Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1895 The Sword Points at Dongying (Yuan [-]) Yupu Great Victory
It has been less than a month since Gao Yushi came to Sacheon, and the small town of Sacheon has been transformed into a small military fortress. On the basis of the original square and four gates, four triangular protrusions were added to form an octagonal bastion structure.

Of course, compared to Jinghua's engineering standards at this time, the corresponding facilities of this bastion are not perfect enough, but it already has the basic configuration of the bastion, which can play a role in the display of firepower.

This is actually a manifestation of the high-practical bottom-line thinking. When he arranged the defense line of Lianhua Mountain, he considered the possibility that the defense line was breached, or the Japanese army attacked Lianhua Mountain head-on and split a part of the way to surprise Sacheon. Sacheon built a simple fortress.

Gao Wu’s high prestige in the Ming army also stems from this: he never regarded himself as a civil servant when he was leading the army in battle. Zhongan Zhiruosu.

He never engages in equal rights, and never tells ordinary soldiers that they don’t have to kneel down when they see him, but he can always live up to his responsibilities. He is a prime minister in the court, and a commander in the army. .

Gao Wushi never talked about cooking with anyone other than Liu Xin, and even if he talked with Liu Xin, it was probably to convince her that Western-style cooking would not work in Daming.For this reason, he also specially explained to Liu Xin that it is pure nonsense for later generations of the West to talk about ancient Greece when they talk about cooking.

The main representatives of ancient Greece are Sparta and Athens, among which Sparta is definitely not a delicacy. There is no need to explain this point, and anyone who has a little knowledge of European history knows it well.The key question then is whether the Democracy of Athens is the same thing as the Democracy of later generations in the West, or at least whether they are in the same line.

the answer is negative.

Democracy in later generations, at least from the original meaning of its text, should be a country dominated by public opinion. Due to limitations in administrative structures and governance methods, it has to adopt a representative system.

So, is this the case with the dish cooking in Athens?No, the democracy of Athens has never been the democracy of the whole people and the whole society, but a kind of elite politics and aristocratic politics.

On the one hand, the democratic politics of Athens is a systematic and powerful impact of the non-elite class in Athens on the aristocratic values ​​defended by the minority aristocratic class.As a political idea and an effective political framework, it has brought full political participation and political equality to even the poorest male citizens, and it has also succeeded in giving freedom to the majority of ordinary people.

But on the other hand, since the male citizens of Athens can completely rely on slaves, women and other non-citizens to engage in necessary productive labor to maintain their lives, their active participation in political life itself reflects an aristocratic value.

In short, the class hierarchy in Athens is very clear. The real nobles and male citizens of Athens are in fact the ruling class, while ordinary Athenian women, non-citizens in the ruling area, slaves, etc. are the obvious ruled class.

The vast majority of philosophers in ancient Greece were also extremely opposed to democracy, and many philosophers called non-elite democracy mob politics—that thing is to some extent equivalent to the "ultra-right" that later generations of the West considered, It's all about anti-intellectual nationalism.

The most representative philosophers of ancient Greece recognized that everyone should perform their duties according to their abilities, such as Plato, Aristotle and others.In fact, this is very similar to the thinking in ancient China, that is, the stars and constellations have their own positions, and only by following the principle of their own destiny can they be closest to the way of heaven.

However, Greece or the whole of Europe has been unable to solve a fundamental problem for a long time: Is the ability of a noble official worthy of his position, if not, how to promote a person from the bottom but with good ability to a high position?

The Greek sages had done a lot of thinking, and some even went to Sicily to try, but they all failed.In the whole world, there is only one country that has solved this problem to some extent, and it happens to be China.

The imperial examination system is the means to solve this problem.It is true that the imperial examination system itself had its own problems. The biggest problem in the Ming Dynasty was whether the talents selected by the imperial examination system really had the ability to govern.

But in any case, the problem with the imperial examination system lies in the orientation of the examination questions, not the selection method itself.In other words, to make the imperial examination system play a better role, it is not necessary to change the examination system itself, but only to change the direction of the examination questions—in short, don’t just test the Four Books and Five Classics.

Is the college entrance examination fair?Maybe there are unfair places, but who can deny that it is already the fairest way?
Therefore, it is not without reason that Montesquieu, as the leader of the French Enlightenment thinkers, became a fan of the Chinese imperial examination system.According to Western thinking, it solves the core problem of "philosophers governing the country", that is, how to determine a person's role by ability.

