Although Zhang Ren strongly dissuaded him, Gao Pragmatic finally decided to visit the Bazhai area in person.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic is also afraid of death, especially for the mysterious method of "gu" that is difficult to understand. Although he is very curious, he never wants to try it himself, so he does not intend to have any direct contact with those Yao people.
But even if you don’t go deep into Bazhai for on-the-spot investigation, you can at least get to Liuzhou Prefecture. To the west of Liuzhou Prefecture is the Bazhai area. If you pass through Bazhai and continue west, it will be the north of Si'en Prefecture.
If he only went to Liuzhou Prefecture, Gao Pragmatic would still dare to go. After all, Liuzhou Prefecture has two important officials from Guangxi, namely, "Deputy Envoy Liuzhou Qingyuan Si'en, who is in charge of Jiangyou" and "Counselor General Liu Qingyou, who is in charge of Guangxi". They are both civil and military officials, so their safety should be relatively guaranteed.
However, although Gao Pragmatic was anxious to go, the fact was that he still couldn't make the trip the next day. The first was that he had to go through the motions on this day, first pay a visit to Zhang Ren, and then receive a large number of Guangxi officials who came to visit him at the Procuratorate. The second is that the three hundred servants he relies on for his own trip must also take a rest and make all preparations for marching in the south before he can travel.
As for the ceremonial guard patrolling the censor, the guards and horses assigned to him by the Guangxi local government, etc., they must also be prepared.
In the end, even though Gao Pangshi, who knew that Zhang had been appointed recently, was extremely anxious, he still delayed his departure from Guilin Mansion until the third day and headed southwest.
It was said that he was traveling in a hurry, but in fact he was not going anywhere fast. Even if he gave up his sedan chair and rode a horse, it would be useless, because his three hundred servants had horses, and the accompanying patrol censor's guard of honor and five soldiers sent by the Guangxi Guards The soldiers of the Hundred Guards had no horses and could only walk all the way.
Forget about walking, this group of people walked very slowly, which made Gao Qingshi feel angry.
This is not the end, there is even more trouble, because Gao pragmatically has to pass through five inspection departments: Tonggu City Inspection Department, Lanma Town Inspection Department, Changan Town Inspection Department, Pingle Town Inspection Department, Dongquan Town Inspection Department, and the two county towns of Yongfu County and Liucheng County.
The five inspection departments in these two counties are all set up by the imperial court. When the newly appointed inspector passes by, they, the little soldiers and crabs, will not dare to neglect them. They will treat them all as top priority, and they will do whatever they want to do. The reception was made pragmatic and took no trouble. It just so happens that this is a characteristic of officialdom. It is said that if you reach out and don't hit the smiling person, being pragmatic is not popular either.
Fortunately, the inspection department was of low rank, and Gao Pragmatic was the dignified inspector, so he could stop for a while and leave. However, when he was in Yongfu County and Liucheng County, since both magistrates of the two counties were Jinshi, Gao Pragmatic had to give some face. Stayed there all night.
Hurrying slowly, we finally arrived at Liuzhou Mansion on the third day.
The administrative seat of Liuzhou Prefecture is located in Maping County. On the day Gao Pingshi arrived, the four chief officials, Jiang Xin, deputy envoy to Jiangyou, Ni Zhonghua, Liu Qing's counselor, Ji Yuchun, prefect of Liuzhou, and Rao Yanghao, magistrate of Maping County, were still there. For example, he led a large group of subordinate officials, generals and more than a thousand officers and soldiers to greet the patrol in the suburbs of Maping County.
Now Gao Jingshi has experienced some of the majesty of the patrol censor, so during this meeting, Gao Jingshi was even more impressive than before. No matter how cheerful or humble the other party is, Gao Pragmatic always has a calm face and can occasionally show a faint smile to Jiang Xin and Ji Yuchun. Even Rao Yanghao, the magistrate of Maping County who is also a civil servant but has a juren background, can't. Get a highly pragmatic "smile".
As for Liu Qingshen's general Ni Zhonghua, he started sweating profusely from the first moment he saw the three hundred servants next to Gao Jingshi, fearing that Gao Jingshi would punish him for lax military management and he would bring this thousand consequences. Although many of them have been carefully selected from Liu Qing's army, when they are placed here, even people who don't understand soldiers can see the difference between them and the highly pragmatic servants.
The Gao family's servants were allowed to accompany them this time with the emperor's permission. Naturally, they would not use firearms, armor, flags, or golden drums like in the past.
