders for Kou Ji, the people finally left the cells of the Imperial City Division and went home.
The commotion caused by Kou Ji and Zhang Zhibai was completely calmed down.
However, a series of changes in the court really frightened the civil and military officials of the court.
After everyone in the Wei royal family was captured, some of the prominent people were sentenced to death, while others were immediately sent to Salmon Island.
The officials seemed to dislike them very much and did not even allow them to spend the New Year in Bianjing.
The Prince of Wei's family collapsed.
Privy Councilor Gao Gonggong collapsed.
Kou Ji, the official minister, fell.
Zhang Zhibai, the Minister of Rites, collapsed.
Dozens of officials had their homes confiscated and their families exterminated for committing rebellion.
Zhang Shixun, Liu Sheng and other officials were all sent to serve as officials in bitter and cold places.
One-fifth of the officials standing in the Chui Gong Hall were gone at once.
Can the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty not be afraid?
When they meet Zhao Zhen now, they are like a mouse meeting a cat. They must be as respectful as possible.
Except for the Yushitai and the Inner Court, no officials from other ministries spoke up to refute Zhao Zhen's decision.
If Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian occasionally disagreed with Zhao Zhen, the court might become Zhao Zhen's monologue.
As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.
Zhao Zhen's plan had a loophole and was disrupted.
But Zhao Zhen's goal was achieved.
During this turmoil, he purged those officials in the court who he disliked.
What's more important is that so far, few people have discovered that Zhao Zhen is the mastermind behind the scenes, and even fewer people know that Zhao Zhen's fundamental purpose in planning everything is to purge the court.
Everyone thought that Zhao Zhen was waging war for the members of Yizijiaozipu, but few people knew Zhao Zhen's fundamental purpose.
After the imperial court became a little purer, its operation speed became extremely fast.
The New Year is approaching.
Each department in the imperial court must summarize the gains and losses of the year and report it to the inner court for Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian to read.
In the past, the year-end summary work took more than a month to complete.
This year it took just half a month.
After reviewing the year-end summary, the imperial court issued a batch of very shabby year-end bonuses, and then the government and the public began to enter the annual vacation.
Except that Cao Wei took his family out of Bianjing City after he was granted the title of Yamen and returned to Zhending Mansion to worship his ancestors, the New Year's Eve in Bianjing City was not much different from previous years.
If you must say there is.
So the difference lies in Kou Mansion.
According to custom, on the eve of the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, Zhao Zhen would send people to invite the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and their families to the palace to have fun together.
The eunuchs in the palace rode their horses through the gate of the Kou Mansion. The sound of horse hooves could be heard from a distance.
"If you go to Wenchang Academy, you should invite your grandfather."
Xiang Yan sat next to Kou Ji, watching Kou Ji tug on Kou Tianci's ear, and said with some distress.
Kou Ji tugged on Kou Tianci's ear and said calmly: "I know..."
Xiang Yan wanted to snatch Kou Tianci away from Kou Ji, but when she saw that Kou Tianci was enjoying the way Kou Ji pulled his ears, she suppressed the urge to snatch him away and said: "In previous years, when the official family arrived at this time, the first
It’s you who invites me.”
Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Yan and said in a neutral tone: "Now that the official family has grown up, they also know what it means to have order in the elders and younger ones. Isn't it right to ask your grandfather first?"
Xiang Yan muttered: "You have been dismissed from office by the government. You have no official title. Will the government not invite you this year?"
Kou Ji said disdainfully: "Who cares..."
"Um……"
Kou Tianci wrinkled his nose, grinned and stretched out his hand, asking Xiang Yan for a hug.
Kou Ji pinched Kou Tianci in pain.
When Xiang Yan saw her son grinning, she decisively snatched her son from Kou Ji's hand and gave her son a hearty blow.
Kou Tianci was ticklish, so he kept covering his ears with his hands and giggling.
