Chapter 277 Aiding Korea and Fighting the Japanese (5) Pingbo Strategies
"The strategy to pacify Bozhou can be roughly divided into two parts, one is military and the other is political." Gao Pragmatic had already made plans for this matter, so he was not afraid at all when he said it, but after a pause, he
He added: "Of course, it all comes down to finance."
"How could it be finance?" Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment. He obviously still couldn't escape his current thinking. He felt that a war was a war. It was reluctant to say that it was related to politics, but how could it be that "in the final analysis it was all finance"?
Gao Jingshi smiled faintly, and rarely took the initiative to raise a toast. Zhu Yijun was greatly surprised and quickly raised his glass as well. They each took a sip, and then heard Gao Jingshi ask: "Why does toast exist?"
Zhu Yijun was startled again and said in astonishment: "Toast has always existed."
Gao pragmatic laughed so hard that Zhu Yijun couldn't stand it anymore and wondered: "Am I wrong? Bozhou was founded in the Tang Dynasty at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou. Yang Duan, the ancestor of the Yang family, was originally from Taiyuan, because of Nanzhao.
When the country captured Bozhou, Yang Duan led his troops to recover it, and he governed Bozhou well and was quite popular among the people. Therefore, the Yang family took root in Bozhou.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Yang family of Bozhou surrendered to the central government and established the Zunyi Army here. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Yang family was granted the title of Duke of Boguo. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, during the Hongwu period, the Yang family was once again attached to the Central Government and was granted the title of Xuanwei envoy of Bozhou.
By the fifth year of the late Emperor Longqing's reign, Yang Yinglong inherited his father's position. By the time of my Wanli Dynasty, the Yang family had been passed down in Bozhou for twenty-nine generations, for more than seven hundred years - to say the least, it was comparable to that of Mrs. Huang.
The six hundred-year-old family will last even longer."
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment and asked slowly: "Speaking of Zhuojing, does the emperor know how the minister persuaded her to persuade the Huang family to give up their ancestral land in Guinan?"
"About this matter... Haha, to be honest and pragmatic, if you don't tell me, I really don't know how to ask you." This time it was Zhu Yijun's turn to laugh and said: "Actually, I just don't want to be too open-minded.
That’s all, actually I’ve always been quite curious about this matter.”
Youdao is "Si Bo Tian Yang, Liang Guang Cen Huang". As one of the top chieftain families in Guangxi, the Huang family was the real Tusi emperor in southern Guangxi even if it was not the most glorious period of his family in the Ming Dynasty. When Gao pragmatically went to Guangxi
, except for Nanning Prefecture, other areas in southern Guangxi are controlled indirectly, if not directly, by the Huang family. It can be said that Guinan dominates.
Under this situation, Gao Pragmatic was actually able to persuade the Huang family to give up their ancestral property in Guinan and agree to move to Annan. This matter was originally very mysterious, and there were many rumors in the capital at that time.
Some people say that this is because the territory that Gao Jingjing set aside for the Huang family in Annan is larger than that in Guangxi, and he can scrape the land more ruthlessly. Some people say that moving Annan to Annan will allow the Huang family to rule hundreds of thousands of additional Annan people, which is a way of letting them rule.
The strength of the Huang family has greatly increased; some people say that Gao Jingshi has ulterior motives in order to let his wife's family control the core area of Annan on his behalf; some even say that Gao Jingshi is purely a beauty trick, so he let Huang Sichen's
My home was sold and I helped count the money.
There were at least a dozen kinds of these various theories circulating in the capital at that time. The above ones were somewhat shadowy, at least barely able to justify themselves. Others were even more outrageous. For example, one of them said that Gao Pragmatic had taken over Huang Zhiting, so
Huang Zhiting can only be at the mercy of Gao pragmatism.
Although this statement is outrageous, it is still widely circulated in the market. It can be seen that ordinary people always have a desire for voyeurism and like to save others. They think that Han women are forced by etiquette and generally agree that losing one's virginity is a small matter and breaking one's integrity is a big one. Therefore, once they are "forcibly taken", they can only have their teeth knocked out and their blood eaten, and the same is true for women of other ethnic groups.
In fact, this is obviously not the case. Although the Tongren Tusi has a very high degree of Chineseization, and the Huang Tusi is probably Han Chinese in terms of blood. However, the Tongren Tusi is actually far less strict than the Han people in this type of etiquette - if it is strict ,How did female toast become a common phenomenon?
You know, in the thousand-year imperial inheritance of the Han people, there was only one Wu Fu! What's more, Wu Fu could become emperor at that time, and there were several unique features that were rare in thousands of years as a prerequisite.
