Chapter 280: The Sword Points at Japan (Yuanjiu), the Chief Military Officer Guarding Pyongyang
Gao Pingshi, who saw off Todo Takatora, held the battle report of the "Battle of Zhenling" that was more than ten pages long, and let out two contemptuous sneers from his nostrils.
In fact, not only was he surprised by the overestimation of the North Korean army controlled by the Southern People's Party, but Zhang Wanbang's audacity also left him speechless.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't understand. The North Koreans should have been deeply aware of the Ming army's powerful combat effectiveness in the past few years. Now, the Ming army in power has more than 100,000 troops. How could the Southern Party dare to take only 30,000 troops?
Did the North Korean army gamble so much?
Why, when a father has such a good temper that he still doesn't want to beat his son when he is being ridiculed, right?
But no matter what, since such an incident happened, it means that my previous calculations were still inaccurate. For example, I may have underestimated the intensity of the internal party struggle in North Korea.
In order to resist the Northern Party, which had suddenly grown in strength by fully surrendering to the Ming army, the Southern Party actually did not hesitate to use force. This was obviously because they did not accurately judge the Southern Party's thoughts at this time. Perhaps in their view, they could no longer use force at this time.
If you resist, you will not even have the chance to resist in the future.
Hmm...well, this idea is actually not bad at all. After all, if North Korea is merged into the Ming Dynasty in the future, it doesn't matter who it is, whether it's a southerner, a northerner, or a westerner, it won't be worth mentioning.
But let’s put it in two terms. If the Ming dynasty is unstoppable, then which faction is in power during the annexation is still very influential. The faction in power will definitely receive the greatest rewards and preferential treatment, while the opposition faction will
Just haha.
Therefore, from this perspective, it makes sense that the Southern People's Party felt that they were forced to go to war. However, this is only part of the reason for greater motivation and determination. There is another point that must be explained comprehensively.
That is, if there is a battle with the Ming army, aren't they afraid that the angry Ming army will directly launch a violent purge?
Gao pragmatic first asked himself: If Zhang Wanbang's result this time was not a complete victory but a defeat, would I kill North Korea in a rage and bleed it into a river of blood?
He thought about it seriously and felt that it was possible, but after all, he would not kill innocent people indiscriminately. The final result might be to completely wipe out the 30,000 North Korean troops without leaving any one behind, and at the same time completely suppress the Southerners in the North Korean court.
Death. Especially for leaders, even Liu Chenglong, who has such great influence, I am afraid he will have to be exiled to the border of Gansu. As for Quan Li... he must die.
But this is just Gao Pragmatic's understanding of himself. If the South Korean People's Party also has the same judgment, then things will not make sense.
The consequences of this are too serious. If they thought Gao Pragmatic would do this, there would be no reason to cause such a thing. So the reason why this matter really developed into a military confrontation between the two sides, I am afraid that the greater responsibility lies with the Southerners.
The party made a huge mistake in judging the possibility of high pragmatism.
Gao Pragmatic thought for a while and finally guessed the problem: the problem lay in the title of Gao Pragmatic's novel.
He is not only the Marquis of Nanning in the Ming Dynasty, he is the only officially recognized Sixth Number One Scholar in the Ming Dynasty, a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace, and the leader of the Practical School - he can also be called a generation of Confucianism!
Confucianism, then you should be emphasizing kindness and forgiveness no matter what you do, right? How come you are like Qiu Ba and others who are so ready to kill people? Besides, the Southerners you want to kill are also noble North Korea.
Liangban, descendants of Confucianism!
You see, everyone is a Confucian civil servant. You should not look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face. You should lift it high and put it down gently!
Thinking of this, Gao Qingshi almost laughed out of anger.
Okay, okay, you guys in North Korea really think of yourself as a little China. You haven’t learned much from the good ones, but you haven’t learned much from the bad ones.
Who told you that it is an absolute law for civil servants to be exempted from death? Even when the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had the highest status, they were never exempted from death in a real sense!
Needless to say, in the early days, the father and son Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di killed civil servants like dogs. In the middle and late period, the power of civil servants was at its peak, but were the civil servants beaten to death with imperial sticks not civil servants? On the eve of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen killed civil servants and his ancestors
It's like killing a dog - what kind of illusion would lead to thinking that civil servants will definitely avoid death?
There are several major prerequisites for civil servants to avoid death. Generally speaking, the first is that the country is basically at peace, the second is that the emperor is still respectable, and the third is that the civil servant himself has no tendency to rebel or deceive the emperor. If there is another one to add, then it can be said that this
The best position for a civil servant is relatively high.
If you are just an unknown official of the sixth or seventh rank, you can be killed with a soft knife - "Twenty with the rod, but with real beatings" is a sentence of death.
