The so-called private matters of high pragmatism are naturally related to Jinghua, and these are the same.
The first thing came from southern Xinjiang and involved two places: Longya City and Huzhou City, which were later known as Malacca City and Singapore. These two places were key areas in the Nanyang Plan, and Longya City was the commercial center of the Malacca Strait.
The city was planned as a city, and Huzhou City was planned as the future main port of the Nanyang Fleet.
Huzhou City, later known as Singapore, is a well-known commercial port city. Its level of development stands out among the developing countries in ASEAN. Some people think that Singapore's success is mainly due to its geographical location. This statement is actually somewhat biased.
Of course, Singapore's unique geographical location is an important factor in Singapore's economic rise, but if it can be successful based on geographical location alone, then it is not the only place in the Strait of Malacca region that also has an advantageous geographical location. Why is it the only one that has succeeded?
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The reasons for Singapore's success are actually very clear in many analyses. They include God's blessings and factors such as implementing the correct development path and seizing opportunities. There is no need to say more here. However, Singapore's economy is highly pragmatic.
There were some hidden worries before the crossing. This was the reason why Gao Pragmatic did not regard Huzhou City as a major economic development city but as the main military port of the Nanyang Fleet.
In later generations, due to population growth, Singapore had to spend a lot of money and countless energy on fresh water supply. Gao Pragmatism was not that interested in investing in these costs that were not needed. As long as it is not regarded as a major economic city, it is only regarded as a military port city.
, its population will definitely not expand like that, and the pressure on water supply will definitely not be that huge.
This is not the case in Aralia City. The terrain in this area is relatively flat, mostly plains, but there are some hills in the east, and the water resources are abundant enough. There are Ningyi River in the west, Malacca River in the middle, and Jishan River in the east. There are three rivers
All flow into the Strait of Malacca.
Of course, due to Gao Pragmatic's order, almost all "Malacca" in southern Xinjiang have been renamed "Longya", so in various document exchanges between Beijing and China, the Malacca River has become the Longya River, and the Malacca Strait has become "Longya".
The Aralia Strait and even the Malay Peninsula were renamed "Aralia Peninsula" in Chinese.
Coastal cities have rivers on three sides, which not only means that the water resources are sufficient to support the rise of a large city, but also means that its transportation is convenient enough. This is definitely a huge advantage before the arrival of mechanized mass production, and now Gao pragmatism wants to develop Longya City
There are no internal constraints - after all, this is now the largest city near the strait. If it doesn't develop, how can it develop?
As for Huzhou City, there are only locals from the original Johor Sultanate on this island. Not only is the population small, but the culture is also backward. When Beijing’s huge fleet and musketry army sailed southward, they awakened their awareness of the great power of the country.
After the memory of the Tomorrow Dynasty more than a hundred years ago, it was easily taken into his pocket. As for the local people, Gao Ruichu, adhering to his pragmatic will, ordered them to be dispersed and resettled in various parts of the Longya Peninsula.
But this does not mean that there are no troubles in the Aralia Peninsula. There are still troubles, and they are not small. What is the biggest trouble? It is population and governance policies.
Jinghua has been implementing the Sinicization policy of "immigration plus naturalization" in southern Xinjiang. This policy is currently implemented well, but if you take a closer look, you will find some problems. The most critical and most prominent problem is that there is no Sinicization. balanced.
Looking at the entire southern Xinjiang, the areas with the highest degree of sinicization are undoubtedly the northern and central areas of Annan, that is, from Huang Zhiting's "fiefdom" Haidong Prefecture to Jingang in the central part, becoming the areas with the highest degree of sinicization in the entire southern Xinjiang.
In this area, the proportion of Han people in the broad sense (that is, the Han people and the Tong, Miao, Yao, etc. who came south from Guangxi, Yunnan and other places, as long as they can speak Chinese are uniformly counted as Han people in southern Xinjiang) and naturalized Han people account for close to 60%. Considering that it only took about ten years for this area to achieve this step, it is indeed a remarkable achievement.
However, the reason why this area has been able to achieve such a high degree of sinicization is not only due to effective policies, but the bigger reason is probably history. As we all know, Annan has been part of the territory of Chinese dynasties for a long time in history, and returned to the territory for a period of time in the early Ming Dynasty. Later, Although he is independent, even the imperial examinations are almost copied from the Ming Dynasty, and what scholars read is Confucius and Mencius. It can be said that the culture of the upper class is completely Chinese culture, and Chinese characters are originally the official script. Under such circumstances, promoting sinicization will of course get twice the result with half the effort. .
