Kou Ji still wrinkled his eyebrows, "But how can you be sure that after you are knocked down, Duke Lu and Wang Gong will continue to walk along the steps you took?" ”

Notice.

When Wang Anshi changed the law, Sima Guang shouted, 'The new law established by Wang Anshi and others can be better than the old one', but after he took the throne, he immediately deposed Wang Anshi's new law.

Li Di had the intention of revising the law, and intended to build steps for Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng.

But how can he guarantee that after Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng enter the inner court in the future, they will follow his mind and continue to move forward on the steps he built.

What if one of the two of them was frightened by Li Di's fate of being knocked down and chose to give up.

Li Di looked at Kou Ji with a bright smile, "Isn't there still you?" ”

Kou Ji was stunned.

Li Di said with a smile: "The reason why your grandfather was able to depose the Criminal Division, depose the Third Division, and streamline the troops in various places is due to your many merits. Your ancestors and grandchildren have unconsciously changed the situation of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the past, the inner court participated, managed, and presided over the government, and the three divisions, the criminal division and other yamen discussed and administered.

The six yamen is just an empty shelf.

But now?

The Third Division has been deposed, and so has the Criminal Division.

The six yamen, unconsciously, have become the yamen with real power.

In all localities, the administrative departments of the criminal department and the three divisions have long ceased to be pursued.

Rather, it was the chief officials of each locality, who led the six cao in various places, in the administration.

Your grandparents have already done part of it, and we are just continuing along the path that your grandparents have walked.

If we fall, you boy will continue along our path. ”

After a pause, Li Di said seriously: "Lu Yijian, the old man can't see through, although the matter of revising the law was proposed by him, but the old man can't guarantee that after the old man is overthrown, he will continue to pursue his own ideas."

But the old man can guarantee that Wang Zeng will definitely follow the path that the old man has walked.

Therefore, if the old man is overthrown by those who oppose it, the old man will definitely advise the official family and ask Wang Zeng to serve as the governor again.

The old man would tell Wang Zeng when he was reappointed as governor.

If he is brought down, he will bring you into the inner court.

If you are poor and the three of us are together, we will always make some achievements. ”

Kou Ji was silent for a moment, and asked, "You trust me so much?" ”

Li Di smiled: "The old man naturally trusts you." Because you've made a difference with your grandfather. If it weren't for the fact that you were too young, the old man would definitely recommend you to the inner court.

Your boy stepping forward to revise the law will surely make a difference. ”

"It's just a little fight......"

Koji is humble.

Li Di laughed and said: "What you and your grandfather did, if it was a small fight, then what the old man was about to do was probably not even a small fight." ”

Li Di looked at Kou Ji and said, "You kid don't have to be overly humble. Your grandfather was regarded as a sage by the government and the opposition, and your son's official Cao Shangshu is the greatest proof.

If the government and the opposition do not recognize your grandfather and your merits.

How did your grandfather become a sage?

How do you go to Cao Shangshu, the official residence authority?

Do you think that just by retiring, the government and the opposition can worship your grandfather as a sage?

You must know that before you retire, there is still success. ”

Kou Ji arched his hand and said, "The kid has been taught." ”

Li Di smiled and nodded, "Once the old man starts to revise the laws related to corruption, he will definitely be impeached by many people, and then you kid will have to help the old man speak." ”

"Must ......"

“……”

One old and one young, made a small agreement in private.

Look at each other and smile.

While talking about business, Kou Ji did not forget the purpose of this trip, took out the invitation, handed it to Li Di, and invited Li Di to watch the ceremony seven days later.

Li Di agreed.

On the occasion of parting.

Li Di smiled and asked Kou Ji to help him find a house in Ryan Town, and prepared to move in to be a neighbor with Kou Ji.

Kou Ji also agreed.

After leaving the Li Mansion.

The smile on Kou Ji's face slowly faded.

"Hey......"

Kou Zhun retired after success, and once he was canonized, he was destined to be famous all over the world and famous through the ages.

This move gave a good start to the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty.

His successor, after sitting on the Tongzhong Shumen, will definitely try his best to do many things for the people and the world.

Then, at the most glorious time, he chose to retire after success and became a sage comparable to Kou Zhun, with a reputation all over the world and a name for eternity.

After inspecting the world and seeing the sufferings of the people, Lu Yijian proposed to revise the law, which should be the kind of thought.

From a long time ago, Kou Ji knew that Lu Yijian was a person with a strong sense of purpose.

After Lu Yijian joined the office, everything he did was with a strong sense of purpose.

took refuge in Liu E, in order to take advantage of Liu E's power to sit on the throne.

