"There is no end?"

Zhao Zhen looked stunned.

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "There is no end to people's hearts, so there is no end to what we have to do. ”

Zhao Zhen furrowed his brows.

Seeing this, Kou Ji smiled and said, "We don't need to explore the end. We just need to do the best we can be.

After all, there is no end to the human heart, but the manpower is poor.

Officials don't have to worry about this, let alone bother themselves. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's that I think too much......"

Kou Ji smiled and nodded.

Zhao Zhen asked, "How is the inventory of Daxiangguo Temple?" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The money and property of the Great Xiangguo Temple have all been confiscated, and all the evil monks inside have also been imprisoned. Nowadays, there are only some innocent monks guarding the Daxiangguo Temple.

Those evil monks, the ministers have already handed over to the people of Kaifeng Mansion to investigate.

After the verification is clear, the Kaifeng government will convict them according to the crimes they have committed. ”

Zhao Zhen groaned: "Daxiangguo Temple is a national temple, and if this is the case, other temples may be even more unbearable." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and sighed: "Father shouldn't be a Taoist official." If there were no Taoist officials in my Great Song Dynasty, the temple would not have collected money. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he lost his mind slightly.

What is Zhao Zhen talking about?

He is accusing and criticizing him.

If this word spreads, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not catch him and spray him to death.

Zhao Heng is indeed unbearable, and now people up and down the Great Song Dynasty can feel it.

But no one will say it, and no one will dare to say it.

Zhao Zhen shouldn't have said it.

Even if Zhao Zhen complained about Zhao Heng's behavior as a Taoist official because some monks in Daxiangguo Temple did a lot of evil, he should not say it.

In this era of filial piety, unfilial piety is a very big stain, and it can't be washed away.

Take Tang Taizong Li Shimin as he said.

Although Li Shimin worked hard, he turned himself into an emperor through the ages.

He couldn't change his reputation for killing his brother and persecuting his father.

Once Zhao Zhen's words against Zhao Heng spread, even if he made himself a world-famous emperor who overpowered the three emperors and the five emperors, the historians of later generations would truthfully write his unfilial deeds in the history books.

Kou Ji felt that Zhao Zhen was probably extremely disappointed in his Lao Tzu now, otherwise it would be impossible to say anything critical of his Lao Tzu.

But disappointment is disappointment, there is no need to make trouble for yourself for the sake of a momentary pleasure.

Kou Ji pondered slightly, and coughed dryly: "Official, this matter is not the fault of the first emperor. Even if the first emperor did not seal the Taoist officials, the temples under the world can still collect huge wealth.

The reason why temples can easily collect money is the root of the ignorance of the world.

The world is ignorant, and does not know the changes of heaven and earth.

Everything that happens in heaven and earth is based on ghosts and gods.

The temple came into being.

In order to pray for gods and ghosts, they willingly donated their money to the temple.

Worship those ethereal ghosts and gods.

Naturally, the temple can easily collect huge fortunes.

So, in the final analysis, the crux of the problem is still in education.

As long as we attach importance to education and carry out education.

Let the world understand that the changes in heaven and earth are natural changes, not the actions of ghosts and gods, and they will naturally no longer believe in ghosts and gods. ”

After listening to Kou Ji's words, Zhao Zhen thought thoughtfully, "In the end, it's still education?" ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Zhao Zhen muttered: "We have discussed before, after the implementation of Mongolian school, we will implement the county school. Now that Mongolian school is on the right track, can we implement county school? ”

Kou Ji didn't answer Zhao Zhen's question, and asked rhetorically, "What about the higher level of school?" ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and said: "The imperial court has Guozijian and Taixue ......."

Kou Ji continued to ask, "Are those things from Guozijian and Professor Taixue really useful to the imperial court?" ”

Zhao Zhen opened his mouth, a little speechless.

Before Kou Ji appeared, what Guozijian and Taixue taught, that was the foundation of being an official.

After the appearance of Kou Ji, under the influence of Kou Ji.

Zhao Zhen found out that Guozijian and Taixue only taught knowledge, not the way of officials.

