Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1742 Aid Korea and Anti-Japanese War ([-]) Donghua Debate
When Gao Wushi came out of Xinuan Pavilion, it was already the time when the palace gate was about to close, but even though it was so late, he still met acquaintances at Donghua Gate: Wu Dui and Liang Menglong were waiting by Donghua Gate with serious faces .

As the elders of the pavilion, of course the two of them would not stand around stupidly, but the guard on duty prepared two chairs for them to sit down and rest, and even prepared simple tea.

As soon as Gao Wushi arrived, he was about to greet the two court elders, but unexpectedly, the two of them took a step faster. Lao Yuan stood up and waved his hands to signal, and then Wu Dui spoke first, saying: "Rixin, the supervisor of ceremonies in the afternoon Send back the emperor's reply to Duke Yingyang's resignation...the emperor approves."

Gao Wushi was slightly taken aback, but hesitated to speak.Wu Dui turned around and glanced at the surrounding palace guards, and said to Gao Wushi, "Let's walk out of the palace for a while, let's talk as we go."

The three of them then left the Donghua Gate, and their respective servants were responsible for opening the way and guarding the three ministers from a distance.

Gao Wushi pondered and said: "Today the emperor publicly said that Jiuqing would discuss my entry into the cabinet. I expected that the cabinet would have to be adjusted, but to be honest, I didn't think that Lord Yingyang would definitely be that person."

Liang Menglong said: "Rixin, do you think that the emperor should thoroughly investigate Li Song's closing of the border last time, and then this matter will be implicated in Shen and Wang, and in the end it may make one of them Someone had to resign to thank the world?"

These two are completely on their own, Gao Wushi didn't shy away from them, nodded and said: "I did think so at first."

"The emperor may not have no doubts about this matter, but I am afraid it is inconvenient to do so today." Wu Dui said: "In the past, the two factions tended to be balanced in the court, but now that Rixin has returned triumphantly, it is inevitable that he will join the cabinet to assist the government. However, if the gaps to be filled come from the School of Mind, even if not Shen Changzhou, or even Wang Taicang's position, it will cause a serious imbalance in the cabinet... There are internal and external issues at the moment, and the emperor obviously does not want to see this scene. "

Liang Menglong also said: "That's right, although the emperor is now at home, the situation facing the imperial court is not very good. There are troubles in the east, south, and west, especially Jiangnan is still the foundation of Xinxue, and there should be no big changes.

But the position of Wang Shanyin (Wang Jiaping, a native of Shanyin County, Datong Prefecture, not Shanyin in the south) is even more difficult to move, otherwise the cabinet will really be either 'heart' or 'real'.In this way, only the three of us can adjust, so the two of us actually stayed because of your favor, Rixin. "

Wu Dui also laughed, and said: "It can be regarded as the last help of us old brothers, and the good wind will send you to Qingyun by virtue of its strength."

Hearing this, Gao Wushi stood still solemnly, and raised his hands in a standard salute: "The two of you have a deep friendship, and the gratitude of Pragmatic is beyond words."

Wu Dui and Liang Menglong supported him by one arm, Wu Dui smiled and said, "It's a shame to say that." Liang Menglong also laughed and said: "More than ten years ago, Menglong thought he was going to resign and return to his hometown to work in agriculture. It is Wen Zhenggong who does not care about the prejudice of family status, Jianba Menglong in the state and county, until today. Now it is Menglong's wish to help Rixin. This is to help the reform of the world in public, and in private. Menglong Zhibao and Wen Zhenggong also."

The three exchanged some polite words, Liang Menglong turned the topic back to business, and said: "After Duke Yingyang returns to his hometown, if there is no accident, Duke Huanzhou can take over as the second assistant, and the second king (Wang Jiaping, Wang Xijue) and I will Step by step. Calculated, the basic structure of my practical school in the cabinet will not change much, of course..."

"Of course, the fact is that the changes are not small." Wu Dui said: "Xu Yingyang has not dealt with us very much in the past few years. He said that he is a comrade of practical learning, but in fact he has been waiting for him for a long time. After Rixin entered the cabinet, the faction of practical learning can be regarded as the real one. Forming a joint force, we can have a good discussion with the Xinxue disciples on who belongs to the Confucianism orthodoxy."

Gao Yushi said at this time: "The Dao is eternal, but its laws are ever-changing. It is said that it is a struggle for the Tao, but it is actually a struggle for the line."

Both Wu Dui and Liang Menglong were taken aback for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, they both nodded in agreement.

Liang Menglong said with a smile: "That's right, the struggle for dominance is still Confucianism. In fact, the only thing that changes is how to realize it. Xinxue believes that the foundation of all things is to be a gentleman first, and practical studies believe that doing everything well is a gentleman... Ha, but there are some mean."

