Kou Zhun said that Concubine Yang loved Zhao Zhen and would not do anything to harm Zhao Zhen's heirs, but Kou Ji didn't think so.
Although Princess Yang had no intention of harming Zhao Zhen's heirs, she did have the strength and scheming.
More importantly, there was no trace of the murders of Concubine Zhang and Han Mei from the beginning to the end, which is in line with Kou Zhun's description of Concubine Yang's characteristics and style of doing things.
It is not ruled out that someone is imitating Mrs. Yang's methods.
But not everyone can mobilize the power in Mrs. Yang's hands.
Concubine Yang used the power in her hand to guard against Liu E. Although Liu E was helpless against her, who could get past her and mobilize the power in her hand?
You know, according to history books, after Liu E died, Concubine Yang was still alive.
In the history books, during Liu E's peak period, she suppressed the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
With such power, there is nothing that can be done about Concubine Yang, which means that the power in Concubine Yang's hands cannot be overcome by the water of her management.
Concubine Yang relied on the power in her hands to hold on to some of Liu E's handles and restrained Liu E, so Liu E had nothing to do with her.
It is impossible for a person without power to hold the handle of a person with great power.
Because people can easily crush you to death and then take back their own leverage.
On the other hand, with Concubine Yang's scheming and strength, if she didn't nod, who in the harem could assassinate the prince and concubines?
Therefore, even if Princess Yang was not the mastermind of this matter, she must be one of the accomplices.
Kou Ji was thinking about his own affairs, but he said to Kou Zhun: "Grandpa, my grandson knows that he was wrong. He will not dare to speak nonsense next time."
"Do you want a next time?"
"No...no next time..."
"snort!"
Kou Zhun snorted coldly, glared at Kou Ji and said, "Are you still doubting Mrs. Yang?"
Kou Ji nodded candidly.
Kou Zhun said coldly: "In my great Song Dynasty, Fengxiao, Concubine Yang was kind to the officials, and nurturing her kindness was more important than giving birth to her. Before there is conclusive evidence, if you investigate Concubine Yang and spread the word, not only will you be blamed, but the officials will also be blamed.
Follow and bear the infamy."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "It is related to the inheritance of the throne of the Song Dynasty. I don't care if you are just infamous."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhun and said solemnly: "If I shrink back because of a mere reputation, I am not qualified to be your grandson."
When Kou Zhun heard this, his expression softened a bit.
He is not the kind of person who shrinks when encountering difficulties.
Kou Ji's words were very suitable for him. He stared at Kou Ji and warned: "The mere reputation is not the key. The key is that after you find out about this matter, you find that it has nothing to do with Concubine Yang. Then it will be difficult for you to do anything in the official family."
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This is also the reason why I became angry when I learned that you told the officials about this matter.
Although the official family favors you, you are not their biological brother after all.
Concubine Yang was like a biological mother to the official family.
You framed Concubine Yang, which almost created a estrangement between mother and son, and the official family will definitely have trouble in their hearts."
Speaking of this, Kou Zhun said with emotion: "This man must not have knots in his heart. Once he has knots, he will look different. You should have heard the story of a suspicious neighbor stealing an axe."
Once an official has a problem with you, nothing you do will be right.
When the time comes, it will be difficult for you to become an official.
You now share the military power of the world with the officials and look at the glory.
At that time, it is very likely to be the source of death."
Kou Zhun's heartfelt words made Kou Ji very helpful and moved.
He was 80% sure that Concubine Yang must be related to this matter, so after finding out the matter, Zhao Zhen would not be troubled by him, and there was no need for him to worry.
What really made Kou Ji feel useful was Kou Zhun's words on how to be an official.
Kou Zhun used this to warn Kou Ji to put himself in the safest place before doing anything else.
Kou Zhun didn't want him to risk his life.
Although Kou Zhun himself couldn't do what Kou Zhun said, he hoped that Kou Ji could do it.
The phrase "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" is not suitable to be used here.
Kou Zhun likes to risk his life because he has his own persistence in his heart.
