As soon as Zhang Zhibai said these words, Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.
Kou Ji suddenly lost interest in talking to them and rolled his eyes.
Seeing this, Lu Yijian shouted: "What's that look on your face?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "When I didn't say anything, you complained that I kept everything from you. Now I've told you everything, and you don't have time to help.
Since you don’t have time to help, why should you blame me?!”
When Lu Yijian heard this, he said with a straight face: "I am a member of Tong Zhongshu's family. I am qualified to know all the affairs of the Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji curled his lips, stood up and left Zishi Hall.
Lu Yijian stared at Kou Ji's back.
…
The next day.
Lv Yijian and the others compiled the decisions Zhao Zhen made in Chui Gong Hall into articles and presented them to Zhao Zhen.
After Zhao Zhen took a look at it, he felt that there was nothing that needed to be corrected, so he made it a rule and made it known to the world.
How will local officials react when they find out about this?
The officials in the court didn't care.
Most local officials did not have much say in the court.
Do whatever the court tells you to do.
He is so stupid that he can only ask for a beating.
Ninety-nine percent of local officials in the world want to be officials in the capital.
Why?
For the right to speak in court.
When Zhao Zhen made the regulations known to the world, the Ministry of Punishment also sent people to pursue Yan Renyi, and the Kaifeng Prefecture also sent people to Xiangfu County.
It only took two days from the time Yan Renyi signed the seal and left until Zhao Zhen sent someone to escort him back to Beijing.
Yan Renyi was also dashing. After he resigned, he did not return to his hometown in a hurry. Instead, he took his wife, children and mother to sightseeing in the mountains and rivers, and drove slowly and leisurely.
So in two days, he didn't cover much distance.
The Ministry of Punishment sent officials to chase him on fast horses, and it took only one day to escort Yan Renyi to Bianjing City.
No one cares whether Yan Renyi will regret his actions.
The people sent by the Kaifeng Prefecture to Xiangfu County, within two days, also arrested all the monks who had fled from the Great Buddha Temple and brought them back to justice.
No one dared to neglect the instructions given by Zhao Zhen himself.
The two major yamen used all their strength to race against time, and naturally quickly captured Yan Renyi and the monks from the Great Buddha Temple.
After they are captured, things in Xiangfu County will come to an end.
But the wave caused by the cleansing of temples around the world did not completely dissipate just because they were captured.
They can only be regarded as a small wave in the wave caused by the inventory of temples all over the world.
thereafter.
What happened during the inspection of temples all over the world was reported to Beijing.
Monks can also cause trouble.
Some incited pilgrims to fight against local soldiers, while others incited pilgrims to assassinate some officials responsible for inspecting temples.
There were also some three or five temples that gathered together and openly rebelled against the imperial court.
There are also those who encourage people to rebel.
Some even leaked the news in advance.
After Zhao Zhen read all the reports, he was furious.
"Absurd! Waste!"
In the Zishi Hall, Zhao Zhen threw all the memorials on the Long Case to the ground and cursed loudly.
The three of them, Lu Yijian and others, looked very ugly and lowered their heads, not daring to say a word.
Kou Ji, on the other hand, looked calm, as if what happened in the government and the public had nothing to do with him.
After Zhao Zhen lost his temper, he shouted: "I specially ordered the officials in charge of the army to shut up, but some people still leaked the news.
I asked the people of Wudesi to secretly convey my decree to them, and then they told their wives, children, mothers, and concubines.
What's annoying is that one of them was actually killed by his own concubine before he led his troops to clear out the temple."
Lu Yijian advised: "The monk instigated the local official's concubine to murder the local official, and the crime cannot be punished. I returned to the political hall after a while, and sent an official document to the local government, asking them to severely punish her."
Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Am I angry because of this?"
Lu Yijian was stunned.
Zhao Zhen yelled and cursed: "What makes me angry is that the officials under my rule are so stupid."
