Gao Pingshi's words were very calm, as if he were telling a trivial matter that was heard on the roadside and had nothing to do with him, but the amount of information contained in these words was huge.
Huang Zhiting, Liu Xin, and even Gao Mo, who was always preparing to retire, couldn't help but think carefully about Gao Pragmatic's words and study them carefully in order to fully understand what he meant.
Gao Pragmatic's meaning seems very straightforward and can be regarded as a straightforward expression. However, no one dares to ignore whether there is any hidden meaning in Gao Pragmatic's words, especially on such a sensitive issue of power.
After all, Gao Pragmatic has never failed in the power struggle for many years. He always has his own plans overtly and covertly. If he is like this against his enemies, is he really defenseless against his own people?
The first thing everyone thought of was undoubtedly Gao Pragmatic's last sentence: "If I make Yuan'er the commander of the Huben Army, will the Huben Army only obey his orders?"
He could ask this question, and obviously he felt that the answer was no. In other words, he believed that even if Gao Yuan became the commander of the Huben Army, the Huben Army would not be able to completely obey Gao Yuan's orders - or at least, at least between Gao Yuan's orders and the
When there is a conflict between highly pragmatic orders, the Tiger Army will definitely choose to obey the highly pragmatic order.
Why? Is it just because he is pragmatic and confident in his own prestige? None of the three would make such short-term speculation.
Of course, prestige is one of Gao Pragmatic's trump cards, and this power cannot be measured by any numerical value. Take the Gaopingling Incident launched by Sima Yi and his son as mentioned above, for example, there are various debates in later generations about why Cao Shuang did not fight back. In fact, sometimes
Although there are many truths, the key point is easily overlooked.
Let’s briefly talk about what happened in the Gaoping Ling Incident: After the death of Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were both ministers of Tuogu, and jointly assisted the young master Cao Fang, who was only eight years old. At this time, both of them were on holiday, and they were the governors of China and foreign countries.
In terms of military affairs, they recorded the affairs of the ministers, and each commanded 3,000 elite soldiers to jointly manage the affairs of the state.
At this time, Sima Yi was sixty-one years old and had been an official in the Cao family for thirty-one years. In the past thirty-one years, whether in the military or in politics, he had never made a mistake - yes, don't underestimate Sima Yi because of the romance.
Apart from Sima Yi, Cao Wei could not find anyone who stabilized the situation in Guanzhong during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.
In short, Sima Yi conquered Guanzhong in the west and attacked Gongsun in the east. He made great achievements and made no mistakes in the past thirty-one years. His virtue and prestige were already unmatched by anyone in Cao Wei at this time.
And what about Cao Shuang? Don’t simply judge a hero based on success or failure. This man is the son of former general Cao Zhen, and his ability and skill can be said to be the top leader among the three generations of the Cao family.
Just from the fact that he had been on good terms with the wise Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui since he was a child, and had a close relationship with the Cao Wei Laochen Group, and in the years before the Gaoping Ling Incident, he was able to pressure Sima Yi to make concessions.
It is not easy to explain this person.
At the beginning of their joint service, the two had already started to fight. Cao Shuang's first step was to express his respect for the senior Sima Yi and believed that he was not worthy of equal respect with Sima Yi. Therefore, he respected Sima Yi as the Great Sima and insisted that Sima Yi should be promoted to a higher official position.
One by oneself.
But it wasn't over yet. As soon as this issue was raised, Cao Shuang manipulated public opinion and said that the position of this Great Sima was too unlucky. All the previous Great Sima's died in office, so he promoted Sima Yi by one more and respected him as Tai.
Fu.
Because under the political system at that time, the rank of Taifu was too high, and it was always a false position, so you, senior Sima, should not get involved in specific work. This is really disrespectful to the country. So, Sima Yi was promoted to a high-level official
Being squeezed out of the chancellery means losing the decision-making power on specific administrative matters.
However, at this time, Sima Yi still had military power in his hands and still commanded half of the imperial army. What did Cao Shuang do at this time? He gave Sima Yi a series of rights such as entering the court not to follow, to praise and worship without fame, and to go to the palace with swords and shoes like the story of Xiao He of the Han Dynasty.
