Chapter 001: Light Cars and Simple Obedience (Part 1)
In the fourth year of Longqing's reign, on the seventh day of November, there was light snow and clear skies.
Gao Pragmatic, a bachelor's degree student accompanying the prince, took leave to return to his hometown to prepare for the exam, and officially left Beijing today.
Outside You'an Gate, an ordinary carriage, escorted by four servants, bid farewell to a group of teenage princes from Beijing and quietly embarked on the road south to return home.
The young master Kuo Shao who came to see him off was divided into two groups. One group, with bright clothes and angry horses, was the descendants of various distinguished families in the capital. Headed by Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, there were no less than 20 people in total;
The children of high-ranking Chinese civil servants, headed by Ge Xi and Ma Zhen, were slightly smaller in number, numbering seven or eight in total.
What's interesting is that when the two groups said goodbye, they both gave Gao Pragmatic a gift of Cheng Yi.
The number of these Chengyi varies. For example, the two young princes Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong both presented a hundred taels of Chengyi, which means they will be victorious in every battle in the examination room;
Sixty-six means great success.
But the children of civil servants are different. Some of their elders have rich eunuchs. For example, Ma Ziqiang's son Ma Zhen, his family is a wealthy family in Shaanxi alongside Zhang Siwei's family in Puzhou. However, due to the limitations of the civil service system, he has no choice but to compete with Ge Xi.
Like others, I presented Cheng Yi with twelve taels, just to take the moon and the moon as my wish.
Although Gao Shidu is known as a wealthy man in these two small circles, he is certainly not short of this small amount of money, but in the country of Chinese etiquette, the rules must not be broken, so he accepted it with a smile.
Unlike other time-travelers, Gao Shidu either doesn't like to interact with "ancient people", or he is pretentious and shows off. After all, he is a secretary. For these social interactions, it is not a problem at all. Not only does he interact with everyone
Friends who came to see them off were able to chat, laugh, and have a banquet. A few casual words would make the other person smile like a spring breeze. Moreover, he was able to move in and out freely among the disciples of the civil and military factions, and even managed to get both parties to nod in greeting.
- The so-called civil and military disciplines, it is not easy for him to achieve this.
After finally waving goodbye, Gao Pragmatic's carriage slowly left, and the children of each family could finally bid farewell to the biting cold wind, get into their own carriages and rush back to the city.
On the other side, Gao pragmatic quietly opened the curtain of the carriage and asked Gao Jue outside: "Where are the knights waiting?"
Gao Jue immediately replied: "Young master, two hundred cavalrymen have arrived ten miles east of Lugou Bridge early this morning and are waiting."
Sure enough, Gao Pragmatic's so-called simplicity and obedience are just a cover-up. Now that he was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years, he would inevitably encounter the old story of being attacked by horse bandits again. This time he returned to his hometown and took him directly.
Two hundred cavalrymen were mounted in case of any eventuality.
After all, this time he was going south to pass near Bazhou, and he didn't have strong men like Liu Xian, Liu Wei and his son to protect him. As for Gao Jue, although his martial arts are said to be very good, he is pragmatic and doesn't understand martial arts.
I have never seen Gao Jue take action. Normally, Gao Pragmatic can't tell the difference between good and bad, so after much deliberation, I still feel that it is most reliable to bring more people.
Anyway, Gao Shidu is not short of money.
Gao pragmatic asked again: "Has the route been arranged?"
"It's all arranged." Gao Jue replied: "Today we will meet up with the cavalry first, then cross the Marco Polo Bridge and rush to Liangxiang County for lunch. In the afternoon, we will drive along the Zhulu Horse Post to Zhuozhou to stay. Tomorrow we will go along the Xuanhua Horse Post.
Passed through Dingxing County and rushed to live in Baoding..."
"Wait a minute." Gao Pingshi suddenly interrupted: "This road, after passing through Dingxing County and before arriving at Baoding, is there Ansu County in the middle?"
Gao Jue was slightly startled and replied: "We want to pass through Ansu. What do you mean, young master?"
