In the recent hit drama, there is a mysterious character Ke Xiang, the leader of Qingliu, who was created based on the famous Northern Song Dynasty prime minister Kou Zhun. Today I would like to introduce you to what kind of person Kou Zhun was in history.
The first thing to clarify is that Kou Zhun is not Qingliu, let alone the leader of Qingliu. The term Qingliu did not exist in the Song Dynasty at all, and did not appear until the end of the Qing Dynasty. But these people have indeed been common since the Song Dynasty, they flaunt themselves as morally noble, and then attack everyone else, their slogan is "usually stand by and talk about sex, and repay the king when they are dying", this slogan is written by them very literary, but in fact, it is very shameless, their code of conduct is to praise themselves with their hands in their sleeves when they are fine, and when the country is in danger, they hang themselves and repay the emperor and the country with death.
Their main job is to praise and praise each other, while verbally criticizing others, any down-to-earth work is not worthy of their noble souls, the highest period of the Qingliu Party is the Donglin Party, they are in Taichang, the early years of the Apocalypse and the early years of Chongzhen, because of their long-term public opinion war, they themselves and the emperor at that time are fooled and crippled, thinking that with their self-bragging noble souls can achieve the Taiping Dynasty, the result is that Tianqi and Chongzhen soon found out that it is a group of keyboard heroes, There was really no way to do anything in the next thousand words, and the miasma of the country was soon abandoned. Even their self-proclaimed "death in danger to repay the king", that is, hanging himself when the country was in danger, from the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were very few things that could be done, so posterity ridiculed them as "usually talking about their hearts, but the water is too cold when they are in danger." In fact, they are rice bugs who receive the state's salary. To this day, many so-called intellectuals from time to time present themselves as scholars, complaining that society is unfair to them, hoping to live the life of the qingliu people in history, but they forget that society has long been progressive, and their set of statements can not fool a few people. And today we are talking about Kou Zhun has nothing to do with them. So please, screenwriters and novelists in the future, study a little bit about the true meaning of the terms that appear in the history books, don't label them indiscriminately, and be careful that Kou Zhun comes to you in the middle of the night.
For the post-50s, post-60s, post-70s and even post-85s, Kou Zhun is not a strange word, influenced by the commentaries since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Kou Zhun often appears in various interpretation stories related to the Song Dynasty, and its image is probably the appearance of a Shanxi person, a strong Shanxi dialect, from time to time to take a sip of vinegar, the personality is also shaped according to people's stereotypes of Shanxi people, he is extremely intelligent and even particularly round, his speech is witty and humorous and even a little funny, and his life is extremely poor and frugal. I have to say that this has no resemblance to the historical Kou Zhun.
Close the famous door
Kou Zhun was not a Shanxi old Xi'er at all, he was born in Xiayi, Huazhou, Shaanxi, which is today's Weinan, Shaanxi. His family was a scholar, and his father Kou Xiang was also a scholar, who was the crown prince of the second year of the Later Jin Dynasty (945), who served as a secretary to the King of Wei of the Later Jin Dynasty, that is, a secretary, and was awarded the title of Duke of Guo after his death.
Kou Zhun was born in 961, during the reign of Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, and his father died when he was very young, and he was raised by his mother. Because Kou Zhun's father left a very rich family property to Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun has lived a very luxurious life all his life, and since he was a child, Kou Zhun has been very fond of drinking, as long as it is okay, Kou Zhun generally drinks from noon, until dawn, sleeps in the morning, and then drinks at noon, so the cycle repeats. It can be said that the family is often full of customers, the cup is not empty, although his mother and uncle have advised many times, Kou Zhun has not changed this luxurious and unrestrained living habits.
If it is an ordinary stupid child, this style of life will be abolished long ago. However, Kou Zhun inherited his father's academic bully genes, and in a very limited learning time, Kou Zhun was able to write at the age of fourteen: "Only the sky is above, and there is no mountain and qi." Raise your head to the red sun approaching, look back at the low white clouds. At the age of fifteen, he became famous for his proficiency in the three traditions of "Spring and Autumn", and at the age of nineteen, he passed the imperial examination and became a jinshi. Seeing Kou Zhun's experience, I have to admit that some people are born to be worshipped.
First purchase
Nineteen-year-old Kou Zhun took the examination for the imperial examination in 980 AD, the emperor at that time Emperor Taizong had a habit, every time the palace examination he would personally preside over, for young scholars he would conduct interviews, many young scholars were deposed by him, in fact, this makes sense, because the Song Dynasty simplified the examination process, through the examination to appoint officials, too young officials are irresponsible for the people of the country, for young officials are also very irresponsible. In view of this situation, Kou Zhun's friends suggested that Kou Zhun revise his age and increase his age by a few years. However, Kou Zhun resolutely vetoed: "I Kou Zhun have just done something great, how can I commit such a crime of deception?" Kou Zhun's answer fully reflects his pattern, he has high ambitions and wants to achieve a big cause, not to be blinded by Xiao Li, his vision is more long-term. In the Song Dynasty, to do great things, you must build yourself into a big V, and when the reputation of the big V is the most important, you can't get the slightest bit of this kind of rotten thing.
