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Chapter 132 This official is transparent

【Kou Zhun was born in a scholarly family. His father, Kou Xiang, was very knowledgeable. He was a Jinshi in the Later Jin Dynasty of the Five Dynasties and worked as a small official like a secretary in a noble mansion.

But shortly after Kou Zhun was born, his father passed away, so his family fell into poverty and lived a hard life with his mother since childhood.

However, Kou's mother, who was deeply influenced by the scholarly family, attached great importance to Kou Zhun's study.

Kou Zhun was smart and eager to learn when he was young, and he learned a lot of knowledge and principles from books, especially the three biography of "Spring and Autumn", which laid a preliminary knowledge foundation for him to become an official and a politician. 】

"He also loves to read Chunqiu?" Seeing that Kou Zhun also loves to read Chunqiu, Guan Yu suddenly felt like he had found a confidant. At the end, he said with emotion: "Anyone who loves to read Chunqiu is not bad!"

Yes, not only are they not too bad, but they are also somewhat narcissistic.
[In the fifth year of Song Taizong's Taiping Xingguo (AD 980), Kou Zhun, who was only 19 years old, passed the Jinshi examination and was appointed as a Dali judge.Afterwards, he was successively promoted to Yantie magistrate, Shangshu Yubu Langzhong, and direct bachelor of the Privy Council. 】

[Kou Zhun has a successful official career, but this is not because of flattery and clinging to the powerful, on the contrary, he is upright and honest without fear of power.

Kou Zhun's rise to the top of the sky depends entirely on his own ability, loyalty and resourcefulness. In Song Taizong's words, he is "smart when things happen". 】

[However, in the second year of Duangong (989), Kou Zhun once played in the palace, which was extremely powerful.

Taizong couldn't listen to the loyal words, so he left the Dragon Throne angrily and wanted to go back to the inner palace.

But Kou Zhun grabbed Taizong's clothes and persuaded him to sit down again. After listening to him finish speaking, Song Taizong sat down again patiently.

Afterwards, Song Taizong admired Kou Zhun very much, and said happily: "I got Kou Zhun; just like Tang Taizong got Wei Zheng."

The original text of "Kou Zhun's Biography" records: "Will order hundreds of officials to talk about things, and the quasi-existent Chen Yi is highly valued by Emperor Yi. He is promoted to Shangshu Yubu Langzhong, a direct bachelor of the Privy Council, and sentenced to Dongquan from the Ministry of Officials. He tried to play in the palace, but the language did not match , the emperor was angry, and Zhun took the emperor's clothes and ordered the emperor to sit down again. The matter was decided to retreat. The superior said: "I got Kou Zhun, just like Emperor Wen got Wei Zheng." "

Kou Zhuneng was hailed as Wei Zheng, which shows that he occupies an extremely important position in Song Taisong's heart. 】

Li Shimin's heart moved, and he thought to himself: "So, my Wei Zheng will definitely be on the list?"

Zhao Ji nodded and agreed, "Old Kou does have this ability."

Zhao Gou said with some resentment: "If I have Mr. Kou by my side, maybe I can really rule the Jin Kingdom in history."

[Kou Zhun is famous for his uprightness and wisdom among the officials of Taizong Dynasty.

In the early years of Chunhua, the court of the Northern Song Dynasty handled two bribery cases. Wang Huai, who had stolen tens of millions of dollars, was only dismissed from his post and soon returned to his original post. death penalty.

Kou Zhun knew that this was the work of Wang Mian, Wang Huai's elder brother who participated in politics, so he felt very angry.

In the spring of the second year of Chunhua (991), there was a severe drought. Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty summoned his ministers to inquire about the gains and losses of current affairs.

Most of the officials believed that it was caused by the number of days. Kou Zhichi borrowed the very popular theory of induction between heaven and man at that time, and pointed out that the drought was a warning from heaven to the court for unfair punishment.

Song Taizong was very angry after hearing this, but he also felt that Kou Zhun's words must have a basis, so he summoned Kou Zhun to ask why the court's punishment was unfair?

Kou Zhun replied: "Please call all the ministers of the second government, and I will explain in person."

When Wang Mian and others went to the palace, Kou Zhun explained the case of Wang Huai and Zu Ji, then glanced at Wang Mian and asked, "Isn't this unfair punishment?"

