The jade pendant represents a remnant army, and the specific Kou Zhun did not say much.

Kou Zhun only told Kou Ji that when Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied, he led his army to attack Bianjing City and met with stubborn resistance.

Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had the troops to take them, but Nian was loyal and brave enough to send people to surrender, promising to spare the lives of the recalcitrant soldiers.

The general who led the troops did not want to see all his soldiers killed, so he was forced to agree to the surrender of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

But they have betrayed the old master, and have already taken on the reputation of being unkind, unjust, disloyal and unfilial.

They did not accept the reward of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, but silently disappeared in front of people and became a soldier and horse secretly guarding Bianjing.

During the reign of Taizu, they were occasionally used.

After Taizong ascended the throne, he did not use them, and he also stopped paying their food and salaries, leaving them to fend for themselves.

After the accession of Shinshu, when they did not exist.

Zhao Zhen roughly regarded them as ordinary people who had been integrated into Bianjing City, so he generously rewarded Kou Tianci with the jade plate.

The armor in the courtyard of the Wei Wangfu is theirs.

Zhao Zhen gave a courtyard with armor to the Wei Palace, which can be said to be full of malice.

It can be said that when he entered Beijing from the Wei Wangfu line, Zhao Zhen took the lead in burying a thunder for the Wei Wangfu lineage.

Lei was buried by Zhao Zhen, probably in case of emergency.

Kou Ji just detonated the thunder planted by Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen would not have any doubts about the fact that Kou Ji would know that there was armor hidden in the courtyard of the Wei Wangfu.

Because the court knew that there was armor hidden in that courtyard, only Zhao Zhen, Chen Lin, and Kou Zhun were three.

Zhao Zhen and Chen Lin knew that it was because of the inheritance.

The reason why Kou Zhun knew was because the will to stop the payment of the food and salary of the remnant army was read out by Kou Zhun privately on behalf of Taizong.

If Kou Ji can know about this, it must have been Kou Zhun who told him.

The reason why Kou Zhun told Kou Ji about this was because he was afraid that Kou Ji would make trouble in this matter, so after Kou Ji's class returned to the court, he specially explained to Kou Ji.

……

Liu Heng took the steward of Kou Mansion from Kou Mansion and appeased the people who asked for Kou Ji's life, and the people finally left the prison cell of the Imperial City Division and went home.

Because of the commotion caused by Kou Ji and Zhang Zhibai, it was completely quelled.

However, a series of changes in the court really scared the Manchu civil and military forces.

After all the Wei Wangfu lineages were captured, some of the people with considerable status were given to death, and the other part was immediately sent to Shamen Island.

The official family seems to be very unkind to them, and they don't even let them spend the New Year's Festival in Bianjing.

The Wei Wangfu is down.

The Privy Counsellor fell on high.

The secretary of the ministry, Kou Ji, fell.

Zhang Zhibai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, fell.

Dozens of officials were exterminated because of their crimes.

Zhang Shixun, Liu Sheng and other officials were all sent to the bitter cold land to be officials.

The officials who stood in the vertical arch hall went to a fifth at once.

Can the Manchu Dynasty be not afraid of civil and military affairs?

Now that they have seen Zhao Zhen, it is like a mouse meeting a cat, how respectful and respectful they are.

Zhao Zhen's decision, except for the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Inner Court, the officials of other ministries did not open their mouths to refute it.

If Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian occasionally hold different opinions with Zhao Zhen, I am afraid that the court will become Zhao Zhen's hall.

As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.

Zhao Zhenbu's bureau had a loophole and was disturbed.

But Zhao Zhen's goal was achieved.

In this turmoil, he purged those officials in the court that he did not like.

What's more, so far, few people have found out that Zhao Zhen is the mastermind behind the scenes, and few people know that the fundamental purpose of Zhao Zhen's plan is to purge the court.

Everyone thought that Zhao Zhen was making a big move for the sake of the shop, but few people knew Zhao Zhen's fundamental purpose.

After the imperial court became a little purer, the speed of operation became very fast.

The end of the year is approaching.

All departments of the imperial court should summarize the gains and losses of the year and report them to the inner court for Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng, and Lu Yijian to read.

In the past, the year-end summary work took more than a month to complete.

This year, it took only half a month.

After the year-end summary review, the imperial court issued a batch of very shabby year-end bonuses, and then the government and the opposition began to enter the annual leave.

Except for Cao Wei, who took his family out of Bianjing City and returned to Zhending Mansion to worship his ancestors after he was sealed, the New Year Festival in Bianjing City is not much different from previous years.

If you have to say that there is.

Then the difference is in Khao Fu.

