Xiang Yan happily agreed, and immediately sent someone to spread the word, and at the same time instructed the maids to boil hot water and let Kou Ji wash up.
There is a big bathing pool in Kou Mansion.
Kou Ji likes to wash in the pool on weekdays.
He really is not used to using the bathtub.
After the maids boiled the water and filled the pool, Kou Ji lay in comfortably.
Not long after Kou Ji lay in the bathing pool, Su Shi squeezed in.
Then Su Jingxian, Di Yong, Zhao Run, and Zhao Ze all squeezed in.
When Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong saw that Su Shi and others had not been kicked out outside the bath room, they also squeezed into the bath room.
The little guys were very curious to drop the big star for many days, so they didn't feel any sleep at all. They approached Kou Ji one by one, grabbing Kou Ji and asking about the big star.
Kou Ji took the trouble to tell the little guys about the fall of the big star, and agreed to take them to watch the big star up close, only to get rid of the entanglement of the little guys.
Kou Ji sent away the little guys, washed them well, and fell asleep after returning to his bedroom.
He was very sleepy, so he fell asleep when he touched the pillow.
I slept till dawn.
After getting up, someone hurried into Kou's Mansion and handed a note to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji read the note and sighed long.
While helping Kou Ji tidy up his clothes, Xiang Yan asked, "Why does Xiang Gong sigh?"
Kou Ji sighed: "The king led some people to block the gate of the harem, forcing the official to set up a prince. In a rage, the official ordered to quit the court for three days."
Xiang Yan hesitated and said, "It is a good thing to set up a prince, why didn't the officials agree?"
Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Yan, shook his head and said: "In a short time, it is indeed a good thing. But after a long time, it is a reminder, and everyone's reminder."
Xiang Yan thought about it for a moment and understood the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Xiang Yan helped Kou Ji put on the jade crown and asked, "Msang Gong does not intend to participate in this matter?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Not in that mood."
Kou Ji tidied his clothes and went out of the bedroom door to the study.
Several of his students have washed and ate them.
Kou Ji arranged some articles for them to read in the morning, and then went to dinner.
During the meal, a letter of greetings was delivered to him.
Kou Ji did not turn them away. He ordered the housekeeper to go out and tell the servants who sent the greetings the time to meet, and the servants who came to send the greetings left one after another.
Kou Ji had eaten, went to the study, and taught the students for a while, and it was noon.
Kou Ji arranged the afternoon homework for them, and instructed Wang Anshi to look after them, and then went to the Pian Ting by himself.
After arriving at the Pian Ting, I found that the two oldest students had arrived.
"Student Fan Zhongyan..."
"Student Ouyang Xiu..."
"Mr. See..."
Kou Ji entered the side hall and waved his hand: "You are welcome, sit down quickly, butler, serve tea."
The butler agreed and went down to serve tea.
Kou Ji walked to the middle of the side hall and sat down.
Kou Ji looked at his two famous students in history books, and asked with a smile: "You handed in a greeting card today, and you formally begged to see me. Are you looking for me to ask for an official?"
Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu looked at each other with wry smiles.
Fan Zhongyan arched his hands and said: "Mr. said and laughed, everyone in the world knows that you should not find your husband when you ask for an official, but you should find a book from the official department."
Ouyang Xiu nodded and said, "The students and others are here this time, in fact, they want to ask Mr. Wang for advice."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Even so, let's wait until they arrive together."
Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu nodded in agreement.
The three people were in the side hall, sipping tea and chatting at the same time.
Due to the different ages of the three people, Fan Zhongyan is quite a dozen years older than Kou Ji, and Ouyang Xiu is four years younger than Kou Ji.
So when the three people sit together, Fan Zhongyan is more like a gentleman, and Kou Ji and Ouyang Xiu are more like students.
Ouyang Xiu also specifically told about the matter, which caused Fan Zhongyan to smile again and again.
While they were speaking, Guaranty, Wen Yanbo, Su Xun, Tang Jie, and Zhang Fang gave equal orders to enter the bamboo courtyard.
After arriving at the side hall to salute Kou Ji, he sat aside and spoke with Kou Ji.
