Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1036 Behind the Marriage

Huang Zhiting came to Liaodong this time, and she said on the surface that she was here to discuss cooperation, the cooperation between Annan and Liaodong.

Although Annan and Liaodong are thousands of miles apart, since they can be connected by sea, today, more than ten years after "Longqing opened the sea", it is indeed possible to carry out cooperation or something.

However, even if this cooperation cannot be said to be just a cover, at least it is not the main reason, at most it is a secondary reason.

Because the reason why Huang Zhiting came to Liaodong, and even the reason why she went north, is that she came here for high pragmatism.

Huang Zhiting's real purpose of coming to see Gao Shishi, and if it goes a little deeper, is that she wants to know whether Gao Shishi can persuade his parents to agree to Gao Shishi's marriage with her.

Marriage is a major event in life, especially in the Ming Dynasty. The higher the social status of a person, the more cautious they are about marriage.

Different from various novels and film and television dramas, such things as free love are basically wild talk in this era of Ming Dynasty and cannot be taken seriously at all.Among men and women who can "freely love", I am afraid that only the man who hangs out and falls in love with a certain famous prostitute, and this famous prostitute is also willing to find a long-term meal ticket is barely counted.

In addition, the conclusion of marriage is based on the old saying of eight characters: the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker.

The words of the matchmaker are easy to handle, whether it is the Gao family or the Huang family, finding a matchmaker to do things couldn't be easier.But there is no small trouble with this parental order.

Since free love does not exist, then marriage is not mainly based on like-mindedness, but family status and financial resources.

This is usually the case: the upper class looks at the family status, and the ordinary people look at the financial resources.

Of course, this situation has changed with the development of society. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the importance of family status began to decline, while the importance of financial resources gradually increased.

However, the decline does not mean that it has completely disappeared. "Paired family" is still a very important indicator, unless one party's financial resources are exceptionally outstanding, in order to overcome the advantage of family status and achieve a marriage.

It stands to reason that the Huang family's family status is not low, they are a real family for many generations - the chieftain, the head of a party who has been around for hundreds of years, of course he has a status.

But the key is that the Gao family's actual status is higher. Starting from Gao Kui, the Gao family has been the home of literati and officials. In the era of Gao Shangxian, the Gao family has already reached the "national level" level, and it can be ranked in the entire Ming Dynasty. number.

And because of Gao Gong, the former chief assistant, the Gao family has the word "Wenzheng" on their heads, and they have reached the sky in one step. They are all at the top among civil servant families. The height is too high, even to the point where one's own choice is very small, and there is indeed a big difference between the homes of "mere chieftains".

Normally speaking, if the Huang family is willing to spend money and a lot of money to marry a daughter at this time, it is actually possible.According to the routine operation at this time, the man will give the bride price, and the woman will give the dowry. If there is a big difference in financial resources between the two parties, and the man has a high family status but limited financial resources, the woman can greatly increase the abundance of the dowry to offset the man’s family status advantage. .

Moreover, according to the customs at this time, under normal circumstances, the dowry does not include real estate such as fields, so if the woman's dowry dowry can bring a large amount of fertile land, this kind of "wrong family and wrong household" marriage is not impossible.

What kind of "dowry" the Huang family can give, Gao Wushi has never discussed with Huang Zhiting, but Huang Zhiting mentioned it occasionally when she was in Annan, because her current Haidong envoy is a hereditary official, and this Haidong is actually The original Anbang Mansion in Annan—in other words, the entire Anbang Mansion was personally entrusted by Huang Zhiting.

Since the Huang family received more than one mansion, and this Anbang mansion was clearly entrusted to Huang Zhiting personally, that is to say, once she gets married, it means that the whole Haidong will be used as a dowry.

Although the Gao family has a high family background, the woman directly owns the dowry of a mansion, so it stands to reason that this should be enough.

However, Annan's situation is quite special, and it is also a problem that has to be considered.

The special thing about Annan is that this place itself was established by high pragmatism, and the Jinghua Group is now Annan's national policy agency, which directly emptied the Annan capital, so to a certain extent, high pragmatism is Annan's true identity. The number one landowner.

Moreover, Gao Yushi not only controls the real power of Annan through the Jinghua Group, but also has territory in Annan: in the southwest of Haidong, not only the Haiyang Mansion (the center of the Red River Delta) with the best land is directly controlled by Gao Yushi, but also the south from the south. The south of Hehua Mansion (Hejing) is directly controlled by Gao Pragmatism (Jinghua managed place).

