Li Chengliang sent his younger brother Li Chengcai to personally escort Li Rugui to Gaizhou. When they left Liaoyang, someone had already traveled all the way to deliver news to Gao pragmatism. Therefore, Gao pragmatism was not surprised at all by Li Chengcai's visit.
Gao Pangshi was a little surprised. First, Li Chengliang's decisive surrender this time seemed to be quite different from the rumored image of him being domineering in Liaodong. Second, Fang Zhan, the Prime Minister of Yuanmasi Temple who was born in Juren, seemed to choose easily. Speak for Li Chengliang, I'm afraid there are some reasons here.
Fang Zhan's matter is a trivial matter. Whether he is afraid of Li Chengliang's deep-rooted power in Liaodong, or accepts bribes from Li Chengliang, or both, it doesn't matter in Gao Pragmatic's view. People who are idle officials, even his current subordinates, will not give Gao Pragmatic a headache.
The important thing is why Li Chengliang gave in decisively. If this matter is not clarified, it will be difficult to carry out subsequent plans.
Li Chengliang is a veteran who knows the officialdom well. There is no doubt about this. After all, he is still a "sheng" at the age of forty, working hard at the local grassroots level. Not only does he have to face various injustices from time to time, he even has to smile at these injustices. Welcome, this is certainly a misfortune that many people throughout the ages cannot avoid, but on the other hand, it can also cultivate a person's character.
Therefore, even if Li Chengliang later became prosperous and became domineering, his city will not disappear. When the environment changes and the objects change, and he needs to take out the city again, he can still easily use it.
Generally speaking, there are only two types of giving in. One is knowing that one is bound to lose. Rather than fighting tooth and nail, only to lose completely, it is better to give in and lose half of it, leaving half behind. Too bad.
Another situation is to avoid its sharp edges for the sake of the future.
Gao pragmatic originally thought that Li Chengliang should not dare to play this "for the future" with Gao, after all, judging from the current situation, even a fool can see the emperor's ardent expectations for him:
He won the top prize among the six titles, and the emperor gave him a separate monument and an imperial elixir, praising him as "the real leader for two hundred years";
After patrolling Guangxi, the emperor allowed him to lead the chieftains to send troops to Annan in his own name. After Annan was captured, his treatment of Annan was almost entirely in accordance with his wishes;
Not long after returning to the center, he coordinated almost the entire Jiubian Army Town to launch the Monan War as a full-power imperial envoy. In fact, if such a thing is to be done, it should usually be given the title of "Jinglue", such as "Pingmeng Jinglue" " and so on. The reason why he can only be given a full-power imperial envoy may not be visible beforehand, but it will definitely be obvious afterward: it is simply because Gao Pragmatic's identity and qualifications are obviously not enough for the level of "manager";
Not long after returning from the victory in the Monan War, the emperor left the capital in person and went to see Xinzhai in a pragmatic courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing to celebrate his birthday. Needless to say, this was the first saint of Tianzi Duyihao.
When he was appointed to Liaodong, he received another temporary favor before leaving the city. Not only was he able to serve the python at a young age, but he was also granted the title of "Annan and Dingbei" to Chen Han - usually those who were bestowed upon Chen Han were usually cabinet ministers, at least Jiuqing, but Gao pragmatism? Speaking of which, it is just a military preparation.
With such a holy family, who dares to compete with him in the future? This is already a clear future for Mr. Ge!
Now when officials from both the government and the public talk about this in their free time, they just make bets with each other on which year Gao Pragmatic will be able to join the cabinet. But no one really thinks that he can't join the cabinet!
Scientific examinations, holy support, and meritorious deeds, he lacks none of them! Even because of his works such as "Long Wen Whip Shadow" and events such as waving 300,000 yuan to rescue refugees in the past, his reputation among the people is extremely good. With such a four-in-one, almost perfect performance, isn't it a sure thing that he will be in the cabinet?
What he lacks now is probably his qualifications.
Once Gao Pragmatic enters the cabinet, Li Chengliang will not have the opportunity to "take advantage of the future" according to the current situation where the civil servants are overwhelming the military ministers.
