Chapter 284 General Bai Kui (Forty) Instructions (Part 2)
Gao Pragmatic didn't pay too much attention to Wang Tingzhuan's slightly exaggerated praise, and just continued to add: "How to do these accounts specifically, and how accurate each material needs to be, considering that you have not had a corresponding staff team before.
, so I have specially prepared a group of people for you, all of whom have studied in the Finance Department of Jinghua Craftsman School. When the time comes, you can pick a dozen of them and take them to Gansu."
"Liantang." When Gao Pingshi said this, he suddenly became serious again. He looked at Wang Tingzhuan seriously and said: "The relationship between you and me is extraordinary, and I don't want to mince words. These people are sent to you, not
I want to interfere with your work in Gansu, but the matter is serious. Without the help of such a group of professionals, even if I went to Ganzhou in person, I would not be able to accomplish so many things in three months. So, I hope you
Please be considerate and don’t misunderstand me.”
Wang Tingzhuan was indeed a little unhappy when he heard that Gao Pragmatic asked him to take so many people to Gansu to take office. This is because according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, a local official may not be personally responsible for much "business work", and even more
Most of the time they just provide a general direction, and the staff are often the ones who really do things for the officer.
Therefore, the higher the official position, the greater the real power in the hands of his staff. At this moment, Gao Pragmatic directly asked him to bring "more than a dozen" "staff teams" trained by Jinghua, so Wang Tingzhuan basically did not have to bring him.
What kind of staff is this? It means that if this staff group is willing, they can easily sideline him.
However, Gao Pragmatic directly pointed out this matter, and the nature is different. What kind of person Gao Pragmatic is, Wang Tingzhuan is basically sure when he asks himself. Simply put, this is a capable minister with great ideals.
In Wang Tingzhuan's view, Gao Pragmatic must have wanted to carry out a major reform with huge and far-reaching impact, but he learned the lesson of Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty and did not launch a lot of reform measures at once, while making social changes.
The reform was difficult to adapt to at all levels, and on the one hand, it made the old interest groups want to eat its flesh. In the end, the reform was aborted due to problems caused by some personnel errors, and it was later regarded as a typical example of "nonsense" reform for a long time.
In Wang Tingzhuan's eyes, being pragmatic is not only lofty ideals, but also deep and able to hide things in his heart. This is very important. The more a person wants to do big things, the more he must be able to hide his things in his heart. If he has any ideas, he should tolerate them.
People who never stop shouting are always the most unreliable. If you make friends with such people, or even have a heart-to-heart relationship with them, then no matter whether you are active or passive, intentional or unintentional, there is a high probability that they will trick you sooner or later.
Gao Pragmatic never talks about the final idea of his reform, but always launches the right reform at the right time. And when you think he just sees the opportunity and takes action, you look back and find that he has already done this.
Layout for many years.
This is so amazing, even terrifying. Because it means that when you don't even notice the signs of the problem, he has already thought of a solution and deployed his power in advance. Only when the problem appears, he
Can be solved easily.
What level of "great doctor" is this? This is the level of Bian Que's eldest brother, but he chose the right time for his second brother to take action!
Bian Que, his eldest brother, tried to find a way to prevent you from getting sick before you got sick; his second brother, Bian Que, easily stopped you from getting seriously ill as soon as you had symptoms and were still in the mild stage of the illness.
The reason why Gao Pragmatic could not choose to be "Big Brother Bian Que" was because the cause of the disease did not occur in his era, so he could only solve it immediately when the disease occurred. However, considering his advance arrangements, it is conceivable that he was actually
He did what the second brother did at the level of the eldest brother, and there was no need to wait until he got seriously ill like Bian Que before taking action.
Great ideals and strong abilities, this is Wang Tingzhuan's evaluation of Gao Pragmatism. In addition, there is another most critical issue: Gao Pragmatism really seems to have no selfish motives. To be honest, this is what Wang Tingzhuan cannot understand the most.
a little.
For thousands of years in China, everyone has heard high-sounding words, but how many people can you find who are dedicated to serving the public good?
Yes, Gao Pragmatic is now the richest man in the world. It seems a bit awkward to say that he is "wholeheartedly serving the public", but if you really think about it carefully, you can't help but raise another question: He really built this Beijing to make money for himself.
?
How much has Jinghua accomplished in the past twenty years, and how much contribution did it make to the Ming Dynasty’s “Wanli ZTE”?
Without Jinghua, would the Ming Dynasty have been able to intimidate Mongolia's new cavalry army after years of training? Without Jinghua, would the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of musketeers and artillery have fallen from the sky? Without Jinghua, today, every year
Did the maritime trade on a scale of tens of millions of taels and the court's annual income of millions of taels arise out of thin air? Without Jinghua, would the trade exchanges between the north, south, east and west be as prosperous as they are today? Without Jinghua... it is simply unimaginable!
