Wang Shangwen obviously did not understand the meaning of Gao Jingshi's words. He thought that Gao Jingshi was like many civil servants who were stupid in reading. Because the other party showed a submissive appearance, he was satisfied and started to be kind and tolerant.
As a military general, Wang Shangwen despised this kind of literati mentality, but he didn't dare to show it. Because during his years of military career, he came to the conclusion that there is no need to talk about benevolence to these native people.
, they also don’t understand what benevolence is. What they know and recognize is only strength.
But Gao Pragmatic is also clear about this.
In traditional Chinese culture, benevolence is a virtue. But Gao Pragmatic also knows that benevolence is not everything. When you can show your kindness depends on the person and the time.
If people in the world are either gentlemen or ladies, then being kind is naturally a kind of education and a kind of goodwill, because the other party can understand.
What do you know? It’s not that you are not good at it, you just don’t want to act too good, because if you act too good, there will be no room for maneuver, and it will make others too embarrassed, or even force them to have no way out, and they can only fight hard and resist.
However, there is indeed a kind of person in this world who is fearful of power but not immoral.
What is fear of power? Wei means power and strength. Fear of power means the fear that you will use force against him. The more you bully him, the more afraid he will be of you.
What is Huaide? It means that if you treat him well, he knows how to be grateful and understands that your actions are a virtue, so he is willing to repay you with loyalty and sincerity.
When you meet someone who is fearful of power but not ethical, it will be useless no matter how nice you are to him. Only by making him fear you will he become honest.
This is just like the Japanese in later generations are most afraid of Americans. Whenever an American father glares at them, Japan will be scared and whatever the father says. What is the reason? It is simply because they have been attacked by American atomic bombs and are afraid of them, so
Even if Americans fart, they will say it smells good.
Gao Pragmatic was born in such a snobbish era, so his consistent attitude is that kindness must depend on the situation.
For example, first use power, and then use virtue. Power and virtue must complement each other, and there cannot be just one, otherwise you may be lame.
Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty is actually different from the previous Central Plains dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, treating "barbarians" with kindness was actually something that was only done in a few cases. Most of the time, the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty was to use force. Just like Liu Xianping
Duzhangman, Duzhangman was directly exterminated...
Does it count as a one-and-done solution? Yes, but it’s not cost-effective.
Gao Pragmatic felt that this method of governance was "uneconomical". It was just a barbarian with a small population. The Ming Dynasty sent out armies twelve times and went through hundreds of battles. From Taizu, Chengzu, Yingzong, Daizong, Shizong,
Mu Zong continued to fight until the Wanli Dynasty, and finally wiped out his clan a few years ago.
Is this cost-effective? Is it economical? If all the "barbarians" in the world are to rule like this, is it any wonder that Ming Dynasty will grind itself to death?
What Gao pragmatic admires most about the Ming Dynasty's "conquest and rule" is actually the "Yunnan model", while the worst "conquest and rule" is the "Annan model".
In the past seven hundred years from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the Yunnan region experienced Nanzhao and Dali, and there seemed to be a tendency to be divided into two countries with the Central Plains. However, in the Yuan Dynasty, Dali was pacified, but the actual control area was far less than that of the Ming Dynasty.
Vast.
The Ming Dynasty attacked and destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, but most of them were defeated, but the Yunnan King of the Yuan Dynasty refused. So the Ming army invaded Yunnan, and the Yuan King burned himself. At that time, the "Caiyunzhinan" was probably less than one-fifth of the Yunnan in later generations.
The Ming Dynasty was the dynasty that truly established the central government's effective control over the entire territory of Yunnan for later generations.
The Ming Dynasty's gradual strengthening of control over Yunnan was not achieved in one step, but unfolded step by step. The Ming Dynasty first established 36 chieftains in Yunnan. Because there were many ethnic minorities in Yunnan and they were not subordinate to each other, the chieftains of Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty were like small kingdoms.
, even more so than Guangxi.
Among them, the two chieftains who later became the country's great chieftains: Laos and Burma, were only one of the 36 chieftains at that time. Among these chieftains, Longchuan chieftain was the strongest and often invaded Burmese and other chieftains.
In the 21st year of Hongwu's reign, the chieftains of Longchuan rebelled, and Xiping Hou Muying led an army to attack him. At that time, there were 300,000 rebels, and they drove hundreds of war elephants to fight. Mu Ying discussed with the generals and believed that the morale of the rebels was due to war elephants that had never been seen in the Central Plains.
, what Zhan Xiang has never seen is the fire blunderbuss from the Central Plains.
So Mu Ying ordered that when the battle begins, the fire cannons and rockets of the Shenji Battalion must be like a sky full of stars, and they must be scattered towards the elephants in an endless stream. He also ordered the army to fight tomorrow. If there is any advance or retreat, all the troops will be retreated.
execution.
