Wang once faced death with such magnanimity and open-mindedness that few others could compare to him.
Kou Ji felt a little unhappy, so he spoke with some ill will, "I'm not an executioner, and I don't take pleasure in killing people. If you die suddenly, I will at most give you two sticks of incense and wail aloud.
We have a meal and a drink at home, but I don’t know how to do anything else.”
Wang Zeng patted the armrest of Kou's bus and laughed loudly: "That won't work. You have to serve as a guest at my house."
Kou Ji snorted coldly and said, "I'm an ordinary person, so I want to be your guest in your house? Can you afford it?"
Wang Zeng smiled and said: "There is nothing you can't bear. If I die, no matter how high your status is, you will have to lie down."
Kou Ji glanced at Wang Zeng and lay down on the couch like a fish, not bothering to talk to Wang Zeng anymore.
Seeing this, Wang Zeng ordered Wang Yi to push the Kou Gongchao towards Kou Ji.
Kou Ji quickly covered his face with the big cattail leaf fan in his hand, not wanting to talk to Wang Zeng.
Wang Zeng came closer to Kou Ji and said softly: "Kou boy, I really feel that my time is running out. I am not like that old guy Xiang Minzhong, who can live on for a while longer before he dies. Nor is I like your grandfather.
, stepped half into the Palace of Hell, and could still go back.
If I close my eyes, I'm afraid I won't be able to open them again."
Kou Ji took away the cattail leaf fan from his face and snorted coldly: "If you have something to say, don't always talk about life and death. I don't want to hear it."
Wang Zeng nodded and said with a smile: "I have something to entrust to you."
Kou Ji snorted, glanced at Wang Yi behind Wang Zeng, and said coldly: "It's easy to take care of your son. I can ensure that he has food and clothing, but don't worry about being a high-ranking official."
Wang Zeng shook his head and said with a smile: "Yi'er is just a middle-aged man. Receiving a high official position will only bring disaster. The legacy I left behind is enough for him to use for the rest of his life."
So you don’t need to worry about Ze’er.”
Kou Ji sneered and said, "You think people don't like high-ranking officials, but they may not think so."
Wang Zeng smiled bitterly and waved his hand to Wang Yi.
Wang Yi let go of the armrest of Kou's bus and saluted Kou Ji, "What my father said is what I think in my heart."
Kou Jileng snorted: "I'll give you a chance to take back what you said. After your father's death, I can't guarantee whether you will be promoted, but I can guarantee that you will stay where you are for the rest of your life."
Wang Zeng was speechless and just looked at Kou Ji with a smile.
Wang Yi solemnly said: "I will not take back what I said, and I will not regret it."
Kou Ji sneered and said, "I hope you can say this confidently in the future."
After Kou Ji said this, he stopped talking to Wang Yi. Instead, he waved his cattail leaf fan and drove Wang Zeng and his son away in disgust, "Okay, you can leave. I won't do any rebellion."
Wang Yi's face froze, and Wang Zeng's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He blew his beard and shouted at Kou Ji, "What are you talking about?"
Kou Ji said carelessly: "I'm not talking nonsense. You asked me to explain your funeral affairs. You didn't let me irradiate you, nor did you let me irradiate your relatives. Do you want to pull me off the horse and sit on me before the last minute?"
How many days are there for peace of mind?
It's not like you don't know that it's impossible for an official to let a dying person take charge of an official matter.
Apart from these two things, is there anything else worthy of your coming to explain in person?
Only rebellion!"
Wang Zeng glared and said, "That's nonsense."
Kou Ji said calmly: "Just think I'm talking nonsense, I admit it, please come back."
Wang Zeng was about to get angry, but then he thought about it and understood why Kou Ji was so abnormal.
Wang Zeng asked tentatively: "You don't want me to tell you about that matter? That's why you deliberately talk to me?"
Kou Ji glanced at Wang Zeng and shook his cattail leaf fan without saying anything.
Wang Zeng said seriously: "As a Pingzhang minister, you should understand the importance of the crown prince to the Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji shook his head without hesitation: "I don't understand..."
Wang Zeng glared and said: "Now that all the princes are young, if the official family can establish a heir as soon as possible, it will prevent other princes from competing for the throne.
