Gao pragmatic read the official document for a while and felt a little arrogant, because the jurisdiction of the censor was too broad. It could handle everything from military affairs, government affairs, civil affairs, criminal punishment, and even Gao pragmatic himself. The two pits buried that year were cleared with the help of the tax clearance team sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs to check the provincial post station accounts and commercial tax accounts.
The reform of the post station was presided over by Gao Pingshi Shangshu and Guo Pu. This matter was one of his achievements. It can even be said that he was able to become the patrol censor and send a large envoy as a new scholar this time to a large extent. Some of his achievements in the past.
Because if we start counting from the time when Gao Pangshi became the prince's companion, he is certainly not a "first official". However, he has been an official for ten years. Not only does he have an outstanding literary name, but he also has no reputation for corruption. This is completely consistent. Censor standard. As for whether there is any chance for the "official" who is the prince's companion to be greedy, that is another question. Anyway, if there is no chance, there is no chance. Just like a Hanlin official has no chance to be greedy, but when he is transferred to the imperial censor, who will say that this person is not greedy because he has no place to be greedy?
If you really want to be greedy, as long as you are an official, you can always find an opportunity.
He took a short break, read for a while, and approved some relatively simple official documents first, leaving some that needed detailed examination for the time being. He was about to go for a walk in the backyard, walk around a few times, rest and think, when suddenly an official came in I'm told that Zhang Zhongcheng would like to ask Mr. Tai to pay a visit to the house.
This made Gao pragmatic a little surprised. Logically speaking, he just arrived today. According to custom, he will definitely go to the capital to see the governor tomorrow. But tonight, the governor usually holds a big banquet for Gao Pragmatic to cleanse himself from the dust.
However, Zhang Ren was seriously ill. He looked like he might die at any time when he greeted Gao Yingshi. Naturally, he couldn't hold the reception banquet. However, he just invited Gao Yingshi to come to the house alone today, and he would definitely even attend tomorrow. Some people can’t even wait for a visit. Why is that?
However, no matter what reason Zhang Ren had for inviting Gao Pragmatic, he had to go anyway, so he didn't bother to think about it and said to the official, "Go and report back. I will be there immediately after taking a shower and changing clothes."
It's hot in the south, and even in October, there's no coolness in Guilin at all. Gao Pragmatic's bath is either a northern scrub or a cold shower. He puts on another patrol uniform and goes out, taking Gao Zhang and Cao Ke with him. The two of them went to the governor's capital courtyard.
It is impossible for all the three hundred servants brought by Gao Jingshi to live in the procuratorate. Gao Zhang had gone to find a place to live. When he came back just now, Gao Jingshi immediately captured the young men and accompanied him out.
The governor's capital is not far from the inspector's court, but its regulations are much higher than those of the inspector's court. It has a vermilion lacquer gate, stone lions and gold plaques, and is extraordinary in style. Not to mention the area it covers, it is at least four times larger than the inspector's house.
Cao Ke looked at it and said with some dissatisfaction, "Guangxi is really closed off. Nowadays, the procuratorates in many places such as Jiangnan and Huguang have the same regulations as the capital courts. But in Guangxi, the procuratorates where I live are so worse than the capital courts." many."
Gao pragmatic glared at him, "Don't make trouble over nothing. The capital court handles major military and political affairs in a province. There are many subordinate officials, so naturally it needs to be bigger. Why does the procuratorate want to be so big?"
Cao Ke didn't dare to argue with him and immediately fell silent.
Naturally, the gatekeepers of the capital would recognize Gao Jingshi in his official uniform. They nodded and bowed and welcomed Gao Jingshi in through the gate. Then the person who came out to guide Gao Pragmatic was not an official of the Imperial Court, but rather Zhang Futai's servant, judging by his appearance.
Gao Jingshi was moved in his heart and followed him calmly. Sure enough, he went directly into the inner hall of the backyard, while Gao Zhang and Cao Ke were naturally left outside to drink tea.
