Kou Ji nodded slowly, "There is no end to people's hearts, so there is no end to what we have to do."
Zhao Zhen frowned.
Seeing this, Kou Ji smiled and said: "We don't need to explore the end. We just need to do the best we can within our capabilities.
After all, there is no end to the human heart, but there is no end to the human power.
Officials don’t need to worry about this, let alone bother themselves.”
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "I think too much..."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded.
Zhao Zhen asked: "How is the inspection of Daxiangguo Temple?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "All the money in the Daxiangguo Temple has been confiscated, and all the evil monks inside have been imprisoned. Now there are only some innocent monks guarding the Daxiangguo Temple.
Those evil monks, I have handed them over to the people of Kaifeng Mansion to investigate.
After the investigation is clear, the Kaifeng Prefecture will convict them according to the crimes they committed."
Zhao Zhen muttered: "Daxiangguo Temple is a national temple, and even if it is like this, other temples may be even worse."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and sighed: "Father should not have granted Taoist officials. If we had no Taoist officials in the Song Dynasty, the temple would not be able to make so much money."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was slightly absent-minded.
What is Zhao Zhen talking about?
He is blaming and criticizing his father.
If this word gets out, the civil and military officials of the entire court will catch him and spray him to death.
Zhao Heng was indeed unbearable, and everyone in the Song Dynasty could feel it.
But no one can say it, and no one dares to say it.
Zhao Zhen shouldn't have said that.
Even if Zhao Zhen complained about Zhao Heng's act of serving as a Taoist official because some monks in Daxiangguo Temple had done many evil things, he should not have spoken out.
In this era when filial piety is paramount, unfilial piety is a very big stain that cannot be washed away no matter how hard you wash it.
Take Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
Even though Li Shimin worked hard, he turned himself into an emperor through the ages.
He couldn't change his reputation of killing brothers and persecuting his father.
Once Zhao Zhen's words criticizing Zhao Heng spread, even if he established himself as an unparalleled emperor whose achievements were greater than those of the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, the historians of later generations would truthfully write down his unfilial behavior in the history books.
Kou Ji felt that Zhao Zhen was probably extremely disappointed in his father, otherwise he would not have said anything to criticize his father.
But disappointment is a disappointment. There is no need to cause trouble for yourself just for the sake of a quick talk.
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, coughed dryly and said: "Guan family, this matter is not the fault of the late emperor. Even if the late emperor did not grant Taoist officials, the temples in the world can still make huge amounts of money.
The reason why temples can easily make money is the result of the ignorance of the world.
The people of the world are ignorant and do not know the changes of heaven and earth.
Everything that happens in heaven and earth is explained by ghosts and gods.
Temples came into being.
In order to pray to gods and avoid ghosts, they willingly donated their money to the temple.
Worship those illusory ghosts and gods.
Naturally, the temple can make huge amounts of money easily.
Therefore, in the final analysis, the key to the problem lies in education.
As long as we value education and carry out education.
Let the world understand that changes in the heaven and earth are natural changes, not the work of ghosts and gods, and they will naturally stop believing in ghosts and gods."
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Zhao Zhen thought thoughtfully, "In the final analysis, is it education?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen said thoughtfully: "We have discussed before that after the implementation of the elementary school, we will implement the county school. Now that the elementary school is on the right track, can we implement the county school?"
Kou Ji did not answer Zhao Zhen's question, but asked: "What about the higher education institution?"
Zhao Zhen was stunned and said: "The imperial court has Imperial College and Imperial College..."
Kou Ji continued to ask: "Are the things taught by the Imperial College and Imperial College really useful to the court?"
Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and was a little speechless.
Before Kou Ji appeared, what was taught by the Imperial College and Imperial College was the foundation of being an official.
After Kou Ji appeared, under the influence of Kou Ji.
Zhao Zhen discovered that what the Imperial College and Imperial College taught was only knowledge, not the way to be an official.
The way to be an official is how to lead the people to get rich and how to lead the people to live and work in peace and contentment.
Rather than holding a volume of books, that's all.
