The emperor's sudden marriage grant quickly became a hot topic in the entire capital.
Gao Pangshi himself is a legendary figure in the Ming Dynasty scholarly circles and official circles, and his wife Huang Zhiting was not well known to the people of the capital originally. However, after this incident, Huang Zhiting's background and past experiences were also exposed.
This woman was born in the Huang family of Guangxi, which has been a chieftain family for 600 years. She has been in charge of the military affairs of the Siming government since she was thirteen years old. She once commanded the Battle of Lang Son in the war to regain Annan and won the first major victory in the war.
.After the Annan War, she was also the first to respond to Gao Pragmatic's call to move to Annan and serve as the governor of Haidong, which made Guangxi's reform of the country go smoothly.
In the just-concluded War of Yunnan and Burma, she led the Annan Expeditionary Force to cross thousands of miles, directly attack the belly of Burma, conquer Bago, and restore the Dagu Laxuanwei Division. During the battle, she defeated the troops led by Mang Yingli in one fell swoop.
The main force of 150,000 Burmese troops (so-called) surrounded Taungoo, the capital of Burma, and ranked first in merit after the war.
Such a female general is, of course, a legendary figure. Officials who had met Huang Zhiting in person at the imperial court all said privately after the meeting that this woman was extremely beautiful. When the news came out, Huang Zhiting's reputation became even more amazing.
The entire Shenjing.
The common people in the capital compared her with the legendary Hua Mulan. She was a scholar who had nothing to do after she was full, and the folk students were even more enthusiastic about poetry and wrote many praising poems.
There were even those scholars who were influenced by Li Zhi and other "rebellious scholars" who wandered around outside the Annan Guild Hall, hoping to meet the beautiful and intelligent deputy capital of Annan.
This is really in line with Gao Pragmatic’s previous judgment: Han Chinese men will not be despised if they marry a "Hu girl", but will be greatly praised by those who do good things. If the "Hu girl" herself is particularly outstanding, it will become a legend.
Already.
This kind of thinking is of course a typical patriarchal social thinking, but the reality is like this. Although Gao Pragmatic advocates equality between men and women in his heart, it is still out of the question. He probably will never see that day in his life. So at present... naturally...
Let’s make good use of it first.
It's just the behavior of these sluts that bothers Huang Zhiting - she has a lot to say to Gao Pingshi, but now she is so troubled by a group of scholars that she can't even leave the house. She can only stay bored in the small Western-style building of the Annan Hall all day long.
The joy of being granted marriage by the emperor was somewhat diluted, and I was really troubled.
Gao Wuzhen couldn't see her now, so he could only quietly send someone to communicate with Huang Zhiting on some urgent matters - especially things related to the wedding.
Since this was a "sudden marriage" granted by the emperor, both Gao Pragmatic and Huang Zhiting had to contact their parents quickly. First, they had to determine where the wedding would be held, and then arrange betrothal gifts, dowry and other items.
It is easier for other families to handle these matters, but it is not so easy for the Gao family and the Huang family. Logically speaking, the wedding venue should be his hometown in Xinzheng, but Gao Pragmatic has just taken up his new post, and he himself is not very
I want Huang Zhiting to go to Xinzheng to avoid any blind people saying stupid things or doing stupid things.
In fact, he prefers to hold the wedding directly in the capital, because in this way, the nobles and many high-ranking officials in the capital can attend conveniently, which can minimize the complaints from his parents and prevent them from worrying about their family status - you
My son no longer needs to care about this.
Similarly, Huang Zhiting must contact Annan immediately. It is hard to say whether it is convenient for Huang Chengzu to come to Beijing, but someone from the Huang family must come on his behalf. Otherwise, how can this matter be considered perfect?
However, Huang Chengzu's problem is relatively easy to solve. Presumably he did not dare to complain about his daughter marrying Gao Pingshi. The real difficulty lies with the Gao family. Gao Cian is still an official in other places. It might have been easier for the Zhang family. , but now that my grandfather is seriously ill, I wonder if she has gone to Puzhou.
In addition to the location of the wedding, the bride price and dowry of this wedding are definitely not comparable to ordinary people.
Before the rise of Gao Pragmatic, the Gao family didn't matter. Liufang was allocated more than a thousand acres of land in total. This was because Liufang was the youngest, and his brothers Duoyun, including Gao Gong, were high-ranking officials. Give some to Gao.
But after the highly pragmatic Jinghua became the largest financial group in the Ming Dynasty, the situation was completely different. Nowadays, the highly pragmatic tycoon is well known to the world, and his wedding will definitely attract everyone's attention, and the betrothal gift must be able to attract everyone in the world. Just click your tongue and make a sound.
