When Kou Ji arrived at the main hall, Kou Zhun sat in the middle of the main hall with a golden knife, which had the meaning of asking the teacher for guilt.

"I've seen my grandfather ......"

Kou Ji entered the main hall and bowed.

Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and asked in a deep voice: "The official family ordered someone to arrest the nine clans of the Liu family, and Liu Heng is also among them, you have a deep friendship with Liu Heng, if the official family wants to kill Liu Heng, what are you going to do?" ”

Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said, "What else can I do?" I can only do my best and obey the fate of God. ”

Kou Zhun was slightly stunned, he thought that he would give up the idea of working hard for Liu Heng if he had to say a lot of big truths, but he didn't expect that before he could tell the big truths, Kou Ji relented first.

Kou Zhun was a little puzzled and said, "You don't plan to intercede for Liu Heng?" ”

Kou Ji said frankly: "I have already begged, and I may have offended the official family." ”

Kou Zhun was stunned again, "Have you begged?" ”

Kou Zhun automatically ignored the second half of Kou Ji's sentence.

If you offend the official family, you will offend.

Nothing remarkable.

Throughout the ages, loyal ministers have been people who have been disliked and hated by the monarch.

The common people judge the loyal ministers, and what they see is whether the courtiers dare to scare the monarch.

Those who dare to scare the monarch, who are disliked and hated by the monarch, the common people will treat you as not afraid of the powerful, upright, and loyal ministers.

Those who blindly cater to the holy will are definitely slanderers.

Why did the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty like to trouble the emperor?

It's because after finding trouble with the emperor, it spreads out, and it can immediately become famous.

Therefore, in Kou Zhun's eyes, it is not a matter to scare the monarch and offend the monarch.

As long as you walk right and sit upright, the monarch will be offended if he is offended.

If the monarch really dislikes you because he doesn't like you, he will stop you, and you don't need to speak up, and the people will speak for you, bluntly saying that the monarch is a faint monarch and can't tolerate loyalty.

Even if the monarch has grievances in his heart, he can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and he has no chance to defend himself.

Kou Zhun frowned and said: "Since you have begged for mercy, and the official family still insists on taking Liu Heng into Beijing, what happened in the palace is probably more serious than what Lu Yijian and the three of them guessed." ”

Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji, "The official family must have issued a gag order, and you don't have to tell the old man." ”

Kou Ji opened his mouth and sighed secretly in his heart.

I'm not going to tell you.

Kou Zhun didn't know Kou Ji's thoughts, he just stared at Kou Ji and said, "It's okay for you to intercede, but don't fight with the official family because of this matter, the old man is still waiting for you to retire and send him to the end." ”

Kou Ji smiled bitterly: "Didn't I already say it? I will do what I can, do my best, and obey the destiny of God. ”

Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji.

Just the little flowery intestines in Kou Ji's stomach, he can't hide it.

If Kou Ji really was the kind of well-behaved person who did his best to obey the fate of heaven, he would not have come to this point, let alone sit in the position of privy envoy at a young age.

Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "Don't go head-to-head with the official, you won't be able to please you." ”

Kou Ji nodded seriously.

After a slight hesitation, Kou Ji asked, "Grandfather, what happened in the palace is not ordinary. I pleaded with the official family before, and I am afraid that the official family has become dissatisfied. If you plead again......"

Kou Zhun said dissatisfiedly: "No matter how big the matter is, what does it have to do with your intercession?" You pleaded with the official family and offended the official family. Have you ever thought that if you don't intercede with the officials, you will offend many people?

You're in the center now, and you're not alone.

You still have a whole bunch of old protégés and a bunch of like-minded colleagues.

If you don't help Liu Heng intercede because you take care of the official family, then you will lose your righteousness.

If you are unrighteous, how can your protégés and like-minded colleagues trust you again, and how can they trust each other with their lives?

Liu Heng is a brother who has a lifelong friendship with you, and you refuse to plead for him.

If someone else makes a mistake, are you going to watch them die?

After the new science and technology scholars came out, they made close friends one by one and joined others as protégés, for what?

In order to seek a backer, to seek a refuge.

If you can't rely on them and can't shelter them, why should they cling to you?

