Kou Ji and Cao Ji were very happy, but Liu Heng curled his lips and muttered, "It's better for you two. Now that you have the power, you have suffered me. So far, I have made no progress. The people under me are just sticks. Here we are.
The Yamen of the Punishment Division has been here for so long without any movement at all. Not only did we not seize power from others, but we were bossed around by others."
When Kou Ji and Cao Yi heard this, they shook their heads and smiled bitterly.
Most of the people under Cao Ji, Kou Ji, were scholars, and they learned government affairs very quickly.
Coupled with the help of Kou Ji and Cao Yi, seizing power will naturally be fast.
The people in Liu Heng's hands were mostly green-skinned gangsters who were not very literate. When they met the clerks in the yamen, they were like mice meeting cats.
Let a bunch of rats take over the power of a cat?
It's just wishful thinking.
It's not that the Liu family didn't take in scholars.
Liu Mei came from a poor background. Although he was literate, his knowledge was limited. In order to make up for his shortcomings, he recruited many scholars.
He even built a courtyard in his house for scholars to study intensively.
Therefore, there are many scholars in the Liu family.
But Liu Mei didn't send any of them to Liu Heng.
Liu Mei did not allow Liu Heng to serve as an official, so naturally she would not support him, let alone transfer the scholars in her house to him.
Liu Heng looked aggrieved.
Kou Ji and Cao Yi looked at each other and smiled at each other.
Cao Yi cupped his hands and said, "I'm going to deal with government affairs first. You two can chat."
As soon as Cao Yi left, Kou Ji approached Liu Heng and said, "Should I go talk to your father again?"
Liu Heng nodded first, and then said with a troubled face: "Is it possible? Will my father agree?"
Kou Ji smiled heartily and said, "I have already talked to your father once, and I don't care one more time."
Liu Heng threw down the bottle, stood up and saluted Kou Ji, "Thank you, fourth brother..."
Kou Ji patted Liu Heng on the shoulder and said nothing more.
Kou Ji left Liu Heng in the public room. He left the public room, went to the main hall, and told his subordinates that they could handle the government affairs of the Criminal Division.
Afterwards, he left the Criminal Division, got on the sedan chair, and walked around to the wine shop where he and Liu Mei met.
He still ordered a few dishes and two bottles of wine, and sat down to pour himself a glass of wine.
The street outside the wine shop is the only way Liu Mei must pass when she returns home every day.
Kou Ji is confident that he can wait for Liu Mei here.
really.
Not long after, I saw Liu Mei straddling her horse and walking slowly over.
As usual, Kou Ji threw a few big bucks to the waiter of the wine shop and asked the waiter to invite Liu Mei in.
The waiter took the money, left the wine shop, and approached the general of the Liu family. He stretched his neck and muttered something to Liu Mei on the horse.
Liu Mei jumped off the horse and followed the waiter into the wine shop.
This time, he was not as domineering as last time. After entering the wine shop, he did not let his generals disperse the crowd.
With a dark face, Liu Mei walked up to Kou Ji, flicked her riding whip, and sat down opposite Kou Ji.
"Boy, are you bothered by the fact that you come to me again and again?"
Kou Ji handed over his hand and said, "I have met Uncle Liu..."
"snort……"
Liu Mei snorted coldly and raised her head, unwilling to pay attention to him.
After the gift, Kou Ji poured wine for Liu Mei and said with a calm smile: "I don't want to find Uncle Liu either. As long as Uncle Liu agrees to Liu Heng's official career, I will never bother you again in the future."
Liu Mei lowered her head, glanced at Kou Ji, and said coldly: "I still said what I said, I will not let Sanlang become an official."
Kou Ji seemed to have expected that Liu Mei would give such an answer, so when Liu Mei said this, the expression on Kou Ji's face was very natural.
He picked up the wine glass on the table, took a sip, and said to Liu Mei, "Uncle Liu, you can try this wine. It tastes good."
Liu Mei frowned and did not touch the wine on the table, "Boy, do you have anything else to do? If not, I will go back home. I have a lot of official business to deal with every day, and I am not as free as you."
Kou Ji put down the wine glass in his hand, looked at Liu Mei, narrowed his eyes slightly, and whispered: "Uncle is unwilling to let Liu Heng become an official, is he afraid of the queen's displeasure?"
Liu Mei suddenly stood up, widened her eyes, and shouted: "Nonsense!"
When Kou Ji saw this, a smile appeared on his lips.
It seems that he touched Liu Mei's heart, otherwise Liu Mei would not have such a big reaction.
Kou Ji was not afraid of Liu Mei's scolding. He stared at Liu Mei and said with a half-smile: "You just said it casually, why did uncle react so bigly?"
Liu Mei glared at Kou Ji, gritted her teeth and said, "Do you know that your casual words may bring huge trouble to others?"
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Young man is not that capable..."
Liu Mei sat down, threw away the riding crop in her hand, stared at Kou Ji and snorted coldly: "It was because of your words that hundreds of officials were beheaded. You still have the nerve to say that you are not that capable.
In my eyes, you are very capable."
Liu Mei's last sentence was full of sarcasm.
Kou Ji clicked his lips and said with emotion: "The fact that they were beheaded by the whole family was purely their own fault and had nothing to do with me. My uncle can't blame their deaths on me.
If they were right, how could they be executed for just a few words from me?"
Liu Mei felt that she couldn't compete with Kou Ji, so she swept the wine glass in front of her aside arrogantly, and said with a hum, "I don't care whether they brought it upon themselves or not. But I don't want to see my Liu family suffer because of your nonsense.
"
Kou Ji shook his head and said sincerely: "You know whether the kid is talking nonsense. I thought about it carefully, and I always feel that the things you are afraid of are a bit redundant."
"I'm not afraid..."
Liu Mei glared and said fiercely.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Then why don't you let Liu Heng become an official?"
Liu Mei opened her mouth and was about to speak.
But Kou Ji said again: "I don't know what you are afraid of, but I know that Liu Heng will become an official sooner or later. You can stop him for a while, but you can't stop him for the rest of his life."
When he reaches his age, he will eventually find a job.
With his status, it is impossible for him to engage in business or become a hawker.
The only thing he can do is be an official."
Liu Mei curled her lips and said stubbornly: "I can support him for a lifetime."
Hearing this, Kou Ji laughed and said, "Uncle, can he really support him for the rest of his life?"
Liu Mei was stunned, curled her lips, and said nothing more.
What he just said was a bit angry.
Liu Heng is nearly twenty years younger than him.
As long as nothing happens, he will definitely live longer than him.
It was impossible for him to support Liu Heng for his whole life.
Seeing that Liu Mei was silent, Kou Ji continued to strike while the iron was hot: "You know better than me about the relationship between the three brothers. To be disrespectful, when you are gone, if Liu Heng doesn't have an official position
, how to gain a foothold in the Liu family?
Even if you leave him a rich fortune, can he keep it?"