Chapter 277 Aiding Korea and Fighting the Japanese (10) Donghua Debate
When Gao Pangshi came out of Xinuang Pavilion, it was already when the palace gate was about to close, but even though it was so late, he still met acquaintances at Donghua Gate: Wu Dui and Liang Menglong were waiting at Donghua Gate with serious faces.
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As the elders of the pavilion, of course the two of them would not stand idle. Instead, the guard on duty prepared two chairs for them to sit down and rest, and even prepared simple tea.
As soon as Gao pragmatic arrived, he was about to greet the two elders. Unexpectedly, the two of them were a step faster. Lao Yuan stood up and raised his hands to signal. Then Wu Dui spoke first and said: "Rixin, the Chief of Ceremonies this afternoon
Returned the Emperor’s approval of Yingyang Gong’s Ci Shu… The Emperor approved it.”
Gao Jingshi was slightly startled and hesitated to speak. Wu Dui turned around, glanced at the palace guards around him, and said to Gao Jingshi: "Let's walk out of the palace for a while, and let's talk as we walk."
The three of them then left Donghua Gate, with their respective servants responsible for clearing the way and escorting the three ministers from a distance.
Gao Jingshi pondered: "Today the emperor publicly said that he wanted the nine ministers to discuss my appointment to the cabinet, so I expected that there would be adjustments in the cabinet. But to be honest, I didn't originally think that Duke Yingyang would definitely be that person."
Liang Menglong said: "Rixin, do you think that the emperor should thoroughly investigate the matter of Li Song closing the border last time, and then this matter will naturally involve Shen and Wang, and in the end it is possible that one of them will
Someone has to resign to thank the world?"
These two people are completely their own people. Gao Pragmatic did not mince words about them, nodding and saying: "I did have this idea originally."
"The Emperor may not have doubts about this matter, but I'm afraid it is inconvenient to do so today." Wu Dui said: "In the past, the two factions in the DPRK tended to be more balanced. Now that Xin Xin has returned triumphantly, he will definitely join the cabinet to assist the government.
, if the gap to be filled comes from the Xinxue school, even if it does not mean to remove Shen Changzhou, even if it removes Wang Taicang's position, it will cause a serious imbalance in the cabinet... There are things going on at home and abroad, and the emperor obviously does not want to see this scene.
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Liang Menglong also said: "Yes, although the emperor is now powerful at home and abroad, the situation facing the court is not very good. There are things happening in the east, south and west. Especially Jiangnan is the foundation of Xinxue, so there cannot be any big changes.
But the position of Wang Shanyin (Wang Jiaping, a native of Shanyin County, Datong Prefecture, not Shanyin in the south) is even more difficult to change, otherwise the cabinet will really be either "heart" or "substantial". In this way, it will
Only the three of us in the real school can adjust, so the two of us are actually taking advantage of you, Rixin, and that's why we stayed."
Wu Dui also laughed and said: "It can be regarded as the last support from us brothers. Good wind will send you to the blue sky with our strength."
Hearing these words, Gao Jingshi stood solemnly, raised his crown and raised his hands in a standard salute: "You two have a deep friendship, and Gao Jingshi's gratitude cannot be expressed in words."
Wu Dui and Liang Menglong each supported one of his arms. Wu Dui said with a smile: "That's a big mistake." Liang Menglong also laughed and said: "More than ten years ago, Menglong thought he would resign and return to his hometown to work in farming.
It was Wen Zhenggong who did not care about the prejudice of his family background, so he moved Menglong to the prefecture and county, and this is the case today. It was Menglong's wish to be able to help Rixin now. This matter was for the public to help the world's reform, and for privately it was
Menglong's Retribution and Wen Zhenggong."
The three of them exchanged polite words, and Liang Menglong turned the topic back to business, saying: "After Duke Yingyang takes office and returns to his hometown, if nothing unexpected happens, Duke Huanzhou will be able to take over as his second assistant. The two kings (Wang Jiaping, Wang Xijue) and I will
Progressing in sequence. In total, the basic structure of my practical school in the cabinet will not change much, of course..."
"Of course, in fact, the changes are not small." Wu Dui said: "Xu Yingyang has not dealt with us very much in the past few years. He said that he is a comrade of practical learning, but in fact he has been waiting for us for a long time. After Rixin joined the cabinet, the practical learning school can be regarded as a true comrade.
By forming a joint force, we can have a good discussion with the Xinxue disciples about who belongs to Confucianism."
Gao Pingshi said at this time: "The great road is eternal, and its methods are ever-changing. They say they are fighting for the orthodoxy, but in fact they are fighting for the route."
Wu Dui and Liang Menglong were both stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, they both nodded in agreement.
Liang Menglong smiled and said: "That's right, this unification fight is still Confucianism. In fact, what changes is how to realize it. Xinxue believes that the foundation of everything is to be a gentleman first, while pragmatism believes that doing everything well will make you a gentleman... Ha, there are some
mean."
