"What wings does Ye He have? Ye He originally had no wings, but the tribes that Ye He went to as a trader can be regarded as Ye He's wings to a certain extent."
Gao pragmatically spread his hands: "The Xin School regards the nobles of the capital as my wings. Is it because I am more noble than those princes, or am I still the minister of military affairs in the imperial court and can take control of the five houses at any time? Obviously?
no.
The reason why the nobles of the capital are regarded as my wings is because the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance is dominated by me. After these years of development, the nobles of the capital don’t even have much land left in their hands. Apart from their own mansions and some other
Courtyards, shops, etc., and most of the other belongings were thrown into the fleet with me and invested in maritime trade.
To put it bluntly, if one day I go crazy and issue an order not to let their ships fly my Jinghua Shujian flag, I am afraid that all these princes and marquises who have retired from the country will come to my house to cry.
I cried so hard that my heart was broken. Do you think in this case, do they count as my wings?"
Liu Xin heard him say that the princes and marquises would come to his house and cry "heartbroken" because of his words. It seemed that the image was too strong and she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
But after laughing, she shook her head slightly: "I don't deny that you have such power, but Jinghua and Ye He are different. Jinghua is at the absolute core of the Beiyang Sea Trade Alliance. Anyone can be missing from this alliance, but only if you are missing...
You can't have any fun without Jinghua.
Although Ye He can be said to be the strongest in business among the Jurchens, the Jurchens have not reached the point where they cannot operate without it. The fact is that the various trades of the Jurchens cannot be operated without the imperial edict.
The Ming Dynasty could not play with it, and the end point of any Jurchen trade was the Ming Dynasty.
So it can also be said that the Ming Dynasty hopes that whoever is the most powerful Jurchen commercial chief will be able to make it the number one. This is not difficult for the Ming Dynasty - just give it an imperial edict."
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "You can't say that. To become the first Jurchen trading power, you still have to have location advantage as a prerequisite. Look at whether Hada, Yehe, or the Jianshe who rose up later in history.
States, their characteristics are obvious, that is, they directly border the Ming Dynasty, and there is a place with relatively convenient transportation as a place for mutual trade.
Hada and Yehe had Kaiyuan North and South Passes, and although Jianzhou was a little short of the mark, they also had Fushun Pass. Speaking of which, their development history is a bit like the great voyages of Europeans. The first ones to blaze a trail were Hada and Yehe,
Just like the pioneers of the great voyage were Portugal and Spain; later the real strongest player was Jianzhou, which corresponds to Britain in Europe.
In Liaodong, it was Jianzhou who, as a rising star, overthrew the established powerful chiefs Hada and Ye He; in Europe, it was Britain, as a rising star, who overturned Spain and the Netherlands. Sometimes I think about it, and there seem to be some inevitable factors here..."
Liu Xin waved her hands repeatedly: "Don't talk about Europe first. Let's analyze the affairs in Liaodong clearly."
"Okay, okay, it's all up to you, let's talk about Liaodong." Gao Pingshi laughed and nodded: "I said Ye He can use other Jurchen tribes as wings. This 'other' has a certain direction, at least Jianzhou
and Hada are excluded.”
Liu Xin nodded: "I know that your consistent view is that although there are many Jurchen tribes, only Hada, Ye He and Jianzhou have the chance to become the most powerful chieftains."
"Yes." Gao Pragmatic affirmed, and then continued: "For other Jurchen tribes to rise, first of all, there is a necessary condition missing, that is, they are too far away from the Ming Dynasty or have inconvenient transportation, which leads to the obstruction of their civilization process.
, it’s really too slow.
If these three companies want to rise, they will naturally have advantages, but in terms of the way they rise, their choices are different. According to historical experience, the paths taken by Hada and Ye He are not exactly the same, and Jianzhou is even more different.
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Hada's choice was to rely on the support of the Ming Dynasty and to be a godson wholeheartedly; Ye He's choice was to basically obey the Ming Dynasty but maintain a certain distance. Their real source of strength was to do business everywhere and maintain their position as a powerful trading power among the Jurchens.
Always have an economic advantage.
