Kou Ji also knew the reason why Chen Lin chose to steal money from him instead of from others.
Although the two often bickered and argued, there was more or less a friendship between them.
Based on these friendships alone, it would be nothing for Chen Lin to take some money from Kou Ji.
Chen Lin will definitely not take Kou Ji's money for nothing. If she encounters an opportunity in the future, she will definitely find a way to repay Kou Ji's favor.
In addition, Chen Lin was willing to take money from Kou Ji because she expected that Kou Ji would not impose conditions on him.
Once a personal eunuch of an official family like him has financial dealings with others, it is easy for others to seize him and threaten him to reveal some of Zhao Zhen's whereabouts, daily life, secrets, etc.
Chen Lin is loyal to Zhao Zhen, so she will naturally not reveal Zhao Zhen's secrets.
Naturally, he would not take money from those who would impose conditions on him.
After Chen Lin left.
Kou Ji casually picked out a piece of jade, two seals, a scroll of ancient paintings, and two unique Buddhist scriptures from the pile of gifts placed in the atrium, and put them away.
"Seal the rest and send it to Eunuch Chen."
Kou Ji gave instructions to the servants who were guarding the gifts, and also gave some instructions to the stewards of the house.
Since he knew that Chen Lin was short of money, Kou Ji would not be stingy.
Chen Lin is not an ordinary person. What he needs to do with money is naturally a big thing.
Being able to force him to be greedy for money regardless of his face shows that his intentions are not small.
Since Kou Ji has the ability to help, he naturally wants to help.
Anyway, he is not short of money now, and he does not like ordinary gold and silver goods. Keeping these money is just to add an extra number to the account book of the house, and there is no essential change.
After hearing Koji's instructions, the servants hurried forward and began to seal the box containing the gifts.
A moment later.
Under the guidance of the steward of the house, the servants carried the box and followed Chen Lin out of the door.
As soon as Chen Lin walked out of Ma Xing Street, she saw the servants of the Kou Mansion chasing after her.
After seeing the box carried by the servants of the Kou Mansion, I was slightly stunned.
Chen Lin stared at the steward of the Kou Mansion and asked, "What does this mean? Kou Ji wants to bribe me?"
The steward of the Kou Mansion bowed and said with a smile: "My young master didn't mean that. My young master said that you may need money, so let the little people bring the money to you.
My young master also said that if the money is not enough, he can find a way to get some for you."
Chen Lin saw a large amount of money being delivered to her, and did not move. Instead, she stared at the steward of the Kou Mansion and said in a deep voice, "What does Kou Ji want me to do for him?"
The steward of the Kou Mansion shook his head and said: "My young master has no agenda. My young master said that you are a person with status. You cannot lose your status because of money issues, and I don't want to see you being manipulated for money."
Chen Lin raised her head, took a deep look in the direction of the Kou Mansion, and said in a deep voice: "Go back and tell your young master that I have accepted the money. I have accepted his favor."
After hearing this, the steward of the Kou Mansion said no more, bowed his hands to Chen Lin, and left the entrance of Maxing Street with the servants of the Kou Mansion.
Boxes containing money were left on the ground for Chen Lin.
A small yellow doorman next to Chen Lin came to the boxes with some jealousy and whispered: "The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is so generous..."
Chen Lin glanced at the small yellow gate without saying anything. She just ordered people to carry the boxes and went to the courtyard outside the palace outside the palace.
As the saying goes, money moves people's hearts.
When Xiao Huangmen saw Kou Ji being so generous, he thought Kou Ji was a blackmailer, so he became greedy.
If you bump into Kou Ji in the future, you will inevitably have to blackmail him.
It's just that he obviously didn't clearly understand his own status, nor did he clearly understand Kou Ji's status.
If he really committed the crime of blackmailing Kou Ji, I'm afraid no one inside or outside the palace would be able to tolerate him.
"A blind eye for money...a thing that doesn't know whether to live or die..."
Chen Lin sneered and whispered.
He also climbed from a young eunuch to the position of a great eunuch step by step.
He understands the thoughts of those little eunuchs better than anyone else.
Those little eunuchs relied on the fact that they were members of the palace, so after leaving the palace, they dared to embezzle anyone's money.
The civil and military ministers outside the palace knew that they were servants of the official family, so it was not easy to argue with them, and they would give them all their money.
There are also some people with humble official positions who are afraid that the eunuchs will speak ill of them when they return to the palace, so they take the initiative to pay tribute.
Over time.
Under the pampering of civil and military ministers.
The eunuchs, big and small, all became greedy.
Dare to embezzle any money.
I dare to take money from anyone.
