North Song

Chapter 222: The deserted Shangyuan Festival

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Upon hearing this, the civil and military men of the Manchu dynasty looked at each other.

They felt that Kou Zhun was bullying.

You Kou Zhun has just finished playing your prestige, we are all afraid of you, now you ask if we have any doubts

Do we dare to have doubts

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty shook hands and said: "I have no objection to wait..."

Kou Zhun nodded with satisfaction and said, "As for the cause of the war in which we sent troops to Xixia, the Privy Council Secret Envoy Cao will take advantage of it, and coordinate with Cao Wei, the minister of war, to supervise them.

In the areas of Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, as well as the Tang, Deng, Dai and other states, the three departments coordinated with the various ministries and departments to jointly govern.

I can't make mistakes in the battle of Xixia.

There can be no mistakes in the food shortage in various places.

Never because of the shortage of food, the military affairs of sending troops to Xixia for me have fallen into a deadlock. "

"Retreat!"

The dissatisfaction filled with civil and military righteous indignation in the Manchu dynasty disappeared under Kou Zhun's strong suppression.

Only Kou Zhun could say such a powerful thing in today's court, and only Kou Zhun could do such a domineering thing.

In the words of Liu E, it is difficult for her to say such strong words, and it is difficult for her to do such a domineering thing.

This has nothing to do with the men and women themselves.

It's purely because of the different positions, so it feels different when dealing with problems.

The royal family is the master, and the hundred officials are the servants.

The royal force suppressed hundreds of officials, that is, the evil master deceives the servant.

When the prime minister suppresses a hundred officials, that is, a big steward educates a small steward to behave.

People always preach that evil masters deceive servants, or use servants to deceive their masters, but who has heard of such things as using servants to deceive servants.

Therefore, in the eyes of the common people, Kou Zhun, the chief butler of the court, bullying the little stewards of the court is purely a gangbang, and it doesn't matter who bullies whom.

This is the reason why Kou Zhun did not dare to put one fart when he was forcibly suppressing hundreds of officials.

Hundred officials are full of royal joy, which is not afraid of power.

The hundreds of officials are quasi-joyful, which is called unruly.

The chief butler of the imperial court is what you can do if you want

If every small butler can beat a big butler, how can the big butler manage the huge industry of the court

After going down.

Zhao Zhen shook his little hand and left the Chui Gong Hall happily.

Today he watched the big show in the Suigong Hall.

Learned how to lift the disguise of Baiguan and see their true colors.

I also learned how to suppress a hundred officials in a domineering manner.

Kou Zhun's domineering, arrogant, and unreasonable in the Suigong Palace left a deep impression on him.

He will inevitably follow suit in the future.

Although he has a benevolent temperament, he still has some small rebelliousness in his heart, and some rebelliousness.

This is not difficult to see from the Qingli New Deal launched after he took office.

It's just that he in the history books came out through Liu E's own hand. His temperament is somewhat soft, and his ears are also soft.

Therefore, when hundreds of officials admonish, or argue, his thoughts will always come back and forth.

But now it's different.

He not only has Liu E**, but also Kou Zhun teaches by example.

The decisions he couldn't learn from Liu E, the overbearing he couldn't learn, the arrogant things he couldn't learn, and the unreasonable things he couldn't learn, could all be learned from Kou Zhun.

However, all these changes originated from Kou Ji.

Kou Ji was like the catfish that got into the sardine school, stirring up the lifeless water of Da Song, and driving the sardines that were silent in this lifeless water.

Kou Ji was somewhat aware of this, but he didn't care.

He pushed Kou Zhun away from the Chuggong Hall and returned to Kou's mansion all the way.

When he sent Kou Zhun into the bedroom and was about to leave.

Kou Zhun, who was silent all the way, suddenly said: "The old man was on an impulse, which made you guilty in the future."

Kou Ji was taken aback, thought about it, and understood the meaning of Kou Zhun's words.

Today, Kou Zhun aggressively suppressed the officials in the Chuigong Hall, and his status as a powerful minister was confirmed, and he would even be criticized as a powerful traitor.

Throughout the dynasties, those who can be called powerful officials and are unwilling to seek the usurpation of the throne will inevitably be liquidated after they die, and their descendants will not end well.

Kou Ji grinned and said: "Grandfather is joking, and grandfather will live a hundred years. When you are a hundred years old, I will be almost fifty. When the time comes, I will face the Manchu civil and military. Well. How can you suffer."

Kou Zhun smiled silently while listening to Kou Ji's comforting words.

He is bones, he understands.

He didn't dare to think about living to a hundred and eighty years old.

In this age when the average life expectancy is about 30 years old, it is rare for people to live to their 70s or 80s.