Song Taizong immediately questioned Wang Mian, but Wang Mian was so frightened that he was out of his wits, and repeatedly accused him of crimes.

From then on, Kou Zhun was more appreciated by Emperor Taizong, and was appointed Zuo Jianyi doctor, and the deputy privy envoy was changed to Tongzhi Privy Councilor, and began to directly participate in the military and state affairs of the Northern Song court. 】

[Kou Zhun cleverly used another thing to achieve the goal of punishing evil and promoting good, and by the way, he was appreciated by the emperor. This is enough to show that he has a very clever way of acting while having a character of hating evil.

Some people may think that Kou Zhun is too cunning and not straightforward in his actions, but it is refreshing to be tough, but it is cool to be tough for a while, and sometimes the crematorium's light-handed method afterwards is indeed much more cost-effective than head-to-head. 】

Some people agreed: "This is the way a wise man acts. Those who only know how to be reckless will not only fail to get things done, but will most likely suffer from all kinds of troubles because they annoy their superiors."

However, there are also some people who don't like this kind of twisted approach, complaining: "I just hate the twists and turns of these literati. I just caught and beat them and confessed soon? Why don't they use disasters to frame others? Not bright enough!"

People have different ways of thinking, so we won’t comment here, and then watch the video content below,
[Later, Kou Zhun had a serious disagreement with Zhang Xun in the Privy Council.Because Kou Zhun was framed by Zhang Xun, he was demoted to Qingzhou, but at this time Song Taizong couldn't do without Kou Zhun. After Kou Zhun went to Qingzhou, Taizong became depressed and often asked about Kou Zhun's situation in Qingzhou.

So in the second year, Kou Zhun was recalled to the capital by Emperor Taizong, worshiped as a counselor, and was added to Shizhong until the first year (995 A.D.).

At that time, Song Taizong had been in power for a long time and had not established a crown prince. This matter had always been a headache for Taizong.

Because after the death of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, his son Dezhao failed to succeed to the throne, Taizong Zhao Guangyi practiced as the emperor's younger brother.

And the death of Taizu still has the mystery of "candle shadow and ax sound", that is to say, Taizong was suspected of killing his brother and seizing the throne. Therefore, Taizong faced two choices when passing on the throne: establish his own son, or establish Taizu's son .

At that time, most ministers kept taboo about the establishment of a crown prince. Minister Feng Zheng once asked for the appointment of a crown prince, and was demoted to Lingnan by Emperor Taizong. Since then, few people in the court and opposition dare to discuss this matter.

Kou Zhun had just returned from Qingzhou and went to see Taizong. Taizong was suffering from a foot disease at the time. After Kou Zhun saw the injury, he asked affectionately, "Why did you come back to Beijing only now?"]

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【Taizong immediately asked Kou Zhun about the establishment of the crown prince. Kou Zhun had already guessed Taizong's purpose for summoning him this time, and he knew it well.

However, Kou Zhun did not answer Taizong's question immediately. Instead, he told Taizong: To choose a monarch for the world, you should not discuss with concubines, middle officials (eunuchs), or plan with close officials.

Taizong appreciated Kou Zhun's answer very much, and soon after he announced that King Xiang Zhao Heng was the Yin of Kaifeng, changed his title to King Shou, and established him as the crown prince. 】

【Taizong and the crown prince came back from visiting the ancestral temple. People in the capital crowded on both sides of the road, jubilant, vying to see the crown prince.

At this time, someone in the crowd shouted "Young Son of Heaven". Taizong was very unhappy when he heard this, and asked Kou Zhun, "Where will I be placed if the people's hearts turn to the prince?"

Kou Zhun paid homage to him repeatedly and said, "The crown prince chosen by His Majesty is deeply popular, and this is the country's blessing."

Taizong suddenly realized that he rewarded Kou Zhun for a drink, and got drunk. 】

After seeing it, the people in various time and space couldn't help talking about it,
"This Kou Zhun is really impeccable in his work!"

"As an official, he is upright and behaves smoothly in the world. Who doesn't like such an official?"

"If there were a few more Kou Laos, why would our Great Song Dynasty come to this?"

(End of this chapter)