Chapter 0974 Peach and plum full garden spring like brocade (make up tonight and tomorrow
Kou Ji smiled heartily and said, "Since you treat me like an elder brother, I naturally have to shoulder the responsibility of being an elder brother."
Xiang Yan nodded with a smile, as if she remembered something, and a trace of sadness appeared on her face, "Although Bao Zheng has been a little longer, he is not a person who likes to hang out in brothels and restaurants. If Xu'er marries him, she won't
Be jealous of him.
My husband has only loved his concubine all his life, and Bao Zheng was afraid that he would follow in his footsteps.
Xu'er can find a good man, which is considered a blessing.
But my little sister’s marriage has not been settled yet. Seeing that my little sister has reached her thirties, I am extremely anxious.”
When he mentioned the little sister of the Xiang family, the smile on Kou Ji's face disappeared. After sighing deeply, he said quietly: "The identity of the little sister is different. He is from the official harem. Even if the official family does not
Even if you care about it, the civil and military officials below will also stare closely at it.
It is impossible to marry a high-ranking official.
Scholars with some talent don't dare to get close to my little sister.
Ordinary farmers have the courage, but the younger sister is too old. The young people in ordinary farmers' families have children by her age.
Therefore, the only ones who dare to marry a younger sister are widowers.
You don't want to let your little sister marry those widowers with her perfect body.
So it’s very difficult for my little sister to get married.”
Xiang Yan gritted her teeth and said, "My Xiang family is also a wealthy family, and it belongs to a family of officials. My younger sister is also considered a direct descendant, and she has a perfect body. How can I leave it to a widower?"
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said: "The problem is, except for those stupid and bold people from farmers' families, who will marry a younger sister and who dares to marry a younger sister? Anyone who has some sense will hide away after knowing the identity of the younger sister."
Xiang Yan said angrily: "The officials and the queen don't care about this matter..."
"But etiquette and law are at stake, and the entire court is at war with civil and military officials... In the eyes of everyone in the government and the public, etiquette and law are bigger than the sky..."
"It's all my father's fault. A good person like my little sister has to be sent to the palace to suffer. Now the living people don't look like humans or ghosts..."
"..."
Kou Ji sighed and said, "Let's send my little sister to Han. The newly established Datong Academy in Handu still lacks some teachers. With my little sister's talent and learning, it will be easy for me to go to the lower courtyard of the academy and teach the young children how to read."
If you can meet someone you like among the teachers in the academy, you can also form a good relationship.
No one in Han should care about her identity."
Xiang Yan hesitated and said, "I am afraid that my father will not agree."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "When have you ever cared about your father when doing things?"
Xiang Yan gritted her teeth and said, "He always wants to send the little girl back to the palace."
Kou Ji's face turned slightly cold, "You go back and send someone to tell them so that they can stop trying to compete for profit. Otherwise, I will definitely not care about their life or death after I leave Bianjing City.
When the time comes that they are eaten alive by humans, they will not be able to blame me.
They are obviously a bunch of stupid sheep, but they always want to wear wolf skin and pretend to be wolves among the wolves."
Xiang Yan nodded and said, "I will send someone there tomorrow. By the way, can you put my little sister in the middle courtyard or the upper courtyard? I heard from God that the teachings of Meng Tong, the professor in the lower courtyard, are mostly ineffective mediocre talents.
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The teachings of the Middle Court and the Upper Court are the outstanding ones."
Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Yan and said calmly: "As a young girl, it would be good to find someone a bit mediocre and live a peaceful life.
Do you still want her to be distinguished?
If she is a noble person, where can she put her face in the civil and military circles?"
Xiang Yan sighed and said no more.
Etiquette and law are greater than heaven. The ancestral etiquette and law can restrain people until death.
Some time in the future.
Kou Ji no longer paid attention to the marriages of Bao Zheng, Zhao Xu, and Xiang's younger sister. He was busy entertaining guests at his house.
In the past, those Jinshi who came out of the Kou Mansion and dispersed to various parts of the Song Dynasty to make meritorious deeds have now become famous and are being dispatched back to Beijing one after another.
At the beginning, Fan Zhongyan and Su Xun, and later Bao Zheng, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo and others, under their guidance, some talents also appeared in front of Kou Ji.
