As soon as Zhang Zhibai said this, Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng groaned for a while and nodded slowly.

Kou Ji suddenly lost interest in talking to them and rolled his eyes.

Seeing this, Lu Yijian shouted, "What kind of expression do you have?" ”

Kou Ji said nonchalantly: "When I don't say anything, you complain that I hide everything from you." I've told you everything now, and you don't have time to help.

Since you don't have time to help, why blame me?! ”

When Lu Yijian heard this, he said with a straight face: "The old man is a member of the same Zhongshu sect, and the old man is qualified to know about the affairs of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Kou Ji pursed his lips and got up to leave the Shishitang.

Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji's back.

……

Next.

Lu Yijian and the three of them sorted out the decision made by Zhao Zhen in the vertical arch hall into articles and reported them to Zhao Zhen.

After Zhao Zhen took a look, he felt that there was nothing that needed to be corrected, so he made it a rule and made it clear to the world.

What will be the reaction of local officials when they find out about this?

The officials in the court didn't care.

Most magistrates do not have much say in the court.

Do whatever the court tells you to do.

Nonsense, can only beg for a beating.

Nine out of ten magistrates in the world want to be Beijing officials.

Why?

For the right to speak in the court.

When Zhao Zhen made the rules clear to the world, the Criminal Department also sent people to chase Yan Renyi, and Kaifeng Mansion also sent people to Xiangfu County.

From Yan Renyi's departure to Zhao Zhen's dispatch to escort him back to Beijing, it took only two days.

Yan Renyi is also chic, after the resignation of the seal, he did not return to his hometown in a hurry, but took his wife, children and mother to travel all the way to the mountains and rivers, and hurried slowly.

So in two days, he didn't have much to do.

The Criminal Department sent officials to chase after him on fast horses, and it only took one day to escort Yan Renyi to Bianjing City.

Whether Yan Renyi would regret his actions or not, no one cared at all.

The people sent by Kaifeng Prefecture to Xiangfu County, within two days, also arrested all the monks who fled in the Big Buddha Temple.

Zhao Zhen personally opened his mouth to give an edict, and no one dared to slack off.

The two major yamen used all their strength and raced against time, and naturally quickly captured Yan Renyi and the monks of the Great Buddha Temple.

After they were captured, the matter in Xiangfu County was over.

But the wave caused by the clean-up of the world's temples did not completely dissipate because they were caught.

They can only be regarded as a small wave in the wave caused by the inventory of the temples in the world.

Thereafter.

What happened during the inventory of the temples in the world was reported to Beijing.

Monks can also make a fuss.

There were those who bewitched the pilgrims into opposing the local soldiers and horses, and there were also those who tricked the pilgrims into assassinating some officials in charge of the inventory of the temple.

There were also three or five temples that gathered together to openly rebel against the imperial court.

There are also those who incite the people to rebel.

There are even leaks of wind in advance.

After Zhao Zhen read all the reports, he was furious.

"Ridiculous! Rubbish! ”

In the capital hall, Zhao Zhen flipped the twists and turns on the dragon case to the ground and scolded.

Lu Yijian and the three of them hung their heads with very ugly faces, and they didn't dare to say a word.

Kou Ji, on the other hand, looked calm, as if what happened to the government and the opposition had nothing to do with him.

After Zhao Zhen lost his temper, he shouted: "I specially issued an order to shut up the officials in charge of the army everywhere, but someone still leaked the news.

I asked the people of Wu Desi to quietly give them the will, and they told their wives, children, mothers, and concubines on the back foot.

It's infuriating that some of them were killed by their own concubines before leading their troops to clear the temple. ”

Lu Yijian persuaded: "The concubines of the monks who instigated the local officials to murder the local officials are not punishable. When the minister returned to the government hall after a while, he sent an official document to the local government and asked them to punish him severely. ”

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Am I angry about this?" ”

Lu Yijian was stunned.