In this way, our succession to the throne of the Song Dynasty can avoid bloodshed and sacrifice."
Kou Ji said disdainfully: "Set up the throne as early as possible to avoid bloodshed and sacrifice? Why do I think that the earlier the prince is established, the more bloodshed and sacrifice will be? Once Zhao Run takes the position of prince, he will be a target.
The slightest mistake will be magnified by everyone.
As time goes by, he will be riddled with holes under everyone's attack.
When the time comes, many princes will have different intentions, and all the civil and military officials in the dynasty will take sides. You will kill me and I will kill you. It will be very unpleasant."
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "The eldest son inheriting the throne is the way of human ethics. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty will support King Shou."
Kou Ji sneered and said: "When he came out, the civil and military officials of the entire court would of course support King Shou. But as time went by, the civil and military officials of the entire court would have different intentions.
Who doesn’t want to eat more and occupy more?
Who wouldn’t want to take a step further by following the power of the dragon?
If someone is willing to cede half of the country to me, do you think I will be indifferent?"
Wang Zeng's expression changed and he stared at Kou Ji in horror.
Kou Ji said coldly: "Don't look at me like that. When someone wants to make a big deal out of a small thing, they will definitely come up with similar conditions to win over me."
Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji and said tremblingly: "You will not become a traitor and a traitor."
Kou Ji was a little annoyed. He glared at Wang Zeng and shouted, "I can't do it, and neither can anyone else?"
When Wang Zeng heard this, his face became even more ugly.
He knew that Kou Ji was right, people's hearts are greedy.
Kou Ji might not do anything harmful to the Song Dynasty, but others might not.
In order to conquer the world and to follow the dragon's merits, people can do anything.
Wang Zeng was silent for a long time, stared at Kou Ji and said: "With your help, no one can shake the status of King Shou."
Kou Ji sneered: "You dare to let me sit down in Bianjing City forever?"
Wang Zeng fell into silence again.
When Kou Ji saw this, he curled his lips and covered his face with a cattail leaf fan, unwilling to speak any more.
After Wang Zeng struggled in his heart for a long time, he said with difficulty: "If the official family does not appoint King Shou as the prince, the civil and military officials of the dynasty will have even more dissent.
At that time, Taizu was reluctant to appoint the emperor's eldest son as his heir, so the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were won over by Taizong.
Learn from those who have gone before and learn from those behind.
Therefore, even if the position of the prince is difficult to sit on, King Shou must still sit down."
Kou Ji lay on the recliner and said calmly through the cattail leaf fan: "Then you should be prepared to bleed into the sea. I can tell you responsibly that if the official calls me brother, I will protect him for the rest of his life.
When he passed away, if I were still alive, I would never have watched helplessly as someone "disregarded his body and attacked each other" in front of his coffin.
When the time comes, I don’t mind letting the entire Bianjing city bury him with him.”
Wang Zeng shivered all over. He took a deep look at Kou Ji, turned back to Wang Yi and said, "Let's go..."
Wang Yi hurriedly pushed Wang Zeng's Kou Gong car and left the Zhuyuan.
After Wang Zeng left, Kou Ji took off his cattail leaf fan and sighed deeply, "Everyone only considers the orderly inheritance of the throne, but does not consider the cruelty behind it.
The princes are killing each other, but they can’t kill you, so you don’t know what mercy is?”
In Kou Ji's view, when the emperor felt that his energy was low, he would pass on the throne and watch his son sit firmly on the throne. Only in this way can the orderly inheritance of the throne be ensured.
If that doesn't work, let's turn the throne into a time-limited issue like an ordinary matter.
Each prince can only serve one or two terms on the throne, with each term lasting five or ten years.
In this way, the orderly inheritance of the throne will become more stable.
Maybe this move can ensure that the Song Dynasty lives a little longer.
Although both of the above methods have flaws, they are far more reliable than the establishment of a prince that Wang Zeng and others hope to see.
Establishing a prince is equivalent to an old wolf king, choosing a successor, and then letting other wolves attack the successor together, and finally compete for a new wolf king.
With such a method, it would be strange if it did not bleed or sacrifice.
Kou Ji always felt that the eldest son inheritance system was a bit unreliable.
So I don't want to worry too much about this matter.
I don't even want to deal with this.