The way to be an official is how to lead the people to get rich, and how to lead the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

Instead of holding a book, it is also.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was silent, Kou Ji said frankly: "The things taught in Guozijian and Taixue are just to let the readers know how to do learning. But he didn't teach them how to be officials.

The imperial court opened the department.

Most of the jinshi who were selected were assigned to the local area and became herdsmen's officials.

Although the imperial court will give them enough time to watch the government.

But when they arrived at the place and learned about the local situation, more of them were blind.

They are the most basic officials, they are all blind, can the people under their rule be good? ”

Zhao Zhen groaned: "What does the fourth brother mean by this? ”

Kou Ji Zhengse said: "The most critical issue is still in the official system. The imperial court opened a department to take office, and after the jinshi was delegated to the locality, he should not directly serve as the chief official.

They should be given adjutants and learn how to herdsmen first.

When they learn it, they will be able to get twice the result with half the effort by herding herdsmen.

In addition, the imperial court bureaucracy was mixed.

The functions of the local yamen are also very mixed, and it is impossible to effectively govern the localities.

Once something major happens, all the yamen within the jurisdiction can manage it, and they can all shirk it left and right.

In this way, it will be passive and slack. ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji and said, "Let's talk about county school now." ”

Kou Ji groaned: "This is precisely the key to the promotion of county schools. The functions of local officials are not clear, and the local jurisdiction is not clear. Some students on the border between the two counties are likely to be turned away.

In addition, once the county school is promoted, the higher level of education will have to follow.

The imperial court is now vigorously promoting indoctrination.

The number of readers will grow at a rate that is visible to the naked eye.

At that time, it will be impossible to accommodate it only with Guozijian and Taixue.

In the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, there are road, government, prefecture, and county yamen, and the functions of some road yamen and government yamen conflict, and some state and county yamen can only conflict.

Once the promotion of a higher level of learning.

Whoever is in charge will become a matter of ridicule.

Also, it is impossible for the imperial court to train all of them to become jinshi.

Therefore, after the scholars arrived at the county school, the imperial court should find a way to teach them according to their aptitude.

For example, those who know that the imperial examination is hopeless, but are unwilling to give up studying.

They can be groomed to become gentlemen.

When they have completed their studies, they can be assigned to the local government as gentlemen.

For example, some people with other talents, such as solving cases, medicine, etc., can train them to learn how to solve cases and learn medical skills.

After they leave the county school, they can enter the yamen at all levels and become the catchers in the yamen and the doctors of the Huimin Pharmacy.

If the jurisdiction of each place is not clear, there will definitely be problems when it comes time to assign them to the place.

In addition to cultivating scholars, higher-level institutions can focus on cultivating some scholars who solve cases, study medicine, and so on.

After they have completed their studies, the officials can also assign them to take up more important positions in the yamen and Huimin pharmacies in various places. ”

What Kou Ji proposed was a relatively complete education system.

Zhao Zhen also knows the benefits.

Because Kou Ji had told him before.

For example, a scholar who learns to solve a case, after leaving the school, can enter the local yamen to serve as a catcher.

When the time comes, a little focus on poor students will be able to break the monopoly of local tycoons on errands such as catching fast in the yamen.

For example, a scholar who studies medical skills can enter the Huimin Pharmacy opened by the imperial court after coming out, and he can either sit in the hall for consultation or open a pharmacy by himself.

When their number exceeded a certain number, the imperial court issued some documents for practicing medicine.

Then use the medical practice documents to restrain the folk people to practice medicine.

In this way, some of these truly talented people will be absorbed into the local school halls, and those tumors that are indiscriminately filled and disregard for human lives will be eliminated.

All in all, the three-level institution system proposed by Kou Ji has many benefits.

It is also an important part of their literary innovation.

Zhao Zhen knew the benefits because he was in a hurry to implement the county school.

It's just that the county school is implemented, and a certain amount of soil is needed.

Now that everything is not ready, it is really not feasible to rush to implement the county school.

"Then wait a little longer, and after the affairs of the Taoist officials are dealt with, then the official system should be implemented, and then the county school will be implemented."

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice.

