Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1436 Support and Betrayal (Part [-])
"It's a waste of your talents not to study geography before."

Liu Xin's words were a bit of a joke, but Gao Yushi replied very formally: "You also know that I liked to study history back then, this history... especially military history, it is impossible not to understand the map. Yes, because many times the same style of play can lead to completely different results. Some people can cross the river with all their might, while others can fight with their backs to win."

Liu Xin laughed, and said, "I'm familiar with these words. My father—I mean the one from Kaiping—taught me back then. But what he said was different from what you said just now. He probably said something about wars." Things, we must make use of our strengths and avoid our weaknesses."

"As soon as you talk about making use of strengths and avoiding weaknesses, I think of Yuan Chonghuan's cannons defending the city, which is really outrageous." Gao Yushi commented: "In the final analysis, this style of play can only be said to use cannons for those under his own who dare not fight with the Hou Jin army. It is impossible to cause serious losses to the Houjin army if it is a waste of courage—unless Nurhachi let his Eight Banners soldiers go to the city against the fire ants."

Liu Xin suddenly had a thoughtful look on her face, and said, "But I vaguely remember that the Golden House White Elephant King in Myanmar did such a thing?"

"I didn't see it in person, but that's what it said in the battle report...so he was stunned by the firepower of the bastion." Gao Wushi curled his lips: "Mang Yingli probably hadn't seen such powerful firepower at that time. , so his actions are rather stupid. In addition, this person is a tyrant who does not care about the power of the people, and soldiers are just consumables in his eyes-you should know that Myanmar had a population of several million at that time, but it was not too small .”

Liu Xin nodded: "I know...you mean to say that Nurhachi is a benevolent king compared to Mang Yingli?"

"Whether it is a benevolent king or not depends on who it is, but at least Nurhachi is a hundred times more sober than Mang Yingli. He knows Houjin's disadvantage in terms of population, and he almost never lets the Eight Banners soldiers to attack the city seriously.

It's a pity that I didn't bring a lot of history books with me when I crossed, otherwise I can show you that he took the Liaodong cities mostly by defeating the main force of the Ming army in field battles, forcing the Ming army to abandon the city voluntarily or internal mutiny, and directly bribed the internal forces. Opening the city gate and other means, rarely choose to attack by force-the loss cannot be afforded. "

Liu Xin smiled and reminded: "Are we talking too far?"

"Oh, yes." Gao Wushi patted the table lightly, and said, "Back to Shuerhaqi. In a word, the rebuilding of Jianzhou Right Guard is a major turning point in Shuerhaqi's life. It not only marks Shuerhaqi's Qi's initial attempts to oppose the expansion of the war and seek political stability have achieved limited results. It also marks that Shuerhaqi has completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and has completely broken with Nurhachi politically.

Since then, the existence of Shuerhaqi has become a huge obstacle for Nurhachi, and Nurhachi was forced to decide that "to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down inside" and forced Shuerhaqi to submit by various means..."

"Wait a minute, I don't understand something." Liu Xin said suddenly, "Since he started to rebuild Jianzhou Youwei, why did he run back? You just said that it was because Nurhachi killed him. The eldest son and the third son, and almost killed his second son Amin, I think this is wrong. Nurhachi is going to kill mad, and he ran back, isn’t he courting death?”

Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "The historical records of this incident seem to be unknown, but according to my personal estimation, Shuerhaqi was too hasty when he left and did not take his sons away. In addition, he may not have expected Nurhachi told his own nephew to kill him.

As for why he went back, since Nurhachi kept sending people to persuade him, the envoys here must have made countless guarantees to him.All in all, there are both reasons of forced helplessness and reasons of self-confidence. "

"That's naive." Liu Xin shook her head and said, "You said before that naivety is a big taboo for politicians, and Shuerhaqi committed such a taboo."

Gao Wushi nodded and said: "That's true, but Shuerhaqi's 'innocence' is of great benefit to me. Only his innocence can be persuaded and controlled. If he is exactly like Nurhachi, his ambition is unstoppable. So what's the point of me doing these things?"

"Then what are you going to do now?" Liu Xin spread her hands together and said, "You have already conveyed the emperor's holy will, and Cao Yan must have thought that this was the common attitude of the emperor and you, so he must not fully implement it between you two." In the spirit of the instructions, Nurhachi was pushed to the end, and Shuerhaqi was forced to be the commander of Jianzhou left guard?"

Gao Wushi sighed, and said, "I originally wanted to see if Cao Yan could guess what I meant, but I was worried that it would not be safe, so I arranged for a backup... I hope Gao Yimin's pace will not be too slow."

"Pfft!" Liu Xin couldn't help laughing, and said teasingly, "In your current state, you are like some parents who always feel that their children are not smart enough and wish to help them do everything."

