Chapter 279 Ping Wa (Twenty-one) proposes a coaching change
"Discussion is not allowed" is very difficult to deal with politically. It doesn't mean that if you say it is not allowed to be discussed, it means we will not discuss it. After all, you are pragmatic and you are not His Majesty the Emperor. You can speak the law and let people shut up. The premise that discussion is not allowed is only
It may be that you have an absolute advantage and the other party has no choice but to shut up.
Therefore, while Gao Pragmatic insisted that Guo Pu's posthumous title must be "Wenzhen", he also strongly opposed the previous peace talks with Japan decided by the cabinet, saying that peace talks at this time would do more harm than good to the Ming Dynasty, and instead gave Japan's Toyotomi Hideyoshi regime a chance to
A breather.
Don't think that these two things are unrelated. In fact, politics is an art of compromise. When you don't have enough chips in your hand, you have to find some other chips.
As the first assistant to connect the past and the next, Guo Pu's relationship with Gao Gong is probably the "Cao" who followed Xiao Gui and Cao. Since Gao Gong has obtained the supreme and rare "Wenzheng", then if Guo Pu cannot obtain the "Wenzhen" who is second only to Wenzheng
”, to a large extent, it means that the real school did not do well enough, and it denies the meaning of the work of the real school during that period.
And if the real school did not do well enough during the period of Guo Pu Bingzheng, the successor to the founder Gao Gong, then it is naturally unlikely that the subsequent Zhang Siwei era will receive a higher evaluation, then what if the future
The era of Shen Shixing will be defined as an excellent ruling period in the future, and the merits of the real school will be given to Shen Shixing or the Xinxue school.
This is not surprising. After all, Gao Pragmatic's later great achievements were nominally achieved during Shen Shixing's reign. If the "self" of the practical school and the "non-self" of the Xin school cannot be distinguished at a higher level, some
In the future, the merits of the Practical School may really become the merits of the Heart School.
There have been many examples of this situation in world history. For example, many people in later generations believe that 90% of the contribution to the anti-Japanese war lies in the United States, but the red giant bear has become a soy sauce existence, let alone China. This is actually what happened after the war
Caused by the gap in propaganda power, the current fight for Guo Pu's posthumous title by Gao Pragmatic can be considered as a fight for the right to speak and the right to define.
Although at first glance, Wenzhen is good, Wenzhong is not bad, and even Wenjian is okay, but since Gao Pragmatic insists on getting the best among several posthumous titles that are all considered good, he must have something to gain.
Exchange. If you want to exchange, you need to have bargaining chips. Gao Pragmatic raised objections to the peace negotiation at this time, which is actually using the peace negotiation issue as a bargaining chip.
Due to Gao Jingshi's huge influence on military issues, no matter how much Shen Shixing emphasized that the resolution had been formed and the imperial edict had been issued for some time, Ming Dynasty must have begun to implement this plan in North Korea, so opposition at this time has lost its meaning.
However, in the end the emperor decided to hold another imperial meeting to discuss the issue again.
At the Wenhua meeting, Wang Xijue fired the first shot, saying that the Ministry of War had agreed to negotiate peace in the first place. Even the Ministry of War also believed that the war situation on the front line was worrying and that the cabinet did not want to negotiate peace without any reason.
He believes that the views of the Ministry of War are well-founded. First of all, the food problem has troubled both the Ming army and North Korea at the same time, making both sides feel tight and embarrassed.
As for North Korea, while they have to supply the army, they also have to worry about civilian famine. In theory, they even have to support the Ming army (actually the completion rate is very poor). Therefore, the food pressure is huge, and it needs at least one or two years to prepare.
buffer period.
As for the Ming army, the previous conflicts between the northern and southern armies due to the issue of merit and reward have not been reconciled until now. The northern and southern armies are currently under the control of Song Yingchang, maintaining harmony in name, but in fact everyone knows
That's because both sides are looking at high pragmatism.
Not only the cabinet ministers, but also the emperor himself, all knew that Song Yingchang could not suppress the evil fire in the hearts of both parties. As long as something happened in the future, it would not be surprising for the conflict to intensify at any time. It could be said that he was sitting on a powder keg.
light fireworks.
In addition, Li Rusong's direct lineage suffered serious losses, which made him obviously more cautious in the subsequent use of troops. This is actually a deliberately descriptive statement. The real situation is nothing more than a significant decline in aggressiveness and an unwillingness to rush forward.
beat.
Li Rusong's attitude cannot be entirely blamed on his selfishness. The military system of the Ming Dynasty is here. The greater the loss to his direct lineage, the higher the chance of ineffective command on the battlefield. There is nothing you can do if you are more cautious. No matter the emperor,
, the assistant ministers all knew the actual situation, so they could only give Li Rusong time to recover.
