Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 459
While Gao Cheng was in Jiangzhou observing the people's sentiments and comforting the gentry, news came from Luoyang that Sima Ziru, the former supervisor of the Central Committee, died of illness in his mansion.

Sima Zi was begging for bones because of his old age and illness. For this reason, Gao Cheng deliberately recalled Sima Xiaonan to the capital to serve his father. He never thought that Sima Ziru would not survive this year.

Gao Cheng went from youth to middle age, and the group of Yuan Cong who followed Gao Huan to start a business also withered day by day.

Especially the civil servants, among the elders of Jianyi Yuancong, Gao Longzhi is the only one left in the court hall.

Of course, although Sima Ziru has the status of Gao Huan's old friend, he can't be regarded as Jianyi Yuancong.

He took a detour from Kansai when Gao's family entered Luoyang.

At the beginning Gao Huan believed in Du Jianyi, and the Erzhu family expelled Sima Ziru from Beijing and ordered him to go west to be the governor. Sima Ziru finally chose to serve in Nanqi Prefecture instead of going to Hebei, so he was only a county marquis during his lifetime.

"Secret Simazi as the Duke of Xuchang County, and his son Sima Xiaonan will attack the noble, posthumously present envoys, governors, Ji, Ding, Ying, and Cangzhou military forces, and the governor of Cangzhou will give [-] pieces of cloth and hand them over to the The Ministry of Rites discusses posthumous names."

Gao Cheng dictated, and Wen Zisheng wrote.

After the inspection was correct, Xiao Gao Wang ordered his people to send them to Luoyang quickly. Unless there was a disturbance in the rear, let alone Sima Ziru, even if the news of Lou Zhaojun's death came, Gao Cheng would have to go to Heng and Xiangzhou for a while. circle, and then back to Jiangbei.

It is not easy to ride out with [-] steps, and it is a lot of money for people to chew on horses, and there is no reason to return halfway.

When Gao Cheng was in Xunyang, he specially summoned Wang Lin from Jiangbei and praised him a lot.

After symbolically asking Wu Mingche for his opinion, he ordered Wang Lin to stay in Xunyang and join Wu Mingche in the battle to destroy Chen next year as a lieutenant general.

Wang Lin thanked him again and again. For generals like them, what they need most is a stage to express themselves, so that the monarch can show his loyalty to the lord while seeing his own ability.

After seeing off Wu Mingche and Wang Lin, another woman was brought over with a child.

"You are Wang Sengbian's daughter and Du Kan's wife?"

The woman agreed with a little panic.

That day when Xunyang City was destroyed, Xiao Yi set himself on fire, and Du Kan fled to Nanchen, but he didn't care about his wife and children.

"No need to panic, your father's loyalty is also admired by me, but Xiao Yi destroyed the Great Wall himself, and now I intend to send you south to make your family reunion possible, how about it?"

After Gao Cheng finished speaking, Wang couldn't wait to take his son to kowtow to thank him.

"There is no need to be polite, and get up first."

After Wang's mother and son stood up, Gao Cheng continued:

"I didn't let you go in vain. When I arrived in Lingnan, tell Du Kan for me that swords and arrows have no eyes on the battlefield. Since his two uncles joined the army, they can't blame anyone for life and death. I hope he can consider the clan and see the current situation clearly. .”

How could Wang dare to refuse, she naturally agreed.

After seeing off the mother and son, Yuan Zhonghua, who had been serving by the side, asked:
"Your Majesty sent Wang's mother and son to Lingnan, I'm afraid it will be difficult to avoid Chen Baxian's eyes and ears."

Gao Cheng didn't take it seriously and said:

"Do it casually, no matter whether Chen Ba kills first or not, he and Du Kan can be separated."

"What if Du Kan kills his wife to win the trust of Chen Baxian?"

Gao Cheng was taken aback by Yuan Zhonghua's question, he really didn't think so badly about people's hearts.

After a long time, Gao Cheng said coldly:
"On the day the army breaks through Lingnan, kill Du Kan again to sacrifice to the Wang family!"

