Wang Zeng and Li Di were a little speechless.

Wang Zeng glared at Kou Ji viciously, flicked his sleeves and left the imperial village.

Li Di stared at Kou Ji and said with a smile: "You really know how to defend the official family......

Kou Ji smiled and said: "Eat the king's lu, relieve your worries for the king......"

Li Di glared and pretended to be annoyed: "Be careful to become a slanderer......"

The smile on Kou Ji's face remained unchanged, and he still said with a smile: "Do you think the kid will?" ”

When Li Di heard this, the annoyed look on his face was a little unbearable, and he pointed at Kou Ji with a smile.

What Kou Ji's temperament is, Li Di knows very well.

Kou Ji would occasionally slander and fool the official Zhao Zhen into doing things according to his thoughts.

But Kou Ji never used slander to make a profit for himself.

On the contrary, he will take the opportunity of slander to work hard for the court and the people.

This alone is enough to show that Koji will never become a slanderer.

As for the matter of his slander to the officials, it can be regarded as a kind of wisdom in handling things.

Many times, good ministers and slanderous ministers are just a thought.

By slandering, helping the court to make profits, and helping the people to make profits, that is a good minister.

To make a profit for oneself by slandering oneself is slander.

It seems that there is not much difference in the process, but there is a big difference in the original intention and the result.

Although he knew that Kou Ji could not become a slanderer, Li Di couldn't help but beat him twice.

"The words that your kid said today have a lot of implications, and it is not easy for you to interfere. The three old men will discuss it carefully when they go back, and when they have a conclusion, they will send someone to inform you.

Don't be in the limelight, and don't be a bird. ”

Li Di seems to be beating Kou Ji, but in fact, he is also reminding Kou Ji to restrain his edge.

The Ministry of Industry presented two new ploughs today, which were recognized by the official Zhao Zhen, and also got the opportunity to enter the Taimiao.

It can be said that it is in the limelight.

The more this time, the more the Ministry of Industry should keep a low profile.

Kou Ji, the chief official of the Ministry of Industry, should be more low-key.

Only in this way can the officials from top to bottom of the Ministry of Industry take advantage of the merits of the auspicious rui.

If you act in a high-profile manner, you will be targeted.

The ministers of civil and military affairs will use the means of picking bones in eggs to find a bunch of trouble for the officials of the Ministry of Industry, impeach the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and kill the prestige of the Ministry of Industry.

There are few officials in the court who like to do this kind of thing.

Wang Qinruo, the secretary of the ministry, is one of the best.

Kou Ji naturally heard the deep meaning of Li Di's words, and he bowed deeply to Li Di, "Your teachings, the kid has taken them to heart." ”

Hearing this, Li Di stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction.

"Accompany the old man back to the city by car, go to the old man's house and sit down, the old man still has something to say to you."

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows slightly, and said suspiciously: "Isn't it good to sit in a sedan chair?" ”

Li Di tugged at his beard and said faintly: "Recently, it is not suitable to sit in a sedan chair......"

Kou Jihu looked at Li Di suspiciously.

Li Di put his hands behind his back and sighed: "Get in the car and say ......"

Kou Ji nodded and followed Li Di into the carriage.

Just sit down.

Just listen to Li Di and say: "In recent days, there have been courtiers impeaching officials in the DPRK and China for sitting in sedan chairs......

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and asked, "Humans as animals?" ”

Li Di was slightly stunned for a moment, and said unexpectedly: "You actually know about this?" ”

Kou Ji nodded and said: "During the Taizong period, some people mentioned this matter, but Taizong didn't pay attention to it. When the first emperor was in power, some people also mentioned this matter, and the first emperor decreed that in the Great Song Dynasty, if you are not an official, you are not allowed to take a sedan chair.

This is nothing new......

Why, did anyone mention this again? ”

Li Di nodded slowly and sighed: "It's really nothing new...... It's just that these people don't seem to know satisfaction. After depriving the people of the right to ride in a sedan chair, even the officials had to be deprived of the right to ride in a sedan chair. ”

After a pause, Li Di looked at Kou Ji and asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "There are good and bad things in this matter......

"Oh?"

Li Di pinched his beard and looked at Kou Ji with a little surprise.

"How?"

Kou Ji said frankly: "The advantage of this move is that after the abolition of the official sedan chair, the people of the Great Song Dynasty will stand up and behave like people, and they will no longer be treated as cattle and horses."