Kou Zhun advised Kou Ji not to take risks with his life, because he had a little love for the younger generation in his heart.
“Grandfather’s teachings are remembered by grandchildren.”
Although Kou Ji may not listen to Kou Zhun, he must accept Kou Zhun's wishes.
"I have left the Center. From now on, please don't bother me with matters related to the Center. Come and accompany me to read the articles of the students who passed the exams of our Wenchang Academy this year and see how many talents there are in them."
Kou Zhun stiffly changed the topic.
Kou Ji laughed and said: "Grandpa, you know that I don't know the scriptures..."
Kou Zhun curled his lips and said, "I didn't take the Confucian classics test this year. Didn't Zhongshi Heng say that? If the Confucian classics are useless to the court, what's the point of studying them? What I took the exam this year is miscellaneous studies."
Kou Ji said dumbfounded: "Grandpa, if you do this, aren't you afraid that the scholars in the scholar community will say you are not? Are you not afraid that the great Confucians in the Wenchang Academy will object?"
"Pooh……"
Kou Zhun spat disdainfully and cursed: "With my status, how many scholars in the Song Dynasty dare to say that I am not the best? My disciples' old friends are all over the court and the public, and your disciples' old friends are now gradually entering the court.
Scholars dare to say that I am not, unless they no longer want an official career.
Besides, I am in my seventies, so it is reasonable for me to do some stupid things.
Do they still want to reason with a seventy-year-old man?
Even if I spit in their faces, they can only wipe their spit and smile stupidly at me.
As for those old men in the academy, they eat my food, drink my money, and use my place to become famous, why should they oppose me?"
Kou Ji laughed and said: "You are a person of status after all, so you should be more reasonable."
Kou Zhun stared, "You want me to reason with them? Are they worthy? Each one of them dares to say that you are ignorant and incompetent. I think they just need to be dealt with."
Kou Ji finally understood why Kou Zhun took the test on miscellaneous studies instead of classics in this year's Wenchang Academy examination.
Daqing is to protect him.
Previously, there were rumors about Kou Ji's lack of knowledge and skill. Kou Ji didn't care much about it, but Kou Zhun remembered it.
And he even fought back a little.
Kou Ji felt Kou Zhun's caring heart. He didn't say anything and accompanied Kou Zhun to read the students' articles.
Kou Ji accompanied Kou Zhun to look up some students' articles. At meal time, they ate some food together and looked up some students' articles.
Halfway through the review, I couldn’t read it any further.
Because Kou Zhong led a man and appeared in Kou Zhun's house.
Kou Zhun and Kou Ji stood up and saluted.
"Chen Kou is accurate..."
"Chen Kouji..."
"See the official family..."
"..."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said to Kou Zhun: "You don't have to be polite, Mr. Kou. I have something important to discuss with my fourth brother. I went to the other courtyard of the Kou Mansion, but I couldn't find my fourth brother. I heard that the fourth brother had arrived at Mr. Kou's residence, so I rushed there.
Came over.
I hope Mr. Kou won’t take offense to the disturbance.”
Kou Zhun said neither humble nor arrogantly: "I don't dare... The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers... Officials can go wherever they want, and no one can stop them, let alone disturb anyone."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I will remember Kou Gong's teachings."
Kou Zhun saluted again, turned around and said to Kou Ji: "Since the officials are looking for you, I'll just stay out of the way."
After saying this, Kou Zhun left the house and called Kou Zhong to inspect the Wenchang Academy.
Only Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji were left in the house.
The smile on Zhao Zhen's face slowly faded, he stared at Kou Ji and said resentfully: "I thought the fourth brother would still avoid me."
Kou Ji said calmly: "As a minister, how can I dare to hide from the officials?"
Zhao Zhen sighed, "Fourth brother is still complaining about me?"
Kou Ji cupped his hand, "I don't dare..."
Zhao Zhen sighed and said: "Fourth brother is estranged from me, and he said he didn't blame me."
Kou Ji said calmly: "The official family is the king, Kou Ji is the minister, the king and his ministers..."
"Fourth brother!"
