Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2172 Little Marquis ([-])
Gao Jue, deputy director of the Southern Xinjiang Military Command Department, has been very busy recently. He seems to have lost weight, and he often has a straight face, as if he should not approach strangers.

As Gao Pragmatic's oldest confidant in southern Xinjiang, he has served as commander of the three major garrison armies, and finally became deputy minister of the Military Command Department. Since the minister of the Military Command Department has always been vacant, he is obviously the de facto top military leader in southern Xinjiang.Apart from Nanning Hou, the only person who could make him in such a state was the eldest young master who was "as if I were here in person" this time.

Yes, everyone has seen the order issued by Gao Jingshi. The eldest young master went south this time to represent his father, and Southern Xinjiang has never been restricted by the imperial court. Gao Jingshi’s order is equivalent to an imperial edict, so the eldest young master is not "such as What is "I am here in person"?
Or it can also be seen as a "prince supervising the country" - the same "emperor" is outside and the "prince" is inside.However, this "emperor" did not lead the troops to go on an expedition, but all the troops and horses were actually in the hands of the "prince".

Fortunately, the "Emperor" did not hand over all military power to the "Prince", but had relatively clear instructions.Which troops should be mobilized and how many armies should be formed are all arranged in a pragmatic manner. In fact, the only ones Gao Yuan can make the decision are his own troops.Although Gao Pragmatic did not clarify the upper limit of the strength of Gao Yuan's pro-army, Gao Yuan would never be stupid enough to gather [-] pro-troops for himself, would he?
However, although Gao Jue no longer has to worry about this aspect, he now has two other things to worry about: the first thing is that Gao Yuan is too close to him; the second thing is that the master secretly ordered him to prepare the Tiger Army. .

Let’s put the first thing aside for a moment and talk about the second thing first.

Before Gao Pingshi ordered Gao Yuan to go south, he had already discussed and decided with Huang Zhiting, Liu Xin and others to require the Dingnan Garrison Army to prepare to be upgraded to the Huben Army. At that time, it would be expanded from five towns to six towns, with each town having jurisdiction over three associations of infantry, artillery, and The cavalry each has an association, and the engineers and baggage troops each have an independent standard.

The Huben Army will have a commander, a deputy commander, a chief of propaganda and a chief of staff.The first commander was Gao Yuan, and the deputy commander was Gao Jue.In addition, the chief of Xuanzheng was served by Cao Ke, and the chief of staff was served by Gao Lian.

However, this Tiger and Ben army was not formed immediately as soon as Gao Yuan went south, but was planned after the victory of the Western Expedition.

Although Gao Pangshi did not explain too much, Gao Jue immediately understood two points after learning the secret order: First, although the first commander was appointed by the eldest young master Gao Yuan, the actual formation work, including various preparations before the formation, Gao Jue must be responsible for the work; secondly, the five towns in Dingnan were expanded into six towns in Huben, the backbone of which must still be the original five towns in Dingnan, and the additional town may be filled with meritorious personnel from the Western Expedition. .Of course, the original five towns may also be broken up and reorganized.

In short, this matter is very important. It is the most important and arduous task that the master has given me in recent years. I must do my best and strive to complete it perfectly.

Gao Jue had a vague hunch that as long as this was accomplished, his position as Beijing's number one general would be truly secure, and he would most likely be entrusted with an important task by his master - one worthy of his name.

From Gao Jue's point of view, since he left the post of Inspector of Guangxi and returned to Beijing, he has had fewer opportunities to meet him. He only has the opportunity to meet him once every three years when he returns to Beijing to report on his duties.Although the master has never shown his trust in me and has never treated him badly,... it took three years for a confidant to see his master. It is impossible not to worry about his status.

Therefore, this matter is extremely important to Gao Jue, and he hopes to do it perfectly.However, that's where the trouble lies.

The master asked the eldest young master to go south for training, and he obviously had the intention of cultivating his prestige. This meant that he had to assist seriously and fight the Western Expedition well so that the eldest young master could gain enough prestige.But at the same time, the biggest difficulty for me now is what kind of distance should be maintained between myself and the eldest young master.

Although Southern Xinjiang is nominally composed of various vassal kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty, and does not have a higher organizational form worthy of the name, in fact it can be clearly stated: the current Southern Xinjiang is actually my own country, and keeping those vassal kingdoms is just to avoid Just some trouble.

If the master is willing, those kings would be very happy to abdicate and take over a certain title from the master, whether it is a prince, a duke, or even a marquis - after all, not only are their status embarrassing now, but their personalities are also Everyone feels in danger and has no idea how the master will deal with them in the future.

But it seems that the master does not want to go south so early. He seems to be more willing to assist the emperor in the Ming Dynasty, create a prosperous era, and gain a reputation as a famous minister of the ZTE.

