"It's a waste of talent that you didn't study geography before."
Liu Xin's words were a bit joking, but Gao pragmatically replied in a very formal manner: "You also know that I liked to think about history back then. This history...especially military history, it's impossible without understanding the map.
Yes, because many times the same style of play may lead to completely different results. Some people can cross the river without breaking a boat, while others can fight against the odds and win."
Liu Xin laughed and said: "I am familiar with this saying. My father - I mean the one in Kaiping - taught me back then. However, what he said was different from the emphasis of what you just said. It was probably about war.
To do things, we must make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses.”
"When you talk about exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses, I think of Yuan Chonghuan's cannons to defend the city. It's really outrageous." Gao pragmatically commented: "In the final analysis, this strategy can only be said to be to use cannons for those under his command who dare not fight with the Jin army in the field.
It is impossible for waste and courage to cause serious losses to the Later Jin Army - unless Nurhachi lets his Eight Banners soldiers attack the city despite the fire ants."
Liu Xin suddenly looked thoughtful and said, "But I vaguely remember that the White Elephant King of Golden Tower in Myanmar seemed to have done this kind of thing?"
"I haven't seen it in person, but it is indeed said in the battle report... So he was stunned by the firepower of the bastion." Gao pragmatic curled his lips: "Mang Yingli probably had not seen such powerful firepower at that time.
, so his behavior was relatively stupid. In addition, this man was a tyrant who did not care about the people. In his eyes, soldiers were just expendable supplies - you should know that Myanmar also had a population of several million at that time, which was not too small.
.”
Liu Xin nodded: "I know this... Do you want to say that Nurhaci is a benevolent king compared to Mangyingli?"
"Whether he is a benevolent king or not depends on who he is, but at least Nurhachi is a hundred times more sober than Mang Yingli. He knows Houjin's disadvantage in terms of population and almost never lets the Eight Banners soldiers seriously attack the city.
It's a pity that I didn't bring a lot of history books with me when I traveled through time. Otherwise, I could show you that he mostly relied on field battles to defeat the main force of the Ming army in conquering the cities in Liaodong, forcing the Ming army to abandon the city voluntarily or rebel internally, as well as directly bribe internal agents.
Open the city gates and other means, and rarely choose to attack by force - you can't afford to lose."
Liu Xin smiled and reminded: "Are we going too far?"
"Oh, yes." Gao Pragmatic lightly patted the table and said: "Let's talk about Shuerhaqi. In short, the reconstruction of Jianzhou Right Guard is a major turning point in Shuerhaqi's life. It not only marks Shuerhaqi's
Qi's initial attempts to oppose the expansion of the war and seek political stability have achieved limited results. It also marked that Shuerhaqi had completely surrendered to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty and had completely broken with Nurhachi politically.
From then on, the existence of Shuerhaqi became a huge obstacle for Nurhachi. Nurhachi was forced to decide that "to fight against foreign aggression, we must first settle the internal affairs" and used various means to force Shuerhaqi to surrender..."
"Wait a minute, I don't understand something." Liu Xin suddenly said: "Since he went to rebuild Jianzhou Youwei, why did he run back again? You just said it was because Nurhachi killed him
The eldest son and the third son, and he almost killed his second son Amin. I think this is wrong. Nurhachi was going crazy and ran back. Isn’t this looking for death? "
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "The historical records of this matter seem unclear, but according to my personal estimation, there is a possibility that Shuerhaqi was too hasty when he ran away and did not take his sons away. In addition, he may not have expected that
Nurhachi told his own nephew to kill him whenever he asked.
As for why he went back, Nurhachi kept sending people to persuade him. The messengers here must have given him numerous guarantees. Shuerhachi might not have believed it. It was even possible that he himself thought that Nurhachi did not dare to do anything to him. In short,
, both because of being forced and helpless, and also because of being fascinated by self-confidence.”
"That's naive." Liu Xin shook her head and said, "You said before that naivety is a taboo for politicians, and Shuerhaqi committed such a taboo."
Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "That's true, but Shuerhaqi's 'innocence' is of great benefit to me. Only his innocence can be easily persuaded and controlled by me. If he is exactly like Nurhachi, he will have ambitions that are difficult to control."
So what’s the point of me doing these things?”
"Then what are you going to do now?" Liu Xin spread her hands and said, "You have already conveyed the emperor's holy will. Cao Yu must have thought that this was a common attitude between the emperor and you, so he still has to implement it thoroughly.
In the spirit of instructions, Nurhachi was beaten to the end, and Shuerhaqi was forcibly promoted to the commander of Jianzhou Left Guard?"
Gao pragmatic sighed and said: "I originally wanted to see if Cao Yun could guess what I meant on his own, but later I was worried that it was not safe, so I arranged a backup plan... I hope Gao Yimin's pace will not be too slow."
"Pfft!" Liu Xin couldn't help laughing and teased: "Your current state is like some parents who always feel that their children are not smart enough and want to do everything for them."
