In the early winter, Jingshi has been a little chilly, after a three-day winter rain, the pedestrians on the streets of Jingshi seem to be two or three percent less, and the tourists in Shichahai are gradually extinct.

Zhao returned to Jinggongfang's Shangshu Gao Mansion, Gao Shishi stood by the window of the small building near Shichahai and looked at the ripples on the lake, and there was no emotion on his calm face, only the light sound of charcoal burning from time to time in the stove in the room.

"Jinghua has the largest coal output in the world, but you burn charcoal at home." Liu Xin's ridicule rose at the right time: "From the perspective of leading by example, shouldn't you burn honeycomb coal?" ”

Gao Shishi chuckled, but he didn't look back, just replied: "Jinghua's arms production is probably also the first in the world, but I am the most peace-loving person in the world, and I resolutely refuse to use troops unless I have to." ”

"You're peace-loving, why didn't I see it?" Liu Xin didn't need to be pragmatic and polite, she sat straight to the stove, stretched out her hand to bake the fire, and complained: "I really miss southern Xinjiang, this northern winter is too cold, and I am afraid that it will really turn into ice in two months." ”

Gao pragmatically smiled: "It stands to reason that you are also a martial arts practitioner, so you should not be afraid of cold." ”

"What does this have to do with whether or not to practice martial arts, this is the difference between men and women's physique. I now have to ask the maids to help me stuff a few hands in the quilt to warm up when I sleep at night, and then go in when it's hot. Liu Xin said, raising her eyebrows slightly: "Anyway, the boss pays, you say, right?" ”

Hand heater is a portable ultra-small stove, the body is made of copper, mussel-shaped, and after opening, one or two pieces of red-hot charcoal can be placed inside. After covering it, put two layers of flannel on the outside, which can be held in your hands to keep warm, or you can put a few more to warm the bed in the quilt like Liu Xin.

Gao Pragmatic laughed and said, "I don't lack this money, but you'd better pay attention, that thing is somewhat of a safety hazard." ”

"Speaking of potential safety hazards...... Liu Xin turned her head and asked while roasting the fire: "Every time you have something, you like to look at the lake in this small building and think, and you are here today, could it be that something happened?" Cao Yan shouldn't suffer a loss, right? ”

Gao pragmatic slowly put away his smile and pursed his mouth: "Judging from the battlefield situation, he didn't suffer." ”

"So what do you have to worry about?" Liu Xin rubbed his hands and asked: "In such a cold day, the Mongols are not iron-clad, are they still refusing to retreat after suffering losses, delaying the time for you to collect troops, and asking you, the great Si Nong, to spend more money?" ”

"The Mongols also retreated." Gao Shishi touched his bare chin, which was not bearded: "But there are two small tails left, which is quite wrong, I always feel that these two tails were not accidentally dropped by the Mongols, I am afraid they did it on purpose...... I mean, Buzhhatu did it on purpose. ”

"Oh? What little tails? Liu Xin asked with interest.

Gao Pragmatic told Liu Xin about the secret report he had just seen, and by the way, he also told Cao Yan and Gao Yimin's analysis and response.

After listening to this, Liu Xin thought about it, and nodded: "Judging from the level of that Burihatu, it is indeed possible that he did it on purpose, and Cao Yan and Gao Yimin's response is not a big problem, at least they didn't poke this thing out directly, right?" ”

Gao was noncommittal, and just asked, "Why do you think so?" ”

Liu Xin pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "The so-called black who is close to ink, I have been here with you for a while, so naturally I have started conspiracy theories...... You see, is it reasonable that the battle of Burihatu at the Yeh River, although it seemed to use all kinds of tactics, ended up being a dull battle? Irrationality.

If this had to be justified, there was only one possibility: Buzhhatu knew that the battle would be lost, and that all his calculations were just a cover for his true intentions.

As for this intention, I think there are two possibilities: first, he needs to use this dumb battle to test the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, so that he can make an accurate estimate of the strength of the future decisive battle of Chahar; The second is that he deliberately dug a hole to make the internal disputes within the Ming court more serious, preferably so serious that he had no spare strength to continue to implement the policy of the Eastern System, or although he continued to implement it, the internal constraints became greater. ”

Gao Pragmatic was obviously a little surprised, looked at Liu Xin, and said in surprise: "Your progress is a bit fast, is there any secret?" ”

"My secret is worthless to you: I've just reviewed the methods you've used against your political opponents over the years." Liu Xin shrugged her shoulders and spread her hands again: "But although I have found a little method of analysis, your handling methods are a bit changeable, so if you want to ask me what to do now, I can't answer you." ”

