Zhu Ping'an, who had sharp hearing, heard Gao Gong's sneer just now clearly, and he also noticed many times the downward curve of Gao Gong's mouth corners today.
It's obvious.
Gao Gong had a bad impression of himself. He probably classified himself as a person who only talks big but does nothing, who talks nonsense and harms the country, who has wild ideas and is a nerd.
This is not a good phenomenon.
Gao Gong was a powerful official in the late Jiajing era, the Longqing era, and the early Wanli era. Especially in the Longqing era, Gao Gong, because of the close relationship between him and Prince Yu as a prince and minister, and as a teacher and student, held a high position, was domineering, and controlled the country.
Zhu Ping'an knew that it was too late for him to enter Prince Yu's Mansion compared to Gao Gong. Gao Gong was already deeply trusted and relied upon by Prince Yu. No matter how well he performed in front of Prince Yu, his status would still be ranked behind Gao Gong.
Prince Yu's biggest hobby was women, and his greatest strength was incompetence. After being suffocated for more than 20 years under the shadow of Emperor Jiajing and Prince Jing, he indulged in sensual pleasures after ascending the throne, leaving state affairs to his ministers.
The lord is weak and the ministers are strong.
After Prince Yu ascended the throne, it was the era of Gao Gong.
Gao Gong was a tyrannical and self-righteous person. If he could not be recognized by Gao Gong, it would be difficult for him to achieve anything after Prince Yu ascended the throne and Gao Gong became the sole ruler. It is believed that with Gao Gong's tyrannical and conceited character, he would never promote or use anyone he disliked or despised. Even if he entered the center of power with his own ability, he would be expelled by Gao Gong. Gao Gong did this more than once or twice. Among the cabinet ministers alone, he expelled four more than Gao Gong. He first defeated Xu Jie, and then expelled Chen Yiqin, Zhao Zhenji, Li Chunfang, Yin Shidan and others.
Therefore, I must leave a deep impression on Gao Gong today.
The impression mentioned here is not the one that made Gao Gong sneer earlier, but a positive impression.
It is best to get the approval of Gao Gong.
This is related to his future career and whether he can successfully realize his revenge and ideals.
so
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I want to show off, and I have to show off...
With hundreds of years of experience, can't they leave a deep and positive impression on Gao Gong? !
The gold cashing mentioned above is naturally feasible and has actually existed in history. In modern times, Western countries took advantage of the fact that the gold and silver price ratio in Japan was much higher than the international market, and transported large quantities of silver from silver-producing countries such as Mexico to Japan in exchange for gold, thus fleecing Japan.
Of course, this can only be done after the Japanese pirates are wiped out and the maritime ban is lifted.
Moreover, this wool can only be plundered for a period of time, as short as one year or as long as several years. When a large amount of gold flows out of Japan and the price of silver falls, it will naturally be impossible to plunder. However, if it is operated properly, I believe that even if it is plundered for a period of time, it will definitely be an astronomical figure, enough to double the gold in the national treasury.
Zhu Ping'an didn't intend to explain this in too much detail. The conditions were not yet ripe and any explanation would be useless.
Explaining too much might only deepen Gao Gong's negative impression of himself.
I believe that with Gao Gong's knowledge, he must have seen the feasibility of cashing in gold. It's just that he has such an attitude because he has a bad impression of himself and thinks that he has not noticed the impracticability at all.
If Gao Gong could look at the strategy of cashing in gold objectively and rationally, I believe that with his insight, he would be able to find its merits.
In other words, if the idea of cashing in gold was proposed by Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong would have had a different attitude.
so
As long as Gao Gong changes his opinion of himself, these will not be a problem.
The key to changing Gao Gong's opinion of him was to answer the question that Zhang Juzheng had just repeated twice, "I wonder what advice Lord Zhu has?", which is "The national treasury is empty, how to make money and manage finances."
Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng have just given answers to this question respectively. Zhu Ping'an also has to give his own answer, and it has to be different from theirs. Otherwise, if he repeats their views, he will be looked down upon by Gao Gong.
For Zhu Ping'anlai, this question was an interview question, and his answer was related to Gao Gong's attitude, his own future in Prince Yu's Mansion and even in the future.
The treasury is empty. How to make money and manage finances
This question is not difficult to answer.
From the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China to the modern times, history has given multiple answers. It depends on how Zhu Ping'an chooses.
"Mr. Zhu, what insights do you have? Please do not be too servile." When Zhu Ping'an was making a choice, Zhang Juzheng's voice came again.
Gao Gong also turned his gaze to Zhu Ping'an, which was as bright as the sun outside the window.
"With Lord Gao and Lord Zhang being such role models before me, how dare Ping'an claim to have a superior opinion? I just have some superficial ideas, which I am afraid will be laughed at by such noble families." Zhu Ping'an bowed to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, smiled modestly and shook his head.
"Master Zhu, you are too modest." Zhang Juzheng bowed in return, then smiled and said, "Please feel free to give me some advice, Master Zhu."
Gao Gong didn't say anything. He picked up the teacup beside him, scraped the teacup as if no one was around, and took a sip.
"In that case, Ping'an will show off my ugliness." Zhu Ping'an said with a wry smile.
"We are all ears." Zhang Juzheng said happily.
Gao Gong took another sip of tea, seemingly not caring about Zhu Ping'an's answer, and his eyes fell on Zhu Ping'an vaguely.
"Haha, what a coincidence! Ping An's answer is also four words."
Zhu Ping'an laughed, and the sunlight coming in from the window reflected on his honest face, which was confident and bright.
oh.
Also four characters? !
Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng was slightly stunned.
Is it really a coincidence? Definitely not. My answer just now was not four words. I just extracted four words from the answer to echo Gao Gong. It is actually more difficult to extract these four words than the answer. Of course, for me, this is nothing. If I want, five words, six words, seven words, no matter how many words Gao Gong's answer is, my answer can also be a few words.
In addition to the word count, the same applies to the content of the answer.
Because his knowledge was no less than Gao Gong's, as long as he was willing, he could reach a state of telepathic understanding with Gao Gong.
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng believed that Zhu Ping'an's answer would not coincidentally be just four words. It must have been formulated by Zhu Ping'an in order to echo himself and Gao Gong.
Of course, the number of words alone doesn’t tell us much; it also depends on Zhu Ping’an’s answer.
If Zhu Ping'an's answer is as intelligible as the number of words, then...
Doesn't that mean Zhu Pingan...
Thinking of this, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but straighten his body, staring at Zhu Ping'an with his ears perked up.
A rare moment of concentration.