According to Gao Shishi's original itinerary, he planned to go to Tianjin Port to land in Yingkou by boat, and then go straight to Gaizhou to take up his post. However, after hearing this, Zhu Yijun strongly objected, thinking that it was not safe enough to take a boat, "This spring, Jiangnan and Liaodong floods are at the same time, if this trip suddenly breaks out at sea, won't I lose my arm?" ”

Zhu Yijun's attitude is very resolute, he is not afraid of Gao Pragmatic to fight, because Gao Pragmatic has proven his ability, but as the number one otaku in the Ming Dynasty, his unpredictability of the sea is only derived from words.

In his eyes, in the past, when Cao Yun was converted to sea transportation, there were countless records such as "dozens of ships destroyed by hurricanes", and he naturally remembered it vividly, and he did not dare to let Gao Pragmatic take this dangerous road.

Since the emperor insisted, Gao pragmatic had no choice but to obey the order, so he switched to the land route.

But there are some visits that can't be avoided by land, such as Liang Menglong, the governor of Jiliao, who could not have gone by sea, but had to go by land.

The Governor of Jiliao was stationed very close to the Beijing Division, just in Miyun, and Gao Shishi only delayed about a day of work, so he took five hundred horsemen to Miyun first, because all the party rode horses, and arrived in half a day.

Although Miyun is the residence of the dignified Jiliao Governor, it is only a county seat, and the city is not large, but it is visible to the naked eye - not only the city is high and the wall is thick, and it is made of all the big blue brick buildings, and the cement can still be seen in the middle seam of the green bricks, which is obviously the result of the reinforcement of Jinghua Cement after it became famous in recent years.

Liang Menglong, as the governor of Jiliao, has three governors in his jurisdiction, the governor of Shuntian, the governor of Baoding, and the governor of Liaodong, and his status is several levels higher than that of Gao Pragmatic, but as Zhang Juzheng's protégé, he can be retained and promoted by Gao Gong, and he has long been regarded as an important minister of the real school, and even needs to call Gao Gong a "grace", for Gao Pragmatic's visit, of course, he can't take it lightly.

The south gate of Miyun County was opened, and Liang Menglong, the governor of Jiliao, personally led people to greet Gao Shishi and his party at the gate.

said that it was to welcome, after all, he was not only a senior in the field, but also a Shangguan, so he sat on the horse and waited for Gao to get off the horse and come to see it first.

"Liaodong Yuanma Siqing is pragmatic and pragmatic to see the army." Gao pragmatic self-reported that his family did not mention the "Shandong according to the inspection envoy", because this position was theoretically not under the jurisdiction of Liang Menglong, and the Ming Dynasty often had this kind of overlapping setting in case the local power was too concentrated and the tail was too big.

In fact, Gao pragmatic does not like such a setting, because this may also cause unclear rights and responsibilities, once the government is **, many things are prone to rip-off - and the facts have also proved that the rule of officials in the late Wanli period in the original history has been no longer good.

After Liang Menglong and the others finished saying this, they immediately laughed, turned over from the horse, stepped forward and held a high pragmatic arm, and laughed loudly, "Menglong Pan has been meeting Gao Longwen for a long time, and when I see it today, I am about to speak well, why do I need these false courtesies?" Gao Longwen called me Qianji, how old is Menglong's idiot, so he called Gao Longwen to seek the truth, okay? ”

Qianji is Liang Menglong's word, calling each other the word, which is the meaning of the friendship between the peers.

Gao pragmatic hesitated slightly, and said, "Mingquan Gong is a senior in the science field, and he is a pragmatic official, so I am afraid that the world will say that it is pragmatic and arrogant." ”

"Eh, that's not what I said, and that's not what I said." Liang Menglong stepped forward with a smile and said to Gao Shishi, "In the past, Jiangling Zhang Gong was my teacher, Xinzheng Gao Gong was my teacher, and the second prince was a like-minded old friend. In this way, seeking truth is not only my generation, but also almost the same family...... It is the most righteous thing for you and me to talk about each other, how can you say that you are arrogant? ”

Gao Shishi's heart moved, and he slightly guessed Liang Menglong's intentions, so he nodded with a smile, and bowed slightly, "Junior brother has seen senior brother." ”

Liang Menglong laughed, "That's right...... The climate is hot, come, brother and talk to the Foolish Brother Overseer. ”

Good guy, now you say "senior brother" and I say "world brother", and the two of them are considered to be brothers in the same class.

The Governor's Yuan is not the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but refers to the Governor's Yamen.

The Ming Dynasty liked to use the word "courtyard" to refer to some yamen, such as Gao Shishi's patrol of the imperial history yamen when he was in Guangxi, which was called the procuratorate; At this time, the Yamen of the Governor of Jiliao was called the Governor's Yuan; In the same way, if it is the governor's yamen, it is called Fuyuan.

Probably because Miyun is only the county seat, the city is relatively cramped, the governor of Jiliao is not very magnificent, and it is not even as good as the Guilin Procuratorate when he was pragmatic in Guangxi (the procuratorate is set up in all the provinces in a province, which is convenient for patrolling and inspecting, Guilin is the provincial capital and the main station), but compared with the Guilin Procuratorate, the guard of the Inspectorate is much stricter, the guards are dense, and the military appearance is also neat, it can be seen that although Liang Menglong is a civilian official, his army is also a set.

