Completely drive the Spanish and Portuguese empire out of Nanyang?
It's a good idea, and Gao Pragmatic has always taken this as his long-term goal. However, in recent years, troubles have come one after another. He, Gao Situ, now has most of the world's wealth and power in his hands, and is even more busy. Accordingly,
I don’t want too much fluctuations in southern Xinjiang.
Originally, according to Gao's pragmatic design, in a few years, the problems of Mongolia, Japan, and the Jurchens would be basically solved. By then, Gao should be able to have some leisure time. Moreover, almost ten years had passed by then.
The number of Han people immigrating to southern Xinjiang and Nanyang is bound to increase greatly. At that time, it will naturally become easier to arrange various tasks.
But today, because the nobles were ready to act, Gao Pragmatic felt that they had to be loosened. After all, transforming the nobles from feudal landowners to trading capital was an important principle in his plan to transform the nobles.
Promoting reform with benefits is Gao Pragmatic's consistent basic idea. In his view, if the "ruling class" cannot benefit from the reform, or the profits are not as great as the losses, then no matter how beneficial the reform is to the people,
The "ruling class" will inevitably have no motivation and will only become resistance.
These nobles are military ministers in name only, but in fact they cannot fight at all. From this point of view, raising them is a complete waste of national resources. But the problem is that if they oppose reform, the pressure for reform will be too great——
Not all civil servants in the imperial court are in favor of reform. Once the nobles also side with the conservatives, what if he is pragmatic and wins the favor of the Holy Family?
Will Zhu Yijun live a long life or what? When he dies at the latest, this reform will not just be a matter of people leaving and the government dying, but will inevitably be counterattacked and reckoned with after the fall, and then everything will return to the original track, even more "reactionary"
, and if the Ming Dynasty should die, it must die.
Therefore, after listening to what Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong said, Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to loosen their ties. However, if the target was Japan, it would affect his subsequent plans, so he had to make temporary changes and guide their attention to the Philippines.
However, Gao Pragmatic did not have time to think about the chain reaction at that time. It was only when Liu Xin reminded him that he realized that it was indeed impossible to completely separate the Spaniards and the Portuguese.
As Liu Xin said, after all, Spain and Portugal now share the same monarch, and Philip II's control over Portugal is also very powerful. Once the Philippines was an important "transit station" in the Spanish colonial system
Being taken away from him, it was difficult for Philip II to remain indifferent.
The Spaniards are already in trouble in Europe. What can they do if they lose the Philippines? There are two options: fight back regardless of losses, or use the Portuguese colonial stronghold instead.
Fighting back would definitely be the happiest option, but Gao Pragmatic estimated that Philip II could not do it, and Philip II himself should have known it well.
Then it is very likely that, as Liu Xin reminded, Philip II is very likely to ask Portugal for help.
Can Portugal refuse? Obviously not.
Tens of thousands of Spanish troops are stationed in Portugal, and even Philip II himself is staying in Lisbon (after taking the throne of Portugal, he stayed in Lisbon for a long time in order to be a nearby deterrent). The Portuguese nobles are now trembling with fear.
, how could you refuse? Just refuse with your head?
Therefore, no matter how unwilling the Portuguese are, as long as Philip II speaks, Malacca will definitely be used by the Spaniards. Considering the current mentality of the Spaniards, there is no guarantee that they will not play tricks with Beijing after getting the right to use Malacca.
Yin.
Wanting to understand this truth, Gao Pingshi couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It really affects the whole body. I originally planned to pursue the idea of Malacca in a few years, but now it seems that it will be brought forward. But the Nanzhang matter has not been resolved yet.
Malacca will be included in the plan again..."
Liu Xin shook his head and said: "The matter in Malacca is actually easy to handle. Although this place is important, since it can be attacked by land, the difficulty is much lower than attacking Manila. If Suluoge, Dadi, Pahang and other horses
If the city-state is willing to let the Dingnan garrison pass through, it shouldn't be difficult to capture Malacca."
Gao Pragmatic agrees with this statement. The reason why he appointed his cousin Gao Ruichu as the patrol envoy to Siam, and also made the Cambodian surrendered general Musali as the garrison of Siam, and gave them the fourth town of Dingnan Garrison Army and the independent garrison of Siam.
Aren't the two town-level establishments of divisions (towns) prepared to capture Malacca?
The fourth town of Dingnan Garrison Army is one of the "Five Towns of Dingnan", with a full strength of more than 12,700 people. The town is actually full. The town has two standard infantry regiments, three independent artillery regiments, one independent cavalry regiment, and two
engineer battalion;
The Siamese Independent Garrison Division is also a town-level unit. The reason why "division" is used to distinguish "town" is because at present, Jinghua uses towns as its standard army configuration, and divisions exist as auxiliary forces. To a certain extent, it is equivalent to the later Red Dynasty.
The armed police force is mainly used to guard the local area, but it also has certain combat capabilities and can quickly supplement the "town" level military establishment when needed.
