Before Gao pragmatic arrived in Ningyuan, he had already learned that Li Chengliang had arrived in Ningyuan. At that time, Gao pragmatic had already guessed that Li Chengliang probably wanted to meet him.
Li Chengliang currently has a nobleman named Ning Yuanbo. This is Ning Yuan, so he came here in a private name.
However, the current Ningyuan City does not have the famous name that it later became. Even this Ningyuan City is far from as majestic and solid as it was later. It is just a typical but ordinary Liaodong city. In terms of size, it is at most the same as a Shangzhou or Xiafu in the mainland.
Although Li Chengliang came to Ningyuan in a private name, in fact when he appeared in front of Gao Pangshi, he could not tell that he had anything "private" at all - he was dressed in military uniform, with a helmet and armor, and a group of generals accompanying him behind him.
This way, if his body were not stained with blood, it would be as if he had just come off the battlefield.
But if that was all, Gao Pragmatic wouldn't be so surprised. What surprised him was that there was actually a civil servant standing beside Li Chengliang beside him.
Standing side by side, it shows that there is at least not much disparity in status between the two.
Of course, since the Ming Dynasty was noble in culture but low in military, this status could not be calculated based on rank. Otherwise, if Li Chengliang was a dignified count and a first-grade governor, no one in Liaodong could stand alongside him, not even Zhou Yong, the governor of Liaodong.
The identity of this civil servant is easy to identify. He is about sixty years old. He is wearing a scarlet robe, a peacock patch on his chest, a gold flower belt around his waist, and a crane ribbon. There is only one person in Ningyuan who meets the requirements, and that is Ningqian Bingbei.
Deputy envoy Li Song, like Gao Pingshi, holds the title of Shandong Inspector--this dress is in accordance with the title of Shandong Inspector-General.
Li Song is here too? Gao Pingshi was a little surprised.
Although Li Song is nominally at the same level as Gao Pragmatic and has the same dispatch duties, there are still some differences between them.
A third-grade official who was highly pragmatic and did not need to wear the regular uniform of peacock patch. Because of Zhu Yijun's special reward when he left the capital, he directly wore the python and wore a "big red silk python suit", but this should not be the reason why Li Song came out to greet him.
Li Song is ninety-nine in his fifties this year. According to the custom of Ming people, this means he is sixty years old, and he will be one senior first. However, as mentioned earlier, Ming officialdom does not look at age, but at two qualifications: First,
Chinese style sooner or later, the second is who takes the position of the same level first.
Although Li Song was older and was born in the fourth year of Jiajing, he was not too early in Chinese style. After he was admitted as a scholar in the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing, he waited until the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing to win the exam, and not until the forty-one year of Jiajing.
He won the title of Jinshi in Renxu Science and Technology.
Jiajing Renxu is very powerful in this subject. The top scholar Shen Shixing and Tanhua Yu Youding are now the two mainstays of the Xinxue school in the pavilion. The second-ranked Wang Xijue would probably have returned home at this time if his father was seriously ill and then Ding You.
He is also about to join the cabinet.
In contrast, Li Songli's career was not as smooth as theirs. He had been working in Ningqian Military Preparation for a full ten years and was still in the same place. However, Gao pragmatically knew that if
It's not because he came to Liaodong. In fact, he should be promoted to governor of Liaodong within a year.
Why do you say "if it weren't for you coming here"?
The reason is very simple. When Zhu Yijun sent him to Liaodong, he would definitely not really let him work as the Minister of Yuanmasi and Jin Fuhai to build military equipment. He must have found a way to make him the governor so that he could improve his rank faster, and then
Transferring him back to the capital for re-employment - this in itself was a change due to the restrictions of officialdom customs. Otherwise, Gao Pragmatic would have had to hang around in the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu for nine years or at least six years before he could be promoted to Minister.
Six years is actually not a long time, and Gao Pragmatic was only twenty-six years old at that time. He was extremely young. Most people at this age had not even won the Jinshi.
However, Zhu Yijun did not want to wait for these six years. In his mind, Gao Jingshi was the best partner for the cooperation between the monarch and his ministers. He wished he could get Gao Jingshi into the cabinet within six months, but he just couldn't do it this way - Ting Tui confirmed it.
No, and Gao Pragmatic will never accept Zhongzhi's entry into the cabinet.
Therefore, he came to Liaodong in a pragmatic way. Since Zhu Yijun had already made up his mind to give him the governor's position, it would be basically impossible for Li Song to wait to take over from Zhou Yong as in the original history.
