Gao Pangshi did not go out personally, but quietly listened to their arguments. Until the end, Li Rusong's face was ashen, and the other guerrillas still formed a joint camp as if they were keeping warm.
Who objects to extending the repair to one hour and then continuing the pursuit?"
He looked around, but no one answered at first. Then Ye Bangrong stood up and clasped his fists and said: "The last general takes orders." As soon as he moved, the other seven guerrillas immediately stood up and said in unison: "The last general takes orders."
Gao pragmatic didn't even raise his eyelids, but the eyes of the eight guerrillas all looked at Li Rusong. Although Li Rusong was arrogant, he felt on pins and needles at this moment, and took a look at Gao pragmatic, who was looking down at the map.
, also stood up, clasped his fists and said: "The last general takes orders."
"Well." Gao Pingshi still didn't raise his head, but waved his hand and said: "You go down first to check the head again and take care of it so that the headquarters can take credit for you."
"promise!"
"As commanded."
The generals took the order and filed away. When the last person exited the commander's tent, the secretaries from Jinghua who had been watching looked at each other and started to comment.
The first person to speak this time was Gao Pragmatic's nephew, Intelligence Secretary Gao Qi. He mused: "Fifth Uncle, Li Yangcheng is really a bit unruly. Do you need to consider beating him?"
At this time, there was no one else around, and Gao Pragmatic stopped looking at the map. He leaned his head on the back of the Taishi's chair, closed his eyes and said nothing.
Gao Pingshi brought a total of several secretaries with him this time: Secretary Cao Ke for commerce and trade, Ruan Fuyuan, secretary for military affairs, Gao Wuzhong, secretary for finance, Gao Qi, secretary for intelligence, and Gao Wuzheng, secretary for trainees, and Gao Wuruo, a total of six people.
Among them, Cao Ke and Ruan Fuyuan are both Gao Pragmatic's disciples, one is the son of Cao Gan and the other is the son of Ruan Huang; Gao Wuzhong is Gao Pragmatic's younger brother and has studied finance with Gao Guoyan since he became an adult; Gao Qi
He is Gao Jingshi's cousin and the second son of his cousin Gao Wuben; Gao Wuzheng and Gao Wuruo are Gao Jingshi's concubines. They have no clear leadership in the Beijing Secretariat, so they are collectively called trainee secretaries.
As intelligence secretary, Gao Qi usually studied under Gao Mo. One of the most important tasks of Gao Mo, a six-room slave in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was to ensure the loyalty and integrity within the Jinghua system. Moreover, due to his background, he had little regard for hierarchy.
Relationships are very important.
Under such circumstances, Gao Qi, as a young man, was naturally deeply affected, so he was quite dissatisfied with Li Rusong's attitude. In fact, there was one thing that he did not pay much attention to, and that was the reason why the other eight generals treated Gao Pragmatically.
The order was accepted without reservation because the status gap between the guerrilla generals and the Mongolian and Yuan managers was too great.
As for the general soldiers, the gap is relatively smaller - of course, Li Rusong may still be the most proud of all the general soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, which is also a key factor affecting his attitude.
However, even if Gao Qi notices this, he probably won't care much about it. You seem to be a great commander as the commander-in-chief of a town, but it depends on the situation and the target. It doesn't matter if you are a little domineering in your own territory in Liaodong, but now you are domineering.
Is that so? Don’t you see, Ma Zongrong, Cao Zongrong, they are all famous generals with great achievements in battle. Which one of them is not respectful in front of my fifth uncle? Even a commander as famous as Commander Qi, when he heard that my fifth uncle
I won’t even hesitate for a moment when receiving military orders. You... are worthy of it?
However, Gao Pragmatic did not respond at this time, which inevitably left the secretaries trying to figure out his intentions.
Gao Pragmatic's brother, Financial Secretary Gao Wuzhong, thought for a while and said: "Brother, Li Rubai and I met outside the account just now and chatted for a few words. Li Rubai mentioned that his brother had promised nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver this time.
With the heavy reward and some additional expenses, the Li family army may have spent nearly two hundred thousand taels more for this battle so far."
Gao pragmatic had some reaction this time, but still didn't open his eyes. He just said: "Speak directly if you have something to say."
