After chatting for a while, Huang Zhiting also took the opportunity to unfold the map, summarized her layout to Gao Jingshi, and asked Gao Jingshi whether he had any objections to these plans or any better changes.
Gao was pragmatic but didn't seem to be particularly concerned - at least in Huang Zhiting's view, this invincible husband must be able to put forward some more complete suggestions for modification, but he just listened and nodded in approval. Take all orders as ordered.
This made Huang Zhiting a little unhappy, and she pouted angrily, but she didn't make any noise or say a word.
Gao Pragmatic smiled: "This plan is already good enough. Even if I want to change it, it will only be minor details, and these minor details don't have much meaning..."
"How come it doesn't make much sense? My master taught me in the past, 'Everything is done beforehand, otherwise it will be ruined.' Aren't the more detailed and rigorous the plan is, the better?" Huang Zhiting obviously disagrees with her husband's statement. .
Gao Pragmatic shook his head with a smile and said: "Plans are important, but you have to know that I was talking about military operations, and I was referring to the kind of plan made before the war. But it is different here. I am not in danger now. In the future ... Even if there is a danger as you said, the time when this danger will occur is uncertain, maybe three to five years, maybe ten or eight years.
Even if it is calculated based on three years. In three years, the generals who are assigned to various places in your current plan have probably been transferred. We don’t know where they will go, and we don’t know who will be transferred to these positions. As a result, the plan will be dangerous for the defenders in various places. Do you think the judgment of degree can be called rigorous and accurate? "
Huang Zhiting was stunned at first, and then said with a disappointed look on her face: "Then my work has been in vain these days?"
Gao Pragmatic felt a little distressed when he saw it. In fact, he was quite moved in his heart, so he immediately said: "How could it be? This plan is feasible as a whole, but because of the uncertainty of time, the follow-up still needs to be based on specific instructions. Continuously make corrections and adjustments to changes.
In my opinion, this is a long-term plan. We can only regard it as a... well, a programmatic plan. It only needs to set a general idea. The more specific individual deployments do not need to be taken too seriously at the moment. In short, as long as you always pay attention to the changes in the guards and troop strength in the picture, and let Jinghua's armed servants make corresponding adjustments, you will be prepared. "
Huang Zhiting's face looked better now, and she reluctantly admitted it. However, she soon became confused again. She looked at Gao Yingshi, who seemed not to take a rest, and asked, "It's rare for me to rest at home, but I'm still in the study at this moment. Is there anything else important?"
"Well, I'm waiting for someone." Gao Jingshi smiled slightly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, in the past few days, most of my arrangements have surfaced, so someone should be worried."
What he said was so confusing that Huang Zhiting didn't understand it at all. She asked with a puzzled face: "Who is in a hurry? Who...will come to see the master?"
"Concubine Zheng will be anxious, so Zheng Guotai should come to see me." Gao Pragmatic shrugged, walked to the chair next to him and sat down, saying: "I hope this guy will not miss his sister's important event because of his incompetence. .”
Huang Zhiting followed him two steps in surprise, and stood in front of him in a charming manner, asking: "Why does the matter of master delegating power involve the Zheng family brothers and sisters?"
"These matters and people in the court are all closely related. What's more, Concubine Zheng is the emperor's most favored concubine, and I, Gao Pragmatic, am the emperor's most trusted minister. If there is such a big change here, how can Concubine Zheng not do it? focus on?"
Huang Zhiting frowned and thought for a while, but found a loophole and asked: "But what the master just said was that Concubine Zheng would be anxious. Anxiety and attention are not the same thing."
Gao pragmatic laughed, nodded with a half-ridiculous smile: "Unexpectedly, the little girl who believed whatever I said back then is really not Wu Xia Amen now, and her control of details has also improved a lot. Cut it off."
Huang Zhiting didn't expect that he would suddenly make fun of her, and couldn't help but said coquettishly: "That's not true. If I hadn't been so stupid back then, how could I have been deceived by Mr. Zhang, sold myself, and helped Mr. Zhang count his money?"
The so-called "Mr. Zhang" naturally refers to the time when Gao Pragmatic used the pseudonym "Zhang Buxu". That period was the period when the relationship between the two of them was established. From the perspective of hindsight, Gao Jingshi did conceal a lot of things at that time, especially his own identity, but Huang Zhiting almost believed it all, and finally "sent him" to help contact "Gao Yuntai".
So looking back now, Gao Pragmatic's ridicule was not without purpose. Although Huang Zhiting answered like this, she didn't mean to be unhappy at all. Seeing that Gao Pragmatic was just smiling, she took the initiative to sit down on the chair next to him and stared at him seriously.
Gao Pingshi was a little surprised by her move. He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "Why are you staring at me like this?"
"I want to see more carefully and remember more carefully." She looked a little dreamily and murmured: "When I arrived in southern Xinjiang, I couldn't see you for a long time. I could only think, think, and think. Come on, it’s okay if you don’t remember it clearly.”
