When he came out of Chen Ju's foreign residence, Gao Pragmatic was in a much better mood than before, and all his doubts had been resolved. Although he had received a completely inexplicable "errand" and he didn't know where to start, after all, his head seemed It's pretty solid and worth celebrating.
Of course, on the surface, he still had a heavy look on his face, even in pain. As soon as he went out, Gao Mo nervously lowered his voice and asked, "Master, is the situation bad? Do you want to inform Jian Xinzhai and Tianjin Port?" On the other hand, are you ready for the 'Eh plan'?"
Of course, "Plan Eh" is not "Eh". It is actually called "Plan A", and it is an escape plan that Gao Pragmatic started arranging several years ago. This plan was basically completed after Annan was pacified.
The original expected premise of this plan was that if Gao Pragmatic's reforms suffered a huge setback and his personal safety was in great danger, the Jinghua Department would use his power in and around the capital to defeat him. Move quickly, and the destination is Annan.
Gao Mo's notification to Jian Xinzhai and Tianjin Port was to send out cavalry escorts while preparing sea ships to respond. Even the notifications themselves have "passwords."
As long as Jian Xinzhai and Tianjin Port received an urgent report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "It may be possible to jump into the abyss, there is no fault." They must immediately deploy according to the previous plan, but they do not know what this deployment is for.
The sentence "If you may jump in the abyss, there will be no blame." This sentence comes from the "Book of Changes Qian Gua": "94: If you may jump in the abyss, there will be no blame.", and the "Book of Changes" is the classic of highly pragmatic imperial examinations.
The original meaning of this sentence is quite simple, that is, the dragon sometimes flies and sometimes dives. The exact situation depends on the situation at that time.
And if related to the context, it is: Jiu Si, (dragon) or leaping in the abyss, no blame. On the ninth day of the fifth year, the flying dragon is in the sky, which is good for meeting adults. The dragon in Ninety-Four is not clearly pointed out because of the appearance of two kinds of dragons. First, the dragon in Ninety-Four leaped to the ground in advance and did not reach the actual level, so it could not become a dragon weapon. The second is that he has already become a dragon, but because there is a real dragon in the ninth five years, in the right position and in the right time, he can only leap into the abyss without fighting to fulfill the nine five dragons.
Therefore, even if it is just a "password" to launch an escape plan, it still has a hidden meaning: the former "jumping to the ground in advance and failing to become a dragon" means that the reform failed and had to leave; the latter means that the reform may have succeeded, but the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" The real dragon couldn't tolerate him, so he had no choice but to leave. This corresponding possibility is equivalent to "cooking the rabbit to death and cooking the dog", but Gao Pragmatic does not intend to be a dead dog.
The main person in charge of this escape plan was Gao Mo. In Gao Mo's view, the current situation was that the emperor might suspect that his master had an affair with the widowed eldest princess. In theory, this must be a capital crime, and now the master's With such a heavy expression, it was obvious that the situation was very bad, so of course we had to consider the worst case scenario and respond quickly enough.
But Gao Jingshi's reaction completely exceeded Gao Mo's expectations. Although Gao Jingshi's face still looked like he was about to die generously, his tone was very relaxed: "I suspect that someone may be watching me day and night. This dead face is I did it for those people to see, so don’t panic, I’m fine, very fine.”
Gao Mo reacted quickly and immediately understood what Gao Pragmatic meant. With a sad expression on his face, he nodded in a submissive manner, as if he had just been taught a lesson, and said, "I understand, Master. But since I suspect someone is spying on me, should I ask my cousin and cousin for help..."
Mr. Tang and Mr. Biao refer to Gao Wuben and Wang Zhizhen in Jinyiwei. These two took advantage of the high pragmatic east wind and hitched a ride on Chen Ju and Duke Chen. In a short period of time, they became prosperous in Jinyiwei. When the water rises, there are already a team of people under each hand. In particular, Wang Zhizhen is very good at getting things done, and he has mastered a lot of "ganghu power" - in fact, it is the power of gangs and gangs. [The "Da Xing" of the Ming Dynasty has been explained in Volume 1 of this book. ]
Although Wang Zhizhen is just a cousin who relies on his care in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, in fact, his status is very serious in the "Jianghu". Except for super gangs like the Cao Gang, ordinary gangs can't easily move. When I saw him, I just kneeled down and licked him.
But Gao Wuzhen did not intend to use them now. He just shook his head slightly: "They have people available, but the people of Jinyiwei... Haha, there is me among the enemies, and there may be enemies among us. Especially this time, use I’m afraid it’s better not to use their people.”
Gao Mo understood and his face darkened slightly: "Master is saying..."