For example, Tang Jie, Zhang Fangping and others.
Ouyang Xiu was transferred back to Beijing after Bao Zheng. He recommended Tang Jie to Kou Ji, followed by Fu Bi and finally Wen Yanbo.
In addition to bringing Zhang Fangping to Kou Ji, Wen Yanbo also brought back a letter from Han Qi.
The Flower Hall in the Bamboo Garden.
Kou Ji ordered his servants to serve tea to Wen Yanbo and Zhang Fangping, then took out Han Qi's letter and read it.
Han Qi is the most unlucky among Kou Ji's many disciples.
He was enforcing the law while fishing in Hedong, and was judged by Wang Zeng as unkind.
Han Qi wanted to be promoted, but the old man disagreed and wrote many times to remonstrate, saying that if Han Qi entered Bianjing, he would definitely become a disaster to the Song Dynasty.
The old guy has finally set his sights on Han Qi.
Zhao Zhen thought that Wang Zeng was a rare humerus in the court, so he accepted Wang Zeng's suggestion, which was regarded as giving Wang Zeng face.
As for Han Qi, many people wrote letters to defend Han Qi and praised Han Qi as a capable person.
Zhao Zhen ignored it.
There were so many talented people in the Song Dynasty, and there was no reason for Zhao Zhen to fight against the talented people inside the central government for the sake of a talented person outside the central government.
Now the Song Dynasty is unified across the world.
Talented people are like carps crossing the river.
It is impossible for Zhao Zhen to place all talents in the center.
Therefore, a lot of talent must be thrown outside the center.
Although it is a bit humiliating.
But I can only hold it in.
Because they can't rely on outsiders like before.
Outsiders don't dare to ask for them.
Talented people like Lu Yijian who had been in charge of the central government were all sent to Qingtang by Zhao Zhen to work with cattle and sheep. Han Qi, a mere Han Qi, was nothing.
Han Qi felt aggrieved and had no way to tell the court, so he could only write a letter to Kou Ji to tell him his grievances.
After Kou Ji read Han Qi's letter, he only said one sentence in the whole letter.
'Sir, everything I did in Hedong was your order. You have to help me.'
Kou Ji put down Han Qi's letter and coughed.
Wen Yanbo and Zhang Fangping quickly put down their tea bowls and looked at Kou Ji respectfully.
Kou Ji said to Wen Yanbo: "Write a letter later and tell Han Qi not to go around complaining. If the imperial court doesn't send him to Beijing, it's because he has another important role.
In the inspections of corruption and bribery in Guangxi and Guangnan, as many as 134,867 bribes were accepted.
The evil leader is already being escorted back to Beijing, and he will be executed after Qiu.
Nowadays, officials in Guangxi and Guangnan often use the majesty of the imperial court to make money from the local kings in the mountains and woods.
This matter has spread in Guangxi and Guangnan.
Therefore, the imperial court must send a capable person to handle this matter."
Wen Yanbo pondered: "The talented person chosen by the imperial court is Han Qi?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "The situation in Guangxi and Guangnan is very complicated, and heavy measures need to be taken when necessary. The officials and I were worried about sending others, so we chose Han Qi."
Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "In this case, Han Qi has been promoted."
The inspection of two houses is far more powerful than that of the leader of one house.
Han Qi was naturally promoted.
Kou Ji nodded and said, "You don't have to worry about Han Qi's affairs. Let me tell you."
Wen Yanbo hurriedly said: "Student, what can I say? Although the student did not manage Langxie Mansion to be as prosperous as Bohai Mansion.
But Langxie Mansion is also one of the best in today's Liao Dynasty."
Kou Ji glanced at Wen Yanbo and said angrily: "Most of it depends on the background of your Wen family and Liu family? If it weren't for the two wealthy families in Hedong who moved into Langye Mansion, do you think your Langye Mansion could be so fast?
Just develop?"
Wen Yanbo smiled dryly.
Kou Ji stared at Wen Yanbo and said: "Your Wen family sold the land in Hedong and started a business. There was no suspicion of tax evasion in the process, but..."
As soon as Kou Jigang said the word "but", Wen Yanbo quickly defended: "Sir, the Wen family who are doing business in Langye Mansion and even all over the Song Dynasty are not from the same family as the students.
