There are many things that Gao Pragmatic and Li Chengliang have not said thoroughly, but the key issue has already been explained thoroughly.

What I didn't say thoroughly was why Gao Pragmatic kept beating Li Chengliang, until today, he took the opportunity to ask Li Chengliang to find a chance to retire, and the reason for this was that he still didn't know anything until Li Chengliang left.

To put it bluntly, it is Gao Pragmatic who does not intend to attack the entire Tieling Li family, but to give Li Chengliang the opportunity to retire successfully, which is evident from Gao Pragmatic's hint to Li Chengliang that the sons of the Li family should step out of his wings and fight the sky on their own, and in the end, he said bluntly that he wanted to create an opportunity for Li Chengliang to change his lordship.

Li Chengliang's current Ning Yuanbo is just a Liujue, and the meaning of Liujue is that it is not hereditary, if Liujue can be replaced by a Shijue, then the Tieling Li family is no longer a simple general, but a noble family of "resting with the country".

In terms of status and wealth, of course, the noble family is far beyond the so-called Jiangmen. After all, a family like Jiangmen must always be associated with war, and it will naturally prosper when it can fight, but once it can't be fought, defeat is also close at hand. There are even those who are unlucky, who were in charge of the White Tiger Hall yesterday and are in prison today. If one is not careful, his wife and children, old and young, will be implicated.

And the nobles are different, although the nobles of the Ming Dynasty often can't get any real power, but the position is extremely firm, unless there are special circumstances such as rebellion and heirs, the lord means eternal wealth.

Moreover, there are no viscounts and barons in the Ming Dynasty, and the lowest title is also an earl, and there are less than 100 people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the country, how noble is this? To put it mildly, the status of the Ming Dynasty is stronger than that of the clan.

Because of this, when Li Chengliang left, his spirit was a little trance-like, and even he couldn't tell what his mood was at the moment, whether it was joy, worry, or inexplicable melancholy.

It stands to reason that as a general, Shijue is really the highest goal, since he can easily get Shijue, what is there to hesitate about?

As for the level of the title, Li Chengliang is also self-aware. At present, Daming has no worries about overturning, and it can even be said that in the past ten years, Daming has a tendency to prosper, in this case, he has no merit in destroying the country, how can he get a higher title than the earl?

Let's not talk about it from afar, Gao Pragmatic himself can actually be regarded as a person who has "the merit of destroying the country", but does he have a title? No, the court didn't mention it, and no one even thought that he could be knighted for such a great achievement as Annan and Dingbei.

Of course, there is a reason that the high pragmatic status at that time was still too far behind, but it is also a rare direct manifestation of the title of Daming. In fact, in addition to the founding of the country and the martyrdom, how many people can be knighted with military merits later? Except for the special case of Wang Wenchenggong, the rest of the great credit is nothing more than the descendants of Yin Guan.

But Li Chengliang's number of shadow officials has been so large that his sons can't use them up, and they have begun to use them on his nephews, so what's the point of giving more shade officials?

Li Chengliang rode on the horse and thought secretly: Hereditary Ning Yuanbo, this is probably the last goal of my life, right? It's just that I don't know how Gao Qiuzhen plans to create a great achievement for me that is enough to exchange for the reward of the world......

After walking for a while, Li Chengliang suddenly turned his head to Li Pinghu and asked, "Pinghu, what are your plans for this life?" ”

Li Pinghu was stunned when he heard this, and said in astonishment: "Pinghu didn't understand what the big man said...... Just fight, follow the big commander to fight, kill and kill happily, and grab some wealth and women, what else do you have to plan? ”

Li Chengliang sighed and said, "What if I don't fight?" ”

"No war?" Li Pinghu was stunned and said, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"What are you doing...... I haven't thought about it yet, but it is estimated that it will be to go to Beijing to raise Rongyang. Li Chengliang looked up at the crescent moon in the night sky, and said in a distant voice: "Xu is a tea fishing, teasing and teasing Sun?" ”

Li Pinghu scratched his head and didn't speak. Li Chengliang turned his head, glanced at him, and didn't say anything more.

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After Gao Pragmatic sent Li Chengliang away, he returned to the flower hall, and the tea set in the flower hall had been completely changed, and more importantly, the people inside had also changed.

Huang Zhiting is holding a purple and red gradient Yu kiln tea cup, is under the lamp to appreciate the magnificent color on the tea cup, when Gao Shi came in, she did not raise her head and said: "I can never tell what kind of kiln is the best, but today's Yu kiln is headed by your porcelain factory, you should be rare in the world, right?" ”

Gao Shishi sat down in front of her, glanced at the newly replaced tea utensils on the table, and replied: "Speaking of which, I don't have much research on porcelain appreciation, but Jiaci is a good hand. The set you see now has a name called 'Purple Qi Donglai', and I heard that it was one of the best sets last year. ”

"If you sell it, how much silver will it sell?" Huang Zhiting finally raised her head and asked.

