Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 382
Gao Wushi thought about these questions over and over again, and at almost every station he passed along the way, he came down to find out the situation for himself. Guo Pu, who was traveling with him, saw this behavior and was quite skeptical.

As a highly pragmatic person, he did not ask for bribes from the post station, which Guo Pu could understand.Not only did he not ask for bribes, but he even offered money to subsidize the post stations along the way, which made Guo Pu even more satisfied.Although the tipping money is not much, the average reward for each post station is about 30 taels of silver, not more than 500 taels, but because there are many post stations along the way, Gao Wushi still spent [-] taels silver.

Gao Yushi is rich, of course Guo Pu knows this, but through Gao Yushi's last article "There is a way to make money", coupled with Guo Pu's understanding of Gao Yushi's actions over the past year, and his own eyes during this period From observation, Guo Pu doesn't think that Gao Yushi is a rich man who spends his money indiscriminately.

From this, Guo Pu decided in his heart: Gao Pragmatic must have a plan for rewarding along the way.

Originally, Guo Pu also thought that high pragmatism was simply an invitation to buy people's hearts. After all, the post station served many officials along the way, and the people in the post station were ordinary people themselves, and they also had to contact ordinary people. Through their mouths, many officials could Knowing Gao Shidu's generosity will also let many people know his Gao Shidu's incorruptibility and kindness, which really kills two birds with one stone.

But this does not explain the abnormal behavior of Gao Wushi going to chat with the people in the post every time he goes to the post.

Anyway, the high-practical family background is here, and his own reputation among scholars is not bad. There is no need to condescend to chat with these people—even if there is something to understand, send a Can people go?You, Gao Shidu, have two hundred people under your command, and the head servant named Gao Jue doesn't look like a fool, so you can't handle this matter?

Therefore, Guo Pu became more and more interested, and often observed Gao Yushi's actions deliberately, until one day, after Gao Wuji talked with the people in the station in Xuanhua Mayi according to the custom along the way, he stood alone in the gazebo in the courtyard. Writing and painting on the horizontal case, Guo Pu suddenly appeared and asked Gao Wushi what he was doing during this time.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Gao Wushi didn't mean to hide at all, but respectfully invited Guo Pu into the gazebo, pointed to a stack of manuscripts on the horizontal table and told him that he was calculating a very complicated number. technical questions.

Guo Pu has a little understanding of numerology, but he is not a master. Hearing this, he subconsciously picked up a few manuscript papers to read.

This was unbelievable, except for the occasional few Chinese characters, most of them were "ghost-painted peach charms" that he could not understand at all.

Gao Yushi naturally told Guo Pu about the Arabic numerals again, and then told him that he was calculating the approximate cost of the current Daming National Station and the actual cost of maintaining its operation.

Guo Pu was startled at first, then surprised, and asked, "You want to clean up the station?"

Gao Wu said honestly: It is convenient to talk to smart people, look at their wording - clean up!How technically that word is used.

If you say "reform" in the Ming Dynasty, everyone can understand it, but generally you don't use it that way, and you usually use "reform" instead, but in fact, "reform" was not something that could be casually announced in ancient society. word.

In history, no matter Gao Gong or Zhang Juzheng, they all resented this word-whether they really resented it is hard to say, but at least in words and writings, they were very resented.

Because "ancestor system" is very important in any dynasty. To some extent, "ancestor system" is the basis for demonstrating one's own legal principles. If everyone does not follow the ancestral system, then why does the emperor inherit the foundation of the ancestors? ?
Therefore, this is actually a very, very principled question. Not everyone dares to say such terrible words as "the change of the sky is not to be feared, the ancestors are not lawful, and human words are not enough to be sympathetic".

Even though Gao Yushi really appreciates these three sentences and admires Wang Anshi's fearless spirit of reform, he dare not imitate them easily—at least for now, he would not dare to lend him a hundred brave hearts.

With his current fame, how dare he be compared with Wang Anshi back then?It's ten blocks away from picking up shoes.What's more, the political environment of the Ming Dynasty was very different from that of the Song Dynasty. Let alone other things, at least the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Lao Tzu, was not happy to kill ministers in court.

What about Daming?As long as the emperor doesn't care about his face and his posthumous name, he will be killed if he says that he will die with a stick.

Therefore, when carrying out reforms in Ming Dynasty, one of the troubles is that no matter how you change, you have to find a reason, saying that I am not actually a "reform", but just correcting it. In fact, I am really following the original intention of my ancestors... Believe it or not, anyway, I do.

Therefore, Guo Pu carefully used a neutral and even slightly commendatory word: purge.

Since it is a purge, it means that the settings of the ancestors will not be changed, but only the problems accumulated in the operation of the station for so many years will be corrected. Of course, it should be taken for granted, and it is completely a good thing.

Gao Yushi even associated the word with the "rectification movement", and his heart was about to move, but he forcibly suppressed this impulse - he was not qualified to make such a big movement.

Now Gao Wushi settled down and gave a quick but comprehensive introduction to his thinking.

Guo Pu didn't pay much attention to it when he first heard it. After all, there was a problem with the station system, and the problem was not small. Did you hear Gao Gong mention it?
But the more he heard it, the more serious Guo Pu's face became, because he found that Gao Yushi was not a whim.

In Gao Wu's introduction, he not only described in detail the actual situation of the station system - which he personally explored along the way - but also carefully analyzed the reasons for these problems, and finally explained his thoughts one by one. out the solution.

Guo Pu did not interrupt the whole process except for asking for details in some places. He nodded in satisfaction until Gao Yushi finished speaking, "You are very respectful in your work, even more meticulous than him. It seems that although you are a little too calculating, but this style of calculating too much, if it is used in the right direction, it is also extremely beneficial."

Gao Yushi said that he did not dare to do so.

Guo Pu waved his hand and said: "Your analysis is very reasonable. Even if I were asked to do it, it may not be more detailed than your consideration. However, have you calculated the result of this calculation? If the court really follows your plan If it is changed... er, if it is purged, will it increase the expenditure for the court, so that it will not be able to afford it?"

Gao Yushi calmly but firmly said: "No."

Guo Pu glanced at him, and said indifferently: "You have already been admitted to the academy once when you were in Datong, and I think you can go to the academy again this time—although you are not an imperial envoy now, you are still a member of the Imperial Academy under the name of , in my Ming Dynasty, no one dared to say that academic officials in the Imperial Academy were not qualified to go to Shu. I have already thought of the name of this Shuwen for you, and it is called "Shuyi Lushu."

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