Uncle Kou saved the Northern Song Dynasty? This code is really worth talking about.

Lao Xi 'er, also called Lao Xi 'zi, is a general term for Shaanxi people in northern and northeastern China in the old days. What needs special explanation is that this is a neutral name, not a derogatory term. There are three reasons for its origin: first, Shanxi is located in North China and the western part of Northeast China; Secondly, Shanxi people like to drink old vinegar, which is called "acyl" (xρ) in ancient times, so it is homophonic; Finally, the ancient population rarely migrated, but after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of Shanxi people ran out to do business, and these guys were generally smart and stingy, so they got the slightly playful name "Old xi 'er".

The two most famous old children throughout the ages are probably Kou Laoxi 'er in the Northern Song Dynasty and Yan Laoxi 'er in modern times.

Do you think something is wrong? Regardless of Yan Lao Xi 'er, the origin of Kou Lao Xi 'er is entirely the result of artistic processing. In Liu Lanfang and Lian Yuan's long storytelling "Yang Jiajiang", Kou Shu was invariably shaped into Laoxi 'er, with an authentic Shanxi accent, and he always likes to take a sip of mature vinegar, giving people the impression that Kou Shu is from Shanxi.

In fact, there is no evidence that the name "Old Xi 'er" appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the reason for shaping Koushu into a Shanxi native is quite reluctant.

The ancestors of the Lao Kou family did once live in Shanxi (now near Jinzhong, Shanxi), but they moved to Xiaao, Huazhou (now Weinan, Shaanxi) very early. Their ancestors and Uncle Kou himself were born and raised in Xiaao. Therefore, it is reasonable to say that Uncle Kou is from Shanxi according to his ancestral home, but the possibility of being full of Shanxi accent is very small.

After all, in his life, except for four years (A.D. 10 1), he accompanied Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng to Fenyin (near Wanrong, Shanxi), and there was almost no record of Koushu working or living in Shanxi.

Just like my ancestors came to Gada in the northeast from Qilu, but I can't understand Shandong dialect as long as it is a little "round", let alone.

In addition, as a historical figure, Uncle Kou's life experience and personality are very different from those of Lao Xi 'er Kou in literary works.

Kou Shu, whose name is Zhong Ping, was born in the second year of Stegosaurus in the Northern Song Dynasty (96 1).

Saying that in the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty and the early Northern Song Dynasty, the old Kou family still maintained a fine tradition of reading. Kou Xian's old father Kou Xiang once won the first prize:

Eagles don't breed pigeons. In the fifth year of Taiping and Xingguo (AD 980), Koushubian, who was smaller than the weak crown, was a high school scholar and was awarded the post of judge of Dali State. He went to Badong (now Badong, Hubei) and Cheng 'an (now Cheng 'an, Hebei) as the magistrate. Later, because of his promising youth and outstanding achievements, KouShu was transferred to Beijing, where he served as a doctor in the Ministry of Security of Shangshu Province and a bachelor in the Council, and began to enter the fast lane of his career.

Compared with Xi 'er, a resourceful and decisive Kou Lao in film and television dramas and Quyi works, Uncle Kou in real life is more famous for his images of iron-blooded admonishers such as Wei Zhi and Bao Zheng.

In the second year of Duangong (AD 989), Kouxian played in the temple. May be emotional, just open your mouth spray, didn't leave the emperor face. Song Taizong Zhao Huan became more and more angry, so he wanted to leave. I didn't expect the sleeves to be a little long, so I was caught by Uncle Kou and sprayed next to my body.

(I've always encountered personal spray recently. Let me explain it again-Song Taizong Zhao Huan was originally named Zhao Kuangyi, and later changed his name to Zhao Guangyi to avoid big brother. Later, he became emperor, because "broad sense" was a common word, and it was too much trouble for his subjects to avoid it, so he changed his name to Zhao Huan. So Song Taizong is Zhao Huan, and Zhao Guangyi is just his name before he proclaimed himself emperor.

