Chapter 0957 A very stinky child in front of Kou Ji
New Year's Day.
After the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty accompanied Zhao Zhen to worship their ancestors, they went back to their homes to rest.
The same goes for Kou Ji.
But not long after he fell asleep, he was woken up by someone.
It was Zhao Run who woke him up.
Kou Ji opened his eyes and saw Zhao Run circling beside his soft couch.
"Why did you come to my house instead of staying in the palace?"
Seeing that Kou Ji was awake, Zhao Run spread out his hand and put it in front of Kou Ji's eyes.
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, lazily closed his eyes again, and said in a neutral tone: "I'm going to see your master..."
Zhao Run lay on the edge of Kou Ji's soft couch with a grimace and said, "My wife is busy preparing things for guests tomorrow, so she has no time to talk to me."
Kou Ji closed his eyes and said calmly: "Don't look for me, anyway, I don't have..."
Zhao Run came to Kou Ji to ask for lucky money, and he never missed any opportunity to make money.
In later generations, Kou Ji would have sent Zhao Run away with just two coins, but this was not possible in ancient times.
The lucky money in ancient times is different from the lucky money in later generations.
The earliest lucky money in ancient times was called lucky money. The earliest lucky money discovered by later generations was from the Han Dynasty.
Lucky money developed into lucky money in the Song Dynasty and became lucky money.
New Year's money does not mean just giving a copper coin and that's it.
The copper coins circulating among the people are all minted with the emperor's reign name.
The New Year's money is cast with blessings such as longevity and longevity.
So most of the time, the people themselves cast it.
It was not until the imperial court completely took back the minting rights to the country.
The coins privately minted by the people with the words "long life" disappeared and turned into copper coins wrapped in red seals.
The Song Dynasty is gradually taking back the right to mint coins, but the people still mint coins.
There were too few people in the Kou Mansion during the Chinese New Year this year, so they did not mint any lucky money.
So Zhao Run asked Kou Ji for it, and Kou Ji said he didn't have it. He wasn't pretending to be poor or stingy, but he really didn't have it.
Zhao Run lay down next to Kou Ji and whispered: "Sir, I know you don't have it, but Mistress does. Mistress went to the palace a few days ago and exchanged New Year's money worth fifty thousand guan from my mother."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and asked: "Is it all money?"
Zhao Run nodded heavily.
If it were exchanged for copper coins, it would not cost 50,000 coins.
Kou Ji opened his eyes, glanced at Zhao Run and said, "No wonder you came to me in such a hurry. It turns out you know your wife has money."
Zhao Run stretched out two fingers and said seriously: "I don't want more, how about just two?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Have you ever seen someone bargaining for new year's money?"
Zhao Run was not ashamed and said with a serious face: "But if you don't give any of them, isn't it a bit too unkind? I am also your first student after all."
Kou Ji yawned and said: "It should be yours, I will definitely give it to you. Your wife has exchanged so much money, so she must have prepared it for you. After all, most of the people in the Kou Mansion have moved to Han.
You little guys are the only ones staying at the house.
It stands to reason that if you come to visit tomorrow, I will give it to you.
It's simply rude for you to come here and ask for it today."
Zhao Run chuckled and said, "I'm afraid there will be too many people coming to visit you tomorrow and I won't be able to catch up."
Kou Ji glared at Zhao Run, "I know there are strict rules in the palace, so you may have the afternoon to come tomorrow. I'll tell your wife later and ask her to leave some for you."
"Thank you sir..."
Zhao Run said happily.
Kou Ji said in an angry tone: "It's just two pieces of money, is it worth your trip in person? I really didn't attend..."
Zhao Run said with a bright smile: "In addition to asking for new year's money, the student also has important news to tell Mr."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhao Run, "Is Jiaozi Shop going to open?"
Zhao Run said with admiration: "Sir, you are really good at predicting things. We will open the business after the 15th and are now preparing. I heard that they exchanged a lot of copper coins from Yizijiaozi Shop and brought a lot of copper coins from other places.
, I want to imitate your old wisdom, and plan to pile millions of dollars on a carriage and transport it into Bianjing City to build a reputation."
