Rarely, Liu Xin expressed doubts about Gao Pragmatic's strategic planning opinion. While looking at the map, she thought: "Why should we take over Bangladesh and acquire ports in the South Asian subcontinent in steps? I
I believe that these two things will not interfere with each other and can be carried out at the same time. From a time point of view, it is necessary to start planning for the port in advance."
Although Gao Pragmatic has received fewer and fewer objections in recent years, both from the court and within the Jinghua system, it does not mean that he is used to being arbitrary.
The thinking developed in his previous life is like a steel seal, deeply engraved in his subconscious. He knows that he is far from perfect and will definitely make mistakes, so he will never use a "you" in any situation.
"What do you know" to treat different opinions arrogantly.
On the contrary, precisely because he can get fewer and fewer objections now, he is more cautious. Once objections arise, he will seriously reflect on whether he has really missed something.
"Zhuge was cautious in his life, but Lu Duan was not confused in important matters."
Gao Pragmatic has a clear understanding of himself. He is not a genius. What he is better than the princes of the dynasty is nothing more than hundreds of years of historical insights and some principles proven by countless predecessors, such as the 'dichotomy theory', 'criticism and
Self-criticism', etc., so the more outstanding he is, the more he reminds himself: Don't be conceited, don't be complacent, it's not that you are pragmatic or awesome, you just stand on the shoulders of giants, don't let yourself fall from the shoulders of giants.
Go down!
Zhuge Liang was so talented that he defeated Cao Wei in a single state of Shu and could only passively defend him. However, he was the most cautious in his conduct. Even letting Ma Su guard the street pavilion was originally an extremely simple task.
Zhuge Liang had clearly told Ma Su what to do at every step, but who knew that Ma Su was so smart that he wasted an opportunity to make meritorious deeds that fell from the sky to the ends of the earth?
Precisely because there have been lessons like this in history, various highly pragmatic strategic layouts often strive for stability and avoid radicalization.
This kind of thinking of his did not come out of thin air. It can even be said that it has a theoretical basis. That is what Sun Tzu said in "The Art of War: Form Chapter": "Those who were good at fighting in the past first made themselves invincible, and then waited for the enemy to be victorious."
.The invincible lies with oneself, but the victorious lies with the enemy. Therefore, those who are good at fighting can be said to be invincible, but those who cannot make the enemy victorious are certain."
To put it simply: What does it mean to fight well? It is to first put myself in an invincible position, then wait for the enemy to reveal his flaws, and then break through the enemy's flaws, so I win.
The key to being undefeated lies in not showing any flaws, but the key to victory depends on whether the opponent shows any flaws. Therefore, the so-called good fighting mainly lies in being able to prevent oneself from showing flaws, rather than ensuring that the enemy will definitely reveal flaws - how do you know?
Isn’t the other party a master?
The principles Sun Tzu described in this section of The Art of War are actually very familiar to Gao Pragmatic in his previous life, and I am afraid that everyone in China has heard of them: bottom-line thinking.
You cannot expect the enemy to do everything according to your expectations or expectations, so your best way to deal with it is to insist on doing your own thing.
This is like Zhang Wuji, who has mastered the Nine-Yang Divine Art. If you let Master Miejie hit me with one palm, two palms, or three palms, so what? I have deep inner strength and can continuously repair myself. Therefore, the characteristics of the Nine-Yang Divine Art are
"Let him be strong, let him be strong, the breeze will blow on the mountains; let him be crossed, let him be crossed, and the bright moon will shine on the river."
At the national level, Nine Yang Magic is actually a method of defeating enemies specially customized for big countries: as long as I can be myself, no matter how tyrannical you are, no matter how deviant your sword is, I can withstand it, and in the end I will be able to withstand it.
It will definitely consume you to death.
This truth is actually not difficult to understand or comprehend. It does not even require advanced strategic thinking, as long as you can adhere to a pragmatic attitude towards dealing with things.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, from Xiong Tingbi to Sun Chengzong, their strategies were actually the "Nine Yang Magic": relying on the national power of the Ming Dynasty to crush the Hou Jin Dynasty, not seeking to kill with one blow, but seeking to kill with one strike, because time is the basis of time.
On the Ming side.
However, they overlooked one point. Although the comprehensive national power of the Ming Dynasty was far stronger than that of the Hou Jin Dynasty, the structural problems of the Ming Dynasty were too serious, so that the overall efficiency was unbearably low. Therefore, once there was a slight internal problem, it would be on the front line.
