After the letter to Huang Zhiting was written, it was not early, and Gao was ready to go to bed. I just took off my clothes and went to lie down on the bed, and the quilt was not even hot, when I suddenly heard a call "master" outside.

The voice that called him was a male voice, not a maid, so Gao Pragmatic hurriedly sat up and immediately put on his clothes and got out of bed—if it was a maid, it was generally not a big deal, but if it was a housekeeper, it was not.

Since he is now married, although his wife is not in Yanjing, the rules of large families will not be abolished because of this, except for Gao Mo's special case, there are usually no male family members who come to the backyard, even if Gao Mo comes, he must be accompanied by the maid to see him.

It's almost three days, and it must not be a trivial matter that a man will come to the backyard to look for him.

There was some noise downstairs at first, and Gao Shishi only faintly heard a few words upstairs, probably because the maid in the backyard was scolding the family for not understanding the rules and daring to enter the backyard in the middle of the night. Listening to the voice, it seems that it is Huang Zhiting's maid who stayed in Yanjing, and it is said that she also knows some martial arts, but Gao Shishi has not seen it with his own eyes - he is not that interested.

Even in Zhaohui Jinggongfang's champion, the family guards left almost 200 people inside and outside to guard, if there is still a situation where you need to rely on Huang Zhiting's maids to protect themselves, then I am afraid that there is no help.

It was just spring, and it was still very cold in Yanjing City, Gao Pragmatic just put on a coat casually, so he didn't go downstairs immediately, but opened the window and looked down, and sure enough, he saw several maids "confronting" several family members downstairs in the small building. The maids believed that this was the inner courtyard, and they did not show weakness in the face of several burly and tall guards, and scolded them with their heads and faces.

Gao pragmatic listened to two sentences, to the effect that they should not disturb the master's rest. He smiled helplessly, and then shouted upstairs, "What's the noise?" ”

"Master, these people said that they had something to ask to see the master, and Sister Xiaolan asked them to come back tomorrow morning, but they couldn't wait, so they broke in......"

As soon as Gao Shishi heard this, he knew that the maids were about to sue, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'll talk about these later—why do you have to see me now?" The latter sentence was obviously said to several family members.

The three family members standing in front hurriedly moved out of the way, revealing another person hidden in the night behind them, as if that person had something to say.

Gao Shishi's eyes were not good or bad, although he couldn't see the man's appearance clearly in the night, but at a glance he could see that his clothes were wrong - the clothes of the family guards were brown shorts, and the people who came were wearing brown tows.

This is the style of the rider.

The person who came was held on his shoulders by two guards, and he seemed to be a little out of strength, until he saw Gao Shipra, he was in high spirits, and said as loudly as possible in a hoarse voice: "Master, something big happened in Gansu, Cao Ye sent a secret letter in an expedited manner for 800 miles, and even the Ministry of Internal Affairs had time to report it......"

What a big event is, Gao Pragmatic doesn't know it now, but he knows very well what the concept of the eight-hundred-mile expedited within Jinghua is.

Don't watch the big things in film and television dramas, it will be "eight hundred miles urgent", in fact, it is generally impossible to be true. In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, the highest expedited transmission was 500 li per day, and the Ming Dynasty increased a little more because of the large and complete post station system, reaching a maximum of 600 li, the real so-called "800 li expedited", which is probably during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement during the Xianfeng period of the Tatar Qing Dynasty.

In fact, if you think about it, you also know that the "Shenxing Taibao" Dai Zong created by Shi Nai'an in "Water Margin" is just the so-called "800 miles a day", and in connection with the "Water Margin" itself, which belongs to the ancient "high martial arts" nature, 800 miles is the ultimate imagination of the ancients for the speed under the non-mythological system, how can it be so easy to achieve, and come to 800 miles to expedite at every turn?

Daming's six-hundred-mile expedited is already very powerful! That is to say, Jinghua has neither a shortage of horses nor good riders, so that this eight hundred miles can be rushed, but in fact, it has only been used a few times until now, and it can be counted on one hand.

According to Gao Shishi's own regulations, the eight-hundred-mile expedited can be directly delivered to him at any time, and he can even skip the Ministry of Internal Affairs to report, so there is today's out.

