Beijing was indeed fully capable of preventing the Siam royal family from executing this edict, but after Gao Mengnan hesitated, he finally decided not to stop it.
Of course, there are reasons not to stop it. Gao Mengnan mainly considered three aspects: firstly, given Jinghua’s status in Siam, the birth of Gao Pragmatic’s eldest son should have been celebrated; secondly, the Siamese royal family is now just a
Although the hurried announcement of the tax exemption is suspected of winning over the people's support, it cannot be ruled out that King Tammarajya was too afraid and took the initiative to flatter him; in the end, although the tax exemption may cause Jinghua to be more financially tight in Siam this year
However, it can also improve the reputation of Jinghua in the eyes of Siamese people.
You, Tanma Luoja, thought that you were the one who announced the gift, and in the end you would get this benefit? Are you kidding me? You are a has-been king who is under house arrest in Dingnancheng. Such a benefit can bring you some light, even if we are merciful.
, you still want to leave Jinghua alone and monopolize it?
As Musali moved towards Dingnan City, he lamented Yu Jinghua's methods: At first, the rumors from the outside were very direct, that is, His Majesty the King announced that the whole country would be free of taxes for one year. As they walked, new news emerged, and Jinghua Group expressed that they did not dare to accept it.
Such "excessive love" made me decline this exemption.
At that time, Musali thought that Jinghua was angry and wanted to directly reject the king. Unexpectedly, after walking for another day, the news on the road changed again: His Majesty the king insisted on "celebrating the birth of Mr. Gao" and sent someone to "invite"
Gao Mengnan and others entered the palace, saying that they wanted to persuade him personally.
Another day later, the news changed again. This time, His Majesty the King changed his mind and decided to use all the tribute for this year as a gift to Prince Gao, who may not have even opened his eyes. The Siamese on the road
He became visibly frustrated.
However, another time, more updated news came, saying that Jinghua Group could not refuse despite repeated polite offers, so it had no choice but to agree. However, at the same time, Jinghua Group decided to reduce or exempt this tax, with the purpose of "wishing to rejoice with all the people."
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Musali, who had already walked not far outside Dingnan City, was full of emotions. This Jinghua Group really turned the clouds and rain with their hands. It was obvious that they would be exempted from the tax in the end, but through their operation, it turned into "the king flatters Jinghua."
Beijing and the people rejoice together."
King Tammarajara joined the cast and starred in a big drama in vain. He originally thought he was the protagonist, but in the end he discovered that he was just a buffoon and the protagonist was always Jinghua.
It's so miserable, so miserable.
After Mousali sighed with emotion, he became more cautious. He found that the Jinghua Group was definitely different from the "Celestial Dynasty" in his impression. Although they also cared about face, they were not willing to give up their dignity for this. What's more,
The good thing is that they still have the ability to kill two birds with one stone.
It seems that deception is not possible. We can only follow what Ruan Huang said, "If you treat Jinghua with sincerity, Jinghua will treat you with sincerity."
However, before he could "treat Jinghua with sincerity", "Jinghua must treat you with sincerity" happened before.
As soon as Musali arrived outside the city, about ten miles away from the city gate, he found that Jinghua had set up a large battle array. Dingnan senior officials headed by Gao Mengnan led more than 10,000 troops to line up outside the city to welcome his arrival.
Ten miles away from the countryside, Musali was so excited that his hands were trembling.
After a lot of politeness and affection, Gao Mengnan, a veteran in interpersonal relationships, promoted Musali to be the number one general in Cambodia. Not only did he also give him countless high hats, he was called "the treasure of my Han family" and "a profound understanding of righteousness."
And so on, Musali's face glowed brightly when he said it - he didn't know whether he was ashamed or happy.
In short, Musali entered Dingnan City in a state of ecstasy.
After entering Dingnan City, Musali first handed over the escort task - he was also responsible for escorting Cambodian "war criminals" this time, which was what he had to hand over. Then Gao Mengnan told him that since it was inconvenient for his wife to meet him at the moment, he had to hand over the task.
General Musali needs to stay in the city for a while. When his wife recovers, he will meet him in person and decide how to appoint him.
Musali was mentally prepared for this, and he also knew that this was a fact. He couldn't let Mrs. Gao see him as an outsider during her confinement period, right? Even if she was so polite, he wouldn't dare to go.
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However, in fact, Huang Zhiting's confinement period was not as difficult as outsiders imagined.
As Gao Jingshi had confessed, Huang Zhiting did not need to insist on "closing the door tightly" and "not washing her hair" during confinement. Gao Jingshi even specifically confessed that she should stay in the confinement period as long as her body allowed it.
The room or the yard where there is no strong wind or cold wind can be walked around every day.
