Although the senior officials in Southern Xinjiang showed great respect for the young master Gao Yuan, and Gao Yuan also respected them, at the reception banquet after the welcoming ceremony, everyone quickly felt that this young master was more than just a simple respecter.
everyone.
In other words, he has his own ideas, and he also has his own differences.
In later generations, there was an Internet buzzword called "two-way rush". It was originally used to describe two people in love admiring each other and working hard to get closer to each other. Later, it was generalized to mean that two people work together for the development of one thing.
In fact, two-way running often occurs in the field of power. For example, between the prince and his ministers, the prince often hopes that the ministers will become supporters of his succession, and the ministers also hope that by supporting the prince in exchange for the prince's success after he succeeds,
Reuse.
However, in the field of power, the two-way movement between the crown prince and his ministers usually faces a problem, that is, there must be a third party between them—the reigning monarch.
The reigning monarch is obviously not happy to see the prince and his ministers rushing to each other in both directions. After all, if you two succeed in running, how should I deal with it? Therefore, in the past dynasties, there was often a prohibition on the prince not to make friends with important ministers, or at least
It's an unspoken rule.
At the reception banquet, according to the seating arrangement that everyone agreed upon at the beginning, naturally Gao Yuan sat at the top, facing south, the King of Siam sat on his left hand, which is the east, which means the landowner; Gao Mengnan sat on his right hand, which was the west, which means the highest status.
Accompany the table.
After the two of them, there is no need to be too particular about facing each other one by one - that is, there is no need for anyone else to come to the Kingdom of Siam. Therefore, it stands to reason that the King of Siam should be flanked by Gao Jue, the Deputy Minister of Military Command, and Gao Mengnan should be flanked by Long.
Gao Ruichu, the patrol envoy of Ya.
Except for the King of Siam, who mainly relies on the name of a nominal landowner to stand beside Gao Yuan, the other three have their own representatives: Gao Mengnan represents the civil service system of Southern Xinjiang, and Gao Jue represents the military general system of Southern Xinjiang. This naturally
There is no need to say more. So, what about Gao Ruiqiu?
In fact, although the status of Gao Ruichu, the Longya Patrol Envoy, is not low, in terms of southern Xinjiang, he is just like a certain governor of the Ming Dynasty. In terms of position alone, he should not be ranked so high.
However, it is obvious that he is able to sit here not because of his official position, but because of his status as the eldest grandson of the Gao family in Xinzheng - Gao Ruichu here represents the Gao family clan, and Gao Yuan wants to call him the eldest brother.
Let’s make an unlucky assumption: if Gao Pangshi dies and has no heirs, and the sixth family has no descendants, then in theory all his inheritance should be inherited by Gao Ruichun. This is the privilege of the eldest brother - note that there is no inheritance in this era like Huang Zhiting
What's the matter with waiting for someone else? It's just that according to general practice, a high-pragmatic widow should be left with a property that can sustain her life.
Making this assumption mainly illustrates one thing: Gao Ruichuan's identity at this time is very special.
However, here's the problem. When Gao Yuan walked to his seat, the other people were still filing in, and no one was seated. At this time, Gao Yuan suddenly pointed at a sturdy man, and then pointed at
Pointing to the position that should have belonged to Gao Ruiqiao, he smiled and said: "Commander Huang, sit here."
Although the word "commander" has existed since ancient times, at this time in the Ming Dynasty, only the chief general of the Imperial Guard was pragmatically set as "commander", while the military in southern Xinjiang widely used it.
In the southern Xinjiang garrison system, the official name of the six major garrison commanders is "commander", and privately they are sometimes called "commander", "general soldier", "general army" and so on; needless to say about the fleet, the north and south
The chief admirals of the two ocean fleets are all called "commanders" and are sometimes called "admirals" in private.
However, although there are many "commanders" in southern Xinjiang, there is only one commander named Huang, and he does not belong to the garrison or the two-ocean fleet system, but is the "Commander of the Dingnan Garrison Headquarters" - Huang Hu.
Huang Hu is actually an old acquaintance. He is Huang Zhiting's most important general and her distant relative.
