"The concubine thanked Master Zhang for giving her son. When the concubine is older, the concubine and his wife will take her to Zhang's mansion to give a respectful ceremony.
Xiang Yan bowed to Zhang Zhibai and said solemnly.
Zhang Zhibai stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Very good..."
Lu Yijian yelled: "The old man has already given the meeting gifts that should be given, so I can quickly ask Kou Ji to come out and see the three of them."
Xiang Yan confessed and took Kou Tianci and left the main hall of the Kou Mansion Courtyard.
As soon as Xiang Yan left, the servants of the Kou Mansion were waiting at the door again. Only Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai were in the main hall.
Wang Zeng looked at Lu Yijian and hesitated: "Gong Lu, the ink ingot you gave to Tiancier just now, I'm a bit familiar with it."
Lu Yijian snorted without speaking.
Zhang Zhibai groaned: "When the prince said so, I also think that the ink ingot given to Tiancier by Lu Gong is a bit familiar."
Wang Zeng hesitated, grabbing his beard, and said, "Look at the piece similar to the one used by the official in the Shishitang."
Speaking of which.
Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai looked at Lu Yijian with weird faces.
Lu Yijian rolled his eyes and said, "Don't look at me like that. I didn't act like that. Since the official ruled that things are not allowed in the palace, I have never passed things in the palace again.
The ink ingot was rewarded by the official when I was promoted to Pingzhang Shi under the same school. "
Wang Zeng asked curiously: "Then why did you bring it with you?"
Zhang Zhibai also looked at Lu Yijian curiously.
If Lu Yijian carried a piece of jade, or a small thing like a fan pendant, Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai could understand it, but Lu Yijian had a piece of ink, which would naturally be difficult for them to understand.
Lu Yijian curled his lips and said: "Assault..."
Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai were stunned.
Lu Yijian glanced at the two of them, and said: "Recently, I have been arguing with the emperor's relatives and relatives, but there has been no result. I just want to learn from Li Di and sprinkle in the court to see if I can Wake up the officials."
"Li Di uses Chaohu..."
"Li Di's throwing out the iron block doesn't hurt, mine is white marble..."
"But the value of your ink stick is not low..."
"I fell an ink ingot because of national affairs. Shouldn't the officials compensate me?"
"..."
Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai looked at Lu Yijian with contempt.
However, Lu Yijian didn't seem to see the contempt in the eyes of the two, with a calm expression on his face.
When the three of them were talking, Kou Ji hurried over from the backyard.
Into the main hall, after the salute.
Kou Ji gave Zhang Zhibai a deep respect again, "Thank you Zhang Gong for your love!"
Zhang Zhibai received Kou Ji's gift frankly.
After Kou Ji Shili, he took the main seat.
Just after sitting down, Lu Yijian couldn't wait to say, "Boy, what on earth do you and the official want to do?"
Kou Ji spread his hands and said with a look of stunned expression: "What can I do? After returning to Beijing from the northwest, I have been recuperating at the mansion, and I have done nothing."
Wang Zeng darkened his face and stared, "Are you blind as an old man?"
Kou Ji said blankly: "Why did the prince say this?"
Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said: "Dare you say that the scene that happened in the court today was not planned by you and the official in advance?"
"How can it be… "
Kou Ji shook his head and murmured: "You three know that I have always treated lieutenant officers in favor, so how can I use the lieutenant's salary and rewards?"
The three of Lu Yijian rolled their eyes together and gave Kou Ji a vicious look.
Kou Ji was clearly pretending to be confused.
Kou Ji didn't admit it, and the three of them had no evidence to prove that Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen planned the incident together, so there was no way to force Kou Ji to admit it.
Wang Zeng said with a sullen face: "You and the officials will deal with the emperor's relatives and relatives, and we don't care. But you two use martial arts, why not discuss with the three of us? Wu Xun has taken root in my Song Dynasty for decades and has deep roots. , Entangled and intricate, a little carelessness will set off the turmoil of the entire Song Dynasty.