After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, Kou Ji sighed: "It is really stupid to ignore the official's will and reveal it to parents, wives, children, concubines, and even the brothels.
There are also some people who, under the instigation of monks, lead local soldiers and horses to oppose the imperial court, and they are even more stupid."
Lu Yijian said sadly: "Those idiots are the ones in charge of the local army."
Kou Ji glanced at Lu Yijian and said calmly: "Those who are in charge of local troops are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is under the control of the inner court. There are idiots among them, and it is because the inner court, Yushitai, and local supervisory officials are not supervising effectively."
Lu Yijian's face was dark, and just when he was about to open his mouth to argue, he heard Zhao Zhen shout: "Fine!"
Lu Yijian opened his mouth, wanting to say one or two words of defense, but when he thought about it, those local officials were indeed stupid beyond what ordinary people could understand. The inner court, the Yushitai, and the local supervisory officials did have unshirkable responsibilities.
Even if he spoke, he could not reverse this fact.
Lu Yijian sighed inwardly and said, "Well..."
Zhao Zhen snorted, "I really can't understand why local officials are so stupid."
Lu Yijian and the other two looked at each other without saying anything.
Kou Ji knew why local officials did stupid things during this inspection of temples all over the world, but he didn't open his mouth.
In the final analysis, feudal superstition harms people.
Ninety-nine percent of the ancients believed that there is a god three feet above the head.
As the spokesperson of the gods, monks can naturally easily deceive people in the name of the gods.
It would be easy for them to incite officials who believed in gods to oppose the imperial court.
Because in the hearts of those officials who believe in gods, offending the gods is far more terrifying than offending the court.
Therefore, during the inspection of temples all over the world, it is inevitable that officials will appear to help monks and nuns against the court.
Fortunately, Zhao Zhen directly ordered the local soldiers and horses to carry out this inventory of temples all over the world.
If it were passed down level by level through the channels of the court, the chaos would be even greater and more officials would be involved.
After several people were silent for a while.
Wang Zeng cupped his hands and said: "Officials, now is not the time to discuss this matter. What needs to be done most now is to clear up the officials responsible for the leak as soon as possible, and then calm down the chaos as soon as possible."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he put away the anger on his face and said nothing.
Zhang Zhibai pondered: "There are three problems that need to be solved most at the moment. The first is the trouble caused by the officials who leaked the news. The second is the evil party that was dug up during the investigation of the temples all over the world. The third is to bring the evil party to justice as soon as possible.
Those monks who have been investigated will be sent out to prevent them from causing greater trouble."
The evil party that Zhang Zhibai talks about are some unorthodox sects that are not officially recognized nor recognized by orthodox monks.
For example, the White Lotus Society, which emerged from the Pure Land Sect, became the White Lotus Society in the future.
Its teachings are simple and can be shaved or not.
You can practice at home or in a temple.
Its slogan is ‘Publicize the faithful people at home’.
Therefore, it has a group of professional believers who practice at home.
The White Lotus Sect was an unorthodox sect in the Song Dynasty, so it was always suppressed by the imperial court and the recognized orthodox sects.
It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that the White Lotus Sect was recognized and began to spread widely.
However, due to the rapid spread, some precepts and teachings did not keep up in time, which caused the White Lotus Sect to take a detour, and some believers embarked on the road of armed riots.
In the mid-Yuan Dynasty, its development began to be banned.
But the ban persisted.
By the early Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect had become the main source of civil unrest.
During the Hongwu and Yongle years of the Ming Dynasty, there were many armed riots by the White Lotus believers in Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Lu and other places. Some even claimed the title of emperor, but they were all suppressed.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect was transformed into dozens of sects, with many names, including Jinchan, Wukong, Wuwei, Sanyang, Maitreya, Jingkong, Dacheng, etc.
From then on, the White Lotus Sect was passed down to the Republic of China.
During this period, the White Lotus Sect had some righteous uprisings, and also instigated civilians to violently resist the imperial court.