As for washing your hair and taking a shower, as long as the water temperature is not cold, it's fine. In addition, you don't need to take a bath in the tub, you have to take a shower instead. This is easy to do. Before she gave birth, she hired craftsmen to specially build a new bathroom in the backyard of Gaofu. This new bathroom is a two-person bathroom.
Designed as a small building with two floors, the second floor is for boiling water and storing it, while the first floor is the bathroom, which can be used for washing when the water is turned on.
Had it not been for the lack of geothermal hot springs in Dingnancheng, Gao Pragmatic would have even wanted to build a "Huaqing Pool" for her.
Because of these reasons, Huang Zhiting did not "self-abuse" by sitting during confinement. In addition, she was in excellent health and could get out of bed the day after giving birth.
The next step is breastfeeding. This matter is not a big deal at first. With Jinghua's huge industry, it is possible to find the best wet nurse - and indeed she did, but Gao Pragmatic has an explanation that makes Southern Xinjiang very worried.
Difficulty: He wanted Huang Zhiting to breastfeed herself, and made it clear that unless the breast milk was insufficient, a wet nurse would not be used.
Regarding this matter, the four doctors sent to southern Xinjiang all disagreed. Huang Zhiting's maids and even the wet nurse who brought her up were also opposed. There were two main reasons: one was that the Gao family was
First and wealth, they cannot justify not using a wet nurse; second, they believe that breastfeeding the child by themselves may affect their figure.
The so-called wet nurse, in layman's terms, is the wet nurse of later generations. Even in later generations, when all kinds of milk powder were available, such a profession still existed. In ancient times, the wet nurse was an indispensable position, especially in the palace.
, no matter which concubine in the harem gives birth to a child, it will be fed by a specialized person. This is how the wet nurse was born, and the term "wet nurse" has been passed down to every dynasty.
When people in ancient times hired wet nurses, their families were generally relatively wealthy, and their wives or daughter-in-laws were naturally ladies of the family, or delicate young ladies. They couldn't bear the pain of breastfeeding at night or taking care of children, so they would ask wet nurses to help them.
Feed the children and take care of the children's lives.
These women grew up with golden keys in their mouths, and had to be served by servants. They were especially weak after giving birth, and they were not able to personally take care of a crying and fussy baby. Moreover, in this era, breastfeeding was considered humiliating.
They are gentle, so for the sake of status and face, they usually choose to leave their babies to the care of wet nurses.
But in addition to explaining to his servants, Gao Pragmatic also wrote a private letter to Huang Zhiting personally explaining the reasons for doing so.
In fact, people in modern society are aware of the benefits of breastfeeding, but generally speaking, they are more aware of the benefits to the child. In fact, there are many benefits to the mother. Gao Jingqing mainly talked about these aspects in his letter. [
Note: After thinking about it for a while, although this is all very serious knowledge, due to certain relationships, there may be shielding words, so I simply skipped it.】
One of them is very interesting, Gao Qingshi said that breastfeeding will not cause her figure to get out of shape, but will help her regain her figure faster.
Perhaps out of trust in her husband, Huang Zhiting finally made the decision herself. According to the master's instructions, she would feed the child herself. Unless the milk was insufficient, she would not use the wet nurse's milk. However, at the same time, the wet nurse still had to perform other tasks.
It was up to them to complete the work, including setting up a bed in the partition of Huang Zhiting's bedroom to take the children to sleep, etc.
With these things arranged, Huang Zhiting is now waiting for Gao Pragmatic's reply - no one can take his place in the matter of naming, so as soon as the child is born, a letter is sent to Yanjing, waiting for the master to name it.
As for Huang Zhiting herself, in addition to feeding her children, she could even handle some official duties every day. However, because the doctor restricted her excessive use of her eyes, she was not allowed to read more documents, so these documents were read to her by her personal maid.
Then she only expressed her handling attitude, and the maid wrote it down, and gave it to her to read briefly before passing it on to Gao Mengnan for execution.
The outside world was extremely impressed by this. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Gao also insisted on handling government affairs during her confinement. For this reason, including Gao Mengnan, the "uncle", they all respected Huang Zhiting and privately said to people around her: "The wise brother who seeks truth is actually the previous life."
Only by accumulating virtue can you get such a beautiful woman."
Musali also learned that Huang Zhiting could still handle government affairs. While he sighed, "Mrs. Gao is worthy of Mulan in Southern Xinjiang," he secretly counted the time so that he could summon him when Mrs. Gao was out of confinement.
The spring monsoon went smoothly, and the day before Huang Zhiting was due to give birth, Gao's pragmatic reply arrived. Not only did he spend half of the letter praising his wife, but he also spent a lot of space telling her some things that needed attention, but all of them
It's about trivial matters in daily life, and there is no mention of official duties - oh, there is also a sentence: "My wife still needs to worry about other things."