Kou Ji said quietly: "They have to thank your father. If your father hadn't cleaned up most of the royal relatives in Bianjing City. If they dared to bring money into Bianjing City in a big way, they would have been swallowed up even to their bones."
Nothing left.”
Zhao Run naturally knew about Zhao Zhen's great achievements, but he was not interested in this matter. He chased Kou Ji and asked: "Sir, what should we do?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Go back to Yizijiaozi shop, take out your money and mine, and deposit them together when Jiaozi shop opens."
Zhao Run's eyes widened in astonishment, "We want to take their money, how can we give them money?"
Kou Ji said angrily: "Then you go and beg your father now and ask him to let the people from the Wucheng Bingma Division go directly to the newly opened Jiaozi Shop and steal the money when it is delivered to the Jiaozi Shop."
The bridge is paved."
Zhao Run shouted: "How can that be done? What is the difference between that and a robber? It will be detrimental to my father's reputation if word spreads."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said: "Since you can't rob, you can only outwit. Outsmarting also requires strategy. You must agree first and then take."
If we don't put money into it, don't fatten them up, and let them open more stores, wouldn't that be a loss?
If your father moves his hands and feet, it will cost you tens of millions of dollars.
You and I are both the same as Zhongshu and the eldest son of the emperor. If we do it together, we can't make a difference, right?
Are you satisfied with just a little money in their hands?"
Zhao Run's eyes widened little by little, and he shouted out loud: "Sir, you mean... we can make tens of millions of dollars at a time?!"
Kou Ji saw Zhao Run losing his temper and said with a smile: "To Jiaozipu, money is just a number. Once money is reduced to a number, it is no longer a trivial matter.
If it moves, it is very common.
In the past, businessmen from Shuzhong established Jiaozi Shop in Shuzhong.
It's just a few big business owners who have amassed millions of dollars.
Nowadays, wealthy families have opened Jiaozi shops behind their backs, and there are eight of them.
Maybe these eight companies were launched, and maybe there are many people behind them.
So we have to take a longer view.”
"when……"
Just when Zhao Run's heart turned into a square hole and he was about to jump up with excitement, there was a sudden sound of breaking porcelain at the door.
Kou Ji and Zhao Run both looked towards the door and saw Wang Anshi standing there blankly.
Obviously, he was frightened by the words Kou Ji said.
Kou Ji understood this very well.
It's like a person with an average family fortune of only a few hundred thousand suddenly appears among a group of big guys and talks about making hundreds of millions back.
Getting money is as easy as getting water.
That kind of impact is indeed difficult for many people to accept.
"Don't be stunned, come and sit..."
Kou Ji greeted.
Only then did Wang Anshi come back to his senses, realized that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly saluted Kou Ji.
Kou Ji called Wang Anshi, explained to him and Zhao Run the subsequent deposit of money, and then dismissed them.
From then on until fifteen.
Kou Ji has been staying at the house all the time.
On the fifteenth day.
Sure enough, as Zhao Run said, Jiaozi shop opened and its name was Bafang.
I don’t know if it’s the oblique meaning of the eight families, or if it means taking all directions to welcome wealth.
The opening day of Bafang Jiaozi Shop.
The bosses behind the scenes followed Kou Ji's old wisdom and brought cartloads of copper coins into Bianjing City with great fanfare.
In an instant, the whole city was in shock.
Zhao Run and Wang Anshi followed Kou Ji's instructions and deposited all the 1.3 million yuan in Kou Ji's hand.
Got the jiaozi.
After Kou Ji saw the Jiaozi issued by Bafang Jiaozi Shop, he never paid attention to this matter again.
The Jiaozi from Bafang Jiaozipu is copied from the one from Yizijiaozipu.
Except for the difference in the ink used by Yizijiaozi, everything else is the same as Yizijiaozi.
After Kou Ji read it, he simply gave a review.
"court death!"
The Jiaozi issued by Bafang Jiaozi Shop has a large denomination.
There is a seal stamped on it, but there is no secret message.
In order to distribute salaries to the soldiers on the battlefield and to provide pensions to the widows of the soldiers who died in the battle, Yizijiaozipu adopted the secret word.
Bafang Jiaozipu followed the script and also used secret words.
The Jiaozi template of Yizijiaozipu is very delicate and difficult to imitate. More importantly, the ink used is unique. Currently, only Kou Ji and the four mute slaves know how to use the ink.
