Flying pigeons to pass messages is indeed a magical technology in this era. Gao Yuan's performance in Dingnancheng, while Liu Xin was still floating on the sea, Gao Pragmatic had already received a comprehensive report first.
Gao Mo, who was about to retire, gave a detailed report on Gao Yuan's performance during the journey and the two days after arriving in Dingna City in front of Gao Jingshi and Huang Zhiting.
Generally speaking, everything was normal for Gao Yuan on the "Dongchang". After arriving in southern Xinjiang, he was obviously the harshest to the members of the Gao family. He was polite to the servants headed by Gao Jue but not close to them. He was the only one who treated the family members headed by the Huang family. "Relatives" are particularly enthusiastic.
The reason why it is said that they are relatives headed by the Huang family is because in addition to the Huang family, Gao Yuan also treats the three thousand people Liu Xin left in Dingna City very well. These three thousand people have always been organized under the command of the Dingnan Garrison Headquarters. The leader was Liu Weizhong, who was the deputy commander of the Dingnan Garrison Headquarters at the time and was Huang Hu's deputy.
After listening to the report, Gao pragmatically nodded and let Gao Mo, who was really old, go down to rest first. After he left, he asked Huang Zhiting calmly: "What do you think, madam?"
Huang Zhiting sighed and said, "I'm afraid it's not convenient for me to comment."
Of course Gao pragmatic knew what she meant. Gao Yuan was so obviously close to the Huang family, whether it was her own direct subordinate Huang Hu, or the current head of the Huang family and her biological brother Huang Yingjing, this was the reason why she felt it was inconvenient to comment.
Judging from her identity and position, it is natural for Huang Hu or Huang to support Gao Yuan, and it is understandable for Gao Yuan to be nice to them. However, Huang Zhiting is not naive enough to think that these things that are "natural" and "justifiable" to her will also apply to Gao Pragmatic.
In fact, under the current situation, Huang Zhiting was not sure what Gao Pragmatic would think.
Of course, Gao Jingshi was her husband, and his trust in her could not be increased over the years. It was also clear that he had high hopes for Gao Yuan, the eldest son. However, she also understood that her husband was more than just a husband and a father.
High pragmatism has multiple identities. He is the head of the Gao family in Xinzheng (but not the patriarch), the only owner of the Jinghua Group, the de facto master of southern Xinjiang, and the chief minister of the imperial cabinet and the leader of the Real School. Therefore, it is difficult to judge the angle and direction of a highly pragmatic consideration of an issue, and even people who have been sleeping with them for many years would not dare to make random guesses.
When it comes to Gao Yuan specifically, it is difficult to determine Gao Pragmatic's thinking direction, because Gao Yuan will inherit not only the foundation of Southern Xinjiang in the future, but also the title of Marquis of Nanning, and may even include Gao Pragmatic's titles in court, military, and Shilin. connections.
This is too complicated. Who knows what the high pragmatic judgment standards are?
Even if we only consider the internal affairs of Jinghua, or even only consider Southern Xinjiang, it is hard to say how Gao Pragmatic will view Gao Yuan's obvious division of Southern Xinjiang's top leaders into three forces and face them with different attitudes.
After all, for Gao Pragmatic, these three forces are all in his hands, and it is impossible for any force to betray him, and he can use it like an arm.
Strictly speaking, it is the power of the Huang family that is the most marginal to Gao Pragmatic - the wife's family members are not named Gao after all, but the other two forces are both named Gao.
The reason why Huang Zhiting has such worries is not without purpose. Just look at Gao Pragmatic's attitude towards the Huang family over the years. It could be said that Huang Yinglei was self-inflicted, but Huang Yingpin had always performed well. He actively expressed his willingness to send troops to fight several times when there was trouble in southern Xinjiang, but in fact Gao Pragmatic politely declined every time.
On the surface, Gao's pragmatic attitude is that he does not want the only remaining legal heir of the Huang family to face risks on the battlefield, but in fact, who knows if he simply does not want to give Huang Yingpin a chance to perform meritorious service, lest he has to give him a chance after the war. Greater power, or granting more fiefdoms? If it is the latter, it means that Gao Pragmatic has been suppressing the Huang family's opportunities to grow.
To be honest, Huang Zhiting understands this and even supports it. This may seem strange, but it is not surprising at all - Huang Zhiting's thoughts are all on Gao Yuan, so if the Huang family becomes too strong and Gao Pragmatic is worried, it may affect Gao Yuan. This is her Absolutely unacceptable.
As a woman, especially a woman in this era, the choices she faces are often more difficult than those of a man, because she needs to make a choice between her natal family and her husband's family, and no matter what choice she makes, she may feel torn in her heart. . In contrast, it is much simpler for men to make decisions - the family is everything and the only correct choice.
Huang Zhiting's choice was obviously her husband's family, but there was a reason for this.
In the early years, the chieftain of the Huang family, one of the "Thinking of Tianyang and Cenhuang of Guangdong and Guangxi", was in decline because the head of the family, Huang Chengzu, gave up on himself and his family business was almost in ruins. As the eldest daughter, Huang Zhiting was forced to shoulder the burden of the family when she was only thirteen years old and began to take charge of the affairs of Siming Mansion.
