Chapter 281 Persuasion of the Returned Japanese ()
Gao Pragmatic had no "historical impression" of Zhang Zuozhi. He didn't know that although this man had few deeds in historical records, the introduction to him in history books was also very short. Apart from leaving a story about "Zhang Zuozhi Encountered a Frog"
Basically not much.
However, it is still recorded that he was a sincere person, clean and clean, and he returned home several times to visit his relatives. Finally, he died of illness in Tianjin due to overwork. When he was seriously ill, his staff came to visit him and saw that he was clothed with straw mats and surrounded by straw mats.
Bi Xiaoran, everyone is touched by this. Fortunately, after his death, his staff paid for his burial and helped him bury him in his hometown. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for him to return to his roots.
However, although Gao Pragmatic did not know this, judging from the situation in the past few years, he believed that Zhang Zuozhi was a capable minister, especially since he had the rare subjective initiative of officials in this era and should not be buried.
After the reception banquet was over, Ye Xianggao invited Gao Pragmatic into the Fuyuan, accompanied by Zhang Zuozhi and Ni Shangzhong. Zhao Youji, the eunuch guarding Tianjin, knew that discussing important matters had nothing to do with him. Although Ye Xianggao also politely invited him,
He quickly found an excuse to decline the kindness and left on his own.
The four of them met in the flower hall in the backyard. Although Ye Xianggao was a student, he was a landlord after all, so he sat in the east seat and sat at the head of the table. Gao was pragmatic and had a distinguished status, and he was a guest in Tianjin, so he sat in the west seat.
But having said that, Zhang Zuozhi and Ni Shangzhong are also local officials and generals in Tianjin, so they also sit on the east side, so the west side is like a special seat for Gao Pragmatic. If you don't look at the direction, it looks a bit like a teacher teaching students.
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However, it should be noted that allowing guests to sit at the teacher's table is a sign of self-effacement on the part of the host, which is essentially a gesture of humility.
Confucianism attaches great importance to ethical concepts. The so-called distinction between superior and inferior, and the order of elders and younger ones are reflected in the rules that need to be paid attention to when seated.
Generally speaking, the ancients seated themselves on the right side, where the guests and teachers were seated, living in the west and facing the east. Teachers in private schools and the guests of officials were all called "Xibin", also known as "Xixi", and the host was called "Dongjia"
". Therefore, the ancients respected the teacher who teaches and resolves doubts as "teacher".
So which position is the main seat on the table? According to the system, facing south is considered respectful and facing north is considered humble. People's seats are divided into north and south, and they cannot be overridden. The most typical representative is the seat of the king of a country, which must be facing north.
Nan, this is the last thing to be careless about.
Of course, if we really want to distinguish, there are two types of seats: monarch and minister and guest of honor. The monarch and ministers mainly refer to the north and south directions. The emperor uses the south as the sole position of honor, that is, the south is the honorific and the north is the minister.
The host-guest etiquette takes the east-west direction. Out of respect for the guests, the host sits in the east seat; and asks the guests to sit in the west seat, that is, sitting facing the east.
The issue of seating is not a trivial issue. It is recorded in many historical books. For example, "Historical Records: Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru" records: "Once (Zhao) Kuo becomes a general and heads eastward, no military officer dares to look up to him."
Zhao Kuo became the commander-in-chief of the army. He sat on the throne facing east, and his momentum completely overwhelmed the other military officials, vividly portraying the image of a successful young man. [Note: I am neutral in this evaluation.
There is currently a lot of debate over whether Zhao Kuo is a fool, and some of the reasons why he actually performed well are not unreasonable.]
Another example is recorded in "Book of Han·Biography of Wang Ling": Xiang Yu placed Wang Ling's mother in the army. When Wang Ling's envoy came, Xiang Yu asked Wang Ling's mother to sit facing east, so that the envoy could see that he was facing the Queen Mother.
He is respectful and wants to use this to attract the surrender of the royal tomb.
