Kou Zhun entered the backyard with a straight face. When he saw Kou Ji scolding Kou Tianci, he snorted, picked up Kou Tianci and went elsewhere. Kou Ji looked confused and looked at Kou Zhun who was following Kou Zhun suspiciously.
Loyalty.
"My grandfather is..."
Kou Zhong said with a smile: "The old man is in a good mood..."
Kou Ji's expression suddenly became strange, "Grandpa, is he in a good mood?"
Kou Zhong smiled and nodded.
The look on Kou Ji's face was even weirder.
Who hums when they are happy?
Arrogant people will hum when they are happy.
Kou Zhun is still arrogant despite his age?
Aren't you afraid of being disliked?
Kou Zhong seemed to guess Kou Ji's thoughts through Kou Ji's reaction. The smile on his face became a little bitter. After glancing at Kou Ji, he followed Kou Zhun closely.
Kou Ji didn't want to stay alone in the yard, so he walked back to the flower pavilion in the backyard.
In the flower pavilion.
Xiang Yan covered her bulging belly with one hand and held a book in the other, teaching Zhao Xu knowledge in a low voice.
Zhao Xu was sitting there like a hozen, scratching her head and ears. Apparently she didn't like listening to what Xiang Yan gave her.
After Zhao Xu heard Kou Ji's footsteps, he immediately looked over to Kou Ji. When he saw Kou Ji, his eyes were filled with joy, and then he cast a look at Kou Ji asking for help.
Kou Ji pretended not to see her eyes and walked away from the flower pavilion.
Zhao Xu looked at Kou Ji's back and made several evil faces.
Xiang Yan coughed lightly, took a ruler and tapped it on the stone table in the flower pavilion.
Zhao Xu sat down obediently with an aggrieved look on his face.
Zhao Zhen handed Zhao Xu over to Kou Ji, mainly so that Kou Ji could guide Zhao Xu back to a normal girl.
After Zhao Xu arrived at the Kou mansion, her true colors were revealed, and Kou Ji no longer needed to teach her.
Kou Ji still has a partial understanding of the scriptures that scholars studied, and he knows nothing about the things that ladies of the class studied.
In order to prevent Zhao Xu and Kou Tianci from getting together to harm the poultry, flowers and plants in Kou's mansion, Kou Ji decisively dumped Zhao Xu to Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yan was once a famous and talented woman in Bianjing City.
It's just that after marrying Kou Ji, in order to take care of Kou Ji's lack of knowledge and skills, he rarely showed off his knowledge.
With her talents and knowledge, she is definitely more than enough to teach Zhao Xu.
Kou Ji wandered around the courtyard and couldn't find anyone to talk to him, so he simply hid in the study and started reading.
Yes, write a book.
Koji asked Khatuk to bring the books from the Baghdad Wisdom Museum to the Song Dynasty. On the one hand, it was for the scientific knowledge contained in them, and on the other hand, it was to establish a foundation for the knowledge he wanted to impart.
Kou Ji has long wanted to pass on some of the knowledge he has learned.
But without any support or foundation, the knowledge he imparted was just rootless and could hardly stand in the world.
In order to find some foundation for his own knowledge, Kou Ji can impart the knowledge he wants to impart.
Now Khatuk has transported the books in the Baghdad Wisdom Museum to the border of the Song Dynasty. I believe that they will be secretly sent to Bianjing City by Wudesi's people in the near future.
The foundation Kou Ji needs has arrived, so Kou Ji naturally wants to take advantage of his free time now to write down part of the knowledge he wants to impart.
In order to test the waters, Kou Ji decided to start with the most acceptable aspects of the Song Dynasty.
Baigong deals with craftsmen and has no impact on Confucian culture.
Nowadays, Kou Ji is regarded as a master by the craftsmen, and the books he has written are easily recognized by everyone in the Song Dynasty.
The ancients wrote very detailed books, especially the books on various crafts, which were even more detailed.
Take the plow as an example.
When the ancients wrote books, they could record in detail all the forging processes of a plowshare, such as materials used, calcining heat, quenching time, number of forgings, etc.
Even the selection of iron materials and the source of the iron materials will be recorded in it.
Therefore, when Kou Ji was writing a book, he needed to spend some effort to collect some of the data to improve his book.