Those who can live over a hundred years old are all Renrui.

Even if he had no officials and no lords, just an ordinary person, Zhao Zhen, the official, was able to treat him politely.

Kou Ji arched his hands in Kou Zhun's smile and left Kou Zhun's bedroom.

A few days later, it was still during the New Year's Day.

Except for Kou Zhun who occasionally enters the palace to pay attention to the war in the northwest and the food shortage in Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Kou Ji, a scattered doctor, didn't go out much.

The court did not need him to intervene in the battle against Xixia.

The court did not need him to intervene in the wars in Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

To be precise, it was not his turn to intervene.

Shangyuan night.

Liu Heng, Cao Qi, and Fan Zhongyan arrived at Kou’s Mansion and invited Kou Ji to play in Bianjing, enjoy the lantern festival, visit the poetry fair, guess lantern riddles, and take a look at the young ladies raised by the wealthy families in Bianjing. .

Kou Ji did not decline, but nodded in agreement.

Kou Ji filled his purse with gold and silver elm leaves, hung them around his waist, and went out with Liu Heng.

Kou Ji is not like the two goods of Liu Heng and Cao Tong. When he went out, he brought three or five heroes with them, and they carried copper coins for them to spend.

Although gold and silver were not legal tender in the Song Dynasty, they could be used as currency, and there was no need for Kou Ji to fight with copper coins.

Kou Ji is not short of money now, and is even gradually moving closer to the direction where he can spend too much money.

A few days ago, when Kou Zhong was helping Kou Ji manage the 200 food towns in Gangneung, he also asked Kou Ji if he wanted to establish three or two coin minting workshops where the 200 food towns in Gangneung were located.

When Kou Ji heard this proposal, he was shocked.

Did you bring your own money to play

Seeing that Kou Ji didn't understand this, Kou Zhong immediately informed Kou Ji about the law of coinage of the Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji only knew about it under Kou Zhong's popular science.

It is not legal to make copper coins privately in the Song Dynasty, but it is not illegal either.

Therefore, the trend of privately-made copper coins has led to different copper coins in different places. All copper coins have the characteristics of copper coins in various places, so that the exchange prices of gold to copper coins and silver to copper coins are also different.

In Bianjing City, one or two pennies can be used as a half of money, but in Qinchuan and other places, one or two pennies can be used as ten coins.

Not because the local copper is not valuable, but because the locals use iron money.

In Kou Ji's eyes, Da Song's monetary policy was worse than a pot of porridge.

In this regard, the court has always been in a state of half-doing.

Kou Ji felt that if he started a currency war, he could take half of Da Song's money into his own hands.

I'm a bit sorry for this idea, Zhao Zhen.

So soon after Kou Ji gave birth to this idea, he decisively strangled the idea.

Then happily approved Kou Zhong's establishment of a coin workshop in Jiangling, and with a big wave of his hand, Kou Zhong built ten.

He also wrote to Kou Zhong a plan on how to cut corners and cut corners to forge exquisite, durable, and everyone loves copper coins.

Kou Zhong got this plan, so he went to discuss it with the craftsman in the mansion.

He felt that if Kou Ji's plan was implemented in the mansion, it would be enough to make the mansion's money more than 10%.

It is precisely because of this that Kou Ji no longer has to save money, and there is no need to find ways to make money.

All he has to do now is to learn how to spend money.

How to spend a lot of money.

Kou Ji’s purse was bulging, and the two colorful mandarin ducks were plump.

Under the shining of various lanterns in Bianjing, it is very dazzling.

Liu Heng, Cao Tong, and Fan Zhongyan were accompanied by Kou Ji. They had seen the mandarin duck purse on Kou Ji's waist a long time ago, but they chose not to ask Kou Ji about the matter in a tacit agreement.

The four of them left the alley where the Kou Mansion was located and swung around on Ma Xing Street, a bit dull.

Liu Heng complained: "Compared with previous years, Shang Yuan Ye is particularly deserted."

Fan Zhongyan said faintly: "During the great funeral of the first emperor, the rules that should be observed are still to be observed."

Liu Heng said unwillingly: "Even if you don't let medicines be used to send puppets, and you don't allow Jin Mingchi's naval forces to drill for the people to watch, then you have to have a lantern show to let people guess the riddles."

Fan Zhongyan pointed to the lantern riddle stand that replaced the lanterns with wooden signs, and said, "Isn't that?"

Liu Heng looked at the stall owner in the starch-washed, white robes, and said, "A poor man, using three or five copper coins as a reward. It's okay to deceive ignorant women and children. Can you deceive me

The lantern festivals held by the imperial court and lantern festivals held by other provinces are more profitable. "

Cao Yu laughed and said: "Word guessing is an elegant thing, how come to your mouth, become so cheap."

