Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1881 The Sword Points at Japan (卌八) Resolution
"If you don't obey the order, you will be a traitor. Quan Li is like this, and so is Liu Chenglong."

As soon as Li Shanhai said this, Zhang Wanbang immediately understood what he meant.It seems that in Li Shanhai's eyes, he still insists that politics is more important than military affairs.Right now, although Quan Li is making trouble on the bright side, Li Shanhai immediately judged that the instigator behind it must be Liu Chenglong, so although Quan Li wants to fight, Liu Chenglong must not let him go.

As for whether his judgment was right or not, Zhang Wanbang naturally had to think about it.Before he fully took over Hanyang Defense, he was given an opportunity by Ma Gui face-to-face, and most of what Ma Gui explained to him was actually obtained from a high-level letter. Therefore, the key to Zhang Wanbang's analysis now is whether Li Shanhai's plan is correct or not. In line with Lord Hou's wishes.

Gao Wushi is not a god, and he is not really good at predicting things. Naturally, it is impossible to write all the circumstances and what to do before the incident into a plan and explain it to Ma Gui and Zhang Wanbang.In other words, he can only create a "spirit" for Ma Gui and Zhang Wanbang to understand.

What did Gao Yushi mainly ask for in Magui's letter?In fact, there are only three points:
First, ensure that Hanyang and the Joseon royal family are completely under the protection of the Ming army, and no matter what happens, this comprehensive protection must not be shaken;
Second, ensure that the Beiren Party, which has already defected to its own side, controls the North Korean government, that is, it has the right to speak in the North Korean court. The most basic point of this is to ensure that Li Shanhai's leadership status will not be shaken;

Third, without arousing large-scale public grievances, resolutely crack down on other factions that oppose North Korea’s attachment to Ming Dynasty, and gradually promote the infiltration of the Beiren Party in the Korean court, and quickly and orderly replace opposition officials.

In fact, as long as this idea is highly pragmatic, even if Ma Gui and Zhang Wanbang are two generals, they can understand it.If you take Cao Wei in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as an analogy, then the first principle of high pragmatism is "to take advantage of the emperor to command the princes". Anyway, the emperor is in the Xu capital of my Cao, so the orthodoxy of the world is in me here.

The second principle is like I, Cao, can't just be a Sikong and chariot general, but I have to do a good job of General Yuan, and then get a prime minister to rule the world on behalf of the emperor.In this way, not only is the orthodoxy of the world on my side, but I also have the final say on how to actually govern.

The third principle is like stuffing the court with Cao's cronies. Why is this important?Because the above two problems are solved by who makes top-level decisions, but no matter how good the decision is, you have to be able to implement it to be implemented. Therefore, Li Shanhai must be able to draw people from the Northern People's Party into the imperial court on a large scale to replace the southerners. The positions of the People's Party and the Western People's Party, so that the next thing will be easy to handle.

In fact, the example here is that the Cao family is not as good as the Sima family.Everyone knows about Sima Yi's life. Simply put, both Cao Pi and his son Cao Rui were relatively short-lived, so after Cao Rui died, he was entrusted to Sima Yi and Cao Shuang, and Sima Yi finally killed Cao Shuang in the first year of Jiaping in the brutal political struggle, and took control of him personally. The government of Wei State.

If Cao Piquan knew it, I'm afraid even his intestines would regret it at this time.It was precisely because of the dispute between him and Cao Zhi's brothers that Cao Wei's attitude towards the clan was extremely harsh in the future, and he always strictly guarded the Cao clan.In this way, after the Sima family took power, especially after Cao Shuang's death, the Cao clan, who had no soldiers or power, could only watch the Sima family control the government and go further and further on the road to usurp the throne.

"(Sima Yi) recorded that the princes and princes of Wei were placed in Ye, and they were ordered to supervise them, and they were not allowed to pass the customs." - "Book of Jin Xuandi Ji".

However, such things as usurping the throne do not mean usurping it. You have to talk about the legitimacy of the ruling, right?Cao Cao was able to reach the king of Wei because when he received the emperor of Han, the Han Dynasty had basically become an empty shelf. It was Cao Cao who fought in person for decades and restored nine of the thirteen states in the world.

Therefore, when the Cao family seized power, even if everyone was dissatisfied, they had to hold their noses and admit that they did have this strength.And what did you Sima Yi do?Just pretending to be dead and pretending to be sick, is it very powerful to play tricks?
Therefore, after the Sima family takes control of the government, the first thing to do is to eliminate dissidents. It is impossible to usurp the throne for the time being. Don't even think about it within ten years, but at least let the Cao Wei court listen to the order of my Sima family. There's still something to be said for this.