After seeing that Liu E was not worthy of assistance, he decisively withdrew and chose to inspect the world to raise his name, and took advantage of the accumulated merits of inspecting the world to sit in the phase.

Now he has got his wish and sat in the position of governor.

After he sat in the position of governor of the government, he chose to revise the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, and his purpose is self-evident.

For the sake of great merit.

In order to achieve great success, he will retire.

In order to become a sage.

Otherwise, why would he do such a thankless and offensive thing?

He is now a governor of political affairs, and he only needs to stay up, and after seven or eight years, Li Di will retire from the position of Pingzhangshi under the Tongzhong Shumen.

As long as there is no accident, after Li Di retires, he will take over Li Di's position and serve as the subordinate of Tongzhongshu.

At his age, he is a very good minister, and that is a matter of time.

If he does not seek fame and merit, he will not be guilty of offending people.

It's just that.

Lu Yijian did not wait for the Tongzhongshu Sect to implement the revision of the law when he was sitting in the Tongzhongshu Sect Pingzhangshi, but instead implemented the revision of the law when Li Di was in charge of the Tongzhongshu Sect Pingzhangshi.

There is a meaning of using Li Di as a gunman.

After all, when Li Di was in charge of the Pingzhang Affairs of Tongzhongshu, he began to implement the revision of the law, and those opposing voices would focus their artillery on Li Di.

Lu Yijian, the initiator, only needs to bear a little bit of artillery fire.

Lu Yijian's move is a bit unauthentic.

Li Di obviously knew Lu Yijian's thoughts.

But he was still willing to be a gun for Lu Yijian.

That's why when he talked to Kou Ji, he showed a hint of pessimism.

"The purpose is the same, for the good of the people...... It's just a different ...... Li Di just wanted to work for the benefit of the people, but Lu Yijian wanted to be famous...... One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer...... I'm not qualified to judge ......."

"I have the same purpose as them...... My purpose is far deeper than theirs...... In order to achieve the goal, the people who sacrifice may be more ......"

Kou Ji walked along the road, thinking a lot in his mind and sighing a lot.

When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I slowly came back to my senses.

entered the palace.

Wang Zeng was not in the mansion, Kou Ji handed the invitation to the Wang family who received him, chatted a few words, drank two sips of tea, and left the palace.

All the way to Lu Mansion.

Lu Yijian is not in the house either.

Lu Yijian's uncle warmly entertained Kou Ji, and invited Kou Ji to his library, visited his own collection, and chatted for a long time with Kou Ji quoting scriptures.

Kou Ji couldn't resist the enthusiasm of Lu Yijian's uncle, and when Lu Yijian's uncle proposed to invite his granddaughter from the side house to meet with Kou Ji, Kou Ji got up and retired.

Kou Ji left the Lu Mansion and went to the Zhang Mansion one after another, and visited Zhang Zhibai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhang Zhibai is an upright person, the same age as Kou Zhun, Kou Ji has visited many mansions, and his mansion is the most shabby.

Two-entry house.

There are not many ornate decorations, the only thing that is desirable is the abundance of trees and flowers.

Probably with trees and flowers, instead of those rockeries and flowing water, to decorate the mansion.

The doorman was an old servant with two missing teeth.

Although the old servant is old, he has a momentum of not admitting defeat, even if he is facing Kou Ji, he only bends down slightly, and he is neither humble nor arrogant.

"Is Zhang Libu available?"

Kou Ji arrived at the door of Zhang's mansion and asked, and was taken into Zhang's mansion by the old servant of Zhang's mansion.

The furnishings in Zhang's mansion are very simple, and the simplicity is outrageous.

There are also very few servants.

After Kou Ji entered Zhang's mansion, he vaguely saw two or three servants, each older than the other.

After arriving at the main hall.

The old servant of Zhang's Mansion served the kind of coarse tea in the refreshments on the street.

When you taste tea, there is no taste at all.

Under the arrangement of the old servant of the Zhang Mansion, Kou Ji sat in the main hall and waited for a while.

Zhang Zhibai appeared in the main hall wearing a green shirt with patches.

The clothes were slightly wide, and they were worn on him more like a robe.

Zhang Zhibai is only three or four years younger than Kou Zhun, but he looks older than Kou Zhun, his body is slightly thin, and there is a faint hint of vegetables.

Apparently due to chronic malnutrition.

After Kou Ji saw Zhang Zhibai appear, he took the initiative to get up and stepped forward, "Senior Kou Ji, be polite......"

