Kou Ji walked briskly out of the palace.
The news that he was the head of the staff department also spread like a gust of wind.
Before Kou Ji returned to the mansion, Liu Heng and Cao Yu had already arrived at the gate of the mansion and waited.
When Kou Ji's figure appeared at the entrance of the alley where Kou Mansion was located, Liu Heng and Cao Tong eagerly greeted him.
As soon as Liu Heng arrived in front of Kou Ji, he said anxiously: "Four brother, I heard that you are going to the Ministry of Engineering?"
Cao Tong stood aside, staring at Kou Ji with doubt.
Kou Ji asked the bearer to go back to the house first. He accompanied Liu Heng and the other two as they walked and said, "I am not going, but I have become the head of the Ministry of Industry."
"Damn!"
Liu Heng gave a strange cry and said, "Four brother, the Ministry of Engineering is not a good place, are you deceived
The head of the Ministry of Engineering listened nicely, but the power in his hand was not as powerful as that of a sixth-grade official like me.
Didn't Mr. Kou remind you? "
Kou Ji was stunned and smiled: "Go to the Ministry of Industry, it is my own request, no one cheated me."
Liu Heng and Cao Tong were shocked when they heard this.
"Are you crazy?"
Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji incredulously.
Kou Ji laughed in a low voice: "I'm not crazy... I went to the Ministry of Engineering, and I have my own ideas."
"The Ministry of Engineering is just a Qingshui government. It doesn't matter what you want. Even if you have big ideas, you can't use it in the Ministry of Engineering."
Liu Heng said frustrated.
Cao Tong nodded seriously: "Liu Heng is right. You can go anywhere, but you shouldn't go to the Ministry of Engineering.
After my uncle returned to the mansion, he sighed and said, your official career is over.
I talked to my uncle.
He told me that even if you apply for foreign release, it is better than going to the Ministry of Engineering.
He also said that Kou Gong deliberately asked you to hone your qualifications in the Ministry of Engineering, which was a dangerous move.
Because of the future, no one can say for sure. "
Cao Tong said this euphemistically, but Kou Ji understood the deep meaning inside.
Cao Wei's meaning is very simple. Kou Ji went to the Ministry of Engineering. If Kou Zhun had any accidents, then he would probably stay in the Ministry of Engineering and would not be able to get out for the rest of his life.
Kou Ji led the two into the mansion, and after passing the screen wall, he laughed in a low voice: "Don't worry. I have my own calculations, and I will never go idle in the Ministry of Industry.
But you two have to work harder.
I have been promoted to the fourth rank, and you two are still small officials. "
Liu Heng rolled his eyes and said, "Your 4th grade official is not as powerful as our two little officials with the size of sesame green beans."
Cao Yu said dumbfounded: "You think everyone is like you, promotion is like eating and drinking water
It has been more than two years since you became an official.
Others have not yet reached a full term.
You have been promoted from a white body to a fourth-ranking member
I've already walked the road that others can't finish in a lifetime.
If it wasn't for the two of me who had a close relationship with you and knew that you had done a lot to the court, 80% would think that you had climbed up with the help of the Taishi. "
"Ok?!"
Kou Ji glanced at the two of them.
Liu Heng and Cao Di smiled dryly.
Liu Heng chased Kou Ji and asked, "Listening to what you said just now, there seems to be another plan to go to the Ministry of Industry?"
Before Kou Ji heard the words, Cao Yu seemed to think of something. He stared and asked Kou Ji, "You...you don't want to go to the Shaofu Supervisor or the General Supervisor to grab power, right?"
Kou Ji questioned: "Why not?"
Cao Yu said nervously: "Never, you go to the Shaofu Supervisor and General Supervisor to fight for power, purely seeking death."
Although Kou Ji had known from Li Di and Wang Zeng that the Shaofu Supervisor and the General Supervisor were very deep in the water, seeing that Cao Tong was so nervous, he still wanted to hear what Cao Tong could say differently.
Ever since, he said with a look of doubt: "The young man will be a prisoner, is it so terrible?"
Cao Yu said with a bitter face: "That's not terrible, it's immobile. A move is an upside-down event."
Kou Ji pondered: "Who will you provoke?"
Cao Yu glanced at the servant of the Kou Mansion in front of the hall, and said nothing.
Kou Ji knew, and led the two to a small courtyard in Kou's mansion.
After sitting down, the servants in the house prepared some wine and food, and then ordered them to guard at the door.
Cao Yu said slowly, "Once you move the Shaofu Supervisor, you will be a prisoner, you are equal to 80% of the martial arts in Bianjing City, 40% of the civil servants, and all the people in the clan are enemies."
When Liu Heng heard this, his face was shocked.