Kou Ji was sitting at home quietly writing a book.
Zhao Zhen hid in the palace and pretended to be ill.
Lu Yijian and others were so anxious that they ran to the palace to make trouble. There were three living ancestors in the palace, namely Concubine Li, Concubine Yang, and Concubine Du. None of them could afford to offend them.
They ran to the gate of Kou Mansion to cause trouble, and met an unreasonable living ancestor again.
Now Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen are protected by four living ancestors, and there is nothing they can do about Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.
After the group of people escaped from the gate of Kou's mansion, they gathered again at Lu Yijian's house.
Lu Mansion.
In the main hall.
Wang Zeng frowned and asked Lu Yijian, "Now that the officials and Kou Ji are avoiding each other, even if we want to find a reason to make the officials give up the idea of letting Kou Ji take the literary test, it is impossible.
Do we really want to watch helplessly as the officials hand over the civil and military examinations to Kou Ji?
Once this example is established, if there are favorites and traitors like Ding Wei who follow suit in the future and take the opportunity to recruit disciples, wouldn't the Song Dynasty be in chaos?"
Zhang Zhibai nodded in agreement and said: "If you are just a favored minister, that's fine. You won't threaten the people or the country. But if you are a powerful minister who is treacherous, then the country will be in danger."
Lu Yijian said with a gloomy face: "The officials are avoiding seeing each other now, and Kou Ji is hiding in the house, letting Kou Zhun stop us. We can't see them, so it's useless to talk more."
Wang Zeng hesitated for a moment and said bluntly: "Then find a way to force them out."
"How to force it?"
Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai both looked at Wang Zeng.
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "The officials care about government affairs, and Kou Ji cares about military affairs. It is better to use government affairs and military affairs to force them out."
Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai thought about it for a while, and Zhang Zhibai slowly shook his head and said, "That's not appropriate. Officials cannot be bullied."
Lu Yijian gritted his teeth and said, "Then let Kou Ji do the surgery and we go to the Privy Council."
The three of them, Lu Yijian, made their decision and rushed to the Privy Council in a hurry.
After arriving at the Privy Council, I found that there were only three or two kittens left in the Privy Council.
Upon inquiry, I found out that Kou Ji had taken sick leave, and Zhu Neng had also taken leave on the pretext that he wanted to marry his grandson.
Before Zhu Neng returned home, he specially dispatched all the officials who could be dispatched from the Privy Council.
Now there are only two clerks left in the Privy Council, as well as the gatekeeper.
It was impossible for Lu Yijian and the others to embarrass the two clerks and the gatekeeper in such a dishonest manner, so they had no choice but to return in vain.
After leaving the Privy Council, we didn't go far.
Someone mentioned it and said that Zhong Shiheng was on duty in Sanyamen.
Then a group of people poured into Sanya.
After Zhong Shiheng learned that Lu Yijian and his party had arrived at Sanya, he guessed that something was wrong and hid decisively in the White Tiger Festival Hall.
Then, they confronted Lu Yijian and others through the door of the White Tiger Festival Hall.
Lu Yijian and others embarrassed Zhong Shiheng in Sanya, hoping to force Kou Ji to come out. Their actions attracted the attention of everyone in Bianjing City.
Some good people investigated and found out that everything was caused by a poem written by Kou Ji.
Then I tried my best to find out the song "Love Lotus" that Kou Ji had produced.
By the way, I also learned about the news that Kou Ji will soon serve as Enke's examiner.
Then, the news spread throughout Bianjing City in an instant, and then quickly spread to all parts of the Song Dynasty.
An Enke examiner composed a poem before Enke started and spread it around. The results are self-evident.
Those scholars who want to participate in Enke, don’t they praise it to the sky?
Just three days.
"The Story of Ai Lian" has been praised as the best work in the world.
Seven days later.
"Ai Lian Shuo" has been hailed as a rare masterpiece in a century. Some literati and poets chanted it loudly in the busy city, and some prostitutes arranged it into a ditty and dedicated it to guests.
In short, Kou Jiren was hiding in his house, but Bianjing City fell into a kind of madness because of him.
Ten days later.
Kou Ji accidentally had many poetry works under his name.
