Zhao Ji Tea House, Yizi Yage.
Because Gao Jingshi came a little early and it was not yet lunch time, Liu Xian, Liu Wei and his son acted as hosts and came here to drink tea with Gao Jingshi first.
In fact, to be honest, drinking tea and talking about things is more in line with Gao Pragmatic's preferences than talking about things at the dinner table. After all, although he can avoid drinking due to his young age, it is basically impossible for generals like Liu Xian and his son to go to the table without drinking. After drinking, Gao Pragmatic was afraid that even if he explained some things, they might not be able to get their attention.
Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "General Liu's matter is basically settled. The imperial court has tasked the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the false accusations made by Xu Pengju. I believe it won't be long before the truth comes to light and General Liu is cleared."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Gao." Liu Xian raised his tea cup and said, "Liu had no intention of repaying the favor, so he offered tea instead of wine to thank Mr. Gao for his kindness." Liu Wei also raised his glass.
Gao Pragmatic was not modest at all. He picked up the tea cup and gestured to the two of them, took a sip and said: "Besides, it is a waste of time to wait for Nanjing to complete the process. Therefore, after my third uncle discussed with Mr. Zhang Ge, we have already decided Please ask Gu Dai Zong, the new governor of Huguang, to make a recommendation on behalf of General Liu to move to Guizhou."
"Gu Daizong? But the Zhejiang governor's valley is empty and the millet sounds?" Liu Xian was stunned for a moment and asked.
Gao pragmatically nodded.
Liu Xian immediately laughed: "It turned out to be Gu Zisheng. I had dealt with him in Zhejiang, and he was very good at managing food, grass and military equipment."
Gao Pingshi twitched the corner of his mouth and thought to himself: Gu Zhongxu's ability in this area should be rated by more than one "not bad", right? He and Qi Jiguang worked well together back then.
Mentioning the tacit understanding of partnering with Qi Jiguang, readers can probably guess: Gu Zhongxu has a good relationship with Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun, especially Tan Lun. The two were in the same year of Jiajing's 23rd Jiachen Science and Technology Gold List, but Tan Lun was in the second place, while Gu Zhongxu was unlucky and only got the third place.
However, readers should not underestimate this top three Jinshi—because he was only nineteen years old when he got the top three! It can be seen that the love of prodigies in the Ming Dynasty is indeed not a joke.
Valley Zhongxu, whose courtesy name is Zisheng, also known as Daizong, is from the south gate of Haifeng County. Gu Zhongxu was talented and studious when he was young. He was able to write articles at the age of seven. He took the county examination at the age of 12 and won the first prize. He passed the examination at the age of 18 and the Jinshi at the age of 19. It can be said that he was a young man and achieved great success early. It is said that because of his poor family, Yan Zhongxu cherished the opportunity to study to change his destiny when he was young. He worked very hard and never let go of the scroll. He often read until midnight. When he felt really sleepy, he would sit cross-legged and meditate for a while.
At that time, there was a rich man named Yang Tianchong in the county. He admired Gu Zhongxu's talents and was very optimistic about his future. Therefore, Yang Tianchong married his beloved daughter to Gu Zhongxu and specially invited Gu Zhongxu to his private school. study. In every scholar's annual examination and scientific examination, Gu Zhongxu ranked among the best.
As for his later relationship with Qi Jiguang, of course it must be related to Pingwo.
In the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing's reign, Japanese pirates repeatedly invaded the southeastern coastal areas, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. The imperial court issued an edict to transfer Qi Jiguang, who was the commander of Qianshi in Shandong at that time, to serve as Qianshu of Zhejiang. In the following year, he was promoted to a staff general and guarded the three counties of Ning (Bo), Shao (Xing) and Tai (zhou) to prepare for the Japanese invasion of Zhejiang. At this time, Gu Zhongxu had been appointed as the inspector of Zhejiang, and the two Shandong fellows had the opportunity to work together.
