Chapter 156: Li Goudan's Marriage (I)
In order to better suppress the gate valve clan, Gao Ming did a survey on the descendants of those who were in the court, so when Li Goudan said "Secretary Cheng Wang", Gao Ming thought of Wang Ze.
Now among the five surnames and seven wangs of the Tang Dynasty, the strongest is naturally the Longxi Li family, after all, Li Yuan's branch is from the Longxi Li family, and the weakest ones are the Fanyang Lu family and the Taiyuan Wang family.
According to Gao Ming's idea, he will not move the strongest or weakest first, he will first take the Zheng family and the Cui family, and after solving these two families, he will clean up the weakest two, and the strongest will stay in the final solution.
But Gao Ming didn't expect that he had just started to clean up the Zheng family, and Wang Ze married his daughter to Li Goudan, which made Gao Ming very shocked.
"What kind of medicine can be sold in this Taiyuan Wang's gourd?"
Now Gao Ming is no longer as innocent as when he first came to Datang, so he will not be naΓ―ve to think that Wang Ze will marry his daughter to him because he likes Li Goudan's talent, which is tantamount to a fantasy.
Wang Ze, as a descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family, his daughter's marriage must be helpful to the Taiyuan Wang family, and the reason why he married his daughter to Li Goudan must have his purpose, so what is his purpose?
"Are they trying to win over Li Goudan? No, Li Goudan is just a five-grade petty official, and he doesn't have any family power, so he doesn't need to make such a big investment, do they want to take refuge in me? β
Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately rubbed his temples, and then waved his hand at Li Goudan.
"Okay, you guy with the opposite sex and no humanity, go back and prepare to marry a daughter-in-law, don't blame me if your daughter doesn't recognize you in the future."
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Goudan immediately laughed.
"No, no, then the official will retire, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is free at that time, you can go to the cold house to drink a glass of thin wine, hehe!"
Looking at Li Goudan's flattering appearance, Gao Ming couldn't help but laugh suddenly.
"You guy...... Okay, okay, I'll go when the time comes, you go to do things first, and I won't send you for a few days after that, so that you can be a groom officer comfortably! β
"Hehe, His Royal Highness Prince Xie, then the official will retire first!"
"Well, go ahead!"
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Goudan immediately smiled and saluted him, and then went out.
After Li Goudan left, Su Wan'er came to Gao Ming's side and gently massaged his shoulders.
"Lang Jun, the concubine looks like you seem to have something on your mind, have you encountered any difficulties?"
As soon as Su Wan'er's words fell, Gao Ming sighed.
"yes, there's something I can't figure out, it's like this......"
Then, Gao Ming told Su Wan'er about Wang Ze's daughter marrying Li Goudan, and after hearing this, Su Wan'er also frowned.
"Wang's move must have a plan!"
Hearing Su Wan'er's words, Gao Ming suddenly smiled bitterly.
"I know this, but I just can't guess it, do you think that if they want to join me, just marry my daughter? Why do you want to marry Li Goudan? β
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Su Wan'er immediately laughed.
"Hehe, if the Wang family marries their daughter to Lang Jun, wouldn't it offend the Zheng family?"
Hearing Su Wan'er's words, Gao Ming suddenly realized.
"I think I get it!"
At the beginning, the conflict between Gao Ming and the Zheng family arose because of Zhou Zheng, the former assassin of Jinzhou, Gao Ming married Zhou Zheng's daughter Zhou Hong, and if the Wang family married his daughter to Gao Ming, not to mention whether Gao Ming would agree, even if Gao Ming agreed, the Wang family would have a gap with the Zheng family because of this matter in the future.
After thinking about this, Gao Ming immediately laughed.
"It's still my Wan'er baby who is smart, come, come over and let Lang Jun kiss him as a reward!"
Saying that, Gao Ming turned around to hug Su Wan'er, Su Wan'er turned around flexibly to avoid him, and then laughed "sneering".
"Lang Jun is becoming more and more ashamed, the concubine doesn't want you to be rewarded like this!"
After speaking, Su Wan'er ran away with her skirt, and when she ran to the courtyard gate, she turned around and smiled at Gao Ming.
"If Lang Jun doesn't sleep with Benben in the future, the concubine will think about it."
As soon as Su Wan'er's words fell, Gao Ming rejected her without hesitation.
"That's not good, Benben is like my own son, it's not yet a year old, you want to separate our father and son, your stepmother is too ruthless, I tell you, don't even think about it!"
"Hmph, Lang Jun hates it!"
Seeing Su Wan'er leaving in a huff, Gao Ming immediately touched the little tiger who was sleeping on his stomach under his feet, and then laughed "hey, hey, hey".
In the afternoon of the next day, Li Goudan came back to Gao Ming, and by the way, he also brought a few hundred protection fees from Jingzhao Mansion, but this time Gao Ming did not accept it.
"You can take this money back, and it will be my wedding gift to you."
When Li Goudan heard Gao Ming's words, he was immediately overjoyed.
