Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 349 Xindu (4000)

From the amount of the reward, it can be seen that Xiao Gao Wang is currently in short supply. Before the change, Wei Xingqing, who worked hard to cooperate with the performance, said that he would start with [-] pieces of cloth, but Wei Xingqing was not dissatisfied. After all, the [-] pieces of cloth came too easily. It's a matter of lip service.

Although he was scolded that night, he was praised and rewarded by King Qi in front of his subordinates the next day, and he saved his face.

That morning, after Wei Xingqing was rewarded, Gao Cheng set off eastward. His main purpose of coming to Daliang City was to deepen his relationship with the [-] Hu soldiers stationed here. Apart from asking Zhao Yanshen if he knew about Zheng Wei's murder, the rest of the business was up to date. Cheng didn't ask any questions, in order to express his trust in Zhao Yanshen and Duan Shao.

The inspection team passed through Liangzhou and went to Zhixiaqiu in Yanzhou (Yanzhou, Shandong). As usual, they were grandly received by Liu Honghui, the governor of Yanzhou. Listen to people's sentiments.

Liu Honghui was the son of Liu Gui from the Huns and Gao Cheng's sister-in-law. He was not a mediocre man, but dealing with political affairs was indeed not his specialty.

Fortunately, Liu Honghui did follow Gao Cheng's teachings before he took office, and strictly followed the "Government Outline" for administration. The specific affairs were completely handed over to the bureaucrats, and he just grasped the general direction.

Gao Cheng stayed in Xiaqiu for four days. During this period, Gao Cheng held a family banquet and had a drink with Liu Honghui's family. During the dinner, the friendship between Gao Huan and Liu Gui was inevitably brought up. Everyone in the room recalled their fathers, and all of them shed tears.

After the family banquet, it was business. After the spies reported back one after another, Gao Cheng severely punished a group of treacherous subordinates based on their investigations. He praised the hardworking officials and specially recorded their names one by one. He sent people back to Luoyang to send a letter to the Ministry of Officials, explaining that Cui Siam would arrange promotions for these people after the examination period expired, and all the officials who received the awards were excited.

After passing through Yanzhou, and further east is Jeju. After arriving in Jeju Prefecture Zhili City (Jinan, Shandong), Wen Zisheng, the governor of Jezhou, was severely reprimanded by Gao Cheng.

It turned out that Wen Zisheng had a strong literati air, and he liked to make friends with others. He often left political affairs to his subordinates. He and his friends traveled to famous mountains and rivers, and wrote poems impromptuly. This kind of performance is obviously not accepted by Gao Cheng.

Liu Honghui was an exception because he was a Hun with little knowledge, and his only ability was in martial arts.

The reason why he was able to sit on the position of governor of Yanzhou was because his father Liu Gui and his wife were daughters of the Gao family. If Liu Honghui were to intervene in government affairs no matter how big or small, there might be big troubles.

But Wen Zisheng is different. You, a civil servant who came from an aide, dare to follow Liu Honghui as a shopkeeper. Isn’t that making yourself unhappy? That was an idle job, and I would have plenty of time to recite psalms in the future.

As for the former prime minister, You Changshi, Zheng Shuzu, who had just married the Gao family, was placed in the position of governor of Jeju.

Although Zheng Shuzu came from a powerful family, his moral demeanor has always been praised by others. After getting along with him for a while, Gao Cheng was quite satisfied with him.

And this kind of appointment and dismissal is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Zheng family in Xingyang, but what they don't know is that Gao Cheng is more for Zheng Shuzu's personal character and ability than his family status.

Of course, Zheng Shuzu has the qualifications and ability to serve as the governor of Guangzhou. As early as the Northern Wei Dynasty, he and his father Zheng Daozhao successively served as the governor of Guangzhou.
"Grand Duke Zheng and Little Zheng Gong have been separated for fifty years, and the teachings are still the same. '

In fact, there is another reason why Gao Cheng took the opportunity to attack. In history, Wen Zisheng was involved in the clan's treason, and was imprisoned by the original owner and starved to death. It is safer than putting it in the local governor.

As a literati, even if he really has the intention of treason, it is impossible for him to break through the obstruction of the guards and plot to assassinate himself.

Wen Zisheng was not very courageous, he was frightened by Gao Cheng's scolding, even though he was changed to You Changshi, he didn't dare to complain, after all, he was not tolerant of vulgar affairs, otherwise, how could he be reprimanded by Gao Cheng? Cheng found a reason to dismiss the post of governor of Jeju.

When the inspection team left Jeju, they took away the former governor of Jeju, Wen Zisheng, who wrote essays and poems for Gao Cheng along the way, and left behind the new governor of Jeju, Zheng Shuzu. It's still up to King Qi to make a decision, but it's just that someone needs to be sent back to Luoyang to make up for the formalities to stamp a seal.