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Is it so scary as you said?"
Cao Yu nodded with a wry smile, "Perhaps it's scarier than I said..."
After a pause, Cao Tong reminded: "You only need to think about it. After the tax burden of the imperial court is collected into the treasury every year, there are nearly 50 million dollars of money. You will know how terrible they are after these two prisons. Up."
Just as Kou Ji was about to open his mouth, Cao Tong immediately said: "The Shaofu Supervisor alone can cast as many as 30 million coins every year.
How did this money come from
The old money recovered by the imperial court was melted and cast.
You are no stranger to casting, and you should know that casting will suffer some losses.
Every year, as many as one million Guans are reported by the Shaofu Supervisor.
But to cast the old into the new, is there really such a big loss
Obviously not.
So where did these over-reported losses go
It was divided up by the clan.
In addition to making money, the Shaofu Supervisor also has other functions, such as forging a door halberd and so on.
But most of them are ceremonial objects, with very little loss.
Often a set of ritual vessels can be used for decades.
But the court is still casting ritual vessels every year.
However, there are not many ritual instruments of the court.
I don’t need to say more about the tricky things, you also understand. "
Kou Ji pondered: "You mean, all the money was divided by the clan?"
Cao Yu opened his hand and said, "Otherwise? The clan lineage within two or three generations still has a generous gift from the court.
But those bastards outside two or three generations, who cares about them
They cannot serve as officials or make money.
You can only live with the money of the Shaofu Supervisor. "
Kou Ji asked unexpectedly: "They have lost their power, how can they make money from the Shaofu Supervisor?"
Cao Yu said vaguely: "Naturally, someone will be arrogant for it.
Although they are not grandchildren, but they still have the blood of Zhao's.
The Zhao family members naturally wouldn't watch them starve to death.
But they will not use their money to support these people.
So they can only suck blood from the court. "
The corners of Kou Ji's mouth twitched, not wanting to judge the matter.
Liu Heng listened to the side and took a cold breath.
Whose is Jiangshan
Zhao's.
The people of the Zhao family are digging the corners of the Zhao family behind their backs. How can it not be surprising
After all, the Liu family is not a big family that has been passed down for many years, so they don't understand the way the big family members handle things.
Among the clansmen of a large family that has been passed down for many years, it is a natural thing for the collateral branch to suck blood and take advantage of the direct branch.
In their view, it is also an ancestor. You have a good life and I have a bad life. I should take some things from you.
I don't care at all, if they do so, will they cause any threat to the direct descendants and direct descendants.
Therefore, this kind of thing is not only caused by the Zhao family, but also by other big wealthy families.
It's just that some prostitutes are tolerant, and some are ruthless.
The tolerant direct line will give a lesson or two after taking things from the side line, or simply pretend not to see it.
For example, the Zhao royal family.
The fierce direct line will pull them out to sell their lives after taking things from the side branch, or cut them off and drive them out of the clan.
It's like a tree, it grows crooked, some owners will trim it, and some owners don't care about them.
The person in charge of the Zhao royal family probably belongs to the latter.
Kou Ji silently remembered this matter in his heart, because he felt that sooner or later he was going to confront the Zhao clan.
This may be a breakthrough for him to clean up the Zhao clan in the near future.
Kou Ji stared at Cao Tong and said, "Where will you be a prison?"
Speaking of being a prisoner, Cao Yu was a little unnatural. He hesitated and said: "Being a prisoner is a bit complicated..."
When Kou Ji saw his reaction, he knew that among the many forces that would take advantage of the prison, there must be the Cao family.
He stared at Cao Tong and said, "You can rest assured and say that Liu Heng and I will keep it secret for you."
Cao Tong said awkwardly: "In fact, it's not a secret, but it's a little shameful to say it."
Cao Tong paused and said, "There will be far more people behind the scenes than the Shaofu Supervisor.
The Shaofu Supervisor was born in the inner palace and was previously in charge of the eunuch. After leaving the inner palace, he was in charge of Wensiyuan.
Basically not out of Zhao's hands.
But it is different to be a prisoner.
The reasons for supervising foundry equipment and ordnance are all controlled by several family members in the city of Bianjing.
Including our Cao family.
Every year, the imperial court invests millions or even tens of millions in ordnance forging.
Half of it was swallowed. "
When Kou Ji heard the words, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Cao Tong laughed at this and said, "You have been to Baozhou and have seen the ordnance of the Baozhou Serbian Army.
Most of the weapons they held were forged during the Taizu period or during the Taizong period.
It's not just them, most of the Xiang forces in the Song Dynasty are like this.
Except for the upper four armies, the armaments of the other bans were actually from a few years ago.
