Chapter 280 The Sword Points at Japan (Yuan Er) The Great Victory of Yupu
It has been less than a month since Gao Pangshi came to Sichuan. The small town of Sichuan has been transformed into a small military fortress. Four triangular front projections were added to the original square four gates, turning it into an octagonal bastion structure.
Of course, compared to the engineering standards of Jinghua at this time, the corresponding facilities of this bastion are not perfect enough. It only has the basic configuration of the bastion and can play a role in the display of firepower.
This is actually a manifestation of high pragmatic bottom line thinking. When he arranged the defense line at Lianhua Mountain, he considered the possibility that if the defense line was breached, or the Japanese army attacked Lianhua Mountain head-on and detached a division to surprise Sichuan, he had already
Sichuan built a simple fortress.
Gao Pingshi's high prestige among the Ming army comes from this: when leading troops in battle, he never regarded himself as a civil servant. Not only did he ride a horse instead of sitting in a sedan chair, he also slept in a large marching tent like a military general and worked in simple fortifications.
Peaceful and peaceful.
He never tried to promote equal rights, and would not tell ordinary soldiers that they did not have to kneel down when they saw him, but he could always live up to his responsibilities. In the government, he was the prime minister, and in the army, he was the commander-in-chief.
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Gao pragmatic never talked about cooking with anyone except Liu Xin, and even if he did talk to Liu Xin, it was probably to convince her that Western-style cooking would not work in the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, he also specially explained to Liu Xin that later generations of Westerners would
Talking about ancient Greece is pure nonsense.
The main representatives of ancient Greece are Sparta and Athens. Among them, Sparta is definitely not a slave. This point does not need to be explained at all. Anyone who knows a little bit about European history knows it very well. So the key issue lies in the settlement of Athens and later generations.
Is Western dish cooking the same thing, or at least does it have the same origin?
the answer is negative.
Later generations of Panzu, at least from the original meaning of the word, should be a country dominated by public opinion. Due to limitations in administrative structure and governance methods, it had to adopt a representative system.
So, is this what the culture of Athens is like? No, the culture of Athens has never been the culture of the whole people or the whole society, but a kind of elite politics and aristocratic politics.
On the one hand, Athenian politics was a systematic and powerful attack by the non-elite class of Athens on the aristocratic values defended by the minority aristocratic class. As a political concept and an effective political structure, it brought to those who
Comprehensive political participation and political equality for even the poorest male citizens has successfully given freedom to the greatest number of ordinary people.
But on the other hand, since the male citizens of Athens could completely rely on slaves, women and other non-citizens to perform necessary productive labor to maintain their lives, their active participation in political life itself reflected an aristocratic value.
In short, the class hierarchy in Athens is very clear. The real aristocrats and male citizens of Athens are in fact the ruling class, while ordinary Athenian women, non-citizens in the ruling areas, slaves, etc. are obviously the ruled class.
The vast majority of ancient Greek philosophers were also extremely opposed to democracy. Many philosophers called non-elite democracy mob politics - to some extent, this thing is equivalent to what later generations of the West would consider "extreme right-wing".
It's all anti-intellectual nationalism.
The most representative philosophers of ancient Greece recognized that everyone should perform their duties according to their abilities, such as Plato, Aristotle and others. This is actually very similar to ancient Chinese thinking, which is the arrangement of stars.
Each constellation has its own place, and only by following the principle of each having its own destiny can we be closest to the way of heaven.
However, Greece or the whole of Europe has been unable to solve a fundamental problem for a long time: whether the ability of a high-ranking aristocratic official is worthy of his position, and if not, how to promote a person from the bottom but with excellent ability to a high position?
The Greek sages have done a lot of thinking, and some people even went to Sicily to experiment, but they all failed. There is only one country in the world that has solved this problem to a certain extent, and unfortunately it is China.
The imperial examination system was a means to solve this problem. It is true that the imperial examination system itself had its problems. The biggest problem during the Ming Dynasty was whether the talents selected by the imperial examination system really had the ability to govern.
But in any case, the problem with the imperial examination system lies in the directionality of the examination questions, not the selection method itself. In other words, in order for the imperial examination system to play a better role, it is not necessary to change the examination system itself, but only need to change the directionality of the examination questions——
In short, don’t just study the Four Books and Five Classics.
Is the college entrance examination fair? It may be unfair, but who can deny that it is the fairest way at present?
Therefore, it is not without reason that Montesquieu, as a leader of French Enlightenment thinkers, became a big fan of China's imperial examination system. According to Western thinking, it solved the core problem of "philosophers governing the country", that is,
How to determine a person's job based on his or her ability.
