As for the reason why Zhang Siwei said this, it was mainly because Gao Jingshi had stayed in Xinzheng to attend ethnic studies. Gao Jingshi's mother was not worried, so she stayed in Xinzheng to take care of her nearby instead of following Gao Cai to Fengyang.
If Pragmatic came to Beijing with Gao Gong, his mother would not have any particularly important "business" in Xinzheng for the time being, so Zhang Siwei said this.
Gao pragmatically nodded and said: "My nephew will write to his father about this matter, and I believe his father will not object."
Zhang Siwei nodded with satisfaction, and Gao pragmatically invited Zhang Siwei to come in for a discussion as a half-master. The two sat down separately according to etiquette - Gao pragmatically insisted on taking the head seat, and Zhang Siwei did not insist on him taking the master's seat. After all, seniority.
His identity is obvious.
There were not many people in Gao Gong's Mansion, but after all, the Prime Minister's servants naturally had good eyesight, and they knew the time when tea was served very well. They served two cups of fragrant tea at the right time. After all, the two of them were nephews and uncles, so there was no need to pay too much attention to it.
, Moreover, Zhang Siwei had just had a conversation with Gao Gong, and he was indeed a little thirsty, so he took a few sips before asking: "There is something, I don't know if you have heard of it, pragmatically, it's about you."
Gao Pragmatic was slightly startled: "About me?"
"Yes." Zhang Siwei slowly put away his smile and said seriously: "I held a lecture banquet for the Holy One the other day. During my free time, the Holy One...well, the Holy One praised you for being young and knowledgeable, and asked me, my uncle, what do you think of you?
How much do you know."
"Ah?" Gao Pingshi was startled and thought to himself: Could it be that the young prince Zhu Yijun couldn't keep his words in his heart and told the emperor about the previous incident so early? This... is a bit early.
Zhang Siwei looked at Gao Pragmatic with bright eyes: "That day when you arrived in Beijing, you followed Duke Zhongxuan directly into the palace. I heard that you had a talk with the prince?"
Gao Pingshi's heart was moved, but he answered honestly: "Yes." He didn't know how much Zhang Siwei knew, so he planned to see Zhang Siwei's reaction before making any calculations.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Siwei was a little worried and hurriedly warned: "You have already started at Gao clan school and studied for several years, and you have been personally taught by Zhongxuan Gong. Your knowledge and insight are rare among your peers, and the prince because of some
The reason is that you haven't entered school yet... So, don't act arrogantly in front of the prince. Although the prince is young, he is the king; although we are capable, we are ministers. Do you understand this truth?"
"Yes, my nephew understands." When Gao Pragmatic heard this, he knew that Zhang Siwei did not know what the conversation between him and Zhu Yijun that day involved, so he said: "The prince and nephew are similar in age, and most of them just talked about some things.
It’s about playing...but the prince mentioned it occasionally, as if he was a little dissatisfied with some of Ke Dao’s practices."
Zhang Siwei's eyes narrowed: "Oh? Prince..." He seemed to realize that directly asking what the prince said was a bit inconsistent with his identity, so he couldn't help but stop.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic still had this wink, and immediately followed up: "The prince actually just said that some people in the science and education were too harsh on the requirements of the Holy Emperor."
"Well..." Zhang Siwei did not reply immediately. Instead, he thought carefully for a while before asking: "What did you say?"
Gao Pinggong said sincerely: "I knew you were going to ask!"
At that moment, he looked honest and replied: "My nephew said that if they have done extremely well and then hope that the Holy Spirit can do better, then this is understandable."
Zhang Siwei's face changed slightly, and he said reproachfully: "Fortunately you are young, otherwise... Well, if there is a next time, you won't make any comments about this kind of thing."
"Oh." Gao Pingshi looked a little frustrated and lowered his head. Naturally, Zhang Siwei couldn't see the secret smile on his lips.
"Pragmatically, uncle is not saying that there is anything wrong with what you said, but I want to tell you: the identity of the prince is very sensitive, and your identity is not insensitive either. Although you are both very young, you are
In the eyes of others, some of the words you said 'inadvertently' may very well represent the meaning of the Holy Spirit or Mr. Gaoge, which will easily lead to people's imagination! It is even difficult to guarantee that some people with selfish motives will interpret your words.
Using...doesn't this cause unnecessary trouble for the Holy Emperor and Mr. Gaoge? Pragmatism, uncle said this, you should understand what I mean, right?"
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Although I won't have much chance to talk about these things with outsiders in the future, my uncle understands what I mean, and I will be cautious in my words and actions."
Only then did Zhang Siwei smile: "Okay, if you can understand this truth, I will feel relieved as an uncle." Then he paused and his smile became wider: "Pragmatic, although you were studying in the Gao clan before.
, but you also have the blood of the Zhang family. According to the rules of the Zhang family, all junior members of the family who enter school will have a monthly allowance, and your share is always recorded in the account... Oh, by the way,
This amount of money is calculated from the time you learned enlightenment in the Gao clan."
When he said this, he was a little dazed when he saw Gao Pragmatic, and couldn't help joking: "Why, didn't you expect it? Didn't your mother tell you about this rule of the Zhang family?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head slightly: "My mother really never said that."
Now it was Zhang Siwei's turn to be a little surprised: "I have left all the financial affairs at home to your third uncle a few years ago. He even specifically mentioned this matter when he corresponded with me. But before that, you
In Xinzheng... your third uncle originally planned to transfer it to you through your mother, but your mother said that you didn't need the money at that time, so it was better to let the Zhang family keep it temporarily, so it was never handed over - but I didn't know that your mother didn't have it.
Tell you what happened? Well, maybe she doesn't want you to be distracted." At this point, he laughed again: "However, it is more convenient this time. You came to the capital with Mr. Gao Ge, and you are close to me.
When I got the news, I wrote to ask. As of this month, your money to encourage students to study has accumulated to 975 taels of silver."
Gao Pragmatic was really surprised at this time - for no other reason than because it was close to a thousand taels of silver, which was a huge sum of money in this era!
To give you a random example: a pound of flour at this time is worth only 0.01 taels of silver.
Moreover, the pound in the Ming Dynasty was not the current pound of 500 grams, but the pound of 594.6 grams in the Ming Dynasty.
In other words, one tael of silver can buy close to a gram of flour, which is 60 kilograms... In other words, this amount of money can already buy kilograms of flour, which is nearly 60 tons, and the price is still
According to the price of food in the capital, it is obviously on the expensive side.
If you are buying meat or simply livestock, the price of a cow at this time is about 6 taels to 8 taels of silver (divided into sizes, ages, etc.), while a pig (divided into large, medium and small) only costs an average of 1.5 taels.
If you still want to compare, you can compare labor. How cheap is labor? The first formal craftsman in the capital who has passed the technical level has worked hard for three months and earned about five to six taels of silver, which is about two taels a month.
That’s all.
As for Gao Gong, a high-ranking official of the first rank, his theoretical monthly salary is only "seventy-two shi" of rice, which is about more than 8,000 kilograms. Nowadays, the price of one stone of rice in the capital is less than one tael of silver.
The official salary of the master is only more than sixty taels. Of course, Gao Gong holds many positions, and his salary is not just for the honorary position of prince and grand master, but that is different.
So whether you look at it horizontally or vertically, these nearly one thousand taels of silver are undoubtedly a huge sum of money for Gao Pragmatic.