And calling himself emperor and changing his name became the hidden rules of the emperor of Song Dynasty. Sometimes it is very complicated, such as changing the name of the king, the name of the prince and the name of the emperor-for example, Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng and Song Xiaozong Zhao Shien changed their names several times, which often makes people confused.

Of the eighteen emperors in the Song Dynasty, only eight did not change their names. Among them, except Zhao Kuangyin, who started the mountain, all the others who didn't change their names were properly bad kings or kings of national subjugation, which is quite strange to say. )

Digress again, hurry back to Uncle Kou.

Zhao Huan was KouShu spit, not angry is estimated to be sick to death. This should be put in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the latter had to be dismissed from office or even spanked, but this kind of thing was quite common in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Besides, although Zhao Huan is suspicious and his fighting ability is a bit embarrassing, on the whole, he is still a wise gentleman. Since he is a monarch, easy to be a minister and humble, he must have basic self-restraint, so Lao Zhao had to accept it and hold his nose to praise the goods:

Since they were compared to Wei Zhi by the emperor, it is impossible for KouShu to be promoted. As a result, he quickly became the deputy ambassador, Dr. Zuo, and later became a new star in the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty.

But I have no hair on my mouth and I can't do anything well. Just in his early thirties, KouShu became the reserve prime minister of DaSong, and his proud little tail could not be suppressed anyway, so he had a conflict with Zhang Xun, the deputy envoy and academy official of the Tang Dynasty.

Lao Zhang is not only a senior official, but also more qualified than KouShu. He is also a minister of secluded residence before Zhao Shu proclaimed himself emperor. As long as KouShu has a little political mind, he won't hack with his immediate boss and make a scene in front of Zhao Shu regardless of many trivial matters. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the emperor to get bored. The disposal of the two men seemed to be fifty boards each, but in fact there was a great mystery-Zhang Xun was demoted to Wei, the right leading general, so he stayed in Beijing to lead the troops, and his trust in him did not diminish. Soon he was sent to West Shu to quell the rebellion.

Where's Uncle Kou? Was dismissed from office and sent to Qingzhou as a magistrate. In the Song Dynasty, there was a world of difference between Beijing officials and local officials. Especially when Beijing officials are sent to local governments, even the promotion of officials is enough to make people feel bereavement, because it will mean demotion and a gloomy political future.

Uncle Kou was demoted, but because Zhang Xun was his unfortunate object, he gained wide support and sympathy.

Why? The reason is simple, because Zhang Xun is a soldier.

After the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, although Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin established the basic political order of "giving relief to soldiers with a glass of wine", due to frequent foreign wars and a group of founding generals who either died or raised pigs, military attaché s still had a certain position and voice in the court until Song Zhenzong and Zhao Heng acceded to the throne. Of course, civil servants will not be satisfied with this situation, so they have been trying their best to fight for power and profit.

Therefore, Kou Xun, who was jealously jealous and defeated by Zhang Xun, gained great popularity and influence in the civil service group and became a hero who "gloriously sacrificed" for the collective interests. Plus Zhao Huan liked him, so under the operation of a large number of civil servants, KouShu was not only quickly transferred back to Beijing, but also promoted to vice minister.

Of course, in the literati's pen, this is the result of KouShu's "eternal favor", which has nothing to do with them:

However, after experiencing the first setback in life, Uncle Kou obviously learned a lesson and gained experience. After entering Beijing for the second time, the whole person has completely changed.

For example, at this time, Zhao Huan felt that he was dying because of the recurrence of an old injury, and began to worry about standing up and saving lives. However, the succession of the imperial system has always been the first major event in successive dynasties, especially in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhao Xuan inherited the throne from his brother Zhao Kuangyin, so it is more troublesome for him to find an heir than others-is it passed on to his son or nephew?