"It's hard to say, although the world has a cloud, 'even if you have a family property, it's not as good as a piece of Jun porcelain', but after all, I used this set myself......" Gao pragmatic said, waved his hand, and said: "Zhiting, you shouldn't be here to talk to me about porcelain, right?" If you like it, you can take it when you go back to Annam. ”

Huang Zhiting sneered, shook his head and said, "You are really a shopkeeper, and you don't even know anything about your own things." ”

Gao was stunned and said, "Why do you say this? ”

Huang Zhiting put down the teacup, but picked up another tea tray, and showed it to Gao Shishi: "Look at the bottom of this plate, there is the word 'Longwen' engraved on the side alone, which is a masterpiece in Jinghua porcelain, and it is only for you Gao Longwen...... Where do I dare to bring it back to Annan and break the rules of your family? ”

Gao Shishi took the tea tray in surprise and said, "And this is the case?" As a result, in addition to "Jinghua porcelain" and "Wanli ten years made", there is really a small seal engraved with the word "Longwen".

He thought about it, and suddenly understood his mother's intention - this trick was actually learned from him, that is, artificially dividing the "grade". It is conceivable that the price of Yu kiln is ridiculously high, and now there is such a category, if Gao pragmatic take "Longwen Yu porcelain" to give away, the value of its representative must be much more valuable than gold.

However, Huang Zhiting's words were obviously ridiculous, Gao Shicheng could only smile helplessly, and then changed the topic and asked, "You heard the conversation between me and Ning Yuanbo just now, what do you think?" ”

Huang Zhiting picked up the teacup again with one hand, spread it with the other, and said: "I don't know what kind of friendship or festival you have with him, what can you think if you listen to it without a head?" If I had to say it now, I could only ask: Why can't he continue to do it? Is he disobedient to you? ”

Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "That's not it." ”

Huang Zhiting said: "Oh, it seems that his family's strength is too great?" Just like the Cen family at the beginning, the imperial court tried every means to fight several battles with the Cen family, and also promoted the Cen family to have civil strife, so as to ensure the stability of Guangxi - Liaodong also has this attitude, right? ”

Gao Pragmatic didn't expect Huang Zhiting to interpret it from this perspective, and sure enough, people from Toast first consider the problem from "their own strength", which is a habitual thinking.

But think about it, in fact, although her words are not comprehensive, they can't be wrong, the current situation of the Tieling Li family dominating in Liaodong is indeed not what the imperial court is happy to see. The reason why no one cared about it before was simply because the situation did not allow it, that is, Li Chengliang at that time was irreplaceable.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Zhu Yijun wants to beat Li Chengliang pragmatically is also for this reason. After all, now that we are talking about military merits, status, identity, and background, it seems that it is more convenient to beat him with high pragmatism.

Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but sigh: Fortunately, I am a civil official, otherwise I am afraid that I will be beaten by others. And if there is no such candidate, I am afraid that only the emperor will personally come into battle to beat me.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Huang Zhiting looked puzzled and asked, "Did I say it wrong, or did I say it unfortunately?" ”

Gao Pragmatic also picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and said, "Half and half." ”

However, Huang Zhiting didn't seem to be very interested in Li Chengliang's affairs, and said indifferently when she heard the words: "Come on, how you want to arrange him, it has nothing to do with me, judging from your conversation just now, you don't need help from others...... If there's nothing else to do, I'll go and rest first. With that, he stood up.

Gao Pragmatic also got up: "I'll send you." ”

Huang Zhiting glanced at him and grinned: "No need, it's only a few steps, what to send, you can think about your intrigues with peace of mind." Before the words fell, he went straight away, leaving Gao pragmatic and shook his head helplessly.

My image in her eyes shouldn't be directly linked to intrigue, right?

Nothing was said all night.

On the second day, Gao Shishi had just gotten up, and a family member sent a post, saying that Ning Yuanbo had sent someone to send a congratulatory gift to congratulate the old man on his new appointment, and at the same time left a letter, saying that since Futai had returned to Beijing to report on his work, he could not be absent from the defense area for a long time as the chief soldier, so he had rushed back to Guangning overnight. The faux pas, Wan begs Haihan.

Gao Pragmatic took Li Chengliang's book and looked at it, there was nothing special in the letter, just like what Jia Ding conveyed. He turned to take the gift list and looked at it, most of the things Li Chengliang gave were some literary toys, mainly calligraphy and painting, and occasionally there were a few pieces of jade from the previous dynasty, which also conformed to the current officialdom rules, but the level was relatively high, and there was nothing particularly suspicious.

Although these things should have been prepared in advance, it can also be seen that Li Chengliang did not have much hostility towards him, and until the previous situation, he still held an attitude of "peaceful settlement of disputes".