Both of these methods can indeed rise, and to be honest, they are more in line with their own location advantages. If there is no Jianzhou...or if there is no Nurhaci in Jianzhou, the most powerful Jurchen chieftain will basically have no choice but to
It arose between their two families.
But Nurhachi appeared in Jianzhou, and the whole situation changed. Nurhachi's choice was to show respect to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact he started a unification war among the Jurchens. Don't underestimate this move, or simply think that he just likes to fight.
Likes to conquer.
I very much suspect that Nurhaci has understood a truth: if Jianzhou wants to rise under the suppression of trade at the North and South Passes, it must break away from a simple trade war and expand this struggle.
But, how to expand? Ming Dynasty’s attitude towards the conflict between Nurhaci and the South and North Passes was very clear, and it had always tried to protect the North and South Passes. Therefore, if Nurhaci took the initiative to provoke a war against the North and South Passes, it would most likely anger the Ming Dynasty.
This is something he can't bear.
Therefore, Nurhachi chose to "encircle the points and fight for reinforcements", first conquering some of the tribes closest to him and having business dealings with Ye He, and then turning around to conquer places a little further away. During this period, Nurhachi did not take the initiative to attack Hada.
Ye He, in exchange for Daming's understanding.
But as mentioned just now, the Jurchen trading powerhouse after the decline of Hada was Ye He. Nurhachi continued to conquer Ye He's business partners, and then severed the local trade relationship with Ye He. In this way, the goods that Ye He could exchange increased.
The less.
This is obviously intolerable. Just as there must be a war at sea between Britain and the Netherlands, it is also true that after the decline of the Spanish navy, there must be a war between the British and Dutch navies.
Nurhachi continued to conquer the origin of Yehe's goods, and Yehe naturally had fewer and fewer goods that he could trade with the Ming Dynasty. In order to prevent this trend from continuing to spread, Yehe had to take the initiative to attack Nurhaci.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this moment, according to Daming's usual style, it is obviously inconvenient to intervene, so we have to wait for them to decide the winner and then see how to deal with it. But Daming's luck is very bad, right now
At such a critical moment, Ming Dynasty started fighting with the Japanese in Korea, and Nurhachi had the opportunity to fight Ye He without interference..."
How could Liu Xin still not understand Gao Pragmatic's words at this time? She immediately said: "So what you actually mean is that after being warned by the Ming Dynasty, although Nurhachi would definitely not take the initiative to provoke a war against Ye He and Hada, he would
He could still conquer the rest of the Jianzhou tribes first, as in history, and then start heading north to find trouble with Changbai Mountain, Wula, Huifa and other tribes.
And in this process, sooner or later, Ye He will be unable to bear it any longer, and he will eventually have no choice but to take the initiative to attack Nurhaci. What you call cutting off Ye He's wings refers to the tribes that Nurhachi will list as targets for conquest sooner or later."
Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "Yes, what Nurhachi did is considered as 'attacking him will save him'. Unless Ye He is willing to act like a fool and watch Nurhachi occupy the origin of his goods, otherwise he will have to use force to save him."
When he said this, Liu Xin half added: "But found that he couldn't beat Nurhaci?"
"Yes, that's right." Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "By the time things developed to this point, Nurhaci should have conquered many tribes and at least unified the five tribes in Jianzhou. And the most important thing is that during this period, Nurhaci's subordinates
The army has been fully trained, and Ye He did not fight at all during this period."
Liu Xin sighed softly: "This is actually a case of being prepared and attacking unprepared. It is nothing more than Nurhaci deliberately 'giving' the initiator of the war to Ye He, just like talking with nothing."
Hand talk means playing Go. In modern Go, black stones are played first, but not in ancient times. At least in ancient China, white stones were played first. This rule has been maintained for about two thousand years. This can be seen in the Song Dynasty's Go book "Wangyou Qingle"
The confirmation was found in "Collection".
"Wangyou Qingle Ji" is the earliest extant rare book about Go in China, and also the earliest extant chess score in China. The book clearly records that the beginning of the ancient Chinese Go game was that both sides placed their positions on the four stars.
The upper two chess pieces, also known as seats, determine that the black and white sides each occupy two corners. The order of chess moves is in the order of white chess first and black chess second.
