In the next ten days, Gao Jingshi did not stay in Mingjiang City, but went to Haiyuan City to support Huang Zhiting. Whenever he met the chieftain who came to report his work, Huang Zhiting would accompany him.
Someone may ask, isn't Gao Pragmatic worried about being caught and impeached, saying that he engages in power and sex trade?
This is really not scary.
The Ming Dynasty is quite magical on this issue. Regarding the "story" that happens between Ming officials and foreign women, no matter the court, officials or scholars, not only will they not criticize them, but they will be happy to see the results, and even be proud of them.
There is a very famous example. When Wu Dui, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was the governor of Xuanfu and the governor of Xuanda, he had a very close relationship with Zhongjinhatun of Anda Khan, that is, Sanniangzi. Sanniangzi often used it to inspect border trade. He had the opportunity to visit Wu Dui and stayed at Wu Dui's place.
Of course, Wu Dui himself said that he treated his third wife like a daughter. Well... I don’t know if the pragmatic senior Wu would let his own daughter dance for him when he was at home. It must be impossible.
However, the relationship between Wu Dui and Sanniangzi did not arouse any dissatisfaction among anyone within the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, some people often joked and teased in private, and even dared to ridicule Wu Dui for being Tumote's "fake sweat".
Mongolia has been the old enemy of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years. How many years has it been a tribute? However, people inside Daming didn't care about this kind of thing at all, and even felt that they were making a profit...
Gao Pragmatic is naturally well aware of these situations, so let alone that there is no further story between him and Huang Zhiting, even if there is, he doesn't care at all, because the court may be quite happy about it.
He has also thought about the mentality of these people, and after much deliberation, there is only one reason that can be explained: This is like a Chinese man in later generations marrying a foreign wife. Everyone laughs when they find out about it, and they think it is a profit! But on the other hand, if a Chinese woman marries a foreign man, the situation will be completely different.
To put it bluntly, this is just a common thought in a patriarchal society, because the identity of a child is determined by the father. A child born to a foreign wife must also have the father's surname, which is equivalent to strengthening the clan and even higher status. , it strengthens the own nation; on the contrary, it strengthens other ethnic groups...
Although Huang's chieftain was originally Han, after all, he was now Tongren's chieftain. In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, their Han identity was questionable, and most of the time they were classified together with Tongren. Therefore, even if Gao Jizhenzhen and Huang Zhiting No matter what the story is, everyone will just laugh, and even those who are close to him may be proud of it.
Gao Jingshi did not shy away from suspicion, and Huang Zhiting didn't seem to mind others gossiping. She followed Gao Jingshi every day to receive the Guinan chieftain who came to report on his work, and introduced them to Gao Yuntai one by one as a landlord.
She knew the virtues of these chieftains very well. They didn't care whether anything happened between her and Gao Pragmatic. They only cared about whether Gao Pragmatic's attitude towards her was good enough and how good he was. Only this was the key. Because after Zhang Ren became seriously ill, Gao's pragmatic attitude was to a large extent equivalent to the attitude of the imperial court.
Judging from the current situation, Gao Press is very satisfied with the eldest daughter of the Huang family...
So in just a few days, Huang Zhiting's status in Guinan improved significantly. In the past few years, everyone only regarded her as a temporary transitional figure during the period when Siming Mansion had no one in charge. In the future, whether Huang Chengzu regains his strength or Huang Yinglei Now that she is "sensible", Miss Huang has nothing to do with her in the Siming Mansion. In the end, she will just marry a certain chieftain and have children.
But now it seems that the situation seems to have changed. Miss Huang not only takes charge of Siming State affairs, but her original identity of actually taking charge of government affairs has not changed. This can't help but make some chieftains who have a long-term vision have some doubts. Lenovo.
Could it be that the imperial court wanted to depose Huang Yinglei or even Huang Yingping's inheritance rights, and instead let Huang Zhiting take over?
This is not some nonsense, the imperial court really has this power!
