Gu Kexue came to vote on behalf of a famous official family like the Gu family in Nanzhili, Yang Cong was naturally overjoyed, this represents a kind of recognition, the recognition of him by the gentry class in the southeast, otherwise how could a representative of the gentry class like the Gu family take the initiative to vote.

If he doesn't have any ability and strength, people won't care about him at all.

Of course, he can't pull everyone into his arms, if he pulls a bunch of selfish or out-of-the-box guys, it will be troublesome.

Although he knew Gu Kejiu better, he only knew about this Gu Kexue, and he didn't know what kind of person this guy was.

This guy is bent on climbing to a high position and becoming an important minister of the court at the level of the six Shangshu, that is to say, this guy is very likely to become his right-hand man in the future, such an important person, he naturally has to take the school exam.

Yang Cong thought for a while, and then asked: "Old Gu, I don't know what position you held when you were in the Zhengde Dynasty, and why were you dismissed?" ”

When Gu Kexue heard this, he did not shy away from saying: "Let the adults laugh, the old man has only been in the officialdom for less than ten years, and he has mixed up with the position of Zhejiang Chengxuan's political envoy Si Zuo, which is not worth sprinkling, not worth sprinkling." As for the reason for his resignation, it is also to blame that the old man was young and frivolous, and he had a lot of complaints about Liu Jin, so he was rectified. ”

It turns out that this is the case, Liu Jin, the "emperor", is not an ordinary murderer, whoever dares to provoke him, it is not bad if he is not killed.

This Gu Kexue, it seems that it is not simple, less than ten years after entering the officialdom, he went to Zhejiang to declare the political envoy Si Zuo Senator, which also proves from the side that his ability should be quite outstanding.

Because Cheng announced that the political envoy Si Zuo Senate was already from the fourth grade, and when the new branch was sent to the officer, he was at most the head of the sixth department, and those who were sent to the local area were generally the magistrates of the seventh grade, that is to say, Gu Kexue was promoted to at least three levels in just a few years, and it was even possible to be promoted to five levels.

It is not so simple for an official to be promoted in these years, even if he is born in the Hanlin Academy, it is basically impossible to rise steadily, a step in three years, crazy upward, many times, it is very common to train in a position for six or even nine years, and there are many officials who are born in Jinshi and even can't climb the "high position" of the left senator of the political envoy in their lives.

This Gu Kexue's promotion speed is so fast, which is enough to prove that his ability to mix officialdom is really not small.

Moreover, this guy was also dismissed because he didn't deal with Liu Jin, a traitorous eunuch, which is enough to prove that there is no big problem with his character.

Of course, these are his side words, which have yet to be verified.

Yang Cong thought for a while, and then asked: "Old Gu, take the liberty of asking, I don't know how much your Nanzhili Gu family has?" ”

This one.

Gu Kexue obviously hesitated, this question is a bit excessive, it's very rude to ask people.

However, he also knew that Yang Cong was examining him.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said calmly: "Our Gu family has accumulated a little bit of income as officials for several generations, and now there are more than 10,000 acres of fertile land and a few houses, and it can be regarded as a rich gentry on the ground in Wuxi." Of course, compared to adults, this asset is also not worth sprinkling. ”

Well, 10,000 acres of fertile land, worth about 200,000 taels, it is not surprising that the Gu family has accumulated such a large asset for several generations, you know, maritime giants like Longxi Chen and Zhangpu Lin, purely in terms of the background of the official gentry is not as big as the Gu family in the south, but people have used their official gentry background to make at least millions of taels in more than ten years, this kind of official gentry family is terrifying.

Yang Cong thought about it, and then sighed with a fake meaning: "It is indeed a bit less to have only this little bit of money for several generations of officials, Gu Lao, you should also know that this official is encouraging business and supporting local development, I don't know if you are interested in participating in it, if you are interested, not to mention more, it is not a problem to earn a million taels a year." ”

What encourages business and supports local development, this is just a euphemism for prohibiting maritime business, this, of course, Gu Kexue knows.

The income of millions of taels a year is indeed a huge temptation, and it is also false to say that it is not tempting.

However, he knew that this was Yang Cong who was taking the school exam, and if he was too greedy, Yang Cong would definitely be disappointed, and his future was estimated to be gone.

He thought about it, and then said solemnly: "This depends on the meaning of the adult, if the adult needs the Gu family to contribute, the Gu family is naturally obliged." ”

The meaning of these words is obvious, that is, the Gu family completely obeys Yang Cong's arrangement, and they will do whatever they want.

It seems that this guy is very good, and besides, this guy is relatively calm in life, and the temptation of millions of two years has not made him lose his temper, not bad, not bad.

Yang Cong nodded slightly and said: "Well, there is really a need for someone to watch over Nanzhili at this time, if there is someone in your Gu family, help the official take care of the business of Nanzhili, and then the official will give you a share of the profits." ”

This means that it is necessary to support the Gu family to become a wealthy maritime businessman, and it is not very clear how much profit Gu Kexue has, but since Yang Cong said that it is not a problem to earn a million taels a year, it will definitely not be less than one million taels, even if he is calm, he can't help but bow his hand with a little excitement: "Thank you, sir." ”

Yang Cong nodded, and suddenly said to Zhang Shen on the side: "Old lady, I don't know if you are interested in participating, if you are interested, it will also be a profit, what do you think?" ”

He asked Zhang Shen This is naturally not Zhang Shen for the school examination, he is pulling Zhang Yue into the water, after all, there is such a big profit in maritime trade, there is no need for his Yang family to eat alone, share a little profit and pull more big people into the water to prevent risks is the king.

This Zhang Shen naturally knows it, however, their Zhang family has always attached more importance to reputation, although this maritime tycoon has a lot of income, and its reputation is not very good, but at this time his grandson-in-law has taken the lead, and it is also an invitation to him, it seems that it is not good to sweep people's face, after all, they are already the governor of Zhejiang at this time, and it is not impossible to enter the cabinet in the future.

It's a bit of a headache whether to do this or not.

He was hesitating, and Gu Kexue on the side suddenly spoke: "Brother Zongrong, please forgive the junior brother for being blunt, if you don't do this, I won't do it, and even if Lord Yang doesn't do it, someone will do it." Besides, then the Longxi Chen family dares to do it in the middle of the court, what do you dare not do in the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate? ”

This seems to be the reason, if you don't do it, someone else will do it, do you refuse to do a business of millions of taels a year just for the sake of fame?

He has had enough of the suffering of not having money, and sometimes he can pull down for money.

Zhang Shen frowned and pondered for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "Qingfeng, since you say so, the old man will ask Wei Qiao, if he doesn't object, the old man naturally doesn't object." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, Zhang Yue is still relatively filial, which can be seen from Zhang Zhen's marriage, as long as Zhang Shen nods his head, Zhang Yue will generally not object, this matter seems to be nine times out of ten, if he can pull his old father-in-law's family into the water, this maritime trade will be more secure.

Gu Kexue this guy, is he still quite discerning, perhaps, it is a good choice to train him to be a right-hand man, no matter whether this guy has other shortcomings, at least he knows how to help himself succeed, this is the most important thing.

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