Kou Zhun stared at Cao Utilization, and snorted coldly: "This matter is your Cao Utilization's responsibility, if you Cao Utilization can't do this well, don't blame the old man for being a privy envoy." ”

Cao Yong sighed, and in front of everyone's eyes, he stubbornly said: "Cao Yong takes the order." ”

“……”

Kou Zhun is majestic on the vertical arch hall.

Kou Ji in the yamen of the ministry is also majestic.

He did not go to court today.

So I arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials early.

He sat in the main hall of the yamen, and waited until it was almost time to go to court, when he saw the late arrival of the subordinate officials and small officials.

After the subordinate officials and small officials arrived at the yamen of the ministry, they prepared to be salted fish as usual.

But after seeing Kou Ji sitting in the hall, their faces changed slightly, and they all entered the main hall and saluted Kou Ji.

Kou Ji stared at everyone with a smile, and waited until everyone had given a salute before nodding with a smile and saying, "Wang Shangshu is sick and bedridden at home, and now this ministry is in charge of me."

Rest assured, I, Kou Ji, am not a difficult person to speak, and I will not embarrass you.

You should just want to do the same.

I sit here today just to recognize you. ”

The subordinate officials originally thought that Kou Zhun was sitting in the hall, and it was not good to come.

Now when they heard Kou Ji's words, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

After seeing that the officials of the Ministry of Officials were relaxed, Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction, and asked Zhang Yuan, the entourage beside him, with a smile, "I'll test you." ”

Zhang Yuan said respectfully: "I don't know what the little young master wants to take the school villain?" ”

Kou Ji stared at the officials and said with an indifferent smile: "According to the practice of the imperial court, what if the officials can't make the order, or are late?" ”

Zhang Yuan bowed down and replied: "If you go back to the little young master, you will be fined for one month." ”

Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction, got up slowly, arched his hand to the subordinate officials who were staring at him with a blank face, and said, "This official thanks you for helping the imperial court save a month. ”

After a pause, Kou Ji smiled again: "Presumably, you don't care about charcoal, silk, cloth, etc., so let's save it together." ”

After saying this, Kou Ji flicked his sleeves and walked out of the hall with Zhang Yuan.

left a group of subordinate officials and junior officials looking at each other.

When Kou Ji walked to the door of the main hall, he paused, turned around and said with a smile: "The fifth watch of the Japanese official will arrive tomorrow." ”

Dropping these words, Kou Ji stepped out of the main hall and left the yamen of the ministry.

He left a group of subordinate officials and junior officials in the main hall, all with bitter faces as if they had died of their father.

The monthly income is gone, and not only that, but even the subsidy from the imperial court is gone.

But they have words of suffering.

It's their fault, even if they find someone to reason, they can't say it.

In the past, they could still ask the backers behind them to take action and communicate with their superiors.

But now, when they encounter Kou Ji's deep background, it is difficult for them to find someone to ventilate.

"Tomorrow's fifth watch, I will definitely get it......"

The subordinate officials glanced at each other and sighed.

Kou Ji left the yamen of the ministry, returned to the mansion, and changed into clothes and was about to go out of the mansion to meet the beautiful woman, when Liu Heng came to the door.

"Fourth Brother ......"

Liu Heng was dressed in a cyan robe and carried a folding fan, and walked to Kou Ji's side.

Kou Ji paused, glanced at Liu Heng suspiciously, and said, "Something?" ”

Liu Heng smiled and said, "I can't come to you if it's okay?" ”

Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, yes, but now is not the time." ”

Liu Heng was stunned when he heard this, carefully looked at Kou Ji's dress, and grinned: "Fourth brother, are you going to meet the beauty?" ”

Kou Ji glared at him and said, "I know and ask." ”

Liu Heng nodded and said, "Then I'll make a long story short." ”

Kou Ji wondered, "Is there really something?" ”

Liu Heng nodded.

Kou Ji turned around and said, "Then go back to the mansion and say." ”

Kou Ji took Liu Heng back to the mansion, and after sitting down, Kou Ji asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Heng sold a pass, and did not directly say the reason in his heart, but asked rhetorically: "Fourth brother, do you know the Mu family in Sichuan Mansion?" ”

Kou Ji recalled for a while, remembering the two characters of the Mu family he met when he first arrived in Bianjing.

