Chapter 283: Zhengguoben (82) Factions in Southern Xinjiang
The discussion of the Western Expedition has come to an end for now.
The two of them were silent for a while. Liu Xin sighed and asked, "It's almost time to go south after I finish writing this letter. Do you have anything else to explain to Yuan'er?"
Gao pragmatic was silent for a moment, and said calmly: "I have nothing to explain to him. You know my intention of letting him go to southern Xinjiang, so at least I will not interfere too much with his behavior. I just want to observe
Give him a break. As for letting him raise his family in southern Xinjiang, haha, this is just Zhiting's idea, and I have no attitude towards it.
As for this battle, it is essentially just a way for me to appease the military radicals in southern Xinjiang - of course, there is a group of people behind these people who also advocate heading west, I know that, but I have no intention of getting entangled in this matter."
Liu Xin pondered: "Besides the military, is there anyone pushing for the westward expansion of southern Xinjiang?"
"Of course, otherwise it's just the military, and they wouldn't dare to express such expectations to me." Gao pragmatically adjusted his sitting posture, leaned comfortably in the depths of the Taishi chair, and sneered: "Remember what I just said?
,'The root of all problems is economic problems'.
Southern Xinjiang is a testing ground. The current political, economic, and military systems there are unprecedented, and the social level is also extremely complex. Therefore, some of the problems it faces are naturally unprecedented, and they require me to skillfully maintain and slowly change them.
Let’s talk about politics first. The current political system in Southern Xinjiang can be said to be the most unique. I retained the original kingdoms, but took away their real power and handed it over to the Jinghua Group. This formed the current Southern Xinjiang.
This is a federal system in name only - of course, a federation with a strong central government and weak local governments.
Under such a federation, political power is essentially highly centralized, but since I cannot be in southern Xinjiang all the time, I can only let Zhiting sit in charge. However, in this era, Zhiting's sitting in power itself will lead to power
Weakening, that is, she is afraid or unwilling to make decisions on the spot for many things, and has to write to Beijing to ask for my permission... What do you think this will lead to?"
Liu Xin had not thought much about this kind of problem before, but she was very keen to discover that Gao Pragmatic seemed to mean to say these words to her today. Although she didn't know why, it was definitely important.
Liu Xin carefully replied: "I'm not sure, but...maybe it's because the power center in southern Xinjiang, although powerful, is somewhat weakened?"
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Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "You don't need to be so cautious. Actually, what you want to say is that although the political power in southern Xinjiang is powerful, it leaves the highest power at the executive level undetermined."
"It's about Sister Zhiting, even I can't be too straightforward." Liu Xin smiled bitterly and said: "Since you want to break this point, I have to ask clearly, do you still have doubts about her, or do you still have doubts about her?
Do you still have any reservations?
Hey, let me state in advance that I don't think it is necessary, because no matter how I look at it, I don't think she has such a need, and in fact, she has been extremely cautious not to touch some things that may lead to misunderstanding.
Red Line.”
"I don't doubt it." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "The Ming Dynasty is not the Tang Dynasty, and Neo-Confucianism has been imprisoned for too long. From an ideological perspective, there is no soil for the emergence of martial arts. And from an interest perspective, it can maintain the entire southern Xinjiang.
Among all the powerful people, I am the only one.
You think, the economic circles in Southern Xinjiang need the Ming Dynasty’s domestic economy that I control to complement them. Without me, the economic cycle in Southern Xinjiang will be broken immediately, and no one knows what the consequences will be;
The top military officials are either my servants, or generals I have conquered, and some are my relatives. They are inseparable from me in terms of personal identity, and the basis of their power is their relationship with me. And with this
At the same time, the military's biggest reliance is on the army, but the two armies in southern Xinjiang, whether land or sea, are inseparable from the supply system I have built, and they can only insist on being loyal to me;
As for the political circles, almost all of them come from my Gao family's clan members or their sons and daughters, and as far as I know, they have now formed several factions... This is very interesting, but it is not a bad thing to me.
Over in the main house, my elder brother Wu Zi is ineffective, but his second brother Meng Nan is a prudent man and is very important to me. He has been the Prime Minister of Siam for so many years and is very prestigious in Dingnan politics. Of course, if he hadn't just
My uncle is an adopted son, and I will not let him stay in this position for a long time without rotation.
Although he has talent and qualifications, he does not have enough status, so Rui Chu, the eldest son of Dafang, has become the key person to be trained by Dafang. I am quite optimistic about this nephew, so I made him the escrow leader of Ryuga.
The first patrol envoy watched over the Longya Strait, a traffic artery, for me.
