That night, Commander Xue had even made arrangements for the subsequent reception of Gao Pingshi, and planned to invite Gao Shidu to Yuqing Temple early tomorrow morning.
This Yuqing Temple is actually a famous name in the small town of Kaiping. It is the holy land of Quanzhen Sect and the first Taoist temple in Jingdong. According to legend, Boyi and Shuqi, the sons of the ancient Guzhu monarch in the late Yin and Shang Dynasties, left the country and were walking through Shicheng (i.e. Kaiping). It was midsummer and they were hungry and thirsty. Suddenly they saw a clear spring gurgling and they drank a handful of it. After drinking all the spring water, you will suddenly feel clear and refreshing, and your hunger and thirst will disappear. This gurgling spring water later became the "Yuqing Ancient Well" in the Yuqing Temple in Tangshan. The two brothers wandered around the spring and were extremely satisfied, so they decided to live in a cottage here and practice Taoism and seek immortality. A few years later, the two left and went to Shouyang Mountain, not knowing where they ended up.
In the Tang Dynasty, when Emperor Taizong was on his eastern expedition, he passed through Shicheng. One of the soldiers accompanying the army was skilled in the art of looking at qi. He saw that the purple air here was as misty as a flying luan, and the fairy energy condensed like an elixir cauldron, so he left the army and lived in seclusion here to practice Taoism. In the early Yuan Dynasty, a disciple of Qiu Chuji, a real person in Changchun, settled here, which was named "Qingqingguan". Later, during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng, a slovenly Taoist, visited here with several disciples and left for a few days, leaving one disciple to live and practice in meditation, so it was renamed "Yuqing Temple". During the Jiajing period, Yuqing Temple underwent large-scale renovation and expansion, and gradually became the largest and magnificent Taoist temple in ancient Kaiping Town, highly regarded in Jingdong.
Literati have always respected Buddhism and Taoism, and most of them respect both religions. In short, they would rather pretend to believe in it than offend them openly. What if gods really exist? Therefore, Commander Xue thought that he could play a guest role as a tour guide tomorrow to further win over Gao Shidu. Although he knew that Gao Shidu was not simple, he still felt that children were easier to coax than adults.
But in the early morning of the next day, Gao Jingshi had just woken up. Gao Mo came to report that Gao Guoyan, the second young master of the second room, and the people whom Gao Jingshi wrote to invite last time, had arrived in the capital together, and were now waiting for Gao Jingshi to make arrangements when he returned. .
This matter is of course much more important to Gao Jingshi than having fun, but Commander Xue was inevitably a little disappointed after hearing the news. Gao Jingshi comforted him and said that he would still have business to run here in the future, and he would definitely come again, and finally let him He reluctantly agreed.
Commander Xue was not discouraged, and he was busy arranging for people to escort Gao Pingshi out of the city until he reached the border of the jurisdiction - he did not dare to send him too far away. After all, the guardsmen could not leave the country at will unless ordered to do so, not to mention that this was near Gyeongsang Province. , if you deploy troops at will, you will lose your head.
Qi Jiguang came here just to meet Gao Pragmatic. Since Gao Pragmatic had to return to Beijing early, it was a good time for him to go with him. There was nothing to say all the way, so we set off early in the morning and arrived in Jizhou to rest in the evening.
One more thing to say here is that although there is a general military office in Jizhou, the general military in Jizhou actually does not stay in Jizhou more often, but in Zunhua County in the northeast of Jizhou - that direction is where most people are attacked. The area invaded by the Mongols.
However, in addition to being the commander-in-chief of Jizhou, Qi Jiguang also served as the prime minister of military training. Zunhua could not place such a large army, so he was regarded as the commander-in-chief of Jizhou who had stayed in Jizhou City for a relatively long time.
But there is a disadvantage, that is, he, the commander-in-chief, is not the one who has the final say in Jizhou.
Who has the final say in Jizhou? Liu Yingjie, governor of Shuntian.
What? You asked where Governor Jiliao is? Well... the current governor of Ji Liao is stationed in Miyun County, directly on the first line of defense behind the Gubeikou, the north gate of the capital - the Ming Dynasty is so magical, and it is a bit familiar to Gao Pragmatic, "in the face of a catastrophic disaster, The meaning of "party members and cadres go first" is not like that of some dynasties, where all the frontline troops were exhausted and the commanders were still in the capital.
Of course, the governor-general, governor, and commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty were not legally permanent officials in theory, and their locations frequently changed, and the current situation was not the norm. For example, as mentioned above, there is a general military office in Jizhou in Jizhou. However, in recent years, Jizhou general soldiers have mainly stayed in Zunhua County. In fact, the spring headquarters of the Shuntian governor should be Zunhua (the autumn headquarters is Changping) and so on... There have been too many changes, and there are even no traces to be found. Basically, it can be understood that a certain big shot in the court felt that changes should be made, and the emperor said it was okay, then these border ministers would be ordered to change their locations.
The reason why this kind of "instability" is far more obvious than that of the Qing Dynasty is largely due to the fact that in order to show that the Ming Dynasty did not forget its roots in the system, it always insisted on treating the governor, governor, censor, and general soldiers as temporary dispatched officers.
Anyway, the number one boss in Jizhou is currently Shuntian Governor Liu Yingjie, who has not escaped. When Gao Pragmatic was still on the road, he was thinking about visiting Liu Junmen - the governor in the Ming Dynasty was often called Junmen because he Not only did he have administrative power, but he also had military power. For example, the full title of the governor of Shuntian was "governor of Shuntian and other prefectures and also to organize border areas such as Jizhou."
But when he asked Qi Jiguang how to deal with Liu Yingjie, Qi Jiguang told him that Liu Junmen was not in Jizhou at the moment. Gao pragmatically asked why, and Qi Jiguang replied that the hollow enemy platform built at his suggestion and with the full support of Tan Lun and Liu Yingjie has been basically completed. Governor Tan is currently inspecting the use of the hollow enemy platform in Changping, while in Zunhua, Jizhou It was Liu Yingjie who went on the field investigation, so he may be on the Zhongyi Zhongwei side east of Zunhua now.
After hearing this, Gao Pragmatic was a little disappointed at first, but after thinking about it, he thought it was okay. After all, I am still too young now, and I don’t have a distinguished family background. Although I rely on my status as the prince’s companion and the “fake bachelor”, I am relatively strong in front of nobles and military ministers, but for someone like Liu Yingjie, who will be called In front of the big boss who is a "military and civil servant", it is completely worth mentioning.
You know, he is the same year as Zhang Juzheng, and he is also one of the few big bosses in Zhang's party. Even when facing Gao Gong, he does not have to bow his head. It is not like Qi Jiguang who can only call himself "little Qi who is a lackey" when writing to Zhang Juzheng. "Some" poor military minister.
Well, if you can't see him, you can't see him. Anyway, Sanbo and the others are wooing Liu Yingjie. My inexplicable meeting with Qi Jiguang at this time may not alarm Zhang Juzheng, but if he still goes to visit Liu Yingjie, Zhang Juzheng may take action. Yes, that would be very unsightly.
So Gao pragmatism, who had rested casually for a night in Jizhou, called the servants who just left him to attend training at Qi Jiguang's place the next day to show his care. Each of them was given an extra five taels of silver as a reward, and then continued Surrounded by a group of servants and guards, he embarked on the road back to the capital.
