Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1389 Sequence
"What kind of wings does Ye He have? Ye He has no wings at all, but the tribes that Ye He went to as a businessman can be counted as Ye He's wings to some extent."

Gao Wushi spread his hands slightly: "The Heart School regards the nobles of the capital as my wings. Is it because I am more noble than those princes of the state, or is it because I am still a minister of the imperial court and can control the five houses at any time? Obviously no.

The reason why the nobles of the capital are regarded as my wings is because the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance is dominated by me.After these years of development, the nobles of the capital do not even have much land left in their hands. Except for their own mansions, some other courtyards, shops, etc., most of the rest of their belongings have been put into the fleet with me, and put into the sea trade. among.

To put it bluntly, if I go crazy one day and give an order not to let their ships hang my Jinghua Shujian flag, these princes and princes who are living with the country will all have to come to my house to cry door, crying to death.Do you think they are my wings in this situation? "

Liu Xin heard him say that those princes and lords would come to his house to cry because of his words, "heartbroken to death", it seemed that the sense of the picture was too strong, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

But after laughing, she shook her head slightly: "I don't deny that you have such power, but Jinghua and Ye He are different. Jinghua occupies an absolute core position in the Beiyang Maritime Trade Alliance. Anyone who is missing from this alliance can do it, but there are few Once you get to Jinghua, you won’t be able to play around.

Although Ye He can be said to be the strongest in business in Jurchen, Jurchen has not reached the point where he can't play without it.The fact is that the Jurchens' various trades can only be done without the edict, that is, without the Ming Dynasty, the end point of any Jurchen business is Daming.

Therefore, it can also be said that Daming hopes that whoever is the number one chief in Jurchen business can make it the number one.This is not difficult for Daming - just give it an edict. "

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "You can't say that. To become the No. [-] Jurchen chief in trade, you still have to have a location advantage as a prerequisite. You see, no matter Hada, Yehe, or the construction that rose later in history States, their characteristics are very obvious, that is, directly bordering Daming, and there is a place with relatively convenient transportation as a place of mutual market.

Hada and Yehe have Kaiyuan and North and South Passes, and although Jianzhou is close, there are also Fushun Passes.Speaking of which, their history of development is a bit like the great voyage of the Europeans. Hada and Yehe were the first to blaze a trail, just like Portugal and Spain were the pioneers of the great voyage; later, the real strongest was Jianzhou, Corresponds to Britain in Europe.

In Liaodong, Jianzhou, as a rising star, overthrew the old strong chiefs Hada and Yehe, and in Europe, Britain, as a rising star, overthrew Spain and the Netherlands.Sometimes when I think about it, there seem to be some inevitable factors here..."

Liu Xin waved her hands again and again: "Don't talk about Europe, let's analyze the Liaodong affairs first."

"Okay, well, it's all up to you, let's talk about Liaodong." Gao Wushi laughed, nodded and said: "I said that Ye He can use other Jurchen tribes as wings, this 'other' is pointing, at least Jianzhou and Hada are excluded.”

Liu Xin nodded: "I know, your consistent view is that although there are many Jurchen tribes, only Hada, Yehe and Jianzhou have the real chance to become the top chief."

"That's right." Gao Wushi affirmed, and then continued: "For the other Jurchen tribes to rise, they first lack a necessary condition, that is, they are too far away from Ming Dynasty or have inconvenient transportation, which hinders their civilization process , which is too slow.

And if these three companies want to rise, they naturally have advantages, but in terms of the way of rising, the choices of the three companies are different.According to historical experience, the paths taken by Hada and Yehe are not exactly the same, and Jianzhou is even more different.

Hada’s choice was to rely on Daming’s support and be a godson wholeheartedly; Ye He’s choice was to basically obey Daming but keep a certain distance. Always have an economic advantage.

These two methods can indeed rise, and to be honest, they are more in line with their own location advantages.If there is no Jianzhou... or if there is no Nurhaci in Jianzhou, the most powerful Jurchen chief can basically only be born among the two of them.

