"Just profitable..."
Kou Ji smiled and said casually.
Xiang Yan smiled like a chicken thief and said: "It is not only profitable, but big money. The concubine intends to open up the two neighboring courtyards outside the city and build a printing workshop in it. For printing."
Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "Is the house's money counted?"
Xiang Yan shook his head and said, "No..."
Kou Ji suspiciously said: "Then what are you doing in a printing workshop?"
Xiang Yan smiled and said, "Of course it's printing... You don't know, after calculating the cost of Li Gong's printing with Bi Sheng today, I thought of my grandfather.
The concubine sent someone to Xiangfu and told my grandfather that Koufu was willing to help my grandfather to print 100,000 volumes of poems and articles for only five thousand pennies.
My grandfather sent someone to deliver the money right away.
He thought it took advantage of our Kou Mansion, but he didn't know that it was our Kou Mansion that took advantage of him. "
Kou Ji's mouth twitched, "Is it really good to treat grandfather-in-law to his old man?"
Xiang Yan said nonchalantly: "What we are doing is buying and selling, and making money is the right thing to do."
After saying this, Xiang Yan said with joy: "There are many people in Bianjing who want to print books. Tomorrow, I will send people to ask questions one by one and solicit more business. Our Kou Mansion has another big deal. Income goes into the account."
When Kou Ji heard this, he didn't know what to say.
The money-gathering machine in Jiaozipu will be opened soon, and the money will roll into Kou's house like flowing water.
Is that ordinary one or two thousand sticks still considered money
Kou Ji thought so, but didn't say it.
It's rare that Xiang Yan is so concerned about making money, so he lets Xiang Yan toss about it casually.
The couple chatted in the room for a while, then fell asleep.
The next day.
After getting up.
Xiang Yan was busy to fool people.
Kou Ji was neatly dressed, washed for a while, and went out.
As soon as I left the house, I heard someone discussing the poems praised by Liu Yong last night.
Of course, there are more people discussing the news of the Vientiane House's sale.
But this is not within Kou Ji's attention.
He got on the sedan chair and entered the palace.
Kou Zhun has been in the palace for several days, but he didn't return home during that time. As Kou Zhun's good-grandson, he had to visit.
Into the palace.
I found Kou Zhun who was reviewing the memorial in Shishitang.
Kou Zhun's spirit is good, and he can see that his little life in the palace is quite moist.
As soon as he saw Kou Ji, Kou Zhun frowned and said: "Your kid is causing trouble for the old man again..."
Kou Zhun picked up a memorial and threw it at Kou Ji's feet, "Impeached you..."
Then he pointed to the other memorials on the table, and said with a black face: "You were also impeached."
Kou Ji picked up the memorial on the ground, walked to Kou Zhun's side, and smiled dryly: "I didn't do anything, why did they impeach me?"
Kou Zhun coldly snorted: "The topics you put out are similar to children's dramas, which are tricking the officials and using them to test the students in the world. If you don't impeach you, who will be impeached?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "I also see you who are worried about the problem, so I made this decision."
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji, and said, "Leting you help is not making you mess up. After a few days, half of the civil servants in the central court will impeach you. At that time, the old man will see what you do."
Kou Ji opened his hand and said, "The person who wrote the question is an official, not me..."
Kou could not curse angrily: "Are you blind as a civil and military man in the dynasty?"
Koti smiled dryly: "Even if they want to impeach me, you will protect me, grandfather, right?"
"Humph!"
Kou Zhun gave a cold snort, but said nothing.
He was tacitly acquiescing to Kou Ji's statement.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "With you guarding, what am I afraid of."
Kou Zhun stared, "Can the old man protect you for a while, and can he protect you for the rest of my life?"
Kou Jigan laughed and did not speak.
Kou Zhun obviously couldn't protect him for a lifetime.
Just when the grandfather and grandchildren stared at each other.
Zhao Zhen hurriedly walked into the Shishitang, and when he saw Kou Ji, he shouted: "Kou Ji, I heard that you have a craft worth 10,000 yuan in your hand? I heard that it was in the pre-Qin period and Lu Ban did The wood bird technique that came out
Can you make one, let me try. "
"Wooden Bird Art?"
Kou Ji looked stunned.
He stared at Zhao Zhen and asked, "Who told you that the Vientiane Building sells wood bird art?"
Zhao Zhen said earnestly: "People in Bianjing are spreading it."