When everyone was there, Kou Ji coughed lightly and said, "Since everyone is here, let's get back to business."
Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and others nodded together.
Fan Zhongyan took the lead to speak, "Sir, Wang Shangshu asked the official to set up the prince and blocked the official in the palace. The official was angry and dropped out of the court for three days.
The students wanted to play with Wang Shangshu to invite the official prince. What did the husband think? "
After Fan Zhongyan finished speaking, Ouyang Xiu and others nodded together.
Kou Ji didn't rush to answer Fan Zhongyan's question, but smiled indifferently: "What is the purpose of Prince Cheli?"
Fu Biguo, who was a little chubby, opened his mouth, "Naturally it is for the orderly inheritance of the throne."
Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "The Han prince Liu Zui, Tang prince Li Chengqian, who was established as the prince early, can be passed on to the throne in an orderly manner?"
Wen Yanbo pondered and said, "Mr.'s point is that it is harmful and unhelpful to establish a prince now?"
Kou Ji nodded again.
Fan Zhongyan groaned: "The students have also thought about this matter. However, there are many heirs in the official family. If the prince is not established early, I am afraid that other princes will have different intentions."
Kou Ji said frankly: "The official prince is in the prosperous spring and autumn, and the prince is harmful and useless. Moreover, the princes are still young and can't give birth to any strange intentions. When they are older, it is not too late to ask the official to set up a prince. "
Bao Zheng solemnly said: "I'm afraid that when the time comes, all of them will be outstanding people and officials will not be easy to choose."
Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "Isn't there still me? I will remind the official who to choose."
When Fan Zhongyan and others heard Kou Ji's words, they stopped discussing the matter of setting up a prince.
Since Kou Ji was willing to do Dinghai Shenzhen, then they had no reason to run about the matter of setting up a prince.
Anyway, as long as Kou Ji does not fall, they will not disperse.
They now control many important functions in North Korea.
Their masters and apprentices work together, and it is the general trend in the court, far better than Wang Zeng's persistent trouble to find Zhao Zhen.
"We finally got together once, and then we had a light meal at the house before leaving."
Fan Zhongyan and others came to visit Kou Ji today, mainly for the purpose of setting up the prince.
Now that Kou Ji suppressed the matter, then they had nothing else to discuss.
Kou Ji invited them all to the dining hall and asked the chef in the house to make a large table of delicious meals, and then accompanied them to drink and have fun, eat and drink.
In the evening, they were sent away one by one.
After they left, Kou Ji went into the kitchen by himself, fought for a long time, went out of the house with a lunch box, and dared to go to the palace in a carriage.
When the carriage arrived in front of Jinshui Bridge, it did not stop, but entered Donghuamen all the way.
When Kou Ji was the head of the military ministers, he had the power to walk in the palace.
Now that he is the head of civil servants, he naturally has the power to travel in the palace.
Three veterans like Wang Zeng, Chen Yaozuo, and Chen Yaozi also had them.
It's just that they don't usually use it on weekdays.
One is to remind Zhao Zhen that they are still young.
The second is to not divorce from the masses.
In the officialdom, if you can't do it like Kou Ji, you must firmly root among the masses, otherwise it will be easy to be targeted.
After all, the upper position is far less abundant than the lower position.
If the upper person does not give way, the lower person cannot go up.
A radish has a pit, and there is no way to make a new pit without clearing a radish.
Kou Ji rode a carriage all the way to the entrance of the harem palace, and saw Wang Zeng with a dozen civil servants kneeling firmly at the entrance of the harem palace.
Kou Ji glanced at them slightly and found that some of them, like Wang Zeng, had a family and the world, and some were ready to please Zhao Run and win support.
Kou Ji got out of the carriage, took the food box placed on the cowl, and walked to Wang Zeng who was kneeling in the front.
Under the gaze of other officials, he slowly squatted beside Wang Zeng.
Wang Zeng has been kneeling for a day, his body trembling a little.
Seeing Kou Ji, he asked weakly: "Are you here to accompany the old man?"
Kou Ji shook his head decisively, "I won't do such a stupid thing."