It can be said that more than one-third of Annan's land was directly allocated to Gao Yushi by the "Jinghua Sixteen Points"!
Looking at it this way, the Gao family or the sixth house of the Gao family—or even more precisely, Gao Yushi himself—is the real big landlord of Annan.

As for the high-practical other financial resources, needless to say, the real wealth is the best in the world.

So the embarrassment now is that although the dowry that Huang Zhiting can provide is indeed expensive, Gao Yushi herself is too rich, too rich, to the point where even the dowry of a whole family does not show much.

It's not that Gao Wushi is ignorant of the trouble, so he mentioned this to Zhu Yijun before. According to his hope at the time, he hoped that Zhu Yijun could come forward and come forward to make a royal appointment - if the emperor refers to marriage, then no one can say up.

But there seems to be something wrong with this matter. When Gao Wushi met Huang Zhiting just now, Gao Wushi asked the emperor if he mentioned this matter when he summoned her, but Huang Zhiting said no.

This is very strange, and Gao Yushi was even a little puzzled, because at that time, in order to persuade Zhu Yijun, Gao Yushi even deliberately raised the importance of this marriage, implying that Zhu Yijun: Huang's and Cen's are Daming's two interests in Annan. Jian, and the situation of the Huang family is quite special. Although Huang Chengzu is the head of the Huang family, Huang Zhiting is actually in charge of the Huang family. The family has always been tied to Daming.

Just imagine, if Huang Zhiting, the speaker of the Huang family, becomes the daughter-in-law of the Gao family, the centrifugal force that may appear in the Huang family will naturally disappear. From then on, it will be necessary to rely on Daming to suppress the independent tendency within the Annan capital, which is very important for stabilizing Annan The situation has great advantages.

As the emperor, Zhu Yijun couldn't ignore this point, so he didn't express any objection before, but why didn't he mention it after Huang Zhiting came to Beijing this time?What's going on here?
Was he shaken, or did he simply forget?Or, does he think the timing is not right?

Gao Wushi didn't want to tell Huang Zhiting about this matter, because he was worried that Huang Zhiting would think wildly after knowing about it, and felt that Zhu Yijun would interfere in this matter.

However, Gao Wushi told Huang Zhiting about his exchange with his mother Zhang when he passed by Xinzheng when he returned to Beijing from Guangxi [Note: See Chapter 002 of this volume who persuades whom].

Speaking of it, Mrs. Zhang has nothing to say against Huang Zhiting marrying into the Gao family. Although she is worried that Huang Zhiting, the "big chieftain", may have a bad temper and may not be so tame, she has great confidence in her son and believes that with his son's With his status and ability, there was no reason why he couldn't control the scene.

Her real worry comes from her own experience in the past. The woman's family status is not enough, which may lead to discrimination and ridicule by relatives of her husband's family after marriage.

Thanks to her elder brother Zhang Siwei's high school Jinshi, she changed her Zhang family's "merchant's family" status, so she was able to slowly not be despised, but the Huang family obviously did not have such a possibility, and Huang Zhiting's family was impossible Make a Jinshi and raise the lintel.

In this case, even if Gao Yushi returns to his hometown to marry a wife, Huang Zhiting may be looked down upon by people - the chieftain, the military commander (the guardian of Haidong), this is not a bonus for the Gao family of Zhongzhou's famous and practical school.

Mrs. Zhang was worried that as Huang Zhiting, she would be disqualified after suffering a supercilious look. It would be even worse, and it might lead to unexpected troubles—for example, if Huang Zhiting was ridiculed by the relatives of the Gao family, she ran away and used violence. The development of that matter is completely out of control.

Gao Wushi naturally felt that this kind of situation was unlikely to happen, but he couldn't be sure, because although Huang Zhiting was a woman, she was indeed the leader of the army, and judging from the bloody battle in Lang Son, when she led the army, she was with her. In front of them are definitely two completely different people.

Moreover, when Gao Wu was in Guangxi, he also saw the natives respecting Huang Zhiting like worshiping him. Put yourself in his shoes and think about it, if the attitude of the Gao family is really as Zhang expected, the gap in Huang Zhiting's heart will indeed be different. It's very big, if you can't control your emotions, the result is really hard to predict.

