The "accidental encounter" between Gao Jingshi and Princess Yongning happened after discussing the price of the Wanli Type 1 musket with Zhu Yijun.
This incident gave Zhu Yijun an excellent excuse - he asked Gao pragmatic to go out for a walk, while he stayed in the Bingzhan Bureau with Chen Ju to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this type of musket with the eunuchs in charge of the Bingzhan Bureau, including
The price.
Because in this way, even if he was discovered by the Empress Dowager Cisheng afterwards, he could still evade that he was talking about business. The reason why he asked Gao Jingshi to go out for a walk was just because it was not easy to discuss the matter in front of Gao Jingshi - the discussion was reduced.
Price, wouldn't it mean that the emperor was competing for profit with his ministers? What a bad influence it would have if it were said.
All in all, it would be best if the matter is not leaked. Even if it is leaked, it will be a complete accident. There is absolutely no inside story. If you say there is no secret, there will be no, and you will not admit it even if you die.
It can be seen that Zhu Yijun is really a talented player when it comes to pretending to be an ostrich.
When Gao pragmatic "accidentally met" Princess Yongning, she was watching the scenery of the Central Sea from the west of Chongzhi Hall in Jiaoyuan (renamed Wanshan Hall in Tatar and Qing Dynasties).
It is absolutely reasonable to come to this place to enjoy the scenery, because this is the place where the so-called "Taiye Autumn Wind" is the second of the eight scenic spots in Yanjing, except that the Shuiyun Pavilion built by Kang Mazi is missing.
However, at this time, "Taiye Autumn Wind" is not used to describe the scenery here.
"Taiye Autumn Wind" refers to the autumn scenery of Taiye Pond. Later generations can watch the Shuiyun Pavilion on the Beihai Bridge, but they are not allowed to take pictures. Tuancheng in Beihai Park is the best place to watch and leave the beautiful autumn scenery of Shuiyun Pavilion and Taiye.
The scenery of this place was called Taiye Autumn Wind in the Jin Dynasty, Taiye Autumn Waves in the Yuan Dynasty, Taiye Qingbo in the Ming Dynasty, and Taiye Qingbo in the Kang Mazi period of the Qing Dynasty. By Qianlong, this guy probably reminded me of the Jin Dynasty.
She was also a Jurchen, so she was also called Taiye Qiufeng.
"Eight Scenes of Yanjing" says: "The weather is clear, the sun and the moon are rippling, and the ripples are clear and lovely, so it is called Taiye Qingbo." Wang Fu, a great painter in the early Ming Dynasty, once painted the picture "Taiye Qingbo".
Gao Pragmatic had only learned a little sketching in his previous life, and his skills in Chinese painting were poor. It was impossible to paint this beautiful scenery. He could only pretend to walk to the fence, and then pretend that he had just seen the graceful Princess Yongning over there.
He stepped forward and bowed, saying: "I have met Her Highness the Princess."
"I really hope you don't have to pay me such a courtesy." Princess Yongning, the little girl in Gao Pragmatic's memory, spoke very directly today. She said, "Is Mr. Gao very reluctant to come to see me?"
"Where did your Highness start with these words?" Gao Pingshi smiled bitterly and said: "I have only met Her Highness the Princess a few times, and there is no conflict. How can I not want to meet Her Highness the Princess? It's just...
The status of the minister and His Highness are very different, and there is a huge gap between heaven and earth. How can we see each other on ordinary days?"
Princess Yongning is only fifteen years old, but she is already quite mature, but there is still a little childishness between her eyebrows. She originally looked melancholy, but after hearing Gao Pingshi's words, she seemed to be better, but there is still something unspeakable.
Pain is hidden between the eyebrows.
Regardless of whether there was anyone around here secretly watching, at least there were only the two of them in front of him. Therefore, Gao Pragmatic couldn't look directly. He took a brief look and lowered his eyes, looking at the ground not far from the princess's feet.
"Why don't Mr. Gao dare to look at me?" After a moment of silence, Princess Yongning asked.
Gao pragmatically said: "I'm afraid it's rude."
"Haha..." Princess Yongning smiled bitterly: "Yes, I'm afraid it's rude. It's also rude for me to ask the emperor brother to find Mr. Gao today. I think Mr. Gao no longer knows how to ridicule and despise him in his heart."
"The princess is overly worried, how dare I?" Gao pragmatically said, then thought about it, saying it seemed too perfunctory, and added: "Actually, I just don't understand why the princess did this."
"Don't you understand?" Princess Yongning said, "Still you don't want to understand?"
This...what's going on with this princess? Isn't this embarrassing me? Can I still say that you came to me because you like me? I have a good head and don't want to move yet.