So Li Chu became the biggest thunder in the Northern Song Dynasty, and whoever touches it will die. However, when Zhao Huan asked about KouShu, the latter's answer was clever:

Uncle Kou's meaning is simple-I will serve whoever the emperor chooses. But does he really think so? I don't think so.

I think, after the inexplicable sudden death of Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, Zhao Huan was in power for 2 1 year as the emperor's brother, and was supported and supported by most civil and military officials in the Qing Dynasty. But in the eyes of the Mao family, these guys may be traitors to the party, or at least they may be villains who have never changed their minds. So, even if Zhao Huan didn't want to choose his own son to take over, Wu Wen of Manchu Dynasty would rather die than promise even for his own future and even his own life. KouShu won't agree, of course, or he will cut off his official career, and he won't want to hang out in the court in the future.

Moreover, Uncle Kou subtly hinted to Zhao Huan: You can choose a "deputy world leader", otherwise I will still oppose it. Zhao Huan understood it as soon as he heard it. It was to his liking, so he chose his third son, Wang Xiang Zhao Yuankan, as the prince, and everyone was very happy.

Zhao Huan died two years later, and Zhao Yuankan acceded to the throne immediately, and changed his name to Zhao Heng and Song Zhenzong.

Uncle Kou played a vital role in the process of his succession, and naturally got Zhao Heng's gratitude and reward, and became a pivotal figure in the real imperial clan dynasty.

Zhao Heng wanted KouShu to be the prime minister, which was a secret that everyone in North Korea knew, and soon he was given the opportunity not to let KouShu visit him.

When Zhao Xuan was in office, he always sought to recover sixteen states, so he launched two large-scale Northern Expeditions. As a result, not only did he lose hundreds of thousands of troops, but even he himself was hit in the ass and finally died of a recurrence of old injuries.

One-sided politeness cannot last. When the Northern Song Dynasty could not be captured, the Khitans retaliated, especially when Zhao Henggang ascended the throne, harassing the border frequently.

In the first year of Jingdezhen (A.D. 1004), the Empress Dowager Xiao Chuo and Yelu Longxu of Liao Shengzong led 200,000 troops to slash the Song Dynasty. At first glance, this posture is completely different from the "mowing valley" in previous years. Obviously, they want to destroy DaSong by the power of World War I and then enter the Central Plains.

Zhao Heng was in a panic. Faced with such a crisis, they thought of two countermeasures. One is to quickly add Kou as a scholar of Jixiantang (the prime ministers in the Northern Song Dynasty generally take Zhao Wentang as the prime minister, the one who holds the history museum as the second phase, and the one who is a scholar of Jixiantang as the last phase). After all, Lao Kou was trusted by the emperor and United with the civilian group, and his brain was good. Maybe if he is promoted, he can think of the idea of letting the Khitans go back to their hometown.

The second rule is running. It is said that everyone is a gentleman, how can we stand under the dangerous wall? However, the reputation of running away from battle is too ugly. It is better to move the capital to fool people. As for the question of where to move the capital, all ministers have the idea of "who doesn't say that my hometown is good"-for example, when I first joined Linjiang Army (now Xinyu, Jiangxi) in politics, I advocated moving the capital near Jinling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), and the Tang Dynasty envoy Chen was from Langzhou (now Langzhong, Sichuan), so I proposed to move the capital to Chengdu. By analogy, should Uncle Kou urge Beijing to go to his hometown Chang 'an?

Who knows the old coach didn't play according to the routine, but shouted and killed Wang Qinruo and others:

Uncle Kou not only refused to let the emperor escape from the battlefield, but also worried that Wang Qinruo would continue to deteriorate, so he transferred him from Zhao Heng for an excuse. So the relationship between the two broke down, and Wang Qinruo began to try his best to dig a hole for Uncle Kou.

