Of course, Gao Pragmatic's words were not finished yet. The analysis just now was mainly to tell all the people present at the meeting that the reason why the imperial court acquiesced in the name of Tumote forces as vassals, but was actually autonomous, was that the situation now has undergone some changes compared to that time.
"Yi" is a highly pragmatic classic, and his ultimate understanding of "Yi" is: the world is always changing, and I must change with it.
The reason is simple, but the real difficulty lies in "following".
If you want to "follow", it means that you first need to know in which direction the world is changing, what has changed at this moment, to what extent it has changed, and how it will change in the future. It is divided into several stages, and each stage changes.
How much...wait.
Only by realizing the above can you fully "comply with the way of heaven" and "change with it" instead of going against heaven and destiny and seeking short-sightedness.
Therefore, when the princes at the meeting thought they understood what Gao pragmatism meant, Gao pragmatism had to tell them: before, I just told you what the conditions were at that time, so the court could only do this. But now, let us see how the situation has changed
What changes have occurred.
First of all, the gap in strength between the two sides has further widened. This is easy to explain. When Anda paid tribute, although Anda Khan did not have the ability to severely damage the Ming Dynasty, he did have the ability to attack the border and disturb the people. And the reason why he dared
The root cause of the continuous attacks on the border and disturbing the people is that Ming Dynasty really does not have the ability to severely damage its main force, nor does it have the ability to defend its thousands-mile defense line everywhere.
To put it bluntly, the Ming Dynasty neither had the ability to amass a powerful cavalry that could "use cavalry to defeat cavalry" against Tumut, nor did it have enough national strength or technological advantages to forcefully advance with infantry, establish strongholds, and encroach on the grassland.
ability.
At this point, the first critical time point is the Battle of Monan. After the Battle of Monan, the Ming army demonstrated the powerful power of the hollow phalanx of muskets and bayonets to "control cavalry with foot" militarily, and politically
General Han Naji, a die-hard fan, was promoted to the position of King of Shunyi. From then on, he began to reverse the offensive and defensive trend politically, and also began to reverse the situation of both sides in key combat capabilities.
In other words, since the Monan War, the Ming Dynasty has had the political status to command Tumut, which means that other tribes originally controlled by Tumut - such as the Ordos Tribe, Qinghai Tumut, etc., have directly or
Indirectly, we must obey the Ming Dynasty and must not attack borders and disturb the people at every turn. Otherwise, I will let Tumut deal with you.
From this period onwards, the Ming Dynasty and Tumut formed complementary advantages: the Ming Dynasty began to obtain more and more horses, gradually expanding the originally rather rare and precious cavalry force, while Tumut obtained stable food and supplies.
Living supplies are replenished, and the ability to resist natural disasters is gradually enhanced.
At the same time, because these horse market trades in Mongolia are all controlled by King Shunyi of Tumed, King Shunyi also has an increasingly solid say in the tribes that surrendered to him - this means that the political structure of Tumed
It began to change from the Mongolian-style "whoever has the bigger fist gets to speak" to the model of "I distribute the benefits, so I have the final say."
This can be understood as the regime form of Tumut or Simongu gradually changed from the warlord structure of "tribal armed forces based on size" to the civilian structure of "interest distribution rights" determinism.
So the question is, where did the crucial right to distribute horse market trade benefits in the hands of the King of Shunyi come from? There is no doubt that it came from the Ming Dynasty - it was the Ming Dynasty that gave you the King of Shunyi Horse Market.
The right to distribute benefits from trade effectively supports your royal power.
In this case, I, Da Ming, can give you this power, and naturally I can also take back this power. There is only one premise: Da Ming has the ability to effectively prevent you from possible military retaliation while depriving you of this power.
So, does the Ming Dynasty have this ability? Yes, through the thirty years of ebb and flow after Ida paid tribute, the Ming Dynasty not only made a step forward in "controlling cavalry with feet" compared to the Monan War, but also
With the establishment of a powerful cavalry unit, "cavalry to control cavalry" is no longer a fantasy.
This means that Tumut's military threat to the Ming Dynasty has almost dropped to a historical low of almost zero, while the Ming Dynasty has become stronger in its original strengths and strengthened in its original weaknesses. Both infantry and cavalry services have
Can definitely beat Tumut.
In this case, unless the Ming Dynasty forced Tumut to commit suicide, Tumut could only obey the orders of the Ming Dynasty and would not dare to resist.
The widening power gap means that Tumut has been in a completely passive strategic situation. Secondly, Tumut's reliance on the Ming Dynasty has become more and more frequent and severe as the disasters caused by the Little Ice Age have become more and more frequent.
Obviously, it is becoming more and more indispensable.
In the original history, this time period was the stage of Nurhachi's rise, but many people in later generations often overlook one point: the reason why Nurhaci was able to successfully annex the Jurchen tribes was also strongly related to the fact that both Mongolia and the Jurchens were facing the disaster pressure of the Little Ice Age at that time.
of.