Kou Ji shook his head and said, "What the Vientiane House sells is not a wooden bird technique at all, but a printing technique."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, "Printing?"
Kou Zhun frowned and said, "Since it is printing, how can it be worth 10,000 yuan?"
Kou Ji explained: “The original woodblock printing is naturally not worth the price, but the newly created printing at the house is worth the price.”
Zhao Zhen was a little disappointed when he heard that what the Vientiane House was selling was not a wooden bird technique.
"Who can afford printing that is worth 10,000 yuan?"
Zhao Zhen said casually, and walked outside.
Kou Ji hurriedly said: "Printing merits in society, and benefits for the future. It cannot be measured by money alone."
Zhao Zhen said disapprovingly: "Can you still play with printing?"
Kou Zhun nodded in agreement.
Kou Ji smiled lightly and explained the movable type printing to Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun.
After the two listened, they were slightly surprised.
Kou Zhun didn't know what he was meditating on, Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Even if it is better than the original printing technique, it can't be worth 10,000 yuan."
Kou Zhun shook his head and said: "Its role is in Saji. Once this printing technique spreads, the cost of printing books will become very low. By that time, the number of people who print books will naturally become many.
When a large number of books flooded the entire Song Dynasty, there would be relatively more scholars.
At that time, the talents that the court can select will also be greatly increased.
Its value should not be measured by money. "
Kou Zhun looked at Kou Ji and asked, "What do you think?"
Kou Zhun didn't think that Kou Ji would really sell movable type printing, nor did he believe that anyone could spend 10,000 yuan to buy movable type printing.
So he expected Kou Ji's move to be meaningful.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "I will dedicate movable type printing to the court, and the court will promote it. However, the court must also give corresponding rewards."
Kou Zhun slowly nodded and said, "Since it is the merit of the community, of course it needs to be rewarded. In the past, the master craftsmen in the palace developed crafts that benefit the community, and the palace will reward one hundred thousand dollars and increase the official level."
Kou Ji shook his head and said: "Too little..."
Kou Zhun frowned slowly.
Kou Ji said: "The rewards of the imperial court do more harm than good. Too few rewards can easily make craftsmen dissatisfied, which will discourage craftsmen from creating new crafts.
If the artisans are gone, how can they create more crafts that are conducive to Jiangshan Sheji? "
Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and said, "If the craftsman is given a generous gift, many people will become a craftsman one after another, and some of the seedlings who are studying will also turn to learn craftsmanship.
This is not a good thing for the court. "
Kou Ji said seriously: "If there is not enough craftsmanship to support it, the court will not become stronger."
Kou Zhun opened his mouth to argue, but Kou Ji took the lead and said: "The reason why my Song Dynasty is still standing under the successive attacks of Liao is relying on the steppers and various types of bows and crossbows created by the craftsmen."
Kou Zhun stared and said: "That is the contribution of the Manchu civil and military."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Is it credit? If being beaten is also a credit, then I would rather not have such credit. Manchu civil and military may have credit in the war, but the soldiers, as well as those hard armors and sharp weapons. , But it is the foundation.
The foundation is unstable, and everything else is just empty talk. "
"you… "
Kou Zhun was a little angry.
Kou Ji interrupted his words and continued: "In addition to the soldiers, there are dykes and roads in various places that also require certain craftsmanship. Bianjing City is adjacent to the Yellow River. The Yellow River is flooded year after year, and when the water is small, it will flood the surrounding area of Kaifeng. When the water was big, even Bianjing City had to suffer.
The imperial court allocates part of the money every year to build the Yellow River dams.
But the imperial court was built year after year, but the Yellow River dams collapsed year after year.
The money spent by the imperial court on the Yellow River is counted in the tens of millions, but it has yet to be effective.
Its fundamental willingness is because there is not enough craftsmanship to support it, and the built dams simply cannot stop the flood of the Yellow River. "
Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "The Yellow River has been flooding for a long time. It has been a problem that all previous dynasties have not been able to solve. How do we solve it?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "We can't solve the problems that the predecessors couldn't solve? Before the Sui Dynasty, who thought of building the Grand Canal to communicate between North and South? Before King Qin Zhao, who thought of establishing Dujiangyan in Chuanfu?"
Kou Zhun had a sullen face and was silent.
It's not that he was deliberately fighting Kou Ji.
But his thoughts are the same as those of scholars in the world.
Scholars all over the world feel that except for them, people in other industries are not important.