Zhao Zhen shouted low and gritted his teeth: "When I was heartbroken, I said nonsense and hurt my fourth brother. It was my fault. But you should also be considerate and considerate of me. Concubine Yang is my adoptive mother. I have been here since I was a child.
She grew up in the palace.
She has been kind to me in nurturing me, and I have always treated her as my own mother.
If you tell me that the murder of our two princes is related to Concubine Yang, my heart will be broken into countless pieces in an instant, how can I not talk nonsense.
If it were the fourth brother, would the fourth brother be able to face it calmly?"
When Zhao Zhen said this, he burst into tears.
With tears in his eyes, he said: "Everyone in the world thinks that being an emperor is the happiest thing in the world, but the world has no idea that the hardships one has to endure when being an emperor are far beyond the imagination of the world.
My father passed away, leaving behind a huge empire and a child who didn’t know anything about me yet.
When I didn’t understand anything, I shouldered the entire Song Dynasty.
My eldest empress, the person closest to me, wants to isolate me and make me a puppet emperor after the emperor father passes away.
My uncle, the Eighth Emperor, felt that I was a naughty boy and was not worthy of sitting on the Nine-Fiveth Throne, so he wanted to rush into the palace and steal my throne.
I watched the eighth uncle die before my eyes, I watched the eldest uncle go crazy, and I watched the eldest empress burn to death in the fire.
Now I have to watch my prince die tragically, and see that the real culprit who killed my prince is pointed directly at my adoptive mother.
How painful it is for me.
I can't cry, shout, feel heartbroken, let alone hide from people.
Because the Song Dynasty needed me, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would force me to come out even after I hid.
I am a human being, not a clay sculpture in a temple.
But few people regard me as a human being.
They all want me to be a clay sculpture for the temple.
Not many people care about my thoughts.
They just want me to do things according to their wishes.
The only ones who treat me as a human being and care about my thoughts are you and my biological mother.
But I have some things that I cannot say to my biological mother, I can only say them to you.
If you leave me, I will really become a loner, and I will really become a clay sculpture in the temple."
When Zhao Zhen said this, he broke down in tears.
Kou Ji also had some tears in his eyes.
To be an emperor and achieve the level of Zhao Zhen, there is no other adjective to describe him other than pitiful.
Zhao Zhen treated Kou Ji as an elder brother sincerely, how could Kou Ji really be so hard-hearted and abandon him?
"I have no intention of leaving the official family. I just feel angry that the official family handed over the seal so easily."
Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Everything we did was because of that seal. Everything that happened in the palace was also caused by that seal. The more this is the case, the more we should guard the seal and save those
Catch all the monsters and monsters in one fell swoop and strangle them all to death.
Only in this way can we be worthy of what we have done over the years.
We cannot fall, let alone cry.
No matter how difficult it is, you should keep going."
Zhao Zhen's eyes were red, and he nodded heavily and said: "I promised my fourth brother that I will never use Baoxi to make trouble in the future."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "I already have some clues about the two murder cases that happened in the palace. I will go back to the palace with you in a while and start investigating the matter after returning to the palace.
However, it is very difficult for me to investigate this matter in the palace alone, so I need people from the Wude Department to cooperate with me."
Zhao Zhen solemnly said: "I will instruct the people of Wude Division to follow the orders of my fourth brother."
Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, stared at Zhao Zhen and said: "If... if it is really found that Yang Taifei's head is found, what are the officials going to do?"
Kou Ji must ask clearly about this matter.
Zhao Zhen closed his eyes in pain and whispered: "Demoted to a commoner and exiled thousands of miles."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "Spare her life?"
Zhao Zhen sucked in the air-conditioning and said heartbrokenly: "She has nurtured me. If I kill her, how will the world view me?"
Kou Ji sighed and said no more.
Public opinion makes gold, no matter how powerful you are, it is difficult to defeat the numerous public opinions in the world.
Some stories of foolish filial piety had a great influence on the ancients.
Even though the official law provides provisions for distinguishing between foolish filial piety and filial piety, the vast majority of the people still believe in foolish filial piety, and it has been passed down from generation to generation without interruption.
