Chapter 284 General Baikui (Twenty) Huang Applicants
Regarding the eldest young master Gao Yuan’s first performance since he left southern Xinjiang to study in the capital more than ten years ago, everyone present will naturally have their own evaluation of him. This is a matter of course. However, everyone may or may not
The young master all understood that Gao Yuan came alone here instead of accompanying his mother Huang Zhiting, which in itself revealed something unusual.
"To figure out what's best" is not a complimentary word in most contexts, but in fact it is something that almost everyone has to do, so everyone in Southern Xinjiang naturally has to think about it.
Why didn’t the underage young master accompany his wife to go south, and let her support him and help him establish his status among the people in southern Xinjiang?
Why did the under-age young master dare to show his favor to Huang Hu so blatantly and be quite rude to his elder brothers, while Gao Mengnan, as the "eldest member" of the Gao family clan at the reception banquet, just looked on with cold eyes?
The last point is that after the reception banquet just now, Gao Mengnan originally wanted to lead Gao Yuan back to the nominal Siam Palace to rest privately in the palace nicknamed "Dingnan Palace", but Gao Yuan refused and instead said
I need to go to the military headquarters first.
Naturally, everyone could not defeat him, so the officers and generals had to accompany him under the leadership of Gao Jue... So, what does this incident mean?
Everyone works for the Gao family - or to put it more bluntly, for Gao Pragmatism, so these issues have to be thought about.
According to the practice in the past few years, the madam was supposed to go south at this time, but unexpectedly she did not go south this time. Instead, the eldest young master came. Why did the master arrange it like this?
If according to normal thinking, the wife was left in the capital, but another important person went south, then it may mean that the master has lost trust in the wife.
However, this important person who went south is the eldest young master, so this speculation seems to be unreasonable. After all, the eldest young master’s biological mother is the madam. If the madam loses the trust of the old master, how can the eldest young master have the opportunity to sit alone in southern Xinjiang?
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Then there is only another possibility, that is, the master is deliberately creating an opportunity for the eldest young master to sit alone. But this speculation may have been true three days ago, but it is not true now, because the letter from Fei Ge from the capital has arrived: Secretary of Jinghua
The elder Liu Xin has set off south to assist the eldest young master in handling "related military affairs."
There is a saying that a small amount of words means a big deal, and this sentence about flying pigeons conveying messages probably reflects this.
Everyone knows Liu Xin's identity very well. In her identity, "the master's concubine" is the most irrelevant. Her most important identity is the secretary-general of Jinghua on the stage, and the secretary-general of Jinghua off the stage.
She is the master's childhood sweetheart (widely misunderstood due to Huang Zhiting's attitude), the daughter of Liu Xian, the famous imperial general, and the sister of Liu Wei, as well as his wife's former battlefield partner and close friend.
Huang Zhiding's power in southern Xinjiang relied on the Battle of Lang Son to seize Xiongguan, the Battle of Bago to defeat Mangyingli, and the Battle of Pasang to defeat Naresuan. And Liu Xin did not make too many concessions. Although the Battle of Pasang was
Huang Zhiting commanded, but that battle mainly relied on Liu Xin's extraordinary troops. In addition, she led the troops alone to quell the Siamese rebels, went straight to Huanglong to defeat Cambodia, and made an emergency landing in Mussali, etc., which were also unparalleled in southern Xinjiang.
The merits of this world.
To a certain extent, the current situation in southern Xinjiang was achieved because Gao Pragmatic only laid down Annan as a bridgehead and established an effective system. However, in the subsequent battlefields, he mainly relied on Huang Zhiting and Liu Xin, the "unparalleled pair".
"Jiao" opened up territory and expanded territory.
And when Liu Xin went north and returned to Beijing, it was even more incredible! She rose from the master's personal staff to the serious secretary-general of the Beijing Secretariat, and was privately regarded as the "chief assistant of the cabinet" within Beijing.
You should know that if several confidential secretaries of the Secretariat have business trips, such as when Military Secretary Ruan Fuyuan goes south to review the Nanyang Fleet, the Nanyang Fleet Headquarters will hold a grand welcome ceremony and ship review ceremony for them.