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Of course, Li Song himself would not know this.
Although the python robe is noble, it only represents a kind of honor and does not represent actual status or official qualifications. Therefore, Li Song is still a "senior" in front of Gao Pingshi. There must be a reason why he took the initiative to go out of the city to greet him.
Still looking from a distance, Gao Pragmatic looked at Li Song for a while, then turned his attention to the Li Jiajun behind Li Chengliang again.
Although he couldn't tell who was under Li Chengliang's command, each one of them looked very capable, and the cavalry behind them were also in high spirits, with their heads held high and their chests high, and they were very confident. It was indeed a capable force that could be seen with the naked eye.
The army of war.
Gao pragmatic noticed that Li Chengliang turned around and said something to Li Song at this time. Li Song nodded slightly, and then saw Li Chengliang riding out, with at least ten cavalry commanders behind him crossing the formation at the same time.
Gao pragmatic couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly, he guessed what Li Chengliang was going to do.
Li Chengliang's horse was quite fast, and it looked like it was almost catching up with the elegance of the charge. However, when their group of more than ten riders rushed to be only about twenty steps away from Gao Jingshi, Li Chengliang tightened the reins.
The speed of the entire team suddenly slowed down, and when they were about ten steps in front of Gao Pingshi's horse, Li Chengliang and more than a dozen generals behind him turned over and dismounted almost at the same time.
Li Chengliang himself didn't even look at it. He threw the reins away and a man in his thirties took the reins behind him and held the horse.
Li Chengliang pushed the fallen jade pillar of Jinshan to the ground and bowed down on one knee, saying loudly: "Li Chengliang of Xiao Tieling under Mu En's family has met Gao Gong Enxian!"
Eun Hsien?
Gao Pragmatic is a little funny. I'm afraid Li Chengliang didn't invent this word himself? However, it's hard for him to come up with such a word.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The word "en" is easy to explain. According to the customs and traditions of the Ming Dynasty, if you have achieved meritorious service under someone's command or been promoted, you can precede someone's title.
Adding the word "En" for honorifics, this is how expressions such as "Enxiang" came about.
As for the word "Xian", it comes from the title of Gao Pingshi, the inspector-general of Shandong.
There are several common names for the Inspectorate, such as Nie Tai, Waitai, Shuangtai, and Xianfu, while the Inspectorate also has several common names, such as Lian Fang, Observation, Da Lian Xian, Da Zong Xian, etc.
The Ming Dynasty's imperial envoys and military personnel generally use "Observation" as an honorific title, but the word "Xian" is the earliest original intention of setting up officials. It is natural that Li Chengliang uses "En Xian" to refer to Gao Pragmatic. After all, he not long ago
Just achieved a great success under the command of Gao Pragmatic.
Moreover, this also avoids some unnecessary embarrassment - Li Chengliang, the dignified Ning Yuanbo, even if he is a noble, under the special title system of the Ming Dynasty, he is extremely noble. He came to kneel down to Gao Pragmatic.
, although this may not be against the rules, it is somewhat inappropriate, making both of them likely to be criticized.
But since it is "Enxian", there is no problem. The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were very fond of this statement. After all, everyone hopes that those they have promoted will repay their kindness.
However, as Li Chengliang knelt down, Gao Pingshi felt a little wary and hesitant in his heart.
It seems that although Li Chengliang is domineering in Liaodong, he may still be arrogant based on his merits. He does not dare to have any dissent. Even if he dares to think about the King of Liaodong, he does not dare to show it in his heart.
Of course, he may not have the courage. After all, Liaodong is only one of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty at this time. Even if it has been slightly relied on in recent years, it is far from the point where it can stand on its own.
What's more, the Ming Dynasty has long operated Liaodong in the form of military control. In recent years, it has slowly shown some signs of civil governance. This has made Liaodong's economic foundation not very stable. It has been maintained by blood transfusions from Shanhaiguan and Shandong all year round.
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Not to mention that the Liaodong generals that Li Chengliang built intentionally or unintentionally have not yet been fully formed, and are subject to civilian control everywhere. Even if they are really formed, they will not be of much use now, because the current Ming Dynasty is not like the Chongzhen Dynasty that has controlled the country for many years.
All the money and food were thrown into Liaodong.
It can be said that if Li Chengliang is really self-reliant, Zhu Yijun will collapse as long as he cuts off his money and food. Once those servants cannot get the money, I am afraid they will not recognize Li Chengliang, this handsome man, let alone Li Chengliang.
What's more, the imperial court's two-hundred-year-old orthodoxy is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
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