Gao's pragmatic smile gradually disappeared, and the word "Sichuan" slowly appeared between his eyebrows. He sighed softly: "I told you that you don't have to go to southern Xinjiang, at least you don't have to go for so long. You know, Jinghua's system is different from Other countries, unless the situation in the entire southern Xinjiang is completely out of control, it is impossible for a city, a region, or even a country to fight back."
"I know it, but there are still many things in southern Xinjiang that require someone to coordinate and plan from a higher level than one country."
Huang Zhiting bit her lips, tilted her head and said: "There are 300,000 troops in southern Xinjiang, which is stronger than Jinghua's strength in the Ming Dynasty. However, these forces are scattered in various kingdoms, and the six major guard armies are not subordinate to each other. If there is no one who can represent the master to some extent in southern Xinjiang...
Suppose - I mean hypothetical - if there is a big chaos in a certain country and a certain place, and the country's security forces make unexpected mistakes during the extermination process, causing the situation to be temporarily out of control. If I am in southern Xinjiang at this time, I can rely on the seal given by my master to mobilize the security forces of neighboring countries to assist in the suppression, or even lead the troops to fight in person.
But if I am not here, it will take at least a month or so for the local situation to be reported to the capital. Even if the master issues instructions immediately, it will take another month for the local people in southern Xinjiang to receive the order. The master is the best writer in the world, so he naturally knows how corrupt the local situation will be in the past two months. No one dares to guarantee this. "
Of course Huang Zhiting knew what Huang Zhiting was talking about. These reasons were also the reasons why she had to go to southern Xinjiang. However, he was still dissatisfied with the result and felt ashamed of her.
Except for Huang Zhiting, no one can represent Gao Pragmatism. This is the biggest trouble and crux of Jinghua's "Southern Xinjiang System" at the moment. However, in fact, to a certain extent, it may not be true that no one can represent high pragmatism...
"Zhiting, I had an idea before. Although generally speaking, 'son replaces father' is the most common, but in fact, the reverse is also true, and 'father replaces son' is not a bad idea."
Huang Zhiting was obviously taken aback and said hesitantly: "My uncle is old and has traveled thousands of miles to Dingnan to take charge. It seems..."
"Uncle" does not refer to aunt or uncle, but the name used by the ancients for parents-in-law. "Erya Shiqin" says: "A woman calls her husband's father uncle, and calls her husband's mother aunt. When uncle is present, she calls you Jun. Uncle, Jun's aunt; if not, then we call him my uncle or my aunt."
Du Fu said in his poem "The Morning Glory and the Weaver Girl" that "Although I have no aunt or uncle to do, I dare to weave and make merit". The Yuan Dynasty's "Pipa Ji: Wuniang Goes on the Road to Find Her Husband" also contains the text "Even if you cannot recognize Cai Bojie's original father and mother, you must recognize him as Zhao Wuniang's recent uncle."
In fact, there are some things that Huang Zhiting cannot explain clearly. For example, although Gao Chou is definitely qualified to represent his son, Gao Chou is a purely civil servant and has no experience of leading troops at all, and he does not necessarily have the ability to lead troops - at least this is There is no performance to prove it.
He is no better than his eldest brother Gao Jie, who once served as the admiral of Cao Jiang and fought against Japanese pirates around Nanjing; nor is he better than his second brother Gao Jie, who was born in martial arts at the beginning and was awarded the title of Military General; he is not even as talented as his fifth brother, who passed the imperial examination While taking up a post in Jinyiwei, he went to work in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and finally got the experience of the former Army Governor's Mansion.
Because Gao Gong was in the court at that time, Gao Chou was in charge of the Lianghe Dian Examination. Most of the examiners were Gao Gong's students. It was inevitable that his brother would be criticized and refuse to be elected. He became an official very late. Later, he first served as the general magistrate of Fengyang Prefecture, and was in charge of the printing affairs of the prefecture and also took charge of Shouzhou magistrate affairs. Abandon exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes to relieve people's poverty; those who force good girls to become prostitutes will be severely punished. When he was appointed to Shouzhou, he put an end to corruption and bad habits, and established an upright scholarly style. The people of Zhengyang relied on him as their parents.
But no matter how you say it, he has never managed military affairs in a serious way, let alone commanding a battle, or even "strategizing". The most critical reason why Huang Zhiting is needed in southern Xinjiang is military affairs. So looking at it this way, although Gao Zhi went to Southern Xinjiang with sufficient status, if something really happened, it is difficult to say whether he would be able to play any role.
However, the reason "said" by Huang Zhiting was enough. Gao Pragmatic also replied with a wry smile: "It is precisely because of this that I said this was just an idea I had before. In addition... To tell you the truth, although I I guess you or others may be worried that my father may not be good at military affairs, but actually I am more worried about that."