They would even risk being beheaded by stealing things from the palace and selling them.
Every year, dozens of eunuchs are executed in the palace because of this matter.
Even so, the eunuchs, big and small, showed no restraint.
However, the young eunuch who was thinking about Kou Ji this time was obviously thinking about the wrong person.
Is Kou Ji so worried about you?
The nun who stabbed Kou Ji with a needle in the palace last time is now rotten into withered bones.
There are also two eunuchs who slandered Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, and now they have become fertilizer, fertilizing the flower fields in the imperial garden.
The person who gave the order was Zhao Zhen.
It was Chen Lin who took action.
…
Inside the Kou Mansion.
Kou Jishang didn't know that because of his temporary gift of money, a young eunuch took notice of him.
Kou Ji took the jade bi, the seal, and the only copy into the study, and put them on the bookshelf in the study.
Kou Ji's study is very big.
It's like a huge library.
It's just that there are not only books in the bookstore, but also some ancient books, bamboo slips, antiques and other objects.
There are only two shelves for books, but there are dozens of shelves for bamboo slips, ancient books, and antiques.
Those antiques, ancient books and the like were not deliberately collected by Kou Ji.
They were given by others during the New Year and festivals, some of which he bumped into accidentally, and some of which were sent by Zhang Cheng.
Kou Ji's study has become a small museum.
Kou Ji took the things into the study and put them on the bookshelf according to their quality and age.
Then he came across a locked bookshelf with a cabinet. He opened a cabinet at random, picked through it, took some, and walked out of the room with it.
After leaving the room, Kou Ji gave instructions to Kou Zhong.
"Prepare the sedan, I'm going to the Ministry of Industry..."
Kou Zhong immediately sent someone to prepare a sedan chair and sent Kou Ji to the Ministry of Works.
Kou Ji arrived at the Ministry of Works and saw Wang Yunsheng slumped on a recliner, surrounded by a group of subordinate officials and minor officials serving tea and flattering him.
Kou Ji clicked his lips and said, "Shilang Wang is really living a comfortable life, isn't he?"
Wang Yunsheng was closing his eyes slightly, sipping tea, and listening comfortably to the subordinate officials and minor officials around him who were flattering him, when he suddenly heard Kou Ji's voice.
His eyes opened.
I saw Kou Ji's smiling face.
"Go away, go away..."
Wang Yunsheng stood up quickly, put down his tea cup, drove away the subordinate officials and minor officials around him, walked quickly to Kou Ji, bowed and saluted.
"Xiaoguan Wang Yunsheng has met Shangguan."
Wang Yunsheng saluted, but he also did not forget to greet the subordinate officials and minor officials behind him, "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you come over to see the superior officer?"
Officials from the Ministry of Industry and minor officials hurriedly came forward in groups and bowed to salute.
Kou Ji waved his hand, "No need to be polite, just do whatever you need to do."
After hearing this, the subordinate officials and clerks of the Ministry of Industry bowed and left the squad room one by one.
They can praise Wang Yunsheng and flatter Wang Yunsheng, but that doesn't mean they can do the same in front of Kou Ji.
Come on.
In fact, they were not very familiar with Kou Ji, did not understand Kou Ji's temperament, and did not dare to approach Kou Ji.
Secondly.
Kou Ji had served in two yamen before and did not leave a good reputation.
Every yamen he went to, whether they were officials or petty officials, were all tortured by him.
The worst case may be life-threatening, and the worst case may be dismissal from office.
Naturally, they did not dare to get close to Kou Ji.
I was afraid that if I said something wrong or did something that made Kou Ji uncomfortable, I would be punished by Kou Ji.
After the officials and minor officials from the Ministry of Industry left.
Wang Yunsheng and Kou Ji were the only two people left in the class room.
Wang Yunsheng eagerly asked Kou Ji to sit down, poured tea for Kou Ji, and said with a smile: "Shangguan, why do you have time to come to our Yamen?"
While sipping the tea, Kou Ji looked at him sideways and said, "Why, I can't come yet?"
Wang Yunsheng hurriedly said: "That's not what I meant by being promoted to official position."
Kou Ji took a sip of tea and smiled calmly: "I'm sorry you don't dare..."
"That's that...we are a family..."
"..."
Kou Ji was a little unaccustomed to Wang Yunsheng's eager expression. After sipping a few more sips of tea, he asked: "I heard that in recent days, when you took officials from the Ministry of Industry and minor officials to re-measure the land outside the city,
Don’t you have a lot of money to make?”
When Wang Yunsheng heard this, he immediately said seriously: "I did everything according to your instructions. I didn't dare to get a penny from anything I shouldn't have."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "You haven't let go of anyone who should be caught, right?"