The enemy found a flaw and violated the taboo of Sun Tzu's saying that "the invincibility lies with oneself".
It is precisely because of this that Gao Pragmatic has always regarded internal reform as a top priority and devoted much more energy than external combat. In his opinion, what is there to worry about in combat? Use the Nine Yang Magic and just crush it with your internal power.
When have you ever seen him so pragmatic that he insisted on using three thousand elite soldiers to defeat an enemy's army of one hundred and eighty thousand in a dangerous situation? Almost all of them were crushed by a large army.
What, you think my fight is not exciting enough? You are amazing, you are amazing, you come out to fight me with such a strong and powerful army, can you do it? You can't do it, but I can do it.
, this is what I am good at!
What is a big country? A big country means that I don’t need to play so many tactics with you. I will push forward all the way. Every aspect is the main force along the way, and you can’t beat any of them! This is called one force to defeat ten.
It’s called a big country!
However, although this style of play may seem unsophisticated during the war, all the emphasis is placed before the war, that is, a comprehensive crushing situation has been achieved before the war.
When it comes to dealing with the Mughal Empire specifically, Gao Pragmatic's previous strategy was to wait until the internal conflicts among the Mughals intensified after Akbar's death, and the momentum for military expansion had been exhausted, and then suddenly send out heavy troops and march all the way back along the Ganges River Basin.
Push and forcibly defeat its main force - this is the "right combination" of the art of war.
Then another navy was sent all the way, leading the elite marines to bypass the Indian peninsula and land on the west coast of India. They landed in the Gujarat area and went northeast to Delhi, Agra and other core areas of the Mughal Empire. At this time, the Mughal Empire
The imperial army has gathered on the eastern front, and may have been severely defeated, and when it hears that the rear route has been captured, it will inevitably collapse - this is the "surprise victory" in the art of war.
As a regime established by a foreign military group, the Mughal Empire's ruling legitimacy came almost entirely from its military violence. Therefore, once this violence was forcefully destroyed by Beijing, the foundation of its rule would be instantly destroyed.
By then, Gao will be able to use various political means to quickly fill the power vacuum after the collapse of the Mughal Empire - at this point, Gao has complete confidence.
However, the problem is that because Jinghua’s expansion in southern Xinjiang, Nanyang and other places was too smooth, and because the benefits brought by the expansion far exceeded expectations, the Nanjiang Group within Jinghua has generated an endogenous expansion momentum, and now it has It was difficult to suppress, so Gao Pragmatic was forced to agree to temporarily release some of this expansionary momentum.
Therefore, the plan that he had already planned in his mind could only be temporarily revised, and temporary revision of a big plan is obviously prone to various problems. For example, once a behemoth like Jinghua is ready to move, various small companies around it will The forces will definitely be unable to sit still and will definitely actively seek... cooperation or confrontation.
Judging from the current situation, these small forces represented by Assam have chosen to cooperate. This may be attributed to certain characteristics of the agricultural civilization of the Ming Dynasty and even the entire Chinese dynasties - self-restriction on expansion.
Although this kind of self-restriction itself stems from the correct understanding of the "cost of governance", knowing that as a farming civilization, it is neither able nor necessary to expand infinitely, so as not to exceed its own governance ability and cause the cost of governance to increase rapidly to the point where it cannot make ends meet. .
However, China itself knows that, but that does not mean that the surrounding countries or tribes with relatively backward cultures also know. Most of them do not know why Chinese dynasties have no interest in their territory. They can only attribute it to the fact that the Chinese are arrogant and look down on their remote areas. , it doesn’t matter the three melons and two dates they produced.
But in any case, this kind of thinking has now produced a positive effect. The rebels in Assam and Bangladesh, and perhaps even the Prince Salim, do not seem to think that the introduction of Jinghua's support army will lead to the wolf entering the house.
In their view, this is a simple strategy to drive away tigers and devour wolves, as long as they pay some economic benefits or other benefits in exchange.
It is precisely because Gao Pragmatic has such a judgment that he decided not to consider launching a simultaneous scramble for ports across India before taking over Bangladesh, so as not to alarm his current "partners".
"What's the reason?" Gao pragmatically asked.
