Gao Sitang held a celebration party in Quanzhou, and his boss Gao Pragmatic also held a celebration party in Shenglong City.
With the arrival of Annan settled, the imperial court's rewards for the chieftains had reached Annan with rare high efficiency.
Cen Ling's position within the Ming Dynasty has been promoted, from Sicheng Prefecture Judge to Tongzhi. To be honest, this level promotion is not small among the chieftains of the Ming Dynasty, but compared with his current position in Annan, it is
It became drizzle.
However, for chieftains, it was not easy to climb the Ming Dynasty's official position, especially compared to Gao Pragmatic, who was awarded a gold medal and went straight to the Imperial Academy's "Chu Xiang", it was really a world of difference.
The imperial court's reward for Huang Zhiting is more interesting - she was named a respectful person.
Gongren is the title given to the married woman, which is equivalent to the fourth rank. But the problem is that generally speaking, the married woman is given the title to a "woman", and the rank usually corresponds to the official rank of her husband.
But... Huang Zhiting is unmarried!
Seeing the title conferred by the court, Gao Pragmatic laughed and joked: "This is strange. Originally, the title of a married woman corresponds to the official rank of her husband. It seems that someone like you got the title of respectful person before getting married.
It's a rare sight...I'm thinking, does the emperor mean that whoever marries you will be promoted to the fourth rank? That's incredible. From now on, the number of people who want to take advantage of you will probably be ten times more than before.
La!"
Huang Zhiting's face was quite calm. Instead, she raised her eyebrows slightly after hearing Gao Pingshi's words: "What's the use? I can earn a fourth rank myself, and I'll look after those who expect me to be promoted."
A mediocre person?"
"Oh, Miss Huang, your words are too hurtful. I am only a seventh-grade official."
"You?" Huang Zhiting said angrily: "Then your sesame seed is too big. If I give you a fourth-grade prefect, are you willing to change it?"
Gao pragmatic did not answer "yes" or "no", but shook his head and said: "As for me, I guess I don't have to change even if I want to. Unless there is another big change in Beijing, when my term of patrol ends, the emperor will
It’s time to call me back to Beijing.”
Huang Zhiting's complexion changed, and she said blankly: "You...are going back to Beijing?"
"Not yet. The term of the censor is calculated from the time he takes office. Normally, it lasts for one year. I took office at the beginning of October last year, and there is still half a year left - speaking of it, I have been here for the past six months.
There are quite a lot of things to do.”
More than a few? Since you took office in Guilin, you have put down two rebellions in Mingjiang City and Lingyun City, brought Lianzhou Prefecture to Guangxi, and won almost all the chieftains in Guangxi under your command, and then decisively sent troops to put down the two rebellions.
The whole Annan...
I'm afraid that since the advent of the patrol censor, you are the one who is most efficient and does the most work.
"After you... return to Beijing, will you come to Guangxi or Annan again?"
"I don't know." Gao Pingshi smiled bitterly and said, "Generally speaking, unless there is a big trouble in Annan and the court feels that I can't make the decision, then it is possible for me to come to Annan again."
He sighed softly and said: "As for Guangxi, I'm afraid it's even more difficult. Although I am a censor now, this is due to circumstances. In fact, I should still be counted as a Hanlin official, a foreign magistrate, or a soldier.
It's unlikely, and even if he is appointed abroad, it is unlikely that he will come to Guangxi."
"I..." Huang Zhiting's face turned pale and she gritted her teeth: "Can we see each other again?"
Gao pragmatic looked at her and suddenly smiled: "It may be difficult for me to come to see you, but if you want to see me, it's not too difficult. The imperial court's restrictions on your chieftains and our restrictions on our official positions
It's different. If you want to leave the territory, the court won't ask any questions.
Besides, what the Cen and Huang families are going to do next is to gradually draw their forces from Guangxi to Annan and prepare to build a fence for the imperial court in Annan. During this period, as long as you don’t think there will be any big changes in Annan, you can go to Beijing.
If you come to me, no one will care about you."
"Really, I..." Huang Zhiting looked happy, but suddenly felt something was wrong, and pouted: "Why should I go to you... You, you didn't say you let me go."
Gao pragmatic suddenly stepped forward, reached out to hold Huang Zhiting's hands, looked into her eyes, and said seriously: "Zhiting, as long as Annan is fine, I welcome you to come at any time."
Huang Zhiting and Gao Jingshi had an experience of being "candid" and had made some harmless jokes, but this was the first time that Gao Jingshi held his hands and called her her maiden name like this.
Miss Huang, who had been calm and composed when commanding the battle of Lang Son, suddenly blushed, her heart was pounding, and her hands subconsciously shrank back, but Gao Pingshi grabbed her, making her even more at a loss, and said in a panic: "You
…”
I read "you" for a long time, but couldn't get the next sentence.
