Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Gao Cheng's expression was calm, without any hint of jealousy or hatred, he was not intolerant of others.

The so-called cutting the mess with a sharp knife is nothing but the cleverness of a young man, how can it compare with his own achievements over the years.

Gao Huan was well aware of this, and after thinking about it for a while, he only rewarded Gao Yang with silk cloth, but did not confer any position on him.

However, Gao Yang didn't hope to be useful because of this. He was too aware of the importance of himself and his elder brother in his father's heart. The reason why he showed his wisdom could only be said to be a son who was underestimated. That's all.

As for whether it will arouse Gao Cheng's suspicion, he pretended to be stupid a few years ago, but he was still told by that good brother. Back then, Gao Cheng explained the truth to him. The identity of the second son.

Gao Yang is not afraid of Gao Cheng, he has seen his brother clearly over the years, this man is a bit suspicious, but he has a good reputation, and he won't do anything like brother-in-law until there is no way to retreat.

As for the merits attributed to Gao Cheng just now, he said that he taught well and showed his favor, but it was for his son Gao Yin. He didn't want Gao Yin and himself to be raised like pigs in the future, so he hoped to ease the relationship with Gao Cheng .

The members of the Gao Clan retreated one after another, Gao Yang deliberately walked slowly, and when Gao Cheng came out, he leaned over and whispered to him his worries about Gao Yin's future.

Gao Cheng stared at Gao Yang for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said:
"You've done a good job. I'm not saying that you owe me the credit today, but tell me what's on your mind truthfully. Don't worry, Yin'er is my nephew. How could I treat him badly? You can let Yin'er go to the Bohai Palace from time to time."

Gao Cheng was defending against Gao Yang. He would not be like the original owner. After Gao Huan's death, he would promote Gao Yang, who was the most legal threat to his status, to the high position of Shangjian and Governor of Gyeonggi, and become the veritable second in command of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

As long as Gao Yang can't take over, Gao Yin is not a threat, and Gao Cheng doesn't mind showing his uncle's warmth properly.

After Gao Yang heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. His elder brother had a secretive and unpredictable mind, but he was still a trustworthy person, so for the first time in his life, 15-year-old Gao Yang sincerely bowed to Gao Cheng before leaving Bohai Palace.

Under Gao Cheng's arrangement, he now lives in the Taiyuan Duke's Mansion, which is on the same street as the Prince's Mansion, but even though he is close to Chichi, without Gao Cheng's permission, Gao Yang can't even enter his former home. , can be regarded as a division of households.

Gao Cheng didn't have any other intentions, just to prevent a fire in the backyard. After all, Gao Yang was also a lover of father, brother, wife and concubines.

Time has entered June, and Gao Cheng, who has been busy contacting Jinyang Wenwu and deepening his relationship, finally ushered in his marriage.

On the third day of June in the ninth year of Taichang (540), it was appropriate to marry. Under the auspices of Gao Huan, Gao Cheng welcomed back Princess Yu Jiulu from the Yanran Pavilion.

Witnessed by a group of relatives, friends, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the two got married by decree.

However, Yu Jiulu is only ten years old. Gao Cheng is worried that one day he will get drunk and do something beastly. After marriage, he will arrange for Princess Zhuzhu to continue living in the Yanran Pavilion. This point has also been agreed by his foster brother Tutujia. .

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No matter how anxious Tutujia was to get back to Rouran, she wouldn't let her ten-year-old niece take the risk of giving birth, which would be no different than sending her to die.

Bohai Prince's Mansion is full of guests and friends, pushing cups and changing cups.

Gao Cheng and the cavalry Cao of Jinyang and Cao Ercao, the foreign soldiers, frequently drank and chatted happily.

It can be regarded as two phases between them. Gao Cheng hopes to win over these Liao Zuo, so that he can take over the military power of Jinyang more smoothly in the future. Why don't Zhang Qi, Xu Yuan and others hope to have a close relationship with Gao Cheng in the future Can continue to benefit from Gao Cheng.

Little Gao Wang did have the idea of ​​continuing to reuse Xu Yuan, Zhang Qi, Bai Jian and others. One of them is naturally that they are loyal to the Gao family. Even Tang Yong, who is not loved by Gao Cheng, has devoted himself to the Gao family and served him. For the rest of his life, when the Northern Qi Dynasty was about to perish, he participated in supporting Gao Yanzong, the fifth son of Gao Cheng, to proclaim himself emperor in Jinyang.