Originally, Gao Yushi was very hesitant to say this directly to Huang Zhiting, but after thinking about it, he always felt that many troubles in the world stem from his refusal to tell the truth, so in the end he decided to sincerely talk to Huang Zhiting. talk.

After hearing what Gao Wushi said, Huang Zhiting smiled unexpectedly.

Gao Wushi frowned and said, "Zhi Ting, I'm not joking."

"I know." Huang Zhiting said softly: "Actually, I would have guessed it even if you didn't tell me - I will know how Annan's civil officials treat you. Like Ruan Bingqian, an Annan great scholar, he may not be afraid of you. At that time, you were an inspector in Guangxi, but you had the highest respect for you who came from the Gao family and you were the number one scholar in the Six Poems. I know that the Gao family has a very high family status, and the Huang family is not worthy of it. If it weren't for...Gao Lang, no matter when I don't care what the rest of the Gao family think of me, I... I only care about you. "

Gao Wushi felt Huang Zhiting's gaze, and knew that at this time, although Huang Zhiting said it firmly, if she hesitated a little, she would be extremely disappointed in her heart, so she looked directly into her eyes and said, "Can you do this?" I thought, what else do I have to worry about? As my mother said, the mouth grows on people, I can’t control what they say, but judging from the current situation, I think they are at least unlikely to be Embarrassing you in front of me... About to go back and get married, and we will leave as soon as the matter is over."

Although Huang Zhiting has the generosity of a childlike woman, she still has the shyness of a girl when it comes to such things, especially the word "marriage" seems to have a magical power, which makes her face turn red, and she hangs her head slightly, He whispered: "Also, there is one more thing that needs to be decided by you."

Gao Wushi nodded and said, "Say it."

"Success, after getting married." Huang Zhiting managed to say the word, her ears were red: "What about Haidong? What about Annan?"

Well, this is a real problem. It seems that shyness did not make the woman who was born as a chieftain and once supported the facade of Huang's family alone lose her mind.

Gao Wushi also knew what she meant.

In fact, just talking about Haidong, even if Huang Zhiting is not around, it is not a big problem.Because at this time, Jinghua had more than a year and nearly two years of operating experience in Annan, and even the situation in Annan could be controlled, so it would not be a big deal to "manage" another Haidong.

What's more, Huang Zhiting is not in charge of Haidong alone. She has a large group of former local heads and generals under her command. Unless there is a major change in Annan, they can also play a big role in daily affairs.As for military power, at present, Huang Hu should be trustworthy.

Of course, Gao Yushi doesn't believe in absolute loyalty, but Huang Hu is not stupid, he should know that rebellion in Annan is not feasible, after all, Jinghua has an absolute military advantage in Annan - Sheng The Dragon Guard Army has [-] troops, and the Golden Port Guard Army has [-] troops. The Lu Division alone already has [-] troops. In theory, it is enough to wipe out Annan again.

Unless the worst happens, for example, not only Huang Hu, but also Cen Ling, Ruan Huang, Mo Yulin and others all rebel together, then something big will happen.

But Gao Yushi felt that this possibility was too low, not to mention other things, if they rebelled together, who would be the leader?
Besides, Cen Ling has already become the living king of Hades in the hearts of Annan people. He is basically responsible for suppressing all kinds of rebellions in Annan. He should have no way out for a long time.

In fact, Cen Ling took the initiative to take over these errands to suppress the rebellious party. Gao Yushi can also guess the reason: Jinghua is Gao Yushi's own force, and it is impossible to have problems with loyalty, and the relationship between Huang Zhiting and Gao Yushi is in the All parties in Annan are very clear about it, and it is basically impossible to have problems. Then among the forces of Daming staying in Annan, Cen Ling is the "most unstable". Therefore, he took the initiative to undertake these matters, relying on strong suppression of Annan's resistance power to prove their loyalty.

If you kill too many people, you will naturally have no way out, and naturally you will not have to be questioned about your loyalty. Although Cen Ling is handsome, he is as cruel as anyone.

Being ruthless to the enemy is equally ruthless to himself, no matter whether he is against the enemy or himself, he will not leave a way out.

So looking at it this way, Gao Wushi thinks that even if Huang Zhiting is not in Annan, the problem is not big.

Perhaps the only thing to pay attention to is to ensure that Jinghua's troops in Annan are always at an advantage.
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