"Second Master, what should we do now? We can't really take out this money, can we? Although our Mu family has a great business, it will be very painful after we take out this money.
How about I send someone to talk to the uncle and let him find the way to the palace?"
Qian Yuan suggested worriedly.
The middle-aged man thought about Qian Yuan's proposal, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"It's just giving money away for free. It doesn't have any effect at all. Kou Ji only dared to open his mouth to us lions because he knew that we couldn't rely on the Kou Mansion."
Qian Yuan sighed sadly: "But ten million dollars is not a small amount."
The middle-aged man sighed, held his belly, straightened his back, and said quietly: "Didn't Kou Ji already say it? This ten million yuan of money is not from my Mu family.
Anyone who has a role in Jiaozi shop in Shuzhong and those who participated in making excessive money will get it."
Qian Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "Can they spit out what they eat?"
The middle-aged man glanced at Qian Yuan and said helplessly: "They are not afraid of being exterminated, so they don't have to vomit."
Qian Yuan was startled, "Kou Ji won't be so cruel, right?"
The middle-aged man laughed sarcastically: "There is no official who is not ruthless."
Qian Yuan exclaimed: "He still dares to kill people?"
The middle-aged man stared at Qian Yuan and said seriously: "It's not him, it's us."
Qian Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he stared at the middle-aged man in astonishment.
The middle-aged man knew that Qian Yuan had doubts in his heart. He sighed and said: "This is the cleverness of Kou Ji. He wants to clean up people, but he will not do it himself. Those of us who were extorted by him of 10 million yuan
People, you have to help him clean up people."
Qian Yuan's eyes grew wider and wider, and the confusion on his face became more and more intense.
"not understand?"
the middle-aged man asked.
Qian Yuan nodded solemnly.
The middle-aged man sighed with emotion: "Based on what he told you about Huitong Tianxia. Not only did we have to be blackmailed by him for 10 million yuan, but we also had to agree to his three conditions.
When Jiaozi was founded, you knew how quickly it made profits.
If we hadn't been greedy and ruined Jiaozi, Jiaozi would definitely have become the most profitable business of my Mu family.
Even if we can't connect the world, if we can connect Sichuan, my Mu family will be rich enough to rival the country."
Qian Yuan's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide with a look of shock on his face, but he couldn't say a word.
The middle-aged man continued: "We don't know how to do Jiaozi, but Kou Ji obviously does. This is a good business and a big business. We can't do it, but Kou Ji obviously can.
The reason why he put forward such harsh conditions was not to embarrass my Mu family, but to give my Mu family a chance.
An opportunity to cooperate with him, an opportunity to bring Jiaozi to the world.
Do you know what Jiaozi means after he achieves the goal of connecting the world?"
When Qian Yuan heard this question, he had an answer in his mind, but he didn't dare to say it.
He just swallowed hard and shook his head.
The middle-aged man took a deep breath and murmured: "Turn your hands to make clouds, turn your hands to make rain..."
Qian Yuan was shocked and his whole body was trembling.
Turn your hands to become clouds, turn your hands to become rain...
Is that the authority that only the emperor has?
"Send someone back and tell my elder brother to find other companies to collect the ten million yuan that Kou Ji wants. If anyone refuses, he will be kicked out of Shuzhong Jiaozi Shop.
My elder brother knows exactly how to do it.
Go and prepare a generous gift, and I'm going to visit Kou Ji in person."
Middle-aged people are not at peace either.
Different from the panic in Qian Yuan's heart, his heart was filled with shock, joy, and even a little bit of madness.
Qian Yuan slowly put away the fear in his heart, bowed and agreed, and prepared to leave.
The middle-aged man suddenly asked: "How is Xiaolang?"
Qian Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "After I came back from the Kou Mansion, I locked myself in the house and refused to come out no matter how I screamed."
The middle-aged man sighed, "I spoiled him too much."
Qian Yuandao: "The young master has an upright temperament and rarely comes into contact with things in the business world. When he encounters dirty things in the business world, he will inevitably be a little confused."
"My Mu family has been in business for generations. He cannot avoid it. Sooner or later, he will have to come forward to do business. If you can't think about it, you have to think about it."
The middle-aged man sighed.
Qian Yuan also sighed and exited the yard.
…
Two days later.
Kou Mansion.
The middle-aged man visited Kou Ji with heavy gifts.
Kou Ji was led to the Sijun Garden, and the two had a long talk.
The middle-aged man left Kou Mansion with satisfaction.
Kou Ji ordered Kou Zhong to send people to Sichuan Mansion to escort 10 million yuan.
