When a bride meets her parents-in-law for the first time, a meeting ceremony is inevitable.
It's just that two big gold cakes were handed to me, which was obviously a bit tacky.
Xiang Yan glanced at Kou Ji.
He seemed to be asking Kou Ji if he would pick up the call.
Kou Ji smiled calmly at Kou Li and said, "Dad, it's not the New Year yet. Isn't it a little too early to give out new year's money?"
Kou Li stared and shouted: "What new year's money? Is this a meeting gift?"
After saying this, Kou Li forcefully thrust a gold cake into Kou Ji's hand, and then handed another gold cake to Xiang Yan with a smile.
Xiang Yan took the gold cake and thanked her.
Kou Ji held the gold cake and hesitated a little.
Seeing this, Kou Li said in a nonchalant manner: "My father has money now. If I give it to you, just take it."
Kou Li misunderstood Kou Ji, thinking that Kou Ji felt that he was still as poor as before and was unwilling to take the gold cake.
So he spoke.
However.
How did he know that Kou Ji didn't care whether he was poor or not?
Kou Ji just thinks this thing is... vulgar.
Kou Li saw that Kou Ji was still holding the gold cake and remained silent.
He coughed lightly.
"My father got three hundred taels of gold this year. The little I give you is nothing. When it comes to New Year's Eve, there will be..."
With a bribe of three hundred taels of gold, that's all.
What's going on with your proud tone?
Is co-authorship of corruption also a form of pride?
Kou Ji saw that he hesitated for a long time, and Kou Li didn't realize how vulgar the greeting gift he gave was, so he sighed sadly and accepted the gold cake.
Kou Ji raised his head and met Xiang Yan's gaze.
There was a wry smile on everyone's lips.
"Go...to the main hall, your grandfather is waiting for us."
When Kou Li saw Kou Ji put away the gold cake, he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile.
Kou Ji nodded and gave instructions to the people outside the door, asking them to carry two large boxes into the house.
Kou Li saw two big boxes and was a little curious, asking: "What are they?"
Kou Ji said perfunctorily, "It's nothing..."
He immediately ordered people to carry the box and prepare to send it to the treasury.
But Kou Li became curious and insisted on stopping him to see what was in the box.
"Open it and let your father take a look..."
Kou Jiqian smiled and said, "Should you stop reading?"
Kou Li immediately stared and said arrogantly: "Is there anything that a father can't see?"
When Kou Ji saw that Kou Li insisted on watching, he stopped trying to stop him.
"Open it..."
Kou Ji gave an order.
The servants carrying the box began to untie the ropes on the box.
The rope falls to the ground.
The box opens.
A dazzling light made Kou Li feel dizzy.
The box is filled with gold ingots, bright and golden, each one is the same size and neatly arranged.
Kou Li swallowed hard and said in a trembling voice: "Where...where did it come from..."
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "What I have earned in the past few months..."
"The other box too?"
"Um……"
Kou Li's cheeks turned red with shame for a moment, he covered his face with his sleeves and fled from here.
Just now he generously rewarded Kou Ji and Xiang Yan with a piece of gold cake.
I feel that if the two of them took the gold cake, they would be very moved.
After all, in his opinion, gold cakes are rare.
But I didn't expect it.
Instantly slapped in the face.
The beating was so painful.
How could he not be ashamed?
The gold cake that he regarded as a treasure was just an ordinary thing in the eyes of Kou Ji and Xiang Yan. How could he have the nerve to stay there any longer.
Seeing that Kou Li had escaped, Kou Ji asked someone to close the lid of the box, clicked his lips, and sighed: "I told you not to look at it... you must look at it..."
Xiang Yan glanced at Kou Ji and said coquettishly: "If you treat dad like this...he will be angry. If he asks for a divorce, you will not feel good either."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "If he can really punish me in front of his grandfather, he will ask for a monk's law..."
Then I might really look up to him...
Kou Ji didn't say the second half of the sentence.
There is some suspicion of disobedience and unfilial piety.
There is no need to say it out loud so that others can grasp the topic.
But as Kou Ji's pillow, Xiang Yan naturally understands Kou Ji's thoughts.
She came close to Kou Ji and whispered: "He is the father after all... You have to be more respectful to him, otherwise it will damage your reputation if word gets out."
Xiang Yan knew more or less about Kou Ji's experiences in Huazhou.
I know that Kou Ji and Kou Li haven't been together for long, so it's hard to say that they have a strong father-son relationship.
But even so, she also reminded Kou Ji to have a better attitude toward Kou Li.
Kou Ji knew that Xiang Yan was doing it for his own good, so he did not refute Xiang Yan's words.
After turning around and ordering the servants behind him to carry the boxes and put them into the two warehouses of the Kou Mansion, Kou Ji took Xiang Yan into the main hall.