When Kou Ji saw that Zhao Zhen was silent, he said frankly: "The things taught in the Imperial College and Imperial College only let the scholars know how to do knowledge. They did not teach them how to be officials.
The imperial court opened schools and recruited officials.
Most of the successful Jinshi were assigned to local areas as herdsmen officials.
Although the court will give them enough time to observe the government.
But after arriving at the place and understanding the local situation, more of them were blind.
They are the most basic officials. They are all blind. How can the people under their rule be better?"
Zhao Zhen pondered and said: "What does fourth brother mean by this?"
Kou Jizheng said: "The most critical issue is still the official system. When the imperial court starts recruiting officials, after the successful Jinshi are transferred to the local governments, they should not directly serve as chief officials.
They should be allowed to serve as assistant officers and learn how to herd people first.
After they learn how to do it, they will naturally be able to get twice the result with half the effort as herders.
In addition, the official system of the imperial court was mixed.
The functions of local government agencies are also very mixed, making it impossible to effectively govern the local area.
Once something major happens, all the yamen within their jurisdiction can take care of it, or they can shirk it.
If you do this, you will become passive and slow down your work.”
Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji and said, "We are talking about county school now."
Kou Ji pondered: "This is precisely the key to promoting county schools. The functions of local officials are unclear, and the local jurisdiction is unclear. Some students at the junction of the two counties are likely to be turned away.
In addition, once county schools are promoted, higher-level schools will have to keep up.
The imperial court is now vigorously promoting enlightenment.
The number of scholars will increase at a speed visible to the naked eye.
By then, it will be impossible for the Imperial College and Imperial College alone to accommodate them all.
In the Song Dynasty, there were roads, prefectures, prefectures, and county yamen. Some road yamen and prefecture yamen had conflicts in their functions, and some states and county yamen also had conflicts.
Once promoted to higher level institutions.
Who is in charge will become a wrangling matter.
Also, it was impossible for the imperial court to train all so many scholars into Jinshi.
Therefore, after the scholars came to the county school, the court should find ways to teach students in accordance with their aptitude.
For example, someone knows that there is no hope of passing the imperial examination, but is unwilling to give up studying.
They can be trained to become gentlemen.
After they complete their studies, they can be assigned to serve as teachers in local areas.
For example, for those who have other talents, such as solving crimes, medicine, etc., they can be trained to learn how to solve crimes and learn medical skills.
After they graduate from county schools, they can enter yamen at all levels and become agents in the yamen and doctors at Huimin Pharmacy.
If the jurisdiction of each locality is not clear, there will definitely be problems when assigning them to the localities.
As for higher-level universities, in addition to cultivating Jinshi scholars, they can also focus on cultivating scholars who can solve crimes, study medicine, etc.
After they complete their studies, officials can also assign them to hold more important positions in local government offices and Huimin Pharmacies."
What Kou Ji proposed is a relatively complete education system.
Zhao Zhen also knows the benefits.
Because Kou Ji had told him before.
For example, a scholar who learns to solve crimes can work as a police officer in a local government office after leaving school.
At that time, a little focus on poor students will be able to break the monopoly of local powerful people on errands such as police officers in the yamen.
For example, scholars who studied medicine could enter the Huimin Pharmacy opened by the imperial court after they came out. They could not only sit in the pharmacy for consultation, but also open their own pharmacy.
When the number of them exceeded a certain number, the imperial court issued some medical documents.
Then use medical documents to restrict the practice of medicine by those native doctors and charlatans among the people.
In this way, some of the truly talented people will be absorbed into schools in various places, and those cancerous tumors that are merely passing off the skills and neglecting human life will be eliminated.
All in all, the three-level school system proposed by Kou Ji has many benefits.
It is also an important part of the implementation of their cultural reform.
Zhao Zhen was eager to implement county school because he knew the benefits.
It's just that county schools still need a certain amount of soil to implement it.
Now that everything is not ready, it is indeed unfeasible to rush into implementing county schools.
"Then let's wait a little longer. After the affairs of the Taoist officials are settled, we can start the official system and then implement the county school."
Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice.
Kou Ji laughed and said, "Isn't this what we agreed a long time ago?"