Kou Ji laughed and said, "Isn't this something we have agreed to a long time ago? ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and sighed: "I am still in a hurry when I see that Da Song is still full of holes, so I am a little anxious. ”

Kou Ji thought for a moment and said, "The official family can relax appropriately." ”

Zhao Zhen groaned: "It's okay...... It just so happened that the Mengxue School in the palace had been prepared, so I relaxed for a few days and told the children an article. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Zhao Zhen continued: "Remember to send you a pair of children into the palace tomorrow morning. ”

Kou Ji's face changed for a moment.

"It's okay to only send my son, not my daughter."

Kou Ji asked.

Zhao Zhen said with a dark face: "Since you are unwilling to marry your daughter to my emperor, I will not force it." What is the identity of my son? I move my mouth casually, and the officials of the government and the opposition will take the initiative to send the school-age girls in the palace to the palace. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji with disdain, "Do you really think that my son will not be able to take a wife if he leaves your rules?!" ”

Koji smiled dryly.

Zhao Zhen snorted and said, "I said before that let your children enter the palace to study. I can't take it back. It's just an extra pair of tables and chairs. ”

Kou Ji sighed with emotion: "When the official family says so, I am relieved." ”

“……”

"Tomorrow! On one's mind! ”

When Kou Ji left Jin Mingchi, Zhao Zhen also made a special admonition.

Kou Ji agreed.

After Kou Ji left, a smile appeared on Zhao Zhen's face, and he muttered in a low voice: "If you don't let your daughter marry into the palace, I want her to marry into the palace."

You don't nod your head, and I don't force it.

But when your daughter enters the palace and studies with my emperor, she will be a childhood sweetheart and two little guesses.

When they were older, they had feelings for each other.

When the time comes, your daughter will have to marry my emperor.

I'll see what you say. ”

Muttering here, the smile on Zhao Zhen's face became even stronger, "When the time comes, I will support you behind your back, and you can't force your daughter to marry someone else......"

“……”

Zhao Zhen smirked in the Jin Ming Pond.

Kou Ji spat outside the Jinming Pond.

"I kept calling my fourth brother, but he was actually calculating me behind my back...... Bad conscience......"

Zhao Zhen grew up watching Kou Ji, and half of his scheming was also trained by Kou Ji.

As soon as Zhao Zhen spoke, what was the calculation behind him, Kou Ji guessed clearly.

Zhao Zhen said righteously, Ling Ran said nothing, not forced.

Kou Ji didn't believe a word.

Kou Tianci entered the palace to study, and his name was right, because he and Princess Baoqing had a marriage contract, and he was Zhao Zhen's son-in-law and a royal person.

What about Kou Hui?

She has nothing to do with the royal half-dime, and she is not qualified to enter the palace to study.

Zhao Zhen made an exception and let Kou Hui enter the palace to study.

It's nothing more than to take this opportunity to tell the Manchu Dynasty once again that the daughter who entered the royal gate is the royal person, don't worry about it.

Then when Kou Hui and Zhao Run were older, they encouraged Zhao Run to chase Kou Hui.

If Zhao Runruo won Kou Hui's heart, with Zhao Zhen's protection, Kou Ji would not be able to forcibly stop the two from being together.

Although Kou Ji saw through Zhao Zhen's thoughts, he didn't say it.

Zhao Zhen is obviously a thief, he can't prevent it, so he can only use a little trick to smash Zhao Zhen's conspiracy.

Kou Ji returned to the house and immediately found Xiang Yan.

"In the spring of next year, when my daughter is four years old, I will find someone to teach my daughter to practice boxing and kicking."

Xiang Yan was stunned when she heard Kou Ji's words.

Kou Ji didn't explain much, and said decisively: "Just do as I tell you." ”

Xiang Yan nodded first, thought about it for a while, looked at Kou Ji and said, "The official family is still a thief?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Otherwise? ”

Xiang Yan hesitated: "If you let your daughter practice martial arts, will it be too cruel for Zhao Run?" Cao Fu has a good relationship with our Kou Mansion, and our two families have no grudges.

When the concubine entered the palace, Queen Cao also took care of the concubine in every way......"

Kou Ji snorted and said: "The official family is the official family, the Cao family is the Cao family, and Zhao Run is Zhao Run." Zhao Run wanted to marry my daughter, so he asked him if he could resist the beating.

