Chapter 0705 The first way of persuasion in history
Wang Zeng said angrily: "Don't you think that the officials are disrupting the imperial court? The status of royal relatives is inherently more noble than others. Taizu and Taizong established the ancestral system to prevent them from taking power because they were afraid that they would do anything wrong based on their status.
, disrupting the outline of our Song Dynasty.
Nowadays, the official family has actually abolished the ancestral system, allowed them to take power, and granted them important positions.
If they restrain themselves, restore etiquette, and work conscientiously for the court, I can tolerate them.
But they are all a bunch of ineffective people. When they were not in power, they had already caused chaos in Bianjing City.
If they took power, why not poke a hole in Bianjing City?
It is not easy for the Song Dynasty to be where we are today.
If it is destroyed in their hands, I will never die in peace."
Kou Ji pondered and said: "If you feel that the officials are not handling the issue of the emperor's relatives properly enough, you can ask Lu Gong and Zhang Gong to come forward together to persuade the officials."
Wang Zeng said with a dark face: "I've already tried to persuade you...it's no use..."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "You three have tried to persuade me, but it won't work. My advice will be of use?"
Wang Zeng hesitated and said: "You have always been close to the official family..."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "No matter how close we are, we can't compare to someone from the same clan or clan, right?"
Wang Zeng was stunned and whispered: "That's true..."
After Wang Zeng muttered, he looked at Kou Jida and said: "Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai are blocking the entrance to the official palace, you go too."
Speaking of this, Wang Zeng said angrily: "I went to summon all the officials, and we all went to the official's palace to block the door."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse.
Although he knows the inside story, it doesn't mean he wants to act independently.
When it's time to go with the crowd, you still have to go with the crowd.
Otherwise, his knowledge of the truth may be exposed.
Wang Zeng abandoned Kou Ji and left the Jinshui Bridge to summon the officials.
Kou Ji wandered to the edge of the Jinshui Bridge alone, showed his waist badge, and entered the palace.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, Kou Ji arrived at Zhao Zhen's bedroom.
Zhao Zhen was not in his own dormitory, but in the dormitory of the younger Zhang, one of the two daughters of the Zhang family.
The big and small Zhang families have nothing to do with Concubine Zhang, who was killed and killed twice before.
They are the daughter of Zhang Yaofeng, the official of Shizhou.
After entering the palace, he remained unknown.
It was not until the death of Concubine Zhang that the two sisters appeared in front of people.
Xiao Zhang knew how to behave well. She knew that Zhao Zhen loved Concubine Zhang very much, so after Concubine Zhang passed away, she worked hard to help Concubine Zhang embroider a quilt full of scriptures. Both hands were pricked.
It’s out of shape.
When Zhao Zhen saw it, he was naturally moved.
Then he placed his love for Concubine Zhang on little Zhang.
As a result, Xiao Zhang became favored, was qualified to serve as a bed attendant, and was bestowed upon many times.
Now she has climbed to the position of Xiuyuan and is one of the nine concubines.
Others only regarded Xiao Zhang as an ordinary favored concubine, but Kou Ji knew how powerful Xiao Zhang was.
This woman is good at figuring out Zhao Zhen's thoughts.
When he was young, he knew how to hide his clumsiness. After he gained some capital, he began to compete for power in the palace.
Historical records record that when she was favored in the palace, her food and clothing expenses were three points better than those of Empress Cao.
After her death, Zhao Zhen made an exception and was named queen.
Empress Cao was still alive at that time and was also the empress.
Zhao Zhen's move not only made Empress Cao look bad, but also made the civil and military officials of the court angry.
For this reason, Zhao Zhen also fought against the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
The final result was that Zhao Zhen won.
Kou Ji knew that Xiao Zhang was powerful, but he didn't care.
Little Zhang can't affect his status now.
Even if Xiao Zhang is promoted to a position that threatens his status, he won't care.
He has plenty of means to deal with the little Zhang family.
If little Zhang is smart enough, she will definitely not provoke him.
If Xiao Zhang is not smart enough and provokes him, he will definitely make Xiao Zhang regret it.
When Kou Ji arrived in front of Xiao Zhang's bedroom, he saw Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai standing at the door with angry faces.