Zhao Zhen scolded: "I am angry that the officials under my rule would be so stupid. ”

After Zhao Zhen's voice landed, Kou Ji sighed: "Ignoring the will of the official family, revealing it to parents, wives and children, concubines, and even the Qingqi people in the Qinglou, it is really stupid."

There are also some monks who are bewitched by the monks and lead local soldiers and horses to oppose the imperial court, which is even more stupid. ”

Lu Yijian said sympathetically: "Those fools are the people in charge of the local army. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Lu Yijian, and said lightly: "The person in charge of the local army is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is under the control of the Inner Court. There were fools among them, and it was also the Inner Court, the Imperial Observatory, and the local inspectors who did not supervise effectively. ”

Lu Yijian's face darkened, and just as he was about to open his mouth to argue, he heard Zhao Zhen shouting: "Punishment!" ”

Lu Yijian opened his mouth, wanting to say a word or two of justification, but after thinking about it, those local officials were indeed stupid beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and the inner court, the imperial history platform, and the local supervision officials did have unshirkable responsibilities.

Even if he spoke, it would be difficult for him to turn this fact around.

Lu Yijian sighed in his heart and agreed, "......"

Zhao Zhen snorted, "I really can't understand why local officials are so stupid. ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them glanced at each other without words.

Kou Ji knew why the local officials would do something stupid during the raid on the world's temples, but he didn't open his mouth.

In the final analysis, feudal superstition is harmful.

Nine out of ten ancients believed that there were gods in the first three feet.

As the spokesmen of the gods, it is naturally easy for the monks to deceive people in the name of the gods.

It was easy for them to encourage officials who believed in the gods to oppose the imperial court.

Because in the hearts of those officials who believe in gods, offending the gods is far more terrible than offending the court.

Therefore, during the inventory of the temples in the world, it was inevitable that officials who would help the monks oppose the imperial court.

Fortunately, this time the inventory of the temples in the world was directly ordered by Zhao Zhen to let the local soldiers and horses do it directly.

If it is passed down through the channels of the court, it will be passed down from level to level, and the chaos will be even greater, and there will be more officials involved.

Several people were silent for a while.

Wang Zeng arched his hand and said: "Official, now is not the time to discuss this matter. The most important thing to do now is to clean up the leaking officials as soon as possible, and then put down the chaos as soon as possible. ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he put away the anger on his face and did not speak.

Zhang Zhibai muttered: "There are three problems that need to be solved the most at the moment, one is the chaos caused by those officials who leaked the news, the second is the evil party that was dug up during the investigation of the temples in the world, and the third is to send out those monks who have been cleared as soon as possible to prevent them from causing a bigger mess." ”

The demonic evil party in Zhang Zhibai's mouth is some unorthodox sect, which is not officially recognized or recognized by the orthodox monks.

For example, the White Lotus Society and the Lotus Society, which escaped from the Pure Land Sect, are the later White Lotus Sect.

Its doctrine is simple, and it can be shaved or not.

You can practice at home, but you can also practice in the temple.

Its slogan is 'Puhua at home and honest people'.

Therefore, there is a group of professional believers who practice at home.

The White Lotus Sect was an unorthodox sect in the Great Song Dynasty, so it had been suppressed by the imperial court and the orthodox sects that had been recognized.

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 of some precepts and teachings, some precepts and teachings did not keep up in time, which led to a detour in the White Lotus Sect, and some followers embarked on the road of armed insurrection.

In the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, its development began to be banned.

But the ban continues.

By the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect had become the main source of civil unrest.

During the Hongwu and Yongle periods of the Ming Dynasty, there were many armed riots of the White Lotus cultists in Sichuan, Hubei, Ganlu and other places, and some of them were also called emperors, but they were all suppressed.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect was divided into dozens, with many names, including Golden Cicada, Wukong, Wuwei, Sanyang, Maitreya, Jingkong, Dacheng and so on.

Since then, the White Lotus Sect has been passed down to the Republic of China.

During this period, the White Lotus Sect had righteous uprisings, and there were also demagogic people who violently rebelled against the imperial court.

In short, there are many incarnations of the White Lotus Sect, among which there are good and evil, some do good and some do bad.