After Sima Yi's death in 251 AD, his eldest son Sima Shi became the new helm of the Sima family and began the purge of the Cao Wei court.The little emperor Cao Fang was of course very dissatisfied with this - when Cao Shuang was in power, at least our old Cao family was controlling the government, but in the end Cao Shuang was driven away, and it turned out that someone with a foreign surname controlled the government!How many days has this big man been dead?Do I really know nothing?
So the little emperor secretly gritted his teeth and began to look for a suitable time to realize his great cause of counterattack.Facts have proved that in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, it is too easy to find an opportunity to do something.

In 254 AD, Jiang Wei inherited Zhuge Liang's will and counterattacked the Central Plains.Wei Guo is completely used to Jiang Wei's daily Northern Expedition, and they don't care about it—Zhuge Liang was not good at that time, so you Jiang Wei can do it?Who gave you the courage?

Therefore, according to the usual practice, Sima Zhao, Sima Shi's younger brother, was sent to fight Jiang Wei.Before going on an expedition, Cao Fang always inspected the troops and said a few words to boost morale.

Cao Fang felt that her chance had come.Because the two brothers Sima Shi and Sima Zhao do not stay together at ordinary times, one of them controls the government in the center, and the other controls the military power outside, so as to ensure that eggs will not be put in one basket.But this time Cao Fang is going to use the opportunity of reviewing the troops to kill Sima Zhao by surprise, then seize the military power, and then kill Sima Shi later—perfect!
Cao Fang felt that he had planned all the links, but there was one thing that he never expected.That is, when it came time to attack, Cao Fang was persuaded by herself.

"In September, Zhao led the troops to visit. Emperor Xingping was optimistic and passed by the army. The left and right urged the emperor to resign because of Zhao, kill him, and rein in the army to retreat the general; the imperial edict was written before, and the emperor was afraid and did not dare to issue it."— —"Zi Zhi Tong Jian Volume 76"

However, you have been arranging for so long, and even wrote the edict of "Heavenly Execution of the Thieves of the Kingdom", and finally you are persuaded!Is it possible to get over it with just a haha, a joke?Obviously not!Therefore, Master Sima who reacted turned around and abolished Cao Fang-this emperor is not good, let's change it.

"Zhao led the troops into the city, and the general's plan was to dethrone the emperor. In Jiaxu, he was taught by the empress dowager's order to call a meeting of ministers, saying that the emperor was immoral, obscene and advocating excellence, and he could not inherit the order of heaven; none of the ministers dared to disobey. Collect the emperor's seal and ribbon, and return it to Qi." - "Zi Zhi Tong Jian Volume 76"

The question now is who to replace?At the strong request of the queen mother, Cao Mao, the son of Donghai Dingwang Cao Lin, Gaogui Township Lord, was finally replaced.

Master Sima is quite satisfied with this matter - this kid is only 14 years old, a 14-year-old kid, can he understand a ball?It's just convenient for me to control the government.

The Three Kingdoms at this time is no longer the former Three Kingdoms era when wars were everywhere and heroes were born in large numbers.Shooting halberds at the Yuanmen, borrowing arrows from grass boats, Megatron Central Plains, and bloody battles in Changban, all of them were blown away by the wind and rain with the death of many heroes and treacherous heroes.

At this time, the internal affairs of the state of Wu are busy fighting against each other, and the national strength is attrition; while the head of the state of Shu is a celebrity who has lived through the ages, so the level of governance needless to say, is just a dawdling.Only Wei State, after years of development, has far surpassed the two opponents in terms of national strength, but Sima Shi has been busy cleaning up the small group of counter-revolutionaries left in the country, and has not been able to spare his hands to teach the Shu and Wu countries a good lesson.

The specific matter of countering the rebellion was not so easy to handle. Sima Yi and Sima Shi died successively during this period of time, and the power finally returned to Sima Zhao.

Through the previous counter-insurgency campaigns, the Cao family's local loyalists and residual forces were basically eliminated, and the national power of Shu and Wu had long been left behind by Wei.Therefore, Sima Zhao was sealed again and again. Now he only needs one reason, a very sufficient reason, to carry out his plan to usurp the throne.

Cao Mao knew Sima Zhao's ambitions, not only Cao Mao knew, but everyone in the Wei Dynasty knew it.Time passed day by day, and Cao Mao became more and more desperate.

Finally, in 260 A.D., Cao Mao, who was on the verge of collapse, shouted "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone", and led the only remaining guards and servants loyal to him in the palace to launch an absurd suicide attack on Sima Zhao. Cao Mao even He died on the way without seeing Sima Zhao's face, witnessing the dignity of the last royal family of Wei with his own blood.

