Although King Lu is just a selfish boy, and his political level is indeed not very good, but as the saying goes, "A wise man will always make a mistake after a thousand worries; a fool will always gain after a thousand worries." What he just said is right: Gao pragmatic has been Zhu Yijun's companion for ten years, and Zhu Yijun understands Gao pragmatically better than anyone else.
Zhu Yijun almost completely guessed Gao Pragmatic's intention of doing this. He was indeed "achieving multiple things with one stone", and in general, he had almost covered everything. No matter where he was, he must be grateful.
This is very pragmatic, because he has always been good at balancing the interests of all parties and can always get to the point amidst the chaos that others cannot figure out. It's just... Zhu Yijun is not Zhu Yijun, nor Queen Mother Li, nor Li Wenjin. He needs to think more comprehensively and long-term, so he still has some doubts about Gao Pragmatic's approach for the time being.
Zhu Yijun did not doubt Gao Pragmatic's motives, and also believed that Gao Pragmatic could ensure the island's future profits. If King Lu gave up King Jing's legacy and replaced it with the island, he would certainly not suffer a loss for the time being.
But Zhu Yijun believes that all of this is based on Gao Pragmatic. Only by being pragmatic can the income of this island be guaranteed. What if Gao is no longer there? After all, he is not a god, nor can he live forever!
Who can guarantee that Gao's pragmatic son has the skills of his father?
The purpose of establishing the kingship system is to make this domain enjoy wealth forever, and this is also the meaning of granting land and property. But if this highly pragmatic approach is followed, then the industry in which Luwang and his family will settle down in the future will change in nature, from stable farm income to unpredictable commercial income.
Again, Gao Pragmatic, this exchange must be a good deal, because no one dares to doubt Gao Pragmatic's business vision. But once Gao pragmatism is gone, can the Luwang family really enjoy eternal wealth by relying on this kind of commercial income? No one can guarantee this, not even Zhu Yijun.
It should be said that Zhu Yijun still cares about his biological brother. As long as he does not threaten the throne, Zhu Yijun is quite willing to make more plans for him.
Besides, if in the future the King Lu's family really becomes impoverished because of this exchange, future generations will probably blame Zhu Yijun, the emperor's brother, for his short-sightedness. This is of course unacceptable.
Zhu Yijun now not only wants to revive the Ming Dynasty, but also wants to establish the achievements that Taizu and Chengzu did not have, completely conquer Mongolia, a two-hundred-year old enemy, and permanently eliminate the northern border troubles. Driven by this mentality, Zhu Yijun now attaches great importance to his own reputation, and of course he is not happy that his future glory as a "sage king" will be affected by King Lu's estate.
It's just... The trouble now is that Gao Pragmatic's idea, at least for the time being, definitely has more advantages than disadvantages, and he obviously has good intentions to help himself get out of a dilemma, and he really can't refuse.
Zhu Yijun was in trouble, and the people sent by the Empress Dowager Cisheng had already arrived. When Zhu Yijun heard that his mother was sending him, he immediately knew that her mother must be doing it for his younger brother's sake, so he announced the eunuch's entry.
This time the eunuch sent by Empress Dowager Li was not a well-known figure, and he did not say much else. He just relayed to the emperor what the Empress Dowager asked him to convey to him, and then respectfully retired.
Zhu Yijun had no reaction after hearing this, and was even in a daze, or lost in thought.
"Am I thinking too far ahead?" he asked himself in his mind.
The queen mother and brother obviously didn't think about what would happen many years later. They only cared about the current profits, and the current profits... Anyway, if they are pragmatic, then there must be no problem, so the queen mother made such a decision?
Zhu Yijun sighed, and for a moment he could only smile bitterly to himself, and said to himself: I hope I am just a mediocre person.
Shaking his head, Zhu Yijun called Chen Ju in and ordered: "Early tomorrow morning, you go to the Ministry of War to call for pragmatism to come to the palace. Tell him that I want to see him and ask him...well, just tell him that I want to ask him about the Imperial Guards." thing."
Chen Ju knew that this was just an excuse, but the issue of the ownership of King Jing's inheritance was of great importance, so it was natural that the emperor would not announce it to the public immediately, so he quickly agreed.
Early the next morning, Chen Ju personally took people to the Ministry of War to announce the summons. When Gao Pragmatic saw that Chen Ju had come in person, he immediately knew that the palace had probably reached a conclusion last night - Prince Lu's entry into the palace could not be hidden from him, but he did not Knowing that King Lu was talking to the Queen Mother alone, he simply went to find his royal brother. Of course, after King Lu talked to the Queen Mother, it was possible for the Queen Mother to seek the emperor again. This made little difference to Gao Pragmatic.