Because of disasters, whether Mongolian or Jurchen, the pressure to survive is huge, and it is getting bigger year by year. In this case, their first choice is to rob the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty has just defeated the three major
Zheng, the remaining power is still there, and the strength has not declined particularly significantly - except for Liaodong.
Therefore, although the northern frontiers of the Ming Dynasty were under pressure from the invaders at that time, only Liaodong, which had suffered a huge loss in strength, had a relatively big disturbance - that is, the incident of Li Rusong's death in battle. However, although the impact of Li Rusong's death in battle was not small, it soon became more serious because of Nurhachi's death.
With the rise of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty began to have the prerequisites to use barbarians to control barbarians, so it spent money to buy the Mongols to fight against the Jurchens.
At that time, Tumut chose to rely on the materials exchanged from the Ming Dynasty to resist because of the horse market trade created by Anda Feng tribute, which was to solve the disaster problem internally; Chahar did not have the horse market trade, so he had to accept the "commission" from the Ming Dynasty.
", to find trouble with Nurhaci - that is, Lin Dan Khan wrote a threatening letter to Nurhachi, which eventually led to Hou Jin's execution of the Mongolian envoy, and the two sides were actually hostile.
[Note: Although Lin Dan Khan chose to use the money given by the Ming Dynasty to subdue the tribes in Eastern Mongolia who did not obey his orders afterwards, that did not affect the fact that Chahar was hostile to Hou Jin.]
All in all, the situation at that time was that the entire north was severely hit by the Little Ice Age. Mongolia chose to rely on the Ming Dynasty to lick its wounds, while Eastern Mongolia and Houjin actually chose to integrate their internal affairs first and then wait for opportunities to act - except for Nurhaci
The action was faster and smoother, but Lin Danhan was a step late and it was not smooth either.
In essence, when faced with the pressure of survival, everyone's choices are not choices, they are all forced. And except for Tumut who has been reluctant to move because he could have obtained Ming's supplies, the other two companies have come to
In the end, we will inevitably have to fight against the Ming Dynasty - who has the richest family, but you are unwilling to cut off your flesh to save me? Oh, you said it is difficult for you, but at least you have a harvest in the south, how can you be more difficult than me?
Now it's different. With Chahar's flight to the west, the southern part of Eastern Mongolia was taken back under the direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and cities such as Daning and Fuxin were newly built and rebuilt. The northern part was taken over by Nenhorqin and other tribes.
partition, but because of the disparity in power and their highly pragmatic trade policies, they were willing to take orders from the Ming Dynasty.
As for the Jurchens, various Jurchen tribes were "moved" to North Korea by Gao Pragmatic, both carrot and stick. As a result, not only all of Liaodong became the land of the Ming Dynasty, but later Jilin and a small half of Heilongjiang were also directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and hundreds of thousands of Han people were moved there to carry out the war.
"Real edge".
However, Liaodong can still relatively completely accept the "empty land" left by the Jurchen tribes, while Jilin and Heilongjiang are far from being able to compare with it. How can such a vast land be filled up by hundreds of thousands of Han people?
Nowadays, the Jurchen tribes have not come to invade. On the one hand, it is because the Ming Dynasty is too powerful now, and secondly, because the Jurchen tribes originally lived in the real bitter cold land, and their tolerance to the "bitter cold" is much stronger than that of the Ming Dynasty, and is more tolerant to the "bitter cold" than that of the Ming Dynasty.
In Mongolia, which is "semi-bitter and cold", the Jurchens are just better.
The problem is that Gao Qingjing doesn't know where the critical point of their tolerance is. If the disasters of this Little Ice Age continue to deepen and worsen, and one day these girls really can't bear it anymore and have to go south to seek survival, then the only option is
What should we do about Jilin and half of Heilongjiang, which only have hundreds of thousands of Han people?
Gao Pragmatic will never forget that the most capable and brave elites of the Qianlong Dynasty in the original history were none other than the "Sauron Tribe" warriors who represented Sheng Jurchen, and were the last faces of the so-called "Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty".
But the problem is that these girls are really less civilized. They don't even have the ability to provide war horses for the Ming Dynasty - they are fishing and hunting. So what should we do? We can't let the Ming Dynasty learn from the Liao Kingdom and ask them for some points.
Haidongqing, let the rich and noble family in the capital do some new tricks, why don't you let the eagle walk the bird?
Therefore, we cannot only look at Tumut, but also think about the other tribes around the Ming Dynasty from the dilemma of Tumut. The troubles they will face will only be greater than the Tumut, and solving their troubles will avoid the future troubles of the Ming Dynasty.
, Therefore, Ming Dynasty must consider in advance and take care of this matter.
