Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1183 Gao Huyou Online Again

Gao Wuzhen is now a minister of the outer court, which is different from when he was the prince's companion and observer of government. It is not easy to meet the benevolent empress dowager who has handed over power to the emperor, so he was on duty the next day when he was on duty. He sent someone to contact King Lu, and went to King Lu's mansion to meet Zhu Yiliu after he was on duty.

Gao Wushi doesn't have any ill feeling towards Zhu Yijun himself, after all, the two of them don't have many opportunities to meet, and when they occasionally meet, most of them are when Zhu Yijun is present, so naturally they are in a state of "reciprocity", and both parties are very polite .

On the contrary, Zhu Yiliu has a good impression of Gao Yushi. Perhaps it is because Zhu Yijun has praised so much. His Royal Highness Lu Wang has always believed that Gao Yushi is a genius in the world. That's good.

Because of this mentality, when Gao Wushi sent someone to send the greeting card, His Royal Highness Lu Wang jumped three feet high with excitement, and called all the officials in the palace to give them a lecture, and asked them to arrange the reception in the evening. .

The officials of the palace are all officials with no background, just like Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng who were on errands in Prince Yu's mansion back then, they are basically marginal figures. They are people who are arranged for "safety", but they are also of low status.

This group of fringe people knew that Gao Gongbao was coming to visit, so there was no need for Zhu Yixuan to be verbose. They were already full of energy, and they hoped to make a good impression on Gao Gong. In a short time, he can get himself out of the fire pit of the palace.

The status of a royal official is mediocre, and there is no chance of promotion. It has never been a place that officials want to go. Unless they are the kind of officials who eat and wait to die, they will basically not take the initiative to become a royal official.

Long Qing was considered a half-accident back then, while Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Chen Yiqin and others were not bad at all. The reason why it was called "half an accident" was that although Emperor Jiajing refused to appoint a crown prince, he was still prepared in his heart of.Jiajing knew that if King Yu or King Jing would inherit the great treasure in the future, but the officials he knew well around him were a bunch of idiots, then there would be no way to play, and the emperor would definitely be played around by the courtiers.

Therefore, if the prince is not established, the prince will not be established, but Jiajing still took a lot of thought for the officials of King Yu and King Jing.

But the current King Lu is different. Zhu Yijun was already in power when he left the cabinet to study, and Zhu Yijun is his elder brother, not his father. Of course, he would not consider cultivating his younger brother's political level, so he didn't pay much attention to the selection of the prince's official. Ability, what is considered is the so-called character - in other words, you can fool my brother to be honest, and the cultivation of ability is not important.

After all, he is the prince after Jing Nan, so he doesn't need any ability, just be obedient.

Speaking of which, the reason why the Chongzhen emperor behaved like that in history is likely to have a lot to do with this point - just look at his level of governance and you will know that he is completely fooled and lame in all aspects.

Emperor Longqing's level of governance at that time was mediocre, but he had a good teacher, and he had gradually figured out some key points, so he taught Zhu Yijun some time before his death, to the effect that to govern the world, one only needs to find the right way. If you find the right people, just let them do it. As for the emperor himself, you only need to hold on to the factory guards and military power.

At present, King Lu doesn't have a good teacher, and a group of poor officials in the palace just want to curry favor with Gao Gongbao, in case they get his appreciation, so that they can get out of the misery, so among other things, they are still very attentive to the dinner.

After all, King Lu is a "viewer of all feudal vassals" and has a mother who loves him, so although he has little say in politics, his economic treatment is more than ten times better than that of King Yu back then. Looks good.

As a result, when Gao Wushi arrived at Prince Lu's Mansion, he was a little surprised by the grand events in the Palace.He looked at the officials of the palace who were almost lined up to welcome him, and then at the palace that had obviously undergone a temporary "cleaning" except that there were no lights and festoons, and he gradually understood what was going on.

In front of everyone, Gao Wushi immediately showed an approachable smile, and praised the officials of the palace one by one.It seems that this group of people is more capable than the princes of the court who are on duty in the court. Everyone is smiling, and they are almost scratching their heads.

In order to welcome Gao Gongbao, His Royal Highness Lu Wang also took some thought. Even after seeking the opinions of Chang Shi and others, he actually opened the middle door and waited personally outside the gate of the palace to greet Gao Yushi. I was so startled that I hurriedly got down from the sedan chair and blamed myself again and again.

