Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1975 Inside and outside the palace ([-]) Concubine and concubine are very different

Gao's pragmatic answer was done in one go without hesitation, and his eyes looking at Zhu Yijun did not retreat or avoid, as clear as a mirror. In addition, he made it clear that he asked Zhu Yijun to immediately call Yongning Princess for inquiries, and he would not talk to him during the process. Anyone who meets will also avoid Her Royal Highness, which shows that she has full confidence in the results of the inquiry.

In this way, Zhu Yijun had to put away any doubts, and believed that Gao Yushi's explanation was the truth.Immediately afterwards, embarrassment came to Zhu Yijun's side.

"Get up, get up..." The emperor stepped forward to help Gao Wushi himself, and said "blame": "I just asked casually, I just thought you were too devoted to Luo Er, the youngest son who had to be 'adopted', and even made Luo Er Give him the letter... You know that I, Daming, have no room for change in the matter of the inheritance of the eldest son, so I ask this because I am afraid that you, the Marquis of Nanning, will cause trouble in the matter of inheriting the title. Sometimes it’s hard even for me.”

From Gao Yushi's point of view, these words belonged to forcibly redeeming respect.Gao Yuan is his eldest son, and he is several years older than his siblings. Who in the family has long regarded him as "Nanning Marquis Yingxi"?
Gao Yuan will be thirteen years old after crossing the year. This is the age at which many children from the Jiangmen family enter the army for training.I don’t know if it’s because of this reason, Gao Zhenxin, the commander of the Jinghua Nanyang Fleet, even put forward a proposal that is quite outrageous to ordinary people more than half a year ago: invite the young master to be the commander of the Nanyang Fleet. Assist the young master.

The reason why this proposal was considered outrageous by many people—especially the members of the Gao family—was that although Gao Yushi was already a Marquis, he was a civil official named Marquis as clearly stated in the imperial decree.

Since he is a civil official, Gao Yuan, as a "Nanning Marquis Yingxi", is of course also a literati. How can he spend every day at sea with a group of big bosses?Just bullshit.

But even if the Gao family members think so, the southern Xinjiang side also has objections to this.The six major garrison forces all believe that it is completely reasonable and necessary for the eldest young master to take up the post in the Southern Border Army.

For this reason, all members of the Military Command of the Southern Xinjiang Garrison jointly submitted a letter of request to the master to Huang Zhiting.The letter of request discusses a lot, but in the final analysis, there is only one sentence: Please ask the young master to be the head of the military order of the Southern Xinjiang Garrison, so that someone can finally take up the post of head of the department that has not yet been announced.

On this issue, it is necessary to clarify.The "Military Command of the Southern Border Garrison" was set up in the West Court of the "Siam Palace" in Dingnan City, theoretically speaking, it was the highest military institution in the entire southern border.

The Ministry has been established for some years. When Huang Zhiting met with the Portuguese envoy from Goa to discuss the peaceful surrender of Malacca by the Portuguese, the meeting place was at the Royal Palace Guard Training Ground not far from the Military Command Building. [Note: See Chapter 235 of this volume, "Navigation Treaty". ]
The Royal Palace of Siam is divided into "East Court" and "West Court". The East Court is the administrative office area for civil servants, while the West Court belongs to the military officer system.There are only two administrative buildings in the West Court, one is called "Southern Border Garrison Command Headquarters" and the other is called "Dingnan Garrison Headquarters".

However, the Siam military department after the reform of the "six-part system" of the Kingdom of Siam is not in the "West Court", but in the "East Court". .

The real master of the Xiting these years - or the "substitute master" is none other than Huang Zhiting.

However, even for Huang Zhiting, she does not have a very clear and formal position to lead the "Military Command of the Southern Xinjiang Garrison". Although she has issued orders in the name of the Military Command for many years, the authority of these orders does not come from She herself, but from the seal that Gao Pragmatism gave her.

After all, this military order department has great power in theory, and all major garrison forces in southern Xinjiang need to follow the orders issued here-with one and only one exception, that is, each department has directly received orders from Gao Yushi, otherwise the military order The order of the Ministry is regarded as the highest military order in southern Xinjiang.