The big reason why Gao is pragmatic and does not engage in the Western representative system of later generations is this - you are already more advanced than others, but you still have to go back and learn from others. What is the difference between that and taking the initiative to "be sent to the left"?
Moreover, many unsolvable problems arose in the representative system later on. For example, in the advanced period of productivity, it seemed to be running well. Once the relative advantage of productivity begins to decline, social conflicts will intensify, polarization will appear, and each other will attack and pull each other along.
Jump into the pit.
Of course, there is also a deep-seated bug in the monotheistic thinking system, which is the theory of duality - either this or that, black or white. They only have "light will defeat darkness" in their minds and cannot understand traditional Chinese philosophy.
In thinking, "yin and yang are harmonious, and all things are interdependent" and so on.
What is light without darkness? Light cannot illuminate darkness, and darkness cannot swallow light. The two are always interdependent. This kind of truth cannot be understood by the Western thinking of duality and opposition under monotheistic religions, and is not willing to admit it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, Europe can only be divided, so the two American and imperialist parties are tearing each other apart. As long as they cannot get out of such binary opposition thinking, they will not only respond to the rise of external forces.
They will try their best to attack and fight, and they will also continue to attack dissidents internally.
Gao Pragmatic has never launched a comprehensive attack on the Xin School because he does not want to escalate the party struggle to the point of resorting to unscrupulous means. He hopes that the method of "fighting for orthodoxy" will be limited to the level of "seeing actual results", that is, using tangible political achievements.
It proves that what is needed to govern the world is the method of the Wo Shi school, not the method of the Your Heart school.
In fact, the Chinese have been the most realistic nation since ancient times. Only the Chinese civilization in the world believes that "man can conquer nature", and only the Chinese dare to do the trick of "if the gods harm me, I will kill the gods" - this is what Hou Yi shot at the sun.
the embodiment of an idea.
In fact, there is a key point here. Westerners attribute everything to God's arrangements, but Chinese people do not believe that a certain god can arrange everything. Chinese people worship the way of heaven, and the way of heaven has no specific direction, it is just a rule.
In other words, according to the Western point of view, if God has a whim today, he can change the rules. For example, one plus one does not equal two. But according to the Chinese point of view, one plus one equals two is the rule and is part of the way of heaven. It does not
It can change for anyone.
Therefore, Westerners believe that God is everything, and everything that happens is God’s arrangement; Chinese people do not care about God, but are constantly looking for rules and ways to get closer to the way of heaven.
Everyone performs his or her duties well, and this is the way of heaven. All the Chinese have to do is to constantly find and improve ways to put the right people in the right positions.
Such is Gao's pragmatic political views, as he once said when he followed Gao Gong to Beijing when he was a child: "If the emperor trusts his officials and uses the right officials, then the world's great governance will actually be achieved."
Yes, right?"
It was so then, and it is so now.
Today, Gao Pangshi stood on the tower south of Sichuan, looking at his subordinates performing their respective duties, and he was also hoping in his heart that the outgoing fleet would do its job well and bring him good news.
The secretaries and staff around him, as well as the generals and officers under him, all looked forward to it, and like Gao Pragmatic, they looked towards the sea from time to time.
Suddenly, Ma Qiancheng, who was holding a telescope, shouted: "Gebu, it's the fleet, the fleet is back!"
Everyone, including Gao Qinggong, picked up their telescopes and looked towards the sea. Sure enough, they found a mast appearing at the end of the sea level. The style and color pattern of the sails on the mast could indicate that it was the Ming army fleet that was coming - exactly.
It is said that it is the Shujian coat of arms that shows their identity: the Ming Dynasty's Jinghua Beiyang Fleet.
Everyone continued to observe nervously, while counting the masts that appeared later, and soon discovered that the leading warship was the temporary flagship of the Sichuan Fleet "Dongchang".
The word "flagship" starts with it, indicating that it is probably not a combat formation. Anyone who is familiar with the Beijing-China Liangyang Fleet knows that the flagship is usually placed at the tip of the arrow in the formation during the ship review after the Liangyang Fleet exercises.
In other words, the fleet should have returned victoriously and specially prepared a formation for the review.
As the secretaries and servants of the Gao family around Gao Jingshi began to cheer, Ma Qian took Qin Liangyu and his wife, Jie Sheng, Pugui, Niu Boying, Yang Dengden and other generals also knew that there must be a great victory at sea, and they couldn't help but jump for joy.