If he had been beaten by my daughter since he was a child, and when he saw my daughter, he would still be able to say something he liked.

I will admit this family business. ”

Xiang Yan smiled bitterly and muttered, "How can you be sure that after your daughter learns martial arts, she will definitely be able to beat Zhao Run?" What if the official family also let Zhao Run practice martial arts? ”

Kou Ji sneered: "The official family practices martial arts by himself, and he knows in his heart how much hardship he has suffered. Even if he had the heart to let Zhao Run practice martial arts, he would have to wait for Zhao Run to be a little older.

My daughter took the lead in practicing martial arts, and with the guidance of famous teachers from various families, it was easy to beat a Zhao Run. ”

Xiang Yan sighed, "Aren't you afraid that if your daughter's shot is not serious, and if you hurt Zhao Run, the official family will blame?" ”

Kou Ji pouted and said, "That's what he did for himself." ”

Xiang Yan sighed: "If the official family only has Zhao Run, a prince, then you still have to tell your daughter, it's better to start lightly." If something goes wrong, the officials and the Manchu civil and military will not let you go. ”

Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "That's also for later...... Besides, if the official family really wants Zhao Run as a prince, they will not send ten or eight eunuchs to Zhao Run's side to follow.

You don't know what virtues those eunuchs in the palace, especially those eunuchs under Chen Lin, have.

It is almost impossible for the girl to seriously injure Zhao Run under their hands. ”

Xiang Yan was relieved when she heard this.

"That's good......"

Kou Ji then accompanied Xiang Yan to talk some gossip, then ate something and took a walk, and it was getting late.

So they went back to their rooms and slept.

Following.

After Kou Ji got up, he instructed the people in the palace to send Kou Tianci and Kou Hui into the palace, and he went to the Privy Council in a carriage.

There is more than one temple in Bianjing City.

There are also many temples such as Tianqing Temple and Wuyue Temple.

Among them, the scale of Tianqing Temple is comparable to that of Daxiangguo Temple.

Although it is not as famous as Daxiangguo Temple, there are many pilgrims, and they also put money in prints.

The Five Mountains Temple is a special Taoist temple.

It is mainly used for the sacrifice of the five mountains.

It does not belong to the royal temple, but it belongs to the temple in the imperial court.

It is the people in the palace who manage the Five Peaks.

There were almost no monks in it.

Even if there were, it was a person from the palace.

Therefore, there is no need to check the view of the five mountains.

But other temples were not spared.

Yesterday the raid of the Great Xiangguo Temple, the trouble was so big, most of the temples have received the news.

Therefore, some monks in the temple packed up some gold and silver, and escaped from Bianjing City before nightfall yesterday.

Just didn't flee far, and was escorted back to Bianjing by the soldiers who were guarding the roads outside Bianjing City and checking them.

Kou Ji instructed the soldiers to send them back to the temple, and by the way, the temple where they were located was raided.

It took three days to investigate and deal with all the temples in Bianjing City.

Among the many temples in Bianjing City, only a small Taoist temple in the city, and a small Taoist temple and temple outside the city are clean.

The rest is almost not clean, and everything is done.

There are those who secretly give people children, those who put money in prints, those who sell human beings, those who engage in the skin and meat business, those who cheat, and some who are reckless in the green forests and grasses, as well as the nests of some green-skinned gangsters.

The amount of money, property, real estate, and shops investigated and dealt with adds up to a large amount.

The reason why it took three days, two of which was to count their assets.

It's not that they have more assets than Daxiangguoji.

It is mainly miscellaneous and chaotic, and there are also some lawsuits, which need to be checked with the Criminal Department and Kaifeng Prefecture.

After Kou Ji made some of the almost clear, he played them all to the court.

The officials were amazed one by one after learning that the temple industry was rich and valuable, and there were even some rare treasures hidden in the temple.

Zhang Zhibai even said sarcastically that after his resignation in the court, he would go to build a temple as the main officer.

After Kou Ji reported some to the court, the matter of Bianjing City's investigation and punishment of the temple came to an end.

All that remains is for the Sangha Lu Division to re-examine the monks in the temple and give them degrees.

