Chapter Ninety-Four: Kou Zhun Degraded Official
On this day, Zhao Guangyi was in a slightly better spirit, so he struggled to get up and go to court. For Zhao Guangyi, the court is the medicine, and only by sitting in the court can he be energetic and look at the Quartet.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what's going on lately?" Zhao Guangyi asked.
Lu Duan and Kou Zhun each reported a few political affairs, but they were not a big deal, so they ended in a hurry. At this time, Feng Zheng, a member of the Yu Department who had always been timid and cautious, stood up, held the music fold in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has a book to play." The deputy prime minister, Lord Kou, is arrogant and domineering, communiqués personal vendettas, and does things without regard for the laws of the imperial court, all according to his own preferences. Since he entered the Zhongshu Province, at least 20 people have been suppressed by him for no reason, or demoted or demoted, and asked our emperor to be the master. ”
Everyone was taken aback, they all knew the grievances between Feng Zheng and Kou Zhun, but they didn't expect Feng Zheng to dare to attack Kou Zhun.
Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the spring festival has been held every year, and after the sacrifice is completed, all the ministers must be promoted to the next level, and the specific post distribution is operated by the Zhongshu Province. In recent years, it has been controlled by Kou Zhun single-handedly, because Lu Duan has long been confused.
Kou Zhun's personality is upright and violent, extremely strong, coupled with his high power, it is inevitable that he will be sharp when doing things, and he offended many people when distributing cakes to his ministers.
That year, he especially disliked Feng Zheng, and his position was ranked behind during the Spring Festival, so a group of people who were originally lower than him are now higher than him. The next day, when sending the recital to the emperor, the staff did not pay attention to this change, and handed Feng Zheng's recital in front of it according to the custom. Kou Zhun was furious when he found out, saying that Feng Zheng was unruly, and he also reported to the emperor in front of hundreds of civil and military officials. Zhao Guangyi, of course, severely criticized Feng Zheng.
Feng Zheng was aggrieved, wronged, and annoyed, but he didn't dare to resist, because he knew that his arms couldn't twist his thighs, so he endured it all these years.
However, overnight, this Feng Zheng, who was originally swallowing his anger, suddenly became bold, why is this?
Zhao Guangyi frowned and didn't speak, Wang Jien went down to take back the fold in Feng Zheng's hand and present it to the emperor. Zhao Guangyi opened it and took a look, and it listed the facts that more than 20 people were convicted by Kou Zhun for no reason.
This matter is really not a matter for Zhao Guangyi, those little minions rise and fall are insignificant, and Kou Zhun as the deputy prime minister, he doesn't even have such a little power, what's the point of being the deputy prime minister. So he planned to symbolically reprimand Kou Zhun for a few words and appease Feng Zheng.
However, at this time, Kang Jian, the Lingnan transfer envoy who happened to return to Beijing to report on his work, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, since you have talked about this, Weichen also has something to say. Kou Zhun is now in power and no one can control it, and he dares to be rude to His Majesty in the court, and the court and the court form a party for personal gain and suppress dissidents. At present, there are no military officials, and the important positions are all his protégés. If the emperor doesn't curb it, if he doesn't have a subservient heart, no one will be able to clean it up. ”
"Kang Jian, you're just a fart." Kou Zhun has endured it for a long time, and at this time he couldn't hold back anymore, and scolded: "I, Kou Zhun, am loyal to the emperor, why don't I have the heart of subordination?" ”
Zhao Guangyi's face instantly turned pale, and his eyes were full of murder. He waved his hand and said, "Retreat, I'm tired." ”
Wang Jien hurriedly carried Zhao Guangyi back to the dormitory.
Lying on the bed, Zhao Guangyi asked Wang Jien: "Old Wang, what do you think of this?" ”
Wang Jien smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you can recuperate with peace of mind, with the emperor here, Kou Zhun can't afford to make big waves." ”
This was said too artistically, although it was a vague half sentence, Zhao Guangyi had already heard it very clearly. If you live, Kou Zhun will never be able to make a big wave, but you will be about to die, and no one will be able to control him by then.