The reason why the servants were ordered to put the money in the box into two warehouses was because not all of the money belonged to Kou Ji.
All the money was Jiaozipu's profit in the past three months, and a large part of it belonged to Zhao Zhen.
Kou Ji sent someone to ask Chen Lin if she would send it to the inner treasury.
But she was rejected by Chen Lin.
Chen Lin told Kou Ji that the inner treasury was not safe.
If the official's money is put into the internal treasury, it will inevitably be taken away by others.
So he was temporarily placed in the Kou Mansion.
Kou Ji knew who Chen Lin said was the person who took the money from the inner treasury.
He had no intention of capitalizing on the enemy, so he agreed to Chen Lin's request and set up a separate warehouse in his house to store money for Zhao Zhen.
In order to prevent Kou Ji from embezzling the money inside, Chen Lin specially sent two old-fashioned eunuchs to guard the door of the warehouse.
The development speed of Jiaozipu far exceeded the expectations of Kou Ji and others.
In just over two months after it opened, the money deposited into Jiaozi Pu exceeded 20 million yuan.
Among them, Jiangning Prefecture Jiaozipu contributed nearly 6 million yuan.
Shuzhong Jiaozipu contributed nearly 3 million yuan.
The rest was contributed by Jiaozi Pu in Bianjing City.
Perhaps because of the royal family's reputation, many businessmen trusted the royal family's reputation, so they deposited their money in Jiaozipu.
It may also be because it was the Chinese New Year, and many businessmen were returning to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year, and they were afraid that thieves would miss them, so they deposited their money in Jiaozi shops and returned home with only a piece of lightweight Jiaozi.
Of course, Kou Ji, Liu Heng, and Cao Yi successively contributed a lot of savings to Jiaozi Pu.
The dividends from Wanxiang Building, the eighth and ninth batches of fabric sales from the textile workshops outside the city were all deposited in Jiaozipu one after another.
In addition, the three of them also deposited the copper coins in their hands into Jiaozipu.
All in all, the development of Jiaozipu exceeded Kou Ji's expectations, but it was still under control.
The security issues of saving money for Jiaozipu, as well as future development issues.
The location of the actual warehouse of Jiaozipu and the plan to promote the opening of Jiaozipu again should also be put on the agenda.
Kou Ji has been thinking about this matter in recent days.
Kou Ji thought about the location of the real warehouse of Jiaozipu and walked into the main hall of Kou Mansion.
Under Xiang Yan's reminder, she slowly came back to her senses.
In the main hall.
Kou Zhun sat upright, holding a bowl of tea in his hand and tasting it with his lips pursed.
Kou Zhun was busy with government affairs all day long and had no time to sit down and carefully prepare the tea soup, so he fell in love with this light tea.
"I met my grandfather..."
"I met my grandfather..."
"..."
Kou Zhun glanced at the two of them and said in a neutral tone: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon. You and your wife deliberately ran outside the city to avoid me?
It's because I dislike me for being old and redundant.
Or do you think it’s annoying to look at my old face?”
Kou Ji straightened up and said with a dry smile: "Grandpa, how could we hide from you."
Kou Zhun rolled his eyes, put down the tea cup in his hand, and said angrily: "Of course I know who you are hiding from. But you should not abandon Kou's house and hide out.
Please note that you are the owner of this mansion from now on."
For the last sentence, Kou Zhun's voice was lowered a bit, but it was extremely solemn.
"I see……"
"I understand..."
Kou Jigang replied with a smile, and Kou Zhun scolded him angrily.
Thinking of Kou Li's stupidity, Kou Zhun felt angry.
You have just been promoted to the sixth rank of Xiaoxiao, and you are showing off in front of him?
Show off your shit.
Kou Jishuang was a fourth-grade person, but he didn't dare to show off in front of him.
What does Kou Li have to show off?
He can blow out a large number of sixth-grade officials to death.
If Kou Li had not been expelled from the house and Kou Ji had been left behind, he would have been criticized.
He had long since thrown Kou Li to eat dirt in Guangnan.
Kou Ji has been with Kou Zhun for a long time, so he naturally knows Kou Zhun's temper.
Seeing that Kou Zhun seemed to be complaining about Kou Li, he whispered to Xiang Yan and asked Xiang Yan to go down and rest first.
Then he came up to Kou Zhun, and while helping Kou Zhun pour tea, he asked: "Did my father offend you?"
Kou Zhun snorted and said: "Your father has been promoted again, from the sixth rank..."
After a pause, Kou Zhun said angrily: "That official's authority is so great. It seems that I, a genuine official, am not even qualified to carry his shoes."
When Kou Ji heard this, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Obviously, there is moisture in Kou Zhun's words.
If Kou Li really dared to show off his authority in front of Kou Zhun, then he would no longer be Kou Li.
