Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1163 Great Crisis

After a bit of flabbergasting, old man Pan Sheng first threw away his part-time Minister of Rites, and then recommended Shen Shixing's in-law Xu Xuemo to take over the vacant uncle.

If there is no problem here, Gao Yushi is willing to write the word Gao upside down!

However, what exactly is the crux of this problem is debatable.

At first glance, the most likely scenario for this matter is that the old guy Pan Sheng saw that the chief assistant had changed, so he jumped to Shen Shixing's side in accordance with his usual style, and the root cause of this show operation was nothing more than standing in line.

But this is doubtful, because although Pan Sheng has not had a strong sense of presence in the cabinet for several years, he is old and sophisticated, so it is impossible for him to not know the real situation of the cabinet.

What is the real situation?Even though the cabinet is currently headed by Shen Shixing, due to Yu Youding's sudden death, Shen Shixing is now a loner at all. As long as he wants to oppose the opinions or suggestions of the Real School, he has to come out in person no matter how big or small. In the cabinet, it is actually quite taboo.

Why taboo?Take the example of Gao Gong. Gao Gong was undoubtedly strong enough in the Longqing Dynasty, but he actually had helpers in the cabinet. For example, Zhang Juzheng, who tried to get him back to Beijing, was his helper at that time.Moreover, one helper was not enough, so Gao Gong invited Guo Pu back under Gao Pragmatic's suggestion. In the original history, he raised Gao Yi, but the two are not different from the original intention. helper.

It can be seen that even Gao Gong, who is as strong as the Longqing Dynasty, knows that he cannot be the only one in the cabinet, and must adhere to the principle of "one hero and three gangs" in order to grasp the situation firmly.

The situation that Shen Shihang is facing now is even worse than when Gao Gong returned to Beijing, and although his family members are not bad, they are definitely not as good as Gao Gong in the past.At a time like this, would an old fox like Pan Sheng really choose to stand silently on the side of the chief assistant, Shen Shixing, who had little chance of winning?
This is probably a question mark.

Another point is that Pan Sheng's foundation in the cabinet can be summed up as "basically neutral, slightly biased towards the wind direction".

To put it bluntly, this attitude is to listen to whichever side is strong, but never show up at any time, and every time it shows the appearance of "the general trend is like this, I can't do anything about it".

The advantage of this attitude is that it neither offends the "true prime minister" who is in charge of the wind, nor offends the other faction too much - the other faction is not a child, and of course knows his old Pan's weight.He can't object at all, he's just expressing his position. Are you going to punish him to death, and finally go to the side of the "true prime minister" completely?
So old, who would be so naive?The neutrals are all able to fight for it as much as possible, and if they can't get it, they should try their best not to fight against them.

After all, now is not the most severe period of party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty in history. It has not reached the point where it is either one or the other, either you die or I die. Everyone still maintains the final clarity of mind.

So from these two points, we can draw two basic conclusions: one is that Pan Sheng himself does not need to jump into the fire pit; the other is that Shen Shixing is unlikely to force Pan Sheng to clarify his position.

This is so strange, Gao Wushi drank two cups of tea in a row, but didn't understand the reason behind it.After all, it's impossible to draw a conclusion that Mr. Pan is simply crazy, right?

You can't joke about politics like this. Even if someone is really crazy, you have to treat his behavior as a well-thought-out decision.

It is better to worry too much than to overlook it.This is a consistent principle of high pragmatism.

But this matter seems to be at a dead end now, and it doesn't make sense if you look at it horizontally and vertically.

"It doesn't make sense, so there must be something that I haven't grasped." Gao Pragmatic tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and kept recalling some recent actions of Pan Sheng and Shen Shixing in his mind, carefully examining these actions Is it possible that there is some kind of connection.

Oh, by the way, and Xu Xuemo.

Xu Xuemo is Shen Shixing's in-law, this is the first thing that everyone in the Real School of thought will think of when they hear this name.However, when Gao Yushi arrived at this time, he suddenly felt that he should not be limited by prejudice first, and always look at problems from this perspective. Now he should jump out of this shackles and look at it from a higher perspective.

What kind of person is Xu Xuemo?This person's character is Shuming, and his character is Ziyan. His name is Taishishanren, and he is from Jiading, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili.He is the gold list of Jiajing for 29 years, and his qualifications can be said to be extremely old, but he is not young, he is 64 years old (imaginary).

People from Suzhou, that is, Shen Shihang's fellow villagers, it's not surprising that they became relatives by marriage.

