When the two of them expected this, they didn't say anything, and each of them had their own hearts and stood on the edge of the Jinshui Bridge as guards.

Not long after, Kou Zhun came out of the palace, and there was no joy or anger on his face.

When he got to Kou Ji's side, he only said two words.

"Go home!"

Kou Ji had the heart to ask how Kou Zhun and Liu E were talking, but Kou Zhun obviously didn't mean to speak, so he could only follow Kou Zhun to the house.

Chen Lin also quietly returned to the palace after Kou Zhun's ancestors and grandsons left.

He went back to his room, wrote two notes, and handed them out through the two elderly grandmothers.

One was handed to the Dongmen Drug Depot, and the other was handed to the Instrument Superintendent.

Kou Ji followed Kou Zhun back to Kou's mansion, and as soon as he entered the mansion gate, Kou Zhun spoke, "Liu E means that it is better to be still than to be still......"

When Kou Ji heard this, he laughed angrily, "Such a rare opportunity, you are willing to watch it?" ”

Kou Zhun sighed and said, "Liu E means to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and after they come up with a result, we will intervene." ”

Kou Ji sneered: "Liu E probably thinks that if two tigers fight, one of them will be injured, and when the time comes, take advantage of his illness and kill him." But whether it is Western Xia or Liao, even if it becomes a sick tiger, it is not something that the imperial court can easily take.

If Western Xia is defeated, it will inevitably become a vassal of Liao. When the time comes, they join forces to go south, who can stop them?

Once the Liao State is defeated, the momentum of Western Xia will inevitably rise sharply, and when the time comes, it will inevitably attack our Great Song Dynasty and weigh the catties and taels of my Great Song Dynasty.

Once our Great Song Dynasty is slightly defeated, Western Xia will be able to use this to establish a country and establish a hegemony.

Therefore, not interfering while they are in a stalemate in the war, and waiting until after the war to intervene, is purely seeking death. ”

"Hey......"

Kou Zhun sighed again, and said faintly: "The military power is in Liu E's hands, she is unwilling to send troops, and the old man is helpless." ”

Kou Ji asked, "What do you say about the right to act cheaply between the two families?" ”

Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji and said, "Liu E doesn't allow it, saying that he will make a decision when Western Xia and Liao officially fight." ”

When Koji heard this, he was not too disappointed.

Liu E would have such a reaction when she learned that the Liao State wanted to conquer Western Xia, which was expected by Kou Ji.

If Liu E was ambitious, she would not have watched Xixia grow up slowly during her time in power.

"It's time to push to the top of Minjung."

Kou Ji said faintly.

He looked at Kou Zhun and said indifferently: "After Xiang Minzhong ascends to the throne, although he will not take his grandfather as the leader, but in this kind of matter, he will definitely stand by your grandfather." ”

Hearing this, Kou Zhun nodded slowly.

After a pause, he asked, "How are you going to help Xiang Minzhong?" ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, spread his hand and said, "The article I gave to Xiang Minzhong is enough." ”

Kou Zhun groaned: "Although the article is good, is it too thin?" ”

Kou Ji said seriously: "It's enough." ”

Kou Zhun saw that Kou Ji had made up his mind, and he didn't say anything more.

Kou Ji arched his hand and said, "Grandfather, then I'll stay in the courtyard first." I won't go to court for the next few days, and when the results are out, I'll go to court again. ”

Kou Zhun nodded and waved his hand to let Kou Ji step back.

……

For the next few days, Kou Ji stayed in the courtyard, did not go out, and did not go to the court.

Except for Zhao Zhen who sent three letterheads, urging him to go to court, no one paid attention to him.

Only a few people knew about Liao's desire to conquer Western Xia, and it was not widely disseminated, so most people didn't know about it, and no one paid careful attention to it.

The eyes of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all attracted by the position of the governor of the government.

They are curious to know who will be given the position of governor before the end of the year.

After several rounds of screening by the court, there were three candidates for the governor's office.

Lu Yijian, Xiang Minzhong, Wang Qinruo.

Lu Yijian's voice was the highest, and the voice was the loudest.

The second is Xiang Minzhong.

As for Wang Qinruo, although there is a voice, it is not big.

Except for some officials who took refuge in Zhao Yuanyan behind his back, most of the officials in the court did not shout for him.

This is also his own iniquity.

When he was the prime minister, in order to curry favor with Zhao Heng, he slandered Zhao Heng behind his back and framed hundreds of officials, and the hundreds of officials all had hatred in their hearts, so naturally they would not help him wave their flags and shout.

Just when the competition between the three of them was at its most intense, a small story spread quietly in Bianjing City.

It was a matter of court secrecy, so it spread very quickly.

In just three days, it has reached the point of being heard in the streets.