However, things are different outside this area. Although Myanmar, Nanzhang and other places were part of the "Three Propaganda and Six Comforts" that year, Chinese culture also had a profound impact on them, but after all, it did not reach the level of Annan. Jinghua's Although the Sinicization policy was implemented very effectively, the effect was far worse than that of Annan.
The southern Xinjiang work report submitted by Huang Zhiting and Gao Mengnan listed relatively detailed figures, indicating that the proportion of Sinicization in Nanzhang (the proportion of Han people in the broad sense and naturalized Han people in the total population) is only 11% (Arabic numerals and percentage concepts have been introduced) Beijing system for several years); the proportion of Chineseization in Cambodia is only 7%; the proportion of Chineseization in southern Annan is only 9%; the proportion of Chineseization in Bago (southern Myanmar, because the north is still a nominal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty) is also 7%; the proportion of Chineseization in Siam is the highest except for northern Annam The highest outside China is 16%, but this is mainly due to the influx of a large number of Han Chinese into Dinnan City. The proportion of Chineseization in other areas of Siam is also very low, no more than 10% at most.
As someone who often laughed at the Indian caste system before traveling across time, the highly pragmatic Sinicization policy in southern Xinjiang is not essentially intended to create caste differences between people, but in fact it has actually created caste differences at present.
Although Huang Zhiting and Gao Mengnan's reports stated that this kind of class gap already existed in various countries in southern Xinjiang, Gao Pingshi knew that the class gap was actually a "class difference", such as nobles, monks, landlords and wealthy businessmen, and ordinary serfs (not farmers). , really serfs) are definitely not the same class, but now the sinicization policy has actually created another class difference: Han people and non-Han people - this is very worrying.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! If this policy were to be transferred to India, there might not be much of a problem. After all, Gao Pragmatic could directly solve everything by simply announcing that the Han people are Brahmins or Kshatriyas. The problem is that the lower class Vaishyas, Sudras and Dalits (untouchables, untouchables) will not resist at all. However, Southern Xinjiang is not India after all!
According to the report, sporadic rebellions in various countries in southern Xinjiang are not uncommon, with an average of 1.7 happening a month. Although these rebellions are not large in scale, the number of people is generally only about two to three hundred people, and the largest ones only have a thousand people, and some are smaller.
There are even only a few dozen, which is completely useless under the dimensionality reduction attacks of the major security forces. However, Gao Pragmatic believes that this situation is very bad, and it also greatly increases the cost of governance, resulting in Beijing having to maintain its presence in southern Xinjiang for a long time.
Six huge garrison armies.
You must know that the six major garrison armies in Beijing have basically completed the use of firearms. The firearm-based army has completely reduced the dimensionality of these local rebellions. For comparison, when the Sino-French War broke out in the late Qing Dynasty, the French army in North Vietnam
After the large-scale increase in troops, there are only 35,000 troops. The number of troops stationed in the entire Indochina Federation (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) is only about 20,000 troops. Is this difference too big?
Let’s just say that the three countries of the French “Federation of Indochina” are basically equivalent to Annam, Nanzhang, Cambodia and Jinghua in southern Xinjiang. How many troops are currently stationed in these three places? There are four garrison forces: Thang Long Garrison and Jingang Garrison.
According to the pragmatic reorganization orders issued at the end of last year and at the beginning of this year, the overall strength of the four garrison armies has been adjusted. The troop configuration is: Thang Long garrison town four, with a strength of 50,800 troops; Jingang garrison town four, with a strength of 50,800 troops;
There are three towns of the Phnom Penh Garrison, with a strength of 38,100 people; two towns of the Vientiane Garrison, with a strength of 25,400 people. In total, the four major garrison towns have a total of 13 towns, with a total strength of 165,100 people!
Although these troops are not only paid for by Jinghua itself, but also require the puppet kingdoms to bear the total military rations, as well as part of military expenses and other expenses. However, after all, this is a firearms force of more than 160,000 people. If it does not fight (counterinsurgency), it will still be
Well, as long as we go to war, we will spend money like water, and the landlord's family doesn't have that much surplus food!
