Chapter 288 Economics and Party Struggle (Xì 4) Persuasion
The key to convincing the emperor to resolutely determine the Western expedition was to convince him that the matter had sufficient political urgency and economic necessity. However, therein lies the problem.
Just like the previous analysis of why the Ming Dynasty had no intention to conquer the West when its national power was strong in the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the national conditions faced by the Ming Dynasty today are actually not fundamentally different from those back then.
Politically speaking, not to mention that the capital of the Ming Dynasty is now as stable as Mount Tai. Even in the northwest, as long as Jiayuguan is guarded, the entire Guanzhong plain will be as stable as rock.
As for protecting the Guanzhong flank... isn't Gansu in the hands of the Ming Dynasty? The Guanzhong flank is not in danger! So to a certain extent, the current situation can even be called "advance to attack, retreat to defend"
, simply wonderful!
Gao pragmatic stood up at this moment, extended his hand to the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, please take a look at this map." After saying that, he walked to the side of the check-in room, opened the curtain, and a huge map of the Ming Dynasty was revealed on the wall.
——No, it should be said that it is a large map that mainly focuses on the entire Ming Dynasty, but also includes the entire East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia.
Of course, due to the different difficulties in surveying and mapping, the Ming Dynasty including North Korea, Tumut, Ordos and other places were mapped in the most detail, followed by the land parts of southern Xinjiang and Japan, followed by Nanyang Islands and Taiwan, and Central Asia (Western Regions)
, South Asia (Indian subcontinent) is second. But in any case, this should be the most detailed map of the Ming Dynasty and its surrounding areas that the emperor has ever seen.
This map still draws the background colors for each part according to the style specified by Gao Pragmatic. Among them, Xiao Ming used vermilion as the background color, which looks eye-catching. But that's all, the map also tried its best to draw the mountains and rivers. Although
For low pragmatists, it is far as intuitive as the satellite maps of previous generations, but compared to other maps of that era, it is not a blow to dimensionality reduction.
Chang Rongxin's eyes lit up when he saw the picture, and when he was about to speak, he heard Gao Pingzhi say: "That picture is the total results of exploration and drawing in various places compiled by Jinghua in the past ten years. The picture that Your Majesty saw was
The first version is a trial version, and some details have not yet been completed... I originally planned to be the first to present it to His Majesty before it was all completed, but today I have no choice but to give it up and use this picture as a reference to tell your story to His Majesty.
The importance of the DPRK’s recovery of the Western Regions.”
In fact, when the map was shown, Gao Pragmatic had not yet thought about how to speak. After all, at that time, things like the national topographic map were not available in all the small streets in the previous life, and they were the real secrets of the imperial court.
It means that the above map is still a "trial version", and the official map will be presented to the emperor first, so... I think someone will be punished for making a bad plan.
Sure enough, Zhu Yijun's face relaxed after hearing what he said, and he smiled and said: "It's really hard for Rixin. I'm very relieved that I don't have such a loyal minister. He has nothing to say to you, so feel free to tell him everything."
Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, what you said is wrong!"
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"That's true." Gao Pragmatic nodded happily. It seemed that the emperor still remembered what he said. Then I continued what I said: "Since your Majesty also understands the importance of rushing to the area, so and so, ministers
It just unfolded. What I want to say next is another disadvantage of conquering and recovering the Western Regions."
Gao Pragmatic smiled dryly and said: "Your Majesty remembers what I said about Xu Shao, and I remember it deeply. Yes, your Majesty also remembers another sentence I said - 'take it from the people and use it for the people'."
What's more, the Han people in the Hexi Corridor now account for four out of ten, and the area has already been consolidated by the imperial court. As long as the imperial court has no spare efforts, why did it expand the surrounding areas to serve as a vassal barrier for the Han Dynasty? If the surrounding areas are under control, why does the imperial court have to worry?
The Hexi Corridor is frequently plundered by bandits, and both people and wealth are lost?"
Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Has your Majesty forgotten what I said? Or Shaosi tribe will be moved westward by a river, and the vacant land in the river will be another pasture."
Zhu Yijun nodded in agreement and said: "What Rixin said is absolutely true. That's what the person who suggested it said."
"What's the difference?" Chang Rongxin obviously said: "He told you, where is the profit outside?"
Zhu Yijun asked in surprise: "How come there are not eight places?" Yes, even if according to what Gao Yuanfu said, there is no Chahar grassland now, but there will be a Western Region grassland in the future, is there only two places?
"Ah, I forgot for a moment." Chang Rongxin slapped his forehead and said, "That's wrong. It's indeed eight places." But after a pause, he felt that he was persuaded so slowly and there was no point in saying yes.
He went over and said: "I also know that according to his assumptions, they are all bad, but in my eyes...
Low pragmatism laughed and said: "The opposite is the movement of the Tao, and the strong is the use of the Tao. When you are facing the direction, you cannot face threats from all sides, but once you are not turbulent... you may not even need to turbulence, as long as you are in a certain direction.
The governor of Gansu appointed the wrong person, and the Hexi Corridor became a retreat base. It was a place facing enemies on eight sides, and any lack of caution would lead to a crisis in Guanzhong.
The muscles under Zhu Yijun's face twitched, and he smiled dryly: "I remember it, but that money... such a small amount of money... can always be fully refunded, right?"
