Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1722 Post-War Waves ([-]) Unexpectedly
There is indeed a "new idea", but this idea actually just advances some of Gao Yushi's original plans.

Long before the "Alda Tribute" incident, Gao Wushi had already determined his plan to gradually control right-wing Mongolia by means of economic penetration.In this plan, Gao Yushi decomposed the entire control process into several stages, planning to gradually assimilate the right-wing Mongolia over a period of 30 to [-] years, and at the same time strengthen the control over the right-wing Mongolia step by step.

This kind of political method is different from military conquest. What is important is not to sweep the acupoints in one step, but to "sneak into the night with the wind, moisten things silently", and advance gradually when the other party is not easy to detect or thinks that there is a major harm.

This method has been called "cannibalization" in China throughout the ages, and it is called "salami sausage tactics" or "sausage cutting tactics" in the Western discourse system of later generations.Of course, there is another saying called "boiling frogs in warm water".

If you want to give an example of this tactic, it is like going to a deli and asking the boss to cut you a sausage slice for ten dollars.The boss has finished cutting, waiting for you to pay.At this time you said, cut another slice, boss, what does it matter if you cut another slice?

The boss thought about it, and it really didn't matter, so he cut an extra slice for you.But you said, boss, let’s cut another slice, what’s the point of cutting another slice.

Of course the boss is not happy, but now it's a bit hard to get off, after all, you haven't paid yet.At this time, he is locked in the transaction with you, if you cut one more piece, the transaction can still be completed; if you don’t cut this piece more, what should you do if you don’t buy it?The cut sausage slices cannot be sold to others.So he bit the bullet and cut another slice for you.

However, you actually said, boss, let’s cut another slice, what’s the point of cutting another slice.Good guy, of course it has something to do with it. Will I make money or lose money in this business if it goes on like this?
However, the boss is already stuck in the mud and can't extricate himself. He may even think that although the business may lose money, he may gain a regular customer because of his "easy talk" in the future. In terms of long-term interests, he may make money?So, just cut the meat piece by piece until the whole sausage is cut - this is called the sausage cutting tactic.

From a psychological point of view, it is the most effective and irresistible of all tactics to take advantage of others.It first locks the other party in the transaction, and then ruthlessly takes away all the benefits bit by bit.

"Lock-in" and "a little bit" are the two key words of this tactic: if you don't lock in the opponent, of course it will be impossible to succeed, because the opponent can choose to refuse from the beginning; It is also impossible, because the other party can weigh the pros and cons of the transaction at one time, and if they find that the harm outweighs the benefit, they will of course immediately reject it.

The highly pragmatic plan to assimilate right-wing Mongolia is a typical sausage-cutting and cannibalizing tactic.At the beginning, he only relied on Alta's tribute, and carried out border trade with Tumed in a reasonable and legal manner. The trade categories were limited and could only meet Tumed's basic needs.

After the Tumed people got the benefits, Gao Yushi began to gradually expand the types of export products, starting from the basic living materials to upgrade the grade, covering all medium, high and low-end daily necessities.In addition to "travel" for basic necessities of life, the first three items are almost rounded off by Daming bread.Even "OK", Daming is also exporting saddles to Tumed - mainly high-end saddles.

The next step is to promote the full spread of Lamaism [Note: Due to policy restrictions, I will not go into details here]. Most of them can be used for goods sold to Daming.

As a result, the north of the Ming Dynasty obtained a relatively large amount of cheap meat, Tumed and Ordos obtained various daily necessities to ensure their daily lives, and the living standards of the people on both sides improved, and the degree of dependence between the regimes also became higher. .

However, the degree of interdependence between the two parties itself is not at the same level.To put it simply, Tumed and Ordos are icing on the cake for Daming, whereas Daming is a timely help for Tumed and Ordos.The economic foundations of Tumed and Ordos began to be strongly bound to Ming Dynasty—this is the "locked transaction" mentioned above.

"Locking" is completed, how can "a little bit" be reflected?

In the first stage, Gao Wushi only relied on the Jinghua Trading Company for trade, and then made a small test: through the transaction method, Tumote sent Qia Taiji to protect the supply line between Daning City and the customs—this has already involved the military. But Tumed accepted it, that is, he acquiesced in cutting the sausage for the first time.