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and sighed: "I see that the Song Dynasty is still riddled with holes, so I am a little anxious."
Kou Ji thought for a moment and said, "The officials can relax appropriately."
Zhao Zhen pondered and said: "That's fine... It just so happens that the elementary school in the palace has been prepared. I will just relax for a few days and teach the children some articles."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen continued: "I will remember to send you a pair of children into the palace tomorrow morning."
Kou Ji's expression changed instantly.
"Is it okay to send only my son and not my daughter?"
Kou Ji asked after deliberation.
Zhao Zhen said with a dark face: "Since you don't want to marry your daughter to my prince, I won't force you to marry me. Who is my son? If I just say anything, officials from both the government and the public will take the initiative to marry girls of the right age in the house."
Send your son to the palace."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji with disdain, "Do you really think that my son can't take a wife if he doesn't follow your rules?!"
Kou Ji smiled dryly.
Zhao Zhen snorted and said: "I said before that I would let your two children study in the palace. I can't take back what I say. It's just an extra pair of tables and chairs."
Kou Ji sighed and said, "I feel relieved when the officials say this."
"..."
"Tomorrow! Remember!"
When Kou Ji left Jin Mingchi, Zhao Zhen gave special instructions.
Kou Ji agreed.
After Kou Ji left, a smile appeared on Zhao Zhen's face and he whispered softly: "If you don't let your daughter marry into the palace, I will let her marry into the palace.
If you don’t nod, I won’t force you.
But when your daughter enters the palace and studies with my prince, she will be her childhood sweetheart.
When they were older, they developed feelings for each other.
When the time comes, your daughter must marry my prince.
I’ll see what you say then.”
After muttering this, the smile on Zhao Zhen's face became even stronger, "When the time comes, with my support behind you, you can't force your daughter to marry someone else..."
"..."
Zhao Zhen smiled proudly in Jinmingchi.
Kou Ji spat outside Jinming Pond.
"You keep calling me Fourth Brother, but you are plotting against me behind my back... My conscience is broken..."
Zhao Zhen was raised by Kou Ji, and half of his scheming skills were trained by Kou Ji.
As soon as Zhao Zhen opened his mouth, Kou Ji could clearly guess what the plan was behind it.
Zhao Zhen Dayi said calmly that he didn't want to force anything.
Kou Ji didn't believe a word of it.
Kou Tianci entered the palace to study, which was a good name, because he was already engaged to Princess Baoqing, and he was regarded as Zhao Zhen's son-in-law and a member of the royal family.
Where is Kou Hui?
She has no connection with the royal family, and she is not qualified to enter the palace and study.
Zhao Zhen made an exception and allowed Kou Hui to enter the palace to study.
I just want to take this opportunity to once again tell the civil and military officials of the court that girls who have entered the royal family are royal people, so don’t worry about it.
Then when Kou Hui and Zhao Run were older, Zhao Run was encouraged to pursue Kou Hui.
If Zhao Run wins Kou Hui's heart, with Zhao Zhen protecting him, Kou Ji can't forcefully stop the two from getting together.
Although Kou Ji saw through Zhao Zhen's thoughts, he did not reveal it.
Zhao Zhen was obviously very evil and he couldn't guard against him, so he could only use some small tricks to defeat Zhao Zhen's conspiracy.
Kou Ji returned to his house and immediately found Xiang Yan.
"In the spring of next year, when my daughter will be four years old, I will find someone to teach her boxing and kicking."
Xiang Yan was stunned when she heard what Kou Ji said.
Kou Ji didn't explain much and said decisively: "Just follow my instructions."
Xiang Yan nodded first, thought about it for a moment, then looked at Kou Jida and said, "Is the official still evil-minded?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "What else?"
Xiang Yan hesitated and said, "Would it be too cruel for Zhao Run if you let your daughter practice martial arts? The Cao Mansion has a good relationship with our Kou Mansion, and our two families don't have any grudges.
When I entered the palace, Queen Cao also took good care of me in every possible way..."
寇季哼了一声道:“官家是官家,曹家是曹家,赵润是赵润.赵润想娶我闺女,就问他抗不抗揍吧.