Koji was not involved.

What is his identity?

Privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty.

He made an inventory of the temples in Bianjing City because the backstage of the temples in Bianjing City was relatively hard, and a harder person was needed to come forward.

Some trivial matters, naturally he doesn't need to do it again.

Otherwise, he, the privy envoy, will lose his price.

After the people of the Sanglu Division registered and made a register for the remaining monks in Bianjing, the Taoist officials and the like disappeared cleanly, and the ghosts and ghosts hidden among the monks also disappeared.

Everything in Bianjing City is back to normal.

As if nothing had happened.

But outside Bianjing, all kinds of storms are emerging one after another.

Although the method of pressing the realm with heavy troops and sweeping the cave with thunder is also used, the local investigation of the temple is far less smooth than that of Bianjing City.

The first problem was Xiangfu County under the rule of Kaifeng Prefecture.

There is a big Buddha temple in Xiangfu County, which enshrines the Buddha who is eight feet tall.

(In ancient times, there were many temples called the Great Buddha Temple, and the Buddha who was eight feet tall was basically enshrined in it.) ）

The old mother of the county is the most devout pilgrim of the Big Buddha Temple.

When the county lieutenant of Xiangfu County led the soldiers and horses to besiege the Big Buddha Temple, he happened to be bumped into by the old mother of the county.

The old mother of the county magistrate blocked the county lieutenant and the county soldiers led by the county lieutenant.

During this period, someone sent someone to inform the magistrate.

After the magistrate arrived, he confronted the county lieutenant.

In the end, the county lieutenant relented and led his troops and horses to withdraw to the place where they were stationed.

Then, the monks of the Big Buddha Temple ran away overnight.

Before leaving, he not only took away the gold and silver from the temple, but also burned the crops that the tenants were about to harvest.

When the magistrate learned about this, he realized that he had made a mistake.

But he did not admit his guilt.

Instead, he hung the big seal of Zhixian County, and returned to his hometown with his wife, children, mother, gold and silver, and three or five cronies.

After the matter was reported to the imperial court.

Many people boast of his filial piety.

Kou Ji was furious.

Hanging arch on the temple.

When the officials praised the magistrate of Xiangfu County, Kou Ji came out of class and said loudly: "Please behead Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County." ”

When the officials heard this, they were in an uproar.

Someone immediately questioned: "Kou Shumi, Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, resigned for his mother, he is a person of pure filial piety, and he should be praised." ”

Many of the officials nodded in agreement.

Even Lu Yijian nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Kou Ji said unceremoniously: "Where is filial piety?" What kind of filial piety is it to know that your mother is wrong but not correct it? There is a clear text in my dynasty that parents commit crimes, and children correct their mistakes and take sins, which is filial piety.

Parents who commit crimes and do not report them are not filial.

Relatives are hidden, and it is excusable.

Foolish and filial accomplices, their sins are unforgivable. ”

When the officials heard this, they all frowned.

Kou Ji continued: "He protects the monks of the Great Buddha Temple, and I can treat him as a mother. But after he committed the murder of the wicked people in the Big Buddha Temple, he hung up his seal and left, ignoring those poor people, and I couldn't tolerate him.

He hung up the seal and left, but it was free.

But those poor people lost their harvest in the fields, and their livelihood was lost for a year.

When the time comes, when you sell your sons and daughters, gnaw tree bark, and eat Guanyin soil, who cares? ”

Speaking of this, Kou Ji's voice raised a little, "He is an official of the imperial court, and he eats the rich food distributed by the imperial court. When he resigned and returned to his hometown, the gold and silver he took back were also given by the imperial court.

The court raised him so that he could help the court herdsmen.

Now he has taken the money of the imperial court, but he does not care about the life and death of the people under his rule.

He deserves to be killed.

After he made a mistake, he did not find a way to correct the mistake, did not report the matter to the imperial court, but hung up the seal and left.

Then it should be killed.

Does he think that the identity of the court official is child's play?

Or do you think that the lives of the people under your rule are child's play?

If everyone in the Great Song Dynasty follows suit, how will this country be governed?

This man should not only be killed, but all the honors given to his ancestors by the court should also be taken back. ”