The emperor and his entourage had already returned to the palace, and Princess Yongning had also returned to the princess mansion. Gao Pragmatic stood by the window sill of his study, looking at the two dragons playing with beads (four claws, the same level as his python robe, not exceeding the limit) in the square in front of the building.
Big Fountain, I don't know what I'm thinking.
I don’t know how much time passed, but Liu Xin’s voice came from behind: “Is Da Sinong thinking about the meaning of life or the fate of mankind, and he is so lost in thought that he can’t even knock on the door?”
Gao pragmatic turned his head and saw Liu Xin standing at the door with a smile, but that smile looked like he was teasing.
He flattened his mouth and spread out his hands: "I was just thinking that there is a big difference between men's thinking and women's thinking."
"That's for sure." Liu Xin smiled: "For example, at a time like this, you don't even say 'come in'. I think the difference in thinking is quite big."
Gao Pingshi laughed and said, "I thought that by just passing by, you should have regarded this place as your own home."
"How dare I! I'm not Huang Zhiting, nor Meng Guzhezhe, and I'm not even comparable to the fourth princess just now. How dare I treat this place as my home?" After saying this, she Shi Shiran walked in,
Find yourself a high-backed chair and sit down.
Gao pragmatic left the window and walked not far from her. He also moved a chair and sat down. He crossed his legs in an inconspicuous manner and asked, "Are you here to protest?"
"Protest? No, no, no, I have nothing to protest." Liu Xin reached out and handed over a stack of letters and said, "This is the reply from the officials in the capital after you spread the news. I took a quick look and found that there were more than 70 officials.
Expressed his willingness to invest and buy an original share in the 'Ming Fed'."
"Oh?" Gao Pragmatic seemed a little surprised, and said thoughtfully: "The minimum standard for the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve's investment is to invest 10,000 taels of silver, and it cannot be withdrawn for ten years. How can so many people come up with this money?"
"Hey, do you have any misunderstanding about their economic strength?" Liu Xin frowned and said, "That's not the case. I remember you told me that in history, Li Zicheng earned more than 70 million in silver by robbing the capital in just a few days.
Two, but at that time there were only 170,000 taels of gold and 130,000 taels of silver in the palace's warehouse.
The wealth of these nobles and officials in the capital can be seen from this. Now, what do you, the God of Wealth, want to do with the Federal Reserve? It is clear that it is definitely another way to make a fortune, and the capital required is so large that even Beiyang cannot raise enough. How big is this?
Business? Some of them have missed the ways you made money in the past. If they miss it again this time, wouldn’t they regret it for the rest of their lives?
In order to avoid crying and regretting in the future, I don’t care to say that my Qingfeng family is poor now. It is reasonable! What does it mean to get ten thousand taels of silver? To be honest, I think if you hadn’t contributed to this project
There are restrictions on the proportion. This is only 30 million taels of silver, maybe you can get none of it yourself."
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "If I didn't account for the proportion of the first shareholder, they might still be able to tolerate it before I die. After my death...hehe, who knows what kind of hellish demon this Ming Fed will turn into."
"Let me just say you have the mentality of your parents. What can the Federal Reserve become? It is the ancient version of the Federal Reserve. But so what, although the Federal Reserve is controlled by several big families behind the scenes, after all, the chairman in front of the stage is always a professional
Broker, there is still a dedicated person in charge of the daily operations, right?"
Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "In this day and age, professional brokers are not that easy to find, especially for a 'central bank' like the Federal Reserve that is above the financial system. It is not possible to just find a cat or a dog to take the helm."
He paused here and asked, "By the way, what does my cousin say? Is he willing to be the first president?"
"Gao Guoyan? He was not very happy at first, because according to the Jinghua restructuring plan I drafted, he should be the president of Jinghua Bank. He feels that this position is the most suitable for him."
Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows: "You said 'originally', that means he changed his mind in the end? Did you convince him?"
"Otherwise?" Liu Xin sighed: "I told him that not only are you extremely busy now, but you also deliberately made the Ming Fed very independent and not even under the control of the Ministry of Household Affairs. In this way, you will also serve as the Ming Fed.
The president is not suitable. However, there is no one more suitable than him in Jinghua to do this, so we have to let him do more work and take on two positions?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "The president of Jinghua Bank shall also serve as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of China... Actually, I think it's quite appropriate. What do you think?"
"From your perspective, I think it's quite appropriate." Liu Xin said, "In addition to personal ability, the system you set up determines that this position must be filled by a person you can trust enough."