Don't look at the many old protégés you have now, once you lose your righteousness, they will leave you in a very short time.

When the time comes, you will be a loner in the court.

You want to do big things, but once you become alone, how do you do big things?

The dynasty cannot be governed by you and the official family.

It takes a lot of brainstorming to thrive.

No one talks about righteousness in the court, and even some words that tell the meaning of love will be ridiculed after being taken out, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. ”

After listening to Kou Zhun's words, Kou Ji was slightly dumbfounded.

When he interceded for Liu Heng, he didn't think about it so much.

He just wanted to save Liu Heng.

Kou Ji stared at Kou Zhun and reminded, "Grandfather, what happened in the palace is not simple. ”

Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji and said nonchalantly: "What if it's not simple?" You have offended the official family, as long as you find a way to make the official family angry, the relationship between the two of you will still return to the same as before.

At most, you'll be snubbed by the government for a while.

But if you lose your righteousness, you become a loner.

Not only will you lose your protégés and a bunch of colleagues, but you'll also be in danger as a result.

You are young, and you have taken the position of privy councilor, and many people are blushing when they look at you.

But why do you sit firmly in the position of privy councillor?

One is the trust of the officials, and the other is that the protégés and old friends are helping you prevent disasters.

You are protecting them, and they are protecting you.

Rumors that are not good for you in the place, they will help you stop them.

Others are going to attack you in groups, and they will report from the middle, and even help you solve the problem in advance.

Some timid people, seeing a large number of protégés under your door, may simply give up the idea of dealing with you.

Once you do something that is angry and resentful, causing everyone in the government and the opposition to be impeached, they can also help you to speak and help you speak.

What's more, once you are demoted, they can help you speak in front of the official family and make you recover.

Once you don't have a protégé, who will help you stand in the way.

Old man?

The old man is already in his last years, and he can't help you stop many disasters.

Official?

The official family had rushed to the northwest to see you despite the opposition of the ministers in the court, and it looked quite arrogant.

But you can ask the official family to try it again.

Do you see if the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will embarrass the officials because of this?

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military boycotted the dynasty and resigned, and the officials could not stand it.

The official family can protect you once in the hands of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but they can't protect you for a lifetime.

As long as the Manchu civil and military forces do not stop impeaching you, the officials will dismiss you sooner or later.

You Kou Ji has a few catties and a few taels, you should know that you will never be able to compare to the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Grandfather, I understand what you said. I just don't want to lose my friendship with the government because of this. ”

Kou Zhun scolded: "Companion is like a companion tiger, you have seen that big worm talking to people." After it eats you, it can leave you a bone scum, which is very benevolent.

Counting on it to give you a life, you're thinking about fart. ”

"The official family is not the kind of ruthless king......"

"No matter how affectionate a king is, he is also a king."

"As human ministers, we must take care of the king's feelings, right?"

"If he had a convulsion that day and wanted to give up the newly acquired land of Yanyun Five Prefectures to the Liao State, would you be willing to do the same? If the old man took care of the mood of the first emperor and asked him to willingly send three million Guan Sui coins to the Liao people, could the people praise the old man as a loyal minister? ”

"Grandfather, you're a little unreasonable. Things are different from him. ”

"Hmph, when you meet him, you will know that he is just as different."

“……”

Kou Ji fought with Kou Zhun for a long time, but finally lost the battle.

Kou Zhun's meaning is very clear, he must intercede, he can't do it without intercession, but he can only intercede, and don't do anything else.

"The old man will keep an eye on you in the house, lest you come nonsense!"

"Follow your grandfather's teachings!"

Kou Ji fooled Kou Zhun very unwilledly.

Seeing that Kou Ji agreed, Kou Zhun let Kou Ji leave the main hall.

After Kou Ji left the main hall, he touched the fine sweat on the door of his head and muttered in a low voice, "The official family is also a ......."

Kou Ji wanted to keep Liu Heng and take care of Zhao Zhen's mood.

Kou Zhun is a way of self-preservation throughout the whole article, which is not in line with Kou Ji's intentions.

Is Kou Zhun a selfish person?

Kou Zhun is not.

The reason why he gave such a selfish suggestion on this issue was purely to defend Koji.