To the surprise of everyone, Kou Zhun successfully passed the temple examination, was not deposed by Song Taizong, and became a member of the civil servants of the Great Song Dynasty, he was first awarded the Dali Judge, learned how to be a qualified civil servant, and later was sent to Dangzhi County, Padang, and after his term of office expired, he was sent to Dangzhi County, Cheng'an County, the capital of Daming. In all the work of the county officials, the most difficult thing was to collect taxes and showdown labor from the people, but Kou Zhun was able to complete the corresponding work well every time, and was soon promoted to Yun Prefecture General Judge.
Due to the fact that the performance KPI was too bright, he was promoted to the central financial department in 989 as the third divisional branch push officer, and within a few days he was transferred to the salt and iron judge, in charge of the salt and iron taxation work. At that time, just in time for Emperor Taizong of Song to solicit opinions from hundreds of officials, all officials could give opinions and promise that no matter whether the officials were right or wrong, they would not be held accountable. Kou Zhun seized the opportunity to receive an opinion letter from Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi, so he was promoted to Shangshu Yubu Langzhong and privy councillor, sentenced the official Department Dongquan, and presided over the selection of officials. Once when Kou Zhun and Taizong were discussing work, due to the disagreement between the two people, and Kou Zhun's attitude was very fierce, Taizong Zhao Guangyi was a little angry and turned around to leave, Kou Zhun grabbed Zhao Guangyi's clothes in spite of etiquette, laughed and said to Zhao Guangyi: "Boss, why are you really angry with me for work?" Things have not yet been concluded, you sit down first, we are all calm and calm, and we will discuss it later, you see? When Zhao Guangyi heard Kou Zhun say this, he also felt that he had lost his demeanor. After calming down afterwards, Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi accepted Kou Zhun's upright but upright nocturnal vassal and said to the others, "Kou Zhun is the Wei Zheng of Yuan." "This is very remarkable, it requires great wisdom, most of the communication methods of people who feel that they are very upright cannot be accepted by others, usually they are placed by the people around them with a label of low emotional intelligence, and then they are silently excluded, but Kou Zhun has set up a straight personality for himself, and can make everyone around him accept this persona, and then accept his particularly direct and even a little offensive way of communication, which requires great wisdom."
Pingbu Qingyun Taizong's confidant
In 991, the second year of Chunhua, when there was a large-scale drought in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizong discussed with the ministers, many ministers said that this was the reason for the number of days, I personally can't understand what they said, in the development process of Confucianism, such as Wei Wei and other messy things, manchu monarchs together a serious nonsense, think about it is funny. At this time, Kou Zhun stood up and said, "According to the corresponding theory of The Hong Fan Tianren, such a big drought occurred because we in the Great Song Dynasty must have had a very unfair criminal trial. Song Taizong listened, Kou Zhun was directly intimidating him that he was a dimwitted jun, and it was the dim jun who had been certified by the heavens through the drought, and the uncle could not bear it, and he threw up his sleeves and went back to the bedroom from the office. Sitting on the chair in the bedroom, he sulked, but he turned his head and thought, No, Kou Zhun such a small official dared to say that these are not normal, don't really have unjust, false and wrong cases that I don't know. So he immediately invited Kou Zhun over, "Ai Qing, do you have anything difficult to say?" Kou Zhun said, "Emperor, yes, but this is a public affair, and it requires the presence of the chief officer of the Government Affairs Hall and the Privy Council. When Zhao Guangyi heard this, this matter was not small, and he immediately became serious and summoned the chief officials of the Government Affairs Hall and the Privy Council to see him. After the people arrived, Kou Zhuncai said: "Not long ago, Zu ji and Wang Huai were tried for accepting bribes, Zu Ji was killed because he accepted bribes less, and Wang Huai accepted tens of millions of dollars because he was the younger brother of Wang Huai, who participated in the government, and was only sentenced to the rod, and was still reinstated as an official. Zhao Guangyi turned his head and asked Wang Huan if there was such a thing, and when Wang Huan saw that the matter had been exposed, he immediately lay on the ground and prostrated his head, asking Zhao Guangyi's forgiveness. In front of Kou Zhun, Zhao Guangyi scolded Wang Huan. Through this incident, Zhao Guangyi found that Kou Zhun was very kind to his own appetite, had courage, and strategy, and was worth cultivating, so he promoted Kou Zhun to be the left counselor, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and the tongzhiyuan in charge of the Privy Council. Kou Zhun, who was just 30 years old, entered the core management of the Northern Song Dynasty and became the right and left arm of Zhao Guangyi, a leader, and has since made steady progress.