Gao Wushi smiled wryly, and said helplessly, "Then what should I do? My thinking is not on the same level as theirs—I'm not saying they are stupid, but they can't reverse it from the perspective of a latecomer like me, so in order to achieve The most cost-effective effect, I have to take the helm, do you have a better method for this matter?"

"Of course I didn't." Liu Xin said bluntly and confidently: "But how long will you be a 'parent'? Sooner or later, you will let go one day?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it until I can't control it. Even if I become a monk for a day, I can't just watch this country go back to the old road."

"If you want me to tell you, you are really not afraid of getting tired." Liu Xin shook her head and said, "If I were you, with so much money and a foundation in southern Xinjiang, even if it's because I have been with the emperor for many years, I wouldn't take him away. You can also go to the southern border for fun, why bother rolling in the muddy pond in the muddy water of the capital."

Gao Wushi said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Probably, I still have a sense of historical responsibility."

Liu Xin curled her lips: "If it were me, I would think of a way to kill Nurhachi and it would be a one-hundredth of an end... Don't interrupt, I know you will say that even if there is no Nurhachi, another Nurhachi will appear. The inertia of history, Isn’t it? But I don’t think so, I think some historical figures should be irreplaceable.

For example, Nurhachi, I heard you tell so many Jurchen histories, isn’t he the only one of these famous figures who is single-minded about unifying the Jurchens, and then wants to betray the Ming?Those other people, even if they were against the Ming Dynasty at the beginning, would change their stance as long as they were taught a lesson and become Shun Ming faction or even Ming Ming faction.

That being the case, wouldn't it be over if Nurhachi was killed?I don't believe that after killing Nurhachi, there will be another strong Jurchen chieftain with exactly the same personality and ability as him, leading the Jurchens to rebel against the Ming Dynasty. "

Gao Wushi thought about her words for a while, shook his head slightly, and said, "Actually, the point of view you said is the same as who is right and who is wrong between 'heroes make the times' and 'times make heroes'. No one can give a certainty." The answer. Generally speaking, people will say that the times make heroes, but heroes can also promote the times. There is a complementary relationship between the two.

And what you said just now ignored a particularly critical issue, which is the impact of the Little Ice Age.I don't know if you have noticed that the winter in the Ming Dynasty has been much colder in the past 20 years since we traveled here, and disasters in various places have gradually increased? "

Liu Xin shook her head and said, "It seems to be colder, but you know that I stay in the south most of the time, and I can't always understand the situation of the whole country from the perspective of the center like you. In addition, I still don't understand , Is the impact of this little ice age really that big? How big is it?”

Gao Wushi smiled wryly and said, "How big is it? Hmm... Let me give you some examples from all over the world for your reference?"

"The whole world?" Liu Xin opened her eyes wide: "Has the whole world been affected?"

"Oh, the whole world, of course, mainly in Europe. After all, the history of other places is not the mainstream research direction of future generations."

"Okay, I'll just be more knowledgeable, Mr. Gao, please tell me."

Gao Wushi glared at her, but still opened his mouth and said, "Generally speaking, the Little Ice Age led to the European famine in the 16th and 17th centuries, which led to a series of wars and political turmoil.

Let’s talk about Britain first. At that time, Charles I was bankrupt and fighting the 30-year war, and he was arguing with Parliament.In the two bishop wars against Charles I in Scotland, Charles I was severely beaten. In 1642, Parliament and the king broke off, and the English Civil War broke out. In 1679, Charles hanged himself from a crooked neck tree, ah no, he went to the guillotine, the bourgeois revolution was victorious, and the British national situation began to go uphill.

Then let’s talk about France. Under the instigation of Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII made great efforts to stir shit. In 1648, he finally won the victory.

Then there is the Austrian Habsburg Dynasty. I don’t need to say more about this, right?It's written all over his face. After the peace of 1648, the Habsburgs had lost the possibility of integrating the Holy Roman Empire.However, after that, Leopold I defeated Sweden in the north and Ottoman in the east. Habsburg ushered in a small military resurgence under the leadership of Prince Eugen, which was considered lucky.

In Russia, Tsar Alexei ascended the throne in 1629. During his reign, salt merchant riots and the famous Stepan Racine uprising broke out.However, in 1654, Tsar Alexei accepted the surrender of the Polish Cossack uprising army, conquered Poland with successive victories, and defeated the Ottoman Empire’s invasion of Eastern Ukraine one after another. The east of the Dnieper River belonged to Russia. At the starting point of the western expansion, in 1689, Peter the Great regained power and began to rule in person, which opened the history of Russia in Eastern Europe.