Gao Shishi smiled, shook his head slightly, and said: "The situation in Liaodong is a bit complicated, in addition to what I just told you, there are two other things: one is that Shuerhaqi took the initiative to come to Beijing to ask to come to Beijing on behalf of his brother Nurhachi to ask the court for guilt, and pay tribute. ”

"Oh." Liu Xin thought for a while, and said with some surprise: "He is very loyal to Nurhachi, Nurhachi colluded with Mongolia and wanted to go to Nanguan, such a big crime, he is not afraid that he will come to Beijing to deliver food to the door?" ”

Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "When he came to Beijing, he may be loyal to Nurhachi, but he may also be a little disloyal. ”

"Dare to put your life in it, is this still called disloyalty?"

"Shulhazy didn't necessarily think he might die." Gao pragmatic said: "I guess he can now see that I take special care of him, since I take care of him, why did he die when he came to Jingshi?" ”

Liu Xin said suddenly: "Oh, are you saying that Shuerhaqi is here, the so-called substitute brother repentance, or tribute or something, that is just a pretense, his real intention is to lose his sincerity to you?" ”

"All I can say now is that it's possible." Gao pragmatically said: "It depends on whether Shulhaqi is smart enough." ”

"If he's smart enough, you're going to take him?"

"Of course, why don't I take him?"

Liu Xin frowned and thought for a while, and asked, "Are you planning to let him go back to replace Nurhachi?" ”

"It's not necessarily, and he doesn't necessarily have that ability. However, as long as I support him with a clear stand, he may become another force within Jianzhou that can compete with Nurhachi, which will definitely help to limit Nurhachi's rapid rise while the Ming Dynasty is not available. ”

"But I remember that you told me before that he was also the number two person in the original history, but in the end he was imprisoned to death by Nurha's red circle. In that case, how do you know that this time he won't be disposed of like this by Nurhachi? ”

Gao pragmatically said: "It's actually hard to hypothesize about this matter, but in my personal opinion, Shulhaqi's death at that time had a lot to do with Li Chengliang's failure to support him as much as possible. ”

Liu Xin was surprised: "What does this have to do with Li Chengliang?" Why did Li Chengliang help him? ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly: "At that time, Li Rubai, the second son of Li Chengliang, had already accepted Shuerhaqi's daughter as a concubine. ”

Liu Xin was surprised: "There is still such a thing? Is this official history or wild history, Gege as a concubine? ”

Gao pragmatic pouted: "This is the official history...... Do you think the so-called Gege was so noble at that time? At that time, Li Chengliang's eldest son Li Rusong had died in battle, Li Rubai was equivalent to the eldest son, and Shuerhaqi was just a captive chieftain, and his daughter could be a concubine for Li Rubai, so Li Chengliang gave him face. ”

Liu Xin asked, "Do you know the name of this 'Gege'?" How did the Qing Dynasty officially record this? ”

"Like...... It should be called Eun-cheol. Gao Pragmatic snorted lightly: "How to record?" Only record that her biological mother is Shuerhaqi's third wife, Fujin Fucha, the daughter of Agbayan, and then directly record the date of death of this Gege, which is over. ”

Liu Xin laughed: "It seems that after the Aixin Jueluo family is developed, I also feel a little embarrassed about this." Then he paused: "But since there is such a relationship, why doesn't Li Chengliang support Shuerhaqi?" ”

Li Chengliang was already old at that time, he was no longer determined, and he was a little confused in doing things; Second, after Li Rusong's death, the power of the Liaodong Army was greatly weakened, and Li Chengliang could only rely on a little prestige in the past to suppress the Jurchens and not dare to mess around. But you know, just relying on prestige without real strength, I'm afraid that once people don't buy it, the problem will be big. So in the situation at that time, he didn't dare to expect him to go to Nurhachi for real. ”

Liu Xin suddenly realized and thought about it: "It seems that Shuerhaqi has taken shit luck in his life, and he came to you instead of looking for Li Chengliang." You will definitely not fight the wolf with Nurhachi, so that Nurhachi will not dare to touch Shulhaqi, and your idea of dividing the state into two is likely to succeed. ”

Gao pragmatic said: "I hope so. ”

Liu Xin suddenly laughed: "If that's the case, I'm curious if Shuerhaqi is here, will he want to marry his daughter to you as a concubine?" ”

"You say that Eenzhegege? If I'm not mistaken, she should have been born in the eleventh year of Wanli, and she is only four years old this year. Gao pragmatic rolled his eyes.