The second brother is a bit pitiful. Although his second brother Kunihiko has always controlled the Kyoho Bank, it is a pity that he is the only one in the second family. One of his two sons died young and the other has just grown up and has not had time to form any influence. Of course, he has the financial power of Kyoto
As long as he is in charge, all factions will not dare to offend him.
The third brother, Wu Guan, is the heir of my second brother Wu Guan. Currently, he is only an idle official in the capital and has the least influence at all. However, Wu Guan is the heir of my third uncle. There is a memorial tablet of Wen Zhenggong at home, so everyone also
Don't dare disrespect him.
His children are still young, but he has already told me that if they fail to do well in the exams in the future, they will still have to ask me to arrange them in Beijing... But that is all for the future, and there is nothing to say for the time being.
The fourth brother died young, so I won’t talk about it. The fifth brother was a businessman, and he originally did a good job in Jinyiwei. Unfortunately, for the sake of appeasing the emperor, I made the fifth brother quit his job. He is an honest man, and he feels that he has done a good job.
After passing Jin Yiwei, I couldn't come back to Beijing to work, so I just asked my children to follow me.
His eldest son is Gao Qi, who has done a good job as intelligence secretary. Uncle Mo has told me several times that he hopes Gao Qi will succeed him, and I plan to wait another year or two to do it. Gao Qi is a smart man and knows
His position is sensitive, but he never forms cliques, but his younger brothers are quite interesting...
His second brother Gao Chun and third brother Gao Pu are currently hanging out with Wuqin [Note: Gao Pragmatic's third brother.] in Nanyang. It is said that Gao Chun is relatively honest and has good administrative skills, while Gao Pu is a Tai Sui and suppresses the local natives.
They killed a lot of people... I haven't seen these two nephews for several years. Next time they come back to Beijing to visit, I will have to observe them closely.
Gao Qi also has a fourth brother, Gao Zhang, who is underage, so we won’t talk about it for now. In short, the Wufang family is very smart. They did not form a faction of their own, but stayed close to Wuqin... Let’s see about it in the future.”
Gao Jingshi didn't know why, but when he said this, he smiled suddenly and said: "Then there are some of my younger brothers. The second brother Wu Guan just said it, no need to say it again. The third brother Wu Qin was once in charge of Jingang, and later in Nan
He has been on duty twice, and now he is the Boni Patrol Envoy [Note: Jinghua’s Boni Patrol Envoy has jurisdiction over the entire Kalimantan Island.].
Wuqin has a relatively stable character. I have always liked to use him to colonize new territories. But in the past, he was a bit too kind and was a bit procrastinating in doing many things. Now it is better. Gao Pu is under his command and he can do many things that require toughness.
They rushed over and did it, which accelerated the progress of Boni's immigration and development work, and the "Sanye Sect" has begun to form.
However, the overall development level of Boni is still too low. He, the patrol envoy, has few soldiers, and a colonization regiment of ten thousand people is nothing in southern Xinjiang. The Nanyang Garrison Army has been mentioned before.
I plan to assign him a division (town). Once these people are obtained, his "San Ye Sect" will be worth seeing.
Fourth brother Wu Jian, this guy is a killer. When he went to Taiwan to colonize, he killed some uncivilized natives too harshly. I even gave him strict instructions several times. But looking back, maybe what he did was not completely justified.
Bad thing, at least the immigration resettlement work in Taiwan went very smoothly after that... How many Han Chinese and naturalized Han people are there in Taiwan now?"
Liu Xin said without hesitation: "According to the report at the end of last year, there are now about 540,000 Han Chinese and naturalized Han Chinese in Taiwan."
"Well, you did a good job. I remember that the population of Taiwan was only 200,000 during the Ming and Zheng Dynasties in the original history. Now it is almost three times that number." Gao Jingshi nodded with satisfaction and said, "But this guy
Now that he is no longer in Taiwan, he transferred him to serve as a patrol envoy to the Philippines, so that he can continue to use his expertise."
"You performed well." Liu Xin flattened his mouth and said: "In the middle of last year, when you were still fighting in Korea, a rebellion broke out in Mindanao. Gao Wujian did not wait for the army to gather, and only took Fubo City [Note: That is Manila, Gao Wujian changed
His three thousand soldiers immediately sailed south and landed on Mindanao. Because they went so fast, it was like a divine force descending from the sky. The rebels were not expecting it. He defeated the 40,000 rebels in one fell swoop. His performance was outstanding."
Gao pragmatic nodded, but still said with some dissatisfaction: "The battle was good, but his tribe wiped out three leading indigenous tribes and killed almost 100,000 people. This is too much.