Let me talk about two non-European countries, but they have a relatively large impact on history. Let me talk about the Ottoman Empire first.Murad IV rejuvenated, and Ottoman was rescued from the crisis of civil strife. In 1639, Murad IV suppressed all rebellions in the empire and annexed the Mesopotamia, and the empire turned the corner.However, the Ottoman Empire has been severely damaged. Under the rule of the next two sultans, Ottoman's expansion attempts were continuously frustrated, and the Ottoman Empire began to decline.

The last is the Mughal Empire. During the reign of Shah Jahan, the Mughal Empire entered its heyday. Of course, that was also the last glory. The Taj Mahal was built at this time.But from the history of the entire Mughal Empire, the continuous expansion of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, as well as Aurangzeb's wrong religious policy, made the Mughal Empire decline rapidly. "

Gao Pragmatism stopped here and looked towards Liu Xin instead.Liu Xin tilted her head slightly, and said, "It seems that you want to test me and let me summarize?"

Gao Wushi smiled lightly, and said: "The school entrance examination is definitely out of the question, but I do want to ask you, have you found any problems with this?"

Liu Xin said: "At any rate, I have also read books. I still have some experience in summarizing and finding differences. For example, what you just said, the most obvious point is: European countries are all going uphill, even the worst Austria The "small ZTE" you mentioned has appeared. On the other hand, in Asian countries, the two great empires of Ottoman and Mughal are considered by you to be on the decline, or are about to decline."

Gao Wushi laughed, nodded and said: "Not bad, not bad, the book is not in vain, and the learning method is well mastered." Then he paused, and then said: "Then guess what I'm going to say next?"

"Is there still a need to guess? Then we can't talk about the situation on Daming's side?" Liu Xin curled her lips and said, "But there is one question I want to ask first: if I'm not mistaken, at least Osman and Mughal At this time, the country has not been destroyed, so why is Ming Dynasty different and directly destroyed?"

"I've said enough about Da Ming's situation before, and it's not like you didn't understand it. To put it bluntly, if I hadn't appeared, Da Ming would already be riddled with illnesses, and in another 34 years, you could even say that he was terminally ill. .”

Gao Wushi shook his head, as if he didn't want to spend more time here, but said: "However, if you insist on asking why the Ming Dynasty was the only major empire in Asia that perished, I still have to say that it is a chronic disease of the Ming Dynasty itself. There are more and more deadly than Ottoman and Mughal, and secondly, it is also because the location and environment of the three are different.

Although Osman has declined, the strong impression he had in the eyes of Europeans has not completely disappeared. In addition, European countries are fighting each other in a mess, so naturally they will not be interested in wrestling with Osman.

The only Russia that has been competing with Ottoman has chosen to expand eastward for various reasons after gaining a strategic advantage, so Ottoman is not in danger of perishing for a while.

The situation of the Mughal Empire was relatively simple. During this period, it did not have a powerful foreign enemy on the rise. Even if it was just the inertia of rule, it could guarantee that it would not be subjugated in the short term.

Of course, having said that, the Mughal Empire may have been founded by the descendants of the Mongols, and its ruling power over the local area was not very strong, and this relatively weak rule in turn made local opposition to it even more difficult. It's not very strong, so although many places are dissatisfied with the center, they can make do with it after thinking about it. "

"Well, even if what you said makes sense, what about Daming? What's different about Daming?" Liu Xin looked at him and asked.

"The lucky place for Ottomans and Mughals is the unlucky place for Ming." Gao Yushi sighed: "The only powerful foreign enemy of Ottomans, the Russian Empire, suddenly turned to the east and left it untouched; but when Da Ming was dying of illness, he encountered a positive situation. Hou Jin, who was on the rise and was also troubled by the Little Ice Age.

Russia can expand eastward, but where will Houjin expand?Nurhachi has always supported wars with war, his Jurchens are not enough to eat, North Korea has also been surrendered, and he is forced to pay tribute to him every year, where else can he set his sights?Of course it can only be Daming. Only by constantly plundering Daming will he have a chance to survive. If it were you, would you rob him or not?
Compared with the Mughals, the Ming Dynasty obviously had stronger control over the local area, but because of the poor financial resources of the central government, the Ming Dynasty was unable to improve the local plight.As a result, the disaster victims everywhere saw that there was no hope, so they had no choice but to rise up, which in turn put more pressure on Daming and Jurchen to fight... riddled with various diseases, who will die if it doesn't die? "

"So now you're working on a two-pronged approach, governing the inside while controlling the outside?" Liu Xin sighed and shook her head: "I really don't mind worrying, the emperor should give you chicken legs."

Gao Wushi smiled bitterly helplessly, and finally said after a while: "I hope that before Gao Yimin arrives, Cao Yu has not captured Hetuala, let alone announced his decision. Now I only need the situation in Jianzhou to be stable, and I don't need Nurhachi to die immediately. "
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