The future development of the White Lotus Sect, Kou Ji only remembers a rough idea.

But no matter how the White Lotus Sect developed in the future, in today's Great Song Dynasty, it is an informal sect that is not recognized by the imperial court.

Once the imperial court finds out about it, it must be rectified.

The imperial court found out the sects this time, not only the White Lotus Society and the Lotus Society, the predecessors of the White Lotus Sect, but also many other wild sects that were not worshiped by the imperial court.

After Zhao Zhen heard Zhang Zhibai's words, he frowned and said: "Those baskets poked out by local officials will be dealt with by higher-level local officials."

As for those monks who want to be distributed, let the local yamen send them to Tengchong Mansion as soon as possible.

I have already sent an edict to Chong Shiheng and Zhu Neng, telling them that they have made room for those monks to live in.

When they arrived at Tengchong Mansion, Chong Shiheng and Zhu Neng would treat them well.

Those wild rituals among the people are very difficult. ”

Wang Zeng nodded slowly: "They are like rats, wandering around. It's like a sunny grass, cutting a stubble and growing a stubble. It is the most difficult to cure. ”

The yang grass in Wang Zeng's mouth is a leek.

In ancient times, leeks had many aliases, such as abundant books, grass stalactites, rising yang grass, lazy vegetables, and long-lived leeks.

Wang once called it Qiyang grass, and Zhao Zhen and others naturally knew that it was a leek.

"Carry out local patrols and exterminate wild rituals with local soldiers and horses."

Lu Yijian proposed.

Zhang Zhibai shook his head slowly, "I'm afraid that the local inspection will slack off on this matter." ”

Lu Yi thought about it for a moment and said, "Then send officials to inspect the place." Now that we've taken out all those wild rituals this time, we must clear them. ”

Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai thought about it for a moment and nodded.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen said, "Then follow the thoughts of a few Aiqing." ”

There was a pause.

Zhao Zhen opened his mouth to remind: "The people of Wu Desi have reported that recently, some monks who have escaped from the pursuit of local soldiers and horses have gathered in Bianjing City.

A few Aiqing be careful. ”

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and Kou Ji all frowned.

Zhao Zhen continued: "I have already instructed the soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Inspection Department to strictly investigate the people in Beijing, and I have also sent people to secretly follow a few people.

But there will inevitably be fish that slip through the net.

Mistakes will inevitably occur.

So I remind a few people, and I hope they will pay attention. ”

Lu Yijian and the four of them bowed and agreed.

"Scattered...... Let's go and do our own things......"

After the four of them agreed, Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said a word.

The four of them bowed again and exited the Shishido.

Outside the Shishido.

Lu Yijian frowned, and said to Kou Ji with an indifferent face: "Aren't you afraid that those assassins will find you?" ”

Kou Ji pouted and said: "I'm a senior member of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and I need to be afraid of some people who hide their heads and show their tails, so can I still do it as an official?" ”

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "Those madmen are now at the end of the road, and I am afraid that the six relatives will not recognize them, and they can do anything, so we have to guard against them." ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "It's expected......"

Lu Yijian and the three of them all looked at Kou Ji.

Kou Ji explained: "In the past, the erysipelas incident implicated the monks, and I was assassinated. Now that I have thoroughly investigated the temples in the world, I have offended more monks, and naturally more people want my life.

They will assassinate me in Bianjing, which I expected. ”

Wang Zeng was stunned for a moment and asked, "So you made the arrangement in advance?" ”

Kou Ji spread his hands, "What do I need to do?" My Koufu Annex, but it is rooted in Ruian Town, and they want to assassinate me, first hide the eyes and ears of hundreds of thousands of people in Ruian Town. ”

When Lu Yijian and the others heard this, they were very jealous.

Lu Yijian was jealous, and said viciously: "What if they do it in Bianjing City?" ”

Kou Ji sneered: "Then they must also have that ability, and be ready to die by the way." ”

Zhang Zhibai said in a low voice on the side: "Don't worry about Kou Ji, you should worry about yourself first." He's strong, and it's okay to take a hit.