Some people attributed the poems written by some anonymous masters to Kou Ji.
There were also some people who put Kou Ji's name on their poems and sold them.
In Xiwazi City, Bianjing City, suddenly there were many bandit stalls.
What is a Kou public stall?
It is a stall selling goods related to Kou Gong.
The Kou Gong here refers not only to Kou Zhun, but also to Kou Ji.
Now Kou Zhun is called the Great Kou Gong, and Kou Ji is called the Little Kou Gong.
The businessmen in Bianjing City are also smart. They know that Kou Ji is now famous and is Enke's examiner, so he will be sought after by scholars all over the world, so they decisively make money by taking advantage of the reputation of Kou Mansion.
There are those who sell the authentic works of the big and small Kou Gong that leaked out of the Kou Mansion, and there are also those who sell things that were used by the Kou Gong, both big and small.
There are all kinds of miscellaneous things.
Lu Yijian and others did not pay attention to this matter. They blocked Zhong Shiheng in Sanya for ten days.
Zhong Shiheng felt aggrieved and stayed in the White Tiger Festival Hall of Sanya for ten days.
Three yamen.
In front of the White Tiger Festival Hall.
Zhong Shiheng stared helplessly at Lu Yijian and others outside the door and said, "You three, we had no grievances in the past and we have no grudges today. Why are you three staring at me so hard?"
Lu Yijian sat outside the White Tiger Festival Hall, stared at Zhong Shiheng, and said in a deep voice: "You just need to promise to send a letter to Kou Ji..."
Zhong Shiheng smiled bitterly and said: "You want me to lie about the military situation, but I am in the White Tiger Festival Hall, how can I joke about the military situation? Aren't you making things difficult for me?"
"Then you come out..."
"What if I go out? If I go out, won't you eat me alive?"
"Come out and we won't touch you. All we need is you to write a letter or send someone to deliver a message."
"I'm not a three-year-old naughty boy, how could I be fooled like you?"
"..."
Zhong Shiheng and Lu Yijian bickered for a long time.
The clerk of the inner court suddenly appeared in front of the Sanyamen. When he arrived at the White Tiger Festival Hall, he lay down and whispered in Wang Zeng's ear.
After hearing what the clerk said, Wang Zeng's expression changed slightly.
"Something happened..."
Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai both looked at Wang Zeng.
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "After some barbarians from Yongzhou were incorporated into the Yong'an Army, they refused to obey the strict military discipline of the Forbidden Army and had conflicts with the captains of the army.
Three captains were beheaded and dozens of soldiers were killed.
Some barbarian soldiers did not escape from the military camp and were running around Yongzhou.
Zhang Lun asked us to issue a document and ask the local government offices and local government soldiers to cooperate with him in arresting him.
The general of the Yong'an Army also submitted a memorial to the Privy Council, asking the Privy Council to issue a document allowing them to deploy heavy troops to search the entire territory of Yongzhou."
After the reform of the military system, there were some restrictions on the deployment of troops and horses.
If a foreign enemy invades, the generals of each army can make arbitrary decisions based on the situation.
However, if there is no invasion from foreign enemies, the deployment of the imperial army with more than 5,000 people must go through the Privy Council.
Now the Yong'an Army obviously has more than 5,000 soldiers and horses to leave the camp, but without the order of the Privy Council, they can't act.
Lu Yijian heard Wang Zeng's words and sighed, "We lost..."
Zhang Lun asked for the dispatch of soldiers and horses from the local government to assist, and they could also issue dispatch orders through the Ministry of War.
However, if the Yong'an Army wants to leave the camp, it must go through the Privy Council.
For the Privy Council to issue a document, the two seals must be combined into one.
Now the two people who hold the Privy Council Seal are hiding.
To ask them to come out, Lu Yijian and others had no choice but to give in.
Lu Yijian and others seemed to be embarrassing Zhong Shiheng, but in fact they were quarreling with Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.
Now that something happened in Yongzhou, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen must be invited to come forward. They had to surrender to Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.
"Go to Zijitang..."
Lu Yijian sighed and left Sanya with Wang Zeng and others.
After leaving the Privy Council, Lu Yijian dismissed all the officials and took only Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai into the palace and to the Zishi Hall.
After arriving at Zishi Hall.