"Know some...... What are you going to say about the Mu family? ”

Liu Heng pinched the folding fan in his hand and nodded solemnly: "Not bad...... What I'm going to say is really related to the Mu family. ”

Kou Ji pulled out the folding fan on his waist, looked at the table, and complained, "Then you should say it quickly." ”

Liu Heng unfolded the folding fan and said in a low voice: "The fourth brother wanted to help the Baosai Army get a batch of iron before, and I handed it over to the Mu family. ”

Kou Ji scratched his head with a fan, "That batch of iron has been sent to Baozhou, and I have already paid off the money, is there something wrong?" ”

Liu Heng shook his head and smiled: "There are no variables in that business. It's just that the Mu family has something to do, and they asked for us, hoping that we can help one or two. ”

Kou Ji put down the fan and asked, "Why didn't the people from the Mu family come to me directly?" ”

Liu Heng said with a smile: "The Kou Mansion is closed all year round, and they have the opportunity to come in." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he laughed and said, "I was negligent......"

After a pause, he asked, "Why did the Mu family find you?" ”

Liu Heng came to Kou Ji's side and said carefully: "The Mu family, together with several major merchants in Sichuan Mansion, has created a thing called Jiaozi in Sichuan Mansion, and wants to invite us to join in Vientiane Building and take a part in it. ”

Kou Ji was stunned, stared at Liu Heng with a stunned expression, and asked, "What do you say they founded?" ”

Liu Heng said disappreciably: "Jiaozi! It is said that paper was used instead of heavy copper coins for a large number of goods transactions. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Heng expressed his opinion: "I feel a little unreliable no matter how I think about it. If paper can be used as money, then everyone in the world will become rich. ”

Kou Ji shook his head thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "How can it be as simple as you think. They haven't explained the purpose of Jiaozi to you in detail. ”

Liu Heng said with a big grin: "I said it, I didn't listen carefully...... They said that paper was used for money, and I felt that it was unreliable, so how could I still listen to it. If they hadn't given me a big gift, I wouldn't have helped them come to the fourth brother to talk to you. ”

Kou Ji lifted the folding fan, pointed at Liu Heng and nodded, "You, you ......"

After complaining about Liu Heng, Kou Ji slapped his palm with a folding fan and sighed: "Jiaozi is a good thing, but I didn't expect it to be made by a businessman from Sichuan Mansion." ”

When Liu Heng heard this, he came to his senses, he closed the folding fan, pricked up his ears, and asked, "Jiaozi is a good thing?" ”

Liu Heng didn't believe the words of others, but he believed Kou Ji's words.

Since Kou Ji said that Jiaozi is a good thing, then Jiaozi must be a good thing.

He believed in Koji's vision, the means to make money.

Kou Ji nodded and said, "If the distribution rights of Jiaozi are in our hands, we can make more money than you imagine." ”

Liu Heng stood up in a daze and exclaimed, "So powerful? ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Talking and laughing is rich and rivaling the country, can it not be powerful?" ”

"Hiss......"

Liu Heng gasped, he put away the folding fan in his hand, and hurriedly urged Kou Jidao: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go to the Mu family and take a part in it." ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "No......"

Liu Heng shouted, "Why? Talking and laughing, the wealth is rivaled by the country. ”

Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and said seriously: "Since it is a business that is rich and rivals the country between talking and laughing, how can the Mu family easily share the profits with us?" ”

Liu Heng was stunned.

Koji continued, "Don't be blinded by wealth. Jiaozi can not only make people rich and rival the country when they talk and laugh, but also make people bankrupt when they talk and laugh. ”

Kou Ji held the folding fan, stabbed it on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "The water is very deep here...... So deep that even if you drown, you can't see a shadow. ”

"The Mu family must have encountered trouble in the process of founding Jiaozi, so they found us."

"The Mujia tree has deep roots, and the trouble that they can't solve must be a big trouble. If the two of us step into it blindly, we are likely to be ruined. ”

“……”

Liu Heng glared and said stunned: "Fourth brother said, is the Mu family cheating on us?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "It's not a pit, people just want to save themselves, and they think we can save them, so they ask for us." You go to Vientiane Tower, find one or two clever people from Zhang Chengpai, and find out what troubles the Mu family encountered in the process of founding Jiaozi.

If we can solve this problem, then we will mix it up.

If we can't solve this problem, then we will wait and see. ”

Liu Heng nodded heavily, inserted the folding fan in his hand into his waist, and walked out.

After Kou Ji waited for Liu Heng to leave, he sat on the chair and pondered for a while.

Jiaozi was born in the Song Dynasty, which he knew, but he didn't know exactly in that year.

He thought that this thing would appear in front of him in a few years, but he didn't expect it to appear so soon.

What's more, this thing is still from the hands of the Mu family, who has a bit of fate with him.