Although the chieftain was a native emperor, except in the early Ming Dynasty, his subsequent duties were increasingly controlled by the imperial court. For example, there are many clear regulations in the "Da Ming Huidian" compiled by Gao Jingshi.
For example, in terms of the age limit for assuming office, in the 15th year of Yongle it was stipulated that the chieftain's children could ascend to the office if they were ten years old or above. However, in the second year of Hongzhi, it was changed to five years old or above to be appointed and registered, and fifteen years old or above to ascend the office. For example If the year is not up, the people will be ordered to join the ranks of officials and take charge of affairs, etc.
Another example is the process of appointment. The appointment based on blood is certainly one aspect. In the early days, chieftains had to go to the capital in person to submit their duties. After meeting with the emperor and everything was correct, they could only accept the appointment. In the sixth year of Zhengtong, he began to "assume his position on the spot" and became a surveyor.
The guarantee procedure is that the clan head, subordinate officials and local chiefs jointly provide guarantee, and then forward it to the garrison commander for approval, and then forward it to the capital for approval. In the third year of Hongzhi's reign, the procedure was changed to a military appointment procedure, that is, "each yamen should submit the report, and the Chief Secretary's review of the records will be the same. There is no other disadvantage. The transfer officer will be transferred to review, and the order will be made and decided. If there is any dispute, If the attack is unclear, Xu Fu will recommend a member of the Third Division Hall to be responsible for the survey, and report it to the Chief Secretary. This will serve as a concrete performance. If you are blocked by your thoughts, listen to the patrol and make corrections."
This sentence may be a bit convoluted, but to put it simply: the governor and the governor can decide who can be appointed chieftain!
In particular, if the overseer thinks that the candidate for the post is wrong, he can correct him!
Now the situation is very clear: Suppose Huang Chengzu died suddenly, and Gao Pragmatic felt that the two Huang Yinglei brothers were not suitable for taking up the post, then he could directly appoint Huang Zhiting to take over the post, completely ignoring the issue of men and women - anyway, the two Ming Dynasty brothers There have been many female chieftains for hundreds of years, and this is nothing new.
Although the chieftain is awesome, the court has the final say as to who becomes the chieftain. To be more precise, it is the governor and the governor who have the final say, especially the governor. Even if the governor disagrees with him, he can report to the court and ask for a re-determination!
There is a reason why "Eight House Patrol" is so popular in various movies and TV series. This petty official of the seventh rank can really control everything and anyone in the local area!
To be honest, unless they are the kind of governors and governors who have deep roots in the imperial court, ordinary governors are really not willing to casually go toe-to-toe with the governor - you, a second-grade official, are fighting to the death with the seventh-grade governor, and in the end Maybe you'll still suffer the loss. If it were you, you wouldn't be willing to do such a stupid thing. It's not cost-effective.
So usually the governor thinks this way: after all, he only works for one year, so he should bear with it, maybe it will be fine after he has endured it, and the next inspector may be more talkative.
Therefore, for these reasons, the Guinan chieftains now really regard Huang Zhiting as the "head of the family". Not only because the head family has actually taken back Siming Prefecture and fully controlled the power of Siming Prefecture, and its strength has greatly increased, but also because the head of the family has greatly increased its power. The important thing is because Huang Zhiting seems to be standing on a high press stage behind her!
This is the real boss who can decide whether their ancestral legacy can be successfully inherited!
Some unlucky children among the chieftains have been unable to get the recognition of successive inspectors. Even from a few years old to dozens of years old, their governance areas have been controlled by Tumu and Tushe. Over time, their prestige has been lost, and they have even been dismissed. Tumu and Tushe were eventually replaced.
No one wants to get into trouble like that - you have to know that this high-ranking official has quite a background in the court. If you really offend him, you may be unlucky enough to not be able to inherit the secular job for decades. It’s time to have your own children.
After staying in Haiyuan City for ten days, seeing Huang Zhiting's prestige among the chieftains of Guinan gradually reaching his expectations, almost becoming the "Queen of Guinan", Gao Pragmatic finally waved his hand and led the group to set off. All the way to the west, headed for Sicheng Prefecture.
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