Kou Zhun stared at Cao Lili and snorted coldly: "This matter is Cao Lili's responsibility. If Cao Lili cannot do this well, don't blame me for replacing him with someone else as Privy Councilor."
Cao Lili sighed, and in full view of everyone, he said bravely: "Cao Lili accepts the order."
"..."
Kou Zhun was so majestic in the Chui Gong Hall.
Kou Ji in the official office was equally impressive.
He did not go to court today.
So I arrived at the official office early.
He sat in the main hall of the Yamen and waited until it was almost time to go to court before meeting the subordinate officials. The junior officials had arrived late.
After the officials arrived at the official office, they were ready to work as salted fish as usual.
But after seeing Kou Ji sitting in the hall, everyone's expressions changed slightly, and they all entered the main hall and saluted Kou Ji.
Kou Ji stared at everyone with a smile. After everyone saluted, he nodded with a smile and said: "Wang Shangshu is ill and is bedridden at home. Now I am in charge of the official department.
Don't worry, everyone, I, Kou Ji, am not a difficult person to talk to, and I will not embarrass you.
You can just keep doing things as usual.
I sat in the hall specially today just to get to know you all."
The subordinate officials thought that Kou Zhun was sitting in the hall because he was an unkind person.
Now when they heard Kou Ji's words, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
After Kou Ji saw that the officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs were relaxed, he nodded with satisfaction, smiled and asked his attendant Zhang Yuan, "Let me give you a test."
Zhang Yuan said submissively: "I wonder why the young master wants to take the test for being a junior in school?"
Kou Ji stared at the officials in the Ministry of Personnel and smiled calmly: "According to the court's practice, the officials can't order the order, or are late, what should I do?"
Zhang Yuan bowed and replied: "If you reply to the young master, I will be fined one month's salary."
Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction, stood up slowly, bowed his hands to his subordinates who were staring at him with blank expressions, and said, "I would like to thank you all for helping the imperial court save a month's salary."
After a pause, Kou Ji smiled again and said: "I guess you don't care about charcoal fuel, silk, cloth, etc., so just save them all."
After saying this, Kou Ji shook off his sleeves and walked out of the hall with Zhang Yuan.
A group of subordinate officials were left behind, and the junior officials looked at each other in confusion.
When Kou Ji walked to the entrance of the main hall, he paused, turned around and said with a smile: "The fifth official update will be here tomorrow."
After leaving these words, Kou Ji stepped out of the main hall and left the official office.
The disciples left behind a group of officials and subordinates. The minor officials were in the main hall, all with sad faces as if their fathers were dead.
One month's salary was gone, and not only that, but the subsidies from the court were also gone.
But they have trouble to speak of.
It's their fault, even if they try to find someone to reason with, they can't do it.
In the past, they could have asked their backers to take action and communicate with their superiors.
But now, when they meet Kou Ji, who has a strong background, it is difficult for them to find someone to talk to.
"Tomorrow, the fifth watch, I will definitely get it..."
The officials looked at each other and sighed.
Kou Ji left the official office and returned to the mansion. When he changed into clothes and was about to go out to meet the beautiful woman, Liu Heng came to the door.
"Fourth brother..."
Liu Heng, wearing a blue gown and holding a folding fan, walked up to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji paused, looked at Liu Heng suspiciously, and said, "Is something wrong?"
Liu Heng said with a smile: "I can't come to you if I have nothing to do?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "It's possible, but now is not the time."
Liu Heng was stunned when he heard this, carefully looked at Kou Ji's dress, grinned and said, "Fourth brother is going to meet a beautiful woman?"
Kou Ji glared at him and said, "You still ask if you know."
Liu Heng nodded and said, "Then I'll keep the story short."
Kou Ji asked doubtfully: "Is something really wrong?"
Liu Heng nodded.
Kou Ji turned around and said, "Let's talk back to the house."
Kou Ji took Liu Heng back to the mansion. After sitting down, Kou Ji asked, "What's the matter?"
Liu Heng gave it a try and did not speak out what was in his heart. Instead, he asked, "Does Fourth Brother know about the Mu family in Sichuan?"
Kou Ji recalled for a moment, remembering the two people from the Mu family he met when he first arrived in Bianjing City.
"Know something...what you want to say is related to the Mu family?"
Liu Heng held the folding fan in his hand and nodded solemnly: "Yes... what I want to say is indeed related to the Mu family."
