Chapter 277 Trouble after the War (13) The Emperors Heart and Will
The Wenhua meeting did not come to an end until noon. Many issues were discussed in various aspects, and a charter was roughly drawn up for some subsequent major strategic plans. This made the Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, who had begun to gain weight, a little tired, and did not return to the Qianqing Palace after the meeting. For meals, we eat directly in the east side hall of Wenhua Hall.
The east side hall of Wenhua Palace was the place where he studied in the past, and it has been used frequently in recent years. All the decorations are according to his wishes, maintaining the appearance before Gao Pragmatic resigned and returned to his hometown to take the imperial examination ten years ago. This means that when he ate, The side seats are also filled with seats from the high pragmatic era.
Naturally, there was no one at this seat, but there were four dishes, one soup, and a pair of bowls and chopsticks on the table. All the emperor's attendants were driven out of the palace, including Chen Ju.
"Pragmatic, I know you don't like drinking. In the early years, I always liked to force you to have a drink with me. That's because young people are ignorant. With your generosity, you won't blame me, right? But today I won't force you, I Drink my wine, you eat your food, we can just chat casually." The emperor poured himself a drink and said to himself.
"You have helped me so much over the years. Although promoting you seems to be the way of a king and a minister, I have always felt that judging from the troubles you have solved for me, these rewards are actually not enough. What about you? You should know it in your heart." Zhu Yijun took a sip and sighed: "But the country has its own rules. Even if I am the emperor, I can't do whatever I want, and the foreign court will definitely not agree. When the time comes, you may be the one to do it. It’s moldy.”
"However, after Bei Yuan was destroyed this time, the situation will change drastically for us. I think Mr. Shen's attitude today is very revealing. You know, his attitude in the cabinet a few days ago was not what it is today. He is firmly opposed to your joining the cabinet, but proposes to confer a knighthood on you... Well, of course, it is a military knighthood, and it is not hereditary."
"Judging from today's situation, it seems that both he and Mr. Wang have figured out that since they can't suppress them anyway, they might as well stop suppressing them. But I'm still quite surprised. Are they planning to give up against us? I I always feel that this matter is still a bit up in the air, and they might have other ideas."
"But there is something wrong with what you did this time, especially the way you abandoned the army and returned to Beijing on your own is not very authentic. People who understand know that you are to avoid being attacked by some people in the outer court. Those who are blind may still think you are It was made for me to see."
Zhu Yijun snorted softly and turned the Yuci small wine glass around: "What are I looking for? Are you going to bring hundreds of thousands of troops back to Beijing to show me your military might? Ha, what if you can?" Doing this would not be pragmatic. I don’t know you yet?
Hey, if no one had transferred your military power to you, I guess what you wanted most after the two decisive battles was to hand over your military power as soon as possible. And today I sent an order to you to wait for the imperial guards to return to Beijing together, you will still think about it, I'm afraid that there are some taboos here, and then I'll write a short essay to report my trip to the court after a day of travel, right?"
"You are good at everything, but you are too serious." Zhu Yijun lamented, raised his glass to the empty seat of Gao Pingshi, and said: "You know very well that there is no other person in the world who can talk to me freely. Even Yili can't do it, but you just refuse to do that. You insist on being the king and the minister all the time... Sometimes I want to ask you, are we just the king and the minister? Huh?"
"We were talking about creating a prosperous world together! But how can we create it together? Since I can't get out, I can only give you the power to realize it. If I don't give you military power, how can you realize it? The simplest truth in the world is that you can do as many things as you have the strength to do, and I can’t even understand this.”
"Of course, I am the emperor, I have great power, and I am subject to many restrictions. There is nothing I can do about it. I knew it when my mother punished you by demoting you three levels in a row." Zhu Yijun's face turned red and he narrowed his eyes. : "Now my mother doesn't care about me, but all the officials in the world have taken care of me... Haha, I am really alone, alone!"
After finishing speaking this time, Zhu Yijun was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about something. After a long while, he took another bite of vegetables and ate it. While chewing, he said: "Pragmatic, you know, after taking Beiyuan, I suddenly felt a little confused. Two Hundred Years My old enemy suddenly disappeared, and I don’t even know what I should do now.”
"And what Wu Dui and Liang Menglong said, to be honest, I was a little uneasy when I heard it. Building a town to guard Chahar, and three cities on the left and right to control a large area of grassland. Is this plan really feasible? Did they propose it after discussing it with you, or did they just act on their own and talk nonsense?"
"I guess it was you who told them about growing potatoes, but I'm afraid they just opened a dyeing workshop to give them some color. Do you really think that growing potatoes can stabilize three cities, and then... well , just like what you said before, 'a point leads to an appearance', to control Chahar? Why do I always feel a little uneasy."
