Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1660 Cutting Yuan (XIV) "Good Unity"

Private letters can be sent by pigeons, and official letters can only be sent by post. Therefore, the main matters discussed by Wen Hua on this day were learned only in the morning of the next day.He thought for a moment, and immediately called the staff of his shogunate for a meeting.

The shogunate here does not mean the shogunate in Japan. The term "shogunate" originally referred to the tents of senior generals who led troops to fight abroad, and thus extended the meaning of the official office of a high-ranking official. Later generations used it to refer to high-ranking officials, or Refers to the whole of the auxiliary personnel hired by these senior officials.

The term "shogunate" first appeared in the Warring States Period, and was used in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the scope of application of the term was expanded. Not only the tents of senior generals can be called the shogunate, but also the subordinates of the Sangong Jiuqing and even the prefects and counties. job.

After the Ming Dynasty, the shogunate can refer to the tents set up by civil and military officials when they went out to fight, or the government offices when they were governors. The chief officer in the "shogunate" is called "the shogun", and there are two types of people who assist the "shogun": "shogun" and "skunk".

In short, "Muguan" refers to the subordinate staff in the official office, which itself belongs to the official bureaucratic system of the imperial court. This system was formed after the Song Dynasty.Another type of person who assists the "curtain master" is the "curtain guest" who is called by Gao Yushi at this time.

The term "Mupin" first appeared in the Jin Dynasty, when Xie An and Wang Tanzhi went to Huan Wen to discuss political affairs, and Huan Wen asked his military advisor, Xi Chao, to lie down in his tent and listen to their discussions so that he could give him advice afterwards.As a result, when discussing the matter, the breeze blew and the curtain was blown away. Seeing Xi Chao, Xie An smiled and said: "Xi Chao can really be said to be the 'guest of the curtain'."

"Xie An and Wang Tanzhi tasted Wen's discussion, and Wen Lingchao lay down in the tent to listen to it. The wind moved the tent, and An smiled and said: Xi Sheng can be called the guest of the curtain." Thus, the word "curtain guest" spread.

The difference between Mubin and Muguan is that although Muguan also obeys the Muguan, Muguan is a subordinate official assigned by the imperial court, listed in the official status, and has an official status; Mubin is an assistant hired by the Muzhu privately. Personnel, as guests, do not eat the imperial salary, and all benefits are paid by the head of the curtain. The two are collectively referred to as "staff".

The Ming Dynasty implemented a "small government" system, and many local officials were actually too busy, so the profession of master became very popular.In addition, there are many unreasonable places in the official system of Ming Dynasty. For example, the central government of the imperial court still has arrangements such as "political scholars", which can have an opportunity to learn working methods before actually taking power. However, positions of real power such as orders are directly held by Xinke Jinshi.This has led to many new officials who could only study before being completely blinded by the actual work. If they don't find a few masters to help, they can't carry out any work, and they are pinned to death by the local subordinates.

Therefore, it is very common for officials of the Ming Dynasty to have their own shogunate, especially for the top officials, there are very few people who do not support staff.Of course, before Hai Rui had no staff because he was clean and poor, and Gao Gong didn't have staff because students were enough, these were exceptions.

Gao Yushi also has a shogunate, but his shogunate has different names: Jinghua Secretariat, the secretary of the secretariat is actually his shogunate staff.From this perspective, Liu Xin is actually his chief guest.

However, Gao Wushi did not bring Liu Xin with him on this expedition.Although Daming has a tolerance for female generals, in fact, if you think about it carefully, you will find that female generals do not exist in the so-called "army of economic control", and most of them are led by their own private soldiers.

Gao Yushi didn't use many "self-owned soldiers" in this battle, so it was naturally inconvenient to bring female generals, and it was even more inconvenient to use female staff as it was easy to give facts.