The Siam Independent Garrison Division's personnel establishment is slightly smaller than that of the town. The division's current establishment is more than 9,000 people, organized into two infantry associations and two engineer battalions.
All in all, in Siam alone - that is, the northern part of the Malay Peninsula - Jinghua had about 22,000 troops stationed, which was quite powerful.
Less than 80 years ago, the Portuguese captured the city of Malacca with 20,000 defenders with only 700 men. At that time, there were 5 merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty in Malacca (in violation of the sea ban), which was Portugal’s great colonial power.
In order to show his friendship with the Ming Dynasty and to demonstrate, Alfonso de Albuquerque generously allowed Ming merchants to board Portuguese warships to watch the entire conquest process.
The specific battle process has been obtained from the descendants of these merchants, and it can be roughly divided into two stages.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the first stage, Portugal attacked by force, but failed because the Sultan of Malacca also had firearms from Europe. These firearms were sent to India by Venice, and their roots were in Venice
It is clear that once Portugal controls the Arab-India trade route, Venice's Mediterranean trade advantage will be broken, and the Mediterranean trade circle will be replaced by the Atlantic trade circle.
This idea was correct, and subsequent development proved it. At that time, under this guiding ideology, Venice imported European firearms to Arabia, Arabia imported them to India, and India imported them to Malacca. The whole process took about ten years.
A few years.
In any case, although the Sultan of Malacca fought ugly, he still relied on firearms to withstand the first wave of Portuguese attacks. The Portuguese who completed the landing and attacked Malacca had too few troops to bear too many casualties, so they found out
It is difficult to establish fence fortifications and then retreat voluntarily.
The Portuguese did not really retreat. They waited for the opportunity on the boat. The opportunity came quickly. Since Malacca itself is also a river mouth port, the key to attacking Malacca was the bridge connecting the two urban areas in the city, so the Portuguese took advantage of the rising tide.
They used battleships to enter the river, used battleship artillery to suppress the firepower of the defenders in the city, and finally established an artillery position in the city.
Ten days later, seeing no hope of guarding the city, the Sultan fled Malacca with his two sons. A large number of Burmese and Indian businessmen began to contact Albuquerque and recognized his occupation of the city. From then on, the city of Malacca became the Portuguese capital in India.
The most important base in the Eastern region until now.
Albuquerque's conquest of Malacca was a typical example of the Portuguese's conquest of Asia in that era. Although the defenders often had a large number of people and a small number of good weapons, they were still unable to resist the attacks of the new European conquerors. The Portuguese
As the best naval force in the world at that time (referring to the period of 1511), it not only had an advantage on the sea, but also demonstrated the qualities honed on the European battlefield in a series of landing and siege operations.
As an international metropolis that relies on trade exchanges for a living, the people of Malacca could theoretically obtain the most advanced weapons at the time through shipping, and hire professional soldiers from inside and outside the region to serve as defenders (in fact, among the 20,000 troops of the Sultan of Malacca
There are a large number of mercenaries).
But this rapid military modernization cannot fundamentally change the weak nature of local military strength. Whether it is new artillery, Indian war elephants, or traditional venom bows and arrows, they cannot make up for the lagging quality of soldiers and the lagging command system.
defect.
Although the Sultanate of Malacca was a local hegemon, it lacked the efficiency of a centralized country to pool resources. In fact, after the fall of Malacca, the remnants of the Sultanate continued to struggle with the Portuguese for a long time, and it was not until the arrival of the Dutch that it ended.
This shows that the capital was captured quickly because it was impossible to concentrate resources to defend the capital.
Portugal's victory was brought about by exploiting its strengths and avoiding weaknesses and making reasonable use of its own advantages. Taking advantage of the rising tide, they used the fleet to directly attack the key points, and the ceremonial cannons suppressed the firepower of the defenders... The Portuguese victory was deserved.
Nowadays, due to Jinghua's infiltration, the situation of the Portuguese in Malacca is almost undefended for Gao Pragmatic.
First of all, although Malacca has an important location, because Portugal is a small country with a small population, its main power in Asia is still concentrated in Goa, its capital in India. Their power in Malacca city is limited at other times except when Portuguese merchant ships come here in large numbers.
Not strong, it can even be said to be weak.
Similar to the situation of the Spanish in Manila, the Portuguese warships in Malacca would not exceed 20 at ordinary times, and the number of troops stationed in Malacca would also not exceed 2,000.
Jinghua is not the local indigenous sultan. The force it possesses is at least at the same level as the Europeans, and its tactical thinking is even more advanced. Can the 2,000-man Portuguese army defend the attack of 22,000 Jinghua troops?
Impossible. Jinghua doesn't even need to rely on the naval fleet to take advantage of the high tide to attack Malacca. Their direct attack is enough to ensure victory. Of course, it would be better if the fleet also takes action and suppresses Portugal.
Gao pragmatic thought for a while, then turned to Gao Mo and asked: "Rui Chu has been in southern Siam for so long, and he should have had contact with small countries such as Su Luo Ke, Dadi, Pahang, etc. Do you think they will be willing to let us go?"