But even so, when Gao Yuan suddenly asked him to sit where Gao Ruiqiao was supposed to sit, everyone in Southern Xinjiang was still unavoidably surprised. Everyone's first reaction was naturally, "The eldest young master is young after all, and maybe he doesn't know the meaning of seats."
However, although Gao Yuan looks childish, but considering that when the master was at his age... he was able to toy with many important officials in the court, could it be that the eldest young master has not inherited such wisdom at all?
Shenwu?
Many people looked at each other, not knowing whether to admonish or pretend to be stupid. Only Gao Mengnan reacted the fastest - his heart suddenly thumped, and his expression suddenly became serious. At the same time, he also subconsciously looked at Gao Ruiqiu.
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Obviously, Gao Ruichun did not expect such an accident, so when Gao Mengnan looked at him, his eyes were subconsciously turning, obviously thinking about how to deal with it at this moment.
But at this moment, Huang Hu was stunned for a moment, and then said humbly: "Young Master, I don't know, this should be Young Master Rui Chu's seat."
"Oh, really?" Gao Yuan's tone sounded a little surprised, but when he looked at Gao Ruiqiao, everyone could clearly see that his eyes were very indifferent, and it didn't look like he had heard anything unexpected.
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Gao Ruichuan found that Gao Yuan's eyes were looking at her lightly, and judging from his performance, he had no intention of taking back his previous words.
He insisted that I give up my seat.
Gao Ruiqiao immediately made this judgment, but the next moment he was a little confused: Yes, he insisted on me giving up his seat, but why exactly is this?
In fact, when it comes to the reason, Gao Ruichu is not incapable of guessing - the most likely possibility is to deliberately establish prestige. As for why Gao Yuan thought of himself when he wanted to establish prestige, Gao Ruichu was not surprised.
He is the eldest grandson of the eldest son, Gao Yuan's nominal eldest brother. As long as he, the eldest brother among his peers, obeys his orders, then the other brothers will naturally have no reason to disobey him in the future. After all, no one can compare to him in terms of dignity.
, older than that has proven useless, hasn’t it?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In addition, Gao Ruichuan also has a guess, that is, his father Gao Wuzi had a conflict with his fourth uncle Gao pragmatic back then, although the matter was resolved before it got serious.
He controlled it, but it still caused his father to be idle in Xinzheng later rather than ask his fourth brother Gao Jingshi to find something for him to do. Gao Jingshi never took the initiative to "add more burdens" to his eldest brother Gao Wuzi. On the contrary, there were a few
He hinted once: "The eldest brother guards the ancestral temple and is extremely filial. My generation can't match it."
Although the words sounded nice, they also blocked Gao Wuzi's progress and retreat, leaving him with no choice but to guard his ancestral temple in Xinzheng for the rest of his life. Because of this relationship, the relationship between Dafang and Sixth Fang was a bit delicate.
On the one hand, unless the sixth house wants to separate the family separately and break up with the other houses, the status of the big house in the patriarchal system will be irreplaceable; on the other hand, although Gao Wuzi broke up with Gao Pragmatic, his brother
, as the adopted son of the eldest son, Gao Mengnan was highly trusted by Gao Mengnan, so much so that he became the de facto top civil servant in southern Xinjiang.
In addition, there may be another point... or even half of it, that is, Gao Ruiqiu himself is quite pragmatic and trustworthy to his fourth uncle, giving him the opportunity to work with Salim to pacify the Longya Peninsula, and then take advantage of the situation to become the patrol envoy of the entire Longya Peninsula (
Equivalent to governor).
The patrol envoys in southern Xinjiang are not particularly rare. There are more than ten or twenty in total, but the Dragon Tooth Patrol Envoys are among the top three. The reason is very simple.
The envoy is also in charge of the Aralia Strait, the Strait of Malacca, a major maritime chokepoint.
As a maritime power, Jinghua (of course, in theory, Jinghua is a combined sea and land power), controlling the Ryuga Strait is undoubtedly an extremely important personnel arrangement. Therefore, although Gao Ruichu is only one of the patrol envoys, his status within the Jinghua system is by no means ordinary.