His summary was very straightforward, but very insightful. Gao Pragmatic praised the words and said: "Mingquan didn't talk much about the truth when he was fair, but he understood its righteousness deeply and was pragmatic and respectful. As Mingquan said, in his heart
If you want to be a gentleman, you must first become a gentleman; if you want to be a gentleman, you must first be a gentleman."
Wu Dui laughed and said: "These words sound familiar to me, and they seem to be similar to the differences between Mahayana and Hinayana in Buddhism."
Gao pragmatic also smiled, nodded and said: "In fact, although Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism have their own aspirations, they all have something in common. What they seek is nothing more than perfection."
Liang Menglong brought the topic back again and said: "This cabinet adjustment is about to be discussed, so there shouldn't be any surprises, right?"
It was not convenient for Gao Pragmatic to express his position, but Wu Dui had no such concerns and nodded: "It should not happen. In today's situation, the cabinet is actually a whirlpool. If you don't have the ability of Aolong, you will die if you enter. Who can imagine this situation?
Who dares to interfere? I think that until the crisis in the east, west and south is over and the cabinet first decides the winner, no one else will dare to join the party."
Liang Menglong said: "It is indeed dangerous to enter the market, but I am afraid that someone will deliberately muddy the waters."
Wu Dui thought for a while, but still shook his head: "There is no point in muddying the waters now. If practical learning and mental learning do not lead to a winner, it will be useless for others to stir things up. And with the emperor's operation today, Rixin has entered the cabinet.
The matter has been settled, who dares to jump out and sing the opposite at this time, are you really afraid that the emperor will not dare to kill the chicken to scare the monkey?"
When Liang Menglong thought about it, he no longer worried about the court discussion, but asked Gao Pingshi: "Rixin, the emperor left you in Xinuang Pavilion to discuss the current three-party war?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "Yes."
"What do you say?" Liang Menglong asked again.
"First Jiangnan, then Bozhou, and finally North Korea." Gao pragmatically replied: "However, the Jiangnan matter does not necessarily require a big fight, as long as the court measures are appropriate or can be communicated; the Bozhou matter has been planned before, just wait for the front line
Liu Wei can defeat the enemy; only North Korea is more complicated."
Speaking of North Korea, Wu Dui pondered for a moment and asked: "Rixin, I don't believe you didn't take any precautions against the Japanese invasion of North Korea. Now that the chaos has occurred, what are your plans? Do you want to come to terms with us?
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Gao pragmatically said sincerely: "The Japanese country intends to use troops abroad. I had expected this, but the timing of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dispatch of troops this time was so coincidental, which was slightly beyond my expectation.
I originally thought that as long as the battle against Yuan was fought quickly enough, it would take some time for the news to reach the Japanese state. In addition, he needed to mobilize soldiers and supplies, and also reformed the original naval force. This would take at least a day.
years or even longer. In this case, he should not be able to send troops until the beginning of next spring.
But I underestimated him, or I underestimated the newly unified Japanese state. At this time, the mobilization ability of the Japanese state was beyond my expectations, and the combat effectiveness of its army also surprised me a little - of course.
It may also be that North Korea's combat power is weaker than I expected... In short, it ended up like this."
"Based on what Nissin sees, how many troops are needed to pacify the Japanese Japanese army in Korea, and how much does it cost?" Liang Menglong, the chief minister in charge of military affairs, couldn't help but ask.
"This matter is a bit complicated, because there are some variables, and these variables are not small." Gao Pragmatic explained: "If we only talk about the approximately 200,000 Japanese troops who have entered the DPRK, with the power of a town in Liaodong, they can almost
Victory. However, there are two problems here: first, whether the Japanese army will increase its troops; second, whether the Liaodong Army can suppress it with its entire army."
Gao Pragmatic's face was solemn and he said: "Our dynasty has always regarded Japan as a small country, but in fact, with the power of Japan, it is by no means only able to send 200,000 troops. Duke Huanzhou and Duke Mingquan, Japan has been incompetent for decades.
Known as the Warring States Period, major battles and minor battles continued one after another, so that when it was unified under Toyotomi Hideyoshi a few years ago, the country had about half a million soldiers, and most of them could be considered armies with actual combat experience, so they should not be underestimated.
At the same time, the land in the Japanese country is limited, and it is difficult to fully reward meritorious people. If Toyotomi Hideyoshi is promised land in Korea, or even land in our country, Japan will have people who are willing to work hard for it. In this way, they may still be able to
Recruit more troops to fight against me in Korea..."
"It's easy to recruit soldiers, but it's hard to pay them." Liang Menglong frowned and said, "Our Ming Dynasty claims to have millions of armored men, but it's only in the past few years that there are really hundreds of thousands of 'armored men'. How can we raise them in such a small country as Japan?"