"However, I do agree with their point of view, that is, Tumut should be reliable for now, and your student probably won't have any objections. The question is how long can this situation last? How to ensure that your student His children and grandchildren are also like him?"
"Also, Liang Menglong didn't explain clearly what he just said. He only said that assuming that the number of troops in Chahar is ten points, how to distribute these ten points to the three cities, but he did not say how many people these 'ten points' actually are. In addition, how many people should these ten points be? Where will it be transferred from, or is it a new addition? He didn't say... Is it because he hasn't had time to discuss it with you, or because he doesn't know what he's doing?"
"Oh, yes, there's more. If we plant potatoes in Chahar, we don't know how much grassland it will take up. You should have considered these issues, right? Anyway, I think they will be planted not far from the city. Then the remaining pastures will be far away from the city. How will we build horse farms then? Who will graze?"
"You have served as the deputy envoy to southern Liaoning, so you must know that our Ming Dynasty's horse administration is a bad debt. [Note: Gao Jingshi's post of Jin Fuhai Gaibei was concurrently held by Liaodong Yuan Masi Qing, that is, Gao Jingshi presided over the Liaodong horse administration. ], will Chahar also become a bad debt by then? Don’t create a Bazhou horse bandit like Beizhili did in the past, and cause harm to Hebei for decades, that will be a big trouble."
At this time, Zhu Yijun had almost finished the pot of wine, his eyes were a little blurry, and he murmured to himself: "However, maybe I am too worried. You have always been very organized in doing things. These problems must have been solved long ago." Let's think about it all. Well, I understand. Are you planning to wait until you join the cabinet to deal with these things, so as to stop some people's bad mouths? Well, that's a good idea, as expected of you... belch!"
Not long after Zhu Yijun finished eating alone in Wenhua Hall, that is, in the afternoon less than two hours after Wenhua called for the meeting to end, Gao Pangshi, who was in Yanqing Prefecture, had already received a letter from Fei Ge.
Understand the process of Wenhua's meeting in the morning and the general arguments of the imperial meeting.
Yanqing Prefecture was established in March of the twelfth year of Yongle (1414). Some time before that, Emperor Zhu Di visited the north and was stationed in Tuanshan (now Tuanshan, Jiuxian County, Yanqing). Because the Guichuan River was flat and the land was fertile, Longqing Prefecture was established.
, jurisdiction over Yongning and Huailai counties, resettlement and reclamation, directly under the control of Xuanfu, the capital.
When Longqingzhou was established in the twelfth year of Yongle, the state city used the old city of the Yuan Dynasty. In the fifth year of Xuande, Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, carried out repairs. In the second year of Jingtai, the deputy general Ji Guang rebuilt the city. In the third year, Yongning Guards Queen Qian
Deputy Qianhu Liu Zhengdao excavated the moat around the city. In the seventh year of Tianshun, Zhizhou Shi Zongwen and garrison commander Wang Rong began to rebuild the brick city, which was not completed until the Jiajing period.
In November of the first year of Longqing, Longqing Prefecture was changed to Yanqing Prefecture to avoid the taboo of the reign name. In the eighth year of Wanli, the prefect of the prefecture, Jiayan Zhan, built the North City. In the 16th year, as the north became more prosperous, Xishui Gate was opened locally. Last year, the local
Zhengshou, the commander-in-chief and others were ordered to build more Nanguan, and built new brick walls, corner towers, enemy towers, gates, water gates, etc. in Xixinbao as an important part of the new defense line of the capital.
At this time, Gao Pingshi had just inspected the defense and returned to the camp. After bathing and changing, he was dressed in a dark blue robe. He was originally going to take a lunch break, but when he heard the news from Beijing, he couldn't help but go to the window and think deeply.
As expected by the emperor, Gao Pingshi was thinking about the direction of the situation in Wenhua Zhao Dui today, especially the change in Shen Shixing's attitude, and the emperor's insistence that he return to Beijing with the Imperial Guard.
Politics has always been extremely complex, because everyone in it has his or her own thoughts, and every decision they make or just a change in attitude may bring about overall changes.
But politics is sometimes extremely simple. Its general trend is like the so-called wheel of history, rolling forward unstoppably. And there is a saying that is extremely insightful: war is the continuation of politics, and politics is the continuation of economy.
The so-called general trend, in the final analysis, is the change of the economic structure, and people living in it will always adapt to these changes involuntarily, even if they often do not even know it.
In Gao Pragmatic's view, it is difficult for people in this era to realize independently that changes in the economic landscape will affect politics. Therefore, the change in Shen Shixing's attitude probably comes more from direct response to political changes. In other words, he should
I just realized that the times have changed and the Practical School can no longer suppress it.