Even weddings and funerals in his family are paid for by the state.
It was not too late, and his eldest son, Sima Shi, was appointed as the regular servant of the cavalry, three of his descendants were made as marquises, and four of his descendants were made as cavalry captains, etc. Sima Yi was not stupid, so he naturally refused in various ways, but it was useless, and in the end he could only let his disciples
The official was not allowed to show his low profile, so he suffered the loss of being dumb.
Two years later, Sun Quan launched a four-pronged attack on Wei. This gave the 63-year-old Sima Yi a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. He took the initiative to apply to preside over the war against Wu to ensure that his power to "control the military forces as before" would not be violated.
Cao Shuang looked for trouble and took it away. As a result, before Sima Yi arrived at the battlefield, the Wu army was frightened and ran away when they heard that he was coming.
A few years later, Cao Shuang has gradually placed his two younger brothers in the Central Leading Army (responsible for the defense of the palace) and the Central Guarding Army (responsible for the defense of the capital outside the palace). At this point, the defense of the capital has been completed.
The hand of Cao Shuang.
Recording the affairs of the ministers is the administrative decision-making power; the entire military power of the capital is the basis for protecting the power. Since almost all the family members and heirs of the country's senior generals are in the capital, it also has a great advantage in guaranteeing the loyalty of the country's generals.
At this time, Sima Yi had actually been defeated in the war at the center of power. What he could still do in the past few years was to send troops to quell the rebellion, send troops to scare off the enemy troops who invaded Wei, and so on.
However, after Cao Shuang took control of the government for four years, a small problem arose. Zhao Yan, the veteran minister who succeeded Sima Yi in guarding Guanzhong, insisted on retiring. Cao Shuang had no choice but to send his cousin Xia Houxuan to take over. What was Xia Houxuan's original position?
Guard the army.
So this time Sima Yi made a decisive move and gave this position to his son Sima Shi.
The question is, how could Cao Shuang agree? There is no record in the history books, but it can be reasonably speculated: Xiahou Xuan is going to be the governor of Guanzhong, and Guanzhong is Sima Yi’s old territory. Almost all the generals in Guanzhong have been Sima Yi’s subordinates for many years. Zhao Yan was basically
If you don't move when you command, you don't even have Xiahou Xuan hair, but you still think they will give you a good look?
At this time, Cao Shuang was already considering conquering Shu. If it was done in the hands of his cousin Xia Houxuan, then Cao Shuang would definitely be credited first, followed by Xia Houxuan himself. Therefore, there is a high probability that Cao Shuang and Sima Yi reached some kind of agreement as a result.
In a compromise, Sima Yi came to endorse Xiahou Xuan, while Cao Shuang and his family handed over the position of the Central Guard Army to Sima Division.
This compromise of personnel changes was because on the one hand Cao Shuang believed that he had mastered the power and it would be okay to give it up a little. What he wanted was to destroy the country externally; on the other hand, Sima Yi had already determined to fight back.
As a result, Cao Shuang failed in his expedition to Shu and suffered heavy losses, and there were widespread complaints in Guanzhong. After returning, Cao Shuang did not become stupid. He became vigilant and assigned one of the three battalions of the Forbidden Army under the command of the Zhonghu Army to the Zhongling Army. Sima Yi expressed objections, but
The objection was ineffective and Sima Yi had no choice.
This army actually belonged to Sima Yi's direct lineage when he was entrusted with the orphan. Who would have expected that he would not be able to save it at this time. In 247, Sima Yi's first wife passed away, and Sima Division had no choice but to keep filial piety. At this time, he also lost the non-direct lineage military power of the Central Guard Army.
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So, Cao Shuang took the opportunity to launch the final attack on the Sima family, moving the Queen Mother Guo to Yongning Palace, cutting off the opportunity for her to meet the young emperor - the Guo family and the Sima family were allies, and the Queen Mother Guo was a member of the Sima family after her father.
The vanguard, this is a long story, so I won’t mention it.
