Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 443 Family Affairs (3000)

As the person who shared the military power of Dongliang with Liu Zhongli, Wu Mingche's secret defection undoubtedly deepened Northern Qi's control over Jiangdong.

In the original time and space, Wu Mingche was defeated and taken captive to Chang'an, where he died in shame and indignation. The reason why there is such a huge difference is that Xiao Liang is torn apart, making it difficult for him to see hope.

Secondly, although the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty actually carried out Sinicization reforms, in order to ease internal conflicts, they adopted obvious methods of Xianbeiization, such as restoring the Xianbei surname to Sinicized Xianbei, and giving Xianbei surnames to Han ministers, such as Yang Zhong is Pu Liuru Loyalty, Li Hu is Da Yehu.

Being in such an atmosphere, Wu Mingche naturally returned to the south wholeheartedly. Even though he was named the Duke of Huaide County by the Northern Zhou Dynasty and worshiped as a general, he still died in a foreign land because of his anxiety and anger.

Regardless of how close Gao Cheng was to the Xianbei generals, he always insisted on his identity as a Han in front of Wu Mingche, which was enough for Wu Mingche to let go of his grudges.

The reason why King Gao is so interested in Wu Mingche is that although the proportion of the Han army is gradually increasing, there are few generals of the Han army that he can rest assured to rely on outside of the Gao Ji style. handsome.

And Wu Mingche, as one of the 64 famous generals who were awarded the title of temple in Tang Dynasty and one of the 72 famous generals who were awarded the title of temple in Song Dynasty, is worthy of Gao Chengyu's respect and friendship with him.

When the news of Wu Mingche's appointment was secretly sent to Luoyang, Gao Cheng was not too surprised. After all, the general situation of the world is now clear. As long as he does not die suddenly, the unification of the Northern Qi Dynasty will only happen sooner or later.

As the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he should be moved by showing so much care for Wu Mingche.

As for Xiao Yuanming, life was very difficult.

But in the end he was still injured, Gao Cheng ordered Quan Yuanqi to heal him, and then sent Yuan Huairen to the residence of Yuan Zhonghua's son, Zhao Wang Gao Xiaowan, to recuperate. Because of the special relationship between their parents, they had been close since childhood .

In the past few years, they have followed Xiao Yuanming to make a lot of money, all of them are well-off, but now they follow him to abandon the Jiankang court and switch to Xiao Yi, and when they cross the Northern Qi Dynasty to the south, they obstruct them from building a pontoon bridge, which is different from the previous army. Acting, it really fought several battles with the Northern Qi Navy.

So Cui Jishu laughed it off and didn't even mention it.

Seeing Gao Xiaowan stunned, Yuan Huairen continued:
"Actually, that seat is not easy to sit in. With my uncle's temperament, I'm afraid it's not walking on thin ice, but sitting on pins and needles. It's better to be a rich and idle king."

At the beginning, Yuan Shanjian couldn't turn the tide, so how could Gao Cheng be afraid of his nephew subverting the society.

Such as Wu Mingche and other famous generals in history, naturally Gao Cheng personally stepped in, but there were also some other figures who relied on spy Si to come forward.

Dissatisfied, King Gao went to find trouble with Aunt Yuwen, so after the birth of the sixth son Gao Xiaogui, Aunt Yuwen, an older woman, spread good news that she was pregnant.

Not long after the beginning of the new year, the navy under Xiao Yuanming's command mutinied, and one after another snatched ships and went down the river. At first, it caused panic in Jiankang, thinking that the war was about to start again. It was not until the people blocking the river communicated with the mutinous navy that they knew about it. I want to go back to Jingkou.

"I never thought that you, a former prince, can do whatever you want, but I, as the Prince of Daqi, walk on eggshells everywhere."

This is the difference between a confidant and an ordinary courtier. Cui Jishu knows that Gao Cheng is a man of affection, and it is impossible for him to really kill his 12-year-old nephew. Besides, the current situation has long since stabilized, and Yuan Huairen really has the heart of revenge. It's a big deal Quiet life.

Gao Xiaowan sat in front of the couch, looked at the injury on Yuan Huairen's buttocks, and scolded.

Gao Xiaowan also knew that Yuan Huairen's words were reasonable, but at this point, he was out of his control, not only his own mother clan and supporters, but also his father and emperor who chased their brothers into the rack.

No matter what, Xiao Gang never imagined that his confidant in the hidden mansion, who used to check and balance Liu Zhongli, finally put down the estrangement between the north and the south because he could not see hope, and secretly took the surname Gao.

The nephew was only 12 years old, but Gao Cheng still arranged for him to marry. He married the daughter of the clan, and her father, Gao Yongle, was the Gao Yongle who refused to open the door to Gao Aocao in the Battle of Heqiao.

Of course he knew that Wang Sengbian was wounded and sent to prison, but Gao Cheng was not a roundworm in the other party's stomach, so he couldn't understand Wang Sengbian's intentions.

The main reason was that he was also worried that if he manipulated Xiao Gang as a puppet, Xiao Miaozhen would treat him like the Queen of Western Xia who bit off Genghis Khan's lifeblood.

Now that Jingkou is occupied by the Northern Qi, all the wealth accumulated over the years was confiscated by Gao Cheng and transported to Luoyang to be filled into the national treasury.

"You! I don't know how courageous you are, dare to beat Cui Pushe, not to mention that Cui Pushe is a minister of the emperor's hidden residence, and you avenge your uncle, wouldn't you arouse the emperor's suspicion."

At the same time, Xiao Gang's daughter, Liyang Princess Xiao Miaoyu, who had been raised in the Luoyang Jinling Pavilion for several years, finally turned 16 this year. Wait for two years until it is full.