So there was the second stage of the Battle of Southern Liaoning, when Tumed sent troops eastward to threaten Chahar; in the third stage of the Northwest Rebellion, Gao Pragmatically sent troops to the northwest. The first step was to punish Ordos, and Tumed On the one hand, it once again accepted cutting sausages and sent troops to assist in countering the rebellion; not to mention the fourth stage. First, it sent troops eastward last year but was hit by Chahar. Erka conquered.

By this time, Tumet's sausage had been roughly cut. Not only was the economy locked up, but it could even be said that he had objectively offered his military independence to Daming and completely became a true vassal of Ming.

At this point, is there any aspect worth continuing to "cut"?Yes, of course there is, and that is the political structure.

Although Daming's control over Tumed is very strong, in terms of political structure, it is still a typical detention system in the final analysis.That is to say, Daming is responsible for conferring the supreme ruler of the other party, with at most a few of the most important core officials attached, and this kind of canonization is first after the other party has determined the "candidates", and then Da Ming will confer the canonization.

Therefore, Daming's canonization is not an active canonization in essence, that is, "I can use whoever I want", but a ratification. After a compromise is reached within Tumed, Daming will give it final legitimacy in the form of a final decision.

This means that Ming's "suzerainty" is limited. It is supreme in name, but in fact it must rely on Tumed's internal struggle to win or lose. At most, it can only exert influence during this "fight".

Now that Zhong Jinhatun has played this hand, it is indeed difficult for Gao Yushi, so he intends to simply take advantage of the moment when the military power is at its peak to slice another piece of sausage, and let the Ming court directly interfere with Tumed's internal power structure.

Assume for a moment that the internal ruling structure of the "Golden Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty" will be changed by the order of the Ming Dynasty, and the power of important figures will also be adjusted by the order of the Ming Dynasty.In such a situation where the economy, military, and politics are all deeply controlled by the Ming Dynasty, shouldn't the status of the "Da Ming Jin Kingdom" be considered a change?For example, directly attached.

However, this cut is relatively sensitive, and high pragmatism has to be foreshadowed.Han Naji is about to go south to meet with him, and there is no need to rush to discuss with him, but for Zhong Jinhatun, Gao Yushi had to find a way to communicate.

So after discussing with Qi Jiguang for a while, he allowed Butashri to visit, and at the same time read his mother Zhong Jinhatun's personal letter in front of him.

Gao Pragmatism seemed a little hesitant, but more cautious.He got up and paced around, and after a while he said: "I will personally write a letter to Madam Zhongshun later to discuss this matter with her. Before the discussion is over, you stay in the main hall... oh, yes, the main hall All the rules of conduct here, including eating habits, are Chinese, I hope you can get used to it."

"Students are all arranged by the teacher." Butashri didn't know if someone had given instructions in advance for his answer, and there was no need to choose his mannerisms or tone of voice.

Gao Yushi just said calmly: "The etiquette between teachers and students has not yet been decided, Taiji doesn't have to be like this." Then he got up and pretended to see off the guests, and said in his mouth: "Taiji go slowly."

Butashri couldn't say what he thought in his heart, but he still behaved respectfully, bowed and said, "Teacher, stay a step." Then he backed up to the door with the courtesy almost like seeing the emperor, backed away from the threshold, and then Turn around and leave.

Seeing that he still called himself "teacher", Gao Wushi didn't remind him again, just looked at his leaving back and smiled, and said: "As long as the interests are big enough, Man said that he is a teacher, even if he is called father, he must be willing to call him father." Right? Heh... Sure enough, the most shameful people in the world are people, and the most shameless people are also people."

At this time, a figure suddenly appeared at the gate of the courtyard where Butashri's figure disappeared, walking in hastily. Gao Wushi took a closer look, but it was Cao Ke, his "big disciple" and the current business secretary of Jinghua.Gao Yushi was not in a hurry, but sat back in his seat.

Cao Ke looked quite serious, walked quickly to the door, knocked on the door and said, "Teacher, the students have something important to report."

"Come in." Gao Wushi held the teacup, raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Mrs. Narita sent her retainer Tanba Masaki to say that there is an emergency related to Japan, and she should report it to the teacher immediately." Cao Ke's tone was still serious.

"Japan?" Gao Wushi felt a little nervous and asked, "Where are the Masaki Danba people?"

"It has been taken outside the gate of the courtyard." Cao Ke said, paused slightly, and added: "It has been searched."

Gao Wushi was noncommittal to the second half of the sentence, and said, "Let him in."