However, after Cao Mao's death, Sima Zhao is still temporarily in a very awkward position. On the one hand, the conditions for him to usurp the throne are still not sufficient, and on the other hand, everyone in the world now knows that he is going to usurp the throne!

Sima Zhao, who was suffering, had no choice but to support a new puppet, and at the same time stepped up the pace of attacking Shu.Finally, in 263 A.D. Wei Guo succeeded in conquering Shu, and Sima Zhao finally obtained the peerless achievement he dreamed of!

The rest of the matter is quite simple. In 264 AD, Sima Zhao was named King of Jin, and his son Sima Yan proclaimed himself emperor after his father's death the following year, ending Wei Guozuo.In 280 A.D., Sima Yan destroyed Soochow and unified the world, and his orthodoxy was no longer in dispute.

The reason why I say so much is mainly to explain two things: if you simply want to usurp the throne, then you only need a strong military power; under control.

Military power is relatively simple. Under the feudal system, the main generals listen to you, and military power is basically obtained.

The regime is much more complicated. After all, the civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty have different demands. Who should be drawn in, who should be suppressed, and who should be eradicated.Otherwise, if you usurp the throne rashly, you will get a result of turning the world against you, and you may not know who will win in the end, so why bother?It's better to be a behind-the-scenes emperor.

What Gao Wu wants in North Korea is certainly not usurping the throne, but it is actually not easy to attach North Korea to Ming Dynasty.The fact is that according to the degree of division within the Joseon court, if the internal problems are not resolved, there may be smoke everywhere after the internal attachment.

Of course, considering the strength of Daming at the moment, even if North Korea is full of wars, it doesn't mean that it can't be suppressed.It's just that Gao Yushi is a civil servant after all. If there is a political solution without using a knife or a gun, then why bother to kill a bloody river?

What, doesn't war cost money?Wasn't it time consuming?Not to mention that the Ming army will also have unnecessary losses, which will affect the layout in other directions-speaking closer, how can North Korea send troops to Japan if it is unstable?Speaking farther away, if the Western Regions are not returned to Han soil, how can he be successful in his life?

Of course Zhang Wanbang didn't know about the high-level and pragmatic long-term plan, but at least he had a lot of experience in understanding the spirit of Lord Hou.Since Lord Hou wants to support Li Shanhai and his Northern People's Party, Liu Chenglong, who attacked the Southern People's Party, is politically correct.

In fact, Zhang Wanbang's impression of Liu Chenglong was not bad at first. In his opinion, Liu Chenglong was at least the kind of North Korean minister who was willing to do something, far better than many mediocre people who ate and waited to die.However, this goodwill had no real impact on Zhang Wanbang's actions. Before he decided to agree to Li Shanhai, he only regretted Liu Chenglong's possible fate at most.

"I generally agree with Mr. Exi's plan, but I would like to ask Mr., what will I need to do?" Zhang Wanbang asked, and then he was afraid that Li Shanhai would not understand what he was referring to, so he added: " I mean, if the two of them are really in the same boat and refuse to obey the order, does Mr. Goose Creek hope that Ben will go out of the city to fight against the rebels?"

Li Shanhai didn't know if Zhang Wanbang really dared to go out of the city to kill [-], and he was worried that his words would be too deadly, so he said: "As long as the two leaders of the Southern People's Party, both civil and military, are beaten as traitors, then the next step will naturally be the same mind." , Heaven punishing the country's bandits... As for whether Shen Rong will send troops to attack immediately, this is a military matter, and Shen Rong should make his own decision.

Zhang Wanbang was very pleased with what he heard, and thought to himself: This Li Shanhai is indeed an old fox, he is very measured, at least very self-aware, knows what he can do, and what he must not interfere with.Okay, since you're so good at it, I can talk too.

"Since Ling Yizheng said so, why should I hesitate? Please lead Yizheng to meet your king, and ask Liu Chenglong to send Liu Chenglong to Luyuanling to dismiss Quan Li and wait for investigation. As for whether to send troops, this general will We will make a decision based on the performance of Ryu Sung-ryong and Kwon-li."

Li Shanhai was completely relieved, and thanked him.Zhang Wanbang returned a salute, but smiled again: "To tell the truth, the general actually hopes that Quan Li will take the initiative to lead the troops to attack Hanyang."

"If this is the case, it would be the best." Obviously, Li Shanhai also knew that Zhang Wanbang was known for his good defense, and he also knew that defending the city was far more beneficial to the disadvantaged side than fighting in the field.

Zhang Wanbang stood up to see off the guests, and said: "Since the battle is approaching, the general will always make some arrangements in advance, so I won't keep Mr. Exixi any longer, sir, go slowly."

"Don't dare, stay in the army, stay in."
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