Kou Zhun's mind, Kou Ji received, but Kou Ji would not do what he said.

Love, it is impossible for him to beg for Liu Heng anymore, because he has to take care of Zhao Zhen's mood.

If Zhao Zhen insisted on killing Liu Heng, he would secretly help Liu Heng get out.

As long as there are no traces, he can take care of Zhao Zhen's mood and save Liu Heng's life at the same time.

Kou Ji left the main hall and hurried to his study alone.

He found that his study was definitely a good place to hide from trouble.

He stayed in his study, and no one disturbed him.

Out of the study, Xiang Yan and Kou Zhun came.

Although it was purely in his heart, Koji needed a place of peace of mind right now.

Koji went back to his study.

Kou Zhong quickly entered the main hall and told Kou Zhun the words that Kou Ji muttered at the door of the main hall without revealing a word.

After Kou Zhun heard this, he sighed again and again.

"Idiot...... Idiot...... If you sit in that position, if you want to be a wise king, you can't be a human ......"

Kou Zhun's long sigh echoed in the main hall of the Kou Mansion for a long time.

For a period of time after that, Kou Ji has been living in the house and has not gone out.

Zhao Zhen has also dropped out of the dynasty and has not appeared.

The situation in Bianjing City did not disappear because the two of them closed their doors.

On the second day of Kou Ji's residence in the house.

Zhao Zhen issued an edict saying that he was grateful for Concubine Yang's nurturing grace and generously gave the Yang clansmen.

Concubine Yang's brother and others were successively promoted to official titles.

One by one, I went to places with abundant oil and water.

On the surface, it seems that Concubine Yang's brother and others have made huge benefits because of Concubine Yang's death.

But Kou Ji, who knew the inside story, felt the killing opportunity.

Where there is abundant oil and water, there is oil and water, and there are naturally risks.

It's easy to make money, and it's easy to be blamed.

Zhao Zhen obviously wanted to put Concubine Yang's brother and others on the shelf first, and then carefully select them to be punished with a big crime enough to punish the Nine Clans, and then cut them clean.

As long as Zhao Zhen's crime against them is big enough, it is enough to arouse the resentment of everyone in the world.

Concubine Yang's shadow can't be covered.

When the Yang Taifei brothers and others happily took office.

Zhao Zhen swung the bloody first knife.

The first person to be slashed was not the people of the Chen family, the Su family, and the Liu family, but the people in the palace.

The ghosts and spirits in the palace, whether they were involved in this matter or not, as long as they were found out, they were all sent to the guillotine by Zhao Zhen.

After Zhao Zhen's bloody long knife was waved, it didn't stop.

After the ghosts and spirits in the palace were killed, the people who should be killed outside the palace were also escorted.

The first to be pressed into the prison of the Criminal Department were the clansmen of the Liu family.

But the Liu father and son are still locked up in the palace, and Liu Heng has not been escorted into Beijing now, so the Liu clan members were not the first to be guillotined.

The first to be guillotined were the Su clansmen.

After all the nine clans of the Su clan were captured, there were nearly 800 people.

More than 800 people were taken to the execution ground at one time, and the scene was very spectacular.

The executioner chopped off his head round by round.

The severed head was piled up on the execution ground into a small mountain, and blood stained the entire execution ground.

The scene was horrible.

Kou Ji knew that the Su clan was not involved in what Concubine Yang and Liu Congmei did, so he paid a little attention to the crime of the Su clan being beheaded.

There was one of them, which Kou Ji felt should be the real crime of the Su clan being beheaded.

That is, relying on the identity of the emperor's relatives and relatives, encroaching on people's land in the countryside.

It has encroached on as many as 100,000 acres of fertile land.

is just a little royal maid, and she is not as important as some female officials with status in the palace, so it is not surprising that the father and brother in the family dare to act so boldly and be pulled out and beheaded.

Before he died, he was also used by Zhao Zhen to confuse the public.

Not long after the Su clan was beheaded, all the Chen clansmen were escorted into Bianjing City.

The strange thing is that among the Chen clan, there are no female dependents, all males.

On the day of the escort to Bianjing City, he was cut off in one piece.

No one knows where Chen's daughters have gone.

