After Huang Mengyu left, Gao Mo appeared in front of Gao Jingshi, holding a stack of manuscripts in his hand.
"Although Huang and Chen Ergong took charge of the East Factory one after another, they obviously did not pay enough attention to Liu Shouyou, or it was too late... Sir, here are some important travel records of Liu Shouyou in the past two years. Please take a look."
Gao pragmatic glanced at it, shook his head slightly, and said: "I'm tired, you pick the important thing to talk about. Well, first tell me why Liu Shou is staring at me. I shouldn't have offended him." [Note: I really am.
I am a person who can't help it. Originally, according to the outline, the inside story of this story will be kept secret for a while, but yesterday some readers thought that Liu Shou had no reason to confront Gao Pragmatic... I guess it was revealed in advance.]
Gao Mo said calmly: "It is true that I have never offended Liu Shouyou, but the Gao family of Xinzheng has offended the Xu family of Songjiang. In other words, the feud between the Gao and Xu families has never been that simple."
"Xu Huating?" Gao Pingshi frowned and said, "That was an old thing during the Jialong period, and... even if it is not said that the third uncle finally let the Xu family go, even if he didn't, the grievances between my Gao family and the Xu family are still related.
What's wrong with Liu Shou?"
Gao Mo said: "Should I know Xu Changchun from the Xu family?"
"Understood." Gao Pragmatic closed his eyes, leaned back on his chair, and said: "Xu Yuanchun, courtesy name Zhengfu, nicknamed Yin Yang, the eldest grandson of Xu Huating. In the second year of Wanli, he ranked second and twenty-sixth on the Jiaxu Kejin Ranking.
He was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Punishment, and later changed to the Ministry of Rites. At the beginning of this year, he was promoted to Taichang Qing."
Gao Mo smiled and said: "I remember it hard, but there are more details here."
Gao pragmatic opened his eyes slightly, looked at him, closed them again, and said: "It seems that there is something I have overlooked, so let's talk about it."
Gao Mo opened a manuscript and read: "Xu Yuanchun, named Zhengfu and named Yin Yang, was the eldest son of Xu Fan and the eldest grandson of Xu Jie. At the age of 16, he joined his father's official post in the capital and sent him a royal title, which was later changed to Shuntian Prefecture.
Student, he took the provincial examination in the first year of Wanli and ranked 26th in the second class of Jinshi in the second year of Wanli.
He was first appointed as the head of the Ministry of Punishment, then changed to the Ministry of Rites, moved to the rank of Wailang, held the rank of Guanglu, Shang Baoqing, was promoted to the rank of Taiveu Shaoqing, was promoted to the rank of Zhengqing, and was promoted to Taichang Qing at the beginning of this year."
Gao Mo only explained these situations in slightly more detail than Gao Jingshi, but Gao Jingshi knew that it was definitely not the point, so he continued to listen without saying a word.
Sure enough, Gao Mo continued: "In the early years of Wanli, the Xu family opened a seaport in Songjiang, covering an area of about seventy acres, and was quite prosperous. At that time, Xu Yuanchun had a daughter named Xu, who was married to Liu Shouyou's son Liu Chengxi, and the two families
After getting married, the Liu family also invested in the seaport. Later, Jinghua acquired Ningbo and other ports from the Ministry of Industry. Xu's seaport was affected, and the volume of cargo entering and exiting the port was greatly reduced by more than 30%. However, at this time, neither Xu nor Liu had any
Unusual behavior.
At the beginning of the ninth year of Wanli, the master got the support of Zhang Shanghai (the then governor of Guangxi, Zhang Ren, native of Shanghai County) and began to buy land in Shanghai County and plan to build a port. Liu Shouyou began to send people after about one to two months.
Go south to Guangxi and Annan, conduct overt and covert investigations, hoping to find evidence against the master himself or Beijing."
