Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1076 Macheng Liu, Songjiang Xu

After Huang Mengyu left, Gao Mo appeared in front of Gao Wushi, holding a stack of manuscripts in his hand.

"Although Mr. Huang and Mr. Chen took charge of the East Factory successively, they obviously didn't pay enough attention to Liu Shouyou, or it was too late...Master, here are some important records of Liu Shouyou's itinerary in the past two years. Please have a look."

Gao Wushi glanced at him, shook his head slightly, and said, "I'm tired, so you can pick the important ones. Well, first tell me why Liu Shouyou keeps staring at me. I shouldn't have offended him." I can't help it. Originally, the inside story of this would have to be held for a while according to the outline, but yesterday some readers wondered if Liu Shou had any reason to go against Gao Wushi... let's explode in advance. ]
Gao Mo said calmly: "It is true that the master never offended Liu Shouyou, but the Xinzheng Gao family once offended the Songjiang Xu family, or it should be said that the feud between the Gao and Xu families was never that simple."

"Xu Huating?" Gao Wushi frowned and said, "That's an old story between the Jia and Long years, and... even if it's not that the third uncle finally let the Xu family go, even if it didn't, the grievances between my Gao family and the Xu family have nothing to do with it. What's the matter with Liu Shou?"

Gao Mo said, "Master Xu Changchun from the Xu family, should I know him?"

"I know." Gao Wushi closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and said, "Xu Yuanchun, whose name is Zhengfu, and whose name is Yinyang, is the eldest grandson of Xu Huating. He was appointed as the head of the Ministry of Punishments, and later changed to the Ministry of Rites, and at the beginning of this year, he was promoted to Taichangqing."

Gao Mo smiled and said, "Master remembers it, but there are more details here."

Gao Wushi opened his eyes slightly, looked at him for a while, then closed them again, and said, "It seems that I still have something to ignore, so let's talk about it."

Gao Mo opened a manuscript and read: "Xu Yuanchun, whose style name is Zhengfu, and whose name is Yinyang, is Xu Fan's eldest son and Xu Jie's eldest grandson. At the age of 20, he was recruited by all the students. He followed his father to the capital and sent him Jinyi Weiji. Later, he changed to Shuntianfu. Students, take the provincial examination in the first year of Wanli, and six of No. [-] Jinshi in the second year of Wanli.

He was first appointed as the head of the Ministry of Punishment, and later changed to the Ministry of Rites, moved to Wai Lang, successively promoted to Guanglu Shang Baoqing, promoted to Taifu Shaoqing, promoted to Zhengqing, and was promoted to Taichangqing at the beginning of this year. "

In these cases, Gao Mo only explained in a little more detail than Gao Yushi, but Gao Yushi knew that it was definitely not the point, so he continued to listen without saying a word.

Sure enough, Gao Mo continued: "In the early years of Wanli, the Xu family opened a seaport in Songjiang, covering an area of ​​about [-] mu, and was quite prosperous. At that time, Xu Yuanchun had a daughter, the Xu family, who was married to Liu Shouyou's son Liu Chengxi. After getting married, the Liu family also invested in seaports. Later, Jinghua acquired Ningbo and other ports from the Ministry of Industry, and Xu's seaports were affected, and the volume of inbound and outbound cargo dropped by more than [-]%. However, at this time, neither Xu nor Liu had any Unusual behavior.

At the beginning of the ninth year of Wanli, with the support of Zhang Shanghai (the then governor of Guangxi, Zhang Ren, native of Shanghai County), the master began to buy land in Shanghai County and planned to build a port, and Liu Shouyou began to send people about one to two months later. Go south to Guangxi and Annan, and make unannounced visits, hoping to find unfavorable evidence against the master himself or Jinghua. "

[Note: The marriage between the Xu family and the Liu family above is a historical fact.I picked up three sentences: "In modern times, people who married far away, such as Jiajing, Songjiang Xu Wenzhen's Jielu, Liu Ertishuai. They are all from Chu... the world knows it.", "Xu Taichang (Yuanchun), with the female character Liu Jinwu (Shou The son of You). Xu is the grandson of Huating Prime Minister Gongzhong, while Liu Zegu is the grandson of Da Sima (Tianhe), a native of Macheng. They are also three thousand miles away.", "Huating Wu Yingai and Fenyi colleagues cannot be unique. However, When he was in phase, he had already married Lu Wuhui and Liu Taibao, two handsome sons and daughters, one in Jingling, Jingling, and the other in Huangzhimacheng." That is to say, the Xu family had two terms with Lu Bing and Liu Shou The governors of Jinyi are all married, so it can be seen that Gao Yushi is not the only one who is involved in Jinyi's guard affairs at this time. ]
After listening to Gao Mo's words, Gao Wushi couldn't help laughing, opened his eyes, shook his head slightly and said, "It seems that this is the outbreak of old worries and new hatreds. It's just that in the early years of Wanli, my third uncle was still the chief assistant. On the other hand, neither the Xu family nor the Liu family dared to move lightly. In the ninth year of Wanli, Sanbo passed away, and I just put my hand into the backyard of the Xu family in Shanghai (at this time it belonged to Songjiang Prefecture and Huating County) Lin County), and it also happened to be a port, and it really took food from Xu and Liu... No wonder, no wonder."

