"Zhao Lanxi?"

Gao Shishi learned about Shen Yuanfu's appointment today at the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and at that time he was discussing with Qi Jiguang, who came to discuss the issue of the payment of salaries to the Praetorian Guards, when he was suddenly invited by Liang Menglong, and Liang Menglong told him about Shen Shixing's recommendation today.

Looking at Liang Menglong, who had a cautious face, Gao Pragmatic suddenly laughed.

Liang Menglong was surprised: "Seeking truth, why are you laughing?" ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled lightly: "I laughed at Shen Changzhou (note: Shen Shixing's native of Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture, Guannan) was in a hurry to go to the doctor, seeing that we were going to intercept Wang Taicang's way back to the dynasty in advance, he didn't think about how to ensure that Wang Taicang could return to the dynasty smoothly, but 'thought about victory and defeat first', and planned to get Zhao Lanxi back to Shenjing first." ”

But Liang Menglong has not found anything wrong with Shen Shixing's approach, and even feels that it is ...... Wouldn't that be prudent?

"Thinking about victory and defeat first, what's wrong with Shen Yaoquan's approach?"

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "There is nothing wrong with thinking about victory and defeat first, but the same thing is done at different times, and the effect is very different, such as Shen Yuanfu's timing this time is very inappropriate." ”

He paused for a moment and said: "Pan Xinchang's incident this time, people with a discerning eye know that he has suffered it on behalf of others, and it stands to reason that Shen Yuanfu should be rescued vigorously, which can not only show that he cares about his colleagues and is a reliable first assistant, but also can buy horse bones with a thousand dollars, and earn a good reputation for his school of mind and even for him personally."

But Shen Yuanfu was good, not only did he not come out to ask for help, but continued to implement the previous plan, eager to find a helper for himself. It's just that he changed the order slightly, moved the matter of Wang Taicang's return to the dynasty back, and advanced the matter of Zhao Lanxi's northward transfer.

This approach will not only make Pan Xinchang regret it, but also inevitably make others cold, what good will this do to him Shen Yuanfu? What's more, he picked Zhao Lanxi, and Zhao Lanxi is this person...... Hehe. ”

Liang Menglong understood the previous meaning, but what is the problem with Zhao Zhigao?

"What's wrong with Zhao Lanxi?" He asked.

Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly: "If he applies for Changzhou and replaces him with Zhao Lanxi, then the Xinxue faction will definitely suppress it for my Shixue faction." ”

"Oh? How so? Liang Menglong was a little surprised, how this conclusion was reached.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic couldn't tell him that this was "history has proven" that Zhao Zhigao was "soft and cowardly", so he could only say: "Mingquan Gong has been in the Hanlin Academy for a short time, and it seems that he has only studied in the museum for a while?" ”

Liang Menglong nodded and replied, "Yes, after I left the museum, I went to do the military department, and my time in the Hanlin Academy was very short. ”

Gao pragmatic said with a smile: "And Mingquan Mansion learned quite early, because I didn't know that when Zhao Lanxi was in Hanlin Academy, someone gave him a nickname, called 'Grandma Zhao'." ”

Liang Menglong was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "The dignified Hanlin Academy, how can someone ridicule colleagues so much? ”

Hey, there's something wrong with your train of thought, Da Sima!

Gao Pragmatic didn't take this stubble, just smiled and shook his head, and said: "I didn't have a long time in the Hanlin Academy, so I don't know why this happened...... However, doesn't Ming Quangong think that this also shows that Zhao Lanxi lacks courage and skill from one side? ”

Liang Menglong suddenly realized that the focus of Gao Pragmatic's attention was this.

"I see." He nodded in a deep groan, and said slowly: "As the saying goes, the name may be wrong, but the nickname is difficult to distort. It seems that Zhao Lanxi's rumored 'old and serious' in the outside world is just a euphemism. If that's the case, it's not a big deal to let him go back to Beijing. ”

"Exactly." Gao pragmatically nodded and said: "Don't say that he returned to Beijing just to be a servant, even if he is allowed to enter the cabinet in a few years, he will not be too worried about his later life." Therefore, Shen Yuanfu's move did not mean anything in the eyes of his later life, but it might have created some opportunities for me and others to prevent Wang Taicang from returning to the dynasty. ”

Liang Menglong didn't take this stubble for the time being, but asked with a smile: "You may not be afraid of a right servant of the ministry to let him out, but what if he takes over as the secretary of the ministry in the future?" ”

Gao pragmatic didn't say that it didn't matter if the officials were still in the book - it really mattered, it was very so-called.

He pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "The official department Shangshu naturally can't be easily let out, but it also depends on the situation, it depends on what the other party will exchange for, and who will be the heavenly official - if Zhao Lanxi is allowed to do it, then it can still be discussed, but if they want Wang Taicang to do it, then there is no need to talk about it." ”

Wang Xijue is ten times tougher than Zhao Zhigao, let him be the secretary of the ministry, and the life of the real school will be sad. Especially if it catches up with the year of Jingcha, a large number of people will have to be killed by Wang Xijue.

Liang Menglong nodded, and said: "In this way, we can acquiesce in the matter of Zhao Lanxi's northward transfer, but speaking of which, I still think that taking a right waiter of the Ministry of Officials will be exchanged for the left waiter of the Criminal Department...... It doesn't seem to be too cost-effective, especially since the current heavenly officials can't be counted as our people. ”

"Ming Quan Gong is worried that the officials will get out of control?" Gao asked pragmatically.

Liang Menglong did not deny it, and nodded slightly: "I know that Yang Tianguan has been an official for many years, and he has always been good friends with Fengpangong, but seeking truth, after all, it is different from ......the past."

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Mengshan Gongsan's resignation and the officials returned to their hometowns to support their old mothers, and they have been added up for more than ten years. Such a person...... I thought that at least I wouldn't be bought. ”

Yang Wei is also a famous filial son, once resigned three times when his career was smooth and returned to his hometown to take care of his mother, and finally his mother died peacefully at the age of more than 100, making him highly praised by the world. The last time Zhang Siwei was because it was three years since his mother's death, he personally repaired the book with him many times and invited him to go out of the mountain, and he was invited to return to the court to serve as the secretary of the ministry.

After careful consideration from all aspects, including his official experience, Gao Pragmatism came to the conclusion that Yang Wei may not be a serious realist school, but in a practical sense, he is inevitably labeled as a "Jin Party".

Since it must be classified as the Jin Party by outsiders, it is not much different from the direct classification of the Jin School, after all, the current Jin Party is completely different from the Jin Party in history, and it can be regarded as a whole joining the Shi School with the Gao Party as the core.

Therefore, Yang Wei seems to be neutral and not a party, but in fact, he is definitely a pseudo-neutrality from the position of the real school.

Liang Menglong is Zhang Juzheng's protégé, and he doesn't know much about these "old news" of the Jin Party, but since Gao Pragmatic is so sure, he has no choice but to believe it.

So he changed the topic and asked, "We can agree to Shen Changzhou's exchange, but what happens next to Pan Xinchang's matter?" Do you want to take advantage of the opportunity of Shen Changzhou ignoring him and pull him over again, so that even if Wang Taicang returns to the court, he will not have a chance to enter the cabinet? ”

Well, it can be done if you want to do it, but Gao Pragmatic doesn't plan to do it.

Gao Shishi shook his head: "This time the situation is different from the past, Pan Xinchang's impeachment can no longer be turned back." ”

"Why?" Liang Menglong asked. According to Liang Menglong's understanding of Gao Pragmatism, he feels that Gao Pragmatism acts with a businessman's attitude in many things, what is the attitude of a businessman? The attitude is that as long as the interests are in place, there is nothing that cannot be discussed.

It may not be difficult to defeat Pan Xinchang, but after defeating him, the Shixue School does not seem to be able to reap any practical benefits. According to Liang Menglong's understanding of Gao Pragmatic, if he can stabilize Pan Xinchang in this case, or even bring him over, the interests should be greater, and Gao Pragmatic should not refuse.

But Gao Pragmatic said: "I said in my later life that one of the main reasons for dealing with Pan Xinchang this time is to let the people of the Xinxue faction know that even if we don't have the first assistant to suppress the formation now, we can't be bullied or humiliated." This means that this time you can't just compromise casually, you must make a statement. ”

He paused and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Besides, I expect that the reason why Shen Yuanfu didn't save Pan Xinchang this time was probably because he wanted to weigh my catties." Hehe, my master is also a person who does not fight unprepared battles...... In that case, let him know and prepare for another fight next time. ”

Of course, Liang Menglong would not be stupid enough to take these words seriously, he didn't believe that Gao Pragmatic really wanted to show all the hole cards to Shen Shixing to understand, and then fight with him in a dignified manner.

What kind of high pragmatism is this?

Liang Menglong is completely sure, Gao Shixing's so-called "let him understand" is definitely calculated, and everything that can make Shen Shixing understand is what he hopes Shen Shixing can understand.

These things may be true, or they may be false, or they may be a mixed bag, but they don't matter.

As for the reason, of course, Liang Menglong can't guess so specifically, but generally speaking, he can't escape the word "digging pits".