However, Gao Pragmatic didn't say anything and got into the sedan directly.
Gao Mo was thinking about what the master meant when Gao Pragmatic's voice came from the sedan: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs will send people to investigate, but be careful because Dongchang may also intervene. You should neither conflict with them nor Join forces with them... If Dongchang is moved this time, it must be under the emperor's order, not Chen Ju's arrangement."
"Yes, sir, I understand." Gao Mo replied.
If it was Chen Ju's arrangement, the Ministry of Internal Affairs could of course join hands with Dongchang to investigate, because Chen Ju had already been tied to Gao Pangshi by a rope. Unless he planned to involve himself, he would never sell it. Highly pragmatic.
But if Dongchang is only investigating under the emperor's order, the emperor may temporarily select some people to join in. If the Ministry of Internal Affairs also joins forces, it will at least expose some of the strength of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is very inappropriate.
Unlike when he was fighting with Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao, with Gao Wushu's current status and power, he would not ask about too specific matters at this time. Instead, he would just hand over various tasks and do it himself. Just wait for the intelligence to be compiled and conduct a comprehensive analysis.
However, after Gao Pingshi returned to the No. 1 position, he didn't really become more cheerful, because when he thought about the task given by Zhu Yijun, he felt like his head was as big as a bucket.
It is not difficult to make a little girl happy. There are so many ways throughout the ages. If you look at the popular articles about CEOs in later generations, you will know that the "needs" of little girls are nothing more than to be handsome and rich. If there is some special style, that would be better.
There is no shortage of these things in high pragmatism.
It's hard to say whether he's handsome or not, but at least people have admired him a few years ago, so there must be some bonuses. Don't even ask if he has a lot of money. He's so tall that he's even qualified to ridicule the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs. As for his style? ... He is the number one scholar in the Sixth Prize. If he really wants to play, are he afraid that he won't be able to do anything?
But there are three troubles at the moment: First, this matter is not "free love" now, it is almost an errand for Gao Pragmatic, and his subjective initiative is really not enough; second, he has only entered the Changchun Palace once and was framed by someone with intentions. If you go to "privately meet the princess" again, it would be a bit suicidal; thirdly, if you really do this, what should you say when you face Huang Zhiting, who has worked hard to lead troops on an expedition thousands of miles away?
Especially this last one is the most difficult for Gao pragmatism.
Although Huang Zhiting is a woman of this era, she may not have any overreaction, but the lack of overreaction is just because of the education she received, which does not mean that she really doesn't mind.
Gao Pragmatic has never believed that there are really women who are "not jealous". The so-called not jealous is nothing more than unwillingness to show jealousy. If you think about it for a moment, would any man be happy for two men to serve one wife? This principle is basically the same.
Of course, the social reality of the Ming Dynasty is here. Even if Gao Pragmatic takes a concubine a day, he will only be talked about in private at most. Even if Huang Zhiting marries him, most likely he will not struggle with this issue, but he has a clear conscience in his heart. It’s just a difficult hurdle to overcome.
After thinking for a long time with a frown on his face, Gao Pragmatic suddenly came up with an idea: Maybe there is no need to do what Zhu Yijun thought?
Princess Yongning is actually just a sixteen-year-old girl, and she has grown up in a deep palace and has no experience in love at all. In addition, judging from her previous performance, she should still attach great importance to things like etiquette and honors. Maybe she just has a simple admiration for herself and has not thought about any relationship that goes beyond etiquette.
If you are just a confidant, it doesn't seem to have any impact?
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic had a reason to convince himself, and couldn't help but feel much better. Anyway, Zhu Yijun just asked to make his sister happy, but he didn't say what he had to do.
So how can we make her happy? At this time, a normal little girl would probably like to spend more time with the man of her dreams, and she would be happy to do whatever she wants, even just chatting.
But then, the problem turns back to the second trouble: it’s hard to meet now!
If I continue to go to the palace and someone "reveals" it again, then... Hey, wait, why do I have to go into the palace? Can't she just come out on her own?
As a third-grade high-ranking official, I cannot disguise myself when I enter the palace, but if it were her who came out of the palace, she could disguise herself as a palace maid, a eunuch, or the like and sneak out!
As soon as the reverse thinking started, Gao Pragmatic suddenly realized: Although the person standing in the dark now must be monitoring me, his eyes must be focused on me. As for the situation in the palace, he is very capable of secretly monitoring Huang Mengyu and Chen At most, a few palace gates should be added, but there shouldn't be enough time to monitor Princess Yongning herself - this is too taboo.
And to say the least, even if he really had the energy and courage to find Princess Yongning sneaking out of the palace, so what? You dare to expose my information and say that I went to the Changchun Palace to secretly meet the princess, but you dare to expose the princess's information and say that she sneaked out to secretly meet with me, Gao Qingjing?
