The emperor's sudden marriage grant quickly became a hot topic in the entire capital.
Gao Pangshi himself is a legendary figure in the Ming Dynasty scholarly circles and official circles, and his wife Huang Zhiting was not well known to the people of the capital originally. However, after this incident, Huang Zhiting's origin and past experience were also exposed.
This woman was born in the Huang family of Guangxi, which has been a chieftain for 600 years. She has been in charge of the military affairs of Siming Mansion since she was thirteen years old. She once commanded the Battle of Lang Son in the war to regain Annam and won the first major victory in the war. . After the Annan War, she was also the first to respond to Gao Pragmatic's call to move to Annan and serve as the garrison envoy to Haidong, which made Guangxi's land reform go smoothly.
In the just-concluded Yunnan-Myanmar War, she led the Annan Expeditionary Force to cross thousands of miles, directly attack the belly of Myanmar, capture Bago, and restore the Dagu La Xuanwei Division. In the battle, she defeated the main force of the 150,000 Burmese army (so-called) led by Mang Yingli personally in one fell swoop, and surrounded Taungoo, the capital of Burma. After the war, she ranked first in merit.
Such a female general is, of course, a legendary figure. Officials who had met Huang Zhiting in person during the court meeting privately said after the meeting that this woman was extremely beautiful. When the news spread, Huang Zhiting's reputation became even more amazing. The entire Shenjing.
People in the capital compared her with the legendary Hua Mulan. Scholars and folk scholars who had nothing to do after they had enough to eat became inspired by poetry and wrote many praising poems.
There were even those scholars who were influenced by Li Zhi and other "rebellious scholars" who wandered around outside the Annan Guild Hall, hoping to meet the beautiful and intelligent deputy capital of Annan.
This is really in line with Gao Pragmatic's previous judgment: Han men who marry a "Hu girl" will not be looked down upon, but will be greatly praised by those who do good things. If the "Hu girl" herself is particularly outstanding, it will become a legend. .
This kind of thinking is of course a typical patriarchal social thinking, but this is the reality. Although Gao Pragmatic advocates equality between men and women in his heart, it is still out of the question. He probably will never see that day in his life. So for now...it's natural to make good use of it first.
It's just the behavior of these sluts that bothers Huang Zhiting - she has a lot to say to Gao Pingshi, but now she is so troubled by a group of scholars that she can't even leave the house. She can only stay bored in the small Western-style building of the Annan Hall all day long, even The joy of being granted marriage by the emperor was somewhat diluted, and I was really troubled.
Gao Wuzhen couldn't see her now, so he could only quietly send someone to communicate with Huang Zhiting about some urgent matters - especially things related to the wedding.
Since this was a "sudden marriage" granted by the emperor, both Gao Pragmatic and Huang Zhiting had to contact their parents quickly. First, they had to determine where the wedding would be held, and then arrange betrothal gifts, dowry and other items.
Other families have an easier time handling these things, but it is not so easy for the Gao family and the Huang family. It stands to reason that the wedding should be held in Xinzheng's hometown, but Gao Pragmatic has just taken up his new job, and he himself doesn't want Huang Zhiting to go to Xinzheng, lest some blind tribesmen say stupid things or do stupid things.
In fact, he prefers to hold the wedding directly in the capital, because in this way, the nobles and many high-ranking officials in the capital can attend conveniently, which can minimize the complaints from his parents and prevent them from worrying about family status - you My son no longer needs to care about this.
Similarly, Huang Zhiting must contact Annan immediately. It is hard to say whether it is convenient for Huang Chengzu to come to Beijing, but someone from the Huang family must come on his behalf. Otherwise, how can this matter be considered perfect?
However, Huang Chengzu's problem is relatively easy to solve. Presumably he does not dare to complain about his daughter marrying Gao Pragmatic. The real difficulty lies with the Gao family. Gao Chou is still an official in other places. It might have been easier for Zhang family, but now that her grandfather is seriously ill, I wonder if she has gone to Puzhou.
In addition to the location of the wedding, the bride price and dowry of this wedding are definitely not comparable to ordinary people.
Before the rise of Gao Pragmatic, the Gao family didn't matter. Liufang was allocated more than a thousand acres of land in total. This was because Liufang was the youngest, and his brothers Duoyun, including Gao Gong, were high-ranking officials. Give some to Gao.
But after the highly pragmatic Jinghua became the first financial group in the Ming Dynasty, the situation was completely different. Nowadays, the wealthy man who is highly pragmatic is well known to the whole world. His wedding will definitely attract everyone's attention. The betrothal gift must be something that can make people all over the world sigh.