But why did Pan Sheng recommend Xu Xuemo?Pan Sheng is from Zhejiang, and he is not from the same hometown as Shen Shixing and Xu Xuemo, and he was named on the gold list earlier, but he was the second place in the 20th year of Jiajing, and it was not the same year as Shen Shixing and Xu Xuemo.

Damn it, he can't be supporting the younger generation for no reason, right?If the younger generation wants to support, then he can support too many people - this old man has been the minister of the Ministry of Rites for so many years, and he has a lot of students, but his power in the cabinet is not very "real". He can't even support his disciples, so he still has time to take care of Xu Xuemo's business?
Besides, Xu Xuemo is now the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and his status is not low. He can be regarded as one of the big men of the Mind School, so he deserves to be promoted by Mr. Pan?Shen Shixing is the chief assistant at any rate, even if it is inconvenient for him to recommend his in-laws, there is no way he can accommodate him—for example, if he finds an opportunity to promote Shu Hua, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, wouldn't Shu Hua reciprocate and recommend Xu Xuemo to take over? own position?

If you are an official, you don’t understand the reason why people carry people in flowery sedan chairs. What kind of mess are you doing? Wouldn’t it be better to go back to your hometown earlier and take a leisurely tour in the forest?
Yep, we're at a dead end again.

Gao Wushi picked up the teacup a little annoyed, only to find that the third cup of tea was also empty.He was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help shaking his head, stood up, and let out a long breath of foul air.

While he was feeling troubled, Gao Mo begged to see him outside the door.

Gao Wushi let him in, and then asked, "Have you found anything?"

Gao Mo bowed slightly, and said, "Master, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has some clues, but I don't know if it is related to Pan Ge's actions this time."

"Say!" Gao Wushi's eyes lit up, and he said immediately.

Gao Mo didn't say much, and opened a book in the shape of an account book in his hand, and looked at the place where the bookmark was inserted in advance, and said: "Two months ago, two maritime merchants in Zhejiang sent their Ningbo private bank to their home. There are a total of 27 berths in the port, and they were sold to Pan Yi at a price far below the market price—this person is Pan Ge’s nephew.”

Gao Pragmatic's eyes narrowed suddenly, and a gleam of light flashed in them.

"There must be something related to it?"

"The master clearly sees that Wanli still exists." Gao Mo turned two more pages, looked at it, and said: "The Xujia private port in Songjiang divided the shares previously held by Liu Shouyou's family into two, and half of them It was privately transferred to Pan Yi, and the reason used was that he was hired."

If you are hired, it must be a marriage.But specifically who from the Xu family is married to who from the Pan family, this high-level pragmatic is not interested in asking, he just needs to know the meaning of it.

"Hehe, that's what happened." Gao Wushi nodded, already understood the root of the problem in his heart, but subconsciously asked, "Is there anything else?"

Unexpectedly, Gao Mo replied, "Yes, there are more."

Gao Wushi was taken aback this time, and frowned, "Shen Shi...Shen Yuanfu shouldn't have any shares in the port, right?"

"It's not Shen Yuanfu, it's the other two who also sold some shares at a low price, and even some ships to Pan Yi." Gao Mo flipped through the account books in his hand and said, "The value of the port shares is about 11 taels. It is about 13 taels, and the market price of the ship is higher, about 8 to 30 taels. Added together, it can be calculated at almost [-] taels."

"Such a big deal?" Gao Wushi couldn't help being a little surprised.

30 taels, one-twentieth of the annual income of the imperial treasury.If this money is saved a little, it is almost enough to fight a battle between Yunnan and Burma (only counting the part spent by the court).

"Which two companies paid for this?" Gao Wushi became serious.

"Wang Xijue, Xu Xuemo."

Gao Wushi was taken aback: "Wang Xijue?"

Xu Xuemo was the final beneficiary of Pan Shengsao's operation. It's not surprising that he participated in it. Gao Wushi had already estimated it in his heart just now.But Wang Xijue...why did he get involved?Isn't this guy Ding You at home, and even somehow learned some fairy art from Wang Shizhen's daughter who claimed to be a fairy? (Note: This matter is mentioned in the previous article, it is a historical fact, and it is recorded in official history.)
Gao Mo simply replied: "Yes, master, it is Wang Xijue. But he didn't do it himself, but it doesn't make any difference—the person in charge of this matter is the chief steward of the Wang family's outer palace."

No wonder the "amount involved" is as high as 30 taels. The Wang family has been the richest man in Suzhou many years ago. The wealth of the family can be imagined with your toes. Nearly one-tenth of the world's land tax has been handed over to the land of gold.Is there any need to doubt how well I am the richest man in Suzhou?