The door of the dormitory was closed tightly, and faint sounds could be heard from inside.
Chen Lin guarded the door of the dormitory very loyally, blocking Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai.
Kou Ji did not go forward to talk to Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai, but slowed down and listened carefully to the sounds in the dormitory.
After listening, Kou Ji twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered in a low voice, "The officials really know how to play, one dragon and two phoenixes in broad daylight..."
As soon as Kou Ji finished speaking, he felt two angry eyes looking at him.
Although the voice he spoke just now was low, it was not so low that others could not hear him.
Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai looked at each other angrily after hearing Kou Ji's words.
Kou Ji immediately criticized righteously: "This move by the officials is inappropriate, very inappropriate, and this trend cannot be encouraged..."
"snort!"
Lu Yijian snorted heavily and stopped talking to Kou Ji. Instead, he stared at the dormitory, as if he wanted to burn up the entire dormitory with the anger in his eyes.
Zhang Zhibai was interested in chatting with Kou Ji. After Kou Ji finished speaking, he sighed, "The officials are just making nonsense... Our Song Dynasty has just defeated a powerful enemy. It is the time to make great efforts to govern, but the officials first
Relying on relatives of the emperor, but now they are unable to leave the court, it is really..."
"Confused! Absurd! Foolish!"
Kou Ji criticized unceremoniously.
Zhang Zhibai nodded without hesitation: "You still dare to say..."
Lu Yijian's expression softened a bit when he heard Kou Jijian say the word "faint".
Before there was a complete stalemate with Zhao Zhen, few people used the word "foolish" to criticize Zhao Zhen.
After all, with Zhao Zhen's current achievements, he can be regarded as a wise king.
If he continues to work hard to conquer the remaining 11 states of Yanyun's 16 states, and defeat the Liao Kingdom to completely surrender, then he will be qualified to be evaluated as the emperor of the ages.
Moreover, unless you don't want to mess around in the court, it is impossible to break up with Zhao Zhen and call him fatuous.
Once you are scolded and Zhao Zhen takes notice, he will most likely give you countless shoes to wear.
After Chen Lin heard Kou Ji's harsh words, she glared at Kou Ji fiercely.
Kou Ji stared back without showing any signs of weakness.
"What are you looking at? Let's prepare some wine and food, and call some dancers over..."
Kou Ji gave the order carelessly.
Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai stared at Kou Ji in shock.
Under the gaze of Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai, Kou Ji smiled dryly and said: "The officials are obviously avoiding us. Even if we stay here for several days and nights, the officials probably won't come out.
We are exposed to the wind and sun here, and the only damage we do to our bodies is our own bodies, which cannot be compensated for.
Since the officials like to fool around, we can just follow the officials and fool around."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji deliberately shouted into the dormitory, "The country belongs to the officials, and the officials don't care, so why do we care?"
Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai were stunned again and again when they heard Kou Ji's words.
After a long time, Lu Yijian's eyes lit up slightly, "Is this still possible?"
Kou Ji shrugged his shoulders and said, "Isn't it good? You usually kneel and hit the wall, but it doesn't work. Since it doesn't work, you have to find another way.
The officials and the family can stand it when the royal relatives cause trouble in Bianjing City. Why can't we stand it?
Let's just spend time with the officials and see who can't bear it first in the end."
Lu Yijian stared at Kou Ji and said with emotion: "You're a smart boy, so I'll do as you say."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "You can't call me brat now. My current rank is no lower than yours."
Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji fiercely and said angrily: "How dare you say that?!"
Kou Ji knew why Lu Yijian was angry.
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Li Di and others were determined to train Kou Ji to take over, and even paved the way for Kou Ji. However, Kou Ji went to join the ranks of military officials. Lu Yijian was naturally angry, and he felt that he hated iron for not being able to make steel.
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Kou Ji had no way to tell Lu Yijian the inside story, so naturally he could only pretend that he was in the wrong and quickly gave in.
After Kou Ji gave up, Lu Yijian snorted coldly and shouted to Chen Lin who was standing aside watching the joke: "Why don't you prepare the wine, food and dancers?"