Wang Zeng didn't know where the strength came from, his eyes widened sharply, and he shouted, "Do you think the old man is doing stupid things?"
Kou Ji nodded without hesitation.
Wang Zeng blew his beard and stared and shouted: "The old man is defending the country."
Kou Ji bluntly said: "You know the price of maintaining the country's origin."
Wang Zeng snorted coldly: "For the sake of Song Dynasty, the old man will die without regrets."
Kou Ji sighed: "King Shou was wronged. He obviously didn't do anything, but he has to suffer because of your stupidity."
Wang Zeng said in a loud voice: "Heaven will give a great responsibility to the people of Sri Lanka. He must first suffer from his will, his muscles and bones, and his body. The Shouwang is the eldest son of the royal family. It’s hard work."
Kou Ji pondered for a while, and said with emotion: "This is actually a bit of a refutation. Some people have great responsibilities, but they have not suffered from their minds, muscles, and skin."
Kou Ji pointed to himself and said, "I am such a person."
Wang Zeng said disdainfully: "How long has it passed since you forgot about your assassination in Xiazhou?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "That is completely avoidable. It is purely because the sweeping soldiers made omissions that the Xixia people caught the opportunity.
So whether there was that assassination or not has no effect on my sitting in a high position. "
Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said, "So you are telling the old man that what the saint said is wrong?"
Kou Ji shrugged and bluntly said: "As long as it is a person, there are times when mistakes are made. My grandfather often makes mistakes, and he himself admits that if you don't believe me, I will write a letter to Handi and let him personally give it to Handi. You said it."
Wang Zeng's face turned dark, and he said coldly: "Since you don't want to be with the old man, then you go back."
Kou Ji nodded, pushed the food box in front of Wang Zeng, and said, "You eat something, I will leave immediately."
Wang Zeng stared and said, "When you see someone admonishment, you will eat while admonishing?"
Kou Ji pointed to himself without any hesitation.
Wang Zeng yelled, "You are a shameless, you don't count."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "I made it by myself. Quickly try it. I missed it, but I won't be able to eat it again. Under Jiuquan, it might explode with anger."
Wang Zeng frowned to refuse.
Kou Ji whispered: "If you don't eat, I will ask the eunuch in the palace to pour some water on the guys behind you. When the cold wind blows at night, not many will survive."
Wang Zeng almost jumped up in anger, he stared at Kou Ji fiercely.
Kou Ji looked indifferent.
Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said, "You are cruel!"
Wang had known Kou Ji's temperament, so he did not dare to gamble with Kou Ji based on his identity.
Kou Ji really dare to say and dare to do.
The dozen or so officials in the back did not have Kou Ji's protégés, nor Kou's old age. Kou Ji was really going to kill him, and he would definitely not be merciless.
Wang Zeng arrogantly snatched the food box from Kou Ji, and distributed the rice, chicken, duck, and fish to the officials behind him. He only left a pot of rice wine and a bowl of braised pork.
Wang Zeng picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised pork, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed slowly.
Seeing this, Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "I know that you are selfless and that you eat some sweet meat on weekdays, so I made a braised pork for you.
In order to ensure that it can enter your stomach steadily, I specially reduced its weight.
Because you will definitely separate out more things.
Only a few of you will stay by yourself. "
Wang Zeng was tasting the taste of braised pork. Hearing Kou Ji's words, the expression on his face became stiff, "You only make roasted pork?"
Kou Ji smiled, "Otherwise? Do you think anyone is qualified to eat what Kou Ji made?"
Wang Zeng was angry with Kou Ji, blowing his beard and staring.
Kou Ji was very satisfied with Wang Zeng's reaction, and left the palace with a laugh while shaking his sleeves.
Wang Zeng and his party knelt in the palace for three days.
Kou Ji would deliver things to Wang Zeng on time every day.
After the big star recorded in the history books fell, Kou Ji felt that Wang had probably run out of time.
He didn't want to help Wang Zeng harm his apprentice in order to satisfy Wang Zeng's wish, so he changed the trick to give Wang Zeng a good meal.
