Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2027
When Shen Yiguan and Qian Menggao, teachers and students, were discussing in the flower hall in the backyard of Shen University Scholars' Mansion, they were also discussing in Nanning Marquis Mansion.

"According to what the master said, the whole situation surrounding the palace seems to have changed little, but in fact, the arrangement of all parties has become a mess?" Huang Zhiting frowned and said, "It's really true that the emperor coughed up blood and fainted. Is it just an accident?"

"It should be said that there was a conspiracy laid out in advance, but the person who laid the conspiracy didn't expect an accident today." Gao Wushi shrugged and shook his head slightly: "If I didn't miss it, this conspiracy should be Shen Jiaomen. So Bu. At this moment, he may also be thinking about how to deal with this matter."

Similar to the fact that there is only one Qian Menggao in Shen Yiguan's house to discuss with him, there are only Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin in Gao Yushi's study.After he said these words, Liu Xin said: "What will he do? It's hard to say. I feel that he may be more likely to find a way to lie dormant first, and see the direction of the wind before making a fuss."

"Depending on the direction of the wind?" Huang Zhiting snorted unhappily: "Isn't he afraid that the master will attack him immediately?"

Liu Xin said with a smile: "Madam, Master never fights unprepared battles. Shen Jiaomen, as the actual leader of the current Heart School, must have thoroughly studied this point."

Huang Zhiting just didn't like Shen Yiguan very much, so what she just said was angry, and she knew in her heart that Gao Wuzhen would not do anything now.With my husband's habit, everything must be planned in advance, and he will never execute a big event immediately, this is not his style at all.

Therefore, Huang Zhiting did not argue, but said distressedly: "But with such a big change now, many previous preparations have been in vain..."

"It's not completely in vain." Gao Wushi shook his head slightly, and said: "Although from the perspective of the time axis, it is true that many steps that should have been disrupted in the layout, most of them are still usable. It's just the order of a few things that needs to be tweaked."

Huang Zhiting asked, "For example?"

"For example, I originally didn't intend to touch Concubine Zheng Huanggui while dealing with Zhu Changluo's threat, but once today's incident happened, I had to change my plan, and I had to start beating the emperor's favorite concubine first, so that she would not be here. Intervene indiscriminately at such a time..."

Gao Wushi sighed: "After all, I didn't want to destroy the trust and tacit understanding between me and the emperor because of her relationship."

Speaking of "trust and tacit understanding" with the emperor, Liu Xin frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "Master, what is the emperor's attitude towards you now? I always have a feeling that he seems to be very contradictory now... …sometimes very trusting, other times skeptical.”

Huang Zhiting was also very concerned about this matter, so when Liu Xin asked, she immediately stared at Gao Yushi, waiting for his answer.

"You must first understand that no matter how strong the friendship between me and the emperor was in the past, there is one thing that cannot be changed: he is the king and I am the minister, and no matter how good a personal relationship is, it cannot change this."

Gao Wushi said calmly: "Therefore, when he feels that I will not pose a threat to him or to Daming Jiangshan, he can completely trust me and give full play to my ability.

However, once he felt that I had the ability to threaten the imperial power—whether or not I would really threaten it in my subjective consciousness, he couldn't help but become vigilant about it, and then began to have reservations about me in many things.

If you want to say that this means that he no longer trusts me, I think this judgment should be inaccurate.To be precise, he just felt that my power was a threat to him, and he didn't think that I had any intention of betraying him. "

Liu Xin pondered and didn't speak immediately, but Huang Zhiting couldn't help sighing, shaking her head and said: "That's not good. Master, I was also a 'Emperor of Earth' in the past, so I should know something about the emperor's mentality. I wonder if the master is willing to listen to my concubine's words?"

Gao Wushi nodded with a smile and said, "Madam, please tell me."

Huang Zhiting pondered for a while, and said: "In the early years, my father didn't want to be a director for some reason, and I had no choice but to take over the affairs of the family and the clan. At that time, my Huang family was directly under the jurisdiction of Siming Mansion, and Siming Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, etc. Although the Huang family's sphere of influence is in the provinces, Siling Prefecture, Zhongzhou, and Shangsi Prefecture, etc., the real power is in the hands of the same family branch. If you want to carefully calculate, if the Huang family in Guangxi was very powerful at that time, then The main family accounts for [-] to [-]%, and each branch family accounts for [-] to [-]%.

