The Burmese side is in full swing, and Gao Shishi's days in Beijing are not shocking, in addition to helping the three protégés say hello and pave the way for the future, his main task is nothing more than fundraising.

To a certain extent, Jinghua's gold-lettered signboard may be stronger than that of the household department, and the rich people in Beijing do not matter whether they are nobles, wealthy businessmen or officials, and no one thinks that the "Dian Zhan Bao Bank" can have any possibility of credibility crisis after having Jinghua's backing.

Since credibility is not a problem, what is the money scene...... Anyway, Gao pragmatically said that there is no problem. Even if the money promised by Gao Pragmatic is discounted in half, everyone feels that it is acceptable, after all, the cash silver in this year is more and more useless in the hand - speaking of this idea, it seems that Gao Pragmatic put forward this idea at the earliest, he said that money is to be used to make money, if not, then these silver are no different from bricks.

It is good to make money, but before the birth of high pragmatism, everyone's ability to make money is really not worth mentioning, and the most common means of financial management is nothing more than buying land.

However, in fact, the return of land to the original is very slow, so to speak: usually the silver spent to buy an acre of land will not be able to return the original in 30 years.

The biggest benefit of this thing is nothing more than value preservation, in other words, although the income is small, but generally not lost - you have to say that you can catch up with floods, droughts, and locust plagues one by one every year, then it's not interesting, what else is this luck to invest in, and you can directly admit it to God.

However, since the emergence of the highly pragmatic Jinghua, several new ways to make a fortune have appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Ports, sea trade, border trade, private mines, iron smelting, coal sales, soap, salt, military private, cement infrastructure, reopening Yu porcelain, and even printing money - of course, the interest rate charged by Jinghua Qianzhuang is very low, at least in this era, it is very low, Leng said that it is Indian money, as if there are some signboards for smashing Indian money.

All in all, the characteristic of Jinghua is to make money in everything you do, and after the big guy is dazzled, he only remembers one thing: he will not lose money if he follows Gao Pragmatic, so the "Dian Zhan Treasure Banknote" will definitely not lose.

As for what means he has to turn the war into making money, it has nothing to do with everyone, just leave it to him anyway.

Just kidding, now the people who can buy the "Dian War Treasure Banknote" are all characters with heads and faces, such a big group of characters with heads and faces have smashed into hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, Myanmar dares not to bleed? The king's palace is torn down!

Because of the blessing of this mentality, Gao Pragmatic issued three batches of Yunnan War Treasure Banknotes in Beijing in a row, if it weren't for the horizontal and vertical looks, it would be enough to beat Myanmar twice, even if Gao Pragmatic continued to send two more batches, it would be fine, there would always be someone willing to pay.

It was only at this time that he profoundly realized that it was not a joke that some countries in later generations fought wars because of the interests of the consortium. As long as there is a group of people in the upper classes who hold power who are tied to this war, this war will be inevitable, and it must be fought until the winner is decided.

He took the lead in the matter of the Yunnan War Treasure Banknote at the beginning, but when it came to the issuance of the second batch, he actually had nothing to do, Gao Guoyan handled it cleanly, and he only needed to tell Gao Guoyan how to distribute these bonds proportionally.

So for a while, he was actually a little leisurely, and he was able to take the time to go to live in the White Jade Tower.

Until one day, several little eunuchs came out of the palace and invited him into the palace, saying that someone wanted to see him.

Gao Pragmatic was a little puzzled, now that the front line is going well, and there is money in the rear, why is the emperor looking for me at this time? Isn't it the emperor looking for me, it's Huang Mengyu or Chen Ju who wants to see me?

If the two of them want to see themselves, then there should be something important, maybe Zhang Whale or Liu Shouyou has made some kind of moth, or Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju have come up with a way to deal with them. Anyway, without further ado, let's go.

Gao Pragmatic didn't think much about it, and took his family on the road. Because he was also the right attendant of the military department, it was inconvenient to ride a horse in Beijing, and now he could only travel by sedan chair, so he set off in the morning and was able to enter the palace at nearly noon.

But this is not a big problem, Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju are the "first assistant" and "second assistant" of the inner court, and they are not afraid of starving themselves when they rush in to eat.

However, unexpectedly, after entering, he didn't go far, and Gao Pragmatic found that something was wrong, why did he keep walking to the west of the palace?

He subconsciously stopped, looked left and right, and asked, "Rank, is this going to take the headquarters to Cining Palace?" ”

The eunuch who took the lead hurriedly bowed down and said: "Zhongcheng said that it was funny, a few of us are slaves and maids of Changchun Palace, Zhongcheng will go forward for a while on this road, turn left is Cining Palace, and continue to walk is Changchun Palace." ”

There is no need for him to say that Gao Pragmatic has been in the palace for ten years, especially when the first emperor was still in power, he often had to follow Zhu Yijun to the harem to meet the two palaces and the concubines, so he is even familiar with the harem, and this road actually does not need to be introduced by this eunuch at all.