However, although Uncle Kou could stop Zhao Heng from escaping, he could not stop the Khitan army from constantly attacking the city on the land of Dasong. In A.D. 10, the Liao army captured qi zhou surrounded by soldiers along the Yellow River. Once Yizhou falls again, it means that the natural barrier of the Yellow River no longer exists, and Song and Jingbian beams will soon be exposed to the hands of the Khitans, and the national subjugation is unknown.

Put all your eggs in one basket KouShu no retreat, is almost in the form of personal expedition forced Zhao Heng came to the front named states. However, this cowardly emperor of the Great Song Dynasty refused to cross the Yellow River anyway. What can we do?

Uncle Kou still has a way. He is a scholar, so he knows the true meaning of "a scholar meets a soldier, so he can't say for sure", so he ran to an imperial general and told Gao Qiong to go to the front of the temple for help. So KouShu and Gao Qiong bluffed and almost kidnapped Zhao Heng to Yuzhou, which greatly boosted Song Jun's morale:

Since then, under the name could, Zhang Songhuan shot the Khitan general LiLin Xiao with a crossbow. In addition, the Liao army fought alone, lacked food and grass, and was in danger of being surrounded by Song Jun, so it turned to Song Jun for help. This is welcome. Despite the opposition of hawks such as Koutai, he signed a dead letter with Liao.

Although the Uni-source Alliance did not cede territory, it invented "ancient coins", which was a shame that the Song Dynasty could not get rid of until its death. It is not an exaggeration to call it the first unequal treaty in China's history. However, without Kouxian's efforts to fight the main battle, or even Zhao Heng's deception, the change of Jingkang broke out long ago 120 years ago, and it was also a delusion to ask the Khitans for the love alliance at that time.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that Uncle Kou saved the Northern Song Dynasty and lasted for more than a hundred years.

But I still don't think it makes sense.

As the saying goes, "companions are like tigers." In fact, apart from Liu, Gao and Zhu in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there are really few emperors who like to chop off the heads of several ministers for fun when they are idle. After all, even if an emperor can do whatever he wants, the assistance and cooperation of ministers is indispensable to maintain and govern the country-no one wants their relationship to become so tense and complicated as long as they don't touch the bottom line and core interests.

But it is true that the emperor is difficult to serve. After all, there are only a few emperors with lofty ideals and firm will in history, such as Qin Huang Hanwu and Tang Zongming Zu. Most emperors have this problem to some extent. Sometimes a minister is stimulated when he doesn't serve him well. Maybe he will have a mental patient, and from then on, the world will be in chaos, and whoever gets involved will be unlucky.

Like Zhao Heng. When the goods just acceded to the throne, because dad left a relatively thick family background, and he was diligent, simple and discerning at that time, and appointed a famous minister Li Ling and others, he managed the country very well. According to historical records, at that time, the economic situation was good, the national treasury was full, and people's lives were acceptable, which was called "the rule of Xianping" in history.

At least at that time, if anyone wanted to say that Zhao Heng was a bad king, it was absolutely unconscionable.

However, a battle of Gezhouba and an alliance of Geyuan completely changed Zhao Heng.

Although the official touts the positive value of the alliance, who doesn't know what it is? Furthermore, even if this paper's Covenant with the Khitan really did more good than harm to DaSong, SHEN WOO should have been wise, and the soldiers who fought bloody battles with the enemy and the civil and military officials headed by Koushu, Gao Qiong and Li Jilong. What about the emperor? This is just a drag. Even if you finally stand on the front line to boost morale, you will be coaxed, forced or even kidnapped. My ancestors were worthy of not wetting their pants on the spot.

Especially the bad variety Wang Qinruo, in the name of attacking Koushu, gave Zhao Heng a fatal blow:

As a result, Zhao Heng's mentality collapsed.

Since then, in order to save face, rebuild the majesty of the emperor, forge gobbledygook, worship in the east and worship in the west, build a palace view, reward officials and give gifts to Lu, and favor villains such as "Five Ghosts" (namely, Wang Qinruo, Song, Linte, Chen Pengnian and Liu Chengxuan), which made the Song Dynasty a mess. Finally, in his later years, Zhao Heng was in a state of insanity and semi-madness, and became the laughing stock of the world:

Nobody cares if Zhao Heng is crazy. The key point is that his perverse behavior started the decline of DaSong.