Although the princess of the Ming Dynasty did not have any real power and was even very miserable, because the ethics of the Ming Dynasty were here, as a minister, if he dared to insult the princess, the crime would still be very serious.
Gao pragmatic sighed and said: "I am stupid."
Princess Yongning now smiled and asked: "Are you stupid? Then tell me, are there any smart people in the world? Yongning would like to meet them."
Gao pragmatically said: "There are so many smart people in the world..."
"How many real leaders have been there for two hundred years?" Princess Yongning interrupted.
"Uh..." Gao Pingshi hesitated for a moment and said, "This is an exaggerated compliment from His Majesty and cannot be taken seriously."
"Who can start from scratch and make tens of millions of dollars in ten years, yet still get the reputation of being a Buddha among thousands of families?"
"This... it has a lot to do with my family background and identity, and it is not just based on my personal abilities."
"Who can single-handedly persuade the Guangxi chieftains who have always listened to orders but not propaganda to send out troops? With a mere 50,000 to 60,000 people, they can sweep through Annan without a single defeat. They can also surrender Annan's army, and also make Annan's people subdued.
Don’t you dare to cause chaos?”
"This matter is complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few words. Firstly, Annan may not be convinced and will need to continue to monitor in the future; secondly, the so-called sweeping of Annan is largely not the result of my command, but Annan is no longer the Annan of the past.
If the wood is smooth on the surface but rotten on the inside, it will fall down naturally with just a gentle push."
Princess Yongning couldn't help but smile and said: "Listening to what you said, it seems that these achievements are all coming to you...as if I want to see you?"
Gao Pingshi almost choked to death. He opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment before saying, "Princess is joking."
"After my sister got married last year, I have been thinking about whether it would be better if I was not a princess." She said quietly: "But I also thought that if I were not a princess, I'm afraid I would never be with you in this life.
When we meet, how can we think of these things?"
Gao Pragmatic couldn't answer, so he had to remain silent.
"The queen mother has ordered Chen Hong to be responsible for choosing a consort for me." After a while, Princess Yongning said again.
"Congratulations to the princess." Gao pragmatically said: "Chen Zhangyin is mature and prudent, and he will definitely find a good match for the princess."
"Beautiful couple... Oh, if I have to refuse you again and again, I would rather be with the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha than being an imperial couple like me, Ming Dynasty, facing each other across the river."
There is such a rule in the family rules of the Ming Dynasty royal family: after the princess gets married, an older female official must be assigned to her to manage all the affairs of the princess's palace. However, the princess who is nominally married only spends her time in the princess's palace.
On the night of the wedding, they had to move back to the special palace in the harem. Only the consort lived in the empty princess mansion.
If the princess wants to meet the consort, the consort must rush into the palace to meet her. However, most of these old female officials have twisted minds. What they can't stand the most is the intimate scene between the princess and the consort.
Therefore, if the prince-in-law wants to enter the palace to meet the princess and enjoy the love of husband and wife, he will definitely encounter all kinds of difficulties from this "housekeeper" old female official.
Under normal circumstances, if the princess and the prince-in-law do not spend a large amount of real money as bribes, they will not be able to pass their test and will not be able to see their husbands or wives.
This is what Princess Yongning said about "facing each other across the river" - she refers to the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting once a year, which is similar to the situation of the princesses of the Ming Dynasty.
Because although princesses are routinely given land by the emperor, for example, last year the eldest princess Zhu Yao'e of Shouyang was given 2,500 hectares of land by Zhu Yijun, but this land was not really given to her, but was managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs, who took the land.
The converted money and goods should be paid to the princess. However, there is no guarantee that the money will be fully received - it’s a joke. Officials in the Ming Dynasty often failed to get all their salaries. Why should your princess’s converted money be sure to be received on time and in amount? We can’t, either.
If you don’t say no and don’t give, it’s just that we can’t get it together for the time being.
This was the situation in the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor could only stare blankly when hearing such things.
Fortunately, the eldest princess of Shouyang was very lucky. Her consort Hou Gongchen was selected by Gao Jingshi and lived in Gao Mansion for a long time. Because of this reputation, the female officials in the harem did not know that Hou Gongchen and Gao Jingshi were
How close their relationship is with Gao Shidu, but they obviously know how powerful Gao Shidu is in the inner court - Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju in the inner court are ten years old friends with Gao Shidu.
I don't think it's a big deal at first, but if I offend these two people, it will be very bad.
Therefore, the blackmail of Princess Shouyang by the female officials was relatively light. Although Hou Gongchen was a pauper, the money on Princess Shouyang's hand was barely enough for her to meet Hou Gongchen two or three times a month.