But the question is, what are you doing in Changchun Palace?

Gao Pragmatic didn't move, but frowned and asked, "Summoned by the eldest princess of Yongning?" ”

"Yes, Zhongcheng."

Gao Shishi pondered for a moment and asked, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of this matter...... Has Her Royal Highness the eldest princess ever paid a tribute to the emperor or the queen? ”

He was a courtier of the outer court, and the eldest princess was summoned in the palace, and according to the usual ceremony, he should have performed a tribute to the queen. The reason why Gao Shishi also mentioned Zhu Yijun is mainly because Zhu Yijun, the eldest brother, is exceptionally good to his younger brothers and sisters, and Princess Yongning's marriage ended up like that, although it was not Zhu Yijun's reason, Zhu Yijun still felt very guilty about her, so if she played the emperor directly, it would be unreasonable.

The eunuch took out a token from his bosom and handed it to Gao Shishi, and said with a smile: "If there is no will of the queen's mother, our family will not be able to leave the palace." ”

Gao Shishi only remembered after hearing this, the court rules of the Ming Dynasty were very strict, and in the case of not counting the emperor and the queen mother of the two palaces, only the queen had the final say in the harem. Other people, whether they are concubines or princesses, have no right to speak, and even the people under their hands can't leave the palace, so they must first ask the queen for advice.

He took the token and looked at it, it was indeed the palace ban card of Kunning Palace, and then he was relieved.

Although Empress Wang and Gao Pragmatic met very rarely, there was no doubt that the two sides were on the same front, and he believed that Empress Wang could not harm him.

So he continued to walk forward, and soon arrived at Changchun Palace.

Changchun Palace was built during the Yongle period, Jiajing was renamed Yongning Palace in 14 years, and later Zhu Yijun sealed Zhu Yao's Yongning princess, let her live here, I don't know if it is to take into account the renaming of the reason, and changed the palace name back, continue to call Changchun Palace.

After arriving at Changchun Palace, Gao Pragmatic was invited to the West Side Palace. This west side hall is called the Chengxi Palace, and the emperor likes to meet his courtiers in the Xinuan Pavilion, if the princesses of other palaces in the palace meet outsiders, most of them are also in the west side hall.

There are only two eunuchs and two palace maids at the door of the Chengxi Palace, the door of the palace is wide open, and Gao Shishi has already seen the slender figure in the hall at the door.

Seeing that the eunuch and the palace maid didn't seem to have the intention of passing it on, Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to stand still outside the door and said loudly: "The minister Gao Pragmatic has seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

The woman inside was Princess Yongning, she seemed to be reading a book, and after listening to Gao Shishi's words, she put down the book in her hand, bowed her head slightly, and showed a smile: "High school courtesy, please come in." ”

Gao Pragmatic walked in, and before he could stand still, Princess Yongning instructed again: "High school, please take a seat." ”

"Eldest Princess Xie gives you a seat." Gao Pragmatic could only walk in the palace, and this Changchun Palace was a little far away, so he sat down honestly and unceremoniously.

Princess Yongning smiled even more, and carefully looked at Gao Shi for a while before saying, "High school Cheng really hasn't changed at all." ”

Gao Pragmatic didn't know what she was going to do, but he still replied: "The princess has been reduced a little, but she is also more elegant." ”

This is said to be a bit overstepping, but with Gao Shishi's identity, he is indeed not afraid of the princess, and besides, he has helped Princess Yongning a lot before, and he thinks that he will not provoke the anger of the princess because of this matter.

Princess Yongning was indeed not angry, but just looked away a little and replied, "The widow has lived for more than a year, and it is difficult for her to become rich. ”

Gao Pragmatic then remembered that Princess Yongning's identity is more special, although she has not even had a cave house, but she is indeed a "widow" in name, thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic also has some regrets, sighed, and said: "Flowers are not flowers, fog is not fog, always create people." ”

He was afraid that Princess Yongning would say something that would make it difficult for him to answer, so he asked, "I don't know why the princess summoned her ministers today?" ”

Princess Yongning seemed to be aware of Gao pragmatic thoughts, and her eyes showed a touch of sadness, but she quickly covered up the past, and her face was as calm as water, and said: "Last time, you helped the palace get a 'charity fund', and the palace will get a list from the yellow palm print every once in a while, and it is a record of where the money is spent...... Later, Hongu took a closer look and found that it was mainly to subsidize the disaster area, right? ”

This problem, in fact, Gao Shishi is not very clear, because he has already handed over this matter to Jinghua Qianzhuang to deal with it on his behalf, but he did confess to use the silver as much as possible to the disaster area, just under the banner of Princess Yongning.