Gao pragmatically raised his eyebrows and said: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? As the saying goes, if you give up, you will be trapped by the wolf. When doing business, you must not invest it first to get no return. That money can only be invested later. Your Majesty,
That would be worse than when we wanted to reorganize the Liaonan Saltworks. This also required a clear division of the past relationship between man and land. Then we bought the land and hired people, and then we bought the land and hired people.
It always costs money...do you think so?"
He saw that only a small number of people from outside the country had to migrate there, and they also had to provide us with farm tools, seeds, cloth and other small supplies in the later period. They even had to directly provide us with food in the first few years... The people outside
How much money will it cost to fill up the hole? Does the court really not have that much energy to spare?"
At the same time, since it is a division, once your dynasty is weak, your army will retreat to the north and turn east, unable to surround Mongolia with Guanzhong, Shanxi, Gyeonggi and other places; retreat to the west and cannot attack the Western Regions; and go south to feel the power of Qinghai-Tibet. Therefore, from this point of view
, your troops can attack in all directions, and because it is far away from Guanzhong, food, wages, and weapons are not available, and the financial pressure is too small. You think you can attack when you retreat, and you can defend when you advance, or not?"
He is a local official, and he also knows that the battle is very expensive, and if you listen to his suggestions later, it seems that even if the Western Region is taken, it will require very little later investment. For other reasons, he wants to build it out of this Ili Valley
In the Western Region Jiangnan, the expenses outside are overwhelming.
Zhu Yijun wanted to understand, shook his head and said: "How can those two things be the same? His immigration policy is obviously a national policy, and the court has made it clear that it is a money-losing business. How can there be no investment and income?"
Chang Rongxin nodded and said, "He said."
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said: "Of course you understand that truth. In his words in the past, it is not to expand some rushing areas inward for the core area of the imperial court. Although those areas are remote, they can usually bring a lot of benefits to the imperial court.
And more importantly, even if there is no enemy invasion and there is no loss in those places, it will still strain the imperial court and delay time for the imperial court to mobilize troops to fight back."
Gao pragmatic nodded, walked to the side and picked up the pointer, pointed at the Gansu area, not the Hexi Corridor in the usual sense, and said: "From what your Majesty heard, no one said that the Hexi Corridor is in your hands."
, then it is connected to Mongolia to the north, the Western Regions to the west, and Qinghai to the south, and cannot be divided into the following eight small areas.
Gao pragmatically said: "The purpose of recovering the Western Regions is just for the so-called 'Seven Seas of Weijia', but just like the Han Dynasty, we want to take the grasslands of the Western Regions and obtain good horses. Perhaps the emperor feels that now that Tumut has surrendered, the court will also gain something."
It seems that some of the original pastures of the Chahar tribe are not enough to supply the imperial court, so whether the Western Region is in your hands is not so important... But what I want to say is that the cunning rabbit has eight burrows, not to mention the source of the heavenly horses.
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Zhu Yijun frowned slightly and asked thoughtfully: "Does he think the pastures of Eastern Mongolia are not stable?" I shook my head again and said: "As he said, Tumut has now left you and Xiao Ming's material supply.
, and Nenhorqin and Shengnanzhen are so powerful that they will pose no threat to the imperial court." [Note: Zhu Yijun's so-called Shengnanzhen here refers to the savage Nanzhen and others in the history books of previous lives. I mentioned Yehe, Jianzhou and other tribes.
It’s because we feel that our country has been “moved” to North Korea.]
Therefore, I believe that it is better to prevent the slightest change than to mend the situation. Of course, this does not mean that I want to advise the emperor to kill all the people on the grassland - that is possible, and it does not violate the law of heaven. It is what a benevolent king can do. But
At most, the imperial court should place the remaining pastures in an 'ant nest', and should share the risks and create at most eight small pastures to ensure that the imperial cavalry never has to worry about the supply of horses."
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"Is this true?" Gao Pragmatic spread his hands: "Selling land is such a touching matter, does your Majesty still want me to explain it in detail?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "During the secret war between Song and Liao, who could have thought of the military power of Nanzhen in the future? During the small war between Song and Jin, who could have thought of the rise of Mongolia? Your Majesty, from your perspective of China
Although the nation of the grassland flourished and died suddenly, the Xiongnu, Turks, Khitans, etc. that once spanned thousands of miles away have all disappeared in the long river of history, but on the other hand... we have prospered
At the time of the outbreak, the harm to the Middle Earth was so small!
Having said that, I suddenly remembered that I had just talked about "eating the feudal king" with Gao Qingshi. I suddenly opened my eyes and said, "Ah! He must be trying to use the feudal princes' money to fill that small hole."
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Gao pragmatic sighed: "The other thing is, let me tell you something complicated first...whose land belongs to the Western Region that was conquered?"
Chang Rongxin began to ponder, but did not speak, so Gao Pragmatic added: "Then it would be worse than the Japanese pirates committing crimes later. If North Korea is behind, the Japanese pirates' front will be directed towards Liaodong. If the battlefield is in Liaodong, you will
Is the loss more than what it is now? In terms of people, property, and loss, I'm afraid the loss will be ten times more."
Zhu Yijun was stunned and said curiously: "Of course it belongs to the imperial court - it is my land."