If he had been beaten by my daughter since he was a child, and when he saw my daughter, he could still say something he likes.
I accept this marriage."
Xiang Yan gave a bitter smile and said thoughtfully: "How can you predict that after my daughter practices martial arts, she will be able to beat Zhao Run? What if the officials also let Zhao Run practice martial arts?"
Kou Ji sneered and said: "He knows how much hardship the official has suffered when he practices martial arts by himself. Even if he wants to let Zhao Run practice martial arts, he has to wait until Zhao Run is a little older.
My daughter took the lead in practicing martial arts. With the guidance of famous teachers from various schools, it would be easy to beat Zhao Run."
Xiang Yan sighed, "Aren't you afraid that your daughter's attack will be careless and the officials will blame her if she hurts Zhao Run?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "He asked for it too."
Xiang Yan sighed: "If the official family only has one prince, Zhao Run, then you still have to tell your daughter to be gentle. If something goes wrong, the official family and the civil and military officials of the court will not let you go."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "That will happen in the future... Besides, if the official family really only has Zhao Run as a prince, why not send ten or eight eunuchs to follow Zhao Run.
It’s not like you don’t know the virtues of those eunuchs in the palace, especially those under Chen Lin.
It is almost impossible for my daughter to seriously injure Zhao Run under their hands."
Xiang Yan felt relieved after hearing this.
"That's good……"
Kou Ji then chatted with Xiang Yan, had something to eat, and took a walk. It was getting late.
The two of them went back to their room to sleep.
The next day.
After Kou Ji got up, he ordered his family members to send Kou Tianci and Kou Hui into the palace, while he took a carriage to the Privy Council.
Daxiangguo Temple is not the only temple in Bianjing City.
There are also many temples such as Tianqing Temple and Wuyue Temple.
Among them, Tianqing Temple is comparable in size to Daxiangguo Temple.
Although it is not as famous as Daxiangguo Temple, it still has many pilgrims and loan sharks.
Wuyue Temple is a special Taoist temple.
It is mainly used to worship the Five Mountains.
It does not belong to the royal temple, but it belongs to the temple in the imperial ritual system.
Those who manage the Five Sacred Mountains Temple are the people in the palace.
There are almost no monks inside.
Even if there is, they are from the palace.
Therefore, there is no need to check the Five Sacred Mountains Temple.
But other temples are not immune.
Yesterday, Daxiangguo Temple was raided. It caused such a big fuss that most temples have already received the news.
Therefore, monks in some temples packed up some gold and silver items and escaped from Bianjing before nightfall yesterday.
However, he did not escape far before he was escorted back to Bianjing City by the soldiers who were stationed on the roads outside Bianjing City for interrogation.
Koji ordered his soldiers to send them back to the temple and inspected the temple where they were.
It took three days to investigate and deal with all the temples in Bianjing City.
Among the many temples in Bianjing City, there is only one small Taoist temple inside the city, and one small Taoist temple and temple outside the city that are clean.
The rest are almost not clean and have things done for them.
There are those who secretly give birth to others, those who make loan sharks, those who traffic in human beings, those who engage in flesh-and-blood business, and those who cheat, and some are the footholds of green forests and grassy areas, as well as the lairs of some green-skinned gangsters.
The total amount of money, land, real estate, shops, etc. found during the investigation is quite large.
The reason why it took three days was to count their assets.
It's not that they have more assets than Daxiangguo Temple.
It is mainly messy and chaotic, and there are also some lawsuits that need to be verified with the Ministry of Punishment and Kaifeng Prefecture.
After Kou Ji understood some of the differences, he played them all to the court.
After the officials learned that the temple had rich properties and high value, and that there were even some rare treasures hidden in the temple, they were all amazed.
Zhang Zhibai even said sarcastically in the court that after resigning from office, he would build a temple and become the chief minister.
After Kou Ji reported some of them to the court, the investigation of the temples in Bianjing City came to an end.
All that's left is for Seng Lusi to re-check the monks in the temple and issue ultimatums to them.