Due to the huge amount, Kou Ji decided to transport part of the money to the nearest restaurant in Jiangling, and escort the other part back to Kou's mansion.
After Kou Zhong learned the news, he almost smiled.
He wanted to share this good news with Kou Zhun, but was stopped by Kou Ji.
It is not appropriate for Kou Zhun to know about this matter.
Time flies.
It's late autumn.
A big event happened in Qufu, which caused a sensation in both the government and the public.
After Lu Yijian, the angel patrolling on behalf of heaven, entered Qufu, he investigated and punished Qufu officials for colluding with the Confucian family, occupying people's fields, and oppressing the people.
After the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty learned about this incident, some criticized the Confucius family and some spoke for the Confucius family.
They divided into two groups and had a big quarrel in the court.
Officials who criticized the Kong family believed that although the Kong family was descended from saints, it should not become a privileged family that was above the law.
The officials who spoke for the Confucius believed that the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty studied the writings of the saints and received favors from the saints, so they should protect the descendants of the saints. There is nothing wrong with the descendants of the saints enjoying some privileges.
The two sides had a huge quarrel over this.
After Kou Zhun tried to dissuade them in every possible way to no avail, he didn't bother to pay attention to them.
He secretly ordered Lu Yijian, who was in Qufu, to find out the number of fertile fields occupied by the Confucius family and the origin of the fertile fields.
After Lu Yijian got Kou Zhun's secret order, he was not polite to the Kong family in Qufu.
He sent heavy troops to besiege several major villages of the Confucius family on the pretext of suppressing bandits.
All the direct descendants of the Confucius family were trapped in Zhuangzi.
Then he sent people to start an inventory of the Kong family's property.
The Kong family knew that something was wrong, so they sent people to Bianjing City to report the matter.
Officials around Qufu also wrote letters to impeach Lu Yijian.
For a time, Lu Yijian became the target of public criticism.
Nearly one-third of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty impeached him for offending the saints and committing treason.
There are also people who impeach him. He is an ungrateful person who receives favors from saints but does not protect his descendants.
Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng, and Xiang Minzhong ignored this and allowed the officials to make trouble.
In the process of impeaching Lu Yijian, the officials also found out the attitudes of Kou Zhun and the others, and some people immediately waved their flags.
But there are still some people who are keeping an eye on Lu Yijian.
Even though Lu Yijian found out that there was a mountain of evidence accusing the Kong family of annexing farmland in Qufu, they pretended not to see it.
They not only impeached Lu Yijian, but also impeached Kou Zhun. Xiang Minzhong and Wang Zeng protected Lu Yijian and condoned Lu Yijian.
For this reason, they did not hesitate to encourage the students in the Imperial College and Imperial College to take to the streets, submit complaints to various yamen, and speak for the Confucius family.
The students of the Imperial Academy and the Imperial Academy, under the instigation of others, became passionate and did not know the importance of it.
They stopped the sedans of Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng, and Xiang Minzhong in the street, and complained for the Kong family.
This move angered Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun immediately asked people to write down the names and place of origin of these students.
These hot-headed students were also hard-headed. When Kou Zhun asked someone to write down their names and place of origin, none of them hid anything.
Then……
Then they get cold.
Kou Zhun first sent people to the Imperial College and Imperial College to expel their academic status.
Then he sent people to send their files to the Ministry of Personnel, and ordered that these people would never be hired.
For a while.
The whole city of Bianjing was filled with mourning.
Some people were unwilling to do so and used this opportunity to spread rumors and slander Kou Zhun.
However, not long after the rumors spread, these people were beheaded and abandoned.
Some people want to beat the drum and complain to the emperor.
Before he could reach the Dengwen drum, he was killed at the foot of the steps by the imperial staff guarding the Dengwen drum.
even so.
Those unwilling officials and unwilling students still did not give up.
They were still running and shouting.
But not long after they shouted, they couldn't stop shouting.
News came from the Ministry of Personnel that less than a hundred officials could be promoted this year after being reviewed by the Ministry of Personnel.
In an instant, the eyes of all civil and military officials in the court were attracted to the officials.
No one pays attention to the Confucius family or those students anymore.
Promotion is the most important thing to them. Compared with promotion, what is the Kong family? Who are those students?
In order to get specific information from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty frequently hosted banquets with subordinate officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, hoping to get some information from their mouths.
The subordinate officials suddenly became the most popular people in the civil and military circles of the dynasty.
After being laughed at for half a year, the subordinate officials finally got rid of the problem with pride.
Those officials who were transferred from the Ministry of Civil Affairs felt regretful after learning about this incident.