"Oh, that's a pity." Liu Xin said exaggeratedly: "I also want to witness a glorious history of your boss Nagege as a concubine." ”

"Is that so? Then you don't have to be sorry - there is an opportunity in front of me, and I am considering whether to say yes or not. Gao Shishi touched his chin again.

Liu Xin couldn't help but be stunned: "How did you say this?" Could it be that Shulhazy has an even bigger daughter? Or maybe Nurhachi wants to marry his daughter? ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "No, Shulhaqi's eldest daughter Eshitai is the same age as the second daughter Eenzhe, and she is only four years old, and Nurhachi's eldest daughter is only nine years old this year. ”

Liu Xin was surprised: "Could it be the sister of the two brothers...... No, sister? ”

It is impossible to be a sister, Shulhaqi is only a year younger than Gao Shishi, and if it is his sister, she is at least twenty-four years old. Jurchen women have already been married at this age, and not everyone is an "old woman of Yehe", and a group of Jurchen leaders in their thirties are willing to live and die for her.

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "It's not Jianzhou, it's Ye He." ”

"Yehe?" Liu Xin was a little surprised, and a little abrupt: "It turned out that Ye He's people learned to be obedient and began to take the nepotism route, which is a bit interesting, but you ...... Oh, I know you're hesitating about something. ”

"Yo, you know again?" Gao pragmatic smiled: "What am I hesitating about?" ”

"What else could that be, fame." Liu Xin may have finally warmed up, got up and walked to the window, looked at the rain outside, and said: "Your current reputation, except for some controversy in the radical aspect of reform, is probably still good, and there is a saying in the outside world that you are not close to women......

Speaking of this, Liu Xin coughed lightly: "Okay, at this point, because of my relationship recently, you may have been implicated for no reason, sorry." ”

Liu Xin has been living in Gao Shishi's mansion for the past few months, and she is not the daughter of a small family, but the daughter of the famous general Liu Xian, of course, it is impossible to hide this situation from outsiders, so Gao Shishi simply said that he invited her to be a staff member, and used her battle in southern Xinjiang to prove that this move is not strange.

But some people are still very "strange", especially Liu Xin is not completely faceless like ordinary ladies, there are still many people who have seen her, and they all know that this Liu Dashuai's daughter is a beauty. What makes people even more imaginative is that this beauty still refuses to marry after she is over ten years old, but she has to stay in the high-level pragmatic mansion under huge criticism.

This...... It's hard to be crooked. The general opinion of the outside world is that Liu Xin is unwilling to marry for the sake of pragmatism, but Liu Xian refuses to let her daughter be a concubine, so she simply cooks raw rice and forces Liu Xian to agree; Either he thinks that Gao Pragmatic oppresses people with power and forces Liu Xin to be in his house, but he doesn't let Liu Xian speak.

Nothing good to say in any case.

However, Gao Pragmatic only shook his head when he heard this, and said: "The current situation, I will be mentally prepared when I stay here, it is not a big deal, as long as you are not married, it is not a big deal to stay with me, and some gossip will not affect me anything, it is you who are really affected." ”

Although the Ming Dynasty was a religious society, as we all know, the characteristics of China's feudal era were the supremacy of male power, as long as Gao pragmatic did not hook up with a married woman, the society was very tolerant of him. At this time, the social atmosphere is disgusted by hooking up with a married woman and committing adultery, which will be criticized and stinky and step on 10,000 feet.

Liu Xin sighed, her eyes darkened slightly, but she immediately became resolute, snorted, and said: "I'm not afraid, it doesn't matter how much these people slander me, they have the ability to come to me face to face, see if I don't scold them so much that they can't open their mouths!" ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't think it's a matter of whether you can scold or not, if you don't get angry, you will beat people up." Forget it, let time dilute this matter, don't bother to pay attention to it. ”

Liu Xin sighed, and then immediately asked with a strong spirit: "According to this, you don't think that the problem of female sex is a big problem now, so what are you still thinking about?" Is the Gege of the Yehe family very good-looking? ”

"I haven't seen it, but it shouldn't be too ugly, after all, it's ......" Gao Shishi pursed his mouth: "Historically, she was quite favored by Nurhachi." ”

"Yo, or Nurhachi's woman?" Liu Xin was surprised: "Who is this?" ”

"Wait, she's not Nurhachi's woman right now, don't talk nonsense." Gao pragmatic said: "What about her...... What I hesitate about is her identity: she should have been Huang Taiji's wife. ”

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