"That's the thing." The high pragmatic surface does not change the color of the authentic.

"I can...... Do you want to change the use of this? "Princess Yongning's words don't seem to be very confident.

Gao pragmatic didn't care, and asked rhetorically: "Does Your Highness mean to let the minister get the money back?" This matter is easy to do, after the minister leaves the palace for a while, call the person who handles it to ask how much silver is still in the princess's fund, and then let them pass the account, and the silver can be returned to His Royal Highness in two or three days at most.

However, in business, according to what the minister and His Royal Highness said in the old days, the principal of the 'Princess Yongning Disaster Relief Fund' is the conversion of the princess's land, and the later disaster relief silver of the princess fund is actually the dividend generated after this conversion into a certain business in Jinghua, so the amount of the fund now is probably only the principal plus the surplus money that has not yet been relieved, and it may not be much more than the principal. ”

Who knew that Princess Yongning shook her head and hurriedly said, "I don't want to get the money back, I just want to use it in a different way." ”

Gao pragmatic thought for a while and guessed: "Yes...... No relief for the time being? He said in his heart: Maybe this girl finally wants to open up, and maybe she will need money.

But Princess Yongning still shook her head and said, "I summoned a person before, you know." ”

Gao Shishi reacted quickly and asked, "Your Highness is talking about the deputy capital of Annan Huang?" ”

"Gao Gao Cheng really knows Miss Huang's whereabouts well." Princess Yongning blinked, her tone slightly strange.

Gao Shishi coughed lightly and said: "Your Royal Highness Mingjian, the minister and Miss Huang have known each other for several years, and when they were in Guangxi and in Annan, they all helped the minister a lot, whether it was the expedition to Annan or Dingannan, Miss Huang played a considerable role, so she had told the minister what she had done when she came to Beijing before. ”

"Okay, but I didn't mean to ask that." Princess Yongning paused for a moment and said, "I haven't talked to Miss Huang for too long, but I did mention a few words about her as a woman and an official. ”

Gao pragmatic didn't know what the princess wanted to say, so he could only ask, "And then?" ”

Princess Yongning said: "Then, she said that the female Tusi in Guangxi and other places can be in power for generations, and most of them are doing well, at least they can be regarded as middle-class people, and even more often, the female Tusi is relatively more cautious in politics, and it is not easy to have too many ambitions." ”

Gao pragmatic wants to say that this is not necessarily, ambition is not ambitious, it has little to do with gender, and some female tsars in Russia in history are really not less ambitious than men.

However, this can't be answered like this, Gao pragmatic only said: "Ambition is commensurate with strength, but more often it depends on the education of this person." When the minister discussed history with the emperor before, he said that during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, the first person in the world was Wang Zhonghei, followed by An Lushan, but history proves that Wang Zhongsi was a loyal minister, and An Lushan was a traitor. May I ask Your Highness, what is the real difference between the two of them? It's not about ethnicity, it's about education.

Wang Zhonghei was frustrated since he was a child, and was raised in the palace by Tang Xuanzong, knowing the weight of loyalty and righteousness, and he wanted to repay the kindness of the Son of Heaven. Later, when Xuanzong deposed him, he never thought of resisting, not because he couldn't, but because he didn't.

An Lushan is the opposite, but Youzhou Zahu, when he was a child, he had tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, and in his heart, only strength was the only basis for determining the status of the noble, so he was bent on taking power, and after Wang Zhonghei was withdrawn, the last mountain that pressed on his head was gone, so he chose to rebel with peace of mind. So at the end of the day, it's about education. ”

In fact, the reason for this problem is not so simple, but Gao Pragmatic must stand on this position, because he is a courtier, and he is very powerful now.

Princess Yongning didn't expect to lead him to such a long paragraph, and was a little surprised, and then laughed again, nodded and said, "High school is reasonable, so I thought about it later and felt that education is indeed very important...... I want to spend my money on this, I don't know what happened to high school? ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Uh...... Good is good, but how to spend? ”

Princess Yongning smiled slightly: "Miss Huang mentioned that there are several kinds of maids around their female toasts, one of which is to study since childhood, and in the future, the female toast who waits for the waiter will be in power, so she can help take care of some things." I wondered if we could teach some girls how to read and write......

Gao pragmatic asked: "Yes, but what about after teaching?" What are these girls going to do in the future? With all due respect, adopting a boy to teach him will be useful in the future, for example, the minister has the Jinghua Craftsman School to do this. However, His Royal Highness wants to teach women, and the minister has to ask, what is the way out for these women after they have completed their studies? If we don't solve this problem, there really is no difference between teaching and not teaching. ”

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