But the downside is also obvious. ”

When Li Di heard this, he stared at Kou Ji and asked, "What's the disadvantage?" In the twists and turns that the old man saw, there were benefits everywhere. After carefully reviewing their recitals, the old man found that what they said was reasonable, and there was no harm in it. ”

Kou Ji smiled and said: "They want the imperial court to abolish the sedan chair for officials, so naturally they won't talk about the disadvantages of this move." ”

Li Di narrowed his eyes slightly, and muttered, "But the old man didn't find any big harm to this move. The only disadvantage is that after the abolition of the sedan chair, the old man and these old ministers will have to go out in the future, which may be more difficult.

But this is only the old man and others who bear the disadvantages, and they do not implicate too many people. ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled, "Then you would be wrong. ”

Li Di stared at Kou Ji, his eyes full of inquiry, but he didn't speak.

Kou Ji sighed with emotion: "If the imperial court really conformed to their thoughts and abolished the sedan chair. I am afraid that the only people who can benefit are those officials who have written books. They will take advantage of this to gain fame and fortune.

But in fact?

After the imperial court abolished the sedan chair, there was really no such thing as taking people as a livestock in the Song Dynasty? ”

Kou Ji shook his head and asked himself, "I'm afraid I can't ......"

Kou Ji stared at Li Di and continued: "If the imperial court really abolish the sedan chair, except for those who make a profit, the rest of the people will be victims. Like you, my grandfather, the prince and other old ministers, if there is no sedan chair to drive, they can only rely on chariots and horses when traveling.

But you are already old, if you go out on business, take a carriage and horse, all the way to the boat, after arriving at the place, do not wait for the errand, you will fall ill first.

How can you still have the strength to do errands when the time comes?

The government affairs handled by you are all major matters related to the lives of tens of millions of people, and just for the sake of mercy for a few palanquins, the major events that have delayed the lives of tens of millions of people are obviously worth the losses.

The abolition of the sedan chair by the imperial court is not a good thing for those sedan chair drivers.

Those courtiers who wrote the book only saw that other courtiers drove the palanquin man as a cow and horse, but they didn't see that it was precisely because other courtiers drove the palanquin man as a cow and horse that they gave them a livelihood.

Let them use this to feed one family after another.

Those who can be a sedan chair driver have some strength in their hands, and they also have some unique skills in carrying a sedan chair.

It seems to be a good walk, and the trick of not rippling in the cup in the sedan car has taken a long time to practice.

Some people may take more than ten years to practice such a unique skill.

If the imperial court abolished the sedan chair, the unique skills they practiced would be useless.

At the same time, livelihoods will be lost.

Without a livelihood, how can they live?

How can the old and weak women and children of their families live?

Go to the dock to fight the big bag?

Or go farming outside the city?

There are tens of thousands of sedan chair bearers in Bianjing City.

If they poured into the docks, would the coolies on the docks agree?

When the time comes, I'm afraid it will be one bloody battle after another.

The fertile fields outside the city are the things of the Lord.

Who do you think would be kind enough to give up their fertile land for them to cultivate? ”

After listening to Kou Ji's words, Li Di fell into deep thought.

Kou Ji knew that Li Di listened to his words, so he said quietly, "When those courtiers were in the book, did they ask those palanquin bearers what they thought?" ”

Li Di was shocked and looked at Kou Ji in disbelief.

Kou Ji was stunned.

I don't understand why Li Di looked at him in disbelief, he just said something very ordinary.

Li Di stared at Kou Ji for a long time, and when he saw Kou Ji's scalp numb, and when he was about to ask, he sighed faintly and said seriously: "Boy, you said something very amazing. It's on par with your sentence 'the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world'. ”

Kou Ji blinked and smiled dryly: "The kid has never said anything 'the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world'. ”

'The worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world', Kou Ji only said it in front of Fan Zhongyan, the original author, and never talked about it with others.

Li Di said this sentence suddenly......

Kou Ji felt that Fan Zhongyan had betrayed him.

Really.

After Li Di heard Kou Ji's denial, he snorted coldly and said, "Don't forget, you kid, Fan Zhongyan is now the old man's subordinate officer. What you said had a great impact on him, and he wrote it down in a scroll and hung it on the main hall to remind himself at all times.

The old man just doesn't want to know, and it's difficult. ”

Lies are debunked.

Kou Ji could only bite the bullet and said with a dry smile: "The kid also heard it from an old man when he was young. ”

Li Di stared at Kou Ji with a smile and said, "That's ...... That old man is really a virtuous man......"

