Kou Zhun, commonly known as Kou Lao Xi'er, vinegar as wine, folk image, to try Pan Yang two kinds of cases, known as Gang Zheng Bu Ah is famous in the world, known as the Northern Song Dynasty's most cattle Wenchen.
Kou Zhun's folk impression, the first one is wrong, Kou Zhun is not a Shanxi person, he is a Shaanxi Weinan person, the folk interpretation of him as a Shanxi person, may be to match his image, gang and hard is that era, Shanxi gave people the impression, and these two points are the most distinctive features of Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun is a typical tough and hard personality, just to the point of even some stubbornness, this personality has helped her achieve great things in history, but it has also ultimately harmed him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > (01) Junior Joma</h1>
The Northern Song Dynasty emphasized literature and light martial arts, which was an era when the literati lived a relatively good life, but this is only for the general background, you can't study well, just like now, the whole society knows that reading is very important, but you don't have to work hard, or you can't get on the double first-class.
This problem did not exist here in Kou Zhun, because he was a young genius, studied very well, passed many tests at a young age, and successfully entered the temple test.
This achievement refers to Fan Jinzhongju, 54 years old is just a lifter, they are happy to go crazy, and Kou Zhun, at the age of 19, can break out of the siege and come to Kaifeng City to be personally selected by the emperor.
At that time, it was still the Taizong Dynasty, five years after the Taiping Revival, someone reminded Kou Zhun that Emperor Taizong liked to use old people to hold heavy weights, you were only 19 years old and too young, or you falsely reported your age.
Kou Zhun rejected this proposal, saying that I had just been admitted to the Jinshi, how could I deceive the emperor, and also truthfully reported my age, Emperor Taizong cherished talent and loved money, appointed the official Dali to comment, and directly assigned to the local zhi county.
The young and promising Kou Zhun, the official Yun Hengtong, soon achieved the Privy Counsellor's degree and served in the central government, and Kou Zhun's strong and rigid character was also exposed at this time.
Kou Zhun had a fiery temper, once above the court, Kou Zhun spoke bluntly, so that Emperor Taizong really couldn't stand it, he got up and was going to leave, Kou Zhun saw that this was not ok, dragging the emperor's clothes, he had to press the emperor on the dragon chair and said, Today you must listen to me to finish this matter.
That is to say, Emperor Taizong liked Kou Zhun, and Emperor Taizong often compared himself to Li Shimin and compared Kou Zhun to Wei Zheng, so this matter was also tolerated, if he changed others, calculated that his head did not move, this official position would have to be swept to the end.
To the emperor, to his fellow ministers, Na Kou Zhun also did not give in, and once, because of the ranking of an official, he had a dispute with Lü Duan, who was the prime minister at the time.
It was Lü Duan, who was only cautious in his life and Lü Duan's major affairs, and later Song Zhenzong was able to succeed to the throne, all relying on Lü Duan to stabilize the situation at a critical moment.
These two people quarreled in front of the emperor, Emperor Taizong said, this is a small matter, forget it, don't say it, it is reasonable to say that the emperor has said so, you as a minister should also be counted, Kou Zhun no, you have to earn a ugly yin, make things clear.
Emperor Taizong said, saying that your ministers quarreled about this kind of thing in the court, which was a disgrace to the minister, and finally annoyed Emperor Taizong very much, and personally sent him to the local government as an official.
Kou Zhun's career path in this life is not very smooth, several times, it is related to his personality, that kind of rigidity that does not give in, and the problem of hot temper, all affect his career at all times, of course, in the end, it also affects the fate of the Great Song.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > (02) save the country from danger</h1>
The advantage of Kou Zhun's young fame is that he has experienced a lot of things, And Taizong Dynasty is already the prime minister, although it is not the right one, it is also a top high-ranking official, and the Song Dynasty implemented the collective prime minister system in order to divide power.
As long as you become a prime minister in many official positions, you can say that you have become the prime minister, but in the same period there will be a major prime minister to dominate the overall situation, but this is not absolute, in short, all this is a trick of imperial power checks and balances, nothing new.
However, the consequence of this is that if there is no minister in charge of the civil and military officials, he may prevaricate when encountering things, especially on some major occasions, moments related to the fate of the country.
The Liaoyuan Crisis was such a moment, the Liao State under the leadership of Empress Xiao, the large army invaded the Northern Song Dynasty, the army has reached the north bank of the Yellow River, and is about to cross the Yellow River.
The ministers had no masters, and at this time, Kou Zhun's temper came up, and they must fight for them, and they must not move south, and the emperor must be personally enlisted.
This Song Zhenzong had long heard of Kou Zhun's name, if it were not for the fact that Kou Zhun was senior and capable, Zhenzong really did not want to use him as the prime minister, but now there was no way, seeing that the Khitan people were about to cross the Yellow River, so under Kou Zhun's strong insistence, Song Zhenzong rode in person.