As for the Huang family, the dowry cannot be ambiguous. Her family is already somewhat inferior in terms of family status, so the dowry must be obtained in order to stop the world from talking about it.
However, Huang Zhiting had prepared for this matter earlier than Gao Yingshi, but she had never mentioned it to Gao Yingshi before.
More than ten days passed, and the official department suddenly received an official document. The magistrate of Fengxiang Prefecture in Shaanxi Province sent a petition to the emperor for his remains - that is, he requested to be promoted to an official position.
Ten years ago, Gao Chou originally served in Fengyang, the central capital, first as a general magistrate, and later as a general magistrate and concurrently as the magistrate of Shouzhou. After passing the examination, he was transferred to the magistrate of Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province. This is better than he did in the original history, because the original history Due to the downfall of Zhonggao Gong, he was attacked by the Zhang Party and simply begged for his body in advance. He was less than fifty years old at that time.
Now, he has still resigned, but the reason is definitely different from what he said in his memorial. In fact, he just feels that there is no need to continue to be an official.
His son was doing much better than him, so what else could he have to love? An important reason why he resigned was so that he could come to the capital to attend his son's wedding.
He knew that his eldest son was not close to him, but he didn't blame Gao Pragmatic, and even to some extent, he felt a little guilty about Gao Pragmatic.
In his opinion, this child has never had the experience of being "the child of Cheng Huan" since he was a child. He was taken care of by his mother in his early years, and after he was seven or eight years old, he followed his third uncle Gao Gong. His father has not fulfilled his responsibilities at all, so why should he blame him? ?
For this reason, not only did he not object to Gao Jingjing's idea of holding a wedding in the capital, he also personally wrote a letter back to Xinzheng, hoping to bring more tribesmen to the capital to attend the wedding, which could be regarded as a little help for his son.
When his essay came up, the officials did not respond immediately. Yang Wei and Yang Tianguan immediately sent someone to see Gao Jingshi and asked Gao Jingshi how to deal with the matter.
After Guo Pu asked himself to serve, Zhang Siwei did not serve as chief assistant and minister of the Ministry of Personnel like Gao Gong and Guo Pu. Before Guo Pu left, he recommended Yang Wei, a 64-year-old veteran, to be the official.
Yang Wei's qualifications were already very old at that time. He was a gold medalist in the 26th year of Jiajing, and he was in the same class as Zhang Juzheng. This man himself did not have any faction, neither the mind school nor the pragmatism school, but he had been in the school for a long time. He worked in Xuanda, Shanxi and Shaanxi, and had a close relationship with Zhang Siwei.
At that time, Guo Pu considered that he and Gao Gong were both chief ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which indeed had too much power, and the emperor was already personally in charge of the government. If he continued to be the chief minister after his successor, he might have conflicts with the emperor, so he Zhang Siwei was advised not to concurrently serve as Heavenly Official, so the Heavenly Official was given to Yang Wei.
Yang Wei has always been known for his "fairness and forgiveness" in the officialdom. To put it bluntly, he means "non-stick" plus "good temper".
How dare he casually agree to Gao Cai's resignation without asking Gao Pragmatic's opinion?
Even though he is a dignified official, the officials in the capital will kneel down to pay homage to his lord when they meet him, just like when they meet the elders. However, his own family knows about his family affairs. In the eyes of the emperor, he, a heavenly official, is 100% not as pragmatic. This young Sima is important. What’s more, Gao Pragmatic is not a one-man fighter. Behind him is the entire Gao Party and the entire Practical School. How dare he offend this!
When Gao Jingshi received the news, he was reading files at the Ministry of War Yamen - after all, he had already taken up his new post and could not stop "going to work" just because he had to prepare for his marriage. Moreover, his work habit was to understand the situation first before making plans, so In the past ten days or so, he has not made any fuss about the appointment of a new official, but has stayed at the Ministry of War to sort out files and documents.
To be honest, although he was a little surprised by the news that Cheap Daddy was resigning, he was not surprised at all. Putting himself in his shoes, if he had been in his shoes, he might have resigned a long time ago.
The son wants to have an official position and money, but the father has to work hard, so why not go home and relax? This life is simply fulfilled in advance - oh, maybe there are still a few grandchildren or something. But that thing is not useful for his efforts, so why not go home and take a leisurely stroll in the forest? And he can write an envelope and scold his son if nothing happens: Where is my grandson? Why don’t you hurry up? I’m in a hurry!
So Gao pragmatically thought about it and simply replied to Yang Wei, saying some high-sounding words related to filial piety, but the actual meaning in the end was just two words: Agree.
Yang Wei took a look at it and directly approved it without saying a word, and then submitted it to the cabinet for a vote - Prefect Fengxiang is a fourth-rank official, and the appointment of an official requires the approval of the emperor, so the cabinet vote is needed.