"Adjust your traveling speed and stop in Ansu County for lunch tomorrow afternoon. In addition, you can send someone to Ansu County to take my name badge and send it to the county government office and give it to the county magistrate Liang Wuliang Qingtong.
This person is considered my senior brother. Since I passed by Ansu, it would be disrespectful to not inform him."
Gao Jue quickly responded.
In fact, Gao Jingshi didn't care about the Liangwu County Magistrate, who did not leave his name at all in later generations. It's just that Chen Ju was from Ansu County. Gao Jingshi had previously written to Liang County Magistrate to let him win over Chen Ju.
I helped you a little bit. Since I am passing through Ansu when I return to my hometown this time, it would be better to say hello.
Come to think of it, this Liang County Lord, who was ranked more than 170th among the top three in the Jinshi Golden List in the 38th year of Jiajing, would not dare to neglect his nephew, the elder of the high cabinet, and a close minister of the prince. After all, he came to Beijing to report on his duties.
When he was young, he couldn't even see Gao Gong's side, which showed his low status among Gao Gong's disciples. Having the opportunity to let him get close to her would actually give him face.
Less than an hour later, Gao Pingshi and his party met two hundred cavalrymen east of Marco Polo Bridge.
These two hundred cavalrymen were personally selected by Gao Jue. They were not required to be top-notch in riding swordsmanship, but to be honest and disciplined. This was a requirement that Gao Jingshi personally confessed. After all, he was going to Xinzheng, which was his hometown.
If he brought some gangsters with him and caused any trouble, it would be very embarrassing for him to be a high official.
Gao Jue also took this opportunity to select two smart and reliable young cavalrymen to go south first, and rushed to Ansu County as soon as possible to inform Liang County Zun to "pick him up".
Just as Magistrate Liang was about to go to bed that night, he saw his master and his disciples coming in a hurry, saying that he had something important to do to meet with the magistrate. He even specifically told his servants to wake him up immediately even if the magistrate had already fallen asleep.
When Liang County Master heard this, he thought it was horse bandits sneaking into the county town. He was so shocked that he hurried from the backyard to the front hall. Unexpectedly, Master Zhang's face was so full of smiles that when he saw his County Master, he
He immediately stepped forward to say congratulations: "Congratulations to the county magistrate, a happy event has come!"
"How can there be any happy news?" When County Master Liang saw that it was not horse bandits attacking the city, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a depressed face: "The people below are ignorant and arrested someone who should not be arrested at all. This county
I am very worried, what good news can I expect?"
Master Zhang still had a smile on his face: "Don't worry, the county magistrate, the person who can solve the county magistrate's problem is here!"
Liangxian Zun was startled for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Who can solve this problem for this county? Although the man named Shuai is not a big shot, the things he is involved in are not simple. This matter has nothing to do with this county.
But he inexplicably wanted to file a complaint, but he was arrested in this county again! If this...if this county didn't take the right side, it would be no worse than fatal!"
Master Zhang laughed loudly, promoted the name in his hand, and then handed it to Mr. Liang County, saying: "Your Majesty, you might as well take a look, there is this man here... Mr. County Master, you just want to take the wrong position.
Students think it’s even difficult!”
Liang County Zun was surprised and quickly took the name card from Master Zhang's hand. He saw that the top box in the center of the greeting card said "Present to Mr. Liang Qingtong, Magistrate of Ansu County", and the signature clearly read "Xinzheng
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you, my junior fellow student, for your high pragmatism.”
"Xinzheng! Highly pragmatic!"
Mr. Liang Xianzun screamed in shock and looked at Master Zhang with wide eyes. His usual graceful demeanor was completely gone. He almost jumped up and shouted: "Hurry up and call someone! Get ready for the reception overnight!" and then returned.
Without waiting for Master Zhang to respond, he hurriedly walked a few steps and said hurriedly: "Inform all the officials and officials in the county, as well as all the elderly squires in the county who can still breathe, that the county has issued a death order, and everyone will follow us tomorrow."
Together with the county, we welcome you to attend the high school!"