Moreover, throughout the review schedule, almost all the generals of the Nanyang Fleet Headquarters acted as guides and escorts, taking Ruan Fuyuan to comprehensively visit and review the military port, warships, shipyards, naval warehouses, naval camps, etc. The entire fleet senior management was cautious throughout the process.
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Ruan Fuyuan is just one of the nine members of the Secretariat, but he already has such authority, not to mention that the person who is coming to Dingnan now is the Secretary-General of the Secretariat, Liu Xin, who has huge influence on Gao Pragmatic, Huang Zhiting and his wife.
Woolen cloth?
Now, since the "chief minister of the cabinet" is coming in person, and Fei Ge's biography clearly states "to assist the eldest young master", then looking back, it is natural to understand the meaning of Gao Yuan's visit - to rectify his name and establish his prestige.
Just like Gao Jingshi's reference before making this decision, many people in southern Xinjiang immediately thought of the institutional template of the "Gao Yuan-Liu Xin" combination: the Tang Dynasty's "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" expedition system. (Note:
Of course, it’s not just the Tang Dynasty. For example, the Song Dynasty also had the general marshal of the world’s soldiers.)
"Generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses" is the kind of position that sounds awesome when you hear it. In fact, it is indeed very awesome. People like Li Shi, Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Gou, Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, etc. all served as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the world.
During the Anshi Rebellion, the title of "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" became the "standard official position" for princes. For example, when Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Yu was still a prince, his father, Emperor Suzong Li Heng, made Li Yu the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses".
Together with generals such as Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, and Pugu Huai'en, he commanded the Tang army to attack Xiangji Temple in the south of Chang'an City.
After a fierce battle, the Tang army annihilated more than 80,000 elite Anshi rebels at Xiangji Temple, achieving the most significant military victory since the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion. After Li Yu ascended the throne, his prince Li Shi assumed the title of "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses".
Command the Tang army to launch the final attack on the rebels.
So, what kind of official position is the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses"? Why did the emperor of the Tang Dynasty let the prince serve as the Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The word marshal was the title of the supreme commander of a combat force during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. "Zuo Zhuan" once recorded that Jin Wengong considered marshal (in the military)
The candidate for the commander-in-chief. The famous Jin general Xian Zhen defeated the Chu army in the Battle of Chengpu and became the first combat commander in Chinese history with a marshal record and title.
It is worth mentioning that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, marshal was only the title given to the supreme commander of the combat troops by other officials and lower-level officers and soldiers. At that time, "marshal" did not form a relatively fixed official position.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, marshal gradually formed a relatively fixed official position, and the role of this official position was to lead the army to fight in wartime. For example, during the Xuanzheng period of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty appointed his uncle Yu Wensheng as the marching marshal to command the troops to go out to meet the enemy.
When Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army established the "marshal of the left and right". When Li Shimin was the king of Qin, he served as the "marshal of the West". As the situation in the Tang Dynasty stabilized, the Tang court established the position of "marshal of the world's soldiers and horses".
As the supreme commander of the Tang army in wartime, his specific positions were held by the prince.
Of course, the Tang Dynasty also established the "Deputy Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses" at the same time, with ministers with higher prestige serving as "Deputy Marshals of the World's Soldiers and Horses".
Here comes the question, why is the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses a prince instead of a general?
Logically speaking, commanding troops to fight is a technical job. As the highest commander of the army in wartime, the position of Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses seems to be filled by the most professional military attache. However, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty regarded the position of Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses as the highest commander.
When a prince is appointed to take up a position, what are the considerations and the reasons behind it?
First, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, who was still a prince, served as the "Marshal of the West" and led troops on expeditions. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty established the Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses, and made the prince serve as the Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses, which was in line with the "political tradition" of the Tang Dynasty.
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The so-called Li Shimin served as the "Marshal of the Western Conquest" and led troops on an expedition. It happened in 617 AD, after Xue Ju proclaimed himself emperor and established a separatist regime. Li Yuan, who had not yet officially proclaimed himself emperor at the time, ordered Li Shimin to lead an expedition against Xue Ju. After a fierce battle, Li Shimin's
The troops severely damaged Xue Ju's troops and annihilated thousands of Xue Ju's troops. Xue Ju was forced to retreat to Longyou.