Students don’t dare to violate the iron rules set by you and the officials.”
Kou Ji said angrily: "It's just a small trick to separate the family. If we investigate carefully, do you think your Wen family can withstand the investigation?"
Wen Yanbo looked embarrassed, but showed no fear.
He knew in his heart that Kou Ji would obviously not pursue this matter again, otherwise he would not have said these things to him in private.
With Kou Ji's temperament, if he really wanted to pursue this matter, I'm afraid the prison car that captured everyone in the Wen family was already on the way.
Kou Ji said seriously: "I don't care if the wealthy families do business separately. As long as the taxes are paid truthfully and everything is within the constraints of the law, then it will be on the table.
What I want to reason with you today is that the hole you opened for your Wen family and Liu family in Langxie Mansion is a bit big.
Currently, 50% of the merchants in Langxie Mansion are from your Wen family, and 40% of the merchants are from the Liu family.
Merchants from other places are less than 10% of yours.
There are not even 10% businesses among the local people."
Wen Yanbo explained: "Sir, it's not that the students are seeking public benefit for personal gain. It's actually the post-war Langye Mansion that is in dire straits. Langye Mansion doesn't have as convenient a dock as Bohai Mansion.
The Wen family and the Liu family were willing to leave their ancestral business and invest all their wealth in Langxie Mansion out of their trust in their students and to help the imperial court.
Now that Langye Mansion has improved, various businesses of the Wen family and the Liu family have also picked up.
That's why they spent a huge amount of money in the early stage.
It’s not that the students are seeking public benefit for their own benefit and secretly benefiting them a lot.
Others only saw the Wen family and the Liu family eating meat and soup, but they did not see the Wen family and the Liu family eating glutinous vegetables."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "You don't have to complain, I know the reason behind this matter clearly. The reason why I remind you is because the Wen family and the Liu family are too big.
It is not a good thing for the Wen family and the Liu family to dominate the business of one house.
You can do business in other prefectures, and you can also go to other prefectures to gain membership.
But you can't dominate one house.
You dominate a government and have tens of thousands of followers, so it is easy for you to influence the official positions of the court.
It is more likely to lead to many wealthy families oppressing poor people.
Your Wen family and Liu family are also sensible and have not gone against the imperial court.
So I don’t hope that one day, the imperial court’s ax will fall on the Wen family and the Liu family.”
Wen Yanbo pondered and said: "Is the court afraid that merchants will become powerful?"
Kou Ji slowly shook his head and said: "The imperial court is not afraid that you will make a fortune by virtue of your business, and it is not afraid that you will be so rich that you can rival the country. What the imperial court is afraid of is that you will stay in one place, dominate one place, influence the administration of one place, and oppress the people of another place.
As long as you do not oppress the people, do not oppress the people, do not influence the government's decrees, abide by the court's laws and regulations, and pay business taxes to the court in full.
The court will not care how you do business and how you make money.
You are as rich as the country, and the imperial court will not rob you."
Wen Yanbo thought about it and said, "Is this the imperial court's attitude towards merchants?"
Kou Ji nodded solemnly.
Wen Yanbo probed: "What about the Bafang Jiaozi Shop that was destroyed before?"
Kou Ji smiled half-heartedly at Wen Yanbo, "You may have heard something from others, but I can tell you honestly.
The things behind Bafang Jiaozipu are indeed what I said."
The expression on Wen Yanbo's face changed slightly, but he had no words.
Kou Ji continued: "I moved Bafangjiaozipu not to allow them to do business, but to not allow them to steal the country's important weapons.
Without court supervision, lending money is murderous.
When a very low-cost Jiaozi can turn into ten strings, a hundred strings, or even a thousand strings.
It is easy to cause greed in the hearts of businessmen.
Your Wen family also has a business. You should understand that the greed in people's hearts, especially the greed in the hearts of businessmen, is never-ending.
To satisfy their greed, they will take desperate risks.
For example, like Shuzhong Jiaozipu, it issued too much without sufficient financial support.
Once someone exposes this matter, there will be a wave of runs.
As long as Jiaozipu cannot get enough money to deal with the run, it will be a disaster no less severe than the flood and white disasters.
Therefore, lending must be carried out under the supervision of the court.
The same goes for handing out Jiaozi.
Do you think a businessman should have such authority?"