He did not bring many aides in the army. There were a total of six people: Cao Ke, Secretary of Commerce, Ruan Fuyuan, Secretary of Military Affairs, Gao Wuzhong, Secretary of Finance, Gao Qi, Secretary of Intelligence, and Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo, trainee secretaries.

Among them, Cao Ke and Ruan Fuyuan are both students of Gao Yushi. One is the son of Cao Gan and the other is the son of Ruan Huang; He is Gao Yushi's nephew and the second son of his cousin Gao Wuben; Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo are Gao Yushi's concubine brothers, and they are not in charge of the Jinghua Secretariat, so they are collectively called trainee secretaries.

In general, it can be seen from the age of the members of this secretarial team that the Jinghua Secretariat is a bit of a "political scholar", and their task is more about learning than actually providing how many consultants for Gao Pragmatic.Of course, it would be better if you can provide staff advice.

Gao Wushi distributed the news to everyone, and Cao Ke, as a "big disciple", spoke first, saying: "Sure enough, the Secretary-General's previous speculation has been confirmed. The teacher just left, and as soon as he left the fortress, some people couldn't help jumping. Come out to stir up wind and rain. First it was Yang Yinglong from Bozhou, and now it is the Jiangnan chaebol."

"Why do you think it's the Jiangnan chaebol?" Gao Wushi smiled slightly and asked, "Aren't they Japanese pirates?"

"The teacher came to tease the students again. It is said that this matter was done by Japanese pirates. In fact, how many Japanese pirates are there outside of Jiangnan? The Japanese pirates' hometown, Japan, is the sphere of influence of Jinghua. The two squadrons of Kanto and Kyushu have long been mixed with the previous ones. The Japanese "naval army" with many invaders has been trained to be obedient, how dare they invade my Ming Dynasty again?

As for the several naval forces in Gyeonggi, China, and Shikoku, they are now being integrated by Toyotomi and Maori, and they are gradually on the right track, and they will not risk offending the Maritime Trade Alliance by doing such a thing.On the other hand, the Ryukyu side once reported that some of their islands were taken by some pirates fleeing from Japan, but this matter should be dealt with more or less... Brother Shouzhong, right? "

"Shouzhong" is Ruan Fuyuan's word. He is the military secretary who is mainly in charge of the navy, and he is in charge of this matter.

"That's right, it's true." Ruan Fuyuan nodded upon hearing this, and said, "The Ryukyu side reported this to the Nanyang Fleet last autumn, and the Nanyang Fleet ordered the Quanzhou Squadron to destroy it, but something unexpected happened. "

Cao Ke was a little surprised: "What accident?"

"Although the Japanese pirates who escaped from Japan were not strong, the ships they used were not Japanese ships, but Western ships with big soft sails. At that time, our Quanzhou Squadron only dispatched a few armed transport ships. Arrived on a windy day.

This band of Japanese pirates escaped from Japan, so they were extremely cautious, and were able to find out in advance on the watchtower and escape in time.Our fleet couldn't catch up, and only took back the island they abandoned and returned it to the Ryukyu side. "

"Then where did these Japanese pirates go? Could it be that they were the ones who harassed Nanjing this time?" Cao Ke was greatly surprised.

"That shouldn't be the case." Ruan Fuyuan shook his head and said, "At first, it was said that the Japanese pirates fled to Luzon, but the Luzon side later reported that the Japanese pirates did not stay in Luzon, but went all the way south. Sulu or Borneo."

Then don't worry about it for the time being, and it's not easy to manage.Cao Ke nodded and said, "That is to say, the theory that Japanese pirates harassed Nanjing is still impossible to be true."

He turned to Gao Wushi and said, "Teacher, the students thought it was obvious. They must be from the Jiangnan chaebol. They recruited some Japanese pirates in the past, not to mention their own family. They were engaged in maritime trade in the early years. At that time, who was not a 'Japanese pirate'?"

Gao Wushi gave a "huh" indifferently, and asked, "Then what is their purpose?"