This is the main reason why Gao Pragmatism does not engage in the Western representative system of later generations. You are already more advanced than others, but you still have to go back and learn from them.
What’s more, the representative system still has many problems that cannot be solved. For example, the period of advanced productivity seems to be working well. Once the relative advantage of productivity begins to decline, social conflicts will intensify, and there will be polarization. Jump into the pit.

Of course, there is also a deep-seated BUG in the monotheistic thinking system, that is, dualism-either one or the other, black or white.They only have "light will defeat darkness" in their minds, and they cannot understand the traditional Chinese philosophical thinking of "yin and yang are in harmony, and all things are born together".

What is light without darkness?Light cannot illuminate darkness, darkness cannot swallow light, and the two are always interdependent.This kind of truth cannot be understood by the dualistic western thinking under monotheism, nor is it willing to admit it.

So Europe can only be divided, so the two parties of Midi are tearing each other apart. As long as they can't get out of such a dualistic thinking, they will not only fight and fight with the rise of external forces, but also continue to attack dissidents internally.

Gao Yushi has never launched an all-out attack on the Mind School, because he does not want to escalate the party struggle to the point of all means.He hopes that the way of "struggling for orthodoxy" will be limited to the level of "looking at actual results", that is, using real political achievements to prove that what is needed to govern the world is the set of my school of reality, not the set of your school of heart.

In fact, the Chinese have been the most realistic nation since ancient times. In the whole world, only the Chinese civilization says that "man will conquer nature", and only the Chinese dare to engage in the "if God harms me, I will kill God"-this is what Houyi shot the sun manifestation of an idea.

In fact, there is an important point here. Westerners attribute everything to the arrangement of God, while Chinese do not believe that a certain god can arrange everything. The Chinese worship is the way of heaven, and the way of heaven has no specific direction, it is just a rule.

In other words, according to Westerners' point of view, if God has a whim today, he can change the rules, such as one plus one is not equal to two.But according to the Chinese point of view, one plus one equals two is the rule, a part of the way of heaven, and it will not be changed by anyone.

Therefore, Westerners believe that God is everything, and everything that happens is arranged by God; Chinese people do not care about God, but keep looking for rules and ways to bring themselves closer to the way of heaven.

It is the way of heaven that everyone is good at his duties and fulfills his own destiny.What the Chinese have to do is to constantly find and improve the method of getting the right person to the right position.

This is Gao’s pragmatic political views, just like the one he asked Gao Gong on the way to Beijing when he was a child: “If the emperor trusts all the officials and uses the right ones, then the world will not be too far away if he trusts all the officials. Is it?"

It was so then, and it is so now.

Today, Gao Wushi stood on the tower in the south of Sacheon, looking at the subordinates who were performing their duties, he was also looking forward to it, hoping that the expedition fleet would be able to manage well and bring good news to him.

The secretaries, staff and generals around him were all looking forward to it, looking up to the sea from time to time, as if they were highly pragmatic.

Suddenly, Ma Qiancheng, who was holding a binoculars, shouted: "Ministry, it's the fleet, the fleet is back!"

Including Gao Wushi, everyone picked up their binoculars and looked towards the sea. Sure enough, there was a mast appearing at the end of the sea level. The sail style and color pattern on the mast could indicate that it was the Ming army fleet that came—exactly. It is said that it is the coat of arms of books and swords that shows their identities: the Jinghua Beiyang Fleet of the Ming Army.

While continuing to observe nervously, everyone counted the masts that appeared later, and soon discovered that the leading battleship was the provisional flagship of the Sacheon Fleet, the "Dongchang".

The flagship takes the lead, indicating that most of them are not in a combat formation now.Those who are familiar with the Jinghua Liangyang Fleet know that the flagship is usually placed at the tip of the front arrow in the ship review ceremony after the Liangyang Fleet exercise.

In other words, the fleet should have returned in triumph, and it has specially set up a parade formation.

As the Gao clan secretaries and servants around Gao Wushi began to cheer, Ma Qiancheng, Qin Liangyu, his wife, Jie Sheng, Pogui, Niu Boying, Yang Dengshan and other generals also knew that the sea must be a big victory, and they couldn't help jumping up with excitement.

Gao Wuzheng smiled and cupped his hands to his elder brother, "Congratulations, elder brother, congratulations, elder brother, Shengyi should have returned victorious from this battle, and the day when our army wiped out the Japanese pirates in the dynasty must not be far away."

