When the news contained in Tumut's official list reached the capital, it undoubtedly had the impact of thunder on the ground. Many people were stunned and even suspected that they were hearing hallucinations.
How could someone as powerful as Tumote express his intention to annex so easily? Is their situation really so critical? Can they reach an internal consensus? Could they just want to test the court's attitude?
All kinds of speculations started happening all at once. When it came to the court, a large number of people used various methods to explore the pragmatic tone, hoping to learn more about the "inside story" - there must be monsters when things go wrong, maybe it's me.
What about the inside story that I don’t know? But it doesn’t matter that I don’t know. Yuan Fu is the “reincarnation of the third Ming Dynasty King” recognized by Tumote. How can he still know?
What a pity! Since the emperor has been absent from work and the Supervisor of Ceremonies has gone out of business, Gao Pragmatic has been so busy these past few months that his tongue is blistering. How can he have time to care about Tumut, who has always been in a stable political situation, and he knows the inside story of this ghost!
Through these groups of people who came to inquire about the news, he discovered another problem: He originally knew that Zhu Yijun had a certain degree of "high pragmatic dependence" and was optimistic about it, but he didn't know until today that
Co-authored: "High pragmatic dependence" appeared in the entire imperial court?
If I were suddenly not at the helm, wouldn't this court lose even its basic judgment? Are you all sleepwalking?
If Gao Pragmatic is really an ambitious man who intends to subvert and conspire to usurp the throne, then that's fine. This situation is completely a good thing for him. The emperor can't do it without him, and the officials can't do it without him, so he wants to
If you do something, wouldn’t the certainty be astonishingly great?
But the problem is that he is not a big ambition, and he never intends to "seize the bird's position." He just hopes to cure the root cause of the disease that Ming brought from his mother's womb, and then try his best to create a system that meets the productivity level of this era.
, and at the same time, it also has a certain forward-looking and redundant system to allow the Ming Dynasty to get rid of its deformity and develop normally, and not to let the Chinese civilization take the detour of two or three hundred years... That's all.
As for how to explain the things he did in southern Xinjiang, Nanyang, and even Japan and India...
The former is to reserve a way out for himself. After all, reformers often do not end well, and he does not want a family as big as the Gao family in Xinzheng to be buried with him; the latter is because of the inertia of development. When Jinghua's power becomes stronger internally,
If it cannot be digested rationally, it must be exported to the outside world. This cannot be controlled by his subjective consciousness, and can only be guided in a directional manner.
To put it bluntly, he believed that under the political structure of the Ming Dynasty, there was actually no big difference between changing one family's surname to become emperor. If it really had to be changed, there would definitely be a big turmoil and many people would die, but all of these people
It is a wasted death and does not contribute to the development process of Chinese civilization.
On the contrary, if we build barriers in southern Xinjiang and Nanyang, we can counteract the invasion of European colonial frenzy and enable Chinese civilization to withstand the impact of the strongest period of European power after the Industrial Revolution. When Chinese civilization also becomes an agricultural country,
After turning into an industrial country, the rest of the things he, an "ancient", no longer need to consider - as the same saying goes, China is the chosen country.
Why? Because of the vast land, giant tribes, and concentricity. This means rich resources, sufficient population, and unified culture.
This is the standard for the chosen country. And the experience of later generations tells Gao Pragmatic that only China in the world has these three conditions at the same time.
The United States is rich in resources, and its population is barely enough, but it needs to be supplemented by immigrants. However, because the internal class is highly solidified, it is unwilling to accept too many truly high-quality immigrants. As a result, the quality of immigrants is getting worse and worse, and internal conflicts are increasingly intensifying. As for culture
One body... can be pulled down, fighting each other until the other party is killed on the spot;
Russia is rich in resources, but its population shortage is even more serious than that of the United States. Moreover, it is not a country that particularly welcomes immigrants. The fundamental reason is that the proportion of its main ethnic groups is a bit dangerous. As for culture, it is also not integrated, although its domestic self-proclaimed
The Orthodox Church accounts for more than 80%, but many people only think that they are "related to the Orthodox Church". In fact, there are not only many sects with a high proportion, but also many atheists. Therefore, Russia can only be the Russian Federation, not
Russian Republic;
Europe...well, there are no big countries in Europe, and they can't even express their unification. It can be said that they are a group of upstarts who were formed by chance during the Industrial Revolution. When other parts of the world develop, they can only go back to history.
It should be where it should be, and there will be no surprises in the long run.