The content of the story is also simple, and it is also a well-known story to the people, but it is partially dramatized to make it sound more moving.

The name of the story is called Tanuki for the Prince.

It was written by Kou Ji and came from Xiang Minzhong.

Kou Ji deleted and reduced part of the original story of the tanuki changing the prince, and made a new story and spread it to the people.

As soon as this story came out, the call for the abolition of Liu E shouted again.

Those officials of the six ministries, who were still immersed in the joy of seizing the power of the Criminal Division, as well as the officials of the Imperial History, finally came to their senses.

They had previously planned to abolish Liu E's impeachment for 49 days when Liu E was guarding the soul of the first emperor, but they had not yet been put on the table.

As a result, the impeachment of Liu E by the officials floated into the palace like snowflakes.

Liu E was impeached by the officials, and she was in a mess.

The crisis that he got rid of was once again set off, and Liu E fell into a crisis again.

Not only that, but Lu Yijian, as Liu E's henchman, also suffered.

Originally, he had the highest call to serve as the governor of the government, but when the story of the tanuki changing the prince spread throughout Bianjing, the officials impeached Liu E at the same time, but also disgusted him, and his voice dropped to the lowest point, worse than Wang Qinruo.

Xiang Minzhong's call to serve as the governor of the government overshadowed him at once.

The last great court meeting before the end of the year.

When deciding on the candidates for the governor's office.

Kou Zhong hunched over and knocked on the door in the courtyard where Kou Ji was.

"Little master, are you up?"

Kou Zhong knocked on the door and called in a low voice.

"It's ......"

Kou Ji's voice came from inside the door.

Kou Zhong was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "The master said, let you change into court clothes and go to the court with him." ”

"Are you going to get results?"

Kouji's faint voice came from inside the door.

"Wait, wait for me to change into my court clothes."

The words landed, and no more Kou Ji's voice came from inside the door.

Kou Zhong stood respectfully outside the door and waited.

After a long time.

Koji opened the door.

He put on his scarlet official uniform and walked out.

When he arrived at the gate of Kou's mansion, Kou Zhun was already waiting at the door.

Kou Ji saluted Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun nodded and said, "Follow the old man to the court." ”

Subsequently, Kou Zhun led Kou Ji out of Kou Mansion and walked all the way to Donghua Gate.

When they arrived in front of Donghua Gate, there were already people gathered in front of Donghua Gate.

Today is the last big court meeting before the New Year, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have arrived.

They gathered together in groups of three or five, loudly discussing the impeachment of Liu E, as if they were afraid that others would not know.

Kou Ji ignored this, and he pushed Kou Zhun to the edge of the Jinshui Bridge.

The guards guarding the Jinshui Bridge automatically got out of the way, and Kou Ji pushed Kou Zhun across the Jinshui Bridge and directly entered the palace.

After arriving at the Vertical Arch Palace, Zhao Zhen and Liu E had already arrived.

Zhao Zhen was wearing a twelve-chapter gown and sat on the dragon chair.

The Twelve Chapters Gon Costume is a standard imperial costume.

It is rarely worn on weekdays, and it is only worn on important occasions such as the Great Pilgrimage.

In the twelve chapters, eight chapters are in the clothes, respectively the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the dragon, the Chinese insects, the fire, and the Zongyi; The four chapters are in the clothes, which are algae, powdered rice, yellow, and yellow.

Liu E was wearing a phoenix robe and sat under Zhao Zhen.

After Kou Zhun's ancestor entered the hall, he simply gave a salute.

Zhao Zhen asked Kou Zhun to live on the second level of the imperial order, and after Kou Zhun sat down, he instructed Guo Huai to ring the bell and go to court.

After the bell rang on the imperial city, the officials rushed in, entered the palace, and then stood in shifts and entered the vertical arch hall.

After Guo Huai read out the previous dynasty, the officials all saluted Zhao Zhen, Liu E, and Kou Zhun.

After the ceremony.

Guo Huai did not declare as usual that 'there is something to start, nothing to retreat from the dynasty'.

Instead, Kou Zhun said: "Today's court meeting is the last court meeting before the end of the year, and the candidates for the governor should be discussed first, and then the ministries, departments, and yaya, summarize and report the differences of this year, and finally discuss all matters." ”

"Whoa!"

Hundreds of officials preached in unison.

Seeing that the hundred officials agreed, Kou Zhun nodded, and said: "After the recommendation of the hundred officials, the candidates for the governor are selected among Lu Yijian, Xiang Minzhong, and Wang Qinruo.

The official family is too young to personally decide on the candidates for political affairs.

After the old man discussed with the Queen Mother, he decided to implement the court push. ”

Court recommendation is to nominate candidates for political affairs in court.

Similar to the voting elections of later generations, the one with the most votes wins.