Gao Yushi was also very happy in his heart, but with his status here, it was not easy to be too exaggerated, so he could only smile slightly and said: "After 20 years of sharpening the sword, try the edge to see the present. And don't worry, wait for the results of the battle and the damage of the battle." The statistics are out, so it’s never too late to be happy.”

That being said, more and more warships of the Ming army appeared in the binoculars. It can be seen that at least the battle damage should not be large, and the joy on Gao Pragmatic's face could not be suppressed.

After a while, everyone was not calm anymore—not scared, but shocked: the Sacheon Fleet indeed came in a parade-style array of arrows, but all the warships of the Maritime Trade Alliance were on the periphery, and the middle part But it turned out to be all Japanese ships!

Obviously, this battle was not only a big victory, but also captured a large number of Japanese navy warships!
Gao Wushi almost couldn't bear to go to the pier to greet him in person, but fortunately Gao Qi reminded him to go back to the commander's tent and wait for the military report, so he dismissed this excessive courtesy that Gao Shengyi would definitely not be able to bear.However, he ordered Gao Wuzheng, Gao Wuruo, and Gao Qi's uncle and nephew to go to the dock together to welcome the triumphant return of the fleet on his behalf.

Ma Qiancheng, Qin Liangyu, Jie Sheng, Qu Gui, Niu Boying, Yang Dengshan and other generals are all landlubbers. Seeing such a huge fleet returning triumphantly, all of them were overwhelmed with excitement. Shedi left the city tower, and accompanied Gao Wushi back to the handsome tent, waiting for Gao Shengyi to come to report the victory.

However, they all made up their minds. When the work here is over, they must go to the pier to visit and see how amazing this fleet is.It's just... I don't know if boarding the ship will be allowed, maybe I have to ask the cabinet for a clearance first?
Gao Wushi did not wait too long to return to the handsome tent, and the three Gao family uncles and nephews came to report the victory with a happy but patient Gao Shengyi.

"Gao Shengyi, the captain of Beiyang Fleet Dongchang and temporary commander of the Sacheon Fleet, pays homage to the master! Thanks to the master's blessing, the entire army is depended on. In this battle, our fleet ambushed the Japanese navy and won a complete victory. We made an emergency landing on 54 Japanese ships and seriously injured seven ships. Two others were seriously wounded and captured but were too damaged during the tug and sank.

In this battle, our fleet made an emergency landing on the Japanese navy boat with dozens of generals including Todo Takatora, Wakisaka Yasuji and below, more than [-] sailors at all levels of the Japanese navy, and more than [-] soldiers from the Japanese Pusan ​​Defense Army Army Division.The losses of the Japanese navy and army caused by the battle are temporarily unknown.Please master instructions. "

Gao Yushi already knew that this time must be a big victory, but he did not expect such a brilliant result.In particular, the forced landing turned out to be the biggest part of the battle. It can be seen that the situation at that time must have been one-sided, forcing the Japanese navy to fail to even escape.

He praised Gao Shengyi without hesitation, and after hearing about the deeds of the bait fleet, he also praised Gao Lichuan a few words.Then, Gao Wushi asked Gao Wuzheng to wait for the secretary to count the results of the battle, reward according to Jinghua's rules and regulations, and additionally gave Gao Shengyi a new name, changing his name to Gao Wei.

Gao Shengyi, oh, Gao Wei couldn't help but thank you again and again.

Changing the single name next to the word Wang is one of the biggest honor rewards that people from the Jinghua family can get. It does not have any additional benefits in the system, but as we all know, as long as you get this honor, it means entering the family of the Gao family. top class.To put it bluntly, Gao Wei has since become one of Gao Pragmatic's true confidantes like Gao Rui, Gao Jue and others, and will surely shoulder important responsibilities in the future.

Later, Gao Wuzheng asked his elder brother if he wanted to see two important prisoners of the Japanese army, namely Takatora Todo and Yasuji Wakisaka.Gao Yushi originally planned to meet, but after thinking about it, he decided not to see him first, and let him hang out before talking.

After arranging all this, all the generals of the Ming army came to ask him to allow them to visit the ship, Gao Wushi agreed with a big wave of his hand, and he ordered Gao Wuzheng and others to draft a report on victory immediately.

On the same day, Gao Wushi sent the essay reporting the great victory of Yupu to the capital.
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