Kou Ji pondered: "According to your opinion, the official might not send someone to stare at us in the future?"
Chen Lin nodded and said: "The officials sent people to stare at Wu Xun before, and used this to investigate Wu Xun, which caused the turmoil in Bianjing. Everyone is in danger inside and outside Bianjing. Some officials are in the court, it is not like they are at all. Being an official is like being a clay statue.
The official realized that there was something wrong, so he didn't plan to stare at you anymore.
Now the military system of the Song Dynasty has been changed, and the heavy soldiers that can fight are stationed in the border areas. There are many people from the military and moral divisions. The officials know their every move.
Officials don't need to worry about someone making trouble with warriors, so there is no need to stare at you hard. "
Kou Ji nodded thoughtfully.
Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin and said, "You deliberately ask for a bite of food at my house. Is there anything the official wants to tell me?"
Chen Lin nodded and said: "Yes... Wu Desi's spies found a group of big cannibals working under your banner in Xizhou and Yuanshan respectively.
Those big cannibals are obviously not from your Kou Mansion.
So the official asked our family to ask if you have anything to do with those big cannibals.
If so, Wu Desi's people will ignore them.
If not, once they enter the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, Wu Desi's people will take them all down. "
"A big cannibal who works under my banner?"
Kou Ji looked suspicious and asked, "Are they doing business?"
Chen Lin nodded and shook her head again.
"They are engaged in business, but they don't carry a lot of goods, instead they carry a lot of books. They are obviously not ordinary businessmen, so the official family sent us to ask questions."
"books?"
Kou Ji's eyes lit up when he heard these two words.
Kou Ji said without hesitation: "They are indeed my people. After you return to the palace, immediately tell Wu Desi's people to take them all back to Bianjing."
Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji in amazement.
He rarely saw Kou Ji gaffes.
Kou Ji has not only lost his temper, but also said nonsense.
Tell Wu Desi's people to do something
Is that what you Kou Ji can order
However, Chen Lin didn't care about it, and instead asked Kou Ji suspiciously, "Those people are important to you?"
Kou Ji slowly shook his head, "People are not important, but books are important. Those books are very important to me."
Chen Lin was taken aback for a moment, and questioned: "What's in the book?"
Kou Ji looked at Chen Lin and said, "Are you asking about this on behalf of the official?"
Chen Lin hesitated and nodded: "You want Wu Desi's people to bring them back as soon as possible. Naturally, they have to go through the official family. If the official family asks, we naturally have to explain it clearly to the official family.
Kou Ji solemnly said: "There is a world in the book... a world different from the world brought to us by the sage's classics..."
Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Kou Ji smiled at Chen Lin and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, you go back and tell the official family, the official family will definitely move."
Chen Lin didn't know how to pretend to understand, but rather honestly said: "Our family doesn't understand other than literacy. But since you say that officials can understand, then our family won't ask much.
Our family will truthfully tell the officials what you have said. "
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
After Chen Lin finished the errand ordered by Zhao Zhen, she didn't mean to continue eating.
He ate a few bites hastily and got up to say goodbye to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji sent Chen Lin to the gate of the mansion, returned to the study, and saw Zhao Xu clutching his bottom with deep resentment and staring at him.
"How dare you commit a crime against this palace, after this palace returns to the palace, you will definitely tell the emperor your evil deeds truthfully."
Kou Ji glanced at her, curled his lips and said, "Do you still want to beg?"
Zhao Xu closed his mouth in fear.
She is also a smart person, knowing that Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen are in a nest of snakes and rats.
If she tells Zhao Zhen of Kou Ji's evil deeds, Zhao Zhen will at best tell Kou Ji to act lightly, and she will never blame Kou Ji for this.
She was just asking for a bargain.
If you can't ask for a bargain, you can only write down your grudges temporarily.
Look back for opportunities to retaliate against Kou Ji.
