Zhao Zhen wanted to ask why the Liao people attacked Western Xia.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back, and he felt that if this question was asked, Kou Zhun would definitely think he was stupid.

Zhao Zhen tilted his head and thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "The Liao people want to attack Western Xia, so what should we do?" ”

Kou Zhun arched his hand, did not reply, and looked at Kou Ji.

Kou Ji moved a few steps, walked in front of Zhao Zhen, and said loudly: "Naturally, I will go up and bite off a piece of meat from them." ”

A bright light flashed in Zhao Zhen's round eyes, and he said in surprise: "Recover Yanyun?" ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned and shook his head.

Subduing Yanyun was a heart disease of the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Heng should have mentioned Yanyun to Zhao Zhen a lot, otherwise Zhao Zhen would not have said the words of recovering Yanyun at this time.

"It's too early to recover Yanyun."

Koji whispered.

Now the Liao people are in their heyday, while the Great Song Dynasty is in the midst of internal and external troubles.

If the internal worries are not removed, even if the Great Song Dynasty fights with the Liao people to the end, it may not be able to take the sixteen states of Yanyun.

As soon as Zhao Zhen mentioned his interest, he was poured a scoop of cold water by Kou Ji, and his little face drooped in an instant.

Seeing this, Kou Ji smiled and said, "But it's still easy to bite the land of one or two states through this." ”

Zhao Zhen's little face suddenly rose again.

"Really?"

Kou Ji nodded heavily.

Zhao Zhen clapped his little hands and said excitedly: "That's really good......"

Kou Ji smiled and said, "It's good that the official family is happy." ”

Seeing this, Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and returned to the table full of songs.

Zhao Zhen shook his little hands excitedly and walked to the dragon chair.

When Chen Lin passed by Kou Ji's side, she lowered her voice and muttered, "You look like a gluttonous ......."

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and muttered, "You care about me?!" ”

Chen Lin shook his nose, hummed twice, didn't say anything more, and followed Zhao Zhen with small steps.

Not long after Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair.

Liu E, supported by Guo Huai, appeared from behind the palace to the Shishitang.

As soon as she arrived at the Shishitang, before she sat down, she asked: "Huainan, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang generation of food shortages, how does the Taishi plan to deal with it?" ”

Kou Zhun's words about disposing of her on the vertical arch hall before were probably already in her ears.

But there was no joy or anger on her face, and she didn't seem to care about the scene that happened on the Hanging Arch Hall at all, and opened her mouth to ask about political affairs.

Kou Zhun arched his hand to Liu E, and said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, according to the minister's verification, this grain shortage is probably not only the Huainan, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang generations. In 11 prefectures, including Tang, Deng, and Dai, I am afraid that there will also be food shortages. ”

Liu E listened to Kou Zhun's words while sitting on the chair, and after Kou Zhun finished speaking, she raised her phoenix eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "What clues did the Taishi find?" ”

Kou Zhun nodded, and told Liu E about the Liao people's grain purchase that he and Kou Ji had discovered.

After Liu E listened, she said thoughtfully: "So, the Liao people will definitely conquer Western Xia?" ”

Kou Zhun nodded and said: "The old minister has already said before that the Liao people will definitely conquer Western Xia, but they can't find any evidence. Now that the evidence has been found, we should be prepared. ”

Liu E nodded slowly and said, "How does the Taishi plan to deal with it?" ”

Kou Zhun said seriously: "We should open a warehouse and release grain on the one hand to appease the people; While secretly preparing for war. ”

Liu E groaned: "Open the warehouse and release grain, appease the people, it should be so." This matter is the sole responsibility of the Taishi. As for the secret preparations for war, we have to slow down.

Wait until Tang, Deng, Dai and other 11 states report the food shortage disaster before making a decision. ”

Kou Zhun frowned and said, "But this matter is sooner rather than later." ”

Liu E said in a deep voice: "The Liao people and the Western Xia are not going to war immediately, what we have is time, and we can afford to wait." Once the Liao and Western Xia go to war, we can also send fast horses and send a cheap will to the two families.

With them intervening in the war, the war between the Liao and Western Xia will inevitably fall into a stalemate.

It is not too late for the imperial court to send troops at that time.

This is still what the Taishi told the mourning family, did the Taishi forget? ”

Liu E moved out of Kou Zhun's words and persuaded Kou Zhun, but Kou Zhun was speechless.

Kou Zhun and his grandson stayed in the Shishitang for a while before leaving.

As soon as they left.

Zhao Zhen couldn't sit down.

Because Liu E looked at him, there was a little more different taste.

Zhao Zhen didn't understand what Liu E was looking at him, but he felt uncomfortable, so he didn't want to stay in the Shishitang with Liu E.