Seeing Gao Wushi's mocking face, Gao Mo didn't seem to care much, so he couldn't help reminding: "My lord, the old feud between Gao and Xu involved Xu Yuanchun's father. Xu Fan was sentenced to exile until Guo Yuanfu retired. He was pardoned and returned to his hometown before, and ordered him to return to his hometown to take care of his father, Xu Huating..."

Gao Wushi's heart moved, and he asked, "Coincidentally, it's the ninth year of Wanli again?"

"Yes, it's also the ninth year of Wanli."

Gao Wushi couldn't help laughing, and sighed: "A person like Xu Fan, even if he is exiled, he won't suffer much. It's not that you don't want to be an enemy of my Gao family... It's really not a son of man."

Gao Mo was surprised: "How does the master know that Xu Huating doesn't want to be an enemy of the Gao family?"

"Although Xu Huating is old, he is not confused. He doesn't know how to advance or retreat like his sons and grandchildren." Gao Wushi stood up with a sneer, and said: "In the past, he used Zhang Jiangling's mouth to make peace with my third uncle. Most of the hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land was saved. If I didn't expect, either Xu Huating had already neglected family affairs, or the younger generation of the Xu family were playing tricks without telling him, otherwise this would not have happened."

Gao Mo didn't dare to question Gao Yushi's judgment, so he could only ask, "Then... what should we do now?"

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and snorted softly: "Originally, with the actions of Xu and Liu, I would not be too exaggerated to deal with them decisively. But... Seeing that the third uncle promised Xu Huating not to care about the two in the past. For the sake of the past, I will give them one last chance this time, to see if the Xu family can rein in the precipice."

Gao Wushi paused for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Send me a letter to Senior Brother Han, Governor of Yingtian, and say that I want to ask him to visit Duke Xu Huating on his behalf."

Gao Mo thought for a while and asked, "Master, do you want to write a letter to Mr. Huating?"

Gao Wushi pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate to see Mo on this matter, so you can ask Senior Brother Han to convey a word to me."

Gao Mo lowered his head slightly and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Ask Mr. Xu Huating, if Xu's port is willing to sell it to me."

Gao Mo was slightly taken aback, and hesitated, "Master, do you really want to buy it, or..."

"What about real purchases, and fake purchases?"

Gao Mo frowned, and said with a wry smile: "Master doesn't know, the port of Xu's is no longer the business of Xu and Liu. I heard that there are many well-known families in the south of the Yangtze River involved."

"Oh?" Gao Wushi became interested and asked, "Which famous families are there?"

Gao Mo said: "Not to mention anything else, Wang Taicang Wang Jingshi's mansion participated in a share, and it is said that at least 5 to [-] taels of silver were invested in it."

Gao Wushi was taken aback: "Wang Xijue?" Then before Gao Mo could speak, he suddenly understood himself, nodded and said, "Yes, although Wang Xijue was born in Taiyuan's Wang family, his branch entered Taicang as early as the Hongzhi period. It belongs to Suzhou Prefecture, very close to Shanghai County), and his grandfather Wang Yong was especially good at management. He was already a wealthy man in Taicang at that time. Fans, it is also reasonable for the hatchback to join forces."

Gao Mo didn't answer, but his expression was still perplexed.

Gao Wushi frowned slightly: "Why, besides Wang Xijue, there are other powerful people?"

Gao Mo smiled wryly, "My master is so good at predicting things, there are indeed more, not only powerful, but also quite a lot."

"Tell me."

Gao Mo said: "Shen Cifu, Yu Ge old."

Now, even Gao Wushi had to change his face.

However, Gao Mo sighed, and said: "Shen Cifu is from Changzhou, Suzhou (Wu County and Changzhou County can be regarded as the "urban area" of Suzhou at this time), and Mr. Huating is also his teacher. It is not surprising that the Shen family has a share of such a big business at the port."

Gao Wushi remained silent with a cold face, and asked after a while: "Then what's the situation with Mr. Yu Ge? He is not from Su and Song."

"Mr. Yuge is not from Susong, of course, but he is from Ningbo." Gao Mo said with a wry smile, "Mr. Yuge was born in Yin County, Zhejiang Province, which is the prefecture of Ningbo. Sir, after the official port of Ningbo was monopolized by our Gao family, Ningbo Merchants must either cooperate with our Jinghua Ningbo Port, or build their own port to compete, or else, they can only go to the Xujia Port in Songjiang for trade.”

Now even Gao Wushi felt a bit of a headache, he touched his chin subconsciously, and said, "I really haven't noticed Mr. Yu Ge's background, so it turns out that his family is also engaged in maritime trade?"