Three hours after Wang Zeng left the Kou Mansion, it was evening.
Kou Ji had forgotten that the king had come to him to discuss the matter of establishing a heir apparent, so he held a mutton-shabu-shabu competition at his residence.
The masters and apprentices gathered together and ate a meal with their mouths full of oil. The hearty laughter continued from the evening until late at night, and it never stopped.
Finally, Kou Ji's students walked out of the dining room of Zhuyuan one by one with their round bellies in their hands.
Zhao Run was the first to run out of the dining room. After running out of the dining room, he screamed.
The people in the dining room heard Zhao Run's scream and rushed out of the dining room, and then saw a scene they would never forget.
A huge fireball fell from the sky, and its long tail turned half the sky red.
From time to time, people in Bianjing City discovered fireballs falling from the sky, and everyone screamed.
In an instant, Bianjing City was in chaos.
"Meteorite?"
"Big Star?"
"..."
After Kou Ji confirmed that the meteorite had fallen to the ground, he quickly shouted, "Everyone come to the yard!"
The speed of the meteorite is much faster than Koji imagined.
Just when Kou Ji thought it would take a long time for the meteorite to fall, the huge sound caused by the friction between the meteorite and the air was already roaring in his ears.
When Kou Ji turned around, the meteorite had already fallen to the ground.
The place where the meteorite hit the ground burst into flames.
The buildings around the meteorite were lifted up by the waves caused by the meteorite falling to the ground.
The city of Bianjing is trembling.
Kou Ji's ears were buzzing from the shock.
After a long time, Xiang Yan pulled her back to her senses.
Xiang Yan shouted to Kou Ji, "Ms. sir, the big star has fallen in the alley where the prince lives."
Kou Ji felt his blood rush to his head for a moment.
He suddenly remembered a passage recorded in history books, "In the winter of the first year of Baoyuan, a big star fell on Wang Zeng's residence in Bianjing City. His attendants told him about it in horror. Wang Zeng said: "One month
You will know the consequences later." The next month, Wang Zeng suffered from scabies and died on November 14 of the same year.'
His appearance delayed Wang Zeng's death by two years, and it seems that it also delayed the meteorite's death by two years.
"You are staying at the house with the children, so don't go. Let the guards of the house guard the front and back doors. I will come back as soon as I go."
Kou Ji handed over his students to Xiang Yan, ran to the horse pen, picked three fast horses, and rushed out of the bamboo courtyard with two guards.
As soon as I left the Zhuyuan, I saw that the streets of Bianjing City were in chaos.
Kou Ji scolded the guards beside him: "Go alone, fire a gun, and tell the people to go back to the courtyard of the mansion quickly."
A guard left Kou Ji's side and rushed forward quickly on horseback. He fired a gun and asked the people on the street to go back to their homes quickly.
Kou Ji rushed out two streets and found people from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division.
The people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were doing the same thing.
They heard fast horses rushing over from far and near, and immediately shouted: "The government has issued an order. There is a curfew tonight. No one is allowed to go out without an order!"
While he was talking, the people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division had already set up their crossbows.
The guard who was standing in front of Kou Ji rushed to the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Department and showed his waist card.
The people from the Wucheng Military and Horse Division took a closer look and saw that it was Kou Ji's waist badge. Their expressions changed and they immediately shouted: "Quick! Clear the way!"
The people from the Wucheng Army and Horse Division shouted loudly and cleared the way.
Koji rode his horse roaring past them.
After Kou Ji passed by, the people of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division all wiped their sweat.
"Fortunately, okay...fortunately, this man didn't get angry today, otherwise our brother's life would have been lost..."
"..."
Kou Jicai didn't care about the thoughts of the people in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division.
After he rode his horse past the checkpoint set up by the people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, the whole journey behind him was smooth.
When we arrived at the street where Wang Zeng's mansion was located, we saw a big hole in the middle of the street.
The big pit replaced the previous palace, and also flattened other buildings around the palace.
There were flames and smoke billowing in the pit.
There were many people lying around the pit. Some of them were missing arms or legs. They were lying on the ground rolling and shouting.
There are also some able-bodied people who are wailing and calling for those close to them.
The scene was very tragic.
People from the Wucheng Army and Horses Division led people to seal off the big pit, and the leader hurried to Kou Ji.