Kou Ji felt that Zhao Zhen probably felt that it was too cheap to cut down all of the Chen family, so he sent the Chen family's female dependents to other places to be punished.

What kind of punishment he received, Kou Ji couldn't guess.

But Koji could conclude that it must have been an extremely humiliating punishment.

After the Chen clan was beheaded.

Zhao Zhen did not cut down the Liu clan, but restored the Chang Dynasty.

But Kou Ji called in sick and did not go.

The first day of the dynasty.

There is a book in the history of the servant, saying that Zhao Zhen is a great way to kill, and he is unkind, and bluntly says that there are doubts about the things in the harem, and asks Zhao Zhen to give the truth, and it is not too late to kill again.

Zhao Zhen resigned again.

After the resignation of the dynasty, a decree was made.

The servant Yushi was dismissed from office and exiled for thousands of miles.

This move aroused the dissatisfaction of many officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and they wrote to defend him.

Zhao Zhen changed the sentence of the servant Yushi to behead in the defense of the officials of the Imperial History Terrace.

The Goshidai exploded all at once.

The imperial historians gathered together and bombarded Zhao Zhen.

Then, the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory were demoted by two levels.

The imperial historians were unwilling and decided to fight Zhao Zhen to the end.

Then Zhao Zhen began to depreciate one a day, one a day.

Seeing that there are few officials in the Imperial Historical Tower, there are few people.

Lu Yijian and the three of them entered the palace and asked Empress Dowager Li to come forward to stop Zhao Zhen's ridiculous move.

Then, Zhao Zhen, who has always been filial to Empress Dowager Li, this time instead of listening to Empress Dowager Li's admonition, he became angry with the three of them because Lu Yijian and others asked Empress Dowager Li to come forward.

Zhao Zhen didn't move the three of them.

But some of the protégés that the three of them valued the most were old and were collectively demoted.

At the same time, Zhao Zhen once again extended the time of dropping out of the dynasty.

Lu Yijian and the three couldn't sit still at all, but they had no choice but to take Zhao Zhen, so they had to go to the Koufu Courtyard again.

Kou Ji didn't want to see them, but Kou Zhun let them in.

After the three of them entered the house, they went straight to Koji's study.

Kou Ji was yawning in the study, and Wang Zeng and the three of them broke into Kou Ji's study like robbers.

As soon as he entered the door, Wang Zeng shouted: "You still have leisure and elegance to hide in the mansion, and the court is now in chaos." ”

Kou Ji asked knowingly: "The Privy Council is in chaos?" ”

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment and shook his head slowly.

Kou Ji said indifferently: "The Privy Council is not in chaos, how can the court be in chaos?" ”

Wang Zeng glared and said, "But the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory are about to be dismissed by the officials......"

Kou Ji yawned again and said lazily: "I am a privy envoy, and I am in charge of the Privy Council, not the Imperial Historical Observatory. Even if the officials of Yushitai are really dismissed by the officials, what does it have to do with me?

There is a way that is not in his position, and he does not seek his government.

I'll just take care of my Privy Council. ”

Lu Yijian gritted his teeth and said: "You are the minister of the center, how can you be civil and military, as long as it is something that happens in the court, you have the responsibility to come forward." ”

Kou Ji stared at Lu Yijian with a stunned expression.

"Duke Lü, the minister of the center, there is no distinction between civil and military? Don't you blush when you say this? On weekdays, when targeting Wuchen, you are the one who shouts the most. ”

Lu Yijian didn't see any shame on his face, he stared at Kou Ji and said fiercely: "The minister of the center, should there be a distinction between civil and military? Kou Ji, do you want to provoke a dispute between the court and the court? ”

Kou Ji skimmed and cursed in his heart.

Shameless......

"I just heard from the servants in the palace that the official family has demoted three protégés. Presumably, those protégés of the official family are the beloved of the three. Otherwise, the three of them would not be distressed like this. The three of them came to me and said that Xiang was fake, but they were actually afraid that the official family would be guilty again, right? ”

“……”

When Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng heard this, their faces were a little unsightly.

Zhang Zhibai looked calm, although he also has protégés, but he doesn't accept gifts on weekdays, and he doesn't help his protégés do things, so he is not close to his protégés.

