After Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen finished discussing the matter of reforming the official system, they went to Xiaowan on the edge of the imperial garden. With Princess Baoqing's reluctance to leave, she took Kou Tianci out of the palace.
Out of the palace gate.
The father and son were sitting in the carriage.
Kou Tianci suddenly said, "Dad, when I enter the palace in the future, can I ignore those eunuchs and maids?"
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, "Did they bully you?"
Kou Tianci frowned and said: "Everything I bring into the palace, they always have to taste it first. The candy figures I bring into the palace are covered with their saliva. Every time I go to see Bao Qing, I have to think
I tried my best to scrape off their saliva before I dared to feed Baoqing."
Kou Ji stared at Kou Tianci strangely, "Do you feel sorry for Bao Qing?"
Kou Tianci said disgustedly: "I'm just afraid of trouble...and there are a few of them licking a candy man. It's very disgusting."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "That's how it is in the palace. Unless you don't bring food to Bao Qing, you won't be able to escape them. This is the rule."
Kou Tianci said with a straight face: "I hate this rule."
Koji laughed.
After laughing, Kou Ji said to Kou Tianci: "Why are you so nice to Bao Qing?"
Kou Tianci scratched his head and said frankly: "Mother said that I am Baoqing's consort, and I will take care of Baoqing for the rest of his life."
Kou Ji nodded slightly and said, "That's the case...whose idea was it to paint Zhang Zhibai's face?"
"I……"
Kou Tianci answered subconsciously, and after finishing his answer, he stared in shock.
He hurriedly looked at Kou Ji, and saw Kou Ji's gloomy face, reaching out to him.
"Dad...I was wrong..."
"Pa bang bang..."
Kou Ji grabbed Kou Tianci and beat him hard on the butt.
Kou Tianci was beaten so much that he screamed.
When he returned to the house, Kou Tianci's buttocks were swollen from the beating.
Kou Tianci ran to complain to Xiang Yan, but Xiang Yan grabbed him and spanked him again.
Kou Tianci and Liu Boxu drew things on Zhang Zhibai's face, which was indeed excessive. They should be educated and improve their memory.
…
After Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen decided to change the official system, Zhao Zhen went to Lu Yijian and three others to discuss the matter.
After some discussion, we finally decided to start with Taoist officials and temples around the world.
The purpose was to eliminate Taoist officials from all over the world and to find out the fertile fields occupied by temples.
Lu Yijian and three others were responsible for reporting the matter in court.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji are responsible for taking action.
After the discussion is complete.
One morning.
Zhang Zhibai left the mission and reported: "In the official family, since the establishment of Taoist officials in my dynasty, various local officials have made great profits by taking advantage of their status. Some have invaded people's fields, some have loaned money, and some have sold people.
What's more, they use temples as cover to build secret prostitution houses.
When the late emperor was in power, he punished all Taoist officials in the world.
The same is true when Kou Gong is in charge.
However, Taoist officials were not completely deposed because of this, and there are still some residues.
Therefore, I implore the officials to completely depose the Taoist officials, and to ask local officials to inspect all temples in the world.
Those who commit crimes will be imprisoned.
The property investigated should be distributed to the poor local people.
The money investigated and dealt with should be put into the national treasury and provided to the imperial court for the promotion of Mongolian education.
At the same time, the Secretary of Senglu strictly inspected the temples all over the world.
The court can issue ultimatums to practitioners who have not committed any crime.
All wild monks and demons who have no limit to their ultimatums must be captured."
As soon as Zhang Zhibai said these words, everyone in the government and the public were shocked.
Some people felt that Zhang Zhibai was seeking death.
If these words spread, Zhang Zhibai will not be hated by practitioners all over the world.
Among those people, there are those who have good intentions, and there are also evil people who like to take the wrong approach.
After Kou Ji exposed the erysipelas incident before, he killed some people and was assassinated.
Zhang Zhibai now wants to seize people's money and control their qualifications to become a monk, so they are not allowed to fight against him.
Although the civil and military ministers felt that Zhang Zhibai was seeking death, no one spoke to refute this matter.
Because the interests of monks have nothing to do with the civil and military ministers.