Kou Zhun's temper is good to hear that it is called heroic, and the ugly crazy does not use his nostrils to look at people, and he likes to spray people, and the experience of being a colleague with him is super bad. No, Kou Zhun went to work in the Privy Council for a few days with his direct leader Zhang Xun bar, the two people at first or disagreed, slowly developed into water and fire intolerable, and later the two people in front of emperor Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi pointed at the nose and scolded each other, which made Zhao Guangyi very headache. However, Kou Zhun's work ability is particularly strong, especially for Zhao Guangyi's temper, so he is extra tolerant of Kou Zhun. This is bitter Zhang Xun, there is such a subordinate really eight lifetimes of blood mold. One day, when Kou Zhun and Wen Zhongshu were riding horses, a madman shouted long live Kou Zhun's horse, which was reported to Zhao Guangyi after Zhang Xun's good friend Wang Bin heard about it. Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi called Kou Zhun, Zhang Xun, and Wang Bin together to confront each other, and Kou Zhun asked Wen Zhongshu to testify against him, but as he spoke, Kou Zhun and Zhang Xun began to scold each other again, and their vulgar speech was like a city well, and the two of them did not pay attention to their demeanor at all, and each other's dirty and dirty things were shaken out, and they were almost about to do it. Zhao Guangyi's face became more and more ugly, and the two court officials, in front of the emperor, did not want any physique and face, they were really fed up, so they both demoted themselves and rushed to the locality to reflect. Zhang Xun was relegated to which history books do not say, Kou Zhun was demoted to Shandong Qingzhou Dangzhi Prefecture, equivalent to directly from the vice premier of the State Council to the mayor, although not completely corresponding, but in general similar.
Kou Zhun was not very good, but it was just a change of place to drink, that little work was insignificant to him, and he was done every day when he drank water. But this can be bitter Zhao Guangyi, since there is Kou Zhun, Zhao Guangyi not only has a worry-free work, Kou Zhun will always give a clear understanding, and the two are still wine friends, when there is nothing to do, the two people often stay up all night together happy, Kou Zhun went to Qingzhou after Zhao Guangyi is very unaccustomed, first of all, the government affairs ability of the person who took over Kou Zhun can not be compared with Kou Zhun, the workload suddenly came up, so that Zhao Guangyi often worked overtime, and Zhao Guangyi could no longer find anyone to drink with him, and life suddenly lost color. Zhao Guangyi was often sullen and unhappy, always asking his subordinates: "How is Kou Zhun living in Qingzhou?" Are you used to life? His subordinates said to him, "Qingzhou is a good place, Kou Zhun will not suffer hardships, your majesty you can rest assured." Two days later, Song Taizong asked, "Kou Zhun is not used to living in Qingzhou, is he suffering a lot?" The people around him understood that Emperor Taizong could not do without Kou Zhun, so he immediately sent someone to Qingzhou to understand Kou Zhun's situation, and when Zhao Guangyi asked again, they replied: "I heard that Kou Zhun was drunk every day in Qingzhou, and it is estimated that he missed you every day like you missed him." After Zhao Guangyi heard about it, he missed Kou Zhun even more. Therefore, in the second year, that is, in the first year of the Dao Dynasty (995 AD), Kou Zhun was transferred back to the central government, and promoted to the position of Counselor Governor and Minister, who was only 34 years old, and Kou Zhun could be said to be proud of the spring breeze.
Young Prime Minister
In this passionate interaction with Zhao Guangyi, we can see that under the appearance of Kou Zhun's five big and three thick, under the communication method of big grin, it is his superb management ability, it is his delicate handling of feelings, he very accurately pinched Zhao Guangyi, so that Zhao Guangyi can not do without him, thinking about him all the time, not losing to experts and Yan in this area at all.
When Kou Zhun was transferred back to the central government from Qingzhou, Taizong's foot injury recurred, and Kou Zhun simply placed it and went into the palace to see Zhao Guangyi, Who met Kou Zhun at the bedside, and showed Kou Zhun his wounds, and asked Kou Zhun very affectionately: "AiQing, how did you come?" Kou Zhun replied, "Didn't the minister make a mistake, without your summons, how dare I come back to see you?" The four eyes of the monarch with a pulse of affection were opposite, full of passion, and Kou Zhun had long since become a confidant of Emperor Taizong. The two of them chatted and talked about Zhao Guangyi and asked Kou Zhun, "Ai Qing, I have a very important matter to discuss with you." Who do you think is better to be the prince? Kou Zhun said: "Your Majesty, now that the world is preliminarily decided, and all the neighboring countries around are looking at each other, and now the crown prince is to choose a crown prince for the country to deal with such a complicated situation, so the minister suggests that this matter cannot be discussed with the women of the harem, the eunuchs, or the close ministers, because they will be mixed with too many personal feelings." I hope that His Majesty will be able to choose a crown prince who is expected by all the world. Kou Zhun's answer was very clever, first of all, this question is a send-off proposition, if you put forward your own candidate, it will appear selfish. The emperor discussed such a private matter with you, and if he did not answer, it would seem too slippery and insincere. Kou Zhun's answer was the standard answer, pointing out that no one could be consulted on this matter, because everyone had selfish intentions, and it was up to the emperor himself to decide. In this way, Kou Zhun was reasonable not to make specific recommendations, and he appeared to be loyal to the emperor. Zhao Guangyi pondered for a long time, then drove everyone around him out, and asked Kou Zhun at a volume that only two people could hear: "How about Zhao Heng, the King of Xiang?" Kou Zhun's reaction was also textbook-level, "The person who knows the son best in the world is the father, and the emperor thinks you can decide quickly." Zhao Guangyi was very happy, in fact, he had always wanted to make Zhao Heng the crown prince, but his throne was inherited from his brother Zhao Kuangyin, and if someone recommended that Zhao Kuangyin's son take the throne, he would not be able to come to the stage, so before the chancellor Feng Zheng suggested making a prince, he did not say a word and demoted Feng Zheng to Lingnan, so that no one dared to mention this topic. However, at this time, Zhao Guangyi's health was not as good as a day, he felt that he was about to go to see his brother, if he did not establish a prince, he was also worried that unexpected things would happen after death, so he summoned Kou Zhun alone to talk about this matter, Kou Zhun did not disappoint him, when Emperor Taizong said that he wanted to establish his son, Kou Zhun immediately expressed support.
