Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1433

Gao Yushi has always been in correspondence with Cao Yu, so Cao Yu has a good understanding of some of Gao Yushi's ideas.In Cao Yu's view, Gao Situ has always hoped to destroy the relationship between Shuerhaqi and Nurhachi, and even hinted that it is best to completely separate the two of them.

Gao Yushi himself used the word "separation", but Gao Yushi did not clarify the specific meaning of his so-called "separation".What Cao Yu has been struggling with is whether it is only necessary for the two of them to have grievances and cannot work together, or should they be separated directly and divided into two parts from now on?
At the beginning, Cao Yu thought that Gao Yushi should mean the former. After all, Gao Yushi never made any explicit hints about the change of Shuerhaqi's official position.But it's different now. Gao Yushi privately conveyed the sacred intention to let Shuerhaqi replace Nurhachi as the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou.

This one is the most strange to Cao Yu, because he was very clear about his high-level pragmatic thinking before, that is, to let Suke and Suhu River have the power to restrain Nurhachi, and the significance of enlisting Shuerhaqi lies in this. .

But if Shuerhaqi directly replaces Nurhachi, how different is it from Nurhachi's sole control of Sukesuhu River?

According to Cao Yu's understanding, Gao Situ should think that Suke and Suhuhe's fighting power is very strong, and at the same time, the expansion momentum in the past few years has been too rapid. If it is not curbed, it may become the number one Jurchen in a few years. Emirates.

In the past, Daming was not worried about the emergence of the most powerful Jurchen chieftain, but the problem is that the "strength" of Suke and Suhu River is fundamentally different from the previous Hada and the current Yehe.

The strength of Hada and Yehe is mainly in trade.In the early years, Hada had the best geographical location, and An Anxin acted as Daming's agent and obtained a large number of edicts, so he was rich in Manchuria.The rest of the ministries wanted to obtain all kinds of necessities in production and life from Daming, so they could only show favor to Hada and eat some leftovers from Hada's fingers. Therefore, Wan Khan of Hada became the "Lord of Manchuria".

Yehe's rise has two factors, internal and external.The external reason is that Wan Khan was extravagant in his later years, and the "domestic demand" was too large and he refused to benefit the rest of the departments.There is a saying that those who eat alone must die. The transformation of Hada led to the separation of all ministries, and even some people in Hada continued to invest in Yehe, which caused Hada's prestige to plummet and its strength to decline day by day;
The internal cause is that Ye He's two Baylors, Yang Ji Ni and Qing Jia Ni, have worked hard, and they have discovered Ye He's real advantage-rich horses (compared to Jurchen's interior).So Ye He vigorously developed the caravan, and went to eat the business that Hada didn't take into account. Simply put, he acted as a second-hand dealer.

The change of the situation is as follows: Hada has a good geographical location and a lot of edicts in hand, so they only need to sit at home and wait for the other ministries to deliver the goods, and then they go to trade with Daming, and they can live well.

Ye He took another approach, you sit at home and wait for the goods to be delivered, I can't compare to this advantage, then I will be a little bit tired, and I will start to do the logistics - this is all right, you control the sales network, and I control the logistics network.Then I am your upstream, if I announce the withdrawal of confession, you can only eat ashes.

And Ye He didn't stop there. While controlling the upstream trade, they also took advantage of Hada's continuous decline and directly robbed the downstream, that is, snatched the edict.

In addition, don't forget that although Hada's South Gate is in the best location, Yehe's North Gate is actually not much worse.Adding these few items together, Ye He's rise is inevitable.

But in any case, whether it is Hada or Yehe, its rise depends on trade rather than war.In other words, although their strength cannot be said to be fake, they can only be regarded as vine-like strength. The behind-the-scenes hero who supports their seemingly powerful strength is actually Da Ming——Da Ming is the one who is entwined by these vines. That towering tree.

With such strength, as long as he leaves Daming, he will be beaten back to his original form immediately.

Gao Wushi was clearly aware of this, so when Hada was too poor to recover, he immediately supported Ye He without hesitation—since the prerequisite for Ye He to be strong was to rely on Daming, then of course Daming didn't have to worry too much about Ye He. The tail is too big to lose.

However, Suke Suhu River, or Nurhachi is different.Although the Suke and Suhuhe Department also holds a large trade node, namely Fushun Guanma City, although Nurhachi relied on the support of this node to obtain benefits, it did not rely entirely on this node to rise.

Early Nurhaci, because his wife, Tong Jia Haha Nazaqing, was born in Jurchen's wealthy business family, after the successful conquest of Nikanwailan in the early days of the army, he received strong support from the Tong Jia family, and Fushun Guanma The profits from the city gave him the strength to carry out military expansion.