No one else can imitate the ink used by Yizijiaozipu.
Therefore, Yizijiaozipu is not afraid of others making fake products.
But Kou Ji just took a look at the Jiaozi from Bafang Jiaozi Shop and knew how it was printed and what kind of ink was used.
Although I learned Yizijiaozipu, I used multiple layers of overlay printing.
But in Kou Ji's eyes, it was simply not enough.
Kou Ji felt that it would not be easy to harvest Bafang Jiaozi Pu, so he ignored Bafang Jiaozi Pu and prepared to let it develop.
It's not too late to harvest after it's fattened.
Kou Ji wanted to use some clever means before, but seeing how stupid Bafang Jiaozipu was, he decided to use simple methods to harvest Bafang Jiaozipu.
Kou Ji is waiting for Bafang Jiaozipu to fatten up.
Zhao Run anxiously walked around Kou Ji's house every day.
Time flies and it’s February.
Two pieces of good news reached Koji's ears.
"Sir, except for Jiangnan, almost all the commercial and taxation rights in the remaining places have been taken back."
In the study room of Zhuyuan, Fan Zhongyan said to Kou Ji with a smile.
After half a year of busy work, Fan Zhongyan has lost a lot of weight and has a lot of bloodshot eyes.
Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan and said: "You will hand over the commercial and taxation rights in Jiangnan to Bao Zheng. I believe Bao Zheng will handle it properly for you."
Fan Zhongyan smiled and nodded: "I have already informed Bao Zheng. Bao Zheng said he would get it back at the end of the year."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "How is the tax stamp implementation going?"
Fan Zhongyan said frankly: "Although there are some bumps and bruises, compared with the wealthy and powerful families in the private sector, it is relatively fair and there are no other exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so the people still agree with it.
The implementation was also very smooth.”
Kou Jixiao asked: "So it's not far away that the Taxation Department will turn from darkness to light?"
Fan Zhongyan nodded solemnly.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Then the business law should be implemented."
Fan Zhongyan was stunned and asked: "Have your husband and the officials agreed on the business law?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded.
Fan Zhongyan asked again, "When will it be taken out?"
Kou Ji said mysteriously: "There is still one more chance."
Fan Zhongyan asked, "What opportunity?"
Kou Ji laughed and said: "This is an opportunity for an official to change the business laws out of anger."
Fan Zhongyan pondered and said, "How long will it take?"
"Soon..."
"..."
Fan Zhongyan nodded and did not ask further questions. He said to Kou Ji: "Su Xun sent a letter to the student a few days ago, saying that he will return to Beijing in the near future. Does Sir know?"
Kou Ji nodded and said with a smile: "Su Xun made great contributions when he took office again and built Bohai Mansion into a prosperous place. The official decided to transfer him back to the capital."
Fan Zhongyan hesitated and said: "Su Xun told his students before that he wanted to serve one more term in Bohai Mansion to consolidate the foundation of Bohai Mansion's prosperity.
The gentleman should know this, why did you suddenly transfer him back?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The officials personally took the decision on this matter. It can be seen that the officials admire Su Xun very much and think he is an official.
The person who went to replace Su Xun was an official who didn't know anything else but liked to use Xiao Gui and Cao Sui's methods."
Fan Zhongyan frowned and said: "That is inaction..."
Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "Now the Bohai Mansion needs an official who does not do much. If we send a capable one, won't the Bohai Mansion that Su Xun worked so hard to build be changed beyond recognition?"
Fan Zhongyan said dumbfounded: "I never thought there would be benefits to inaction."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Everyone has a use, it just depends on where they are used."
Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement.
Fan Zhongyan and Kou Ji chatted some more about the Taxation Department and then left Zhuyuan.
Half a month later.
Su Xun was summoned to Beijing, bringing with him a large family, all of whom were dusty.
After arriving in Bianjing City, he went to the Ministry of Personnel to submit the order, and went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to receive the house assigned to him by the imperial court. After settling his family in place, he rushed to the Bamboo Courtyard to visit him.
"Student Su Xun, I met Mr...."
In the study room.
Su Xun bowed to greet him.
Kou Ji looked Su Xun up and down and said with emotion: "I have lost weight and become darker."