[Note: The above marriage between the Xu family and the Liu family is a historical fact. I will excerpt three sentences: "In modern times, those who married far away, such as during Jiajing, when Xu Wenzhen married in Songjiang, and Liu Erti was handsome. They were all Chu people... the world knows them well."
, "Xu Taichang (Yuan Chun), the son of Liu Jinwu (Shouyou) with the female name. Xu is the grandson of Huating Xianggong, and Liu is the grandson of the old Sima (Tianhe), a native of Macheng. They are also three thousand miles away from each other.", "
Huating Wu Yingai and Fenyi are colleagues, so they cannot be different. However, when they were in phase, they had already married Lu Wuhui and Liu Taibao to two Tishuai, one in Jingzhi Jingling and the other in Huangzhimacheng." - Ye.
That is to say, the Xu family was married to Lu Bing and Liu Shou, two governors of Jinyi. It can be seen that at this time, important civil servants and aristocratic families were interfering in Jinyi's health affairs, and Gao Pragmatic was not the only one who did so.]
After listening to Gao Mo's words, Gao pragmatic laughed unconsciously, opened his eyes, shook his head slightly and said: "It seems that old sorrows and new hatreds broke out together. It's just that in the early years of Wanli, my third uncle was still in the position of chief assistant.
Neither the Xu family nor the Liu family dared to move lightly. In the ninth year of Wanli, the third uncle passed away, and I happened to reach into the backyard of the Xu family in Shanghai (which at this time belonged to Songjiang Prefecture and was part of Huating County).
Linxian), it also happened to be building a port, and it was really taking food from the Xu and Liu families... No wonder, no wonder."
Gao Mo saw Gao Pingshi's sarcastic face, but he didn't seem to care much. He couldn't help but remind him: "Master, Gao and Xu's old feud involved Xu Yuanchun's father. Xu Fan was sentenced to exile until Guo Yuanfu became an official.
He was pardoned just before and ordered to return to his hometown to take care of his father, Xu Huating..."
Gao Pingshi was moved in his heart and asked: "What a coincidence, it's the ninth year of Wanli again?"
"Yes, it is also the ninth year of Wanli."
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but laugh and sighed: "A person like Xu Fan won't suffer much even if he is exiled. He just wants to save face, but he can't help but encourage his younger generations to cause trouble, regardless of whether Xu Huating is
It’s not that you already don’t want to be an enemy of my Gao family… You really are not a son of a man.”
Gao Mo was surprised and said: "How do you know that Xu Huating does not want to be the enemy of the Gao family?"
"Although Xu Huating is old, he is not confused. He does not know how to advance or retreat like his children and grandchildren." Gao Pingshi stood up with a sneer and said: "In the past, he used Zhang Jiangling to make peace with my third uncle. The Xu family
Most of the hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land were preserved. If it is not what I expected, Xu Huating either no longer cares about family affairs, or the descendants of the Xu family are fooling around without telling him, otherwise this situation would not have happened."
Gao Mo did not dare to question Gao Pragmatic's judgment, so he could only ask: "What should we do now...?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and snorted softly: "Originally, with the way the Xu and Liu families behaved, it would not be an exaggeration for me to deal with them categorically. But... In the past, the third uncle had promised Xu Huating not to care about the two families anymore.
For the sake of old things, I will be polite before fighting this time, giving them one last chance to see if the Xu family can rein in the situation."
Gao Pingshi paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Send a letter to Senior Brother Han, the governor of Yingtian, for me, saying that I would like to ask him to pay a visit to Duke Xu Huating on my behalf."
Gao Mo thought for a while and asked, "Master, do you want to write a personal letter to Duke Huating?"
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "This matter is not suitable for discussion, please ask Senior Brother Han to convey a message to me."
Gao Mo lowered his head slightly and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Ask Mr. Xu Huating, if the Xu family's port is willing to be sold to me."
Gao Mo was slightly startled and said hesitantly: "Do you really want to buy it, or..."