With the steps, Zhao Guangyi immediately decreed that Zhao Heng be crowned prince, and took the prince to the Taimiao Temple to sweep the tomb of the ancestor, and when he came back, the people of the capital heard that the emperor had made a prince, so they all stood on the side of the road to watch the prince, and had to say that Zhao Heng looked very good, and the people all said: "Our prince is so handsome, really a young son of heaven!" Zhao Guangyi was jealous when he saw that his son was so popular, and he was very unhappy, after all, as a small black fat man, he had never enjoyed the love of the people. When he returned to the palace and saw that there were no outsiders around, he asked Kou Zhun, "Ai Qing, you said that the common people support the prince so much, where do you put me?" Kou Zhun very formally saluted Emperor Taizong: "Your Majesty, this is a gratifying and congratulatory thing, the prince you have established has won the hearts of the people, so that the country will be stable in the future." Zhao Guangyi calmed down, thinking about it, only if the prince wins the hearts of the people, Taizu's sons will not have a chance, which is also what he wants to see most. Zhao Guangyi said to Kou Zhun, "Ai Qing, I am happy today, you don't have to rush home, when I come back from the harem, let's have a drink." After Zhao Guangyi accepted the congratulations of the harem concubines, he and Kou Zhun drank a big meal of wine happily, and only then did they go home drunk and unconscious. After that, Emperor Taizong of Song became more dependent on Kou Wei. Someone gave Song Taizong a treasure: a heavenly rhinoceros, which Song Taizong processed into two rhino belts, one for his own use, and the other for Kou Zhun.
Emperor Taizong's favor made Kou Zhun even more arrogant, and from 996 to the second year of the Dao Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Song zhao Guangyi gave a universal celebration to officials throughout the country, and most of the officials had to be promoted, but Kou Zhun's friends were generally some Qingshui Yamen, and those who had a bad relationship with him were promoted to a larger level. Kou Zhun had a brother named Peng Weijie who turned out to be Feng Zheng's subordinate, after this adjustment, Feng Zheng promoted Yu to the outer lang of the Yu department, Peng Weijie promoted the tun tian member of the outer lang, but when writing the recital, Feng Zheng was in front of the Peng Wei Festival, Peng Weijie was very aggrieved and complained to Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun helped Peng Weijie out of the head, ran to scold Feng Zheng, Feng Zheng was not a vegetarian, the two of you came and went and began to fight, Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi called Lü Duan to see how to deal with it. Prime Minister Lü Duan said: "Kou Zhun is too domineering, often quarrels with us, we do not know him in general, because we, the prime ministers, quarrel and let the people of the world see jokes." Lü Duan is the prime minister, and he has made great contributions to Zhao Guangyi's rise to power, this sentence is very weighty, and Lü Duan did not discuss what is right and wrong, but questioned Kou Zhun's arrogance, disregard for the overall situation, and no zai chancellor demeanor. This is also Lü Duan forcing Zhao Guangyi to manage Kou Zhun and ask him not to run amok like this again. So Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi called Kou Zhun over and asked him not to make any more trouble, but Kou Zhun felt that he was reasonable and asked for an open debate during the shang dynasty, and Zhao Guangyi said a little angrily: "In the imperial court to openly debate this kind of broken thing, does the imperial court not want face?" But Kou Zhun still didn't forgive, blushing and neck thick to distinguish with Zhao Guangyi. In fact, Kou Zhun made the mistake that all young people often make, that is, he was justified, he felt that he was justified, and he desperately challenged everything around him. At this time, Zhao Guangyi was completely angry, and he was also very sad, knowing that he had spoiled Kou Zhun, so he said to Kou Zhun: "Kou Zhun, even if the rat and the bird get along for a long time, they will have feelings, why are you so ignorant, so inconsiderate of Yuan?" Then he demoted Kou Zhun to Dengzhou to become Zhizhou. Zhao Guangyi just wanted to teach Kou Zhun a lesson and grind his edges and corners, after all, Deng Zhou was not far from Feng.