In the last paragraph, he said, "I think of the past when I met my wife and walked thousands of miles to the abyss of the sea. The immortal sound was as beautiful as ever, but yesterday's day cannot be left behind... My son can be named 'Yuan' to express this sentiment."
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When the four words "immortal sound and stunning beauty" appeared, Huang Zhiting bit her lips slightly, and couldn't help but have a mist in her beautiful eyes.
I urge you to read the Five Classics, and don’t let Fu Jiu mess up my mind. My lifelong wish is to chase the wind and waves, to beat the water, carry a lamp and drink with my lapels full.
Standing on the peak, you can see the stunning beauty from a distance, and it is difficult to write down the wonderful immortal sounds carved on the wall. Looking back eight thousand miles away from the Central Plains, I will follow the example of the predecessors and remember Di Qing.
Although the original intention of this acrostic poem that Gao pragmatic left to his servants that day was to ask the servants to "do not pursue, return to the army immediately", but now it seems that what he wrote in the poem "The peak is so stunning when you look at it from a distance, and the carved wall is so beautiful."
"It's hard to write "Miao Xian Yin" is not just a book scene, but it is really talking about her. [Note: See Chapter 074 of the "Based on Guangxi" volume]
Although Huang Zhiting's eyes were blurred with tears, her heart felt sweet.
It's funny that I felt shy when I first saw it. After being fooled by him, I thought it was because of my own passion. Who would have thought that now he admitted it in the letter... He really made fun of him.
Fortunately, no matter what, I have finally achieved the right result, and I have no regrets in this life.
As soon as Gao Yuan's name was announced in Dingna City, there was another celebration immediately, and at the same time, there was also the process of seizing the week.
Grasping the Zhou Dynasty is a traditional custom that has emerged as early as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Of course, a wealthy family like the Gao family cannot avoid it.
Gao Yuan's capture of Zhou was also carried out according to the usual practice, while eating longevity noodles at noon. A large case was set up in front of a big red sandalwood bed, with seals, scriptures of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, pens, ink and paper.
There were inkstones, abacus, coins, account books, jewelry, flowers, rouge, food, toys, small wooden swords, etc. There was even a model of a warship.
Gao Yuan, who couldn't even crawl, was placed in the middle of these things. Under the watchful eyes of a large group of people around him, he began to choose his own toys with innocent eyes.
Perhaps it was because the warship model was the largest. Xiao Gaoyuan seemed to take a liking to it at a glance, and stretched out his hand as if to catch it.
Gao Jing, who came specially to attend the ceremony, was so nervous that he held his breath and clenched his fists hard. People around him also gave him kind smiles.
Huang Zhiting seemed to be just smiling, but in fact she was very nervous. She wanted to say something, but the words never came out.
Xiao Gaoyuan had already stretched out his hand and was about to grab the ship model. Suddenly, his upper body became unable to support himself, and he leaned forward. As he leaned down, he saw another object that made him feel happy, and he reached for it.
Catch.
This thing was much smaller than the model ship, so he easily caught it in his hand and chuckled.
"seal!"
Gao Mengnan suddenly clapped his hands and announced loudly.
Huang Zhiting felt a little exhausted, then she took a deep breath and felt relieved.
"Congratulations, madam, the young master has chosen the seal!"
"Congratulations, madam, the young master will definitely dominate the world in the future!"
"Hahaha, yes, ma'am, I think the young master is a man of great power, so it's only right to grab the seal!"
Only Gao Jing was a little embarrassed and said with a dry smile: "It's really best to catch the seal..."
Huang Zhiting had seen his expression just now, and of course she knew what he was thinking, but that was also human nature. Huang Zhiting was not angry, but said with some comfort: "I see that Yuan'er also likes the warship model. From now on,
You can also get closer to him..."
Gao Jing was overjoyed and quickly agreed. She was so happy that she didn't think about the profound meaning of Huang Zhiting's words.
On the other hand, Gao Mengnan, who was always smiling next to him, had a flash of light in his eyes. He looked at Gao Yuan and then at Gao Jing, thinking deeply in his heart.
Musali, who was summoned to participate in the capture ceremony of Young Master Gao before he could see Huang Zhiting alone, originally did not dare to get too close due to his status as a subordinate general, but now he could not help but look at Gao Jing one more time.
However, before he had time to think deeply, he suddenly heard a voice ringing in his ears: "General Musali, madam, please come to the central hall to meet me, please."
Musali quickly turned around to look, only to see that Mrs. Gao had already left surrounded by a group of waiters.
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