Huang Zhiting was a little surprised and subconsciously said: "Oh?"
"What I'm more worried about is, if my father is really in southern Xinjiang, do I have the final say on some things, or my father?" Gao Pingshi said with a wry smile: "This is a bit unfilial, but it is very realistic."
Huang Zhiting understood it very well, nodded and said: "I have a deep understanding of this."
Gao Jingshi was startled for a moment, and then he understood immediately - Huang Zhiting's family had been having this problem for a long time. Her father was so decadent that he gave up everything, and her younger brother was young and ignorant, so she had to take care of the affairs of the house.
Later, she went south with Gao Jingshi to pacify Annan. When Gao Jingshi began to distribute the spoils, the Huang Chieftain Group also had many ideas of its own, so some questions arose at that time: "Who in the Huang family has the final say?" , Fortunately, Gao Pragmatic was strong enough, and all voices were suppressed by him.
This is one of the troubles of the "ancients". They overestimate filial piety, so even if the father has no ability or achievements, the son does not dare to oppose his opinion easily.
Just like in history, Zhang Juzheng's father acted recklessly in his hometown. Zhang Juzheng, who had reached such a powerful position that "I am not the Prime Minister, but the Photographer" was reminded by his colleagues, and he could only say that he, as a son, had nothing to do with the one who was his father. Good idea.
Seeing Huang Zhiting behaving like this, Gao Jingshi had no choice but to sigh and said with a wry smile: "At this time, I hope Tan'er will grow up earlier."
Huang Zhiting heard it funny and asked, "Why, don't you usually want him to grow up earlier?"
"When he grows up, we will grow old." Gao Pragmatic chuckled, "But I still have a lot of things to do."
"I'm just joking. Ten years goes by very quickly. I'll definitely be a pavilion elder in ten years. Moreover, it's the time when the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak. How can I say I'm old?"
Only then did Gao Pragmatic remember that the "teenagers" of this era were already considered adults, and were quite different from the mature adults in his subconscious, so he could only smile casually.
Huang Zhiting was about to say something else when a very rhythmic knock on the door suddenly sounded, and then Gao Mo's voice came in: "Master, Uncle Zheng is here to visit."
Gao Jingshi and Huang Zhiting looked at each other. Huang Zhiting stood up and said, "I'll get out of the way first." Gao Jingshi nodded, and Huang Zhiting walked into the lounge in the study room. Gao Jingshi ordered Gao Mo to invite Zheng Guotai in.
This time Zheng Guotai came to see him, he was much calmer than the last time, no longer as timid as before. Gao pragmatically estimated that it might be because his immediate boss Wang Zhizhen, whom he feared, submitted his "resignation".
"Cathay has met Da Situ, and he missed the night to visit. The trouble was caused by Da Situ Haihan." Xu Shi had been "training" in Jinyiwei for a period of time, and Zheng Guotai's progress seemed quite obvious.
But Gao Pragmatic seemed to be a little more arrogant than the last time they met. Instead of standing up to greet him, he just waved his hand and said calmly: "The main hall is closed due to impeachment. Do you know why you can get in?" In my mansion?"
This question may be a bit unexpected to Zheng Guotai. He was a little startled when he heard this and said hesitantly: "Guotai is stupid, please give me a clear explanation."
"Of course it's because I'm waiting for you." Gao Pingshi smiled softly and said, "It's windy and snowy, and it's not easy for my uncle to come. Sit down and talk."
Zheng Guotai was even more suspicious after hearing his tone, because the words were not polite - Gao Pingshi didn't even say "please sit down", he only said "sit down and talk". Is this the tone of speaking to an uncle? This is almost like "giving a seat", and it is an obvious tone of superiority versus inferiority, superiority versus inferiority.
Although Zheng Guotai is still a little afraid of Gao Pragmatism [Note: For the reason, please see Chapter 155 of this volume, Zheng Guotai], today is different from the past. Gao Pragmatism is being forced to delegate power, and Jinyiwei is the yamen he delegated power to. Not only Gao Wuben, the Nannan The Zhenfu envoy has returned to his field, and Zheng Guotai's immediate superior, Wang Zhizhen, has also submitted his resignation, and is only waiting for Emperor Zhu Pi's approval.
As one goes and the other goes, the Heart School will definitely take action. Even Zheng Guotai can guess this, so... why is he so pragmatic but also has a good temper? Is it because I'm in a bad mood?
Zheng Guotai didn't quite understand for a moment, but even though he sat down, he asked, "Does Da Situ know that Cathay is coming?"
"Of course I know." Gao Pingshi still spoke indifferently, glanced at him, and sighed with a trace of pity: "The Zheng family is about to be in disaster. Once tomorrow passes, no one can save you... How can you Do you dare to come?"
"A disaster is imminent for the Zheng family?" Zheng Guotai was really shocked. He almost jumped up from his chair and his eyes widened: "How can you say this, Master Situ?"
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