Lu Yijian ordered people to summon Li Zhaoliang, the Minister of War, and sent people to persuade Zhao Zhen to soften his words.
After Lu Yijian's words of resignation reached Zhao Zhen's ears, Zhao Zhen recovered from his illness without medicine and quickly appeared in Zishi Hall.
When Zhao Zhen arrived at Zishi Hall, Lu Yijian felt very uncomfortable when he saw that Zhao Zhen had steady steps, a ruddy complexion, and a loud voice. He didn't look like he was recovering from a serious illness at all.
Why don't you cover it up?
If you cover it up, maybe I'll feel better!
Zhao Zhen arrived at the Zishi Hall and sat down on the main seat in the Zishi Hall. After the three of them saluted, he said with a smile: "The three beloved ministers all agreed that Kou Ji should be the examiner of the Enke Literary Examination.
Already?"
Before Lu Yijian and the others could speak again, Zhao Zhen smiled heartily and said, "I knew that my three beloved ministers understand justice and will comply with my wishes sooner or later."
Wang Zeng was so disgusted that he said in a slightly stiff tone: "Guan Jia, we will discuss the matter of Kou Ji's appointment as the chief examiner of the Enke Literary Examination later. The most important thing at the moment is the military affairs in Yongzhou.
Should the officials summon Privy Kou to the palace to discuss this matter together?"
When Zhao Zhen heard this, the smile on his face faded a little, and he said: "I, the Song Dynasty, treat them well. I really don't know what they are making trouble about. When I reformed the military system, I tried my best to fight against everyone's opinions and
They were included in the Forbidden Army.
Not only are they not grateful to me, but they even make trouble.
Since they don't want to stay in the Forbidden Army, then set up another army for them, let's call it the Annan Army.
Since they like to make their own decisions and insist on tormenting, I will let them torment as much as they can.
When I checked the tributes in recent days, I found that there were many cracks in the tooth mat presented by Li Chaojin of Jiaozhi.
When the Li Dynasty envoy presented the gift, he said that the tooth mat is like a jade.
Now that there are cracks in the tooth mat, it means that they have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.
Let Annan Jun go and seek justice for me."
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai looked shocked.
Wang Zeng said hurriedly: "Guan family, is this too childish?"
Zhao Zhen snorted coldly and shouted: "Is it my child's play or theirs? I give them a good life, but they have to listen to the words of those wizards and make their own decisions.
I will give them a chance to make the decision and let them see themselves clearly.
Let them know clearly that without me supporting them from behind, they are just a puddle of mud.
They always think that if they leave me, Da Song, their lives will be better than they are now.
As everyone knows, without me, Da Song, they are nothing.
Without me, the Song Dynasty, they can only associate with wild beasts.
Since they are blind, then I will let them grow their eyes."
Wang Zeng hurriedly said: "Guan family, they go out to fight, but they have to spend a lot of food and salary."
Zhao Zhen said dissatisfied: "They have to make their own decisions, so what kind of food and salary do they need?"
Wang Zeng said again: "But if they are not given food and wages, why should they help the imperial court fight?"
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he sneered: "According to your statement, they help the imperial court fight for food and salary? Since they are eating my food and salary, why don't they listen to me?"
Since they don't listen to me, why should I give them food and salary?
If they want food and salary, I will give them food and salary?
They want to make their own decisions, so I will let them make their own decisions?
Then who am I?
What they live in now is my territory.
They want to make their own decisions, and I let them make their own decisions.
But I also want to peel off their skin and rent them locally."
Zhang Zhibai frowned and said: "This action by the officials is unbenevolent and righteous..."
Zhao Zhen glared and said, "I have been unbenevolent and righteous. What are they doing? To put it mildly, they are rebelling, and to put it worse, they are rebelling. I have not let anyone kill them, so I have been benevolent and righteous."
Zhang Zhibai stopped talking when he heard this.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian didn't really care what Kou Ji did to the rebels.
Wang Zeng's main concern was money.
The court did not spend any money, and he approved of everything he did.
What Lu Yijian was concerned about was that the imperial court rashly started a war with the Li Dynasty.
There was a former Li Dynasty before the Li Dynasty.
The imperial court once fought with the former Li Dynasty and lost.
