Gao Pragmatic is now a courtier of the outer court, which is different from when he was the prince's companion and ruler, and it is not easy to see the Empress Dowager Cisheng, who has been handed over to the emperor, so when he was on duty during the day on the second day, he sent someone to contact King Lu's side, and after he got off duty, he went to King Lu's mansion to meet Zhu Yihua.

Gao Pragmatic doesn't have any ill feelings towards Zhu Yijun himself, after all, there are not many opportunities for the two of them to meet, and when they meet occasionally, most of them are also present, so naturally they are in a state of "courtesy", and both parties are very polite.

On the contrary, Zhu Yihua has a good impression of Gao Pragmatism, perhaps because Zhu Yijun praises a lot, His Royal Highness King Lu has always thought that Gao Pragmatism is a genius in the world, if it is not for sure, he really hopes that Gao Pragmatism can be his Luwang Mansion Governor.

Because of this mentality, when Gao Pragmatic sent someone to send a post, His Royal Highness King Lu was so excited that he jumped three feet high, and called all the subordinate officials up and down the palace to give a lecture, so that they could effectively arrange the reception in the evening.

The subordinate officials of the palace are all officials with no background, just like Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, who were on an errand in Yuwangfu, they are basically marginal figures, and there are occasionally one or two officials of the real school and the heart school in the Luwang Mansion, and they are all arranged for the sake of "planning everything", but they are also the kind of people with low status.

This bunch of marginal characters learned that Gao Gong Bao was going to visit, where did they need Zhu Yi to be verbose, and they were already full of energy, so they hoped to keep a good impression on Gao Gong, and if they had the opportunity to be promoted by him in the future, they would be able to get themselves out of the fire pit of the palace in a sentence or two.

The status of the palace officials is average, and the promotion is no play, and it has never been the place where the officials want to go, unless the kind of officials who eat and wait for death, there will basically be no one who takes the initiative to be a palace official.

Longqing was half an accident back then, and the level of Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Chen Yiqin and others was not bad, and the reason why it was said to be "half an accident" was because although Emperor Jiajing refused to establish a prince, he was actually prepared in his heart. Jiajing knew that if King Yu or King Jing inherited the treasure in the future, but the officials around him were all a group of rice buckets, then there would be no way to play, and the emperor would definitely be played by the courtiers.

Therefore, if you don't set up a prince, you won't set up a prince, but for the subordinate officials of King Yu and King Jing, Jiajing still put some thought into it.

But the current King Lu is different, Zhu Yijun was already in power when he went out of the cabinet to study, and Zhu Yijun is his elder brother, not his father, of course, he will not consider cultivating his younger brother's political level, so he doesn't care too much about the selection of palace officials, and all he considers is the so-called character - in other words, you just fool my younger brother honestly, and it doesn't matter what ability cultivation is.

After all, it's the prince of Jing Nanhou, he doesn't need any ability, he just needs to be obedient.

Speaking of which, the reason why Chongzhen Shengjun behaved like that in history may also have a lot to do with this point - just look at his level of governance, he knows that he is completely deceived and lame in all aspects.

Emperor Longqing's governance level at that time was also average, but he couldn't stand up to having a good teacher, and he slowly found some keys, so he taught Zhu Yijun for a period of time before his death, to the effect that as long as you find the right people to govern the world, let them do it, as for the emperor himself, he only needs to grasp the factory guard and military power.

At present, King Lu has no good teacher, and a group of poor palace officials just want to get a good relationship with Gao Gongbao, in case they get his appreciation, so that they can get out of the sea of suffering, so if nothing else, they are still very attentive to the dinner.

After all, King Lu is a "vassal view", and he has a mother who loves him, so although he has no right to speak politically, his economic treatment is more than ten times stronger than that of King Yu, and he can still do a good job of reception.

This time, when Gao Pragmatic arrived at the Luwang Mansion, he was a little surprised by the grandeur of the palace. He looked at the royal officials who were almost lined up to welcome him, and then at the palace that had obviously been temporarily "cleaned" and was almost decorated with no lights, and slowly understood what was going on.

In front of everyone, Gao Pragmatic immediately showed an approachable smile and praised the subordinate officials of the palace one by one. It seems that this group of people is more capable than the princes on duty in the court, and when they heard everyone laughing, they almost scratched their ears and cheeks.

In order to welcome Gao Gongbao's big driver, His Royal Highness King Lu also took some effort, and even after soliciting the opinions of Changshi and others, he actually opened the middle door and personally waited outside the gate of the palace to greet him, which frightened Gao Shishi, and hurriedly got down from the sedan chair and blamed himself again and again.