What's more, the Bago garrison has more than 50,000 people in four towns, and Dingnan has not only the "Five Dingnan Towns", but also 8,000 palace guards and 9,000 Siam independent garrison divisions, totaling more than 80,000 troops. Now take
After arriving at the Longya Peninsula, southern Xinjiang still needs to train the Longya Guard Army...
Under such circumstances, Southern Xinjiang now needs to be Chineseized, raise troops, and build. Although Jinghua makes money ruthlessly, it spends money at such a speed that no one else can, so much so that in the reports of Huang Zhiting and Gao Mengnan
They all have to suggest that the follow-up steps of the Nanyang Strategy should be slowed down for a while, and even the construction of the Huzhou Military Port should be slowed down.
According to calculations by Southern Xinjiang, it would cost 700,000 to 900,000 taels of Kuping silver just to expand the original Siamese Independent Garrison Division into the Yongya Garrison and to plan and construct the first phase of the new city of Yongya City.
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Needless to say, after the Longya Garrison is built, it will be a pure waste of money. Even after the re-planning and expansion of Longya City is completed, the cost will not be recovered immediately. It is estimated that it will take at least ten years to recover the cost, and Ding Nancheng
almost.
Under this situation, Southern Xinjiang could only submit a report and ask Gao to make a pragmatic decision. At the same time, they also asked about the situation in Japan. The reason is not surprising. Jinghua has also spent a lot of money in Japan this year, and even directly purchased from Japan.
Southern Xinjiang shipped a lot of food to Japan. In view of the fact that Jinghua's attributes are completely pragmatic, although Huang Zhiting and Gao Mengnan did not express dissatisfaction, they obviously had to "repay attention".
The Japanese issue is therefore Gao Pragmatic’s second “private matter” recently.
Basically, the situation in Japan is pretty good now. The Narita family's new territory, Tamawa Castle, and Misaki Castle, which is directly controlled by Kyoka, together give Kyoka actual control over the entire Miura Peninsula, the "Kanto Squadron"
It was also powerful enough to control later Tokyo Bay and today's Edo Bay, and enjoyed hegemony over the entire eastern sea of Japan.
However, the power of the sea does not mean everything. After the Odawara conquest, due to limited financial resources, the Narita family will definitely not maintain wartime troops and reduce the family's standing force to a thousand people - his family originally only had one person during non-war times.
There were about a thousand troops, so at that time the Narita clan leader took half of them to Odawara Castle. There were only 80 samurai and more than 400 ordinary soldiers left in the hometown of Ninja Castle, and the rest were farmers who temporarily participated in the defense.
In this way, even if the 1,800 regular Kyoka Marines in Misaki Castle are included, the total marine strength of the entire Miura Peninsula is actually less than 3,000. The usual claim of "nearly 10,000" is purely a bluff, because the remaining
Some of them are actually sailors in the fleet.
Fortunately, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had just moved to Kanto, could not take care of them. He first gave up his plan to place his seat in Odawara Castle and settled on Edo Castle - nominally too close to the Miura Peninsula, but in fact
Gao Qingshi knew very well that Tokugawa Ieyasu did not choose Odawara Castle in the original history, because he believed that only by settling in Edo could it more conveniently radiate power to the entire Kanto region.
At the moment, Tokugawa Ieyasu is busy moving, and at the same time he is busy suppressing the sporadic disturbances caused by the forces loyal to the Hojo family in various places. He has a very kind attitude towards Kyoka and Narita on the Miura Peninsula, and even invited Kyoka to set up various shops and industries in Edo.
Because the Kyoto Kanto side did not understand their master's attitude towards Tokugawa Ieyasu, they gave ambiguous answers. While stabilizing Tokugawa Ieyasu first, they urgently sent people back to Beijing to ask for instructions on the next steps and their attitude towards all parties.
In addition to these matters, there is another more "private" matter on the Japanese side that must be decided pragmatically and personally, which is the issue of Kaihime.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! According to Luo Yuan's report, Kaiji is now very prestigious in the Narita family. On the one hand, it is due to her amazing fighting performance in the Battle of Ninja Castle.
On the one hand, it is because she has become a highly pragmatic concubine and has a very special status.
Luo Yuan said that the Narita family is from the Fujiwara Kita family and has a very high family status. Although it is not one of the five regent families according to Japanese custom, in terms of bloodline and family status, it can even legally serve as regent and guanbai.