Three days later.
Zhao Zhen opened the door of the harem, and under the expectation of Wang Zeng and others, he said coldly.
"Zhao Run, the king of longevity, has a loss of personal morality, cut Wang Jue..."
Wang Zeng's eyes glared and he fainted on the ground.
Zhao Zhen not only didn't make Zhao Run the prince because of their advice, but instead cut Zhao Run's prince.
With such a fierce counterattack, Wang Zeng couldn't hold it.
So fainted.
When Zhao Zhen saw Wang Zeng fainted, he also panicked, and hurriedly asked the imperial physician to treat Wang Zeng. After confirming that Wang Zeng's life was safe, he immediately sent Wang Zeng back to the mansion.
Wang Zeng opened his eyes again, three days later.
Wang Zeng opened his eyes and saw Kou Ji sitting beside his bed.
Seeing Wang Zeng awake, Kou Ji didn't disturb anyone. He stared at Wang Zeng and sighed quietly, "Everyone has a rebellious mentality, and this is especially true of officials.
The more you let him establish a prince, the less he wants to do so.
So the tighter you push, the more angry the officials will be.
I'm sure that if you keep pushing, the officials will cut Zhao Run into common people. "
Wang Zeng said with difficulty: "That's the elder prince!"
Kou Ji said indifferently: "Is it expensive or cheap, isn't it between the official thoughts?"
Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said, "Is there no way?"
Kou Ji said solemnly: "As Zhao Run, he will go to the position of the prince sooner or later. With me staring, he will not do anything wrong, so sooner or later the position of the prince will be his.
Why should you rush for a while? "
Wang Zeng said solemnly: "The old man is afraid that he closes his eyes, there will be no righteous ministers around the official family, and the crown prince will be left behind, and the royal family will continue to fight for blood."
Kou Ji solemnly said: "I will help you watch."
Wang Zengyi said righteously: "You have no determination to die for the Song Dynasty. The old man does not believe you."
Kou Ji was annoyed, "I don't want to die for Da Song, but I won't hurt Da Song."
Wang Zeng said unceremoniously: "If you don't have the determination to die for Da Song, then it shows that Da Song is far less important than your life in your heart.
You don't care who is sitting on the throne.
You don't care whether there will be an orderly inheritance of the Great Song Dynasty.
You only protect Zhao Zhen, not Da Song. "
Kou Jiqiang held back his anger and said to Wang Zeng: "I don't want to argue with you about this. I just want to tell you that if you go so stubbornly, everyone will not be happy."
Wang Zeng said coldly: "If we are happy, the people will not be happy."
Kou Ji gave a fist to Wang Zeng and left Wang Zeng's bedroom.
After Kou Ji left, Wang Zeng whispered with a complicated expression, "Is it only the last step now?"
As soon as Wang Zeng's voice fell, Wang Yi hurriedly entered the bedroom.
"Father, are you awake?"
Wang Yi said with a smile on his face: "Hey, I will find an imperial doctor to treat you, and let the people in the kitchen bring the rice porridge over."
Wang Zeng said indifferently: "The imperial doctor doesn't need it. You can bring the rice porridge. By the way, you can prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone for the old man, then call your mother over, and then tell the housekeeper to seal the gate. The old man has not seen guests in recent days. "
Wang Yi didn't understand Wang Zeng's thoughts, so he nodded and agreed and followed Wang Zeng's instructions.
After a while, Wang Yi carried the small wooden table and the Four Treasures of the Study, while Wang Li carried the rice porridge and entered Wang Zeng's bedroom.
After Wang Li entered the bedroom, he placed the rice porridge on the short table next to Wang Zeng and asked softly, "Should I ask the maid to come in and wait?"
Wang Zeng shook his head and instructed Wang Yi to put the small wooden table on his bed, and Wang Yi helped him up.
After Wang Yi finished the ink, Wang Zeng tremblingly lifted the pen and began to write notes and letters.
Wang Li glanced slightly, his face changed drastically.
"Master?! You?!"
After Wang Zeng wrote a meal, he whispered: "Don't say anything!"