Li Chengliang will be 60 years old in three years. How many years of fighting career will he have left? After him, it was not easy for the Tieling Li family to maintain the current situation - this is because Li Rusong, the second-generation eldest brother of the Li family, also got a great contribution in killing the enemy chief in the Monan War. Said.
So what future does he compare with Gao Pragmatic? Even Li Rusong can't compare. Isn't Li Rusong a military minister?
What's the matter, under the current national conditions, is there any military minister who can be superior to the senior ministers of the pavilion? Don't be kidding me. The prince only dares to call himself Xiao Wang in front of his ministers. A nobleman in your family, even if he becomes a nobleman in the end, is just an uncle. He must be respectful in front of his ministers!
But the truth is this, Gao Pragmatic always feels that Li Chengliang will not give in so easily.
Before Gao Pragmatic left the capital this time, he had already received news from Zhang Siwei and Wu Dui. After the rewards for the soldiers in the battle of Monan, the rewards for the generals would soon come out. This reward It will be very "grand" and will inevitably cause changes in the strength of some generals.
The news Gao Jingshi got here alone is already very simple. For example, Ma Gui, who is following Gao Jingshi, will be directly promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief this time; his nephew Ma Chengxun fought brilliantly in that battle, and he will also be promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief. He was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief; Li Chengliang and his son, who each achieved the great success of beheading the enemy chieftain, were probably Li Chengliang who was promoted from Ning Yuanbo to noble Ning Yuanbo, while Li Rusong was directly promoted to commander-in-chief from the deputy general of Shenji Battalion...
There is also Qi Jiguang. It is reported that he may also be knighted, but it is still unclear whether he will be a knight or a knight. Gao Pragmatic estimates that the emperor may have to wait and see if Daning City can be stabilized before making a decision.
The remaining people, such as Zhang Bingzhong, Zhang Wanbang and his son, also have their own rewards, and most of them are promoted to one rank. It seems that Zhang Wanbang is even going to be promoted to two ranks.
In short, the imperial court "fully affirmed" the significance of the Monan War, so the reward was generous.
Let’s not talk about other things here, but one thing must be said. After this reward, there were two generals in the Ming Dynasty who each had two living generals - East, Li and Xima were both one general and two generals. .
However, Dongli still beats Xima. In addition to two general soldiers, his family is very likely to get Spyker. This is a qualitative improvement. From now on, he will "live with the country"!
Divorce with the country? Gao pragmatic thought of this and couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.
Is it possible that Li Chengliang is planning this?
Although the old minister of the cabinet has a high and powerful position, after all, civil servants cannot be hereditary. Civil servants are all passed the imperial examination. No matter how powerful he is, he can only guarantee his own generation. Even if he has the power to dominate the world, when he becomes an official Or die of illness, and the tea will be cooled when the person leaves.
What's more, the battle between the Practical School and the Heart School is still going on. Although it doesn't seem fierce, it has never stopped. Who knows when the west wind will overwhelm the east wind, and when the east wind will overwhelm the west wind? What if the situation changes drastically one day and Gao Pragmatic is dismissed from office before he dies and goes home? At least Li Chengliang might think so.
Well, this is also the reason why he has been reluctant to choose a side, right?
However, at that time, the Li family in Tieling was already a distinguished member of the country and had retired from the country. In addition, among the children, there was Li Rusong who could fight. When the Gao family lost power or the youth failed to take over, wouldn't the Li family be able to turn around and take revenge?
At least now it seems that apart from Gao Pragmatic, no one in the Gao family seems to be able to win another Jinshi.
Haha... This guy Li Chengliang is really far-sighted.
However, you didn't hesitate to hold back for so long, but you also wanted to stabilize me temporarily. Can't you see that it's a bit strange?
If the bottom of your butt is really clean, why should you be afraid of me?
Forget it, you can act, and I can too, so I’ll just play with you.
Gao Pangshi, who was sitting in the main seat of the flower hall, was smiling slightly when a servant came in, cupped his fists at him and said, "Master, we are here."
Gao pragmatic came back to his senses and said calmly: "Please."