"Bring him up and talk, a few of you." Gao pragmatic ordered, paused, and then instructed the maid downstairs: "Go and see if there is still hot water, prepare some warm tea for him, it can't be cold or hot." ”

The maids were naturally not very happy when they heard it, but the master's words were equivalent to the heavenly rules, and they had to obey the order, and before leaving, there was a maid who deliberately made a fierce appearance and lowered her voice to warn a few people: "Although the master let you in, if you dirty the inside, the girl will definitely settle accounts with you!" ”

The family didn't dare to offend the maid next to the master, so they had to smile and say that they must be careful.

Gao pragmatic didn't hear this, he went back to get dressed, and now that the maids were all downstairs, he had to do it himself.

After getting dressed, I came from the bedroom to the study, and several of the housekeepers were already standing in a daze, two of them carrying the rider.

Gao pragmatic glanced at it, and his heart was also shocked. He was still thinking about riding Ding to hurry and not running on his own two legs, how could it be the same as losing his strength, it turned out that the trousers of this riding Ding were worn out at the thighs, and even blood stains could be seen on the inner thighs.

It's winter, what do you have to do to make it like this?

Gao pragmatic hurriedly pointed to the chair next to him and reproached: "Help him sit down, do you want me to say this?" ”

The family members did not dare to say that they had been warned just now, but they did not dare to refute the old man's words, so they had to hurriedly confess their crimes, and at the same time helped the rider to sit down.

At this time, the rider trembled and took out a letter from his riding boots, which was extremely tightly sealed, and handed it to Gao Shishi tremblingly, and opened his mouth, but he could not speak.

Gao pragmatic resulted in a secret letter, but did not open it immediately, but nodded at him: "You have worked hard, when Gao Mo contacts you when you go back, you tell him, just say what I said, and give you a first-class merit." ”

The rider immediately struggled to kneel, Gao Shishi stretched out his hand to hold him down, and said, "No thanks, sit down and rest, and if I don't have anything to ask you after I finish reading, you can go down and rest, and you don't have to go anywhere else, just go to the guest room in the front yard." ”

The family was even more grateful, but his throat was really smoking, and he couldn't speak, so he had to nod vigorously.

Gao pragmatically smiled at him comfortingly, then walked back to the bookcase and sat down, inspected the fire paint, and opened the seal.

This secret letter was sent from Xi'an, and judging by the handwriting and seal, it should be Cao Gan's handwriting.

Gao Shishi was relatively calm before, and his face changed after a few lines, and when he saw the end, he gasped, and then hurriedly looked at it again to confirm, and he didn't even pay attention to the maid who brought warm water to the rider.

He took a deep breath and asked, "In addition to the secret letter, can there be any messages conveyed along the way?" ”

The rider hurriedly put down the water and shook his head vigorously.

Gao Shishi waved his hand, motioned for him to continue drinking, and then got up and said to the other family members: "When he finishes drinking, you send him to the front yard to rest." Then he ignored them, went downstairs directly, and went to the front yard first.

When he arrived at the front yard, Gao Pragmatic found that the front yard had already been alarmed, and some of the guards on duty immediately surrounded him. Gao pragmatic casually ordered someone and said, "Find a few people and take my name to ......" and love

Speaking of this, he suddenly hesitated again, paused for a moment, and then said slowly: "Go to Wu Ge Lao and Da Sima's mansion, just say that I have something important, and I will see them tonight, and ask them to come over to the mansion for a while." ”

The family members were about to go their separate ways, but unexpectedly, Gao pragmatic said: "Send someone out of the city in addition, and let Gao Mo also enter the city to see me immediately." ”

Daming not only has a curfew, but also the city gate is to be closed at night, Zhang Juzheng, who was in a high position as an auxiliary minister, was miserable by Gao Pragmatic in this hand.

However, Zhang Juzheng's preparation was because of high pragmatism, which led to the fact that the identity of the elder was not easy to use, in fact, the current rules are much more relaxed than in the early Ming Dynasty, especially in normal times, how can it be so strict.