"What if I buy it for real, or if I buy it fake?"
Gao Mo frowned and smiled bitterly: "I don't know what I know. The Xu family's port is no longer a business of the Xu and Liu families. I heard that there are also many famous families from the south of the Yangtze River involved."
"Oh?" Gao Pragmatic became interested and asked, "What famous families are there?"
Gao Mo said: "Not to mention anything else, Wang Taicang Wang Jing Shigong's mansion took part in it. It is said that he invested at least 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver in it."
Gao pragmatic was stunned: "Wang Xijue?" Then before Gao Mo could speak, he suddenly understood and nodded: "Yes, although Wang Xijue is from the Wang family in Taiyuan, his family entered Taicang as early as the Hongzhi period.
It belongs to Suzhou Prefecture and is very close to Shanghai County). His grandfather Wang Yong was particularly good at business and was already a wealthy man in Taicang at that time. It was indeed natural for his family to invest in the Xu family's port. Not to mention that the Wang family, like the Xu family, were all intellectuals.
Fans, it is reasonable for the two sides to join forces."
Gao Mo didn't answer, but his expression was still troubled.
Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly: "Why, besides Wang Xijue, are there other powerful people?"
Gao Mo smiled bitterly and said: "I know things like a god, and there are indeed more. Not only are they powerful, but there are many."
"Tell me."
Gao Mo said: "Shen Cifu, Mr. Yuge."
At this time, even Gao Pragmatic had to change his expression.
Gao Mo sighed and said: "Shen Cifu is from Changzhou, Suzhou (Wuxian and Changzhou counties are considered the "urban areas" of Suzhou at this time), and Duke Huating is his master. Xu
It is not surprising that the Shen family has a share in such a big deal at our port."
Gao Jingshi had a cold face and said nothing. After a while, he asked: "What about Mr. Yu Ge? He is not from Su Song."
"Mr. Yu Ge is naturally not from Susong, but he is from Ningbo." Gao Mo smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Yu Ge was born in Yin County, Zhejiang Province, which is the prefecture of Ningbo. Sir, after Ningbo Guangang was monopolized by our Gao family, Ningbo
Merchants can either cooperate with our Jinghua Ningbo Port, or compete with us to build their own ports; otherwise, they can only choose to go far away and trade at Xujia Port in Songjiang."
Even Gao Pragmatic had a headache now. He subconsciously touched his chin and said, "I really haven't paid attention to Mr. Yu Ge's background. It turns out that his family is also engaged in sea trade?"
Gao Mo replied: "The wealthy families along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River are either big industrialists (factory owners in silk and other industries, the so-called germination of capitalism) or big businessmen. It is rare to find people like the Xu family who are keen on buying large amounts of land... The Xu family later ate
After that big loss, they turned to business, perhaps because the Xu family came under the influence of local celebrities and aristocratic families after returning to their hometown."
Gao pragmatic nodded and thought to himself: Maybe it was because he was stimulated by Jinghua's making a lot of money in sea trade.
However, this matter is no longer as complicated as usual, and even my previous inferences have become less reliable.
Gao pragmatic suddenly thought of what he had talked about when he met Wu Dui and Wu Xun and his son that day.
Wu Xun said that Zhejiang's maritime merchants were divided into two groups. One group advocated the establishment of an allied chamber of commerce by Zhejiang maritime merchants alone to fight against Beijing's "erosion" in Zhejiang;
All-out war.
The word "Nanjing" here is actually just a reference. What it actually means is to concentrate the power of the entire Jiangnan - no matter he is a distinguished person, a celebrity, an aristocratic family or a rich man, as long as he is an upper class member of the Jiangnan who participates in sea trade
People from all walks of life can join in and form a joint force to compete with Beijing.
At that time, Wu Xun said that the Zhejiang faction still had the upper hand. Although Gao Pragmatic laughed at these people for being short-sighted, he actually knew in his heart that if the whole of Jiangnan really joined forces to fight against Jinghua, Jinghua might not be sure to win.