It seems that in the original history, Li Chengliang spent money in Beijing Normal University to find someone to help him speak, although he had ambitions, but only limited to a corner of Liaodong, and this ambition is not a separatist party, but to ensure his existing status and wealth in Liaodong.

Since this is the mentality, then his proposal last night, presumably he should have considered it carefully.

Gao Pragmatic sighed in his heart: I actually do this for your own good, if you listen to my advice and retreat bravely, the records in the history books in the future will be much better than in the original history. And as long as I deal with a few hidden dangers in Liaodong, your Li family's wealth will last longer.

As for the 40,000 army, I don't want to be greedy, and I will leave it to your Li family when the time comes, but ...... It's not too much to let your sons get a point, right?

Starting from Dongchangbao, I basically followed the post road back to Beijing along the way, but after arriving at the Panshan Horse Station, I transferred to Luyang Horse Station, saving a trip to Guangning.

There was nothing to say along the way, nothing more than the greeting and send-off of local officials and generals, which could be omitted.

When he arrived in Beijing, Gao Pragmatic routinely left Fubiao's family Ding in the Jianxinzhai Courtyard in the northwest of Beijing's suburbs, and he and Huang Zhiting each brought dozens of people into the city.

After entering the city, Gao Shishi naturally went to his own mansion, but Huang Zhiting refused to go with him this time, but insisted on going to the Annan Guild Hall - this guild hall was newly purchased after Annan was annexed, and it was originally the annex of a wealthy merchant in Suzhou.

Since last year, the wealthy merchant has been involved in maritime trade, operating a silk business, and the main route is from Suzhou to Guangzhou, and from Guangzhou to Jingang. At a glance, he knew that he would inevitably need the care of the Jingnan Nanyang Fleet, and that he also had to have a good relationship with the Annan locality, so the news that Annan wanted to build a guild hall in Beijing reached his ears, and he took out this annex without saying a word.

Of course, the money was still collected, but he only charged a cost price, and he didn't make a single tael of silver. Smart businessmen know that this kind of moment is not profitable, in order to make more money elsewhere.

The Ministry of Rites also sent a foreigner to ask where Huang Zhiting planned to live, as the deputy tributary envoy of Annan, the Ministry of Rites was also responsible for arranging accommodation.

Huang Zhiting still insisted on living in the Annan Hall, Gao Shishi couldn't persuade her, and knew that she was to avoid rumors, so she had to go.

When Gao Shishi returned to his mansion in the southeast corner of Shichahai, he found that there were already people waiting outside the door.

Chen Ju was wearing a big red silk flying fish suit, greeted him with a smile, and arched his hand: "Don't come to high school, our family has been waiting for you for more than an hour." ”

Gao Pragmatic had already turned over and dismounted when he saw Chen Ju, and at this time he also smiled and said: "I heard earlier that Brother Wanhua (Chen Ju character Wanhua) Gao Shengdongchang Governor should have come to congratulate him in person, but unfortunately he was busy fighting at that time......

"Eh, if you say this, you will see the outside, when you are promoted to Liaofu, our family will not be able to go, this is all a matter of no way." Chen Ju smiled and said: "Huang Zhangyin happened to be on duty today, and he really couldn't spare time, so he asked our family to apologize to the high school on his behalf." ”

It turned out that with the return of Empress Dowager Li and the fall of Chen Hong, the inner court finally established a new "team" after a short period of time. After Zhu Yijun hesitated for a long time between Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, he finally chose to let Huang Mengyu take over and become the new master of ceremonies, while Chen Ju took over the East Factory.

However, perhaps it is a balance, or it may be compensation for Chen Ju, the "personal eunuch", Zhu Yijun did not let Chen Ju step down from the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor, but opened a historical reversal, allowing him to concurrently serve as the first eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the two major positions of real power in the Dongchang Admiral and the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor.

The reason why it is said to be "reversing" is because Gao Gong had previously required that the East Factory and the Imperial Horse Supervisor should not be one person at the same time, and it has been implemented for some years.

When this happened, Zhang Siwei was actually quite embarrassed, because both Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju were highly pragmatic allies, and now they are promoted, which is also a good thing, but the emperor let Chen Ju be both Dongchang and Yuma Supervisor, and destroyed Gao Gong's practice back then.

In the end, Zhang Siwei had to stubbornly express his opposition, and Chen Ju himself resigned several times, and then the emperor said that this was only a temporary arrangement, and at the latest a year later, a new palm print of the imperial horse supervisor would be selected, and then the matter was pushed back.

Gao Pragmatic and Chen Ju simply exchanged a few words, and then asked him about his intention, Chen Ju smiled: "Can we still know the truth of our family's intention?" The emperor is anxious to see you, let our family wait here, and as soon as you arrive, he will take you into the palace to face the saint - the military department and the capital inspection court can go again tomorrow. ”

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