Back in the mansion, Gao pragmatically stepped back and asked Gao Mo to bring in all the recent reports on southern Xinjiang, and read them carefully page by page. After a long time, Gao pragmatically put down the last page of the report, closed his eyes, and leaned back on the Taishi chair.
Without saying a word, it felt like taking a break and contemplating.
As mentioned before, after Gao Yuan arrived in southern Xinjiang, he showed obvious signs of being close to his uncle's Huang family at the reception banquet that day. Not only did he obviously elevate Huang Hu's status, but he also praised his second uncle Huang Yingpin the next day.
Let the Nanyang Fleet immediately send ships to Nghe An Mansion, Huang Yingpin's hereditary territory, and urgently recruit 3,500 Huang family wolf soldiers to form a group with the 500 people Huang Yingpin brought this time to accompany him on the expedition.
Then, he began to "win over" the garrison generals Liu Xin left in Siam. Liu Weizhong, deputy commander of the Dingnan Garrison Command, was the leader of the more than 3,000 soldiers Liu Xin left in Dingnan. He also
After being won over by Gao Yuan, he was ordered to allocate one of the two bids of men and horses to Gao Yuan [Note: there are about 1,756 people in one bid] to serve as part of Gao Yuan's personal soldiers.
At this time, Gao Yuan's representative was his father, Gao Pragmatic, who had sufficient authority to mobilize these troops. Theoretically, before Liu Xin and Huang Zhiting came to southern Xinjiang one after another, both the military and political circles in southern Xinjiang must obey his orders.
In addition to the above two forces, as Huang Zhiting's biological son, Gao Yuan also unceremoniously called on his mother's wolf soldiers to join the army [Note: there are 4038 people in a team]. This team of wolf soldiers came from Huang Zhiting's hereditary territory of Hailong.
Many of them participated in the Battle of Lang Son and were famous elites in southern Xinjiang.
As a result, as soon as Gao Yuan arrived in Dingnan, he immediately prepared about 10,000 Chinese soldiers for himself, and they were all elite.
However, this also made many people suddenly feel worried - the personal troops that the young master prepared for him were all "foreign relatives' troops", which... was not a good sign.
That night, Gao Ruichu was invited to visit Gao Mengnan, and he was accompanied by his brother Gao Ruilong and cousin Gao Zhang.
This is the first time these two people appear. Here is a brief introduction:
Gao Ruilong is the second brother of Gao Ruichu, named Taifu, and was born in Sui Gong. He had already passed the exam to become a general judge in Quanzhou, but he resigned without taking the post. It turns out that Quanzhou has always been a famous seaport city in China, and it was also a city after the opening of the Ming Dynasty.
It is an important trade port, and it is definitely a huge advantage to be appointed as a general manager here.
However, Gao Ruilong knows very well that he is not a Jinshi. Being able to "take the exam and teach general judgment" may be a reflection of his own ability, but being arranged to take up a post in Quanzhou must be due to the influence of his uncle Gao Pragmatic's face - this is not
You need to speak in a pragmatic manner, or even hint, and the officials will naturally make good arrangements.
However, Gao Ruilong firstly did not want to cause gossip to his uncle, and secondly, he also believed that the upper limit of his official career was too low (because he was not a Jinshi), so after discussing with his elder brother, he simply took the initiative to come to southern Xinjiang, planning to stay in southern Xinjiang.
I have worked hard in this "family business".
Gao Jingshi was also informed of his arrival. Gao Jingshi did not object to his idea, and he was very important to him. He immediately appointed him as the governor of Beiboni.
"Boni" is also known as Kalimantan in later generations. It is the third largest island in the world, covering an area of more than 740,000 square kilometers, which is twice the size of Japan. Of course, the current population of this island is far less than that of Japan.
. According to a simple census organized by southern Xinjiang not long ago, the island may currently have only a million people, and its Han people (including naturalized Han people) do not exceed 20,000.
