Zhao Zhen made a fuss for most of the night, and by the fourth hour, Zhao Zhen was completely drunk.
Chen Lin cautiously entered the backyard and saw in the pavilion, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen were lying on the ground, sleeping soundly, one large and one small figure, crawling around beside them, tired. Just sit beside them with a chirp.
The little one seemed to feel uncomfortable sitting on the ground, so he climbed onto Kou Ji's chest, followed Kou Ji's body, onto Zhao Zhen, and crawled back and forth.
Chen Lin's scared heart almost jumped out, he took small steps and rushed over silently.
"Huh~"
The sharp light of the knife flashed by the moonlight, and the cold knife tip hung on Chen Lin's throat.
Chen Lin stopped abruptly, swallowed a little, and said solemnly: "Our family will not hurt them..."
Knife light grabbed.
The dumb tiger stood quietly beside the pavilion.
Chen Lin looked at the little guy who was happily crawling back and forth on Zhao Zhen, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she said to the dumb tiger: "But our family does not allow them to approach the official house, they are beasts!"
The dumb tiger stood on the spot and stayed for a long time, before turning his head to look at the two figures, one big and one small.
The big figure seemed to feel a bit of danger from the dumb tiger, so the man stood up and screamed at dumb tiger.
Dumb Tiger tilted his head.
The big figure immediately climbed to the ground, swaying his fat big butt, and rolled out of the pavilion round and round.
The small figure sat on Kou Ji's chest, sat blankly for a while, and left with his ass shaking.
The dumb tiger left the pavilion silently.
Chen Lin quickly entered the pavilion, helped Zhao Zhen up from the ground, and whispered Gong E and the eunuchs outside the backyard to come in.
The eunuchs and Gong'e wrapped Zhao Zhen in a thick blanket and carried Zhao Zhen away from the Kou Mansion.
On New Year's Eve, Zhao Zhen can be willful.
But Zhao Zhen couldn't be willful in the ancestor worship ceremony on the first day of the junior high school.
Chen Lin and others carried Zhao Zhen back to the palace, just to prepare for the ancestor worship ceremony.
After Zhao Zhen, Chen Lin and others left, Kou Ji let out a sigh of relief, and slowly sat up, rubbed his frozen hands, and muttered in a low voice.
"too frightening… "
Thanks to him hearing Zhao Zhen's language was wrong, he decisively lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.
If he doesn't pretend to be dead, God knows what Zhao Zhen, who is drunk, will pull him to do.
If it is a night of mischief, after he wakes up, the dragon robe is worn on him, the fun will be great.
Kou Ji got up, went out of the backyard, greeted the servants to clean up the leftovers in the pavilion, and went back to the room to sleep alone.
Before going to bed, Kou Ji secretly told himself that he would never drink with Zhao Zhen again.
If you want to drink with Zhao Zhen, you must pull other people together.
It's best to get a few enemies.
"Looks like... I don't have many enemies in the court now..."
Kou Ji murmured and went to sleep.
Half-dreaming and half-awake, I felt a heavy chest.
Kou Ji subconsciously thought that it was the little black and white guy sitting on his chest, and then waved his hand unceremoniously.
then.
Then he couldn't sleep anymore.
An old hand grabbed his ear and lifted him from the bed.
Kou Ji opened his eyes painfully and saw an angry face with all beards and hairs.
"grandfather?!"
Kou Zhun tugged at his ears, his face was black and did not speak.
Kou Ji blinked and glanced around with the corner of his eye, and saw that in the corner of his bed, Kou Tianci was sitting there pitifully, holding his mouth aggrievedly.
He roughly understood why Kou Zhun was so angry.
It was not a panda who sat on his chest just now, but his son.
He slapped him casually, pulling his son aside, angering Kou Zhun.
Kou Ji decisively admitted his mistake: "Unintentional... Unintentional..."
Kou Zhun snorted and let go of Kou Ji's ears.
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji, picked up Kou Tianci, who was aggrieved at the corner of the bed, and said to Kou Ji: "You tell the cook in the mansion to prepare more wine and meat, and the old man will have a banquet in the other courtyard in the afternoon."
Most of the famous scholars in Wenchang Academy are people who have left their hometowns. Kou Zhun hosted a banquet in the other courtyard to make them happy and to help them vent their homesickness.
"Yan'er has always been handling this matter..."
Kou Ji was puzzled.
Kou Zhun hummed: "Yan'er will hold the old man's great-grandson to attend the festival in a moment."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes.