The location of the emperor's summons was still at the Wenhua Hall, after the lecture, so Gao Pragmatic could leave a little later. He first looked at the military training plan submitted by Qi Jiguang at the Ministry of War.
This plan was formulated more carefully. It was actually one plan with two contingency plans. According to this plan, the Imperial Guard should have combat effectiveness and reach a level that can participate in war as early as March or April next year.
This time point is obviously relatively early. The reason is that the time when the Ming Dynasty can launch a general attack on Chahar will not be earlier than March next year at the earliest - it is already the end of the year, and winter is definitely not suitable for launching troops against Mongolia. After all, even if the Mongols In winter, you can just go and leave without much logistical pressure.
On the other hand, the Ming army was mainly based on infantry and equipped with a large number of firearms, and its logistical pressure was far greater than that of Mongolia. Therefore, if it wanted to go out in the winter, it would be almost suicide. Even taking a step back, even if the main force of the Ming army was mainly cavalry, there was no way to compare with the Mongols in terms of logistics - people had long been accustomed to it, and rounding it off meant that there was no pressure, so how could this thing compare.
Therefore, the first contingency of Qi Jiguang's plan is to target this earliest time point and strive to achieve the preliminary training goal in March and April next year, which is a level that is "worthy of a battle."
However, Qi Jiguang also made it clear in this report that if they really participate in the war in March or April next year, then it is best not for the Imperial Guard to rush forward as the main vanguard force, but to consider existing as a Chinese army, only at critical moments of the war or Only go out to attack when the wind is favorable. As for other times, stability must still be the top priority, and remember not to waste the battle, otherwise the loss of troops will be small, but the loss of morale will be serious.
This principle is very pragmatic and very satisfactory, because he knows that the characteristic of the army is that the more battles it wins, the stronger it becomes. The morale of an "always victorious army" is far beyond that of an "always defeated army", even if their military strength is The difference is as if the equipment level is the same, and the "constantly victorious army" will definitely be able to completely defeat the "constantly defeated army".
This is why many troops in later generations obviously have the same standard equipment, but among them, those ace troops with glorious histories are more daring and capable than ordinary troops.
Therefore, Qi Jiguang's idea is that once he "fights early", he will make this war a part of military training, and use victory to make this unit progress faster. In order to achieve this goal, caution is necessary, and its requirement is equivalent to "only victory is allowed, no defeat" in some novels.
Another contingency of Qi Jiguang's military training plan was the "late war". If the war cannot be launched in March or April next year, no matter what the reason is, the Guards will not care about that. They will only improve their training level one by one and maintain a state of marching on orders at all times.
"Hear the order and march" is Qi Jiguang's term. In the words of later generations, it probably means "come when you call him, and he can fight when he comes."
As for Qi Jiguang's nearly 10,000 words of detailed military training rules, Gao Pragmatic didn't read them carefully for the time being. He still believed in Qi Jiguang's ability in this aspect - it was definitely better than his dabbler anyway, and he knew this very well.
Regardless of whether the armed servants under Gao Jingshi or the garrison troops in various parts of southern Xinjiang are considered to be first-class strong armies, Gao Jingshi's contribution here is actually not great. At best, he and Qi Jiguang in the early years After discussing some tactics, Qi Jiguang was asked to help formulate a training plan based on these tactical ideas.
In other words, he only provided some tactics that have been proven effective in history, and the corresponding targeted training plans were actually designed by Qi Jiguang. If you really want to talk about the master of military training, you have to look at Qi Shaobao.
So he wrote a reply on behalf of the Ministry of War and agreed to Qi Jiguang's military training plan. At the same time, he wrote a private letter, asking him to concentrate on military training and only need to consider the combat effectiveness of the Guards, not the supply issues during wartime.
Of course, this is not without purpose, but Qi Jiguang can definitely hear the elegant meaning of Xiange: Gao Pragmatic is implying that if he really goes to war early, Jinghua will also be able to help him "cover everything" in logistics - after all, the court's logistics level is not good That's right. When everyone works together, the performance is pretty good. If something goes wrong during the court, nothing can be said.
When that time comes, in order to ensure victory, Gao Pragmatic will definitely have to let Jinghua take care of the Imperial Guards. As for how to settle the accounts at that time, that can only be decided at that time.
After returning to his ministry, Gao pragmatically set off for the palace.
