After Gao Gong left, Gao Pragmatic sat at his desk and meditated, shaking his head from time to time and seeming to be muttering something in his mouth. Shang Yue on the side saw the novelty, and while Gao Pragmatic was serving tea and drinking water, he interrupted and asked: "Young master, are you reviewing your homework?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and nodded, and said somewhat proudly: "There is a book I read many years ago. I am afraid I will need to use it recently, so I will see if I still remember it."
Shang Yue was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Master, are you teasing me? You are only eight years old, so what books did you read 'years ago'?"
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said confidently: "Look, are you ignorant? As the saying goes, 'It is better to be famous without being known in the world. It is too late to read the book in this life.' Have you ever heard of a saying in Zen Buddhism called 'Su Hui' ?”
"Su Hui? What does that mean?" Shang Yue obviously has no research on Buddhism, so he naturally doesn't understand its meaning.
Gao Pragmatic looked like he was a teacher: "There was a book called "Jingde Chuan Leng Lu" during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty. The word 'Su Hui' was first mentioned in it. I won't go into the original text. In short, the so-called Su Hui means the past life. The wisdom that comes with it.”
Shang Yue was startled when he heard this, and asked doubtfully: "Wisdom brought by the previous life? How can there be such a thing?"
Gao pragmatically asked: "When some people are reading, sometimes they are reading a book they have never read before, and the content in the book must be the first time they have seen it, but they suddenly feel: 'Ah, I've seen this before'! Look, this is actually Su Hui... Have you ever felt this way?"
Shang Yue was stunned for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes wide: "It seems to have happened! Then...then I also have Su Hui?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed: "Anyone who has studied in a previous life will have something like Su Hui more or less, but some people have more and some have less. As for me... I have more Su Hui."
As a highly pragmatic person, Shangyue knew that her eldest young master was a "child prodigy". Not only did she not have any doubts when she heard this, but she suddenly realized: "No wonder the young master was born smart, it turned out that he has such wisdom!" Now his eyes were a little different. .
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and smiled, saying no more.
In fact, there is indeed a theory of Su Hui in Zen Buddhism, but Gao Pragmatic is not proficient in Buddhism. His limited understanding is mostly from the articles written by Mr. Nan Huaijin back then. The same is true for the theory of "Su Hui". But he knew that his situation had nothing to do with Su Hui. He just needed to explain that he was "born smart," right? Therefore, this set of Suhui theory was used in a borrowed way.
After about half an hour, Gao Pragmatic's spirited chanting finally came to an end. He stretched hard, and just as he was about to stand up, he smelled the aroma of tea. When he looked back, he was listening to the piano playing. He came over with a tea tray, and there was a cup of fragrant tea on the tea tray.
"Young Master, please have some tea." Tingqin's personality is more sophisticated than her sister's, and her speaking style is relatively restrained. She stood aside obediently and said nothing after the tea was presented to her.
Gao Pragmatic looked at the tea cups arranged and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The big families in the "old society" had a college to train their servants. How did they see that I was planning to take a rest at this time? I worked as a secretary for several years, and I could only rush to make tea for others when the secretary's work was done. But look at this little girl, she can actually predict things. It can be seen that there may be a real gap between learning some things in elementary school and learning them when you are older, or... they are professionals after all?
After being dazed for a moment, Gao pragmatically put away these thoughts, picked up the teacup and drank slowly, while thinking about "business" in his mind.
According to his "long-term plan", there were three things he had to do before passing the exam.
First, start some "enterprises" in advance to consolidate financial resources and cultivate talents. After all, for what I want to do in the future, the talents cultivated by Ming's education system are far from enough. The best way to cultivate talents is to let those young people learn and practice at the same time, especially for some industrial and commercial talents. You must know that in modern society, it is basically impossible for a student who has just emerged from the ivory tower and has no experience to turn around and want to become a big and thoughtful entrepreneur. There may be a very few outstanding second-generation people who start managing large markets as soon as they graduate, but that is predicated: they have received a good education, they have a good family influence, and while they are working, their parents are still We will arrange reliable and trustworthy generals to assist...these are important prerequisites. In this current Ming Dynasty, how many people can understand what Gao Pragmatic will do in the future? If you don’t cultivate talents, you will get twice the result with half the effort in the future.
Secondly, you must be familiar with the court and let the court be familiar with you. The first half is relatively easy. With Gao Gong, the uncle of Longqing's most favored minister, there are many opportunities for him to get familiar with the court, and he can even observe and experience it from all directions and at close range. But the second half is more difficult. After all, I am only an eight-year-old child now. Even if I act more mature, I am afraid I am still just a child in the eyes of others. If it is just to let those noteworthy courtiers remember that "Gao Suqing's nephew seems to be quite smart", it is basically meaningless. What I have to work hard to do is to make them realize in their hearts that "Gao Suqing's nephew has been amazingly talented since he was a child, and he will definitely be the pillar of the country in the future." At first glance, the two situations may not seem to be very different, but in fact they are quite different. The former is nothing more than a little smarter, but a little cleverness is also smart. There are many children who are smart, but they may not have much future prospects; the latter is smarter. It is completely different. It is to make them not dare to underestimate themselves since they were young, or to be happy to see their success, or to fearfully wait for them to rise to the top and hold power in the future! It is even more difficult to achieve this goal. But only in this way can he have influence in scholars and courts. In the future, it will be easier to change some of the mentally retarded ancestral systems of the Ming Dynasty. If Wang Anshi had not raised Wang Anshi for many years, he would have dared to say "Heaven changes." There is no need to fear, the ancestors have no laws, and the words of people have no sympathy." Such shocking words? Therefore, the second thing I have to do can be regarded as a kind of hope to a certain extent.
The third thing is the most critical "near worry" in the short term - trying to keep the high ground from falling! Historically, Gao Gong was overthrown by Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao even before the bones of Emperor Longqing were cold. He was obviously the pioneer of Longwan's great reforms, and most of the meaningful reforms were initiated by him. Unexpectedly, he was eventually intercepted by Zhang Juzheng. Later generations have been forgotten to the ends of the earth. The world only remembers "Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of Wanli" who worked hard for reform and died young, but they will never remember the man who "had the ability to help talents and the courage to do things. As the first assistant, he even more generously The world is his own responsibility, and he has made outstanding achievements in managing borders, lecturing staff, employing people, and administration in a few years!" Gao Suqing! It's so sad and ridiculous!
The first thing is that it has already started, and I have limited capital, so I can't rush it for a while; the second thing is that there is a good opportunity that unexpectedly appears, and I have made temporary arrangements, hoping that I can get my wish. But we still have to wait for Gao Gong’s arrangements before we can continue; only the third thing is just an idea at the moment. In fact, we haven’t even touched the threshold yet. We have to seize the time to find opportunities... There was a saying back then. Good: If you have a chance, go for it. If you don’t have a chance, go for it if you create an opportunity!
