Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1091 Who is the tiger and who is the food

This was an unexpected situation, and for Huang Zhiting, it meant a brand new challenge.

Because of this expedition, she is no longer just a general like in the past, and she has to consider some political factors.

In her view, Gao Yushi's throwing such a complex situation in Nanyang to her is not only a kind of trust, but also a kind of test.

Because she discovered very early on that the wife Gao Yushi wanted was by no means a woman who only needed a husband and a child. He seemed to appreciate the kind of woman who could show her brilliance.

The simplest evidence is that when Gao Wushi was transferred back to Beijing, the two of them had actually agreed for life. If it were any other man, the simplest and most direct choice would be for Huang Zhiting to resign and return the power of the Huang family to his father Huang Chengzu , or simply hand it over to her younger brother Huang Yinglei, and she herself will either stay in the Huang family and wait for a high-level employment, or she will go directly with him.

But Gao Wushi didn't consider this approach at all. Instead, he left her in Annan, not only gave her a separate "fiefdom", but also formally helped her to the stage, and together with Cen Ling, formed two of Annan's "Guangxi faction". One of the big giants.

At first, she thought that the main reason why Gao Wushi did this was because he was worried that Cen Ling would become uncontrollable after he returned to Beijing, so she used herself to contain Cen Ling.

This idea actually seemed right later on, but it took her a while to realize that this was just the most basic arrangement. In fact, Gao Pragmatism had a more rigorous and profound arrangement than this—he was deliberately giving Annan political Create factions.

Because not long after Gao Yushi left, Annan's government actually formed three factions: the Jinghua faction, the Guangxi faction, and the native faction.

It stands to reason that the Jinghua faction and the Guangxi faction are both "Da Ming faction" and should naturally form an alliance to suppress the local faction, but Huang Zhiting soon discovered that things were not that simple.

Because of the division within the Guangxi School.

This kind of division is not simply divided into the Cen faction and the Huang faction. To put it mildly, it is actually more like the "Ming faction" and the "Gao faction".

Huang Zhiting discovered that she and Cen Ling could not actually represent the entire Guangxi faction, because the chieftains from Guangxi "moved town" to Annan, only the group that sent the main force when they followed Gao Wushi to Annan at the beginning were the ones with her. Cen Ling also fully supported Gao Yushi, and all affairs were arranged by Gao Yushi.

And those chieftains who did not send troops or sent few troops in the first place often regarded themselves as loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and did not think that they needed to listen to the orders of a "former Guangxi governor" who had left office.

It didn't matter at first, because from an administrative point of view, they now have to obey the orders of the Annan Metropolitan Commander, and the Annan Metropolitan Commander itself is actually controlled by Jinghua because of the "Jinghua Sixteen Articles".

But the trouble also lies here. It is true that the Jinghua Group is Annan's national policy group, but the commander-in-chief himself is still Mo Maoqia after all.This means that in the eyes of some people, Mo Maoqia is still "Annan Orthodox", and Jinghua Group can only be regarded as "Ancient Prime Minister's Mansion" at best.

Then there was a situation that Huang Zhiting hadn't expected at all: some chieftains from Guangxi moved to the town and began to communicate with the Annan local faction in private.What alarmed her the most was that her younger brother Huang Yinglei was actually one of them.

At this time, the Guangxi faction has become a situation of secret fighting between the "Gaogao faction" headed by her and Cen Ling and another group of "Yongming faction" headed by Zhao.

The Zhao family was tricked by Huang Zhiting at the beginning (see "According to Guangxi" volume), and later because of the highly pragmatic plan to move the town, they had to travel thousands of miles to Annan, although they did not treat them badly in the end, and gave them a government (A Xuanfu Division) plus two prefectures, but in fact, the territory controlled by the Zhao family is almost one to one compared with the Guangxi period, but the population is 10,000+ more.

It is reasonable to say that this is also a profit, but the hearts of the people are always not worried about the few but the unevenness. Zhao still thinks, "Why do the Cen and Huang families get rich and I just trade?"

Originally, when the Zhao family was in Guangxi, they were the chieftains who had the strength to sit on the third and second, but now they have naturally become the mainstay of this faction.

As for Huang Yinglei... Huang Zhiting gets a headache every time she thinks of her younger brother.

In fact, she knew very well why Huang Yinglei got involved with the Zhao family. The reason was very simple. Huang Yinglei felt that everything about the Huang family should belong to him. Why did it look like a separate family now?

Even though there is a boy like him in the family, how can my sister still separate out one by herself?According to the customs of the Ming Dynasty, although female chieftains are not uncommon, the prerequisite for a woman to inherit is that there are no brothers in the family to inherit.So Huang Yinglei thought, since there is a younger brother like me, why let my sister inherit half of it?