If you take a beating, your life will be gone. ”

When Lu Yijian heard this, his face turned a little dark.

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "The old man is not afraid that they will do something to the old man, and the old man is afraid that they will touch the old man's family." ”

When Lu Yijian and Zhang Zhibai heard this, their pupils shrank slightly.

Koji frowned.

Zhao Zhen has limited manpower, so he can only send someone to secretly protect the three of them, and it is impossible to send someone to protect their families.

Koji could mobilize the forbidden army to guard their mansion, but he couldn't send the forbidden army to follow their family all the time.

The forbidden army, which is the official weapon of the imperial court, is used to fight.

It's not anyone's personal bodyguard.

Mobilizing the forbidden army to guard the mansion of Lu Yijian and the three people is for public use, and it is barely justifiable. But to serve as a personal guard for his family is to humiliate the forbidden army.

The forbidden army will be looked down upon.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen finally raised the status of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was impossible to do anything to destroy the Great Wall.

It is even more impossible to let the fierce generals and soldiers in the army be humiliated by women and gentlemen.

This is also not an example.

Once a precedent is set, the forbidden army will be mobilized as soon as there is danger in the future.

And so on.

What kind of face and status does the Beijing Forbidden Army have?

What military discipline does the Beijing Forbidden Army have?

is because they know the severity, so whether it is Kou Ji or Lu Yijian, they have never thought of letting the fierce generals in the forbidden army protect their families.

"It's not a disaster for the family, if they really dare to do something to the families of the three, then I will dare to ask the official family, mobilize the forbidden army, and wash the blood everywhere."

Kou Ji said coldly.

Lu Yijian and the three of them smiled bitterly.

Kou Ji looked at them sideways and said, "You don't have to worry about the safety of your family members. Although I can't mobilize the forbidden army to guard your family for twelve hours, I can borrow some old soldiers from Cao, Yang, and Li to guard your family. ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them glanced at each other.

Lu Yijian hesitated: "Is it appropriate?" ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them are civil ministers, and they have been embarrassed by martial ministers before.

Now they have to borrow old guards from Wuchen to guard the safety of their families, and the three of them are a little embarrassed.

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "There is nothing inappropriate. Once those people succeed in stabbing them, they won't use Bianjing City as their playground? The imperial court refused to give in for a day, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were the targets of their assassination.

So, they are our common enemy.

There is no distinction between civil and military. ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them thought for a moment and nodded slowly.

If those people really succeed in the assassination, they will definitely not give up, and they will definitely find ways to continue the assassination and force the court to give in.

For the sake of their families, Lu Yijian and the three of them could only accept Kou Ji's suggestion.

Although they owe the favor of the military ministers because of this, the favor of one or two families will not affect them much.

The four of them left the palace.

They each got into a carriage and went home.

After Kou Ji returned to the mansion, he sent people to Cao's mansion, Yang's mansion, and Li's mansion to tell the people in the three mansions about the matter.

As soon as the people of the three mansions heard that they were going to send someone to protect the family members of Lu Yijian's three mansions, they agreed without thinking about it.

For them, there are not many opportunities for the ministers to owe favors.

Now let the ministers owe the opportunity to take the initiative to find the door, and they will naturally not miss it.

With this favor, in the future, in the court, when there is a civil and military dispute, Lu Yijian and the three of them will take care of them more or less once and repay the favor.

With the help of the old guards of the three mansions, the families of Lu Yijian and the three of them will naturally be much safer.

While Kou Ji helped Lu Yijian and the three of them find guards, he also strengthened the guards of Kou Mansion.

Thereafter.

While helping Zhao Zhen deal with what happened during the local inventory of the temple, the four of them quietly waited for the assassination to come.

But the four of them waited for a long time, and did not wait for the assassin to make a move.

In Bianjing City, there are living people who are arrested every day, and there are living people who arrive in Bianjing City through open and secret channels every day.

Time flickered, 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 inventory of the temple was put down.