The second time to worship, Liaozhou tried to turn the tide
However, at this time, Zhao Guangyi was already weakening, and he did not wait for Kou Zhun to mature, so he died of illness in the following year, 997 AD, and the crown prince Zhao Heng became the new emperor, that is, Song Zhenzong. Zhao Heng is very fond of Kou Zhun in his heart, after all, Kou Zhun's talent is well known, and Zhao Heng's crown prince position is also indirectly recommended by Kou Zhun, Zhao Heng very much wants Kou Zhun to be the prime minister, but because Kou Zhun's temper is too addictive, there is no way to get along with his colleagues normally, so Zhao Heng decided to let Kou Zhun hone more in the local area, and then use to assist himself. So in the past 7 years, Kou Zhun successively served as a local official in Heyang, Tongzhou, Fuxiang, Fengxiang and other places, and later transferred to the capital as the mayor of the capital, served as a Kaifeng Fu Yin, and then transferred to the Criminal Department, the Military Department, the Finance Department (the Third Division) and other departments.
In 1004, the first year of the Jing Dynasty, Zhao Heng of the Song Dynasty made Bi Shi'an the governor of the government, and Kou Zhun was a scholar of the Jixian Temple, both of whom were equivalent to deputy prime ministers, and Kou Zhun ranked after Bi Shi'an, and the 43-year-old Kou Zhun became the prime minister again. It was also this year that Zhao Heng, the True Emperor of Song, made Liu E, who had been nameless and unworthy for 10 years, a sipin beauty, a Xiu Yi, and a concubine.
In September of that year, Empress Xiao of the Liao State led an army of 200,000 troops from Youzhou, which is today's Beijing, to the south, within a day, the frontier sent five war reports to the imperial court, on the occasion of the national difficulties, Kou Zhun's talent was highlighted, Kou Zhun withheld all five war reports, and also held a party at home as usual, the Song Dynasty monarchs and courtiers looked at it, Kou Zhun was still drinking and partying at ease, things should not be serious, so people's hearts settled down. The next day, Kou Zhun sent five battle reports to Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong, and Zhao Heng immediately urinated and asked Kou Zhun what to do, and Kou Zhun said: "The Liao people are a group of bandits, and their combat effectiveness is very average, as long as you go to the front line of Liaozhou, you can solve them immediately." The ministers were stunned by Kou Zhun's bold words, they did not know whether Kou Zhun was bragging or a really capable Liaoguo, they all wanted to slip away, but Kou Zhun left them all behind, and on the same day they were going to follow the emperor north to Liaozhou.
Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng had long been frightened, but seeing Kou Zhun's determined gaze, he was also a little hesitant, so he took the opportunity to return to the harem, secretly summoned several of his own dog legs, the so-called things are clustered in groups, song Zhenzong's several dog legs are also wrapped in soft eggs, they immediately said to Zhao Heng, "Emperor, we can't listen to Kou Zhun that reckless man, go to Lanzhou that is to send death, and it is not safe to stay in Kaifeng, we should move the capital, the central government should withdraw to a safe place." They quickly agreed to move the capital, but there was a dispute over where to move the capital, and one of Zhao Heng's dog-legged sons, Wang Qinruo, was from Jiangnan, so he suggested moving the capital to Jinling, that is, Nanjing. Another of Zhao Heng's dog-legged sons, Chen Yaosuo, was from Sichuan, so he suggested moving the capital to Chengdu. The two men argued. The time was urgent, so Zhao Heng quickly invited Kou Zhun over and asked Kou Zhun: "Ai Qing, everyone suggested that we move the capital, some people suggested moving the capital to Chengdu, some people suggested moving the capital to Jinling, which place do you think is better?" ”
Kou Zhun was confused, what is this operation, your uncle Zhao Kuangyin is the emperor immediately, an iron rod hit the four hundred military states, only then did you have your old Zhao family's Jiangshan, although your father instigated a little, but at least unified the Central Plains, dare to break the wrist with the neighbors around you, how to instigate you to be frightened by a few gossip to move the capital. Kou Zhun's beard was full of hair: "Your Majesty, please cut down the people who gave you advice, they are harming you." First of all, the Liao people are not afraid at all, as long as you drive the conquest, our Great Song soldiers must be morale boosted, it is not a problem to resist the liao people's attack head-on, the subject has organized a large number of volunteer troops, they can cut off the liao people's grain routes, then it is very easy to wipe out Empress Xiao's 20 legions in the territory of our Song Dynasty. Secondly, if you run to Chengdu or Jinling, the emperor you will not fight for your old Zhao family's Jiangshan, the soldiers are afraid that there will be no one to fight, then the Central Plains will be easily occupied by the Liao people, the tomb of the ancestor and the painting of the jiangshan laid down by your father will be handed over to people, Your Majesty, do you bear this responsibility? ”
Zhao Heng was framed by Kou Zhun, and if he dared to say a word, he would become a descendant of Xiao Xiao. So Kou Zhun escorted Emperor Zhao Heng and Wenwu Hundred Officials to the north on the same day, when crossing the Yellow River, Zhao Heng instigated again, refused to cross the river, and begged Kou Zhun to let him move the capital to Chengdu or Jinling, and Kou Zhun frightened him, "Your Majesty, the families of the brothers of the Forbidden Army are in Kaifeng, no one wants to go to Chengdu or Jinling with you, if you abandon the Forbidden Army now, I am afraid that they will abandon you for the sake of your family, and I am afraid that what will happen at that time, the subject will not be able to control it." Zhao Heng immediately instigated, reluctantly crossed the Yellow River, grinding and crawling to Liaozhou.