But every year, various places will report some weapons that need to be forged... So... ”
Kou Ji sighed and said: "You are really black-hearted. It's okay to drink the blood of the soldiers, and the soldiers' lives are still required."
Cao Yu smiled bitterly: "This is actually not a secret in Bianjing.
Moreover, this is not something we have to be greedy. "
Kou Ji said angrily: "Is there anyone who is forcing you to embezzle?"
Cao Yu nodded in a dubious manner.
Kou Ji gave Cao Yu the look you were making me with.
Seeing Kou Ji's unbelief, Cao Yu explained helplessly: "This matter has to be discussed from the release of Bingquan from the Taizu Cup."
Upon hearing this, Kou Ji and Liu Heng made a posture of listening attentively.
Cao Tong said: "At the time when the Taizu Cup liquor was released from the military power, the few of us felt in danger.
After all, in order to stabilize the country, it is not uncommon to kill the founding heroes in the past dynasties.
Moreover, Taizu still relied on mutiny to make his family, and he was more sensitive to generals.
The few of us have no military power in their hands, so we naturally panic.
When everyone was panicking, Taizu Xu gave us a lot of money.
A few people saw that Taizu was taking money to eliminate disasters, and wanted everyone to take money and give up power.
In order to fear that the knife in Taizu's hand would fall at any time, the few people started to make money.
Find ways to make money.
Let Taizu see that all of us are greedy for wealth and wealth, have no intention of authority, and even more have no intention of making chaos.
Facts have proved that the more greedy we are, the more at ease Taizu will be with us.
Not only the people who protect us are greedy for money, but also occasionally give us money behind the scenes. "
Cao Yu looked at Kou Ji, with a bitter expression on his face: "My grandfather told me that the Shi family father and son used to bully men and women in Bianjing city during the daytime, and to take a lot of money to go to the house.
At night, the father and son guarded the money cart and wept bitterly.
People in Bianjing said that the people of the Shi family are insatiable, and the people of the Shi family do everything for money and bad things.
Few people know that the Shi family and his son actually don't love money at all.
The money from their mansion had been spent long before they entered Bianjing.
With the merits of their father and son, the rewards and salaries given by the imperial court each year are enough to feed one family.
For them, money doesn't really do much.
The reason they did it was to save their lives. "
When Kou Ji heard this, he sighed and said nothing.
Some of what Cao Tong said are recorded in history books.
After Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin released his military power through a cup of wine, in the past one by one the founding generals of the country had become an insatiable generation.
Among them, the most brutal of corruption is Shi Shouxin and his son.
There is no need for Cao Tong to explain the rest, Kou Ji also knows it.
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin opened his head, and the Wuxuns could not stop.
After Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, in order to stabilize the court as soon as possible, in order to whitewash some of his little secrets.
Not only did they fail to stop the Wuxuns from embezzling, but instead acted as a driving force behind their backs and continued to fuel the flames.
After the first emperor Zhao Heng became the throne, corruption has become a habit among the Wuxuns.
How much is Zhao Heng who loves peace
He was not only unwilling to fight against Liao and Xia, but also unwilling to fight against the Wuxuns.
He didn't want to trouble anyone, nor did he want anyone to trouble him.
As long as the problem can be solved with money, he likes to solve it with money.
He has money anyway.
He just wanted to cultivate immortality seriously by himself.
Therefore, the Wuxuns didn't care about embezzlement.
Until now, it was difficult for the court not to let Wuxun embezzle.
Kou Ji didn't want to judge this incident. He stared at Cao Tong and asked, "How did the civil officials get involved?"
Cao Tong groaned: "I heard that it has something to do with the late Prime Minister Zhao Pu.
When Taizu was in power, Zhao Pu served as prime minister, but Taizu saw corruption and bribery with his own eyes.
Taizu deposed his status as prime minister.
After Taizong succeeded to the throne, Zhao Pu's position as prime minister was restored.
In order to use Zhao Pu's power to stabilize the court, he acquiesced to Zhao Pu's corruption.
Zhao Pu's hand naturally inevitably wants to reach in and will be a prisoner.
It was just that I was in charge of the guard at the time, and Zhao Pu couldn't get in for a while.
Since the imperial court was in the imperial examination, the first grade scholar in the new department would be awarded as the general supervisor.
It was through this that Zhao Pu accepted two first-class jinshi disciples, breaking the situation where I was the guardian of the general and the family was the dominant one, and reached into the general's superintendent.
From then on, the prime minister and the successors who participated in the political affairs will more or less extend their hands to the generals.
Over time, the various forces in the prison will become complicated. "
"I can understand... The wind of corruption began in Taizu and prospered in Taizong..."
Liu Heng sighed with emotion.