They didn't care at all how the court dealt with the monks.
So after Zhang Zhibai came out to report the matter.
None of the civil and military ministers said anything, they just stared at Zhao Zhen, waiting for Zhao Zhen's reply.
Zhao Zhen said with a deep look on his face: "Are the temples in the world really so unbearable?"
Zhang Zhibai bowed and said, "If the officials don't believe it, you can send someone to investigate."
Zhao Zhen thought about it and said: "Anyway, it won't take much effort. Let the criminals at all levels of the government investigate this matter. If it is true as Ai Qing said, then it should naturally be cleared up.
If this is not the case, it should be regarded as a warning to them."
"Shang Shu of the Ministry of Justice?"
Zhao Zhen shouted.
The Minister of Punishment slowly left his job.
"I'm here!"
Zhao Zhen ordered: "After you go down, tell the criminal officials at all levels about this matter and ask them to go and investigate."
The Minister of Punishment respectfully agreed.
After the Minister of Punishment agreed, Zhao Zhen stopped mentioning the matter.
He seemed to be handling a trivial political matter.
None of the civil and military ministers deliberately mentioned this matter.
After the next court.
As usual, the civil and military ministers left the Chui Gong Hall in twos and threes.
But before they left Chui Gong Hall, they all looked at Zhang Zhibai with complicated expressions.
Zhang Zhibai looked indifferent, as if he didn't see their eyes.
Kou Ji had been waiting at the door of Chui Gong Hall, waiting for Zhang Zhibai to come out, and then went to greet him.
"Mr. Zhang, I will send a team of troops to guard your safety."
Kou Ji walked up to Zhang Zhibai and said in a deep voice.
Zhang Zhibai smiled and said: "No need, some young people don't dare to hurt me."
Kou Ji solemnly said: "That's not a small thing. Many of them think they are outsiders, so they don't care about the king's laws. If you really go crazy, they won't care about your identity."
"Kou Ji's words are reasonable. Those people are crazy and no one will admit it."
Wang Zeng walked out of the Chui Gong Hall door and said solemnly.
Lu Yijian followed and walked out, saying: "The left and right are just some guards. They can only benefit you and have no harm, so just let them follow. If you make any mistake, the court will lose all face."
Zhang Zhibai finally agreed to Kou Ji's proposal after being persuaded by Kou Ji and the others.
Kou Ji left Chui Gong Hall and immediately went to the Privy Council. Through the Privy Council, he mobilized a group of military experts and rushed to Zhang Mansion to protect Zhang Zhibai.
Don't look at it. Zhang Zhibai only said a few words in the court today.
The risks hidden inside are very high.
Among monks there are countless wise men and there are also countless lunatics who dare to do anything when their heads are hot.
Zhang Zhibai's few simple words offended a large group of lunatics.
After Kou Ji mobilized the best soldiers in the army, he left the Privy Council and saw people on the streets of Bianjing discussing Zhang Zhibai's words and deeds in Chui Gong Hall today.
Some devout believers have shown their disgust for Zhang Zhibai in their words.
Koji'er returned to the courtyard of the Kou Mansion listening to the people talking on the street.
As soon as you enter the door.
Then I saw Kou Zhun standing in the front yard.
When Kou Zhun saw Kou Ji, he stared and shouted: "How brave are you?!"
Kou Ji first saluted Kou Zhun and said with a smile: "Why did grandfather say this?"
"You dare to touch monks?"
Kou Zhun looked at him angrily.
Kou Ji said with a smile: "Grandfather is facing monks? I remember that when my grandfather was in charge, he often suppressed Taoist officials in the world."
Kou Zhun said angrily: "Suppression is repression. As long as they are not forced to a dead end, they will not dare to go against the imperial court. You are now forcing people to a dead end."
There are quite a few lunatics among them.
Once you get crazy, you can do anything.
Zhang Zhibai is also here to accompany you in your mischief.
Doesn't he want his name cleared?
Don’t even want your life?”
The smile on Kou Ji's face faded slightly and he said: "If they really dare to make a fuss about Zhang Gong's life, then I will dare to directly use soldiers and horses to wash them with blood."
