Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 338 The Trip to Anyang ([-])
After arriving in Anyang, Gao Yushi and Shuai Jiamo parted ways. When the Huizhou native Ding Sijuan case should be concluded, it would be beneficial for Gao Yushi to let Shuai Jiamo go back quickly.

Of course, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, the safety of Shuai Jiamo is now guaranteed. After the assassination, Gao Wushi led the case to Shuai Jiamo's assassination, and finally Baoding Prefecture sent two officials to escort Shuai Jiamo.

Of course, two officials were not enough, so Zheng Dezong, the guerrilla general of Baoding Cheying, took the lead and lent a general banner to Baoding Prefecture to escort Shuai Jiamo to the south.

According to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, there are 50 people in a general banner, but in fact, due to the lack of quota, there are only 34 people in this general banner.Although the number of people is not enough, it must be enough to escort Shuai Jiamo to the south. After all, they are not ordinary guards, but a field army.

Gao Yu told Gao Wushi that with the fighting power of this group of people, it might not be reliable to use it to guard the border, but nothing will happen if they follow the official path in the interior.

Gao Yu has been very busy in the past few days, and he regrets that he only brought a cavalry with him this time. The cavalry was originally to prevent Gao Yu from encountering thieves and bandits on the road, but he is not very good at defending against assassins when he is resting in the city .

Of course, this is not his fault. After all, no one expected that Gao Yushi would be assassinated, so he sent someone back to Beijing temporarily, and asked Gao Mo to send [-] more infantry to rush there——riding infantry, mainly responsible for the defense of the station.

Gao Yushi has no objection to this, he has spent so much money, it is a matter of course that he enjoys protection.But he didn't just hide and defend. Although he downplayed the assassination case and transferred it to Shuai Jiamo, it didn't mean he forgot about it.

On the one hand, Gao Wushi handed over all the evidence to Liang Wu and asked Liang Wu to continue to investigate; on the other hand, Gao Wushi wrote several letters and sent them to the capital together with Gao Yu's letter asking Gao Mo for help.

He felt that only Feng Bao had the motive to assassinate him, but he also doubted whether Feng Bao would really use such a method. After all, such a thing as assassination was really not in line with the tradition of Ming Dynasty's political struggle.

This is breaking the rules.

There is another question: Even if he dies, will Feng Bao's situation be much better?
As long as Gao Gong is still there and does not change his attitude towards Feng Bao, even if he really dies, Feng Bao's situation will not improve much—after all, the reason why Gao Wu is around Zhu Yijun can make Feng Bao feel better. It's not because of how great he really is, but because Gao Gong stands behind Gao Yushi, and Gao Yushi is nothing more than a fake tiger.

The greatness of Xiao Gelao lies not in "smallness", but in "Gelao".

Gao Wushi felt that Feng Baoneng should not be able to see through this point of reason when he was in the current situation, so he always maintained a certain skeptical attitude towards this matter.

But doubts are doubts, and the arrangements that should be made still need to be done, and those few letters are his response.

It wasn't until the Anyang county magistrate sent someone to invite him to the banquet that Gao Wushi woke up from his thoughts.

The magistrate of Anyang County, surnamed Zhong Minggu, was neither from Gaodang, nor from Li Chunfang and Zhao Zhenji's faction. He was a protégé of Yuan Wei, an important cabinet minister in the last years of Jiajing, and he had neither closeness nor feud with Gao Yushi. [By the way, Yuan Wei was also known as a child prodigy when he was young. ]
The county magistrate was not lucky, and only a hundred of the top three in the exam, and the concubine did not pass the exam. At first, he was sent to the county, but Ding's mother was worried about resigning before his term was completed.After three years of filial piety, the reinstatement was still in the county, and after serving one term, he was transferred to Anyang County.

Anyhow, Anyang County is governed by Zhangde Prefecture, but it is Shangxian County, so it is a bit like being an official.

At this time, Gao Wushi came.