Kou Ji saw Zhao Xu subdued and snorted, "A good girl, she must learn to pretend to be a ghost. Today's Da Song is no longer the old Da Song. If the official and I can't protect you, a little girl. , The two of us might as well die ashamed together."
Why Zhao Xu pretends to enter the Buddhahood? Zhao Zhen told Kou Ji a little bit about it.
Kou Ji guessed some of it himself.
Zhao Zhen felt that Du Taifei did not want Zhao Xu to participate in the dispute between the court and the opposition, so she was born and avoided all the troubles.
Kou Ji felt that it was more than that.
Zhao Xu himself probably didn't want to be a victim of remediation, so he cooperated with Du Taifei and acted together.
In Kou Ji's words, Zhao Xu's heart was poked, Zhao Xu's expression was very complicated and said: "The Song Dynasty is no longer the former Song Dynasty, but the harem is still the former harem."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "Are you afraid that the official, or Princess Li, betroth you to someone you don't like?"
Zhao Xu's head dropped, and he didn't speak.
Kou Ji groaned a little, and then asked, "Is there no one you like?"
Zhao Xu still didn't speak.
Kou Ji sighed and said: "The official family is worthy of my brother in private. You are the official sister, and you are also considered my sister. If you have difficulties, I will not sit idly by.
You live in my house first.
I am about to summon talents from all over the world to Beijing.
When the time comes, you can take a look at them one by one and find it pleasing to the eye, just tell me.
I'll tie him up and send him to your princess mansion to be your husband. "
Zhao Xu blushed when she heard this, stomping her feet and groaning: "Who wants to choose a horse..."
After shouting these words, still ashamed, stomped and ran out of Kou Ji's study.
Kou Ji smiled and shook his head, "After all, it's a little girl..."
Kou Ji didn't pay any attention to her anymore, because she had pretended everything, Kou Ji didn't need to guide her into the world by teaching her the name.
Kou Ji sat on the chair in his study and said with a smile: "The Wisdom Hall, when it comes to... Confucianism, it should also change... Only when Confucianism changes, will the civil servants change... The cultural system of the Song Dynasty will follow. change…
I'm doing this alone, and I haven't been beaten into a pig's head.
It's more or less to get some people together.
Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Wen Yanbo, Han Qi... Don't stay in Hexi, all of them go back to Beijing. "
Kou Ji smiled and muttered, and began to write a letter.
After writing a series of letters to Hexi, Kou Ji seemed to think of something again.
"The black charcoal head has just won his fame in Luzhou, and he will soon participate in Chunwei, and he can also be brought over together..."
Kou Ji murmured, and the smile on his face became thicker.
"Come on!"
Kou Ji greeted him and ordered his servant to send his letter to Hexi quickly.
…
The next day.
After dawn.
After Kou Ji handed Zhao Xu over to Xiang Yan, he rode into the palace in a carriage.
After Kou Ji entered the palace, he did not see Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen was holding his daughter in Zhang Xiurong's palace.
Zhang Mei has been a meritorious emperor in life, and is now promoted to groom her.
Zhao Zhen probably still remembered about Concubine Zhang.
Therefore, Zhang Meiren was not promoted to concubine.
Kou Ji waited for a long time in Shishitang, and Zhao Zhen appeared in Shishitang with a face of spring breeze.
Kou Ji wanted to give a gift, and Zhao Zhen said grandiosely: "There are no outsiders here, Brother Si don't need to be too courteous."
Kou Ji retracted his hand and smiled at Zhao Zhen: "When the minister was in the mansion, he remembered something, so he came to look for the official."
After Zhao Zhen asked Kou Ji to sit down, he smiled and asked, "When?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The official family likes the dragon girl, besides amnesting the world, shouldn't there be an additional encore?"
Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Add Enke?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded.