At this point, Sima Yi's last power in the court was blocked, and he was forced to "get sick" after being a model worker all his life, and he no longer interfered with all military and political affairs. Cao Shuang could be said to have achieved a great victory at this moment, and he specialized in government affairs from then on, and at the same time, he was satisfied and began to
All kinds of extravagant and lustful sex.
At this time, Cao Shuang checked Sima Yi, his old rival, for the last time and sent someone to visit the veteran cadre. As a result, Sima Yi showed his actor-level acting skills. He could even shake half of his body off when a servant fed him porridge. Cao Shuang was finally relieved, and his arrogance and extravagance doubled again.
, and the Sima family’s opportunity came.
Sima Shi - yes, it was Sima Shi, not Sima Yi - showed his awesomeness at this time. He served as the Central Guards for three years. In addition to controlling the imperial guards outside the palace, the Central Guards also had another person who could
The power to promote junior military attachés.
Sima Shi was different from his two predecessors. His predecessor, Jiang Ji, sold his official positions and titles just to make money. His predecessor, Xia Houxuan, only promoted people in his circle to expand his network and make progress. Only Sima Shi promoted a group of people from ordinary backgrounds but with real talents.
A subordinate of military merit.
Why promote these people? Because they dare to fight but have no basis for status. If they want to complete a class jump in life, they can only rely on the Sima Master and the Sima family!
Therefore, there is this sentence in the later "Book of Jin: Chronicles of Emperor Jing": The emperor's Yin raised three thousand dead men and scattered them in the world.
On the eve of the coup, Sima Yi, who knew that the second day was the memorial day for the late emperor, decided to take action. He discussed with Sima Shi, Sima Zhao and others to complete the plan and make a plan. Late at night, Sima Yi sent someone to check what his two sons were doing. As a result, Sima Zhao was
Tossing and turning, Master Sima snored loudly.
Sima Yi knew that even though he was already seventy years old, the Sima family would not have to worry about his future, because Master Sima had this ability! He could quietly raise three thousand dead men, and he could sleep peacefully on the eve of the coup. This is what he should be careful about.
Be careful, be bold where you should be, and great things will happen.
The next day, Sima Division's three thousand dead soldiers showed up one by one without alerting any of Cao Shuang's spies. They gathered at Sima's house and Sima Yi felt more at ease.
Then, while Cao Shuang accompanied Cao Fang from Luoyang to Gaopingling to visit the grave, Sima Yi personally led three thousand dead soldiers to capture the arsenal, armed the dead soldiers who had no armor and only light weapons, and then sent Sima Division to capture Sima Gate (the entrance to the palace), and
Immediately obtained the decree from Queen Mother Guo, giving the coup at least a nominally reasonable and legal basis.
At this time, Sima Yi ascended the throne and shouted, and many elders of the three and four dynasties of Cao Wei immediately stood on his side. However, there were still accidents. For example, the great Sinong Huanfan took the military talisman and escaped from Luoyang, and immediately suggested
Cao Shuang took advantage of the tiger talisman and the emperor in his hands, and issued an edict to order soldiers and horses to attack the traitor Sima Yi.
However, Cao Shuang accepted the persuasion of Xu Yun and Chen Tai to surrender, and rejected Huan Fan's suggestion. Why did Cao Shuang not listen to Huan Fan's suggestion to attack Sima Yi, but chose to surrender without mercy?
This is something I have never understood when watching novels and TV series: Sima Yi only had three thousand dead soldiers as his base. Even if all the veterans in the city fell in love with him because of his rise to power, so what?
The emperor and the military symbols are all here, and he can give orders to the kings of the world. You are just a city of Luoyang, and the total forbidden army does not exceed 6,000 (Cao Shuang must have taken some with him when he went to Gaopingling). If you add the 3,000 dead soldiers, it will never exceed 10,000. He
Cao Shuang can mobilize all the armies from all over the world to come to serve the king... Even if Guanzhong is not included, there are still hundreds of thousands of them. There are at least 100,000 of them just close to Luoyang. They can definitely kill Sima Yi in turn.
However, Cao Shuang was scared.
What is his reason? There are two main points: First, Sima Yi has never taken risks in his life. Since he took action this time, he must have a perfect plan. Even if he has the military talisman in hand, will those troops really come to fight?