Perhaps if it was Gao Cheng who was 20 years ago, I'm afraid he would chase Wang back and make further calculations.

Gao Cheng found the place where Wang Sengbian's body was buried in Xunyang, and re-selected a place for him to be buried in a dignified manner. This move was naturally a political show to buy people's hearts.

After all, Xiao Yi was naturally the one who killed Wang Sengbian, but Wei Xiaokuan was ordered by Gao Cheng to fuel the flames.

Of course, the root cause lies in Xiao Yi's suspicion.

After spending some time in Jiangzhou, Gao Cheng drove to the southwest, Wu Mingche accompanied him all the way, until he was delivered to the border between Jiangzhou and Hengzhou, Wu Mingche said goodbye and returned.

Gao Jishi originally wanted to go to the state to greet him, but Gao Cheng sent a messenger in advance to stop him, so that he can stay in Hengzhou City with peace of mind.

When the car arrived outside the city of Hengzhou, Gao Jishi still went out of the city twenty miles to meet him.

"Why didn't I smell the alcohol on your body today?"

Gao Cheng and Gao Jishi talked and laughed.

Gao Jishi didn't hide anything, he said bluntly:

"Your Majesty is coming, don't dare to drink too much."

It's just that before Gao Cheng and Gao Jishi exchanged a few words of pleasantries, someone shouted behind them:
"Seasonal style! Seasonal style!"

The man left the army column and came galloping on horseback. It was the white-haired Gao Aocao.

Gao Jishi was also inadvertently chatting with Gao Cheng, he confessed to Gao Cheng, and then ran straight to Gao Aocao.

Gao Cheng knew their brother's feelings, so he didn't think it was disobedient, instead he let the car drive into the city, so that the two brothers could spend some time together.

The four brothers of the Gao family back then, after Gao Gan and Gao Shen passed away one after another, only Gao Aocao and Gao Jishi remained.

In the past, I might have envied the sincere feelings between the brothers of the Gao family, but now I also know that each has its own destiny and cannot be forced.

Gao Aocao is over fifty years old, Gao Cheng intends to let him and Peng Le retreat to the second line, and no longer easily go to the battlefield to fight and fight. If he is with the army on a southern tour, he can naturally take him with him, and use their past vicious reputation to scare Xiaoxiao.

If you are fighting for human life with an old body, if you accidentally break it, it will be a great blow to the morale of the army. After all, Gao Aocao and Peng Le are the imperial twins praised by Gao Cheng's golden words.

Entering Dezhou City, Gao Cheng first went to Hengzhou Governor's Mansion, and Gao Jishi rushed over soon after.

Gao Cheng asked how he dealt with government affairs on weekdays, and Gao Jishi took out the "Government Outline" promulgated by Gao Cheng at the beginning, saying that he usually ignored political affairs, and only made demands on the staff and government officials according to the booklet. , I concentrate on preparing the army for war.

Xiao Gao Wang highly appreciated this, and professional matters should be left to professional people. If Gao Jishi had to intervene in government affairs, he would worry that Hengzhou's internal affairs would be messed up.

Gao Cheng never doubted Gao Ji's ability in marching and fighting, but if he was allowed to govern the local area, he might not be much better than Gao Aocao.

Gao Cheng's army arrived in Hengzhou, only separated from the land of Lingnan by the peaks of the Nanling Mountains. The guard at the Nanchen Pass couldn't sleep at night, and spent half a month in a state of mental tension.

King Xiao Gao was not idle during this period, and often sent some of his subordinates to march to the border of Qi and Chen to show off their power, which made the border situation tense.

As for Gao Cheng himself, he took out all the fine wines from Gao Jishi's house and sent them to the barracks, using the excuse of being a soldier.

But Gao Jishi felt very distressed.

After sending Gao Cheng away, Gao Jishi returned to his mansion and opened a secret cellar.

There were more than a dozen altars of fine wine in there, and Gao Jishi couldn't help but rejoice and said:

"Fortunately, I was prepared and secretly hid some."

(End of this chapter)