The road to attack Malacca?”
Gao Mo said: "There is contact, and the normal relationship between the two parties is decent. However, although these small countries may not know the story of the fake road to conquer Guo, they do know that the King of Siam is currently under house arrest in Dingnan.
The old slave suspects that once the young master actually sends troops, they may worry that they will become the puppets of our capital like Siam in the future. Therefore...it is difficult to say how they will react."
Gao pragmatic looked at Liu Xin again and asked, "Miss Liu, what do you think?"
Liu Xin pouted and said: "My opinion is that even if they are willing to give way, it is best for us to pretend we don't know and just fight all the way."
"Oh?" Gao Pingshi said with a half-smile, "I didn't expect you to be so domineering, girl."
The word "side" made Liu Xin know that Gao Pragmatic's words had some teasing meaning in his previous life, but she didn't mind. Instead, she deliberately straightened her chest and said, "That's natural."
Gao pragmatic held back his laughter and asked: "Why? Oh, I mean, why do you have to fight all the way?"
"I'm too lazy to bother." Liu Xin said very straightforwardly: "These small countries are sandwiched between Dingnan and Malacca, and Dingnan is the capital of southern Xinjiang you have chosen, and Malacca will definitely be the commercial center in the future. What's the point between these two places?
Can it tolerate the existence of other uncontrolled forces?
How can we allow others to snore on the side of the bed? Let alone these small countries, including the country of Johor to the south of Malacca, I think they should be bulldozed in one fell swoop - to put it simply, the Malay Peninsula does not allow any other force to influence the situation.
, must be completely controlled by Jinghua!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Pragmatic did not continue to struggle and asked directly: "Who to send to fight? Can Rui Hina and Musari do it?"
"If you are asking whether the two of them can win the battle together, I think it is possible." Liu Xin shrugged slightly: "But if you are asking who is the most suitable person to go to, then I don't think they are the best candidates."
"Oh? What's the reason?" Gao Pragmatic looked as usual and didn't seem surprised.
"You have many surrendered generals under your command, and Mousali is the last one to defect. If he goes to achieve such a great achievement... Ruan Huang has made great achievements in pacifying Cambodia, so that's fine, but like Mo Yulin
How should people like this deal with themselves?
Mo Yulin's performance in this Nanzhang crisis does not look very good, but we all know that he is just unable to determine the attitudes of you and Huang Dutong, so he is at a loss. This does not mean that he is unable to control the situation of the battle.
And if he doesn't have a place in the ensuing war on the Malay Peninsula, I suspect that he will become more worried and wonder if you are dissatisfied with him, are on guard against him, or even want to kill the donkey.
heart of."
Gao pragmatic did not express his position and asked again: "What about Rui Chu?"
"Gao Ruichu is your nephew, not your son." Liu Xin's words were still very straightforward: "Your son may not even be able to walk now. If Gao Ruichu makes such a great contribution, in the future... do you think he will treat you badly?"
How much sincere respect will your heirs have?"
Gao pragmatic smiled: "You are thinking too far."
Liu Xin raised her chin slightly: "Really?"
Gao Pragmatic was too lazy to argue and sighed softly: "So what you mean is that you want Zhiting to go there in person again?"
"Then you guessed what I meant wrong. I think it's best for Huang Dutong not to go this time." Liu Xin raised her eyebrows and asked, "She is your wife, but she is not you after all. Now from now on
Looking at the entire southern Xinjiang, only Annan was conquered by you personally. Since then, whether it is Burma or Siam, there is also a Nanzhang, and even Cambodia this time can be regarded as the contribution of Huang Dutong. Don’t you think
Is there something wrong with this situation?
But don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying she has any ulterior motives. I just think that in the long run, a situation will arise in southern Xinjiang, and this situation... may cause trouble."
Gao Jingshi was a little surprised that Liu Xin said this, but since she even said "there are two days in the sky", how could Gao Jingshi not know what her so-called trouble was?
Empress Lu, Wu Fu.
What's more, both Empress Lu and Wu Fu have a large family, and Huang Zhiting's family is even more powerful. If there is any difference, it is probably that Huang Zhiting always acts from a pragmatic standpoint.
.
But this matter...if I have to say it, when Wu Fu was still the queen, she did not dare to disobey Li Zhi. Both of them had high status in front of their husbands, but they did not oppose them.
After her husband's death, she took over all the power and used her natal family members arbitrarily, causing the court to change its color.
Gao Mo was also a little frightened by Liu Xin's words. In fact, he also felt that his wife's power was too much and her prestige in southern Xinjiang was too high. However, as an old servant of the Gao family, he really couldn't use his slave to doubt his master, so he never
Dare to say it.
At this time, Gao Mo could no longer pretend to be stupid. He coughed lightly and said in a low voice: "If the master is hesitant, it is better to wait until the Nanzhang matter is over and see how Madam handles Huang Yinglei before making a decision."
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