Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2181 The Little Marquis ([-]) Favors
Seriously?Seriously indeed.

It was the night before Liu Xin was about to go south. After she and Gao Jingshi discussed some military and political arrangements for her brother Liu Wei in the Western Regions, she asked Gao Jingshi if he had anything to explain to Gao Yuan.

Gao pragmatic replied: "I have nothing to explain to him. You know my intention of letting him go to southern Xinjiang, so at least I will not interfere too much with his behavior. I just want to observe him." .”

Of course, after saying this, Gao Pragmatic also analyzed that some of the various factions in southern Xinjiang wanted to promote westward expansion, and also talked about issues related to the power structure of southern Xinjiang and even Beijing.It was precisely because of those words that Liu Xin later discussed with Huang Zhiting and told Gao Yuan some of Gao Pragmatic's thoughts, but most of them were not stated openly, but secretly given.

However, those who are thoughtful will find that there is a problem in this matter.Gao Yuan said at this moment that his aunt told him about this before he went south, but the fact is that Liu Xin didn't learn Gao Pongshi's thoughts from Gao Pingshi until before he went south, and Gao Yuan had already been going south for a while, so There is a big time difference here.

The thing is true, but the timing is wrong.However, Gao Mengnan and Gao Jue had no way of verifying it unless they wrote to ask Gao Pangshi or waited ten days to ask Liu Xin in person.

It's definitely not possible to ask Gao Pragmatic.The eldest young master told them such an important thing, and they turned to go directly to the Marquis for confirmation. Then the Marquis became angry about this. How could the eldest master know who leaked the secret?Wouldn't this seriously offend the young master?
The two of them really knew that they had to keep a distance from the eldest young master, but at the same time they also knew very well that the eldest young master's position as Nanning Marquis was very stable, at least they would never be given up by the Marquis at this time - this is strange. The secretary-general should be blamed, wasn't she the one who leaked the information to the eldest young master?
But if the Secretary-General is involved, the problem will be even bigger.Not to mention the secretary-general's status in front of the Marquis, the young master just said that the secretary-general and his wife informed him of the news.In other words, if the Secretary-General is guilty, the Madam must also be guilty.

Madam, secretary-general, and eldest young master, these three are the two of them that they can shake?Don't be kidding, don't kiss each other!Even if these three people really stood in the same trench, they could only pretend to be dumbfounded.Unless the wife and the secretary-general are crazy and want to push the eldest young master to rebel against the marquis, they can't say anything.

What's more, it's not like no one cares about this kind of thing. It's not their turn to jump out and tell the Marquis first - what does the Ministry of Internal Affairs do?
If the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not say anything, then either someone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was betraying the truth, or it was malfeasance. But there is a third, greater possibility, that is, the Marquis knew about it, but the Marquis did not say anything.In other words, if this news can be known to the eldest young master, it may be the intention of the marquis himself.

Now the question is, if the Marquis deliberately let the eldest young master know, then what exactly was the Marquis thinking?
Gao pragmatically said "I won't interfere with him too much" because "I just want to observe him", but Gao Mengnan and Gao Jue didn't know this at the moment. All they heard was Gao Yuan's statement just now: "Auntie said : My father will not have any interference in what I do after I go south."

These two sentences may seem similar, but they are actually quite different.Did Gao Yuan only tell half of it, or did he only know half of it?Did Liu Xin mention that Gao Pragmatic "just wanted to observe him" in the letter Liu Xin sent him before leaving?
Information asymmetry often leads to many problems.

At this moment, neither Gao Mengnan nor Gao Jue doubted the authenticity of Gao Yuan's words, because from Gao Yuan's perspective, although they could certainly guess that they did not dare to ask Gao Pragmatic for verification, they also knew that they had a great relationship You may ask Liu Xin for verification - whether it is direct inquiry or indirect innuendo.

Now that Gao Yuan has his father's words, they will definitely not be able to stop him from leading troops to the west in advance. Then by the time Liu Xin arrives in Dingnan, Gao Yuan is no longer here.At that time, Gao Yuan had no influence on how they learned the truth from Liu Xin.This also means that Gao Yuan will not lie about this matter.

Now that Gao Pragmatic's "oral instruction" was given, Gao Mengnan and Gao Jue naturally stopped insisting and quickly agreed to Gao Yuan's plan to send troops in advance, and then discussed specific measures - this is for sure, because the original plan It will not be officially launched until ten days later, so all arrangements including troop gathering, material transportation and other matters are arranged according to this time point. Now that it has to be brought forward temporarily, there must be many arrangements that need to be changed, and these must be discussed clearly.

After Gao Yuan suppressed his excitement and left the small conference room, Gao Mengnan and Gao Jue immediately stopped smiling. They looked at each other with deep frowns, as if hoping to see something in each other's eyes.This time, it was Gao Jue who spoke first: "Second Master, something...is not right about this matter."

Gao Mengnan immediately responded: "Are you saying that there is something wrong with the secretary-general conveying Rixin's intention to Yuan'er, or are you saying..."

"It's not right." Gao Jue mused: "First of all, it's not right that the Secretary-General would leak this news...Second Master, let's get this out of the way first."

"You said."

"First of all, do you think the secretary-general is more loyal to the master, or is he more partial to the eldest young master?" Gao Jue tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Although she is the eldest master's mentor, in the final analysis she is still the aunt. First, she has her own child. In this case, shouldn't the first thing she should consider is how much... care her child can get from her father?

So from this point of view, there is obviously no need for her to risk the master's suspicion by informing the eldest young master, right? "

Gao Mengnan nodded in affirmation and said, "That's right. If it weren't for today's accident, this news wouldn't be of much value to the young master."

If it weren't for today's accident, this news would indeed be of little value. After all, even if Gao Yuan knew that his father didn't plan to care about what he did, would he have done whatever he wanted?In Gao Yuan's view, his father's decision to let him preside over the Western Expedition was nothing more than to build his reputation and prestige.In this case, he naturally has to perform well, how could he act recklessly?
"However, the secretary-general still told the young master about this matter. What was the secretary-general's motive for doing this?" Gao Jue asked and answered: "In my opinion, the secretary-general either got the master's instruction or he was I think the master really doesn’t care that the eldest young master knows his feelings, so he is happy to be a favor.”

Now it was Gao Mengnan's turn to think.He twisted his beard and thought for a while, then said: "I think the second possibility is more likely."

Gao Jue stared into his eyes without saying anything, obviously waiting for his explanation.

Gao Mengnan did not play riddles and squinted his eyes and said: "Without him, Rixin's intention is very obvious. In addition to letting Yuan'er go south to build up his reputation, the only thing left is to examine him... This is actually obvious. Therefore, Rixin didn't think it was necessary to hide this purpose. It was better to tell Yuan'er directly and let Yuan'er show off his hands and feet.

Pu Shi, this Western Expedition is actually the test paper that Rixin gave Yuan'er.Others like you and me can see this clearly, but the madam and the young master may not see it so clearly, especially the madam... She may judge others by herself, thinking that Rixin is doing this just to make Yuan'er Raise hope and establish prestige.

As for the Secretary-General, I think the reason why she made her words clear is to remind Madam and her son, that is, as you said, it was a smooth favor. "
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