As for the black stone playing first, it is actually a product of the later reform according to Japanese Go rules. As for the specific reasons, I am too lazy to go into details here.
Gao Pragmatic pondered for a moment and continued: "I think given the current situation, Nurhachi will probably still make such a decision, so he will still seek to unify Jianzhou first, then conquer Changbai Mountain and other tribes, and finally form a siege on Yehe and Hada
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "That's probably the case."
Liu Xin thought for a while, frowned and said, "Do you want to change this situation?"
"Uh..." Gao Pingshi hesitated for a moment and shook his head slowly: "This is not a matter of whether I think about it or not. The key is whether it is within my ability."
Liu Xin frowned: "I don't think there is anything beyond my ability. I know you want to say that now the Ming Dynasty must prepare for the war with Chahar first, but it doesn't matter to others that Mongolia is the number one enemy, but you don't
It should be clear who the real enemy is.
Nurhaci is far more dangerous than Chahar. He has not yet risen. If you don’t nip Jianzhou in the bud at this time, do you have to wait until the situation becomes too difficult to control before taking action?"
"You can't regard chance as inevitable." Gao Pragmatic said sternly: "I don't think it is inevitable that the Tatars can enter the customs in history. Especially if you don't forget what I said to you before, the reason why the Later Jin Dynasty was able to gradually
In terms of mastering the strategic advantage, Huang Taiji is the most critical figure, not Nurhaci - if he had lived a few more years, Houjin himself might have collapsed."
"So you don't reject Meng Guzhezhe's matter, not because of anything else, but because in your heart you still feel that it is safest to prevent Huang Taiji from appearing?" Liu Xin asked Gao Pragmatically, looking at him.
"It's okay if you want to understand it this way." Gao Pingshi said calmly: "I don't need to leave such a big hidden danger for myself and the Ming Dynasty. If Huang Taiji can't appear, I won't regret the loss of an opponent -
—I’m not a jerk, wouldn’t it be a little less troublesome?”
But Liu Xin's brows did not loosen, and she still asked: "I always feel that this assumption is very problematic. How can you ensure that without this Huang Taiji, there will be no other Huang Taiji? What if there is the so-called 'inertia of history'
', there is still a figure like Huang Taiji among Nurhachi's sons, so what should we do? Didn't you say before that there seems to be no such a powerful Burihatu in the original history."
"This..." Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but hesitate a little when she said this, frowning and said: "The so-called inertia of history or the self-correction of history, these are beyond my control, and I can't be sure.
Will it appear?
But the current problem is that national policy is national policy, and the most taboo thing is to change it overnight. It is not something that will be changed immediately if I say I want to change it. All the plans and purposes of the court revolve around Chahar. If I suddenly change it now
It is proposed to eliminate Nurhaci first. Not only the entire country, but also the towns in Jiubian, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of War must make corresponding adjustments immediately. This cost is too high."
This is a problem. Liu Xin hesitated and said: "But didn't the imperial court also send troops to northern Liaoning this time? They even sent troops in winter. I don't think the problem is big."
Gao Pragmatic rolled his eyes decisively: "You don't think the problem is big, that's because I am the Minister of Household Affairs. Not to mention anything else, Guang Liaodong Salt Farm had to pay dividends in advance for this battle, and the money that should have been used to continue to expand
A sum of silver produced was transferred to the capital in advance as net profit to be used as reward money after the war and to supplement Liaodong's armament consumption."
Liu Xin was speechless for a moment, and said angrily: "Well... why don't you continue to use your talents, try to get some more money, settle the matter in Liaodong, and then go back to deal with Chahar?"
"No." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Nurhaci does not dare to directly oppose me now, and I still have to prepare for aiding North Korea and fighting against the Japanese in about five years. Nurhachi is also one of the forces I plan to use. Instead of
I am now wasting time and effort to eliminate him in advance, it is better to let him bleed in North Korea, this is to maximize the benefits."
Liu Xin couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "You really regard everything as a business, and you even treat other people's capital as your own. Don't you worry that Nurhachi will not go to North Korea as you planned in five years?
Is it bleeding?”
Gao pragmatically spread his hands: "If you want to say that, then the topic comes back: If Ming Dynasty dealt with Chahar before that, why should Nurhaci reject me?"
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