Zhang Zhibai stepped forward to help Kou Ji and said with a smile: "You and I are officials of the same dynasty, and we are the same officials of the six departments, so you don't need to give me a salute." ”

Kou Ji smiled: "You are an elder, I naturally have to give a courtesy." ”

When Zhang Zhibai heard this, he nodded with satisfaction and asked Kou Ji to sit down.

After sitting down, Zhang Zhibai smiled and said, "The school founded by your grandfather is about to open?" ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Zhang Shibo is really like a god. ”

Zhang Zhibai laughed in a low voice: "It's not that I am like a god, but if the school founded by your grandfather is not open, you will not enter the gate of my Zhang Mansion." ”

Kou Ji hesitated for a moment, and arched his hand: "I will definitely come to ...... in the future."

Zhang Zhibai smiled calmly: "You can come often, but I won't go to your Kou Mansion often." ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "Why?" ”

Zhang Zhibai flicked his sleeve with patches and said with a smile: "Shy...... I couldn't get a gift from the door, so I just didn't go to ......."

Kou Ji laughed and said, "You're laughing...... ...... at your level"

Before Kou Ji finished speaking, Zhang Zhibai waved his hand, interrupted Kou Ji's words, and said, "Although I have been an official for many years, I haven't saved any money. So I'm really shy and embarrassed to visit. ”

Kou Ji looked puzzled.

Zhang Zhibai said with a smile: "The people who first entered my Zhang Mansion all looked like you, with a puzzled face. I feel that I am a dignified minister, leading the high fortune of the court, but I am poor, I must be selling my reputation and reputation, and I don't bother to explain. ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "I don't think so. ”

Zhang Zhibai was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile: "Oh? Why? ”

Kou Ji sighed with emotion: "The dish on your face is not something that can be pretended. If you were really famous, you wouldn't have this look on your face. ”

Zhang Zhibai was stunned for a moment, and said with a dry smile: "Let one of your juniors see the joke." ”

Kou Ji asked, "I'm curious, where did you go with so many money?" ”

Zhang Zhibai sighed: "Every time I go back to my hometown, I always feel unhappy when I see those dolls who have no books to read. So every time I go back to my hometown, I will sponsor one or two.

After a long time, all my money was put in. ”

Kou Ji groaned: "You have been an official for many years, and I am afraid that there are many scholars who have been sponsored. Isn't there one or two who have achieved something, come and repay you? ”

Zhang Zhibai shook his head and said: "I subsidize those dolls to study, and I don't need them to repay." If they really have the heart and achievement, they can fund the dolls who have no books to read. ”

After a pause, Zhang Zhibai sighed, "It's a pity, after they grow up and have achievements, they are willing to give generous gifts to the old man, rather than funding those dolls who have no books to read." ”

Kou Ji asked, "Do you regret it?" ”

Zhang Zhibai smiled and shook his head, "No regrets!" ”

Kou Ji arched his hand and said solemnly: "Shibo Gaoyi......"

Zhang Zhibai shook his head and smiled: "I'm not a high righteousness, I just gave them back the people's fat and people's ointment that I took from the people." ”

Kou Ji groaned: "But you shouldn't be too yourself, you have been too yourself for a long time, and you have already caused some damage to your body. ”

Zhang Zhibai was stunned for a moment, stared at Kou Ji with a smile and said, "Are you teaching me a lesson?" ”

Kou Ji hurriedly said: "Don't dare! ”

Zhang Zhibai laughed, "You kid is good, stay and have a meal." ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm here to deliver invitations, so I don't have to eat the meal, right?" ”

Zhang Zhibai suddenly straightened his face, "Do you think that my house is too shabby and can't afford to entertain a noble person like you?" ”

Kou Ji cried and laughed: "Then I will be disrespectful." ”

Zhang Zhibai's face showed a smile again.

"Uncle Jian, give an order, set the meal."

The old servant standing at the door agreed, and quickly went to pass the word.

After a while.

Kou Ji accompanied Zhang Zhibai to the dinner table.

At the dinner table sat Zhang Zhibai's son and grandson.

The ladies ate in the back kitchen and were not served.

The meals visited at the table were simple.

Greens, pickles, cooking cakes, gruel.

Not much oil and water.

But the people of Zhangfu ate sweetly.

Kou Ji also ate some of it.

After eating.

Zhang Zhibai took Kou Ji to the study.

I have the heart to test the knowledge of Kou Ji.

Kou Ji has no knowledge.

I could only leave an invitation and escape from Zhang's mansion under the pretext of an excuse.

Seeing Kou Ji flee, Zhang Zhibai stood at the door, shook his head and sighed, "Kou family boy, I'm afraid there isn't much ink in my stomach." It's autumn this year, but I'm busy. ”