So to say the least, even if Gao Pragmatic really "occupied" Huang Zhiting, what he would get would not be the Huang family's submission, but the exact opposite - the Huang family would only rebel in anger. If it were true, In that case, Gao Qingshi could only hope to save his head because Zhu Yijun was so nostalgic that he would not kill his own boy even if he pulled out such a big trick.
In short, the Huang family took the lead in accepting the move to Annan, which aroused heated discussions in the court and among the people at that time.
The situation was so abnormal and the impact was so huge. Of course Zhu Yijun was also very curious, but as he said at the moment, it was not easy for him to directly ask Gao Pragmatic why.
Why? Because he felt that based on his relationship with Gao Jingshi, if the inside story of this matter could be told, then Gao Jingshi would take the initiative to tell him. Gao Jingshi did not tell him, which means that there may be some " Therefore, if he takes the initiative to ask, it will appear that he does not trust Gao Pragmatic enough, and secondly, he is afraid that he will really embarrass Gao Pragmatic by asking him, and then everyone will be embarrassed together.
But at this time, Gao Pragmatic's expression was extremely calm, even calm and a little cold. He said expressionlessly: "I and the Huang family said that after I laid the foundation for several industries in Guangxi, the financial resources controlled by the governor of Guangxi will be great in the future." It will be greatly enhanced, and in up to ten years, the governor of Guangxi will have a strength that far exceeds that of that time.
How strong is this strength? So strong that he can suppress the Huang family with just the army under Guangxi Liuguan without asking the imperial court for every soldier or millet. In the end, the entire southern Guangxi region will be affected. In the next few years or at most ten years, the country will be completely transformed and the Huang family chieftain will completely cease to exist."
Zhu Yijun had never thought about the "prospects" mentioned by Gao pragmatically. Obviously Gao pragmatically had not discussed it with him, so he immediately raised his eyebrows and asked: "Are you trying to intimidate them?"
Gao pragmatic nodded: "Yes."
"But judging from the fact that you and your wife got married later, you two should have already known each other by then?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously.
"The emperor means that I already had a good impression of Zhuo Jing at that time, so I shouldn't do such a thing, right?" Gao pragmatically smiled and asked.
Zhu Yijun stretched out his hand and made a stopping gesture, saying: "Don't get me wrong, I don't have any 'intentions'."
Gao Pragmatic chuckled and said: "These two things are not in conflict. Letting the Huang family give up Guinan and allowing the imperial court to return to the local territory is not only good for the imperial court, but also good for the Huang family to move to Annan.
, which is what I often call a win-win situation.
On the other hand, if the Huang family insists on staying in southern Guangxi, it will inevitably affect their ability to change their land and return to their homeland, and I will certainly not be able to accept it. I also think that they are trying to do something like a mantis, which will only lead to their own destruction. Therefore, I tried my best to persuade them to have the best of both worlds.
count."
"That's it." Zhu Yijun nodded and asked again: "But you just asked 'Why do chieftains exist?' How does this question relate to how you persuade your wife and family?"
"In fact, this related minister has just said: When is it appropriate for Guangxi to return southern Guangxi to its native land? The answer is: when the local officers and soldiers in Guangxi are able to suppress the chieftains." Gao pragmatically said seriously: "And to do this
One point, the premise minister also said: I have laid several industrial foundations for Guangxi."
Zhu Yijun finally understood and suddenly said: "Because those industries are enough to make money?"
"Yes, what the emperor has seen is very true." Gao pragmatically said: "The taxes paid by Guangxi every year in the past were less than the imperial government's allocation for it. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the highest amount of taxes it paid in one year was only less than 180,000 taels.
, which means that the imperial court's rule in Guangxi is like a loss-making business.
Your Majesty, the fault is that the land is not as important as the industry, and the ancestral foundation cannot be abandoned at will. Otherwise, from the perspective of the cost of governance, Guangxi is almost a part that should be discarded. However, this embarrassing situation has become more and more important.
Bragging..."
"Hahahaha, I know what you mean. You have never asked for credit in all these years, so there is no need to explain this." Zhu Yijun couldn't help laughing.
"Ahem, Na Chen continued." Gao Pragmatic scratched his head and said: "With these advantageous industries, the situation in Guangxi has been directly changed. For the first time, the imperial forces represented by Liuguan have been independent of the imperial court for support.
Under the circumstances, it formed an overwhelming advantage over Tusi.
In addition, it can also ensure that even if the chieftain is defeated, he can effectively rule the local chieftain’s original territory without losing money - this is the key to everything."