But this is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is that there are problems with government affairs.My father still wanted to cheer up in his early years, but he was quite influenced by ethics and hoped to manage government affairs in a gentle way. Therefore, he respected the old people left by his grandfather and gave them a lot of power, including military power.

Later, my father suffered a setback in the political arena and began to ignore his affairs. After a few years, the power in the mansion was completely in the hands of Tumu and Tushe.When the concubine took over, he found that the real direct-controlled troops were only about three or four thousand, and the military discipline was lax.That kind of soldiers, the imperial court conscripted them out to fight against the rebellious people, but if it was a civil war among chieftains, they would almost certainly not be able to win.

Master, if you were in the situation when you were a concubine, what would you do? "

Gao Yushi thought for a while, and said: "First organize the army, and then find an opportunity to gain prestige. After success, immediately take advantage of the situation to take back the military power, and subdue all the Tumu and Tushe in the Siming Mansion who refuse to accept the management."

"Master really has a good idea, and my concubine basically did the same thing at the time." Huang Zhiting said with a smile: "However, my concubine's methods are naturally not as sophisticated as the master's, so Liwei was missing at that time, but... well, anyway, I chose As the leader of the soldiers, Huang Hu held a Hongmen Banquet, forcibly dismissed several old natives, and appointed their sons to take over."

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, and it was the first time Liu Xin heard about Huang Zhiting's early deeds. After hearing this, she couldn't help but wonder: "Will this not cause future troubles? After all, I just replaced my son with my son, and the power still rests with them." In the hands of the family."

Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "The inheritance of the major chieftains is suppressed by the imperial court regulations, and generally they have to act according to the eldest son inheritance system. Occasionally, it depends on the attitude of the Guangxi Fu and the two courts. But it is not the case under the chieftains. In one case, the Tumu family chooses who will be the successor, but in another case, it is appointed by the chieftain... In short, there is no saying that the eldest son must be the successor."

Liu Xin wondered, "But this hasn't changed, they are still father and son."

"So what?" Huang Zhiting shook her head and said, "They will obey whoever gives them power. What's more, the new Tumu who is forcibly appointed by the chieftain will often have many opponents within the family, so they have to work harder. Obey the chieftain's orders, otherwise how can we suppress the family?"

When Huang Zhiting said this, Gao Yushi couldn't help thinking: So the classic moves with English are not new in China!Isn't this the same as Daiying's method of always choosing a minority as the ruling ethnic group for the colonies?

At this time Liu Xin also understood, nodded and said: "So that's the case, Madam is smart."

"It can't be said to be clever. Many chieftains in the southwestern provinces have been passed down for hundreds of years. Such methods are not uncommon. As long as you are willing to understand, you may not find a precedent to imitate." Huang Zhiting said.

Liu Xin nodded and asked, "What's next?"

"The next step is to lay a solid foundation, constantly cut off the Tumu and Tushe that have become stronger, and ensure that the power directly under the chieftain can overwhelm everything."

Liu Xin murmured, "Who will control this direct power?"

"This question is on the point, and it is exactly what I want to say." Huang Zhiting said solemnly: "Select the most capable subordinates from among the distant relatives of Huang's family, and then make sure that these forces are divided into at least two or three groups, and decide whether to use them or not." It can’t just be handed over to one person.”

"Isn't Huang Hu the most important general under Madam's command?" Liu Xin asked, "I don't seem to have heard of anyone else."

"Huang Hu is a distant relative of the Huang family, but he has already released five clothes, and before he was reused by me, he not only fell into ruin, but also had an enmity with an important Tumu in the mansion." Huang Zhiting smiled slightly: "That Tumu , is also one of the important people I use under my command."

Liu Xin also smiled, and said, "Balance, I understand."

Huang Zhiting looked at Gao Yushi and said, "My lord, I know that these principles are very simple to you. You just always think that the emperor trusts you enough, so..."

"That's why I thought that the emperor would not use other people and other forces to check and balance me?" Gao Wushi shook his head lightly: "It's wrong for Madam to think so, I never thought so."