Zhao Zhen didn't want to demote them, even if he just demoted them in one go.

Zhang Zhibai will not feel distressed.

Zhang Zhibai was distressed by the officials of the Yushitai.

If Zhao Zhen deposed one or two officials of the Imperial Historical Tower, it would be nothing.

But Zhao Zhen dismissed ninety percent of the officials of the Yushitai in one go, and the Yushitai was paralyzed.

The Imperial Observatory is an important part of the imperial court.

The Imperial Historical Observatory was paralyzed and had a great impact on the government.

So he was anxious to find Kou Ji to come forward, go to Zhao Zhen to talk about Xiang, and let Zhao Zhen restore the Yushitai as soon as possible.

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng were speechless to Kou Jiyi.

Zhang Zhibai said with a solemn face: "Now that the Yushitai has been paralyzed, no one cares about the reports of the inspections in various places after they are delivered to Bianjing City. The officials did not have the supervision of the imperial history, and the people's hearts fluctuated.

This matter has affected the stability of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Hey......"

Kou Ji sighed and said, "Gong Zhang is a public heart, I can understand. It's just that the official family is angry now, and it's useless for anyone to admonish him. The three of them have already been persuaded, knowing that it is useless, why do you want me to touch this mold? ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them frowned in unison.

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "You have always been good friends with the official family......

Kou Ji pouted and said: "It's true that I have a good relationship with the official family, but if I want to go to the official family to talk about it, it depends on what happens." The official family is obviously unwilling to listen to me now, otherwise he would not have announced to the public that he had grounded me in the mansion.

So even if I come forward to talk to the official, it won't be angry. ”

"Do you want to watch the officials of the Imperial Observatory be deposed cleanly?"

Wang Zeng gritted his teeth.

Kou Ji sighed, "Why don't you tell the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory to shut up and not touch the moldy heads of the official family?" The official family is obviously reluctant to let people mention the affairs of the harem, and there are still people chasing after Yushitai.

They are not comfortable running to the official family, can the official family make them comfortable? ”

Zhang Zhibai sighed: "I want the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory to shut up, unless they are killed." ”

In other words, it is difficult to silence the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory.

Kou Ji said: "Why don't they keep an eye on the affairs of the harem, isn't it good to play and play other things?" Asking the things in the harem to the bottom of the matter is not good for them, and it is not good for the court. ”

Lu Yijian frowned and said, "The old man has sent someone to pass a message to the people of Yushitai, asking them not to stare at the affairs of the harem." But the more the old man reminded him, the more fierce they played, and the old man couldn't help it. ”

Kou Ji's face turned slightly cold, "They have to be uncomfortable themselves, why do you worry about them." ”

"They can stop, but the Imperial Observatory can't be paralyzed ......"

Zhang Zhibai said solemnly.

Zhang Zhibai is not a pedantic person, he doesn't care about the life and death of a group of officials who don't know whether they are alive or dead, what he cares about is whether the court can operate normally.

"Then you should hurry up the time and send a group of people from the local patrol to make up for the vacancy of the Yushi Observatory."

"But the official family is so reckless, and the harm to the court is even greater."

Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said.

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, "You didn't ask me to come forward to intercede for the people of Yushitai at all, you actually want me to find a way to calm down the official family, right?" ”

Wang Zeng and the three hesitated for a moment, and a .asxs. head.

Kou Ji decisively spread his hands and said, "I can't ...... it"

"Why?!"

Because Liu's father and son are still alive, Liu Heng has not yet entered Beijing, the people Zhao Zhen wants to kill have not been killed, and the qi in his chest has not yet dissipated.

Before the people he wanted to kill were not killed, admonishing Zhao Zhen was useless.

Although Zhao Zhen was tossing the Yushitai vigorously, Zhao Zhen did not move at all from the other yamen in the court.

For the imperial court, Yushitai is important and important, and it is not important to say that it is not important.

Even if Yushitai is tossed away by him, there will be no major problems in the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen only tosses the Yushitai and does not toss other yamen, which shows that he is very rational now.

The decisions he made intellectually were difficult to change because of anyone's words.