Chapter 037: Gao Jue's Advice
Gao Pragmatic is not worried about the huge amount of money of 300,000 taels being wasted, because the role of this money is not so simple for disaster relief.
The place where he "drew a circle" is the northeastern edge of the later Jiaozuo coal mining area, although the edge is also a large mining area, with an annual production capacity of four or five million tons. Moreover, there are iron ores in Jiaozuo and Qinyang, and the reserves are average in later generations, but they are more than enough for the needs of high pragmatism at this time.
Of course, whether it is an iron mine or a coal mine, Gao Pragmatic will definitely not be able to dig so much, but since there is a mine, he can do things, and he will not lose money - because he now has the equivalent of at least tens of thousands of free laborers in his hands, which is so cheap that it is almost the lowest price for a mouth.
The coolest thing is that the surplus value of "exploiting" this group of people will not only not have the slightest notoriety, but can also win him countless praises - countless living people, ten thousand Buddhas!
Profit, invitation, all of them!
What kind of loss-making business is this, it is simply the best business in the world!
The only problem is that because there is suddenly such a big thing to do on the side of Weihui Mansion, the problem of insufficient talents is too prominent, and Gao Pragmatic cannot help but feel extremely uncomfortable.
He really can't do anything, all the people who can be used at hand have been arranged, and disaster relief can't be delayed, and a delay may lead to changes - either a lot of people will starve to death, or there will be military disasters or banditry in the homeless people, in short, it will be very bad.
If he doesn't have to rush back to Beijing, then it's not impossible for him to stay and deal with it himself, and there are even miraculous effects - at least for "inviting names", there is also a bonus effect. But the meaning of Gao Gong's letter has been very clear, I will answer the tribute will be completed soon, and there will definitely be a wave of rewards after completion, and Gao Pragmatic is not in Beijing, and the effect will be different.
After all, his "job" is the prince's companion, as long as he stays by the prince's side, it is impossible for the emperor not to take care of it, which is also the face of the prince.
What's more, Li Chunfang Zhishi is basically ironclad, Gao Gong is about to be the first assistant, at the moment when the third uncle is about to reach the peak of the people, Gao Shishi, who has faintly become his "heir to the mantle", if he is not present, it will inevitably be a little less meaningful.
And Gao Shishi also knew a reason why he needed to return to Beijing quickly: only when he returned to Beijing could he bring Guo Pu back to Beijing, and after Li Chunfang became a teacher, only Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, and Yin Shidan were left in the cabinet.
Without the suppression of Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji's alliance, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng will inevitably drift apart, and Yin Shidan, no matter how you look at it, is not the object that Gao Gong thinks can be an ally - this person does not have much practical spirit, and his mind is only to be an official and a big official, where can Gao Gong look at it?
Originally, Gao Gong intended to help Gao Yi ascend to the throne, thinking that pulling him into the cabinet would help consolidate his authority and eliminate the central dispute caused by Zhang Juzheng's separation from himself, but Gao Pragmatic persuaded him before and made him realize that Gao Yi's entry into the cabinet may not be able to play the role he expected.
At this time, Gao Gong only had two choices left: the first choice is needless to say, that is, to recover Guo Pu, Guo Pu is absolutely sufficient in terms of qualifications, and his character is also reliable, but he is not a person who holds power, it is simply the first choice to be an ally; The second choice is Zhang Siwei, originally Gao Gong has promoted Zhang Siwei from the Hanlin bachelor to the right attendant of the ministry, which belongs to a position that can directly enter the cabinet, of course, if Gao Gong is willing to use all his strength, he can also first suggest that Longqing temporarily promote Zhang Siwei to the Ministry of Rites and then enter the cabinet - as I said before, this is a very common way to enter the cabinet.
But the problem is that the relationship between Zhang Siwei and Yin Shiwei is a bit bad, Yin Shidan has always guessed that Gao Gong wants to pull Zhang Siwei into the cabinet, so that he has no hope of entering the cabinet, and finally even took the inner court route at the expense of face and obtained the emperor's decree and entered the cabinet. Since he can even do without his face in order to suppress Siwei's head, and he has to forcibly pull Siwei into the cabinet with a high arch to enter the cabinet, then Yin Shidan is probably not afraid to simply tear his face and make a wave of hard bars.
Gao Gong is not afraid of Yin Shidan, but Yin Shidan has just entered the cabinet, if Gao Gong immediately gets him down, then in the eyes of outsiders, wouldn't he be a "powerful minister" Gao Gong? Correspondingly, the face of the court is ugly. Therefore, Gao Gong was also hesitant to recommend Zhang Siwei to the cabinet this time.
At this time, it also happened that Zhang Siwei fell ill - during the period of the tribute, he went up to the high arch, contacted Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi, and then connected all walks of life to set off a momentum of support for the tribute, and he was so busy that he finally fell ill. And although the problem may not be serious, you must recuperate for at least half a year according to the doctor's advice.
This time, there is no way to go high arch, and there is only one choice left, which is to recover Guo Pu.
Therefore, one of the very important factors why Gao Pragmatic was in a hurry to return to Beijing this time was that he asked him to bring Guo Pu back to Beijing for the reason of "master and apprentice". As long as Guo Pu arrived in Jingshi, Gao Gong was still somewhat sure to persuade him to accept the resumption.
This also decided that Gao Shishi could not stay and preside over the disaster relief and resettlement by himself, so he could only return to Beijing as soon as possible.
was struggling, and in the end, Gao Jue gave him a very creative suggestion: ask his wife Zhang to personally supervise the matter.
The reason why Gao Jue's idea is creative is first of all that the first point is: Zhang is a woman.
This is in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention what women can be half the sky, Zhang's presided over Gao Shishi's Jinghua soap sales in Henan are from Puzhou Zhang's mother's family transferred a few shopkeepers, but not in person. But now, if you want to preside over the disaster relief and resettlement, it will be a little difficult to rely on agents to come forward, and you will have to show up a few times, otherwise, the effect that can be achieved by the high and pragmatic purpose of inviting fame and hope will definitely be weakened.
But the reason why Gao Pragmatic thinks this idea is very creative is precisely because Zhang is a woman.
Gao pragmatic thinks that he is disgusted with both pastoral male power and pastoral female rights, and he really feels that women's liberation is very important. It's just that this job was difficult to do in the Ming Dynasty.
Cheng Zhu Lixue has been doing it for so many years, and it is not that he can change it if he says it. Don't say that the men of the Ming Dynasty will not understand it after hearing it, it is very likely that the women of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to accept it themselves - the education they receive is also "Women's Training", "Women's Commandments" and the like, and concepts such as husbands and wives are also deeply ingrained in their hearts.
Therefore, this matter can only be done slowly, especially the first step, you must be cautious, you must have an extremely great, bright, and correct reason, otherwise it will definitely bring great trouble.
At least in his opinion, for the emancipation of women, he didn't have the guts to engage in the divine operation of banning the binding of small feet. Qianfu pointed out, no problem, how can this matter be so easy?
Relief for the victims is such a good reason!