In fact, it seems a little too early to say that the battle of Gaozhang has "started" now. A more accurate term would be to "kick off the curtain."
Just three days after Gao pragmatically obtained the status of a student with the result of being the first in the Taoist case, the Gao family's horse team set out from Xinzheng and escorted Gao pragmatically on the road back to Beijing.
There is one more person in the cavalry, that is, Shuai Jiamo, who has just settled the Dingsi silk tax case from Huizhou and has come north to join the imperial examination.
Regarding the use of Shuai Jiamo, Gao Pragmatic's previous consideration was to send him to serve as Gao Guoyan's deputy.
After all, first of all, Shuai Jiamo's original status was not high, he was just a small official in a county; secondly, his formal education was relatively average, and he was just an ordinary student; thirdly, he was not a member of the Gao family, or even a slave of the Gao family.
Being so close is too far.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic doesn't mind these issues very much, but the social status quo of Ming Dynasty is like this. He doesn't meet any of these conditions, and there is nothing worthy of respect or fear in the eyes of others.
If you had been an official before, and now you are in a high position under the eldest young master, everyone would be able to tolerate it. After all, you are a big shot.
It's okay if you are good at academics, Jinshi masters don't dare to think about it, but if you are a high-ranking scholar, everyone can tolerate it. After all, everything is inferior, only studying is high, although they don't know why it is high.
But everyone says it anyway, so I’m used to it.
No matter how bad it is, it doesn't matter if you are a close confidant of the eldest young master, such as Gao Xiaozhuang, and everyone has to tolerate it. It doesn't matter how good a confidant is to the boss. Anyway, he represents the boss. If you don't obey him, it means you don't obey the boss. Then just get out of here.
Come on, why are you talking about those who have some and don’t have them?
Therefore, it is more appropriate to send him as Gao Guoyan's deputy first, because Gao Guoyan himself is responsible for financial accounts and does not directly manage many people. The people he deals with are the top figures in various "enterprises", so he will not be jealous of Shuai Jiamo at every turn.
. And Shuai Jiamo himself is a person who is good at mathematics, and his hobbies and abilities are relatively consistent with Gao Guoyan's, so it is easy for him to have a common language. In addition, he cannot threaten Gao Guoyan's status, and he is not afraid that Gao Guoyan will not use him.
In this way, he can work his way up the qualifications under Gao Guoyan's care, and in two or three years he can be let out to take charge of a business, which can be said to be the best use of talents.
However, this plan had to be temporarily adjusted because of Gao Gong's letter. Gao Gong was actually able to seize the opportunity of Xuzhou's successive embankment breaches, rely on the power of defeating Zhao Zhenji to subdue the opposition in the DPRK, and forcibly cut out the water transportation.
Converting 30% of the expenditure to shipping was a move that was beyond Gao Pragmatic’s expectations.
Of course, Gao Gong himself is a very courageous person, otherwise he would not have set off the momentum for the Longwan Reform. It is just a coincidence that he seized this opportunity. Gao Gong did not seem to do this in the original history. It seems that
It was probably the time before that what he said to Gao Gong had some effect.
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic was somewhat complacent, but he couldn't be happy for more than three seconds, and the problem arose.
Tianjin Port is about to be expanded and reinforced under the auspices of Tianjin Wei. Before his plan to buy land and open a port in Tianjin Port has been implemented, he has ushered in a wave of competitors, which is simply tragic.
Unfortunately, this was a major government matter, and Gao Pragmatic was unable and unwilling to intervene.
His consistent attitude is: while saving the Ming Dynasty, he will take advantage of the east wind to make a small fortune. If he is allowed to make a fortune for himself and ignore the national affairs, this will go against his purpose. After all, as a time traveler,
I am still confident that I have enough means and opportunities to make a fortune. It is pragmatic to enrich the public and enrich the private. That is the Donglin Party who harms the public and enriches the private.
As a result, Gao Pragmatic had to significantly increase the priority of opening Tianjin Port and strive to buy land near the original Tianjin Port as soon as possible.
After all, Tianjin Wei's imperial official port only handles water transportation, and the tasks entrusted to Wei this year are not worth mentioning no matter how efficient they are. A detailed plan is even more like a dream. Therefore, Tianjin Wei's ability to specialize in the port itself is
They can already live up to the imperial food they eat, and they know a lot about the surrounding port facilities.
However, the value of the port supporting business is often higher than the value of the port itself - the imperial water transportation does not pay taxes, what kind of profit can there be? The profit and water are all in transshipment, accommodation, consumption, etc. The high pragmatic purpose is very clear
: Your court doesn’t know how to make this money anyway, so why not just let me do it.
Of course, in addition to secretly getting a share of the imperial water transportation, what Gao Pragmatic valued more was the commercial port plan.
Compared with water transportation, which may disappear due to political reasons, Tianjin Commercial Port, which is planned with high pragmatism, is the real moneymaker. However, because of its relationship with the water transportation of the imperial court, it is based on the principle of not duplicating investment.
, Gao Pragmatic must quickly determine the location of the commercial port - in addition to some of the previous conditions, one must also add that it cannot be too far from the official port.
This is similar to the principle of commercial streets in later generations. The same or similar functional areas should be concentrated as much as possible, and the flow of people with the same purpose can be gathered together in one place, which can produce the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
Gao Pragmatic was already a little short of people, and now things are more urgent. Gao Mengnan alone might be too busy, so he sent Shuai Jiamo there as well. At least this guy has passed the math skills and is proficient in Ming Dynasty rules. He can help in Tianjin.
It would be much easier to buy land or something.
He explained the cause and effect of the matter and his purpose to Shuai Jiamo. Shuai Jiamo was first shocked by Gao Pingshi's boldness in daring to compete with the imperial court for business, and then he couldn't help but admire his business acumen and expressed his admiration for his business acumen. He repeatedly said that he would do a good job
Work hard and never let down the trust of your employer.
That's right, he was not a servant of the Gao family, and Gao Jingshi did not recommend him to become an official in the Yamen, so he could only call Gao Jingshi his boss.
In fact, he was quite excited. Originally, when he was in She County, he was only responsible for settling accounts, not managing them. The money in those figures had nothing to do with his own half a penny. Now that Gao Peng is using him, he is...
For such a large deal, although there is Gao Mengnan at the top, he is also a deputy, so his status is not low.
And according to what his boss told him, Gao Mengnan is in charge of the general affairs, but in terms of finance and legal matters, he, an outsider, has the final say.
Open a port in Tianjin, open a private port! The amount of money that needs to be invested here must be at least one hundred thousand, whether it is hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands depends on the owner's wishes, but for Gao Pragmatic
Shuai Jiamo probably won’t be able to pull off this plan if he doesn’t have 300,000 taels.
You treat me as a nobleman of the country, and I will repay you as a nobleman of the country!