First, during the reign of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Huan, although they have been pursuing the policy of respecting literature and restraining martial arts, they have not blindly sheltered and connived at civil servants, and the literati dare not have any temper.

However, Zhao Heng lost all his dignity in the battle of Ganzhou, and then his perverse behavior completely lost the hearts of the people, which made the monarchical power and ministerial power out of balance. In particular, in order to save his face, he did not hesitate to "lick the dog" for the literati who mastered the right to speak of public opinion, making the latter more and more embarrassed.

Zhao Heng entrusted all power to Queen Liu E due to illness in his later years, which made his ambition germinate and made Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who later acceded to the throne, almost a puppet. Later, even though he was pro-government, the scholar-officials became more and more arrogant because of his weak personality-the so-called lies circulating in later generations, such as "don't kill the scholar-officials, write to the people" and "rule the world with the scholar-officials", came out in Renzong Dynasty and became an established fact. During Zhao Shu's rule of Song Yingzong, Fu Bi even dared to threaten to abolish legislation in person:

No matter what generation this happened, the old rich had to be dragged out and chopped up to feed the dog. Only in the Song Dynasty, people were not only meticulous, but also won the reputation of being loyal to the monarch.

The lack of imperial power was the main reason why the Song Dynasty was always rich but not strong, but big and weak, so Zhao Heng had to carry the pot.

Secondly, before the Single Source Alliance, after more than 40 years of economic recovery, the Northern Song Dynasty had become increasingly rich and had a very good financial situation. However, after Zhao Heng's tricks and extravagance, the finance of the Northern Song Dynasty was completely dragged into the abyss:

Since then, the "three redundancies" of redundant soldiers, officials and expenses have become a noose around the neck of the Northern Song Dynasty. Even once-in-a-century talents like Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi tried to solve this problem, and as a result, the shame of Jingkang came faster and more violently.

Thirdly, Zhao Hengcheng's weakness made the Northern Song Dynasty suddenly discover a low-cost "coup" to defend the country, that is, to spend money to buy peace. For the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of silver silks a year were counted as wool? Since taking out this money can let everyone continue to spend a lot of money, eat and die, who wants to spend hundreds or thousands of times more real money to prepare for the whole army? As a result, national defense has become increasingly lax, and the status of soldiers has become worse than that of pigs and dogs. Civil servants who know nothing can pretend to be experts and go to the front to command blindly. Anyway, losing is nothing more than spending more money, and it is not that they can't afford it. ...

So in the Song Dynasty, it became more and more familiar to send ancient coins. In addition to the Khitans, the subsequent Tangut, Jurchen and Mongolian ancients were also indispensable. Anyway, whoever beats Dasong twice can make a lot of money.

However, if the coup to buy peace is not successful, the monarch and ministers in the Great Song Dynasty will be completely out of order. So he was taken away like a dog. What about Zhao? Was sent to become a monk by Kublai Khan, so Lu Xiufu had to jump into the sea with Zhao Min, the emperor at the end of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the alliance of a piece of paper seems to have saved the temporary crisis of Dasong, but in fact it has laid an irreparable hidden danger for its final decline. And how should Uncle Kou, who plays a vital role in it, evaluate his merits and demerits?

Open the history books, no matter the official history, unofficial history and Koushu, they are all positive figures, and they are highly appraised.

History books are written by literati, so we can draw a basic conclusion-no matter how brilliant KouShu's life is and how unlucky he is later, his words and deeds are in line with the values of literati.

And since the imperial examination system made the scholar-bureaucrat class rise, what are they pursuing? Of course, it is the struggle for power and profit, the most important of which is the struggle for imperial power.