Wang Yunsheng smiled dryly and said: "Of course, Shangguan, your share is indispensable. When I get back, I will send someone to deliver your share to the house."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "No need... use that money to buy me all the fields around Ruishengzhuang outside the city. It may be useful in the future."
Kou Ji was not willing to move the money he had obtained through corruption and fraud back into his house.
But if they don't take it, Wang Yunsheng and others may not be relieved.
So Kou Ji asked Wang Yunsheng to use the money to buy land.
In the future, I will look for opportunities to allocate these fields to Ruisheng Village and distribute them to the people.
Think of it as accumulating merit for Wang Yunsheng and others.
Wang Yunsheng heard Kou Ji's instructions and hurriedly said: "I will definitely handle this matter properly."
Kou Ji nodded and continued: "Now that the government affairs of measuring land are coming to an end, most of you are also free. I just found something for you to do.
An errand related to the future of the Ministry of Industry."
Wang Yunsheng immediately pricked up his ears when he heard that it was related to the future errands of the Ministry of Industry.
Since Kou Ji took charge of the Ministry of Works, he helped the Ministry of Works regain a lot of power and got many lucrative jobs.
Wang Yunsheng took advantage of this and his mouth was full of oil.
I often secretly sigh: There are people in the court who like to be officials...
Now that Kou Ji specially ordered the errands to come down, it was either related to the Ministry of Industry's power grab, or it was related to the lucrative errands. How could he not take it seriously?
"Shang Guan just gives orders..."
Wang Yunsheng said respectfully.
Kou Ji nodded, took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeves, and handed them to Wang Yunsheng.
Wang Yunsheng looked at the things on the paper and asked doubtfully: "Plough?"
Don't wait for Kou Ji to speak.
Wang Yunsheng stared at the plow on the paper and said solemnly: "It seems different from the plows used by the people?"
Kou Ji pointed to one of the pictures and introduced: "The iron shaft plow eliminates the original plow arrows, digs a hole in the middle of the plow tip, and uses wooden wedges to fix the iron shaft and adjust the depth, making the plow body structure simple and efficient.
It does not affect the efficiency of plowing, and also makes the plow more sturdy and durable, which not only extends the use time.
Using this plow to cultivate the land is more time-saving and labor-saving than the curved shaft plow currently used by the people.
More importantly, it saves the cost of building plows.”
Wang Yunsheng opened his mouth in astonishment.
China has been a major agricultural country since ancient times.
The ancients relied more on agriculture.
Wang Yunsheng knows very well what an update of farming equipment means.
A credit, a great credit, a credit worthy of being recorded in the annals of history.
"This...this...this..."
Wang Yunsheng nervously pinched the drawing in his hand, and was a little too excited to speak.
Although the blueprints were produced by Kou Ji, Kou Ji obviously wanted to leave this thing to him.
Although he couldn't get the first credit, just a little bit of credit was enough to get him promoted to a higher position.
How could he not be excited.
Kou Ji licked his lips and said, "Don't be too excited and look at the next few pictures."
Wang Yunsheng swallowed hard and quickly followed Kou Ji's instructions to look at the following pictures.
Same with the plow.
It's just different from the original plow.
The plow on the drawing is double-sided.
Kou Ji didn't wait for Wang Yunsheng to speak excitedly, and said frankly: "The double-sided plow is better than the iron-shaft plow. If you use it to plow the ground, the efficiency is much higher than the iron-shaft plow. But it has a disadvantage, that is, it requires a single manpower.
, it is difficult to use it for a long time.
The plow must be pulled by oxen, horses, mules and other animals.”
"Gudu!"
Wang Yunsheng swallowed hard, he was so excited that he couldn't contain himself.
Compared with the advantages of double-sided plows, the shortcomings of double-sided plows can be completely ignored.
Although today's Song Dynasty has not yet reached the level where every household has a farm animal, among three or five households, one household must have a farm animal.
When people are busy in farming, it is common for them to borrow or rent other people's farm animals to help their own farmers.
Therefore, the disadvantages of double-sided plows can be completely ignored.
Once the double-sided plow was successfully built and successfully tried, it would inevitably bring new changes to the farming of the Song Dynasty.
With the help of the double-sided plow, people can cultivate more land, open up more wasteland, and grow more food.
It can be said that whether it is the iron shaft plow or the double-sided plow that Kou Ji brought out, they are both sharp tools that benefit the country and the people.
Once such a sharp weapon that benefits the country and the people is used by the people.
The imperial court must give officials and nobles to everyone in the Ministry of Works, and give them generous rewards.
Chapter completed!