As for this "world" was laid down by my sister...it doesn't matter, the rules are the rules, and what's mine should be mine.

After discovering that the situation had developed into this situation, Huang Zhiting was a little nervous at the time, but soon she discovered another miracle, that is, this situation may have been expected by Gao Yushi a long time ago.

Because the Jinghua faction plus the "Gaogao faction" within the Guangxi faction can just suppress the local faction plus the "Ming faction" within the Guangxi faction.

Here we have to talk about the highly pragmatic "enfeoffment". Let's not talk about Annan's three southern towns (in Annan's case, it has just been developed for a long time, and it is a leased land in Jinghua), the best developed Annan "original territory" In the middle, Gao Pragmatism came to a "staggered" "enfeoffment".

Roughly, Jinghua occupies Thang Long and Hai Duong Mansions, which can be regarded as "the center blossoms". After that, there is another channel to communicate with the outside world. Then Huang Zhiting and Cen Ling occupy the easternmost and westernmost areas respectively, and the remaining parts are owned by the local faction and Guangxi. Ming Pai" to "fill in the blanks".

If the three towns in the south are counted at this time, then Jinghua, Huang Zhiting, and Cen Ling occupy the southeast, west, and center respectively, and the rest are filled by "unstable elements".

In this situation, if there is any change between the local faction and the pro-Ming faction, Gao Pragmatism can actually control it.

The biggest possibility is that they went straight to Thang Long, and Thang Long has tens of thousands of guards who can hold on, and if they can't hold on, they can evacuate by water.According to the river course, there are two ways to evacuate by water. One is to go directly to the sea, and the other is to go to Huang Zhiting's Haidong. It is impossible to "dead chess".

If they don't move to ascend the dragon, they can only go to the southeast, west and three sides.Huang Zhiting was not familiar with the situation of the three towns in the south, but after visiting Jingang this time, she found that there were so many bastions around Guangjingang, and she knew at a glance that they were going south.

Then there are two ways left, either go west to find trouble with Cen Ling, or go east to find trouble with her, Huang Zhiting, but no matter who they are looking for, the Shenglong Garrison Army and the Jingang Garrison Army can provide support at any time.

In particular, her Haidong is close to the sea, and with the strength of Jinghua's sea power, it is easy to support her.And it's not easy to find trouble with Cen Ling, because the west is a mountainous area, even if Cen Ling is besieged, he can hold on for a long time, and that time is enough for the two major guards to dispatch to cooperate with Cen Ling to outflank them.

This is Annan's overall situation. I am afraid that no one understood it at the beginning, but now as time goes by, it is discovered that everything is already in the highly pragmatic expectation, and the countermeasures have already been arranged long ago.

However, the recent situation has changed a bit, that is, Annan needs to send troops "abroad", and once the war goes well, the future Annan will become the hand behind Siam and Laos.At this moment, if Annan can only rely on internal checks and balances to maintain stability, it will look a little bad, and it will be difficult to concentrate his strength.

At this time, Annan needs someone who can completely control the situation.

Huang Zhiting knew that this person did not necessarily have to be herself, she could choose Gao Mengnan, or even Gao Wuqin.But although Gao Mengnan's surname is Gao, he is actually the adopted son of Gao Jie, Gao Yushi's uncle. Gao Yushi is not necessarily willing to hand over the entire Annan, Siam, Laos, and Cambodia to him.

As for Gao Wuqin, being young is only one aspect, the most important thing is that his ability has not been proven, how dare Gao Wushi throw him the "land of the four countries" all at once?
At this time, the best choice was only Huang Zhiting, who had a lifelong contract with him.Although the reunification of Huang Zhiting and Annan's deputy capital was not inspired by Gao Yushi, he immediately made corresponding arrangements, including transferring Gao Jing to Huang Zhiting's command, and also letting Huang Zhiting go to Golden Port to participate in the military parade, receive troops, and inspect the defense. Wait.

And all of these are not just tasks for Huang Zhiting, because as long as she wants to be "Ms. Gao", then these are all responsibilities.

In the past, it was almost only necessary to fight wars. At most, it was to deal with the internal affairs of a government, and all the people in this government were his cronies, so things were of course easy to handle.

In the future, not only Annan's internal affairs, which are so complicated, but also the "diplomacy" of who knows what the situation will be, will of course be much more difficult.

So what is happening right now can be used as a practice.

