In the eyes of the honorable nobles, Gao Jingshi, because of Gao Gong's status, really has nothing to do that requires their help, and there is nothing to fear from them, so they feel that it is as easy as if Gao Jingshi's conditions were mentioned, as if they were not mentioned. It even makes people feel that there is fraud in it.
But in Gao Pragmatic's view, this was not the case. Although this group of nobles had no hope of fighting the war, they were still an important part of the Ming Dynasty's power system. Although the noble forces have almost withdrawn from the center stage of power since the Tumu Incident, in fact, as a part of the Tongguo Tongxiu, regardless of their political symbolic significance, or the power they hold in the guard economy, or even Regarding the roles they need to play in the major reforms envisaged by high pragmatism in the future, they need to be brought together by high pragmatism to transform and guide them.
In Gao Pragmatic's view, a country in an era like the Ming Dynasty must need the so-called elite, but Gao Pragmatism also requires that these elites must be elites in the true sense and cannot sit on the merits of their ancestors. A waste of free money. Therefore, transformation and guidance are essential, and in the process of transformation and guidance, some people who cooperate well will become the new elites and new nobles after the reform. Those who are unwilling to cooperate or cannot keep up with the team will not Sorry, big reform is like a big wave washing away the sand...
Gao Gong's reforms, in Gao Pragmatic's opinion, were just the forerunner of the major reforms in his plan, because Gao Gong was limited by the limitations of the times and could not make too many changes to the foundations of the Ming Dynasty. For example, Gao Gong's reforms in the administration of officials, whether it was the system of four servants, strengthening official assessment, increasing the appointment of candidates, etc., Gao Pragmatic considered it to be a temporary solution, not even a temporary solution, it could only be said to be a repair. Tinker. But what Gao pragmatically wants to do in the future is to change the entire imperial examination system step by step!
The difficulty between the two cannot be judged by reason at all. As long as the former has enough power, the opposition will not be too strong. After all, no matter how much changes are made, the essence of the imperial examination has not changed. The latter is different. If you don't do it right, your reputation will be ruined.
Because Gao Pragmatism will never tolerate the country's elites only studying "Chinese" - of course Confucianism cannot be said to be just "Chinese", at least philosophy must be added, but in terms of effect analogy, that's pretty much it. It's over.
Are all officials across the country philosophers? It sounds awesome, but what's the use?
As a person who traveled through time as a grassroots official of the Red Dynasty, Gao Pragmatic studied law at university and economics at the party school - to be honest, this was also one of the most popular "configurations" at the time, so how could he think that Can just studying Confucianism change China's destiny?
Not to mention macro-level subjects such as law and economics, why not engage in more basic and specific mathematics? Don’t you want to do physics? Don’t you even want to do chemistry?
Not to mention that all these have to be done, even accounting, Gao Pragmatic feels that it must be done - look at the scumbag tax and fiscal system of Ming Dynasty, it is so scumbag that people are speechless, and the accounting related to it The system, auditing system, etc. are all extremely rudimentary, or even non-existent!
Otherwise, there could be an "unjust, false and wrong case" like the Huizhou Silk Case, which has been wrong for nearly two hundred years?
Under such circumstances, how to create a new fiscal and taxation system? How to build the future advanced version of the shipping department—customs? Even more, how to determine how much tax a certain region should pay based on various economic data?
To do these things, it really cannot be done by a mere pragmatist. He needs talents, a large number of professional talents. Try to find those who can be discovered, and try your best to cultivate those who cannot be discovered!
Transforming a country really cannot be accomplished by developing a few weapons, training a few strong armies, or even building a few factories.
For example: If the organizational power of the later generations of the party had not been strong enough, could North Korea, a super-large country with almost bankrupt central finance, become the world's second economy in thirty or forty years?
Could it be that the boiled seed oil that the West advocates all day long is the basis here?
Obviously not. The key here depends on the correct direction of development, strong organizational capabilities and... the Chinese people who are smart, hard-working and extremely patient.
Without the right direction, no matter how hard you work, you will always take detours; without strong organizational skills, a person will not be able to work for ten years after making a decision, and nothing will be accomplished; without the Chinese people who are smart, diligent and extremely patient... I want to go.
Of course, this is all for later. Now Gao Pragmatic has just taken the first step in winning over the Xungui Group: bundling interests.
If we put it another way, that is: Gao Pragmatic intends to take them flying.
After they experience the joy of flying, tell them step by step: We can fly even more happily, do you want to come?
The soap factory can do it, and so can other factories. Even in future overseas trade, Gao Pragmatism will also have to fly with them...
One person cannot save Ming Dynasty, but one group, two groups, three groups...
The more people who can benefit from the reform, the more hope there will be for the reform. This is just like China, which has just been reformed, and there are still many people who are confused about whether they should be surnamed capitalist or socialist. Thirty or forty years after the reform, how many people are still struggling with this issue?
Why not bother? Because the results are here, and everyone has enjoyed this result - at most, some people have more and some have less.
This is truly successful reform! Even though some problems and pains may arise during the reform process, who dares to say that the general direction is not for the better?
But the Red Dynasty was re-opened, and with the old man from the southern patrol in charge, no one could stir up any trouble until the initial results were seen; how could Gao Wuchen have such huge prestige and strength now? Therefore, he can only guide his thinking and bundle his interests step by step.
From the moment he chose to save Ming, he knew that this was a difficult road - not necessarily labor-intensive, but certainly labor-intensive.
"Tell Wei Ximin to implement the plan in the first tip bag."
Gao Jingshi was sitting in the study, practicing calligraphy. After listening to Gao Mo's report, he just replied lightly without even raising his eyelids.
Gao Mo has already seen his amazing abilities. There is no point in pretending to be innocent as a child in front of him. It is better to play the role of "child prodigy". Anyway, the Ming Dynasty has produced so many prodigies, not many. This one myself.
On the contrary, after Gao Mo left, Gao Jingshi took out a bunch of keys, selected one of them, opened a small iron box under his desk, took out a stack of manuscripts and paintings, and muttered to himself.
"It's still half a month before I officially enter the palace to accompany you. Should I take the time to go to Jizhou? After all, it's better for me to go to Jizhou in person than to leave this matter to anyone... But it's appropriate for me to go to Jizhou to see him. Will it lead to something bad? "
Gao Pragmatic's eyes flickered a little.