Judging from such a population size and structure, Jinghua’s rule on Boni Island can be said to be extremely weak, but this is not necessarily the case. Boni was originally one of the tributary states of the Ming Dynasty, but the king of Boni passed away a few years ago.
Since he had no children, the clan members fought fiercely and fought fiercely. Finally, he had no choice but to make his daughter the leader.
But at this time, Bo Ni was only a tributary state to the Ming Dynasty in name, and was actually surrendered to Java. Therefore, after the Nanyang strategy was completed, Jinghua became the de facto master of Bo Ni.
Of course, like other kingdoms in southern Xinjiang, Gao pragmatic retained the nominal ruling status of the "Queen Boni" and actually ruled with the Jinghua Advisory Group. After Gao Ruilong was appointed as the governor of Northern Boni, the so-called Queen Boni became the
It is even more insignificant, not even a rubber stamp. [Note: The degree of development of Beibo Ni is relatively high, and Nan Bo Ni also has a highly pragmatically appointed garrison, so this is why it is said.]
Gao Ruichu is currently the patrol envoy of Longya, which is equivalent to the governor of Longya Peninsula (Malay Peninsula); the area under the jurisdiction of the governor of Beiboni is actually larger than that of Longya Peninsula, but Gao Ruilong is only the governor - this position is similar to the prefect
.This is because the Longya Peninsula is much more developed than Boni and has a much larger population. In any case, the two brothers can be regarded as members of the Gao family with a certain status in southern Xinjiang.
The other person Gao Ruichu brought was his cousin Gao Zhang. Gao Zhang was born in the fifth room of the Gao family and was the son of Gao Wuben, Gao Pragmatic's cousin.
Gao Wuben was very capable of giving birth, but not very good at raising children. He gave birth to ten sons, but in the end only two survived to adulthood: the second son Gao Qi and the tenth son Gao Zhang.
Gao Qi needs no introduction. His nickname is Yufu, and he is the current intelligence secretary of the Secretariat. As Gao Mo has become old and frail recently, Gao Pragmatic has been cultivating him and preparing him to take over the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He is an important confidant.
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As the tenth son, Gao Zhang was seven years younger than his second brother. His courtesy name was Ban Feng, and he was born in a labor camp. He did not like reading, but liked business. He gave up his ambition for fame and came to southern Xinjiang. Gao Zhang
After getting to know Gao Qi pragmatically, he appointed him as the director of Longya Port (Malacca Port), responsible for the daily management of this most important commercial port in Southeast Asia, as a staged training.
The common characteristic of these three people is obvious: they are all members of the Gao family. It would be understandable for the three of them to visit Gao Mengnan together in normal times, as they would meet the elders of the clan. However, at this moment, they come to visit the Gao family member who has the highest status in southern Xinjiang.
It has to attract attention - for example, someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs recorded the time they entered the Siam Prime Minister's Palace and the time they left the palace. As for what they said to Gao Mengnan in the Prime Minister's Palace...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Second uncle, I have not met the eldest young master very often. You are always an elder. I don't know how to evaluate the eldest young master's behavior these past two days?"
The man is Gao Ruilong.
Gao Mengnan sat on the throne and said calmly: "Yuan'er is very independent, which can be said to be like his father."
Gao Ruilong raised his eyebrows slightly: "Uncle Liu has always been very trusting to his clan members. We are all deeply grateful for this, but the eldest young master...at least for now, he is probably more trusting of his uncle's family."
Gao Mengnan figured this out on the same day, but there were some things he couldn't express directly to his three nephews, so he said: "You also said you haven't met him much, how do you know who he is? Now that he is close to his uncle's family,
Maybe he just borrowed the help of his uncle's family to raise soldiers, what's the crime?"
"Of course you can't say sin." This time it was Gao Ruiqiu who took over the conversation and said: "The eldest young master came to take charge of the military affairs of the Western Expedition on the order of the sixth uncle. Of course it is him who decides which army he wants to recruit as his personal soldiers.
Calculate.