Zhu Yijun suddenly realized, "Oh, no wonder you said that the root of everything lies in finance!"
Now that Zhu Yijun has understood the key to this issue in principle, Gao Pragmatic can further sort out some of the principles and explain it to him bit by bit.
To sum up, in history, it was difficult for the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties to "rule at a loss" in the southwest and northwest ethnic minority areas, so they had to retain their original ruling culture.
Because the ethnic structure in the southwest and northwest is complex, the roads are difficult and dangerous, the social and economic benefits are low, and the cultural customs are very different, it is difficult for the central government to carry out direct and effective management. Even if it imposes direct management, it will often fall into the dilemma of increasing losses with more management.
They had no choice but to compromise and grant a certain degree of autonomy to the ethnic minorities in these places. The local chief officials elected by them were granted official positions by the central government and had hereditary ruling rights over the areas under their jurisdiction.
There was even a direct case of "the more you control, the more you lose" in the Ming Dynasty, and it was very close to Guangxi, namely Annan. Why did Annan eventually lose in the original history? The root reason is, in the final analysis, this "the more you control, the more you lose".
The imperial court had little money to collect in Annan, and had to spend hundreds of thousands of taels every year. Forget it if it only lasted for a year or two. It had been like this for many years, and it had become a bottomless pit. Who could afford to pay for it?
Everyone has to stop their losses and leave, right?
However, now Gao Pragmatic obviously has a solution, which is to first solve the problem of local governance losing money. This problem-solving idea has been verified in Guangxi and Annan, and the facts have proved that it is indeed feasible, so he now dares to say: Bozhou
In the final analysis, the problem is also a financial problem. As long as the problem of "ruling means losing money" is solved, the Boshu Rebellion can be easily put down.
Gao Pingshi's explanation made Zhu Yijun feel like he had found a treasure. He had studied the so-called "sacred science" for more than 20 years, and he kept talking about the way of benevolence and righteousness, the way of a gentleman, and the way of kingship. There had never been any "way" for him.
Clearly explain what "dominance" is.
Now, Gao Pragmatic has laid out the fundamentals of rule to him and made it clear. This way of rule is not uncommon at all. It is to find ways to keep rule within a profitable range, just like making a deal.
Only when you have money to make can you continue to be ordinary.
Of course, if this principle continues to deepen, we will also face local unrest caused by scraping the land too hard, but in fact the principle has not changed: causing unrest still shows that the cost of governance has not been effectively balanced, indicating that local output is insufficient and the court asks for too much
.
All in all, Zhu Yijun's understanding is that the most pragmatic solution lies in improving local economic strength, which is the prerequisite for all rule.
"I understand the truth, but for Banzhou...we can't make these changes now, right?" Zhu Yijun had some doubts after realizing it.
Gao Jingshi smiled and said: "Now that Bozhou is in the hands of Yang Yinglong, we naturally have no way to change it, but we can use the opposite strategy to make the people of Bozhou feel that it is not cost-effective to follow Yang Yinglong and go against the imperial court."
Hey, this approach is really "very pragmatic" and has a good taste.
Zhu Yijun immediately asked: "What's the plan?"
"The first step now is to block the main road and completely cut off all communication between Banzhou and the outside world. No matter whether it is a grain of rice or half a millet or an inch of silk, no one is allowed to enter Banzhou from now on!" Gao Pragmatic said with a stern face.
This method is not only pragmatic and familiar, but also unfamiliar to Zhu Yijun. He has seen too many economic methods of Gao pragmatism, and now this one is completely within the scope of his understanding, so he nodded repeatedly, and then asked: "What a good idea.
But... since Banshu was originally very closed, even if they are blocked now, will they really not be able to survive?"
"It won't be completely unbearable, but... it will hurt." Gao Pragmatic said confidently: "Your Majesty knows that since I took office as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, I have established a new Audit Office and sent many audit officials to all parts of the country, so
I dare to say this without any shame: No one in history has a better understanding of the economic operations of various parts of the country than I do.
Although Bozhou is closed, it has been subject to the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and there are always many transactions with surrounding areas. These transactions are either with the areas directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, or with other chieftains. Just look at each transaction.
The amount is indeed not large, but if you put it all together, it is not a small amount.
As long as the imperial court cuts off the exchanges between it and the outside world, the products that are abundant in Bozhou cannot leave the country, and the things that are needed cannot enter the country, the local people's livelihood and military supplies will inevitably be chaotic... and once chaos occurs, it will be an opportunity for Liu Wei to use his troops!"
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