Liu Xin didn't know Gao Pragmatic's considerations. She pointed to the entire map of the South Asian subcontinent and said: "You just said that Akbar, the great emperor, spent his life fighting for Rajput, Gujarat, Malwa, and Gondwa. Na, Bengal...such a huge territory was conquered by him successively in the past few decades. Moreover, until the past few years, he has been continuously invading the Deccan Peninsula, that is, central and southern India, right?"
Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "This is a fact, and it is exactly what I said. He has almost exhausted the Mughal Empire's military expansion momentum."
"Okay, then I have a question." Liu Xin didn't pay attention to the second half of the sentence. She just pointed at the countries in the south of the Indian peninsula and said, "Faced with Emperor Akbar's decades-long struggle, What are these countries thinking about the continuous invasion southward? In other words, are they afraid or not?"
The answer is obvious. Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "Akbar has been almost invincible in recent years. Although these countries on the Deccan Peninsula are large and small, they are obviously inferior to the Mughal Empire. Naturally, they
I'm afraid."
"Since they are afraid, what can they do to deal with it?" Liu Xin raised her eyebrows and asked: "For example, Ahmed Negal, Golconda, Surya Vadra, and even those on the second line are on the front line.
Did Bijapur, Bidar, Vijayanagar and others come up with some means of joining forces to fight against the Mughals?"
"I must have thought about it, but... haha." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "The six countries can have Su and Qin cooperating, and the Qin Dynasty can also have Zhang Yi. As long as the Mughals are not bordering all countries at the same time,
Then the degree of threat faced by each country is naturally different.
Therefore, even if they form a coalition, they must have different ideas in their minds. If one or two people in charge in the Mughal Empire can be divided and disintegrated, what can this coalition achieve? It's just that the jujube alliance and the eighteen princes all have their own agendas. Change it.
Since I am the one in charge of the Mughal Empire, I can destroy it without any attack."
"Awesome, awesome." Liu Xin clapped her hands and smiled: "But that's it? Now that the Deccan countries both feel threatened and have their own agendas, what do they need?
If you ask me, since local neighbors are unreliable, it is better to introduce external forces to assist. At least it seems that what external forces covet them is nothing more than economic interests. Compared with maintaining their own rule, transferring some economic interests is not a big deal.
What is it?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "I know this."
"I also think you should know." Liu Xin did not doubt the authenticity of Gao Pragmatic's words. After all, this was a political issue. As her teacher Gao, it was definitely not difficult to see this.
"That is to say, you are worried about the execution level?" Liu Xin tentatively said: "I think the execution level is not a problem. We have enough power to complete the two goals of Bangladesh and South India ports at the same time.
In Bangladesh, the main force we need is the army. Even if the Bengal delta region is crisscrossed by rivers, we will only need some shallow-water gunboats at most. Considering that our military equipment is obviously technologically superior to them, whether it is the Mughals or the Bengals.
advantages, so it does not need to be too large. So, this is not difficult to handle, and it will not even affect the maritime strength of the Nanyang Fleet.
As for the Deccan countries, we only want ports. As for how to 'get', I think we can refer to the Portuguese - as long as they have ports, they don't care about the interior. At this time, what they need is to use our power to deter the Mughal Empire.
, and you just said that the Mughal Empire was actually very worried about its waterway to the west.
Then, as long as our Nanyang Fleet goes to the west coast of India to show its strength and let the Mughal Empire know that we are even more powerful than the Portuguese navy and fully capable of cutting off its western waterway at any time, then all this can be accomplished without any effort.
Achieved.”
"These ideas of yours can indeed be realized, but I also have two questions to ask." Gao pragmatically said: "The first question is, if we intervene in the Deccan countries and ask them for ports, will this alert them?
Will it hinder our future actions across the entire South Asian subcontinent?
The second question is, according to the original agreement between Zhiting and the Spanish and Portuguese Empire, Nanyang belongs to us and India belongs to them. If we directly intervene in Indian affairs now and start to occupy ports, will the Spanish and Portuguese Empire think that we have crossed the line and therefore fight with us?
Are we hostile?
Of course, I am not afraid of being hostile to them, but I am worried that after they intervene, the problems in the Indian Ocean will become more complicated. In the worst case scenario, there may even be conflicts between the Spanish Portuguese Empire and Indian countries - whether it is the Mughals or the Germans.
Do all the countries join forces to fight against us?"
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