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "What should we do? Their thinking and I are not at the same level - I'm not saying they are stupid, but they can't think back from the perspective of a later person like me, so in order to achieve
The most cost-effective effect, I have to take the helm for it, do you have a better way to do this?"
"Of course I didn't." Liu Xin said confidently and unreasonably: "But how long will you be a 'parent'? Sooner or later, won't you have to let go one day?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said, "Let's wait until we can no longer control it. Even if I am a monk hitting the clock every day, I can't just watch this country go down the same old path again."
"If you ask me, you are really not afraid of getting tired." Liu Xin shook his head and said: "If I were you, after making so much money and having a foundation in southern Xinjiang, I would not take it away from him even for the sake of being a classmate with the emperor for many years.
You can go to southern Xinjiang to live freely, so why bother wallowing in the muddy waters of the capital."
Gao Pragmatic said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Probably, I still have some sense of historical responsibility."
Liu Xin curled her lips: "If it were me, I would have found a way to kill Nurhaci and it would be over... Don't interrupt me. I know you will say that even if this Nurhaci disappears, another Nurhaci will appear. It's the inertia of history.
Really? But I don’t think so. I think some historical figures should be irreplaceable.
For example, Nurhachi, I heard you talk about so much Jurchen history. Isn't he the only one of these famous figures who devoted himself to unifying the Jurchens and then rebelled against the Ming Dynasty? The other people, even if they were with the Ming Dynasty at the beginning
Even though they are against each other, as long as they are taught a lesson, they will change their stance and become Shun Ming faction or even support Ming faction.
In this case, wouldn’t it be over after killing Nurhaci? I don’t believe that after killing Nurhaci, a strong Jurchen chief with exactly the same personality and abilities will appear and lead the Jurchens to rebel against the Ming Dynasty.”
Gao Pragmatic thought about her words for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said: "Actually, the point of view you mentioned is the same as who is right and who is wrong in 'Heroes create the times' and 'The times create the heroes'. No one can give a definite answer.
The answer. Generally speaking, people will say that times create heroes, but heroes can also promote times. There is a mutually reinforcing relationship between the two.
And what you said just now ignores a particularly critical issue, which is the impact of the Little Ice Age. I don’t know if you have discovered that in the past twenty years or so since we have traveled through time, the winters of the Ming Dynasty have become colder.
There have been a lot of disasters, and disasters are gradually increasing in various places?"
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "It seems colder, but you know I stay in the south most of the time, and unlike you, I can't always understand the situation in the country from a central perspective. In addition, I still don't understand
, is the impact of this Little Ice Age really that big? How big was it?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "How big is it? Well... let me give you some examples from all over the world for your reference?"
"The whole world?" Liu Xin opened her eyes wide: "The whole world is affected?"
"Oh, I'm talking about the whole world, but of course I'm mainly talking about Europe. After all, the history of other places is not the mainstream direction for future generations to study."
"Okay, I just want to gain some knowledge. Teacher Gao, please tell me."
Gao Pangshi glared at her, but still spoke, saying: "In general, the Little Ice Age led to the great famine in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries, which led to the outbreak of a series of wars and political turmoil.
Let’s talk about Britain first. At that time, Charles I was losing money fighting the Thirty Years’ War, and was having a huge quarrel with Parliament. In the two episcopal wars in Scotland against Charles I, Charles I was beaten violently. In 1642, Parliament broke with the king, and the English Civil War broke out.
In 1679, Charles was hanged on the old crooked tree, ah, no, he was on the guillotine. The bourgeois revolution was victorious, and the British national situation began to go uphill.
Let’s talk about France next. Louis XIII vigorously stirred things up under the instruction of Cardinal Richelieu, and finally won the victory in 1648. France’s national power began to go uphill, and the era of the Sun King was just around the corner.
Then there is the Austrian Habsburg dynasty. I don’t need to say anything about this, right? It says it’s over. After the peace of 1648, the Habsburgs have lost the possibility of integrating the Holy Roman Empire. However, Leopold I
After defeating Sweden in the north and the Ottomans in the east, Habsburg ushered in a small military renaissance under the leadership of Prince Eugen, which was considered good luck.
In Russia, Tsar Alexei came to the throne in 1629. During his reign, the Salt Merchant Rebellion and the famous Stepan Razin Uprising broke out. However, in 1654, Tsar Alexei accepted the surrender of the Polish Cossack uprising army.
, personally conquered Poland with consecutive victories, and successively defeated the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Eastern Ukraine. All east of the Dnieper River was owned by Russia. Russia stood at the starting point of its westward expansion. In 1689, Peter the Great regained power and began to rule personally, opening up Russia's history.
The history of Long Aotian in Eastern Europe.
Let’s talk about two countries that are not European but have a relatively large impact on history. Let’s talk about the Ottoman Empire first. Murad IV revived the Ottoman Empire and saved the Ottomans from the crisis of civil strife. In 1639, Murad IV suppressed all rebellions in the empire.