Well, this is impossible.His Royal Highness Lu Wang can be courteous to corporals, but someone Gao cannot climb up the pole. Today's meeting is open to the public. If he dares to do this, he will be scolded on the street tomorrow.

Why?Because of the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the prince's respect for "the son of heaven is first class" is far higher than that of various courtiers.Regardless of whether Zhu Yiliu has power or not, at least this respect cannot be ignored.

At least not on the surface.

The two of them exchanged courtesy, Zhu Yili happily led Gao Yushi into the mansion himself, and the two sat down in the side hall, Wang Fu Chang Shi and others also waited on him.

This is a rule, Gao Wushi knows, but this rule is a bit troublesome, because Gao Wushi wants to talk to King Lu today, it is best not to spread it until it is confirmed.

"The emperor often praises Gao Gongbao in front of Xiao Wang for his loyalty and talent. Xiao Wang has always hoped to receive Gao Gongbao's teachings. He didn't want to finally get what he wanted today. It really taught Xiao Wang that he was very happy."

Gao Wushi was naturally modest first, and then asked: "Today, the minister came to see His Highness, and wanted to ask about King Jing's legacy. Is it convenient for His Highness to explain?"

"Oh, it's about King Jing's inheritance." Zhu Yiliu's political experience is indeed not rich, and his "performance level" is not in place. Gao Yushi can see that his eyes flickered at a glance.

However, Zhu Yiliu replied quickly: "Xiao Wang doesn't know much about this matter, so I don't know what Gao Gongbao wants to ask?"

Both of them seem to have skipped the question of "King Jing's legacy is none of your business".After all, although he is the Minister of Rongzheng, he has another identity: the actual helm of the Real School.

In other words, what he asked today and the attitude he expressed may not necessarily represent his personal understanding, but probably represent the attitude of the entire Real School officials on this matter.

Gao Yushi didn't want to delay any longer, and asked directly: "Does Your Highness know exactly what King Jing's legacy is, how much it is worth, and what kind of benefits it can bring His Highness?"

There was a flash of caution in Zhu Yiliu's eyes, and he said cautiously: "Well...the Ministry of Household Affairs hasn't come up with a specific statement yet, and Xiao Wang is not very clear about it."

Gao Pragmatic was not satisfied with this answer, and asked: "Maybe you don't understand the situation? Your Highness, excuse me, this question is very important."

"Ah, this..." Zhu Yichun hesitated for a moment, and glanced at Chang Shi, but unfortunately Chang Shi immediately lowered his gaze without showing any sign.

Zhu Yiliu looked at Gao Yushi again, under his gaze, he could only cough dryly, and said, "Uh... Generally speaking, Xiao Wang heard that there should be at least [-] hectares of fertile land?"

Gao Yushi rolled his eyes: What the hell are you dreaming?The number of [-] hectares is indeed known all over the world, but you say that [-] hectares are all "good fields", do you think Lao Tzu is an idiot?
He chuckled, and said lightly: "I came here with sincerity, I hope His Highness will also treat me with sincerity."

Sure enough, Zhu Yiliu's expression changed.

Gao Yushi's words are a bit over the top.

However, he knows that Gao is very pragmatic, and Zhu Yiliu is really a little scared of him.So he squeezed out a smile, and said with a little embarrassment: "Gao Gongbao is serious. How dare Xiao Wang treat Gao Gongbao's sincerity slowly? But Xiao Wang is really not very clear about what Gao Gongbao asked. I don't know what Gao Gongbao said. Is there any more detailed information that you can tell Xiao Wang?"

Gao Wushi pretended to ponder for a while, and then said: "It's quite troublesome to talk about the specific things, or how about telling Your Highness the number directly?"

"What amount?" Zhu Yiliu asked.

"Even if King Jing's legacy is fully accounted for, the amount of income that can be brought to His Highness every year."

Zhu Yiliu said in astonishment, "Gao Gongbao even knows this?"

Gao Wushi said indifferently: "Your Highness should know that Jinghua is quite good at settling accounts."

Oh, Jinghua... no wonder.

Zhu Yiliu nodded, expressing that he understood, and then muttered: "In that case, please tell Gao Gongbao."

Gao Wushi said: "Under normal circumstances, King Jing's inheritance is calculated based on all real figures, and it can bring about 420 seven taels of silver to His Highness every year."