Nurhaci's expansion is a real expansion of territory, a victory over and occupation of one part, rather than the expansion of pure influence that Hada and Yehe accepted the other ministries to serve, but did not occupy and actually control them.The old land of Nikanwailan, the Hunhe tribe, and the Zhechen tribe were all directly annexed by Nurhachi.

From the perspective of governance, direct annexation may have some adverse reactions in the past, but this situation is not obvious in the Nurhachi ruling area at this time.The reason actually has a lot to do with the separatist regime in the Jurchen area at this time.

There is a famous saying at the beginning of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Talking about the general trend of the world, the long-term division must be united, and the long-term union must be divided." The current situation of Jurchen is actually in line with the sentence "The long-term division must be united".

From the perspective of the whole history, the "Jurchen" group first emerged in the Liao Dynasty, became stronger in the Jin Dynasty, and declined in the Yuan Dynasty—if it should have a future, it should "resurrect in the Ming Dynasty" just like in the original history.

And this renaissance must not have happened for no reason, it has its historical necessity, that is to say, it has a social basis for its emergence.

What is the basis of this society?Of course, it is the hearts of the people, the expectation in the hearts of most Jurchens for a real "Manchuria".

The Jurchens also knew that their "ancestors were once rich", so psychologically they inevitably had the expectation of rising again.At the same time, the divided Jurchen ministries seriously hindered economic development and brought wars from time to time, making the Jurchens look forward to the emergence of a unified Manchukuo.

They hope that the Jurchens can unite and trade freely instead of paying contributions (similar to tariffs) for every "country" they pass through; they hope that the united Manchukuo can have equal dialogue and trade with Ming Dynasty, or at least relatively equal dialogue and trade. Strength, won't be beaten at every turn.

In the original history, why did Nurhaci rush to rebel against the Ming Dynasty after unifying Jurchen?These public expectations are also part of the must not be ignored.Similarly, the stability of his internal rule is also complementary to this expectation, and the victory in the Battle of Saarhu has strengthened this stability.

The so-called tall buildings rise from the ground, and the overall expectation of the Jurchen society is the solid "flat ground" of Nurhachi.But now, although he has not yet reached that level, due to his strength and outstanding military performance, these places and these Jurchen subjects conquered by him also have similar expectations, so his internal rule does not matter. Not many adverse reactions.

However, as the saying goes, "the nectar of this is the arsenic of that".Gao Yushi is not a Jurchen. His greatest sense of self-responsibility in this life is to prevent the Jurchens from barbarously entering the customs, causing Han civilization to lag behind the West.Therefore, what the Jurchens hoped for was what he opposed.The Jurchens hope to unify, and hope to make Daming pay the price for what they did in the previous 200 years, so high pragmatism will not allow them to do so.

Although Cao Yu didn't know Gao Yushi's thoughts deep in his heart, he could deduce from various details Gao Yushi's restrictive mentality towards Su Ke and Su Huhe.

Isn't the Suke Suhu River expanding fast?So Gao Pragmatic was not allowed to go north to Hada and Yehe, nor to go south to Dong'e.

Isn't the Suke and Suhu River tribes strong in combat?Then Gao Pragmatism created divisions among them, and tried every means to win over Shuerhaqi, and let their brothers fight against each other.

In addition to strict trade restrictions, high pragmatism has used various means of restriction and disintegration.As for trade restrictions, Cao Yu's understanding is that Gao Situ doesn't like this kind of method that hurts both sides - although the other party must be more unlucky, it is obviously not what Gao Situ likes to kill three thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.

That being the case, now that the emperor wants Shuerhaqi to replace Nurhachi, this should not be the ideal result in Gao Situ's mind, because this is just a personal punishment for Nurhachi, and it will not make Suke Suhuhe's strength appear to much extent. decline.

With Nurhachi as the big Baylor, Shuerhaqi, as the second Baylor, of course listens to Daming's greetings, but what if Nurhachi is gone?Whether Shuerhaqi will continue to be obedient and willing to be the second Wan Khan, then no one dares to guarantee it.

So after thinking about it, Cao Yu still felt that something was wrong. If it was just to implement the emperor's will, Gao Situ might not be satisfied.If you want to satisfy both the emperor and Gao Situ, you may need some means.

However, Cao Yu obviously knew more about the situation than Ma Chengxun. Ma Chengxun didn't react when he heard this. He was a little surprised and said: "Isn't it best for them to fight against each other at this time? If they do it in the city Get up, we can save a lot of hands and feet."

Of course Cao Yu understands this truth, but Ma Chengxun's ideas are entirely from the military level. Since he doesn't know Gao's pragmatic intentions, he naturally can't think of those problems on the political level.