In the eyes of Daming, Myanmar is his external chieftain, and Portugal also regards it as "the next dish". The mind of this "Gao Lang" is not clear-what is he going to do with Myanmar?Should Daming be taken back, or should he be treated as the second Annan?
He didn't say it.

Huang Zhiting doesn't think Gao Yushi is trying to hide something from her, she thinks that Gao Yushi probably hasn't made up his mind yet, maybe he is hesitating, maybe he is planning to make a decision according to the situation.

But Gao Pragmatism's hesitation does not mean that she also hesitates. In fact, she does not hesitate at all.

From her point of view, it doesn't matter whether Daming has the Ministry of Propaganda and Consolation from Myanmar, and he didn't take it seriously before. If Myanmar hadn't danced happily and even started spying on the hinterland of Yunnan, Daming wouldn't bother to care about it.

On Gao Yushi's side, he had been thinking about Burma for a long time. He also accepted the Dao family, contacted Na Lixuan, and even prepared soldiers and horses.

Therefore, in Huang Zhiting's view, although he dispatched troops this time to cooperate with Yunnan's counterattack, in the final analysis, he wanted to find a way to turn Myanmar into the second Annan.

Since it is the reserved land of our own family, it is best not to keep some future troubles - such as the Portuguese Debrito mentioned by Alfaro, and it is even better to prevent the Portuguese from thinking about Myanmar, which is a bit difficult done.

Not to mention that the Portuguese are not easy to deal with, just that Debrito is very troublesome.

Huang Zhiting has seen the situation map drawn by Gao Yushi. That "Ceylon" is not close to Myanmar. It is absolutely impossible for me to send troops to Ceylon to destroy De Brito's lair. The only way is to lure De Brito himself. Come to Burma to die.

But when I go to Burma, I will face the pressure of Mangyingli to go south to help at any time. The Portuguese are also very strong, and now I have to add the Spaniards who have just annexed Portugal...

Wait, annexation?
Huang Zhiting's heart moved, and she thought to herself: Gao Lang said that Spain and Portugal are a pair of rivals, and that guy named Philip II led troops into Portugal and forcibly ascended the throne. Doesn't that mean...

She turned her beautiful eyes, and suddenly said to Alfaro: "I have heard that after the Portuguese took control of the Malacca Seaway, the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to go west, and the merchants of Dashi and Tianzhu were not allowed to come from the east. Now your fleet is coming from the Philippines. Passing through Malacca and returning to Europa, it seems that it is not included in the Portuguese ban?"

Alfaro hesitated a little after hearing the translation, and finally shook his head, saying: "Your Excellency has misunderstood, the Kingdom of Portugal has not relaxed the ban for the time being, the reason why this fleet dared to leave was because the commander of the fleet, Sir Diego, was carrying King Philip II on his body. His majesty's warrant, his identity... In the language of your country, he is considered an imperial envoy."

Unexpectedly, Huang Zhiting was still relentless, and asked again: "This is a bit strange. Since the king of your country is also the king of Portugal, why can't you directly order the Portuguese in Malacca to let go of the ban? Could it be... these Portuguese countries How dare the officials disobey the order?"

Most of the priests who are willing to travel across the oceans to preach in this era still have relatively firm beliefs. Although they know that the "Oriental Joan of Arc" in front of him is trying to trick him, they are not willing to lie.

He was silent for a while, and finally smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, to be honest, the situation in Portugal is more complicated. Although His Majesty the King has been crowned, there are indeed some voices of opposition in Portugal. Besides, His Majesty has always been kind and unwilling Put your own will completely above the people, so this ban cannot be lifted by His Majesty in the short term."

If Gao Yushi was here, he would have sneered in his heart, because he knew that Philip II's rule in Portugal was not stable at all, and it could even be said that troubles might arise at any time.

This situation started with the crisis of the Portuguese throne. In the summer of 1578, King Sebastiao of Portugal led an invading army to land in Tangier with the deposed Sultan Abdul Malik II of Morocco.Arrogant and arrogant, he refused to heed the advice of his subordinates, went deep into enemy territory alone, and launched the bloodiest battle in Portuguese history with Abdul Malik I, Sultan of Morocco.

In this service, although the Moroccan army was slightly inferior in equipment, the attack was very fierce. The Portuguese army led by Sebastiao was forced to retreat. Then, when crossing the Mahazan River, the Portuguese king accidentally drowned. He was only 24 years old. age.

It’s fine for this old man to die. The problem is that he is the only son of the former king of Portugal, João III. new king.

His younger sister, Princess Isabel, was on the same level as João III and was the second heir to the Portuguese king at that time.

The princess was the wife of Charles V and mother of Philip II.Therefore, in theory, King Philip II of Spain should be indisputably in the position of direct heir.