Right now, I, Song Dynasty, has just conquered Xixia and defeated the Liao Kingdom. It is time to recuperate.
When you two use martial arts at this time, the ruling and the opposition will inevitably show up. The power is so powerful that you two should understand. "
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "This matter was promoted by the official alone. From the beginning to the end, the official alone was in charge. It has nothing to do with me. If you want to know the details, just go to the official.
What's the use of finding me. "
When Lu Yijian heard the words, he opened his eyes and shouted: "Kou Ji, you still have to sell us three things now? You should know that once the Wuxuns unite and cause chaos, my Da Song Jiangshan will inevitably fall into trouble* *Uneasy."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Gong Lu's words are a bit exaggerated. Let's not say whether the officials really want to use martial arts, even if they really want to use martial arts, it is impossible for the martial arts to unite and cause chaos.
The world is the world of officials, not the world of martial arts. "
Lu Yijian gritted his teeth and said: "But the martial arts can mobilize soldiers and horses!"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Gong Lu is wrong. The transfer of soldiers and horses is in the hands of the Privy Council and in the hands of the officials. If there is no official approval, without me nodding, who can mobilize soldiers and horses? Dare to mobilize soldiers and horses?"
Wang Zeng said angrily: "Kou Ji, do you have to try to pretend to be confused with the old man?"
Zhang Zhibai said in a deep voice: "Kou Ji, this matter is very important. You and the officials have little experience. When doing things, it is inevitable that there will be omissions. In the end, a major event really happened, and I am afraid it will be difficult to end.
You and the officials are mindful of dealing with Wuxun's malignant tumor, and we are also mindful of dealing with Wuxun.
Our purpose is the same.
You and the officials have any plans, you can tell us all, and the three of us can also help us to find out and fill in the vacancies. "
Lu Yijian said on the side: "What's the use of saying so much? The three of us are prime ministers, but the officials have something to hide from us. They didn't treat us as prime ministers at all. If so, then we should be prime ministers, so we can just go back to the house and farm. Up.
Anyway, the official won't tell us anything, and we don't need us to help him deal with the affairs of the court. "
After listening to the three people, Kou Ji knew that they were dissatisfied and worried.
What was dissatisfied was that Zhao Zhen had something to hide from them and didn't tell them.
They are prime ministers, and they should be the people most trusted by the officials, and they should also be the ones who help the officials handle all major issues.
Now that Zhao Zhen doesn't take them with them when doing big things, they are naturally dissatisfied.
If Zhao Zhen passed them by doing any major things, then they would be regarded as prime ministers.
The worry is that after Zhao Zhen dealt with the emperor's relatives and relatives, he hardly hesitated, and started to act on Wuxun without any signs, and there was no buffer time in between.
At the moment, Zhao Zhen has dealt with the imperial relatives and relatives, and the resistance of the imperial relatives has not yet begun.
Zhao Zhen got into trouble with Wu Xun again.
It is equivalent to provoke another powerful enemy before completely destroying an enemy.
If you face the enemy on both sides, it is very likely that you will fall into a dead end.
Kou Ji knew in his heart that if he didn't say anything dry, the three of Lu Yijian would probably not give up.
Kou Ji thought for a while and said in deep thought: "I don't know what the official thoughts are. But I do know that whether it is the royal relatives or the martial arts, even if they make trouble, they can't make any big waves."
The three of Lu Yijian frowned and stared at Kou Ji.
For the time being, the relatives and relatives of the imperial family will be ignored.
The civil servants in the court have been fighting with the Wuxun for decades, and they have not completely overwhelmed Wuxun, let alone daring to tear their faces with Wuxun. Kou Ji said that the Wuxun can't cause any trouble even if they make trouble.
But the three did not speak, but stared at Kou Ji and waited for the following.
Kou Ji analyzed: "Let's talk about the relatives of the emperor. Among the relatives of the emperor, several princes have died one after another. Most of the descendants of dragons and grandchildren have also been assigned and demoted due to many changes in the past.
The dragon sons and grandsons who are now staying in Bianjing are only seven, eight or three or five-year-old dolls.