It can be seen that sitting in the west and facing east is the upper seat, so the ancients arranged guests and teachers to sit in the west and east seats to show respect.
After sitting down, Ye Xianggao still opened his mouth to congratulate the teacher for another great victory, and Zhang Zuozhi and Ni Shangzhong had no choice but to follow suit. Gao pragmatically smiled and waved his hand, saying: "The battle is not over yet, and it is actually a little early to congratulate now.
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Ye Xianggao asked hurriedly: "Recently there are rumors that my mentor wants to cross the sea and attack the Japanese mainland. Could it be that this is not groundless, but that my mentor really has this intention?"
Gao Pragmatic's smile remained unchanged and he asked: "In your opinion, so what if it is, and what if it is not?"
Ye Xianggao did not answer immediately, but pondered for a while before speaking: "The student thought that with the ability of his mentor, it would not be difficult to conquer the Japanese country, but the difficulty is that there is probably another big thing that needs to be done urgently. I don't know these two things.
Will there be any conflict between things?”
Ye Xianggao didn't say clearly what the other thing was, but Gao Pragmatic certainly knew very well, and he was naturally talking about North Korea's attachment.
"Do you think that during this period of North Korea's invasion, my cabinet must be personally stationed in Hanyang to ensure that nothing goes wrong?" Gao Pragmatic shook his head slightly: "This is not the case. Although North Korea is afraid of me, in the final analysis, it is the country that fears me, not me.
One person. As long as the emperor is determined, whether I am in North Korea or not, it will not affect the successful completion of the attachment."
"But for such a big event, in my humble opinion, it would be more reassuring to have my mentor personally in charge." Ye Xianggao showed some worry between his eyebrows and said: "I heard that the party struggle in North Korea has been extremely fierce recently, and even led to former leader Liu Chenglong discussing politics.
, former Marshal Quan Li and others conspired to mutiny, and even attacked Hanyang where our heavenly troops were stationed. From this point of view, the situation in North Korea lies in internal instability. The reason why no more troubles are happening now is entirely due to the suppression of the army.
effect……"
"Not necessarily." Gao Pangshi shook his head: "Before Quan Li's mutiny, your opinion was generally correct, but after Quan Li's mutiny, the situation has changed."
At that moment, Gao Pragmatic explained the general situation of the party struggle in North Korea, and then said: "So the military power that the Southern People's Party originally relied on has been destroyed. Now the three parties have no military power, and it seems that all of them are high-ranking officials.
It's expensive, but in fact nothing can be done. As long as we have twenty or thirty thousand soldiers left, we can control the situation in North Korea."
At this time, before Ye Xianggao said anything, Tianjin Commander-in-Chief Ni Shangzhong was surprised and couldn't help asking: "Master Hou, how can you say that North Korea is also known as a country with three thousand miles of mountains and rivers, and only two people can be placed on such a large ground?"
Thirty thousand people...are they enough?”
Zhang Zuozhi was also surprised and asked: "Minister, our heavenly troops in Korea are only over 100,000. If we leave 20,000 to 30,000 in Korea, the number of troops that can march into Japan will probably be less than 100,000."
It is said that the Japanese army has 500,000 soldiers. If I cross the sea to attack it, we will not have the right location and people, and there is such a huge gap in military strength. Isn't this a bit...unsafe?"
"Whether the so-called Japanese army of 500,000 soldiers is still valid today is a matter of ambiguity. After all, their losses in Korea cannot be made up by just making up for it.
In so many years of cross-sea wars, not only did our Ming Dynasty spend a lot of money, but the Japanese pirates were no more expensive than our Ming Dynasty, and their national power was far inferior to our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, from this point of view, this so-called army of 500,000 people can still guarantee 60 to 70%
Strength is extremely valuable.
At the same time, there is one thing you must not misunderstand, that is, the situation in the Japanese country is completely different from that of our Ming Dynasty. Toyotomi Hideyoshi previously led the Japanese country, which does not mean that he is really the king of Japan. He only lacks a piece of canonization from our heaven. In fact, this
The official position of a person in Japan is called guanbai. Later, when he retires from behind the scenes to control the political situation, he calls himself Taige... No matter how he is called, he can at most be regarded as regent."
