On October 19th, the fourth year of Longqing's reign, the quarrel in the capital came to an end when Rao Renkan, Wu Shangxian and others, the backbone of the main war faction, were suddenly demoted to foreign posts.
Although the victory of the peace faction was mainly due to the persistence of the cabinet and the emperor's acceptance, there was another important reason. Yesterday, the imperial envoy inspected Xuanda's defense and watched the government on behalf of the prince.
This time, Gao Pragmatic not only reiterated the benefits of accepting tribute, but more importantly, brought good news: through negotiations between him and the Datong garrison eunuch Huang Mengyu and An Da, An Da has decided that as long as
The Ming Dynasty accepted his request for a title and tribute, and he would return all the remnants of the White Lotus led by Zhao Quan to the Ming Dynasty and let the Ming Dynasty deal with them.
Moreover, in order to show sincerity, these people have been captured by Anda from Dabansheng City, and now they have all been escorted to the Anda Central Army. Outside Desheng Fort, Desheng Fort has sent people to the Anda Army Lieutenant General to arrest these rebels.
Once the thief is found out, he only needs a word from the court and I will hand him over.
The Ming Dynasty's importance to the remnants of the White Lotus has been detailed in the previous article, and there is no need to elaborate here. Therefore, after the news of Gao Pingshi reached the capital, the main combatants from top to bottom knew that it was impossible to prevent this tribute.
, irreversible.
Sure enough, early the next morning, Longqing's Zhu Criticism came down, which not only severely reprimanded the main war faction, but also demoted the most vocal members of the main war faction and transferred them to foreign posts. At the same time, Long Qing ordered the cabinet to immediately
Negotiate the details of the tribute.
In addition, in view of the outstanding performance of the deputy imperial envoy Prince in accompanying Gao Jingshi, Long Qing issued a separate order, ordering Gao Jingshi to return to Beijing immediately to report the details of my request for a title and tribute.
This move was somewhat unexpected by Gao Pragmatic. He originally thought that Long Qing could wait for him to finish the work of paying tribute to An Da before returning to the capital to report on his duties. However, now that the imperial edict was issued, he could only return to the capital according to the imperial edict.
Since the first imperial edict and the crown prince's decree that he had received previously required him to report to the palace immediately after returning to Beijing, Gao pragmatically did not even return to the palace after returning to Beijing, but went directly to the palace to make a statement.
The emperor and the prince appeared together and listened to Gao Pragmatic's report in the Wenhua Hall.
However, neither the emperor nor the prince expressed their acceptance on the spot, but said that they would forward the contents of the report to the cabinet for detailed discussion. However, Gao Pragmatic's trip was not in vain. He received a reward - not just twenty or thirty taels of silver like Qi Jiguang.
Instead, he was rewarded with a bright red silk bullfighting uniform.
The bullfighting suit, the python suit, and the flying fish suit are all similar to the Longgun suit worn by the emperor because of their patterns. They are not part of the official uniform system, but are special rewards for eunuchs or ministers in the Ming Dynasty.
Among them, the bullfighting suit is a kind of ceremonious costume after the python suit and the flying fish suit. According to common sense, of course, a high and pragmatic person should never be given a bullfighting suit - even if he is a "fake bachelor".
The word "fake" should not be removed. Generally speaking, only the top-ranking Hanlin bachelors in the Hanlin Academy are barely qualified.
However, due to the indiscriminate grant of python suits and flying fish suits in the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties, these systems are now somewhat collapsed. Gao Pragmatic played a big role in the court's determination to pay tribute to An Da this time, so this bullfighting
It was given after serving, and the outside world did not react much to this reward - Gao Pragmatic was still a civil servant, and civil servants must be rewarded for their merits, but Gao Pragmatic himself was a special case within the imperial official system, and it was impossible to give it to him
If you are promoted to a higher rank, then given a bullfighting uniform, it means a lot, and everyone will think it's okay.
"I worked so hard on a business trip, and I only had some clothes on me!" Gao Pragmatic muttered, rolling his eyes.
However, when he got the bullfighting suit that was awarded to him, his mood improved again, because he found that the embroidery on the bullfighting suit was actually not a cow, but a dragon.
To be precise, this is a big red dragon robe - it's just that the dragon has a pair of big curved horns.
The ancients divided dragons into four types: those with scales are called Jiaolong; those with wings are called Yinglong; those with horns are called Qiulong; and those without horns are called Chilong.
Bullfighting is like a horned dragon.
As for the python suit, it is also a dragon. The only difference from the emperor's dragon is its claws, which are four claws instead of the emperor's five claws. The flying fish is a dragon with wings and a fish tail.
Generally speaking, Gao Pragmatic is a quite contented person. He feels that he has a "dragon robe" after all, and it will be easier to meet people when he goes out in the future - before this, he was the only one in Qingpao who came in and out of the palace all day long.
A minor official is worse than some eunuchs in the palace, because many eunuchs wear flying fish clothes. He, who is wearing a green robe, is really a bit shabby when he mixes among them every day.
Now that he has been given a bullfighting uniform, he will feel completely different in front of these people in the future. Although in theory, the flying fish uniform is higher than the bullfighting uniform, in fact, the flying fish uniform has the most generous rewards. There are all kinds of flying fish in the Jinyiwei Yamen.
Needless to say, the flying fish uniforms in the inner court are so excessive that it is difficult to reflect the so-called nobility. After all, in this period, "unicorns are as numerous as dogs, and flying fish are everywhere in the streets" - of course
, if this unicorn and flying fish were worn by civil servants, it would still be worth mentioning.
On the contrary, bullfighting uniforms are relatively rare. In Gao Panggang's view, besides the python robe, it is more respectable to wear a bullfighting uniform...
After returning home, Gao Jingshi quickly changed out of his white robe and put on the big red silk bullfight uniform to show off. The two little girls who were watching the moon and listening to the piano also joined in and complimented him on how he looked more handsome in this outfit.
Handsome, the tall lady was so beautiful that she was all smiles.
Unfortunately, Shoumei didn't have enough time. It didn't take long for Gao Gong to return to his house, and he immediately sent someone to call Gao pragmatically. As a result, Gao pragmatically shivered when he saw the red python robe on Gao Gong's body.
Gao Gong didn't notice Gao's pragmatic expression, but said with a serious face: "This time you intervened in the matter of An Da, which is a bit too much. I'm afraid some people in Beijing have some ideas..."
Gao Pangshi was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Third Uncle, I just happened to meet you this time. At that time, I needed the title of Imperial Envoy to go to Desheng Fort to lure the enemy."
Gao Gong glanced at him sideways and snorted: "Then you have to go? Are you an envoy?"
"Well, Senior Brother Huazhang went with Duke Jianchuan at that time." Gao Pragmatic explained with a guilty conscience.
Gao Gong glared at him: "You volunteered to go to Desheng Fort, don't I know?" Then he waved his hand: "Now is not the time to talk about this. No matter why you went, you are involved in this matter.
If you do it too much, there will always be someone who won't be happy... I mean, you will go back to Xinzheng in February next year for reference. It's already November anyway, so you might as well go back to your hometown in advance to prepare."
Gao Pragmatic was slightly startled and said subconsciously: "Isn't it a little early to go back now?"
Gao Gong shook his head and said, "It's not too early, because you have to go to Anyang on the way."
"Anyang?" Gao Pingshi thought for a moment, and said suddenly: "Oh, what Sanbo means..."