His summary was straightforward but incisive. Gao Yushi praised the words and said: "When Mingquan was fair, he didn't talk much about the truth, but on the contrary he understood the righteousness of it, and he was pragmatic and obedient. As Mingquan Gong said, Learning thinks that if you want to be a gentleman, you must first become a gentleman; practical learning thinks that if you want to be a gentleman, you must first accomplish what you want.”

Wu Dui laughed, and said: "I heard this sound familiar, it seems to be somewhat similar to the difference between Mahayana and Hinayana in Buddhism."

Gao Wushi also smiled, nodded and said: "In fact, although Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism have their own aspirations, they all have something in common. What they seek is nothing but perfection."

Liang Menglong brought the topic back again, saying: "This time the cabinet adjustment will be discussed soon, so there shouldn't be any surprises, right?"

It is not convenient for Gao Yushi to express his opinion, but Wu Dui did not have such concerns. He nodded and said: "There should be no such thing. In the current situation, the cabinet is actually a whirlpool. If there is no power of Aolong, if you enter, you will die. Who wants to think about this situation?" Blending in, who dares to blend in? In my opinion, until the crisis on the east, west, east, and west is over, and the cabinet first competes for a winner, other people will not dare to enter the arena."

Liang Menglong said: "It is indeed dangerous to enter the arena, but I am afraid that someone will deliberately disturb the water."

Wu Dui thought for a while, and still shook his head: "It doesn't make much sense to stir up the muddy water now. If you don't fight for a male and female, it's useless for others to disturb you. And with the operation of the emperor today, Rixin entered the cabinet. The matter has been settled, who dares to jump out and sing the opposite at this time, is it really afraid that the emperor will not dare to kill chickens and monkeys?"

Liang Menglong thought so, so he no longer worried about the court discussion, but asked Gao Wushi: "Rixin, the emperor left you in Xinuan Pavilion, is he discussing the current three-party war?"

Gao Wushi nodded and said, "Yes."

"What do you say?" Liang Menglong asked again.

"First Jiangnan, then Bozhou, and finally North Korea." Gao Wushi replied: "However, the matter in Jiangnan may not require a big fight, as long as the imperial court takes appropriate measures, it may be possible to spread it; the matter of Bozhou has been planned before, just wait for the front line It is enough for Liu Ting to defeat the enemy; only the North Korea issue is more complicated."

Speaking of North Korea, Wu Dui pondered for a while, and asked, "I don't believe you didn't take any precautions against Japan's invasion of North Korea, Rixin. Now that the incident has happened, what are your plans? Are you going to tell us about it? "

Gao Yushi said sincerely: "Wa has the intention of using troops abroad, which I expected, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi's timing of sending troops this time is so coincidental, it is slightly beyond my expectations.

I originally thought that as long as the first battle against the Yuan was fought quickly enough, it would take some time for the news to reach the Wa Kingdom. In addition, he needed to mobilize soldiers and supplies, and had to reform the original navy, so there should be at least a delay. years or even longer.In this case, he should not be able to send troops until the beginning of next spring.

But I underestimated him, or I underestimated the newly unified Wa country.At this time, the mobilization ability of the Japanese country was beyond my expectations, and the combat effectiveness of the country’s army also surprised me a little. It became like this. "

"Based on Nissin's observations, how many troops and how much will it cost to put down the Japanese army in North Korea?" Liang Menglong asked involuntarily as the old man in charge of military affairs.

"This matter is a bit complicated, because there are some variables in it, and the variables are not small." Gao Wushi explained: "If we only talk about the about 20 Japanese troops who have already entered the dynasty, they can almost win with the power of a town in Liaodong. Yes. However, there are two issues here: first, whether the Japanese kingdom will increase its troops;

Gao Wushi said with a serious face, "I have always regarded the Wa Kingdom as a small country, but in fact, with the power of the Wa Kingdom, it is by no means only able to send 20 troops. Huanzhou Gong and Mingquan Gong, the Wa Kingdom has been called a small country for decades. In the Warring States Period, there were many wars and small battles, so that when it was unified under Toyotomi Hideyoshi a few years ago, there were about 50 soldiers in the whole country, and most of them could be regarded as troops with actual combat experience, so they should not be underestimated.

At the same time, the domestic land of the Wa Kingdom is limited, and it is difficult for meritorious persons to be fully rewarded. If Toyotomi Hideyoshi promised the land of North Korea, or even the land of Wo Dynasty, there are people in the Wa Kingdom who are willing to work hard for it.In this way, they may be able to recruit more troops to fight against me in North Korea..."

