Henan Chief Envoy Department, Weihui Mansion, Huojia County. The highly pragmatic coffin guarding horse team will stay here temporarily.
This is the itinerary Gao pragmatically decided on time, because escorting Gao Gong's coffin back to his hometown must not be delayed, and when returning south from the capital to Xinzheng, he will pass by Wei Hui. If he doesn't inspect his property in person, he can meet with Wei Hui and It is a pragmatic waste for officials and gentry from neighboring prefectures and counties to meet and flirt with each other.
To do business, you must have a business attitude. If you don't make money, you will lose money. The same is true for Shilin Yangwang. When he arrives at a place, he fails to communicate with the local officials and gentry and fails to let them get close to him. This is equivalent to a loss. Therefore, Gao Jingshi and his party specially adjusted their itinerary to stay in Huojia County that night, have a meal with Wei Hui and the officials and gentry from nearby counties, brag for a while, and cheer each other up.
Of course, the process of this kind of face-saving project is very easy to follow. Gao Pragmatic is already familiar with it, so there is no need to elaborate on the specific details. Today he insisted on staying in Huojia, mainly because he wanted to meet someone, to be precise, this person's plenipotentiary representative.
There are actually people in Henan who are putting on airs in front of Gao pragmatism, sending a representative instead of coming to see him in person?
There really is, but it’s not just to show off, it’s just that you can’t come in person.
Because what Gao pragmatic wanted to see was someone from Prince Zheng's palace, the plenipotentiary representative of Prince Zheng Zhu Hounan. King Zheng is the vassal king, so of course he is not allowed to leave the fiefdom at will.
The contemporary King of Zheng Zhu Houtan is a good person. At least one thing about him is that Emperor Shizong Jiajing, whom Gao pragmatically admired, was obsessed with Taoism. King Zheng Zhu Houtan knew that Jiajing was a person who would not listen to persuasion at all, but he still insisted on personally going to Shu and persuading Jiajing. The emperor attaches great importance to national affairs and the foundation of the ancestors. Don't indulge in Taoism, let alone take elixirs indiscriminately in order to live forever.
Emperor Jiajing was very decisive and immediately ordered Zhu Hounan to be demoted to a commoner and imprisoned within a high wall in the clan's mansion. Zhu Hounan's eldest son, Zhu Zaiyu, was also unlucky and was deprived of his status as a prince and demoted to a commoner.
It was not until Mu Zong Longqing succeeded to the throne that this injustice was vindicated and the identities and titles of Prince Zheng and Prince Zheng's son were restored. At that time, Gao Gong had spoken kind words for Prince Zheng's lineage on this matter, so Prince Zheng's palace and the new Zheng Gao Since the Longqing period, the relationship has been good.
After being a high school entrance examination candidate, Gao Pragmatic returned to Beijing. After Wei Hui staged the drama of "The Boy Scattering Money" and "Thousands of Households Give birth to Buddhas", he set up industries near Huojia County in Weihui Prefecture and Xiuwu County in Huaiqing Prefecture. He built several mines, set up several factories, and properly resettled a large number of refugees in Henan. Not only did he gain a reputation in official circles, he was also praised by many people locally.
The praises in the officialdom may be true or false, but the feelings of local officials and gentry towards Gao Pragmatic are very real, as real as real money and silver because Gao Pragmatic has indeed made them real money.
Why did the pragmatic opening of mines and factories allow local officials and gentry to earn real money?
This matter is so simple to say. Maybe everyone in future generations will understand this truth. After a large number of refugees were resettled here, so many people needed food, clothing, and expenses, and these things are highly pragmatic in factories and mines. But if they don't produce, they can only buy it from surrounding counties. And aren't most of the grain, cloth, and various daily necessities in surrounding counties in the hands of these local officials and gentry?
Therefore, Gao Pragmatism abruptly turned a group of refugees who had posed a major hidden danger to their lives and property into a stable and huge consumer market. Isn't this what Wan Jia Sheng Buddha is?
