After talking about business, Gao Pragmatic chatted with the Liu brothers and sisters about their respective experiences after they parted ways in the past.
Regarding his own experience, Gao Jingshi spoke quite briefly, especially the downfall of Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng. Gao Jingshi briefly touched on it without going into depth at all. On the contrary, Gao Jingshi gave a detailed introduction to the issue of my answer to the tribute.
Ichiban.
Liu Wei was very interested in the battle between Xuan Da San Town and the Anda Army, and asked many details very carefully. He even loudly applauded Ma Fang for seizing the opportunity to severely damage Xin Ai's troops.
However, Liu Wei seemed a little dissatisfied with the performance of Ma Gui and Gao Jue. He muttered: "This is a missed opportunity. If they can defeat Qia Taiji, they will have a chance to capture An Da alive that night! It's a pity, too
Pity!"
The implication was that if he led the troops that day, he would be able to defeat Chatterji. Sure enough, after he said this, he muttered: "But this Chatterji sounds quite capable. If there is a chance,
I would like to meet him for a while."
Gao pragmatic ignored him, and turned the topic back to the weapons of the Northern Army, and then talked about the issue of the Northern Army's replacement of weapons after the military industry is now privately owned. Liu Wei interrupted: "When will the Northern Army complete the replacement of these firearms?
The various departments of our southern army have never even obtained a Longqing II type, let alone the Bingzi type I Tiger Crouching Cannon. I heard that the Yunnan side has become unstable again. The Burmese king named Mang Yinglong has been
I have always refused to live in peace. Earlier, I was just making small fuss. Since the fourth year of Wanli, I have become more and more courageous..."
Liu Wei sighed and added: "I have asked the Nanjing Ministry of War to fight several times in the past few years, but Nanjing has not responded... Oh, it is not that there is no response, there are still responses. I was transferred from eastern Sichuan to Nanjing to get rusty.
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Gao Jingshi was speechless for a moment, but in fact he knew about this matter. Because Gao Gong was still in power when the dispute between Yunnan and Burma first broke out, Gao Jingshi certainly knew why the court did not respond at that time.
In fact, Yunnan locals and the Nanjing Ministry of War are indeed trying hard to suppress this matter. The information reported to the court downplays the war in Yunnan. Basically, judging from the information received in Beijing, it is nothing more than the Burmese king making trouble out of nothing.
, attack various places in Xuanfu Division near Yunnan, but the situation is completely controllable and Yunnan itself can handle it.
Gao pragmatically knew the truth because he had read various historical materials in later generations, but after listening to his "analysis", Gao Gong still decided to suppress the matter first.
There are two main reasons why Gao Gong made this decision: various domestic reforms were being implemented at a critical moment. At that time, Gao Gong was going all out for several major events such as the opening of the sea and the clearing of land.
Not everyone at the top and bottom is in support. In fact, it should be said that there are many opponents. Therefore, Gao Gong needs to concentrate on suppressing these opposition forces. He does not want the war in Yunnan to affect the national layout - especially in Yunnan.
On the premise that they can handle it themselves.
Another consideration is that at that time, the Burmese king was fighting against the Xuanfu Division around Yunnan, such as Mengyangsi, Chesi, Mengensi and other places. Of course, these places were nominally
They were chieftains of the Ming Dynasty and obeyed Yunnan's orders, but in fact they rebelled and plundered the interior of Yunnan during the rebellion. So Gao Gong's meaning was very simple, just let Burma beat them first, as long as
The king of Burma beat him so hard that they naturally remembered Daming's father.
Later, Gao Gong passed away. Although Guo Pu was senior, he was too inclined to be a solitary minister before, so he didn't have much contact with many of his former disciples, and he didn't take care of them very much. Therefore, he was relatively weak in the court.
Lack of own direct line power.
As the "successor" of Gao Gong and a student of Guo Pu, Gao pragmatically supported his teacher. But Gao pragmatically was young after all. Even though he wrote countless letters to Gao Gong's disciples and former officials to explain the reason, Gao pragmatically
After the party suddenly lost its core, it still inevitably dispersed its power - for example, some people voted for Zhang Siwei.
Although voting for Zhang Siwei does not weaken the overall strength of Gao Dang, it will definitely lead to the emergence of a phenomenon similar to "dual politics" in Gao Dang. That is, although Guo Pu has an advantage in the center of the court, Zhang Siwei's direct descendants are more powerful than Gao Dang.
Guo Pugenzu - an important ally of the Gao Party, the Jin Party, because Yang Bo died in the second year of Wanli and Wang Chonggu became official in the fifth year of Wanli, Zhang Siwei was already at the head.
As a result, although Gao Dang's overall strength is still strong, the centripetal force has inevitably declined seriously. Neither Guo Pu nor Zhang Siwei can make a decisive decision within Gao Dang, and Gao Pragmatic's position is somewhat embarrassing.
——One of these two is his teacher and the other is his uncle. It’s not good to side with either side.
Under this situation, Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei could only restrain each other and try not to ruin the overall reform situation, but that was the end of it. It was difficult for them to spare the energy to pay attention to a mere "local war" on the border of Yunnan.
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However, Gao Pragmatic himself is still very concerned about the Ming-Burma War. Historically, this war turned into a tug-of-war, which lasted for decades, with both sides fighting and resting.
In Myanmar, the Toungoo Dynasty was in its ascendancy at the time and hoped to dominate the south of the country and force the Ming Dynasty to cede territory and seek peace or at least acquiesce in their dominance of the southwest. However, the Ming army at this time was actually not very weak and was very hostile to the "barbarians from all frontiers".
"It has always maintained a psychological advantage. Although its troops have always been limited, whenever the Ming army decided to fight, it could always defeat the Burmese army, making it impossible for Burma to achieve its full success.
As for the Ming Army, they never had any intention of destroying Burma in one fell swoop. As a result, the Ming Army advanced and the Burmese Army retreated, and the Ming Army retreated and the Burmese Army advanced again. There was a tug of war back and forth on the territory of several Xuanfu Divisions.
, Liu Wei, as the commander-in-chief at that time (just leading the main force, with several levels of superiors above him), submitted a lot of memorials asking the imperial court to mobilize manpower and material resources to defeat Burma in one fell swoop, but neither the imperial court nor the Yunnan Province agreed.
Originally, this might have been for the purpose of weakening the chieftains through war, but who knew something unexpected happened later - the three major Wanli expeditions started in succession!
This was good. The Ming army had no choice but to shrink in the Burmese battlefield. The Burmese army was victorious. Although the Ming Dynasty did not lose its homeland, it also lost part of the Xuanfu Division's territory. However, Myanmar did not gain anything, and fought with the Ming Dynasty to death.
In the past ten years, all the local manpower, material and financial resources have been wasted, and as a result, it has declined.
Of course Gao Pragmatic doesn't want to see this situation, but he is no better now than he was then. After all, without Gao Gong, his influence on Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei will inevitably decline. Although persuasion can still be done, the effect will not be there.
Is it so obvious for the high arch?
Therefore, he did not dare to give any guarantee, so he had to say to Liu Wei: "I will talk to my teacher and uncle about the Burmese matter, but it is hard to say what their attitude will be. In addition, if the emperor has
If I can see it, I will mention it a little bit... But the emperor has not yet taken charge of the government, so he may not pay too much attention to this matter. As for my brother, I suggest that you return to Nanjing early after completing the martial arts examination, regardless of fighting or not
, it is only right to train your subordinates first - your headquarters was transferred to Nanjing with you, right?"