, annexed the two river basins, and the empire turned a corner. However, the Ottoman Empire had been severely weakened. Under the subsequent two sultans, the Ottoman expansion attempts were continuously frustrated, and the Ottoman Empire began to decline.
Finally, there was the Mughal Empire. During the reign of Shah Jahan, the Mughal Empire reached its peak. Of course, it was also its final glory. The Taj Mahal was built at this time. But from the perspective of the entire history of the Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan
The continuous expansion of Khan and Aurangzeb, as well as Aurangzeb's wrong religious policies, caused the Mughal Empire to decline rapidly."
Gao Pragmatic stopped talking here and looked towards Liu Xin instead. Liu Xin tilted her head slightly and said, "It seems you want to test me and let me summarize?"
Gao pragmatic smiled softly and said: "It's definitely out of the question for the school entrance examination, but I do want to ask you, have you found any problems in this?"
Liu Xin said: "I have read books anyway. I still have some experience in summarizing and finding differences. For example, what you just said, the most obvious point is that all European countries are on the upswing, even the worst Austria."
What you call a 'little ZTE' has appeared. On the other hand, in Asian countries, you think that the Ottoman and Mughal empires are in decline, or are about to decline."
Gao Pingshi laughed, nodded and said: "Not bad, I didn't read the book in vain, and I mastered the learning methods very well." Then he paused, and then said: "Then guess what I'm going to say next?"
"Is there any need to guess? Let's talk about the situation in the Ming Dynasty next?" Liu Xin curled her lips and said: "But there is a question I have to ask first: If I am not mistaken, at least the Ottomans and the Mughals
At this time, the country was not destroyed, so why was the Ming Dynasty different and directly destroyed?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I have said enough about the situation in Ming Dynasty before, and you understand it. To put it bluntly, if it were not for my appearance, Ming Dynasty would be a hundred years old now.
He is plagued by illness, and after thirty-four years he can be said to be terminally ill."
Gao pragmatic shook his head, as if he didn't want to waste more words here, but said: "But if you insist on asking why only the Ming Dynasty perished among the major empires in Asia, I still have to say, firstly, it was the chronic disease of the Ming Dynasty itself.
There are more and more deadly than the Ottomans and Mughals. Secondly, this is also because the location and environment of the three are different.
Although the Ottomans have declined, the previous powerful impression in the eyes of Europeans has not completely disappeared. In addition, European countries are fighting each other in a mess, so naturally they are not interested in arm wrestling with the Ottomans.
Russia, the only country that has been competing with the Ottomans, chose to expand eastward for various reasons after gaining a strategic advantage. Therefore, the Ottomans were not in danger of extinction for a while.
The situation of the Mughal Empire was relatively simple. During this period, it did not have a strong external enemy that was on the rise. Even if it was just the inertia of its rule, it could ensure that it would not collapse in the short term.
Of course, having said that, the Mughal Empire may have been founded by descendants of the Mongols, but its local dominance was not very strong. This relatively weak rule in turn led to local opposition to it.
It’s not very strong, so even though many places are dissatisfied with the center, they can still make do with it if they think about it.”
"Okay, even if what you said makes sense, what about the Ming Dynasty? What is the difference between the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty?" Liu Xin looked at him and asked.
"The lucky place for the Ottomans and the Mughals is the unlucky place for the Ming Dynasty." Gao Pragmatic sighed: "The Russian Empire, the only powerful foreign enemy of the Ottomans, suddenly turned to the east and did not touch it; but the Ming Dynasty encountered Zheng Zheng when he was terminally ill.
Houjin, who is on the rise and is also troubled by the Little Ice Age.
Russia can expand eastward, but where will the Jin Dynasty expand? Nurhaci has always supported war with war. He, the Jurchens, have not enough to eat. North Korea has also been surrendered and is forced to pay tribute to him every year. Where else can he turn his attention?
Of course it can only be the Ming Dynasty. Only by constantly plundering the Ming Dynasty can you have a chance to survive. If it were you, would you rob it?
Compared with the Mughals, the Ming Dynasty obviously had stronger control over the local areas. However, due to the lack of central financial resources, the Ming Dynasty was unable to improve the local plight. So the victims in various places saw that there was no hope and had to rise up, which in turn made the Ming Dynasty and the
The Jurchens are under greater combat pressure... they are riddled with all kinds of diseases, if they don't die, who will die?"
"So you are now taking a two-pronged approach, treating the internal situation while controlling the external situation?" Liu Xin sighed and shook her head: "I really don't mind worrying about it. The emperor should add chicken legs to you."
Gao Pragmatic smiled helplessly and said after a long while: "I hope that before Gao Yimin arrives, Cao Yu has not captured Hetuala, let alone announced his decision. Now I only need the situation in Jianzhou to be stable, and I don't need Nurhaci to die immediately.
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