All in all, Wang Xijue's attitude is very clear: It's not that the cabinet doesn't want to fight, but the situation on the front line is worrying. To be on the safe side, it takes a while to accumulate strength, and then it depends on the situation - if Japan becomes honest, peace is possible; if Japan
If you are not honest, you will be sure to fight again.
When he said this, Wu Dui and Liang Menglong were a little embarrassed. After all, Gao Pragmatic left Beijing to supervise disaster relief in Henan only after settling the feud between Song Yingchang and Li Rusong. As a result, the front line ended up like this.
Although all of this can be said to have happened for a reason, after all, the scene was ugly and it was still a bit difficult to explain.
As the Minister of War, Zhou Yong was even more nervous. The rules of the Ming Dynasty were actually quite simple. If the battle was fought well, the Great Sima would always get a share of the credit. But if the battle was not fought well, the Great Sima would rarely be exempted from questioning.
He is responsible. Now that a small country on the front line has actually reached a stalemate, and is even in chaos internally. How can he, the great commander, say that he is not responsible?
Shen Shixing agreed to negotiate peace, apparently to ease the contradiction between the Xin School and the Real School, and to give Wu Dui, Liang Menglong and Zhou Yong face, as if everyone was discussing the matter: due to the current stalemate in the war, there are internal conflicts within our army.
There are some troubles that need to be resolved urgently, so we are temporarily negotiating to stabilize the situation for the follow-up. As for holding people responsible, let’s not talk about it for now. Our first priority is to solve the problem...
However, the reality is not that simple! From Shen Shixing's perspective, your Practical School has always been responsible for this war. Now that this battle has become a mixed bag, the responsibility will not go to the Woxin School instead, right?
?
Not only do I, the chief minister, have no responsibility, I also take the initiative to clean up the aftermath for you. I only use the title of canonization in exchange for the time to reconcile internal conflicts and accumulate strength for another fight. Isn't this the manner of a prime minister?
Of course, once this matter is done, the Xin School will not only show Yuan Fu's magnanimity, magnanimity, and courage to do things, but it will also show that the Practical School not only fails to do things well, but also delegates to others and has no intention of doing anything.
No responsibility.
In fact, to a certain extent, this is due to the fact that Gao Pragmatic, as the core figure of the current Practical School, was not in the capital at the critical moment. The others, including Wu Dui, Liang Menglong and Zhou Yong, did not dare to make decisions casually on war and war issues.
From this, I fell into Shen Shixing's trap. But now that Gao Pragmatism is back, things must be put back on the right track.
"I already understand the difficulties mentioned by Yuan Fu." Gao pragmatically replied calmly: "But these difficulties are not insurmountable. I had even prepared a plan before the war."
As soon as he said this, everyone in the audience was stunned. Only Zhu Yijun was overjoyed and said quickly: "If you have any plans, please tell me quickly!"
Gao Pragmatic cupped his hands and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the food dilemma mentioned by Yuan Fu just now is actually divided into two levels. One is that it was winter before, and some ports on the west route were frozen or blocked by ice floes, and North Korea
Port construction lags behind, making it difficult for our sea transportation to achieve expected performance.
The second is the East Road. Due to the heavy snowfall in Liaodong and the Jurchen Land, the road is difficult to travel and the transportation capacity is insufficient. In short, it is not enough to support the entire military expenditure. As for providing some grain and grass to North Korea, it is also unexpected.
The temporary situation has caused some difficulties in providing food and fodder for our army.
However, as the weather gets warmer, most of these problems have actually been solved. It is only because North Korea has stretched the front line by regaining the two capitals, and the food in the original occupied areas was confiscated by the Japanese army, resulting in a large number of refugees, and the spring plowing and autumn harvests were seriously affected.
On the contrary, the army needs to provide more assistance to North Korea, which shows that our army's food and grass are still not enough to support the next stage of operations."
He paused and continued: "But the problem of food shortage in North Korea should not be solved by the Ming Dynasty. I have previously proposed a cooperation to the King of North Korea, Li Huan, through Jinghua Trading Company, to contract for the mining of several mines and coal fields in North Korea.
And open an iron factory, produce agricultural tools and other conditions in exchange for Jinghua Trading Company to provide rice from southern Xinjiang to North Korea to cope with the food crisis of the North Korean court... Thanks to Emperor Hongfu, North Korea has agreed to this transaction."
This news once again left everyone dumbfounded, thinking that there is still such a way to play? However, after thinking about it, I felt that there is nothing wrong with it. In essence, this is the same as the Ming Dynasty's opening method, except that the identities of the two parties are different.