If Sima Yi fights, there is no chance that the first person who comes to King Qin will kill is Cao Shuang.
This is entirely possible in Cao Shuang's opinion, because the person standing opposite him is Sima Yi.
Secondly, Sima Yi pointed at Luoshui and promised in front of everyone in the world that he would not kill Cao Shuang.
This is the one that makes future generations think Cao Shuang is a fool the most when they read and watch movies, because how can you believe such a big thing just because of someone else's promise? Isn't this something wrong with your brain?
But this question is actually very simple, just because the person who swore the oath was Sima Yi.
What does a coup need to be successful? Generally speaking, of course, you need to control the imperial army, control the emperor, and intimidate all the officials, so that all these people can endorse your coup, and then you can succeed.
However, one of the most hidden factors has been overlooked here: prestige.
Not everyone can launch a coup casually. After launching a coup, everyone will immediately judge two crucial things: Can you succeed? Do you deserve to succeed?
Whether you can or not depends on how you usually feel to them. Simply put, it depends on whether you are reliable or not.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Whether you are worthy or not depends on the charisma you usually display. Simply put, it means whether you are qualified or not.
If we look at "whether we can" and "whether we deserve it" in a unified way, there is nothing more than two words: prestige.
Sima Yi has unparalleled prestige in the world, so once he completes the three major events of occupying the arsenal, capturing the palace, and obtaining Yi's decree in the city, countless veterans will immediately come forward to support him. Because the veterans know that Sima Yi is reliable, once he takes action,
It will happen.
Sima Yi had unparalleled prestige in the world, so he swore at the Luoshui River in front of everyone in the world that he would not kill Cao Shuang. Cao Shuang believed it immediately. Because Cao Shuang believed that Sima Yi would not make fun of the prestige he had accumulated throughout his life.
If you don't keep your word and make money by breaking your promise, you have already gained security.
So, what would happen if we take the example of the Gaopingling Incident into the present?
Take a look at the current situation in southern Xinjiang: Militarily, all major garrison forces are controlled by Gao Jingjing’s cronies, including the Nanyang Fleet, which currently spends most of its troops stationed in Southeast Asia. Almost all armed forces are in the hands of Gao Jingjing.
Although Huang Zhiting, who is actually in the position of "supervisor of the country", is Gao Yuan's biological mother, she only gives orders based on the "heron pattern" authorized by Gao pragmatically. She does not enjoy the power of appointing and removing personnel, nor does she enjoy the power of commanding the military. She can only go through "
The "Southern Xinjiang Garrison Military Command" enjoys a certain degree of troop deployment power.
However, the reason why the Military Command Department obeys Huang Zhiting's orders is still because of the "Heron Bird Pattern". Almost all generals at all levels in the Military Command Department are from high-pragmatic clansmen or servants.
The military command department will only act in accordance with high pragmatic orders.
Gao Pragmatic didn't say just now that the Huben Army could not obey the orders of the Military Command. That means that even if the Huben Army was reorganized into a separate "Southern Xinjiang Imperial Guard", its superior orders would still come from the Military Command.
So, is it possible for Gao Yuan to turn the Huben Army into the three thousand dead soldiers of the Sima Division, not to take orders from the military headquarters but only to himself? Then we might as well take a look at what Gao Jingshi just gave the other three members of the Huben Army.
Personnel arrangements have been made for important positions.
Just now Gao pragmatically said that the Huben Army's "Commander is Gao Yuan, Deputy Commander Gao Jue, Chief Xuanzheng is Cao Ke, and Chief of Staff is Gao Lian."
Let’s first look at the deputy commander, who is Gao Jue? Gao Pingshi went south to serve as the “guard captain” who accompanied him during the patrol in Guangxi, and was the first commander of the “Tshenglong Garrison”, the first garrison established by Beijing after capturing Annan.
Because the Beijing garrison system has job rotation regulations, Gao Jue has served as commander of four of the six garrison corps, and also served as deputy minister of the Military Command Department.
If there is anyone among the army generals in Southern Xinjiang who is Gao Jingshi’s oldest confidant, it must be Gao Jue. With his qualifications, he is appointed as the deputy commander of the Huben Army. On the one hand, he is naturally to assist Gao Yuan.