The Sauron tribe, as well as other Jurchen tribes, actually don't have many people together. Gao Pragmatic estimates that the number of people who can resist the sky will not be greater than the hundreds of thousands of Han people in Jilin and southern Heilongjiang, but they may cause damage.
Lina is no joke.
Although it seems that the Taqing did not face this kind of difficulty, the Taqing was already in Han Dynasty at that time, and it was of the same origin. As long as a little leakage between the fingers gave the direction to the hometown, it would be stable. But now there is no Taqing
, when a girl is born, she really doesn’t have any ancestry from the Ming Dynasty, so if she really wants to make a fuss, there will be no psychological burden at all.
Moreover, the Taqing can find any reason to support them. After all, it is a major matter related to the safety of the "Longxing Land", and the Ming Dynasty cannot do this - oh, the disaster situation in the Ming Dynasty is so serious, how about you?
Being pragmatic but throwing money at a group of "barbarians"? Are you a Chinese or a barbarian?
Because of this, Gao Pragmatic must take the opportunity of Tumote's request to make the truth clear to the senior officials at the level of the Nine Ministers, and then spread it to them for persuasion.
The number of his disciples and former officials continued to expand, forming a unified understanding between the government and the public.
After his analysis, all the officials present at the meeting finally realized the seriousness and complexity of the problem. Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, who had always been relatively neutral, pondered: "What Yuan Fu means is that not only Tumut's request for help is ours"
The Ming Dynasty must do its best, and even the Horqin, Sheng Jurchen and other tribes, the Ming Dynasty must provide money and efforts to prevent them from falling into a desperate situation and having no choice but to invade my weak northeastern border?"
Gao Pragmatic nodded slowly, his face looking very heavy.
Chen Yubi sighed and spread his hands: "But Yuan Fu also said before that the imperial court has no extra money and food now... We can't just ignore the disaster in the country and go to rescue them first, right? If so.
, I’m afraid that all the princes here today will inevitably be labeled as “tong barbarians” in the future.”
In this way, all the people present at the meeting began to talk about each other. However, no one jumped out of the two directions of "wanting help but being unable" and "wanting help but having no way".
Gao Pragmatic just let everyone discuss without saying a word. Instead, he looked at everyone inadvertently. Suddenly, he found that Shen Yiguan, who had been very silent recently and had been noncommittal today, had a calm expression and seemed to have a slight disdain in his eyes.
"Mr. Shen Ge," Gao Pingshi suddenly called out, smiled slightly, and asked Shen Guangxiang: "I, Mr. Guange, look as usual, and seem to have a plan in mind. In this case, why not offer some clever advice, so as to relieve the imperial court's worries?
"
Everyone immediately stopped talking and all looked at Shen Yigui.
Shen Yigui waved his hand, shook his head slightly and said: "Shen is just an old man, so there is no clever solution. It's just that although Yuan Fu said something serious, there was no panic in his expression. It can be seen that even if the situation is not good, Yuan Fu can't do anything.
Fu already has a way to deal with it... Speaking of which, I don't have this clever strategy, but Yuan Fu has already had it."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized and looked at Gao Pragmatically.
Gao Pingshi cursed secretly in his heart: I just want you important ministers to stop relying on me, to be able to think independently, and to think in the right direction... but you, an old thief, insist on ruining my good deeds.
"Haha..." Gao Pragmatic thought about it. After all, he couldn't say these words, and he still had to continue to act like a prime minister. So he could only smile to cover up the resentment in his heart, and took advantage of the situation and said: "Look, Mr. Mengchen Pavilion.
Okay, although I have some ideas, it’s hard to say that they are the best solution at the moment..."
Unexpectedly, everyone obviously didn't believe what he said. They just thought he was being self-effacing and still stared at him one by one. Gao Pragmatic had no choice but to cough lightly and said: "In my humble opinion, if the imperial court takes the initiative to reward people with money and food,
Although various ministries can nip hidden dangers in the cradle, as everyone has worried, such a policy of "not distinguishing between close relatives and distant friends" may be difficult to convince the scholars and people.
That being the case, why not take advantage of the opportunity of Tumote's list to include Tumute and simply use Tumote as an example, so that all ministries can see that no matter what kind of difficulties they face, as long as the Ming Dynasty is included, they will be able to overcome all difficulties.
untie……"
Everyone was in an uproar, but they soon discovered that Gao Pragmatic's statement was not unreasonable. The most obvious reason is: Don't you think the court should not save these "barbarians"? But as we all know, "when barbarians enter China, China will be harmed."
In other words, if they are internalized, wouldn't they be barbarians? Since they are all Chinese, wouldn't it be logical to save them one by one?
However, there is still one final and biggest question lingering in front of everyone.
Yu Shenxing coughed lightly and asked: "Yuan Fu... If this is the case, where will the money, food and supplies come from?"
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PS: It seems that only dividing this chapter into upper, middle and lower parts is not enough... cough.
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