"Conscripting is easy, but paying them is difficult." Liang Menglong frowned and said, "My Daming claims to have millions of 'armors', but it is only in the past few years that there are actually hundreds of thousands of 'armors'. Think about the small land of Japan, where can we raise them?" Have to live so many soldiers?
Even if Toyotomi Hideyoshi promised them the land of North Korea and even our dynasty, if the land is not in his hands, or if it is temporarily unable to cultivate and harvest the land in his hands, what will their hundreds of thousands of troops eat? "

Gao Wushi said: "The Japanese soldiers are used to suffering, and they eat less than our Ming soldiers...Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the Japanese are crowned with monkeys, and their bestial nature is often hard to change. It is now North Korea is already "two-thirds of the world", and the 20 troops in the DPRK must be smashing the bones and sucking the marrow, digging three feet, and how many North Koreans will die may not be within their scope of consideration."

Liang Menglong understood the meaning of these words, it was nothing more than saying that the Japanese pirates must support wars in North Korea, and that the Japanese pirates would not be without food until the last Korean was starved to death.

Neither Liang Menglong nor Wu Dui were surprised by this, after all Gao Pragmatism's words were in line with their understanding of barbarians.

Liang Menglong said: "In this case, my soldiers on the nine sides have been busy recently. Mobei was initially settled, although it returned to the commandant, but the old land in the east of Mongolia needed to be stationed; Tumen fled to the west, although they followed the king's town, but the northwest The frontiers are still on guard. There are also various Jurchen ministries, although they are nominally obedient, but the trend of obedience and rebellion can change at any time, so the soldiers of Liaodong must not come out in full force, lest they be attacked by the enemy..."

Wu Dui said, "Of course. In this way, although there are many soldiers on the nine borders, it is hard to say that there are plenty of them. I am afraid that, as Ri Xin said, we must first settle down when fighting against the outside world. But I don't know what Ri Xin called Jiangnan. How do you deal with what has been decided?"

Hearing what he said, Liang Menglong also cast his eyes on the high-level pragmatism, hoping to hear his opinions.

Gao Wushi said: "The turmoil of the Cao army in the south of the Yangtze River is not accidental, but someone actually made trouble for it..." He told Wu and Liang the news he got so far, and then said: "So, once we need it Find a way to make the factory guard's investigation in Jiangnan go smoothly, and secondly, make some guarantees against Cao Jun."

"You can not pursue Cao Jun's fault of being instigated by others this time, and the damage to the tank boat and supplies is not impossible..." Liang Menglong suddenly paused at this point, and added: "Of course, the matter of supplies must be decided by the Ministry of Household Affairs. .”

Gao Wushi waved his hand and said: "There is a wrong and there is a debt. Since the loss of the tank boat and supplies is not the fault of the Cao army, the Ministry of Households can not be held accountable. However, although this matter needs to be compromised, it cannot be justified. Thinking that the imperial court can be humiliated—it is necessary to talk about it, but the attitude of the imperial court should be based on fighting to promote talks."

The feudal dynasties in ancient China made a common mistake, that is, once they found that recruiting security was easy to use, they often regarded recruiting security as the only means, and all their minds were on recruiting security.As everyone knows, if there is not enough force to deter, the more such things as recruiting security are done, the more the majesty of the court will disappear.

In the end, even if it was a group of bandits gathered by Wu Xiao, the local government would only think of recruiting them to settle the matter. As time passed, the bandits recruited more and more, and even many recruited and rebelled, rebellious and re-recruited, endlessly up.

Gao Yushi will never ignore the essence of seeking unity through struggle, so although his goal is to negotiate a compromise with the Cao army, he insists on putting on an attitude of fighting hard and killing, and he must wait until At the last moment, he reluctantly accepted Cao Jun's "reform".

But in this case, there is a trouble ahead.Wu Dui frowned and said, "If you want to do this, the court will have to put on a big show, but the southern army has already mobilized more than [-] troops around Bozhou, if you do this again near Nanjing... um, but I'm afraid it won't be easy."

Liang Menglong was thoughtful, pondered for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Rixin, don't you want to take command in person to scare the rioting Cao army?"

Wu Dui was startled when he heard his guess, and opened his eyes wide and said, "Isn't it? Rixin, it's not just about being in command. You are going to join the cabinet right now. If the cabinet ministers are in command to quell the rebellion, No matter what, this battle is not small..."

Gao Wushi quickly waved his hands and said, "I won't take charge personally, besides there is a war on three sides right now, if I take charge of the battle, the Ministry of Household Affairs will hardly be able to handle everything."

"Then what do you mean?" Wu Dui and Liang Menglong asked in unison.

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if I don't go, now there is a general who is free--Commander Qi can make a trip! With his reputation in the south, if he is still on the way, the Cao army will hurry to surrender Woolen cloth."
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