It stands to reason that with Gao Jingshi's status as patrol censor, Zhang Ren should have come forward at this time even if he didn't go out to greet him. However, he didn't see Zhang Ren until Gao Jingshi entered the backyard.
He frowned slightly, thinking that Zhang Ren had been an official for many years and had become a governor. It was impossible that he didn't understand these rules. Could it be that he went out of the city to greet me in the morning and his condition worsened again?
If so, that would be a bit bad. After all, Liu Yaojie is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Guangxi is only half of the country under his rule. If he does not have the support of the governor of Guangxi and fights against him alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to win. he.
But having said that, Gao Pingshi also knew that it would be difficult for Zhang Ren to support him. After all, he was a member of Xu Jie's township party.
At this time, a Zhang family servant said to Gao Pragmatic with an apologetic face, "Master Jintai, I'm really sorry, my master is sick in bed and can't greet him in person."
Gao pragmatic nodded and asked, "Zhongcheng is in the house?"
The servant bent down slightly and said, "Yes, the master is in the bedroom. He invites you to come in and talk. I apologize for any neglect."
Although Gao Qingshi felt that it was a bit rude to go to the bedroom to talk, but he looked like he was about to die of illness, so he had no choice but to reluctantly nod and said, "It doesn't matter."
Then he walked in, walked around the screen and turned left. Sure enough, he saw Zhang Ren half-lying on the bed, with several thick pillows behind him. He seemed to think that if he straightened up, he would be less rude. There were two maids standing in front of his bed. They didn't look like Han girls, but Gao Pragmatic didn't know much about ethnic minority costumes, so he didn't know whether the two girls were Tong, Yao or Miao.
"The attendant has seen Futai." Gao Pragmatic bowed his hands and said.
"I'm very rude to you to come to the backyard. I'd like to invite you to Haihan. Qualuo, Mengdang, please prepare a seat for Gao Zhizhi." Two maids bowed and brought a yellow pear wood armchair to them. Gao pragmatically sat down.
Zhang Ren saw that Gao Pingshi was looking at the two girls with a somewhat confused look, and explained, "They are both white seedlings with some abilities. They were recently invited to treat me."
Gao Jingshi was stunned for a moment and said, "Ask them to see a doctor." He couldn't help but look at the two Miao girls again. Seeing that they were fair-skinned and beautiful, with clear eyes, he couldn't help but secretly thought that your disease is "a disease common to only a few people."
At this time Zhang Ren said again, "They said I can live for more than two months."
Gao pragmatic was shocked, "Ah, what kind of disease is this?" He said this, but secretly thought in his heart that these two Miao doctors didn't know how to treat patients, so they were just talking casually.
Zhang Ren sighed, "It's not a disease, it's a poison."
"The voodoo's voodoo" Gao Pingshi was even more surprised, and then suddenly remembered that the two people in front of him were Miao girls. When he looked at them again, he didn't feel that they had white skin, beauty, and clear eyes at all. He only felt that they might be there at any time. Many weird and disgusting bugs can emerge.
Zhang Ren nodded and said with a wry smile, "It's a fluke. If I hadn't been fair when I was an official in Pianyuan, and saved their clansmen when mediating a conflict between several Miao villages, I would be here now." It might already be a pile of withered bones.”
Gao Pingshi was not very concerned about his relationship with the two Miao girls. Instead, he had questions about the poison and said, "I heard from Mr. Li Binhu, the author of Compendium of Materia Medica, that poison is medicine."
Zhang Ren smiled bitterly and said to the two Bai Miao girls, "Qua Luo, Meng Dang, which one of you can explain to Gao Zhizhi?"
The two women looked at each other, and one of them said, "The poison can be medicine or poison, it just depends on what the person who casts the poison wants to do."
Although she spoke Chinese with a strange accent, she was fluent. Gao Pingshi estimated that the Miao village she was in was relatively close to the Han settlements, but judging from her concise answers, she probably didn't want to explain too clearly.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't ask any more questions, so he turned to Zhang Ren and said, "How could Futai be poisoned? Are there many Miao people in Guangxi?"