Yan Zhongxu was different from some civilian officials. He believed that civilian officials should be responsible for food, wages and military equipment, while military officials should take the lead in military affairs and should not interfere except as a last resort.
Due to official duties, Gu Zhongxu visited Qi Jiguang's military camp many times, and discussed with Qi Jiguang some military deployments, eradication strategies and other matters. At that time, Gu Zhongxu was more familiar with the customs and customs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. When Qi Jiguang was troubled by the lack of troops, Gu Zhongxu brilliantly pointed out that the people in Yiwu and other places had strong customs and might be able to form a powerful army.
In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing, Qi Jiguang, with the strong support of Gu Zhongxu, recruited nearly 4,000 people from Jinhua, Yiwu and other places in Zhejiang to form a new type of army using the four-level organization method of battalion, officer, sentry and team. The team is a basic combat unit. The team members are equipped with different weapons according to their age and physical ability. During combat, all team members use their strengths and cooperate in combat, with both offense and defense, and flexible advancement and retreat. This combat formation can be divided and combined, and is known as " "Mandarin duck array". After Qi Jiguang's rigorous training, this new army team quickly became a powerful military force, known as the "Qi Family Army".
Therefore, Gu Zhongxu can almost be regarded as one of the builders of this army, and Qi Jiguang is also quite grateful for Gu Zhongxu's support in the past.
Of course, there is a very important figure here, that is Tan Lun. At that time, Tan Lun's status had always been slightly higher than that of Gu Zhongxu. Therefore, Gu Zhongxu had always been regarded as Tan Lun's faction, but in fact they could only be regarded as allies.
In the first year of Longqing, Gu Zhongxu was appointed governor of Zhejiang. Zhenhai, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, has a pond that strangles the sea gate and blocks eastern Zhejiang. Its geographical location is even more dangerous. Gu Zhongxu called it "the protection of the east of Zhejiang Province and the western mausoleum and Hulao of Gaiyou...". Later generations also praised it as "the unparalleled place in the southeast and the first pass of thousands of miles of sea". Therefore, the soldiers in the valley were stationed here to build strong fortresses to resist the Japanese pirates.
In order to prevent Japanese pirates from invading Zhenhai, Yan Zhongxu figured out the patterns of Japanese pirates' activities in advance, strictly trained soldiers, organized defenses, and personally rushed to the sea areas to organize weapons and equipment, build overseas naval forces, and send more warships to patrol the sea areas, so that Japanese pirates could take advantage of them and coastal people could live in peace. , Gu Zhongxu actually made great contributions to this matter.
Gu Zhongxu has been in Zhejiang for a long time and has served as governor of Zhejiang for three years. He happened to be transferred to Huguang this time. Therefore, Gao Pingshi quietly gave Gao Gong an idea before, asking Zhang Juzheng to come forward and ask Tan Lun to tell Gu Zhongxu on his behalf, hoping that Gu Zhongxu Shangshu recommended Liu Xian to go to Guizhou - well, this relationship seems a bit messy, but the Ming Dynasty's system and faction relationships are so complicated. It is completely unnecessary for Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng to directly recommend Liu Xian - there is only a general soldier, and it is a general soldier from the mainland. It is really not the turn of these two big bosses to jump out personally. Tan Lun, as the governor of Jiliao, recommends a general soldier from the mainland. There was no name, so I found Gu Zhongxu in a roundabout way.
But Liu Wei asked a question with some confusion at this time: "Mr. Gao, you just said that this Gu Zhongcheng has just been transferred from the governor of Zhejiang to the governor of Huguang... Since he is the governor of Huguang, how can he cross the border to recommend the general of Guizhou? Now, aren't you afraid of overstepping your authority?"
Before Gao pragmatic could answer, Liu Xian had already glared at him: "I told you not to just practice martial arts, but you just refused to listen. Now you are making a fool of yourself for your father! Fortunately, Mr. Gao is not an outsider, otherwise you can see whether I can fight him or not. you!"