And Zhao Qi still supported Gao Shaoyi to continue Guozuo in western Liaoning after the successive fall of Jinyang and Yecheng.

Of course, there is no unreasonable loyalty in the world, and this is also related to Gao's generous treatment of these people. Taking Tang Yong as an example, he not only gained the title of King of Jinchang County, but after Gao Zhan succeeded to the throne, this lover of Gao's foreign wives and concubines, He even gave Gao Yang's concubine Duan Zhaoyi, Duan Shao's younger sister, as his wife.

My favorite minister married my own Yi Shuang, and I don't know how Gao Yangquan would feel if he knew it.

Running in both directions can always make the relationship between each other warm up quickly. After a few drinks, Gao Cheng has already become brothers with Xu Yuan, Zhao Qi, Bai Jian, Tang Yong and others.

It is also impossible to have a newcomer and forget the old one, Gao Cheng was really drunk at this wedding banquet.

When I woke up the next day, I heard people say that he got drunk last night and put his arms around Gao Huan's neck to make a vow. The key point is that Gao Huan also got drunk. If it weren't for being held back by Chen Yuankang, the father and son might really have Burn yellow paper and burn incense to worship.

Gao Cheng was terrified of the future, not because he messed up his father and son's seniority, but because he had turned around from outside the gate of hell.

Who is not afraid of being a brother to He Liuhun?

Gao Huan lived in Luoyang for more than half a month, and the Bohai Palace had banquets almost every day. The two factions of Jinyang and Luoyang in the Eastern Wei Dynasty also took this opportunity to enhance their relationship with each other. After all, this is the most direct way to get acquainted with each other.

On June 20, Gao Huan bid farewell to his sons and Luoyang civil and military officials at the pavilion ten miles outside Jianchun Gate. He led his wife, concubine, two grandchildren, Jinyang civil and military personnel and [-] troops to the north and returned to Jinyang.

The Gao family has cultivated and thrived these years, and has never sent troops to fight abroad, but Gao Huan, Gao Cheng and his son went on patrols one after another. The most important thing is that the cost of the patrols is very different from that of leading troops.

Leading the army to fight must bring a large number of civilians for logistics, which is a huge expense, not to mention the tax exemption for the following year, which will reduce the fiscal revenue.

There is no combat mission in the patrol area, and there is no need to recruit civilians to accompany them. Whether it is the Gyeonggi Army following Gao Cheng or the 20 Bingzhou Hus under Gao Huan's command, they are all full-time soldiers. At the same time, food is originally provided by the state. There is no phenomenon that food will be consumed when going on tour, but you can stay in Jinyang without eating or drinking.

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However, consumption actually exists, but compared to the huge cost of the army's westward expedition, the cost is negligible.

During this period of time, in order to prepare the military resources for Gao's father and son in the fall, Cui Jishu, Minister of the Household Department, and Feng Zihui, the new Minister of Military Affairs, were so busy that they even drank two glasses of wine for Gao Cheng's wedding before leaving in a hurry.

Cui Jishu was responsible for raising food and grass, while Feng Zihui, who was removed from the post of Sima in the General's Mansion and changed to Minister of the Ministry of War, was in charge of liaising with the Ministry of Industry and hoarding weapons.

Before the three armies moved, not only food and grass, but also knives, guns and arrows had to be prepared in advance. There were millions of swords alone, and Gao Cheng even asked the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry to jointly prepare tens of millions of arrows.

Although the number of weapons sounds bluffing, compared to the 20 Bingzhou Hu and the [-] Gyeonggi Army, the per capita sword is less than five, and the number of arrows lost is only fifty.

Weapons these days are very easy to wear and tear. In the historical battle of Shayuan, after Xue Guyan was defeated by Gao Huan, he walked while fighting. In one day, he changed fifteen steel knives, or cut the blades, or Fracture, which is also related to the fierce fighting.

The loss of weapons is also a major part of war expenses.

In any case, there is nothing wrong with preparing more weapons, and the soldiers should not be allowed to roll their blades, break their weapons, and fight the enemy with bare hands.