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment and wanted to go into the palace to ask Zhao Zhen for instructions.
However, considering that Zhao Zhen was doing good things and could not be disturbed, he followed Lu Yijian's instructions.
Not long after, a table of wine and food was placed at the door of the palace.
Kou Ji had been hungry for a long time. After sitting at the table, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai were holding wine glasses, drinking and scolding Kou Ji for being vulgar in a low voice.
Kou Ji ignored them.
The two of them had no intention of talking to Kou Ji.
The two of them were holding wine glasses, enjoying singing and dancing, and reciting poems and poems, which was very comfortable.
After Kou Ji had eaten, he saw Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai reciting poems with great enthusiasm. He couldn't say anything, so he just started to enjoy the singing and dancing.
Not long after the three people fell, Wang Zeng led the civil and military officials of the court to appear at the door of the dormitory in a menacing manner.
After everyone saw the behavior of Kou Ji and the others, their jaws dropped.
Wang Zeng rushed to Lu Yijian with a dark face, gritted his teeth and said: "What are you doing?!"
"Sit down and talk, sit down and talk..."
Lu Yijian smiled and invited.
Wang Zeng stubbornly said in a deep voice: "I'm going to stand here. If you explain it clearly to me, if you can't explain it clearly, I will inevitably impeach you."
Lu Yijian laughed and repeated what Kou Ji had said before.
Wang Zeng looked strange after hearing this.
"Is that possible?"
Wang Zeng was obviously full of doubts about Kou Ji's suggestion.
Officials have always said that they only stood up to demonstrate, or banged their heads against the wall, or ate and drank in the palace, but not one of them.
Wang Zeng thought this move was a bit ridiculous.
Lu Yijian heard Wang Zeng's words and said: "Whether it works or not, you will know if you try..."
Zhang Zhibai added on the side: "The three of us have been standing here all morning. Not only did the officials not see us, they didn't even send anyone to say a word to us. We drank, recited poems, and enjoyed singing and dancing here for only half a day."
At that time, the officials sent people to shut us up twice.
Do you think it’s okay?”
Wang Zeng raised his eyebrows and said hesitantly: "What about giving it a try?"
“A must try!”
Lu Yijian said decisively.
If this move is successful, it will be much easier for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to get rid of the situation of threatening each other with death, and to collectively advise the officials in the future.
Moreover, this is the first of its kind in history. If it comes true, it is destined to be remembered by all scholars in the world.
After Lu Yijian invited Wang Zeng to sit down, he ordered Chen Lin to prepare more wine, food and dancers.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty completely made a fuss at the door of the palace.
There are all those who perform boxing, those who drink wine, those who chant poems loudly, and those who dance swords for fun.
Zhao Zhen was in the palace. When he heard the civil and military commotion outside the door, one of them had his head turned on his head.
He sent people out several times to yell at the civil and military officials of the court, but to no avail.
He finally went out in person to scold the civil and military officials of the court. As soon as he showed his head, the civil and military officials of the court were all silent and looked at him at the same time.
He immediately realized that the uproar between the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty was fake, and forcing him to come out was the real thing, so he decisively closed the palace door and spent time with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
It was not until night fell and the civil and military forces of the court dispersed that Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.
If it weren't for the Song Dynasty's rule that ministers were not allowed to sleep in the harem after nightfall, the civil and military officials in the dynasty would have continued to make trouble day and night.
The entire dynasty was full of civil and military troubles, but they also knew how to behave appropriately.
They could toss Zhao Zhen, but they couldn't stay in the palace at night and break the rules of the palace.
If they stay in the harem and mess up the royal bloodline, they will be sinners through the ages.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty each returned to their homes to rest for a day.
On the second day, everyone gathered at the door of the palace again.
It's just that it's not at the door of Xiao Zhang's palace, but at the door of Queen Cao's palace.
Zhao Zhen is at Queen Cao's place today.
After the Manchu civil and military officials arrived, Lu Yijian ordered Chen Lin to prepare wine and food as usual.
Chen Lin said with a smile: "All the food prepared in the palace were eaten by you all yesterday. The eunuch who bought it has not yet sent the new things back to the palace, so there is nothing for you to enjoy."