Kou Ji took out the folding fan from his waist, looked at the table, and complained: "Then you should tell me quickly."
Liu Heng unfolded the folding fan and whispered: "Fourth brother wanted to help the Bulgarian Army obtain a batch of iron, and I handed it over to the Mu family."
Kou Ji held up a fan and scratched his head, "The batch of iron has been sent to Baozhou, and I have paid off the money. Could something have changed?"
Liu Heng shook his head and said with a smile: "There are no changes in that business. It's just that the Mu family has something to do, and we are begging for help. I hope we can help."
Kou Ji put down his fan and asked, "Why don't the Mu family members come to me directly?"
Liu Heng said dumbfounded: "The Kou Mansion has been closing its doors all year round to thank guests. How could they come in if they have the chance?"
Hearing this, Kou Ji laughed and said, "I was negligent..."
After a pause, he asked: "Why did the Mu family find you?"
Liu Heng came close to Kou Ji and said carefully: "The Mu family, together with several major merchants in Sichuan Province, founded something called Jiaozi in Sichuan Province, and they want to invite us at Wanxiang Tower to join and take a part in it.
"
Kou Ji was stunned, staring at Liu Heng in astonishment, and asked: "What did you say they founded?"
Liu Heng said disapprovingly: "Jiaozi! I heard that paper is used instead of heavy copper coins for large-scale transactions."
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Heng expressed his opinion: "No matter how I think about it, I think it's a bit unreliable. If paper could be used as money, everyone in the world would become a rich man."
Kou Ji shook his head thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "It's not as simple as you think. They haven't explained the use of Jiaozi in detail to you."
Liu Heng said carelessly: "I told you, but I didn't listen carefully... They said that paper should be used as money, but I didn't think it was reliable. I didn't have the heart to listen. If they hadn't given me a generous gift, I wouldn't have listened.
I will help them find Fourth Brother and tell me."
Kou Ji raised the folding fan, pointed at Liu Heng and nodded, "You, you..."
After complaining to Liu Heng, Kou Ji held up a folding fan and clapped his hands, sighing: "Jiaozi is a good thing. I didn't expect that it was actually a businessman from Sichuan who made it."
When Liu Heng heard this, he became energetic. He closed the folding fan, pricked up his ears, and asked, "Is Jiaozi a good thing?"
Liu Heng didn't believe what others said, but he believed Kou Ji's words without any doubt.
Since Kou Ji said that Jiaozi is a good thing, then Jiaozi must be a good thing.
He believed in Kou Ji's vision and the means to make money.
Kou Ji nodded and said: "If the distribution rights of Jiaozi are in our hands, the money we can make will exceed your imagination."
Liu Heng stood up in a daze and exclaimed: "So powerful?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "You can be so rich when you talk and laugh, how can you not be so powerful?"
"hiss……"
Liu Heng took a breath of air. He put away the folding fan in his hand and hurriedly urged Kou Ji: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go find the Mu family and take a part in it."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "No..."
Liu Heng shouted: "Why? You can be so rich when you talk and laugh."
Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and said seriously: "Since it is a business that is so rich as to make people laugh and talk, how can the Mu family easily share the profits with us?"
Liu Heng was stunned.
Kou Ji continued: "Don't be blinded by wealth. Jiaozi can make people rich while talking and laughing, but it can also make people bankrupt while talking and laughing."
Kou Ji held the folding fan, poked it on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "The water is very deep here... so deep that even a drowned person cannot see his shadow."
"The Mu family must have encountered trouble in the process of establishing Jiaozi, so they came to us."
"The Mu family tree has deep roots. Any trouble that they can't solve must be a big trouble. If the two of us blindly step into it, we will probably be deceived and lose everything."
"..."
Liu Heng stared and said blankly: "Fourth brother said that the Mu family is trying to trick us?"
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not a trap. They just want to save themselves. They think we can save them, so they beg us. You go to Wanxiang Tower and find one or two clever people from Zhang Cheng's faction to find out.
Find out what troubles the Mu family encountered in the process of establishing Jiaozi.
If we can solve this trouble, then we will get involved.
If we can't solve this problem, then we will just wait and see what happens."
Liu Heng nodded heavily, inserted the folding fan into his waist, and walked out.
After Kou Ji waited for Liu Heng to leave, he sat on a chair and meditated for a while.
He knew that Jiaozi was born in the Song Dynasty, but he didn't know the specific year it was born.
He originally thought that this thing would appear in front of him in a few years, but he did not expect that it would appear so soon.