Obviously, he is also supervising Gao Yuan not to mess around - messing up at all levels.
Looking at the Chief Xuan again, Cao Ke was assigned to this position. The Chief Xuan said earlier that this high and pragmatic position was also assigned to the Imperial Guard. It is equivalent to a political commissar to a certain extent. There is no need to explain what a political commissar does.
, among other things, he is obviously responsible for the ideological work of the entire army.
So, who is Cao Ke? The son of Cao Gan of Jinghua Trading Company, Gao Pragmatic was a book boy in his early years. He once took him to Guangxi and is the current commercial secretary of the Secretariat. There is no doubt that although Cao Ke is young, he is also a veteran confidant.
And he has been with Gao Pragmatic for many years.
Let him be responsible for the ideological work of the Huben Army. If the Huben Army still loves the young master more than the master, then it can only be said that Cao Ke has deteriorated more and more over the years, and is a complete waste.
Finally, looking at the chief of staff, this position is assigned to Gao Lian. The name Gao Lian may be unfamiliar, but it was given by Gao Pragmatic for the second time in accordance with Jinghua’s custom after he made great achievements. His original name was
Gao Silian.
Who is Gao Silian? He rose to prominence during the Battle of Bago under the command of Huang Zhiting. Before that, his position was "First Class Military Staff Officer of the Consulate General of the Three Towns of Guangnan and also the Huaying Colonization Envoy".
At that time, the three towns under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Quang Nam in Annan were Nie An, Hue, and Quang Nam. Among them, the garrison task of Nie An in the north was not the responsibility of the Jingang garrison, but was handled by the Congdu Commandery Division.
Ruan Juan, who is seconded to the garrison, is in charge. Of course, government affairs are under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General.
The remaining two towns of Hue and Quang Nam are the garrison areas of the Golden Port Garrison. However, the Golden Port Garrison not only guards these two towns, it also undertakes another task, which is to develop southward.
The so-called "exploitation" is of course put it in a nice way. In fact, the Consulate General set up a special position called "colonization envoy" in accordance with Gao's pragmatic orders, which was filled by people in the garrison who were "suitable for both military and political affairs."
The mission of this colonization envoy was to lead a small number of garrison troops and locally trained "colonization regiments" to explore new territories in Huaying and Nanpan in the south. At that time, Huaying and Nanpan both had local independent political powers, but the system
It is extremely ancient, and in familiar words it is similar to the "tribal alliance elders' political system".
This makes it very clear. The so-called colonization is actually conquest by force, economic bribery, and political taming. The "colonization group" is actually composed of various Ming people such as Han, Tong, and Hakka who immigrated.
A semi-civilian militarized group, equivalent to a private colonial army in Europe to some extent, but with an official background.
Gao Silian, the Chinese and British colonial envoy, did an extremely good job. In less than two years, he gathered and trained a colonization regiment of nearly 4,000 people with only a 300-person garrison as the core. At the same time, he also
Through means such as disintegration and defeat, the local temporary tribal alliance in Huaying was successfully defeated, and the Huaying land was actually obtained for Jinghua.
Huaying is roughly equivalent to the land of a government. Considering that Gao Silian only had 300 regular troops in his hands at the time, this credit is certainly very valuable.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After he was transferred to accompany Huang Zhiting in the crusade against Myanmar, Huang Zhiting saw that he had rich experience in organizing "semi-military groups" and was good at communicating with various local natives.
Therefore, he was temporarily appointed as the acting commander of the Bago Guard Army, and he was responsible for commanding the 30,000 new Mon troops who had defected to Beijing at that time as a bare commander.
Gao Silian was indeed very resourceful. He relied on the fact that he and Gao Sijin, the commander of the Second Division of the Jinggang Guard Army, were both refugees recruited by Gao Pingshi at Wei Hui's rescue. He just "seconded" nearly a hundred low-level and young people from Gao Sijin.
Many Han officers were added to the command system of the Bago Garrison, and they quickly gained better control over this unit.