Kou Ji nodded without hesitation.

Li Di did not expose his lies again.

Li Di asked Kou Zhun sideways, what kind of Confucianism is there in Huazhou......

Kou Zhun's answer was very simple, there were no great Confucians in Huazhou, and there were no high-ranking officials who resigned from their posts and lived in seclusion in Huazhou.

Then, the phrase 'the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world' cannot come from the mouth of others.

Nine out of nine is what Kou Ji said.

In order to conquer Fan Zhongyan, Kou Ji moved out Fan Zhongyan's famous sayings.

But I forgot that the corresponding famous words must also have a corresponding status and a corresponding knowledge as the basis before they can be said.

There are no great Confucians in Huazhou, and there are no high-ranking officials who have resigned from their posts to live in seclusion.

How can someone open their mouths to 'worry about the world' and close their mouths to 'the world is happy'.

Even if there are some legacies, they will only take the countryside as their soul, the mountains and rivers as their spirits, and the folk as their bones.

And not to the world.

"Returning Home ......"

Kou Ji's words had a deafening effect on Li Di.

Li Di's mind is now full of Kou Ji's phrase 'what do they want'.

How can you still have the leisure to drag Kou Ji to get to the bottom of it.

Historically, those in power have governed according to their own minds.

The attitude of those in power towards the people is surprisingly unanimous.

I'll give you what I think you need......

I think what's good for you is what you should do......

Even if those in power do not know what the people want, they do not ask the people what they want, but speculate on where they are.

No one ever asked the people what they wanted.

Those courtiers who were dressed and fed all day long saw that the palanquin bearers were very tired when they carried the sedan chair, like cattle and horses, so they wrote to the court and asked the court to abolish the sedan chair.

They didn't ask the sedan chair drivers if they needed the imperial court to abolish the sedan chair.

"There should be nearly ninety percent of the sedan chair drivers, and they will not agree to the ...... of the imperial court to abolish the sedan chair"

Li Di sighed in his heart.

Li Di is not one of those people who does not understand the suffering of the people.

In order to escape the war of the five generations, Li Di's ancestors moved several times, and the ancestors' family wealth was also consumed, and it was not until soon after Li Di was born that he settled down.

At that time, the Li family was not wealthy, and Li Di also suffered a lot with his parents and saw many folk sufferings.

So he knew the minds of the people very well.

People live before they are qualified to pursue dignity.

If you can't live, what dignity is there to talk about?

……

The horsemen of the Li Mansion drove to the state bridge in Bianjing City.

Li Di, who had been silent all the way, suddenly asked the groom to stop the carriage and said to Kou Ji: "You get out of the car and go home by yourself." ”

Kou Ji looked at Li Di in amazement, "Didn't you say that you wanted to invite the kid to the mansion?" ”

Li Di glanced at Kou Ji, and said without being salty or light: "The old man just remembered that there is not much food in the house, and when you come to the house, I must invite you to eat and drink." If you eat more, the old man's grandchildren will go hungry.

For the sake of the old man's grandchildren, you can go back to the house and eat.

When the old man is rich, I will invite you to come over. ”

Kou Ji stared at Li Di with a look of astonishment.

Li Di forcefully asked him to get out of the carriage.

Until Li Di's carriage disappeared at the end of the street next to the state bridge, Kou Ji did not slow down.

A prime minister with an annual salary of tens of thousands of yuan, there is no food in the house?

I'm afraid that the guests will eat too much, and the grandchildren won't eat, so I will drive the guests home halfway, who dares to believe this?

Kou Ji was stunned on the state bridge for a long time.

It wasn't until the big boat crossed under the state bridge that the earth-shattering trumpets shouted by the boat bosses woke him up.

He looked at the place where Li Di left, and said with a smile: "This old man, his heart has turned black...... Leave me here alone......"

Kou Ji shook his head.

Walking towards the house.

Took two steps.

Feeling unhappy, he stomped his feet and said: "Catch up with Ming, I will ask Kou Zhong to pull dozens of truckloads of grain to the gate of your mansion, and send porridge to those beggars to drink, see if you are ashamed or not......"

"I'm......"

"I, Kou Ji, have been treated like this since I entered Bianjing City?"

“……”

"No revenge is not enough to appease my anger."

“……”

Kou Ji returned to the house with a full of malice.

When I entered the door, I happened to bump into the eunuch who came to the palace to deliver the decree.