A few days later, a large group of guests from Annan came to Tianjin Port. Not only did Huang Chengzu personally bring his two sons Huang Yinglei and Huang Yingpin, but a large group of Huang family branches were also led by the head of the family. When they came, two people who were seriously ill happened to be there, so they also sent the eldest son over.
In addition to the Huang family, a large group of people from the Cen family also came, but Cen Ling himself did not come. He sent someone to send a message in advance, saying that he was worried that all the senior officials of the Cen and Huang families would go north, and some people might use their brains again. , so he decided to stay and shock the local area, but he sent his nephew Cen Yunhan over.
This seven-year-old boy is the eldest son of Cen Ling's brother Cen Shaoxun, the young master of the Cen family. He was previously sent to Guilin by Cen Ling as a hostage, and was returned to them after the Cen family moved to Annan. In theory, In other words, if Cen Ling had no heirs, this son would be the unshakable successor to the Cen family's foundation.
Cen Ling's worry is not unreasonable. After all, a large part of the Thang Long Garrison and the Golden Port Garrison have been dispatched. Although Gao Pragmatic has ordered them to replenish their posts, especially the establishment of the Golden Port Garrison has been increased from 30,000.
To 40,000, but that takes time after all. Recruitment, political review (Jinghua’s characteristic), incorporation, equipment, training, etc., it takes at least half a year to form combat effectiveness.
This period of time is equivalent to a "dangerous period". In addition, Huang Zhiting herself returned to Beijing by sea, and her army is still under the command of Huang Bao, walking on the way back to Annan, which makes Annan's military strength even more weak.
Under such circumstances, if Cen Ling, the "King of Hell", were to leave again, Gao Jue and Gao Jing would definitely have their heads as big as a bucket.
However, with such a group of people coming all at once, the Annan Guild Hall could no longer accommodate them. Fortunately, although Gao pragmatically only had two other courtyards in the suburbs of Beijing (Jian Xin Zhai and San Shen Yuan), he couldn't stand it because he had so many friends.
Without Zhang Siwei's help, Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong jumped out on their own initiative. Without saying a word, they put out a large number of their own courtyards in the suburbs of Beijing for Gao Pragmatic to choose. They said they could borrow them casually, and the housekeeper and his servants were all
off the shelf.
Gao Pragmatic was really rude and chose two large villas by the South Lake in the eastern suburbs of the capital for the senior executives of the Cen and Huang families to stay temporarily.
A few days later, Gao Cai and Zhang arrived in Beijing. Gao pragmatically asked his old boss Liang Menglong, who had also just taken up his new job, to take a leave of absence and went to the southern suburbs to greet him in person.
Although Gao Pingzhi has nothing in the capital, Zhang still brought several carts of newly-fired top-quality Yu kilns, intending to give them as gifts to the guests - this is no joke, because the changes in Yu kilns are uncontrollable.
, so each set of Yu kiln is out of print, and it is difficult to measure the price. It is most suitable to give it away.
Gao Pragmatic saw his cheap dad for the first time in so many years. He felt that he looked very similar to her, but he looked a little older. He was not yet fifty years old, and he already had some gray hair on his temples.
However, it can be seen that he was very excited. Although he tried his best to maintain his father's dignity, his eyes were eager and he could not hide it from others. There was no airs in his words, which was a little unexpected by Gao Pragmatic.
Although I don't have much affection for him, Gao Qingzheng's acting skills have never deteriorated. I cried when I knelt in front of my father and hugged his thigh. I choked up and said that I had not been able to fulfill my filial piety for so many years. It was painful every time I thought about it.
It was extremely serious, and he really deserved death. The onlookers around him couldn't help but wipe their eyes with tears. Many people sighed afterwards: Gao Gongbao was truly loyal and filial, a model for the world.
Therefore, it is not easy to be a good official. The culture must be excellent, the ability must be excellent, and the acting skills must also be excellent.
But good teasing must have a clever sponsor, and Gao Cai cooperated very well: when his son cried like this, he couldn't help but burst into tears. In the end, the father and son hugged their heads in front of a large group of onlookers.
Crying bitterly, it is such a touching scene of a loving father and a filial son.
It’s just that the bystanders didn’t know that Gao Cai’s crying was real, and Gao Pragmatic was just putting on a show. Of course, in the end, he was really infected by Gao Cai, and he cried with genuine emotion.
After the performance, Gao Cai and Zhang naturally moved directly into Jianxinzhai. Anyway, the Baiyu Building is big enough and can be accommodated there. The servants were busy with these things, while Gao Jingshi discussed the wedding arrangements with them alone. .
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