No one can take care of it, what will be the result? Zhao Guangyi's mind instantly appeared the scene when they put the yellow robe on his brother's body, and his whole body shivered.
Kou Zhun grabbed Kang Jian and Feng Zheng to argue, but Feng Zheng and the others ignored them, threw off their sleeves and left. The more Kou Zhun thought about it, the more angry he became, so he entered the inner hall to find the emperor to redress his grievances.
Zhao Guangyi was dizzy at the moment, and when he saw that Kou Zhun's clothes seemed to be yellow, with a dragon's head flying on them, he lay heavily on the pillow and waved his hand: "You go down first, I am very dizzy." ”
However, Kou Zhun was used to being upright, so he didn't care if you were dizzy or not, knelt on the ground and said: "The minister is loyal to the emperor, and the heavens and the earth can be learned, please ask the emperor to prove the innocence of the minister, otherwise the minister will not be able to run errands in Zhongshu Province." ”
"How do you tell me to prove that you can't send someone to investigate?" Zhao Guangyi said helplessly.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to investigate, the ministers have account books here, and the rise and fall of those officials are recorded, and the emperor will understand it at a glance."
Wang Jien said sharply: "Master Kou, you are too much, the emperor has said that he is dizzy, you still want him to read the account books, you, you, what are your intentions?" ”
"This is a major matter in the court, and it is not your turn to speak as a minister." Kou Zhun shouted.
Zhao Guangyi was dizzy for a while, and sighed: "Sparrows and rats still have some flavor, not to mention that you are still a person." He waved his hand and said, "Take it out, I don't want to see him." ”
Ouchi's guards immediately came over and took Kou Zhun out of the Banzai Palace.
Not long after, Wang Jien came out to announce the decree, exempting Kou Zhun from participating in political affairs, reappointed as the governor of Dengzhou, and immediately left Beijing to take up his post.
In this way, Kou Zhun, who was in power and the opposition, left the capital in a gray manner.
Ling Kun remembered the love of his teacher, and Kou Zhun usually took care of him, so he took the initiative to go to Kou's mansion, personally helped him pack his things, and gave him a thousand taels of silver as a way to entangle the family.
Of course, Kou Zhun was not short of silver, but he valued the friendship that Ling Kun showed in his tribulation, so he said goodbye to Ling Kun in tears.
Ling Kun, as Kou Zhun's protégé, was actually the target of the attack this time, and many people talked about it, saying that Ling Kun was not dry but could be in a high position, which was completely due to Kou Zhun's exceptional promotion.
It is said that he should keep his distance from Kou Zhun at this time, but Ling Kun is an ignorant and fearless, he doesn't care much about these officialdom things, and there is Zhao Mingyue behind him, so there is nothing to worry about.
Whoever wants to say let whoever says go.
It wasn't until the evening that Ling Kun returned to the mansion and told Zhao Mingyue about today's events.
Zhao Mingyue sighed: "Lord Kou is actually not selfish, he is too straightforward, but this is fine, sharpen his edges and corners, and the third brother can be recalled to succeed to the throne in the future." ”
She never imagined that Kou Zhun was degraded and fell into a trap carefully designed by others. A conspiracy has quietly unfolded under the leadership of her mother.
The next day, the emperor did not go to the court, but Wang Jien read out a holy decree, appointing Li Changling as the governor of the political affairs, replacing Kou Zhun with full powers, and Hu Dan as the intellectual system, responsible for the drafting of the provincial orders of Zhongshu.
In this way, as long as Lu Duan can continue to be confused, all the orders issued by Zhongshu Province from the decision-making path are in the hands of Empress Li and Wang Jien. Fortunately, Lu Duan has always been confused, and now he is even more confused.
Then in other words, the entire imperial court, from the inner palace to the outer ministers, from the civil servants to the military generals, is already in their hands.
Everything is ready, just wait for Zhao Guangyi to close his eyes.