In 618 AD, Li Yuan officially proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an and established the Tang Dynasty. With the establishment of the regime, Li Yuan asked Li Shimin to personally serve as the "Marshal of the West" to attack Xue Ju's separatist regime, commanding the Tang army to attack Xue Ju.
Due to Li Shimin's sudden serious illness on the front line and Liu Wenjing and others' deployment errors during the battle, the Tang army was ambushed by Xue Ju's troops and suffered losses of 67/10. Li Shimin was forced to order the army to return to Chang'an. In August of the same year, Li Shimin recovered and the Tang army attacked again.
Completely annihilate the troops of Xue Ju's separatist regime.
Judging from the results of the war, Li Shimin's military career was unsatisfactory due to force majeure such as his serious illness during this time when he served as the "Marshal of the West". However, he served as the "Marshal of the West".
The incident itself created a rule in the military history of the Tang Dynasty: that is, the highest commander of the combat force who appeared as a "marshal" in wartime, this "marshal" had to be a prince.
Therefore, whether it was the "Marshal of the West" that Li Shimin served as in the early days or the "General of the World's Soldiers and Horses" later on, the prince who was ordered to lead the troops had to lead the troops as the supreme commander of the army in wartime.
In 626 AD, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Incident and proclaimed himself emperor. Since all subsequent emperors of the Tang Dynasty were direct descendants of Li Shimin, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, who were descendants of Li Shimin, established the official position of "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" as a military
When he is the supreme commander, he must follow the "political correctness" of his "ancestors" and let the prince serve as "the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses."
Of course, at some point, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would also let the prince serve as the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses", but since they were all descendants of Li Shimin, it didn't matter.
Secondly, out of fear of military generals rebelling, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not allow military generals to serve as marshals of the world's troops. This was clearly reflected in the Anshi Rebellion.
The military system of the Tang Dynasty was divided into the "Fubing System" and the "Recruitment System" periods. During the Fubing System period, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty naturally did not allow generals to directly serve as marshals of the world's soldiers and horses, out of the desire to dominate the world's imperial power and to be wary of rebellion by military generals. Of course, except for
Rather than allowing generals to serve as marshals of the world's armies, Emperor Tang also imposed other restrictions on generals leading troops in war.
For example, the position held by military generals during wartime as "March Commander" was a temporary official position, with only the power to lead troops and no administrative, personnel or financial power. In this way, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty minimized the possibility of military generals rebelling.
As the phenomenon of land annexation became more and more obvious, the imperial military system came to an end by the time of Wu Zetian. By the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the military service system of the Tang Dynasty was basically changed to a recruitment system. Local military governors had the right to recruit soldiers on their own, and gradually became the dominant party.
A warlord with great military and political power.
In 755 AD, An Lushan rebelled against the imperial court, and the famous Anshi Rebellion in the history of the Tang Dynasty broke out.
The Anshi Rebellion not only caused the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty to "fall away helplessly", but also had a certain impact on the military system of the Tang Dynasty. Before the Anshi Rebellion, although the emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not allow generals to serve as marshals of the world's soldiers and horses, the military command of the generals was still given to them.
greater autonomy.
But after the Anshi Rebellion, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty took various measures to restrict the command autonomy of the generals because he was afraid that the generals who led the troops in the war would become "the second in Anlu Mountain". As a result, famous generals such as Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi of the Tang Army not only lost their
In order to become the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses", he had to be controlled by the eunuchs who oversaw the army.
Of course, as the eunuchs directly participated in the Tang Dynasty's military operations to quell the Anshi Rebellion, the power of the eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty became more and more powerful. After the Jingyuan Incident, Tang Dezong simply no longer trusted military generals, and instead used the Central Forbidden Army's Shence
The military power of the army was completely handed over to the eunuchs, which paved the way for the eunuchs' chaos in the late Tang Dynasty.
There has been no war in southern Xinjiang since Cambodia was pacified. Although a large army was dispatched to seize the Aralia Peninsula later, because the most important city of Malacca was forced to be handed over peacefully to Portugal, some small city-states on the Aralia Peninsula were not only weak, but also
They are not affiliated with each other and even contradict each other, which makes this troop dispatch basically at the level of an armed parade.