Therefore, Lu Yijian should consider whether he would repeat the same mistakes by rashly starting a war.
But considering that the soldiers fighting were all barbarians, Lu Yijian didn't care much. As long as they didn't spread the war to the Song Dynasty, Lu Yijian didn't care what they did in the Li Dynasty.
As for whether the Li Dynasty would counterattack the Song Dynasty after defeating the barbarians, Lu Yijian was not worried at all.
The Song Dynasty is now the real overlord on earth. After the Liao Kingdom was defeated and surrendered, there are no vassals in the four seas who do not respect the Song Dynasty.
If the Song Dynasty didn't attack them, they would have already burned incense, and they still counterattacked the Song Dynasty. Isn't it too long-lasting?
As for the covenant that the two parties had signed, Lu Yijian didn't even care.
After those barbarian soldiers left the Song Dynasty, it was still a problem whether the Song Dynasty recognized them.
Lu Yijian didn't have much opinion on Zhao Zhen's proposal, but he didn't rush to agree with Zhao Zhen. Instead, he shied away, "This matter involves military matters. It's better to wait until Kou Ji arrives to discuss it before taking action."
Decision, what do the officials think?"
Lu Yijian originally thought that after he said this, Zhao Zhen would order to summon Kou Ji, but he did not expect that Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "No need... I have received news about the rebellion of the barbarians in the Yong'an Army camp in Yongzhou.
I received it yesterday and discussed it with my fourth brother.
Last night, I and my fourth brother issued a document asking the General of the Yong'an Army to lead the troops out of the camp.
The documents should have left Kaifeng Prefecture by now.
What I’m telling you now is the result of discussions between my fourth brothers.”
Hearing this, the three of them, Lu Yijian, opened their mouths wide and had the urge to curse.
Co-authored: Did you receive the news we received today yesterday?
We have been excited about co-writing for a long time, but you have already made your decision?
So what do you need the three of us for?
More importantly, have we compromised in vain?
Although the three of them thought so in their hearts, they did not say so.
Because everything Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji did was within the rules.
Nowadays, the mobilization of the imperial army throughout the Song Dynasty is in the hands of Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji.
No one else can get involved in this matter.
Kou Ji is the Privy Councilor of the Privy Council, and the Privy Council is one of the two offices comparable to the Inner Court.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji could still give orders to the Song Dynasty's imperial army even without telling them.
Everything was within the rules and they had nothing to say.
Whether the two broke the rules or not, they also decided in private together with the inner court errands.
Lu Yijian and the other two looked at each other with extremely complicated expressions in their eyes.
Through this incident, they have already felt some differences after the reform of the military system.
Before the reform of the military system, if the Privy Council wanted to mobilize troops, it had to be brought to the court and discussed with the civil and military officials of the court.
Even if it doesn't go through the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, it still has to be discussed with the three ministers in the inner court.
What about after the reform of the military system?
The troops and generals were mobilized without going through the inner court at all. As long as Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji nodded, the troops and horses could be mobilized quickly.
The most important thing is that if Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji don't tell them about the mobilization of troops, no one will know where they mobilized their troops.
Perhaps unknowingly, an army of ten thousand people appears right in front of your nose.
First break the whole into parts, and then break the parts into whole. You can simply make the soldiers and horses appear indifferently wherever they need.
If someone wants to go against Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji in the future, the best thing to do is to keep the news good.
Once you don't keep the news well, the news will leak out.
Then when you wake up, you will most likely be lying under the gaze of thousands of troops.
Just asking if you are afraid?
After Lu Yijian and the other two people guessed this, they felt particularly uncomfortable.
They were not worried that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji would mobilize troops to deal with them.
They mainly feel that their power has not been weakened, but they also feel that the Privy Council is no longer the harmless yamen before, but one of the two governments that can truly be compared with the inner court.
The yamen that fights in different chambers.
The inner court and the Privy Council were always called the two mansions in the Song Dynasty.
It's just that the inner court has always been outstanding, and the Privy Council is a bit unworthy of its name.
After the reform of the military system and the increased power of the Privy Council, things changed.
The Privy Council became a yamen comparable to the inner court.
From now on, the court will no longer be the one-spoken hall of the inner court.