The so-called Kaizhong method was founded in the third year of Hongwu because Shanxi and other border areas were in urgent need of military rations. The imperial court recruited merchants to transport grain in exchange for salt, and led the salt transportation and sales to designated areas. This method was called Kaizhong.
As for the deal that Gao Pangshi made now, the North Korean court used the mines and coal fields as salt diversions, while Jinghua Trading Company acted in its true role, responsible for transporting grain to designated areas.
If there is any difference, it is that the salt in the hands of early Sino-French merchants was official salt received from the court, and then sold the salt to buy grain from inland provinces and shipped it to the frontiers, but now Jinghua Trading Company ships grain to North Korea
It came from southern Xinjiang - Gao Pangpang did not say how the food came from, but neither the emperor nor the ministers cared much about it, or it was inconvenient to discuss it in detail.
Gao Pingshi's talents in financial and logistical aspects no longer need to be proven by himself. Since he said that the food problem is no longer a problem, the emperor and his ministers have nothing to say. Next, it is their turn to talk about the conflicts between the North and South armies on the Korean front, as well as Song Yingchang and Song Yingchang.
The relationship between Li Rusong is delicate.
In fact, speaking of the latter alone, the problem is not big. After Gao pragmatically replied to the two of them through letters, the relationship between the two of them could not be said to be reconciled, but at least they could maintain a superficial unity. Because they both have to think highly of each other.
With a pragmatic face, this team arrangement can actually operate effectively.
The real trouble still lies in the discord between the Northern and Southern armies, which is the most difficult to solve. At present, no one in the Southern Army in North Korea is qualified to compare with Li Rusong, and the main force sent by the Liaodong Army is indeed the Liaodong Army, so it is natural for the Northern Army to be strong.
However, although the number of the Confederate army is small, it is the one with a higher degree of firearms, especially in siege warfare, which can play a more obvious role, so it is not surprising that they have a temper. But in this way, both sides
The contradiction is difficult to resolve.
According to Gao Jingshi's view, if he wants to solve the problem at this time, he must either send a new commander who neither party dares to disobey - then apart from the imperial commander's personal expedition, it is almost only Gao Jingshi himself. Even Qi Jiguang
No, because Li Jiajun may not give Qi Shuai face.
However, Gao Wuchen does not want to go to North Korea yet. His previous plan was that unless Ming Dynasty launched an offensive against the Japanese mainland, it would not be to the extent that he would personally take charge.
In this case, another method can only be used: the Li Jiajun returns to Liaodong, and a new army is sent to replace the Li Jiajun, and closely cooperate with the Southern Army to carry out the next phase of the battle.
The advantage of this plan is that it is highly pragmatic and someone can be used. The disadvantage is that it has to adjust the defense of the newly recovered areas of Jiubian and Chahar. It means that one move can affect the whole body. If anything goes wrong after the transfer, I suggest
The person will definitely be implicated.
To put it bluntly, doing this requires courage and the courage to bear possible chaos. For the level of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, stability is probably everyone's first demand, so no one considered it from this perspective before.
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This chapter is not over, please click the next page to continue reading! However, this is not dangerous for Gao Pragmatic. After Chahar's power vacuum, several forces around this area were once under his banner.
Fight, and he also has enough prestige and strength to intimidate them. Therefore, as long as he is highly pragmatic and does not leave the center, but continues to sit in the capital, he is not afraid that these forces dare to have any evil thoughts.
The current problem is who should be transferred to replace Li Rusong. With the Jiangnan Cao Army defecting and asking for surrender, Qi Jiguang will be able to return to Beijing soon. With his status, he is certainly enough to replace Li Rusong.
However, Qi Jiguang, the commander of the Imperial Guard, is about to end his term. Next, Gao Pragmatic's arrangement for him is to serve as the principal of the military academy, so that the Ming Dynasty's military system will gradually become formalized and modernized, so that the famous generals will not rely solely on "
"Chosen".
This matter is very important, and in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, it is even more important than the current war in North Korea. Therefore, Qi Jiguang has other important responsibilities and cannot delay going to North Korea.
From the principle of proximity, Xiao Ruxun can also go, but Xiao Ruxun is good at defense but not necessarily good at offense. Moreover, he is not the commander-in-chief. Sending him to replace Li Rusong may make North Korea feel that the Ming Dynasty's support for them has declined, so because of fear and uneasiness
And what kind of evil moth is created is not beautiful.
In this way, when the emperor asked who could replace Li Rusong, Gao Pragmatic almost unexpectedly recommended his old subordinate: Ma Gui.
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