Zhang Ren shook his head and said, "What I've been hit by is not the Miao Gu, but the Yao Gu. So Kua Luo and Meng Dang can't solve it. They can only help me extend my life for half a year. Now there are still more than two months left."
"Yao people can also use poison." Gao Pragmatic was stunned.
Zhang Rendao: "Voodoo poison has been around since ancient times. Zhizhi is the Sixth Number One Scholar and has extensive knowledge. You should know that there are many miraculous arts in the land of Chu and Wu, and using voodoo is one of them. Miao voodoo is only the best one among them, and it is also Many barbaric and foreign tribes in the past knew the art of voodoo. The Yao people and the children had their own voodoo techniques spread. However, relatively speaking, the children were the most educated by the Han people and lost the most voodoo techniques. However, the Yao people were different. , their Gu skills are less lost, and their magic is not weaker than that of Miao Gu."
After hearing this, Gao Pingshi frowned and said, "The poison in Futai was done by the Yao people from Bazhai."
Zhang Ren shook his head slightly and said, "Maybe, maybe not." He said and looked at the two women again.
The woman who spoke before spoke and said, "The poison is not a witchcraft. It cannot be planted without meeting."
This is understandable to Gao Jingjing. He guessed in his mind that the so-called voodoo bugs may be similar to some kind of parasitic bugs. If this is the case, it must be in contact with people. How can you plant voodoos without meeting them?
Gao pragmatic frowned and said, "So, Futai must have met the person who planted the poison three or four months ago."
Zhang Ren sighed and said, "It should be so, but I can't remember it. I was in Guilin during that time and I obviously had no contact with the Yao people."
Since he couldn't remember it, Gao Pragmatic was naturally helpless. He frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Since Yao Gu is different from Miao Gu, these two girls can't help Futai undo the poison. After all, Futai is in Guangxi." Governor, there are many Yao people under my rule, can't we recruit some people who can cure Futai's evil spirits?"
Zhang Ren struggled to smile and said, "Gao Zhizhi, China has been a land of etiquette since ancient times, but look at the Ming Dynasty today, how many people have read the book, how many of them out of a hundred have that Gu art in the southwest?" Among all ethnic groups, just like our knowledge, not everyone knows it. Even among them, there are far fewer people who know the art of Gu. "Poison"
It suddenly dawned on Gao Pragmatic, and he thought that not everyone could do it, otherwise he would be in trouble if he fought. Then parasites would be flying all over the sky, just like locusts passing through the border. He was afraid that no army would be able to use it, and they would all be poisoned before they reached the ground. .
Zhang Ren seemed to be able to read minds, but when he saw Gao Pragmatic's face, he smiled and said, "I also had the worry I had when I was young, but it was unnecessary, because raising Gu is extremely troublesome and often fails. As far as I know, if you are lucky, you can refine the same type of Gu in one or two years. If you are not lucky, your efforts may be in vain after several years. I heard that there are some more miraculous ones that take more than ten years. Even after twenty years, I still don’t know whether it is true or false.”
When he said this, he paused and added, "Besides, Li Binhu is actually right. There are many people who use poison as medicine, but there are only a few who do harm to others."
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but smile, thinking that Zhang Futai must have had the same worries as me at the beginning when he was dealing with the Miao people in the Pianyuan area.
But think about it, if Gu can really be cultivated on a large scale, these Miao people, Yao people, etc., how can they retreat and retreat and lose again and again? Moreover, Li Shizhen is originally from Huguang, and in his early years, he often went south to Pianyuan to collect medicine. Since he said that Gu was medicine, he must have a basis for it.
As for the fact that he didn't mention poison, that's understandable. Even if a great doctor sees poison, he or she will always think about how to use it for medical purposes. He may mention a little bit about its toxicity, but he will never talk about it in a big way. Let’s talk about how this poison is best used to harm people.
Zhang Ren saw that Gao was pragmatic and thoughtful. After waiting for a while, he said again, "Not only are there few people who know how to use Gu, but I also support converting the Bazhai area back to its native land. How can any Yao people be willing to explain it to me?" insanity"