According to the official decree for three generations, some of them have even lost their royal status.
So it's not enough to be afraid.
Among the relatives and relatives of the emperor, the only ones who can truly represent the relatives and relatives of the emperor are the two eldest princesses Deng Guo and Ji Guo.
Right now, the two eldest princesses have been confined to the palace without official orders.
The remaining relatives and relatives of the emperor, even if they want to make trouble, can not make a big wave.
The two eldest princesses of Deng Guo and Ji Guo were the official aunts, so the official family naturally couldn't do anything.
But other people can be killed by officials if they want to.
The Chai family is full of families, is an excellent example.
If they really jump out to make trouble, I believe the officials will not mind sending them to Caishikou. "
When the three Lu Yijian heard this, they nodded slowly.
They knew that Kou Ji's words were true.
Since the rebellion of the Eight Kings, the Burning Palace of the King of Chu, and the King of Wei's return to Beijing, most of the dragon sons and grandsons of the royal family have been implicated.
The three or five-year-old princes who remain in the city of Bianjing are too young to survive in a poor place thousands of miles away, so Zhao Zhen pardoned them once and gave them a way out.
But it's just them, not their families.
Now they are all taken care of by Zhao Zhen.
They couldn't cause any trouble at all.
The only thing that can cause big trouble is the two eldest princesses.
If the two of them quarreled, Zhao Zhen would not have a good time to kill the killer.
Now the two eldest princesses are in confinement.
Even if the other relatives and relatives of the emperor are making trouble, they can't cause much trouble.
Even if there was a big trouble, Zhao Zhen would dare to kill the killer.
But there are exceptions.
"The Cao family, Shi family, etc., are not only relatives of the emperor, but also martial arts. The strength in their hands is not weak. If they make a fuss..."
Wang Zeng said worriedly.
If Cao, Shi, Pan, Gao, Li and other families rioted, it would really cause chaos.
In addition to oppressing military officials, the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty still had some leeway. They did not tear their faces, and they were afraid of them.
Kou Ji heard Wang Zeng's words and said with emotion: "The Cao family makes a lot of money in business, and the Cao family's daughter is now a queen again. The Cao family is rich enough and honorable enough.
The Cao family will definitely support the official family, and will definitely not quarrel with the official family for a little blood.
The Li family is similar.
Li Zhaoliang now has a lot of profitable businesses in his hands, and it is impossible to take risks for a little bit of blood.
The Gao family experienced a repression by the officials, and now they point to the officials to help them stand up again, how can they dare to oppose the officials.
Therefore, the real trouble lies in Shi and Pan Ji's family when using martial arts. "
Lu Yijian frowned and said, "The strength of Shi and Pan's family is not to be underestimated."
Kou Ji faintly said: "What can you do if you are not inferior? If they have the courage to make trouble, they must be prepared to be ransacked and annihilated."
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice, "You said it lightly. If they lead the troops and cause chaos, the trouble will be big."
Kou Ji looked at Wang Zeng and smiled: "Lead the soldiers? Where do you lead the soldiers? Since Cao Wei and Gao Chugong left the center one after another, the 200,000 forbidden troops stationed outside the city of Bianjing have all returned to the official family. Controlled.
The 200,000 forbidden troops and more than 100,000 Xiang troops that Cao Wei brought to the land of Yanyun are now under the control of Li Zhaoliang and Yang Wenguang.
The imperial army stationed in the northwest, as well as the imperial army and Xiang army stationed in places such as Xingqing Mansion, are now in the hands of Wang Kai, Di Qing, Guo Yi, Liu Heng and others.
The remaining part of the Forbidden Army, such as the Zhenxi Army, is in the hands of Zhu Neng and I.
The only soldiers they could dispatch were some Xiang troops in southern Xinjiang and one or two forbidden troops in northern Xinjiang.
The Xiang army in southern Xinjiang is not to be feared.
As long as they dare to chaos, the 200,000 forbidden troops in the city of Bianjing can pass and annihilate them at any time.