According to Gao Jue's thoughts, even if this is the master's ideal, now this ideal has been realized!I heard that Shen Yiguan has already gone south to prepare for the enshrinement of Zen. What are you waiting for?Perhaps, wait until Feng Chan is completed?Gao Jue couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

He turned his thoughts back and thought about his relationship with the eldest young master again.Although there is no name for the time being, in Gao Jue's view, this is actually the relationship between the ministers of the DPRK and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and his minister is also the leading military general.

This is very troublesome.

On the one hand, the master asked him to assist the eldest young master and enrich the eldest young master's prestige with his military achievements; on the other hand, the head of the military ministers did not dare to get too close to the prince, lest he become one of the "Minister of Communications in the East Palace", who inexplicably became A rebellious minister who supported the usurpation of the East Palace.

The center of power is like the eye of a hurricane. The closer it is, the stronger the wind.Being in his own position, he also got the "good job" of assisting the eldest young master. If he succeeds, everyone will admire him and make him crawl on his knees. If he fails, he will be shattered to pieces and no bones will be left.

If the master is already old and frail, it would be easier to handle, because at this time, the master asked me to assist the eldest young master, which is close to a life-threatening errand. I only need to do the job seriously and regard the eldest young master as the master. That’s it, basically don’t worry about anything else.

But the master is obviously not yet forty, and is even about the same age as many new scholars. He is usually in good health. He only returned from an expedition to Korea last year. How can there be any need to hand over power to the eldest master?There is no need at all!

Therefore, whether it is Gao Jue or people from all walks of life in southern Xinjiang, almost everyone agrees that the master asked the eldest young master to go south to preside over the Western Expedition this time, simply to train the eldest young master, and by the way, let the eldest young master establish some prestige and let others recognize the reality. : This is the future head of the Gao family. Don't think too much about this matter, and don't think about why you should worship the dock in another place.

In essence, this matter is the same as the emperor establishing a prince. It is just the rule of the country, not an abdication.

As a result, Gao Jue's current job is a bit challenging: he must not only work hard and do a good job in assisting the Western Expedition, but also avoid getting too close to the eldest master and causing others to misunderstand him - especially the master.But the problem lies here: the eldest young master is too close to him.Gao Jue himself didn't quite understand some of the eldest young master's actions after he went south.On the one hand, he alienated his relatives from the Gao family - Gao Jue could understand this; on the other hand, he did not really interfere in too many military affairs. His main focus was only on organizing his own troops, but he organized and organized the entire Western Expeditionary Army. All matters such as mobilization and logistics were left to him, and he just watched from the sidelines, asking for advice and inquiries from time to time.

If the eldest young master really just wants to learn how to use soldiers, then that's fine. He naturally knows everything and talks about it.But the eldest young master would always say something like "What Master Pu Shi orders is my order" or even "Mr. Pu Shi and I have no distinction between each other". This is too terrible!

Especially the first time he heard "Pushi Gong and I are indistinguishable from each other", Gao Jue was so frightened that he almost suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest.

My eldest young master, I’m afraid you don’t know how powerful the Ministry of Internal Affairs is!

I, Gao Jue, dare to pat my chest and certify that every word you said in southern Xinjiang - even if it was your soliloquy in the bath, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will record it word for word, and then report it to the capital and send it to On to the master’s case!
When you say such things, I, Gao Jue, really don’t dare to take the blame!What would the master think if I were indistinguishable from you?Am I the master’s confidant or your eldest young master’s confidant?
There is no problem for you to alienate your relatives from the Gao family and favor people from your uncle's family or even your aunt's confidants.If I, Gao Jue, can understand things, I can definitely understand them.But you are so close to me, are you really close or are you sending me on my way?
Also, while you are alienating your relatives from the Gao family, you are also transferring people from the right courtyard (the right courtyard of Xigutang) to your own army. Does the master know about this?Although the right courtyard was established under the orders of the master, the person in charge was Gao Mengnan. He taught all the children in the right courtyard!

Just when Gao Jue was having a headache, news came again that day, saying that according to the military order of the eldest young master, the deputy envoy Xuanwei of the Xuanwei Department in Jiugang and the garrison envoy of Aceh, Cen Ling, had transferred a group of wolf soldiers to serve as the eldest young master's personal support. Under the army, the person leading the troops is Cen Ling's nephew Cen Yunhan.At this time, Cen Yunhan happened to come to the Military Command Department to report and asked to see Gao Jue, the Deputy Minister of the Military Command Department.

Well, now that Mr. Cen is involved, things get even more troublesome.Gao Jue only felt a headache for a moment.

Speaking of which, Gao Jue and Cen Yunhan knew this young man, and they were old acquaintances.Back then, I was in Guangxi to resolve the civil strife of the Cen family in Sicheng, and rescued Cen Shaoxun, the head of the Cen family, from Huang Ma after the Battle of Lingyun City. He was originally going to help him regain his position, but he felt that he had failed the Cen family and exiled himself.

So as a last resort, the master ordered Cen Ling to continue to hold the real power of the Cen family, and listed his son Cen Yunhan as a follow-up, waiting until he came of age.