Cao Ke replied: "I think it is nothing more than to drag the court back, and even make the teacher's supply insufficient, so that the yuan cannot be wiped out smoothly."

Gao Yushi looked around at the crowd and asked, "Do you have anything to add?"

Everyone looked around, and then Gao Qi said: "My nephew thinks that although it is very possible that this matter was indeed done by the Jiangnan chaebol, there are still some doubts in it, which need to be eliminated one by one."

"Well, tell me." Gao Wushi nodded.

Gao Qi said: "Although most of the Xinxue faction is integrated with the Jiangnan chaebol, the interests of the two are still different after all. The thing that the Xinxue faction is most concerned about right now must be uncle's attack on Yuan. If it can delay the victory One day or simply mess up, for them, there is nothing good about it.

However, the interests of the Jiangnan chaebol may be different.For them, although their uncle Fa Yuan's success will be more famous, the main benefit of this victory should be political, that is, his uncle will be elected to the cabinet for his hard work.However, uncle’s entry into the cabinet is not entirely a bad thing for the Jiangnan chaebol, on the contrary, it is very likely that because of his entry into the cabinet, he will not have the energy to launch a commercial suppression against them, and then give them a breathing space..."

When he said this, Gao Wuzheng expressed his objection, shaking his head and said: "I'm afraid this is not necessarily true? Even if my elder brother enters the cabinet, he will probably still be in charge of finance. Since he is in charge of finance, what about the comprehensive unification of Jiangnan's financial rights and comprehensive business and taxation?" The release of expropriation must still be the top priority, so how can the Jiangnan chaebol have a chance to breathe? I think for them, it means that the danger is getting closer."

Gao Qi said: "Uncle Eleven, my nephew thinks that if Uncle Six enters the cabinet because of his meritorious deeds, the first trouble he will face should be the stubborn resistance of the School of Mind. I am afraid that he will not be able to deal with the Jiangnan chaebols for a period of time, and... ..."

In fact, Gao Qi and Gao Wuzheng are the same age, but the seniority is here, etiquette cannot be neglected, and one has to pay attention to tone and attitude when speaking.In contrast, Gao Wuzheng was freer, so he directly asked, "And what?"

Gao Qi replied: "Besides, my nephew thinks that the sixth uncle has always been magnanimous, and he rarely commits extermination. Although the Jiangnan chaebols are selfish, they will do anything in order to pay less taxes. However, looking at the six uncles over the years Regarding the tolerance of the nobles, my nephew ventured to guess: If one day the Jiangnan chaebol confessed, the sixth uncle would not beat them to death with a stick, but would probably treat them like the nobles, forgetting the mistakes of the past, and not to blame. Lead them into the right path."

Gao Wuzheng thought about it, and said, "Do the Jiangnan chaebols dare to do things with this kind of thinking?" The implication of these words is, do the Jiangnan chaebols dare to gamble with their wealth and life on the integrity of Gao Pragmatic?

You know, once Gao Wushi does not intend to "let the past go, let bygones be bygones", but insists on suppressing dissidents, or simply doing things to let Jinghua or the Maritime Trade Alliance annex them, then the Jiangnan chaebols may be eaten up by then. Well, who can bear it?
In the face of huge benefits, but pin their hopes on the character of the other party, this is probably not what the Jiangnan chaebols dare to think about.

Gao Qi also agreed with this opinion, but he still said: "My nephew is not saying that the Jiangnan chaebol will dare to gamble with his wealth and life, but that since Uncle Six doesn't want to beat the Jiangnan chaebol to death with a stick, maybe he won't." Too hasty to deal with this..."

When he said this, Gao Wushi seemed to be interested, and asked with a smile, "Then what do you think I will do?"

"Sixth Uncle's methods are beyond my nephew's ability to guess." Gao Qi said modestly, "However, my little nephew thinks that Sixth Uncle should generally dismantle the Heart School and the Jiangnan chaebol step by step and separate them. , deal with each other."