Kou Zhun glared and said: "Three Martial Arts and One Sect also did this, so their end was not very good."
Kou Ji said calmly: "They are them, and I am me."
Kou Zhun shouted: "The four of them are all emperors. They can't eliminate the cancer in the monks. Why can you do it?"
Kou Ji said bluntly: "Based on Meng Xue... they'd better obey the imperial court and don't provoke me, otherwise I will dig up their foundations as well."
Kou Zhun was stunned and frowned: "You want to shake their foundation through Mengxue?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Kou Zhun didn't know how Kou Ji influenced the foundation of monks through Mengxue.
But Kou Zhun believed that Kou Ji could do it.
If Kou Ji couldn't do it, he would never say it so confidently.
Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "You are not allowed to mess around! Mengxue has just started and is now in its infancy. Treat your family members as you give them, and don't involve Mengxue.
Otherwise, Meng Xue is likely to suffer heavy losses."
Although Mongolian studies were not promoted by Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun attached great importance to them.
In Kou Zhun's eyes, Meng Xue was the foundation for the Song Dynasty to become stronger and stronger in the future.
If Kou Ji pulls out Meng Xue and uses it before it matures, he will never allow it.
Kou Ji said frankly: "It is really not suitable for Meng Xue to be involved now, so I will not use Meng Xue for the time being. But if the monks make too much trouble, sooner or later I will use Meng Xue to dig up their foundation."
Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "Since we don't plan to use Mengxue now, what can you do to stop the monks from making trouble?"
Kou Ji confessed: "If it affects the promotion of the imperial decree, then I can only send them to pass away. If it does not affect the promotion of the imperial decree, then I will let them make trouble."
As long as the imperial court promotes the decrees that restrict them, their every word and deed will be under the control of the imperial court.
At that time, even if they have extraordinary abilities, they will still have to behave and listen to the court."
Kou Zhun asked: "How sure are you?"
Kou Ji asked back: "My officials and I have abolished all the Xiang armies in the Song Dynasty and divided them into every prefecture and county. How sure do you think I am?"
Kou Zhun was stunned and said in surprise: "As early as when you were reforming the military system, you had already started to make arrangements?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Not bad..."
Kou Zhun looked Kou Ji up and down, snorted and said, "You are really scheming."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry and said: "I don't dare to take it!"
Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "Even so, I still think you are playing with fire. Although I have never experienced Zhou Shizong's extermination of Buddhism, I have heard it from your great-grandfather.
At that time, monks often made trouble for this.
Zhou Shizong sent troops and horses to suppress them countless times before suppressing the monks.
But within a few years, they revived.
And it is developing very rapidly.
Now it seems to have become a cancer in the Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji said faintly: "That's not because Emperor Taizong was too fond of them. He not only designated Daxiangguo Temple as a national temple, but also built temples all over the world."
"Don't criticize Emperor Taizong!"
Kou Zhun had been a minister of Zhao Guangyi, so even if he knew that Zhao Guangyi had done some stupid things, he would not have said it openly, let alone allow Kou Ji to speak ill of Zhao Guangyi in front of him.
Kou Ji pursed his lips and did not speak again.
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and said: "I will always be sitting in the house and restraining the people in the house from going out. Send some more guards to the house to prevent those people from coming to the house."
"knew……"
Kou Zhun took this matter so seriously that Kou Ji naturally did not dare to be vague.
Immediately, some old troops living in Ruian Town were recalled and the security at the house was strengthened.
A night of silence.
The next day.
As soon as Kou Ji opened his eyes, he saw Kou Zhun appearing in front of his bed.
Before Kou Ji could speak, Kou Zhun said with a gloomy face: "Something happened!"
Kou Ji was stunned and quickly got up. While putting on his clothes, he asked, "What happened?"
Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "Zhang Zhibai's concubine was found to be having an affair with someone."
Kou Ji stared in shock.
"impossible!"
Kou Zhun said coldly: "Nothing is impossible."
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Grandpa, you should know that Zhang Zhibai's family has a simple family tradition, and it is impossible for this kind of thing to happen."
Kou Zhun snorted: "But it has already happened."
Kou Ji asked hurriedly: "What is going on?"
