Daming Yuanfu

"What?" Zhu Yijun was shocked: "You want the imperial court to come forward to form a new ordnance industry group to compete with your capital, and you want to transfer the complete set of technologies for new muskets to them?"

This was so shocking that it was hard for Zhu Yijun not to be shocked. Youdao is a master who teaches his apprentices to starve to death. Although Zhu Yijun didn't fully understand how advanced the technology of the musket just now was, he at least had an idea.

With such technology, no other arsenal in the Ming Dynasty can catch up in a short time, and it may even be impossible to catch up in decades. Jinghua can completely rely on this technology to monopolize Ming Dynasty firearms and equipment for a long time and obtain long-term and huge profits.

However, now Gao Pragmatic actually told him that he would hand over a complete set of new musket technology to the imperial court for free, and then the imperial court would take the lead in contacting other powerful arsenals to form a new ordnance industry group to compete with Beijing. This...Gao Yuanfu, do you think making money is boring?

Facing the emperor's surprise, Gao Pragmatic's answer was very simple and his tone was unusually calm: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Why is this?" Zhu Yijun said in astonishment: "Because of those impeachments? You don't have to care about those people's noise. Everything you have now is what you deserve. You have earned it one by one in the past thirty years. I give it to you. All your trust and all your rewards can withstand criticism every time, and no reward is more than merit!"

Gao pragmatic smiled slightly, and in turn said in a comforting tone: "Yes, both the emperor and the minister have a clear conscience on this point. However, the proposal this time is not made from the standpoint of Jinghua's family, but from the standpoint of the Jinghua East family. The position of the chief minister of the cabinet is raised, and the emperor should be informed on this point.”

"What do you mean by this?" Zhu Yijun wondered: "Isn't that all you?"

"Although they are all ministers, the boss of Jinghua is only a private citizen. As long as he does not do anything illegal and unethical, it is reasonable to consider Jinghua's profits. However, the chief minister of the cabinet cannot have this attitude." Gao Pragmatic said solemnly. : "What the Chief Assistant has to do is to regulate the world for the Emperor, so that the Ming Dynasty will have long-term peace and stability."

Zhu Yijun somewhat understood what he meant, but he was still a little confused: "But now these two things... don't seem to conflict, right?"

Gao Pragmatic said bluntly: "Roughly speaking, there is no conflict; specifically, there is a conflict."

Zhu Yijun's eyes widened: "What's the conflict? Tell me."

Gao pragmatically said: "From a general point of view, Jinghua's military industry is powerful and advanced, which can provide the imperial court with more competitive firearms and artillery, which is very helpful to the imperial court's armament, and naturally does not conflict with the interests of the emperor and the imperial court.

However, if we look at it in detail, the dominance of Jinghua Ordnance Industry will cause the imperial army to rely on Jinghua Ordnance Industry for a long time to provide advanced firearms. This will create at least two serious hidden dangers. "

Zhu Yijun frowned slightly, as if he had guessed what Gao Pragmatic wanted to say, but due to his identity and position, he couldn't tell, so he could only watch Gao Pragmatic silently to see if he really wanted to speak frankly.

The emperor was right, and Gao Pragmatic immediately spoke out. Gao Yuanfu said with a stern face: "First, the Jinghua Arms and Industry family is the only one. It's okay for me to be here at the time, but I will always die in the future. Will my descendants be able to take the interests of the imperial court as their own responsibility like I do today?" , but no one can guarantee this, not even the minister.

I am not willing to teach you wholeheartedly... There are always some heroes in the world whose descendants are dishonest, and I cannot take care of them for that long. And if there is an unscrupulous descendant in the future, whether he relies on his own skills to gain money from the court, or he simply breaks his conscience and leaks his technology to the outside world, it will cause irreparable heavy losses to the court. I am asking myself the responsibility of being the first and second-in-command. I must not sit back and watch this possibility arise. But as the emperor said, Jinghua has been operating to this point and cannot be said to be a model for the world, but it has tried its best to make three provinces a day without doing anything illegal. In this way, the imperial court could not punish without fault and confiscate and split the capital at will.