Wen Yanbo shook his head solemnly.
Kou Ji continued: "In addition, the reason why Bafang Jiaozipu was dealt with was because Bafang Jiaozipu was the first to provoke."
Wen Yanbo and Zhang Fangping looked at each other, then both looked at Kou Ji.
Seeing this, Kou Ji smiled and said: "It seems that you only know one, but not the other. The eight owners behind Bafang Jiaozi Shop, before establishing Bafang Jiaozi Shop, concentrated their gold and silver and sold them in the market
Collect copper coins on a large scale.
The four mansions under the imperial court were affected and almost ran into a money shortage.
If the officials and I hadn't taken timely action to shock one or two, I'm afraid the impact would have been wider.
The imperial court is now gradually taking back the right to mint coins, and is working hard to restore the use of Tiansheng Tongbao among the people.
The purpose is to expel all miscellaneous money and iron money.
Unify private money use.
It provides a certain degree of fairness and justice for merchants to do business, and also prevents ordinary people from being squeezed by those miscellaneous money and iron money.
If they cause a money shortage, everything the court has done will be in vain.
Therefore, those who dare to provoke the imperial court and those who dare to be enemies of the imperial government's decrees.
Neither I nor the officials will be merciful.
If they hadn't stopped decisively after feeling the pressure from me and the officials.
It was not them who were beaten to death by a group of common people.
But their three tribes.”
Wen Yanbo and Zhang Fangping looked at each other, and both saw the shock in the other's eyes.
Who has the heart to play tricks in front of two killers, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen?
After a brief moment of astonishment, Wen Yanbo handed over to Kou Ji and said, "The student will write a letter to his father when he gets back, asking his father to hand over part of the business of Langye Mansion to the people, and then move part of the business of Langye Mansion out."
Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction and said: "Go more northeast. Although the northeast is a little colder, it is not as desolate as you think.
Nowadays, everything in the Northeast is waiting for development. If you can seize the opportunity, you can make a lot of money."
Wen Yanbo nodded solemnly.
After admonishing Wen Yanbo, Kou Ji looked at Zhang Fangping.
Zhang Fangping is two years younger than Kou Ji, but looks older than Kou Ji.
It was probably caused by too much cold wind blowing in the Western Region and Gumeng Prefecture.
He had a beard, which was very dry, like a pile of withered grass.
"You did quite well in Gumeng Mansion..."
Kou Ji opened his mouth to praise.
Zhang Fangping quickly raised his hands and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister Kou, for the compliment."
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "In three years, you turned a deserted Gumeng Mansion with only more than 100,000 extremely poor people and hundreds of thousands of criminal records into a place where everyone has food to eat and everyone has income.
The place to wear clothes is really nice.
You learned from the example of Li Gong planting trees in Hexi to open up wasteland.
You also learned from Wang Sui's example of planting trees to open up wasteland in Xingqing Mansion and other places.
But you didn't apply it directly.
Instead, planting trees, grazing, and farming are combined together.
One huge farm after another was established.
It is really good to find a way for the people of Gumeng Prefecture to rely on to get rich.
Huge farms are not suitable in other parts of the Song Dynasty.
But in Gumeng Prefecture, Yanshan Prefecture and other places, it is definitely an excellent way to get rich.
Now Wang Sui has put down his dignity and sent people to Gumeng Mansion to learn about the farm you founded.
It shows that Wang Sui has recognized your achievements.
Wang Sui is an upright person, and it is not easy to win his approval.
If Wang Sui had not spoken out and remonstrated, perhaps he would have had a place in the political hall today."
Zhang Fangping heard Kou Ji's words and said with a wry smile: "In fact, there is nothing I can do if I am a lower official. In other places in the Song Dynasty, there are mountains and rivers.
Only a few places, such as Gumeng Prefecture and Yanshan Prefecture, are boundless grasslands.
There isn't much I can learn from.
The lower officials not only have to manage the people of Gumeng Mansion, but also take care of the criminal records.
The criminal record is completely different from the people's way of life.
If you want perfect integration, you can only do it through the farm."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Nowadays, our Song Dynasty has a vast territory, and the situation in each place is different. Bold attempts must be made. You did not copy the governance methods of our Song Dynasty in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Instead, you adapted to local conditions and came up with a method suitable for the ancient Mongolian government.