Giving up a son for his mother is a story that deserves to be praised and spread.
Sacrificing your mother for your son will be looked down upon by the people.
If Concubine Yang really harmed the emperor's heir, it would be her fault.
But if Zhao Zhen killed Concubine Yang because of this, it would be Zhao Zhen's fault.
People will therefore describe Zhao Zhen as an unfilial person.
During the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen was an official in the Song Dynasty. If he was not filial, his prestige among the people would be greatly weakened.
If Zhao Zhen wants to maintain the status quo and does nothing, then he will behead Concubine Yang.
No matter how much people talk about it, it will not have much influence on him.
But Zhao Zhen then wanted to reform the civil system, and the most important thing was to gain the trust of the people.
If you have a reputation of being unfilial before you gain the trust of the people, then who will believe you?
"Enter the palace..."
Kou Ji said calmly.
He had already made a decision in his mind.
If there were extenuating circumstances for Concubine Yang's plot to kill the emperor's heir, he could let Concubine Yang go.
If Concubine Yang was the mastermind, he wouldn't mind killing Concubine Yang.
Killing can only be done with a nod, and bullying is not the same as bullying.
Unable to see Zhao Zhen's kindness, he bullied Zhao Zhen to death and had Zhao Zhen knock out his teeth and swallow them in his stomach.
As for the consequences after beheading Concubine Yang, Kou Ji didn't care at all.
It was impossible for Zhao Zhen to kill him, it was just to kill him in the public opinion of both the government and the public.
But he still cares about being dismissed from office?
If he really wants to be dismissed from office, he will be reinstated soon.
It is impossible for Zhao Zhen to hate him because he killed a mastermind who murdered the emperor's heir.
It was impossible for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to hate him because he killed a person who had cut off the rule of the country.
Even if there are some people who don't want to see Kou Ji resurrect, they won't have much effect if they try to obstruct him.
Kou Zhun's long-term relationship with his disciples and students was not in vain.
If he really wants to kill Concubine Yang, the only consequence he has to bear is that he can no longer transfer Wu to Wen and serve as a subordinate of Tong Zhongshu.
After all, no one inside or outside the court wanted to see a man who beheaded the emperor's adoptive mother sit in the position of Tong Zhongshu's disciple.
It is one thing for the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty not to bear any grudge against him, but it is another thing entirely to see him sit in a position of peace under Tong Zhongshu's family.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen left the house and went down to Wenchang Academy together.
Kou Zhun stood on the hillside, watching Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji walking down the Wenchang Academy side by side, and whispered, "Zhao Heng... you are not as good as your son..."
Kou Zhong raised his head and looked at the clear sky, pretending to count the stars and pretending that he didn't hear anything.
Kou Zhun glanced back at Kou Zhong, who had his head raised, and said disdainfully: "How can he still crawl out to find me... hum..."
Kou Zhong rolled his eyes and didn't want to speak.
The longer Kou Zhun lives, the more he returns home. Sometimes he is too wise to be ridiculous, and sometimes he is as arrogant as a child having a tantrum.
Old boy, old naughty boy, probably refers to the current Kou Zhun.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji naturally couldn't hear Kou Zhun's muttering.
The two of them went down the mountain and took a car into Bianjing City.
We crossed the Jinshui Bridge all the way and entered the palace.
Zhao Zhen placed Kou Ji at the entrance of the harem and said to Kou Ji: "I don't know what Zhong Shiheng was thinking, but at this time, I asked him to combine the three Yamen and the Privy Council into one place.
Lu Yijian and the other three are troubled by this matter, and have repeatedly sent people to ask me to come over and make a decision.
I am going to keep an eye on this matter now, and leave the harem case to my fourth brother.
Fourth brother, just feel free to investigate, and if there is anyone who is not short-sighted and obstructs you, I will kill him."
Kou Ji pretended not to have heard Zhao Zhen's last words.
Among the people in the palace, as long as they were discerning, few felt uncomfortable in his presence.