"Auntie, I'll go back to the palace first."

Zhao Zhen arched his hand to Liu E, and without waiting for Liu E to agree, he walked with his little short legs and ran outside the capital hall.

"Stop!"

Liu E shouted.

Zhao Zhen's body stiffened in the aisle of the Shishitang.

Liu E reminded in a low voice: "The official family is now the Ninth Five-Year Honor, you must walk and sit and lie down decently, don't panic, there is a loss of etiquette." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he let out a sigh of relief, turned around, and said to Liu E: "I know ......."

"Let's go down."

Liu E waved her hand.

Zhao Zhen walked out of the Shishitang step by step.

Out of the Shishitang, he glanced back at the Shishitang, and then took a short step and ran towards his dormitory.

In the capital hall, Liu E and Guo Huai were left in an instant.

"Bang!"

Liu E patted the armrest of the chair, gritted her teeth with a gloomy face and roared, "Everyone hates the mourning family and does not die......"

When Guo Huai heard this, he knelt on the ground with a puff and said in a mournful voice: "The slave is loyal to the mother. ”

Liu E lowered her head, glared at Guo Huai and shouted, "Get out!" ”

Guo Huai said in a trembling voice: "The slave doesn't dare." ”

Liu E said angrily: "Then continue to kneel, if you like to be a slave, then you will be a slave for the rest of your life." ”

Guo Huai nodded his head quickly, and hurriedly said: "The slave must be a slave for a lifetime and serve the mother for a lifetime." ”

Liu E stared at the place where Zhao Zhen left, gritted her teeth and scolded: "Little conscienceless, the mourning family is intriguing with those civil and military ministers in the court, for whom?" It's not for you little conscienceless.

You actually help outsiders to speak, and help outsiders deal with mourning families.

It really doesn't make sense. ”

When Guo Huai heard this, his body trembled, and he said in a trembling voice: "Queen Mother, the official family is your only reliance, don't complain about the official family." Once the official family has a good situation, your position will really be unstable. ”

"Bang!"

Liu E kicked Guo Huai, Guo Huai was like a gourd rolling on the ground, rolling on the ground twice before getting up.

Liu E scolded: "The mourning family knows that the little one who has no conscience is the reliance of the mourning family, and he doesn't need you to remind him." The mourners won't do anything to him. But mourners can't sit still. ”

Guo Huai knelt on the ground, raised his head slightly, and asked timidly, "What is the Queen Mother going to do?" ”

Liu E patted the chair and said, "The Liao people's attack on Western Xia is an opportunity. As long as the mourning family seizes this opportunity, the mourning family will definitely be able to appear in the vertical arch hall again, and the power will also overshadow Kou Zhun.

At that time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty dared to say that the mourning family was not, and the mourning family beheaded them. ”

Guo Huai was taken aback by Liu E's idea, and he cautiously reminded: "Queen Mother, if you don't expand your territory, it's not enough to show your majesty in the court." ”

Liu E stood up abruptly and said loudly: "The mourning family is to expand the territory, and the mourning family is to establish the supreme merit. The first emperor, with their assistance, did not exhaust an inch of land. The mourning family is to use the expansion of the territory to tell them that all of them together are not as good as the mourning family.

At that time, the mourning family wanted to see what kind of face they had to impeach the mourning family. ”

Guo Huai trembled and said: "Queen Mother, opening up the territory is a big deal, do you want to discuss it with Master Kou." ”

Liu E's eyes fell on Guo Huai coldly, and said in a deep voice: "If the mourning family is willing to discuss with Kou Zhun, they will discuss it with him just now, and as for mentioning this matter behind their backs?" ”

Guo Huai saw that Liu E had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more.

Liu E instructed: "Summoning Cao to use, Ding Wei to enter the palace!" ”

Guo Huai was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "What about Lu Sansi?" ”

mentioned Lu Yijian, Liu E was angry, she said angrily: "He doesn't listen to the words of the mourning family, what does the mourning family want him to do?" ”

Guo Huai saw that Liu E was angry again, and hurriedly said: "The queen mother is angry, and the slave maid will go to invite Cao Shumi and Ding Xiang into the palace." ”

Guo Huai walked out of the Shishitang, stepped on the sunset all the way, arrived at Cao's Mansion and Ding's Mansion, and invited Cao Yong and Ding Wei into the palace. 、

By the time the two entered the palace, it was already dark.

Liu E left them behind and conspired all night in the palace.

What is the topic of the plot, no one knows.

A few days after that.

The officials in the court did not rest because the New Year was approaching, but ran around for disaster relief.

On a sunny morning, Lu Yijian said goodbye to the people of the Lu Mansion who sent him off, set up the honor guard of the Qin Mission, and left Bianjing City.