Gao Wushi even suspected that the Zhang family in Puzhou might not be as rich as the Wang family in Suzhou. After all, although the monopoly of the Changlu Salt Farm was powerful, the Zhang family's rise in the business world was shorter than that of the Wang family.The accumulation of wealth still takes time, and not everyone can build a Jinghua Group in more than ten years like him.

The crux of the problem was found, but Gao Yushi couldn't sit still because of the sharpness behind it.

He asked Gao Mo to leave all the relevant information for him to check and confirm, and then let Gao Mo go to rest first, and carefully study the context of the incident in his room.

Now that these things have surfaced, Pan Sheng's actions can be explained, and it is no longer a dead end. This is the only good news among the bad news right now, which can prevent him from being blind.

However, the meaning behind this incident made Gao Wushi really gasp.

When he shared the information in Gaomo, he remembered what Wu Dui's son, Wu Xun, had analyzed with him (Note: see volume "Fu Liaodong", Chapter 233 "Humbleness").

It seems that in the end, the Zhejiang maritime merchants did not choose to simply form a "Zhejiang Maritime Trade Alliance" or "Zhejiang Maritime Merchants Alliance", but at least contacted the representatives of the civil official group in Nanzhili, that is, those born in the Xin School. The bigwigs in the Nanzhili area - united.

The specific development process of this matter is not very clear to Gao Pragmatism, and it is impossible to speculate in detail, but generally speaking, it may be the result of the Zhejiang Maritime Family and the Nanjing nobles seeking help after failing to seek a joint venture. .

What Gao Pragmatism can conclude is that regardless of the evidence in hand, it is only found that Xu Xuemo and Wang Xijue gave Pan Yi shares and ships, but there must be other transfers of interests behind it.And this transfer of interests must be the bleeding of Zhejiang maritime merchants, supplemented to Xu Xuemo and Wang Xijue-Xu and Wang will not buy Pan Sheng at a loss of their own money. spokesperson.

Among them, Xu Xuemo needless to say, his qualifications are not bad, he is a Jinshi in Jiajing for 29 years, and he is already a servant of the Ministry of Punishment, so he can find a chance to take the position with a little push - no, Pan Sheng took the initiative to let the virtuous!
And Wang Xijue is even more powerful. Don't look at Ding You in his hometown now. He is the leader of the 41st Jiajing Examination. The second place in the court examination is one of the iron triangle of "Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding .

It can be said that if the old father was seriously ill before, and he needed to go back to his hometown to take care of his old father, and then Ding You really fell, then since Shen Shixing and Yu Youding have joined the cabinet, his entry into the cabinet is basically a certainty thing.Even in terms of his prestige in court and scholars, he should at least have a better chance than Yu Youding.

Gao Pragmatic did the calculations, and discovered a big problem: Wang Xijue's period of worrying and worrying is about to expire!

"Fuck, one link after another!" Gao Yushi thought of this, couldn't help but patted the table lightly, and cursed in a low voice: "The level of the Heart School has improved now...or is it because the chief assistant has always been a teacher?" Our people, so that they can't perform even if they have a level?"

But no matter what, the situation is now in front of us. The old man Pan Sheng should have been knocked down by sugar-coated bullets, and he even planned to use his own way to pave the way for the Heart School.

This is really ironic.

Sugar-coated cannonballs have always been my highly pragmatic forte. Who would have thought that the Heart School would take the lead this time? Who would believe it?

However, "how much Zhejiang Maritime Merchant gave, I will double it from Jinghua" is not a matter of high practicality. It is not that he is reluctant to part with the money. The key is that there may be regional factions in this matter-Pan Sheng himself is from Zhejiang. He is a young man, and he is already very old. It took him only two or three years to become an official after working normally.If he offends the deep-rooted Zhejiang maritime merchants, no one can guarantee what he will face when he returns to his hometown in the future.

It may not be possible to kill people directly, but if a few "remnants of Japanese pirates" emerge in a place like Zhejiang and wipe out Pan Sheng's family... Although this is shocking, it is really no big deal.You have to know how many high-ranking officials' homes were ransacked when Japanese pirates were rampant in the past?Everyone is used to it.

Even if it doesn't go so rampant, when Pan Sheng himself dies, if there is no up-and-coming star in his family who can be a pillar, wouldn't it be easy for Zhejiang Maritime Group to kill their family?So since Pan Sheng chose to "surrender to the enemy", there was no need to fight for it.

Open the bow without turning back the arrow.

Gao Wushi sighed softly and shook his head slightly.
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