When he reached the south bank of the Yellow River, the emperor reluctantly left, this is Kou Zhunniu's temper has come, not to go, he must go to the north bank of the Yellow River to the city of Liaozhou to cheer the soldiers.
Emperor Zhenzong grew up in the deep palace since childhood, and the hand of a woman, who had seen this face, had long been frightened, but Kou Zhun repeatedly insisted that the emperor go to the north bank, so that Wang Dan, another prime minister at the time, took the emperor's secret will overnight, saying that if he died, he would make the prince the new emperor and rush back to Kaifeng City, and the situation at that time was so critical.
The enemy could not be instigated in front of him, and as a result, this time an alliance was established, although the Song Dynasty gave 300,000 yuan a year, but the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu and the emperor himself were already very happy, but forced the emperor to the share of the will, which also laid the groundwork for Kou Zhun to resign in the future.
After the treaty was signed, Kou Zhun made great contributions, and slowly became a little swollen, often pulling high-ranking Manchu civil and military officials to his home to drink, talking about alcohol and ear fever, saying that so, the doors were closed, and no one was allowed to go home.
The Song Dynasty was open-minded, which was not a big mistake, after all, the tone set by the early Song Dynasty was that the ministers ate, drank, and had fun, as long as they did not want to overthrow the emperor, and it was emperor Taizu who set the ancestral family law in the beginning.
In short, Kou Zhun after the Alliance of The Abyss, whether it is reputation or power, has reached the peak of his life, but soon his personality is too ostentatious, which ushered in a heavy blow for him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > (03) was forced out of the way by Liu E</h1>
Above the court, there was never a shortage of fighting, and Wang Qinruo, as a famous traitor later, this time was with Kou Zhun, and his method of convincing Song Zhenzong was very clever.
You certainly can't erase the merits of the Alliance, but what Wang Qinruo said to the emperor was that Kou Zhun, for his personal glory and wealth, actually took the emperor to gamble, which is called a desperate bet in the casino, and if he loses, there will be nothing at all.
Song Zhenzong listened to the chill on his back, and only then did he feel that Kou Zhun was a big bad guy and demoted Kou Zhun to the local area, of course, this matter Kou Zhun was framed, for a long time, the emperor naturally forgot, but how dangerous the situation was, only remember how scared he was at that time, if there was no Kou Zhun's insistence, it means that this time the Khitan people will enter Kaifeng City.
But Kou Zhun was not willing, so he took advantage of Song Zhenzong's obsession with Taoism, and everywhere there was an opportunity to offer Xiangrui, and he also offered a Xiangrui, which was pure nonsense, but since Kou Zhun did this, the emperor was only soft when you were subdued, so Kou Zhun returned to the imperial court again, back to the emperor.
But this time Kou Zhun encountered a more powerful opponent, Liu E, a person who almost became Wu Zetian, this time Kou Zhun was a little late and almost lost his head.
The situation of Song Zhenzong in his later years was very similar to that of Tang Gaozong, basically because he was ill and could not handle government affairs, and even a little crazy, so Liu E, a sister of Sichuan, began to frequently interfere in the government affairs by virtue of her superb ability to handle political affairs.
Moreover, Liu E also occupied Song Zhenzong, and it was difficult for the ministers to meet the emperor in the later period, and Kou Zhun, as a minister of state, naturally could not see it, and the example of Wu Zetian was there, and everyone had to be more careful.
But to tell the truth, the evaluation of Liu E is not bad, much better than Wu Zetian, Wu Zetian's road to the throne is full of conspiracy and blood, Liu E's conspiracy to the throne must have, but there is no blood.
But Kou Zhun couldn't bear it, seeing that the government was controlled by Liu E day by day, Kou Zhun's bold and stubborn problem was committed again, and he actually prepared to make the crown prince and let Song Zhenzong become the emperor.
I have to say that this is a dangerous trick, the Tang Emperor often killed the head and blood for the throne, fathers and sons and brothers husband and wife cannibalism, human tragedies continue to occur, so the Emperor Taishang, who was forced to abdicate, could only take the last journey of his life desolately.
The Great Song Dynasty, like other dynasties, also had fierce battles for the throne, but like Kou Zhun, who directly deposed the emperor and directly created a prince, there was really no one, which was rebellion in ancient times.
Although it is because of Liu E's control of the government, the situation is critical, seeing that Liu E is becoming Wu Zetian, but these are not the reasons for your rebellion, in ancient times, as a courtier, the first original loyal to the emperor, as long as the old emperor is still alive, you can not overthrow him for any reason.
Later, Kou Zhun was directly relegated to Leizhou, if it were not for the Song Dynasty's tradition of not killing the scholar and doctor, Kou Zhun's behavior, it was absolutely going to die, Leizhou is now Hainan Island, for the Song Dynasty people, this is already the farthest place that can be thought of.
Kou Zhun's life, just and righteous, hot personality, once saved the Great Song, but this personality also let him rise and fall several times in the official field, such a person is rare, born in the politically enlightened Song Dynasty, it is also a kind of luck for him.