Su Xun straightened up and said with a bright smile: "Students stay at the beach and are exposed to the wind and sun every day, so naturally they are thin and dark."
Kou Ji spoke again: "It's also mature..."
In just a few years, Su Xun has transformed from the carefree little guy in the past into a mature and steady adult.
Kou Ji looked at him, a little sad.
Su Xun smiled and said: "In front of the teacher, students will always be young."
Kou Ji waved his hand, asked Su Xun to sit next to him, and ordered the tea to be served.
Kou Ji asked Su Xun a lot about his experience in Bohai Mansion.
Su Xun knows everything and talks about everything.
After talking about Bohai Mansion, Kou Ji asked with a smile: "I heard that there is a child prodigy in your family who can compose poetry at the age of four?"
Su Xun couldn't laugh or cry and said: "I just learned some words under the guidance of Jian Nei, and then pieced together a five-character poem. It's unsightly and has no sense of beauty. It can't be called a poem at all."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Bring it over later so I can take a look."
Su Xun was stunned for a moment, then rolled his eyes, and said a little excitedly, "Sir, you want to accept a child as your disciple?"
Kou Ji said angrily and funny: "Are you crazy? You are my student. If I accept your son as my student, wouldn't it be a mess?"
Su Xun said with a bright smile: "Students are disciples, children are disciples, it's different."
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry and scolded: "How can you say such shameless words just to get that yellow-mouthed boy of yours to come under my sect?"
Su Xun chuckled and said nothing.
It is rare for Kou Ji to open his door to accept disciples. It is a blessing for his son to be a disciple of Kou Ji.
With Koji's radiation, his son will definitely have a good future.
As a father, how can you not want your son to have a good future?
As for the issue of seniority, Su Xun doesn't care.
Su Xun can be stubborn sometimes, but that doesn't mean he's stupid.
Kou Ji pointed at Su Xun, laughed and scolded: "You are shameless, but I want skin. The threshold of our Kou Mansion is very high, and there are countless people who want to join our Kou Mansion to become my disciples.
Whether your son can enter the Kou Mansion will be decided after seeing it.
Even if I allow your son to enter the profession, he will not be worthy of his master and disciple."
Su Xun smiled and said: "It is a great blessing to be able to get started. How can I dare to be picky?"
Kou Ji smiled and shook his head.
"Now that we've finished chatting about personal matters, let's talk about official matters. The officials have called you to Beijing this time to prepare you to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to serve as a foreign minister. Previously, a member of the Ministry of Revenue made arrogant remarks in Yanfu Palace and was punished by the officials. Now,
If there happens to be a vacancy, it's up to you to fill it."
Su Xun glanced at Kou Ji and said in a low voice: "Sir... I am also the lord of the house after all... Even if I enter Bianjing City and be demoted to the third level, I shouldn't be a Yuanwailang..."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Don't think that you are great just because you have made a small contribution. You can be appointed as the governor of Bohai Prefecture because I made an exception.
Now that I have entered the capital and become a capital official, I naturally have to follow the rules."
Su Xun smiled and said: "Students will only say anything in front of you. Please explain to the students carefully what is the secret here."
When Su Xun was appointed as the magistrate, he was promoted out of the ordinary.
It can be seen that the magistrate is the magistrate. In addition, he was promoted because of his great contribution to the court, so he should be more than just a foreign minister after returning to the court.
Kou Ji glanced at Su Xun and said, "Just sit in the household department and only watch, listen, and don't speak. You will understand after a while."
Su Xun's eyes lit up, "In other words, when students go to the Ministry of Household Affairs, they just sit in the Yamen? After a while, they will go elsewhere?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "It's not good for you to know so clearly."
Su Xun nodded quickly, "Student understands."
After Kou Ji and Su Xun, master and apprentice, finished talking about business and had a meal, Su Xun left.
The next day.
Su Xun went to the palace to meet Zhao Zhen, then obtained the documents from the Political Affairs Hall and became a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
After sitting in the household department for a long time, I got to know some colleagues. After declining the reception banquet offered by my colleagues, I hurried back to my mansion and hurried to Zhuyuan with my two sons.
In the bamboo courtyard.