This nature is completely different!
The former is because I am pragmatic and bold, and the latter...that is a royal scandal!
If you dare to reveal this information, doesn't it mean that you are forcing Zhu Yijun to dig three feet into the ground to kill someone!
Since the mastermind behind the scenes can see that what really makes me more pragmatic than other ministers is the emperor's absolute trust, so his "precision strike" this time is aimed at the word "trust". Correspondingly speaking, at his level, it is impossible not to know that exposing the princess is tantamount to seeking death.
Now that my thoughts have been clarified, it doesn't mean that I need to send someone to contact the princess right now to ask her to come out. After all, although Gao Pragmatic has had some free time in recent days, he is not really free enough to chat with a little girl every day. Therefore, it is still necessary to prepare the serious matters that need to be discussed before contacting you.
At present, the main business between him and Princess Yongning is the matter of the Princess Fund, which is also the so-called Lady School issue.
This school, according to high pragmatic planning, is actually the "enhanced women's class" of Jinghua Craftsman School.
When Princess Yongning mentioned this issue yesterday, Gao Pragmatic was unprepared, so she also put forward some basic suggestions, such as adding nühong, silk reeling and other subjects on the basis of literacy and reading. However, after he left the palace, he thought about it and felt that he could add some other projects.
For example, the principles of textile machinery.
Because Gao pragmatically knows the basic principles of the spinning Jenny, the Tussah Silk Industry in Liaodong is now using a replica of the spinning Jenny, but also because Gao pragmatically only knows the basic application of the flying shuttle on the spinning machine, this Something that has great development prospects currently does not have much possibility of progress.
Although Zhu Zaiyu, the de facto chief scientist of Jinghua, is powerful, a person's energy is limited after all, and there are still many things waiting for him to further research. In addition, he was born as a prince and did not know enough about spinning itself, so Gao Pragmatic did not include this matter in his work progress.
Now Gao Pragmatic feels that it is better to add the principles of spinning machines, including the application of flying shuttles, to the ladies school, and take advantage of their frequent operation of related machinery to see if there is any improvement in spinning and weaving. Here comes the female inventor of machinery.
Gao Pragmatic has not traveled to Europe, and it is impossible to gather those big guys who have promoted technological progress to serve him, so his current thinking can only be to cast a wide net, and whether he will catch fish depends on luck. However, judging from the experience of later generations, no matter how low the proportion of geniuses is, as long as the net is large, they can still be harvested.
He knew very well that as a liberal arts student, he had limited stock, and he only knew some basic principles of many things. Whether it was specific development or improvement, in the final analysis, it all depended on the talents of this era, so he founded the Craftsman School. The same principle can certainly be applied to the ladies' school.
If he really knows everything, why hasn't the Jinghua Fired Glass project produced a product he's satisfied with yet? Even the principle of the steam engine is very simple, why didn't he come up with it?
Unless you don't want to, you really can't listen.
If he can do it if he knows the principle, then he also knows the principle of the internal combustion engine! But can it be done? Maybe in my dream I can.
There are many similar situations, such as the problem of building warships.
In his previous life, Gao Pragmatic had been obsessed with the history of the Age of Discovery for a period of time. He also looked for books to read some knowledge about various types of sailing battleships. If he only talked about theory, he could even draw the cross-section and hull outline of a three-deck battleship. The design drawings came, but in fact, after the master craftsmen from Jinghua saw it, they directly told him that they could not build it now.
Therefore, the design and construction plans for first-, second- and third-level sailing battleships proposed by Gao Pangshi were all rejected by the shipyard, and in the end only two-level sailing cruisers were produced.
Because the shipyard told him that it is difficult to solve the keel problem of such a large battleship, not to mention that a battleship with three decks of guns will definitely cause a high center of gravity, excessive sway at sea, and low accuracy of the artillery. Problems, if these problems are not solved, building this kind of ship will be a waste of good wood.
As for the problem of the keel being too large and difficult to handle, in fact, Gao Pragmatic had seen a technical summary of splicing keels before, but because he was too professional, he didn't understand much at the time. He only knew that there was such a technology, but he didn't know how to do it. This will allow the spliced keel to reach the strength of the entire keel.
Therefore, for this type of very professional matter, he hopes to see if a few geniuses can emerge after extensive training of relevant talents, rather than doing it himself.
The master leads me in. Cultivation is personal. There is not much he can do to help directly. From now on, it all depends on talent development.
After sorting out the affairs of the Lady Academy, Gao Pragmatic felt that now it was time to invite Her Highness the Princess to a private meeting...
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