The next day, the Longchuan army came from the wilderness. The elephants were violently attacked by the Mingshen machine battalion, and they were defeated. However, the chieftain army was still in order. Mu Ying saw a chieftain general from a high place, fighting desperately, while the chieftain army continued to fight to the death.
He was angry. Mu Ying then ordered his elite soldiers to rush in and bring the man's head to see him.
The chieftain general was attacked and killed, and the rebel army was defeated. Mu Ying then surrounded his capital and destroyed it, and all the barbarians were shocked. Because the Yunnan area was too complicated, the Ming Dynasty granted the Mu family the town of Yunnan, and finally established the present-day
The Qing Dynasty effectively ruled the entire Yunnan region, and the Qing Dynasty continued to govern it, and Yunnan finally became an inalienable core territory of China.
Since he had the idea for Annan, Gao Pragmatic has thought carefully about a question more than once: The situation in Yunnan and Annan seems to be not much different. Why did Yunnan finally become "China", while Annan finally gained and lost it?
Where is it?
It stands to reason that Annan has been a county in China since the Han Dynasty, and the country was not established until the Five Dynasties after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, which was not as early as the founding of Nanzhao in Yunnan. By the Song Dynasty, the Dali Kingdom in Yunnan was far stronger than Annan. During the Yuan Dynasty,
Dali and Annan were both conquered. Annan restored the country a little early, and his people's slogan for the restoration of the country was similar to "Drive out the Tartars and restore China."
At the beginning of Hongwu, the Chen family paid tribute to Annan. By the time of Chengzu, the Chen family was in chaos. Chengzu sent Chen Hou to Annan to become the king. Annan trapped and killed the Ming envoys and the king surnamed Chen. So the Ming Dynasty sent 500,000 troops to invade Annan. Annan elders
People greeted the army gate: Annan was originally a part of China, why bother to establish King Chen again, and simply turned it into a Chinese prefecture and county. There is no need to say whether there were any private arrangements. Anyway, Chengzu happily followed it.
However, when the Ming Dynasty dealt with Annan, it did not send people to guard the area as it did with the Yunnan area. After Zhang Fu conquered Annan, he was quickly recalled, and Annan became rebellious. At that time, Annan's eunuch Ma Lin was a big
Corrupt officials, accepting bribes, killing and humiliating innocent people, can be described as doing almost all bad things, which finally led to the rise of the Annan Rebellion.
When Zhang Fu arrived, the rebellion was suppressed, and when Zhang Fu was recalled, the rebellion resumed. In the end, Chengzu died, and the Annan rebellion could no longer be resolved.
Gao Jingshi felt that the first reason why the Ming Dynasty lost Annan was that Zhang Fu was not allowed to follow the example of Mu Ying and control Annan for a long time. This is also the reason why Chengzu is inferior to Taizu. It is not that he is inferior in other ways, but because he is inferior in caring for his relatives - Mu Ying is
The adopted son of Taizu.
The second is that the officials chosen to guard Annan were extremely corrupt and violent. This point does not need to be discussed in detail. In short, it is a mistake in employment.
The third reason is that the officials of Xuande had no foresight at all and made random historical analogies without seeing the great benefits of preserving Annan. In fact, the Li family suffered from constant civil strife in Annan for only two generations. There were many hills in Annan. The Mo family killed the Li family, and the Zheng family also
They faked the name of the Li family and fought with the Mo family, creating an Annan version of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
However, Emperor Xuande finally gave up on Annan, which he felt was uneconomical to rule, and recognized Annan's independence.
From then on, Annan became Vietnam and was separated from China forever.
But why does Gao pragmatism think that sending generals to "shizhen" in a local area has something to do with "power" and "virtue"? Shouldn't sending generals to Shizhen be "power"? What does this have to do with virtue?
Of course there is a relationship, and it's a big relationship.
Because Shizhen means that this land is already your "ancestral property" to a certain extent!
Since it is ancestral property, can we not manage it well? Since we must manage it well, can we still kill the local people at every turn? Obviously not, after all the people have been killed, who will pay your taxes and support you?
Which landowner would kill all his tenants? In order to maintain his dominance, he can only fight and pull, and fight and pull at the same time.
And this is also the biggest advantage of hereditary officials over floating officials: the floating officials are not responsible for the long-term peace and stability of the local area, and they are likely to only care about the present; the secular officials must take a long-term view of the local area, otherwise they will lose their ancestral heritage.
Not only did he have nothing, but his descendants also had nothing.
Using Shizhen to centralize border areas was the basis for the Ming Dynasty to stabilize Yunnan. But what Gao pragmatically wants now is to use another less obvious "Shizhen" to deal with Annan.
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