As for the one or two forbidden troops in northern Xinjiang, they are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in northern Xinjiang.
If they dare to show their heads, in an instant, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses will surround them.
Mess up
They want to be beautiful.
They might not even be able to get out of the camp gate. "
When the three Lu Yijian heard the words, they looked at each other and looked at Kou Ji together.
Seeing this, Kou Ji said in amazement: "What are you looking at me doing?"
Lv Yijian gritted his teeth and said, "You and the official family started to make arrangements when you were in Xingqing Mansion, right? From the very beginning, you two were calculating martial arts. right?"
Wang Zeng added: “Before you did martial arts, you thought of the worst result after doing martial arts. So you moved yourself to an important position early and controlled most of the soldiers and horses in the world. The soldiers and horses that you cannot control for the time being isolated and surrounded.
In this way, you dare to act on Wuxun, and you are not afraid of Wuxun's chaos.
You really are good calculations. "
Zhang Zhibai sighed long: "If you didn't know everything today, the three of us would still be in the dark. I have to admit that the rounds you and the official set are intertwined with each other and are extremely subtle..."
Zhang Zhibai's words of praise have not been finished yet.
Lu Yijian gritted his teeth and cursed: "Exquisite fart! He and the officials counted the Wuxuns clean, but they didn't count them as their own. If things happen, they will turn to each other, and it will be them who will suffer."
Zhang Zhibai was stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded, and looked at Kou Ji and said, "The official ordered me to check all the places where the army paid in previous years, which obviously meant to reverse the old accounts.
If I guess right, not many of you and the officials are clean.
The three houses of Cao, Gao, and Li are even more unclean.
If they were frightened when I checked out all the places where the army paid for them in previous years, they would turn to each other under the coaxing of Shi, Pan and others.
Then you and the official plan, I'm afraid it will come to nothing. "
Kou Ji said with an innocent look: "This matter is the plan of the officials, and it has nothing to do with me."
Lu Yijian said contemptuously: "It's all about it, you still pretend to be garlic with the three of us?"
Kou Ji smiled dryly, "This matter is indeed a plan of the officials, I just checked the omission from the side to fill in the vacancy. I have little role in it."
Kou Ji looked at Zhang Zhibai and continued with a smile: "But I can explain Zhang Gong's doubts."
"Say it!"
The three of Lu Yijian urged together.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The officials have handed over the right to dispose of this matter to me."
The three of Lu Yijian were taken aback.
Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak again, Lu Yijian took the lead and said: "The officials did not intend to kill them all, so they gave you the right to handle this matter. Let you see and decide."
Kou Ji slowly nodded and said: "I and the officials under the officials, I naturally told them in advance. As long as they give up drinking the blood of soldiers, the officials can forget the blame.
If I can't live without my soldiers' blood, I will find a way to make money for them.
As for other people, it depends on whether they know it or not.
If you are interested, you will naturally find me.
As long as they are willing to give up drinking the blood of the soldiers, willing to give up their influence on the soldiers and horses, and completely return the military power to the court.
Not only will the officials not kill them, but they will also give them a way of making money.
If you are ignorant, there is only a dead end.
The Song Dynasty didn't need to drink the blood of soldiers and even the righteous people. "
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Lu Yijian fell into deep thought.
The same goes for Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai.
After a long time.
Zhang Zhibai took a deep breath and said, "The official family clearly prepared them a way of making money, but didn't tell them, because they wanted to see if there was a great Song in their hearts. If there is a great Song, naturally they will reluctantly give up drinking the blood of soldiers.
If he only cares about self-interest and ignores the Song Dynasty, he will naturally go against the officials. "
Wang Zeng sighed and said, "The officials are testing people's hearts... But people's hearts can't stand the temptation."
Lu Yijian said coldly: "I think the officials are doing the right thing. Those martial arts drank the blood of soldiers, and they have already drunk to a frenzied point. If we don't rectify it, one day, I will die at their hands.
When the officials tried, they tried.