Xiao Gang didn't dare to specialize in this matter, so he quickly asked Duan Shao, the commander-in-chief of the Qi army stationed in Liang, and Duan Shao instructed to rest assured and let them return to Jingkou.

Now that there is no home to return to, all the family members have been relocated to Jiangbei, and their wealth can't be returned. They couldn't vent their anger to the people of Qi, so they blamed Xiao Yuanming one after another.

"I hit Cui Jishu, but my uncle thinks that I can't hide anything from the bottom of my heart. Besides, I have no official position, so my uncle won't turn to me if he is suspicious. But Xiaowan, you should always be careful, don't offend uncle. "

Although it is true that he cannot quit sex, he can be said to be abstaining from alcohol, even if he goes to the camp to condolences to soldiers, he still drinks the boiled water prepared in advance, just like when he was a minor.

Just as he expected, Gao Cheng only glanced at Mi Zhe before throwing it into the wastebasket.

Gao Cheng's nephew Yuan Huairen, the son of Gong Shanjian in Pingyang, was also called to Luoyang to study. After meeting Cui Jishu once, the little guy went on a sneak attack and punched Cui Jishu three times to avenge his father Yuan Shanjian.

After all, the north is in chaos, so the country and society of the Xiao family can be preserved. I am afraid that only when Xiao Liang is destroyed, the other party's thoughts are eliminated, and all the clan is moved to Luoyang, can this woman be assured to serve in the palace.

Since he left Zhenjingkou before, he put all the profits he got from smuggling and trading with Northern Qi there. He also thought that once the incident happened, Jiangnan couldn't stay longer, so he would take his wealth across the river and become a rich man.

Gao Cheng was also well aware of his licentious life, no, he was only 31 years old, and he began to let Quan Yuanqi and Sun Simiao, a pair of master and apprentice, prepare meals for him.

Gao Xiaowan sighed when he heard the words, Yuan Huairen's words were indeed reasonable, if he met Cui Jishu, he could still pretend nothing had happened, only his father would worry about his nephew's gloomy and unpredictable thoughts.

Yuan Huairen didn't take it seriously, he said with a smile:

The Northern Qi established a stronghold in Jingkou in the south of the Yangtze River, not just for garrisoning troops. Wei Xiaokuan, who presides over the Sinan Yamen, specially set up an organization in Jingkou, which is more convenient for Jiangnan intelligence collection and bribery of officials and generals.

For this reason, Gao Cheng also ordered Hu Luguang to send someone south to send a letter to the pass of the Western Wei Dynasty to inform Yu Wentai of the good news.

As for Chen Baxian, everyone has already worshiped the prime minister. He is very familiar with this official position. Father and son of the Gao family have held this position, and no one will go to Guangzhou to contact him.

If my wealth is gone, it will be gone, but the sailors under my command disagree.

With regard to the bribery work of the Auditing Department, Gao Cheng just asked them not to contact Wang Sengbian for the time being, so as not to lose their manpower in vain.

"If you don't compete with them for the reserve position, you can play around like Gao Xiaocong."

However, it is really difficult for Gao Cheng to open the door to the Yuwentai forces that Gao Cheng is thinking about, which makes Gao Cheng regret that he should not have allowed Aunt Yuwen to stay in the north.

The nine-year-old adoptive son Xiao Fangzhi has also moved out of the Jinling Hall, and under Gao Cheng's arrangement, he has also started to study.

Fortunately, Cui Changjun got Cui Jishu's confession before entering the palace, so he couldn't beat him hard, otherwise the former prince might not be able to get out of the Mingguang Palace.

In fact, the mutiny of the sailors under Xiao Yuanming's command was the result of Northern Qi's seduction with their family members and property.

But Cui Jishu was beaten, so he couldn't say nothing, so Yuan Huairen was called to the palace, and Cui Changjun, Cui Jishu's son, was ordered to hold the stick. Because Yuan Huairen punched Cui Jishu three times, he was fined thirty sticks.

Yu Wentai has seen too many storms, and he will not be disturbed by such things. Now the Western Wei Dynasty strictly guards the pass and is committed to expanding south again, but he still pays attention to news from the north from time to time.

Cui Jishu didn't care, but in order to please him, someone played Gao Cheng secretly, claiming that Yuan Huairen always remembered the hatred of his father's beating, how could he forget the hatred of subjugation of the country, Jianyi Gao Cheng killed the grass as soon as possible.

Today, the focus of the infiltration of Si Nanya spies is Xiao Gang and Xiao Lun. As for Xiao Yi, it is the brothers of the Du family whom he relies on that have a deep hatred with the Northern Qi.

Gao Cheng is not the only one spreading spies everywhere, Yu Wentai also has secret operations in the north, although Gao Cheng is well protected when he travels, but he has also heard a lot of his absurd behavior in Yaoguang Temple, just waiting for the little Gao Wang to be hollowed out by wine The body died suddenly. After all, people always have dreams.

Yuan Huairen knew his difficulty, so he just mentioned it casually, instead of persuading him, he showed off his marriage to Gao Xiaowan.

Gao Cheng originally wanted to marry his concubine daughter. After all, there were no restrictions on marriage with cousins ​​in ancient times, but after thinking about it carefully, the blood relationship was still too close. Worried about accidents, he chose a woman from the clan.

Eleven years ago, when Gao Yongle died of illness in Luoyang, he did not leave any heirs. He could only adopt his brother Gao Sizong's second son as his heir, but he also had a daughter who was about the same age as Yuan Huairen.

Since he had chosen a fiancée for his nephew, Gao Cheng was not stingy, and adopted this girl as a foster daughter, bestowing the title of princess, which was enough respect.

Yuan Huairen had sneaked a peek before, and his appearance and figure were very satisfactory, but according to the rules, he had to be 15 years old before he could get married.

(End of this chapter)