Chen Lin's words were obviously Professor Zhao Zhen's excuse.
There are thousands of people living in the palace, and a large amount of food must be purchased for the palace every day. There is no shortage.
Lu Yijian unceremoniously exposed Chen Lin's lie, "That's nonsense! How could there be no food in the palace? You take me to the imperial dining room. I want to see if there is anything to eat in the imperial dining room."
Chen Lin smiled and said: "The imperial dining room is a place where officials can eat and drink. If you go there and bring something unclean, the heads of the slaves are not strong enough to chop off."
When Lu Yijian heard this, he was stunned and couldn't say a word.
It was not that he was powerless to refute.
But it was useless for him to refute.
Naturally, he would not harm Zhao Zhen, but what if someone took advantage of him to go to the imperial kitchen to frame him?
Or maybe Zhao Zhen had a darker heart and pretended to have diarrhea when he went to the imperial kitchen.
By then, even if he had eight mouths, he wouldn't be able to explain clearly.
Lu Yijian suppressed herself in front of Chen Lin, and the others did not pounce on her to ask for trouble.
The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty thought that today would be a day for eating, drinking and having fun, but they didn't expect that Zhao Zhen used a move to drain the fire and left them standing again.
There is only one exception.
This person is Kou Ji.
Kou Ji seemed to have anticipated what Zhao Zhen would do today, so he brought everything he had to eat, drink, play, and lie down with.
The servants in the palace brought him to the Jinshui Bridge, and he asked the eunuchs in the palace to carry it in for him.
Kou Ji unfolded the bed, went up, and placed a low table next to him. On the low table were wine, vegetables, melons and fruits.
Under the watchful eyes of the civil and military officials of the court, Kou Ji leisurely went to the bed, drank wine, ate fruits, and chewed a piece of meat from time to time.
The most disgusting thing is that he actually smacked his lips on purpose.
A moment.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty looked at each other angrily.
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai turned into robbers and robbed Kou Ji's things in the name of "respecting the elderly."
Kou Ji seemed to have expected that Lu Yijian and others would engage in banditry, so after Lu Yijian and others robbed his things, he roared a few words angrily, and then left the palace where Queen Cao was.
Not long after, Kou Ji appeared in Concubine Li's palace.
Concubine Li was dissatisfied with Kou Ji because of Liu E's affairs.
But she had a strong crush on Kou Ji's son Kou Tianci.
Probably because his son has not been around since he was a child, and he has never enjoyed the process of raising his son into an adult. He always feels that something is missing in his heart, so he has a special affection for Kou Tianci, his godson.
Every once in a while, Xiang Yan was summoned to the palace with Kou Tianci in her arms.
Kou Ji expected that he would meet a bad person today, so he asked Xiang Yan to carry Kou Tianci into the palace early.
After entering the palace.
Kou Tianci was naturally carried by Concubine Li to play, while Xiang Yan stayed in the side hall to talk and play with Concubine Yang, Concubine Du and Zhao Xu.
Kou Ji took advantage of his son's reputation and got in.
Kou Ji stayed in Concubine Li's palace until evening, then took Xiang Yan and Kou Tianci out of the palace.
In a blink of an eye, it was the third day.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also learned the lesson, and everyone brought their things into the palace.
A group of people gathered at the door of Zhao Zhen's dormitory again to eat, drink and have fun.
In anger, Zhao Zhen ordered Chen Lin to prepare a lot of food for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and then asked Chen Lin to take the eunuchs to watch them eat. They were not allowed to leave until they finished eating.
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Kou Ji, Zhang Zhibai and other important ministers naturally did not need to take into account Zhao Zhen's rude rules.
But those low-key officials could not refuse Zhao Zhen's 'good intentions'.
Each and every one of them almost died. They ate to the end, vomited while eating, and were finally carried out of the palace.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty battled with Zhao Zhen for five days.
Zhao Zhen relented.
Putting on court attire, he appeared in the Chui Gong Hall.
Seeing that Zhao Zhen had softened, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty gathered in the Chui Gong Hall to enumerate the recent crimes committed by the emperor's relatives.