According to custom, on the eve of the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhao Zhen would send people to invite the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu and his family members to the palace to have fun together.

The eunuchs in the palace rode their horses through the gate of the Koufu Annex, and the sound of horses' hooves could be heard from afar.

"If you go to the Wenchang Academy, you should invite your grandfather."

Xiang Yan sat beside Kou Ji, watched Kou Ji tugging on Kou Tianci's ear, and said with some distress.

Kou Ji tugged at Kou Tianci's ear and said lightly: "I know ......"

Xiang Yan wanted to snatch Kou Tianci from Kou Ji's hands, but seeing that Kou Tianci enjoyed Kou Ji's way of pulling his ears very much, she forcibly suppressed the urge to snatch people, and said, "In previous years, when the official family arrived at this time, the first one to invite was you. ”

Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Yan, and said nonchalantly: "Now that the official family has grown up, they also know what it means to be orderly. Grandfather first, isn't that how it should be? ”

Xiang Yan groaned: "You have been dismissed from your post by the official family, and you have no official or lord, will the official family not invite you this year?" ”

Kou Ji said disdainfully: "Who is rare......"

"Hmmm......"

Kou Tianci wrinkled his nose, stretched out his hand with grinned teeth, and asked Xiang Yan to hug.

Kou Ji pinched Kou Tianci.

Xiang Yan saw her son grinning, decisively snatched her son from Kou Ji's hand, and blew her son's ears in a mood.

Kou Tianci was afraid of itching, so he covered his ears with his hands and giggled.

Xiang Yan glanced at Kou Ji and said, "If you are really not rare, you will not pinch your son." ”

Kou Ji's face was not red, and his heart was not beating: "It's just a banquet with no new ideas, what is rare for me?" I'm just afraid that if this banquet is missing me, it will be a little less colorful.

You must know that the most dazzling person in my Great Song this year is me, Kou Ji. ”

Xiang Yan pursed her lips, but did not refute.

This year, Kou Ji led people to recover Hexi, and he was indeed the first hero of the Great Song Dynasty this year.

Three dukes, one marquis and twelve uncles, with Kou Ji as the honor.

The limelight is unbeatable for a while.

The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace, if there is less Kou Ji, it will inevitably be a little less colorful.

"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded again outside the Koufu.

Walk through the gate of the Koufu Courtyard and go to the Wenchang Academy.

Kou Ji and Xiang Yan were stunned when they heard this.

After thinking about it for a long time, Xiang Yan spoke, "Does the official family send people to invite those old ministers who have returned to seclusion, or do they invite those famous Confucians?" ”

Kou Ji groaned: "Since you have started, then you have to invite them all, please keep half of them, and the other half will not be resentful in your heart?" Their protégés are old, and they don't complain for them? ”

Xiang Yan nodded suddenly.

As Kou Ji said,

Then the sound of horses' hooves continued, and Xiang Yan counted it carefully, and the number of people who sent the invitations was equivalent to the number of reclusive ministers and famous Confucians in the Wenchang Academy.

Kou Ji and Xiang Yan sat in the courtyard of the backyard until evening, and they didn't hear anyone knock on the door of the Kou Mansion courtyard.

Kou Ji cried and laughed: "The official family is really stingy, and this year's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet actually didn't invite me." ”

Kou Ji looked at Xiang Yan and said, "You follow me, you will be wronged." ”

Eligible to participate in the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, eligible to appear at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace, it is a symbol of status and status, and it is also a manifestation of imperial grace.

was invited, and naturally it was the Holy Grace.

If you are not invited, then you should wash and sleep, and by the way, think about it before going to bed, if there is a way to transfer yourself out and leave the official family as soon as possible, so as not to upset the official family and find a reason to kill you.

Among the noble ladies, it is inevitable to chew on the root of the tongue on this matter.

Some people may take advantage of this to count others down.

Kou Ji was not invited, those who knew knew that Kou Ji and the official family were fighting, and those who didn't know thought that Kou Ji's saint was exhausted, and it was inevitable to ridicule Xiang Yan when he ran into him.

Kou Ji said that he was wronged, and this is the matter.

When Xiang Yan heard this, she smiled and said, "How can a concubine be wronged? The concubine was not only not wronged, but also felt a little happy. In previous years, we were all in the palace, and we kept the New Year with all the people, and there was always a little less taste of home.

Now that our family of three can stay together to keep the New Year, it's too late for the concubine to be happy.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the concubine dismissed the servants, so she personally cooked and cooked a table of wine and food for Xianggong.

We are a family of three, stay together, and have a good year. ”

Kou Ji laughed, "If my grandfather hears this, I'm afraid he will blow his beard and stare at you." ”

Xiang Yan smiled and said, "Grandfather is a big man, how can he worry about a little woman with me." ”

The smile on Kou Ji's face was even stronger.