Zhao Zhen pondered and said: "Before I, Song Dynasty, I was fighting corruption and opening up the territory. We really need to add Enke to make up for the shortcomings of the imperial court officials. But since my Song Dynasty soldiers were dismissed, some of our troops have been abolished. After the clerks and officials were sent to various places one after another, there was no shortage of officials in all places in the Song Dynasty. Wouldn't it be wrong to add Enke?"
Zhao Zhen has matured a lot now, and has already passed the age of chaos caused by temperament.
Nowadays, he would think carefully about the decisions of large and small matters in the courtroom, and then make a decision.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The minister has recently discovered that many of the books in my Da Song Library have defects, so they need to be revised and some people are needed to assist them."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a while, staring at Kou Ji and said, "It has something to do with the books sent by the big cannibals?"
Kou Ji nodded.
Zhao Zhen pondered and said: "Chen Lin has told me what the fourth brother said. I know that there are other things in the books sent by the big cannibals, but I still don't know what they are.
Fourth brother, can you explain to me how the things recorded in those books are different from my Da Song's knowledge, and why the fourth brother values them so much. "
Kou Ji nodded and thought for a while, "Does the official know that the ground under our feet is round?"
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said with a laugh: "Four brothers are going to lie to me, the sky and the round place is the supreme truth handed down from ancient times, can it be wrong?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "How does the official explain that the ship comes from the sea, and the first thing we see is the sail, not the hull?"
Zhao Zhen looked stunned and looked at Chen Lin.
Chen Lin frowned and said in a low voice: "Back to the official's house, when the sea-going ship comes from the sea, the sail is indeed the first thing to show, and the hull is the last."
obviously.
As the first person in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen, the overlord emperor within the four seas, has never been to the seaside.
Zhao Zhen heard Chen Lin's words and hesitated: "What does this mean?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "If the ground under our feet is really square, then when the boat emerges from the sea, the whole body should be exposed, not the sail."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said nothing.
Kou Ji's words had a great impact on him.
In addition, Kou Ji's words have a great influence on the entire Song Dynasty.
What is Kou Ji doing
Attack the truth and sway the sages enshrined in the Gongyuan.
Almost no one who criticizes the most reasonable will end up well.
Those who pry into the saints and sages enshrined in the Gongyuan will die miserably.
If Zhao Zhen criticized the most reasonable, he would be infamy.
Zhao Zhen sat in the chair, and after a long silence, stared at Kou Ji and said, "Four brothers, those big cannibals brought these books?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen said solemnly: "Then I will never let them enter my Great Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji looked stunned.
"Officials..."
Zhao Zhen waved his hand, interrupting Kou Ji's words, and said solemnly: "Fourth brother, even if those knowledges are going to enter my Great Song Dynasty, they shouldn't pass by your hand. I don't want to see you ruined, and I don't want to see you completely destroyed. The people of the world are forced to death."
Kou Ji opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Zhao Zhen continued: "Whether this place is round or square, it won't affect my rule over the Song Dynasty, so I don't need those knowledge."
Zhao Zhen gave up letting those studies into the Song Dynasty, not because he was not curious about the content of those studies.
He is actually very curious about the content of those studies.
But while he was curious, he also thought of what kind of knowledge would bring those consequences after it was introduced into the Song Dynasty.
As a guide and promoter, Kou Ji will undoubtedly become a target for all scholars in the world.
They will use all the vicious language, so vicious means to deal with Koji.
Zhao Zhen gave up those studies in order to protect Kou Ji.
Kou Ji felt Zhao Zhen's thoughts and gave a deep salute to Zhao Zhen, saying: "The minister thank the officials for their love... But the minister still does not approve of the official's ideas. We monarchs and ministers have completed the reform of the military system, and the rest is only a matter of time.
As long as people in the world are familiar with our new military system, the new military system will completely replace the old military system.
So on the issue of the military system, we monarchs and ministers have nothing to worry about.
The next thing we monarchs and ministers need to change is the cultural system.
Cultural system innovation, different military system innovation.
The foundation of our military system is not deep.
