Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1533 Mother and son return to Beijing
Where does food come from?Of course it came from the field, but as Liang Menglong said, the implementation of the current whip method in the Ming Dynasty has been relatively popular. Except for Shaanxi and other provinces that have historically needed to transport grain from other places, almost all of them have changed the in-kind tax of the land tax to the collection of silver. This also means that the imperial court has immeasurable silver in its hands.

Unless the imperial court uses the grain reserves to distribute, normally speaking, it is better to distribute grain than silver, at least transporting silver must be much less expensive than transporting grain.

But the court money is also very tight, which is more embarrassing, not to mention that the proposal made by the Ministry of War is not a one-shot sale, but a long-term expenditure, so special arrangements are needed.

Gao Yushi has no special arrangement at present, but he can indeed think of a way for this expenditure next year.

Unlike the decline in grain production in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty due to the impact of the Little Ice Age, this year's southern Xinjiang has had a bumper harvest, especially in the Chao Phraya River Plain of Siam, which has three crops a year.Before, Huang Zhiting thought that it would be easy to fight Malacca, and there was also a reason for the extremely abundant military rations-the abundance of military rations meant that she could even sit and wait for the possible counterattack of the Portuguese with peace of mind.

Gao Yushi said that he had to wait a few days before he could reply to the Ministry of War because he needed to discuss with the upcoming Huang Zhiting how to reach the deal, or to put it more bluntly, what conditions should be exchanged between the two parties.

Direct support is possible, but it has never been a highly pragmatic style.This is not because he is pragmatic and stingy, but because he has to worry about the face of "my dynasty", and at the same time, he must avoid some people in the court from using it to attack him - such as buying the hearts of the people and the army.

After all, although the Ming court had no scruples about the tyrants and rich households taking the initiative to provide disaster relief, but if you donate food to the army, the nature of this is completely different, especially now that it is not a wartime - you may be rewarded by the court if you do so in wartime. In non-wartime, you can only be vigilant.

Since the coast has long been calm, although the wind direction is not good at this time, Huang Zhiting's trip to the north is still very smooth.She received the news that Gao Yushi asked her to return to Beijing early enough, and she had to report on related affairs in Malacca, so she set off early.

On the third day after Gao Wushi met with Liang Menglong and other military officials, he received a report from Tianjin Port saying that the mistress and the young master had arrived in Hong Kong.Since they arrived at the port in the afternoon, Tianjin Port naturally took the initiative to arrange for Huang Zhiting's mother and son to spend the night at the port, and arrange escort back to Beijing tomorrow.

It is too much to use the word "make it" in Tianjin Port at this time, because Tianjin Port is one of Jinghua's famous ports. There are several guild halls with beautiful environment and luxurious facilities for distinguished guests to stay.

Among them, the three most famous halls are Xuanyiyuan of the Ministry of Rites, Jinmen Haitian Pavilion of Jinghua, and Annan Tianjin Guild Hall established in the name of the Annan Metropolitan Commissioner.

By the way, the Siam Tianjin Clubhouse built in the name of the Kingdom of Siam is also under construction, but because Huang Zhiting knows that Gao Pragmatism likes lakes, she arranged for the Siam Tianjin Clubhouse to dig an artificial lake, which resulted in a large amount of work. It is estimated that it will not be completed until next year—in fact, it is very likely that Gao Shishi will never set foot in this museum from the beginning to the end.

The Xuanyi Academy of the Ministry of Rites was set up to receive tribute from foreign feudal vassals. The word "Xuanyi" means to "promote the etiquette of the heavenly court" to foreign feudal vassals.Even if Huang Zhiting is in Annan's own position "Annan Metropolitan Commander Deputy Du Commander", it is not a foreign post, because the Annan Metropolitan Commander is attached in name, and it is regarded as the official of the Ming court, so she must not will live.

Theoretically, the Annan Tianjin Guild Hall is the place where she should stay the most. However, the Annan Guild Hall was built earlier, and in order to appear low-key at that time, this hall was slightly cramped compared to the other two. The person in charge of Tianjin Port did not intend to let the mistress Stay with the young master.In the end, Huang Zhiting's mother and son were arranged to live in Jinmen Haitian Pavilion in Jinghua.

"Ge" is not a very big name for a building, but since it seems to be a highly pragmatic tradition to name a building group after the main building, Tianjin Port did so, even though it didn't know why.That is to say, "Haitian Pavilion" is actually just the name of the main building here. In fact, this place is the same as "Jianxinzhai" and "Rixin Building".

Haitian Pavilion, as its name suggests, is a complex of buildings built directly by the sea.This place is located in the north direction of Tianjin Port. Instead of facing south from the north, the main building is slightly to the southeast, facing the sea directly.

