Chapter 123 Preparing to Return to Beijing (Part 1)
After the banquet was over, Gao pragmatically returned to Xinzheng.
Yu Shenxing gambled his half-life reputation to endorse Gao Pragmatism this time, and the final effect was pretty good. Although seven or eight new imperial examination candidates did go to visit him within ten days, after seeing Gao Pragmatism's ink scroll,
After listening to Yu Shenxing's comments on Gao Pragmatic's article, I could only sigh at myself. In the end, it made the pair of teachers and disciples Yu Shenxing and Gao Pragmatic even more famous.
In fact, in addition to Gao Pragmatic's deep understanding of the essence of imperial examination essays and his ability to always write articles in line with the court's purpose of recruiting scholars, there is also a very critical point: Yu Shenxing became the examiner of this rural examination and Gao Pragmatic's
Words are very beneficial.
Why do you say that? Because Yu Shenxing is the examiner, his examination papers have an advantage that no one else can match: he has accompanied Zhu Yijun to listen to Yu Shenxing's lectures for nearly six years. What kind of things does Yu Shenxing like?
He knows the article clearly!
Therefore, he has great confidence. As long as his test paper is recommended by the room master below, unless Yu Shenxing deliberately deceives him, he will not be afraid of Yu Shenxing not getting it!
Would Yu Shenxing deliberately cheat him? No!
Although Yu Shenxing was Zhang Juzheng's disciple, he dared to stick to his principles and oppose Zhang Juzheng's love despite his father's worries. Even when the ministers were cowering, he still went to visit Zhang Juzheng who was imprisoned because of Shangshu's impeachment.
Liu Tai (a protégé of Zhang Juzheng) ended up angering Zhang Juzheng.
But if this is the case, it still cannot explain Yu Shenxing's character. After he angered Zhang Juzheng, although he was not dismissed or demoted, he was still frozen in his original position without any promotion. However, when Zhang Juzheng died and was liquidated, Yu Shenxing
Shen Xing stood up again and wrote a letter to Qiu Li, who was in charge of the liquidation, asking him to take care of Zhang Juzheng's eighty-year-old mother and underage son. In the end, due to various reasons, Qiu Li was retained by the Zhang family.
A home and enough land to support a family.
Later, Yu Shenxing became the Minister of Rites, but he had a falling out with Wanli because of the dispute over the country. Yu Shenxing was still upset and said to Zhu Yijun: "The matter of registration is the responsibility of the ministers. If I don't say anything, I will be derelict in my duty."
.Please Your Majesty make a decision quickly, otherwise I would rather abandon my official position and return home."
However, Zhu Yijun was also very stubborn, so he scolded Yu Shenxing for being "suspicious" and "confused the country's foundation", and had all the officials of the Ministry of Rites, big and small, suspended their salaries. At this time, the Shandong Rural Examination Questions Leaking Incident occurred. In fact, in theory, this incident
The matter had little to do with Yu Shenxing - greatness is a leadership responsibility, but Yu Shenxing still took the initiative to take the blame and resign. Zhu Yijun was angry with him at the time, and with a stroke of his pen, he allowed him to retire to his hometown.
It can be seen that Yu Shenxing is a truly principled person. He is not a person who just wants to be an official or just for fame. Therefore, when he feels that his article is successful enough, he will not write it.
Other factors will be taken into consideration and it will definitely be the right one.
As for Yu Shenxing's later risking his own reputation to endorse Gao Shenxing's article, Gao Shenxing was not very sure of Yu Shenxing's idea. Maybe Yu Shenxing was simply confident about the article; maybe Yu Shenxing was
Worry about being slandered and proving one's innocence may be due to various reasons.
But no matter what, this matter developed in the best direction, and Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but have some respect for his teacher.
Xinzheng, Longwen Yayuan, on the high wall next to the Southeast Waterside Pavilion, Gao Pragmatic and his mother Zhang are walking.
Standing on this high wall of more than ten meters (after conversion), Gao Pragmatic looked at the scenery of the Shuangji River outside and told his mother about his time schedule.
Gao's pragmatic arrangement was to return to Beijing early, but Mrs. Zhang was a little unhappy and said, "Spring is in February, and you don't need to catch the bus, so why go in such a hurry?"
Of course, the public bus does not refer to public transportation, but a preferential system for candidates to go to Beijing to take the exam. This system has been stipulated as early as the Hongwu period: Anyone who wishes to participate in the examination must first submit an application letter to the state and county, and the state and county will submit it to the government.
, the government submits it to the province, and after approval, it is still issued by the provincial government to the prefectures and counties, and is handed over to the individual for collection. This message is also called "public document", and then the government calculates the distance and issues the toll. After arriving in Beijing, it is paid together with the rural examination text.
The Ministry of Rites submits applications for the examination, and the Ministry of Rites prepares and prints the test papers.
Since Juren travels from his hometown to the capital, there are carriages and boats provided by the inns along the way, which is called "supply of foot power", also known as a bus, so Juren will also be called on the bus when he will take the exam.
Guo Pu has been in charge of the reform of the post station for several years, reforming many projects, and did not dare to introduce the bus system for people to go to Beijing to take the exam, so the current bus system is still operating normally.
Gao pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "Mother, I brought hundreds of servants with me, so naturally I can't get on the bus. But I returned to Beijing early not because I was afraid of missing the Spring Festival, but because there are a lot of things in Beijing... You also know, don't look at it
My son has two large properties in Henan, but his real foundation is actually in the capital."
This is for sure. Mrs. Zhang helps her son manage the industries in Henan and is naturally aware of her son's investment in the capital. Not to mention other things, the three major factories in Kaiping are located in Yongping Prefecture, more than 200 miles east of the capital.
Nearby, although it is not the most profitable industry under Gao Pingshi's name, it is the industry with the largest investment.
Gao Pragmatic's most profitable industry has now changed. The soap that was the "first pot of gold" in the early years is no longer in a period of explosive development, but has entered a stage of gentle development. Its profits were initially captured by Cao Gan's Jinghua Caravan.
It was surpassed and later surpassed by Tianjin Port. Now, it can be regarded as completely "retreating to the second line".
Cao Gan's Jinghua Caravan has now been renamed Jinghua Trading Company. It is already a giant "trading company" in the North, stretching from Liaodong in the east to Gansu in the west. As long as "import and export trade" is allowed on the border of the Ming Dynasty
Jinghua Trading Company is found in all places.
Even left-wing Mongolia and Jinghua Trading Company, which are still theoretically hostile to the Ming Dynasty, are quietly implementing a highly pragmatic "Mongolian luxury" strategy, smuggling and transporting large amounts of silk and gold to Chahanhot (where the left-wing Mongolian sweat camp is located) every year.
Silver and jade wares, high-end fur products (the left-wing Mongolian handicraft industry is negligible compared to the Ming Dynasty), and various exquisite and expensive gadgets, such as snuff bottles.
Anyway, in a nutshell: specializes in selling luxury goods - right-wing Mongolia has been "corrupted" by me to the point of being "corrupted". Of course, you left-wingers must follow suit. Otherwise, if you attack right-wing Mongolia in the future, won't I have to send troops to rescue you?
Him? How bad that is!
I am a person who holds high the banner of national unity, how can I let you demolish me? Therefore, you brothers must go hand in hand, hand in hand, and walk side by side into a well-off society, a river crab society, so that all my hard work will not be in vain!
However, although Jinghua Trading Co., Ltd. has developed extremely rapidly, it is not without rivals in various industries under the name of Gao Pingshi.
