Kou Ji saw that Xiang Yan seemed to be hiding something in his smile, thought about it carefully, and found that he didn't do anything to make people laugh, so he didn't care.

Kou Ji, Xiang Yan and his wife went to the main hall hand in hand.

Kou Zhun sat in the middle of the main hall one step earlier.

There is a table in front of you, on which are delicious dishes.

His face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word.

After Kou Ji stepped into the main hall, he opened his mouth and asked, "What Wang Yunsheng has done in the past few days was taught by you?" ”

Wang Yunsheng is the name of the waiter of the Ministry of Works.

This old man was not born as a Jinshi, but was recommended by the late Wenzheng Gong Li Fang.

Under the support of Li Fang, the journey was smooth sailing and mixed into the position of Beijing official.

After Li Fang died, he was squeezed to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to sit on a cold bench, and then relied on his qualifications to get all the way to the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Industry.

This person did not have much merit for the imperial court, but he did not do much much either.

Count as one of the inactive officials.

If Kou Ji hadn't moved to the Ministry of Industry and forced him to go out to do things, it is estimated that he would have been able to step down from the Ministry of Industry.

Facing Kou Zhun's cold questioning, Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and muttered: "I just told Wang Yunsheng to go to the Third Division to get back the Tuntian authority assigned to the Ministry of Industry by the Inner Court, and didn't say anything else?" ”

Kou Zhun snorted coldly: "He asked Li Qian to ask for the cost of five thousand yuan of decoction medicine, did you teach it?" ”

Kou Ji was stunned.

He did say that he asked Wang Yunsheng to ask Li for 5,000 yuan for the decoction.

It's just that he is joking, roughly expressing a meaning to Wang Yunsheng, so that Wang Yunsheng remembers the blackmail.

The cost of ordinary decoction and medicine is enough for a few or dozens of times.

It is not difficult for Wang Yunsheng to ask Li Qian for a few hundred yuan of decoction and medicine.

But he didn't expect that Wang Yunsheng really did what he said word for word, and he had to ask Li Jian for thousands of soup and medicine fees.

Wang Yunsheng is not open-minded?

Or is it deliberate?

Kou Ji speculated for a while and felt that Wang Yunsheng was eighty percent deliberate.

He can mix into the position of a squire in the Ministry of Works, even if he is incompetent and incompetent, his brain must be better than ordinary people.

How could he not hear the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.

He must have done it on purpose.

It may be that he is afraid that his reputation will be tarnished by the sloppy things, so he did this, hoping to push the sloppy things on Kou Ji's head.

After figuring out the joints, Kou Ji was angry and funny.

The ghost eyes of the Dark Dao King Yunsheng are not small.

It's just that he said it when Wang Yunsheng asked Li for the cost of soup and medicine, but he didn't plan to admit it.

Wang Yunsheng cherishes his reputation, doesn't he cherish his reputation?

If he doesn't cherish his reputation, can he still get Wang Yunsheng's turn to play tricks, and Wang Yunsheng's turn to earn the 5,000 yuan?

With an idea, Kou Ji arched his hand to Kou Zhun and said, "Back to my grandfather, I have never instigated Wang Yunsheng to ask Li Qian for what decoction and medicine fees. ”

Kou Zhun said coldly: "Then when Wang Yunsheng and Li Jian got into trouble with the Shishitang today, under the old man's interrogation, why did you say that it was your order?" ”

Kou Ji pretended to be stunned, and then smiled bitterly, "How could I give such a mediocre order. I think it was Wang Yunsheng who resented Li Qian's subordinates for insulting him, so he asked Li Zheng for a huge amount of soup and medicine under the pretext, and he was afraid that your grandfather would scold him, so he deliberately blamed me on the matter. ”

However, how could Kou Zhun listen to Kou Ji's nonsense.

If Wang Yunsheng had the courage to talk nonsense in front of him, he would not still be sitting in the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Works.

Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "Then when it comes to the court tomorrow, the old man will personally stare at the confrontation between the three of you." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he didn't hesitate, but asked tentatively: "Then did Li Jian pay Wang Yunsheng for the soup and medicine?" ”

Kou Zhun's old face darkened, and he snorted: "After all, people faint in the third division, whether they are angry or knocked down, the third division is responsible." As the third envoy, Li Jian failed to control his subordinates, and of course he had to pay for the cost of soup and medicine.

But it's not as outrageous as 5,000 guan.

The old man was in charge, and asked Li Jian to give Wang Yunsheng a thousand yuan for the soup. ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Wang Yunsheng touched the porcelain and got the soup and medicine, which was expected by Kou Ji.

After all, this kind of thing is difficult to break clearly.

Li Tan is on the losing side, so it is inevitable that he will compensate for the cost of the soup medicine.