Gao Jingshi gently patted the back of her hand and said softly: "Zhiting, humans are not grass and trees, and no one can be ruthless. I know that there are many things that you wouldn't do if it weren't for me... I understand you.
My mood is just..."
Huang Zhiting suddenly stopped struggling and looked at him nervously: "Just what?"
"It's just... alas!" Gao Pragmatic sighed: "You know my origin. Now in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, the two most powerful groups are staring at me: the pragmatic school is staring at me, because I am Gao
Wen Zhenggong's nephew is the most responsible talker in this generation of the Gao family. They want to observe me and supervise me so that I can lead them to a better and smoother path in the future.
The Xin School is also staring at me, hoping that if I make a mistake, I'd better do something extraordinary myself to give them the authority to regain the leadership of the imperial government and pull back the imperial court, which in their eyes is becoming more and more utilitarian.
Back on the 'right path'."
Huang Zhiting felt a little sour in her heart, bit her lip and said, "So, you can't marry a chieftain as your wife, can you?"
Gao pragmatic opened his mouth, but finally just sighed, drooped his eyelids, and did not answer.
"I..." Huang Zhiting pulled back her hand with a little force, lowered her head and said: "The married woman can only be the head wife, right?"
Gao Pingshi didn't expect that her thoughts would suddenly jump to this point. She was slightly startled and said hesitantly: "According to the system... it is indeed true."
Huang Zhiting turned around and said nothing.
Gao pragmatic took two steps, turned to her, and said: "I know you won't agree, and I don't dare..."
"Seeking truth." Huang Zhiting suddenly raised her head, looked at him seriously, and asked, "Do you think the court did this on purpose?"
"Ah?" Gao Pragmatic was startled: "The imperial court? What is the imperial court's intention?"
"The imperial court should have known that I was not married when it asked me to take charge of the affairs of Siming State last time. Why did it insist on giving me a fourth-grade married woman this time? Don't you think this is strange?"
"You mean..." Gao Pragmatic frowned deeply: "Is there anyone in the court who is really worried about me marrying you?"
"Anyway, I think it's unusual for the court to do this." Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "The Ming court always attaches great importance to reputation. It's hard to imagine that they broke the ancestral rules just because of my military exploits and came to arrest me, who was not married at all.
The girl in the pavilion is given the title of married woman. But if you think about it in conjunction with what you just said... I think this is the only possibility."
Gao Pragmatic originally did not view Huang Zhiting's conferment from this perspective, but now that he heard what she said, he had to admit that what she said was quite reasonable. This possibility could not be ruled out at least.
But who would do this?
In order to prevent yourself from marrying Huang Zhiting, did you plan ahead to this extent?
Teacher Guo? No, if he really wants to marry Huang Zhiting, Teacher Guo may object, but he will not force himself to listen to him, let alone use such means to "calculate" himself. According to Teacher Guo's personality, he
The first choice must be to convince himself. If he refuses to listen, he may scold himself for it, but in the end he will still find a way to help, and finally satisfy himself, and at the same time try to clear away the trouble for himself.
Zhu Yijun? That's not right. He hopes that he can join the cabinet as soon as possible in the future. There is no doubt about this. In his opinion, marrying a chieftain's daughter will definitely affect his reputation. Therefore, he is likely to object to this.
Not surprisingly.
The problem is that he is not a time traveler like himself, he is just a young man who still has illusions about politics. He wants to reuse himself. Anyone who is not blind can see this, but that does not mean that he
He can think of such detailed things, and use such skills to create troubles and roadblocks for himself.
Due to Guo Pu's character and his high enough status, he did not need or bother to use such small means to force himself to walk at the prescribed pace.
The emperor has not yet reached that ideological level and will not think about these things in such detail, so he devises such a trick to block his possible methods in advance.
As for the officials of the Xin School, it might be a bit too much to say that they were waiting for him to "die by himself", but at least they would not be so selfless and come out to help him avoid a disaster whose consequences no one could predict.
Then this is strange. Who would pay attention to this matter, hold a clear position of helping him, and at the same time have the ability to make the court make such an unprecedented move?
The faces of many senior officials of the capital flashed through Gao Pangshi's mind, and he was suddenly stunned for a moment, thinking to himself: "Could it be his uncle?"
Zhang Siwei, Gao Jingshi's uncle, obviously had such ability. He was the second assistant to the imperial court and Gao Jingshi's biological uncle. He opposed Gao Jingshi marrying a female chieftain who might affect his reputation as a scholar. This was reasonable.
There is indeed no problem.
But why did Zhang Siwei have such doubts? Although Gao Jingshi and Huang Zhiting are indeed unmarried, in the eyes of outsiders, with Gao Jingshi's status, it is unlikely that he would consider marrying a man.
Female chieftains are the right ones.
As a highly pragmatic uncle, Zhang Siwei should have such a proud attitude.
Gao pragmatic frowned deeply: Is there any reason for this that I don't know about?
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