Zhao Run was standing in front of Kou Ji and said this to Kou Ji in a quick voice.
"Sir, four Bafang Jiaozi Shops have been opened. When should we start?"
Kou Ji heard Zhao Run's words and said thoughtfully: "Are the four families ready? We can take action."
Zhao Run was so excited that he almost jumped up.
"How?"
Kou Ji handed Zhao Run a Jiaozi and said, "Go and withdraw 90% of the money we deposited in Bafang Jiaozi Shop. By the way, take a look at what's going on at Bafang Jiaozi Shop."
Zhao Run nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, took the jiaozi and hurried outside the bamboo courtyard.
When passing by the Su family and his son, they did not stop.
Su Xun was still thinking of taking his sons to salute him.
But seeing that Zhao Run had no intention of being polite, he ignored Zhao Run.
Su Xun brought his son to Kou Ji. After saluting, he said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Shou is really unique..."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "He just has a simple mind and doesn't have many thoughts. He doesn't have any objections to you, so you don't have to think too much."
Su Xun nodded and said with a smile: "The student has been an official for some years, so I can see this."
Kou Ji nodded, smiled, and looked at the two little dolls beside Su Xun.
The older one was seven years old, thin and frail, with a sallow complexion. After seeing Kou Ji, he bowed politely.
The younger one, four years old, was rosy and chubby. When he saw Kou Ji, he did not salute. He raised his head and stared at Kou Ji curiously.
If Su Xun hadn't held his head in Kou Ji's hands, he probably wouldn't have bowed to Kou Ji.
Ko Ji laughed loudly when he saw the chubby little guy raising his head and looking at him with his lips curled up.
"When I was young, I refused to bow my head. I will pay it back when I am older."
Su Xun hurriedly said: "This humble wife neglects discipline and makes the teacher laugh."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "It's okay, just a kid. It's okay to be ignorant. If you're sensible, there will be big problems."
Su Xun nodded heavily.
The chubby little guy said with a stinking look on his face: "Are you my father's husband?"
Su Xun patted his head and glared: "There are no rules..."
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "It doesn't matter..."
After saying this, he looked at the seven-year-old baby standing beside him without saying a word.
"We agreed on one, but you actually brought both of them. Are you taking advantage of me? Do you think this is the Lonely Garden?"
Kou Ji stared at the seven-year-old baby and talked to Su Xun.
The seven-year-old baby hesitated for a moment and stood there blankly, letting Kou Ji look at it.
In fact, he wanted to bow his head.
Because he was older and knew more than his bratty brother, he knew that the person in front of him was great, so he didn't dare to look directly at him.
But he thought of his mother's instructions and still raised his head politely and let Kou Ji watch.
Su Xun heard Kou Ji's words and said hurriedly: "Sir, the student's two sons are both good."
Kou Ji looked at the seven-year-old baby and asked Su Xun in a deep voice, "He seems to be seriously ill?"
Hearing this, Su Xun's face darkened, "He is the student's eldest son Su Jingxian. He suffered from a fatal disease when he was four years old. Thanks to the rescue by doctors from the forensic clinic, he is still alive today.
It's just that although his serious illness has passed, he still has lingering illnesses, and he has to take medicinal herbs from time to time to stay alive."
When Kou Ji heard Su Xun's words, he understood what was going on.
According to historical records, Su Xun's eldest son Su Jingxian died of illness when he was three or four years old. The specific illness is unknown.
Because of the appearance of Kou Ji, he founded the Forensic Medicine Clinic and changed Su Xun's fate. He came into contact with the people in the Forensic Medicine Clinic and saved Su Jingxian's life.
Doctors in forensic medicine clinics are not bureaucracy or army doctors.
That was a serious Xinglin master who defected from Xinglin to the Forensic Medicine Museum after it was established.
Although the Xinglin master shouted at the people in the forensic clinic to kill him.
But there are also many people who are obsessed with medical skills and are deviant.
They couldn't find an organization before, but now that they have a forensic clinic, they are organized. So after understanding the medical skills of the forensic clinic, they resolutely entered the forensic clinic.
He became the scum in the apricot forest and the expert in the forensic clinic.
They are the kind who have learned both Chinese and Western knowledge.
Proficient in Chinese medicine and also learned Western medicine.