Craftsmen are more like tools in their eyes. When they want to use them, they take them and use them. When they don't want to use them, they throw them aside.
They do not understand the importance of artisans, nor do they understand the contribution of artisans to society.
Perhaps only after some skills have been lost, they will pay attention to the craftsman when they remember to use it.
Kou Zhun frowned and asked Kou Ji, "How do you want the court to reward the craftsman?"
Kou Ji said: "Any craftsman who can create craftsmanship that can be used by the state should be treated the same as a jinshi, and the reward should be 100,000."
"bass!"
Kou Zhun stood up suddenly and stared at Kou Ji, "Are you crazy?"
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji in a daze. He felt that Kou Ji was also a little crazy.
They are just craftsmen, no matter how powerful they are, how can they be compared with Jinshi
Kou Ji said seriously: "I'm not crazy! In your eyes, scholars are important. But in my eyes, smart craftsmen are far more important than scholars. There are hundreds of thousands of craftsmen in the world, and they can really create and use state-owned craftsmen. There are very few craftsmen with great craftsmanship.
There are hundreds of thousands of students in the world, but there are as many as tens of thousands of people who can pass the exam.
In comparison, which one is more precious? "
Zhao Zhen and Kou Zhun were silent.
But they didn't agree with Kou Ji's words.
Although according to Kou Ji's statement, the smart craftsman is indeed precious.
But craftsmen and scholars are two classes of people.
From the moment they came into being, the four classes of people, peasants, industry and commerce have a strict hierarchical system.
The dynasties and dynasties have also strictly followed this hierarchy. It is not anyone who wants to break it.
Kou Ji's approach is to break this hierarchy.
The scholar class, who is at the top of the four levels, will not allow people of the other three levels to sit on an equal footing with them.
And it is the scholar class that controls most of the world's right to speak.
Kou Zhun glared at Kou Ji and said, "You should go back to the mansion and rest, and discuss this matter later."
Kou Ji opened his mouth to talk, but Kou Zhun didn't want to talk to him.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen took Kou Ji out of Shishitang.
"Kou Ji, you are an enemy of scholars in the world!"
Zhao Zhen took Kou Ji to a side hall in the palace and said seriously.
Kou Ji was stunned, and said, "I didn't think so much."
Zhao Zhen said: "I know that you want me to produce a lot of good things from Song Dynasty, and I also know that you did this for the great Song Dynasty community. But if these good things need to be exchanged for your life, I would rather not. "
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen unexpectedly, "Does the official know a lot?"
Zhao Zhen's face turned black, and he murmured: "Actually, I also know a little bit about it. Li Aiqing told me these words in private. He told me that you are selling 10,000 yuan of craftsmanship in the Vientiane Building for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty. Okay. But you are making trouble for yourself."
Kou Jishi smiled and said: "Since I became an official, I haven't stopped the scholars, and I have never seen anyone who can do me anything.
Zhao Zhen said earnestly: "Don't Xunxun the scholars in the world. Their power is far more terrifying than you think."
Kou Ji looked at Zhao Zhen unexpectedly again.
Zhao Zhen said dryly: "This is what my father once told me."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "I was taught by the officials?"
Zhao Zhen chuckled and said, "I didn't even think about teaching you, I just don't want to see you get in trouble."
Kou Ji bowed and said, "The minister has been taught."
Zhao Zhen smiled cheerfully: "That's good..."
After a pause, Zhao Zhen said again: "When I was in Shishitang these days, I saw many courtiers impeaching you. I will speak for you."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Thank you, the official."
Kou Ji spoke with Zhao Zhen for a while and left the palace.
On the way back home, he thought to himself.
He just wanted to help Bi Sheng seek a decent status and a higher treatment.
Unexpectedly, the class issue was actually involved.
This problem is a bit too big, so big that he hasn't been able to solve it yet.
Back to the house, stayed for a few days.
The Great Dynasty has arrived.
After Kou Ji was dressed neatly, he entered the palace to participate in the great dynasty meeting.
On the way to the palace, Kou Ji heard a lot of impeachment, but he didn't care.
The mouth is on the hundred officials, and he can't stop the hundred officials from talking.
Although Kou Zhun has power in his hands, he has no ambition to dominate. Courtiers occasionally impeach him, or impeach Kou Ji, as long as he is not too much, he will generally not blame.
As time passed, the officials couldn't control their own mouths a little bit.