The method is already very good.
Officials in other places are still copying our Song Dynasty's governance methods in the hinterland of the Central Plains.
So it will take them a long time to build their careers.
It wouldn’t have worked so quickly without you.”
Zhang Fangping cupped his hands and said, "Kou Xiangmiu praised it."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "When Wang Zeng recommended you to me, I wanted to test whether you could take on a big responsibility. So I sent you to the Western Regions to join the army.
I didn't expect you to do well in the Western Regions.
Later, when I, the Song Dynasty, took over Liao, I thought of you again and threw you to Gumeng Mansion.
Now it seems that you are indeed worthy of Wang Zeng’s recommendation.”
Zhang Fangping said solemnly: "When the prince recommends you, your subordinates will remember it in their hearts. The bandits love each other so much that your subordinates will never forget it."
Kou Ji pointed at Zhang Fangping and said with a smile: "You actually told lies so impassionedly. If someone had treated me like this, I would have started scolding you a long time ago."
Wen Yanbo laughed loudly when he heard this.
Zhang Fangping couldn't laugh or cry.
Kou Ji also laughed for a while and told Zhang Fangping: "Although you can do things, your methods are too arrogant. When you first arrived in Gumeng Mansion, you did everything you could to feed the people of Gumeng Mansion.
They even took them to plunder places farther north.
If I hadn't felt that you were dedicated to public service, I would have blocked many impeachments for you.
I'm afraid you have long been overwhelmed by the civil and military memorials of the Manchu Dynasty.
You are a civil servant and an official of herdsmen, so your methods should not be so arrogant.
Don't always think about doing things outside the rules.
Brutal means belong to military officers.
Anyone who goes beyond the rules is a reckless person.
You can be considered a big official now, so you should do things in a steady and upright manner."
Zhang Fangping saluted solemnly and said: "Thank you, Prime Minister Kou, for your teaching."
Kou Ji waved his hand and said: "Okay, you have just returned to Beijing. I'm afraid there are many people you want to visit, as well as many classmates and old friends who want to visit, so there is no need to waste time with me.
When you go out, take the things you brought with me.
If you don't learn well at a young age, you actually learn how to give gifts.
It's just a gift. I'll accept some of your local specialties.
What are the precious things?
I, Kou Ji, am the kind of person who is greedy for money?
If I were greedy for money, I'm afraid you wouldn't even be able to get in."
Kou Ji struck like a joke, causing Wen Yanbo and Zhang Fangping to laugh and cry, but also woke them up.
After the two of them bowed their hands and saluted, they walked out.
Kou Ji warned in an even tone, "Don't give too expensive gifts to other people's homes. Otherwise, I'll ask the officials to clean up the officialdom."
The two of them turned around, cupped their hands, responded, and left the Bamboo Garden dumbfounded.
Therefore, when we meet again and classmates meet again, it is natural to have a good celebration.
Visiting the garden, holding a poetry party, strolling through the fireworks alley, and boarding a flower boat, it was so enjoyable.
Because these guys returned to Beijing, Bianjing City became a little more extravagant.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen didn't like the extravagant trend, but they didn't stop it.
A group of them had been serving as officials in poor places and suffered a lot. Kou Ji could understand why they wanted to indulge themselves after returning to the capital.
In addition, the folk customs of the Song Dynasty were open, and grand gatherings such as the Uncensored Conference were all elegant events.
So they were open to play, and it was hard to accuse them.
However, not everyone likes elegance.
Bao Zheng is a very stubborn kid who is not very gregarious.
When Wen Yanbo, Ouyang Xiu and others were embracing beauties, drinking and singing, Bao Zheng arrived at the Bamboo Garden carrying a bag of cakes.
Kou Ji looked surprised when he saw Bao Zheng appearing in front of him carrying a bag of pastries and wearing a simple Tsing Yi.
Kou Ji looked Bao Zheng up and down and said with a look of disbelief: "From the time I met you until now, except for the good book you gave me at the teacher's appreciation banquet in the past, you have never given me anything else.
Why did you break the vow today?"
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(PS: The month of August has come to an end, and the straw has been updated by more than 370,000 yuan. I am not lazy, but work diligently... give me whatever I have, and don't make the data too ugly, especially...'