In short, there are many incarnations of the White Lotus Sect, some of them are good and some are evil, some do good things and some do bad things.
Kou Ji could only remember a rough outline of the future development of the White Lotus Sect.
But no matter how the White Lotus Sect develops in the future, in today's Song Dynasty, it is an informal sect that is not recognized by the court.
Once the court finds it, it must be rectified.
This time the imperial court discovered sects, including not only the White Lotus Society and the Lotus Society, the predecessors of the White Lotus Sect, but also many other wild cults that were not recognized by the imperial court.
After Zhao Zhen heard Zhang Zhibai's words, he frowned and said: "Those problems raised by local officials should be handled by higher-level local officials.
As for those monks who want to be assigned, let the local government assign them to Tengchong Prefecture as soon as possible.
I have already sent an order to Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng, telling them to clear a place for those monks to settle down.
After they arrive at Tengchong Mansion, Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng will entertain them well.
Those wild sacrifices among the people are difficult to deal with."
Wang Zeng nodded slowly and said: "They are like mice, scurrying everywhere. They are also like sun grass, one crop grows after another. It is the most difficult to cure."
The sunflower in Wang Zeng's mouth is leeks.
In ancient times, leeks had many aliases, such as Fengben, Cao stalactite, Qiyangcao, Lazycai, Changsheng leek, etc.
Wang once called it Qiyangcao, and Zhao Zhen and others naturally knew it was leek.
"Go with local patrols and local troops to exterminate the wild priests."
Lu Yijian suggested.
Zhang Zhibai slowly shook his head, "I'm afraid that the local inspection team will slack off on this matter."
Lu Yijian thought for a while and said: "Then send officials to inspect the place again. Since we have found out all the wild priests this time, we must clear them out."
Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai thought for a while and nodded.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen said: "Then let's do it according to the wishes of my dear friends."
There was a pause.
Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and reminded: "The people from Wude Division reported that recently some monks who escaped from the pursuit of local soldiers and horses gathered in Bianjing City.
My beloveds, please be careful."
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and Kou Jixian all frowned.
Zhao Zhen continued: "I have already ordered the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Military and Inspection Department to strictly check the strangers in the capital, and also sent people to follow a few secretly.
But it is inevitable that some fish will slip through the net.
It is inevitable that mistakes will occur.
So I would like to remind you and hope that you will pay attention."
The four of them, Lu Yijian, bowed and agreed.
"Let's break up... Let's go do our own things..."
After the four people agreed, Zhao Zhen waved his hands and said something.
The four of them bowed again and exited Zishi Hall.
Outside Zishi Hall.
Lu Yijian frowned and said to Kou Ji, who looked indifferent: "Aren't you afraid that those assassins will find you?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "As a high-ranking official in the court, I need to be afraid of some people who hide their heads and show their tails, so why don't I do this as an official?"
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "Those lunatics are now at the end of their rope. If they go crazy, they may not recognize their relatives. They can do anything. We have to guard against them."
Kou Ji said calmly: "As expected..."
Lu Yijian and the three of them all looked at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji explained: "Previously, the erysipelas incident involved monks, and I suffered an assassination. Now that we are thoroughly investigating temples all over the world, we have offended more monks, and naturally there are more people who want my life."
I expected that they would assassinate me in Bianjing City."
Wang Zeng was stunned and asked: "So you made arrangements in advance?"
Kou Ji spread his hands, "What arrangements do I need to make? My Kou Mansion is rooted in Ruian Town. If they want to assassinate me, they must first hide it from the eyes and ears of hundreds of thousands of people in Ruian Town."
Lu Yijian and the other three were very jealous when they heard this.
Lu Yijian was jealous and said viciously: "What if they attack in Bianjing City?"
Kou Ji sneered: "Then they must have that ability and be prepared to die."
Zhang Zhibai whispered from the side: "Don't worry about Kou Ji. You should worry about yourself first. He is strong, so it won't be a big deal if he takes a hit.
If you take a hit, your life will be gone."