Therefore, in the reform of the military system, we can do whatever we want.
Different cultural systems can be used.
My Da Song's cultural system is based on Confucianism.
The thousand-year-old Confucian culture cannot be shaken by a few words.
If only the system is reformed, but the foundation is not changed, I am afraid that it will not take long before it will germinate.
Scholars can always discover something new from Confucianism.
As long as they have the heart, they will be able to discover something from Confucianism that can take advantage of the new cultural system we have established.
Therefore, if we do not change the Confucianism, even if we change the cultural system, it will not last long.
If I want to completely change the cultural system of the Song Dynasty, I must use Confucian scholarship. "
Zhao Zhen closed his eyes and sighed, "There is nothing wrong with Confucianism, what I have learned is Confucianism... Haven't I managed to create a huge country?"
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen and said, "Do the officials really think so?"
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said, "It doesn't matter how I think, I just don't want to see those knowledge enter my Great Song Dynasty and kill you."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "The minister has the ability to protect himself."
Zhao Zhen shook his head and sighed: "When the world's scholars speak out together, I may not sit firmly in my position. How can you protect yourself?"
Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said earnestly: "Four brother, I want you to live."
Kou Ji solemnly said: "The officials can understand the thoughts of the officials. But we can't just look at the present and ignore the future. Now that the Song Dynasty has become powerful under the government's governance, can it be followed?"
Zhao Zhen sat in the chair with a struggling expression on his face.
After a long time, Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said, "I need a way to get the best of both worlds."
Kou Ji handed his hand: "The minister will not teach those knowledge himself."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said: "Not enough!"
Kou Ji said again: "When necessary, the minister will find a place to sting."
Zhao Zhen slightly clenched his fists and said, "Is the fourth brother really unable to let go of those knowledge?"
Kou Ji bluntly said: "Da Song needs them."
Zhao Zhen helplessly let go of his fists, and sighed: "I will add Enke, and I will send those knowledge to the fourth brother."
Kou Ji bowed and said, "Thank you, the official."
Zhao Zhen sat in the chair, not wanting to say a word.
Seeing this, Kou Ji bowed and withdrew from Shishitang.
Zhao Zhen stayed on the seat for a long time, staring at the direction Kou Ji was leaving, and said to Chen Lin: "He is going to work hard for my country, and I feel uncomfortable.
The order was passed down and the people from Wu Desi were allowed to enter the major academies.
Let me stare at some scholars in the world.
If there is any news, please report to me at any time. "
Chen Lin gave a respectful salute and agreed.
Zhao Zhen sighed thickly.
…
Not long after Kou Ji left the palace, Zhao Zhen added Enke's will, which was out of the palace, and then spread throughout the world.
Kou Ji originally thought that after Hatuk sent the books of the Wisdom Hall to the Great Song Dynasty, he immediately used Kou Mansion's power to spread out quietly.
But went into the palace.
Kou Ji understood that his thoughts were a little simple.
When new knowledge emerges, old knowledge will inevitably receive an impact.
Those who learn old knowledge will spare no effort to prevent the spread of new knowledge.
To make a big move for this, they will not hesitate to do so.
The resistance to the spread of new knowledge may be greater than that of innovation.
This can be seen from the struggles of various factions of Confucianism.
Many famous Confucian scholars and important officials in the court have fallen into the struggle between academic factions.
The various factions in Confucianism still cannot coexist, let alone other schools.
As the leader of new learning, Kou Ji will inevitably be hostile to everyone.
Even if Kou Ji spreads quietly, it will be noticed.
Therefore, he must think of a proper way to spread the new knowledge and not burn himself.
Kou Ji returned to the mansion and thought about it for a few days.
He ordered the servants of the mansion to go to Wenchang Academy and summoned Liu Yong, who was the husband in Wenchang Academy.
When Liu Yong appeared in front of Kou Ji again, Kou Ji looked at Liu Yong in a daze.
