Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 824 Many “Heards”

This is a matter of personal opinion. The worse the provincial capital, the easier it is to achieve political achievements. On the contrary, prosperous places like the south of the Yangtze River are not conducive to a successful career.

Unlike the passive answer given by Shopkeeper Wang, Shopkeeper Wang did not keep Gu Wenxuan in suspense when he mentioned that the Fifth Master of the Gao family had been expected to be promoted before the New Year.

The reason why it seemed to be postponed to this year was because he told Gu Wenxuan frankly according to the information he got from his father, and it was related to Lord Gao's initial appointment as the Minister of Personnel.

Gu Wenxuan understood what Manager Wang meant. The resumes of several gentlemen in the Gao Mansion who had entered officialdom through imperial examinations all showed that after the palace examination, they first stayed in Beijing for three years before taking up positions in local areas.

Like the fifth master of the Gao family.

Although the results of the palace examination were not comparable to those of his brothers Lord Gao and Lord Gao II, even if he could not enter the Hanlin Academy, he would have stayed in the Ministry of Revenue for three years.

Three years later, he was sent by the Ministry of Personnel to Chang'an City to serve as a county magistrate. The next most crucial step in his promotion was to be transferred to a remote prefecture to serve as a co-magistrate or prefect.

After all, whether it is Mr. Gao or Mr. Gao Er, they have come all the way from being a county official to a state official, and then one step further, they can rise steadily.

This is also the reason why the gentleman mentioned to him before that if Lord Gao, who is now the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, is not convicted of taking bribes but of embezzlement, the emperor will certainly be furious.

"Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the Lord."

The current emperor is neither the heir nor the eldest son, yet he manages to become the final winner in the fierce struggle for succession among many princes, thus ascending the throne. The last thing he lacks is the mentality of an emperor.

The current emperor is grateful to Old Lady Gao who had stood on his side in the fight for the throne. Therefore, even though the two brothers of Lord Gao were not as close confidants of the current emperor as his husband, they were still given important positions. But which emperor is not suspicious, especially since Lord Gao is now the Minister of Personnel.

Then there is Mr. Gao, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, who dared to know the truth and not report it and embezzle money. The current emperor can praise them to the highest level and there are plenty of ways to crush them to pieces.

At this juncture, no matter what the reason, it is actually a good thing that the fifth master of the Gao family can postpone his transfer until the end of this year. It has to be said that the Gao family is very lucky.

His husband seemed to be impartial and ruthless, but he was afraid that his beloved niece would be bound by the Gao family because of some favor she had received from Old Madam Gao. He even reiterated in front of him that it was unclear who owed whom. In fact, even if his husband was truly impartial and ruthless, his investigation in Jiangnan would still be very beneficial to Mr. Gao.

I just wonder if Lord Gao had smelled something before the New Year, or if he was too cautious as he had just taken office as the Minister of Personnel, so he stopped Mr. Gao Wu?

It should be the latter. After all, the master secretly left Zhoujia Village on the night of the first day of the first lunar month, and did not leak the news until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to visit his sick master.

Even the statement that later when Dajiang passed by Zhoujia Village on his way back from his engagement was true, he would receive a letter from the master asking Haiger and Dajiang to go to the south of the Yangtze River as representatives to serve the master was true.

Lord Gao didn't know that Mr. Xu held another official position in private, so how could he have imagined that the current emperor would secretly order Mr. Xu to go to the south of the Yangtze River to conduct a secret investigation? It's impossible!
But, to be on the safe side, Gu Wenxuan still asked Old Master Wang if he had mentioned anything about the fact that Shopkeeper Wang's brothers and sisters saw his parents visit Gao's house in the capital?
"My eldest brother is not working in the mansion, but the old girl from my eldest sister's family is, thanks to San Ya, she is still working as a maid in the eldest lady's courtyard."

Gu Wenxuan nodded to show that he understood. In fact, even if Manager Wang didn't mention where his family was now or what position they held in the Gao Mansion, he had heard Zhou Banxia mention it a long time ago.

For example, the niece mentioned by Shopkeeper Wang, he had heard from his wife that she was still working as a second-class maid beside Madam Gao.

As for the fact that the other party was fortunate enough to be transferred to work for the mistress of the house, Mrs. Gao, thanks to his wife, this is another old story.

It's better not to mention it. It's just that when the little maid was trained and sent to a courtyard to serve the master, his wife's sister, Jindong's mother, lent a hand. It was said that Jindong's mother lent a hand for the sake of his wife, but in fact the main reason was that the Wang family was the companion of Madam Gao, and the eldest lady was happy to use the Wang family.

Otherwise, how can we say that Manager Wang is a good person and good at talking? He just said that if he wants to know the news about the Gao Mansion in the capital, he has to rely on his niece, and then he immediately started talking about everything he heard from the senior management in recent days without taking a breath.

All the "heards" were happy or interesting things. Gu Wenxuan sometimes nodded and smiled, and sometimes shook his head and laughed, but there was one thing!
He heard it.

Putting aside the fact that he learned a lot from Madam Gao, the true side of Mr. Gao can be seen from the way his wife and eldest son behave.

Just as Uncle Chang Qing said.

Mr. Gao is worthy of his surname Gao. This old fox is very cunning. It turned out that it was not Madam Gao who sent her eldest grandson to the city gate to greet his father and others.

Especially since the father actually replied personally and sent his attendant to meet his father and his father-in-law to arrange another time to meet, which really touched his father's sore spot.

His father is the one who suffers from this the most. If Lord Gao were in a high position, let alone the Minister of Personnel, even if he had been promoted to the Prime Minister, his father would have no intention of marrying up to him.

After being treated to a family dinner at the gracious invitation of Lord Gao, just like the one in “I heard”, it goes without saying that his father’s favorability towards the Gao family must have skyrocketed.

Of course, how could a manager not speak well of his master?

Just as what the manager said when talking to Uncle Wang about these things must have been a bit exaggerated, there is no doubt that his parents will not suffer any grievances while in Beijing.

As for his husband rushing to Yangzhou Prefecture to visit his bedridden master in the first month of the year, did Lord Gao realize that his husband was going to the south of the Yangtze River under a secret order?
It should not be.

If Lord Gao smells something, why would they hold a family banquet under the emperor's nose? That would be too much of a stretch. I'm afraid his husband will have to be ruthless.

Even though Mr. Gao and his half brother Mr. Gao Er were not as united as "rumors" had said, he did not believe that his half brother would let such a small thing hinder his future.

Adhering to the principle of "all prosper together and all suffer together", the fact that Mr. Gao is still the prefect of Yingyuan Prefecture is something that Mr. Gao should pay more attention to in order to avoid bringing disaster to Yangchi.

For example, using his eldest son to test Dajiang, or having his mother, Madam Gao, and his wife come forward to talk to his master's wife and mother-in-law about his husband, his master.

But, nothing at all.

Apart from the normal greetings and wondering whether his master's health had improved recently, there was no hint of anything in the letters from his parents or his brothers-in-law.

Does anyone in Gao’s government show any signs of testing?

First of all, it is impossible for the brother-in-law to hide the truth from him, thus delaying the master's plan, not to mention that he had repeatedly told Dajiang to be more careful and observe more when he was outside.

"...Hey, Brother Song is finally back!"