Gao Pragmatic even believes that the political thinking of Europeans only stays at the level of the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, so their scholars say that China is "politically precocious" after studying a little bit of Chinese history - oh, just say you are stunted.
Am I a precocious person? China solved the theocratic problem as early as the Zhou Gongdan era. Do you give me shoes?
As for some people who are worried that India will be the "next China", stop it! The caste system is only abolished on paper, but in fact it has always been popular, and domestic governance needs to rely on stimulating sectarian conflicts to distinguish "me and not me"
A country with only a nominal population is a piece of loose sand that cannot form a joint force. Not to mention, India is not actually rich in resources, and even the upstream of the vital water source is controlled by China.
If India really has a strategist, he or they should be very clear that China and India are not on the same level at all. The reason why India seems to have some voice, apart from their population, is actually just that India loves to show off, while China is often more willing to show off.
The enemy is weak.
Many people are quite disdainful of "showing weakness to the enemy", but they probably don't know that "showing weakness to the enemy" is a sign of being ready to take action at any time. Just as many people in later generations believed that the Xuanwumen incident was that Li Shimin had to fight with Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng
A sudden conflict broke out between Yuan Ji and Yuan Ji, but they didn't know that the "both sides were evenly matched" they thought was actually deliberately fabricated by Li Shimin after he became emperor.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! From the elites across the country to the elites in Guanzhong, and then to the garrison in Chang'an City, they are all in the hands of Li Shimin, and the famous generals in the DPRK are all his people, even before the Xuanwumen Incident
, Li Yuan and several prime ministers have been "invited" by Yuchi Gong to "boat" in the lake... Do you think this situation is because the Li Shimin Group and Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji's alliance are evenly matched?
Then why did Li Shimin insist on letting future generations think that he was forced and that his strength was only half that of his brothers? Because Li Shimin was smart! He knew that public opinion always subconsciously favored the weak and the "non-fault party", so
He has to make himself look less strong and appear to be cornered by the other party... So, do we need to be more straightforward about the China-India issue?
It is precisely because you are strong that you have to "give in" again and again, because only in this way will your final "can't stand it" appear reasonable and will not arouse the condemnation of the whole world.
At this time, some people may still say: As long as I am strong enough, it doesn't matter if the world sins against me. I will subjugate ten groups with one force, and I will beat anyone who opposes me.
Yes, you can do this, but as a ruler, it means that you have to use a lot of power for meaningless consumption. Just like Napoleon's France, you win all the way in the early stage until you run out of national power and lose.
At the same time, your opponent, Britain, has firmly occupied the first place in the wave of the Industrial Revolution, leaving the European continent far behind.
Of course, in addition to the three basic conditions of "vast land, giant clan, and unity", the country's governance ability is also crucial. The first three are like hardware, and the latter is like software. However, the operation of the latter also depends on the former.
Support, just like if you take a AAA masterpiece and run it on the first-generation PC, let alone running it, you can’t even install it, so it’s a waste of time.
In short, Gao Pragmatic's purpose is very simple: Isn't it because China is too advanced in its agricultural era and its population is too sufficient that it has no need for industrialization? Then I will create a southern Xinjiang to act as a middleman, allowing you to interact with "international" earlier.
"Integrate with the standards" and let "international demand" stimulate your development and transformation.
And I, even if I live in southern Xinjiang in the future, even if I leave my descendants in southern Xinjiang, I will still be a Chinese Miao descendant, and I will still work hard for the prosperity of China.
In this case, it is unacceptable for him that the courtiers rely so much on him as a pragmatic person, and something must change.
He first asked Chen Ju to inquire about the emperor's attitude. As expected, the emperor said that "the ministers can make their own decisions." So he immediately convened a meeting of the nine ministers and asked for a consensus.
The meeting of the Great and the Great Nine Ministers could be held as a matter of routine when the Ming Dynasty discussed important matters - although in the past most of the time it was for the purpose of recommending cabinet ministers, it is reasonable to hold it now.
At the meeting, Gao Pragmatic changed his usual style. He was neither the first to speak to "set the tone" nor the last to "summarize." Instead, he constantly guided the ministers at the meeting to think about what kind of Monan the Ming Dynasty needed.
In other words, Gao Pragmatic was guiding them to think about the national situation of the Ming Dynasty in a more rational way.
For example, from a geopolitical perspective, whether Ming Dynasty needs to continue to maintain Tumut’s “dominion” status at this stage. On this issue, Gao Pragmatism must first guide them to understand that they had tacitly allowed Tumut to “name it” in the past.
