Gao Gong heard Shen Yingkui's tough words, smiled and stopped asking any more questions. Wang Chengyun asked from the side: "Are any of these methods good luck? Don't buy them back and cause trouble."
Shen Yingkui said: "Well, when Tianji Pavilion accepts these methods, it will ask the seller to sign an 'original guarantee' to ensure that he invented the method himself. If he gets into a lawsuit in the future, he can also find the seller to reason."
After a pause, he continued: "What my proprietor means is that now each family holds a secret method, and only one family will be enriched, which is not good for the world. If we can induce each family to donate their secret method at a huge profit and resell it through Tianji Pavilion, then the seller can get capital turnover , the buyer can also benefit, this is a matter of benefit for the three parties - in the past two months, we have bought several."
He said to Wang Chengyun: "If Wang Yuanwai's funds cannot be turned over for a while, as long as there is a suitable guarantor or property mortgage, I, Tianji Pavilion, also have money to invest, but we just need to hold some shares. Of course, we will not interfere with Wang Yuanwai's business. .”
Gao Gong listened and secretly smiled bitterly, confirming that Rishenglong and Tianji Pavilion must be the emperor's business. Otherwise, in such a large layout of two capitals and thirteen provinces, how can a person who is not the best in the world ensure that his interests are not robbed?
It's just that the luxury goods sold in this business are not harmful to the people, and Tianji Pavilion is also beneficial to the world. Gao Gong was not a pedantic person, and he also felt that it was better for the emperor to do this than to send out lieutenants to take advantage of the situation. Although he knew it in his heart, he did not say anything.
Because Wang Chengyun's family owned a leather tannery workshop, he finally chose to spend 700 taels on a leather tanning method. Shen Yingkui arranged for someone to collect the money from Wang Chengyun Bandang downstairs. When the bill arrived, he took out a sandalwood box from the pavilion, unlocked it, took out a piece of paper and gave it to Wang Chengyun.
Wang Chengyun browsed ten lines at a glance and said with a wry smile: "That's it?"
Shen Yingkui smiled and said: "Exactly, the formula inside has been verified by our Tianji Pavilion. It can indeed save leather tanning time, and it is soft and easy to shape, making it more suitable for leather carving."
After a pause, he said again: "Master Wang, don't underestimate this piece of paper. If you don't show it, you may not be able to find it even if you tan your skin all your life."
After the transaction was completed, Shen Yingkui took out another "Tianji Pavilion Confidentiality Letter" and asked Wang Chengyun to sign it. He saluted Gao Gong and said: "Tianji means that it cannot be leaked. Don't blame Mr. Xinzheng. I have wronged Mr. Wang."
Gao Gong said with a smile: "It's natural. If Wang Yuan got this trick, he must keep it properly and not resell it." Wang Chengyun was afraid of losing Gao Gong's face at first, but when he heard about it, he quickly signed and took his fingerprints.
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Gao Gong left Tianji Pavilion and lived in Xu Yuan's foreign garden outside Beicheng, Nanjing. Because he came here secretly, the officials in Nanjing did not receive any news. Although Feng Bao knew about it, he just snorted and made a mention in the summary of Nanjing intelligence that he reported.
In the evening of the next day, Gao Gong's personal entourage invited several people whom Gao Gong wanted to meet this time to Xu Yuan's house. One of them is Cai Guoxi, the former Su Songbing Bei Dao who was dismissed after the investigation was completed not long ago.
When Cai Guoxi met Gao Gong, he called him "teacher" and the two of them looked at each other with regret. Gao Gong said to Cai Guoxi: "Because of me, the political voice of Chuntai has been dismissed. The true party of the Jing people is fighting against the differences!"
Cai Guoxi, whose courtesy name was Chuntai, was a famous Neo-Confucian scholar, with Gao Gong as his teacher. When he was governing Suzhou, he worked with Hai Rui to clean up the Xu Jie family's illegal activities. Later, Xu Jie used 30,000 taels of gold to bribe Dai Fengxiang, who was involved in the incident, and brought Hai Rui and Cai Guoxi down. This incident became the famous "Hai Rui dismissed from office" in later generations.
Because Cai Guoxi implemented good governance in Suzhou, when he was dismissed from office, more than 100,000 people came to see him off, which shocked the southern part of the empire.
In the fifth year of Longqing's reign, under the pressure of Gao Gong, the court gave him the task of preparing troops for Su Song. In March last year, Cai Guoxi, who was a student of Gao Gong, was imprisoned by Chen Sanmo, who was accused of being "treacherous and deceitful, and using false Taoism to deceive the world."
Gao Gong had been paying attention to the movements of his student. Because he knew that he was incorruptible, his life would be difficult during the investigation, so he asked someone to bring him twelve taels of red gold, otherwise the Cai Guoxi he saw at this time would definitely have a sallow complexion.