From this point of view, it is easy to understand some of his behaviors before and after the alliance of the Zen Temple.

First of all, it can be confirmed that Kou Shu advocated limiting imperial power and resolutely safeguarding the interests of literati. As for what cares about people's livelihood and loves people like children, just listen to it as a joke and don't take it seriously.

As early as the second year of Chunhua (AD 99 1), due to drought in some areas, Zhao Huan of Song Taizong called ministers to discuss solutions. However, KouShu pulled out Dong Zhongshu's theory of the induction between man and nature in the Han Dynasty, which suddenly led the topic astray:

So what did Zhao Huan do? It turns out that not long ago, Zhao Huan killed an official named Zuji and spanked Wang Huai for taking bribes. But first of all, KouShu thought that Zhao Huan had done injustice and sheltered Wang Huai (this cargo was Wang Zhen's younger brother who had set foot in politics). Secondly, he opposed the emperor's rough treatment of aristocratic literati. It must be wrong to behead and spank, so he was revenged by God. As for those who are starving and dying in the drought, which one is more important than their ancestral home and Wang Huai, two literati who suffered unfair treatment, and what does it have to do with him?

However, the official history greatly praised Kou Shu's performance and made a statement that "knowing Huai is useful".

In the battle of Guanzhou, KouShu held first, then cheated. Later, he almost kidnapped Zhao Heng and forced him to the front line against Liao. He just rushed into the enemy line with a knife in his hand-is it really necessary?

In fact, although the Khitans were aggressive at that time, they once killed Song Jun, but they soon fell into a dilemma. At least before Zhao Heng was driven north by Koushu, they had been wandering in Hebei for several months, but they only won a few unimportant towns, such as Suicheng, qi zhou and Deqing. Qidan people in big cities like Baozhou, Dingzhou and Jizhou can't chew at all. As for strategic places like Xiongzhou, Bazhou and Daming, the Khitan didn't dare to fight at all, so he had to wander around. Even so, they lost tens of thousands of people. Among them, in Yingzhou, the lower city was not captured in World War I, but more than 10,000 people were killed, which was really not good.

Moreover, in the strategic trend, the Liao army is also fighting alone, and it is trapped in a tight encirclement-the main force of the Northern Song Dynasty is intercepted before, and the Hedong army is commanding and flanked. As long as the defenders from the north of the river in countless military cities gather together, it is the trend of closing the door and beating dogs, and the Qidan army is wiped out. For example, Fu Bi later went to Liao country and was threatened by war, and directly took the battle of Iraq as a reference, so that Yelvzong of Liao Xingzong was really speechless:

In this case, the Liao army can only talk about peace except withdrawing troops, otherwise there is no third way to go. The so-called danger of national subjugation in the Northern Song Dynasty is either alarmist or exaggerated. Anyway, it has ulterior motives.

At this time, the Zhao Heng to the front in addition to boost morale, has no effect on the war. Besides, if the goods wet their pants in Zhangzhou City, who can boost morale? Besides, if it weren't for Zhao Heng's war cowards, maybe the result of the battle of Gezhou wouldn't be a dead letter alliance, but Song Jun stewed the Khitans and then recovered sixteen states.

As a prime minister, it is impossible for KouShu not to know the above situation, let alone the virtue of his master. So what was his purpose in forcing Zhao Heng to go to the front?

The person who knows you best will always be the opponent-Wang Qinruo, KouShu's sworn enemy. Although he is full of something, what he said when thinking about the motivation of the previous move has some truth:

What do you mean by that? That is to say, KouShu fought the main battle alone, but he was not sure of winning (a scholar who didn't understand military affairs at all), so he simply put all his eggs in one basket and put the emperor on the gambling table, hoping to win and die together.

In the end, he won the bet, but the price he paid was that his reputation turned into smelly shit. In order to save his reputation, he did everything he could, and finally dragged the Great Song Dynasty into the abyss.