Kou Zhun said with a gloomy face: "Last night, someone discovered Zhang Zhibai's concubine having an affair at the Guzi Temple in Bianjing City. After the incident, Zhang Zhibai's concubine hanged herself in the Guzi Temple.
Nowadays, there are widespread rumors in Bianjing city that the story about prostitutes hidden in the temple that Zhang Zhibai reported in the court was referring to his concubine."
Kou Ji frowned for a moment and said, "Didn't you say that you had an affair? Why did you get involved with a prostitute again?"
Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "It is rumored that Zhang Zhibai is poor and unable to support his family, so his concubines were forced to go out and have fornications with others in order to make some money and supplement the family income."
Kou Ji was immediately annoyed, "That's nonsense!"
Kou Zhun said coldly: "Smart people all know that this is nonsense. But the more nonsense it is, the more vicious it will be spread."
After Kou Ji got dressed, he got out of bed and said, "I'm going to Zhang's house to have a look."
Kou Zhun did not stop him, but reminded him: "It's time to go and have a look. If Zhang Zhibai fails to recover because of this, the official family will lose a good minister."
Kou Ji walked out and said, "I rushed to Zhang Mansion just for this matter."
Kou Ji left the bedroom and walked outside the house. He tidied up his hair, inserted a hairpin, tied up his hair, and then went outside the house.
The groom at home has already prepared the carriage.
After Kou Ji got on the carriage, he went straight to Zhang Zhibai's mansion.
When we arrived at the gate of Zhang Zhibai's residence, we saw some hidden people looking around in front of Zhang Zhibai's residence.
They are probably some people who are receiving news and doing good things.
Before arriving at the door of Zhang Zhibai's residence, Kou Ji opened the curtain of the carriage and shouted at those hiding in the dark.
"roll!"
The people who were hiding in the dark and looking around saw Kou Ji's face. They were all frightened and fled from the door of Zhang's house.
Kou Ji arrived at the gate of Zhang's mansion and got off the carriage.
So he sent a groom to knock on the door.
After passing the notice, the concierge of the Zhang Mansion led Kou Ji to the main hall of the Zhang Mansion.
Not long after Kou Ji sat in the main hall, Zhang Zhibai appeared in the main hall.
There wasn't much negative expression on Zhang Zhibai's face. It seemed that the woman he had an affair with last night was not his concubine.
After Zhang Zhibai sat down, Kou Ji bowed to Zhang Zhibai, and then asked: "Mr. Zhang, what is going on?"
Zhang Zhibai sighed and said: "Putting blame on others!"
Kou Ji asked: "Then how did the female relatives in your house leave the house?"
Zhang Zhibai sighed and said, "It's my fault! I couldn't afford to keep the concubines given to me by the government, so I used them as maids. They bear the title of my concubines, but they are just maids in the house."
I can't always keep an eye on the maid in my house, right?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
He knows a little about the situation in the Zhang family.
Knowing that Zhang Zhibai was an upright official and could not afford to raise so many concubines, he used the concubines given by the palace as maids, and sometimes gave some to his colleagues.
Giving each other maids and concubines was nothing new in the Song Dynasty.
Maid girls and concubines hardly have much status in the houses of powerful people.
Zhang Zhibai, who was involved in political affairs, naturally could not care about a maid.
"Hey...that girl Chun'er bumped into a handsome young man outside the house and fell in love with her at first sight. She was tricked out of the house by that handsome young man last night.
After one night, she became a corpse.
I have become a useless person relying on my concubines to support my family."
Speaking of this, Zhang Zhibai finally had a trace of anger on his face.
Kou Ji asked in a deep voice: "Have you caught that handsome young man?"
Zhang Zhibai nodded and said in a deep voice: "I caught him and interrogated him. He claimed that someone gave him money to trick Chun'er out of the house and to go to the Guzi Temple."
"Has the man who gave him the money been caught?"
"When the servants found him, he was already a corpse."
"..."
Kou Ji said coldly: "You just petitioned the court to depose all the Taoist officials in the world, and something like this happened. They were really quick to do it.
It's just that they shouldn't make a fuss about your reputation."
Zhang Zhibai took a deep breath and said, "I have a hunch that this is just the beginning."