However, even so, Gao Pragmatic hit Jinghua harder than anyone else! The most direct evidence is that Jinghua pays the highest proportion of taxes in the country every year, and the total amount is naturally the highest in the country!
How high is it? It’s basically the same as Nanzhili, the richest city in the Ming Dynasty! What is this concept? You know, the autumn grain tax of Nanzhili accounts for nearly a quarter of the entire Ming Dynasty!
[Note: According to the original historical data of the sixth year of Wanli (1578), the proportion of autumn grain in South Zhili accounted for 23% of the country's total. The reason why we do not talk about summer grain is that, firstly, the proportion of summer grain in South Zhili was as high as 20.49%. Secondly,
This is because summer grain is not the main force, autumn grain is. Of course, the tax arrears in the south are relatively more serious than in the north, and the actual payment may be slightly different. But at least from the available data, the statement "nearly a quarter" should be problematic
Not big.]
One Jinghua paid almost as much tax as the entire Southern Zhili in a year. If this tax rate was placed on other people and other families, it could be said to be ruining the family and the country! But what did Gao Pragmatic say?
Is it? No.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Not only is there no such exaggerated tax rate, he even added it step by step himself. It is the only one in the country, and there is no semicolon. And this is why no one has ever done so.
The most pragmatic reason for impeaching Gao is the issue of "money".
His family paid the tax of one Nanzhili, but he never caused any social unrest, and even attracted many people to make a fortune with him. How can he be impeached? A dog bites a hedgehog, and there is no way to bite it.
Since he was such a person, Wang Tingzhuan naturally knew that Gao Jingshi asked him to take Jinghua's staff to Gansu because Gao Jingshi wanted to make something famous. The reason why Wang Tingzhuan was a little unhappy at first was actually because he felt that Gao Jingshi was like this
Doing it means not believing in your own abilities.
However, Gao Pragmatic, like a prophet who predicts the future, took the initiative to give him a clue: "Even if I went to Ganzhou in person, I wouldn't be able to accomplish so many things in three months."
After saying this, Wang Tingzhuan's anger suddenly subsided - the world's number one financial manager has said that if he doesn't bring these people, he won't be able to do it himself. In this case, I, Wang, will bring these people.
It’s only natural!
"Yuan Fu, don't worry. I will naturally understand the truth." Wang Tingzhuan calmed down, and naturally got off the donkey, followed the trend, and then asked: "So, what is the third thing Yuan Fu said?"
Gao pragmatic took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and said in a deep voice: "The third thing is to define the rights and responsibilities of the three important personnel in this battle."
Wang Tingzhuan was shocked when he heard this, and secretly felt something bad. He glanced at Xiong Tingbi next to him, but saw that Xiong Tingbi looked calm instead, so he looked back and asked Gao pragmatically: "What is Yuan Fu's decision?"
Gao pragmatism solemnly said: "How the frontline army fights, the power and responsibility are all in Xingwu (Liu Wei); the rear military supplies are provided with food and grass, the power and responsibility are in Liantang; in the local area, the military discipline, power, and responsibility are all in Feibai."
Without waiting for Wang Tingzhuan and Xiong Tingbi to ask questions, Gao Pragmatic continued: "The so-called rights and responsibilities are nothing more than those under the orders. For example, if the front line is not fought well, as long as the supply of Liantang is guaranteed at this time, Feibai will be gone.
To keep the discipline in order, I will only hold Liu Shengwu responsible for the failure of the war. As for the contributions of the two of you, they will not be less than they should be, and they will not be affected by Liu Shengwu.
On the other hand, if Liantang cannot supply the supplies Liu Shengwu needs on the front line in full, and ends up losing the battle, then the first crime will be yours, Liantang, and Liu Shengwu will be the second crime; and if military discipline is not good and some violations of our military orders occur
If you do something wrong, no matter whether you win or lose, or Fei Bai, you will not be able to escape the blame."
Xiong Tingbi originally wanted to wait for Wang Tingzhuan to express his position first, but Wang Tingzhuan seemed to be lost in thought and did not speak for a while.
He was worried that if he got cold feet, Yuan Fu would not look good on his face, so he spoke first: "Ting Bi is here, and he has already made preparations to wrap his body in horse leather. Since he is not afraid of death, he is naturally not afraid of killing people. Since Yuan Fu said this today
Knowing this, Tingbi dared to issue a military order: If military discipline is broken in this battle, I will kill those who commit crimes and violate laws first, and then ask Yuan Fu to kill me!"
Xiong Tingbi said these words categorically. Gao Pragmatic slapped the table and praised loudly: "Okay, you are responsible! However, the military laws you have to follow on this trip are different from ordinary ones. I will send someone to lead my troops there later."