Isn't that the right way for the officials to test the courtiers? "
Wang Zeng glanced at Lu Yijian and nodded slowly, "It is also..."
Zhang Zhibai smiled and said: "After knowing the overall plan of the official family, I can safely take people to check the places where the army pays in previous years."
Kou Ji interjected: "By the way, check how many vacancies are in the army."
Zhang Zhibai was taken aback for a moment, and then questioned: "Secret investigation?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "If you look carefully, you can't find out anything."
Zhang Zhibai nodded and said: "I will secretly think about this matter, and then I will organize it into a memorandum and report it to the officials."
Lu Yijian said on the side: "I will lead the civil servants of the Manchu court to find more trouble for the military ministers, so that they are unable to cause chaos and cannot take care of this investigation."
Kou Ji bowed his hands to the two of them, "Then you will have to do both."
Lu Yijian snorted coldly, and said to Kou Ji: "You bring a message to the official, if there will be such a major event in the future, if the official does not discuss with the three of me, they will simply give up the three of me, lest the three of me are in the court. Be fooled by a name but no real prime minister."
Kou Jishi smiled and said, "You should tell the official personally about this."
Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji, "If I can tell the official personally, I still need you to pass on it?"
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Then I will tell the officials exactly what you said."
Lu Yijian said indifferently: "It's up to you... Anyway, when the official asks, the old man will not admit it."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry for a while.
However, the three of Lu Yijian got up and left the courtyard of Kou Mansion with their sleeves.
Kou Ji sent the three to the door of the Kou Mansion's courtyard, and then returned to the courtyard.
After the three of Lu Yijian left the courtyard of the Kou Mansion, they didn't go far and stopped.
The expressions on the three people's faces were unprecedentedly solemn.
Lu Yijian said solemnly: "The officials are restructuring silently..."
Wang Zeng nodded his head heavily, "The imperial relatives have been removed, and the Wuxuns are following. After the imperial relatives and the Wuxuns are thoroughly cleared, it will be our turn."
Wang Zeng's "we" here refers to civil servants.
Zhao Zhen had already done something to the relatives of the emperor and the martial arts, how could it be possible to leave the civilian officials alone.
The three people who accompany Zhao Zhen to deal with government affairs are not too short, and they know Zhao Zhen's nature.
Zhao Zhen no longer believes in the national policy of emphasizing literature and restraining martial arts set by his grandfather and uncle and grandfather.
His honoring Zhu Neng, Wang Kai, Yang Wenguang and other dukes is a clear proof.
If Zhao Zhen believed in the state policy of emphasizing literature and restraining martial arts, it would be impossible to award so many dukes on a grand scale.
Since he doesn't believe in the national policy of emphasizing literature and restraining martial arts, how could he leave the civil servants alone after dealing with the emperor's relatives and martial arts
Zhang Zhibai said frankly: "I don't care about money, so no matter how officials clean up, they won't clean up on me. My life's ambition is to be able to do things for the court and the people.
If the actions of the officials can make the court stronger and the people prosperous.
I will definitely support the officials without hesitation. "
Lu Yijian glanced at Zhang Zhibai, "Now it is not the issue of supporting the official family, but the issue of official trust distrusting us. The official restructuring secretly did not discuss with us. Is it not trusting the three of us anymore?"
When these words came out, both Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai's faces were unsightly.
As a central minister, not being trusted by officials, that is definitely a very uncomfortable thing.
Wang Zeng groaned: "The officials should trust us, but this matter is very involved, and it may turn the world upside down, so the officials dare not tell us easily.
I guess that the reason why the officials did not allow the three of us to participate in this matter was because they regarded the three of us as backhands. "
Lu Yijian was taken aback and hesitated: "You mean, the official is hiding from us, so that after the reform fails, the three of me will come out to deal with the mess and clean up the mess?"
Wang Zeng nodded slowly and said: "Once the official reform fails and the world is in turmoil, only the three of us can come forward to clean up the mess. If we are also involved, I am afraid that no one will be able to clean up by then. Got the endgame.
At that time, Da Song Jiangshan was in danger. "