As for the Huang family, the dowry cannot be ambiguous. Her family's family status was already low, so the dowry had to be obtained in order to stop the world from talking about her.
However, Huang Zhiting was prepared for this matter earlier than Gao Jingshi, but she had never mentioned it to Gao Jingshi before.
More than ten days passed, and the official department suddenly received an official document. Gao, the prefect of Fengxiang Prefecture in Shaanxi Province, went to Shangshu to beg for the bones - that is, to request for official employment.
Ten years ago, Gao Cai originally served in Fengyang, the central capital, first as a general judge, and later as a general judge and concurrently as the magistrate of Shouzhou. After passing the examination, he was transferred to the magistrate of Fengxiang, Shaanxi. This was better than his success in the original history, because in the original history, due to the downfall of Gao Gong, he was attacked by the Zhang Party and simply begged for his body in advance. He was less than fifty years old at that time.
Now, he still resigned, but the reason was definitely different from what he said in his memorial. In fact, he just felt that there was no need to continue to be an official.
His son is doing much better than him, so what else does he have to fall in love with? An important reason why he resigned was so that he could come to the capital to attend his son's wedding.
He knew that his eldest son was not close to him, but he didn't blame Gao Pragmatic, and even to some extent, he felt a little guilty about Gao Pragmatic.
In his opinion, this child has never had the experience of being "child of Cheng Huan" since he was a child. He was taken care of by his mother in his early years, and after he was seven or eight years old, he followed his third uncle Gao Gong. His father has not fulfilled his responsibilities at all, so why should he blame him? ?
For this reason, not only did he not object to Gao Jingjing's idea of holding a wedding in the capital, he also personally wrote a letter back to Xinzheng, hoping to bring more tribesmen to the capital to attend the wedding, which could be regarded as a little help for his son.
When his essay came up, the officials did not respond immediately. Yang Wei and Yang Tianguan immediately sent someone to see Gao Jingshi and asked Gao Jingshi how to deal with the matter.
After Guo Pu asked himself to serve, Zhang Siwei did not serve as chief assistant and minister of the Ministry of Personnel like Gao Gong and Guo Pu. Before Guo Pu left, he recommended Yang Wei, a 64-year-old veteran, to be the official.
Yang Wei's qualifications were already very old at that time. He was a gold medalist in the 26th year of Jiajing and was in the same class as Zhang Juzheng. This person himself does not have any faction, neither the mind school nor the pragmatism school, but he has served in Xuanda, Shanxi and Shaanxi for a long time, and he has a close relationship with Zhang Siwei.
At that time, Guo Pu considered that both he and Gao Gong were chief ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which indeed had too much power, and the emperor was already in charge of the government. If he continued to be the chief minister after his successor, he might have conflicts with the emperor, so he Zhang Siwei was advised not to concurrently serve as Heavenly Official, so the Heavenly Official was given to Yang Wei.
Yang Wei has always been known for his "fairness and forgiveness" in official circles. To put it bluntly, he means "non-stick" plus "good temper".
How dare he casually agree to Gao Cai's resignation without asking Gao Pragmatic's opinion?
Regardless of the fact that he is a dignified official, the officials in the capital will kneel down to pay homage to his lord when they meet him, just like when they meet the elders. However, his own family members know about his family affairs. In the eyes of the emperor, he, a heavenly official, is 100% not as pragmatic. This young Sima is important. What's more, Gao Pragmatic is not a man who fights alone. Behind him is the entire Gao Party and the entire Practical School. How dare he offend this!
When Gao Jingshi received the news, he was reading files at the Ministry of War Yamen - after all, he had already taken up his new post and could not stop "going to work" just because he had to prepare for the wedding. And his work habit was always to understand the situation first before making plans, so In the past ten days or so, he has not made any fuss about the appointment of a new official, but has stayed at the Ministry of War to sort out files and documents.
To be honest, although he was a little surprised by the news that Cheap Daddy was resigning, he couldn't say he was very surprised. Putting yourself in his shoes, if you were in the same situation as him, you might have resigned a long time ago.
The son wants an official position and money, but the father has to work hard, so why not just go home and enjoy yourself? This life is simply fulfilled ahead of schedule - oh, there may be a few grandchildren missing, but those things are not useful for his efforts, so why not go home and take a leisurely stroll in the forest? And you can just write an envelope and scold your son if you have nothing to do: Where is my grandson? Please hurry up, I'm in a hurry!
So Gao pragmatically thought about it and simply replied to Yang Wei. He said some high-sounding words related to filial piety, but the actual meaning in the end was just two words: Agree.
Yang Wei took a look at it and directly approved it without saying a word, and then submitted it to the cabinet for a vote - Prefect Fengxiang is a fourth-rank official, and the appointment of an official requires the approval of the emperor, so the cabinet vote is needed.