Lu Yijian's face turned dark when he heard this.
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "I am not afraid that they will attack me. I am afraid that they will attack my family."
When Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai heard this, their pupils shrank slightly.
Kou Ji frowned.
Zhao Zhen had limited manpower, so he could only send people to protect the three of them secretly, and it was impossible to send people to protect their families.
Kou Ji was able to mobilize the imperial army to guard their house, but he was unable to send the imperial army to follow their family members.
The Forbidden Army is an official weapon of the imperial court and is used to fight wars.
Not someone's personal bodyguard.
Mobilizing the Forbidden Army to serve as guards for the three people of Lu Yijian's house is for public use, so it is justifiable to do so reluctantly. But to serve as personal guards for their family members is to humiliate the Forbidden Army.
The Custodes will be looked down upon.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen finally raised the status of the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses, and it was impossible to destroy the Great Wall.
It is even less possible for the brave generals and soldiers in the army to be humiliated at the hands of women and playboys.
This case cannot be opened either.
Once a precedent is set, the Imperial Army will be mobilized whenever there is danger in the future.
And so on.
What kind of face and status does the Imperial Guards in Beijing have?
What kind of military discipline is there for the Imperial Guards in Beijing?
Just because they knew the seriousness of it, neither Kou Ji nor Lu Yijian thought about letting the powerful soldiers and generals in the Forbidden Army protect their families.
"It will not harm the family. If they really dare to attack the three family members, then I will dare to petition the officials, mobilize the imperial army, and bloodbath everywhere."
Kou Ji said coldly.
Lu Yijian and the other two laughed bitterly.
Kou Ji looked sideways at them and said: "You don't have to worry about the safety of your family members at home. Although I can't mobilize the imperial army to guard your family members for twelve hours, I can borrow some old people from Cao, Yang, and Li's houses.
Soldiers, guard your families."
Lu Yijian and the other two looked at each other.
Lu Yijian hesitated and said, "Is it appropriate?"
Lu Yijian and the other three were civil servants, and they had often made things difficult for military officials in the past.
Now that they had to borrow old soldiers from the hands of military officials to guard the safety of their family members, the three of them were a little embarrassed.
Kou Ji said solemnly: "There is nothing inappropriate. Once those people succeed in assassinating, why don't they regard Bianjing City as their playground? If the imperial court refuses to give in, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty will become their targets for assassination.
Therefore, they are our common enemies.
There is no distinction between civil and military affairs."
Lu Yijian and the others thought for a moment and nodded slowly.
If those people really succeed in the assassination, they will definitely not give up. They will definitely try every means to continue the assassination and force the court to surrender.
Lu Yijian and the other three had no choice but to accept Kou Ji's suggestion for the sake of their family.
Although they owed favors to military officials for this, the favors of one or two families could not affect them at all.
The four of them left the palace.
Everyone got on the carriage and went back home.
After Kou Ji returned to his mansion, he sent people to the Cao Mansion, Yang Mansion, and Li Mansion to tell the people about the matter.
As soon as the people from the three mansions heard that they were going to send someone to protect Lu Yijian's family members, they agreed without even thinking about it.
For them, there are not many opportunities to owe favors to civil servants.
Now that the civil servants are presented with the opportunity to owe favors, they will naturally not miss it.
With this favor, Lu Yijian and the others will take care of them at least once in the court, during civil and military battles, and repay the favor.
With the help of the veterans from the three mansions, Lu Yijian and his family will naturally be much safer.
While Kou Ji helped Lu Yijian and the others find guards, he also strengthened the guards of Kou Mansion.
thereafter.
The four people helped Zhao Zhen deal with what happened during the local inspection of the temple, while quietly waiting for the assassination to arrive.
But the four people waited for a long time, but did not wait for the assassin to take action.
In Bianjing City, strangers are arrested every day, and strangers arrive in Bianjing City through overt and covert channels every day.
Time passed by and it was more than half a month later.
