Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1134
The Great Victory in Burma and the Southwest Arrival, such credits, it is natural for the meritorious person to be rewarded, but this time the reward is really a bit unusual.

There is no problem with the first to get the rewards. It is the cabinet veterans, the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, and even the Ministry of Industry. For example, Zhang Siwei was promoted from a young teacher to a grand master, and Enyin's son, Jin Yiwei, was a thousand households.

Then came the rewards from Liu Shizeng and other local officials: Liu Shizeng was promoted from the censor of the right capital to the censor of the right deputy capital, and he still caressed Yunnan, and gave the red silk flying fish clothes; The military equipment roads in the border areas have been upgraded (too many, omitted).

Then it was the turn of the generals who actually fought. Among them: Deng Zilong was promoted to the rank of deputy commander in chief from Yongchang, and still guarded Yongchang; It is under the command of the capital, and the reward will not be awarded for the time being, and the reward will be returned to Beijing after the Burmese affairs...

When it came to this point, all the officials were a little bit astonished. Although the internal commander is a bit special, but... what kind of operation is it to ask someone to return to Beijing to receive the reward without awarding it temporarily?
Could it be that the emperor wanted to promote her as a commander-in-chief, so that Mo Maoqia could be fucked?This is not good, is it?Mo Maoqia didn't say anything else, at least he was very honest, he couldn't find a suitable reason to masturbate.

However, all the officials wanted all the officials, but Chen Ju continued to read the following, and the next one who was rewarded was actually Gao Yushi.

At the beginning, everyone was a little surprised. Gao Wushi, the governor of Liaodong, is the fart of the war between Yunnan and Burma?One northeast and one southwest, thousands of miles apart.

But of course the emperor has the emperor's words. According to the imperial decree, it is already a great achievement for Gao Yushi to propose and properly handle the matters related to the treasure banknotes of the Yunnan War, so that the frontline logistics support can be effective.

Then broke the family and established the country, using more than [-] large ships, and sent the expeditionary army thousands of miles to southern Burma to open up the second battlefield, so that the reckless thieves could not look at each other from head to tail.First he was eager to retreat in northern Burma and was defeated by Liu Ting, and then he was defeated by Huang Zhiting outside Dongyu City after being exhausted. The main force was lost, so he could no longer fight.

All in all, there are at least two major credits to Gao Yushi for this great victory, and the award is a matter of course-the virtue and the official, the merit and the reward.

However, Gao Yushi is already the right servant of the Ministry of War, and the conferment has already reached the sitting python robe, so this time the reward can only be found in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Add the crown prince and Shaobao, and the rest of the officials remain the same.

That is to say, in the future, the high-level and pragmatic full-time job will become "Prince Shaobao, the right servant of the Ministry of War and the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the governor of Liaodong, and the military affairs of Liaodong."

Everything else is easy to say, mainly because the addition of the title of Prince and Taibao is more interesting.The so-called Sangong, Sangu, and Sanshao are all called "gong titles". Among them, Taibao, Taizi Taibao, and Prince Shaobao are the most interesting. They all have another name, "Gongbao".

Yuan Gongbao's Gongbao.

Of course, at the beginning only the Taibao was called "Gongbao". Later, according to the characteristic custom of "deputies should be called according to their principals", the prince Taibao was gradually called "Kongbao". "Kung Pao".

Therefore, from now on, Gao Yushi can also be called "Gao Gongbao" - because the title of Prince Shaobao is the second rank, which is higher than that of his official officer, the right servant (the third rank) and the right deputy Du Yushi. (Zheng Sanpin) are all high.

Of course, that being said, although Daming already had the title of "Gongbao", there were many people who directly called it "Shaobao", or even more, it mainly depends on personal habits. (Note: I may write Gao Gongbao in the next period of time out of spite.)
It is easy to be jealous of someone who is not from a noble background but became a prince and Shaobao in his early twenties, but now that everyone has just received the benefits of high pragmatism, this objection is really hard to say.

Originally, some officials who had never bought the banknotes of the Yunnan War were still unhappy, but considering that Gao Yushi would have to "sponsor" a sum of money to the yamen in central Beijing every year for the next 20 years, such dissatisfied words might be criticized by others.So many people opened their mouths, but finally swallowed the words back.

The imperial decree was not finished, so Gao Wushi naturally couldn't say anything. After reading all the subsequent series of rewards, he and Zhang Siwei and other cabinet elders, ministers, etc. went forward to ask for resignation and rewards.

This was a routine move, and of course the emperor would not allow it.So one of the two parties said that they did not dare to accept favors while sitting back and enjoying their achievements, and the other said that it was impossible not to reward the outstanding meritorious deeds of Qing and others. It was a happy and harmonious scene.