Originally, as long as Jinghua handled it well, these people could become naturalized Han Chinese after a period of time. Now that he has done this, Mindanao has become a hidden danger. It may take at least two generations to heal the war memories of the local indigenous people."
Liu Xin said: "There are good and bad things. The Luzon Islands originally had a large population, but the level of Chineseization was far less than that of the countries in southern Xinjiang, so assimilation was relatively difficult. Now being killed by Gao Wujian has shocked many tribes.
Now they all act obediently according to Jinghua's rules. Those who should learn Chinese learn Chinese, and no one dares to refuse those who should send hostages to Fubo City. This has accelerated the process of Chineseization to a certain extent... I think the merit is greater than the merit.
Passed."
Gao pragmatic changed the topic back and said: "In short, he can be considered a force now, so just think of him as the 'Fourth Master Party'... But the people who have joined his sect are generally more murderous. I have to find him."
Take some time out of it and send it to other places."
Liu Xin couldn't help but rolled her eyes and said to herself that you just criticized Gao Wujian for killing too harshly, and then later said that you would take people from his subordinates and use them elsewhere. Doesn't this still mean that you also think that some places must kill a group of people?
?
Originally, the civilization level of some tribes in remote areas in Southeast Asia was so low that they were almost still in the cannibal stage. As long as you dare to go to these "people", they will either kill you or you will kill them. What's the point?
Does that make sense? Can we all kill each other together and then share the flesh and eat it?
At this time, Gao pragmatic continued: "Then there is the fifth brother Wuzhong. This boy has a somewhat withdrawn personality. He is neither willing to serve as an official nor go to Beijing to start a business. He has been staying in Xinzheng. He said that all the brothers in the family have come out.
No, it’s better to leave him alone to fulfill his filial piety... How much do you think his words are true?"
Liu Xin shook his head and said: "How can I comment on this kind of thing? But these years he has stayed in Xinzheng, and every time he worships ancestors, he represents Liufang. I look at him and he is about to become a sect leader...
...Well, this shouldn’t be a bad thing, after all, if he doesn’t do things, he won’t have real power.”
"That's true." Gao pragmatic nodded, and said: "Then there are the sixth and seventh brothers. I have kept them by my side for many years. They were both intern secretaries and then confidential secretaries. This time
Shen has always been a mastermind, so I asked them to each be responsible for a lot of things. As long as they can complete it properly, it will be time to let them go.
However, after all, I am still a secretary now, and I have not formed any influence, so I am still not a faction. Well, where do you think it is more appropriate to put the two of them at that time?"
Liu Xin frowned and said: "Why do you sound like you are deliberately trying to get your cousins and brothers to form a group of people and form several factions? I thought you just said this to mean that you know this.
The situation, I just don’t want to solve it for the time being...Why does it sound like you are pushing it on purpose?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed and said: "I am pushing it, otherwise why are there these arrangements?"
Liu Xin looked surprised and said in confusion: "That's strange. What's the purpose of doing this? Don't say you want to be 'Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan'? I don't think it's wrong at all. Regardless of your respective personalities, you brothers,
But at least no one is stupid enough to think that they can fight you, there is no point in doing so."
Gao pragmatic shook his head and smiled: "Of course it doesn't make sense now, but maybe it will make sense in a few years?"
"In a few years?" Liu Xin said with disbelief written all over her face: "In a few years, Jinghua will become more powerful and your status within the Ming Dynasty will be higher. Even if they have their heads full of water, they will never dare to covet you.
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"Why do you have to do it to me?" Gao Pingshi blinked and said, "The Buddha arranged so many demons and monsters on the way to obtain scriptures. Is it to wait for them to grow bigger and overthrow the Lingshan Mountain in the future?"
"Oh...I understand!" Liu Xin suddenly realized: "No matter how powerful the demons and ghosts on the road are, it is impossible to overthrow Lingshan. Their mission is to cause trouble for the Buddhist scripture seekers, and they will make it ninety-nine and eighty-one.
This proves that this Buddhist scripture seeker is destined by destiny...
Haha, we have been making trouble for a long time, and you have all arranged these brothers to make trouble for Yuan'er in the future? Interesting, interesting, but this move... tsk tsk."
"Of course I'm not arranging so many people just to cause trouble for Yuan'er." Gao pragmatically pursed his lips, squinting at Liu Xin and said: "Chun'er will also face some of them in the future, so don't do it then.
Come to me to beg for mercy..."
Liu Xin's eyes widened and she was about to speak, but after thinking about it, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"I don't know how! Well, it sounds fun. Now I'm a little anxious to watch the show."
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