Cen Yunhan was born in the fourth year of Wanli. By the time he came of age, the Cen family had moved to Annan, and the court no longer cared about their family's affairs.Therefore, the master made Xinghua Mansion in Annan his direct leader, while Cen Ling took charge of the nearby Xuanguang Mansion.

However, Cen Yunhan was well aware of Cen Ling's status in the eyes of his master, and he also knew that his abilities were far inferior to his uncle's. Therefore, he chose to go north to study and studied in the Shipbuilding Department of Jinghua Craftsman School. I heard that his master had personally visited him many times and was very interested in him. Quite high hopes.

After graduating from the Department of Shipping, Cen Yunhan still refused to go south. He continued studying in the Department of Finance and Economics, and then moved south after graduation.At that time, Jinghua was conquering Nanyang, and Cen Yunhan took the initiative to participate in the war.

However, that battle was too easy, and Cen Yunhan did not win any big battles. Instead, after the overall situation was decided, he was able to use the strength of Cen's wolf soldiers and personally lead three thousand wolf soldiers to eliminate and conquer some tribes hiding in the mountains.

After the incident was completed, Cen Ling was awarded the title of deputy envoy of Xuanwei and garrison of Aceh in the Xuanwei Department of Old Port by his master, while Cen Yunhan was granted the title of garrison of Beisu (Note: "Beisu" is actually a pragmatic and lazy name, and "Beijing" was changed to "Beisu"). "Sumatra" was renamed in Chinese).Since Cen Ling was the deputy envoy of Xuanwei of the Xuanwei Department of Old Port (the chief envoy was in name only, the deputy envoy was in actual duty), Cen Yunhan accepted the jurisdiction of his uncle Cen Ling, which is why what happened today happened.

Although Gao Jue was troubled by Gao Yuan's approach of drawing many of his mother's "old troops from Guangxi" and "old friends from Guangxi" into the pro-military army, Cen Yunhan was considered an old friend after all. Now that he is here, it would be nice to see him again. What's more, it's still the normal work of the Military Command Department.

"Let him in." Gao Jue stopped pacing, returned to his desk, sat down and ordered.

Not long after, a well-mannered young man in his 20s came in wearing a military uniform. He stood up at attention, raised his hands in a southern Xinjiang-style military salute, which was the standard for later generations, and said loudly: "Northern Xinjiang." Cen Yunhan, the envoy of Su Town and the temporary commander of the third town of the old port garrison, was ordered to report for duty and has met the governor!"

Cen Yunhan called Gao Jue "Captain". This was obviously not the name of a formal position, but an honorific title based on the practice of the Ming Dynasty in southern Xinjiang. It was formed by analogizing the Military Command Department to the Governor's Palace of the Five Armies.

"Tianzhang is here, sit down." Gao Jue smiled and waved.Tianzhang is Cen Yunhan's cousin. He also has a nickname, Zhonghuang, but Gao Jue is both his boss and elder, so he doesn't call him by his nickname.

"There is no room for a boy in front of Master Pu Shi. You just need to stand up and listen to the instructions." Cen Yunhan did not sit down, but still stood upright, looking humble and obedient.

Gao Jue was slightly surprised.For Cen Yunhan, he is indeed both a boss and an elder. However, the boss here refers to a military position, but the problem is that "guardian envoy" is not actually a military position. In fact, it is a civilian position, but generally has some military functions.If the "inspector envoy" can be compared to a governor, then the garrison envoy is actually a bit like the Military Guard - it manages the military, but it is indeed a civilian function.

Generally speaking, if the garrison envoy in southern Xinjiang is a chieftain who moved from Guangxi in the early years, he will usually be appointed as the garrison envoy of a certain place.However, after the conquest of Nanyang was completed, some of the garrison envoys who were moved to Nanyang Islands would concurrently hold military positions, such as the "temporary establishment of the third town control system of the old port garrison" just reported by Cen Yunhan.

Of course, there are not many people like Cen Yunhan who can serve as temporary governor of a certain town. They can be counted on one hand.This is due to the fact that his territory is relatively large, the Cen family has a strong position among the Guangxi chieftains, and the Cen family has an old relationship with Gao Pragmatic.

It can also be seen from the order of the official names he reported just now that Southern Xinjiang was also greatly influenced by the Ming Dynasty. In fact, civilian positions were generally placed first.Although the garrison envoy can only be compared to the Military Preparation Road, and the Military Command Department is compared to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, it stands to reason that if they have "ranks", Gao Jue must be much higher than Cen Yunhan.However, literature is literature and martial arts is martial arts. There is no need for Cen Yunhan to be so humble. At least there is nothing wrong with sitting down and talking.

Gao Jue's thoughts changed, and regardless of the reason for Cen Yunhan's humility, he asked: "How is the current training in Jiugang No. [-] Town? I heard that you came here with an assistant?"
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