Then came the conquest of the Nanyang Islands. This time it was a proper dimensionality reduction strike. "Once the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will be invincible" everywhere, so much so that when Huang Zhiting reported to Gao Pangshi, she almost mentioned it in one sentence, even explaining the progress of the war.
I'm too lazy to waste words - anyway, it's either "our troops have arrived, surrender", or "our troops have arrived, but if they don't surrender, break them", there is really no need to say more.
Because of this objective reality, and the fact that Huang Zhiting was entrusted by her husband to take charge of Southern Xinjiang with the dignity of a wife, although a military command department was established in southern Xinjiang, the post of director of the military command department has been vacant for a long time. Finally, Gao Jue was appointed as the deputy recently.
minister.
To a certain extent, the Minister of Military Command may be compared to the status of the "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" in southern Xinjiang, but in fact this position is more like the "Shang Shu of the Ministry of War" or the "Grand Governor of the Governor's Office" in the early Ming Dynasty.
The difference is very simple. The Minister of War manages the world's military affairs but does not command the troops, let alone directly lead the troops. The power to command the troops lies with the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the troops are led by the temporarily appointed general commander (later changed from temporary to customized
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This time Gao Yuan went south, the order from the capital was not very clear at first. He just ordered some troops to be mobilized to Bago and designated Gao Yuan to command them, but he did not explain what he was commanding them to do - of course, the officials and generals of southern Xinjiang could guess
Yes, but those are two different things.
It's different now. The "chief assistant" comes in person, or as Gao Yuan's "assistance". This is too much like the Tang Dynasty's "Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses" and "Deputy Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses" - with the "Prince" taking the lead.
, "important minister" presided over.
It is not necessary to describe how the officials in southern Xinjiang responded to the new changes. However, when Gao Yuan inspected the military headquarters that afternoon, he did something unexpected. He only forced Gao Ruiqi to give up his seat.
The impact of the incident appears to be much smaller.
What happened? For the first time, he met his second uncle Huang Yingpin, who was late for the reception banquet for some reason. After a conversation, he decided to let Huang Yingpin transfer three people from his hereditary territory - Nghe An Mansion in Annan.
The 1,500 wolf soldiers, together with the 500 wolf soldiers he brought as escorts during his trip, formed a joint force and joined the Western Front military operation that Gao Yuan was responsible for this time.
Huang Yingpin has appeared in the previous article, but with very little mention, he needs to be introduced here.
Huang Chengzu, the father of Huang Zhiting, had one daughter and two sons. The eldest daughter, Huang Zhiting, married Gao Pragmatic and was granted the title of Marquis. At the same time, because she was a chieftain, she was not subject to the gender restrictions of ordinary economic officials. She also became the deputy capital of Annan and was in charge of the imperial edict.
Siam.
The eldest son, Huang Yinglei, had a perverse personality since he was a child. As an adult, he became dissatisfied because the power of Siming Mansion was in the hands of his eldest sister, Huang Zhiting. Huang Zhiting first gave him a certain amount of power and planned to observe it for a period of time. If Huang Yinglei's performance was acceptable, he planned to give up the power.
Ju. Unexpectedly, Huang Yinglei's performance was so bad that he almost caused civil strife, forcing Huang Zhiting to take back his power and place him under house arrest.
Later, Gao Pragmatic regained Annan, and the Siming Huang family moved to Annan. As one of the great contributors, the Huang family's power expanded, and their status became more stable due to the marriage between Gao Pragmatic and Huang Zhiting. Huang Yinglei once again got the opportunity and was used to fight against
Princess Biajue of Nanzhang was married. Unexpectedly, this guy was still uneasy and encouraged the princess to get involved in the rebellion of Nanzhang.
Huang Zhiting personally took action to quell the civil strife. Huang Yinglei and Princess Biajue were completely imprisoned. The original power of the Huang family to attack was deprived of power and handed over to his younger brother Huang Yingping.
Huang Yingpin, the second son of Huang Chengzu, is nearly ten years younger than his sister Huang Zhiting. He has never been in a big position, and because his elder brother was so unsatisfactory, he inexplicably got the inheritance rights of the Huang family.
