Zhao Zhen made a fuss most of the night, and at the fourth watch, Zhao Zhen was completely drunk.
Chen Lin carefully entered the backyard and saw Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen lying on the ground in the pavilion, sleeping soundly. Two figures, one large and one small, were crawling around them. When they were tired,
Just chirp and sit next to the two of you.
The younger one seemed to feel uncomfortable sitting on the ground, so he climbed up on Kou Ji's chest, followed Kou Ji's body, climbed onto Zhao Zhen, and crawled back and forth.
Chen Lin was so frightened that her heart almost jumped out of her chest. He took small steps and rushed over silently.
"Shua~"
The sharp blade flashed past under the moonlight, and the cold tip of the blade hung at Chen Lin's throat.
Chen Lin stopped abruptly, swallowed a little, and said in a deep voice: "Our family will not hurt them..."
The sword's light shrank.
The mute tiger stood quietly by the pavilion.
Chen Lin looked at the little guy who was happily crawling back and forth on Zhao Zhen's body. The corners of her mouth twitched and she said to the mute tiger: "But our family doesn't allow them to get close to the official family. They are ferocious beasts!"
Du Hu stood there in a daze for a long time before turning back to look at the two figures, one large and one small.
The big figure seemed to sense a bit of danger from the mute tiger, so he stood up and roared at the mute tiger.
Dumb Tiger tilted his head.
The big figure immediately climbed to the ground, swaying its fat butt, and rolled out of the pavilion.
The small figure sat on Kou Ji's chest, sat there blankly for a while, and then left with his butt shaking.
The mute tiger left the pavilion quietly.
Chen Lin quickly entered the pavilion, helped Zhao Zhen up from the ground, and whispered to the palace maids outside the backyard, and the eunuchs came in.
The eunuchs and maids wrapped Zhao Zhen in a thick blanket and carried him away from the Kou Mansion.
On New Year's Eve, Zhao Zhen can be as willful as he wants.
But during the ancestor worship ceremony on the first day of the new year, Zhao Zhen could not be willful.
Chen Lin and others carried Zhao Zhen back to the palace to prepare for the ancestor worship ceremony.
After Zhao Zhen, Chen Lin and others left, Kou Ji let out a long breath, slowly sat up, rubbed his frozen hands, and muttered in a low voice.
"It's terrible..."
Fortunately, he heard that Zhao Zhen's language was wrong, so he lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead.
If he hadn't pretended to be dead, God knows what the drunk Zhao Zhen would have done to him.
If after a night of fooling around, he wakes up and puts the dragon robe on him, it will be great fun.
Kou Ji got up and went out of the backyard. After calling the servants to clean up the leftovers in the pavilion, he went back to his room to sleep alone.
Before going to bed, Kou Ji secretly told himself that he would never drink with Zhao Zhen again.
If you want to drink with Zhao Zhen, you must bring someone else with you.
It's best to bring in a few enemies.
"It seems...I don't have many enemies in the court now..."
Kou Ji muttered, put on his clothes and went to sleep.
Half asleep and half awake, I felt my chest feel heavy.
Kou Ji subconsciously thought it was the little black and white guy sitting on his chest, and then waved his hand unceremoniously.
Then.
Then he couldn't sleep anymore.
An old hand grabbed his ear and lifted him up from the bed.
Kou Ji opened his eyes in pain and saw an angry face with hair and beard spread out.
"grandfather?!"
Kou Zhun pulled his ears and said nothing with a dark face.
Kou Ji blinked and glanced left and right out of the corner of his eye, and saw Kou Tianci sitting there pitifully in the corner of his bed, holding his mouth in frustration.
He roughly understood why Kou Zhun was so angry.
The person sitting on his chest just now was probably not a panda, but his son.
He casually pulled his son aside, angering Kou Zhun.
Kou Ji decisively admitted his mistake and said: "Unintentional...unintentional..."
Kou Zhun snorted coldly and let go of Kou Ji's ear.
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji, picked up Kou Tianci, who was sitting on the corner of the bed with a wronged expression, and said to Kou Ji, "Instruct the cook at home to prepare more wine and meat. I will have a banquet in the other courtyard in the afternoon."
Most of the famous scholars in Wenchang Academy had left their hometowns. Kou Zhun hosted a banquet in another courtyard to make them happy and help them vent their homesickness.
"Yan'er has always been in charge of this matter..."
Kou Ji said doubtfully.
Kou Zhun hummed and said, "Yan'er will go to the ceremony with my great-grandson in her arms soon."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes.