Soon after, Gao Silian made great achievements in the Battle of Bago [Note: For details, please refer to Volume 4, Chapter 275, Battle of Bago]. From then on, Gao Silian held this position for a long time until he was rotated according to regulations.
During this period, he trained more than 90% of the local Bago garrison cadets from the Mon ethnic group into a hard-core Beijing-based armed force with more than 70% of them becoming "naturalized Han Chinese". This achievement alone is extremely rare - as mentioned before
However, there are mandatory requirements for locals in southern Xinjiang to become naturalized Han Chinese. In addition to passing the Chinese language test, various meritorious services are absolutely necessary.
In short, due to various merits, Gao Silian was finally renamed Gao Lian by Gao Pragmatic in accordance with the usual practice. Of course, due to job rotation, Gao Lian is no longer the commander of the Bago Guard Army at this moment.
He was the commander of the Phnom Penh Guard Army at the time, and was also appointed as the "Tonle Sap Military Envoy" by Siamese Prime Minister Kao Mengnan. He was also responsible for the military settlement of more than 20,000 hectares of fertile land around Tonle Sap Lake, the largest lake in Cambodia.
I wonder if Gao Mengnan did this because he once served as a colonial envoy?
However, this appointment should be said to be very successful, because he also performed outstandingly in this position. The huge amount of rice that Kafei asked Gao Pragmatic to transfer to Japan was transferred directly from Gao Lian, and Gao Lian
He didn't even frown after receiving the order. Even if he had a glimpse, it was known that he had saved a large amount of food for Jinghua in Cambodia.
Such a person, like Gao Jue, is a highly pragmatic servant. He has climbed to a high position step by step with his many years of hard work. It can be said that he must be capable and loyal. For him to serve as the chief of staff of the Huben Army means a transfer.
All orders related to the army are indispensable without his participation. In this way, wouldn't all Gao Yuan's military orders be as pragmatic as if they were seen in person?
With this arrangement, Gao Yuan seems to have great power in the Huben Army, but in fact it is just like Xia Houxuan who went to Guanzhong before the battle between Cao Shuang and Sima Yi. He was nominally the number one, but without the "senior" behind him
"Nodding, he actually can't move anyone, and no matter what orders he gives, he can't get out of his central army commander's tent, Baihu Jietang.
Of course, the person behind Gao Yuan is Gao Jingshi, his biological father, and his relationship with Xia Houxuan and Sima Yi is completely different. At least as long as Gao Yuan does not do anything particularly egregious, it is basically impossible for Gao Jue to interfere. But Gao Jue
, Cao Ke, and Gao Lian are all Gao Pragmatic's confidants. They are well aware of Gao Pragmatic's style and habits. They must mainly assist and observe Gao Yuan. It is impossible to jump out to find trouble for Gao Yuan - only stupid people.
Only people would do such stupid things.
From all these reasons, Gao Pragmatic, no matter in name or in reality, does not have to worry about the so-called sensitive military power issues at all, not to mention that in addition to direct military power control, Gao Pragmatic has other means to control southern Xinjiang and control military forces such as the garrison.
It has been said a long time ago that the garrison does not have its own armed logistics system. All its logistics rely on the centralized deployment of the entire Jinghua Group. No single garrison has comprehensive capabilities.
I just said that Gao Lian is now also in charge of the military camps around Tonle Sap Lake. It can be said that if the Phnom Penh garrison rebels, they have military ration reserves, but this does not hinder the effectiveness of the previous sentence, because they only have military rations. They do not
Pay, no guns, no swords, no gunpowder, no armor, no...nothing else anyway.
Another example is the Jinggang Garrison. There are many Jinghua industrial enterprises near their station. If they rebel, they have guns and even a large amount of steel and projectiles. But so what, they have no gunpowder supplies, and all their guns and guns are just for fire.
They also had no sticks, let alone other war necessities.
In short, no garrison has the material basis to rebel on its own. Even if they completely obtain their own jurisdiction, or even capture a nearby garrison jurisdiction, they still cannot be completely self-sufficient, and there will inevitably be a shortage of certain necessary supplies.
Unless someone can change the six major garrison armies in southern Xinjiang at once... But this doesn't completely solve everything, because the vital gunpowder is still a problem.