However, Cao Yu couldn't explain it to him, so he had to say: "The purpose of sending troops this time is not to destroy the Su Ke and Su Hu River tribes, but to make them calm down——Ma Shenrong, you must know that the Jurchen Ding Kou is here It's limited, but my Ming Dynasty still has a great demand for some special products of Jurchen.

For example, Suke and Suhu River, they are the number one source of ginseng in my dynasty.You must understand that the biggest consumption place of ginseng is in the capital. Once the three of us kill the Sukesuhu River and the blood flows into the river, what will happen if no one digs the ginseng?If the source of this ginseng is not stable... our reputation in Beijing will be notorious. "

Ma Chengxun was stunned, he really hadn't considered such a shitty thing.However, he can still understand the question Cao Yu said. Although the work of digging ginseng can be done by everyone in theory, it is not the case.The Jurchens live here all year round, and many people even rely on this job for food. They are already familiar with the way to do it, but it is not necessary for the Han people to do it.

Besides, even the Han people can do it, but in fact, there are not many Han people in Liaodong. The whole Liaodong is considered a sparsely populated place in Ming Dynasty. There is a shortage of people, how can the Han people have the spare time to dig ginseng?
Not everyone dares to enter the old forests of Changbai Mountain. There are many wild animals on the mountain these days. If experienced hunters enter the mountain, most of them will not be able to get out. The Han people have a lot of stable employment opportunities, so is it worth taking such a risk?Even in later generations, there is talk of the transfer of low-end industries. At this time, of course, a similar situation existed in Liaodong, Ming Dynasty.

When it comes to horse battles, Ma Chengxun is one of the two. When it comes to government affairs, he is caught blind. After thinking about it for a long time, he can't find a solution, so he has a headache and said: "That's troublesome, the battle will be won again, and people can't kill more? Then we Where do I get this rattail head from?"

Good guy, it seems that in the eyes of this man, the only function of the head of the Jurchen is to exchange military merits.

Qi Jin, who is usually not very harsh, also opened his mouth at this time, saying: "It's true, Nurhachi is very rampant, and the general planned to take this opportunity to teach him a good lesson."

Cao Yu knew that Qi Jin had a bad impression of Nurhachi, which was caused by Nurhachi's pursuit of Nikan Wailan.After Nikan Wailan fled to the territory of Ming Dynasty, Qi Jin took him in according to the high-practical requirements.Nurhachi was inflated after winning the battle at that time, showing off his power outside Fushun Pass. After Qi Jin rushed to Fushun Pass from Shenyang, he almost got out of the pass to meet Nurhachi.Because of this old incident, Qi Jin has never been used to Nurhachi, and always wants to find an opportunity to weigh up the Jurchen chief's ability.

Seeing that the two of them seemed to be going further and further apart, Cao Yan quickly brought the topic back, and asked Ma Chengxun, "Shu Erhaqi only talked about these things?"

Ma Chengxun shook his head hastily, and said, "That's not true, there is another important matter, and I was planning to report it to Zong Rong for a decision just now."

"What's the matter?" Cao Yu asked immediately.

Ma Chengxun looked around, then looked at the door of the big tent, subconsciously lowered his voice and said: "Shuerhaqi said, ever since our three-way army has become more and more tightly surrounded, Nurhachi has become more and more suspicious of him. I always feel that Nurhachi wants to kill him and take back his military power, so he wants to surrender."

Both Cao Yan and Qi Jin were a little surprised. They looked at each other and saw a lot of doubts in each other's eyes, so Cao Yan asked Ma Chengxun, "Now surrender? The soldiers and horses under his control are all stationed in Nurhachi's siege." Among them, how is he going to surrender at this time? He won't be making trouble in the city, taking advantage of the situation to open the city gate and let my army enter the city?"

Qi Jin also nodded and added: "That's right, especially his father and grandfather both died in Gule Village like this..."

But Ma Chengxun shook his head and said: "That's not true, Shuerhaqi has other ideas. He said that Nurhachi knew that this battle was difficult. If his brothers were suspicious of each other, there would be no hope of winning this battle, so he deliberately Went to talk to him."

"Could it be possible for the two of them to win if they don't suspect each other?" Cao Yan snorted softly, but still asked, "What did Nurhachi say?"

Ma Chengxun said: "Nurhachi is naturally moved with emotion and reason... Those are all nonsense, and I can't remember the subtitles. In short, the final meaning is that there are two gates in the southeast of Hetuala. We It must be attacking these two gates, so the brothers each guard one gate..."
-
Thank you book friend "Cao Mianzi" for your support, thank you!
Thanks to the book friend "Angry Dragon God" for the 12-ticket monthly ticket support, thank you!Thank you for the monthly support of book friends "Glowing Tiger", "Cao Mianzi" and "Too Fat to Fly", thank you!
(End of this chapter)