As for the "Dingnan Garrison Headquarters", as the name suggests, it is responsible for the garrison work in Dingnan City. The Garrison Commander is none other than Huang Zhiting's number one general, Huang Hu.

The Huang family is a chieftain family, and the internal power structure is different. Therefore, although the commanders of the six major garrison forces in southern Xinjiang will "rotate" every few years, Huang Hu's Dingnan garrison commander has been working for more than ten years. Unwavering.

Closer to home, since Huang Zhiting is in charge of the military command but does not hold an actual position, relying on Gao Yushi's seal to gain authority, then the military command is equivalent to never having a serious "official", which makes the military command feel a little uncomfortable.

When Gao Zhenxin recommended Gao Yuan as the commander of the Nanyang Fleet, he used the examples of princes in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and Zong Wangyao leading various major positions in the army (such as the chief commander of a certain march) and thought that it would be fine even if Gao Yuan himself did not come to command the Nanyang Fleet. If there is such a name, it is enough to get it from a distance—of course, it is best to come.

What Gao Zhenxin did was obviously to make the Nanyang Fleet or the "Navy" a direct line in the eyes of the young master, so that the young master would pay more attention to the interests of the navy in the future.

There is one point that needs to be explained here, that is, isn't Gao Zhenxin worried about Gao Pragmatic's reaction when he does this?Don't really worry, the reason is very simple: the eldest son naturally has the complete inheritance right.As long as Gao Yushi is not possessed by Jiajing, Gao Zhenxin doesn't need to have any worries.

However, Gao Zhenxin's actions obviously reminded the army, and the Military Command of the Garrison immediately responded. They first supported Gao Zhenxin's proposal that the young master take up the military post, but then they thought that the mere Nanyang Fleet was not worthy of the young master's own position. !
Our Southern Border Garrison Military Command is in charge of the military affairs of the southern border kingdoms. It has six major garrison troops with a strength of more than 28. Police Force" level establishment. ], in addition to that, there are about 20 servants from the southern border countries, and the total army is at least 50. Isn't it more important than a mere Nanyang Fleet?
Not to mention the mere Nanyang Fleet, even if you add the North and South Ocean Fleets together, you have to stay away from the military command of the Garrison Army—er, although in terms of "value", your Two Ocean Fleet may indeed be more expensive.

This matter was aroused in Jinghua at that time, because Daming's eldest son inheritance system was firmly established, and everyone was not worried about being blamed by Gao Pragmatism, not to mention that they also knew that doing so could win the favor of his wife, so it was even more important. Unscrupulous.

Huang Zhiting did not express any objection, but she did not agree either.It's not that she actually acquiesced, she actually struggled with it.

Allowing Gao Yuan to take up the military post earlier will of course help him establish a master-slave relationship with the main military generals in Jinghua earlier, which will be good for him to take charge of Jinghua in the future.However, Huang Zhiting also has to consider two issues:

First, my husband is only in his thirties this year, almost the age at which most of the new jinshi enter the ranks, and it is not at all the time to rush to train his son to take over.Although Daming's system is here, Tui Yuan'er's appointment as a military officer will not cause her husband to express dissatisfaction, but who knows whether he is happy or not?
In the final analysis, Jinghua is her husband's Jinghua, which was built by him from scratch. If he is dissatisfied in his heart, no one can bear the consequences.You must know that although Daming's rules are great, the southern border is not actually under the control of Daming, and her husband's orders are above everything else.

Even though she has been in charge of Southern Xinjiang for many years, she has always been a "generation town". If there is no seal from her husband to endorse her authority, who would listen to her?I'm afraid there is only Huang Hu - that's really "not ordering Dingnan City".

No, Dingnan City doesn't necessarily listen to her. After all, Huang Hu, the Dingnan Garrison Commander, has only 8000 men, of which only 3000 wolf soldiers are directly under him, and the remaining [-] people have always been Liu Xin's soldiers. Separated from Liu Jiajun.

The Dingnan garrison stationed in the Kingdom of Siam must only obey the orders of their husbands, and they have five towns with a total strength of 63500, making them the number one town among the six garrison troops.

Second, Huang Zhiting is still entangled in whether Gao Yuan should "congwen" in the future, that is, whether he should take the imperial examination like his father. It is really revered.