Do you have to survive so many soldiers?
Even if Toyotomi Hideyoshi promised them land in Korea and even our country, if this land is not yet in his hands, or if it is in his hands but cannot be cultivated and harvested for the time being, what will their hundreds of thousands of troops eat?"
Gao pragmatically said: "The Japanese soldiers are used to hardship, and they really eat less than our Ming soldiers... Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the Japanese people have grown up like monkeys, and their animalistic nature is often hard to change. Now they are
North Korea is already 'two-thirds of the world', and the 200,000-strong army must be knocking bones and sucking out marrow, digging three feet into the ground, and I'm afraid they don't consider how many North Koreans will die."
Liang Menglong understood the meaning of this saying. It simply meant that the Japanese pirates in Korea would definitely feed themselves with war. The Japanese pirates would not be without food until the last Korean was starved to death.
Liang Menglong and Wu Dui were not surprised by this. After all, Gao Pragmatic's words were in line with their understanding of barbarians.
Liang Menglong said: "In this case, our soldiers on the nine sides have been busy recently. Mobei has been initially settled, and even though the disciples have returned, the old areas in eastern Mongolia need to be garrisoned in particular. Tumen fled to the west, and although they obeyed the king, they could control it, but the people in the northwest
The border should still be on alert. There are also various Jurchen tribes who, although nominally surrendering, can change their direction at any time, so the troops from Liaodong must not be sent out in full force to avoid being attacked from both sides..."
Wu Dui said: "Of course. In this way, although there are many soldiers on the nine sides, it is difficult to say that they are sufficient. I am afraid that as Rixin said, in order to fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside. But I don't know that Rixin's so-called Jiangnan propaganda
How exactly do we need to handle the things that have been decided?”
After Liang Menglong heard what he said, he also turned his attention to the pragmatic side and wanted to hear his wise opinions.
Gao pragmatically said: "The turmoil in the Jiangnan Cao Army was actually not an accident. In fact, someone was behind it..." He told Wu and Liang the news he had received so far, and then said: "In this case, when we need it, we will
We need to find a way to allow the factory guards' investigation in Jiangnan to proceed smoothly, and secondly, we must also make some guarantees for the Cao Army."
"There is no need to hold the Cao Army accountable for being instigated this time. The damage to the ships and supplies is not exempt..." Liang Menglong suddenly paused at this point and added: "Of course, the Ministry of Finance must make a decision on the supplies.
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Gao Pragmatic waved his hand and said: "The wrongdoers have their owners and the debtors have their owners. Since the Cao Army is not to blame for the losses of the ships and supplies, the Ministry of Revenue can avoid pursuing them. However, although this matter requires compromise, it cannot be done in vain.
Thinking that the imperial court can be insulted—talk is necessary, but when it comes to talking, the imperial court's attitude must be based on fighting, and using fighting to promote talks."
The feudal dynasties in ancient China often made a mistake, that is, once they found that recruiting people to be safe was easy to do, they often regarded recruiting people as the only means, and their only focus was to recruit people. However, if there is not enough force to deter them, the more such things are done, the more people will do it.
, the majesty of the imperial court disappeared even more.
In the end, even if there is a group of bandits and bandits roaring together, the local government will only think of recruiting them to appease them. As time goes by, more and more bandits and bandits are recruited, and even many bandits and bandits are recruited again, and they are rebelled and recruited again, and the situation is endless.
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Gao Pragmatic will never ignore the importance of seeking unity through struggle. Therefore, although his goal is to negotiate and compromise with the Cao Army, he insists on adopting an attitude of fighting hard, killing and destroying, and he must wait until
At the last moment, he reluctantly accepted Cao Jun's "reform".
But in this case, there is a trouble ahead. Wu Dui frowned and said: "If you want to do this, the court will definitely have to put on a big scene, but the Southern Army has mobilized more than 200,000 troops around Bozhou.
If something like this happens again near Nanjing...well, I'm afraid it won't be easy."
Liang Menglong was thoughtful, pondered for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Rixin, don't you want to take charge personally to scare the rioting Cajun army?"
Wu Dui was shocked when he heard his guess. He opened his eyes wide and said, "Isn't it true? Rixin, this is not just about taking command. You are about to join the cabinet. If you put down the rebellion with cabinet ministers, you will be in command soon."
This formation cannot be reduced no matter what..."
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand quickly and said: "I won't personally take charge. Besides, there are wars on three sides right now. If I take command and go on an expedition, it's hard to say that the Ministry of Revenue can handle everything comprehensively."
"What do you mean?" Wu Dui and Liang Menglong asked in unison.
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if I don't go. Now a commander is free - Commander Qi can make a trip! With his reputation in the south, I'm afraid the Cao Army will have to surrender as soon as he is still on the way.
Woolen cloth."
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