The second heir after him is Antonio, the illegitimate son of Joao III's younger brother Louis, who is the dean of the Kras Monastery; the third in line is Joao III's younger brother, Regent Archbishop Rick, he is the only surviving younger brother of King Joao III; and at the bottom of the list is the Duchess Catarina, the daughter of Prince Duarte, the younger brother of King Joao III.

As a result, after Sebastião's death, his father João III's only surviving brother, the regent Archbishop Enrique, ascended the throne first.However, King Enrique was already 64 years old at the time, frail and sickly, and it was impossible to have any more children.Once he dies, only the crown princes of his grandchildren will inherit the throne.Among the grandchildren, Philip II came first, followed by Antonio and Catalina.

But now, it's not just about blood relationship. The Portuguese have to consider one thing: if they choose Antonio, it means they choose Portugal's independence; Union of Spanish Thrones.At the same time, in view of the strength of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain, Portugal must only play the role of "little brother" in the future.

As a result, the Portuguese aristocracy and the upper class tended to choose to unite with Spain, because at this time Morocco demanded a large amount of ransom from Portugal for releasing prisoners of war. The nobles were eager to replenish their blood, and choosing Philip II meant choosing wealth— Philip II owned two super silver mines in America and a lot of minerals.

Moreover, the union with Spain also means that the borders between Spain and Portugal will be opened, and Portugal's mainland and its trade in the East and Brazil can be protected by Spain's powerful fleet.But the craftsmen, fishermen, and urban commoners at the bottom openly supported independence, because they were very dissatisfied with the nobles.

Later, in the process of fighting for the throne, Antonio was declared the king of Portugal due to the support of the majority of the people. Philip II was so angry that he simply led his troops into Lisbon and was crowned king with the support of the nobles.

However, the people at the bottom of Portugal did not like Philip II, who was declared deposed by the Netherlands, and serious opposition between upper and lower classes appeared in Portugal.

It can be said that the current Portugal is like the crater of an active volcano, which may erupt at any time. Under such circumstances, how dare Philip II directly lift the ban on navigation in Malacca?You must know that most of the colonists in those colonies went out to "open up" because they couldn't get along in the country. If Philip II stimulated them again, this group of scum might just learn from the Netherlands and declare independence.

Huang Zhiting is not Gao Yushi. It is obviously impossible for her to know the situation in Portugal so well, but she has a kind of blind trust in Gao Yushi. Gao Yushi told her: Philip II's rule in Portugal is very unstable, because the two countries The contradiction is a huge conflict of interests-Spain has always coveted Portugal's vast market in the East, while the Portuguese stick to the "Treaty of Tordesillas", believing that the Pope has divided the colonial scope of the two parties, and Spain cannot go beyond.

Gao Pragmatically said that even if the upper echelons of Portugal want to borrow the strength of Spain to reduce their pressure, they only want to use Spain, not really want to share interests with Spain.At the same time, the Spanish nobles and the king did not agree. They only wanted the Portuguese market, but they were not willing to wipe Portugal's ass, because Spain has a lot of troubles of its own right now, especially the Netherlands - the situation there has been corrupted. It seems that Spain's [-] to [-] troops in the Netherlands can't hold back the scene, so why would they want to be a gunner for Portugal?
Huang Zhiting smiled in front of Alfaro for the first time, and said with a smile: "I have a deal, I wonder if your envoy would like to hear about it?"

Alfaro blinked and bowed slightly: "Please speak clearly, Your Excellency."

Huang Zhiting said indifferently: "Da Ming lent Macau to Spain as a temporary residence and trading point, and at the same time expelled the Portuguese."

Alfaro's complexion changed drastically: "This...Your Excellency, are you serious?"

"really."

"Your Excellency, with all due respect, can you guarantee that you have such authority?"

"I don't." Huang Zhiting smiled slightly: "However, Jinghua's boss Gao Qiuzhen can guarantee it."

"I've heard of the most knowledgeable person in the Ming Empire, but as far as I know, he doesn't currently serve in the south of the empire. I'm worried..."

"Governor Zhang Gong of Guangdong and Guangxi was his colleague when he served in Guangxi in the past, and Gao Gong has saved Zhang Gong's life. Since you have learned Chinese, you should know how much life-saving grace is in the eyes of Han people."

Alfaro took a deep breath, moved his throat several times, and then asked: "This is a big matter, and I'm afraid I will need to discuss it with Sir Diego carefully before I can answer, but I want to ask one thing first: Your Excellency needs What is Spain doing?"

Huang Zhiting smiled again, this time it was a smile of spring blossoms.
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