Gao Mo replied: "The wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River are either big workers (owners of silk and other industries, the so-called budding of capitalism) or big merchants. It is rare for the Xu family to be keen on buying a large amount of land... The Xu family later ate After that big loss, they turned to business, perhaps because the Xu family was influenced by the local celebrity family after returning to their hometown."

Gao Wushi nodded, and thought to himself: Maybe it was because of the stimulation that Jinghua made a lot of money in maritime trade.

But in this way, this matter is not so complicated, and even my own inferences before have become less reliable.

Gao Wushi suddenly thought of what he talked about when he met Wu Dui, Wu Xun and his son that day.

Wu Xun said that the maritime merchants in Zhejiang are divided into two factions. One faction advocates the establishment of an allied chamber of commerce with Zhejiang maritime merchants alone to resist the "corrosion" of Jinghua in Zhejiang; All-out war.

It is said here that "Nanjing" is actually just a reference, and it actually means to concentrate the power of the entire Jiangnan—whether he is a nobleman, a celebrity, a family, or a rich man for many generations, as long as he is an upper class in Jiangnan who participates in maritime trade People from all walks of life can join in and form a joint force to compete with Jinghua.

Wu Xun said at the time that the Zhejiang faction still had the upper hand. Although Gao Yushi laughed at these people for their short-sightedness, he knew in his heart that if the entire Jiangnan teamed up to fight against Jinghua, Jinghua might not win for sure.

However, Gao Wushi judged at that time that as long as Wei Guogong Xu Bangrui and Linhuai Marquis Li Yangong did not participate, the "Jiangnan Alliance" would not be successful for a while.

However, today he discovered that maybe not necessarily!
Although Xu Bangrui and Li Yangong are prominent among the nobles and have relatively strong influence, they can influence at most the circle of the nobles, but they can't affect the local family of civil servants!

But now it seems that the family of civil servants is at the forefront, it may be the Xu family with an independent seaport, and Liu Shouyou can be regarded as the person standing beside the Xu family.

But behind the Xu family is even more complicated. For example, the Jiajing 41-year gold list, which is known to future generations, is very powerful. Its "Three Tripods" Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding all stand behind the Xu family!

Who is stronger than Xungui?
Civilian group!

Gao Wushi's face was livid, and he cursed inwardly: Fuck your grandma, I said Liu Shouyou is like eating a bear's heart and a leopard's guts, a governor in Jinyi dares to play these tricks with me, and you are just a marionette, The people standing behind are the real messengers.

What's the matter, seeing that my real school is slowly gaining the upper hand in this battle of practical learning, you have started to play tricks of changing concepts, trying to turn the political and academic dispute into a regional dispute between the North and the South?
Is it going to be the same as the Wanli Dynasty in the original history, and come up with something like the Chu and Zhejiang Party?Then come up with Donglin Party and Eunuch Party?
Be your mother's spring and autumn dream!

If I'm so pragmatic, if the regional party comes out, one Laozi will beat the other!
School disputes are, at best, governing philosophies, and as long as regional parties appear, they will sooner or later become township parties.

What is the situation of the township party?I must oppose what you agree with, and I must agree with what you oppose.

So from then on, there is no distinction between right and wrong in Ming Dynasty's government, only the difference between the enemy and ourselves.

What is a sign of subjugation?This is the sign of subjugation!
"Please let Senior Brother Han visit Xu Huating for now." Gao Wushi said decisively: "This is a big matter, and I am not the only one who can easily decide."

Gao Mo nodded in agreement, and then asked worriedly: "Master, it's good to be more cautious, but Huang Gong and Chen Gong's worries are not unreasonable. Zhang Jing and Liu Shou have internal and external cooperation. It's a lot of trouble, and the master is still working outside, so I'm worried, this thousand-day guard against thieves... there is always something wrong."

This worry, in fact, also has high pragmatic.And he thought a little deeper at this time.

Originally, one of his own strengths was "internal and external cooperation", which is where the School of Mind has not been consistent with the School of Reality in the past ten years.But this time, I don't know whether it was a coincidence or intentional on the side of the Heart School, but they discovered that Liu Shou had such a person who could connect the inside and outside to act as a puppet in front of the stage.

If it is said that Gao Yushi was able to contact Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju directly by himself, it was because the fact that he accompanied the prince to study was well known in the world. The impact of its reputation is not very big.

Now the Xin School has also found a good way not to affect the reputation of several important ministers, that is, through Liu Shouyou's line to get the latest news from the inner court sent by Zhang Jing.

In other words, the huge political advantage of "insight into the divine will" may no longer be held by Gao Pragmatic alone.

Gao Wushi narrowed his eyes slightly, and said slowly: "I originally thought about curing the disease and the root cause, so it's better to start directly from Xu's family, but now it seems that the root cause is a bit difficult to do, I'm afraid I have to settle for second best, come first It's fixed."
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