But Gao Pragmatic doesn't think Shen Shixing will give in, because whether or not he gives in is not determined by his character, but by the interests of the group he represents - they will not tolerate Shen Shixing giving in. That is to say,
Shen Shixing's changes today should just be an adjustment to his fighting strategy.
How to adjust? Should I keep a low profile for a few years, wait for the situation to change, and then come out to cause trouble? Or should I take the initiative to retreat, let my sharp edge stand out, attract the emperor's attention, and use the emperor's hand to cut off dissidents?
It seems possible. However, the emperor's attitude seems to be expected. He does not feel that I pose any threat to him. Instead, he is considering using this opportunity to destroy Beiyuan to build momentum for us.
What Gao Jingshi thought of here was "we" rather than "I", because he knew that the emperor was not only building momentum for Gao Jingshi, but also for himself.
For such a great achievement as the destruction of the Beiyuan Dynasty, let alone the routine operations of welcoming people in the suburbs and offering sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple, it stands to reason that even going to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen would be justified. After all, this would eliminate the old enemy that had existed since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. And strangely enough, the Ming Dynasty
This was the first time since ancient times that China established a dynasty on "most of the enemy's corpse", and it actually did not completely kill the enemy. Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the Yuan Dynasty was an empire established by nomadic people, and it was indeed very special.
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But in any case, this victory was of absolutely extraordinary significance to the Ming Dynasty. To a certain extent, it could be regarded as the complete acquisition of Chinese-style "imperial legal authority."
Hey, wait, as if that’s not enough, there is something even more special about this matter: Now the northern part of the country is unified, the Ming Dynasty has indeed eliminated the pressure from the northern barbarians that the Han people have faced since ancient times, but the problem is that the Great Khan Tumen of the Northern Yuan Dynasty still ran away
Got it!
Uh, what is this? Suddenly stuck after 99% completion? It’s really fucked...
But this also has an advantage. A good bow cannot be hidden before all the birds are gone! It seems that I am still very safe for the time being. Even if the emperor has completely matured to act based on reason and ignores old friendships, he should not be able to do so now.
What will happen to me? There is only one premise: I will not commit suicide.
As long as the emperor wants to keep up his efforts, truly achieve a complete victory, and become the master of ZTE that is better than his second ancestors, and is as prestigious as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, then he should continue to use me vigorously. So... he wants me to be banned.
The purpose of the guardsmen returning to the capital to receive a welcome from the suburbs, and to sacrifice prisoners to the Imperial Ancestral Temple together with him, should not be complicated. It was to demonstrate his martial arts, to intimidate the ministers, to use his will as the will of the world, and to establish his own grand cause.
Gao Pragmatic's brows gradually relaxed, and he often exhaled a breath, feeling much more relaxed. He walked back to the desk, picked up the "minimalist version of the meeting minutes" sent by the carrier pigeon and looked at it again.
After watching for a while, his brows gradually wrinkled again.
"It is not so easy for Chahar to completely turn into a 'Han region'. Brother Huanzhou and Duke Mingquan still underestimated the operational methods required to assimilate the nomads while ensuring the combat power of the nomadic cavalry." Gao pragmatically touched.
The beardless chin murmured.
It is not difficult to assimilate the nomads, especially after a complete victory. For example, for the small tribes left in Chahar that were not taken away by the Tumen, Gao Pragmatic could suggest that the emperor break them up and throw them into the interior of the Ming Dynasty to mix with the Han people.
After three generations at most, these people are basically the same as the Han people.
If Gao pragmatically adopts a method similar to the "household registration naturalization system" implemented by Jinghua in southern Xinjiang, in three generations their household registrations will all become Han Chinese, and even their descendants will not even be able to speak Mongolian at all. Jane
To put it simply: if they are dispersed and resettled, and no people are allowed to live together, it will be easy.
It's just that this is not in line with Gao's pragmatic plan. He went all out to conquer Mongolia largely because he hoped to use the nomadic characteristics of the Mongols to strengthen the Ming Dynasty's cavalry capabilities. In this case, just scatter the remaining Mongols and throw them away.
What's the point of being among the Han people? With the size of the Ming Dynasty, the Han people don't lack this population at all, right?
It seems that even Senior Brother Huanzhou and Duke Mingquan may not have a deep understanding of this issue. I have to handle this matter myself after returning to Beijing. I just don’t know that after welcoming the prisoners in the suburbs and presenting the captives to the Ancestral Temple, I
How will this meritorious thing develop?
Damn it, as long as I can join the cabinet, it will be convenient for me to arrange important things in the future, but don’t let me create any evil moths...
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