The soldiers of The State of Liaozhou saw the Emperor's car in the distance at the head of the city, they thought that the Emperor had come to fight with them, and the soldiers shouted and shouted for dozens of miles, venting their anger since the beginning of the war. The Khitan soldiers were startled, wondering if the Song Dynasty soldiers had been beaten with chicken blood, and how they had suddenly become excited.
Zhao Heng was still very self-aware, and when he entered The City of Lanzhou, he hid in his room and did not go out, but entrusted everything to Kou Zhun and honestly became a mascot. On the one hand, Kou Zhun rectified the defense of Liaozhou, on the other hand, he mobilized the people of Hebei to join the volunteer army, encouraged them to attack the Khitan soldiers who had fallen alone and robbed the Khitan people's grain and grass, and all the people who could bring back the Khitan people's heads were immediately rewarded, and for a time the Khitan people saw what was called the vast ocean of people's war, and the situation between the Song and Liao sides was immediately reversed. The Liao general Xiao Tarrin saw that the form was not right, in order to restore morale, so he personally went to the city to supervise the battle, the Song army had a low-level officer named Zhang Gui, a rare fighter can not be wasted, so he used the bed crossbow to greet Xiao Tarrin, did not expect that a shot into the soul, Xiao Tarrin was shot on the spot.
When Empress Xiao saw it, she was afraid that she would not be able to return to her hometown if she continued to fight, so she made a request for peace talks. Kou Zhun was resolute in the main battle, he knew that the initiative had reached the hands of the Song army, and every time he passed, the advantages of the Song Dynasty were enhanced by one point, and the time was on the side of the Song Dynasty. Kou Zhun proposed that if the 200,000 troops of the Liao State could be completely annihilated in the territory of the Song Dynasty, it was not impossible for the Song army to take the opportunity to go north to recover youyun Sixteen Prefectures. However, most of the Song Dynasty civil officials represented by Emperor Zhao Heng were resolutely opposed, and they immediately launched their mouth cannon skills, questioning that Kou Zhun's obstruction of peace talks was to support the army and respect themselves, have the intention of rebellion, and killing people and cursing people quickly was the strong point of the literati, and without the support of a leader, Kou Zhun knew that his proposition could not be carried out, and had no choice but to agree to peace talks. Seeing that Kou Zhun had given in, Zhao Heng excitedly told the negotiator Cao Yong: "As long as peace talks can be reached, it is no problem to give them a few million every year." Kou Zhun, who was already full of anger, immediately broke out when he heard this, pointed at Cao Yu's nose and said viciously: "You listen well, the bottom line is 300,000, dare to have more than one penny, come back and I will kill you." You look at it. Cao Yu was also frightened, and soon reached a peace agreement with the Liao state on the condition of giving 300,000 coins per year to the Liao state, which was the famous alliance of the Liaoyuan in history. This alliance under the city made the neighbors around the Song Dynasty fully aware of the Song Dynasty's external strengths, so they began to toss against the Song Dynasty, which also caused the Northern Song Dynasty to fight on multiple fronts for a long time, and had to maintain a military scale of several millions, and the Song Dynasty was breathless because of the high military expenditure. In the Battle of Liaozhou, Kou Zhun showed extraordinary ability and boldness, saving the Northern Song Dynasty from the brink of destruction, and the whole government and the public were all witnessed, and Kou Zhun also smoothly became the prime minister.