After leaving Licheng, Gao Cheng did not continue east to Qingzhou, but turned north, crossed the Yellow River, and headed to Hebei.

However, he still sent someone to escort Li Changyi to Qingzhou to visit his parents alone.

Officials like Li Huibo who can bring their families to rule the land have always been closely monitored by the spies of the listening department. For example, Wei Jing, the governor of Jianzhou, is an exception only for She Diqian.

Therefore, Gao Cheng knew the sentiments of the people under the rule of Qingzhou like the palm of his hand, and Li Huibo worked hard, so he didn't need to make another trip. Of course, he still dragged Li Changyi to bring him greetings to Yue Weng.

Crossing the river from Jeju, the first stop in Hebei is Jizhou.

Gao Cheng's popular base in Jizhou can be said to be the most reliable among the 38 northern states. The main reason is that Gao Cheng, Gao Xiaozhang, and Gao Xiaoyu brought up the matter of punishing Wei Jing.

How arrogant and domineering Wei Jing was at that time, Gao Huan persuaded him not to be greedy, but he dared to retort: ​​"I just ask the people for it, but you ask the emperor for it, let's not say anything about it." '

And Gao Huan was swallowed by this sentence, so he could only do it on his own.

Not to mention injuring Gao Cheng, etc., in the end, he got away with it, so even if Wei Jing caused a lot of anger and grievances in Jizhou at that time, no one expected anyone to uphold justice for him.

It was in such a desperate mood that Gao Cheng came to Jizhou, sent Wei Jing prisoner to Luoyang, almost made him die socially, and beat his son a hundred horsewhips. He even forced Wei Jing to dissipate all his family wealth to compensate the sufferer. Of course, Gao Huan rewarded Wei Jing with various excuses afterwards, making up for his family fortune.

Wei Jing didn't subdue the law, no one blamed Gao Cheng, everyone knew that he tried his best, but Gao Huan went to the court to intercede in person, after all, the kindness of parenting is beyond heaven.

As soon as the team crossed the river, the people heard the news and came, and they all ate pots of oatmeal to welcome the king of Qi.

Of course Gao Cheng would not let go of such a good opportunity, and taught Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Xiaoyu who had only turned five years old a few days ago.

But after seeing such a warm scene, the young minds of the two brothers were greatly shocked and convinced.

After Gao Cheng entered Xindu, he immediately received a letter from Luoyang stating that Yuan Zhonghua gave birth to a son on April 27, and the emperor bestowed a title on him as Duke of Hejian County. Please name him by Gao Cheng.

He was just born and didn't even have a name, so he couldn't wait to give him a title. Yuan Shan was too eager to see this uncle and uncle.

Gao Cheng was also a lazy person when it came to naming, so he simply named the third son Gao Xiaowan, and wrote a letter asking Yuan Zhonghua to take good care of his body.

Although Yuan Xiaoyou, the governor of Jizhou, was born in the Yuan and Wei clans, when it comes to who is the number one licking dog under King Qi, he is none other than him, even Zhang Shiqi is inferior to him.

Like Yuan Jing'an, Yuan Xiaoyou knew that as a descendant of the Yuan clan, he was born with original sin when the Gao clan was in power, so he worked harder than others when governing the local area. He often summoned his staff to write nursery rhymes and sing praises for Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng was able to gain such support from the people of Jizhou, thanks to Yuan Xiaoyou's efforts.

Yuan Xiaoyou licked so hard, but Gao Cheng saw it all. After all, the three prefectures of Ji, Ding, and Xiang are the core places in Hebei. Putting a Yuan and Wei clan on the seat of governor of Jizhou, Xiao Gao was very suspicious. How could it not be monitored.

Suspiciousness has returned, but Gao Cheng will not treat people who are devoted to him badly. He knows that Yuan Xiaoyou has a daughter, and at the reception banquet, he arouses the nine-year-old third brother Gao Jun, the Duke of Yong'an County, to propose marriage to Yuan Xiaoyou for him.

Yuan Xiaoyou was stunned by this great happiness. He never imagined that after being a dog licker for so many years, he could get married with Gao Shi after so many years of licking. He promised it faithfully, lest King Gao would repent.

Yuan Jing'an, who attended the banquet with everyone, looked at Yuan Xiaoyou with envy in his eyes, wishing to replace him with his body.

Gao Jun's marriage was decided by the eldest brother in a few words, and he saluted Yuan Xiaoyou calmly, without any displeasure on his face.

After all, the eldest brother is like a father. Although his biological father is doubtful, he is the favorite of the eldest brother. For a while, he mistakenly thought that the eldest brother was his biological father. For this reason, he even asked his mother, Mrs. Wang, and made a big joke.

Eldest brother must have his intentions in making such an arrangement. As for the wife's appearance, it doesn't matter. These days, whoever marries a wife is driven by appearance.