This thing is still in the initial stage, and there must be many problems.

The corresponding subordinate affairs were also not set up, so Kou Ji did not plan to participate in this matter.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty have always been the people who do not raise officials and do not hold them accountable.

So if Jiaozi is smooth sailing from its establishment to the passage of the world, the imperial court may not establish Jiaozi affairs.

According to the records in the history books, soon after the establishment of Jiaozi, the imperial court set up a special Jiaozi affairs control, which shows that Jiaozi encountered trouble in the process of establishment, and it was a big trouble.

Otherwise, it is not enough for the imperial court to set up a special yamen to control it.

Kou Ji has a lot of money in his hands now, but it is still inferior to the hundreds of years accumulated by the wealthy businessmen of Sichuan such as the Mu family.

He didn't want to throw his money into it to accompany the Mu family.

He knows some of the rules that are common to Jiaozi, and he can also help the Mu family avoid some troubles.

But he can't even deal with the affairs of the court at the moment, so how can he have the heart to manage the Mu family.

The passage of Jiaozi is inseparable from the stability of the court.

Now that the situation is still unstable, even if Kou Ji spends all his energy to make Jiaozi bigger, it will be useless.

Kou Ji was focused on the court situation, so he didn't bother to manage Jiaozi.

After Liu Heng left, he also went out of the mansion.

Today I made an appointment with Xiang Yan to go to Daxiangguo Temple to worship the Buddha, and he didn't want to be late.

He rushed to Daxiangguo Temple and accompanied Xiang Yan for a long time before returning home.

On the way home.

Hearing the people of Bianjing City talking about Kou Zhun's actions in the court today, he frowned slightly.

He had expected his grandfather to find a tongue to express his support for the civil service.

didn't expect Kou Zhun to choose to go into battle shirtless.

Kou Ji returned to the mansion and wanted to talk to Kou Zhun for a conversation or two.

But Kou Zhun did not return home.

Kou Ji stayed in Kou Zhun's study until midnight and fell asleep deeply.

Following.

At the time of the fourth watch.

Kou Zhong woke up Kou Ji.

Kou Ji put on his court clothes and went to the yamen of the ministry.

When Kou Ji arrived at the yamen of the ministry, he saw that all the subordinate officials and junior officials of the ministry had arrived.

He looked at the subordinate officials and junior officials who were waiting for him in the main hall, and nodded with satisfaction.

Facts have proved that any punishment is far less effective than deducting wages.

Money is always the most popular thing.

Kou Ji paced into the main hall, sat down in the hall, and asked, "Are you all here?" ”

"Back to Kou Shilang, the lower officials have already counted the roster, and there are three hundred and fourteen people in the officials, except for Wang Shangshu who is sick at home, all the rest are here."

A subordinate officer held the roster and said respectfully.

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Then let's do things." ”

The officials and subordinates looked at each other.

They haven't done anything since they joined the ministry, and they don't know where to start for a while.

Seeing this, Kou Ji snorted coldly, "Since you don't know how to do things, then this official will teach you how to do things." First, transfer all the files of the existing officials and examine them carefully to see if there are any omissions.

This is called filling in the gaps. ”

The subordinate officials holding the roster hesitated for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "If you return to Kou Shilang, the files of officials from all over the country are still blocked in the courtyard where the original Criminal Division is located, and the main file is sealed in the Yamen of the Third Division.

The file in the courtyard of the original Criminal Division is easy to check, but the main file in the Yamen of the Third Division is not easy to check. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Isn't there a place for the officials to put the files?" ”

The subordinate officer holding the roster smiled bitterly: "Yes, there is, but it has not been repaired for many years, and it often collapses and even fires, so it is not safe to put the file inside." ”

"Bang!"

Kou Ji slapped the table and stood up, "Then you will vacate your public room and store the files." You are now running errands in the open space outside the public house. ”

"This ......"

The subordinate officials looked embarrassed.

Kou Ji snorted coldly: "This official is not discussing with you, but ordering you. Within one day, the public house will be cleared, and within seven days, the official will see the detailed files of all the incumbent officials of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

An official in a green official uniform sighed and said, "Squire, aren't you embarrassing the officials and others?" Seven days, where can we be busy? Moreover, the files stored in the courtyard where the original Criminal Division was located were only secondary files, and the resumes of the officials recorded on them were not clear.

If the lower officials and others want to sort out the detailed files, they have to go to the Yamen of the Third Division to ask for the main file.

The things in the yamen of the three divisions are not something that the lower officials and others can ask for if they want to. ”