Cao Ke hesitated for a moment, and said: "It is said that this man is both civil and military. Students think that he is not short like ordinary Japanese, but also has a strong figure and sharp eyes. I am afraid that he is indeed skilled in martial arts. I don't know about the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."

"Just let him in." Gao Yushi said lightly, but his tone was slightly aggravated.

"Yes, the student understands." Cao Ke didn't dare to hesitate. After all, it was really inconvenient for him to ask more about the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Masaki Danba is Kai Ji's retainer, and he made great contributions in the Battle of Ninja Castle.Let's not talk about the text of both civil and military skills, but only that Masaki Danbo personally asked for Yamada's belt sword when he confronted the Changshu Zhengjia army at that time, which shows that he must have a hand in "wu".

He walked in from outside the door, and he was indeed a handsome man. He was indeed much taller than ordinary Japanese. Although he was not as tall as a typical northern Chinese man like Gao Yushi, he should be more than 1.7 meters in later generations, which must be in Japan. The "tall and mighty" category.

"Zhengmu Danbo has seen the hall." Zhengmu Danbo bowed respectfully when he came in, and then presented a letter with both hands, saying: "This is the princess's handwritten letter, please review it in the hall."

The word main hall was used in Japan during the Warring States period, and it was the title of "the lord's lord".However, Gao Wushi knew that he was not actually Narita Kai's retainer, but Narita's head's retainer only after hearing him call that.In other words, he is just a retainer of the Narita family, not necessarily "directly under" Kaiji.

Gao Wushi didn't bother to study this kind of "feudal" rules now, so he just said: "Bring it." Without hesitation, Masaki Danba walked a few steps forward on his knees, delivered the letter to Gao Yushi, and waited for him. After receiving it, he also knelt and retreated back.

Gao Wushi has been paying attention to his expression, and seeing that he is calm when doing this set of movements, which is completely natural, he can't help but think in secret: The Japanese have a tradition of submitting to the strong, so much so that they feel that no matter how Humility is natural.

However, since Masaki Tanba's performance was normal, Gao Yushi stopped looking at him, and focused on Kai Ji's letter—anyway, there were at least four hidden hand crossbows pointing at him around him. , your own safety will not be a problem.

Gao Yushi looked at the sealant, and found that the sealant was intact.After opening it, he took out the letter and frowned after only a few glances.He thought for a while, and asked Zhengmu Danbo: "The letter said that this news was sent back by Longze Shiyang. Secretary-General Liu also read it and knew the existence of this letter, right?"

Masaki Danba bowed his head and replied: "If you go back to the main hall, yes."

"What can the Secretary-General say?" Gao Wushi asked again.

Masaki Danba replied: "The villain was not present when the Secretary-General was discussing with the princess. The villain only knew that the two of them had discussed for a full hour. However, before the villain left, His Highness the Secretary-General told the villain to report to the hall. Said that she has immediately sent someone to verify the authenticity of the news to the North Korean side, presumably she will receive definite news when the hall returns to Beijing."

Gao Wushi nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "Do you have anything else to report?"

"This..." Masaki Danba was "very un-Japanese" this time, and paused for a while before being questioned by the "Main Hall", and then resolutely said: "Main Hall forgives the sin, the princess did not order the villain to convey anything else, but the lord People themselves don’t know what to say or not to say…”

Although Gao Wushi was a little surprised, he still said, "Let's talk."

"Yes, thank you for the main hall." Masaki Tanba lifted his spirits, bowed his head deeply for some reason, and then said: "The villain has always heard the reputation of the main hall, and is deeply proud that the Narita family can be a vassal of the main hall, but now Japan may have Great changes, once accidents occur suddenly, the Narita family may bear the brunt.

Now the Narita family is weak, and although the capital of the main hall is extremely powerful and stretches across the world, the Kanto Fleet cannot go ashore after all, and the land division in Misaki Castle is only a few thousand.

The Narita family is not only the only vassal of the main hall in the Kanto region, but also has an in-law relationship with the main hall. If someone fights to seize the root, it will not only damage Narita, but also the majesty of the main hall.At this time of crisis, the villain dared to ask the main hall to send more subordinates to Kanto to frighten Xiaoxiao.The main hall, sheltering Narita is also the famous name of the Preservation Hall. "

In the end, Masaki Danba also specially made a concluding remark: "With the stupidity of the villain, I didn't dare to expect the wisdom of the Great Hall, but the eagerness to protect the Lord made such absurd statements, polluting the ears of the Great Hall, please punish the Great Hall!"
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