I will give you a copy of the military order at that time, just follow it."
Gao Jingshi had his own set of military orders, and Xiong Tingbi knew this. Not only did he know it, but he almost remembered it - because Gao Jingshi's military orders were not only not complicated, they were even less stringent than the court's military law.
The military law of the Ming Dynasty is extremely strict. At a glance, you can see all kinds of "cutting", "cutting", and "cutting". For example, when the general is lecturing on the stage, the soldiers below turn their heads and look back, let alone whispering to each other.
At a glance, it was all "killed as a rule".
The question is, if your military law is as severe as this, is it really highly enforceable? Obviously not. Maybe it can be done roughly in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but if you wait ten or twenty years, this system will
It will definitely become a piece of paper, and no one will care about it in the end.
Because no one can lead troops according to this system at all - who knows that one night he will be beheaded by his soldiers while sleeping. It's very strange.
Gao Pragmatic's military management policy is extremely "lenient". There are very few crimes that need to be punished, and there are not many crimes to be punished. On the contrary, many items that are considered serious crimes according to the original military law have become either serious crimes under Gao Pragmatic's policy.
It has become a "confinement for a certain (different) day", or it has become a "fine of a certain (varying) two silver coins", or even cleaning the toilets of the headquarters (up to the company level) for a month.
It seems that this punishment is quite light and may even sound like a joke to a layman. However, in fact it is quite the opposite. There are always very few disciplinary violations in the highly pragmatic military.
The reason is actually very simple. In the past, it was almost difficult to implement those who asked for execution. Everyone has long been accustomed to not taking it seriously. Most of the discipline violations in the highly pragmatic military were just confinement and fines, which didn't seem to be a big deal.
However, confinement is difficult to enforce during wartime, so it is usually converted into a fine. Fines are very simple to implement, but they are really deadly - if you make a small mistake, you will be fined one or two silver at every turn.
The last few times I've worked for nothing this month, that's terrible - I'm really working hard to make money, how can I survive such indiscretion!
And when you get used to the military tenet of "no disobeying orders in the high-ranking army", some minor mistakes that you didn't take seriously at first were corrected by you with fear after being fined several times, and then you will naturally form good behavioral habits over time.
.Three people make up a crowd. When everyone is like this, the atmosphere of an army will change drastically and it will be completely new from now on.
Therefore, Gao's pragmatic attitude has always been clear: laws do not need to be too harsh, but enforcement must be very strict.
The significance of the existence of military law is to enable the army to enforce orders and prohibitions and to have a behavioral style suitable for war, not to kill one's own soldiers. On the contrary, killing one's own soldiers at every turn will only create a gap between officers and soldiers
, and even irreparable rifts.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Over time, once something happens and the officers are unable to suppress it, isn't it natural for the soldiers to gather together and mutiny? And this in turn continues to deepen the conflict between the two sides.
Contradictions lead to mutual wariness and no trust at all.
At this moment, Wang Tingzhuan suddenly spoke: "According to what Yuan Fu said, I will be stationed in Ganzhou for this Western Expedition, while Liu Sheng and I are far away in the Western Regions. The two sides are thousands of miles apart, so naturally it is not convenient for me to control it remotely. This is the title of the title.
I have no objection to it being the right thing to do."
Gao pragmatically breathed a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly Wang Tingzhuan continued: "However, I suddenly had some understanding of the three important things that Yuan Fu identified, and I wanted to tell him and ask Yuan Fu to listen to see if he was wrong.
"
These words aroused Gao Pingshi's interest, and he said with a smile: "Liantang, please tell me, I will tell you everything I know."
"The first thing is to clear up the arrears. In the final analysis, this has only one purpose: to stabilize the morale of the people and the military in Gansu, so that the local people and the local guards are willing to support sending troops.
The second thing is to organize armaments. This is to clarify one's own strength on the premise that the local people's morale and military morale have been guaranteed, so as to determine follow-up supplies and ensure frontline combat effectiveness.
The third thing is to determine the rights and responsibilities. This is to clarify the respective responsibilities of the three major members, ensure that the rights of the three major members do not infringe on each other, and the responsibilities of the three major members do not sit on each other (sitting together), put an end to mutual blame, mutual slander, etc., and work together to achieve the goal
Expedition to the West."
Gao Pangshi was quite pleased to hear this and was about to speak when Wang Tingzhuan continued to summarize: "In other words, first the people are stabilized and the army is stabilized, then the momentum is prepared for attack, and finally the civil and military forces work together and the army goes out for battle - I don't know what Yuan Fu thinks of this official.
How many percent will you win?”
"Ten percent!" Gao Pragmatic held his hands and laughed, saying: "Seeing this in Liantang, I have no worries about this battle!"
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