A few days later, a large group of guests from Annan came to Tianjin Port. Not only did Huang Chengzu come with his two sons Huang Yinglei and Huang Yingpin, but also a large number of branches of the Huang family were led by the head of the family. When they came, there were two people who were seriously ill, so they also sent the eldest son over.
In addition to the Huang family, a large group of people from the Cen family also came, but Cen Ling himself did not come. He sent someone to send a message in advance, saying that he was worried that all the senior officials of the Cen and Huang families would go north, and some people might use their brains again, so he decided to stay and shock the local people. However, he sent his nephew Cen Yunhan over. .
This seven-year-old boy was the eldest son of Cen Ling's brother Cen Shaoxun, the young master of the Cen family. He had been sent to Guilin by Cen Ling as a hostage, and was returned to them after the Cen family moved to Annan. Theoretically speaking, if Cen Ling had no heirs, this son would be the unshakable successor to the Cen family's foundation.
Cen Ling's worry is not unreasonable. After all, a large part of the Shenglong Garrison and the Golden Port Garrison have been dispatched. Although Gao Pragmatic has ordered them to replenish their positions, especially the establishment of the Golden Port Garrison has been increased from 30,000. To 40,000, but that takes time after all. Recruitment, political review (Jinghua characteristics), incorporation, equipment, training, etc., it takes at least half a year to form combat effectiveness.
This period of time is equivalent to a "dangerous period". In addition, Huang Zhiting herself returned to Beijing by sea, and her army is still under the command of Huang Bao and walking on the way back to Annan, which makes Annan's military strength even more weak. Under such circumstances, if Cen Ling, the "King of Hell", leaves again, Gao Jue and Gao Jing will definitely have their heads as big as a bucket.
However, if such a group of people came all of a sudden, the Annan Guild Hall would no longer be able to accommodate them. Fortunately, although Gao Pragmatic himself only had two villas in the suburbs of Beijing (Jian Xinzhai and Sanshen Garden), he couldn't handle the fact that he had so many friends. He didn't even need Zhang Siwei's help. Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong, the two princes, jumped in on their own initiative. Without saying a word, Gao pragmatically put out a large number of his own courtyards in the suburbs of Beijing to choose from, saying that he could borrow them at will, and the housekeeper and servants were all ready-made.
Gao Pragmatic was really rude and chose two large villas by the South Lake in the eastern suburbs of the capital for the senior executives of the Cen and Huang families to stay temporarily.
A few days later, Gao Cai and Zhang arrived in Beijing. Gao Pingshi took a leave of absence from his old boss Liang Menglong, who had also just taken up his new job, and went to the southern suburbs to meet him in person.
Although Gao Pingzhi has nothing lacking in the capital, Zhang still brought several carts of newly-fired top-quality Yu kilns, intending to give them as gifts to the guests - this is no joke, because the changes in Yu kilns are uncontrollable. , so every set of Yu kiln is out of print and it is difficult to judge the price. It is most suitable to give it away.
Gao Pragmatic saw his cheap dad for the first time in so many years. He felt that he looked quite similar to her, but he looked a little older. He was not yet fifty years old, and he already had some gray hair on his temples.
However, it can be seen that he was very excited. Although he tried his best to maintain his father's dignity, his eyes were eager and he could not hide it from others. There was no airs in his words, which was a little beyond Gao Pragmatic's expectations.
Although I don’t have much affection for him, Gao Qingzheng’s acting skills have never deteriorated. I cried when I knelt in front of my father and hugged his thigh. I choked up and said that I had not been able to fulfill my filial piety for so many years. It was painful every time I thought about it. It's extremely serious, it's really a crime worthy of death. The surrounding onlookers couldn't help wiping away tears. Many people said afterwards: Gao Gongbao was truly loyal and filial, a model for the world.
Therefore, it is not easy to be a good official. The culture must be excellent, the ability must be excellent, and the acting skills must also be excellent.
But good teasing must have a clever sponsor, and Gao Cai cooperated very well: when his son cried like this, he couldn't help but burst into tears. In the end, the father and son hugged their heads in front of a large group of onlookers. Crying bitterly, what a touching scene of a loving father and a filial son.
It's just that the bystanders didn't know that Gao Cai's crying was real, and Gao Pragmatic was just showing off - of course, in the end, he was really infected by Gao Cai, and he cried with real emotion.
After the performance, Gao Cai and Zhang naturally moved directly into Jianxinzhai. Anyway, the Baiyu Building was big enough and could be accommodated there. The servants were all busy with these matters, and Gao Pangshi discussed the wedding arrangements with them alone.
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