Kou Zhong lowered his head and looked at the hot Jiaozipu membership deed in his hand, and asked uncertainly: "Young master, the opportunity you mentioned is Jiaozipu?"
Kou Ji nodded and smiled.
Kou Zhong couldn't guess Kou Ji's real intention, so he looked at Kou Ji with confusion.
Kou Ji did not give in, and said frankly: "As long as we take the money and buy the Jiaozi from the people of Sichuan, all problems can be solved.
Nowadays, there is a run on Jiaozi in Sichuan. Let alone we use copper coins mixed with iron to buy Jiaozi from the people, even if we use iron coins to buy Jiaozi from the people, they will still sell it, and
The price can be kept extremely low.”
When Kou Zhong heard Kou Ji's words, he rolled his eyes and grinned: "Old servant understands... I will send someone to take care of it now."
Kou Zhong was not stupid enough to ask what he would do if the Kou government took over the Jiaozi from the common people and died in their hands.
The big merchants of the Mu family can rely on the common people to pay off their debts, and they can cheat those smaller merchants to death.
But he only dared not cheat the Kou government's money, let alone cheat the Kou government to death.
As long as the people of the Kou Mansion go to their mansions with Jiaozi to collect debts, they will have to spit out the money they have swallowed.
Jiaozi only failed in the Kou Mansion, but he benefited the Kou Mansion twice.
Those copper coins containing too much iron will be spilled out.
The recovered Jiaozi can be exchanged for a sufficient amount of money in the hands of several major merchants such as the Mu Family.
As soon as you enter and exit, the money scattered by the Kou Mansion will multiply several times.
Some people may think that Kou Ji is borrowing people's money to enrich himself.
But now, Kou Ji has no choice but to do this.
Kou Ji took the money from the common people, and the common people could still get some money more or less.
If this matter were brought to the attention of the court, and the court would send people to investigate, there would not be much result in the end.
Several major merchants, including the Mu family, have been operating in Sichuan for many years and have close relations with officials from various places in Sichuan.
Once they join forces to deceive, the people sent to the court will probably not be able to find anything.
Maybe all the blame will be pushed on the merchant who has fled to the Liao Kingdom.
It was impossible for the imperial court to go to Liao to arrest people.
The end result is nothing.
Jiaozi will be reduced to useless tickets, and the people will not get a dime.
Kou Ji could use the Kou government's money to subsidize the people, but once he did so, the people would easily get compensation, and they would not learn a lesson. If they encounter similar things in the future, they would still get involved.
Kou Ji can subsidize the people once, but it is impossible to subsidize him again and again.
The Kou Mansion is not the treasury.
He is not a very kind person either.
Kou Zhong was sent to deal with the matter, and Kou Ji went back to his room to sleep.
The next day.
After getting up.
Kou Ji changed into court clothes and went to court.
Originally he was unwilling to go, but someone from the inner court sent a message saying that there were several issues regarding the promotion of officials today and that they needed to be discussed in court and that Kou Ji, the Minister of Civil Affairs, needed to come forward.
It is worth mentioning that more than a month later, Wang Qinruo was still holding up the body in his house. It was not known whether he was avoiding Kou Ji or had another agenda.
Kou Ji arrived at Donghua Gate and chatted with Li Di, Wang Zeng and Xiang Minzhong.
Xiang Minzhong seemed to be infected with some cold, and he spoke in a loud voice.
He waved and called Kou Ji to his side and asked, "What else is your kid planning behind your back?"
Kou Ji said very well, "I haven't planned anything."
"Pooh……"
As soon as Kou Ji finished speaking, Li Di spat first.
Wang Zeng snorted.
Xiang Minzhong glared directly and cursed: "I believe you are evil. You are a bad boy."
"I really didn't plan anything."
"..."
Li Di pointed to one side, "Go, stand over there. You, a small fifth-rank official, are standing where a group of second-rank officials are standing. Are you qualified?"
Kou Ji was speechless and stepped aside.
Xiang Minzhong and the other three stopped talking to him.
When it was time to go to court, Kou Ji followed the officials across the Jinshui Bridge and entered the Chui Gong Hall.
When they arrived at Chui Gong Hall, Kou Zhun and Zhao Zhen had already arrived at Chui Gong Hall and sat down.
This has become a routine since Kou Zhun lived in the palace for a long time.
In the past, officials waited for officials, but now officials wait for officials.
The reason why Kou Zhun did this was not to overwhelm the officials, but purely to save time.
All the officials entered the palace and saluted.
Start discussing politics.
The first is to discuss the issue of dismantling the Xiang army in the northeastern border area.
After a round of discussion, it was finally decided to streamline the number of troops in the four armies on the northeastern border.
In order to avoid the problem of weak border defenses in the northeastern border during the process of streamlining the Xiang army, the forbidden troops stationed near the northeastern border were moved some distance to the northeastern border.