Although the father-in-law Yuan Xiaoyou served his elder brother extremely flatteringly and was ridiculed by the people of the time, Gao Jun could understand his situation. Besides, with such a smart father-in-law, he didn't have to worry that he would cause trouble and implicate himself.

On the other hand, although Yuan Xiaoyou is as humble as a licking dog in front of Gao Cheng, he is also the great-great-grandson of Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao. Zhao's seat.

Regardless of his status or authority, he is worthy of Gao Jun. The only flaw is his surname Yuan, but judging by Gao Cheng's attitude, no matter what he does in the future, Xiaoyou Yuan will definitely be at ease.

Not only Gao Jun, but also Gao Cheng, at the welcome banquet, decided on the marriage of his fourth brother, Gao Yan, Duke of Pingyang County.

As a native of Xindu, the Patriarch of the Feng family in Changle went to the banquet this time, and specially brought the Taishi, the granddaughter of Changli Wuwang Feng Xixuan, the nine-year-old Feng Suoluo, the great-granddaughter of Feng Xiu, Minister, Minister, and Duke of Dongping.

When paying homage to Gao Cheng, the little King Gao saw that the girl was cute and smart, and was the same age as his fourth brother Gao Yan. He vaguely remembered that the girl seemed to be the historical Princess Pingyang, so he waved his hand and made a marriage agreement for Gao Yan.

The Patriarch of the Feng family had heard about Gao Cheng's choice of a relative for Gao Rui when he was in Xingyang, so he took his daughter Feng Suoluo with him, intending to try his luck, but he didn't expect this to happen, so naturally he did not hesitate at all. Thank you so much for agreeing.

Gao Yan also imitated his third brother and saluted Feng Suluo's father solemnly.

A good reception banquet seems to be turning into a blind date meeting.

Gao Zhan, who was only five years old, yelled to ask his elder brother to find a marriage for himself. As Gao Zhan grew up, his appearance became closer to Gao Cheng. Gao Cheng was not very surprised. It seemed that the two brothers were originally There are some similarities.

In the original time and space, because Gao Xiaowan missed his father, he sent someone to draw a portrait of Gao Cheng, and often cried in front of the portrait, but was falsely accused by an unfavored concubine of crying in front of Gao Zhan's portrait, cursing him to die early.

So Gao Zhan discounted Gao Xiaowan's legs and let him die of serious injuries.

Gao Cheng endured his disgust, laughed and cursed:

"Bu Luoji (Gao Zhan), you are only five years old, and you brothers are not engaged yet, so let's wait and see which round will get you."

Gao Yang, who was accompanying the banquet, noticed Gao Cheng's fleeting disgust. Although he didn't know the reason, this kind of disgust, even if he was always on guard, he had never encountered it before, so he couldn't help being curious. What did he do to make Gao Cheng so disgusted.

The five-year-old Gao Zhan didn't have the power of observation like his second brother, so he just sat back unhappy.

After all, Lou Zhaojun, his mother who always loved him, was deliberately left by Gao Cheng in Luoyang with the other concubines. Even Zheng Dache was sent back to Yaoguang Temple in Luoyang when he left Xingyang.

Gao Cheng was close to Lou Zhaojun in the early years, but as they got older, the mother and son gradually became estranged. Fortunately, Lou Zhaojun could not interfere with everything like Gao Yang was fettered.

After all, although she has a good influence among the generals of Jinyang, but in the original Luoyang line, no one buys her account.

And Gao Cheng's succession was based on Gao Huan's will and the support of the generals, not like Gao Yang, who was supported by Lou Zhaojun, the two are naturally different.

After the banquet, Gao Yang, who was curious, inquired about it and found out that Gao Zhan tortured and killed Gao Cheng's second daughter's pet rabbit. He thought it offended Gao Cheng, so he didn't take it to heart.

Gao Yang is very well-behaved now, Gao Cheng doesn't allow him to drink alcohol, so at the reception banquet, he really didn't drink at all, there is no way, if you meet such a shrewd elder brother, be careful, in case something is really wrong, Who knows if Gao Cheng made a small book behind his back to keep accounts behind everyone's back, just like Huo Guang treated Liu He, when the time comes to calculate the general account, even if his life is not in danger, he will not be able to bear being demoted to a commoner.

In fact, Gao Yang didn't like Gao Zhan either. A person who was not loved by his mother since childhood, how could he be pleasing to Gao Zhan who was loved so much? :
'When your father beat me, did you plead for me? '

After Gao Zhan came to power, he took pleasure in collecting Gao Yang's wives and concubines, so he can roughly understand the relationship between the two brothers.

　4000 words is just right, my wrist is sore, and I'm still a thousand words away, so let's take it easy and put it at night.

　　Thanks to the book friends Erjia Jinshi and Wuhen for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)