However, there is a big trouble here, that is, Gao Yushi, the Marquis of Nanning, is actually the only "civilian feudal lord" after the founding of the country, which is different from the "Three Kings" who all rely on martial arts to be feudal marquises.However, the emperor's original imperial decree only clarified the point of "civilian officials conferring marquis", but did not say whether the eldest son of high pragmatism will have to pass the Jinshi examination before he can become an official after he inherits the marquis—or before—in the future.

There is great uncertainty in this matter because there is no precedent to follow.For example, during the founding of the country, Li Shanchang was a civil official and a marquis. It stands to reason that Li Shanchang's eldest son can be used as an example. However, the problem is that Li Shanchang's eldest son, Li Qi, became a princess.Obviously, there is no analogy, because Daming did not allow the noble son Princess Shang at all.

Another uncertainty in this matter is that "Marquis of Nanning" may be a very special title in the future, because Zhu Yijun made a statement a few years ago, which probably means that a "Dingnan Protectorate" may be set up in the future.

At that time, Zhu Yijun said:
"Set up the Nandu Protectorate in the southern city of Siam, and custom-made Zhengyipin Yamen, whose office is to control the tribes, comfort and conquest, narrate merits and punishments, and defend China.

The crown prince and grand teacher Gao Wushi led the first-rank Dingnan governor; the first-rank wife Huang Zhiting stepped down as the deputy governor of the Annan Metropolitan Commissioner, and was promoted to the first-rank Dingnan deputy governor, Quan Zhidu.The yamen of the Dingnan Duhu Mansion belongs to the ranks of officials down to the chief and deputy governors, and the titles and appointments of each official are drawn up by the Duhu Mansion within one year and reported to me for approval.

The Dingnan Protectorate has jurisdiction over Annan, Siam, Bago, Burma, Nanzhang, Cambodia and other "lands south of Yun and Guangxi".The area under the jurisdiction of the Duhufu is allowed to set up a trading customs city, and it is allowed to open government and private ports. The land and customs tariffs are negotiated and drafted by the Ministry of Households and the Duhufu within one year, and reported to me for approval.

Dingnan Duhufu's military system is "not the same as the Central Plains", so the Duhufu is allowed to decide on its own, but its arms, personnel, equipment, etc. need to be reported to the Ministry of War, and the report is made every three years. "I and the Ministry of War will not control remotely. ".

The army under the Duhu Mansion, military salaries and other needs are all raised by the Duhu Mansion itself.All armies must obey the imperial court's conscripts. If the imperial court conscripts, the system of dispatching soldiers from the south will be used to calculate their food, salaries, rewards, and pensions, and the rest will be ignored..."

At that time, this imperial decree had already been issued to Gao Yushi, but there was a problem with this imperial decree itself: although it was a very high-level "legal" in the imperial decree, it was a "zhong decree".

"Zhongzhi" means that although it was issued by the emperor and there is the emperor's treasure at the place where it was signed, it has not been signed by the cabinet.

The so-called "what is the imperial edict without the Fengge Luantai" is the same reason. In the Ming Dynasty at this time, there is no cabinet's appendix, so why is it called "edict"?Therefore, Gao Yushi refused to accept the decree on the spot on the grounds that the decree had no legal effect.

However, this incident itself was actually a bureau set up by the emperor at that time. The purpose was that the court and the queen mother believed that Gao Yushi's strength in southern Xinjiang was too great, and his contribution to the court was too high. When there is an arrangement, give an ambiguous statement, and thus set up the game.

In other words, the emperor basically stated at that time that in the future, "the south of Yun and Guangxi" would be assigned to the so-called "Dingnan Protectorate" controlled by Gao Yushi, as a reward for Gao Yushi.

Then Huang Zhiting had to consider that if the emperor's words would become a reality in the future, theoretically, the Dingnan Protectorate should be hereditary from the "Marquis of Nanning".

So if this is the case, why does Gao Yuan still take the imperial examination?According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Yuan only needs to pass the "investigation period".And the so-called investigation is actually very simple, that is, nothing happened in those few years.

What's more, there is one more thing to consider here. The so-called "Dingnan Capital Protectorate" was established not just because of giving high-level practical rewards. In the final analysis, it is because the entire southern border is actually in his hands. This is a matter of strength.