Once the court encounters something that is difficult for the official family to adjudicate, or the official family does not come forward to adjudicate, there will be court push.

Previously, court pushes mostly appeared in the inner court, that is, when the three prime ministers held their own opinions, court pushes were often used.

Now Kou Zhun and Liu E have moved this set to the court.

Hundreds of officials are no strangers to the procedure of court pushing.

So Kou Zhun didn't explain much.

Kou Zhun waved his hand, and Guo Huai led a group of small eunuchs, each carrying a bag, and walked to the hundred officials respectively.

The bag was filled with beans.

Each of the officials stretched out his hand, reached into the bag, took out a bean, and pinched it in his hand.

Subsequently, the eunuchs brought a table and placed it under the imperial steps, and placed three bowls on the table, with the names of the three people in Xiang Minzhong written on the sides of the bowls.

That's how voting works.

As long as the officials throw the beans in their hands into the bowl with the name of the corresponding person, it means that they support this person.

For such a significant matter, with such a simple voting method, some people may question it.

However, the simpler the way, the more effective it tends to be.

When everything was ready, Kou Zhun said nonchalantly: "Vote!" ”

The officials are holding beans in their hands, you look at me, I look at you, no one wants to be the first to vote.

There are three candidates, but there is only one bean, and if you vote for one, you will inevitably offend the other two.

Whoever is the first to emerge is the easiest to be remembered.

Kou Zhun saw that none of the officials were willing to move, and frowned slightly.

Seeing this stalemate, Kou Ji stepped forward slightly, and arched his hand: "Please also ask the permission of the official family, the Queen Mother, and the Grand Master, and ask Lu Yijian, Xiang Minzhong, and Wang Qinruo to avoid it." ”

Kou Zhun was stunned when he heard this, and glanced at Liu E.

Liu E nodded slowly, and Kou Zhun said, "Quasi! ”

Xiang Minzhong and the three of them arched their hands and exited the main hall.

After the three of them left, Kou Ji didn't say a word, and when he went up, he threw the beans in his hand into the bowl with Xiang Minzhong's name written on them.

He was not afraid of offending Wang Qinruo, nor was he afraid of offending Lu Yijian.

He is not afraid of being a bird, and he is not afraid of being retaliated against by these two people.

Although Xiang Minzhong and the three of them have avoided it, the fact that he is the first bird is bound to reach the ears of Wang Qinruo and Lu Yijian, but he doesn't care.

The reason why he is willing to be a bird is to give a signal to those who are still undecided.

Let them follow him to Minzhong.

Because he is the grandson of Taishi Kou Zhun, his attitude also represents Kou Zhun's attitude to a certain extent.

With Kou Ji taking the lead, the people behind also began to vote.

Half an hour later, the officials in the hall walked around, and the beans in their hands were thrown into the corresponding bowls.

As for the more officials outside the temple, no one cared about them.

Their official position is too low, and they do not have the right to vote.

Liu E looked at the three bowls, her face turned dark, and she didn't speak.

Kou Zhun glanced at it, waved his hand, and asked Guo Huai to remove the things.

There is no need to count the beans in the bowl at all, because half of the beans fell into Xiang Minzhong's bowl.

Lu Yijian and Wang Qinruo added up to the beans in their bowls, and they could barely catch up with Xiang Minzhong.

After Guo Huai removed the things, Kou Zhun said lightly: "Summoning the three of them into the hall." ”

Xiang Minzhong and the three of them appeared in the vertical arch hall again under the summons of the small yellow gate.

Kou Zhun announced in public: "The vacancy for the position of governor of the inner court is filled by Xiang Minzhong. ”

When Xiang Minzhong heard this, the joy on his face could not be concealed.

Wang Qinruo just frowned.

Lu Yijian looked unwilling.

The dust has settled on the selection of governors, and Xiang Minzhong has become the biggest winner.

If it weren't for the vertical arch hall, the officials would definitely come forward to congratulate him.

Subsequently, starting from the six departments, the six departments of this year were reported, then the three divisions, and finally the three ya.

Wait until the ministries, government offices, and departments have finished reporting.

Ding Wei summed up with a complicated expression: "The official family, the queen mother, and the princess, after the accounting of various yamen, the imperial court this year has received support for peace. ”

As soon as these words came out, except for a few insiders, the rest of the officials were in an uproar.

Since Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne, the imperial court's annual expenditure has been exceeded.

Now that the support has suddenly been flattened, the officials are still a little uncomfortable.

Li Di held the court wat at this time and went out to play: "The official family, the queen mother, and the princess, after counting the household department, the biggest reason why the imperial court can support peace this year is that the criminal department has been deposed.

More than a month has passed since the dismissal of the Criminal Division.

The imperial court underspent a sum of money for the yamen of the criminal departments at all levels, which just made up for the overspending of the imperial court this year. ”