"Yes, eldest brother." Gao Wuzhong said: "My younger brother thinks that although the Li Jiajun has a strong foundation, according to the intelligence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at least 60% of his family's property lies in land in various parts of Liaodong, and the proportion of commerce and manufacturing will not exceed
Forty percent. Considering that the Li family’s army only has about 40,000 elite servants, although the court will be responsible for most of the expenses, the remaining part is still very expensive...
Therefore, I think that with Li Rusong's lavish spending, the Tieling Li family may be under considerable financial pressure. This may be one of the reasons why Li Rusong is eager to get more military exploits. After all, with more military exploits, it is possible to get more military exploits.
Earn back this 200,000 reward, or at least earn part of it, to avoid not being able to issue rewards in the future and losing military morale."
Gao Wuzhong's words did not have a very obvious tendency. To a certain extent, they even seemed to be trying to find reasons for Li Rusong's impatience. However, if you think about it carefully, his intention seemed not to be so simple to understand. After all, it could also be understood that he was
It implies that Li Jiajun is currently in a financial crisis that can be exploited.
As soon as he heard this, Business Secretary Cao Ke spoke up and said, "Teacher, Tieling Li's financial resources have been somewhat tight in recent years, and the student knows this very well."
Gao Pragmatic still closed his eyes and simply said "oh" with a rhetorical question in his tone.
Cao Ke immediately said: "It's like this. The Tieling Li family originally quietly controlled several horse markets on the border, mostly in collusion with some of their Li family's subordinates. The Li family's share of the profits was generally between 40% and 50%.
They are also involved in many businesses, from grain to farm tools, from cloth to silk, from ginseng to furs, and even...from salt and iron to gunpowder."
Gao pragmatic finally opened his eyes this time, glanced at him, and asked, "What happened next?"
"Later, most of the business was taken away by Jinghua Trading Co., Ltd. or the Maritime Trade Alliance. For example, Yanba, since the Liaonan Salt Farm was built and gradually expanded, it has almost monopolized the Liaodong salt industry in a few years, and neighboring countries such as North Korea and Jianzhou
, Haixi, Nenhorqin and even further away the Barbarians (Jurchens), Beishan, etc., all turned to various channels to obtain salt from the Liaonan Salt Fields.
There is no need to talk about farm tools. Ever since Kaiping ironware entered the Liaodong market, the local small blacksmith shops in Liaodong have almost no way to survive. The price of good quality is too high, and the quality of low price is not good. Soon there are many
The closure of business has seriously affected Tieling Li's purchase channels.
Later, we built new coal mines and ironworks in Liaodong, absorbing most of these bankrupt blacksmiths, which was equivalent to blocking the Li family's purchasing channels from the source. The Li family's farm tools and even other ironware trade almost had to stop. Until now.
, According to the students’ understanding, the Li family has only two blacksmith shops left in Guangning, and they are already unable to maintain and maintain some of their own armor and weapons.
Grain is the core industry that the Li family can barely support at present, but even so, the situation is not optimistic. This is mainly because of the impact of corn. Many poor families in Liaodong have begun to eat corn, and the Jurchens have also begun to eat corn. After all, it is cheap.
Well.
In addition, although the promotion of drought-tolerant rice is slower than originally expected, this is mainly due to the fact that the cultivated varieties are still not stable enough. We sent people to strictly follow up on this, and many experienced farmers said that this
It may take more than ten or twenty years for the planting to bear fruit, that is, for the variety to stabilize.
Our secretariat predicts that when drought-tolerant rice varieties stabilize, Liaodong's grain output may see a major increase - of course, the premise is that more plain areas can be opened up and some places can be replanted. Yes
We even inspected some places in Yehe, Hada, and even the Ula tribe, and found that their current territories have a lot of land suitable for growing rice.
All these situations are bad news for the Li Jiajun. In addition, the area east of the Liaohe River has basically become an area controlled by Beijing. The Li Jiajun has lost several important horse markets, and it has almost interrupted their relationship with North Korea.
, the Jurchen trade has greatly reduced their family's financial resources... In this way, Li Yangcheng is eager to get more military exploits, which is not only due to his personality, but also most likely forced by the situation. "
Cao Ke said so much at once, but the final conclusion he came to was more inclined to explain to Li Rusong than Gao Wuzhong's speech, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of Gao Wuruo, Gao Wuruo's concubine.
Gao Wuruo frowned and said: "The Tieling Li family is blind and unaware of the general trend. So far, they are still working for the group of hypocrites of the Xin School who have done nothing for the country and the people. Shouxin, are you saying this to express grievances for them?"