Well, that's no way around. His Royal Highness King Lu can be a corporal, he can't climb up the pole, today's meeting is public, if he dares to do this, he will be scolded to the stinky street tomorrow.

Why? Because the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang are there, the prince's respect for "the first class of the Son of Heaven" is much higher than that of various courtiers. Regardless of whether he has the right or not, at least this respect cannot be ignored.

At least not on the surface.

The two were polite, Zhu Yihua happily personally led Gao Shishi into the house, and the two of them sat down in the side hall, and the prince and Shi and others also followed and waited aside.

This is the rule, Gao Pragmatic knows, but this rule is a bit troublesome, because Gao Pragmatic wants to talk to King Lu today, before it is determined, it is best not to spread it.

"The emperor often praises Gao Gong Bao in front of Xiao Wang, who is loyal and talented, and Xiao Wang has always hoped to get Gao Gong Bao's teachings, and he doesn't want to finally get what he wants today, and he is really happy to teach Xiao Wang."

Gao Pragmatic naturally humbled for a while, and then asked: "Today, the minister came to meet His Highness, I want to ask questions related to King Jing's legacy, I wonder if it is convenient for His Highness to talk about it?" ”

"Oh, King Jing's legacy." Zhu Yihua's political experience is really not rich, and his "performance level" is not in place, Gao Shishi can see at a glance that his eyes flickered.

However, Zhu Yihua still replied quickly: "Xiao Wang doesn't know much about this matter, I don't know what Gao Gongbao wants to ask?" ”

Both of them seem to have skipped the question of "King Jing's legacy is about your high-level pragmatic". After all, although he is a servant of Rong Zheng, he has another identity: the actual helmsman of the Shixue School.

In other words, what he asked today and what he said today did not necessarily represent his personal understanding, but probably represented the attitude of the entire Shixue officials on this matter.

Gao Pragmatic didn't want to delay too much, and asked directly: "Does Your Highness know what King Jing's legacy is, how much it is worth, and what kind of benefits it can bring to Your Highness?" ”

A hint of caution flashed in Zhu Yihua's eyes, and he said cautiously: "Well...... The household department has not yet come up with a specific statement, and Xiao Wang is not very clear. ”

Gao Pragmatic was not satisfied with this answer, and asked: "Don't you probably understand the situation?" Your Highness, forgive your presumptuousness, this issue is very important. ”

"Ah, this ......" Zhu Yihua hesitated a little and glanced at Changshi, but unfortunately Changshi immediately lowered his gaze and didn't say anything at all.

Zhu Yihua looked at Gao Shishi again, and under his gaze, he had to cough dryly and said, "Uh...... Roughly, Xiao Wang heard that there should be at least 40,000 hectares of fertile land? ”

Gao Shishi rolled his eyes in his heart: Why are you dreaming? The number of 40,000 hectares is indeed known to the world, but you say that 40,000 hectares are all "fertile land", don't you treat Lao Tzu as an idiot?

He smiled and said lightly: "The minister came with sincerity, and I hope His Royal Highness will also treat the minister with sincerity." ”

Zhu Yihua's face really changed.

Gao pragmatic words are a bit overstepping.

However, he knows how powerful Gao is pragmatic, and Zhu Yihua is really a little scared of him. Therefore, he squeezed out a smile and said with a little embarrassment: "Gao Gong Bao is serious, how dare Xiao Wang slow down Gao Gong Bao's sincerity?" However, Xiao Wang is really not very clear about what Gao Gongbao asked, I don't know if Gao Gongbao has a more detailed situation to inform Xiao Wang? ”

Gao Shicheng pondered for a while, and then said: "It's quite troublesome to talk about those specific things, otherwise how about the minister directly tell His Highness the number?" ”

"What number?" Zhu Yihua asked.

"Even if King Jing's legacy is all real, the amount of income that can be brought to His Highness every year."

Zhu Yihua was stunned and said, "Gao Gongbao even knows this? ”

Gao Pragmatic said lightly: "Your Highness should know that Jinghua is still quite good at settling accounts." ”

Oh, Jinghua...... No wonder.