However, Gao Pragmatic judged at that time that as long as Wei Guogong Xu Bangrui and Linhuai Marquis Li Yangong did not participate, this "Jiangnan Alliance" would not be able to achieve anything for a while.
However, today he discovered that this might not be the case!
Although Xu Bangrui and Li Yangong have prominent positions among the nobles and have relatively strong influence, the most they can influence is the circle of nobles, but they cannot influence the local civil servant families!
But now it seems that the Xu family who owns an independent seaport may be at the forefront of the civil servant family, and Liu Shouyou can be regarded as the person standing next to the Xu family.
But the backstory of the Xu family is even more complicated. For example, future generations will know that the Jiajing 41st Golden List was very powerful. Its "Three Cauldrons" Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding all stood behind the Xu family!
Who is more powerful than Xun Gui?
Civilian group!
Gao Jingshi's face turned livid, and he cursed in his heart: Damn your grandma's legs. Liu Shou is like a leopard with a bear's heart and a leopard's guts. A governor in gilded clothes dares to play these tricks with me. You are just a puppet on strings.
Those standing behind are the real messengers.
What's going on, in this dispute between practical learning and spiritual learning, seeing that our practical school is slowly gaining the upper hand, you are starting to play the trick of exchanging concepts, trying to turn the political and academic dispute into a regional dispute between the north and the south?
Is it going to be like the Wanli Dynasty in the original history, and create something like the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Party? And then create something like the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party?
Have your mother’s spring and autumn dream!
As long as I am pragmatic and down-to-earth, I will defeat every one who comes out of the regional party!
The dispute between schools is, after all, about governance concepts, and as long as regional parties appear, they will sooner or later turn into rural party cliques.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! What is the situation of the township party uniting? If you agree, I will definitely oppose it, and if you oppose it, I will definitely agree.
From then on, there was no longer any distinction between right and wrong in the Ming Dynasty's government, only the distinction between ourselves and the enemy.
What is a sign of a country’s destruction? This is a sign of a country’s destruction!
"The matter of inviting Senior Brother Han to visit Xu Huating has been put aside for the time being." Gao pragmatically said decisively: "This is such a big matter that I cannot make an easy decision alone."
Gao Mo nodded in agreement, and asked worriedly: "It's good for me to be more cautious, but Mr. Huang and Mr. Chen are not unreasonable. Zhang Jing and Liu Shou have joined forces internally and externally, and the inner court is afraid that
There are so many things going on, and the master is still working abroad. I am worried that this thousand days of guarding against thieves... there is always something wrong."
In fact, Gao Pragmatic also had this worry. And he thought a little deeper at this time.
Originally, one of his own advantages was "internal and external cooperation". This was an area where the Xin Xue School had always been inferior to the Reality School in the past ten years. But this time, I don't know whether it was a coincidence or intentional on the part of the Xin Xue School. They actually found out
Liu Shou has someone like him who can connect the inside and outside to act as a puppet on the stage.
If Gao Jingshi was able to directly contact Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju in person, it was because the fact that he accompanied the prince to study at that time was well known to the world. Even outsiders would find it difficult to say that Gao Jingshi was willing to degenerate and was willing to associate with eunuchs, so he was
The impact of its reputation is not great.
So now the Xin School has also found a good way to not affect the reputation of several important ministers, that is, to use Liu Shouyou's line to get the latest news from the inner court sent by Zhang Jing.
In other words, the huge political advantage of "insight into the holy will" may no longer be possessed by only Gao Pragmatic in the future.
Gao pragmatic narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly: "I originally thought that to cure the disease and cure the root cause, it would be better to start with the Xu family directly, but now it seems that the root cause is a bit difficult to do for the time being, so I may have to settle for the second best and come first.
The root cause has been cured.”
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