She paused and then said: "Speaking of abilities, I have read the summary reports of various departments in Jinghua in recent years. There are a few people worth paying attention to."
Gao pragmatic nodded: "Which ones?"
"The first one is Shuai Jiamo. He has held four positions since he entered Jinghua. He has done a good job in each position and has never made any mistakes. I think he should be a very meticulous person and worthy of reuse.
.”
Gao pragmatically said: "After the Philippines is defeated, I plan to let Shuai Jiamo be the consul-general of Luzon and the chief of staff of the Luzon Kingdom's Beijing Advisory Group."
This answer seemed to surprise Liu Xin: "I thought you would let him be the president of sea trade."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Haimao president has another candidate, guess what?"
"Since it's not Shuai Jiamo, then I guess it's probably Wu Xun. But your nephew hasn't been in Beijing very long, and he's not very old either..."
Gao pragmatically raised his eyebrows: "I'm not too old, right?"
"Pfft!" Liu Xin couldn't help but laugh: "If you want to compare like this, he can still meet the conditions for being a sea trade president." Then he paused and continued: "The second person I wanted to recommend was
Him, since you have already decided, I will skip him and talk about the third person."
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"Third, your student and former book boy: Cao Ke."
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment and said: "He is already a Xiaolian (Ji Ren), is Cao Gan willing to let him continue to work in Beijing instead of fighting for a Jinshi?"
"Cao Gan thinks so, but Cao Ke himself is not happy." Liu Xin spread her hands: "The father and son have written seven or eight letters back and forth to me, and they can't reach an agreement at all. But in the end, Cao Gan gave in.
, allow Cao Ke to make his own decision."
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised: "This is a bit unexpected. Cao Gan is so easy to talk to now?"
"He is not easy to talk to, but he is forced to have no choice." When Liu Xin said this, she seemed to be unable to help but laugh.
Gao pragmatic looked strange and asked: "What's wrong?"
Liu Xin suppressed a smile and said: "Cao Ke said that if he was forced to take the Jinshi examination, he would never marry for the rest of his life. Cao Gan was an only son, and he was so furious that he couldn't think of anything, so he had to hold his nose and admit it.
"
Gao Pingshi laughed loudly: "What a good boy, you have some ability. This is called a one-hit kill."
"Did you learn it from your teacher?" Liu Xin asked, raising her eyebrows.
Gao pragmatic shook his head: "I have never been forced to do this kind of thing. My goals are set by myself, but they happen to be very consistent with the thoughts of my family."
"That's right. You are a famous family in Zhongzhou. I've seen your generation and I'm counting on you. Your younger brothers are basically in the imperial examination... well, I'm afraid they won't have much of a chance."
Gao pragmatic sighed: "Maybe I should have tutored them myself."
"Forget it, do you really think you have three heads and six arms?" Liu Xin said, "But since I'm talking about your brothers, I'll talk about your brother next."
Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised: "A good thing or a bad thing?"
Liu Xin was startled, and then asked a little funny: "Why do you always seem to worry that they will learn bad things?"
"No? Very good, it couldn't be better." Gao pragmatically said: "To tell you the truth, for a family like the Gao family, especially now that I'm here, it's not a big problem that my younger brothers are useless.
It would be very annoying if you add points but also deduct points.”
Liu Xin said: "It doesn't seem to be the case at the moment. As for your third brother Gao Wuqin, I originally had the same view as you. I thought the reason why he did well in the three southern towns of Annan was mainly because Gao Mengnan had a good foundation. However,
Now it seems that I may have underestimated him.”
"Oh? How do you say that?" Gao Pragmatic became a little curious.
Liu Xin said: "After Gao Mengnan was transferred to Dingnan, because the shop built by Dingnan Construction was too big, he transferred a group of his accustomed subordinates one after another. As a result, there were many fewer capable people in Jingang.
I was worried that Gao Wuqin wouldn't be able to handle it, but I didn't know that there was no problem at all in Jingang.
Moreover, Gao Wuqin not only single-handedly stabilized the newly acquired Nanpan and other places, but also personally presided over the development of the southern part. According to the statistical report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the income of the southern towns this year is expected to be nearly half of that of northern Annan."
Gao Wuqin was very surprised when he heard this, because the northern part of Annan was developed very early and was considered a "fine land", while the southern part... before it was captured by Jinghua, it was almost at the level of a tribal alliance. Gao Wuqin was able to take over the southern part in a short period of time.
Fiscal revenue reaches half of the northern half?
"Are you very suspicious of how he did it, and is there any inside story?"
"To tell you the truth, I do have some doubts."