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The old story between Dafang and Sixth Fang should have ended with Gao Wuzi being restricted to die in Xinzheng and not leaving the mountain, but... who knows if Gao Yuan will insist on this matter again.
How about writing some articles?
Gao Ruichuan took a deep breath, calmed down, bowed and said: "The eldest young master is the Nanning Marquis, so it is naturally the eldest young master who has the final say on how we sit down. Commander Huang, please take a seat."
Huang Hu was still a little hesitant, but Gao Yuan took over, waved to everyone with a smile, and said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Kuanhe is as I expected, let's all sit down."
As soon as these words came out, Gao Ruichuan's words were confirmed. Huang Hu couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to walk a few steps forward and sit next to Gao Mengnan.
Gao Mengnan glanced at Huang Hu, who was confused, and suddenly realized in his heart: I am afraid that the eldest young master is not only trying to suppress Gao Ruiqiu, the eldest brother, to establish his own authority, but also that he wants to get close to Huang Hu openly——
Although Huang Hu, a straight person, obviously doesn't know the reason.
Gao Mengnan remained calm on his face, but he couldn't help but tremble in his heart: Our eldest young master is unusual... I don't know if he has this idea of his own, or if his mother gave him advice before he went south?
Gao Mengnan knew that Gao Yuan, as the "Nanning Marquis", took the initiative to win over Huang Hu, which would inevitably make people worry about "relatives interfering in politics" - after all, the Huang family were "relatives" of the Gao family. However, this matter was not that simple.
As mentioned before, the interference of relatives in politics was often an important reason for the social chaos and demise of ancient dynasties. So, if this is the case, why does every emperor always trust his mother's relatives (such as uncles or grandfathers) instead of trusting them after he comes to power?
What about relatives in the father’s family (such as uncles)?
It is not an exaggeration to say that foreign relatives are an important reason for the chaos of the dynasty. In the pre-Qin and ancient times, foreign relatives have already played an important role in politics. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Shen Hou, who was the grandfather (or uncle), was even the grandson (or nephew).
King Zhou Ping fought against the injustice, which caused turmoil in the country. Later, King Ping of Zhou had to move the capital.
During the Han Dynasty, both Wang Mang, who caused the fall of the Western Han Dynasty, and Liang Ji, who caused the great turmoil of the Eastern Han Dynasty, were relatives. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were also many relatives who played important roles, such as the eldest grandson Wuji, who was Li Zhi's uncle.
, which greatly affected the political arena in the early Tang Dynasty.
So much so that in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang simply stipulated that in the future, the emperor's queens must be selected from among the people in order to prevent their relatives from playing a role in politics. Zhu Yuanzhang did this because the women of the people had no background, and he wanted to block the possibility of having relatives play a role in politics.
This loophole in political interference.
Then the question turns back again. It is clear that the uncle (or grandpa) often causes problems in the dynasty. Why does the emperor always choose to trust his uncle (or grandpa) instead of his uncle?
This starts with the entire process of a person's transition from prince to emperor. When a prince has not yet become prince or emperor, his uncle (or grandfather) is actually his only absolute supporter besides his biological mother.
Although everyone usually has the eldest son system, and only the eldest son can be the prince and inherit the throne. However, because the emperor has many sons and the power is very complicated, things are far from that simple. Before the Ming Dynasty, even the eldest son could be the prince and inherit the throne.
The eldest son may not necessarily be made a prince. Even if he is made a prince, he may fall at any time.
The reason for this is that the crown prince's position often encounters great impacts. Some of them come from other princes. For example, Li Shimin poses a threat to Li Jiancheng's crown prince's position; Yin Yin is also dissatisfied with the crown prince Yin Reng.
posed a threat to his throne.
Some threats even came from the emperor himself. For example, Liu Bang made his eldest son Liu Ying the crown prince, but he was always dissatisfied with Liu Ying and always wanted to depose him and make his youngest son Liu Ruyi the crown prince. Zhu Changluo in the original history
He was the eldest son of a concubine, but his father Zhu Yijun did not want to make him the crown prince, but always wanted to make Zhu Changxun the crown prince.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is precisely because every prince will be greatly impacted before he becomes emperor, or he must fight for it, so he must have something to rely on.