Zhao Zhen summoned the emperor's relatives to the palace for a confrontation.
Then a shouting match broke out.
Finally, amidst Zhao Zhen's furious voice, the court dispersed.
Zhao Zhen specially kept Kou Ji after the disbandment of the dynasty.
After the dispersion of the dynasty.
Inside the side hall.
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji with resentful eyes and said, "Fourth brother, I heard that it was you who came up with the idea to let the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty eat and drink outside the palace?"
Kou Ji said very bachelorly: "It's me..."
Zhao Zhen sighed and complained: "How can you help outsiders deal with me? Do you know that they were noisy outside the palace, as if someone took a bell and put it on my head?
, keep beating.”
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said: "The officials should understand that avoidance is not an option. If the officials continue to avoid it, not only will they not be able to play their due role, but they will also affect the government."
Zhao Zhen said helplessly: "What can I do if I don't avoid it? Let people sew the mouths of all the civil and military officials in the dynasty? My relatives have made a lot of mistakes, but none of them can make me so cruel.
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I finally managed to lure them out.
If we start to deal with them now, I'm afraid we will miss the mark.
With the crimes they have committed now, the most they can do is give them a few slaps or be imprisoned in the house for a period of time, which will not hurt their bones at all.
If I deal with them now, they will definitely shrink back in the future.
It will be difficult for me to deal with them when the time comes.
Since I have already taken action, I must deal with them at once without leaving any further trouble."
Kou Ji thought: "If they don't take the initiative to make big mistakes, then we will find ways to make them make big mistakes."
Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows and said, "Fourth brother has any idea?"
Kou Ji pondered: "I have been back to Bianjing City for several days, but I have not gone to the Privy Council to order anything. The purpose is to let Chai Zongqing get acquainted with the snakes and rats in the Privy Council, and then catch them all.
We might as well start with Chai Zongqing."
Zhao Zhen asked: "How to move?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The day for allocating military pay has come. Li Zhaoliang, the Minister of the Ministry of War, is still in charge of Shuozhou, and the Ministry of War has no leader. The Privy Council must send someone to supervise the Ministry of War.
I will send Chai Zongqing there, and then claim that he is ill and see if Chai Zongqing will use the military pay he will continue to receive."
Zhao Zhen muttered: "Chai Zongqing is the most domineering among my relatives. He has committed more crimes than everyone else combined. Now that I am protecting my relatives, he is naturally more domineering.
Part of the military pay allocated this time is a reward for the soldiers who fought in the Yanyun Land.
Therefore, the amount is extremely huge, and with Chai Zongqing’s temperament, he will definitely do something about it.”
Chai Zongqing was oppressed by the eldest princess of Deng for a long time, and he felt a little sick in his heart.
He didn't have the guts to argue with the eldest princess of Deng State, so he vented his resentment on the people.
Not only did he enjoy bullying the people, he was also very bold and dared to touch anyone and take any money.
The two eldest princesses of Deng and Ji were concerned about the members of the steel forging workshop and the textile workshop, and it was he who came up with the idea behind the scenes.
He even dared to worry about members of the steel forging workshop, so how could he not interfere with military pay?
Anyway, there were countless people in the Song Dynasty who drank the blood of soldiers, so he didn't have too many scruples.
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "As long as he messes with military pay, we will have a way to make him fall into a big pit."
Zhao Zhen probably guessed what Kou Ji would plan, so he smiled and nodded.
"Then leave this matter to Fourth Brother..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "When the time comes, cooperation from the officials will be indispensable."
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "In order to kill two birds with one stone, I naturally have to cooperate."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "The officials really know what I will do..."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said nothing.
After the monarch and his ministers made a plan.
Koji left the palace.
In the days that followed, the imperial relatives and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty quarreled in the court hall every day, and Chui Gong Hall became a special place for them to quarrel.
Zhao Zhen's attitude was unclear, and he was always caught in the middle. The quarrel between the imperial relatives and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty became more and more fierce, and no one cared at all. Kou Ji asked for sick leave on a sunny day.
No one cares either.
After Kou Ji fell ill, the issue of military pay and rewards for the soldiers who went to Yanyun to fight was put on the agenda.