Since everyone was more attentive to the greetings, Gao Pragmatic took advantage of the situation and said pleasantly: "Okay, you are all 'Old Guangxi'. Since you all agree with me, I feel relieved. I will prepare some for Jiang Zuobing later." The yamen issued a letter instructing the yamen to instruct Siming Mansion to handle the matter with full authority. If Siming Mansion feels that it is not strong enough and asks the court to uphold justice, he will also arrange support."
Opinions on how to deal with it are nothing. Anyway, everyone has little to do with Guinan, but there is one thing that Jiang Xin had to remind him, saying: "Yingtai, if the matter involves the use of troops, should Yingtai discuss it with Duke Zhang of Futai first and inform him Commander-in-Chief Wang?"
Futai was called Zhang Gong, and the general could only be called Wang. The distinction between civil and military officials in Deputy Envoy Jiang's eyes seemed very clear.
However, Gao Pragmatic would not be entangled in this kind of custom. He nodded and said: "As for Guilin, I will inform you in writing."
This was not just a casual comment. Not only did he have to write a formal letter to Zhang Ren, but he also had something to discuss with Zhang Ren in detail in private, especially about the poison that Zhang Ren had been poisoned by. This must be explained to him as soon as possible. He must be asked to suck a boiled egg with a silver needle inserted into it according to the method taught by Miss Ali, and then send it to Luoyu Village for identification.
As for informing the commander-in-chief Wang Shangwen, it doesn't even matter. This veteran is not young, and he has made great achievements in defeating eight villages before. Now he is probably thinking about standing on the last post so that he can retire with honor. Go against him, and besides, he doesn't have the strength as a military general - the only one in Guangdong and Guangxi who has the ability to oppose Gao Pragmatism is Liu Yaojie.
However, Liu Yaojie was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.
You must know that the governors of these two provinces were always the governors of Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty. In other words, the focus of his work was clearly Guangdong. As for Guangxi, ordinary government affairs are naturally handled by Guangxi's two houses. Only wars involving wars, especially wars that have already broken out and are serious, are worthy of his personal intervention.
The governor of Guangxi can also manage the military. The governors of the Ming Dynasty are all called "supervisors of military affairs", so they are more often called Futai in peacetime, but they are often called Junmen in wartime. In particular, it is important to note that this is different from Taqing.
Because Zhang Ren is currently more consistent with Gao Pragmatic's political views, and he is deeply bewitched, and he is still waiting for Gao Pragmatic to save his life. Gao Pragmatic is not worried that his idea will be opposed by others.
After talking about this matter, there was basically not much government affairs related to Jiang Xin and others. Gao Pragmatic asked them again if they had anything to report. Seeing that they had nothing serious to say, Gao Pragmatically served them tea. Guest.
However, the purpose of seeing off guests was actually to see off those "miscellaneous people". He sent someone to notify Jiang Xin and Ni Zhonghua, and they went out for a walk and then came back.
This time we did not sit in the main hall, but went to the flower hall to look more intimate.
After the guests and hosts were seated, Gao Pragmatic ordered someone to serve good tea, and then smiled and said to the two of them: "I have been in Guangxi not long ago. Although I have finally learned something about some situations in Guangxi recently, I still feel that there are some shortcomings. , there are some things I want to know from you two..."
Jiang Xin hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm sorry."
Not to mention Ni Zhonghua, the general who had led Gao Pangshi's horse in person before, he stood up, nodded and bowed and said: "The words are serious. If you have anything you want to know, just ask. I will tell you everything I know in my humble position." "
Speaking of General Ni... Well, his attitude is really correct.
However, Gao Pragmatic can also understand that Ni Shenjiang is probably in his forties at most. If there is support from a noble person, there is still a good chance that he can go further. At present, Ni Shenjiang probably regards himself as his A noble man.
In fact, speaking of it, his idea is very correct, because generally speaking, the key to how the court will treat Ni Zhonghua lies in the evaluation of two people, Governor Zhang Ren and Inspector Gao Pragmatic.
Governor Zhang is now dying of illness, and Ni Zhonghua doesn't know that Gao Pragmatic is trying to save him, so in his eyes, the noble person who can best support him now is Gao Pragmatic. Originally, if Gao Jingshi stayed in Guilin, he would not be able to get along with him, but it happened that Gao Jingshi stayed in Liuzhou. With such a good opportunity in front of him, why not hug this huge and thick golden thigh tightly?
Speaking of which, the most troubled issue for Ni Zhonghua now is that this golden thigh is too "golden". According to the news he recently found out, Gao Zhizhi's wealth may be ranked at the forefront in the entire Ming Dynasty, so that Ni The general has not yet thought of what gift to give him. It is definitely not appropriate to give him money - especially if the other party is a patrol officer, this is too dangerous. Give him something else, since he doesn't know what Gao Zhizhi likes, so it's a bit aimless.
In this case, the simplest, most effective and low-cost way to hold thick legs is to be respectful, hit wherever you are directed, and work hard without complaining.
Sure enough, Gao Pragmatic had a very good attitude towards him, smiling all the time, which made Ni Can very happy.
Gao pragmatic nodded and said with a smile: "I heard Futai briefly talk about the armament situation in Guangxi when I was in Guilin before, but the details are not very clear. What I am eager to know now is the Nanning Guard. Although Nanning Guard is not in charge of you, you two should have some understanding of the situation, right? You might as well talk to me about it."
Jiang Xin and Ni Zhonghua looked at each other and thought to themselves at the same time: Seeing that Gao Zhizhi is very concerned about Siming Mansion...
The main task of Nanning Guard is to intimidate Guinan. Gao Jingshi cares so much about Nanning Guard, which obviously means he cares about Guinan. There is no problem for them to think so.
Of course, at this time, the civil servant still had to speak first. Ni Zhonghua, who was eager to curry favor with Gao Pragmatic, could only wait for Jiang Xin to speak first.
Jiang Xin pondered for a moment and then said: "As for the Nanning Guard, not long after the founding of the country, the Nanning Guard was indeed very powerful. It had seven thousand households under its jurisdiction and more than 8,000 officers and soldiers. However, it was gradually allocated to In Taiping, Wuyuan and other places, Nanning Guard now has only four direct subordinate Qianhu stations, and there are about 6,000 people on the military roll."
When Gao Pragmatic heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Didn't he say that Nanning Guard was the David who shocked Guinan? How come there are only four thousand houses left and they are also called David? Moreover, there are only 6,000 people in the military register. How many can there actually be? Three thousand or four thousand? Are these people enough to make a yarn?
To put it bluntly, if the Nanning Guard only had this strength, Gao Qingshi felt that just the 2,500 wolf soldiers brought out by Huang Zhiting could defeat the entire Nanning Guard in a field battle!
Seeing that Gao Xin's pragmatic expression was a little ugly, Jiang Xin didn't seem to want to add anything. Ni Zhonghua couldn't help it and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, although there are only four thousand-household stations left in Nanning Guard, their tasks have always been very heavy. , the imperial court is also paying close attention to it, the number of people is still relatively uniform, it is estimated that even if it is not full, there are probably nearly 5,000 people."
Gao Pragmatic looked a little better, but still didn't speak.
Ni Zhonghua added: "In addition, the Nanning Guards are not the only military force in Nanning. The Huguang Army has more than 3,000 troops stationed in Nanning, all of whom are elite. Together, they are almost the same as those in the early days of the Republic of China. There are eight thousand troops."
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It's my son's birthday today, so there may be a little less updates than usual, but I guess there should still be 8,000...