What's more important is that this thing came from the hands of the Mu family, who had some fate with him.
This thing is still in the early stages of development, and there are bound to be many problems encountered.
The corresponding handover has not been established, so Kou Ji does not intend to participate in this matter.
Officials in the Song Dynasty always dealt with matters in a way that the people did not refer to the officials.
So if everything went smoothly from the time Jiaozi was founded to becoming popular throughout the world, the imperial court might not necessarily establish Jiaozi Affairs.
According to historical records, shortly after Jiaozi was founded, the imperial court specially set up Jiaozi Wu to control it. This shows that Jiaozi encountered trouble during the founding process, and it was a big trouble.
Otherwise, it would not be enough for the imperial court to set up a special Yamen to control it.
Kou Ji now has a lot of money at his disposal, but it is still not as good as what the Mu family and other wealthy Sichuan businessmen have accumulated over hundreds of years.
He didn't want to throw his money in and let the Mu family live in ruins.
He does know some of the rules prevailing in Jiaozi, and he can also help the Mu family avoid some troubles.
But right now, he can't even handle the affairs of the court, so how can he care about the Mu family.
The popularity of Jiaozi is inseparable from the stability of the government.
Now that the government is still unstable, even if Kou Ji spends all his time making Jiaozi bigger, it will be of no use.
Kou Ji was so focused on the affairs of the court that he was too lazy to take care of Jiaozi.
After Liu Heng left, he also left the house.
Today I made an appointment with Xiang Yan to go to Daxiangguo Temple to worship Buddha, and he didn't want to be late.
He rushed to Daxiangguo Temple and accompanied Xiang Yan for half a day before returning home.
On the way back home.
Hearing the people in Bianjing talking about Kou Zhun's behavior in the court today, he frowned slightly.
He originally thought that his grandfather would find a tongue to express his support for civil servants.
But I didn't expect that Kou Zhun actually chose to go shirtless.
Kou Ji returned to the house and wanted to talk to Kou Zhun.
But Kou Zhun did not return home.
Kou Ji stayed in Kou Zhun's study until midnight and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day.
At the fourth watch of the day.
Kou Zhong woke up Kou Ji.
Kou Ji put on his court clothes and went to the official office.
When Kou Ji arrived at the official office of the official department, he saw all the subordinate officials and minor officials of the official department had arrived.
He looked at the subordinate officials and junior officials waiting for him in the main hall, and nodded with satisfaction.
Facts have proved that any punishment method is far more effective than salary deduction.
Money is always the most popular thing.
Kou Jizui walked into the main hall, sat in the hall, and asked, "Is everyone here?"
"Returning to the Minister of the Kou, the lower officials have already counted the roster. There are 314 people in the official department. Except Wang Shangshu who is ill at home, all the others 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 in confusion.
They haven't done much since they joined the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and for a while they didn't even know where to start.
Seeing this, Kou Ji snorted coldly, "Since you don't know how to do things, I will teach you how to do things. First, pull out all the files of existing officials and check them carefully to see if there are any omissions.
of.
This is called checking for leaks and filling them up.”
The subordinate officer holding the roster hesitated for a moment and said with a wry smile: "As for the Minister of Kou, the files of officials from various places are still sealed in the courtyard where the Yuan Ti Xing Division is located, and the main files are sealed in the Sansi Yamen.
The files in the courtyard of the Yuan Ti Criminal Division are easy to check, but the main files in the Sansi Yamen are not easy to check."
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Don't the officials have a place to put files?"
The subordinate officer holding the roster smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, there is, but it has not been repaired for many years. Collapses and even fires often occur, so it is not safe to store the files inside."
"Bang!"
Kou Ji slapped the table and stood up, "Then you all can vacate your public rooms and store the files. You can do your errands in the open space outside the public rooms."
"this……"
The subordinate officials looked embarrassed.
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "I am not consulting with you, but ordering you. Within one day, clean out the public houses. Within seven days, I want to see the detailed files of all the officials in office in the Song Dynasty."
An official in green official uniform sighed and said: "Servant Minister, aren't you making things difficult for me and the others? How can we be so busy in seven days? Besides, the original documents are stored in the yard where the Criminal Division is located.
The file is only a supplementary file, and the official resumes recorded on it are not clear.
To sort out the detailed files, Xiaguan and others had to go to the Sansi Yamen to ask for the main file.
The things in the Sansi Yamen are not something that the lower officials and others can just read if they want."