"Ding Dachun, a humble official, meets the Prime Minister of Kou!"
Kou Ji hesitated again and again, not knowing how to open his mouth.
Ding Dachun seemed to have guessed what Kou Ji was thinking, and said hurriedly: "Prime Minister Kou, when I was sealing off this place just now, I met the steward of the palace. He told me that Wang Shangshu was staying in Xiyuan tonight and was not here."
When Kou Ji heard this, he felt relieved and said, "Bring the steward of the palace here, I want to interrogate him personally."
Ding Dachun agreed and hurriedly sent someone to bring the palace steward to Kou Ji.
After some cross-examination and confirmation that Wang Zeng had indeed stayed in Xiyuan, Kou Ji was completely relieved.
Now that Wang Zeng is safe, Kou Ji has to pay attention to the disaster.
Kou Ji told Ding Dachun: "Deploy some more people to guard this place strictly and not let anyone in or out without orders. Send someone to summon the doctors from Beijing to come here for consultation, and take my warrant to the forensic clinic outside the city to dispatch
Everyone in the forensic clinic quickly entered Beijing.
He ordered Quan, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, to quickly appease the people and ask them to return to their homes and not wander around in the streets.
Tell the people from the Inspection Department to quickly mobilize the water dragons to extinguish the flames here."
"Here..."
Following Kou Ji's order, Ding Dachun of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division quickly mobilized his troops.
Some people went to the Wucheng Military and Horse Division camp to mobilize manpower, some went to the Inspection Department, some rushed to Kaifeng Mansion, and some rushed out of the city with Kou Ji's token.
Not long after Kou Ji issued the order, people from the Inspection Department and Kaifeng Mansion appeared in front of Kou Ji.
Kou Ji repeated the order given to Ding Dachun.
They all responded and said that they had already sent people to do it.
The rescue work lasted for more than an hour.
After the flames around the pit were extinguished.
Zhao Zhen hurried here with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
According to convention.
Whenever any major event occurred in Bianjing City, all civil and military personnel of the dynasty must go to the palace and obey Zhao Zhen's orders.
So when the meteorite hit the ground, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had already hurried to the palace, and only Kou Ji rushed here.
Kou Ji came to Zhao Zhen and bowed, "Your Majesty, Kou Ji, come to see the official..."
Zhao Zhen asked hurriedly: "How?"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Currently, the pit is still full of flames and thick smoke. I dare not let people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division enter without permission, so the number of deaths has not yet been determined. The injured have been counted so far. There are one
One hundred and thirty-six people are currently being treated by doctors."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "That's good, that's good... How about Wang Zeng?"
"Your Majesty, I have thanked the officials for their concern. I have nothing to worry about."
Wang Zeng arrived here when Zhao Zhen and Kou Jizou were fighting. Hearing Zhao Zhen inquire about his safety, he hurried out to talk to him.
Zhao Zhen saw Wang Zeng and hurriedly called Wang Zeng to his side. After taking a closer look and confirming that Wang Zeng was fine, he smiled bitterly and said: "Wang Aiqing is the pillar of the country. If there is any damage, I will be heartbroken."
Wang Zeng saluted Zhao Zhen and said, "I would like to thank the officials for their love."
After saying this, Wang Zeng said to Zhao Zhen in a deep voice: "Officials, since ancient times, there have been countless rumors about the fall of the big star. This time the big star fell in Bianjing City, there may be trouble among the people.
I think we should use this to establish the crown prince to stabilize the people's hearts."
Zhao Zhen frowned slightly.
Kou Ji wanted to curse.
Among the rumors about the fall of the big star, there is one saying, 'The big star falls, the emperor collapses, and the emperor's road opens.'
Wang Zeng petitioned to appoint a crown prince at this time, but Cuncui was disgusting Zhao Zhen.
Taking advantage of the big star fall, he asked Zhao Zhen to appoint a prince, which seemed to be telling Zhao Zhen that the celestial phenomenon was warning that he was about to die, so he should hurry up and establish a prince to take his place.
Some officials have similar ideas to Wang Zeng.
They don't care whether Zhao Zhen is happy or not, they only care whether Zhao Zhen establishes a crown prince or not.
So after Wang Zeng reported the matter, they stood up to reconsider it.
