In fact, it seems a little early to say that the battle of Gao Zhang has "started" now. A more accurate statement would be to "kick off the curtain."
Just three days after Gao Jingshi obtained the status of a student with the result of being the first in the Taoist case, the Gao family's cavalry set off from Xinzheng and escorted Gao Jingshi on the road back to Beijing.
There is one more person in the cavalry, that is, Shuai Jiamo, who has just settled the Dingsi silk tax case from Huizhou and came north to join the high school.
Regarding the use of Shuai Jiamo, Gao Pragmatic's previous consideration was to send him to serve as Gao Guoyan's deputy.
After all, first of all, Shuai Jiamo's original status was not high, he was just a minor official in a county; secondly, his formal education was relatively average, and he was just an ordinary student; thirdly, he was not a member of the Gao family, or even a slave of the Gao family. Being so close is too far.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic doesn't mind these issues very much, but the social status quo of Ming Dynasty is like this. He doesn't meet any of these conditions, and there is nothing worthy of respect or fear in the eyes of others.
If you had been an official before, and now you are in a high position under the eldest young master, everyone would be able to tolerate it. After all, you are a big shot.
It's okay if you are good at academics. Master Jinshi wouldn't dare to think about it. But if you are a master of public education and hold a high position as soon as you get there, everyone can tolerate it. After all, everything is low-grade, only reading is good. Although they don't know why they are high-grade, but everyone says so anyway, so they are used to it.
No matter how bad it is, it doesn't matter if you are a close confidant of the eldest young master, such as Gao Xiaozhuang, so everyone has to tolerate it. It doesn’t matter what the level of the boss’s cronies is. Anyway, he represents the boss. If you don’t obey him, it means you don’t obey the boss. Then just get out of here. What are you saying about those who have something but don’t have it?
Therefore, it is more appropriate to send him as Gao Guoyan's deputy first, because Gao Guoyan himself is responsible for financial accounts and does not directly manage many people. The people he deals with are the top figures in various "enterprises", so he will not be jealous of Shuai Jiamo at every turn. . And Shuai Jiamo himself is a person who is good at mathematics. His hobbies and abilities are relatively consistent with Gao Guoyan's, so it is easy for them to have a common language. In addition, he cannot threaten Gao Guoyan's status, and he is not afraid that Gao Guoyan will not use him.
In this way, he can work hard under the care of Gao Guoyan, and after two or three years, he can be let out to take charge of a business, which can be said to be the best use of talents.
However, this plan had to be temporarily adjusted due to Gao Gong's letter. Gao Gong was actually able to seize the opportunity of successive embankment breaches in Xuzhou, rely on the power of defeating Zhao Zhenji to subdue the opposition in the DPRK, and forcefully divert 30% of water transportation to sea transportation. This was beyond Gao Pragmatic's expectations. outside.
Of course, Gao Gong himself is a very courageous person, otherwise he would not have set off the momentum for the Longwan Reform. It's just that this opportunity was a bit of a coincidence. Gao Gong didn't seem to have done this in history. It seemed that it was probably the previous time that what he said to Gao Gong had some effect.
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic was somewhat complacent, but he couldn't be happy for more than three seconds, and the problem arose.
Tianjin Port is about to be expanded and reinforced under the auspices of Tianjin Wei. Before his plan to buy land and open a port in Tianjin Port has been implemented, he has ushered in a wave of competitors, which is simply tragic.
It just so happened that this was a major government matter, and Gao Pragmatic was unable and unwilling to intervene.
His consistent attitude has been: while saving the Ming Dynasty, he will take advantage of the east wind to make a small fortune. If he is allowed to ignore the country's affairs for the sake of his own wealth, it will go against his purpose. After all, as a time traveler, he is still confident that he has enough means and opportunities to make a fortune. It is pragmatic to enrich the public and enrich the private. To harm the public and enrich the private is the Donglin Party.
As a result, Gao Pragmatic had to significantly increase the priority of opening the Tianjin port and strive to buy land near the original Tianjin Port as soon as possible.
After all, Tianjin Wei's imperial official port only handles water transportation, and the things entrusted to Wei this year are not worth mentioning no matter how efficient they are. A detailed plan is even more like a dream. Therefore, Tianjin Wei can specialize in the port itself. They can already live up to the royal food they eat, and they know a lot about the surrounding port facilities.
However, the value of the port supporting business is often higher than the value of the port itself - if the imperial water transport does not pay taxes, what profit can there be? The money is all about transshipment, accommodation, consumption, etc. Gao's pragmatic purpose is very clear: your court doesn't know how to make this money anyway, so why not let me do it.
Of course, in addition to secretly getting a share of the imperial water transportation, what Gao Pragmatic valued more was the commercial port plan.
Compared with water transportation, which may disappear due to political reasons, the highly pragmatically planned Tianjin Commercial Port is the real moneymaker. However, because of its relationship with the imperial water transportation, it is based on the principle of not duplicating investment. , Gao Pragmatic must quickly determine the location of the commercial port - in addition to some of the previous conditions, one must also add that it cannot be too far from the official port.
This is similar to the principle of commercial streets in later generations. The same or similar functional areas should be concentrated as much as possible, and the flow of people with the same purpose can be gathered together in one place, which can produce the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
Gao Pragmatic was already a little short of people, but now things are more urgent. Gao Mengnan alone might be too busy, so he just sent Shuai Jiamo there. At least this guy has passed the math skills and is proficient in Ming law. With him helping in Tianjin, It would be much easier to buy land or something.
He explained the cause and effect of the matter and his purpose to Shuai Jiamo. Shuai Jiamo was first shocked by Gao Pingshi's boldness in daring to compete with the imperial court for business, and then he couldn't help but admire his business acumen and expressed repeatedly that he would do a good job. Work hard and never let down the trust of your employer.
That's right, he was not a servant of the Gao family, and Gao Jingshi did not recommend him to become an official in the yamen, so he could only call Gao Jingshi his boss.
In fact, he was quite excited. It turned out that when he was in She County, he was only responsible for settling accounts, not managing them. The money in those figures had nothing to do with his own half penny. Now Gao Peng is using him, and it is such a big deal from the beginning. Although there is Gao Mengnan at the top, he is also his deputy, and his status is not low.
And according to what his boss told him, it was true that Gao Mengnan was always responsible, but in terms of finance and legal matters, he, an outsider, had the final say.
Tianjin opens a port and a private port! The amount of money that needs to be invested here must be at least one hundred thousand. Whether it is hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands depends on the owner's intention, but for Gao Pragmatic's plan, Shuai Jiamo estimates that there is no three I'm afraid I can't stop it with one hundred thousand taels.
You treat me as a nobleman of the country, and I will repay you as a nobleman of the country!