Zhang Zuozhi suddenly said: "Oh, the cabinet is saying that the Japanese puppet emperor was young at the time, but now he has grown up, and the regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi happened to have died again?"
Gao pragmatic was stunned for a moment and asked: "Zhang Kuan, how did you come to such a conclusion?" He did not wait for Zhang Zuozhi's answer and said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, how old is the Japanese puppet emperor?"
The cabinet doesn’t even know about it because no one cares about it.”
In fact, Gao Jingshi’s words were intentional. Although the Japanese emperor at this time had no power, at least Gao Jingshi still knew who the contemporary emperor was—Emperor Houyangcheng. [Note: "Houyangcheng" is a posthumous title,
You can’t actually call it that at the moment.]
Seeing what Gao Pragmatic said, Zhang Zuozhi said in surprise: "So it's not the case? But if not, how did Toyotomi Hideyoshi become the regent?"
"It's a long story at this point..." Gao Pingshi briefly described the situation in Japan, basically talking about why the emperor had no real power, as well as the shogunate system, Toyotomi Gongyi and so on.
After listening to his explanation, the three of them all looked like they suddenly understood. Ye Xianggao said: "It turns out that this Japanese pseudo-emperor is somewhat like the later Emperor Zhou, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi is roughly similar to Duke Huan of Qi, the nine princes.
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Zhang Zuozhi then asked: "But I don't know whether the Japanese state after Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death was the same as the Qi state after the death of Duke Huan?"
When he said this, he kept looking at Gao Jingshi, obviously wanting to hear Gao Jingshi's opinion. But when he said this, Gao Jingshi suddenly discovered that it seemed that Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Qi Huangong were still alive before and after his death.
There are some similarities.
Needless to say, Hideyoshi was already in a miserable state before his death. For the sake of Hideyori's future status, he just didn't kneel down and beg a few elders to be loyal to Hideyori for his sake. After his death, his funeral was controlled by Ishida Mitsunari and others.
There is no such thing as being respected by people in the world.
The situation of Duke Huan of Qi was similar. In the forty-one year of Duke Huan (645 BC), Guan Zhong was seriously ill. Duke Huan asked him: "Who among the ministers can serve as prime minister on your behalf?" Guan Zhong said: "No one knows me better than I.
monarch."
Then Duke Huan asked: "How about Yi Ya?" Guan Zhong replied: "Killing children to please the monarch is unkind and cannot be done."
Duke Huan asked: "How about a prescription?" Guan Zhong replied: "Abandoning relatives to please the monarch is unkind and difficult to get close to." Duke Huan asked: "How about being cunning?" Guan Zhong replied: "To please the monarch by self-castration is unkind and difficult to love."
." Duke Huan asked again: "What about Chang's witch?" Guan Zhong replied: "Death and life are inevitable; diseases are caused by the abnormality of the human body. If the monarch does not let nature take its course and protect the roots, but completely relies on Chang's witch, then he
I will do anything for the king."
However, after Guan Zhong's death, Duke Huan of Qi did not listen to Guan Zhong's advice and re-employed four people, which led to the four people's monopoly of power and Qi's country quickly fell into chaos.
Ning Qi among the "Five Heroes of Huan and Guan" was in charge of the food and grass that Duke Huan of Qi needed for his hegemony. However, as soon as Ning Qi died, Guan Zhong said that Qi's hegemony was about to decline;
Prince Cheng's father was in charge of Qi's army, and Prince Cheng's father could make Qi's soldiers brave and good at fighting. However, after Prince Cheng's father died, Qi's military strength declined rapidly;
Binxu Wu was in charge of the criminal law of Qi State. He could stabilize Qi State while Duke Huan of Qi was hegemonic, so that Duke Huan of Qi would have no worries. However, Bin Xuwu died, and traitors quickly became rampant in Qi State;
Xi Peng was in charge of Qi's diplomacy. He could allow Duke Huan of Qi to dominate without having to worry about the crusade of the princes of other countries, and he could get the support of a large number of princes. However, as soon as Xi Peng died, the princes of all countries believed that Qi was about to be in chaos, so no one continued
I have confidence in the country.