Xiang Yan glanced at Kou Ji and said, "If you really didn't care about him, you wouldn't pinch your son."
Kou Ji's face was not red, his heart was not beating, and he said: "It's just a banquet with nothing new. What should I be curious about? I'm just afraid that without me, this banquet will lose some color.
You should know that the most dazzling person in our Song Dynasty this year is me, Kou Ji."
Xiang Yan pursed her lips but did not refute.
This year Kou Ji led his people to regain Hexi. He was indeed the most successful figure in the Song Dynasty this year.
There are three princes, one prince and twelve uncles, with Kou Ji as the most respected.
The limelight lasted for a while.
The New Year's Eve banquet in the palace would definitely be less colorful without Kou Ji.
"Da da da..."
The rapid sound of horse hooves sounded outside Kou's mansion again.
Walk through the entrance of Koufu Courtyard and go to Wenchang Academy.
Kou Ji and Xiang Yan were both stunned when they heard the sound.
After thinking for a long time, Xiang Yan asked, "Should the officials send people to invite the retired ministers, or should they invite the famous scholars?"
Kou Ji pondered and said: "Now that we have started, we have to invite everyone, and please keep half of them. Can the other half not feel resentful in their hearts? Their disciples are old friends, why don't you complain for them?"
Xiang Yan nodded suddenly.
As Kou Ji said,
Then the sound of horse hoofbeats continued continuously. Xiang Yan counted the number of people sending invitations and found that the number of people sending invitations was equivalent to the number of retired ministers and famous scholars in Wenchang Academy.
Kou Ji and Xiang Yan sat in the backyard until dusk, but they didn't hear anyone knocking on the door of Kou's mansion.
Kou Ji said dumbfounded: "The officials are really stingy. They didn't invite me to the New Year's Eve banquet this year."
Kou Ji looked at Xiang Yan and said, "You will be wronged if you follow me."
Being qualified to attend the New Year's Eve banquet and being eligible to appear at the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace is a symbol of identity and status, and it is also a manifestation of the emperor's favor.
Being killed, naturally the Holy Family is strong.
If you are not covered, you should go to bed. By the way, before going to bed, think about whether there is a way to get yourself out of the eyes of the officials as soon as possible, so that the officials will not be upset when they see you and find a reason to kill you.
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Among the ladies, it is inevitable to gossip about this matter.
Some people may use this incident to criticize others.
Kou Ji was not invited. People who knew about it knew that Kou Ji was fighting with the officials. People who didn't know about it thought that Kou Ji's holy family was exhausted, so they would inevitably laugh at Xiang Yan when they met him.
This is what Kou Ji said about being wronged.
When Xiang Yan heard this, she smiled and said: "How can I be wronged? Not only am I not wronged, I also feel a little happy. In previous years, we were all in the palace, watching the New Year together with everyone, and we always lost a little bit of family.
taste.
Now we, a family of three, can stay together to watch the New Year's Eve, and it's not too late for me to be happy.
On New Year's Eve, I dismissed the servants and went to cook myself to prepare a table of food and wine for my husband.
We, a family of three, stay together and have a good New Year."
Kou Ji laughed loudly, "If my grandfather hears this, I'm afraid he will blow his beard and glare at you."
Xiang Yan said with a smile: "Grandpa is a big shot, how can he care about a little girl like me?"
The smile on Kou Ji's face became even stronger.
"Da da da..."
The sound of horse hooves sounded again.
Stopped at the door of Kou Mansion.
Not long after, the gatekeeper of Kou Mansion led a eunuch to the backyard.
After the eunuch saw Kou Ji and Xiang Yan, he bowed his hands but said nothing.
Instead, he looked at Kou Tianci who was in Yan's arms with a look of humiliation and saluted, "Master Ci, the officials will invite you to a banquet in the palace on New Year's Eve."
Kou Tianci is Zhao Zhen's godson, whose name is recorded on the jade butterfly.
But after all, he is not a prince, nor does he have a title.
