Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 502 Ready to Return to Beijing (Part [-])
After the Luming banquet, Gao Yushi returned to Xinzheng.

Yu Shenxing gambled on his half-life reputation as the endorsement of Gao Yushi this time, and the final effect was not bad. Although seven or eight new imperial examination candidates really went to pay homage within ten days, after reading Gao Yushi's ink scroll, After listening to Yu Shenxing's comments on Gao Pragmatic's article, he can only sigh to himself.In the end, it made Yu Shenxing and Gao Yushi more famous as teachers and students.

In fact, apart from Gao Yushi's deep understanding of the essence of the imperial examination essays and his ability to write articles in line with the purpose of the imperial examination, there is another key point: Yu Shenxing became the chief examiner of this rural examination. Words are very beneficial.

Why do you say that?Because Yu Shenxing is the chief examiner, his examination paper has an advantage that no one else can match: he has accompanied Zhu Yijun to listen to Yu Shenxing's lectures for nearly six years, and he knows exactly what kind of articles Yu Shenxing likes. !
So he has great confidence, as long as his examination paper is recommended by the room teacher below, unless Yu Shenxing deliberately tricks him, he will not be afraid of Yu Shenxing not getting it at all!
Will Yu Shenxing trick him on purpose?Won't!

Although Yu Shenxing is a disciple of Zhang Juzheng, he dared to stick to his principles and oppose Zhang Juzheng in history. Liu Tai (a student of Zhang Juzheng), ended up offending Zhang Juzheng.

But if that's all, it doesn't explain Yu Shenxing's strength of character.After offending Zhang Juzheng, although he was not dismissed and demoted, he was frozen in his original position without any promotion.However, when Zhang Juzheng was liquidated after his death, Yu Shenxing stood up again and wrote to Qiu Xiao, who presided over the liquidation, asking him to take care of Zhang Juzheng's 80-year-old mother and underage son. , Qiu Xiao reserved a house and enough land for the Zhang family to support the family.

Later, Yu Shenxing became Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and fell out with Wanli because of the dispute over the country.Yu Shenxing was still stubborn, and said to Zhu Yijun: "The matter of registering is the responsibility of the ministers. If the ministers do not say anything, it is dereliction of duty. Please the emperor make a quick decision, otherwise the ministers would rather abandon the official position and return home."

However, Zhu Yijun was also a strong man, so he scolded Yu Shenxing for being "suspect" and "confusing the country's roots", and stopped all officials of the Ministry of Rites from their salaries.At this time, the incident of leaking test questions in Shandong Township occurred.In fact, in theory, this matter has little to do with Yu Shenxing - greatness is a leadership responsibility, but Yu Shenxing still offered to take the blame and resign.Zhu Yijun was annoyed at him at the time, and with a wave of his imperial pen, he was allowed to go back to his hometown.

It can be seen from this that Yu Shenxing is a true principled person. He is not a person who is purely for becoming an official or seeking fame. Other factors will be considered, and it must be the right one.

As for later, Yu Shenxing bet on his own reputation to endorse Gao Pragmatic's article, but Gao Pragmatic is not very sure of Yu Shenxing's idea.Maybe Yu Shenxing is simply sure about the article, maybe Yu Shenxing is worried about being slandered and proves his innocence, or there may be various reasons.

But no matter what, this matter is developing in the best direction, and Gao Wushi can't help but really have some respect for his teacher.

Xinzheng, Longwen Yayuan, on the high wall of the southeast waterside pavilion, Gao Yushi and his mother Zhang are taking a walk.

Standing on the high wall of more than ten meters (after conversion), Gao Yushi told his mother about his time schedule while looking at the scenery of Shuangji River outside.

Gao Pragmatic's arrangement was to return to Beijing earlier, but Mrs. Zhang was a little unhappy and said, "Chunwei is in February, and you don't need to catch the bus, so why go in such a hurry?"

Of course, the bus does not refer to the bus, but a preferential system for candidates to go to Beijing to rush for the exam. This system was stipulated as early as the Hongwu period: Anyone who is willing to participate in the exam must first submit an application letter to the state and county, and the state and county will submit it to the government. , the government submits to the province, and after approval, the province and the government will still send it to the prefecture and county, and hand it over to the person for collection. This consultation letter is also called "public document", and then the government will calculate the distance and issue the toll, and after arriving in Beijing, it will be paid together with the township test The Ministry of Rites votes for the examination, and the Ministry of Rites prepares and prints the test papers.

Since Juren travels from his hometown to the capital, the post station provides vehicles and boats along the way, which is called "supplying foot power", also known as a bus, so Juren will also be called to take a bus when he will try.

Guo Pu has been in charge of the reform of post stations for several years before, and has reformed many projects, but he has not dared to move people to Beijing to catch up with the bus system for exams, so the current bus system is still in normal operation.

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said: "Mother, I brought hundreds of family members with me, so naturally I couldn't get on the bus, but I returned to Beijing early not because I was afraid of not being able to catch up with Chunwei, but because there are many affairs in Beijing... You know, don't look My son has two big properties in Henan, but the real foundation is actually in the capital."

This is for sure. Mrs. Zhang helps her son manage the industries in Henan and Henan, and naturally knows his son’s investment in the capital. Not to mention, the three major factories in Kaiping are located near Yongping Mansion, more than 200 miles away from the eastern suburbs of the capital. , although it is not the most profitable industry under Gao Yushi's name, it is the industry with the largest investment.

The highly pragmatic and most profitable industry has changed now. The "first bucket of gold" soap in the early years is no longer in a period of explosive development, but has entered a stage of flat development. It surpassed, and was later surpassed by Tianjin Port. Now, it is completely "retired to the second line".

Cao Gan's Jinghua Caravan has also changed its name to Jinghua Trading Company. It is already a giant "trading company" in the North. It starts from Liaodong in the east and ends in Gansu in the west. As long as "import and export trade" is allowed on the border of the Ming Dynasty Jinghua Trading Company is everywhere.

Even the left-wing Mongolia, which is still theoretically hostile to the Ming Dynasty, Jinghua Trading Company is quietly implementing a highly pragmatic "Mongolian luxury" strategy, smuggling and transporting a large amount of silk and gold to Chahanhot (where the left-wing Mongolian tent is located) every year. Silver and jade wares, high-end fur products (the handicraft industry of left-wing Mongolia is negligible compared with Ming Dynasty), and all kinds of exquisite and expensive gadgets, such as snuff bottles and the like.

Anyway, in a nutshell: Specialize in the sale of luxury goods - the right-wing Mongolia has been "corrupted" by me, of course your left-wing must follow suit, or if you go to fight the right-wing Mongolia in the future, wouldn't I have to send troops to rescue them? he?How bad that is!

I am a person who holds high the banner of national unity, how can I let you dismantle me?So you brothers must go hand in hand, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder into a well-off society, a river crab society, so that my painstaking efforts will not be in vain!

However, although the Jinghua Trading Company is developing extremely rapidly, it is not without rivals among the various industries under Gao Wushi's name.

(End of this chapter)