The third thing happened because of Huang Zhiting's letter. ,
Within the Jinghua system, no matter who writes to Gao pragmatically to report something, they must indicate the category on the cover, somewhat like a memorial to the imperial court.
But in theory, Huang Zhiting was not a subordinate within the Jinghua system. Her letter to Gao Pragmatic had a particularly clean cover, which read, "Haidong Governor Huang Zhiting hereby presents to Gao Gongpragmatic personally to initiate the Taijian".
If it weren't for Huang Zhiting's special status, this letter would even look a little arrogant.
Although the Haidong garrison is an official position of Annan, Annan is now an "internal subordinate". This garrison is also a military position. Although its authority in the local area, due to the tricks played by Gao pragmatism, it can basically be said to be the same. A proper realist, but in terms of status, he is really worthless in the face of high pragmatism.
Especially after the Battle of Monan, when several generals who had received high pragmatic command wrote letters to him, they inevitably called themselves lackeys. Even Li Chengliang, the Liujue uncle who had Ning Yuanbo on his head, wrote The letter of thanks to Gao Pragmatic also identified himself as "Little Li, the lackey of Mu En's sect."
Although Huang Zhiting had a strange destiny, she was a military attaché after all, and her rank was not as good as that of a general soldier. Being able to claim to be like these general soldiers was an advantage.
Of course, when Huang Zhiting sent this letter, she probably didn't know Gao Pinggong's great contribution to Monan.
Judging from Gao Pragmatic's high standards for articles, Huang Zhiting's letter was a bit "scattered" and had structural problems, with unclear priorities and unclear priorities. Of course, he can still understand. Firstly, Huang Zhiting's level is limited. Those who are the same year as Jinshi who are higher than him are definitely incomparable. Secondly, Huang Zhiting does not treat him as an official, but as a lover. What about writing letters? Yes, it's naturally more casual.
This letter talked about several things. The first quite long section was about the relocation and resettlement work of the Anbang Xuanfu Division. Overall, it was just one sentence: everything is under control. ^^ They were all advancing in the direction that Gao Pragmatic had planned for her before, and there were no unexpected problems.
Next, Huang Zhiting mentioned one thing. She wanted to come to the capital to pay tribute on behalf of the Annan Dutong Division.
Of course, the Annan Dutong Secretary needs to pay tribute to the emperor. There is no need to explain this. But the problem is that according to custom, the tribute minister should be a famous civil servant in Annan, and it is not Huang Zhiting's turn.
You must know that she is not only a military attache, but also a foreign minister. Her actual status in Annan is no different from that of the Jiedushi in the late Tang Dynasty. Mo Maoqia's Dutongsi has no control over her at all.
However, as soon as Gao Pragmatic saw this statement, he knew that Huang Zhiting was obviously a drunkard who didn't care about wine, but the mountains and rivers.
She wanted to come to the capital, not to pay tribute, but definitely to meet with herself. A woman in love really puts all her thoughts on love.
Originally, it didn't matter if I agreed to this matter. Anyway, after Gao Pangshi came up with the Jinghua Sixteen Articles, the Annan Dutong Division was just a nominal yamen. Its only function was almost to stamp a carrot seal. The real power was in the hands of the Jinghua Group. In the final analysis Gao Jingshi has the final say in everything. Whether a civilian official serves as a tribute envoy or a military attache serves as a tribute envoy, it all depends on Gao Jingshi's willingness or not.
Besides, Huang Zhiting only said that she wanted to come to pay tribute, but she didn't say that she had to be an envoy. Isn't it justifiable to arrange for her to be a deputy envoy and be responsible for the safety of the accompanying people?
However, if she comes to Beijing now, there seems to be a problem with time.
If Annan came to pay tribute this year, it would only be in one name: Zhu Yijun's birthday, the Longevity Festival.