Then, even if Gao Yushi dies in the future, this strength will naturally be inherited by Gao Yuan. The current emperor or the next emperor can only let Gao Yuan become the nobleman, and at the same time inherit the post of Dingnan Governor.In this way, Gao Yuan still does not need to take the imperial examination.

All in all, Huang Zhiting wanted Gao Yuan to take the imperial examination because of the worldly perspective, but also felt that it would be fine not to take the exam, so she fell into a certain tangle.At the same time, considering that Gao Yushi's own attitude was not clear, in the end Huang Zhiting didn't say anything at all, but very routinely helped the Garrison Military Command to forward the petition to the Jinghua headquarters.

It stands to reason that Gao Wushi should respond to this regardless of his views. However, it is a coincidence that when this petition was sent to the capital, Gao Wushi had already set off for North Korea to Pingwa.

Of course, the petition was sent to Sacheon very quickly, and Gao Wushi only got it about half a month late.He ultimately rejected the petition — or should I say, he postponed it.

Gao Yuan's pragmatic answer is that Gao Yuan has not completed his studies at this time, and as the "Nanning Marquis Respondent", it is inconvenient to leave Beijing easily—especially when his father is leading 10,000+ water and Lu Dajun to fight outside. Beijing.However, Gao Wushi also gave a time limit, saying that when Gao Yuan was 16 years old, he would go to Dingnan City and take up the post of Minister of the Southern Xinjiang Garrison.

When the news reached southern Xinjiang, Huang Zhiting felt relieved.She still agrees with Gao Yushi's statement. After all, one of Nanning Hou and Nanning Hou Yingxi must be in the capital. This is the rule of Ming Dynasty, and Gao Yushi is still leading the army.

In fact, speaking of it, the imperial court has been very lenient towards Gao Yushi, because theoretically speaking, let alone Gao Yuan should stay in the capital, even Huang Zhiting, the regular wife, should stay in the capital.

Of course, the Gao family's situation is indeed somewhat special. After all, Huang Zhiting is a big chieftain, and it is also a rule for her to stay in the territory.What's more, after she was transferred to Annan, she also had the important responsibility of monitoring the Annan Metropolitan Commander on behalf of the court-her position as the deputy capital commander of the Annan Metropolitan Commander Division has always been her official position in the court.

All in all, Gao Yuan's position as the eldest son is very stable, and it is impossible for the emperor who owns Dongchang and Jinyiwei to be ignorant of this.

Now that he knew about it, the emperor's words just now were obviously trying to make amends, which shows that he had indeed suspected that Gao Luo's name was Gao Yushi's "ulterior motives".

This made Gao Wushi a little puzzled.Isn't it just a name? As for such a big reaction?

No, no, the name should be at most just a trigger, and the root of the problem is definitely not the mere word "Luo".

So, what exactly is the "dynamite pack" connected by the fuse?Gao Wushi couldn't help but wanted to analyze it carefully, but it was a pity that he obviously didn't have time to analyze it for him, he had to deal with Zhu Yijun's current words first.

"Your Majesty is overthinking, and my ministers have always adhered to the etiquette." Too many words will lead to mistakes, Gao Pragmatic's answer is very simple.

Zhu Yijun didn't want to talk too much, so he immediately said: "That's good, then I can rest assured." He helped Gao Wushi up, and the two sat down again, exactly the same as before.

However, Gao Wushi knew that from this moment on, the relationship between them was different from the past no matter what, even if it was only a very slight difference, it would be different after all.

But at this moment, Zhu Yijun felt that he was wronged, and still wanted to make up for it as much as possible, so he changed the subject and said, "By the way, you just met people from the outer court. What is their attitude towards the birth of the emperor's son?"

"Naturally they are all happy and excited." Gao Yushi said, then smiled again, and added: "At least it seems that way."

"It looks...yes, it looks." Zhu Yijun narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Hmph, some people have placed too high expectations on Chang Luo and invested too much, I think their mood must be very complicated now , it’s not even a taste.”

Gao Wushi didn't say anything, it was not convenient for him to answer.

However, Zhu Yijun didn't expect him to answer, but gradually showed a cautious look on his face, and pondered: "Rixin, do you think they will obediently accept their fate?"
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