Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 241
After Gao Huan fell ill, he consciously began to hand over power to Gao Cheng. Gao Cheng's going to Jinyang to make friends with Wenwu was a concrete manifestation of this behavior.

After Duan Rong's death, Gao Huan returned to Jinyang, and immediately began to send his noble sons to Luoyang, nominally to assist Gao Cheng, but his actual intention was to appease his cronies:

'You don't need to worry that after my death, the relationship between the two families will also fade away. The friendship of our previous generation will be maintained by our children and grandchildren. '

Gao Cheng personally greeted Jinyang Xungui's children outside Jianchun Gate, and the leader among them was his sister-in-law Liu Honghui.

There are four married younger sisters of King Gao Gao, two concubines and two concubines. The 14-year-old third sister, Gao Zheng, was married to Liu Honghui, the son of Liu Gui, a Hun. Shoot Gao Deshu, the son of Gaolong.

Liu Gui can be regarded as the chief contributor to the rise of the Gao Clan. It was he who recommended to Er Zhurong twice in a row that Gao Huan made his fortune.

When Gao Huan was under suspicion, it was Liu Gui who used his status as a handsome man to speak well for him in front of Er Zhurong and Er Zhuzhao, so that he did not end up idle in Luoyang like He Basheng.

Generals of the Gao family, such as Peng Le, Pan Le, Xue Guyan, and others, Liu Gui was entrusted by Gao Huan, who was the governor of Jinzhou at the time, to operate on his behalf and transferred to Jinzhou.

After Er Zhurong's death, Liu Gui, who was Er Zhu's confidant, played a role in Gao Huandong's establishment of righteousness without repeating.

Gao Cheng was very kind to Liu Honghui and his concubine sister Gao Zheng who went south with him, but in fact he didn't have much contact with this concubine sister, let alone how much affection he had.

Introduced by Liu Honghui, the disciples of the honored nobles greeted Gao Cheng one by one. When Gao Cheng heard the name Wei Xingqing, his expression was normal and did not change.

Wei Xingqing is from Tai'an Dina, he is from the same town as Dou Tai and others, he is only in his twenties, with a dark complexion, bowed legs, and calluses on his palms.

He was born in Jiangmen, his grandfather Weixian, who served as the general of Zhenyuan in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the prefect of Daijun. His father, Wei Changming, followed Gao Huan in Xindu Jianyi.

Gao Cheng's interest in Wei Xingqing is not just for the power of his father, Wei Changming.

As a general in the army, Gao Jishi has his own troops to command in the Gyeonggi Army, but he also serves as the governor of Gao Cheng's confidant, and he often needs to accompany him. Over time, he will always be negligent.

Gao Cheng has nothing to do about this, his confidant governor is related to his own life and safety, so he must be cautious in choosing a candidate.

Now that Wei Xingqing's arrival finally solved this problem for Gao Cheng.

When Wang Sizheng resigned from the position of the trusted governor, Gao Cheng went to Jinyang to seek talents. The first goal was to appoint Wei Xingqing, the second son of the captain. He only asked for Wang Shiliang and Lonely Yongye.

The reason why Wei Xingqing was able to win Gao Cheng's favor was also his performance in the Battle of Mangshan in history.

During the Battle of Mangshan, He Basheng led the army straight to Gao Huan's army. Gao Huan was defeated and abandoned the army and fled.

When life and death were at stake, his confidant Captain Wei Xingqing asked himself to die.

Gao Huan promised to give his son the governor of Huaizhou, but Wei Xingqing asked Gao Huan to give it to his brother Wei Xingjing on the grounds that his son was young.

After Gao Huan escaped, Wei Xingqing dealt with the pursuers alone, shot a hundred arrows from his waist, and died in a fierce battle. However, it was his delay that made Gao Huan finally rescued by his nephew Duan Shao, son-in-law Liu Honghui and others.