But it was obvious that after Kou Li was promoted, he showed off in front of Kou Zhun.
Otherwise Kou Zhun would not have said these words.
After Kou Ji laughed, he said, "My father was promoted not long ago, why did he get promoted again?"
Kou Zhun snorted coldly, "It must be someone with ulterior motives, planning to make some fuss about your father and cause some trouble for our grandparents."
Kou Zhun's eyes were so poisonous, how could he not see this?
Kou Li is not in his eyes, nor is Wang Zeng or Li Di's.
How to get promoted?
If the memorial for Kou Li's promotion was delivered to the inner court, how could the three of them promote him?
There must be someone behind the scenes.
Today, the yamen responsible for the promotion and scheduling of officials are the Ministry of Personnel and the Third Division.
The three divisions are in the hands of Li Zhen, and the official department is in the hands of Wang Qinruo.
The two of them have become the same as each other.
Helping Kou Li get promoted must be their work.
After Kou Ji heard the news about Kou Li's promotion, the same thought as Kou Zhun flashed through his mind.
He looked at Kou Zhun and said, "Grandpa, what do you think the person behind the scenes is going to do with my father?"
Kou Zhun said disdainfully: "What else can you do? It's just to get your father involved in some big lawsuit and ruin your reputation while you and I defend your father."
Kou Ji heard Kou Zhun's analysis, but had other thoughts in his mind.
Given his and Kou Zhun's status and influence on the court, even if they were known as favoritism, the impact would not be too great and their status would not be shaken at all.
Kou Ji guessed that it was probably because he rejected Zhao Yuanyan's request and Zhao Yuanyan was retaliating and forcing him to submit.
Kou Ji pondered: "According to your statement, my father will probably be promoted again soon, right?"
Kou Zhun nodded and said: "Of course... with your father's current official position, even if he gets into trouble, you and I don't need to help him."
With Kou Li's current rank, he is really going to get into trouble.
No need for Kou Zhun, Kou Ji took action himself.
No matter it was Kou Ji who sent a message to Cao Yi, asking Cao Yi to come forward.
Kou Zhun could have easily solved the problem by sending a message to his cronies and asking them to come forward.
Moreover, the two of them will not be involved.
Therefore, Zhao Yuanyan had to plan for their ancestors and grandchildren, and Kou Li's official position had to be promoted.
Only when Kou Li rose to the capital and got into some serious trouble could he lure Kou Ji out and Kou Zhun take action.
Kou Ji was thinking in his mind, but asked: "Then how does grandfather plan to deal with it?"
Kou Zhun put on a straight face and said: "I..."
Kou Ji waited for a long time, but did not wait for the next message.
When his eyes fell on Kou Zhun, he saw Kou Zhun frowning, and he asked doubtfully: "Grandpa?"
Kou Zhun seemed to be suddenly awakened. He looked at Kou Ji and asked, "Where did I just talk?"
Kou Ji reminded: "Someone is plotting against my father. Grandpa, how do you plan to deal with it?"
Kou Zhun grimaced again and said: "How else can we deal with it? Since we are planning on you and my grandparents, we cannot let them off lightly. But before that, we must first solve the problem of your father.
If he keeps hanging around in front of others, he will one day become a problem for you, my grandparents and our grandchildren."
Kou Ji was slightly stunned and asked: "How does grandfather plan to deal with my father?"
Kou Zhun stroked his beard and muttered: "I plan to find a nook in the territory of the Song Dynasty, throw your father there, and let him stay well.
Let him come back when you have established a firm foothold in the court.
It’s just that I can’t think of a suitable place for a while.”
When Kou Ji heard this, a deep smile appeared on his face, "Grandpa, what do you think... Leizhou?"
"Leizhou?"
Kou Zhun thought to himself.
Kou Ji said with a smile: "Leizhou is located in a remote area and sparsely populated. After my father arrived in Leizhou, it would be difficult to come back. If he wanted to achieve political achievements, it would be even harder. If he wanted to get a good reputation, he would have to wait until he could do it.
All the people in Leizhou have to do is gather together.
There is no profit sharing from political achievements and no good reputation.
No matter how hard the people behind him plan, they can't help him get promoted to a higher position.
If you and my grandsons and grandsons encounter them again and again, we will be able to evade them easily."
Kou Zhun thought about Kou Ji's words, nodded slowly, and said with a smile: "Leizhou... is indeed suitable for your father..."
Seeing that Kou Zhun listened to his words, Kou Ji smiled knowingly.
His appearance changed Kou Zhun's fate, and Kou Zhun could no longer defeat Leizhou.
But Kou Li had to go to Leizhou and follow his destiny.
Kou Li did not have Kou Zhun's prestige among the government and the public, so it was impossible for him to gather the people of Leizhou and achieve political achievements in Leizhou.