However, the nephew was puzzled by one thing: all the armies in southern Xinjiang were the servants of Uncle Liu, and the eldest young master was the Marquis of Nanning. After all, these soldiers and horses were his. So why did he refuse to take advantage of these guards?
When selecting soldiers in the army, they choose the distant ones instead of the near ones, and choose the distant ones instead of the relatives. Do you have to recruit troops from your uncle's family?
Besides, the Huang family's wolf soldiers were still soldiers from his mother's family and his uncle's family. He could just use them as personal soldiers, but Liu Weizhong... they were the secretary-general's personal soldiers, and they were also the troops garrisoning Dingnancheng. He spoke like this
Just transfer half of them, so you're not afraid that if something happens, it won't be easy to explain in the future?"
Gao Mengnan shook his head and said: "Although the Dingnancheng garrison has been my wife and the secretary-general's personal soldiers for these years, the false name is the Siam Palace Guards. But you should also know that this is just because my wife represents Nanning."
When he took charge of southern Xinjiang, it was an expedient measure, not an economic system.
Siam originally had five towns in Dingnan, which was the most powerful military force in southern Xinjiang, and the first town in Dingnan was stationed in Ayutthaya (the capital of Siam, later known as Bangkok, was only 20 miles northwest of Dingnan City.)
Not to mention transferring half of the troops, even if all Dingnan troops were mobilized, who would dare to cause chaos under the nose of the first town? What's more, nearly half of the main force of the Nanyang Fleet is also stationed in Dingnan Port, with no less than tens of thousands of sailors on board. How can anyone dare to ignore this?
A force?"
Brothers Gao Ruichuan and Gao Ruilong looked at each other, each frowning and saying nothing. Gao Zhang on the side couldn't help but said: "Second uncle, we are all members of our own family, so we might as well say something clearly. Although I am young and ignorant, after all, I am also a student.
As someone who has been studying for a few years, there is something I really can’t help but want to ask now..."
Gao Mengnan glanced at him and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Gao Zhang took a deep breath and asked: "Second uncle will never forget Zhu Lu's rebellion, right? The situation of our Gao family is very good at first glance, but the two aunts Huang and Liu are worse than Empress Lu back then...
It doesn’t seem to be much different.”
"Bastard!" Gao Mengnan suddenly slapped the armrest and glared: "Is this what you learned from studying?"
Gao Zhang did not expect Gao Mengnan's sudden change of expression. He was so frightened by his loud shout that he cowered and said: "Why is the second uncle so angry? What my nephew said is the truth... Madam has been sitting alone in southern Xinjiang for so many years, and countless people have benefited from her."
Count, and the Secretary-General is like the chief assistant of Jinghua.
One of these two aunts is in charge of the military, and the other is in charge of government. Judging from the eldest young master's words and deeds today, I am afraid that the two aunts have a very good relationship in private. Now that the sixth uncle is already the chief minister of the dynasty, and has many things to do, how can he have the energy to interfere with southern Xinjiang?
If this is the case, then our capital and our southern frontier will not have to worry about the hen and chicken sitting in the morning?"
Gao Mengnan took a deep breath and said slowly: "If you have any other ideas, you might as well say them once."
"Say what you say, little nephew, I can't tell anyone anything." Gao Zhang stiffened his neck and said, "Sixth uncle became the first assistant, and also sent away the annoying Shen Yiguan. Now there is only one Zhou Yong in his care." You should be surrounded by people who raise their hands, and the cabinet is nothing more than Uncle Six running the show.
At this time, the imperial court is sending troops to the northwest again. The sixth uncle's thoughts must be on the court's affairs, and he can't take care of our southern Xinjiang. Now the eldest young master comes first, the secretary-general will arrive soon, and then the wife must go south... …Second uncle, if the two aunts have a close relationship, and the eldest young master is obsessed with getting close to his mother and aunt, and only listens to their mercy in everything, then who are we, the clan members of the Gao family? We can’t become outsiders instead!"
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