"Yu Fu (Gao Qi's character) has made great progress, and I'm very pleased." Gao Wushi smiled and praised Gao Qi, but then said: "But you're getting too far, let's get back to business."

Gao Wuzheng was a little embarrassed, because what Gao Wushi said was "too far away", if he wanted to pursue it, he would be the first to do so.

Gao Qi saw it, and was afraid that the eleventh uncle would not come down, so he immediately took over the conversation and said, "Yes, sixth uncle. My nephew was just planning to say that, in fact, the Jiangnan chaebols and the senior leaders of the Xin school are talking about it." Maybe it’s already a discord.”

High Pragmatism is still aimed at enlightening thinking, asking: "Why do you see it?"

"This behavior is proof." Gao Qi said: "My nephew is in charge of intelligence in the secretariat. After collecting all kinds of information, my nephew believes that the Japanese raid on Nanjing cannot be the work of Shen Yuanfu. Ge Lao may not dare to do such a reckless thing.

There must be someone else behind this incident. My nephew thinks that this is the result of the collusion between Shu Yinglong, the Governor of Water Transport, and the Jiangnan chaebol.The purpose of Shu Yinglong's doing this is probably to create an opportunity for himself to make meritorious deeds, and the Jiangnan chaebols are even more ruthless... They want to completely cut off the water transportation! "

Everyone was shocked, especially for his last sentence, almost everyone couldn't understand it.Only Gao Wushi focused his eyes, took a deep look at Gao Qi, was silent for a moment, and said, "Continue."

Gao Qi was refreshed, knowing that Gao Yushi's words affirmed at least some truth in his analysis from the side, so he immediately said: "Shu Yinglong did this because..."

"Don't mention Shu Yinglong, let's talk about the Jiangnan chaebol." Gao Wushi interrupted with a wave of his hand.Shu Yinglong's purpose for doing this is much easier to guess, Gao Wushi knew what Gao Qi was going to say even if he didn't listen, so he just skipped it.

"Uh, yes, Sixth Uncle." Gao Qi quickly adjusted his thinking, and continued: "Since the Japanese pirates have gradually calmed down, and the technology of sea-going vessels produced by Jinghua has improved, now there are very few accidents or unexpected delays in shipping grain northward. , and there is obviously still a lot of surplus in shipping capacity, so it is not a problem at all for shipping to undertake the responsibility of transporting grain alone.

However, Jinghua, and even the entire maritime trade alliance, are not very enthusiastic about transporting grain. After all, the harvest from sea trade is far more cost-effective than transporting grain.However, this transaction is still a good deal for the Jiangnan maritime merchants who are less benefited from the size of the Jinghua fleet: the journey is safe and the profits are decent.

In this way, if water transportation can be completely stopped and sea transportation is used instead, Jiangnan maritime merchants can get an extremely stable entry (income), and at the same time, it will not intensify competition with Jinghua or the Maritime Trade Alliance.As for the "food and clothing of millions of water workers", this is the trouble of the court, but not the trouble of the chaebols in the south of the Yangtze River. My nephew thought they would not care. "

Gao Wushi laughed, and said: "Your analysis in the first half is very reasonable, but there are some problems with the last sentence. 'Millions of waterworkers' clothing and food' is certainly not a matter of concern to the Jiangnan chaebols, but in fact this matter is now It's not difficult anymore.

I mean, the matter of 'millions of water workers' food and clothing' is easy to solve, and the Jiangnan chaebols can even guess that I have a solution, so they think that cutting off water transportation completely will not incur retaliation from me, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs .

As for another trouble that may be caused by Japanese pirates raiding Nanjing, that is, the court was too nervous and ordered my class teacher to return to the court. There may be other stories between the Jiangnan chaebol and Shu Yinglong... Hehe, it’s so united. "
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