This time they came out and were uniformly equipped with the "Longqing II" muskets currently only used by the elite of the Northern Army. They were also equipped with Yanling knives produced and used by Jinghua Iron Works and a small number of eucalyptus bows. The horses were also hung with weapons worn by each of them in battle. You can't wear half-length cotton armor casually after you wear it. Although in terms of time, it is about to enter late autumn, this is Liuzhou, Guangxi, and cotton armor will still make you hot to death if you wear it for a long time.
When they were accompanying them on horseback, the Liuzhou soldiers were just astonished at the good treatment of the Gao family's servants. Because in this land of Guangxi, the price of horses is not 20 to 30 taels per horse like in the north, but 50 to 60 taels for a good horse, and a hundred taels for a good horse. The three hundred horses of the Gao family all seem to be good horses. These three hundred war horses are equivalent to 30,000 taels of silver. From the first year of Wanli to the eighth year of Wanli, the land tax paid by Liuzhou Prefecture in these eight years was just over 30,000 taels.
I'm holding your mother in my mouth. Hey, are you here to show off your wealth?
But when they dismount, what they show off is not their wealth, but their military discipline.
Ni Zhonghua was also an old soldier. He had even fought with General Yu in the past, but he didn't see clearly how this group of servants could take care of all 300 horses with only 20 or 30 people, while the other two hundred or so The people casually formed two or three long queues on the left and right, allowing Gao Zhizhi to pass by.
Jiang Xin and others were surprised that Gao Pragmatic came on horseback. Although the rule that the patrol censors could only ride donkeys when visiting places during the Hongwu and Yongle years had long been replaced, in fact few patrol censors went out on patrol. I would choose to ride a horse. We are all Jinshi masters from Jindian Chuanlu. What does riding a horse look like? Of course it is a sedan chair.
A dignified provincial patrol officer, so awesome that even the governor and governor would take part in whatever they say. Sitting in a sedan chair is not a matter of course.
What, you mean grade?
Haha, where do you think you are a country bumpkin? You talk about rank with the Inspector. Look at the second-grade Chief Minister. If the Inspector is in a bad mood and doesn't say please sit down, he has to stand in front of the Inspector. Listening and training level
Jiang Xin is the deputy envoy of the branch guard. In theory, this position is an official under the inspection department. The deputy envoy is the deputy envoy of the inspection department. The deputy envoy who is stationed in a certain place is the dispatcher. The inspector envoys are all under the supervision of the patrol inspector. The deputy envoy Not to mention, so as soon as Gao pragmatic came over, before he could get off his horse, Jiang Xin led a large group of people to greet him and bowed down.
"Xiaguan was assigned to guard Jiangyou, Liuzhou Qingyuan, Deputy Envoy Sien Jiang Xin and others, please refer to the press station"
All the officials behind him saluted in unison and loudly said, "See the ceremony."
Gao Pingxi said sincerely that it would be nice if the soldiers under your command were as neatly organized as you saw the superior officer.
On his face, he said calmly, "You're welcome, please excuse me." After saying that, he turned over casually and jumped off his horse, shocking all the officials so much that they almost didn't jump up.
My security guard, please take it easy. This tall horse under your crotch is no joke. It would be very serious if it falls.
It had been less than ten days since Gao Pangshi came to Guangxi, but the patrols had already been put in place, and mainly because he was in an emergency and had no time to chat with them, so he just waved his hand and said, "The ceremony has been cancelled. Go to the procuratorate to talk."
There is no way that Jiang Xin and the others know Gao Wushi's origins. Even if the minions below him don't know Gao Wushi's current name, how could they, the officials, not be aware of it, so they didn't feel anything when they saw his somewhat arrogant appearance? It was strange, but I thought it was normal. Even though Gao Zhizhi had been displaying the guard of honor for so long, he casually glanced at it and said to withdraw, but there was nothing he could do about it. He was just qualified to be so awesome.
Jiang Xin turned around and waved his hand, and naturally someone took care of him immediately. He himself greeted him politely and said, "Gao Zhizhi is dedicated to serving the public good and refuses to delay in the slightest. He is really a role model for us, and I admire him very much."
Liu Qingshen's general Ni Zhonghua had no bottom line. He ran up behind Gao Jingshi and grabbed the reins of Gao Jingshi's mount. He said with a smile on his face, "I will lead the horse for you."
Gao Pingshi didn't know what to say, so he could only nod "Yeah" in the end.
When Ni Zhonghua saw that he had agreed, he was extremely excited. He held the reins of Gao Jingshi's chestnut-colored horse and walked behind Gao Jingshi's house, with his belly raised and his chest slightly raised, as if he had just returned triumphantly from a great victory.