After the three resignations, Gao Wushi followed the elders and the ministers to "resignedly accept" and started his palace protection career.

Maybe after returning to Baiyulou later, I should talk to the chefs and teach them how to make Kung Pao Chicken. The only flaw is that there is no pepper now, and it seems that something is missing.

Thinking of chili peppers, Gao Wushi recalled Huang Zhiting and Gao Jing's previous reports. The Spaniards attached great importance to the protection of special plants in the Americas. So far, Jinghua has only obtained sweet potatoes and corn. When will potatoes and chili peppers be available? Got it?
Forget about chili, if you don’t eat it, you can’t die. It can only be said to be a icing on the cake, but potatoes are a good thing, especially for the north.

Although this time, after taking down southern Myanmar and Siam, the food producing areas are greatly enriched, and there is also the "not big problem" in the Mekong River Basin in Cambodia waiting to be collected when I have time.

But after all, transporting grain from the Indochina Peninsula to the north of Daming itself is relatively expensive, and it also wastes the amount of transport—these ships are much more profitable for sea trade than for grain transport. Transporting grain without sea trade is tantamount to losing money.

So, this kind of thing can still be considered in an emergency, but if you persist in it for a long time, it is really similar to doing charity. Although there is no real loss, but... less profit is a loss.

The best way is to quickly introduce potatoes to Daming.You must know that Ireland, Germany and other countries in history have survived the famine many times by relying on potatoes.Even Tsarist Russia, which has a vast land and rich resources, is similar. Even in the Soviet period, there was a stalk of "Siberian potatoes" that was handed down to later generations.

Thinking of the Spaniards, Gao Pragmatism is a little distracted: Last time, the Governor of Malacca, Portugal admitted to being cowardly, but Huang Zhiting and Gao Jing both mentioned that a Portuguese adventurer who got mixed up in the Kingdom of Arakan was planning on Burma , now that the war in Burma is over, why hasn't this guy moved yet?

Didn't that President Alfaro change his mind and not help lure that Debrito into being fooled?
Although De Brito is a pirate, it is still very beneficial to fight with him. It is not to spy on the combat level of the Western navy and army-this has already been tested. The Xisha naval battle and the Toungoo battle, Gao Jing and Huang Zhiting have already seen the fighting methods of the Spanish fleet and Portuguese mercenaries.

Of course, the scale of these two battles was too small: less than ten ships participated in the Xisha naval battle, let alone the Toungoo battle. Hundreds of Portuguese mercenaries were mixed in with the [-] army. So I can't tell the difference.

But no matter what, after the two battles, Huang Zhiting's department and Gao Jing's fleet didn't feel that the Westerners were really strong. If it wasn't for Gao Pragmatism's always attaching great importance to it, they might just mention it casually when they reported.

In fact, this is really highly pragmatic. In view of the fact that the situation in the original history was too worrying, the Western army at this time did not really have a big gap with the Eastern army, especially compared with the Ming army with a relatively high degree of weaponization. Their advantages are not obvious.

In fact, the gap between the two sides widened only after the Western countries became more and more weaponized, and the Qing dynasty limped themselves because of the phrase "this dynasty wins the world with bows and horses".

In the same period of history, the Ming Dynasty did not lag behind the West much in terms of military technology except for heavy artillery. What really lagged behind was the quality system of the military industry and the degree of professionalization of the army.

As for the level of professionalism, high pragmatism can't help much for the time being, because in his opinion, this problem has to be started from the military system, and he can't do much in this area for the time being, so it's better to let it go first.

But for the quality system of the military industry, Gao Pragmatism has made great efforts in the past ten years. Since the military industry has been privately owned, almost half of the northern soldiers have changed their outfits. The army that has always been affiliated to Zhejiang), Liu Ting's Ministry and other troops that are closer to Gao Yushi also have a relatively high degree of refitting.

In addition, there are Guangdong-Guangdong Governors, Yingtian Fubiao, Fujian Fubiao, Guangxi Fubiao, etc. due to the relationship between the control army, Fujun belongs to the Gao Party or is an ally of the Gao Party, and most of them have been changed.

Of course, on the whole, the troops that completed the first step of the Ming Dynasty’s transformation probably only accounted for about two-fifths of the current main force of the Ming Dynasty (because the southern army’s transformation rate was low, and there were only a few supervisors and caretakers). There is still a lot of room for improvement.

It's not that the imperial court is unaware of this situation, but the imperial court's financial resources are limited, and it can't be speeded up. Now that the so-called refitting has been completed, in terms of muskets alone, more than half of them are refitting the Longqing II style instead of the more advanced bayonet Wanli. One style.

Closer to home, the reason why Gao Yushi hoped that De Brito would take the initiative to attack Burma was to find an excuse for war—not against Portugal, but against the Kingdom of Arakan.