If co-authors don’t have a job, there is no human rights in the mansion
Kou Ji complained in his heart and agreed.
There are very few people in the house, and the staff is especially tense during the holidays.
It is not surprising that the head of the family will go to battle in person.
Kou Zhun, Kou Tianci, and Xiang Yan didn't stay in the mansion for long. After putting on the costumes for the ceremonies, they rushed to the Taimiao in the city of Bianjing.
It stands to reason that Xiang Yan, a woman, is not qualified to enter the Taimiao.
But considering that Kou Tianci was unable to attend the festival by himself, Xiang Yan followed, and no one would deliberately pick it up.
Xiang Yan is not white.
Although Kou Ji was dismissed from office, Xiang Yan was dismissed as his wife.
But her mother is expensive with her son. Xiang Yan does not have the fate of her husband to help her, but has the fate of her son to help her.
Calculate it carefully.
The mansion is now in Kou Ji a white body.
In the front hall of the Taimiao, Xiang Yan could enter through Kou Tianci's relationship, but she couldn't enter the nave and the apse, and she would let Kou Zhun hold Kou Tianci in at that time.
After the three of Kou Zhun left the house.
Kou Ji turned into a big steward and began to lead the servants to prepare everything Kou Zhun needed for hospitality.
Ceremony ceremony.
It lasted from morning until noon.
After the ceremony was over, Kou Zhun led a group of people to appear in Kou's Mansion.
Most of them are those who are over fifty, and they are all accompanied by students.
Those guests who are over fifty years old, Kou Ji knows.
Of those students, Kou Ji didn't know any of them.
Wen Yanbo, Han Qi and other evildoers familiar to Kou Ji have now been sent to Hexi to study government affairs.
Only some students with average qualifications are left.
Kou Ji didn't know them, so he didn't bother to get together to chat with them.
When the guests over fifty-years-old entered the mansion, he went out to pay a visit, and then hid in the backyard.
Not long after hiding, a few villains broke into the door domineeringly.
The banquet that Kou’s mansion just held, because of the villainous guests, had to move to Wenchang Academy.
There was only one villain who could make Kou Zhun and the others avoid.
Official Zhao Zhen!
Zhao Zhen not only came by himself, but also brought Empress Cao, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian and others.
After Queen Cao arrived at the courtyard of Kou's Mansion, she went with Xiang Yan to the attic in the backyard.
Zhao Zhen, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian and others sat with Kou Ji in the pavilion in the backyard.
After sitting down.
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said, "Officials, why are you here again?"
As soon as this remark came out.
Zhao Zhen's face went dark.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian were even darker.
Kou Ji's words reminded the two of them of last night when Zhao Zhen left the Manchu civil and military, various envoys, and slipped out of the palace.
Zhao Zhen was self-willed, but he pitted the two of them miserably.
As the host of the banquet, he ran off halfway.
For the two major stewards, you have to run around, talk to everyone, and be sure to talk to everyone, so that people don't feel left out.
Both Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian kept their mouths last night, and their throats are still dumb.
Zhao Zhen said to Kou Ji with a black face: "Can't I come?"
Kou Jigan laughed: "If you can come, you can come..."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhao Zhen, then looked at Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian, and muttered: "The official family and the two masters enter the mansion together, but are there any business matters to discuss?"
Zhao Zhen nodded, brewing, and speaking.
Lv Yijian took the lead and said: "The covenants I proposed to the court have already been agreed to by the various subordinates. The credentials of the various subordinates have already arrived on their way. Except for the distant Wa Kingdom and Jiaozhi, the other subordinates' credentials, half I will arrive at Bianjing in a month.
The official and I discussed it and decided to let you preside over the official signing of the covenant in half a month. "
Kou Ji froze for a moment, and said suspiciously: "I am a white body, can I preside over the signing of the covenants of various countries?"
Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji and said faintly: "The imperial court will first give you the identity of the concierge, and after half a month, you will be promoted to the concierge."
Kou Ji groaned: "Will it rise a little bit faster, the people in the Gaofu and the people who were sent to the Wei Wangfu know, will they be vomiting blood?"
Both Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng rolled their eyes and glared at Kou Ji.
Get cheap and sell good...
If it wasn't for the officials who would always run towards you regardless of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty, do you think we would like to promote you
If it weren’t for the imperial need for someone who can use it, and someone who can hold it down, do you think you can return to office
We hope you sit on the bench for a few more years and kill your arrogance.
"We are talking about business, not nonsense."
