When mentioning the northern Song Dynasty name Xiang Kou Zhun, the world will think of the four words of Gangzheng Bu'a. He was a rectal man, daring to speak up, even in front of the emperor. It is precisely because of this that he has visited the song dynasty twice and saved the Song Dynasty from water and fire several times, but in the end he could not escape the tragic fate of dying elsewhere.
Kou Zhun's original name was Kou Zhun (寇凖), the character Pingzhong, born in 961 AD, is a typical second generation of officials, his ancestors made great contributions during the reign of King Wu of Western Zhou, and gave Kou the surname,
In 980 AD, the nineteen-year-old Kou Zhun took the entrance examination for the jinshi, and this year's jinshi was very bullish, producing many big people, known as the "Dragon and Tiger List". Among those on the list, Li Xun, Xiang Minzhong, Kou Zhun and Wang Dan are known as the Four Heavenly Kings. Later, they all became celebrities.
After that, Kou Zhun went to Guizhou Badong renzhi county, and later because of his good work, he was promoted to the judge of salt and iron.
In 989, Kou Xian boldly advised Song Taizong, who was very angry when he heard this and wanted to leave. Kou Xian stepped forward and grabbed Song Taizong and persuaded him to sit down and listen to him finish speaking. Afterwards, Kou Wei was appreciated by Emperor Taizong of Song, who said: "Dekou Is like Tang Taizong's Wei Zheng", and the upper yu is Jiazhi, who said: "Emperor Yuwen of Yuwen has Obtained Wei Zhengye." - The Biography of Song Shi Kou Zhun
In 990, the imperial court handled two bribery cases, Wang Huai accepted tens of millions of bribes, was punished with a cane and was removed from his post, however, it did not take long for the official to be reinstated. Zuji, on the other hand, was an accessory but was sentenced to death.
Of course, Kou Zhun knew the reason, Wang Huai's brother was Wang Yuan, the governor of the government, and he was obviously relying on his relationship to settle this matter, and his heart was very uneven.
In 991, when there was a great drought, Emperor Taizong of Song summoned his ministers to discuss the matter, and Kou Zhun said something shocking: "The drought is caused by unjust punishment."
At that time, Song Taizong was very faceless, and he whisked his sleeves away. Afterwards, Song Taizong took the initiative to summon Kou Zhun to ask the reason. Kou Zhun said that both Zuji and Wang Huai had violated the law by accepting bribes, but the punishment was different, which was unfair.
Because of Kou Zhun's blunt words, Emperor Taizong of Song appreciated his Geng Zhi very much, so he promoted him to deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and later changed to the position of Tongzhi Yuanshi (正二品), and Kou Wei began to participate in the affairs of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Later, because of the frame-up of the traitor Zhang Xun, Emperor Taizong of Song demoted Kou Zhun to the post of prefect of Qingzhou.
Two years later, Emperor Taizong of Song remembered Kou Zhun again, so he recalled him to Beijing and appointed him as the Governor of erpin (Erpin).
After Emperor Taizong of Song died and Emperor Zhenzong of Song ascended the throne, Ren Kou Zhun was made chancellor. At that time, the Liao army carried out a crazy invasion of the Song Dynasty. In 1004, the Liao army led a large army of 200,000 to invade the Song frontier on a large scale, and the traitor Wang Qinruo proposed to escape and move the capital. After Kou Zhun found out, he made a report to Song Zhenzong: kill the traitors who escaped and moved the capital. Therefore, Wang Qinruo regarded Kou Zhun as a mortal enemy.
After that, Kou Zhun proposed a golden idea for Song Zhenzong, 4 words: Imperial Driving Pro-March.
Song Zhenzong was afraid and did not adopt it. A month later, the Liao army captured Qi Prefecture and continued south, the capital was in danger, and Kou Zhun once again urged Emperor Zhenzong of Song to march in person. Seeing that the situation was no longer right, Song Zhenzong had no choice but to force his scalp to march in person.
On the way, he tried to retreat several times, and Kou Zhun almost "escorted" Song Zhenzong to the front line.
As a result, the arrival of Song Zhenzong greatly encouraged the soldiers, and coupled with the continuous arrival of the Qin King's army from all over the country, the Liao army also panicked. So he sent someone to negotiate with the Song Dynasty on his own initiative.
Song Zhenzong was naturally afraid, so he immediately began negotiations, and the Liao army at that time demanded that the Song side return the "land of Guannan", but the Song side did not agree, and was willing to give the Liao army some economic compensation, and the negotiations were carried out in the confrontation between the two armies, and the Song side headed by Kou Zhun resolutely disagreed. Finally, an agreement was reached according to the terms of the Song side.
When talking about the amount of silver silk to be given to the Liao army, Song Zhenzong said to Cao Yong, who was in charge of the negotiations: "As long as it can be successful, one million can also be." However, Kou Xuanzhun whispered such a sentence when Cao Yu was leaving: If the silver silk exceeds 300,000, don't come back.
Cao Yu was frightened and fought hard during the negotiations, and finally the Song Dynasty gave Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 silk horses a year, and the two sides reached a settlement.
This is the famous "Alliance of the Abyss" in history.
After the alliance of The Yuanyuan, the Khitans did not dare to invade again, and Kou Jianzhun became famous for this.
As the saying goes, "Gentlemen are easy to deal with, and villains are difficult to defend", however, after that, the traitorous minister Wang Qinruo began to shine his sword against Kou Zhun. Provocatively said to Song Zhenzong: The alliance of The Yuanyuan is actually the alliance under the city, and Kou Zhun is not only ineffective, but a sinner.
Song Zhenzong listened to Kou Zhun and became cold,
After becoming famous, Kou Zhun was also a little overconfident and conceited, and his network in the DPRK was reduced to the extreme. At the same time, the traitor Wang Qinruo continued to attack him, and in 1006, Emperor Zhenzong of Song demoted Kou Zhun to Shaanzhou to become Zhizhou.
In his old age, Song Zhenzong was bedridden for many years, reusing Wang Qinruo and Ding Zhi, two villains who were good at patting horses. As a result, Wang Ding and Ding also fought for power.
Ding Shu felt that he was alone, so he wanted to win Kou Zhun together to deal with Wang Qinruo. So he strongly requested Emperor Zhenzong of Song to let Kou Zhun return to the dynasty. Song Zhenzong agreed.
At that time, Kou Zhun's disciples saw through Ding Shu's conspiracy and advised him to look down on fame and fortune and not to go to this muddy water again. However, Kou Zhun, who was eager for fame, still chose to re-enter Beijing.
After entering Beijing, Kou Zhun did not thank his benefactor Ding Zhi. At a banquet, Ding Shu took the initiative to woo Kou Zhun and went down three or four times to wipe his beard with some vegetable soup, but he was reprimanded by Kou Zhun on the spot, making Ding Zhun very faceless. After that, Ding Zhi broke with him.
Later, Kou Zhun offended the ruling Empress Liu, and empress Liu subsequently demoted Kou Zhun to the position of Crown Prince Taifu, and then under the suppression of Ding Shu, Kou Zhun was expelled from the capital.
According to the "Biography of Song Shi Kou", Kou Zhun was degraded, and Zhenzong was ill, and asked the people around him why he had not seen Kou Zhun for many days, and the left and right ministers did not dare to answer the truth.
Even on the day Kou Left Beijing, no one went to see him off. Kou Zhun was relegated to Leizhou, and due to the harsh living environment and excessive depression, he could not afford to be ill.
In 1023, at the age of 62, Kou Zhun fell ill and was buried in Luoyang, and ten years later, his relatives moved his coffin back to his hometown.