Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 479 Gao Wen Zhenggong (Part [-])
The Fourth Township of Xuanda in Jiliao was the first two batches of frontier troops to replace some of the "Jinghua" firearms, even earlier than the Beijing army.Because of the tribute from Ida, the Xuanda direction has not had a war worth mentioning for a long time, so the current achievements of "Jinghua" firearms all come from the second town of Jiliao.

In fact, the weapons they replaced were not considered advanced. The muskets were still front-loading smoothbore matchlock guns, which were similar to the Saigong guns. This gun was finalized in the sixth year of Longqing, and it was submitted to the Ministry of War and the Beijing Camp for verification. Later, it was provided to Qi Jiguang's Ministry in small batches and received good reviews. Later, after the military industry was privately owned, it received an order.There is actually Longqing Yishi, but it is an experimental model, which belongs to internal trial production and has not been mass-produced.

However, the Longqing Type [-] firearm still has advantages over the Saigon blunderbuss: one is that the Longqing Type [-] has an elongated gun body; the other is that the quality is more stable.

Needless to say about the quality, if the quality of the firearms produced by Jinghua can't even compare with the products of the Military Weapons Bureau and the Bingzhan Bureau, then Gao Yushi might as well quit this industry altogether.

The elongated barrel is worth mentioning.The length of the gun body affects many things, such as the initial velocity of the projectile, the power within the effective range, the shooting distance, and the shooting accuracy. But generally speaking, the most important effect is that the longer the gun body, the more accurate the shooting, but at the same time the range will drop.

However, on the premise of improving the accuracy, the Longqing Type [-] achieved the same shooting range as the tribute blunderbuss in the two official games.The reason is actually not complicated: Gao Yushi provides ammunition as a package. The ammunition he provides has not only produced paper-cased fixed-load ammunition, but also has better gunpowder—although it is still black powder, it has been slightly improved. With the addition of granular gunpowder, the ratio of ingredients is also more precise. [Wufeng Note: The explanation of granulation is a bit complicated, and it may be "counted by water", so I will omit it. ]
All in all, the technical level of the Longqing Type [-] musket can only be regarded as slightly higher than that of the best infantry muskets (including the blunderbuss) of the Ming Dynasty, but its reliability has been greatly improved. Dress up.

Of course, changing clothes requires money, so part of the money Gao Gong earned from tariffs was invested in armaments.But this is a virtuous circle, so it must be counted as political achievements.

Another major achievement is that the administrative efficiency has been greatly improved.This achievement is mainly derived from the examination method after adding the highly pragmatic "quantitative achievement" thinking.

Zhang Juzheng's method of examination has been criticized by later generations. The problem is not that the effect is not good, but that he does not ask for means.For example, when looking at the achievements of a county magistrate, if there is an item in it about how much tax has been collected, then Zhang Juzheng only asks whether the specific amount of the tax has been reached, and he does not ask what means the county magistrate used.

The same problem, as early as the fourth year of Longqing, Gao Gong and Gao Yushi once talked about it [Wufeng Note: See Chapter 009 of Volume [-]]. Gao Gong immediately objected, thinking that the local gentry and even the local officials would definitely transfer the pressure of paying taxes to ordinary people, which would easily lead to more exploitation of the people, causing turmoil and even civil disorder.Then Gao Wushi put forward another request, which is to include local stability in the performance evaluation of county officials.

The examination method that Gao Gong has promoted in the past few years adheres to this idea, but adds more details.In short, there are a lot of specific data to refer to whether a county magistrate is doing well or not, such as the speed of replying to official documents, the rate of full tax collection, the rate of tax increase, the rate of fame (above scholar), case processing speed, The degree of completion of the case, the occurrence rate and risk of banditry, the occurrence rate and risk of civil unrest...etc.

The release of these standards has improved the administrative efficiency of almost all the Ming Dynasty.Of course, due to regional differences, differences in development levels, etc., basically the more developed the economy, the better the effect, and the more backward the economy, the worse the effect.Not long ago, Gao Gong was still discussing with Gao Yushi how to improve the backward areas, but he didn't expect it to be farewell now.

In addition, Gao Gong not only has a good eye in employing people, but also has a very dignified manner as a prime minister.

To give two examples, one civil and one military: As for civil servants, Liang Menglong, the former governor of Shandong, was a protégé of Zhang Juzheng. , so even the essay for resignation has been written.In the end, he waited for a transfer order to return to Beijing to serve as the right servant of the household department, and to cooperate with the household department Shangshu Wang Guoguang to clear the land of the whole country.

After Qingzhang Tianmu was completed, Liang Menglong changed the Ministry of War and went to Liaodong to reward the soldiers. After returning in the fifth year of Wanli, he was promoted from the left servant of the Ministry of War to the censor of the right capital and governor Ji Liao. from.

As for generals, after Zhang Juzheng's downfall, Qi Jiguang was very anxious and sent his nephew Qi Jin back to Beijing to contact Gao Wushi.Gao Wushi just told Qi Jin, "Yuanfu knows the dry city of Lingshu country very well. Jizhen is a big matter, so it can't be taken lightly."

As a result, Qi Jiguang was not affected at all. Instead, he was rewarded by the court for his two big wins over Duoyan Donghu in the first year of Wanli and the second year of Wanli. "Qi Shaobao".

As for other achievements, it is difficult to write them all at the moment, and they can be mentioned in the future.

In short, during the past six years, Gao Gong injected enough vitality into the continuation of the Ming Dynasty's "Jialong Wanda Reform", and the achievements he has made are incalculable. There are rewards.

But if that's all it is, given the special significance and extreme scarcity of "Wen Zheng", Zhu Yijun may still refuse to give it, and maybe even a "Wen Zhong" can get rid of it.

But there is another aspect of Gao Gong that makes Zhu Yijun satisfied from the bottom of his heart, that is, Gao Gong's educational experience is very rich. He is not like Zhang Juzheng who taught Wanli in history. He often comforted Wanli when he made a mistake, and spoke up for the emperor when he was occasionally criticized by some officials who "sell their names and sell straight".

Just like how he treated Long Qing back then.

Gao Gong's educational thought is very different from that of Zhang Juzheng.If we must compare, it can be said that Gao Gong insists on strict self-discipline and lenient treatment of others; while Zhang Juzheng is lenient in self-discipline and strict treatment of others.

When Zhang Juzheng was dismissed, the reason why the emperor issued an oral order to search his university residence in the capital was to give it to Gao Gong, but Gao Gong refused later.He even explained to the emperor in person: "My nephew is practical and rich, and his background is clean. If I want to change the house, when can I not change it? So if you don't change it, it is because you don't forget the original intention of integrity and self-discipline."

He served as chief assistant in the Wanli Dynasty for six years. He didn't increase his house by an acre, and he didn't add a single servant. He didn't even accept some elegant things for entertainment that Gao Wushi gave him. He only took some tea, soap and so on. of ordinary use. [Wufeng Note: In history, Hai Rui praised Gao Gong and Shou Lian. ]
But Zhang Juzheng's performance in history was much worse.Some scholars in later generations concluded that he was "crying about anti-corruption and honesty, but accepting bribes wantonly;

The two styles determine the different perceptions of the little emperor Wanli towards them.

Gao Gong continued his way of teaching Long Qing: as a teacher, he should teach what should be taught; and like a father, what should be protected should be protected.

Therefore, "Wenzheng" comes from this.

　Thanks to the book friend "cyuspring" for the reward, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)