When Xia Xun and the King of Han were fighting for the right to command the army, Zhang Fu already felt in a dilemma.
He did not want to get involved in political disputes. In the struggle between princes and heirs, he had always tried to remain neutral. Since the King of Han expressed his willingness to lead the army, no matter what his true purpose was, Zhang Fu could not compete with the King of Han. But now Xia Xun
He tried his best to advocate the benefits of having him lead the army, but if he didn't express his position, wouldn't it make the emperor feel that he didn't want to go to Annan and suffer again?
In desperation, Zhang Fu had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "As long as the emperor gives the order, I am willing to lead the troops immediately to pacify Annan!"
Zhu Di said "Huh" noncommittally, and then looked at Xu Jingchang and Jin Zhong: "What... do you think?"
Xu Jingchang and Jin Zhong looked at each other and said in unison: "I believe that a fight must be fought. As for who to send out, it is up to His Majesty's Holy Judgment!"
Xu Jingchang was determined to follow Xia Xun. As for Jin Zhong, Jin Zhong was a guard commander in Tongzhou. When the King of Yan was in trouble, he joined the King of Yan and helped the crown prince Zhu Gaochi to defend Beiping. He was part of the prince's party, and of course he agreed with Xia Xun.
opinions.
But they are not stupid. They have been serving the Holy Master for so long, and they still don’t know what the emperor is like? If everyone unanimously agrees with the opinion of Duke Fu, Zhu Gaoxu will most likely be the one who leads the army on the expedition. In this matter,
It had to go through a close battle to make the emperor feel that the candidate was decided by him instead of being influenced by the courtiers.
Zhu Di hummed, turned over slightly, and lay on his back on the couch, looking at the tent ceiling in trance.
Everyone in the study did not dare to say anything anymore and just waited quietly. After a long while, Zhu Di said: "You all should leave, I will think about it again. Yang Xu stays. It is rare for you to come to the palace and accompany me."
Let’s chat!”
"I obey the order!" Everyone stood up one after another, saluted and stepped back. Zhu Gaoxu stopped talking. When he turned around and walked to Xia Xun, he glared at him fiercely, shook his sleeves heavily, and walked away.
Xia Xun lightly dusted the sleeves of his robe and smiled gently.
After everyone had retreated, Zhu Di called Xia Xun to sit next to him. He also turned over and sat up. He asked solemnly: "Wenxuan, what do you think is the most appropriate policy for me to take against Annan?"
Xia Xun said seriously: "I still believe that we should support the puppets and use the barbarians to rule the barbarians! Directly annexing them and accepting them and governing them will not be worth the gain!"
Zhu Di frowned slightly. Xia Xun asked: "Your Majesty made an expedition to the north, forced Benya to lose his position, made an emergency landing in Arutai, and won a great victory. Why didn't you just accept the Saibei grassland and rule it, establish counties, and instead support him?
Arutai, please treat me with kindness and care?"
Zhu Di said: "Is there any need to ask? If there are state officials on the prairie, who will they govern? But Annan is not a grassland desert, in my opinion. If we compare it, we can compare it with Liaodong.
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Xia Xun shook his head and said: "Although Annan does not have desert grasslands, it does have deep mountains and swamps. From what I can see, it is comparable to the grasslands of Northern Xinjiang, not Liaodong."
He thought quietly for a while and said: "Annan has been independent for nearly 500 years. But 500 years ago, there were rebellions and rebellions, and there was never a moment of peace. When the Yuan Dynasty was rampant in all countries and was invincible, it could only break through it repeatedly.
It rules its country rather than based on it. If the Yuan Dynasty had to occupy Annan and station officials, could it do it? Of course it could! But why didn't it do so? Because the gain outweighs the loss! If it were the prosperous land of our Central Plains, would they be willing to give it up?
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Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness the King of Han just said is right. The people of Annan think they are different and their hearts are not with the imperial court! They often think about their old customs. When they hear that thieves are rising, they will incite them. Wherever the thieves and chieftains come, they will always provide supplies.
Hidden, the imperial court cannot take root there! Emperor Taizu Gao said: "The land is not enough to provide supplies, and the people are not enough to make orders."
Now, Your Majesty is very tolerant of the people of Annam, and does not pay taxes or collect services from them. This is no longer a problem of insufficient supplies or orders, but that he does not want them to perform their duties as subjects at all.
When floods occur, the imperial court will allocate countless rice grains for disaster relief. As a result, they will still rebel whenever they have the opportunity. The emperor thinks that everyone in the world is innocent, but they are a bunch of white-eyed wolves who cannot be fed!"
Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "I am on the back of a tiger, can I still retreat?"
Xia Xun said flatly: "No! If we retreat, we will lose all our dignity. We can only fight!"
Zhu Di was silent.
Xia Xun pondered for a long time, thinking about some policies of later generations to see if there were any slight changes that could be used. After thinking for a long time, he slowly said: "Your Majesty, we must fight now. We can follow
It will be decided by the development and changes of the war situation. If it can be suppressed, the system of counties and counties can be implemented. After three generations and five generations, they will be able to be educated.
If it is not available, then when the time is ripe, we can choose a person in Annan, make him king, and govern the area. The official system should follow the system of our Ming Dynasty, but officials can be appointed and removed at their own discretion, and local affairs should be handled by themselves.
Forgive me, Your Majesty, you can take care of it if you want. If you don't want to, that's their own business, so as not to increase the burden on our country. In the future, if the situation can develop in a direction that is beneficial to our country, and we follow the trend, wouldn't it be better than now?