Wang Li shook his head decisively, "The concubine body will never allow you to do this."
Wang Zeng took a deep breath and said solemnly: "The old man has been up and down for decades, just for this moment."
There were tears in Wang Li's eyes, "Can't you learn from others and be treacherous ministers? Why do all of them be famous ministers, and why should all of them have celebrities in history
My father did the same back then, and so did you.
Before the death of my father’s father, Qian reminded him that Wang Dan should be the prime minister. He told Wang Dan that he could not make peace with the enemy country. He also wrote to the first emperor, “If you leave the country, you will be invincible and the country will die.” Once you make peace with the enemy, Da Song must be troublesome.
But Wang Dan disagrees, and the first emperor didn't listen to his father's dying words.
Finally, the alliance of Chanyuan was established.
After the covenant was concluded, our Song Dynasty was bullied by the Liao State for decades, and the court was controlled by traitorous officials for decades.
My father's hard work was in vain.
Now you are like this again.
You are full of enthusiasm, no one cares, why do you bother to bet your lives? "
When Wang Li said this, he couldn't cry, "Doesn't any of you care about your relatives?"
Wang Zeng closed his eyes in pain, and sighed faintly, "As a minister, I will help Sheji without regrets even if I die. My father-in-law didn't regret it back then, and I won't regret it either."
Speaking of this, Wang Zeng opened his eyes to look at Wang Li, and sighed: "I have lost you in this matter. When I reach Jiuquan, I will serve you on your knees and repay what I owe you."
Wang Li choked and said: "The concubine does not want you to repay anything. The concubine just wants you to live and stay with the concubine."
Wang Zeng shook his head and said solemnly: "This matter must not be publicized, or the old man will hang himself in the house."
Wang Li couldn't say a word, and could only choke with tears.
Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said to Wang Yi, who was also bursting with tears: "Old man's rice porridge, you drink it."
Wang Yi shook his head with tears.
Wang Zeng shouted in a low voice: "If you drink, you will still be the old man's son. If you don't drink, you will not be the old man's son."
Wang Yi knelt in front of Wang Zeng with a puff, crying bitterly, "Father, you can kill the child, but you can't force the child to kill his father."
Wang Zeng said angrily: "Nonsense, it's the old man who is begging for death, what's the matter with you?"
Wang Zeng pointed to the porridge bowl in front of the bed and said angrily: "If you drink it, the old man can live two more days. If you don't drink it, the old man will die now."
Wang Yi burst into tears, trembling all over, stretched out his hand, holding up the porridge bowl in front of Wang Zeng's bed.
"drink!"
"Father..."
"drink!"
"Uuuuu..."
Wang Yi held the rice porridge, which was mixed with tears, and swallowed bit by bit.
In the past, Wang Yi felt that rice porridge was a rare nourishing food in the world, and he liked rice porridge the most.
But now, he feels that rice gruel is more bitter than coptis and harder to swallow than coptis.
With each sip, it was like molten iron entering his throat, burning his internal organs tumbling.
As Wang Zeng watched Wang Yi finish the rice porridge in the bowl one bite at a time, he slowly went back to his mouth, his voice softened a bit.
"From now on, I will go to the kitchen to get three bowls of porridge every day, as I did today, I drank them all..."
"Father..."
Wang Yi shouted in a low voice.
Wang Zeng closed his eyes slowly, tears oozing from the corners of his eyes, and whispered in a low voice, "I have suffered you..."
Wang Yi knelt on the ground, touching the ground with his head, choking silently.
The same is true of Wang Li's.
Both his father and husband are outstanding figures that have attracted worldwide attention.
The father is Li Hang, who is known as the "Holy Minister", and the husband is the rare leader of the Three Yuans in the Song Dynasty. People praise him as a virtuous minister.
It stands to reason that if there is a famous father and a famous husband, she should be the happiest person in the world.
But in fact, only she knows the bitterness in her heart.
A hero's daughter, a hero's wife, really tired, she can't breathe when tired.
Tired, she didn't dare to cry too loudly even in pain, so she could only cover her mouth with her hands, choking, choking, choking again...