The sea of eunuchs rises and falls
After Kou Zhun became prime minister, he immediately did a taboo thing, he used the power in his hands to promote a large number of people he liked, which completely did not take the ming rules and unspoken rules of the selection of Song Dynasty officials, which also caused the emperor's suspicion and the dissatisfaction of his colleagues. Once, when discussing the appointment of officials, someone openly proposed that his promotion by leaping through the ranks did not conform to the regulations, and Kou Zhun said very arrogantly: "I am the prime minister, and the appointment of officials is my power, if everything is done according to the rules, this matter can be completed by a small official, and can I still be used?" Sima Guang proposed at the beginning of the Zizhi Tongjian that maintaining the authority of the etiquette law and the right to appoint officials is the most core power of the monarch and cannot be shaken, and Kou Zhun's style of acting is very taboo and a challenge to the authority of the emperor and his colleagues, and the result is self-evident, in the second year, that is, in 1006, Kou Zhun was demoted to Shaanzhou Zhizhou, Zhao Heng promoted Wang Dan to the new chancellor, and when Wang Dan performed his duties, Zhao Heng exposed the real reason for Kou Zhun's demotion. Zhao Heng said to Wang Dan, "Wang Aiqing, when Kou Zhun was the prime minister, he was desperate to promote his own people, and you should take this as a warning." As for Wang Qinruo's slander of Kou Zhun in front of Zhao Heng, which led to Kou Zhun being degraded, this article is not accepted, and if Wang Qinruo runs to Zhao Heng to say bad things about Zhao Heng, the two of them will never tell the third person, how does the historian know? This matter may or may not have, but it cannot constitute the main reason why Kou Zhun was degraded, and the dismissal of a country's prime minister must have a reason to take the stage, let alone the removal of a prime minister who has made great contributions to the country. And violating state regulations, wantonly promoting private individuals, this kind of behavior is not excessive, Kou Zhun is only a strike, I have to say that the Song Dynasty monarchs were still very tolerant of Kou Zhun.
For more than 10 years, Kou Zhun worked as a magistrate in various parts of Henan and Shaanxi. This article corrects my previous article ,"Liu E, from a singer to a legendary woman of the emperor, a hidden big boss in the Dream Record", about Zhao Heng's opposition when he first established Liu E as empress. When Zhao Heng wanted to make Liu E empress, Kou Zhun did not have the opportunity to participate in such a discussion on the way to degrading officials. In the ten years since Kou Zhun was degraded, two major events occurred in the Song Dynasty, the first of which was that Zhao Heng, in order to cover up his ugliness in the alliance of the Yuanyuan Dynasty, went so far as to forge the Book of Heaven and then seal Zen, and his ugly deeds were despised by later generations, and even china no longer had an emperor to seal Zen, and Feng Zen was no longer the emperor's act of manifesting Wenzhi martial arts, but became a kind of stinky synonym. The second was the rise of Liu E, the talented Liu E gradually became the actual leader of the Great Song, and all the administrative affairs of the Great Song were gradually transferred from the hands of Emperor Zhao Heng to the hands of Liu E, becoming the de facto number one.
In 1019, Kou Zhun was transferred back to the central government and worshipped again. The condition was that Zhao Heng demanded that Kou Zhun, who had always publicly despised the tianshu action, openly acknowledge the existence of the tianshu, and Kou Zhun, who still had political ambitions, chose to compromise, and congratulated Zhao Heng on his approval from heaven, and Zhao Heng was satisfied, so he transferred the 58-year-old Kou Zhun back to Beijing to pay respects again.
If the subject is not secret, he loses his body
Because Zhao Heng was sick for a long time at this time, all government affairs were handled by Empress Liu E, but this caused dissatisfaction among the civil officials, who constantly attacked Liu E as a muji SiChen, and public attacks did not work, so they orchestrated gossip and created gossip attacks. In particular, there was a big day when there was too platinum venus, so they spread rumors that it was a sign of a woman's rebellion. Slowly, Zhao Heng, whose ears were soft, also began to waver, and once inadvertently revealed the intention of wanting the prince to oversee the country when he was chatting with his henchmen Zhou Huaizheng. After Kou Zhun heard about this incident, he immediately entered the palace secretly, and had to say that although Kou Zhun had a bad temper, he did indeed do great things, and he did not know what methods were used, he completely avoided Liu E's eyes and ears, after Kou Zhun saw Zhao Heng, Zhao Heng authorized Kou Zhun to contact the ministers of the DPRK, cut off Liu E's confidants Ding Zhi, Qian Weiyan and others, and then used the crown prince Zhao Zhen to supervise the country, which was actually to organize a coup d'état.
However, Kou Zhun, who had been far away from the central government for more than ten years, still underestimated Liu E's strength, and when Kou Zhun had just contacted the chancellor to draft the edict of the prince's founding of the country, Liu E got the news, and Liu E first found Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng and asked what was going on. Zhao Heng first came to a denial of three consecutive "I don't know, I don't, don't say it blindly." Then he sold Kou Zhun, saying that it was all Kou Zhun's idea, and Liu E immediately dismissed Kou Zhun in the name of Kou Zhun Jiao, but it has to be said that Liu E was very particular, although Kou Zhun was deposed, but Kou Zhun was made the Duke of Lai, rewarding Kou Zhun for his merits in the Battle of Liaoyuan.