Those monks who were found out had been escorted on the road and sent to Dali.

The properties and money that have been identified are being counted, and then they will be remitted to Bianjing City through various channels.

After the household accounting, the number of industries and money found in the inventory of temples in the world is very large, and it can be said that it is so huge that it is astonishing.

In addition to promoting Mongolian learning, some of them can also be sent out and handed over to Li Di in Hexi and Wang Suizhisha in Xingqing.

But whether it is Zhao Zhen, or Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and Kou Ji, they are not happy.

Because the number of monks hidden in Bianjing City is increasing day by day.

A lot of it doesn't seem to be played.

After one batch was identified, it didn't take long for another batch to emerge.

It goes on and on, and there seems to be no end.

Almost all of the monks' purpose was to commit assassination.

If they took the initiative to jump out and assassinate, Zhao Zhen, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and Kou Ji might not be so worried.

But they lurk in the shadows, leading but not leading.

invisibly put pressure on Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji and others.

"Those monks are hiding in the shadows, and they can't get out, probably because the guards on the house of the four of us are too tight, and we haven't gone out in recent days.

They couldn't find a chance, so they didn't do it for a long time. ”

On the Koufu.

Kou Ji sat in the study and muttered to himself.

Lu Ming bowed and stood aside, speechless.

After Kou Ji pondered for a long time, he spoke: "It's not my Kou Ji's style to sit back and wait to die. Since you can't find a chance, I'll give you a chance. ”

After saying this, Kou Ji instructed Lu Ming: "You go to the Kou Mansion in Bianjing City, tell my father, and let him vacate a few courtyards and let the people in the other courtyards move back temporarily."

At the same time, additional manpower was dispatched to guard the safety of the mansion. ”

Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, and said to Kou Ji: "Is the young master planning to take everyone away, and leave the snake out of the hole alone?" ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "At this point, I can only lure the snake out of the hole." I have been spending time with those monks, and when they have gained a firm foothold in Bianjing City, it will not do me any good to hide for a long time. ”

Lu Ming said in a low voice: "Young master, there is no need to sacrifice his life to take risks......

Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Don't say more, do as I tell you." ”

Lu Ming saw that Kou Ji had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more, bowed, and then exited the study and did things according to Kou Ji's instructions.

After Lu Ming left, Kou Ji sighed and said, "If I don't personally lead the snake out of the hole, those people may not take the bait." The official family sent people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the Inspection Division, and the Kaifeng Mansion to check countless times.

The people who can evade the countless investigations of the official family are all powerful people.

It can't be easily put on.

The only people who can lead them out are me, Lu Yijian, Zhang Zhibai, and Wang Zeng.

Lu Yijian and the three of them are old, so I'm afraid they can't cope with this kind of thing.

So I had to come forward. ”

If Zhao Zhen comes forward, he will probably be able to attract those people.

But if Kou Ji let Zhao Zhen come forward as a bait, Lu Yijian and the three of them, as well as the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, are estimated to have to fight with him.

So, in the end, it was only Kou Ji who could do the thing of luring the snake out of the hole.

Not long after Lu Ming went out.

Xiang Yan hurried to Kou Ji's study, and as soon as she entered the door of the study, she didn't wait for Kou Ji to speak.

Xiang Yan frowned and took the lead in speaking: "Xianggong wants to risk his life? ”

Kou Ji shook his head slightly and said, "It's not a risk, it's just a lure of the snake out of the hole." ”

Xiang Yan said in a deep voice: "When the concubine's grandfather was alive, he had seen the old immortal Chen Tuan of Huashan, and he had also seen the many methods of the old immortal Chen Tuan. I heard my grandfather say that some of the means are really immortal-like means, far from being able to compete with mortals.

The old immortal Chen Shu has passed away, but many of his methods have remained.

If someone uses those fairy-like means to deal with Xianggong, how do you deal with Xianggong?

Also, there are many strange people among the monks.

There are more fairy-like means.

If they use those fairy-like means to deal with Xianggong together.

You can't handle it at all. ”

(End of chapter)