Gao Wushi is Gao Gong's nephew, of course the county magistrate is clear about this, and his benefactor Yuan Wei has already died of illness in Jiajing 44, so now he can't count on anyone in the officialdom to support him. Well, at most it's helping each other with the same year of the year.

Out of such a reality, he also wanted to make a familiar face in front of Gao Yushi. Although it may not necessarily be useful, it is not surprising that many people are polite. Who knows what this Xiaoge always does?
But since the prefect of Zhangde is Li Chunfang's student, it's not easy for him to greet him in person, lest Gao Gong not flatter him and offend his immediate superior first.Speaking of it, it is also pitiful.

Fortunately, since Gao Wushi was going to stay in Anyang for a few days, as the county magistrate, it was only natural for him to have a banquet, and even the magistrate couldn't blame him.

In fact, there is not much to say about going to the banquet, but County Magistrate Zhong is very good at building relationships, so he used Shen Shihang in the same year as an example.In fact, the 41-year Jiajing Gold List where Zhong Gu is located is also quite interesting: the top three are Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, and Yu Youding, and these three have all entered the cabinet in history.

As for now, County Magistrate Zhong is talking about Shen Shixing - he is the same as the crown prince who had a banquet.

Of course, if it's just the same year, there's nothing to say, but they both came from the same school, and they were all written by Yuan Wei.As for why Shen Shixing was the number one scholar and Zhong Gu was among the top three, Gao Yushi was not sure.Anyway, County Magistrate Zhong is very modest, saying that he is not very talented, and he is far behind Shen Shilang - it is hard to say whether the talent is far behind or not, at least his official career has not been smooth, and his current status is indeed far behind.

In the officialdom, you have to talk about any connections. Zhong Gu said that he and Shen Shixing are not only of the same age, but also from the township party—both are from Nanzhili Suzhou Prefecture.

Gao Wushi didn't react when he heard this, he just smiled and answered casually.In fact, what he was thinking in his heart was: Fortunately, you are not from Songjiang Mansion next to Suzhou, otherwise I would have to worry about whether you are Xu Jie's township party.

During the meeting, Gao Wushi asked County Magistrate Zhong, whether Mr. Guo Ge lived in the county town or in the countryside after returning to his hometown, and he was mainly here to visit him.

Only then did County Magistrate Zhong know the purpose of Gao Yushi's visit to Anyang, and quickly said that although Guo Ge's hometown had a house in the city, the old man himself never came here, and has been living in the countryside since he returned to his hometown.

Gao Wushi then asked: "Honorable County, does anyone in your yamen know the way to Guo Ge's hometown?"

County Magistrate Zhong hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Guo Ge is known as a virtuous person in the country, and I often visit to ask for benefits. Since Gao Shidu is going to visit, it is better for me to lead the way in person to show respect."

Gao Yushi had nothing to do, so he declined, but seeing that he couldn't refuse, he let him go.

Originally, County Magistrate Zhong meant to rest in the county seat for the night today, and then go to Guo Ge’s old country home early in the morning, but Gao Wushi was worried that it would leave a bad impression on people, and insisted on going as soon as the banquet was withdrawn.County magistrate Zhong couldn't hold him back, so he had to make arrangements hastily, and took Gao Yushi and his party there after the banquet was withdrawn.

After leaving Anyang County, it is only more than ten miles to the east, and the surrounding scenery has completely returned to the countryside.It was the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month at this time, and there was quite a lot of snow in the mountains. Magistrate Zhong did not take the sedan chair, but went with Gao Yushi in the same car.

Arriving at a village, County Magistrate Zhong opened the curtains with one hand, pointed to the distance with his index finger with the other, and smiled at Gao Wushi: "Please look at it, Mr. Dongye's old house over there."

Gao Wushi looked in the direction of his finger, and was startled at the moment.

He is a dignified old man, and his family is really poor.

　It was supposed to be the second watch today, but there was a sudden heavy rain just now, and a lot of bugs flew in when I was rushing to collect the clothes... Bugs in the south, you know, I spent an hour catching bugs and killing them, and when I closed my eyes, there were all stumps Broken wings, I am too lazy to write...

　　
　
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