These words were a bit harsh, and they were exaggerated. Cao Ke definitely couldn't put on this hat, and quickly waved his hands and said: "Six Masters, teachers are kind and rejuvenated to students. How can students stand for others regardless of whether they are friends or foes?
What the students mean is that Li Yangcheng is in a mess internally, but he has no means in these matters, so he will appear aggressive in the military affairs area that he is familiar with, and as for us... Well, the students think that we can actually start from
Other parties will find ways to force him to surrender."
When Gao pragmatic heard this, he suddenly remembered some things he had learned when he was studying in the party school, such as the three levels of power: coercion, control, and influence.
Some later Western scholars like to study these things, and the more generally recognized views generally like to divide power into these three levels. Although there are some differences in expression methods or wording, the general idea is the same, that is, the above three "levels".
The so-called coercion is to require the other party to obey through a violent means. For example, in the government, it is achieved through violent means such as the army and organizations. In the systems of administrative, military and even corporate organizations, the position itself has a kind of coercion, so
When subordinates and superiors disagree, in order to implement their own guidelines, the superior will use this power to force the subordinates to act according to their own ideas.
Control is different from coercion. Violent institutions are only a means of control. In addition, through the establishment of laws and regulations, administrative management, and the use of high-tech technology for supervision, designated people or groups of people can be circled within a certain range. In administration,
In the military and even in enterprises, the scope of control naturally goes beyond simple powers, but extends to the level of laws, regulations, and rules. Through the monitoring of the entire administrative or business process, overall performance can be achieved.
Influence is through external factors, causing oneself to generate a driving force to act in accordance with the behavior of the influencer. In politics, it is often manifested in the positive beautification through the use of media propaganda, through various or authoritative displays, or
Actions such as being friendly to the people and working diligently can actively demonstrate the personality charm of leaders. In specific administrative, military or enterprise situations, influence comes more from the culture of the country, army or enterprise and the characteristics of a leader in his position.
The charm of a personality.
To put it simply, the basic level of power is coercive order, which is to force subordinates to obey by force; the higher level is control, which makes subordinates less forced to obey, but the fundamental difference is not big, it is just the violence in coercion.
It is not so obvious; the highest level is influence, that is, by changing the understanding and even ideology of subordinates, making subordinates feel that they should obey in the first place, so they take the initiative to obey the superior leadership.
From this perspective, when it comes to how to deal with Li Rusong or the Tieling Li family, some of my secretaries are still on the first level, and some have entered the second level.
The first level is typical violent coercion. For example, my Jinghua strength crushes your Li family. If you dare not obey me, I can destroy you in minutes.
Of course, this "annihilation" does not necessarily mean that Jinghua directly uses force to kill everyone in the Li family. That is definitely not possible. Doesn't being an emperor exist? In fact, what is implied here is that Gao Jingqing has enough influence in front of the emperor.
There is enough power in the court to promote various means to send the Li family into the eighteenth level of hell - in any case, if you don't accept it, I will die.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Obviously this kind of thinking is very backward. How can politics be so simple? Either/or does exist in politics, but politics is an art of compromise. If you fight
Taking advantage of the moment and "killing" those who disobey you will only make everyone feel in danger. In the end, except for a small group of your direct descendants, everyone else will become your enemy. If things go on like this, then
No one can bear it.
The second level is a bit smarter. For example, what Cao Ke alluded to just now is that Li Rusong should not be touched at the political and military levels, but on the economic basis on which the Li Jiajun depends for its existence. The Li Jiajun is essentially a private army.
Yes, although the imperial court paid for most of the basic expenses, these expenses could not really satisfy such a private army of a servant nature. The Li family still needed to invest a large amount of funds themselves.
Under such circumstances, once the Li family loses their financial resources, they will be unable to maintain this investment, and the Li family's army will have no choice but to drift away in the wind. But the Li family is not a fool. If there are signs of drying up of financial resources, they will definitely change their ways to survive.
, so they can only ask Jinghua to let them go. In this way, they will naturally complete the control of the Li family, and at least they will definitely be able to force them to leave the Heart School.
However, for Gao Pragmatic, this method still seems too tough, and for an upright man like Li Rusong, it is really not a clever method.
For Li Rusong, the best way is to convince him sincerely.
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