In fact, for Kou Zhun, this result is very good, although he can no longer participate in the government, but he can enjoy life with peace of mind. However, Zhou Huaizheng panicked, and he was very worried that Liu E would liquidate himself, so he began to plot a rebellion, with the slogan of preparing to kill Ding Zhi and other ministers, depose Liu E's empress, and let Emperor Zhao Heng abdicate when Emperor Taishang passed the throne to the crown prince Zhao Zhen. The plan was very rough, and it was quickly suppressed, and Zhou Huaizheng was killed. Kou Zhun innocently lay down the gun, in view of Kou Zhun's influence, Liu E demoted Kou Zhun out of Beijing, all the way to Leizhou as a petty officer of the state division to join the army, and finally died of illness in Leizhou.
Soon Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng fell ill and died, as the saying goes, the bird will die and its song will also mourn the death of its words are also good, Zhao Heng, who has not done much in his life, instructed Liu E before his death, saying that the only people who can assist the government are Kou Zhun and Li Di, and ask her to use them properly. It can be seen that although Zhao Heng still recognizes Kou Zhun's talent very much.
Reconcile with yourself
Kou Zhun paid three visits to the prime minister and three times dismissed him. The teenager was successful, but he was also displaced throughout his life. His talent was recognized by leaders, colleagues, enemies, and people, but he also offended all the colleagues around him, and no one liked him. Enjoyed a lifetime of glory and wealth, but at this time it was also poor.
In the year of Ershun, on the seashore in southern China, he finally reconciled with himself, and his temperament changed greatly. He indulged in alcohol all his life, but after arriving in Leizhou, he had nothing to do to read the scriptures and write to meet friends. He was arrogant all his life, but after arriving in Leizhou, he smiled and greeted every guest. After experiencing several ups and downs, Eun Hai turned his head to success or failure for decades, and he finally realized that plain and plain is the truth.
Not long after he arrived in Leizhou, his old rival Ding Zhi was relegated to Hainan Yazhou, which was more remote than Leizhou. Originally, Ding Zhi was pulled up by Kou Zhun, but later Ding Zhi turned to Liu E, and although Kou Zhun's third dismissal was liu E's idea, it was all handled by Ding Yu, and Ding Zhi's unscrupulous and ungrateful behavior was not ashamed by the scholars at that time, and Kou Zhun's disciples hated Ding Yu to the bone. Heavenly Dao was good to reincarnate the heavens spared no one, Kou Zhun arrived in Leizhou for a few days, and Ding Zhi was also relegated by Liu E to Hainan Yazhou, which was farther away than Leizhou. Ding Zhi was sent to Leizhou on the way through Leizhou, Kou Zhun sent someone to send a steamed sheep to Ding Shu, Ding Zhi was very emotional, he wanted to visit Kou Zhun at the door, Kou Zhun avoided seeing. Later, Ding Shu learned the reason, and it turned out that Kou Zhun's family members all wanted to hack Ding Shu to death. Kou Zhun gathered all the ding-door guests together, and Kou Zhun himself watched them personally, not letting them out of the courtyard, and waited until Ding Zhi left the territory of Leizhou before he released these people.
In addition to entertaining himself in Leizhou, Kou Zhun also did a lot of good things. Because Leizhou was still a barbaric land at that time, han and yue were mixed, so Kou Zhun took the initiative to assume the responsibility of disseminating the culture of the Central Plains, built a school, called the Zhenwu Hall, accepted apprentices to give lectures, spread the culture of the Central Plains, and vigorously promoted the Mandarin "Zhongzhou tone" at that time, making important contributions to the integration of the Han and local indigenous peoples. He found that the local agricultural farming technology was very backward, so he introduced the advanced farming technology of the Central Plains, and came forward to organize the construction of water conservancy, open canals and divert water to irrigate fertile land, and promote economic development. In view of the superstition and ignorance of the local people, Kou Zhun often explained astronomical and geographical knowledge in public and cracked all kinds of fallacies and heresies.
In 1023 AD, the 62-year-old Kou Zhun could not afford to be ill, and Kou Zhun, who knew that his life was imminent, left a farewell poem on the sickbed, "Many illnesses will pass through the years, and it will not be possible to meet the death." The book only reads the medicine record, and the guest only waits for the doctor monk. Ambition is like snow, and nostalgia is cold as ice. After the wind and rain of the county, there is no sleep on the green lights. In September of that year, Kou Zhun died of illness in Leizhou. Kou Zhun's wife, Song Shi, wrote to the imperial court and asked Kou Zhun to be buried in his hometown, and Song Renzong immediately approved it, but when he went to Luoyang Gong County, the money was spent, and he had no choice but to be buried in a foreign land.
It was not until 10 years later, in November 1033, that Emperor Renzong of Song rehabilitated Kou Zhun, restored Kou Zhun's crown princes Taifu and Duke Lai, and posthumously awarded zhongshu ling, giving Kou Zhun the title of "Loyal". The Kou family had spare money to relocate Kou Zhun's skeleton back to his hometown in Xia Yi for burial.
The Song Dynasty, which was known for its kindness to the literati, treated Kou Zhun unfairly.