Liu Xin smiled: "No doubt, there is the Mekong Delta across from Cambodia in the south. It happened to have a bumper harvest last year, so your third brother went to inspect it in person and found that there are still many places suitable for planting there.
was exploited, so he issued an order to donate land and quietly lured a large group of refugees from Jiangxi who were caused by floods, totaling nearly 200,000 people."
Gao Pragmatic said in surprise: "When did it happen?"
"It has been going on since the end of last year." Liu Xin said: "You did not personally take care of the immigration matter and left it to the ports. Each place only reported the total number of immigrants, so you may not know the flow of those people... Oh, right.
Yes, Wu Xun cooperated with Gao Wuqin to do this, and they used Ningbo Port."
"Okay, very good." Gao Pingshi nodded happily and said with some emotion: "I finally have a brother who can help me. It's not easy."
"Not only Gao Wuqin, your fourth brother Gao Wujian also performed well." Liu Xin looked at him with some suspicion and asked: "Do you still remember where he went?"
"Uh... he said he was going to the south. Did he go to Ningbo or Quanzhou in the end?" Gao Jingshi was a little embarrassed. He really didn't pay much attention to where Gao Wujian went.
"It's Quanzhou." Liu Xin said helplessly: "You're really good at being a hands-off shopkeeper. You don't know where your brother is. However, this young man didn't stay in Quanzhou."
Gao Pingshi was startled, frowned and said, "What do you mean, where has he gone?"
"It will scare you to say that he went to Taiwan. At that time, Gao Qi (Gao Sitang) was scared to death, fearing that something would happen to him in Taiwan. But in the end, nothing happened. Gao Wujian not only followed your previous plan from the south to
He engaged in development in the north, and even personally took people to the north and built a stronghold town there... The key is that the location is not bad, it is almost the Taipei we had at that time.
After that, he sat in Taipei and sent people to attack everywhere. Now he has almost wiped out the north, and he can now settle down for immigration and development. Because of this, the Taiwan plan can be initially completed at least two years in advance."
Gao pragmatic touched his nose and wondered: "Why didn't I see it before? This guy is not very good at studying, but he actually has the attributes of a colonist?" After a pause, he asked: "Then you said you want to recommend him?
says……"
"What else can I do, Commander-in-Chief of Taiwan." Liu Xin spread her hands: "He is your biological brother, and now he has made great achievements, how can you justify not being a Commander-in-Chief?"
The "general general" of Jinghua is actually similar to the governor of the Spanish overseas territories. He is not called a governor just to avoid official trouble. The actual power is still very great.
However, there are not many people on the island of Taiwan now, especially the Han people. Since Gao Wujian has this ability and has made such a contribution, Gao Pragmatic is also stingy with a general, and nodded to express his agreement. However, in the end, he was slightly
Some frowned and said: "Originally, I planned to leave this position to Gao Qi..."
"Don't worry about Gao Qi's matter. I have two suggestions here for your reference." Liu Xin said: "The first one, let Gao Qi go after taking Malacca; the second one, I suggest you send him to Kagoshima
.”
"Kagoshima? You mean to let him go to the Shimadzu family?" Gao pragmatically thought for a moment and asked, "Why are you all more anxious than me?"
"Be concerned about the leader first, then be happy when the leader is happy." Liu Xin smiled and said: "I should have a clear understanding of your Japanese layout. The Shimazu family is a bridgehead for the Imchen War.
In the future, we will attack first and ambush you. In that case, how can you not send a capable general there?"
Gao Pingshi said helplessly: "Yes, but if he goes now, I'm afraid the Shimadzu family will smell something."
"No, just ask Gao Qi to go there in the name of special envoy. Just say that he is to help the Shimadzu family develop the economy and photograph the leader of the expert team there, so that the Shimadzu family won't think too much - anyway, Gao Qi is now
In the past, the mission was really based on economics.”
Gao pragmatic thought for a moment and nodded. Then he saw that Liu Xin did not intend to recommend anyone anymore, so he asked: "It seems that the investment from Beijing officials has not been finished yet?"
"That's it." Liu Xin spread his hands and said, "More than seventy people are willing to pay, plus the amount from the nobles, you can give them a total of fifteen million taels... Well...
, specifically, I think it should be enough to have the proportion of nobles slightly higher than these officials."
Gao Pragmatic showed his face and said: "That's right, then give the nobles a quota of 8 million taels, and give these officials a quota of 7 million taels...wait, can they eat 7 million?"
Liu Xin rolled her eyes at him: "Just be patient, I'm just worried that they think there are too few."
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