Most people in later generations think that playing twenty boards seems to be nothing, but this is actually a big misunderstanding. If you don't add the words "really fight" after it, it usually does not matter. It may look like the skin is bruised, but you can apply some medicine when you go back.
Just rest for a few days.
However, if you add the phrase "hit hard", many people will be killed on the spot. Even if you rarely encounter a few strong-bodied civil servants, you will probably lose most of your lives. The possibility of surviving the fight after you return is very low.
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The imperial cane does not necessarily only spank the buttocks. It can also spank the back and waist. After twenty "real spankings", many people's internal organs were rotten. How could they survive? In the history books, people who received the imperial cane ended up vomiting blood and died on the spot.
Records abound. Is this the effect of spanking?
But the strange thing is that it is obvious that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty do not have a real gold medal to avoid death, but the North Korean yangban has a kind of self-confidence, thinking that they are noble and extraordinary, and they will not die no matter how they behave.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that South Koreans in later generations did many weird things because they inherited the arrogant and psychotic ideas of North Korea's Yangban?
Gao Wuzheng pondered here for a long time and didn't speak for a long time, which actually made Gao Wuzheng next to him anxious. Gao Wuzheng waited for a long time without receiving instructions from his elder brother, so he couldn't help but said: "Brother, I feel that since this matter has developed to this point,
, then there is nothing to hesitate about, they should be punished severely! Those who deserve to be killed will be killed, and those who deserve to be evacuated will be withdrawn!"
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao Pingshi raised his head and glanced at him, frowning and said: "You sound like a butcher... Then let me ask you, who should be killed?"
, who should be withdrawn?”
Gao Wuzheng was unambiguous. He raised his chin slightly and said: "Quan Li and his generals should be killed one by one! Liu Chenglong and the Southern People's Party disciples and civil servants should all be withdrawn!"
"Then what?" Gao Pragmatic asked: "We have driven out all the Southerners. Will the Northerners think they have a rare commodity and raise the price?"
Gao Wuzheng was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be possible, right? Isn't there still a Westerner Party?"
Gao Pragmatic sneered and said: "The Southerners Party can be forced to rebel, but the Westerners Party cannot? Even if the Westerners Party is determined to cower, but at that time North Korea and China were all Northerners, isn't this still the case?
Can you use it to bargain with us?"
Gao Wuzheng was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said: "Then...if the Northerners don't obey, we will kill them all and withdraw!"
"Then who should we find to rule North Korea?" Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "The upper class in North Korea are proud to speak Chinese, but the lower class people are not. They may not even understand Chinese. If we all rely on people sent from the Ming Dynasty,
When officials come to govern North Korea, the local low-level officials can trick our officials to death and then help them take the blame!
So what should we go one step further? That is, local officials cover up, harbor some people with ulterior motives, and even directly provide various assistance for their rebellion. Under such circumstances, do you think the Ming Dynasty's rule in North Korea will change?
Must I be the same as Annan during the Xuanmiao period? What will I do then? Will I not return to Beijing and stay in North Korea?"
It is definitely impossible for Gao Wuzheng to stay in North Korea all the time. Even if the emperor hands North Korea to Gao Pangshi, the marquis, as "Yongzhen", Gao Wuzheng, as a member of the Gao family, will not be too happy.
The reason is simple. His brother Gao Pingshi's status in the Ming Dynasty is already high enough, and his power is extremely huge. Why would he give up his national influence and come to a place as big as North Korea called "Yongzhen"?
What's more, if you want to talk about Yongzhen, how can North Korea be as good as Southern Xinjiang and Nanyang! Brother, if you want Yongzhen to be a place, it must be Yongzhen's southern Xinjiang!
Southern Xinjiang has been under very strong control for a long time. It is a large area, produces sufficient grain, is rich in minerals and facilitates trade. Now there are many Han people who have immigrated there, and there are also many naturalized Han people. How wonderful!
As for North Korea, whoever wants it wants it. Anyway, our Gao family doesn't want to be trapped in such a palm-sized place.
It has to be said that with the rise of Gao Jingshi, the vision of the entire Gao family has become higher, and they may even feel that the mere North Korea is not enough to accommodate Gao Jingshi, the true Buddha.
Of course, Gao Wuzheng would not say this explicitly. He just frowned and said: "If this is the case, then we will need local officials in North Korea anyway? Doesn't this mean he has become a toast?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "That's not the case. There is no soil for chieftains to survive in North Korea, because it is impossible for me to retain an army for them."