But Princess Yongning does not have this blessing. The Empress Dowager Cisheng has decided to put Chen Hong in charge of this matter - it is said that Chen Hong himself took the initiative to ask for it - the eunuchs did this just to make money, then they will never do it again
A situation like that of Hou Gongchen occurs.
In other words, Princess Yongning's future consort will not be able to impress the female officials. Who knows how useful her 2,500 hectares of land can be used.
However, she didn't want to marry the consort she had never met. It wasn't that important to her, she just felt aggrieved when she thought about it.
But she couldn't change, so she felt even more miserable.
Gao Qingshi was helpless. He suffered enough from what happened last time. Now that the Empress Dowager Cisheng was personally intervening, he didn't even dare to come out and ask for a beating.
As for the broken system of the Ming Dynasty, it was a good thing done by Zhu Yuanzhang, the patriarchal emperor. His sons were messing around outside, and most of them just issued imperial edicts to scold him, but he had no requirements for his daughters.
It is countless times stricter. For example, if a consort is involved in smuggling - a son might just scold him and the matter would be over, but a son-in-law would just lose his head, no matter how much the daughter pleads for mercy, it will be useless.
Moreover, the fundamental reason why he established this system is to prevent some royal scandals like the princesses of the Han and Tang Dynasties, or even threaten the imperial power like Princess Taiping, so even someone with his status as Gao Pragmatic cannot get involved in this matter.
Mouth.
Seeing that he was silent again, Princess Yongning's eyes became even more bitter, and said: "I don't want to see that prince-in-law anyway. I will live in the palace after the wedding, and there is no use in converting the land.
Princess Yongning said: "As for the converted silver, I would like to ask Mr. Gao to help me do some business. Even if it is... well, in the words of Jinghua, it is called 'shareholding'? I don't know how much money it will be, either.
I don’t know how Jinghua’s accounts are settled, but I trust Mr. Gao’s character, so I’ll leave everything to Mr. Gao, what do you think?”
Huh? According to what you say, it’s useless for you to ask for money, so what else are you investing in?
Gao Pingshi didn't understand, but he still agreed, saying: "This... I can agree, but if it's a shareholding, I still have to say something."
"Say it."
"Normally speaking, there will be dividends every year after buying shares, but if there is a loss, Jinghua will not compensate for the loss."
Princess Yongning didn't care at all: "Beijing has lost money, so that's a huge amount of money. If I lose this little money, I'll lose it. At most, it's all over. You can't let me pay back... Whatever."
"
Oh? Little girl, you are very open-minded.
"Furthermore, generally speaking, only dividends are paid after buying shares. If you want to withdraw capital to withdraw the capital, you usually have to explain it in advance - of course, if the amount of your highness's shareholding is not large, I can make the decision and let you withdraw the capital at any time.
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Princess Yongning said: "I don't have much use for asking for money. I just see that there are always disasters in various places in recent years, and I plan to take advantage of Mr. Gao's success to make some money, so that I will not be unable to get the money when the harem donates funds for disaster relief in the future. The queen mother often said,
Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. If I can achieve some merit in the future by donating funds for disaster relief, I might as well not be reborn in the imperial family in the next life."
Gao Pragmatic was a little dazed, thinking to himself, is this all you do?
But then I thought about it, and it made some sense. Empress Dowager Li was a person who worshiped Buddhism, and this little girl was probably influenced by her mother... Of course, regardless of whether she is a Buddhist or not, donating money for disaster relief is a good thing.
But Gao Pingshi suddenly felt blessed. He thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Ah, I suddenly had an idea. Your Highness the Princess may be interested."
Princess Yongning was stunned and thought to herself: I am only interested in marrying you.
She knew that Gao Pingshi was definitely not talking about this, but her face turned red and she asked softly: "You said it."
Gao Jingshi didn't notice the difference in her tone, and said enthusiastically: "I don't know how much His Highness's converted amount is yet, but after I do some work for His Highness and get a larger amount, I can set up a fund."
"Chicken essence?" Princess Yongning had obviously never heard of the word "fund" and immediately misunderstood: "Monster?"
Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a moment, then understood, laughed, and waved his hand: "No, no, a fund... is a certain amount of funds established for a certain purpose. For example, your highness, this can be called the 'Princess Yongning Disaster Relief Fund'.
It is specially used for disaster relief. Of course, this money needs to be operated by Jinghua. Generally speaking, it is to ensure that the total amount of the fund is not reduced, and the profit part is used for disaster relief... This is a great thing that benefits the world, I believe
When the time comes, even the Queen Mother and the Emperor will be happy to appreciate it if they know about it."
But Her Royal Highness the Princess's purpose didn't seem to be this, so she didn't care very much. She just sighed slightly and said sadly: "You can do whatever you want."
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