Zhu Yiliu's eyes widened all of a sudden, and his breathing became a little short: "So much?"

Who knows that Gao Yushi ignored him, but continued: "If this year, all the places where the inheritance is located are in good weather, then this amount can increase somewhat, and its income can rise to more than 7000 taels of silver .”

It's close to 6 taels, and it's an annual income, which is really high.Because Jing Wang’s legacy is mainly based on income from land, minerals, and even fishing, it must not compare profitability with maritime trade.

It has been said before that the income from farming is actually very poor. Usually, if you buy an acre of land and rely on farming itself to "recover the cost", even if the weather is good, it will take more than 30 years. King Jing's estate can earn nearly 6 taels a year His annual income is indeed very impressive, no wonder Zhu Yiliu was surprised.

However, Zhu Yizhen was surprised too early, because Gao Yushi's next words immediately surprised him even more.

Gao Wushi sighed, shook his head and said, "Excuse me, the properties of Prince Jing seem huge, but the profitability is too low. If you have such properties under your name, you must try to sell them as soon as possible."

Zhu Yili was completely stunned, and after a long while he asked: "This...why is this? Five or sixty thousand taels of silver a year is not a good profit?"

"Of course, it's too bad." Gao Wushi said with regret on his face: "If King Jing's properties are all real numbers, then their total value can be about 160 million taels of silver... Your Highness, with a capital of 160 million taels, one You can only earn less than 6 taels a year? Tsk tsk."

Gao Wushi snorted softly, and said contemptuously: "The shopkeepers and supervisors under Jinghua, no matter what line of business they are in, if I give them 160 million taels of capital, he can only give me 6 taels a year. The income, ha... In the next year, he will not even think about eating from Jinghua again."

Zhu Yijun said in surprise: "Ah, this, isn't this already a lot of money?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "A business that takes 30 years to pay back can be said to have made a lot of money? Your Highness, forgive me for your arrogance. If Jinghua makes money at such a speed, how big do you think Jinghua can be today? A Jinghua soap I'm afraid the factory will be shut down, right?"

Uh... seems to be the same reason?The investment of Jinghua soap factory in the early years seems to be only a few thousand taels, and now it has only been in operation for more than ten years. According to this profit rate, it is not bad to have a scale of tens of thousands of taels now.

But actually?He knew a little about the dividends of the Jinghua Soap Factory. According to those nobles, the annual profit of the entire soap factory should exceed 10 taels!
More than 10 taels...

Suddenly Zhu Yiliu's eyes turned red. A Jinghua soap factory is actually more profitable than this king's future business?What's going on in this world?Isn't this king the head of all feudal lords?Aren't the feudal lords watching?Why is this king so poor?

Gao Yushi seemed to be a roundworm in his stomach, and he just said again at this time: "Oh, by the way, the current total capital of Jinghua Soap Factory is about 40 taels, and at most it will not exceed 45 taels—— The minister means if it is sold."

Zhu Yiliu immediately widened his eyes: "No way? Jinghua Soap Factory is so cheap?"

Gao Wushi laughed, and said: "This is calculated according to the value of the total capital, but it does not mean that I will sell it." He paused and explained: "The total capital is the total capital, and the profit is the profit. .Your Highness, it is precisely because the soap factory has a low total cost but a good profit that it is impossible for me to sell it. Do you think this is the reason?"

Ah, of course, only a fool would sell such a chicken that lays golden eggs.

Zhu Yili nodded repeatedly.

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "So, Your Highness, from such a comparison, King Jing's legacy of about 160 million taels can only earn 6 to 6 taels a year - just count as [-] taels, isn't it the same? A useless one? If I were to change to a minister, I would have already cashed it out and used the money to do other things. What can I do to get more money than this?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhu Yiliu nodded again and again: "It's really too slow to get money for this thing... Eh, wait, it's not right."

Gao Wushi asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhu Yixuan scratched his head in a disfigured manner, frowned and said, "Of course you can make a lot of money with 160 million taels in Gao Gongbao's hands, but... this, this... Xiao Wang can't."

Gao Wushi laughed: "Your Highness, you think you don't know these things, but is it important? Think about it, Duke Cheng and Duke Ying, are they really good at these things?"

Zhu Yizhen was stunned, and hesitated: "Oh? That's right, they probably won't either..."

That's right, everyone can't, but why can you make money even if you don't know how to do business, but you can't do it when you become the king? ——
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