Wenhua Palace is the place that Gao Jingshi is most familiar with in the palace, so no introduction is needed. At this time, the lecture had been finished and Zhu Yijun was resting. He heard the eunuchs loudly announcing: "The Minister of Rongzheng, Gao Jingshi, has come to see you——" After that, he immediately declared Gao Jingshi and entered the palace.
The due etiquette of a monarch and his ministers has always been omitted in the Wenhua Palace. Zhu Yijun directly asked Gao Jingjing to sit down in the seat where he sat when he was a companion, and then said: "Pragmatic, I already know what happened in Prince Lu's Mansion yesterday, but I still want to hear what you have to say."
There must be people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei in Prince Lu's Mansion. There is no doubt that Gao Pingshi knew that Zhu Yijun must have been to Prince Lu's Mansion last night. In addition, King Lu didn't know how to discuss "confidentials" and held an open meeting afterwards, so even the specific conversation might have been known to the emperor.
However, this matter itself was nothing worth concealing for Gao Pragmatic. His original intention was not to spread the matter to the outside world before it was settled, but there was no need to keep it secret from Zhu Yijun, so he recounted yesterday's situation exactly as it was. Again.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded slightly and said, "Later, King Lu went to the palace to find his mother, did you know?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and replied: "The ministers know that King Lu entered the palace, but the situation after entering the palace is unknown to the ministers."
Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with this answer, especially since Gao Pragmatic did not hide that he had his own intelligence system, which showed that he was still loyal to him.
In fact, such things as intelligence systems are not uncommon. Gao Pragmatic has them, but doesn’t Shen Shixing have them? It's just that Gao Pragmatic is extremely rich, and his Jinghua has a lot of manpower, so he can lay out a wider and more detailed layout.
However, Shen Shixing's intelligence system was mainly formed by officials and disciples of their Xin School, so it had greater limitations. But in any case, there is not much difference in nature.
As long as they did not reach directly into the palace, Zhu Yijun could turn a blind eye to these unspoken rules.
Of course, they all have their own "allies" in the palace. This is also an unspoken rule. Zhu Yijun is still too lazy to ask - this kind of thing has happened in all dynasties, and the Ming Dynasty is certainly not immune. He has no interest in bothering in this regard, as long as he doesn't If it goes out of line, he will turn a blind eye like all previous emperors.
"The Queen Mother and Prince Lu generally agree with your idea, but..." Zhu Yijun frowned slightly, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and said slowly: "Tell me the truth, how long can the future income of the island be guaranteed? Big leak?"
Gao Pingshi was stunned for a moment, and asked somewhat unexpectedly: "What does the emperor mean by this?"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "It's business, I've heard that even those salt merchants sometimes fail in business, just tell me the truth. If King Lu collects rent on this island, he can at least guarantee that he will be famous for many years." Prosperous? There should be no accidents in your lifetime, right? "
Only then did Gao Pragmatic realize that Zhu Yijun was thinking so far ahead, but by raising this question, he also showed that he was indeed a simple "emperor" and still did not understand business matters.
Li Ka-shing once said, “The first factor that determines the value of real estate is location, the second is location, and the third is location.”
Some people in later generations thought that the key factor in the rise of "that little island" was the British, but this was not the case.
Of course the British are a factor, but historically the British have occupied such a large territory, how many Hong Kongs have they managed?
The root cause of its rise lies in the "location", that is, the location advantage. The reason why the British are interested in that place is also because of this.
The highly pragmatic plan is equivalent to developing Hong Kong two hundred years ahead of schedule. It takes advantage of the fact that it can serve as a trade foothold for the Spanish. This is basically similar to what the British did in original history. Of course there are differences, but they are mainly in terms of sovereignty, and the nature of trade has not changed much.
"So the emperor is worried about this?" Gao Pingshi laughed and shook his head: "Your Majesty, I will not harm Prince Lu. As long as the island is developed, Prince Lu's Mansion will be given a golden rice bowl. As long as Lu Fan and his family don't do it. If the land is sold, it is almost impossible for it to be ruined.”
Before Zhu Yijun could ask again, he paused and continued: "Your Majesty, let me give you an analogy: This is like giving Changlu Salt Field to Lu Fan forever. You said, as long as nothing happens to him, how can Lu Fan be defeated? ?”
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are you sure?"
"I am convinced."
Zhu Yijun stared at his eyes for a while, then finally gave up and nodded: "Okay, then I'll do it as you wish. But I have another important thing to do when I come to see you today."
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