Zhao Zhen's brows wrinkled tighter and tighter, and finally they almost turned into a ball.
"Where is Qin Tian Jian Zheng?"
Zhao Zhen drank in a low voice.
Supervisor Qin Tian hurriedly walked up to Zhao Zhen and whispered: "I am here..."
Zhao Zhen asked lukewarmly: "What do you think the celestial warning was for this time?"
Supervisor Qin Tian hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Zhao Zhen was obviously dissatisfied with Wang Zeng and others' petition to establish the crown prince. If Wang Zeng and others followed their wishes, Zhao Zhen would probably deal with him.
But according to Zhao Zhen's thoughts, Wang Zeng and his group will deal with him again.
He was in a dilemma for a while.
Zhao Zhen saw that the Qintian Supervisor was silent and snorted coldly.
The Qintian Supervisor trembled for a moment and said quickly: "Back to the official house, there is an old saying: When a big star falls, heaven and earth mourn together, and they cry out for the most saintly and virtuous ministers. This time the big star falls, I am afraid that it will fall on the court.
The virtuous minister has passed away."
Qin Tian Jianzheng did not dare to talk about sages for fear of offending Kou Ji.
So I can only talk about virtuous ministers.
As the Qintian Supervisor finished speaking, Zhao Zhen was just about to speak when he heard Wang Zeng say in a deep voice: "No matter which virtuous minister it falls on, it doesn't matter whether the prince is appointed.
This matter will be spread after dawn tomorrow, and rumors will spread everywhere.
If the imperial court does nothing, it will definitely be taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives."
After Wang Zeng's words fell to the ground, all civil and military officials in the court looked at Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen seemed to have not heard Wang Zeng's words, snorted coldly, pointed at the big pit in the distance and said: "I want to see if this demon star dares to take away my wise minister.
Order the people from the Military and Horse Division of the Five Cities and the Kaifeng Prefecture to clean up all the people here and seal the place.
If the demon star bites my wise minister, I will make him shatter into pieces."
"Official!"
"Go back to the palace!"
"..."
Wang Zeng was shouting, but Zhao Zhen rolled up his sleeves and left the place.
Wang Zeng wanted to shout, but Kou Ji's hand fell on his shoulder.
"Stop shouting. If you keep shouting, you will anger the officials and no one will be better off."
Kou Ji let out a long sigh.
Wang Zeng glared and said: "The position of crown prince is related to the foundation of the country. How can we give up lightly just because the officials will be angry?"
Kou Ji sighed again, "The position of Crown Prince is no longer important to you. I now believe what you told me during the day."
Wang Zeng frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Kou Ji was speechless.
Wang Zeng pondered again and again, then suddenly raised his eyebrows and said: "Are you saying that I am afraid that I will be responsible for the fall of the big star this time?"
Kou Ji didn't hide anything, he nodded and said: "We are inseparable..."
Wang Zeng opened his mouth to ask a question.
But Kou Ji took the lead and said: "There are not many people in the court who can be called great sages. Among them, you are the one with the worst health."
After Wang Zeng listened to Kou Ji's words, he was silent for a moment, and then said loudly: "What's the joy of life, and what's the fear of death? With such a good opportunity, if we don't quickly persuade the officials to appoint the prince, how long will it take?"
Just when Kou Jijian was about to speak, Wang Zeng had already ordered his stepson to push the Kou bus and chase Zhao Zhen.
It seems that he insisted on using the fall of the big star to force Zhao Zhen to decide on the position of prince, and did not care about his own life or death.
Kou Ji sighed.
He rode back to the house.
As soon as they returned to the house, Xiang Yan hurriedly greeted her.
"Mr. sir, how is the situation outside?"
Kou Ji sighed and said: "Wang Zeng's house was destroyed, and other houses around him were also damaged. But Wang Zeng himself was not seriously injured."
Xiang Yan stretched out her hand and patted her chest, took a deep breath and said, "It's good if nothing happens, it's good if nothing happens..."
Kou Ji said to Xiang Yan: "Arrange for those little guys to sleep in the house. Then send people from the house to their respective mansions to inform them.
There is no need to send people to the palace, let them send people back by themselves.
Tell the people in each family that it is not safe tonight and let the children stay in the house."