Gao Cheng fell in love with Wei Xingqing's loyalty and bravery when he faced the army alone. Of course, the commander abandoned the army and left. The Eastern Wei Dynasty was able to win a big victory at Mangshan Mountain. He captured 400 generals under the governor of the Western Wei Dynasty and captured more than [-] people. This is outrageous.

What's even more outrageous is that the Western Wei Dynasty had to recruit Han Chinese into the army on a large scale after suffering this great defeat. In terms of military composition, it completed the transformation from Xianbei people to Han people, thus promoting the Sinicization process of the Western Wei Dynasty.

Outside the Jianchun Gate, Gao Chengqiang suppressed his love for Wei Xingqing. He shook hands with every honored son and encouraged them with the merits of his father's generation.

Everyone was also very grateful to Gao Cheng for going out of the city to greet him personally.

The master chooses the ministers, and the ministers also choose the master. For them, the family interests are deeply tied to the Gao family, and there is no lack of loyalty to the Gao family, and Gao Cheng's attitude made them firmer in their determination to be loyal to the Gao family.

When Wei September, autumn is strong.

Under the sun, in the fields, the peasants were shirtless, with sweat running down their backs, and their faces were full of joy of harvest when they were exhausted.

Yanzhou is having another good year, but Cui Jishu, the governor, can't take it easy. Collecting taxes and organizing the Yanzhou state examination at the end of the month are top priorities.

Passing the state examination can obtain the status of Juren, join the government as an official, and eat public meals. Therefore, Gao Cheng attaches much more importance to the state examination than the county examination.

The county examination was given by the local county magistrate himself, but the state examination was uniformly prepared by the Gaocheng shogunate.

The state test questions have been sent to Dongyang City, the Qingzhou prefecture, where ten Gao Cheng's personal guards are guarding and monitoring each other.

In the eighty prefectures of Kanto, Gao Cheng sent a total of 800 personal guards to each prefecture.

However, the reading of the papers was still handed over to the governors of the states. For example, Gao Aocao and other border governors who guarded the local border with military officers were their assistants.

There are still many unsatisfactory aspects in the initial creation of the imperial examination, which needs to be gradually improved by Gao Cheng in the future.

In September of the fourth year of Taichang (535), Gao Cheng used Hou Yuan, the governor of Qingzhou at that time, to easily trap and kill Fan Zihu, the governor of Yanzhou, and Ono Ba, the governor of Nanqingzhou. Cui Jishu has been appointed governor of Yanzhou for three years.

The governor of Yizhou is not powerful, but after all, he is far away from the center of power. Seeing the newcomers appearing one after another around Gao Cheng, it is hard for Cui Jishu not to feel a sense of crisis.

The personal guards not only sent the test papers, but also brought Cui Jishu a private letter from Gao Cheng.

After three years of office and the end of the state examination, Cui Jishu will be recalled to Luoyang to serve as Minister of the Household Department, one of the six departments of Shangshu Province.

In the letter, Gao Cheng told him to stand on the last post in Yanzhou, and he must not be negligent.

One radish and one hole, and there were only three chief officials of the three provinces. How could Cui Jishu, who was targeting Zaifu, want to stay in the place for a long time.

Cui Jishu's heart was also moved by Gao Cheng's promise of Hubu Shangshu.

The six ministries of Shangshu Province are officials, households, rites, punishments, workers, and soldiers. The official department is the most prominent, but in terms of importance, the household department is the head of the six departments.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of the Kanto land, household registration, money and food administration, and the difference in tribute. Its powers are equivalent to the combination of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

In the case of Gao Cheng himself being the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the Minister of the Household Department is the most powerful court official that Cui Jishu can obtain.

This also made Cui Jishu burst out with infinite motivation when dealing with government affairs.

After Cui Jishu returned to Luo, the person Gao Cheng instructed to succeed him as the governor of Yanzhou was one of his sister-in-law, Liu Gui's son-in-law Liu Honghui.

　1万2的安排：晚上9点前3000，晚上12点前3000，凌晨2点跟4点各2000，我先吃个晚饭。

　　
　
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