Zhu Yijun was three months younger than Gao Pragmatic, and it was his birthday. Now that he was notifying Annan to pay tribute for the Longevity Festival, Annan might not be able to make the land trip in time.
The Ming court stipulated that tribute from Annan could only go through Zhennanguan and enter China via Guangxi.
Of course, this problem is actually not a big one. If Gao Pragmatic is willing to speak, Zhu Yijun can certainly use "special cases" as an excuse to relax restrictions and allow Annan tribute envoys to directly take Beijing's ships and take the sea route all the way to Tianjin Port and enter Beijing. . In this case, it will be almost a month away.
But no matter whether it is three months or one month, Gao Pragmatic feels there is a problem, because today he has discussed with Zhu Yijun and is going to Liaodong to fill the vacancy. Liaodong Yuan Masi Qing went to Shu at the end of last year to request for an official position. Zhu Yijun was immersed in Gao at that time. In the pie that pragmatically drew for him, he was so focused on planning Tumut that he had no time to deal with the resignation of this little feudal lord from Liaonan? So I dragged it off.
And now since Gao Pingshi is to go to Liaodong to gain qualifications, he must strike while the iron is hot and send him there quickly while taking advantage of his great achievements in the Monan War. This will be enough to create a sensation and shock Li Chengliang.
Therefore, Gao Pingshi estimated that he would leave for Liaodong soon. When Huang Zhiting entered Beijing but could not see him, she would be even more depressed. Women in love are inherently sensitive, but don't misunderstand that Gao Pragmatic is avoiding her, which will be unsightly.
Even if Gao Pragmatic tells her the reason, it doesn't make much sense. Huang Zhiting may come to Beijing in the name of paying tribute, but what reason does she have for suddenly running to Liaodong after paying tribute?
Therefore, it is better not to go to Beijing. If we must meet, we might as well think of another idea and go directly to Liaodong.
Annan and Liaodong seemed to have no connection, but being pragmatic was being pragmatic after all. After thinking about it for a while, he actually came up with a reason.
Salt and grain trade.
Theoretically speaking, Annam has a good foundation for salt production, but that is just a theory. In fact, Vietnam's salt production was very low until the time when Gao Pragmatic crossed over in later generations. When China's raw salt production reached about 60 million tons, Vietnam's salt production reached about 60 million tons. Salt production barely exceeded 1.5 million tons.
Even if China still produces a small amount of mineral salt, even if it only counts sea salt, China still has a crushing advantage over Vietnam. If we take the average coastline length, China is still more than ten times that of Vietnam.
Therefore, Annan now actually lacks salt.
Gao Wuchen has not yet started to dry salt in Liaodong, but with the manpower, material and financial resources at his disposal, the matter itself is not difficult to handle. It can almost be said that as soon as he takes office, he can start it immediately, and there is no need to wait. Next year, salt will be produced this year.
But Liaodong is definitely short of food. Although the land in Liaodong is fertile, because Li Chengliang's defensive method is to wait for the Mongols to invade and then counterattack and pursue them, instead of quickly repelling them like Qi Jiguang, so although Liaodong's combat effectiveness is strong, it is not They are still frequently harassed and robbed.
Being harassed and robbed will definitely make the people unable to be content with production, which will aggravate the shortage of food, so that the court often needs to transfer food from Shandong to Liaodong.
In addition, Liaodong has been very unlucky this year, suffering from floods and hurricanes, and the reduction in grain production has been confirmed.
It's actually pretty good now. Historically, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court needed much more food to support Liaodong.
In any case, Liaodong is short of food and Vietnam has plenty of food. Liaodong will soon be able to produce salt alone while Vietnam is short of salt. This can already form a complement and can be used as a reason for Huang Zhiting to make a trip in person.
The only question is whether it’s still a good deal after shipping costs are added in.
Of course, it would be better if it is cost-effective. In the future, Vietnamese food can even be used in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty.
Well, let’s give it a try. If it doesn’t work, we’ll say no more. 11