At least, it would not be difficult for him to send people out of the city, and Gao Mo would not encounter much trouble if he wanted to enter the city.

Money can channel the mind, this is not said in vain. If it doesn't work, it just means that the money hasn't been given enough.

What happened to make Gao Shishi temporarily notify Wu Dui and Liang Menglong to meet him in the middle of the night?

To put it simply: Xining City is lost.

Yes, this later Qinghai provincial capital, which was as stable as Mount Tai in the original history, was lost this time.

The loss of Xining is already a big deal, and what is more serious is that the loss of Xining this time is also related to Jinghua.

The Xining region, which is connected to Qinlong in the east, the Western Regions in the west, Shu-Tibet in the south, and Ganliang in the north, has always been a strategic place that attracts attention and a key area operated by successive dynasties.

In the first year of Hongwu (1368), the Ming Dynasty was established, and Emperor Yuan Shun abandoned the capital and fled to the north. Although the Yuan Dynasty died, the Khan's court retreated to Mobei, but still retained a fairly strong military force and confronted the Ming Dynasty.

In order to better control Zhufan in the west and strengthen the military defense in the northwest, the Ming Dynasty established the Xifan Zhuwei in the river, Huang, Tao and Min line of the "Guanlong Fanhan" to prevent Mongolia and use the military guard system to manage the military and civilian affairs in the border guard area. In the fifth year of Hongwu (1372), the Ming court set up Xiningwei to strengthen the military defense and political control of the place, further stabilized and consolidated the stability of the western region, and became an important pillar of the border security system of the Ming Dynasty.

"The martial arts of the Ming Dynasty set the world, the old system of the Revolution Yuan, from the Beijing division to the county, all set up guards", in the fifth year of Hongwu (1372) winter Xining Wei. From a geographical point of view, the Ming Dynasty Xiningwei was under the jurisdiction of "Zhuanglang in the east, Xishixia in the west, and out of the Saiwai in the west to the hometown of Handongwei, north by the Datong River, 400 miles in the southeast, and the border of the river state, 600 miles in the northeast, to Gulang City; 1,500 miles to the southwest, arriving at the hometown of Andingwei; 600 miles to the northwest, connecting Yongchang Weijing; It is 2,300 miles east to Shaanxi Province, and there are ancient Xiping, Ledu, Xihai, and the land of watering the river, where the fifteen Tibetan tribes live, and they are still attached."

In terms of construction, Xining Wei was originally under the Shaanxi Capital Division, and in the eleventh year of Hongwu (1378), it was changed to the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and in the late Ming Dynasty, it was controlled by the Gansu General Military Officer and the Gansu Governor. The Ming Dynasty regarded Xining as "the important land of Xiyi" and "the giant town of Hexi", and Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Changxing in Hongwu, commanded the troops to garrison Xiningwei.

When Ming Chengzu was the emperor, he placed the town guard in Xiningwei, and served as the governor of the right army or the commander of the Shaanxi Xingdu. In the eighth year of Chenghua, the town guard was relocated to a separate defensive garrison. In the 31st year of Jiajing, the general was replaced, and the deputy general of the assistant guard was changed in Wanli time.

In addition, in the first year of Hongzhi (1488), the Ming court set up the Xining Military Reserve Road, took charge of the affairs of ethnic minorities along the border, reorganized the military preparation, and governed Xining, Zhuanglang, Gulang, Liangzhou and Zhenfan Wuwei, and the military reserve officer (mostly served by the deputy envoy of the Shaanxi Inspectorate Department) stationed in Xiningwei, both military and political, and had a prominent position.

Xiningwei has a commanding envoy, seven commanders and seven commanders, and one subordinate member of the governor, one member of the governor, one member of the governor, and each office has the posts of 1,000 households, deputy 1,000 households, and suppression, and the civil affairs are handled by the experience department.

Along with the establishment of the Xining Guard, the local military official system was built one after another, "the Ming set up the capital to command the guards, the general army, the generals, the guerrillas, and the garrison to attack and defend, and the constitution to the ministers, the supervision of the imperial history, the fu to the constitution, and the general system."