The arrogant Liu Yong from the past has long since disappeared.
Replaced by a calm Liu Yong.
In the study.
Kou Ji looked at Liu Yong and said, "You have matured a lot after years of training?"
Liu Yong bowed to Kou Ji and said: "If Mr. Kou wakes up, the students may still be arrogant and hard to recognize themselves today. Mr. Great kindness, Liu Yong will remember it in his heart."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "When you were the most dazzling, I sent you to Wenchang Academy to become a little teacher. It's good if you don't blame me."
"Don't dare!"
Liu Yong hurriedly said.
Kou Ji nodded in satisfaction, and said, "I heard that you accepted the insect lady into the room."
Liu Yong hurriedly said: "It's just a concubine's room..."
Kou Ji said earnestly: "She should be your wife. Although she was born in the dust, she is a rare strange woman. He can fancy you and follow you, it is your Liu Yong's blessing."
Chong Niang is indeed a rare strange woman.
It's a pity that I met Liu Yong, a scumbag.
Although Liu Yong had become mature and calm, he still took into account the prejudices of the world and did not face the insect mother squarely.
Liu Yong is a man of ambition, he is going to be an official.
How could it be possible to marry a woman who was born in the dust.
For this, Kou Ji couldn't blame him.
Because Kou Ji can't force a person to abandon worldly prejudices and do something.
When Liu Yong heard Kou Ji's words, he arched his body and said nothing.
Kou Ji thought about it for a moment, then sighed, "I rarely write essays, so I will send you a few fragments today."
Kou Ji copied "The Story of Ailian" out of chapter and gave it to Liu Yong.
"You are a great poet. When it comes to poems, I am far inferior to you. Sending you poems is like an axe. So you don't need to criticize my poems, you just need to remember the truth."
Liu Yong accepted the poem sent by Kou Ji, but didn't watch it. He wanted to take it back and taste it later.
After Kou Ji accepted the poems in Liu Yong's hands, he said to Liu Yong: "I am calling you here to tell you that I will go back and prepare for this year's Enke."
Liu Yong was taken aback for a moment, and said with an unbelievable expression: "You... Have you allowed the students to participate in the imperial examination?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr., and the students will certainly not let him down."
Liu Yong said a little excitedly.
He has matured, only in terms of dealing with people.
But his pursuit of utilitarianism still didn't calm down.
Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Okay, go back and get ready. I hope to see your name on the gold list of Spring Wei in the coming year."
When Liu Yong heard this, his excitement instantly went out.
He looked at Kou Ji with some embarrassment.
Kou Ji saw why he was embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Looking back, I will see who is presiding over the scientific expedition. When that time comes, I will tell him that he will not embarrass you in the past.
Although I am now the head of the military minister, I can speak to the minister.
No matter who conducts the scientific examination, it will give me some face. "
Liu Yong gave a deep salute to Kou Ji and said, "Thank you, Mr...."
Kou Ji waved his hand.
Liu Yong bowed again and withdrew from Kou Ji's study.
As soon as Liu Yonggang left, a figure appeared in Kou Ji's study.
She stared at Kou Ji and said, "If you really want him to be named on the Gold List, just give him a post. Let him take it to the exam. Those officials who presided over the imperial examinations saw your post and didn’t enter him in it. , Give him a scholarship status?"
Kou Ji glanced at her and said faintly: "Some people, even if their arrogance is gone, have arrogance. If he is willing to be irradiated by others, he would have been an official, can he wait until now
He taught in the Wenchang Academy for several years, and some people recommended him to the court, but he refused. "
Speaking of this, Kou Ji seemed to have thought of something, and said: "By the way, don't look at him, he is not a beloved."
Zhao Xu curled his lips in disdain, and said, "He is so old and ugly, who would like him..."
Kou Ji nodded slightly, and said, "I have the same ideas as you, so I still don't understand whether the girls in Fengyuechang in Bianjing are blind, and why they will look at him."