"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"
Seeing his overjoyed appearance, Gao Ming suddenly smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't be too busy thanking you, tomorrow you go to the gate of the Taiji Palace Hall early and wait, I still have a gift for you."
The main hall of Taiji Palace?
seemed to think of something, Li Goudan's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he knelt down for Gao Ming with a "poof".
"Thank you to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his promotion, if His Royal Highness the Prince has the opportunity to send, the lower officials are willing to repay His Royal Highness the Tang Dynasty for his kindness!"
Looking at Li Goudan, who was ecstatic, Gao Ming smiled and nodded.
"You kid is clever, and you've learned a lot of new words recently, but forget it, your kid isn't that material, okay, go back."
"Yes, the lower official will retire!"
Li Goudan went back happily, and after he left, Gao Ming went to the imperial study to tell Li Shimin about it.
After listening to Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin immediately laughed.
"It seems that the Taiyuan Wang family is planning to take refuge in you, what are you going to do?"
Looking at the smile on Li Shimin's face, Gao Ming suddenly shrugged his shoulders.
"Haven't you already guessed what I'm going to do? Okay, I know you like to play this kind of guessing game, so I'll be straightforward, I'm going to let Li Goudan be the assassin of Jinju! β
Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly grinned.
"For the foundation of Datang, the family valve must be suppressed, which has nothing to do with whether to take refuge in me or not, and Wang's approach this time is just a political investment, so I will promote Li Goudan, let them see hope, and at the same time support Taiyuan Wang's to become bigger to a certain extent, and separate the relationship between him and several other families."
With Gao Ming's narration, the smile on Li Shimin's face suddenly became even worse, and after Gao Ming finished speaking, he immediately burst out laughing.
"Okay, just do as you say, and I have already said that all the appointments of Jinju officials are up to you, so you can just let it go!"
Speaking of this, Li Shimin suddenly glanced at Gao Ming meaningfully.
"By the way, Lao Wu's wife, you didn't include her in the East Palace, did you?"
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming suddenly burst out laughing.
"Haha, of course not, I have asked people to buy them a set of three-in and three-out mansions in Jingzhao Mansion, and at the same time bought more than a dozen maids for them, do you think I am like you? Hahahaha......"
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At first, when Li Shimin heard Gao Ming say that he had bought a house and a maid for Li You's family, he nodded with relief, but when he heard that his face suddenly darkened, he grabbed the fold on the table and threw it on Gao Ming's face, and then pointed to the door and shouted.
"Get out!"
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In Li Shimin's angry shouts, Gao Ming went out with his mouth pouted again, and the two broke up unhappily again.
For Gao Ming's open-mouthedness, Li Shimin can be said to love and hate, what he loves is that Gao Ming talks to him without hiding it, this kind of frank conversation Li Shimin has not experienced for a long time, and what he hates is that Gao Ming often pokes his sore spots, and he can successfully provoke him every time.
Thinking of Gao Ming's sentence just now, "Do you think I'm like you", Li Shimin immediately gritted his teeth.
"This kid is so hateful!"
However, when he was angry the next morning, Li Shimin still issued an order to promote Li Goudan to the history of Jinju, and also gave him gold, silver, jade, brocade and other things as a wedding gift.
In addition, Li Shimin also promoted his secretary Cheng Wang Ze to Shangshu Youcheng, specializing in assisting Fang Xuanling.
In Datang, it is not uncommon for an official to be promoted to three levels, but two people are promoted to three levels at the same time, and these two people are still about to become Weng sons-in-law, which is intriguing.
Since the last time Li Shimin decreed that the concubines with the five surnames and Qiwang should not marry the children of the same five surnames, everyone is more concerned about the marriage of the daughters of each family, so now many people in the court have received the news that Wang Ze is going to marry his daughter.
Of course, there are also many people who are not optimistic, because although Li Goudan is a popular person around the prince, he is just a courtier, and it is impossible for such a person to be a prime minister in the future, so everyone thinks that Wang Ze's marriage of his daughter to Li Goudan is a losing move.
But now it seems that something is different.
Before Wang Ze's daughter got married, Li Goudan was promoted to the third level and became the assassin of a state, and Wang Ze himself became the fourth grade of Shangshu Zuocheng, it is conceivable that if this development continues, I am afraid that in a few years, maybe Shangshu Zuocheng will become Shangshu Zuocheng, right?
In other words, the Taiyuan Wang family wants to produce a prime minister? And he was the prime minister who got by marrying his daughter?
A daughter for a prime minister, it's worth it!
There is no shame in political families, they only value profits, and they do not care about the way on which they are obtained.
Especially now that Gao Ming has just suppressed the Zheng family in Xingyang, and at the same time has won the trust of Li Shimin, it can be said that he is the second person in the Tang Dynasty worthy of the name.
Therefore, many people's minds began to liven up.
"Maybe marrying your daughter to the prince's henchman, and then taking refuge in the prince is also a way out!"