When Cai Guoxi and Gao Gong were talking about the current situation, Xu Yuanwai came in and said that several other guests had arrived. Gao Gong and Cai Guoxi rushed out to greet him, and saw that they had been idle at home for a long time. Gao Gong's fellow Jinshi Wu Sanle and several of Gao Gong's friends in Nanjing arrived together.
Wu Sanle, nicknamed "Zunde" and nicknamed "Haoyou", was from Suzhou. He was already in his sixties at this time. Since he had no intention of pursuing an official career, he returned to his hometown long ago to become a wealthy man. He and Gao Gong were on the same list, and they have not lost contact over the years. This time, Xu Yuanwai's reception of Gao Gong was all arranged by him.
Seeing everyone sitting around the table and eating, he twirled his beard and said with a smile: "Xin Zhenggong is able to visit Nanjing at this time. I almost have the idea of 'far away to Nanjing', haha!" After saying that, he winked. As funny and cute as a naughty boy.
"Far away to Nanjing" is a line from a poem written by Tao Yuanming when he went to Nanjing. Its use here is a complete ridicule of Gao Gong. It means that after you retired, you did not enjoy the pastoral happiness like Mr. Wuliu, but you were still running around.
This was something no one dared to do when Gao Gong was on stage, and everyone present laughed. Gao Gong's face turned slightly red and he replied: "I hate that when I was alive, I couldn't drink enough! Drink, drink!" He used another line from Tao Yuanming's poem to gently resolve the issue.
This bunch of educated people all drink in this style, so there is no need to go into details. When the wine was half full, a guest asked: "Dong Xinzheng is coming south at this time. Does he have any intention of resuming his old plan of three years as Emperor Mu Zong?"
In the third year of Longqing, the hero Shao Fang bribed Chen Hong to bring Gao Gong back to life, which shocked the world and everyone here heard about it. At this time, they all stopped to see how Gao Gong would answer.
Gao Gong did have this intention, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to find Shen Yingkui. But today I saw the emperor's methods in Tianji Pavilion, and I already felt that the emperor was not someone who could be trusted as a close servant, and there was little hope for this road. Hearing the words, he sighed and said: "'It's time to leave without me, it's like a floating cloud'. It's so difficult at this time!" After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp, his eyes were slightly red.
The first sentence of this poem is "before the achievements are completed, the sunset suddenly flows to the west." Everyone here is full of reading, how can they not hear Gao Gong's unfinished meaning, and they are all sighing.
Wu Sanle changed the topic and said: "I am free at home, amusing myself with opera, but I hate that there are so few stories. The commentaries that have emerged in the market recently are quite interesting. If you can cut out a few paragraphs and change them to elegant language, it may not be impossible to form a new school."
After hearing this, Cai Guoxi said: "What Mr. You said is that these comments should not be regarded as local slang. I think their main purpose is to reunite the people of the country and distinguish between Huayi and Huayi. Those who are in charge of it may have a deep meaning." .”
Gao Gong listened and wondered what they were talking about. Cai Guoxi explained a few words to him. Gao Gong heard this and smiled and said: "This must be designed by my superiors, and the people of Jing cannot do this."
When everyone heard that he judged that the popularity of this comment was actually led by the emperor, they all found it incredible and hurriedly asked why.
Gao Gong has been at the top of the empire for many years, so he can tell the autumn with just one leaf. Seeing the question, he said with a smile: "Have you read the 'Platform Zhao Duilu' and the report of the Great Yue Jingying's Residence? I think our current ambition is not small, and we may have the intention to annex the four directions. These comments are just some preparations - —This kind of military service will be indispensable in the future!"
When everyone heard about it, they looked at each other and said: "The taxes of the country are given to the southeast. At this time, the burden is no longer able to bear. If there is another war, what should we do?"
Hearing this, Gao Gong sneered and said: "The emperor has given full power to his power, and the saints are far-reaching. The Jing people in power are also experienced people, how can they raise troops without realizing the national treasury? I predict that in less than three years, the world will be measured and the application will be made." 'One whip'!"
When everyone present heard this, their hearts beat loudly. Everyone is not afraid of a whipping method, because they have all stepped down and there is no need to use additional taxes to build a small treasury. But as Gao Gong said, if the government wants to measure the world, it will cost one's life.
Gao Gong added: "If I were to be in power, in addition to these two things, I would also reform the salt policy - honor officials who control the salt industry and siphon all the national taxes into their own families. Everyone should die!" "After saying that, the meaning of Zhengrong was fully revealed.
A guest at the banquet heard this and said: "Zhang Jiangling may not have done this. I have a friend who is an aide to Liu Yaohai, the governor of Fujian. He wrote a letter saying that the imperial court will launch a new method of drying salt this year. This reform of the salt policy may be around the corner!"