What is the purpose of "fences but actually autonomy"?
For what? In order to effectively reduce the cost of governance and obtain the benefits that Ming Dynasty wanted.
When he said this, almost all the ministers at the meeting were a little confused - ah? Isn't it because Tumut has always maintained a relatively strong military force, so it is not worthwhile for us to directly force them to surrender?
So Gao Pragmatic analyzed them in detail. It was not difficult for the Ming Dynasty to subdue Tumote. It was even very easy for the Ming Dynasty to be shameless and set up a situation to make Tumote change his flag on the spot.
Gao pragmatically made a hypothesis: when he was assisting Korea to fight against the Japanese, because he personally led the troops on the expedition, he had every reason and prestige to ask Tumote to mobilize the elite of the country to go with him on the expedition - Tumote had 100,000 troops.
The core elite number exceeds 40,000, and he is sure that Tumote will accompany him with more than 70,000 soldiers.
This means that he can almost empty Fengzhou Beach at once, leaving at most about 10,000 troops to guard the court of King Shunyi. At this time, Datong and Xuanfu towns put aside some of the troops that were transferred to fight in Korea.
In addition, there are at least more than 150,000 combatable soldiers in total, of which the cavalry is still close to 30,000.
So the question is, is it difficult for these 30,000 elite cavalry to take advantage of Tumote's unpreparedness (Tumote has been "unprepared" for the Ming Dynasty for many years), take down Guihua City in one fell swoop, and capture the senior officials of the Royal Court alive? No difficulty.
, it’s almost a matter of holding it in hand.
So the next step is to force these high-level officials to declare their annexation. As long as the court agrees to protect their existing property and power, they will have no choice but to bow their heads under the roof.
The ministers looked at each other, as if making eye contact: "Don't say it, you really don't say it..." Then when everyone looked at Gao Pragmatic, their eyes became a little interesting, as if they were asking: Since there is such a good opportunity
, why didn’t you do it?
Because it's not cost-effective.
Gao Pragmatic then began to settle accounts for them. Tumut's internal rule was Mongolian, to a certain extent, "free-range", and the administrative costs were extremely low. But if it were directly controlled by the Ming Dynasty, the situation would be completely different - you
We need to build a government office, right? We need to implement household registration, right? We need to count cattle and sheep, right? We need to clarify the amount of taxes, right? We need to determine military service, right? We need to allocate military pay, right? We need to provide ordnance, right?... All the way to disaster relief, right?
All these things cost money. How much tax money can the Ming Dynasty collect from the Mongols? You can pull it off. When doing business with the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols often directly exchange horses, cattle and sheep for goods. Now you are saying that you want to collect
Tax, let them pay with their lives?
Okay, you said you can offset it with cattle and sheep, so how do you set the price? You can even make some more extreme assumptions: He gives you a sick cow that has been infected but is still in the incubation period. As a Mongolian, he can see that the cow actually has
Sick and hopeless, but your tax collector can see that?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the other hand, if the tax collector is not a good person and insists on pointing out that a healthy cow is a sick cow, and is only willing to give a low price, what will the other party think? This
Once there are too many of these situations, what will the accumulated contradictions eventually lead to? Should we all take into consideration?
All in all, in a word, the cost of letting the Mongols manage Tumut by themselves is much, much lower than if the Ming Dynasty directly administered it. Moreover, what does the Ming Dynasty need from Mongolia? From a national strategic level, it is nothing more than
War horses and conquests; and the private cattle and sheep trade can allow the people near the border of the Ming Dynasty to obtain more meat... That's basically it.
Couldn't the Ming Dynasty not be able to meet these demands when Tumut was autonomous but not internal? But don't forget that Boshu Ketu and Erdemutu are now "opening up territory" for the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions.
, they are all Mongolians, and the soldiers and horses under their command are also Mongolian cavalry. However, apart from promising to reward them afterwards, the Ming Dynasty hardly even produced a single hair!
Oh, the last sentence is not accurate - the Ming Dynasty still equipped them with dozens of cannons, but the controllers were still temporarily allocated Ming army artillery. Both the people and the artillery had to return to the Ming army after the battle.
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After talking about it like this, the ministers finally understood what Gao Pragmatic meant.
Got it! I’m not polite about the benefits, but I can’t bear the responsibility... Ah, let’s put it this way, now that Tumut is included, it seems we shouldn’t accept it!
However, Gao Pragmatic's words were not finished yet.
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