So how to eliminate this hidden danger? I believe that the only way is to let Jinghua take the initiative to give up some of its advantages, and then let the imperial court concentrate the power of the whole country to create a competitor for Jinghua. From then on, they can promote each other, each can show their capabilities, and work together to maintain the advanced military equipment of the Ming Dynasty. That is the right way. .

Besides, if this were not the case, it would be difficult for me to keep my secrets in Jinghua for a long time, and one day I would regret it, which would be a bad luck for both the imperial court and Jinghua. At this point, it can be regarded as a selfish act of the minister, and I would like to ask your Majesty for your enlightenment. "

Zhu Yijun let out a long breath and sighed with emotion: "In all ages, there has never been such a magnanimous minister as Aiqing. Since Aiqing is so heartbroken, if I am still indecisive, it is my fault. Okay, what Aiqing just said Play, I agree to it all.

However, I also have conditions. This matter is of great importance, and I would not trust it if it were left to anyone else. Only Aiqing can supervise it personally before I can agree. Rixin, stop thanking guests behind closed doors and go back to the pavilion to take care of things! Not to mention your proposal just now, even now, there are many things in the court that you can't handle without you. You also know this. Why bother with those mediocre people who are jealous of their talents? "

Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "I am not just being angry... Jinghua is too big now, and since I took over as the first assistant, the time I spent in Jinghua has been decreasing day by day, so there were indeed some things that Jinghua dealt with during the previous impeachment. It was not thorough enough, so I took advantage of the time to thank guests behind closed doors to make some quick corrections.

In short, those who impeach ministers are not necessarily treacherous or mediocre. Ministers are also responsible for their lax conduct, and it is appropriate for them to reflect on themselves behind closed doors. "

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "Even if what you said is true, those problems are neither a big mistake nor your original intention. Now that you have been 'self-reflecting' for more than ten days, I think you have saved enough...hurry back to the pavilion to see Let's do it. Otherwise, the government will be in chaos, and your fault will be really big."

"This..." Gao Pingshi looked a little hesitant: "I think it's time for the Western Expeditionary Army to launch a general offensive to the west, and Mr. Shen Ge has not yet completed the complete preparations for enshrining Zen and patrolling Nanjing. , Two colleagues on Tuesday are also veterans of the imperial court, with outstanding abilities. Whether they are in the cabinet at this time does not seem to have that big an impact..."

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yijun said angrily: "When you are not in the cabinet, Zhao Zhigao and Zhou Yong only dare to draft some trivial matters. As for the more important and urgent matters, they dare not write a word and send them directly to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Then let me be the Holy Judge.

Isn't this nonsense? Everything must be decided by my Holy Judgment, so what do I want this cabinet to do? But I also know why they dare not vote... After all, they are all conservative people. There is no need to worry about handling some daily affairs as usual. But now the court has many reform measures, and these reforms are all handled by you. They I don't dare to draw up votes randomly, for fear of causing trouble.

You said, in this situation, if I don't let you return to the cabinet to take charge of the overall situation, what else can you do? You, the assistant, have given up the task. Is it possible for me to take over for you? Rixin, you are worried about the humiliation of your ministers. You can't just watch me helplessly and suffer on your behalf, right? "

Gao pragmatic eyes widened: "Your Majesty, I am not a donkey. Do the math. Since I took over as the first assistant, I have not rested for a day. Even the donkey has an easier time than me..."

"Okay, okay, okay, I know all your hard work, and I can't treat you badly." Zhu Yijun quickly stretched out his hand to stop Gao Pragmatic from continuing to complain: "Let's do this, there are no outsiders here today, I will leave it to you. After all... I have actually decided a long time ago that during the ceremony, I will officially crown you as the Duke of the country in front of God and all the ministers, in order to reward you for your contribution and hard work over the years. "

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gao Gao's pragmatic answer, Zhu Yijun quickly added seriously: "You must not refuse this time!"
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