Thanks to the tradition of southwestern chieftains having female chieftains in charge, although she was young at the time, she managed to stabilize the family situation with great difficulty because of her decent handling of affairs.
At this moment, the newly appointed Guangxi censor Gao pragmatically arrived. The two fell in love with each other because of some strange stories. Huang Zhiting led the Huang family to completely turn to Gao Jingjing by fully cooperating with Gao Jingjing's work, and then there was a big change in the Guangxi chieftain's move to Annan. .
After that, Gao Pragmatic overcame all difficulties and broke the convention of a prominent family in the Central Plains to marry Huang Zhiting, creating a great story. With these as the foundation, how can outsiders understand the depth of the relationship between the two?
For Huang Zhiting, after the chieftain of Guangxi moved to Annan, the Huang family had actually separated - it should be said that she became independent from the Huang family. She took sole control of Annan and Anbang as her hereditary territory. Later, due to the suppression of the rebellion and the change of chieftain titles after the Mo Maoqia incident, it became the two prefectures of Anbang and Liangshan.
The chieftain of the Huang family (the main family and the branch) have now been awarded the four prefectures of Ngee'an, Shannan, Waiqinghua, and Huaying (the first one and the third small prefecture). Compared with the original time in Guangxi, the area has expanded by more than one degree. Times? Not to mention the population under their rule - when they moved to Annan, they were allowed to move the Tongren native people. After arriving in Annan, they ruled the local Annan people in place, which overall increased by three or four times.
Therefore, when Huang Zhiting took charge of Anbang, she had already made it clear to Huang Yinglei and Huang Yingpin that she, the elder sister, no longer owed anything to the Huang family, and they should take care of themselves from now on.
Having said that, the love of blood will not be abandoned after all. What Huang Zhiting actually meant at that time was that from then on, as the daughter-in-law of the Gao family, she must do everything from the standpoint of the Gao family and remind her two younger brothers not to rely on their sister. The identity was thrown around... It's a pity that only Huang Yingpin listened to it, and Huang Yinglei finally managed to get himself banned.
In short, Huang Zhiting can say that she owes nothing to the Huang family, so she never openly took care of the Huang family. The fundamental reason for doing so was for Gao Yuan.
Who knows, now that Gao Yuan has grown up, he will regard the Huang family as his target of wooing for his first "business trip". This will inevitably make Huang Zhiting a little embarrassed - maybe she is still a little happy in her heart, but she definitely can't do it in Gao Yuan. Show pragmatism.
Gao pragmatic looked at Huang Zhiting's expression, was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled: "What's wrong with commenting? A mother's evaluation of her son is that one year old is fine, ten years old is fine, and a hundred years old is still fine."
This meant that he had to break the casserole and ask the question. Huang Zhiting had to answer, so she had to say: "Not long ago, I told me the story of King Ping of Zhou. I thought that Zhou's affairs should not be imitated. Therefore, although Yuan'er's move was a bit reckless, but It’s not considered to be out of line yet.”
"Hmm..." Gao Pingshi was noncommittal, but asked: "That is to say, you generally think that Yuan'er did a pretty good job, but the technique is a bit rough, right?"
Huang Zhiting didn't know what Gao Pragmatic's attitude was, but now that she had no way out, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "This... so be it."
Gao Jingshi suddenly laughed, shook his head and said: "I am a little more optimistic than you. Zhiting, do you think Yuan'er is the same age now as you were when you took charge of the Huang family? So, when you think back to your performance at that time, Can I say you are completely satisfied?”
Huang Zhiting shook his head and said: "How can it be possible to be completely satisfied? Speaking of which, many things were not done very well at that time. At most, it can only be said that the direction of the goal was found, but in fact, many specific details were done badly. Haha. , If it hadn’t been for the help of many elderly people in the family at that time, I even suspect that there would have been a big trouble."
"That's right." Gao Pragmatic nodded and said, "People of any age should do things at their age. How can a thirteen or fourteen year old expect him to do things smoothly and smoothly?"
Huang Zhiting actually disagreed with this and said, "But sir, when you were thirteen or fourteen years old..."
"You don't need to compare me." Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and directly brought the topic back, saying: "Although what he is doing now seems to you to be too straightforward and crude, it is not a bad thing, at least... ...Second brother and the others obviously think that Yuan'er's behavior is expected, don't they?"
Of course, "you don't need to compare me". How could he be a thirteen or fourteen year old when he was a pragmatic "13 or 14 year old"? He was twice as old as he was when he traveled through time. If he could really do as well as he did when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he might as well find a piece of tofu and knock him down.
It's just that I can only say this to Liu Xin at most, but not to Huang Zhiting, so I have to put on a show of "it's too late to read the book in this life".
Hearing what he said, Huang Zhiting didn't know what to say. She could only bring the topic back and said, "But I am a little worried. Yuan'er's behavior... may not be a good thing for the Huang family."
Gao pragmatic naturally understood what she meant, he smiled and said: "How can there be so many smooth sailings in the world? Yuan'er has been with me for too long, and almost everyone follows his wishes, so that he In the years of growth, I have never encountered any storms, let alone any setbacks... This is not a good thing."
Huang Zhiting's expression tightened and she asked, "Does the master intend to frustrate Yuan'er?"
Gao pragmatic turned his head and looked out the window, and said leisurely: "That's out of the question. I just want to see what step he can take."
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