Kou Zhun was not happy in his heart, shook his head, and said to himself: "There is a loss of decency, and the dignified and important ministers of the court ......."

Kou Zhun really couldn't find the words to describe Wang Yunsheng's touching porcelain.

Obviously, Kou Zhun felt that Wang Yunsheng's behavior was a loss of identity.

If Wang Yunsheng asked Li Jian for an explanation, it would be better.

But Wang Yunsheng directly asked Li Qian for money, which seemed a little inferior.

After all, asking for money and framing porcelain are two different concepts.

The former is shameless, and the latter is to take advantage of the opportunity to fight for some purpose.

The former is unbearable, but the latter is a manifestation of wisdom.

"Bang ......"

Just when Kou Ji was secretly thinking about how to make Wang Yunsheng admit this matter alone.

Kou Zhun slapped the table and said angrily: "This wind can't rise, if everyone in Bianjing City follows suit, wouldn't it be a mess." Tomorrow, the old man will issue an order to state the matter. ”

Kou Ji asked, "How is Grandfather going to state this?" ”

Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and said, "Naturally, Zhang Bang told the people that the reason why Wang Yunsheng fainted was because he was pushed by the officials of the three divisions, not ...... Non-......"

I can't go on with that.

Kou Ji hurriedly added: "It's not that I'm playing tricks. ”

Hearing this, Kou Zhun nodded, and said loudly: "It's not that I'm playing tricks and taking the opportunity to make money." ”

Wang Yunsheng wants fame, and the court also wants fame.

An important minister in the court, playing tricks, taking the opportunity to extort money, if it is spread out, then the people still don't regard the Manchu civil and military as a person who steals chickens and dogs?

So I can only find an excuse to make the matter reasonable.

I don't know that the official of the third division is unlucky and has to make sacrifices for the face of the court.

Hearing Kou Zhun say this, Kou Ji already had a way to deal with Wang Yunsheng.

I'm not afraid that tomorrow I will go to the court to confront Wang Yunsheng and Li Zheng.

He led Xiang Yan to sit down.

The family of three began to eat.

Kou Zhun sandwiched a piece of pickled vegetables and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it with emotion, "In the palace, I am used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and I am used to eating green vegetables." Now try this pickled vegetable again, it has a different flavor. ”

Xiang Yan smiled and said, "Grandfather likes it, so eat more." The granddaughter-in-law made the kitchen of the house marinate a lot of ......"

When the ancients spent the winter, they did not have green vegetables to enjoy.

So during the winter, most of the food is pickled vegetables.

There are pickled in the summer and pickled in the autumn.

The only place where you can eat green vegetables in winter is probably the Imperial Palace.

Because there is a huge greenhouse in the palace, which is planted with all kinds of vegetables, which is exclusively for Zhao Zhen, Liu E and others to enjoy.

Occasionally, some profits will be given to some important ministers in the court.

But not too much.

In winter, it is a symbol of grace to be rewarded with green vegetables from the palace.

It is said that when Taizong was in the court, there were two officials with equal positions, and during the winter, Taizong gave one of the officials green vegetables, but not the other official.

Another official took advantage of this to perceive Taizong's dissatisfaction with him, and decisively wrote a letter to resign, thus escaping the scourge of death.

According to Taizong's thoughts at the time, he originally planned to fabricate some charges against him, and then exile him to Salmon Island, or kill him.

It was because he was smart enough to sense that something was wrong from the joints of the green vegetables, so he escaped and retreated.

Of course, this is just a false claim.

Because they can mix to the point of eating green vegetables in the palace, they are all important ministers in the court.

But Kou Ji still didn't know the life of the official who escaped from Taizong's hands.

Kou Ji secretly guessed that it was probably a story made up by someone in order to elevate the special meaning of the green vegetables rewarded in the palace.

Kou Zhun eats pickled vegetables sweetly, but Kou Ji eats them like chewing wax.

Outside the city, he accompanied the homeless people to eat chaff and ate for more than ten days.

Now that he has returned to the house, he can't eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and he still has to eat pickled vegetables, of course he is not satisfied.

That is, a plate of stir-fried meat and a plate of stew on the table, barely enough to satisfy his appetite.

Otherwise, he would definitely go back to the garden to eat another meal after having dinner with Kou Zhun.

At the same time, Kou Ji felt that it was necessary for him to write a letter to Zhao Zhen and ask Zhao Zhen to send him some green vegetables to taste.

After eating, Kou Ji was about to go back to write a letter to Zhao Zhen, but was left behind by Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun seemed to have something to say to him.

Xiang Yan made a confession and left the main hall.

Kou Zhun instructed Kou Zhong to clean up the leftovers on the table, and only after the maid served fragrant tea did Kou Zhun slowly speak, "You did a good job on the errand of relocating the displaced people this time......