He nodded and said, "In that case, who should be the next to impeach him?" Isn't it time to change a powerful minister? ”

Gao Pragmatic laughed and nodded, "What Ming Quan Gong said is extremely ...... The person who impeached him this time has enough weight. ”

Liang Menglong raised his eyebrows slightly: "Who is it?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "It is true that the princess of the nunnery." ”

"Yikes!" Liang Menglong was surprised: "Wei Qu'an is far away in Nanjing, you contacted him so quickly, and you can even talk about the impeachment of Pan Xinchang?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: Of course, do you think that I really waited until the day of the Chongyang Conference to finish the discussion before I started to implement the plan? Am I sleeping all the time before?

He smiled and didn't explain the details, but said: "The time when the Duke of Sure was worried about Ding was not good to return to the court, and there was no vacancy in the court, so he had to go to Nanjing to be a Nanjing household secretary, but this time it was a coincidence." Some time ago, he investigated the tax situation in Yingtian, Zhejiang and other places, and found that the economic development of some places is excellent, but the taxes are so low that people are stunned, so he checked some local things by the way, and found a lot of malpractices......

Gao pragmatic words, Liang Menglong obviously will not believe all of them. For example, Wei Xue once investigated the tax payment situation in Yingtian and Zhejiang after he did the Nanjing Hubu Shangshu, which may be true, but it was very wrong for him to "chance" to find some fraud cases - how can there be so many coincidences in this world?

Liang Menglong felt that it was very likely that this "coincidence" was completely arranged or instructed by Wei Xuezeng.

As for the reason...... Zhejiang's maritime merchants are not just fighting against Jinghua today, including the big businessmen of Yingtian, who have been resisting Jinghua's "invasion" for at least ten years.

Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and what Liu Shouyou did last time has already illustrated this point.

And since the businessmen of Jiangsu and Zhejiang regard Jinghua as hatred, how can Jinghua not react at all? Maybe they've been collecting evidence of their incriminating evidence for a long time.

In fact, Liang Menglong's conjecture is basically true, but he thinks highly of Gao pragmatic energy.

Since the title of the gold list, Gao Pragmatic has been busy in the past few years, and he has no time to make any countermeasures against the Southeast Business Gang.

Jinghua really began to investigate the big businessmen in Yingtian, Zhejiang and other places, and it only appeared after Wu Dui and his son Wu Xun had a conversation with Gao Shishi the previous time. And the person in charge of this matter is also Wu Xun, the co-manager of Jinghua Ningbo Port.

Early the next morning, the General Administration Department sorted out the notes sent by various localities and yamen and submitted them to the cabinet as usual. Shen Shixing and Shen Yuanfu came to duty early, and while drinking the West Lake Longjing, which must be genuine, in his duty room, he began to review all kinds of songs.

After reading it for a while, I wrote a few tickets, and when I opened the next book, my face suddenly stiffened, and then my face suddenly became gloomy.

The title of this book reads "Impeachment of the University Scholar Pan Sheng and Ask to Add Grain to Ningbo and Other Places, or Increase the Commercial Tax Rate".

How is the impeachment of Pan Sheng linked to tax hikes in Ningbo and other places?

Shen Shixing guessed that this sparse text was extremely unusual before he read the text, and he immediately glanced at the person who was sparse, and the result was written "Nanjing Hubu Shangshuchen Wei Xuezeng"!

Shen Shixing gasped - Wei Xuezeng was far away in Nanjing, why did he impeach Pan Sheng so quickly? It can't be a coincidence!

Looking at the content of the text again, Shen Shixing's face became more and more ugly, and soon his face sank like water.

Wei Xuezeng said that when he investigated the situation of land tax and commercial tax in Yingtian and Zhejiang, he found that in Ningbo and other places, the people were very wealthy, but the land tax was extremely low, and the proportion of commercial tax (excluding ports) was pitifully low.

Taking Ningbo as an example, the largest income of the imperial court today is actually a few local private ports. However, there may also be a big problem with the tariffs paid by private ports: Jinghua Ningbo Port, the largest private port, pays as much as 27,000 taels of tariffs a year, while the other private ports in Ningbo together are more than twice the scale of Jinghua Ningbo Port, and the taxes that can be paid are only more than 19,000 taels.

The tariffs of the Ming Dynasty are now implemented in the same way that Gao Pragmatic suggested to Gao Gong, that is, regardless of the goods, only according to the size of the ship. Therefore, since the scale of Jinghua Ningbo Port is smaller than the sum of other private ports, it stands to reason that the tax should be less, why is it that Jinghua pays 27,000 taels of taxes every year, and the other private ports add up to 8,000 taels less than Jinghua?

As for how this matter is linked to Pan Sheng again? This is simple: Wei Xue once found out that Pan Sheng's nephew Pan Yi suddenly became the big proprietor of a private port.

Seeing this, Shen Shixing immediately became restless.

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