As the eldest son of Gao Yushi, Gao Yuan is less than two years old at this time, to be exact, two years old and three months away.The child can't speak yet, and he doesn't like to make noise, but is very lethargic.

According to Huang Zhiting, it is "not at all like me, just like his father" - she heard that Gao Yushi was not too early to speak when he was a child, and he was surprisingly quiet. Before the age of three, he was extremely lethargic, but after the age of three, he became It's amazing - he's super expressive.

Although Gao Wushi said very little at that time, he was able to express his intentions accurately from the moment he opened his mouth, and would never cause misunderstandings. He was not like other children who needed adults to look at them and take care of what they said. Draw to guess its meaning.

She didn't know that Gao Yushi was a time traveler, and thought that Gao Yuan had inherited his father's characteristics, so she was not in a hurry.

Early the next morning, Huang Zhiting and Gao Yuan's specially-made carriage was escorted by five hundred riders and three hundred wolf soldiers accompanied by her, and set off back to Beijing.Although it was a carriage ride, the carriage was specially made, and the shock absorber was a "top equipment". Moreover, since Jinghua also provided horses for the wolf soldiers, the journey back to Beijing was extremely fast, and they arrived at the capital at noon. , without even delaying lunch.

However, when Gao Wushi took the time to return to Shangshu Gao's mansion at noon, he got the news that after Huang Zhiting came back, she settled Gao Yuan and went to Liu Xin's room, and she hasn't come out until now.

Gao Wushi was a little puzzled, did the two of them really become girlfriends?

However, he didn't intend to go to Liu Xin's side, but just went to the restaurant to wait.Sure enough, not long after, Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin came to the restaurant together, even holding the child in their arms.

This was the first time that Gao Yushi saw his eldest son. Although he was a person who didn't have much obsession with children, otherwise he should have taken the initiative to see him just now.

However, when the child actually appeared in front of him, he couldn't help getting up and going to visit him.

Huang Zhiting didn't always practice etiquette in front of Gao Yushi before, but this time she stopped when she saw Gao Yushi stand up.Although he couldn't move his hands because he was holding the child in his hands, he still bent his knees slightly, nodded his head and said: "I have seen the master before."

Since she moved, Liu Xin had no choice but to follow suit, saying, "I've seen my master."

"Madam has worked hard from afar, so there's no need to be polite." Gao Wushi replied casually, then stepped forward quickly, and looked at the child in Huang Zhiting's hands.Unexpectedly, this kid was still asleep and never opened his eyes to look at him.

Gao Yushi subconsciously looked at his small face, and said: "Well, the nose and mouth are like mine, but the face shape is more like yours." Then he laughed and added: "That's good, it looks more refined when you grow up. .”

In fact, Huang Zhiting has an oval face, which is usually not the case when boys grow up, but if the mother has a more face shape, the facial lines will be softer and thinner.Gao Wushi originally wanted to say "more delicate", but suddenly remembered that boys' delicateness is not popular in this era, so he changed the name to "wenqi".

Huang Zhiting pursed her lips and chuckled, and said, "Husband is the number one scholar in the six poems. It's reasonable for Yuan'er to be more refined, but... I hope that he is more like her husband."

Gao Wushi didn't know whether Huang Zhiting's words meant anything at the moment—because whether most "ancient people" liked children, just like a special vocabulary that emperors often used when passing on the throne, it largely depends on what he thinks. Whether your child is "deeply humble".

This Xiao is not only very similar to his father in behavior, but also in appearance.

But Gao Yushi was too lazy to think about these things. After all, the Ming Dynasty had its own characteristics. The status of the eldest son was unshakable. Whether Gao Yuan was more like himself or his mother, it didn't really matter.

In fact, although Gao Yushi's own appearance is not bad, but their Gao family has a typical northerner appearance, tall, with a Chinese character face, knife-edged eyebrows, and a slightly serious expression with evil spirits-this may be why he rarely leads troops. One of the reasons why someone dared to be presumptuous in front of him.In short, it is a natural "official image".

The sense of elegance he usually gives people actually comes more from his status as the No. [-] scholar in the six poems and his demeanor cultivated through long-term study. If Gao Yuan's facial lines are softer in the future, it may not be a bad thing.

Of course, these are trivial matters. After all, there is an old saying that a son follows his mother. Since the mother is a great beauty, the son will never be too ugly.

"I hug?" Gao Wushi asked consciously.

Of course, Huang Zhiting was very happy, but she was very worried that Gao Yushi had no experience in holding babies, so she agreed and said very carefully: "One hand should support his neck, and don't let his head lose strength. Lean back..."