Kou Ji coldly snorted: "Then we will watch quietly to see what trouble they can cause. When they have made enough trouble, it will be time for us to deal with them."
Zhang Zhibai nodded slowly and said: "Don't hold back when the time comes, otherwise I will bear this stigma in vain."
"I won't hold back."
Kou Ji said seriously.
He hurried to Zhang's house because he was afraid that Zhang Zhibai would be ruined because of his tarnished reputation.
Seeing Zhang Zhibai remain calm as always, he felt relieved.
Those people made a fuss about Zhang Zhibai's reputation, which really hurt Zhang Zhibai's pain.
But they underestimated Zhang Zhibai.
Zhang Zhibai is not one of those rotten scholars. Although he cares about reputation, he will never risk his life for reputation, nor will he be ruined because of reputation.
After Kou Ji arrived at Zhang Mansion, he never left again.
He accompanied Zhang Zhibai at Zhang's house, intending to see what kind of trouble those people would make.
Kou Ji stayed at Zhang's house all night.
The next day.
There is an extra layer of gold sand on the top of the main hall of Zhang Mansion.
There is a rumor among the people that Zhang Zhibai has the appearance of an emperor, and Zhang Mansion is the residence of the emperor, so there is a rumor that gold sands fell from the sky.
…
The third day.
The head in the corner of Zhang's house is gone, replaced by several glazed heads.
Zhang's family dog has two specious horns on its head.
The kind that falls off as soon as you take it out.
…
The fourth day.
Nothing happened in Zhang's house.
But something happened in the house of the Minister of Punishment. The eighty-year-old mother of the Shangshu of the Punishment Department suddenly fainted.
After waking up, he yelled at the Minister of Punishment not to get involved in the affairs of Fu's family.
Otherwise, she will be hanged in front of the Minister of Punishment.
The Minister of Punishment was forced to report sick leave to the court.
…
The fifth day.
The left and right ministers of the Ministry of Punishment took leave together.
…
Day 6.
Members of several departments under the Ministry of Punishment took leave of absence.
…
Seven days later.
Officials from all over the Ministry of Justice, big and small, took leave of absence.
A servant of the Zhang family who went out to buy something was involved in a life-threatening lawsuit.
Zhang Zhibai had been hiding in his house and was heavily guarded outside the house, so he didn't get into any big trouble.
Zhang Fuzhong.
Kou Ji and Zhang Zhibai sat side by side. Kou Ji smiled coldly and said, "I thought they had some ability, but it turns out that this is all they have. They really thought that if all the officials from the Ministry of Punishment took leave and you got into endless trouble, there would be no problem."
Are people taking care of them anymore?"
Zhang Zhibai stared at Kou Ji and said calmly: "So, are you ready to take action?"
Kou Ji sneered and said: "The official originally ordered the Ministry of Punishment to do this to confuse the public. If the official really wanted the Ministry of Punishment to do this, they would have secretly sent the documents to everyone before you reported the matter.
It’s the local government office.
But now, no one in the local government has received the secret decree to inspect the world’s temples and confiscate the official seals of all Taoist officials in the world.”
Zhang Zhibai was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said: "If we don't go through the Ministry of Punishment, and if we want to check all the temples in the world and seize the official seals of all Taoist officials in the world, then the Ministry of War can only take action.
Only the Ministry of War has enough manpower in local government offices at all levels to do this."
Kou Ji snorted and said: "How many demons and monsters can be hidden under the thunderous attack? Give them time and let them cause trouble, just to see how capable they are.
I didn’t expect that there was only such a small means.”
Zhang Zhibai pondered for a moment and said: "Using troops and horses directly at the beginning may cause huge conflicts. Some monks may confuse the local people and go against the imperial court."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "The officials and I are ready for a bloody suppression."
Zhang Zhibai frowned and said, "Those common people are also being deceived. You and the officials should not harm their lives."
Kou Ji said frankly: "Injury to life is not necessary, but small punishments and large punishments are still necessary."
"Why!"
Zhang Zhibai sighed and said no more.
Although he brought up the matter, it was not under his control from beginning to end.
From beginning to end, all the decision-making power lies in the hands of Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.