From this point of view, Kou Shu prevented Zhao Heng from fleeing and moving to the capital. Although he prevented the Northern Song Dynasty from becoming the Southern Song Dynasty more than 100 years in advance, his subsequent madness inadvertently hurt Dasong.

But it is an exaggeration to say that he saved the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhao Heng is not stupid, at least not stupid. So after trying to understand the cause and effect, I naturally had an idea about KouShu. So when the ink of the Zen House Alliance was not dry, I sighed to Prime Minister Kou and then drove him to a place where he was out of sight, out of mind and out of mind.

However, in the third year after 14 (AD 10 19), the situation changed again.

At this point, KouShu arch-enemy Wang Qinruo has gone on strike. Another bad guy, Ding Wei Song Dynasty, took a fancy to this position, but he didn't have enough qualifications, so he decided to start his own business. As it happens, Uncle Kou is also an official fan, so he ignored the opposition to his second visit to Beijing.

However, eating the food that Ding Wei Song Dynasty fed into his mouth does not mean that this unruly coach will give face to Ding Wei Song Dynasty all his life. So Ding Wei of Song Dynasty, who was repeatedly hit in the face by KouShu, fell in love with him, Rainbow Qin Re. More importantly, Uncle Kou still doesn't like Queen Liu E, who is in charge of state affairs for her husband, and secretly plans to let Prince Zhao Zhen supervise the country. At this time, Zhao Heng was too ill to be a director. The two most powerful men in Song Dynasty were Liu E and Ding Wei, who both offended KouShu.

As a result, in the 4th year of Tianxi (AD 1020), Ding Wei falsely accused Uncle Kou of participating in the rebellion and wanted to kill him. Later, although he escaped death because of insufficient evidence, he was demoted to Leizhou because of the strike. Three years later, Kou Xian died at the age of 63.

In the second year of Ming Dow (A.D. 1033), Zhao Zhen rehabilitated Kouxian, reinstated him as a Taifu, Lai Guogong and other princes, and sent a letter to posthumous title to show loyalty and righteousness.

Uncle Kou's image in today's film and television or Quyi works is usually very positive. But in real history, this kind of character often makes people confused.

If you have to give an evaluation, it is not reliable.

On one occasion, Zhao Huan of Song Taizong urgently called a etiquette officer to discuss an important matter. As a result, everyone was short of a coach when they arrived. At this time, Zhao Xuan said with great certainty that the goods must have been drunk again without anyone reminding and reporting.

If such a minister stood on a harsh and mean emperor like Qin Huang Hanwu or Hongwu and Qianlong, his head might be chopped off several times. In other words, Lao Kou was lucky enough to be born in the tolerant Song Dynasty. Not only the emperor can endure me, but also the official can grow bigger and bigger.

Uncle Kou's bad habit of drinking like a dog is notorious. I suspect that he may be drunk before deciding to kidnap Zhao Heng to Yizhou.

Throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, in addition to Uncle Kou, another important official who was famous for drinking was Ouyang Xiu. The latter was recruited and sent to Xijing (now Luoyang, Henan Province) as an official. As a result, he didn't do anything serious all day, either traveling or drinking to pick up girls, and finally angered his immediate boss Wang Shu:

Who is right or wrong between Wang Shu and Ouyang Xiu? Of course it doesn't matter. After all, Wang Shu is KouShu's son-in-law, and he won't talk nonsense about his father-in-law. Although Ouyang Xiu is an official, his learning ability and writing ability are relatively reliable.

Think that when the Song Dynasty invited KouShu to visit for the second time, relatives and friends advised him not to fall for the trick of Ding Lao Niang, and refused to forget it at all. However, although Lao Kou is almost 60, he is still very self-motivated, and as a result, he is in great trouble because of "endless".

Of course, the direct trigger of his bad luck is "drinking":

Official fans, heavy drinkers and big mouths, if such a coach is not unlucky, it is really a ghost.