This is also one of the reasons for the need for civilian workers to do logistics. Not to mention delivering food, preparing meals, and washing clothes for the soldiers, these weapons alone require a large number of civilian workers to transfer when the army is marching.

Gao Longzhi concurrently served as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his energy was limited. Correspondingly, he also gave up his job as a camp supervisor, and only retained the Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the servant.

In view of the fact that weapons are easily damaged nowadays, Gao Cheng ordered Gao Longzhi to supervise the construction of iron smelting furnaces on the banks of the Weishui and Luoshui rivers to see if the impurities could be further extracted. The invigilator had to be merciful to pass the test. As for the two subjects of physics and chemistry, he was innocent, so he had to entrust everything to Gao Longzhi.

At least Gao Longzhi has the honorary title of the ancestor of smelting in later generations, and he is much more reliable than himself in any case.

As Gao Cheng's royal tool man, Gao Longzhi can be regarded as hard-working. He set up the printing factory team, and he supervised the mint. Not to mention the hard work, he has to bear the reputation of bullying the emperor. In the future, he will not give a king. Xiao Gaowang himself felt that the reward and punishment were unfair.

In history, the kings and nobles of the Northern Qi Dynasty were conferred indiscriminately, but correspondingly, based on such kindness, they can win the loyalty of their subjects.

Fame and fortune, you have to give someone else one, otherwise they will get nothing out of their hard work.

Don't allow excessive corruption, and don't even want to give up fame and position, who is willing to work for you.

Gao Cheng will not indiscriminately confer titles of princes, but he will not begrudge the credit to a certain extent.

After Gao Huan arrived in Jinyang, he disbanded the 20 troops on the spot and reunited them with their family members. When the soldiers returned to the army again, they would face the most rigorous training.

In the third year of Taiping, Jinyang's army had never fought, and it still needed to re-proficiate the killing skills on the battlefield through drills.

The same is true for the Gyeonggi Army. After Zhang Liang led the salt soldiers to Luoyang and Gao Cheng inspected them, he was overjoyed and found that even if he only beat horse bandits on the grassland, he was bullying the weak, but he had seen blood after all. Far better than the Gyeonggi Army.

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The Gyeonggi Army has experienced wars. Although Gao Cheng often wins with strategies, he has also fought fierce battles, such as rescuing Dou Tai.

Although many people have been recruited recently, they are all veterans, the oldest in Hou Yuan's department, who followed him to participate in the Duluozhou Uprising 15 years ago.

Some people under Liu Feng's command also followed him 16 years ago to resist the Six Towns Rebel Army led by Baling of the Six Hans to attack Lingzhou, and most of them experienced the siege of Lingzhou by Li Hu, Zhao Gui, and Li Bi That tragic battle.

It can be seen that the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Gyeonggi Army has little to do with the reorganization.

It's just that they haven't seen blood for three years. In Luoyang's flamboyant world, both the decline of fighting will and the rustiness of fighting skills are inevitable things.

Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime, this sentence Gao Cheng deeply understands, seeing that autumn is coming, Gao Cheng pays close attention to the drills of the Gyeonggi Army, except for the drills in the temples and schools in the city where the Gyeonggi Army is stationed.

Every three days, Gao Cheng would organize the Gyeonggi Army and the Salt Soldiers to conduct an actual combat drill, but all the weapons were replaced with cloth-headed wooden sticks, and even the arrowheads were wrapped in cloth.

The soldiers were slightly injured and seriously injured, but at least they did not kill anyone, and the situation has been greatly improved compared with the previous situation.

Time has entered July, and autumn is approaching quietly. The crops in the Kanto region are growing well. Gao Cheng also mobilizes grain and grass from Changping warehouses in various places, and transports them to Jinyang one after another. Feng Zihui and Gao Longzhi have finally completed the amount of weapons Gao Cheng requested. It was also sent to Jinyang immediately.

Gao Longzhi was ordered to study how to extract impurities in steel. Although some results had been achieved, it was too late to put into the production of this batch. Gao Cheng also encouraged him to continue the research and not to be in a hurry.

Now the food, grass, and weapons are all ready, and we just need to wait for the people to go to Jinyang to take orders after the autumn harvest.

Generally speaking, 1 soldier needs to be matched with 3 civilian husbands to assist the left. The 20 Bingzhou Huwai in Jinyang and the Luoyang Gyeonggi Army are all sent out.