Anyone who dares to feel uncomfortable in front of him is someone he cannot kill.
So Zhao Zhen's last sentence is pure nonsense.
If Mrs. Li jumps out to stop her, can I still kill Mrs. Li?
If you really want to kill Mrs. Li, why don't you go crazy?
While Kou Ji was slandering, he said to Zhao Zhen: "Zhong Shiheng chose this time to submit the letter because he probably felt that the officials were now irritable and impulsive. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty did not dare to offend the officials at this time, so the Privy Council and the Sanyamen
If the two things are combined into one, there won’t be too many obstacles.”
Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "He's not afraid of me being angry or impulsive, so let's stop him?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "He believes in the wisdom of officials."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment and said in deep thought: "He surrendered?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen pouted and said: "No wonder he dares to touch my brow at this time..."
Kou Ji sighed: "He also wants to protect the country and the country."
Zhao Zhen said: "He is really smart. He knows that surrendering to you means surrendering to me. But I don't like smart people very much."
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji worked together to promote the reform of the military system and did many things together.
However, no one in the civil and military dynasties thought that Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen were one and the same in terms of government affairs, so no one knew that surrendering to Kou Ji meant surrendering to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen originally thought that no one would see this.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Shiheng saw through this matter and decisively surrendered to Kou Ji.
Surrendering means unconditionally supporting any government affairs proposed by Kou Ji.
This is equivalent to unconditional support for Zhao Zhen in implementing any reforms in government affairs.
Kou Ji heard Zhao Zhen's words and curled his lips and said: "There are only a few stupid people who can appear in the court. Occasionally one or two are stupid, but most of them are calculated by others. Or they have some other purpose.
For example, Fan Xi tried to sow discord between our monarch and his ministers in the court, just to test us.
He wanted to see if there was any rift between our monarch and his ministers.
If there is a rift, he will unite with others, move in with me, and cut off an arm of the official family, thereby suppressing the military ministers and restoring the situation where civil servants are in charge of the court."
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "I know about this. He has created some kind of gang behind his back. On the surface, he is a group of people who study poetry and poetry, but in fact, it is a group of people with ulterior motives who come together to plot the imperial court.
Someone went to take his head in order to curry favor with you, but was stopped by his henchmen.
I have sent people to keep an eye on them, and if they dare to make any changes, I will definitely deal with them."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen sighed: "Zhong Shiheng is so smart..."
Kou Ji sighed and said: "If the court is full of stupid people, you will not be so relaxed. Besides, the reason why he can see this clearly is not his wisdom, but the wisdom of the people behind him."
Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned.
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Zhong Shiheng came to me to surrender before. I thought it was a simple surrender. But after I sent someone to investigate, I found out that before he came to me to surrender, he went to see his uncle.
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Zhao Zhen said quietly: "Will the great Confucian scholars be released?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen sighed and said: "Why does such a great sage focus on seeking the path?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Everyone has his own ambitions..."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen said no more.
Zhao Zhen drove to Zishi Hall, while Kou Ji rushed to Han Meiren's palace alone.
After Kou Ji arrived at Han Meiren's palace, he saw Chen Lin and others guarding in front of Han Meiren's palace.
After seeing Kou Ji, he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "How is the official family doing?"
Kou Ji laughed softly and said: "The official family is fine..."
Chen Lin let out a long breath and said, "That's good..."
Although Chen Lin was guarding the door of Han Meiren's bedroom.
But he was always paying attention to Zhao Zhen's movements.
After Zhao Zhen locked herself in the palace, Chen Lin became very worried.
After Zhao Zhen was forced out by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Chen Lin became even more worried.
No one knows Zhao Zhen better than him.
He knew how pitiful Zhao Zhen was, and also knew how painful Zhao Zhen was.
After Chen Lin knew that Zhao Zhen was fine, he felt relieved. He seemed to remember something, stared at Kou Ji and asked: "The official sent someone to send a message this morning, saying that they want our family to replace the little Linzi next to him.
, do you know what Xiao Linzi did that angered the officials?"