After the issue of streamlining the Xiang army was finalized, the civil servants smiled brightly and the military officers felt as if they were mourning their heirs.
Afterwards, the deputy envoy of the Third Division presented a report on the issues that Zhao Zhen had given before regarding officials discussing their merits and promotions.
The deputy envoy of the Third Division came out with the imperial hut in his arms and said: "Guan Jia, Grand Master, with the approval of our Third Division, the group of officials mentioned by Guan Jia have indeed made contributions to the imperial court.
Three of them can be transferred back to Bianjing to hold important positions, and the rest can be promoted as appropriate."
When Zhao Zhen heard this, his teeth itched with hatred in his heart, but he smiled and said: "That's very good."
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Zhun and asked, "What do you think, Grand Master?"
Kou Zhun said calmly: "Is there any final conclusion on the specific official position?"
The deputy envoy of the Third Division bowed and said: "Back to the Grand Master, the Xinping County Magistrate can be promoted to the third level and transferred to the Binzhou Zhizhou Yamen.
The governor of Binzhou can be transferred to Jingzhao Prefecture and serve as the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture..."
The deputy envoy of the Third Division talked a lot eloquently.
Kou Zhun nodded calmly and asked Kou Ji, "Ministry of Staff! How is the reputation of these officials in various places?"
Kou Ji bowed and said, "Go back to Grand Master. Based on the reviews from various places, there is nothing wrong with it."
When Kou Zhun heard what Kou Ji said, he raised his eyebrows slightly. He probably understood what Kou Ji was going to do.
So Kou Zhun said calmly: "Then the Third Division will issue the transfer document, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will stamp it, and then send people to deliver it to each government."
"Here..."
After discussing the matter of promotion, we discussed some miscellaneous matters.
It's time to disperse.
Kou Ji returned to the official office.
Not long after staying in the Yamen, the documents from the Third Division were delivered.
Kou Ji got the documents from the Third Bureau, but kept them without issuing them.
These documents are destined to never be issued.
Kou Ji doesn't just have to deal with these officials, he has many officials to deal with.
As the performance and reputation of officials from various places are constantly verified, more and more problematic officials are being exposed.
This was the result after Lu Yijian killed a group of corrupt officials.
If Lu Yijian had not killed him, more problematic officials would have been exposed.
In the past, when there was no official department, Kou Ji could pretend not to see these problems.
Now that Kou Ji has been appointed to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and these problems have been discovered, he naturally needs to rectify the atmosphere in the officialdom.
Kou Ji suppressed the promotion documents and ignored the matter.
Zhang Yuan probably just arrived in Xinping County, and probably just caught up with the people on Fotou Mountain.
The bandits in Fotou Mountain have not caused trouble yet.
The problems in Xinping County have not been exposed yet.
It's not yet time for this matter to be fully revealed.
The next few days were calm.
As usual, Kou Ji went on a business trip, returned home, and had a tryst with Xiang Yan.
Other than that, there is nothing else.
Two more days passed.
While Kou Ji was taking a bath, Kou Zhong rushed to the courtyard and reported, "Young Master, there is someone visiting from outside the house."
Kou Ji was looking through the letters sent by Yang Wenguang from Baozhou.
Upon hearing this, he collected the letter and asked, "Who is it?"
Kou Zhong said with a smile: "People from the Mu family..."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Are you here to collect debts?"
Kou Zhong smiled and nodded.
Kou Ji sat up, holding on to the armrests of the chair, and said with a smile, "Please wait in the side hall."
"There is only one person coming..."
Kou Zhong reminded Kou Ji and slowly left Kou Ji's yard.
Kou Ji put on the clothes for visiting guests and went to the side hall of the house.
After arriving at the side hall, I saw a fat middle-aged man sitting on a chair in the side hall, holding a tea bowl and talking to Kou Zhong.
Kou Ji saw that he was an acquaintance and entered the side hall with a grin.
"Long time no see, Boss Qian has become more mellow."
The person who came was none other than Boss Qian, who had a relationship with Kou Ji.
When Boss Qian heard Kou Ji's voice, he quickly put down his tea bowl, stood up and saluted, "The little man Qian Yuan has met Kou Shilang."
Kou Ji walked to Boss Qian and made a gesture of invitation, "Boss Qian, you're welcome. Sit down and talk."
Boss Qian bowed his waist and said with a smile: "In front of Minister Kou, how dare a villain dare to call him boss.
Mr. Kou can just ask the villain Qian Yuan."
Today is different from the past.
In the past, Kou Ji was just an unknown boy with some background.
Qian Yuan acted neither humble nor overbearing in front of Kou Ji.
He couldn't ask for Kou Ji, and he didn't want to get involved with Kou Ji, so he didn't need to talk down and down around Kou Ji.
It's different now.
Kou Zhun has emerged from the crisis and has firmly established himself in the imperial court. He has invaded the government and the public, and everyone in the government and the public is afraid of him.