The Xining area "has a member of the local chief military officer who guards Xining and other places; a member of the guerrillas of the Chinese army in the middle battalion and a member of the capital division of the Chinese army; a guerrilla member of the Left Battalion; a member of the garrison of the Chinese army; a guerrilla member of the right battalion; A member of the Titang garrison". The battalion is set up with "one general under the Chinese army, three thousand generals, six sentinel guards, and two firearms controls." Under the guerrilla attack, the Chinese army is one, the thousand total is two, and the total is two. Garrison under the middle army one, put the total one. ”

In addition, the defensive officer takes the defense as the center and guards in four directions, so I won't talk about it here.

The officers and soldiers of the guard post were divided into several reviews and camps, mainly to protect the city, defend against the Hulu, and prepare for thieves.

Xiningwei is somewhat similar to the Liaodong region where Gao Shishi once served, both of which are military and civilian governance, under the jurisdiction of Xining, Nianbo, Zhenhai, Beichuan, Nanchuan, Guzhan 6,000 households, and at the same time concurrently lead the "Saiwai Four Guards" - that is, after the eighth year of Hongwu (1375), the Anding, Aduan, Quxian, and Handong Four Guards were successively set up in the western part of the Qaidam Basin under its control. With the policy strategy of "the strength of the West is more, its strength is weaker, and the trouble of the West is also few", the ruling order of the Ming court here was maintained.

Xining Wei as a local administrative body, under which there are four households, namely Bazhou, Hongya, Lao Ya and Sanchuan, under the management of the Wei Division, the surrounding Tibetan tribes (the Ming Dynasty collectively referred to as the "Xining Thirteen Tribes") also exercise the right of supervision, the monks and lay leaders of each tribe "every year on the Holy Day, New Year's Day, Winter Solstice all go to the Wei Xing to celebrate, and every month to Wei listen to the constraints".

Among the officials at the level of Wei Commander are those who are in charge of "Fuyi". After Hongzhi initially set up Xining Soldier Road, "Fuzhi Fanyi" was also an important responsibility of the deputy envoy.

The Ming Dynasty Xining Acropolis is roughly in the center of today's Xining (the existing north city wall, east city wall, and south city wall are partially ruined). For the construction of Xining City in Xining in the Ming Dynasty, there was a Ming generation, Hongwu, Jiajing and even Wanli years have started construction.

There is no need to say much about the construction in the Hongwu and Jiajing periods, but the construction in the Wanli period has to be mentioned.

In the third year of Wanli (1575), the governor of the three sides, Shi Maohua, the secretary of the military department, and the governor of the imperial history Hou Donglai, repaired Xining City on the grounds that "the earth wall is gradually crumbling, and the calendar is also worrying from time to time, and it is tamed to worry".

The project was built by Ping Kangyu and Dong Ruhan, deputy envoys of the Xining Guard, Xiao Wenkui, a general of the sub-garrison, and Wu Yuedu, a guerrilla commander of Liangzhuang. This construction can be described as a "brick city", its scale and solidity are unprecedented, in the Xining Wei Senator Zhang Wenren wrote the "rebuilding of the Xining Acropolis" inscription recorded the size of the city built this time.

The circumference of this new Xining city is 5,704 meters, 15.3 meters high, 16.65 meters wide at the bottom, and 10 meters wide at the top, which is larger than the scale of Hongwu and Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.

The project "plotted the situation, discussed the labor force, the use of materials and materials, the division of duties, the appointment limit, and the application of laws and regulations", mobilized the teachers and mobilized the people, and it took a lot of financial, material and human resources. After the city is repaired, the building oars, the shop, the poles, all of them are fine, such as wings, and solid and beautiful.

is such a new Xining New Town, which has not been repaired for more than ten years, but it was extremely suddenly broken by the Qinghai Tumut Department.

Originally, this was a military affair of the imperial court, and it had nothing to do with Cao Gan, the big shopkeeper of the Jinghua Trading Company, but he told Gao Pragmatic in a secret letter that the Tumut and Huoluochi brothers in Qinghai were likely to rely on Jinghua's gunpowder to blow up the Xining city wall and break through Xining in one fell swoop.

This matter has to start with Jinghua Mining.

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