Southern Xinjiang is very lacking in sulfur mines that have been mined on a large scale. Even in terms of reserves, the area with the most sulfur mines is in Indonesia in later generations, that is, the Nanyang Islands. However, not long after the Nanyang Islands were acquired, Gao Pragmatic had only just sent people to explore, leaving
Large-scale mining is really not even a word.
Therefore, although the military strength in southern Xinjiang is strong now, it relies heavily on the sulfur mines provided by the Ming Dynasty and Japan [currently mainly relying on the Shimadzu family]. Needless to say, these two production areas are all highly pragmatic, not to mention
For transportation, we must also rely on Jinghua’s two ocean fleets.
In other words, it is not enough for the six major garrison forces to change their flags together. Even if the Ming Dynasty is not concerned, at least the two ocean fleets and the Shimadzu family must be controlled. If someone is so powerful, then Gao Pragmatic just buy a piece of tofu and kill him to avoid embarrassment.
It's revealed.
Besides, as I said when I talked about the Gaoping Ling Incident, you need prestige to do this kind of thing, you need other people who may follow you to think that you can win as soon as you make a move, and they also need to think that you are worthy of this huge foundation.
This kind of prestige, within the Jinghua system, does not matter in the Ming Dynasty or in southern Xinjiang and Nanyang. Who else has this kind of prestige except Gao Pragmatism?
Really not. Not even Huang Zhiting.
Some people may say that at the time of Liu Bang, wasn't Empress Lu extremely powerful? But Empress Lu and Huang Zhiting are really different. Even if they don't take into account the differences in their personalities, their situations are also different. Where does Empress Lu's power come from? It's really
Liu Bang is afraid of her? Of course not.
The Lu family is actually an important base for Liu Bang's rebellion. The greater the power Liu Bang controls, the more power the Lu family gains. The word "Zhu Lu" can explain the size of the Lu family, especially Empress Lu.
His elder brother, Lu Gong's eldest son Lu Ze, was an outstanding man who had made numerous military exploits along the way. His men had considerable strength, and he was the kind of person Liu Bang would never be stupid enough to force a rebellion.
Therefore, the foundation of Queen Lu’s huge power is not how powerful she is personally (of course she is also powerful personally), but the key is the overall strength of the Lu family as a descendant!
Huang Zhiting's personal military exploits are of course very impressive, and her prestige in southern Xinjiang is not low, but Huang Zhiting's basic base is completely incomparable to that of Empress Lu. Even if the entire Huang family is included, she can't cause much trouble in front of Beijing.
What’s more, Huang Zhiting took the initiative to limit Huang’s expansion early on.
The Ming Dynasty was different from the late Qin and early Han dynasties. At that time, Empress Lu wanted to keep the Lu family prosperous, so she could only find a way to let the Lu family gain more rights.
What about Huang Zhiting? She was originally dissatisfied with her natal family, and because of her background, she always wanted to show that she had the magnanimity to be a good wife of the Gao family. Therefore, she was not only cautious about the exercise of power, but also strictly restricted her natal family's hands.
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In her opinion, as long as she is a good wife, Gao Yuan's status will not be in great danger. On this basis, and relying on Gao Yuan to perform well, no matter how big her husband's foundation is, he will eventually be defeated.
Being succeeded by Gao Yuan, there is no need to engage in any conspiracy at all.
In the final analysis, she had no ambitions, she just wanted to ensure her son's future. This goal itself was far from Empress Lu's.
Everyone was silent for a long time. Huang Zhiting, as the most directly related person, took the initiative to stand up and bowed slightly to Gao Pragmatic: "Since the master has already considered everything, how can I dare to question it? Naturally, there is nothing I can't do."
As soon as she opened her mouth, Liu Xin relaxed and smiled and said: "What the master said is absolutely true, and what the madam said is absolutely true."
Gao Mo just bowed slightly and said softly: "Old slave, naturally I only obey the orders of the master."
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PS: It’s hard to separate this chapter, so I might as well combine it into two. Although according to the experience of many authors, publishing large chapters will greatly affect the data, but what the heck, I don’t have much data anyway, so I love so and so.
