Chapter 040 The road to relief station is sparse (Part 2)
Gao pragmatic thought about these issues over and over for many times, and came down to almost every station he passed along the way to understand the situation personally. This behavior made Guo Pu, who was traveling with him, see it and always regarded it with suspicion.
As a high-pragmatic person, he did not ask for bribes from the inns, which Guo Pu could understand. Not only did he not ask for bribes, he even paid to reward and subsidize the inns along the way, which made Guo Pu even more satisfied. Although the reward money was also
It wasn't much. The average reward for each post station was only about twenty taels of silver, no more than thirty taels. However, since there were many post stations along the way, Gao Pragmatic still spent four to five hundred taels of silver.
Of course Guo Pu knows that Gao Jingshi is rich, but through Gao Jingshi's last article "There is a Way to Make Money", coupled with Guo Pu's understanding of what Gao Jingshi has done in the past year and more, and his own eyes during this period
From what he observed, Guo Pu did not think that Gao Pragmatic was a rich man who spent money lavishly.
From this, Guo Pu concluded in his heart that being pragmatic and rewarding along the way must have something in mind.
At first Guo Pu thought that Gao Pragmatism was just a simple invitation to buy people's hearts. After all, the post station served many officials along the way. The people at the post station were ordinary people themselves, and they also had to contact ordinary people. Through their mouths, many officials could be persuaded.
Knowing Gao Shidu's generosity will also let many people know that Gao Shidu is honest and kind, which really kills two birds with one stone.
But this does not explain Gao Pragmatic's unusual behavior of personally chatting with the people at the inn every time he went to one of the inns.
After all, Gao's pragmatic family background is here, and his current reputation among scholars is not bad. Looking at it horizontally and vertically, there is no need to condescend to talk to these people - even if there is something to know, send the following
Isn't it possible to go alone? You, Gao Shidu, have 200 people under your command, and the head servant named Gao Jue doesn't seem to be a fool. Can't you handle this matter?
Therefore, Guo Pu's interest grew and grew, and he often specially observed Gao Pragmatic's actions. Until one day, after Gao Pragmatic talked with the people at the Xuanhua Horse Station in accordance with the custom along the way, he stood alone in the pavilion in the courtyard.
Gao Pu was writing and drawing on his desk, but Guo Pu suddenly appeared and asked Gao pragmatically what he was doing during this time.
Somewhat unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic had no intention of hiding anything. Instead, he respectfully invited Guo Pu into the pavilion, pointed to a stack of manuscripts on the table and told him that he was doing a very complicated calculation.
Technical questions.
Guo Pu had some knowledge of mathematics, but he was not expert in it. Hearing this, he just subconsciously picked up a few pieces of manuscript paper to read.
This was incredible. Except for a few Chinese characters here and there, most of them were "ghost-painted peach charms" that he couldn't understand at all.
Gao Pragmatic naturally told Guo Pu about the Arabic numerals again, and then told him that he was calculating the current approximate cost of Ming Dynasty's national post stations and the actual cost required to maintain operations.
Guo Pu was startled at first, then surprised, and asked: "You want to clean up the post station?"
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: It is convenient to talk to smart people. Look at the word they use - purge! How professionally this word is used.
If you say "reform" in the Ming Dynasty, everyone will actually understand it, but generally it will not be used in this way. It will usually be replaced by "reform", but in fact, "reform" is not a word that can be casually announced in ancient society.
word.
Historically, both Gao Gong and later Zhang Juzheng were very repulsive to this word - it’s hard to say whether they really repelled it, but at least they were very repulsive in their words and writings.
Because "obeying the ancestral system" is very important in any dynasty. To a certain extent, "obeying the ancestral system" is the basis for demonstrating one's own legal principles. If everyone does not abide by the ancestral system, then how can the emperor inherit the legacy of the previous emperor?
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Therefore, this is actually a very, very principled issue. Not everyone dares to say such fatal words as Aoxiangong Wang Anshi, "There is no fear of changes in the sky, no law for the ancestors, and no sympathy for the words of people."
Even though Gao Pragmatic actually appreciates these three sentences very much and admires Wang Anshi's fearless reform spirit, he does not dare to imitate them easily - at least now, even if he has a hundred hearts and a leopard's courage, he dare not.
With his current reputation, does he dare to compare with Wang Anshi back then? He is ten blocks behind in carrying shoes. What's more, the political environment of the Ming Dynasty is also very different from that of the Song Dynasty. Let's not talk about anything else. At least I am not the emperor of the Song Dynasty.
The minister was killed with a stick from the court.
What about the Ming Dynasty? As long as the emperor doesn't care about his face and his posthumous reputation, he will be killed with a stick.
Therefore, one of the troubles with reform in the Ming Dynasty is that no matter how you change it, you have to find a reason to say that this is not actually a "reform", but just a correction. In fact, what I do is truly following the original intention of my ancestors...
As for whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway.
Therefore, Guo Pu was particular about using a neutral or even slightly positive word: purge.
Since it is a purge, it means that the ancestral settings will not be changed, but the problems accumulated during so many years of operation of the station will be corrected. This is naturally a matter of course and is completely a good thing.
Gao Pragmatic even thought of the "rectification movement" because of this word, and he was about to move in his heart, but he suppressed this impulse forcefully - he was not qualified to make such a big movement.
At that moment, Gao Pragmatic calmed down and gave a quick but comprehensive introduction to his thoughts.
When Guo Pu heard this at first, he didn't care much. After all, there was a problem with the station system, and the problem was not small. This was a common concern of many courtiers. How Gao Pragmatic realized this problem was not important. Maybe it was just
Have you ever heard Gao Gong mention it?
But the more he heard about it, the more serious Guo Pu's face became, because he discovered that Gao Pragmatic was not just a whim.
During the introduction, Gao Pingshi not only described the actual situation of the station system in detail - which he had personally investigated along the way - but also carefully analyzed the reasons for these problems, and finally explained his thoughts one by one.
The solution came out.
Except for asking for details in some places, Guo Pu didn't interrupt him at all. It wasn't until Gao Pingshi finished speaking that he nodded with satisfaction and said: "You are very respectful in your work, even more meticulous than him."
It seems that although you are overly calculating, this overly calculating style is also very beneficial if used in the right direction."
It’s hard to take the word “high pragmatism” seriously.
Guo Pu waved his hand and said: "Your analysis is very reasonable. Even if you let me do it, I may not think about it in more detail than you. However, has the result of your calculation been calculated? If the court really follows your plan,
If we change...well, if we implement purges, will it increase the expenses for the court, making it unable to afford it?"
Gao pragmatically said calmly but resolutely: "No."
Guo Pu glanced at him and said calmly: "You have already gone to the Imperial College once when you were in Datong. I think you can go to the Imperial Academy again this time. Although you are no longer an imperial envoy, you are still in the Hanlin Academy in name.
, In our Ming Dynasty, no one dares to say that Hanlin academic officials are not qualified to be a scholar. I have already thought of the name of this essay for you, it is called "Shu Yi Lu Shu". "