"Da Da Da ......"

The sound of horses' hooves sounded again.

Stopped at the gate of the Kou Mansion.

Not long after, the gate of the Koufu Annex, led a eunuch to the backyard.

After the eunuch saw Kou Ji and Xiang Yan, he bowed his hand, but did not say anything.

Instead, he looked at Kou Tianci in Xiang Yan's arms with a humble face, and said with a salute: "Young Master Ci, the official family invites you to drink and feast in the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Kou Tianci is Zhao Zhen's godson, and his name is recorded on the jade butterfly.

But he is not a prince after all, and he does not have a title.

That's why the eunuchs called him 'young master'.

Kou Tianci has an official position, but it is not appropriate for a eunuch to call Kou Tianci an official position.

Because Kou Tianci is Zhao Zhen's godson, and the eunuch is Zhao Zhen's domestic servant.

After the eunuch finished speaking, he took out a gilded invitation from his cuff and sent it to Kou Tianci.

Xiang Yan's face was very strange, and he helped Kou Tianci take the invitation from the eunuch.

The eunuch confessed and left the backyard of the other courtyard.

Xiang Yan took the invitation and looked at Kou Ji in a daze.

After being silent for a long time, Xiang Yan called out to Kou Ji with some concern.

"Xianggong ......"

Zhao Zhen's invitation dashed the hope of their family of three for a reunion.

Kou Tianci was young, and it was impossible for him to enter the palace alone.

Xiang Yan had to follow.

Chinese New Year's Eve.

Inside the Koufu.

Kou Ji was left alone.

It's not scary to be left out in the cold.

Being isolated is the most terrible thing.

Xiang Yan dared to joke with Kou Ji just now, but now she can't say a word of joke.

She was only worried about Kou Ji's mood.

Seeing Xiang Yan's worried face, Kou Ji grinned and said, "I thought the official family was old, and I didn't expect the official family to be so naïve." How could I be fooled by such a childish method.

All you have to do is take your son with you.

Don't forget to get more rewards.

As long as there is a gold, silver and jade plate on the table, you can take it if you want.

The royal is cheap, not white, not occupied.

When you were in charge of me, you took a cart of gold, silver and jade plates from the royal family.

Earned a full million. ”

Kou Ji behaved very freely, but Xiang Yan was still worried, "Xianggong, you are home alone, ......"

Kou Ji said with a smile: "It's not the first time to celebrate the New Year alone. Last year in the Western Regions, I spent the New Year alone. ”

Xiang Yan hesitated: "But at that time, it was in the Western Regions, but now it is at home." And last year in the Western Regions, there were also Liu Heng and others to accompany you for the New Year. ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Chinese New Year's Eve is every year, not bad this year." I'm not a child, and I'm worried that no one will give me frost to eat, and no one will give me new clothes to wear? ”

"Or ...... The concubine still won't go......"

Xiang Yan hesitated again and again and spoke.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The official family is sending an invitation openly, but secretly giving a will. You look at those who get the invitations, who dares not to go? Now that the prestige of the official family is high, it is not good to go against the official family at this time.

Besides, if you don't go, there will be no one to take care of your son when he enters the palace. ”

"The queen and those palace ladies ......"

Halfway through Xiang Yan's words, Kou Ji frowned, "The official family and the queen are credible, and the people around them are also credible, but the other eunuchs and palace e's are not easy to say." The Chinese New Year's Eve banquet was full of people, and there were many eunuchs and palace ladies serving the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, various subordinate envoys, and if someone had bad intentions and took the opportunity to approach his son, then his son would be in danger. ”

After a pause, Kou Ji said faintly: "The palace is the center of power, and it is also the most complicated place in people's hearts, and there are people with any thoughts in it. It's hard to tell who is good and who is bad.

So you have to stay by your son's side.

You know, the matter of Zhang's one corpse and two lives has not been investigated yet. ”

"Then you also handed over your son to the official family before?"

Xiang Yan asked.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "If it's not a major occasion, I'm naturally not afraid, there are not so many people, and my mind is naturally not so complicated." The people around the official family, as well as the people around the queen, were all carefully selected by the two of them. Especially the people around the queen have all grown up with her since childhood. The lives of three or four generations of a family are all in the hands of the Cao family, and no one dares to mess around.

So the son enters the palace in private and sees the official family or the queen, don't worry. ”

Xiang Yan nodded thoughtfully.

Kou Ji accompanied Xiang Yan and talked for a while, and the husband and wife talked and laughed, and they were very harmonious.

(End of chapter)