Do you get twice the result with half the effort?"
Xia Xun didn't know if anyone else could think of a more appropriate solution. This was the solution he came up with in response to the current situation: first attack and see, and conquer if you can. If you can't conquer, then take a step back and make him the king of the earth.
, self-administered its own territory, half independent and half unified, and local autonomy. However, this king was not a king of a country, but a vassal king, similar to the princes granted by the Zhou Dynasty.
This level of control will not arouse a strong backlash from them, because except for one name, everything else is governed by themselves. The rights are their own, and the obligations are also their own. If they rebel in this case, they will be the ones to do it.
The gains outweigh the losses, and anyone who is not too stupid can figure this out.
And the Ming Dynasty is still their monarch. Compared with the original history, the war lasted for more than 20 years, cost countless lives, and emptied the treasury of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, they were forced to sign the "Alliance Under the City". As a result, this
After the alliance under the city was signed, even before it was announced and the troops were voluntarily withdrawn in a dignified manner, the entire Jiaozhi was taken back by force.
At the same time, the key to this plan is that legally, it is not an independent country, but a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. The initiative is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. This is precisely something that the current Annan rulers don't care much about.
Then when the time comes in the future, it is completely reasonable and legal to turn the land into an inner county. Or maybe the Ming Empire has come to an end by then, and the Central Plains Dynasty that inherited its mantle will still be the legal owner of Annan.
Zhu Di thought for a long time and then said: "Let's see how the situation changes in the future, and then we can make corresponding countermeasures! I have just recovered from my illness and get tired easily. Now I have been thinking about it for a long time and I feel a little sleepy. You go back first, I want to rest.
Take a rest! Well, take my royal chariot back!"
Xia Xun was startled for a moment. Riding the royal chariot? This is a great honor. Only the emperor's master or the old and virtuous ministers can enjoy this kind of treatment once in a while. In the era of feudal etiquette between father and son, this can be written into the history books.
How could Xia Xun dare to agree to such a grand and important event? He hurriedly said humbly: "Your Majesty, I am so kind to you. I am scared! I came on horseback, so I'd better go back on horseback!"
Zhu Di smiled and said: "You have made great contributions to the court, but I can't reward you. I deeply regret it. Why don't you ask me to express my feelings?"
Timur was assassinated by Duke Fu of the Ming Dynasty. This matter is definitely a secret among secrets. It is more important than the important files that can be authorized to be declassified fifty or one hundred years later. As long as Timur's empire survives,
, this secret will never be made public, so Xia Xun's great achievement cannot be rewarded. Although there is no reward, Zhu Di did this to express his gratitude to Xia Xun.
Under the feudal etiquette of father and son, a minister should do anything for the king. Even if he takes his own life for the king and dies for his master, it is only natural and right. Zhu Di can do this, which is an extremely rare thing. Xia Xunlue
After a moment of hesitation, he had no choice but to bow and say: "The king has given it to me, and I am ashamed to accept it!"
Riding on the extremely smooth imperial chariot, he left the royal road and turned into the alley under the plane trees. The light passed through the leaves and cast colorful shadows. The curtains were bright and dark, as if dyed with broken flowers. Xia Xun leaned against the wall of the chariot and fell into
In deep thought.
At present, the situation in Annan is just as he expected. Ming Dynasty is stuck in a quagmire, and it cannot pull out even if it wants to pull it out. He is not God, cannot take over everything, and cannot let everything in the world develop according to his wishes. At the moment, he can only
Try to deal with the aftermath as much as possible, and try to avoid the historical war that lasted for decades with hundreds of thousands of troops in Annan, thus causing irreparable heavy losses to the Ming Dynasty.
As for the future, try your best to pave the way now and leave a foreshadowing. If the descendants live up to their expectations, they will be able to get it back when the time comes. If the children and grandchildren fail to live up to their expectations, even the current family property will be wiped out by them, not even the ancestors.
How much money can you make from vomiting blood when you are tired? Isn’t it still making wedding clothes for others?
The car passed through a puddle. Although the car was built by a famous craftsman and the horses and drivers were well-trained, the car still bumped a bit. Xia Xun, who was resting his head in deep thought, was knocked.
The development of history is very much like the car I am riding in.
People are charioteers, horses are institutions, and chariots are productive forces. The rulers of an era, these big figures who can influence the direction of government, if they can become an excellent charioteer, under the same historical conditions, this chariot can outperform others.
Walking faster and more steadily. But this does not last long. Governments follow people. If you want to go long-term, you still have to rely on the horse.
The fundamental system and direction of the country is the horse. If the system is wrong and rotten, and when it is time to change it, then it will not matter no matter how good the driver is. And this car is the material conditions under the objective conditions of history. No matter how good the driver is, it will not matter.
Excellent. No matter how powerful the horse is, the car will have its own limit. If you do the Great Leap Forward, the car will fall apart.
Just like Zhu Di defeated the Tatars and chose to establish Arutai as the lord of the Tatars to play against Wala. If Ming Dynasty had the strike range of the weapons of his era, the conditions of transportation, and the convenience of communication facilities...
Is this necessary? Zhu Di can completely rule the Tatar territory directly, and the same is true for Annan. We have to think about how much this vehicle can carry and how fast it can run!
Xia Xun took a long breath, put aside the bad problems that only future people like him would struggle with, and began to seriously think about the current predicament. Without the present, there is no future: "I must think about this matter.
The only way to stop it is to not let the King of Han take charge of the army! The only thing missing from this carp is that the dragon gate has jumped. If he jumps over, he will be the second King of Yan!"
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