Kou Ji was ranked in the fifth rank and became an important minister in the court. If he was transferred from outside, he would be a high official.
Such a person is already someone Qian Yuan looks up to.
There was no way Qian Yuan could win in front of Kou Ji, let alone stand up in front of Kou Ji.
"Sit down and talk..."
After Kou Ji sat down, he waved his hand to Qian Yuan.
Qian Yuan bowed and said, "Thank you, Minister Kou."
After Qian Yuan sat down, Kou Ji ordered Kou Zhong to change the tea.
Then Kou Ji held the tea cup without saying anything.
Qian Yuan held the tea bowl and drank two bowls. Seeing that Kou Ji had no intention of speaking, he smiled bitterly to himself.
Kou Ji kept silent, just waiting for him to speak.
Qian Yuan put down his tea cup and said with a smile: "Master Kou, I'm here this time because I have something to ask you."
Kou Ji put down his tea cup and said with a smile: "If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it."
Qian Yuan nodded and said: "Shilang Kou, before I came here, I visited the Liu Mansion. People from the Liu Mansion said that the members of Jiaozipu in Shuzhong have been transferred to Shilang Kou."
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "That's what happened."
Hearing this, Qian Yuan sighed, "That villain can only say that Minister Kou was tricked by people from the Liu family."
Qian Yuan looked sorry for Kou Ji.
Kou Ji looked at him with a smile and said nothing.
Even Kou Zhong looked at Qian Yuan with a smile.
Qian Yuan was stunned for a moment and looked a little embarrassed.
Kou Ji stared at Qian Yuanda and said, "Boss Qian just says it clearly if he has something to say.
Since I dare to accept the elements from Jiaozipu in Shuzhong sent by the Liu family, I know the trouble involved.
I don’t care about the trouble involved.”
Qian Yuan realized that the hard-to-get tactics he usually used were ineffective in front of Kou Ji, so he spoke bluntly: "Since Mr. Kou knows that the elements in Jiaozipu in Shuzhong are in trouble, he should have known about Jiaozipu in Shuzhong.
You should also know about the troubles Shuzhong Jiaozipu is encountering now.
It was not hidden from the Minister Kou that one of the owners of Jiaozipu in Sichuan, the Zhou family, took away a large sum of money from Jiaozipu and fled to the Liao Kingdom.
After the people heard about this, they rushed to Jiaozi shop in Shuzhong to exchange Jiaozi.
But the money in Jiaozi's shop has been taken away by the Zhou family.
Nowadays, people exchange jiaozi, and shops need to come up with enough money to deal with it.
My Mu family, together with several other families, decided to spend 500,000 yuan each to deal with this matter.
Since Mr. Kou has taken over someone from Jiaozipu in Shuzhong, he should spend some money to deal with this matter."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said with a half-smile: "Five hundred thousand guan per family?"
Qian Yuan didn't understand the meaning of Kou Ji's smile and nodded stiffly.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Is half a million dollars enough?"
Qian Yuan's expression changed.
Kou Ji continued: "According to the verification I sent people, the Sichuan Jiaozi shop has more than 4 million guan vacancies in Sichuan Mansion, and there is still nearly 1.5 million vacancies in the Jiangning Mansion branch.
Is it enough for each family to contribute 500,000 guan to the vacancy of nearly 6 million guan?"
When Qian Yuan heard this, his expression changed again and again.
Kou Ji continued: "This is just a vacancy on the surface. Behind the scenes, you have used Jiaozi to steal the white wolf. How many vacancies have been created has not yet been verified.
Adding up the empty space before and after, it is an astronomical figure.
Each family only spits out 500,000 yuan? Is it really enough?"
Kou Ji's eyes fell on Qian Yuan, and he smiled coldly: "Do you think I am Liu Congde's stick, verifying everything, and then let you deceive me?"
Qian Yuan said with an ugly face: "What Shilang Kou said is wrong. My Mu family is also a victim. It's all the Zhou family..."
"Zhou family?"
Kou Ji interrupted Qian Yuan's words and sneered: "You still want to fool me with the Zhou family? How many people does the Zhou family occupy in the most important part of Jiaozipu in Shuzhong?"
Two percent!
But your Mu family accounts for 35% of it.
In terms of speaking power, the Zhou family has a greater speaking power in Shuzhong Jiaozipu than your Mu family.
And the one person you tricked Liu Congde into spending 100,000 yuan on, is that really the one person?
One hundred thousand dollars is not even one percent, right?
You swallowed the money yourself and messed up the handover market, but you coaxed others to support you.
It’s just a matter of coaxing and cajoling Liu Congde.
Tried to trick me?
Do you think I am a stick like Liu Congde?"
Qian Yuan stood up slowly, cupped his hands and said: "I don't dare, but this matter has already become a big deal, and it is true that you are holding members of Shuzhong Jiaozipu in your hands.
Once this matter reaches the court, the officials will probably not let Shilang Kou off easily."