The main body of the Kingdom of Arakan is the later Rakhine State of Myanmar. It is located in the most southwestern part of Myanmar, close to the "long strip" of the Indian Ocean. This country also occupies a part of Bangladesh. Tribute" has always been famous for its many outstanding sailors.

There are many sailors and the possession of Chittagong. Just these two things can't tolerate high pragmatism.

During the Jiajing period, the Mangrui body, which had greatly increased in strength, once attacked the Kingdom of Arakan, but failed unexpectedly, making Arakan still wandering outside of Burma.

Gao Yushi originally thought that the failure was just a simple battle accident, but later he realized that it might not be the case. The real reason may be the terrain problem.

Entering Arakan from central Myanmar, it is actually difficult to pass through due to the obstruction of the north-south Lungerang Mountains.There is only one better way to go, and that is to go northwest from southern Myanmar and along the coastal plain.

But in this way, the marching roads are restricted, and Arakan can completely guard the traffic arteries, forming a situation of "one man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it". Even if the Burmese army is stronger than Arakan, it can only watch Jiancheng Xiongguan stared blankly.

The reason why Gao Yushi dared to set his sights on the Arakan region was because he was not afraid of naval challenges!Even to a certain extent, he now wants to train his fleet well so that they can really fight a few battles at sea!
Arakan's navy is not just a purely eastern navy. It has been dealing with the Portuguese for many years and has become a special navy that combines the styles of Eastern and Western navies. In many ways, it is even more inclined to look like Western navies.

In addition, Gao Yushi's interest in Arakan is also very important, that is, once Arakan is captured, it is tantamount to entering the Bengal region, in other words, stepping into the edge of India.

Of course, for the time being, even if Arakan can be captured, Gao Yushi will not immediately go to war with the Sultanate of Bangladesh.Because if Bangladesh is really occupied, it will have to face the Mughal Empire, which is in a period of rising national power... Well, it is a bit beyond the reach of single-handedly singled out a great empire that occupies a place in the history of the world his current plans.

Even if it will be considered in the future, it will be a matter of the future. Now even the Nanyang Raiders have not been completed, and the Philippines controlled by Spain is still in the back, so it is better not to make too many enemies at this time.

The road has to be walked step by step, and the meal has to be eaten at one bite. If you take too long, it is easy to mess up. The lessons learned by Mang Yingli are right in front of you, and he is so pragmatic that he does not intend to follow.

Right now his strategy is in the "westward" direction, basically as far as Arakan, and his specific goal is to take down Chittagong.

According to his thinking, it would be best if De Brito came to attack Burma now, because the Burmese side now has a large army and high morale, and the winning rate should be relatively high.

If it was after Huang Zhiting was ordered to go north to Beijing to receive the reward, then at least the wolf soldiers and the Annan army would withdraw, and the Burmese and Siam troops that Huang Zhiting surrendered before would also withdraw, leaving only [-] Bago garrison troops, at most another In addition, the [-] former Jingang garrison that Gao Wushi dispatched to Gao Lian temporarily.

In this case, it will be much more difficult to win Arakan.

As for the fleet, this visit has been delayed for more than two months. Although the fleet belongs to the owner who is not short of money, it will not be a problem in the long run. It is impossible to wait in Myanmar forever. Those who should come back and continue to run maritime trade have to continue to run. Who can bear it?
After walking away for a while, Gao Wushi realized that they were all gone.Just as he was about to leave, when he went out of the palace gate and went down the steps, a eunuch, a ceremonial supervisor, and two young eunuchs walked over smilingly and called him to a stop.

"Gao Gongbao, congratulations."

"It turned out to be Zhang Bingbi, thank you." Gao Wushi smiled slightly and nodded his thanks.

Zhang Bingbi is naturally the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, his name is Zhang Cheng, and he is from Zhang Hong's sect just like Zhang Jing.However, the relationship between him and Zhang Jing is not good, and the two have been in a state of competition for a long time.

This time Zhang Jing fell, but he benefited from the fisherman, and he was promoted to the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, after Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju.

Zhang Cheng waved his hand with a smile, and the two young eunuchs behind him came out carrying two large trays, both of which were filled with clothes.

"Our family really didn't know before that Gao Gongbao is not only unparalleled in the holy family, but even King Lu admires Gongbao so much—see, these two sets of python robes in winter and summer were specially given to Gao Gongbao by His Highness King Lu."

"Oh? His Royal Highness King Lu?" Gao Wushi's heart suddenly moved.
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PS: I suddenly came up with an idea about another Ming Chuan, um... the kind in the late Ming Dynasty, so this chapter was published in advance. I will study the history of the late Ming Dynasty and the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and put a few memories into it. Check anything in doubt.

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