What's more, in their eyes, Gao Jingshi was a kind man who was very willing to take care of his hometown. When these factories and mines started production and found sales, and began to make steady profits, Gao Jingshi came forward through his mother Zhang to invite Wei Hui. The gentry and big businessmen of Huaiqing and Huaiqing prefectures participated in the business.
Originally, the officials and gentry of the two governments thought it would be easy to borrow money. After all, Gao Jingshi had Changlu Saltworks to back him up, so he was not afraid of not being able to repay the money. However, he was a little hesitant to participate in the shares because the scale of the factories and mines that Gao Jingshi opened here was really large. It's a bit big. If you lose money, it's not a small amount.
However, it happened that Zhang Juzheng was overthrown and Gao Dang gained overall advantage in the court. As soon as the squires and gentry in Henan Province thought about it, they regarded the shares as protection money for Gao Dang's care, so they bought shares one after another.
However, since they only bought shares to give Gao Gong face, the ratio of their final investment capital to the total shares was not that high, and together they only accounted for 17%.
As a result, something unexpected happened. Due to Gao's pragmatism and understanding of cement, and there are large reserves of limestone mines, coal mines and iron ores near Huojia and Xiuwu counties, the newly built Henan branch of Jinghua Cement Factory here suddenly became popular. In the first year of Wanli, He purchased cement worth up to 110,000 taels from here. Later, with the gradual improvement of the national finance, river engineering funds also increased year by year. In the fifth year of Wanli, He General purchased cement from Jinghua Cement Factory. The Henan branch bought cement worth 190,000 taels of silver!
The factory is not just the business of Mr. He. You must know that these two counties are not far from the Yellow River. All the connected water systems along the Yellow River and even within the basin can easily obtain cement because the transportation cost is very low!
As a result, most of the gentry in Wei Hui and Huaiqing made money, and their feelings for Gao pragmatism were naturally as real as real money.
Prince Zheng's Mansion contacted Gao Jingjing this time because Prince Zheng's Mansion suffered huge losses when Prince Zheng was imprisoned. A lot of the wealth accumulated over the past 150 years was dispersed, and they were anxious to get back their blood, and Gao Pragmatic happened to like Zheng. Some of the land under the king's name was given to Huaiqing by King Zheng, and many of the lands in Huaiqing Mansion belonged to his family.
Although in theory, because civil servants have been in power for a long time, many of the properties under the prince's name are not under direct control, but local officials are responsible for providing benefits on their behalf, but in fact, just like the hidden fields of officials and gentry families, the hidden fields of the prince's palace are also A lot, coupled with the rewards from the emperors of the past dynasties and the clever plundering of the kings of the past dynasties, there is no royal palace that does not have a large amount of land that is not in the yellow list.
Prince Zheng’s place is pretty good. The main land is basically in Huaiqing Mansion. If it were to be replaced by the King of Shu, let’s not talk about other places. In Chengdu alone, the Mansion of the King of Shu covers an area of 7
As for the plot of land that Gao Jingshi wanted, it goes without saying that when you look at the map, you will know that it must be near Jiaozuo in later generations!
Jiaozuo not only has huge reserves of high-quality coal mines, but also has a large amount of iron ore, as well as a large number of high-quality limestone mines required for the production of soda ash and cement. It also has a river that leads directly to the Yellow River. It is simply an ideal place for primary industry in this era. , how could you miss this opportunity to make money?
In addition to discussing the matter of Prince Zheng's palace acquiring shares in the form of land, Gao Pragmatic was also very concerned about the envoy sent by Prince Zheng this time, because he was the crown prince of Prince Zheng. Well, this is not important. What is important is that his name is Zhu Zaiyu.
Who is Zhu Zaiyu, who is so valued by Gao Pragmatic? In later generations, he was called the "Oriental Renaissance-style saint" by many experts and scholars in China and the West, and was even called the "Sage of Law"!