But when Nurhaci appeared in Jianzhou, the whole situation changed.Nurhachi's choice was to be respectful to Ming Dynasty on the surface, but actually started a unification war in Jurchen.Don't underestimate this hand, or simply think that he just likes to fight and conquer.

I very much doubt that Nurhachi wants to understand a truth: if Jianzhou wants to rise under the trade suppression of the North and South Passes, it must break away from a simple trade war and expand this struggle.

But how should it be expanded?Daming's attitude towards the conflict between Nurhachi and the Nanbeiguan was very clear, and he had always tried his best to protect the Nanbeiguan. Therefore, if Nurhachi took the initiative to provoke a war against the Nanbeiguan, it would very likely anger Daming, which he could not bear.

Therefore, Nurhachi chose to "encircle and fight for aid", first conquering some tribes that were closest to him and having business contacts with Yehe, and then turned his head to conquer places a little further away.During this period, Nurhachi did not take the initiative to attack Hada and Yehe in exchange for Daming's understanding.

But as I said just now, after the decline of Hada, the No. [-] Jurchen trade chief was Yehe, and Nurhaci continued to conquer Yehe's business partners, and then cut off the local trade relationship with Yehe, so that Yehe could exchange more and more goods. less.

This is obviously intolerable, just as there must be a war between Britain and Spain at sea, and after the decline of the Spanish navy, there must also be a war between the British and Dutch navies.

Nurhachi continued to conquer the origin of Yehe's commodities, and the goods that Yehe could trade with Daming naturally became less and less.In order to prevent this trend from continuing to spread, Ye He had to take the initiative to attack Nurhachi.

At this moment, according to Da Ming's usual style, it is obviously inconvenient to intervene, so they have to wait for them to decide the winner and see how to deal with it.But Daming's luck was very bad, at such a critical moment, Daming started fighting with the Japanese in North Korea, and Nurhachi had the opportunity to fight Yehe without interference..."

How can Liu Xin not understand Gao Pragmatic's words at this time?She immediately said: "So what you mean is that after being warned by Daming, although Nurhachi will definitely not take the initiative to provoke a war against Yehe and Hada, he can still conquer Jianzhou first as in history. The rest of the ministries then began to go north to find trouble with the Changbaishan, Wula, Huifa and other ministries.

In this process, sooner or later, Ye He would be unbearable, and in the end he could only take the initiative to attack Nurhachi.What you call cutting off Yehe's wings refers to the tribes that Nurhachi will list as targets of conquest sooner or later. "

Gao Wushi nodded and said: "That's right, Nurhachi's actions are considered as 'the attack must be saved'. Unless Ye He is willing to act like a fool and watch Nurhachi occupy the origin of his goods, otherwise he must be rescued by force."

When he said this, Liu Xin half added: "But I found out that I can't beat Nurhachi?"

"Yes, that's right." Gao Wushi nodded and said: "When things have developed to this point, Nurhachi should have conquered many tribes, at least unified the five tribes of Jianzhou. And the most important thing is that during this period, the people under Nurhachi's command The army has been fully tempered, and Yeh has not fought at all during this time."

Liu Xin sighed softly: "In fact, this is to attack the unprepared by being prepared. It is nothing more than Nurhachi deliberately 'giving up' the initiator of the war to Ye He, just like talking with hands."

Hand talk is the game of Go. In modern Go, black pieces play first, but not in ancient times. At least in ancient China, white pieces have always been played first. This rule has been maintained for about 2000 years.This point can be found in the Go book "Wangyou Qingyue Ji" in the Song Dynasty.

"Wangyou Qingyue Ji" is the earliest surviving rare book about Go in China, and it is also the earliest surviving chess record in China.The book clearly records that the beginning of the ancient Chinese Go game is that the two sides place two chess pieces on each of the four star positions, that is, the seats, to determine that the black and white sides each occupy two corners.And the order of moves is to carry out according to the order of white chess first and black chess later.

As for the sunspots playing first, it was actually a product of the later reforms in accordance with the Japanese Go rules. As for the specific reasons, I am too lazy to elaborate here.