Kou Ji said with a frank smile: "Actually, I also want to use the power of the displaced people to make money and make profits, so I took the initiative to grab this errand." ”

Kou Zhun was stunned when he heard this, sighed, and asked, "Isn't the old man's money enough for you to spend?" ”

Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Kou Zhun said again: "You are an official, an official of the fourth grade, you are already an important minister in the court, if you are released, you are enough to serve as a party to seal the territory."

What you should do is to seek the benefit of the court and the people.

Instead of plotting the money all day.

It's not the way of running those merchants.

When it comes to spending money, the old man has never seen you spend money. Not only did you not spend the money on the house, but after you arrived in Bianjing, you also used the way of merchants to collect huge amounts of money for the house.

In Jiangneung, a coinage workshop was built.

It can be said that even if you don't do anything in the future, your money will continue to roll in.

As long as the coinsmithing workshop exists, your children and grandchildren will also have a steady stream of money to spend.

Since you don't have to worry about spending money, and you don't lack money to spend, why do you still have to concentrate on accumulating money? ”

After Kou Zhun finished speaking, Kou Ji was about to speak, but saw Kou Zhun with a solemn face.

Unprecedented dignified.

He realized that Kou Zhun might have something to say, so he kept silent.

I saw Kou Zhun staring at him with a solemn expression, and asked a sentence that was enough to break the earth.

"You tell the old man that you collect so much money and don't spend it, do you simply like money, or do you want to borrow it...... Rebel? ”

Kou Ji's eyes widened in astonishment, and he said in disbelief: "Grandfather, how can you have such a mind? ”

Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "Everything you do is moving in this direction, it's hard for the old man not to have this kind of thought." ”

Kou Ji frowned slightly.

Could it be that Kou Zhun knows the role of Jiaozipu?

What Chen Lin told him?

It shouldn't be possible.

If Chen Lin told Kou Zhun about the role of Jiaozipu, it would be impossible for Kou Zhun to let Jiaozipu be in his hands.

That's why Kou Zhun had this kind of thought.

Kou Ji stared at Kou Zhun, his eyes full of inquiry.

Kou Zhun sighed and said, "Li Di told the old man that those soldiers and civilians who came from Baozhou were obedient to you. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said: "I am kind to the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou, and I saved their lives when the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou were not clothed and hungry. All grain, cloth, and land products were allocated by the imperial court.

This matter was known to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

If I have something to do with the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou, they will naturally have to help me. ”

Kou Zhun glanced at Kou Ji deeply, and said solemnly: "But in their eyes, you are more important than the imperial court and the official family." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, his brows furrowed into a Sichuan character.

What Kou Zhun meant in this sentence, Kou Ji knew it clearly.

The soldiers and civilians of Baozhou obeyed Kou Ji's words, and even only cared about Kou Ji, not the imperial court.

If Kou Ji wanted to do something, he just had to raise his arms and exhale.

In an instant, countless dead soldiers rushed in front of him, charging for him and dying for him.

Kou Ji stared at Kou Zhun and asked, "That's all?" Just because of the military and civilians in Baozhou, my grandfather suspected me of having two hearts? ”

Kou Zhun shook his head and said, "Of course it's more than that...... There is also the money in the house, the money casting workshop in Jiangling, and the three major merchants in Shu. The amount of money registered in the account books of the government has exceeded more than 10 million yuan, far exceeding the amount of money saved in the state treasury.

It can equip two or three hundred thousand warriors.

The money casting workshop in Gangneung is constantly minting money, and the copper stored in it is enough to buy four or five percent of the grain in the lower Gangneung area.

In this disaster relief, the three major merchants in Shuzhong will be able to deliver what you need on time and in sufficient quantities within three days.

Isn't that enough? ”

After a pause, Kou Zhun added, "There are also 10,000 well-equipped tiger troops in Baozhou, and 30,000 newly selected Baoshua troops......"

Kou Ji looked at Kou Zhun with a solemn expression.

Kou Ji carefully connected Kou Zhun's words, and found that it was really easy for him to raise troops.

Baozhou has two or three hundred thousand warriors for him to drive, and the money in the government can allow him to equip these two or three hundred thousand warriors.

The money mill in Gangneung can provide him with enough grain and grass at any time.

Mu Chong and the three of them can transport the materials he needs to the place he needs at any time, and the speed is very fast.

That is, as long as there are enough financial resources to support it.

He can lead two or three hundred thousand warriors to beat the Great Song Dynasty again, and he doesn't need to worry about grain and grass, and he doesn't need to worry about baggage.

Of course, this is only an idealized state.

If it was really easy to overthrow the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia would have overturned the Great Song Dynasty a long time ago.