Not to mention the food and clothing expenses of these more than 70 people, according to the regulation that they can be exempted from taxes if they join the army, more than 70 households are exempt from taxes, which is undoubtedly a big cut to the fiscal revenue for the coming year.

The risk taken by the husband is worth the tax-free return of the whole family.

Not only did they transfer supplies during the march, they braved the rain of arrows to fill up the moat when they attacked the city. What was even more terrifying was the expedition of the army.

Therefore, even if it is the return of tax exemption for the whole year in the coming year, there are only a few civilians who can actively apply for recruitment. After all, the Eastern Wei Dynasty recuperated for three years. , and even more life-threatening, who is willing to take this trip to Kansai.

Therefore, it is still necessary to rely on forced requisition, and the local government will draw on the roster, and after the autumn harvest, they will be forced to go to Jinyang.

This also makes many officials profit from it. Those who have paid will not appear on the selection list, and those who have not paid are purely luck.

Gao Cheng did not deal with this chaos. For the region, the autumn harvest will be held in the future, which is very important. For the central government, Gao Cheng does not want to delay the subsequent recruitment of civilian husbands by punishing the local governor.

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But he still kept this matter in mind. After the war, he would naturally settle with these officials and ask them to hand over the bribes they received.

This wave, this wave has gained a good reputation for punishing corrupt officials, and earned bribes from officials in vain. It really achieved a win-win situation. Xiao Gaowang won twice by himself.

Time passed quietly while waiting. In the autumn harvest season, not only farmers were harvesting grain in the fields, Gao Cheng worked hard, and Yuan Zhonghua also had good news in his stomach.

However, from that day on, Yuan Zhonghua's mood also became depressed. At the beginning, Gao Cheng felt strange that postpartum depression should not wait until after giving birth, why did he become depressed as soon as he was pregnant.

After thinking about it later, I realized that Yuan Zhonghua had nothing to do before, so naturally he didn't care much about it, but now that he is pregnant, if he gives birth to an heir, according to his original status, he will be the eldest son.

According to the patriarchal system, this child will be the third-generation heir of the Gao regime. Even if Gao Huan instructed him to intervene, as the eldest son, he would have a chance to fight.

Now because of the marriage of Princess Zhuzhu, Yuan Zhonghua has been relegated from a concubine to a concubine, and the child in her belly has also changed from a concubine to a concubine. Yuan Zhonghua doesn't care about her own name and status, as long as she can be with Gao Cheng often, but she feels indebted The child in the stomach.

Gao Cheng originally wanted to pretend not to know, but seeing Yuan Zhonghua getting depressed, he had no choice but to find the other party and comforted him:
"Whether it is a descendant or a concubine, they are all my close relatives, and I should treat them together."

It is impossible for Gao Cheng to promise Yuan Zhonghua the inheritance right now. Compared with the eldest son inheritance system, he is actually more inclined to choose the best son or grandson, but the eldest son inheritance system does play an important role in maintaining the inheritance of the country. How to choose still depends on the future.

Fortunately, the first wife is now Princess Zhuzhu. Regardless of her age or status, it is only an expedient policy to become a first wife. In the future, the most outstanding child's biological mother can be promoted as a first wife to establish the identity of the first wife. It is not allowed to wait for Gao Cheng In his later years, he could still watch a drama in which the princes seized the throne.

Even if Xiao Gao Wang is more willing to have a blind date with his sons in the future, his status is doomed to be just an extravagant wish. In the face of power, no one can be indifferent.

And the status of Princess Zhuzhu's first wife also gave other people the opportunity to covet her, such as Er Zhu Ying'e.

She used to be obsessed with playing various role-playing games with Gao Cheng, but now she really has some pillow talk with Gao Cheng, always mentioning Gao Xiaozhang's cleverness, cleverness, well-behaved and sensible, and even said that he is a filial child.

The Song family was also unavoidable, and kept bragging about Gao Xiaoyu.

This made Gao Cheng angry and funny, those two little bastards stayed in Luoyang for more than half a month, and he and Gao Huan co-acted a lot of filial piety in front of them, and I didn't see them wash his feet once.

Gao Cheng understood Er Zhu Ying'e and Song's thoughts, and he could also understand the thoughts of the person next to him.

Different from himself, Gao Cheng has two sons and four daughters. Not surprisingly, more children will be born in the future.

And Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaoyu are all Er Zhuying'e and Song's at present. The two daughters who can't grow up with them already feel guilty towards them. The mother secretly fights for her son and blows some pillow wind.

It can only be said that Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaoyu were raised by Gao Huan's side, which endowed the two brothers with other meanings, and also made many people think, not only Er Zhuying'e and the Song family, but also Gao Cheng's cronies and favorite ministers, After watching for a long time, they seem to be interested in marrying Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaoyu.

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And Gao Cheng's daughters are even more sought-after, benefiting from the good genes of their parents, the daughters' facial features are all beautiful and cute, coupled with their identities, even the fourth daughter who is under the age of one is missed.

Chen Yuankang wanted to make a baby marriage for his newly born son, and even Duan Shao wrote to Gao Cheng from time to time, in which he always mentioned his son Duan Yi intentionally or unintentionally, and pretended to express his love for Gao Cheng inadvertently. Female high school Mi's favorite.

Gao Cheng didn't respond to these blatant acts of adoring cabbage, and he and Chen Yuankang, Duan Shao and other cronies didn't need to use their daughter's marriage to advance.

Gao Cheng personally wrote back one by one, mentioning that in the future, when the daughters are 16 years old, they will make their own considerations, and they will make their own choices.

Of course, that's what they say, but as a parent, who really trusts their daughter to choose by herself, lest she is not well-versed in the world and be tricked by people with sweet words.

On August 540th in the ninth year of Taichang ([-]), the autumn harvest was in full swing. Gao Cheng also left his family in Luoyang during such a busy season, leading [-] Gyeonggi troops to join Gao Huan in the north. , After preparing for war, they will send troops from Jinyang together, cross the Yellow River to Puban and enter the pass, and Yubi will once again become the distribution center for front-line supplies.

Before leaving Luoyang, Gao Cheng sent an order to his uncle Lou Zhao. As he had imagined before, he would recruit a total of 5 soldiers and horses from the five states of Xiang, Ji, Cang, Ding, and Ji after the autumn harvest to slide down the south slide, and Duan Shao each received [-]. People, support the southern line.

He also ordered Sun Teng, Gao Longzhi, and Sima Ziru to stay behind in Luoyang, and each of them performed their duties. Gao Longzhi and Sun Teng were in charge of the Shangshu Province, and three of the six departments were in charge. Important decisions need to be negotiated by three people, and can only be passed with unanimous consent. If someone expresses objection and is unwilling to back down, he must immediately send someone to ask Gao Cheng for instructions, and he will make a decision.

The defense of Luoyang is mainly composed of the forbidden army under Wang Shiliang, the salt soldiers led by Zhang Liang, and the tribes of Ke Zhu Hunyuan and the soldiers of Sizhou Prefecture. At the same time, there was Dugu Yongye guarding Tongguan, supported by Gao Shen, the governor of Shanzhou.

Gao Cheng also attaches great importance to family affairs. He warned Yunniang that when he was not in the mansion, Gao Yang would never be allowed to visit the house, and he wanted her to take care of his wives and concubines for him. It's over.

Gao Rui, who was in the see-off crowd, looked at the back of his cousin leaving, and heaved a sigh of relief.

Every time his mother met Gao Cheng, Gao Rui was tormented by the affectionate look in his eyes. He knew that the relationship between the two was innocent, but it was precisely because of this that he was helpless, especially when he saw his father Gao Chen again. His spiritual position made him feel guilty and dare not look directly at it.

Even if Gao Cheng disappeared without a trace, Yuan Jiyan was unwilling to look away. When he was saying goodbye just now, Gao Cheng opened the skirt of his clothes and showed himself the peace talisman that was given to him. It lingers in my mind for a long time, lingering.

Er Zhuying'e and the Song family wanted to go with them, anyway, Gao Cheng would live in Jinyang for a while, so they could take the opportunity to accompany their son, but Gao Cheng hid from their pillows, fearing that they would not be able to avoid it, how could he take her two They only brought Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaoyu with them when they came back to Luoyang, so they let them go.

Gao Cheng doesn't mind them blowing pillow talk, but if they talk too much, they will get bored.

Back then, there was a Queen Empress and a Yingchuan Princess, so intimately called, they still couldn't escape the seven-year itch.