Huang Zhiting was really surprised: "Really?"

"If I really think so..." Gao Wushi paused, seemingly hesitating a little, but finally said calmly: "If I really think so, how could Shen Changzhou, Wang Taicang and others end up wandering around the forest now? Not only do they have no chance to leave their jobs safely, they may even be defeated ten years earlier.

Oh, by the way, you think that Jinghua has always been difficult to grow in Jiangnan. It's really just because the foundation of Xin School is deeply rooted in Jiangnan, and I, Jinghua, can't open the situation anyway?
Hehe... It's a joke, the reason why Jinghua's expansion in Jiangnan is "repeatedly frustrated" is not because the Mind School can really resist the new business model and Jinghua's strong capital, but just because I need Jinghua to be frustrated in Jiangnan. "

Both Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin were shocked when they heard it this time. After a while, the two girls looked at each other and asked in unison, "Master, did you do this for the emperor?"

Gao Wushi spread his hands: "What else? Jinghua dominates the business circles in the north and the south, and I have become Tao Zhugong of the Ming Dynasty. I don't even have a rival?
Hehe, if that's the case, no matter how close the emperor is with me, he must not hint at some officials who have long been displeased with me, and then use their mouths to cause a downfall.The emperor came out at this time to scold them and keep me, once, twice, three times...

No matter how many times, those people will never stop fighting me because they know who is supporting them against me.And in the end, the emperor will finally make a compromise, belittling a few of the most happiest dancers, while accepting my resignation with "extreme regret". "

Huang Zhiting gasped, and said: "It turns out that the master has already defended against it, and even now that the Xin school can become a force that can rival the real school in the court, it is all because of the master's deliberate indulgence. This... this It really surprised me."

Not to mention Huang Zhiting, even Liu Xin had never heard Gao Wushi explain this matter.But now that Gao Wushi voluntarily admitted it, Liu Xin remembered that there were indeed clues to this situation.

For example, the so-called Jinghua's expansion in the Jiangnan area has suffered setbacks for many years, which itself seems like a false proposition.why?Because Jinghua has developed well in several key areas in the south of the Yangtze River.

For example, whether it is a private port in Shanghai or a private port in Ningbo, they can overwhelm the Jiangnan chaebols. The strange thing is that their power seems to be unable to expand further, and they have always been compressed near the private ports.

Looking at it now, where there is no way to expand, it is clear that Gao Yushi deliberately does not tilt resources towards Jiangnan Earth, and insists on letting them use their local strength to fight the local Jiangnan chaebol with deep roots-of course, they can only protect themselves!
Once you figure out the reasoning behind it, you will find that the most ingenious thing about Gao Pragmatism is that he always finds trouble for Jinghua whenever he has enough funds in these years, making Jinghua "incapable of expanding Jiangnan business."

For example, at the beginning, the Golden Port was built first, then the Dingnan City, and then the Tiger City and Longya (Singapore and Malacca) were built... In short, it gives people an illusion that Jinghua thinks that Jiangnan is not easy to manage, so it would rather be aggressive in southern Xinjiang. Don't bother investing with the Jiangnan chaebol.

But who knew that all of this was just Gao Yushi deliberately doing it, he just deliberately kept the school and the Jiangnan chaebol against him.Keeping them, the Zexin School is the opponent of the Real School in the court, and the Jiangnan Plutocrats are Jinghua's opponents in the south of Daming.

Look, Your Majesty, I am highly pragmatic and always have "strong" opponents to deal with.

But now that the situation is clear, Huang Zhiting now has doubts: "In this case, why is the emperor still suspicious of the master this time?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "As I said just now, the root cause is not that the emperor is suspicious of me, but that my strength is objectively difficult to continue to disguise. The reason why the emperor's attitude towards me recently seems very contradictory, The reason is that he believes in his heart that I will not have any ill intentions towards him, but at the same time he has to be wary of my growing strength."

When he said this, he paused, and asked, "Do you still remember that I voluntarily gave up my influence in Jinyiwei in the early years? In fact, the situation at that time was similar to today."

At this time, Liu Xin had fully understood the meaning of Gao Pragmatism, but she became curious instead, and asked, "Could it be that the master is planning to give up something this time, in order to get the emperor's peace of mind?"
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