So the eunuch called him "Young Master".
Kou Tianci did have an official position, but it was inappropriate for a eunuch to call Kou Tianci his official position.
Because Kou Tianci was Zhao Zhen's godson, and the eunuch was Zhao Zhen's servant.
After the eunuch finished speaking, he took out a gold-gilt invitation from his sleeve and presented it to Kou Tianci.
Xiang Yan helped Kou Tianci take the invitation from the eunuch with a very strange look on her face.
The eunuch apologized and left the backyard of the other courtyard.
Xiang Yan took the invitation and looked at Kou Ji blankly.
After being silent for a long time, Xiang Yan called Kou Ji worriedly.
"Ms. sir..."
An invitation from Zhao Zhen dashed their family's hopes of celebrating the New Year.
Kou Tianci was young and could not enter the palace alone.
Xiang Yan had to follow.
New Year's Eve.
Inside the Kou Mansion.
Kou Ji was left alone.
It's not scary to be left out.
Being isolated is the scariest thing.
Xiang Yan dared to joke with Kou Ji just now, but now she couldn't even tell a joke.
She was only worried about Kou Ji's mood.
Seeing Xiang Yan's worried look, Kou Ji grinned and said, "I thought the official family was grown up, but I didn't expect the official family to be so childish. How could I be fooled by such childish methods.
Just take your son there.
Remember to get more rewards.
As long as there is a gold, silver or jade plate on the table, you can take it if you want.
The advantages of the royal family should not be taken advantage of.
Back then, your father-in-law and I took away a full cartload of gold, silver and jade plates from the royal family.
I made a million dollars."
Kou Ji acted very free and easy, but Xiang Yan was still worried, "Ms. sir, you are at home alone..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "This is not the first time I have celebrated the New Year alone. Last year in the Western Regions, I spent the New Year alone."
Xiang Yan hesitated and said, "But at that time, I was in the Western Regions, but now I am at home. And last year in the Western Regions, Liu Heng and others accompanied you to celebrate the New Year."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "New Year's Eve happens every year, not least this year. I'm not a child, so I still worry that no one will give me candies to eat or new clothes to wear?"
"Otherwise...I'd better not go..."
Xiang Yan hesitated again and again and said.
Kou Ji said in a dumbfounded voice: "The officials clearly sent invitations, but secretly issued the decree. Look at those who got the invitations, who dare not go? Now that the official prestige is high, at this time, with the official
It's not good to play devil's advocate.
Besides, if you don’t go, no one will take care of your son when he enters the palace."
"The queen and the maids..."
Halfway through Xiang Yan's words, Kou Ji frowned, "The officials and the queen are trustworthy, and the people around them are also trustworthy, but it's hard to say about the other eunuchs and Gong'e. At the New Year's Eve banquet, there are so many people and so many eyes.
, there are so many eunuchs and concubines serving the civil and military envoys of the Manchu Dynasty. If someone has bad intentions and takes the opportunity to get close to his son, the son will be in danger."
After a pause, Kou Ji said quietly: "The palace is the center of power, and it is also the most complicated place for people's hearts. There are people with all kinds of thoughts in it. It is difficult to tell clearly who is good and who is bad.
So you must stay by your son's side.
You know, the matter of Zhang’s one body and two lives has not been found out yet.”
"Then you gave your son to the officials before?"
Xiang Yan asked.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's not an important occasion, so I'm not afraid of it. There aren't that many people, and my thoughts are naturally not that complicated. The people around the official family and the people around the queen are all carefully selected by the two of them.
Especially the people around the queen have grown up with her. The lives of three or four generations of the family are all in the hands of the Cao family, and no one dares to mess around.
Therefore, if your son enters the palace privately and meets the officials or the queen, there is no need to worry."
Xiang Yan nodded thoughtfully.
Kou Ji accompanied Xiang Yan and talked for a while. The couple talked and laughed and were very harmonious.