Gao Wushi pondered for a while, and continued: "I think that based on the current situation, Nurhachi will probably still make such a decision, so he will still seek to unify the state first, then conquer Changbai Mountain and other ministries, and finally form a siege of Yehe and Hada trend."

“理由就是努尔哈赤在你的威胁之下不敢直接针对叶赫，而叶赫此番被察哈尔一顿胖揍，也需要时间来舔舐伤口？”

Gao Wushi nodded and said, "Probably so."

Liu Xin thought for a while, then frowned and said, "Do you want to change this situation?"

"Uh..." Gao Wushi hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook his head: "It's not a question of whether I want to or not, the key is whether I can do it."

Liu Xin frowned: "I don't think there is anything beyond my power. I know you want to say that now Da Ming puts preparations for the Chahar war first, but it doesn't matter if other people regard Mongolia as the number one enemy, but you It should be clear who is the real enemy.

Nurhachi is far more dangerous than Chahar, and he has not risen yet. Don't you kill Jianzhou in the bud at this time, do you have to wait until the situation is too difficult to control? "

"You can't take chance as inevitable." Gao Wushi said seriously: "I don't think it is inevitable that the Qing Dynasty can enter the customs in history. Especially don't forget what I told you before, the reason why the later Jin Dynasty was able to gradually Mastering the strategic advantage, Huang Taiji is the most critical figure among them, and Nurhachi is not counted—if he lives a few more years, maybe Houjin himself will collapse."

"So you didn't reject Meng Gu Zhezhe's matter, not because of other reasons, but because you still feel in your heart that it is safest to prevent Huang Taiji from appearing?" Liu Xin asked Gao Yushi, looking at Gao Yushi.

"You can understand it this way." Gao Wushi said frankly: "I don't need to leave such a big hidden danger for myself and Daming. It can make Huang Taiji unable to appear, and I won't feel sorry for losing an opponent— —I’m not shaking M, wouldn’t it be better to be less troublesome?”

But Liu Xin's brows did not loosen, she still asked: "I always feel that this assumption is very problematic, how do you ensure that there will be no other Huang Taiji without this Huang Taiji? What if there is a so-called 'historical inertia' ’, Nurhachi’s son still has a character like Huang Taiji, so what should I do? Didn’t you say before that there seems to be no such powerful Brihatu in the original history.”

"This..." Gao Wushi couldn't help hesitating when she said this, and frowned, "Whether it's the so-called inertia of history or the self-correction of history, I can't control it, and I can't be sure." Will it appear.

But the problem right now is that a national policy is a national policy, and it is most taboo to change it overnight.All the plans and purposes of the imperial court revolve around Chahar.If I suddenly propose to wipe out Nurhachi first, not to mention the whole country, at least the towns on the nine borders, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War must immediately make corresponding adjustments, and the cost will be too high. "

This is troublesome, Liu Xin said hesitantly: "But this time the imperial court also sent troops in Liaobei, and even sent troops in winter, I don't think it's a big problem."

Gao Wushi rolled his eyes resolutely: "You don't think the problem is serious, that's because I am the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. Apart from other things, the Liaodong Salt Farm had to pay dividends in advance for this battle, and the money that should have been used for continued expansion A sum of silver produced was distributed to the capital in advance as net profit, and used as silver for rewards after the war and to supplement the consumption of Liaodong's armaments."

Liu Xin was at a loss for words for a moment, and said angrily, "Well...then why don't you continue to use your talents, try to get some more money, settle the matter in Liaodong, and then go back to deal with Chahar?"

"Not good." Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Nurhachi doesn't dare to confront me directly now, and I still have to prepare for the aid of Korea and the Japanese in about five years. Nurhachi is also one of the forces I plan to use. Instead I am now wasting time and effort to eliminate him in advance, it is better to let him bleed in North Korea, this is the maximum benefit."

Liu Xin couldn't help rolling her eyes: "You really regard everything as a business, and even spend other people's capital as your own capital. You don't worry that Nurhachi will not go to North Korea in five years' time according to your idea. Is it bleeding?"

Gao Wushi spread his hands: "If you want to say that, then the topic will come back: If Daming took care of Chahar before then, why would Nurhachi reject me?"
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