Zhu Yihua nodded, indicating that he understood, and then muttered: "Since this is the case, please ask Gao Gongbao to tell me." ”

Gao pragmatically said: "In an ordinary year, King Jing's legacy is calculated according to all the real numbers, and it can probably bring His Royal Highness an income of 53,427 taels of silver every year. ”

Zhu Yihua's eyes widened suddenly, and his breathing was a little short: "So much? ”

Who knew that Gao Pragmatic ignored him, but continued: "If this year, the wind and rain are good everywhere in the inheritance, then this amount can still increase somewhat, and its income can probably rise to more than 57,000 taels of silver. ”

It's close to 60,000 taels, and it's an annual income, which is really high. Because Jingwang's legacy is mainly based on the income from fields, minerals and even fish, it must not be able to compare profitability with sea trade.

It has always been said that the income from farming is actually very poor, usually an acre of land is bought, and if you rely on the farming itself to "return to the capital", even if the wind and rain are smooth, it will take more than 30 years, and King Jing's legacy can have an annual income of nearly 60,000 taels a year, which is indeed very good, no wonder Zhu Yihua was surprised.

However, Zhu Yihua was still surprised too early, because Gao Shishi's words immediately surprised him even more.

Gao Pragmatic sighed, shook his head and said: "With all due respect, King Jing's industries seem to be huge, but the profitability is too poor, if there are such industries under the minister's name, he must find a way to sell them as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Yihua was stunned for a long time before asking, "Is this ...... Why is that? Fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver a year is still too profitable? ”

"Of course, it's too bad." Gao Pragmatic said with a regretful face: "King Jing's properties, if they are all real numbers, then their total value can be about 1.6 million taels of silver...... Your Highness, with a capital of 1.6 million taels, you can only earn less than 60,000 taels a year? Gee. ”

Gao Pragmatic snorted lightly, and said with disdain: "The major shopkeepers and directors under Jinghua, no matter which line or industry, if the minister gives them a capital of 1.6 million taels, he can only give the minister an annual income of 60,000 taels, ha...... The next year, he didn't want to eat Jinghua's food anymore. ”

Zhu Yijun said in surprise: "Ah, this, isn't this already a lot of money?" ”

Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Thirty years to return to the original business, also called a lot of money?" Your Highness, forgive the arrogance, if Jinghua makes money at such a speed, how big do you think today's Jinghua can be? I'm afraid a Jinghua soap factory is about to stop, right? ”

Belch...... It seems to be the same thing? In the early years, the investment of Jinghua soap factory seemed to be only a few thousand taels, and now it has been engaged in more than ten years.

But in reality? He has some understanding of the dividends of Jinghua Soap Factory, according to the words of those nobles, the annual profit of the entire soap factory seems to be more than 100,000 taels!

More than 100,000 taels......

Zhu Yihua's eyes suddenly turned red, a Jinghua soap factory is actually more profitable than this king's future industry? What's wrong with this world? Isn't this king the head of the vassals? Isn't it a view of the vassals? Why is this king so poor?

Gao Pragmatic seemed to be a roundworm in his stomach, and he happened to speak again at this time: "Oh, by the way, the current total capital of Jinghua Soap Factory is probably worth about 400,000 taels, and it will not exceed 450,000 taels at most-Chen means if it is sold." ”

Zhu Yihua's eyes immediately widened: "Won't it?" Jinghua soap factory is so cheap? ”

Gao Pragmatic laughed and said, "This is calculated according to the value of the total capital, but it doesn't mean that the minister will sell it." He paused and explained: "The total capital is the total capital, and the profit is the profit." Your Highness, it is precisely because the total cost of the soap factory is not high but the profit is quite good, so it is impossible for the minister to sell it, do you say this is the truth? ”

Ah, of course, such a chicken that lays golden eggs will be sold by a fool.

Zhu Yihua nodded again and again.

Gao pragmatic smiled: "So, Your Highness, in such a comparison, the total capital of King Jing's legacy of about 1.6 million taels can only earn 50,000 or 60,000 taels a year - just according to 60,000 taels, isn't it also useless?" If you want to change the minister, you will already cash out directly, and use this money to do other things, what is not better than this? ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhu Yihua nodded again and again: "This thing is really slow to make money...... Oh, wait, no, no. ”

Gao pragmatic asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhu Yihua scratched his head very unimaged, frowned and said: "Of course, you can make a lot of money in the hands of your Gao Gongbao, but ...... This, this...... Xiao Wang won't. ”

Gao Shicheng laughed: "Your Highness, you don't think you can do this, but is this important?" Think about it, Cheng Guogong and British Gong, are they very good at this? ”

Zhu Yihua was stunned and hesitated: "Oh? yes, they probably won't either......"

That's right, everyone won't, but why can't you make money without doing business, but not when you get to this king?

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