Liu Heng hummed and said, "In order to lure others into guessing riddles, they also use profit to lure them. Why don't you say that they are marketers?"

Fan Zhongyan's face turned dark, and he whispered: "vulgar, vulgar..."

Liu Heng disdainfully said: "Knowing that you are a serious scholar, you look down on us from noble background. But you are not a gentleman. After getting drunk in the Kou Mansion a few days ago, he kept clamoring to find a girl. I didn't see what you said was vulgar."

When Fan Zhongyan heard this, his face flushed.

Just about to refute, I saw Kou Ji had reached the anagram booth, dropped a silver leaf, and took away all the anagram signs hanging on the stand of the stall owner.

Then, in a dazed look on the stall owner, he waved his hand and said, "Go back... I want this stall."

The stall owner looked at the silver leaf thrown on the table. The double silver leaf was very dazzling.

Even though he wanted it in his heart, he didn't reach for it.

Instead, he bowed his hand to Kou Ji and said earnestly: "I'm a scholar of my generation, don't eat food that comes."

Kou Ji took a meal with his hand and said disdainfully, "If I give you food, I'm afraid you can't afford it. Hurry up with the money, or let the inspectorate grab you and eat the board."

Threats are always more effective than soft words.

The stall owner heard Kou Ji's words, gritted his teeth, took the silver leaf on the table, and decisively left here.

After the stall owner left, Fan Zhongyan walked to Kou Ji and exclaimed: "Brother Kou Xian is really kind."

Cao Tong nodded to the side and said, "Brother Kou probably saw that the stall owner was wearing thin clothes, and was afraid that he was freezing, so he bought his stall and asked him to go home early to be with his family."

Kou Ji took all the riddles from the stall, threw them into Liu Heng's arms, and muttered: "I am not used to seeing where you are fighting, so I simply bought this stall and gave you the anagrams for you to guess at will.

Pity him

There are so many poor people in the world, why don't you see me to pity others.

When I left the alley of Kou's Mansion just now, the shivering beggars who squatted at the entrance of the alley, why didn't I see me pity them? "

Fan Zhongyan wondered: "Didn't Kou Xian tell people to go back to the house and let the housekeeper give them a hot meal?"

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said: "Every Chinese New Year and holidays, the mansion will give out some rice to beggars."

Cao Tong nodded aside and said, "The same is true of our Cao Mansion."

Liu Heng said on the side: "When my father left Beijing, he also told me to do this. When I went to find the fourth brother, he had already sent it to them."

Fan Zhongyan sighed: "Zhumen's wine and meat are smelly, there are frozen bones on the road..."

Kou Ji stared at him, faintly said: "When your court dress is changed to a vermilion color, your Fan Mansion will also be a vermilion sect."

Fan Zhongyan shut his mouth with interest.

The four people stood in front of a bare crossword puzzle stand and said nothing.

After a long time, Cao Tong suddenly said: "I heard that tonight, many people are holding a poetry party in the outer city garden. Why don't we go and see?"

Fan Zhongyan nodded slowly.

Liu Heng curled his lips and said nothing.

Kou Ji chuckled his mouth and said, "What should I do if I can't write poetry?"

Cao Tong hurriedly said: "We went to the poetry club, and we didn't write poems. We were purely to see girls from various prefectures."

Fan Zhongyan raised his head proudly, and said to Kou Ji: "You don't have to worry about brother Kou Xian, I'm the one who has everything."

Kou Ji was stunned and nodded slowly.

Fan Zhongyan promised to confess, but Kou Ji stopped paying attention, and someone at the poem meeting would invite him to write poems.

Kou Ji didn't doubt the talent of Fan Zhongyan at all.

After all, the poems made by this man must be recited even after a thousand years.

Fan Zhongyan agreed to ghost Kou Ji, and Kou Ji thought of the scene that Kou Ji had made after Fan Zhongyan had finished chanting a poem.

If there is a chance for this servant to write the "Story of Yueyang Tower", after finishing the work, he shouted that this Fu was written by Kou Ji and recited by Fan Zhongyan.

That scene is absolutely enjoyable.

Seeing that the other three people had agreed, Cao Yu took the three of Kou Ji and walked all the way to the outer city.

Arriving in the outer city, a garden next to Kanjie Pavilion.

After Cao Tong handed in a greeting note, the host family went out personally and welcomed them in.

What surprised Kou Ji was that the garden was actually the garden of Pan Su who knew Kou Ji well.

To be precise, the garden of Pan Mansion was given to Pan Su.