While the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were busy inquiring about the news from the official department, the Qiuwei scientific examination also kicked off.
Students from all over the country are either busy studying at home or on their way to the examination room. Few people are cheering for the Confucius family anymore.
While everyone was busy like ants on a hot pot, Kou Ji, the instigator, was as idle as a salted fish.
He lay on the blanket, leaning sideways, with his mouth open, waiting leisurely for Xiang Yan to peel off a ripe persimmon and stuff it into his mouth.
The sweet and sticky persimmon juice exploded in his mouth, and he said one word happily, "Sweet..."
Xiang Yanjiao glanced at Kou Ji and used the handkerchief in her hand to wipe away the persimmon juice stuck to the corner of Kou Ji's mouth.
"Eat one more..."
Kou Ji hummed comfortably.
Hearing this, Xiang Yan took out a ripe persimmon from the small basket beside her and continued to peel it.
"Don't you have hands yourself? Why are you calling my sister?"
The little girl from the Xiang family sat on another blanket with her legs together and glared at Kou Ji angrily.
Kou Ji snorted twice and was too lazy to pay attention to him.
After months of entanglement, Kou Ji has successfully won Xiang Yan's heart. Now it's time for him to enjoy the results. He knows how to talk to the little girl of the Xiang family.
Xiang Yan peeled the persimmon and handed it to Kou Ji's mouth. Kou Ji pouted and sucked the persimmon juice into his mouth.
The little girl from the Xiang family felt angry when she saw the expression of enjoyment on Kou Ji's face.
She glared at Kou Ji and said fiercely: "My grandfather said that people who eat too many persimmons cannot poop..."
"puff!"
All the persimmon juice in Kou Ji's mouth spurted out in one breath.
He turned his head and glared at Xiang's little sister fiercely.
Seeing Kou Ji deflated, the little girl from the Xiang family looked at him with a proud face.
Xiang Yan said angrily: "How can you, a daughter of a family, say such foul language?"
The little girl from the Xiang family pouted in dissatisfaction and said, "My grandfather said this, not me. I was greedy for persimmons a few days ago, and this is what my grandfather taught me."
"..."
Xiang Yan felt helpless with this lawless little girl.
Kou Ji glared at the little sister of the Xiang family, and complained to Xiang Yan: "We two are out to play, what are you doing with her?"
Xiang Yanqiao blushed, lowered her head and said nothing.
The little girl from the Xiang family put her hands on her waist and said righteously: "Grandpa asked me to come over and keep an eye on you, so that you two won't do anything scandalous."
Kou Ji said with a look of astonishment: "Your sister and I are innocent, what kind of scandal can we do?"
The little girl from the Xiang family didn't say anything, but Xiang Yan covered her chest, glared at Kou Ji angrily, gritted her teeth and whispered: "You...you...you're already like that...what else do you want to do..."
Kou Ji was stunned, stretched out his hand and pinched it out of thin air.
Xiang Yan's face suddenly turned red to the base of her ears.
"You...you are not allowed to do that again..."
"What are you talking about?"
The little girl from the Xiang family shook her head and came over, asking with a questioning look on her face: "What are you whispering behind my back?"
Xiang Yan clutched her chest tightly and refused to say a word.
She also glared at Kou Ji, reminding him not to talk nonsense.
Kou Ji smiled and held out three fingers.
Shaking Xiang Yantou like a rattle.
Kou Ji stretched out two more fingers.
Xiang Yan hesitated again and again and nodded hurriedly.
Kou Ji grinned, moved onto the blanket, and said carelessly: "Your sister and I were just talking about the government officials' procurement of women."
I heard the word "Cai Nu".
The look on Xiang's little sister's face was a bit unnatural.
Kou Ji stared at her and asked with a smile: "I heard that Xiang Mansion has sent your birth date and books to Kaifeng Mansion?"
Xiang's little sister said with a sullen face, "So what?"
Kou Ji pondered: "Based on my calculations, you have a high chance of being selected to enter the palace. Maybe after entering the palace, you can win a concubine position."
The little girl from the Xiang family pouted and threatened: "If I enter the palace and become a concubine, I will let the officials hang you up and beat you every day. You will bully me and my sister every day."
"Hahahahaha..."
Kou Ji burst out laughing.
The little girl from the Xiang family had a straight face and said coldly: "Why are you laughing?"
Kou Ji said quietly: "I laughed at you because you are too young and don't know how scary the palace is. After you enter the palace, there will be many people who bully you. Only if you can survive from their hands will you be qualified.
Hang me up and beat me."
Xiang's little girl's expression changed slightly, she pouted and said, "You know how to bully me, I won't tell you anymore."