Gao Wuzheng smiled and cupped his hands towards his brother and said, "Congratulations, brother. Congratulations, brother. Shengyi must have returned victorious from this battle. From now on, the day when our army will wipe out all the Japanese pirates in the North must not be far away."
Gao Pangshi was also very happy in his heart, but because of his identity, he couldn't express himself too exaggeratedly. He could only smile and said: "I have been sharpening my sword for twenty years, and I will try it out and see what happens now. Don't be anxious, wait for the results and the battle."
The damage statistics are out, it’s never too late to be happy.”
Although he said this, more and more Ming warships appeared in the telescope, which showed that at least the battle damage should not be large, and the joy on Gao Pragmatic's face could not be suppressed.
After a while, everyone was not calm anymore - not scared, but shocked: the Sichuan fleet was indeed approaching in a parade-like formation, but all the warships of the Sea Trade Alliance were on the outside, and the middle part was
But they turned out to be all Japanese ships!
Obviously, this battle was not only a great victory, but also captured a large number of Japanese navy warships!
Gao Wuzheng almost couldn't help but go to the dock to greet him in person. Fortunately, Gao Qi reminded him to go back to the commander's tent and wait for the military report, so he gave up on this excessive courtesy that Gao Shengyi would definitely not be able to bear. However, he ordered Gao Wuzheng to
Gao Wuruo, Gao Qi's uncle and nephew went to the dock hand in hand to welcome the fleet's triumphal return on their own behalf.
Ma Qiancheng, Qin Liangyu and his wife, Jiesheng, Pugui, Niu Boying, Yang Dengden and other generals were all landlubbers. Seeing such a huge fleet returning in triumph, they were all excited beyond words, but they didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Gao Pragmatism, so they had no choice but to comply.
Shirdi left the tower and accompanied Gao Pragmatic back to the commander's tent to wait for Gao Shengyi to come and report his victory.
However, they have all made up their minds. When things are over here, they must visit the dock in person to see how amazing this fleet is. But... I don't know if boarding will be allowed. Maybe they have to find out first.
Is the cabinet looking for a general order?
Gao Pangshi didn't wait too long when he returned to the commander's tent. The three uncles and nephews of the Gao family came to report their victory with Gao Shengyi, who looked happy but forced himself to be patient.
"Captain of the Dongchang of the Beiyang Fleet and temporary commander of the Sichuan Fleet, Gao Shengyi pays homage to you! Thanks to your great blessing and the life of the entire army, our fleet ambushed the Japanese navy in this battle and won a great victory. Fifty-four Japanese ships were forced to land and seven were seriously injured.
Two other ships were seriously damaged and captured, but they sank due to excessive damage during the towing process.
In this battle, our fleet made an emergency landing on the Japanese naval vessel Todo Takatora, threatening dozens of generals including Anji Saka and below, more than 5,200 sailors at all levels of the Japanese Navy, and more than 3,700 soldiers of the Japanese Busan Garrison Army Division.
The losses caused to the Japanese amphibious and land forces during the battle are temporarily unknown. Please give me your instructions."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao Pragmatic already knew that this must be a big victory, but he did not expect the results to be so brilliant. Especially the emergency landing turned out to be the largest part of the results. It can be seen that
The situation at that time must have been one-sided, forcing the Japanese navy to not even be able to escape.
He generously praised Gao Shengyi with words of appreciation, and after hearing about the deeds of the decoy fleet, he also praised Gao Lichuan a few times. Then, Gao Jingshi asked Gao Wuzheng and other secretaries to count the results of the battle and reward them in accordance with Beijing's rules and regulations.
He also gave Gao Shengyi a new name and changed his name to Gao Wei.
Gao Shengyi, oh, Gao Wei couldn't help but thank you.
Changing one's name next to the character "王" is one of the greatest honorary rewards that a member of the Jinghua family can obtain. It has no additional institutional benefits, but as we all know, as long as you get this honor, it means entering the Gao family's family.
The top class. To put it more bluntly, Gao Wei has since become one of Gao Pragmatic's true confidants, just like Gao Rui, Gao Jue and others, and will surely shoulder important responsibilities in the future.
Later, Gao Mingzheng asked his brother if he wanted to see two important prisoners of the Japanese army, namely Takatora Toudo and Anji Wakisaka. Gao Mingzheng originally planned to meet them, but after thinking about it, he decided not to meet them first and wait for a while.
After arranging all this, all the generals of the Ming army came to ask him to allow them to board the ship for a visit. Gao Jingshi agreed with a wave of his hand, and he ordered Gao Wuzheng and others to draft a report of victory immediately.
On the same day, Gao Pangshi sent a brief report to the capital about the victory at Yupu.
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