After these talents died one after another, Qi's rock-solid foundation for hegemony was quickly shaken. When Qi Xiaogong came to the throne, no one could skillfully take advantage of the superiority of Qi's political system like the "Five Heroes of Huan and Guan".
Therefore, the key point of Qi's decline was that it had no successors and was short of talents. The main reason was that Duke Huan of Qi favored traitors in his later years and did not properly arrange his posthumous affairs. In this regard, Toyotomi Hideyoshi really "learned" from him.
As for his life and death, in the 42nd year of Duke Huan, the Rong attacked the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou appealed to Qi in a hurry, and Qi ordered the princes of various countries to send troops to rescue Zhou. At this time, some people in Qi still listened.
However, in the forty-third year of Duke Huan, Duke Huan fell seriously ill, and the five sons (Gongzi Wukui, Gongzi Zhao, Gongzi Pan, Gongzi Yuan, and Gongzi Shang) each led their factions to compete for the throne. On Yihai, the seventh day of the tenth month in winter, Duke Huan of Qi died of illness.
They attacked each other and the country of Qi was in chaos.
To what extent was the chaos? Duke Huan's body was left on the bed for sixty-seven days, with corpse insects crawling out of the windows. It was not until the 14th day of the twelfth month that the newly appointed Lord of Qi, Wu Kui, took Duke Huan away to bury him.
At this point, Hideyoshi was still slightly better than Duke Huan. Although the funeral ceremony was postponed for a long time, at least he didn't have to worry about corpse insects flying around - because it was burned directly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Thinking of this, Gao Jingshi was somewhat emotional, but it was not the time to be emotional in front of the three people, so Gao Jingshi just nodded and said: "It's quite similar."
When he answered like this, Zhang Zuozhi said: "So the Cabinet wants to use its strength to fight? But I wonder how many sons Toyotomi Hideyoshi has and how serious the conflict between them is?"
"This is different, and the problem lies in this difference." Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Hideyoshi only has one son, but he is only seven or eight years old. The mother of this son is not the main wife, and he is not that old.
Not big, this year... will be thirty."
Zhang Zuozhi put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "There are orphans and widows, and we are not a country like ours. If one or two powerful officials appear at this time, this Japanese country will probably not be able to be conquered."
Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly, seemingly acquiescing to Zhang Zuozhi's conclusion.
Ye Xianggao was also shaken at this time, and mused: "I am an orphan and a widowed mother, and I am not the true master of Japan. If the minister who cares about his life makes a mistake in his selection, it will indeed be very dangerous, but I don't know..."
"Whether it's Minister Gu Ming or famous generals in the country, many of them have been infiltrated or even won over by my cabinet." Gao pragmatically started to talk very calmly: "The Korean War has been going on for several years, and these things have been done for several years.
.Originally, I just wanted them to hold Toyotomi Hideyoshi back from other things so that our army could fight more smoothly in Korea. I didn’t expect that Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s evil deeds would have their own destiny... Now this idle move has actually happened
He has become a master of tricks."
With that said, Gao pragmatically explained the five elders and five followers system established by Hideyoshi. Although he did not clearly say who had been bribed by him, he had already hinted that "whether it is a minister who cares about life or a famous general in the country,"
So who it is, the three of them don't care that much.
Ye Xianggao immediately changed his stance and stated: "In this case, the student supports the teacher's view that the Japanese country can be conquered."
Needless to say, Zhang Zuozhi and Ni Shangzhong also expressed their agreement. Of course, their so-called agreement did not simply mean that they agreed, but also implied that they would contact other officials they could influence to agree. At this point in the meeting, it can be regarded as achieving high pragmatic expectations.
Effect.
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