However, because Huang Zhiting was the sole leader of Anbang Prefecture at that time, if the Huang family's territory was given too much, conflicts might arise within the Guangxi chieftains. Therefore, at the beginning, the Huang family only received two small towns, Shannan and Waiqinghua.
Mansion.
However, Annan still broke out from time to time in rebellions in the following years. Although the chief general responsible for countering the rebellion was Cen Ling, the Huang family and branches also made a lot of contributions. Therefore, when the situation stabilized, Gao pragmatically conducted a campaign against the chieftains.
Big adjustment.
With the acquisition of the Nanyang Islands, Cen Ling's family was transferred to the Sumatra Island in later generations. In terms of territory area, it has become a super big chieftain, and the Annan territory he vacated can be easily moved and re-sealed.
The change of seal was very complicated, so I won’t go into details here. In short, the Huang family made a lot of profits this time and got the entire Nghe An Province. At this time, Nghe An Province not only included Ngee An Province and Ha Tinh Province in Vietnam, but also included
About half of Bolikhamxay Province in Laos.
The Nghe An area has already been developed well. The governorship of Yingdu, Yanzhou, Lin'an, and Duc Tho are all considered prosperous places. In addition, there is Ha Tinh now, so it is even more prosperous - because of the high grade and large reserves.
Ha Tinh Iron Mine, Jinghua not only has a steel factory in Ha Tinh, but also a musket arsenal. Although these factories are not owned by the Huang family, they will drive the development of related industries and local economy!
In this way, Huang Yingping became the top chieftain among the chieftains. Not only did he have a special status, but he was also extremely wealthy. But the interesting thing is that Huang Yingping was not satisfied with the "boring life of a rich man". He had his own ambitions.
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Huang Yingpin was extremely yearning for his sister's legendary career and hoped to prove himself on the battlefield. For this reason, although he could have just rested on his family business and lived a leisurely life, he chose the military camp instead.
Since he officially took power, he has focused on training troops. After learning about it, Huang Zhiting gently warned him not to expand the army at will. Therefore, he regarded training an elite army as his ideal. He not only required his wolf soldiers to stick to the old training methods, but also found ways to
Update weapons and equipment and conduct firearms training.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Over the past few years, according to the performance of the Military Command Department's "Southern Xinjiang Competition", the combat effectiveness of the Huang Clan Wolf Soldiers of Nghe An Prefecture is at least equal to that of the Jinggang Garrison Army, and the combat effectiveness
The will is visibly high.
Fortunately, Huang Yingpin took his sister's words very seriously and controlled the size of his wolf soldiers extremely well, firmly maintaining the two-town size approved by Gao Pragmatic, which was 25,000 people.
By the way, at Huang Yingpin's insistence, the Huang family became the first chieftain unit to completely copy the military establishment of the garrison (also the same as the Imperial Guard of the Ming Dynasty), that is, each town's officers and soldiers had infantry, horse, artillery, engineering, baggage and other arms.
Composed, each town has a commander, a deputy commander, a chief of staff, and a logistics chief.
Each town has 748 officers and supervisors, 10,436 combat troops, and 1,328 logistic troops, for a total of 12,512 people.
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This time Gao Yuan went south, all the famous people in southern Xinjiang gathered in Dingnancheng. Huang Yingpin, as his uncle, was naturally going to arrive, so he set off immediately. However, his luck was not good this time. He happened to pass through the Tonle Sap Lake area in Cambodia.
Although the flood did not cause much damage to him and his entourage, it delayed his trip and even missed the noon feast.
After arriving in the afternoon, he heard that Gao Yuan had gone to the Military Command. Huang Yingpin was surprised and worried, fearing that Gao Yuan would blame him for not arriving after the deadline. Although such a thing as "beheading for late arrival" should not happen, but if this happens
Why does my nephew insist on using his uncle to establish his prestige?
Unexpectedly, it was only when he met Gao Yuan that he realized that his worries were unnecessary. Gao Yuan was very kind to him. He not only comforted him that the flood blocking the road was an unhuman fault, but also asked him about the results of the Nghe An Prefecture's wolf soldiers in the Southern Xinjiang Competition.
It was decided that he should send an order to Yi'an to send additional troops to gather enough troops to conquer Arakan.
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