He must accumulate strength and fight with other princes.
So, what is the most reliable power for ancient princes? You might as well use the elimination method here.
First, uncles are impossible.
Why do the prince's uncles say it is impossible? Because the uncles are also from the royal family, they themselves have descendants, and they may also participate in the competition for the throne. Of course, this is usually not the main reason.
The real key reason is that if a certain prince has close contacts with his uncles, it will inevitably arouse great suspicion from the emperor, because those uncles are originally a great threat to the emperor, and the emperor has always been wary of them. If a certain prince
Being in too close contact with his uncles is equivalent to gathering threats, so the prince and his uncles are likely to be attacked by the emperor.
For example, Song Taizong's son Zhao Yuanzuo had a close relationship with his uncle Zhao Tingmei, so Zhao Yuanzuo eventually lost his position as prince, and Zhao Tingmei was demoted to Fangzhou and died of depression.
Yongzheng's son Hongshi had contact with his uncle Yinhu, and Yongzheng was so angry that he kicked Hongshi out of the house. Hongshi might have been able to get the throne, but now he couldn't get it.
Therefore, no matter what, you cannot contact your uncles at will, especially if you are very close to them.
In the second step of the elimination method, ministers are unreliable.
In addition to not being able to keep in close contact with their uncles, princes are also not allowed to interact too closely with ministers. In ancient times, princes who contacted ministers were always called "ministers of transportation" or "ministers of the first and last", and would also be severely punished.
of.
For example, Li Heng is the prince, and General Wang Zhongsi is the adopted son of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, which is equivalent to Li Heng's brother. It should be nothing for the two brothers to get together. But just because they got together, Wang Zhongsi was expelled.
Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was demoted, and Li Heng was severely punished, and his position as prince was almost lost. This is the serious consequence of "Minister of Transportation".
During the Qing Dynasty, Kang Mazi asked the ministers to recommend a successor after he deposed the crown prince Yinfeng, so the ministers collectively recommended the "Eight Wise Kings" Yinhu. Unexpectedly, this approach made Kang Mazi firmly believe that Yinhu was related to Yinhu.
The ministers "communicated" and no longer liked Yinhu. They insulted and attacked him in every possible way.
Another example is that Zhao Kuangyin's son Zhao Dezhao interceded with the ministers and asked Song Taizong to honor the ministers who had made meritorious services. Originally this was a very common thing, but who knew that Song Taizong said coldly, wait until you become the emperor before giving him the credit.
They should honor it. Just such a sentence frightened Zhao Dezhao to commit suicide after he returned.
Since the princes cannot contact the princes or the ministers of transportation, the only people they can rely on are relatives on their mother's side. And when they relied on their relatives on their mother's side to ascend to the throne and finally became emperor, their relatives naturally
He stepped onto the political stage and played his "due" role.
Moreover, since the uncle or grandfather is a relative, the possibility of him seizing the throne is much less than that of his uncles. Because if they seize the throne, it means a change of dynasty. Most people cannot accept it and think it is unorthodox. Therefore, the prince became the emperor.
In the end, they often trust their uncle or grandpa as always and let them continue to play their role.
The current status of Southern Xinjiang is relatively ambiguous, but there is no doubt that Gao Pragmatic is the Lord of Southern Xinjiang, whether in name or not, and Gao Yuan, the "Nanning Marquis Yingxi", is equivalent to the "Prince".
In this case, if Gao Yuan was smart, he would naturally not win over uncles and brothers such as Gao Mengnan and Gao Ruichu, and would even go as far as to make small conflicts with them as if they were looking for trouble.
At the same time, he can win over people from the Huang family, because although the Huang family are "foreign relatives", they cannot have the legitimacy and legitimacy to "usurp the throne" as chieftains. Gao Yuan does not have to worry about Gao Yuan pragmatically when he wants to win over them.
Suppressive.
Gao Mengnan quietly took a deep breath, all doubts in his heart disappeared, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and instead he deliberately looked serious. He sat expressionlessly on the top of his head in the west without saying a word.
It seemed that he was very dissatisfied with the scene that just happened.
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