If the co-author has no job, then he has no human rights in the government?
Kou Ji complained in his heart and agreed with his mouth.
There are only a few people in the house, so during the holidays, manpower is particularly tight.
It is not strange for the head of the family to go into battle in person.
Kou Zhun, Kou Tianci, and Xiang Yan didn't stay at the house for long. After changing into ceremonial clothes, they rushed to the Ancestral Temple in Bianjing City.
Logically speaking, Xiang Yan, a woman, is not qualified to enter the Ancestral Temple.
But considering that Kou Tianci could not attend the festival by himself, no one would deliberately find fault with Xiang Yan if he followed him.
Xiang Yan is not white.
Although Kou Ji was dismissed from office, Xiang Yan was deprived of the title of Madam Gaoming.
But the mother is more valuable than her son. Xiang Yan did not have the imperial edict that her husband helped her get, but she had the imperial edict that her son helped her get.
Calculate it carefully.
Now the only one in the house is Kou Ji.
Xiang Yan could enter the front hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple through Kou Tianci's relationship, but she could not enter the middle hall and the back hall. When the time came, she would have to let Kou Zhun carry Kou Tianci in.
After Kou Zhun and the others left the house.
Kou Ji transformed into a big steward and began to lead the servants to prepare everything Kou Zhu needed to entertain his guests.
Ceremony.
It lasted from morning until noon.
After the ceremony, Kou Zhun led a group of people to the Kou Mansion.
Most of them were people over fifty years old, and they were all accompanied by their students.
Kou Ji knew all the guests who were over fifty years old.
Kou Ji didn't know any of those students.
Wen Yanbo, Han Qi and other evildoers whom Kou Ji was familiar with have now been sent to Hexi to study government affairs.
All that is left are some students with average qualifications.
Kou Ji didn't know them, so he didn't bother to chat with them.
When the guests who were over fifty years old came into the house, he went out to pay a visit, and then hid in the backyard to relax.
After hiding for a short time, a few bad guests broke in aggressively through the door.
The banquet just held by the Kou Mansion had to be moved to Wenchang Academy because of the unwelcome guests.
There is only one evil guest in the government and the public who can be avoided by Kou Zhun and others.
Official Zhao Zhen!
Zhao Zhen not only came by himself, but also brought Empress Cao, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian and others.
After Empress Cao arrived at the Kou Mansion's annex, she followed Xiang Yan to the attic in the backyard.
Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian and others sat down in the pavilion in the backyard with Kou Ji.
After sitting down.
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Guan family, why are you here again?"
As soon as these words came out.
Zhao Zhen's face darkened.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian's faces turned darker.
Kou Ji's words reminded the two of them of last night, when Zhao Zhen left the civil and military envoys of the entire dynasty and slipped out of the palace.
Zhao Zhen was a little willful, but it made the two of them miserable.
As the host of the banquet, he ran away halfway.
The two chief stewards have to run around and talk to everyone. They must be able to talk to everyone, so as not to make people feel left out.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian kept talking nonstop last night, and their throats are still mute even now.
Zhao Zhen said to Kou Ji with a dark face: "Can't I come?"
Kou Ji laughed dryly and said, "You can come if you can..."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhao Zhen, then at Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian, and said thoughtfully: "The official family and the two prime ministers entered the mansion together, but there is something serious to discuss?"
Zhao Zhen nodded, thinking and speaking.
However, Lu Yijian took the lead and said: "All the vassals have agreed to the covenant proposed by our court. The letters of credence of each vassal are already on the way. Except for the distant Japanese country and Jiaozhi, half of the credences of the other vassals have been
We will arrive in Bianjing City in a few months.
The officials and I discussed it and decided to let you preside over the formal contract signing in half a month."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and said suspiciously: "How can I preside over the signing of alliances between countries with a white body?"
Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji and said calmly: "The imperial court will first give you the status of an officer of the Concierge Court. After half a month, you will be promoted to the director of the Concierge Court."
Kou Ji pondered: "Is it possible that the promotion is a little too fast? If the people in the Gao family and the people who are assigned to the Wei family know about it, will they be angry and vomit blood?"
Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng both rolled their eyes and glared at Kou Ji.
You get a bargain but still behave well...
If it weren't for the fact that the officials, regardless of the civil and military affairs of the dynasty, always came to you, do you think we would be willing to promote you?
If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court is in urgent need of capable people and people who can calm the situation, do you think you can be reinstated?
We hope you will sit on the bench for a few more years and let the arrogance in you go away.