Now the Narita family has three daughters and two sons. The eldest daughter is Narita Kai, and the second son is named Han, but he died young. The other son is named Uji Mune. He is not his biological son, but adopted from his cousin Narita Nagatada.
He was originally the second son of Changzhong.
Adoption is nothing at all. After all, Japanese people value family name rather than bloodline! But the problem is that the Narita family belongs to the "early marriage and late childbearing" family. He is already fifty years old this year, and his eldest daughter is less than twenty years old. And recently, this
The Lord of Yusheng City is actually sick.
It was a serious disease for Mr. Narita to suffer from. There were more than one or two people who came up with evil ideas, and the most crucial one was none other than Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
No one knows what Toyotomi Hideyoshi planned. They only know that this monkey suddenly gave the Narita clan chief the position of "the fifth highest Sagami guardian". Then he specially sent someone to check on his condition. Later, he transferred the title of Narita clan to Kaon.
(Ishigao added), he was "suggested" to go to see the emperor, and then go to Osaka Castle for treatment and recuperation.
Due to the banner of paying homage to the emperor, and the fact that the transfer of the Narita clan had indeed increased the number of people in power, the head of the Narita clan, as a direct descendant of the Fujiwara Hoku family, could not find any reason to refuse, so he became very anxious.
The Japanese value the continuation of the family name above all else. The elder was afraid that if he died in Kyoto or Osaka, his son would not be his biological son. What if something happened to him in an accident?
Don't think that the clan chief is worried that his cousins will seize the throne. In fact, if it were really them, the clan elder would not be worried, because at least the cousin has the surname Narita, so the continuation of the family name is not a problem. What the Narita clan chief is really worried about is Kyouka.
Japan is different from the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese allow a son-in-law to inherit. Although generally speaking, the daughter is required to be the son-in-law's first wife, but this rule is not so strict in reality. If the son-in-law is strong enough, he can forcibly inherit.
This situation is not uncommon in Japan.
As for your question, if your daughter has a stepbrother (Narita Nagamune is 24 years old this year, older than Narita Kai), why can the son-in-law inherit? Well, when the son-in-law is strong enough, what does it matter if the daughter's brother dies inexplicably?
So strange?
Oh, you have to ask your daughter about her attitude again. Do you think she will try to protect her stepbrother? This is really sorry. The most common educational idea among Japanese samurai families is to marry and obey the husband, and the interests of the husband's family are required to be the first.
Although not everyone can do it, most women will not violate this purpose at least on the surface.
In other words, if Gao Mingshi insists on annexing Tamana Castle after the Narita family's death, Narita Kai can theoretically only agree - not to mention Narita Nagaso is not her biological brother, which is even more dangerous.
Ever since the Battle of Ninja Castle, the Narita family has been experiencing a clear trend of rising yin and declining yang. Although there are several men in the family, no one can compete with Kabihime in prestige. Such a situation, coupled with the strength of Kyoka
It was so powerful that Mr. Narita's worries could not be concealed at all.
Luo Yuan stated in his report to Gao Pragmatic that the most likely plan for the Narita clan leader now is to abdicate early and live behind the scenes, allowing Narita Nagamune to succeed the family head. He asked his master if he wanted to stop this.
The reason why Luo Yuan asked this question was mainly because he was worried that the change of head of the Narita family would affect Jinghua's control of the Miura Peninsula. After all, the reason why everyone has such a close relationship now is because Narita Kai has assumed the identity of a highly pragmatic concubine.
After all, Luo Yuan is not Japanese. According to his thinking, Narita Nagamune and Narita Kai are just cousins. If this were in the Ming Dynasty, they would separate as soon as the Narita clan died. They would be two families instead of one. When the time comes, Jinghua
The relationship with the Narita family immediately became estranged.
Luo Yuan's own attitude is even more interesting. He believes that since the Japanese, like the chieftains of the Ming Dynasty, can accept female family governors, it would not be a bad idea to simply push Kaiji to the position of head of the Narita family.
And he provided more than just this one plan. He said that although Narita clan leader is ill, he may not die soon. Therefore, another method can also be considered, that is, the master will bring Narita Kai back to the capital immediately. "
When Qilin'er comes out, he can inherit the name Yusheng as Tian Miao, and then he can change his name back to Gao."
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