Kou Ji was not involved in this matter.
What is his identity?
Privy Envoy of the Song Dynasty.
He took action to inspect the temples in Bianjing City because the temples in Bianjing City had relatively tough backends and needed a tougher person to come forward.
Naturally, he doesn't need to take action on some trivial matters.
Otherwise, the price of his position as Privy Councilor will drop.
After the people from the Senglu Division registered the remaining monks in Bianjing City, the Taoist officials and the like disappeared completely, and the evil spirits and demons lurking among the monks also disappeared.
Everything in Bianjing City has returned to its original state.
It's like nothing happened.
But outside Bianjing City, various storms are emerging one after another.
Although they also used the same method of pressing down on the territory with heavy troops and sweeping the holes with thunder, the local inspection of temples was far less smooth than in Bianjing City.
The first problem to arise was in Xiangfu County under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture.
There is a large Buddhist temple in Xiangfu County, which enshrines a Buddha eight feet tall.
(In ancient times, there were many temples called Big Buddha Temples, and the Buddhas who were enshrined there were basically the eight-foot-tall Buddha.)
The county magistrate's mother is the most devout pilgrim in the Great Buddha Temple.
When the county lieutenant of Xiangfu County led his soldiers and horses to surround the Great Buddha Temple, he happened to be bumped into by the county magistrate's mother.
The county magistrate's mother blocked the county captain and the county soldiers led by the county captain.
During this period, someone was sent to notify the county magistrate.
After the county magistrate arrived, he started to confront the county captain.
In the end, the county captain relented and led his troops back to the place where they were stationed.
Then, all the monks from the Great Buddha Temple ran away overnight.
When he left, he not only took away the gold and silver in the temple, but also set fire to the crops that the tenants were about to harvest.
After the county magistrate learned about this, he realized that he had made a mistake.
But he did not admit guilt.
Instead, he went back to his hometown with his wife, children, old mother, fine gold and silver, and three or five cronies.
After the matter was reported to the court.
Many people praise him for his filial piety.
Kou Ji was angry.
On the Chui Gong Hall.
When the officials praised the magistrate of Xiangfu County, Kou Ji came out and loudly shouted: "Please kill Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County."
When the officials heard this, they were in an uproar.
Someone immediately questioned: "Privy Kou, Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, resigned for his mother. He is a filial person and should be praised."
Many of the officials nodded in agreement.
Even Lu Yijian nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Kou Ji said unceremoniously: "Where is filial piety? What is filial piety if you know your mother's mistakes and don't correct them? Our court has a clear law that if parents commit crimes, their children will correct their mistakes and bear the blame, which is filial piety."
If a parent commits a crime and fails to report the crime, it is not filial piety.
It is understandable that relatives should hide from each other.
Those who are foolish and filial are accomplices, and their sins are unforgivable."
When the officials heard this, they all frowned.
Kou Ji continued: "He protects the monks in the Great Buddha Temple. I can regard him as a man who cannot disobey his mother's destiny. But after the villains committed the murder in the Great Buddha Temple, he hung up his seal and left, ignoring the poor people, so I can't tolerate him."
.
He hung up the seal and left, feeling free and easy.
But those poor people lost their harvests and lost their livelihood for a year.
When the time comes to sell sons and daughters, chew tree bark, and eat Guanyin soil, who cares?"
Speaking of this, Kou Ji's voice rose a bit, "He was an official of the imperial court, and he received a generous salary distributed by the imperial court. When he resigned and returned home, the fine gold and silver he took back was also given by the imperial court.
The imperial court raised him just so that he could help the imperial herdsmen.
Now he takes the salary from the court, but he doesn't care about the life and death of the people under his rule.
He should be killed.
After he made a mistake, he did not find a way to correct his mistake or report the matter to the court. Instead, he hung up his seal and left.
That makes it even more deserving of death.
Does he think that being a court official is child's play?
Or do you think taking the lives of ordinary people is child's play?
If everyone in the Song Dynasty followed suit, how would the country be governed?
Not only does this man deserve to be killed, but all the honors bestowed upon his ancestors by the imperial court should also be taken back."