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Ma'am, you are too worried. Your husband and I have a lot of younger brothers and sisters. I am very experienced in holding children."

Well, this is a white lie. His experience of holding a child did not come from this life, but Huang Zhiting was relieved when he heard it, and said: "That's good." Said and handed the child to Gao Yushi.

As expected, Gao Wushi took it over and hugged him appropriately, and Xiao Gaoyuan didn't even show any sign of waking up, and Liu Xin who was next to him couldn't help but joke: "My boss doesn't lie, this method is professional at first glance, seven or eight The eldest brother of two younger siblings is not in vain."

Gao Wushi laughed, and proudly said: "That's it, that's it." As he spoke, he looked down at Gao Yuan, and suddenly couldn't help but kissed him lightly on his small face.

Liu Xin didn't respond to this action, but Huang Zhiting was a little surprised—in Daming, or in the whole of ancient China, the phenomenon of "separated relatives" was very, very obvious.This is not only a natural phenomenon in Chinese Confucian society, but also a cultural custom.

Under the teaching philosophy of Confucianism, "father, father, son, son" means that the father should be like the father, and the son should be like the son.The "attribute" corresponding to the father has never been the "kindness" of the loving father-that is the attribute that the mother should have, and the grandparents of the next generation can also use "kindness" as the "main attribute" to treat their grandchildren.

Only the father is not. The attribute of the father is a strict father, strict and even strict.As the old saying goes, "A good son is born with a stick, but a disobedient one is pampered." This is mainly a warning against fathers who are not strict enough.Therefore, Gao Yushi's action made Huang Zhiting very surprised, and even worried at a glance.

Gao Wushi himself also quickly noticed Huang Zhiting's reaction, his heart moved, he pretended not to know with a smile and said to the sleeping Gao Yuan: "You were not with your father when you were born, this is compensation, and there will be no more in the future."

After all, he is one of the contemporary Confucian sects. Gao Yushi will not ignore the Confucian tradition like many of his time-traveling counterparts, and give his son the so-called Western-style education that later generations are used to.Therefore, as soon as he noticed that Huang Zhiting's expression was wrong, he immediately found the stairs by himself.

This explanation really worked. Huang Zhiting's eyes turned soft immediately, she glanced at the little Gao Yuan in her husband's arms, and sighed softly: "You don't need to be like this, this kind of situation is common in the family of eunuchs. Will care."

This is not wrong. For example, when Gao Yushi was born, his father Gao Cai was not in Xinzheng at all, but was an official in Fengyang Mansion. Even the name "Gao Yushi" was Gao Gong who happened to return to his hometown at that time. I caught up, so I took it on behalf of my sixth brother.

"Hey, there is no nickname?" Gao Wushi asked in surprise, "Didn't I say before that since I got the nickname, did you let him get the nickname?"

"Husband has said it before, but there is no such reason in the world." Huang Zhiting smiled: "Naming is a matter for the husband's family. No matter how big or small the name is, the slave family dare not go beyond the rules."

The reasoning is the same, but Gao Yushi thinks that the nickname doesn't matter at all, besides, no outsider will know who got the nickname.So he shook his head and said: "Since I have empowered you, you can choose one at ease. Gao Yuan is his name, if you always call him Yuan'er, it will be difficult to speak after you reach the crown."

Huang Zhiting hesitated for a moment, and said, "If my husband insists..."

"Yes, you can take it." Gao Wushi waved his hand, but immediately remembered something, and added: "Don't mention cheap names like Er Gouzi, I don't believe that, and it's too ugly."

"Pfft..." Huang Zhiting couldn't help laughing, then covered her mouth and said, "Then, let's call her Tan'er."

Gao Wushi was taken aback: "Which word?"

"Clear pool, pool of water pool." Huang Zhiting turned her beautiful eyes and replied.

Gao Yushi immediately understood what she meant: Tan not only had the meaning of Yuan in it, but also from her eyes, Gao Yushi could see that she was actually referring to the fact that she and she were in Guangxi at the beginning. The time when Tan was sucked into the vortex of the underground river, living together and dying together.

It was precisely because of that incident that the two of them walked together for thousands of miles and got to know each other better.To some extent, thanks to the gift of that clear pool, the marriage between the two of them would be possible.

"Okay, that's a good name, let's call it Tan'er." Gao Wushi immediately agreed.

But at this time, he noticed that Liu Xin, who was standing a little behind Huang Zhiting's side, was smiling, but always made people feel a little lonely in his expression, so he changed the subject and said with a smile: "Why don't you come back?" Take a good rest, but go to Miss Liu's room? What kind of military affairs are you talking about?"
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