"What we are talking about is serious business and we must not talk nonsense."
Wang Zeng gave a reminder with a gloomy face.
Kou Ji grinned and said, "After the office opens, I will go to the Concierge Court to run errands."
The first government offices in the imperial court to resume work were also after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.
Yamen like the Concierge House will not resume operations until after the 15th National Day.
After the fifteenth year, Kou Ji will be the dean of the Concierge Courtyard.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian were too lazy to argue with Kou Ji about this.
Lu Yijian said: "The other thing is the use of troops against the Liao State. Cao Wei showed his authority in the Liao State Post House, which was completely offended by the Liao State. After the Liao Envoy attended the New Year's Eve banquet last night, this morning
Left Bianjing City.
After the news in Bianjing City reaches the Liao Kingdom, Emperor Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty will definitely send his troops southward due to his nature.
The Liao army should arrive at the border of the Song Dynasty at the beginning of spring.
Years ago, the officials, Cao Wei, myself, and Wang Zeng discussed it and sent Cao Wei to take the lead to the northern border on the pretext of returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors.
The imperial troops and horses in the north were all controlled by Cao Wei.
The Tiger Character Army is also included.
As the commander of the Tiger Army, you should write a letter back to Di Qing and ask him to follow Cao Wei's orders."
After Kou Ji heard this, he said seriously: "I will write a letter and have it delivered soon."
Lu Yijian continued: "In this war with the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty plans to use 300,000 troops and horses. The 300,000 troops and horses will all be dispatched by Cao Wei, and the imperial court will not participate in the dispatch of troops and horses.
For other reasons, I will rush to the north to take charge after the Lantern Festival.
Wang Zeng will help the officials to decide on matters in the court."
The use of 300,000 troops and horses was indeed a big deal, and Cao Wei had full command. It was reasonable for Lu Yijian to be in charge.
But why did Lu Yijian tell him this?
Lu Yijian quickly solved Kou Ji's doubts.
Lu Yijian stared at Kou Ji and said solemnly: "This is the war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. It is the first time since Tan Yuan. We have made so many preparations and we absolutely cannot lose.
The worst outcome is that the two sides give up in a draw and cancel our Song Dynasty's agreement to pay tribute to the Liao Kingdom.
This is the only worst outcome we can accept.
No matter how bad it gets, we can't accept it.
Therefore, the firearms in your hand that can play a vital role on the battlefield must be handed over to the imperial court for use."
Kou Ji can understand what Lu Yijian said.
The Song Dynasty finally stood up and challenged the Liao Kingdom.
If you win, everyone will naturally be happy.
But if you lose, your newly straightened waist may bend down again.
Zhao Zhen, Li Di, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian, Kou Ji and others spent several years and made so many efforts, but it was all in vain.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to initiate a war with the Liao Kingdom in the future.
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said: "Firearms can be handed over to the court for use, but they must be given to trustworthy people. The manufacturing of firearms has currently reached a bottleneck. Until the bottleneck is broken, it will be difficult to manufacture firearms in large quantities.
Therefore, the firearms I have now are very precious.
Anything less is a huge loss."
Lu Yijian said seriously: "I will personally supervise this matter. If there is one less thing, I will listen to you."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "That's not the case, that thing is in danger of exploding. You may not understand the explosion. In short, if the thing is used for a long time, or there may be deviations during production, it will explode.
Danger to open.
Therefore, damage on the battlefield is inevitable.
The only thing we have to do is to keep records and make sure that even if it is damaged, there are still wreckage.
We must ensure that those things are always in the hands of our people."
Lu Yijian nodded solemnly.
Lu Yijian was also a cruel man. During his tour of the world, he killed many people.
He made a promise to Kou Ji, so he will definitely watch closely.
Kou Ji believed that in the current Song Dynasty, few people dared to do anything under the nose of Tong Zhongshu's disciple Ping Zhangshi.
After Lu Yijian nodded, Kou Ji said, "I will send someone to deliver the things later."
After seeing Kou Ji's agreement, Lu Yijian continued: "There is one more thing. The officials and I haven't figured it out yet. You are always smart, please help me think about it."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said: "Xi Xia's purpose of provoking war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom?"
Lu Yijian nodded and said: "This time the Song Dynasty offended the Liao Kingdom because Xixia interfered. If Xixia had not intervened, we would not have started a war with the Liao Kingdom before we were fully prepared.
If Xixia dares to intervene, it is possible that he already knows the result before intervening.
Why did Xixia provoke a war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom?"