Although Liang Menglong walked half a step in front of Gao Pragmatic, the corner of his eyes had been paying attention to Gao Pragmatic's every move, and when he saw him carefully looking at the guards of the Overseer's Yuan, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Although these soldiers are soldiers of the local guard, after three years of Qi Yuanjing's training, they finally have some appearance, but the world brother is used to seeing the elite, and 'Annan Dingbei' is invincible, so he must not be able to look down on it, and the foolish brother is very ashamed." ”

Chen Han, who is highly pragmatic and "settles the south and settles the north", was just given this morning, and he didn't expect that Liang Menglong had already learned the news here, and thought that Qi Jiguang had also arranged "intelligence officers" in Beijing, and it seemed that these border ministers and bigwigs probably had a "Beijing office" in their hands.

However, for Liang Menglong's words, Gao pragmatic does not dare to be, although he does have the merit of "Annan and Dingbei", but he usually does not train by himself, and he basically stays at the level of a master on paper for military training, he observes these soldiers, and at most looks at military discipline and spirit, and expects him to know at a glance how much strength this person has, what weapons he is good at, and even what style he fights, it is pure dreaming.

Besides, Qi Jiguang's ability to train soldiers can be called the first in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no semicolon, how can he have the confidence to question the soldiers he has trained? His own family members are all trained by Qi Jiguang - although Ma Fang teaches cavalry, he is not responsible for military appearance and military discipline, these are all Qi Jiguang's first and last steps. After the two actual battles of "Annan Dingbei", Gao Pragmatic felt that the effect was quite good.

Gao Pragmatic hurriedly politely said, his words were nothing more than self-humility, and he praised Qi Jiguang by the way.

Liang Menglong had carefully studied Gao Pragmatic, and he knew that Gao Pragmatic would definitely say this, so he was not surprised, and pulled him into the study with a smile to talk about things.

is not in the main hall of the yamen, nor in the reception hall, but goes directly to the study, which shows that Liang Menglong is deliberately getting closer, and his pragmatic expression remains unchanged, but he understands Liang Menglong's intentions in his heart.

It seems that Liang Zhijun is planning to be completely tied to the Gao Party.

Sure enough, after the two of them sat down in the study, Liang Menglong did not have the temptation to be vain at all, and went directly to the topic, his face was solemn, and he asked seriously, "Brother Shi is going to Liaodong this time, isn't it that the imperial court has a big move in Liaodong?" I don't know how to cooperate with the foolish brother? ”

Belch......

Gao Pragmatic was really a little unaccustomed to being so straightforward as a civil official like Liang Menglong, so he was stunned for a while, so he coughed dryly and subconsciously looked around.

Liang Menglong waved his hand and said with a smile, "I have already sent it away, there is only one foolish brother here, as long as the world brother can trust the foolish brother, it doesn't hurt to say anything." ”

Gao Pragmatic Hao Ran smiled: "Little brother is too cautious...... Senior brother, the imperial court is in the north, and for more than ten years, it has been paying attention to the 'West Huai East System', and now that Xi Huai has been achieved, the rest is naturally the East System. ”

Liang Menglong nodded thoughtfully, but then hesitated a little, and said, "Take advantage of his illness to kill him, this reason is naturally understood by the foolish brother, but can the current treasury of the imperial court really support the successive wars?" It must be known that Jiangnan and Liaodong have been seriously affected this year, and the emperor has exempted almost 700,000 taels of tribute, and Liaodong has just fought a big war before, not only the rewards have not been issued in place, but the replenishment of various materials will also take time, and now if you want to launch it again, I am afraid it is not easy. ”

What he said is true, and Gao Pragmatic also knows it, but what Gao Pragmatic knows more clearly is that in addition to the fact that there will definitely be some food shortages in Liaodong because of the disaster this year, military supplies are actually quite sufficient.

What really makes it difficult for Liaodong to actually send troops now, in fact, Liang Menglong also said just now - the reward has not yet been issued.

Whose reward? Li Chengliang's department.

There is a well-known thing, Li Chengliang's combat effectiveness is directly linked to the reward, and this year's battle of Monan, Li Chengliang's credit is also very great, and it is not a joke to behead a leader of a large Mongolian tribe, so the problem of reward is even more serious.

In fact, including Qi Jiguang's department, the army of the Ming Dynasty is looking forward to rewards, after all, the usual military salary is really shabby, but Li Chengliang's department has magnified this to the extreme.

It can be said that the characteristics of Li Chengliang's department are the style that as long as the money is in place, he dares to go to the Nine Heavens to kill the Jade Emperor and can go down to Huangquan to kill Yama.

The trouble now, however, is that money ...... It's a bit hard to get in place.

In the past, when the cabinet was deliberating, it was because Gao Pragmatic spent too much money on this war, and there was almost a problem, and now if Gao Pragmatic arrives in Liaodong, he will inexplicably set off a big war, I am afraid that not only will the cabinet have another war of words, but even this war of words is very likely to affect the entire government and the opposition.

At the level of Liang Menglong, of course, he has some understanding of how much money the imperial court has, even if it is not accurate, he can know seventy-seven-eighty-eight.

The imperial treasury did have a surplus in the past few years, but first, Zhu Yijun continued to reduce taxes (agricultural taxes) in order to highlight the benevolent government, second, the cost of various border defense construction and redressing was also increasing, and third, the war in Monan was expected to cost millions of taels, far exceeding the pre-war estimate - before the war, they only knew that there were not many domestic soldiers and horses to be mobilized, and the likely duration of the war was not long, so according to the usual expenditure level, it was about only more than 200,000 taels, and the top 300,000 taels.

There are 700,000 taels of big holes all of a sudden, and it is really unlikely that the imperial court can support another fight with the Tumen.

Moreover, it is unrealistic to expect the emperor to pay money from within, next year's King Lu's wedding, this is the emperor's only brother, even if it is for show, it will definitely be beautiful, where is the money to fight in Liaodong?

If you can make up for the reward that Li Chengliang should take, it is already Amitabha.

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