"Then how to rule?" Gao Wuzheng wondered: "I don't even understand the language. I'm afraid it won't be easy for anyone to use it."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "One monk carries water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, and three monks have no water to drink. We must ensure that there are always three monks in North Korea, because if this happens, they can only count on Daming to give them water to drink."
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Gao Wuzheng had never heard the story about three monks drinking water, so he had to ask, and Gao Wuzheng explained it.
In this way, everyone figured it out. Gao Qi was the first to say: "Uncle Gao Ming, there are three factions of North Korean officials. If only one faction remains, it will definitely dominate the family. If two factions remain, they must guard against the two factions joining forces to deceive the court. But if there are three
faction, the situation is different. There must always be some irreconcilable conflicts between them, so they have to rely on the court.
In this way, the imperial court can always choose a faction that is willing to cooperate with our forces to the maximum extent. In this way, in order not to be marginalized, the other two factions can only increase their efforts to join us, which forms a mutual conflict between them.
Competition, and our Ming court can benefit.
As time goes by, the level of Chineseization in Korea will inevitably become higher and higher. After two or three generations, they may not remember the Korean royal family. They only remember that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers."
Seeing that they understood what he meant, Gao pragmatic nodded slightly, put the report in his hand on the table, pushed it out with his index finger, and said to Gao Qi: "Yu Fu, please summarize the battle report."
As the intelligence secretary, Gao Qi himself had read the battle report. Now Gao Qi was handing it to him because he was afraid that he could not remember the specific numbers. Gao Qi took it over and flipped it over twice before saying: "To put it simply, the North Korean army originally had three
Of the 1,467 people killed, a total of 1,672 were killed and 207 were seriously injured, not counting minor injuries.
Two people from Zhang Wanbang's unit of our army were killed and four were seriously injured. One of them was seriously injured when he stepped on a corpse and slipped, and was stabbed into the left abdomen by a broken spear on the ground. Forty-three others from Zhang Wanbang's unit were slightly injured, none of them were injured.
Serious problem.
Most of the remaining enemies of the Korean army have been captured, and about 300 people are missing and are currently being searched. In addition, the captured Quan Li and more than 30 people from his cronies have been escorted back to Hanyang, but this matter is now a bit troublesome."
Gao Wuzheng asked: "What's the trouble?"
Gao Qi said: "The Korean court believed that they were Korean traitors and wanted to send them over and let the Korean court deal with them. However, Zhang Wanbang did not agree. He believed that they dared to go to war with the heavenly soldiers and committed a heinous crime. The governor should decide how to deal with them.
Or report it to the Emperor's Holy Judgment... In short, it is not the Koreans' turn to deal with it."
Gao Wuruo interjected at this time: "Hey, after listening to my brother's advice just now, I now suspect that the North Korean court has ulterior motives for asking Zhang Wanbang to recruit people. For example, Li Shanhai may want to kill Quan Li directly, and then
Before killing him, try to find a way to implicate him. It would be best to kill Liu Chenglong as well."
Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly: "There is some progress."
Gao Wuruo deliberately smiled apologetically and said, "It's all my brother who taught me well."
"Go away, don't do this." Gao Pingshi glared at his younger brother, changed the subject, and said: "Whether Quan Li kills him or not, it is best to report to the emperor's sage. After all, he is the marshal of the Joseon Dynasty. There is an emperor.
Only with the official decision can we be confident and confident.
However, Liu Chenglong definitely cannot be killed. At least he is still useful now. His head must be placed on his neck for a while, but he must also be given some color to see - well, actually, it is not just for him to see.
Let’s show it to others.”
Killing a chicken to scare a monkey, oh...killing a monkey to scare a chicken. The three uncles and nephews of the Gao family understand this principle and agree with it.
Gao Qi said: "Then how should we reply to Zhang Canrong now?"
"Tell him, just say that such a big matter requires a holy judgment, and just let the North Korean court wait." Gao pragmatically snorted: "After this battle, I think the North Korean court should recognize the reality and not dare to do so.
Will you jump out and object?"
All three of them laughed.
It is certain that the Korean court did not dare to object. Think about it, the 30,000 troops they regarded as the last elite were defeated by less than 6,000 Ming troops and were completely annihilated. Even Zhang Wanbang's losses were only single digits. This
The gap between them is a real judgment of cloud and mud, and anyone with a right mind would know that they cannot afford to offend.
Gao Qi wrote it down, and then asked: "Uncle, is there anything else you want to explain?"
Gao pragmatic pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Tell Zhang Wanbang that I plan to recommend him as the chief military officer guarding Pyongyang."
The three uncles and nephews of the Gao family were stunned and asked in unison: "Pyongyang?"
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I really didn’t have any luck this time. I said it would be just one or two hours, and I wouldn’t be in debt.