Wang Zeng gave a gloomy reminder.
Kou Ji grinned and said: "After opening the office, I will go to the concierge to do an errand."
The earliest yamen where the imperial court resumed work was also after the eighth day.
A yamen like the Concierge will not resume work until the fifteenth.
After fifteenth, Kou Ji was the concierge.
Wang Zeng and Lu Yijian were too lazy to care about this with Kou Ji.
Lu Yijian said: "The other thing is the use of troops against the Liao State. Cao Wei played a prestige in the Liao State Post House, which is regarded as a complete offense to the Liao State. Leaving the city of Bianjing.
After the news in Bianjing city reaches the Liao State, with the disposition of the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu, he will definitely send his troops south.
The Liao army arrived at the border of our Song Dynasty, it should be in the beginning of spring.
Years ago, the official, Cao Wei, I, and Wang Zeng had discussed and dispatched Cao Wei to the northern border on the grounds of returning home to worship the ancestors.
All the soldiers and horses of the Imperial Army in the north are controlled by Cao Wei.
Tiger Army is also included.
As the commander of the Tiger Army, write a letter back to Di Qing and ask him to follow Cao Wei's instructions. "
After Kou Ji heard this, he said seriously: "I'll write to someone to send it out in a while."
Lu Yijian continued: "In this battle with the Liao State, the number of soldiers and horses that our Song Dynasty plans to use is 300,000. The 300,000 soldiers and horses will be dispatched by Cao Wei, and the court will not participate in the dispatch of soldiers and horses.
In addition to imitation, after the Lantern Festival, I will rush to the north to sit down.
Wang Zeng helped the officials decide on matters in the court. "
The use of 300,000 soldiers and horses is indeed generous, and it is also under the full command of Cao Wei. It is reasonable for Lu Yijian to sit in the past.
But, what did Lu Yijian tell him about this
Lu Yijian quickly solved Kou Ji's doubts.
Lu Yijian stared at Kou Ji, and solemnly said: "This is the first time I have fought between Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom. It is the first time since Tan Yuan. We have done so much preparation and absolutely cannot be defeated.
The worst result would be a tie between the two sides, canceling our Da Song's covenant to pay tribute to the Liao State.
This is the only worst outcome we can accept.
No matter how bad it is, we can't accept it.
Therefore, the firearms in your hand that can play a vital role on the battlefield must be handed over to the court. "
Kou Ji can understand what Lu Yijian said.
Da Song finally straightened up his waist and challenged Liao.
If you win, naturally everyone is happy.
But if it loses, the newly erected waist pole may bend down again.
Zhao Zhen, Li Di, Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian, Kou Ji, and others, spent a few years and worked so much, but they were in vain.
I am afraid it will be very difficult to take the initiative to start a war with Liao in the future.
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and said: "Firearms can be handed over to the court, but they must be handed over to people who trust them. The construction of firearms has reached a bottleneck. Before the bottleneck is broken, it is difficult to manufacture firearms in large quantities.
So the firearms I have now are very precious.
One less is a major loss. "
Lu Yijian said with a serious face: "The old man will personally supervise this matter. One is missing. I will listen to you."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "That's not enough. That thing is dangerous. You may not understand the explosion. Anyway, if the thing is used for a long time, or if there is a deviation in the production, it will be exploded. The danger of driving.
Therefore, damage on the battlefield is inevitable.
The only thing we need to do is to keep a record and make sure that there are wrecks even if it is damaged.
Make sure that those things are always in the hands of our people. "
Lu Yijian nodded solemnly.
Lu Yijian was also a ruthless person, and during his tour of the world, he did not kill people less.
He made a promise to Kou Ji, then he will definitely be watching closely.
Kou Ji believed that in the current Great Song Dynasty, few people dared to do things under the eyelids of Ping Zhangshi under the same school.
Kou Ji nodded at Lu Yijian, and said, "I will send someone to deliver the stuff later."
After seeing Kou Ji's promise, Lu Yijian continued: "There is one more thing, the official and I have not come up with a clue so far. You are always smart, you can help think about it."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and said, "Xixia provoked my purpose of the battle between Song Dynasty and Liao Kingdom?"
Lu Yijian nodded and said: "This time, I offended the Liao Kingdom because of Xixia's intervention. If Xixia does not intervene, we don't need to start a war with Liao before we are ready.
Xixia dared to intervene, and it was possible that he knew the result before intervening.
Why did Xixia provoked the war between Da Song and Liao? "