He was busy investigating and dealing with corruption in various ways, and he didn't plan to spend the New Year with his family in Bianjing City.

In a pavilion ten miles outside Bianjing.

Kou Ji was wrapped in a bearskin coat and sat on a stone bench, with two food boxes placed on the stone table in front of him, sealed tightly, and it was impossible to see what was inside.

Lu Yijian straddled the horse to the edge of the pavilion and restrained the horse.

He withdrew the guards, servants, and servants who had followed him, and went alone into the pavilion.

Looking at Kou Ji, whose cheeks were red from the cold wind, Lu Yijian shook the horsewhip in his hand and teased: "In the past, Lu always heard stories such as sending off for ten miles, but he never encountered it.

I didn't expect to meet you for the first time, and it was you who gave me it.

You don't have a friendship with me, let alone a confidant, you came to send me, what do you want?

Did you come to see my jokes? ”

Kou Ji didn't reply, he rubbed his frozen hands and asked Lu Yijian to sit down opposite him.

After Lu Yijian sat down, he opened the food box.

The moment I opened the food box, two hot gases came out.

In one of the food boxes, there was a basin of hot water, and because it had been left for a long time, the hot water had turned into lukewarm, and even the flask soaked in the water was lukewarm.

In the other food box, there is a bowl of wontons and a bowl of steamed meat, all of which rely on hot water, so they are also lukewarm.

Lu Yijian stared at the contents of the food box, his face changed slightly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The wontons in Grandma Sun's shop, the steamed pork of Lao Huang Ji......"

His eyes fell on the jug of wine.

Lu Yijian's voice was a little lower, "The peach blossom brew of Tianshui Nunnery?!" ”

When Lu Yijian was in the house on weekdays, he ate delicacies from the mountains and seas every day.

But those delicacies of the mountains and seas are not his favorite.

His favorites are the wontons ordered with sesame oil in Granny Sun's shop, the rotten steamed pork steamed by Lao Huang Ji, and the homemade peach blossom stuffed in Tianshui Nunnery.

Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji and shouted, "You can inquire clearly about my preferences. Take these things to see me off, and dare to say that it is not a humiliation for me? You are clearly laughing at me, laughing at me that if I leave Bianjing City, I will never be able to eat these things again. ”

Kou Ji looked at Lu Yijian and finally spoke.

He pointed to the wine, meat, and wontons on the table, and said lightly: "These things were mentioned by my grandfather." He said you like to eat these three things the most, and let me bring them to you when I come to see you.

He said that if you leave Beijing this time, I am afraid that it will take three and five years before you can come back.

So I was instructed to bring you a copy so that you could try it again when you were leaving.

He is afraid that you will stay outside for a long time and forget the taste of food in Bianjing City. ”

Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji and did not speak.

Kou Ji continued to say to himself: "You think it's humiliating you, or laughing at you." Whether you eat or not, whether you send it or not, is in me. ”

Lu Yijian snorted coldly, picked up the wine jug in the food box, poured it violently, and then picked up the meat with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.

Kou Ji saw that Lu Yijian was eating with his head bored, so he continued: "My grandfather said that you are a good talent. If you hadn't voted for Liu E, this time the vacancy for participating in the governor's affairs would have been yours.

He didn't want you to make a wrong step, so he sent me to remind you a few words. ”

Lu Yijian threw down the chopsticks, spit out the meat in his mouth, and said coldly: "What is this?" Tears of a tiger? Commiseration? Or solicitation? ”

Kou Ji didn't seem to hear Lu Yijian's words, and continued: "My grandfather said, let you inspect the world well, investigate and punish some corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and purge the government and the opposition.

When you are still in court, it will be the time when he personally welcomes you to the position of governor. ”

Lu Yijian saw that Kou Ji ignored him and was talking to himself, so he picked up the spoon and began to eat wontons.

Kou Ji looked at Lu Yijian, who was eating wontons, and reminded: "What I want to tell you is that after you go out, don't keep your hands and kill more." Those corrupt officials and corrupt officials deserve to die, and living will only waste food and harm the people.

Do not let them be spared because of their fame in Shilin and their prestige in Shilin.

And don't keep them a hand because they have a backer.

We are first and foremost officials, and secondly scholars.

We have to take care of the people first, and then we have to take care of the Shilin. ”

After Kou Ji finished speaking, he arched his hand to Lu Yijian, who was eating wontons, and left the pavilion.

Out of the pavilion, bypassing Lu Yijian's dependence, Kou Ji took his own people and ran all the way to Bianjing City, without looking back.

Lu Yijian was eating wontons so stuffy that he didn't even glance at Kou Ji who left.

His bowl of wontons seems to be a lot.

I can't eat it all.

And the more you eat it, the saltier it gets.

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