The inventory of temples in various places has reached the final stage.
The rebellion that occurred during the inspection of the temple was completely put down.
Those monks who were identified have been escorted on the road and sent to Dali.
The identified properties and money are being counted and will then be remitted to Bianjing City through various channels.
After accounting by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the inventory of temples all over the world revealed a huge amount of property and money, which can be said to be astonishingly huge.
It was so large that in addition to promoting Mongolian studies, part of it could be allocated to Li Di in Hexi and Wang Sui in Xingqing for sand control.
But neither Zhao Zhen nor Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai and Kou Ji were happy.
Because the number of hidden monks in Bianjing City is increasing day by day.
It seems that there are too many to check and play.
After one batch was discovered, it didn't take long for a new batch to appear.
It goes on and on and seems to have no end.
The purpose of those monks is almost always to assassinate.
If they had jumped out to assassinate them, Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and Kou Ji might not be that worried.
But they lurk in the dark, unable to attract attention.
Invisibly, it put a kind of pressure on Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji and others.
"Those monks were hiding in the dark and did not show up. It is probably because the guards at our four people's house are too tight, and we have not gone out in recent days.
They couldn't find the opportunity, so they didn't take action."
At the Kou Mansion.
Kou Ji sat in the study and muttered to himself.
Lu Ming stood aside with a bow and said nothing.
After Kou Ji pondered for a long time, he said, "It's not my style, Kou Ji, to just sit and wait for death. Since you can't find a chance, I'll give you a chance."
After saying this, Kou Ji ordered Lu Ming: "Go to the Kou Mansion in Bianjing City and tell my father to free up some courtyards and let the people in other courtyards move back temporarily.
At the same time, extra manpower will be sent to guard the safety of the mansion."
Lu Ming hesitated for a moment and then said to Kou Ji: "Young master plans to send everyone away, leaving him alone to lure the snake out of the hole?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "At this point, I can only lure the snake out of the hole. It will not do me any good to keep chasing those monks until they have established a foothold in Bianjing City and hide for a long time."
Lu Ming whispered: "Young master, there is no need to risk your life..."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "No need to say more, just do as I tell you."
Seeing that Kou Ji had made up his mind, Lu Ming said no more. After bowing and bowing, he exited the study and followed Kou Ji's instructions.
After Lu Ming left, Kou Ji sighed and said, "If I didn't lead the snake out of the hole myself, those people might not take the bait. The officials sent people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, the Inspection Division, and the Kaifeng Prefecture to investigate.
Countless times.
Anyone who can avoid being traced by officials countless times is a powerful person.
It cannot be easily tricked.
The only ones who can lead them out are me, Lu Yijian, Zhang Zhibai, and Wang Zeng.
Lu Yijian and the other three are already old and may not be able to cope with such a thing.
So I had to step forward."
If Zhao Zhen comes forward, he can probably attract those people.
But if Kou Ji lets Zhao Zhen come forward as bait, the three of Lu Yijian, as well as the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, will probably fight him tooth and nail.
So, in the end, it was Kou Ji who could only lead the snake out of its hole.
Not long after Lu Ming left.
Xiang Yan hurried to Kou Ji's study. As soon as she entered the study door, she didn't wait for Kou Ji to speak.
Xiang Yan frowned and spoke first: "My husband, are you going to put yourself in danger?"
Kou Ji shook his head slightly and said: "It's not like putting yourself in danger, it's just about luring the snake out of its hole."
Xiang Yan said in a deep voice: "When my grandfather was alive, I met the old immortal Chen Tuan from Huashan Mountain, and also saw many of the old immortal Chen Tuan's methods. I heard from my grandfather that some of the methods are really like fairy methods, far from being magical.
A mere mortal can contend.
The old immortal Chen Tuan has passed away, but many of his methods remain.
If someone uses those magical methods to deal with my husband, how would you respond?
Also, there are many strange people among monks.
There are more magical means.
If they use those magical means to deal with Xianggong together.