Gao pragmatic thought about these questions many times, and almost every post station he passed along the way came down to understand the situation in person, which made Guo Pu, who was traveling with him, look at it and have always been quite suspicious.

In a highly pragmatic capacity, he does not ask for bribes from the post station, which is understandable to Guo Pu. Not only did he not ask for bribes, but he even paid a reward to subsidize the post stations along the way, which made Guo Pu even more satisfied. Although the money for the reward is not much, and the average reward for each post station is about 20 taels of silver, not more than 30 taels, but because there are many post stations along the way, Gao Pragmatic still spent four or five hundred taels of silver.

Gao Pragmatism is rich, of course Guo Pu knows this, but through Gao Pragmat's last article "There is a Way to Make Money", coupled with Guo Pu's understanding of what Gao Pragmatism has done for more than a year, as well as what he has observed and seen during this time, Guo Pu does not think that Gao Pragmatism is a rich and spenders.

As a result, Guo Puxin concluded that there must be a plan for rewarding people along the way.

Originally, Guo Pu also felt that Gao Pragmatic was just inviting people's hearts at first, after all, there were many officials waiting at the post station, and the people in the post station themselves were ordinary people, and they also had to contact with ordinary people.

But this does not explain the unusual behavior of Gao Pragmatic personally going to chat with the people in the post station every time he goes to a post station.

Anyway, Gao Shi's family background is here, and his reputation in Shilin is not bad now, and there is no need to condescend to talk to these people from a horizontal and vertical perspective - even if there is something to understand, can't he send someone to go? You Gao Shishu has two hundred people under your hand, and the head of the family named Gao Jue doesn't seem to be a stupid person, so you can't handle this thing?

Therefore, Guo Pu's interest is also getting bigger and bigger, and he often deliberately observes Gao Pragmatic's actions, until one day, after Gao Pragmatic talked to the people in the post station in Xuanhua Horse Post according to the practice of coming all the way, a person wrote and painted on the horizontal table placed in the pavilion in the courtyard, but Guo Pu suddenly appeared and asked Gao Pragmatic what he was doing during this time.

Slightly unexpectedly, Gao Pragmatic did not mean to hide it at all, but respectfully invited Guo Pu into the pavilion, pointed to a stack of manuscripts on the horizontal case and told him that he was calculating a very complicated math problem.

Guo Pu has a little understanding of mathematics, but he can't talk about specialization, and he just subconsciously picked up a few pieces of manuscript paper to read.

This is unbelievable, except for a few Chinese characters occasionally, most of them are some "ghost painting peach symbols" that he can't understand at all, not only stunned, but asked Gao Pragmatic what kind of text this is written.

Gao pragmatic naturally told Guo Pu about the Arabic numerals again, and then told him that he was calculating the approximate cost of the current Daming national post station and the actual cost of maintaining the operation.

Guo Pu was stunned at first, then taken aback, and asked, "You want to clean up the post station?" ”

Gao pragmatic said: It is convenient to talk to smart people, you look at the words of other people - rectification! What a professional use of the word.

If you say "reform" in the Ming Dynasty, everyone can actually understand it, but it is generally not used like this, and it is usually replaced by "change", but in fact, "change" is not a word that can be casually pronounced in ancient society.

In history, whether it is Gao Gong or Zhang Juzheng, they are very repulsive to this word - it is difficult to say whether they are really rejected, but at least in the mouth and pen, they are very repulsive.

Because "obeying the ancestral system" is a very important thing in any dynasty, to a certain extent, "respecting the ancestral system" is the basis for demonstrating their own legal principles, if everyone does not follow the ancestral system, then how can the emperor inherit the foundation of the previous emperor?

Therefore, this is actually a very, very principled issue, and not everyone dares to say such terrible words as "the sky is not enough to be afraid, the ancestors are not enough to be afraid, and the words of people are not enough to be compassionate".

Even though Gao Pragmatic actually appreciates these three sentences very much and admires Wang Anshi's fearless spirit of reform, he does not dare to follow it easily - at least now, he does not dare to borrow a hundred of his bear-hearted leopard galls.

With his current fame, dare to compare with Wang Anshi back then? The shoes are ten blocks away. What's more, the political environment of the Ming Dynasty is also very different from that of the Song Dynasty, not to mention anything else, at least the emperor of the Song Dynasty, Lao Tzu, is not willing to kill ministers in court.

What about Da Ming? As long as the emperor doesn't care about his face and his name, he will be killed by a cane.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, there is a trouble that no matter how you change, you have to find a reason to come out, saying that I am not actually "changing the law", just correcting it, in fact, I am doing this to truly follow the original intention of my ancestors...... As for whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway.

Therefore, Guo Pu is very particular about using a neutral and even slightly positive word: rectification.

Since it is a rectification, that is to say, not to change the settings of the ancestors, but to correct the problems accumulated in the operation of the post station for so many years, it is naturally a matter of course, and it is completely a good thing.

Gao Pragmatic even thought of the "Rectification Movement" because of this word, and his heart was about to move, and he forcibly suppressed this impulse - he was not qualified to make such a big move.

At the moment, Gao pragmatic settled down and introduced his thinking quickly but comprehensively.

Guo Pu didn't care much when he first heard it, after all, there was a problem with the post station system, and the problem was not small, which was a common concern for many courtiers, how did Gao Pragmatic perceive this problem, it didn't matter, maybe he just heard Gao Gong mention it?

But the more he heard it, the more serious Guo Pu's face became, because he found that Gao Pragmatism was not a whim.

In the introduction, Gao pragmatic not only described in detail the actual situation of the post station system - which he personally explored along the way - but also carefully analyzed the reasons for these problems, and finally explained the solutions he thought of one by one.

Guo Pu didn't say a word except for asking for details in some places, and it wasn't until Gao Pragmatic finished speaking that he nodded with satisfaction: "You do things in a very solemn style, even more meticulous than him." It seems that although you are overcalculating, this style of overcalculation can also be extremely beneficial if used in the right direction. ”

Gao pragmatic said that he didn't dare to be.

Guo Pu waved his hand and said, "Your analysis is very reasonable, even if I am asked to come, I may not think about it in more detail than you." However, have you calculated the results of this calculation, if the imperial court really changes it according to your plan...... Well, if the purge is preached, will it increase the expenses of the imperial court so that it cannot afford it? ”

Gao said calmly but resolutely: "No." ”

Guo Pu glanced at him and said lightly: "You have already been in the academy once last time, and this time I think you can also be evacuated again - although you are not a Qincha now, but you are also in the Hanlin Academy, in my Daming, no one dares to say that the Hanlin scholar is not qualified to be a scholar." I have thought of the name of this sparse text for you, and it is called "Shu Yi Lu Shu". ”